Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-22

~ companion has been developing blots and
STAINS, Georges qualities have grown into
Qeauty ana strength, which place him
among The foremost young men of his day.
ohlike the other, he needs none of people,s
excuses and induigences, andhe desires none.
lie IS looked upon as q useful man already.
ana one that is likely to be still more use
lal III the Inttlre. lie has secured a thorough
education, and is now u deep and reverent
student OF nature. He find his chief cnioy-
fleht III intellectual pursuits, in gathering
beauties from the boundless fields of liter
allure and science. He is acknowledged to
oe a man OF rare accomplishments and great
intellectual power. He is an honor to the
neighborhood.
Again we mus t pass over a number Of
years. The fathers of our young friends
have gone to their final rest. The sons
have succeeded to tbs farms which have
known them from their bophood. Thirty
years ago these properties were about equal
Ill value, but they are very different now.
Aye, they tell of owners. Georges father
lett him the farm in good order, and he has
been steadily making it better. EVERYTHING
about the place speaks of comfort and Glen
ty. You could recognize at once that While
the farm is made to pr~oduce'dollars. it is al
SO made to yield pleasure and satisfaction
to its possessor. While it supplies his wants
1t also ministers to his higher nature. A
stranger would feel certain that an intellect
ual llighminded man lives there. Therei is an
other who also shares his triumphs now.
He has q wife that well might be the pride
of any one mana lady who's would grace
any position in life. They have a. boy ten
years of age and a girl eight-bright buds
of promise-to claim their love and atten.
ton.
We must now turn to William Severn,
who also lives in the home of his boyIood
The farm came into-his possession in a very
bad condition, and it has been rapidly grow
ing worse ever since: The mortgages have
increased the buildings are out Of repair
the fences are all tunabled down the grain
fields look poor and scanty the harvest Of
ten fingers while the harvesters carouse.
There are no marks Of intelligent, prudent
care about the place; everything seems tc
be going to decay. The house, grown old
err and more ~dilapidated, has q still more
dreary and uninviting appearance. There is
a change, but it is as black as ever. The
mother is ~gone-driyen from her home by
the iutemperance and consequent ill-usage
of her son.
William has been married several wears
and his wife, who is now mistress of this
unhappy home, is a sad, disheartened wo-
man. Like many other, she thought that
he would reform, and married him only to
find him constantly growing worse. They
haye one child, a boy who is training for Il
miserable existence. God pity his future !
The future. indeed, looks dark for them all.
Their property is nearly gone, and even
Williams doubtful responsibility is o thing
Of the past. Poverty, want and shame stare
them in the face. May heaven pity them,
and pity all who sufferas they do, the full
fruits of evil habits-the consequences of in
temperance.
In this brief story ofthese two lives, not
yet ended but matured, we have endeavor-
ed to sketch in no unnatural colors two
paths that open before our young men.
Alas, how many are drs wn into: tllat path
which is fatal to all usefulness and all hap
piness !-E. T, Bush, IN chronological Jour-
nal.