The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-05-23
tIRH, GARDEN AND HOUSE,

Mr.. Harris, author of "llaTis on
he pig" is having a series of ''ralks
with the Deacon" in the AmeF'cdn
Cultivaior, from which we give an ex-
tract below!
"a farmer owes it TO himself and
tohis family" said the Doctor, Ito
have a good garden. There is health
and economy in having a constant
supply of a variety of vegetables"
"That is all very true" said the
Deacon "but most farmers have little
time to attend to the garden. They
must raise something that will sell, or
they could not pay their doctors bill.
Possibly" said 1, "the doctors bill
would be less if the garden were larg-
en-"
at is all very well to talk in this
way." said the Deacon, ''but when
man is in debt he cannot always do
what we would like to do. The de-
struction of the poor is their power
ty.'"
Debt is a terrible thing" said l,
shut if a man is made of the right
kind of metal there are worse evils. If
we could get at the facts, l think it
would be found that comparatively
few of the real, active, enterprising,
energetic young farmers of the coun-
try are out Of debt. 1t is often said
that "a farmer who is out of debt has
nothing to fear But if the young
farmers | have alluded to were out OF
debit they had no obligations to
meet-they would not be so industri-
GUS. They would not be the men they
are if they had nothing to fear and
nothing to hope for. The men we all
admire and respect are not those who
run no risks who earn little and
spend less, who run on in the old ruts,
who subscribe for no paper, attend nc
Farmers Club, and take little or nc
interest in any local or general i'm
proyement-who would rather pull
through the mud than mend the roads
Let us hear less about the happy
farmer who is out Of debt, and moro
about the useful farmer who, being il
debt, takes off his coat and goes tC
work with a good heart and firm de-
termination to be man and meet his
obligations like man. l know there
are day and weeks and months anC
years of anxious care and distressing
fear, when they are almost ready t
give up in despair. But stick to it
and you will pull through. The bes
farmers | have ever known-and
have known good many-have al
gone through period of great ankle
tv and trial. when Il seemed as thouol
.,~-y ching was against them. Blu
such trials strengthen the characte
and make them better and more usefu
men,"
While we would second the idea O
good garden, we would also endors
the Deacon's sentiment on debt.
is not necessary that man should b
in debt to make him industrious, an
more than it is necessary that h
should have the toothache to max
him work and no more earnest caution
could be given to keep out of debt
than is given in the sentence-''Ther
are days, and weeks, and months an
years of anxious care and DISTRESSING
fear when they are almost ready t
give.up in despair" That's Cheerful
prospect to offer man to induce hir
to make himself a useful farmer. w
don't believe the angel Gabriel coul
carry that load, and come to his sur
per with smiling face. The very Low
man bears for his family would il
crease the ''anXious care" and deepe
the distressing fear; he would fin
his food unpalatably seasoned wit
care and fear which he cannot bea
alone, and the presence of such speC
tres in the homes, will bring jarrin
and GOODNESS and bitterness and miser,
No, let man stand in the sunshine
grow, the sunshine of hope and JOY
of success and prosperity; of brigl
and happy home, at whose smilir
board the gaunt faces of care and fe;
are not seen, and through whose vii
dows the shadow of haggard despa
never falls.-Christian MESSENGER.
In the death of Col. S. d. Harri
editor of the Ohio Farmer, the inte
ests Of progressive agriculture wi