The Republican journal., 1877-03-01
Farm, Garden and Household,

nl DONALD G. MITCHELL ("IK MAEvEI.n)

'ti'4 " tiAN W. navy VI tiiS lHiliiSi . Nttiiii
and the best speeches-as they were rcck,
oned-Were interlarded with good deal
OF classical gush relating to those ole
heathcn worthless such as Cincinnatus-
who sometimes took hand at the plough
be strain OF talk was due very much to
the tact that the agricultural speech max
rrs were mostly professional orators, who
derived their chief knowledge OF farm
matters - what little they had - from
classic sources and think il was relish
ed, for the reason that it offered relief to
the old fashioned sunday sermons, which
-whateyer else may be said Of them
certainly did not contribute 10 feed Il
mans sell Importance.
There Is little need for talk now-a-days
about the dignity OF the farmers calling
we are all agreed. think, that the man
who grows the crops that feed the world
has a worthy work to do, and that there is
no reason why he should not be himself a
most worthy man- except he outrage his
opportunities
Later ON IN our experience OF talln con-
gresses we have had scientific disquisitions
II first, something muddy perhaps, and
with Il drift that seemed to work contrary
purposes but settling down at last into
great, and clearly determined currents of
'arious and precise imiormaton-rela
to soils, crops, breeding, sanitary laws,
an "iI'H - "I "ut service II we wa ul-
Gest it, and keep it fairly in mind But do
"'tl i'''ti u'Hl'o9e,' ~ '.il,'N '.''' .le
vi '1u''l 'li'''N u i''0'N WHICH ',io'''iii"
'niuliN Is pilnS'hg /" l''tite' as bearing
o." our PURSUITS Inun'e7 "Itn Pia[i'cal
men, 'tItain uneasy sense "l piethora'
'iu MAJ lothliiR ~ so iilurt ht7ue" ne"
~ -iliPliHealion anu to'''i'atIoh ol the
''.i' "io"8H' :" ''Sht ''F SrleH'F' 50 'l'at
"lfhlioi m"N nt 'lalIen8tl ahu uselaI 20
'''' MAJ" sue eit3'H IL i4 tlal H'u
i1tlHA@ ana U'a laihl IN4AP, IA our 'o''"-
Itf' ~ tA' present "lht' o. N'F hot '"
'nH.h /" iA0A "i hnoNied"e' as 10 Il i'tk
' w ih3 uP i" 'i't '"Ntfi ~ ''"l hH"W lF"Ae'
ht 'u'} -, 'li' ''"'' Ii'i ~
n'ilei dif"'tlou@. l man ''l hothihg "u'
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t'', VI '9 u''9 9r'i 'tg'' ana ''i'i
wa hPl lllN ''H tl''e oVt"e'h 4 I0il'N ,9.'
Nd me '""HtiN an" q i'o'lle 'l '""H' l"tS
"'it iii"''eioU iu''''l tit'i 'llc S'ilt' P"t-
''" '''} n''' very 'l''i COW oiii'''''',S
rood tufnpko road was common 10
''l" 'i' "Ii''ifHrF "e '"te'i '"o illi'
t-l'e and @'N mlI" drve was moi recli-
ned tor much Country people drove IN
tp dine with q town iriend, and towns peo-
pie drove ont 10 dine with their country
-uusins counting upon 4 better dinner
and most times with WisCom--than they
would have al home I he numbering
butcher cart that went tlr rounds OF the
iuNu twice 4 week. wa no match for the
poultry yard. and tile tender lamb, and
lhe possible roasting pic. ot the country
Ducr 4 day the mail came through the
'U"n, and once day the same old coach
with iti huge Ieathern boot, and lis leath
rrn thorough-hracc9 rumbled along the
turnpike. What the Town cousin knew the
country cousin LueW We're it the lnerest
gossp - = little later. The latter may
nave had a better rounded arm and Il
losler cheek, which the town cousin bal
Mced by newer trimming to her hat
iHi they met on equal terms at the quilt
mg bees in the country, where there was