The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-15
Farm, Garden and Household,
New England as a Home.

Nevada correspondent Of the Boston
journal makes some statements and COM
ments on New England farms and farm
ing, which our readers may find useful as
wen as interesting. lie writes:
Scattered all over New England are
men who ieel dissatisfied, and think their
own is the hardest section of our great
country to get Il living in. Though |
shall speak OF other occupations more or
less, propose to address this letter chief
" 10 farmers. OF which class there are
great many in New England disposed to
Naerliice their farms and property at a dis
advantage and seek a better cline. And
trst let me say that the Young man who
cannot make a living and lay by a little
money every year in New England will
not do IL anywhere, and the family who
cannot comfortably support his family
there cannot do IL elsewhere. They are
not made Of the right Kind OF stuff TO
sicceed. and succeed they will not This
class can never do any better than to stay
where they are. tGr the cost of moving,
ao matter where they 60, viii he a dead
.oss every time. Such. and ali who have
yhlldlcn growing np. II they "9o " est, ="
a. 50 many feel inclined, Will regret the
,top The reason OF thiS in the first case
j., that nature always rewards intelli-
"enre, industry ana perseverance, in New
England As well as elsewhere, and with
uut those qualities itc wouid he worse
lal.nrP ou this coast than anywhere else
And II one has children to bring up his
iir7r aud most sacred duty to them, to
humanity. To- his country, and to cod, is
1u take That course which will make them
The best and most useful citizen. No
where can this he done to better adVan-
tage than in New England. whose schools
and whose society are the best in the
world Every youth or maiden, exposed
to the perniclons society and loose IDEAS
ot morals which prevail on the Pacific
rnast. T. in deadly peril Then the
hAGlT ot' MN ENGLAND fARNs
greater than the prices asked or paid
-r them, because proper cultivation will
make them as productive a. any in the
"orli. The same study, tact and shrewd-
ness that are used in every other branch
ot business would make farming in New
England the most profitable occupation
TN my own native Vermont the number OF
people who are giving up their farms and
ana ul the most rigorous northern border
1t, have seen a man take a small tract
ut land which was considered almost
worthless, without capital, and in Il few
Years. without amy outside income. pay |
for the land, erect substantial buildings
and have ready money for all his wants. |
The secret ot his success was, not that he |
worked hard, early and late, for he did |
la l1T a.. l.,pg
main poor all their lives, but that he |
worked ntelligently. and that all his en-
ergies We're turned to making his farm |
better. He did not 60 into outside Specu-
iatiye ventures, nor attend races and |
shows, bat obeycd the Injunction which |
was inscribed on the first copper coin of
the tnitcd States. and which it would be |
well to keep before the people in the same |
way now, mind your own business" To |
such man. asking about the advisability |
of coming to California, should say |
Come. by sill means come You will be |
rich in a few wears" But to the man who |
has no money, | would give the opposite
advice. He has been tried in the New |
England school, and found wanting This |
coast is flooded with
MEN WITHOUT MONEY
who live, Heaven only knows how The
-ame untlritt, the same lacl, Of brains
which kept them poor in the East, keeps
them poor here. y few men with trades
and an unyielling lirnnesS to resist the
temptations to gamble and drink are do |
ing better here Than they Would East But |
those who, either because they are inferior |
worhmen oI because of unsteady habits, |
me Idle half the time, VIII never succeed |
tdeness IS more expensive here than any
where else, because the same circHmstan.
res which make wages NIGH make every
tliup ple - hiph