Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-12
Farm and Household.


small fnrm iu New HAMPSHIRE where he had
to worI. very hard and found very few plens
amt features Farm lip m New Hampshire
was. as Boo long after said only work for oxen.
and TOR him the life of nu oX had mo- charms.
H,. ur-t boyi,h task wa. TO prccede his faith
erin iu. hopiup of corn. die open the hills
and lIlI tIs wire-worns and gruhs that were
iutesiinn the crop lie then began Go ride
hur-. tu pillow. the horse preceding and
pudm. the yoke of oxen 'Occnslonalll.
Doc aty. 'the pillow would strike fast stone,
aud bring up the team all standing, pitching
m, over tu. horses head and landing mo
tine. 800 five feet Duo front lu the frosty
autumn mornings the working teams had tn
o.. 'haitoi on tine rowcu or aftermath OF
thl.D sweet grass beside the luNnnant corn
and Wue called ont at sunrise TO watch an"
Keep taom ont of the corn while the men ate
th'ir breakfast before yoklnF up ana gong
uu.N NE bare teei MINDED q pfeluul'r
against th"' linr OF duty Out sHch preHl"lur,
rsiu- induced sleepinrss. SO. u my tett mao
NOT ArAod the oxen would nave h'u bet''I
chance for corn The lad dld great deal oil
dlengrronnie labor ln removing stones IRON
Oh. he.d- OF WS iaIhef ROCKY I"fin. Ilch
nS closely u@ you may, ne says, ihe next
nloWhE turns mp lfesl erupu"h Oh puulueia
and prh"le' from ihr SIZE Oh " hloAory-hu'
10 ihni OF % toh-ketuy, ana NS Tue WORN u
tAc earth l~ saturated win l'r-colH water il
not also wmiened with inliint snow Young
STEERS soon learn 10 feE"ru il WIN ue''A'"Viol.
hh"-IN In't 'H. grant. HI"t'' '', y"u'"
Wen excuse lit ""ath'' "l N"l'''N H""'''''7-
IONS ol htr granite.
Inc bankruptcy OF MI GreeleA I"lhei
drove them to y ernonl "here me Ad con
lhued lalhi-"oiA UNI" H' WIS HItuul' HVuIS
OF age. during tht Whoi' period s''lu AIi'
'reei'l. lhonsh an '"t,' ro"uu', never
saw % book thaj treated Oh aEfeui"it. j.
THINK ] never SD" even one COPY or " period
zeal devoted manly U" i"riAlnL' ana uo""'
that we ever harvested one h"uh'e""s crop.
A good htld OF rye or cuIii "I E'"7S' "I DO
mtot-. we sometimes mao. '"' VIC Hll mort
nan crops thAh "huie ONES "Hl so"u Nl,Iu
OF any one product was gehei"ilN palihced %!
two or three poor ones. know hhd the
stun n me Tor am eiheient ana Successiu l
farmer but such training as received al
nome would never nave drought u ""' ana
the moral WOMB ue'luct from my experience
is simply tins Our farmers SONS escape
from their fathers calling whenever theN can
because IL is made mindless, monotonous
drudgerl. instead Oh an ehhohHns' hneraliA-
ing lntehectual pursuit Oould nave Known
III my youth what business farming some
times D., always may ut' ana yet seherallN
snail DE- never Woulu nave sought nor chos-
en- any othel. IN the farmer Gaining as /
saw IT followed, there was neither scope for
expanding Increment TO constant growth III
knowledge. nor "a spur To generous Amoltoh
10 preserve existence was It's ordinary I'M
pulse, to get rich rs exceptional ana most eA-
alted aim. 30 turned from II III ulssatisl"c-
ton and disgust and sought adlherent sphere
and vocation
Giving mp farming to learn the art otpilnt-
ing, ne became IN Time tht cdltor OF pros