Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-10-24

treat him with kindness. In this way
good people can be produced.
GET RID OF THE ''YALLER DoGo
In the olden times when l was far
mer not tree was set out once IN ter
years not a grape vine was planted
and about the house not a flower coult
be seen. When you went to Their hou
ses you were not met by flowers ant
trees loaded with fruit, but by yellow
dogs that came bounding over the worm
fence like wild beasts. There is no sense
and no profit in such life. It is no
living it is hardly existing. I ask The
farmer of Illinois beautify their homes
to surround their homes with flowers tc
make everything beautiful and attrac-
tive. You don't live up to your priv
leges. In every farmers house there
should be bathroom. You have no
idea of the civilizing influences Of the
bath. When you come from the field,
tired, covered with dust, nothing can be
SO refreshing as bath. Keep clean.
am not one of those who think that in
order to raise hogs you must be one.
Put on clean clothes, take a seat in the
yard under the trees and amidst the
perfumes of the flowers, surrounded by
your family you will know what it is to
feel like a gentleman.
In no part efthis globe will farming
pay better than Illinois. We are in the
best portion of the earth. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific there is no such
country as Illinois. The East is hard
and stony the soil is stingy and the
far West is desert, parched and bar
rem, looking as dreary as would
PERDITIoN WITH THE FIRE OUT.
There Is no country like Illinois. 1t is
better to dig wheat and corn from the
soil than gold. Only few days ago
was where they dig gold and when l
saw the mountains and rocks, treeless,
shrubless, flowerless, with not even a
spear Of grass, it seemed to me that gold
had the same effect upon the country
that holds it that it does upon the man
that clutches it. 1t affects the land as
it does the human heart; it leaves il
barren without even a flower of kind
ness or blossom Of pity.
The farmer in Illinois has the best
soil. He gets the greatest return for
the least labor. He can have more
leisure, more time for enjoyment than
the farmer Of any other land. lie has
the long winters in which to become &C.
Quainted with his family, with his neigh
bors, i'll which to read books, in which
to keep abreast Of all that is being dis
covered in every direction. He has the
means of self-cultue at hand. He has
more time than the mechanic can have,
and as a rule far more means and if he
does not become man Of cultivation
and thought it is his own fault. He has
the advantage of the mechanic in many
ways. In our time we had plenty OF
mechanics but no tradesmen. In the
subdivision Of labor we have five hun
dred or thousand men working upon
different parts of the same thing, each
skilled in his particular branch, but in
no other-we have, say, I'M shoe facto-
ty, thousand men, but not one shoe
maker. Each does some particular part,
and not one knows the entire trade
The result, is, the moment the factory
shuts down, these men are out of en-
ployment. Out Of employment means
out Of work out of work means out Of
bread; and that means famine and hor-
ror. 1t is thousand times better to be
a good farmer than part Of a mechan-
ic. 1t is better to work the soil and be
independent, than to work for any man
or corporation at q salary. Every man
should endeavor to belong to himself.
1 swear TO you that I will be my own
man. Do not mortgage the possibilities
of your future. Have the courage to
take life as it comes, feast or famine.
Think ofhunting a gold mine at a dol.
lar day! And think Of finding it !! How
would you feel then We are lacking
IN true courage, when, for fear of the
future, we take the nigsardly salary O.
the present. I would rather have farm
and be independent, than to be Presi
dent of the United States without indie
pendence, or than to be Member O.
Congress filled with doubt and tremb
ling, feeling Of the popular pulse, re-
sorting to art and artlfce to keep my
place.
| TRUE INDEPENDENCE.
We need more manliuess, more rea
independence. We must take care o
ourselves. We must take care of ou
children. This we can do by labor. Thu
We can do and preserve our indepen
dence. We should endeavor to choose
that business or profession the pursui
ofwhich will give the most happiness
We can be happy without being rich
Or famous. There is serenity abou