Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26


all should be farmers, but thought they
often mistake their calings. He thought
the leaving the farm often came from the
idea of easy and sudden riches IN other
walks of life, which was generally an err
ror. and cited instances TO show IL, anu
also cited instances showing the Increase
of fertility in some Vermont farms, which
he thought the exception and The reverse
the rule. Improvement on one farm IS apt
to be followed by n like improvement on
those around Mr.. Clarke followed Mr..
Frisbee in support of his views, and Mir.
Tinkham spoke of the general success oil
Nernonters who had gone to other states
Next followed sharp discussion on
cheese making, taking in skim cheese IN
all its bearings, the profit OF loss in It's
make, rs w, Il as whether it would be for
the permanent prosperity OF the farmers
10 make skim cheese. Mr.. Bliss insisted
that it would not. Some others contendcd
that It would be difficult to stop the prac-
tice while some farmers seem certain that
they are M king money in so doing.
EVENING SESSION.
The church was crowded, and the first
was paper read by MIS-. A. A. Coleman
of Middetown on Country Homes" The
| impressions of early home is the perma-
nent recollections of old age. lis memo
lies will shield from vice and crime in
manLood's TEN citations. Parents natural
" wish their children to have better OPP
portunties than they had, and sometimes
this desire is perverted, and they are not
tught the labors necessary to IN econom-
| ica living. She did not believe our cOun-
try demanded spinning and weaving moth
ers, except to weave that subtitle web
which should hold the boys ut home and
to home education. She would have g'rIS
educated in common sense manner, let
them be taught the useful rs well rs the
ornamental Woman naturally incllnes
to the charms of home decorations God in
Ills wisdom has endowed her with these
attributes to make home attrrctiVe and
happy.
With the labor saving machines woman
should have II chance for more improve
ment of the mind--for preserving and
strengthening her health 50 she can live
and stick to the farm.
There is IN advance IN the right direc'
ton. More books and papers are furnished,
more time is gwen to mental culture, and
the farm lhrives as well. oman should
take more ont door exercise, which our
English cousins take with 50 much OF
beneficial res Hts.
She next treated Of the care and kind
treatment of animals. and their proper
feeding for health and profit, speaking OF
experience rs safe to follow, and of sclen'
tifc theories as to be taken with lots o
common sense.
Miss Helen Buxton read the next paper
which we give entire:
AS shadow and sunshine are blendeC
in every persons life, rs joy and sorrow
harmony and discord, are interviewer il
life's great web, 81 in all the occupa
tons, in all the parts played upon tn
worlds Stage, is there both prose ant
poetry. The life of the farmer is not al
exception.
The poet sings of The musical lowing o
r cattle, the fragrance of the new mowl
0 hay, early rising. and the cheeks of III
farmers girl that will rival spring roses
As one reads, by the aid Of the iniagina
: ton, he might fancy the hay to be NOW
Il by on invisible scylhe, the lowing herd lc
5 by invisible hands, and the farmers gin
IS nothing else to do but battle her check. i
s the sunlt dew of the morning. But til
I farmer, rs he cares for his stock or lcal
II inc upon his rake wipes the sweat from hi
n brow, or the farmers girl rs she barr
z her cheeks over the hot cooking stov
realizes that there is more prose about tn
s matter than the pet wos of. But til
l. prose of most farmers lives might b
II rendered smoother, and the lines of poch
y might come oftener. here is much thi
e is necessarily prose about farm worl
both in doors and out, monot0nuus Wol
ii that must be gone through with day aitt
e dly, but SO there is in any occupation.
In spite of all these drawbacks thel
y might be much beauty and poetry abol
II farming, if farmers would only have it 81
Is Being out under the blue sky Of Heavel
d holding communion with nature in all i
4 forms, watching the springing buds upc
4 The trees, the growing stock, the grass
q and grains, ought to be Il we'll spring
II Joy expanding the soul, and filling II
s. mind with noble purposes. True, Il
: women are confined to the house NOR
s but in most cases they might spend hou
As and hours in the open air and be II
Sc healthier and happier for it.
It The one great reason why most farmer
Tx lives are so full of prose is the lack of tn
m lubricatng with which the wheels of =;
III enterprise are run--m0nrY; for let poop
OF say what they will, it is the chink, chin
u chink of the magic chink that smoot
the difficulties in ones pathway in ii
"a life. The majority of farmers incur de
m mostly for II large farm, work early a
mt late themselves, and require it of The
whole household; 90 without books, p
lures, and all the enncDling influences
fe-to what end? To pay interest nont
If they have strong constitutions tn
on mug live till their locks are white W
DE the frosts of age, but they will die in de
M. A lite of hard labor, with nothing as o
would wish, how can it fail of being |
w dullest of prose.
g." In buying farm Il person should b
al. in accordance with his means then till
Inc make the land produce the most posi-
TO the acre, and not grind himself do
u" body and soul, not have an element
Idr beauty within him OF around him in m
nd ing an attempt 10 scatter his strength o.
mn two hundred or more acres of land, VIII
lie cannot afford TO hire workmen to dt
on properly.
De lie majority of women upon far
lu- work too hard, bear too heavy hurde
DC they labor from morning ill mig
y, NV till tired out in body and soul they h;
NJ only ambition enough left 10 seek til
''o places, of where nerveIesS and prayerl
ns they sink into sleep, no time to rest,
re- time to read except when too weary
Is get the mind above their surroundIn
ere This is II sad picture, and pity, It's,
ci true.
nii, Are there not labor-saving machines
'eu Which they might avail themselves? Y
there are washing machines, which requ
or the strength of II man to use, sewing /
NOT chimes, which only serve for more ruff
1911, tucks and plaits. The loom and spinn
!hn wheel have been discarded, but the ii
M our mothers spent with these is taken
nc with pics, fires, bakes and preserves.
anu plain and simple fare upon which
). 10 grandfntherS and grandmothers liveI
Mss Mss one of the things OF the past, and again
Snl say, pity It's, It's true.
eep Finally, their work being so hard,
'or health fails, then necessarily their il
can be but prose, for with poor he
II there is little of the poetry of life. Il
all very nice 10 read Of the tidy ktch
trim wives, and snowy table.c lolhs ;