Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-27
The Farm for Young Men.


there were 81 ,534 failures, with
aggregate liabilities Of $13S,0Sj,.
600. In the presence of the mercan.
tile disasters Indicated by these
figures, and the continued failures
of which we read among the mer.
chants and manufacturers, farmers
NAV read the superiority of their
vocation. Among our young men
particularly there has been q dispO.
sitiou since the war To forsake what
they term the drudgery Of the farm.
and to engage in the excitement OF
city life. They have imagined that
those who were engaged in rail,
roading. manufacturing and mer.
chandising and specializing were
having IN easy time OF it, and were
rapidly accumnlating money, while
they worked bard far small gains
But they must think differently now,
is they see old business firms, banks,
insurance companies, railroad com.
panles and manufacturing firms, go
down before the storm, and men 70
into bankruptcy who were supposed
10 represent colossal fortunes. They
may have to go slower, but they go
safer. They may not accumulate 40
rapidly, but they do not take the
hazards and uncertainties which
every merchant anl manufactures
must face. When times are pros.
porous they share the prosperity in
good prices for their crop; and when
AZ at present, they are adverse.
they can live within themselves,
take no risks, aud keep out Of debt.
They are never thrown out of en-.
ploymcnt or run the danger of be
ing entirely without any resource
to earn their daily bread. The cnl
tivator of the soil is king on his
domain and is subordinate to no
authority. All other occupations
are dependent on the public, but
the farmer looks alone To God, To
his own soil, To his independent Ia. !
Dor and to nature for his support. He .
Is always assured of living if he /
works, and a return for his labor. /
The fcverlsh desire which in the !
past sixteen years has inclined our /
young men to seek SerVile aCcupa. /
tlons IN the towns, we trust is pass.
ing away. y Louisville journal
recently said that IN that city, fifty. .
thousand Young men were tramp !
ing the streets Nalnly seeking posi-. ,
tons which they perhaps considered .
more gentcel than the cultivation
of the soil. Hundreds of thuus
andS of persons are now tramping
south ward, being thrown ont of
employment a: the north. The INA.
Iorltv of these probably left their
homes IN the country to seek occu
patlons in the cities. But. if not,
they have more excuse than our
young men South, for farms cannot
he procured at the North rs easily
~ ut the South and much harder
Labor is required to make them pro.
ductive.
The safest, surcSt and most indie
pendent life IN this country, is that
II the farmer. And the South will
grow to he more and more pros
IrrnuS as our young men forSake
ne towns in which thew have
for the country and en-.
gage IN the cultivation of the soil.
In respect 10 the dignity of ayri :
culture We extract II portion of an =.
article which We find in the Cncin +,
natl Enquirer:
"All The worn ont nations began
heir decline ut the moment when
agriculture WAS abandoned Ia ser
He's and slaves. Previous fo the
commencement of Roman decay. the
most exalted citizens were proud OF
he farmers occupation rs of the ,
soldiers professions. \ famous an.
nor tells MS that "AncuS Martious
recommended /" the people, as nrvt
% rrIiGion III Importance. the culture
u the soil ami The care of the ilncks."
he most illuStriouS names I'm 10.
man history were given in CONSCIENCE
u an excellence their pu>sc>Sors ,
'au attained IN the art of raising
"''''"ldI Callh', or OF rpltlNatluu
larIicnIhr plantS-such rs LrntuluS,
.hso, Cicero, 'lncinnatus, Tcrranuus,
'tc.
In the country distinction OK. |
>tcd and the titles of noble and !
'lcbiau, which prevailed in the city,
we're merged IN the general name |
i lahorcr. In those ages of sim.
'hrltN, the Romans were all labor.
RS, and the laborerS were all sol. -,
Hers. 1t Is TO this union that the
me sentiment of patriotism and ,
irtde 50 frequently displayed in +,
her history may be ascribed: be
anse, 'as Cicero Justly observed n !
ountry life may be regarded as the !,
,hool of simplicity, temperance and