The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-06-08

would aid you materially in the work, if you
would but practice them. Take for example the
| advice of our worthy patrons, Ceres, Pomona
and Flora. BY Ceres you are taught to be earn.
| est in your labor, knowing that if you fail to
sow you cannot expect to reap, and that il
| the beauties of this world offer so much Of the
power of the Creator TO charm us here, it should
| point us to that paradise above not made with
hands. And Pomona teaches You that fine
fruits are blessings designed TO please the eye
and crafty the taste; that the culture of fruits
Indicates refinement, but to secure such
| you must plant and cultivate, and that you al
low no returning Spring to pass without plant
Ing at least one vine or fruit tree Flora also
| lnstructs you that trees are needed for shade
| and ornament, and asks YOU to plant trees and
shrubs to bCautify your homes, and to surround
| your dwelling with graceful plants and twining
yines-remembering there is no home so rude
as not to be refined by their presence,
lis then in this way you can, to great eX-
tent, adorn your homes with but very little time
or expense, and make them what they should
be i'll this progressive age. The time has come
when education and refinement are as necessary
to successful farmer as to professional man,
as the intelligence Of our brothers and sisters
in the Grange will prove, and we are glad to see
within the limits of the Grange number OF
our gifted young men who are holding fast to
the noblest employment on earth, and with the
talent they possess there is no reason why they
shall not succeed TO their utmost expectation,
provided they find companion that loves the
same pursuit We think it would be good
idea for our brother patrons who contemplate
matrimOny to ask this question also of his
ideal: "1f it is her own free will and choice
that she becomes farmers wife ~ fol if her
tastes are not in unity with yours, your home
cannot be prosperous, but if she too is interest
cd in the work, your home should then possess
its chief attraction, for 'tis by her gentle in
lluence that many good results may follow.
The very fact of women being admitted into
the Grange is evidence that their support and
cooperation is required to make the life cheer
full and prosperous one, and it is their duty as
farmers wives and daughters TO aid to the extent
of their ability in promoting the welfare of those
around them.
Then let all endeavor to make their homes
more and more attractive and interesting, for
there is no other influence that is brought to
bear with greater force on all our acts, both
public and private. Docs not the history of
some OF the greatest men our country ever pro-
duccd, point to the home influence and carly
teachings of farmers home. Yes, VIC have
every cause to be proud of the noble vocation
in which we are engaged. And as natures motto
is, ever onward and upward, we should strive to
profit by her silent teachings, and with increased
advantages for Improvement that are being
made from year to year, farm-life need no longer
be life OF toll and hardship. And our homes
may be made to rival those Of our city brothers,
in the quiet and peaceful retreat they offer when
the days work is over, and we seek rest for the
mind and body in the pleasing influence Of our
rural homes. Rest assured, our homes shall not
be built upon the sand, or shall we have lived
III vain, II we succeed in making them place
Of beauty, for twill be joy forever to us, and
may incite others to take warmer interest in
their homes and induce askecncr appreciation
of their delights and comforts.
home where shade.trees and luXurant vine,
And shrub and plant in all their beauty grow,
And bright birds sing aud fond affections Irvine,
All this is homo-a paradise here below.