Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-11-01

the detective saw. u the police con-
qu.red.
INoERsoll A FARMER.
AN OLD-rIME riLLER OF rnE
GENEROUS SOIL.
How The Ranches We're lsas = Few
Years Axs-An Opiaiea OF Our
Bleak Hiils-Dsaestic Matters
on the farm-Make YsIr Homes
Happy.
Quite recently Colonel Robert G. In-
gersoll delivered an address before the
Agricultural Fair at his home. Peoria.
Illinois. The Peoria Cal. from which
We take the extracts below. says II was
listened to by at least ten thousand pso-
pie, aud Was received with the most up.
roarious. applause. The extracts we
give are sufficient TO show the vein OF
humor and good practical sense which
ran through the entire speech.
FARMING IN TIE oLpES TINE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: You see be.
fore you to-day an old and experienced
tiller Of the soil. one OF the hard.
handed sons Of labor. one who i'm
AGNES that be knows something OF tho
art OF c~ultivating the soil and extract
ing happiness from labor. I suppose
everybody understands something about
farming-eIc.pt editors Of agricultural
| papers and magazines. know enough To-
know that agriculture il the basis Of all
wealth and prosperity. and in u country
where the agricultural laborer is free.
everybody is free aud ought to he pros.
porous. know that the old style Of
farming was n mistake. When | was u
farmer In the oldsn time. in Illinois they
used to fence n hundred and sixty
acres Of land with two dogs. When /
was q farmer they used TO haul wheat
two hundred miles in a wagon aud sell
IL for thirty.iivo cents n bushel. and
bling back about three hundred feet Of
lumber. two punches OF shingles. n lar.
rel Of salt. aud n cook.s.ove that never
would draw. Those wer- the days when
they received ten cents a bushel for corn.
when they sold four bushels Of potatoes
for twenty-five cents. thirty-threc dozen
eggs for a dollar. aud one hundred
pounds Of pork for a dollar and a half.
In those days most farmers thought the
~ place for u pig-pen was immediately
In front Of the house. and the wood-pilc
a. q general thing consisted Of ons log
upon which IN ax or two had been worn
out in fruitlsss effort to make kindling.
M W. DOGS.
Not o tree was set out once in ten
years ; not u grapevine was planted (;
and about the house not a flower could
be seen. When you went to farmers
houses you were not met by flowers and
trees loaded with fruit. but by yellow
dogs that came bounding over tho worm
fence like wild beasts. There is no
sense aud no profit in such a life. II il
not living II is hardly existing. I ask
the farmers OF Illinois TO beautify their
homes, TO surround their houses with
flowers. TO make everything beautiful
and attractive. You don't live up to
your privileges. In every farmers
house there should be u BATHROOM.
You have no idea Of the civilizing ip-
fuencss Of the bath. When you come
from the field. tired. covered with dust.
nothing can DO 30 refreshing ~ u bath.
Keep clean. l am NOT one Of those who
think that in order to raise hogs you
mus, be one.
PkRptrioS WITH ruE YiRE OFT.
In no part Of this globe will farming
pay better than in Illinois. You are In
the best portion OF the earth. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific there Is no such
country ~ Illinois. The East Is hard
and stony ; the soil is stingy. And the
Far West Is a desert. parchei and bar
ren. locking as dreary rs perdition with
the fire suit. There IL 10 country like
Illinois. 1t is better TO dig wheat and
corn from the soil than gold. Only n
few days ago | was where they did dig
gold and when I saw the mountains
and rocks. t~reeless. shrubless, flower
less. with not even a spear Of grass. 1t
seemed that gold had the same effect
upon the country that holds II that IL
does upon the man that clutches II. II
the land as IL does the
human heart (: it leaves II barren, with
sven a flower Of kindness or u bios
som Of pity.
BrrryR rrMrs COMING.
In my judgment the period Of de-
is almost passed. aud we ARE
upon better times. A great
many people say that y scarcity OF
IL our ruling difficulty. Ia my
we have money enough. W.
ack confidence in the future. We lack
in each other. There has
,een 30 much dishonesty. there are 40
many failures that the people are afraid
tiust anybody. There 10 plenty Of
money. but there seems TO be a scarcity
u business. II yUu were to 90 to the
'wDsr OF u ferry and upon seeing his
'oat lying high and dry on the shore
hould say. els there a superabundance
4 ferry boats ?" he would probably re-
'ly. mo. but there is q scarcity Of
so with US. There is not q
Of money but there is a scarcity Il,
u business. And this scarcity springs
lack Of confidence in one another,
many Presidents Of savings banks,
those belonging to tho Young
Mems Christian associations, run of !
nth the funds /; so many railroads and /,
companies are in the hands of c
sc-ivers /; there is 50 much Of bank .
uptcy ON every hand that all capital Is ,,
leld in the nervous clutch Of fear.
but surely We are coming back ,
0 honest methods in business. Conf. I
will return, and then enterprise
'ill unlock the safe and money will :
gain circulate as OF yors ; the dollars