Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-06

ono OF those who think that IN order 70
raise hogs you must be one. Put on
clean clothes, take o seat In the yard
under tho trees, and amidst the per.
iume of flowers, surrounded by your
family, and you will know what IL Is
to feel like u gentleman. From the
Atlantic to the Pa, ific h,re Is no such
country us Illinois. The East Is hard
and stony, tho soil is stingy, and the
lar West is a desert, parched aud bar.
ren, looking as dreary as would perdi-
ton with the Gfe out.
.-,sti l. No, necessary, in this age Of tho
f~sAe.SH NsAAoesneas1si,s,.,,s,;iSy,.,.,,, I,
die OF the night and 5egih MS w5eF!
This getting up so early In the morn
ing is relic of barbarism. 1t has
made hundreds and thousands OF young
men curse the business. There is no
need of getting up at 8 or 4 o'c ock in a
win,er murHivg The farmer who per.
sists in doing il, and persists in drag.
ging his vito and children from their
beds, ought TO be visited by mission.
airy. For what purpose do you get
up? To feed the catile2 Why not
iced them more the night beioreY 1t
is waste OF life. In tho old times
they used to get up about 3 o'clock in
the morning, and go to work long be.
fore the sun had risen with "healing
upon bis wings" and as just pun.
ishment they all had the ague, and
they ought TO have il now. The man
who cannot get living upon Illinois
soil without rising before daylight
ought to starve Eight hours u day is
enough Tor any farmer to work, except
in harvest time. When you rise at
and work I'LL dark, what IL life worth?
OF what use are all the improvements
in iarmng2 OF what use il all the
improved machinery, unless il tends to
give the farmer little moro leisure
Recollect that cooking is ono Of the
fine arts. IL takes far moro sense TO
be an excellent cook than a tolerable
lawyer, am good cook myself, and
| have no accomplishments of which
| am 80 proud. The farmers should
have good things to cook, and good
things 10 cook with Throw your mis-.
cradle little stoves out Of the window
Get ranges. and have them so built
that your wife need not burn her face
off TO get you your breakfast. Do not
make her cook in kitchen hot as an
orthodox perdition. 1t is just as easy
TO cook well as to cook any other way.
There ought to be law passed max.
ing it crime, punishable with impris-
onment in the penitentiary, to fry beef
steak. Broil it 1t is Just as easy and
when broiled II is delicious. Fried
beelsteak isn't fit for beast.
Give your wives and daughters the
conveniences, and in little while they
will be excellent cooks. Good cooking
is one of the highest arts Of civilization.
The man who invented good soup
did more for his race than the inventor
of any system OF theology. You must
remember that if you wish your wife
10 cook well she must have the con.
veniences TO cook with. In olden
times there would be eleven children
in the family and only one skillet, and
they generally depended upon what
few boards they could tear off the
house for kindling. See to it that
there is plenty OF good wood, plenty of
good coal, plenty of good kindling and
plenty TO cook. There is no reason
why farmers should not have fresh
meat all the year round. There is no
sense in stufiing yourself with salt meat
every morning and making n well of
yourself for the balance of the day and
then wonder why you don't enjoy good
health. Make your houses comiorta.
Bile. Do not huddle together IN little
room around red-hot stove, with
every window fastened down. Do not
live in the poisoned air, and then when
one of your children dies put piece
in the paper, commencing with "Where-
as ithath pleased Providence toremove
from our midst" Have plenty Of
air and plenty Of warmth. Let your
children sleep. Do not drag them from
their beds in the darkness of the night.