Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-22
a Dodgeville Youth Compares
Farming with Mechanics.

Il
Of i Dodgeyille youth, and he sought
about the erection OF colossal for
tune, ona more promising foundation
lie didn't proceed III random as
many youths DO, but he methodized
his genius and bottled it up in conyen-
/ lent quantities for various emcrgcn.
cies. He calculated; he meditatcd,
1 and he drew conclusions. He was
born and matured in the city Of Lon
don, and was not familiar with the
\ means and appliances for producing
the staple and Injuries Of life, but
mechanically ate his beefstcak, cheese,
\ eggs and butter. without the labor Of
4 thought as to whether those articles
We're produced hy the mysteries Of
Nature or tire elimination Of Art.
When he landed in America, and
found such a wide eXpanse Of country
open fur and inviting enterprise, the
duh drudgery Of winding the forge
handle and drawing out iron, caused
him f. mediate ind compare his pres
ent situation With what il might hr,
If nc could only give his genius tile
proper direction,
He had heard and read il great deal
Of the 'grangers and the farmers, and
their lives, wives, and daughters, and
he gave rrins to thoughts that rose
above all other considerations, and he
became deeply interested in the mgs-
terics Of agriculture. and the more he
meditated upon il, the more lie BE-
came mprcgnatcd with the idea that
farming WAS the great leading indus
try Of the country, and that hammer
ing iron and other like occupations
were only ancillary to The farmer.
Many an hour lie sat cross legged An
his anvil figuring on the face Of his
slcdge hammer with i piece Of char
coal, making mathematical ealenia-
tioms on the relative profits ald lh-
pprtance Of producer and consgn en-.
III THAT WAS tine only industry known
10 the civilized world that was not
carried Oh extensively III the city of
London, IIcncyer had sccna farm, ;ula
yet lie knew that 4 great manyWticles
in domestic use III every family, came
from the farm lie knew the farm
was the great producing poWee 81 the
country, hut did not know in What
| manner the production WIS brought
about. lie knew the straw IN The bed
Whereon lie slept came from the farm.
but did not know whether ii grew on
trees, was sheMel fromsome2nlmaGot
whether The COWS gave it, or the hens
laid it, lie thought that milk was
only the Juice squeezed out 81 wool;
that eggs were made Of u mi Nhnf@ 81
scrared potatoes and rnta-b.gas, and
that butter was the flesh oi "hutting
sheep and goats
He became infatuated with the
Thought Of il farmers lite, and deter
mined to abandon tile bellows handle
for the ploW handle. He made M his
mind Il - west aud open M iafln;
but 10 10 this successfully, he thought
he would need to take with him 4
FARMER daughter.
When liz became fully imhued With
tltai idea. hp figured oil over both ends
and tae sides IL his sledge hammer,
ana carried his calculations down on
to tie sides u Lis coal seuttln, and
cama very near spelling i pair ef
tonss, trying 10 draw his problem g 4
conclusion.
Gne saturday after noon afler ~
had finished aWecl> Of hard wofk,a
mathematical deductions, lie thought
hr would make practical test 81 lls
thors, hy making i preliminiu} visit
1 t. the farm house Of j thrifty farmer,
few miles from town, and who Mti
III accomplished and marriageable
daughter - after giving himself 4
thorough bathing and Washnp III tln
cooling tub Al his forge, and blowing
The charcoal ana iron dust on At hia
ears and nestils with his belloN,.
1 and rasPing the ends II his dngaf
nails OF, I'LL started on his newborn
enterprise,
III arrived lit tile farmers house,