Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-07-29
AGRICULTURAL,
Farm life.

One OF the COmpenSatloho VI " '''' 'A
not measured by dollars and cents OK
lists in the feeling Of independence and
security which no one can possess more
satisfactorily than good farmer upon
good farm, we'll stocked and free
from debt. No reverse or reTulslon
Ct affairs can touch him. Dull times
need not trouble his sound sleep, nor
will it give him cause to fear any fu-
ture want.
In the worst of times the world
must eat and be clothed, and the FAR
,ner feeds and clothes the world. Ills
market cannot fail altogether, and
BESIDES that, he has the satisfaction OF
always having the first choice OF tne
productions of the land even when
the crops are light
There is, in addition to this, the
vast satisfaction of possessing in secu-
,ity sopething, besides himself and
family, which he can improve and
sdorn and spend his labors Of love
upon. 1t pays to breathe and live
respectfully; pure social pleasures pay;
the sincere attachments Of the family
pay; the judicious culture derived
from the study Of good books, of sound
men, and of the real beauties and
mysteries Of nature pays; and all these
the farmer may enjoy, i he will, IN a
greater degree than the majority of
other men.
lie may labor hard and be exposed
TO heat and cold, rain and storm, but
the sleep of the laboring,man is sweet
to him and the revelses in trade will
not disturb his refreshing slumbers.
lie breathes freely Of the purest air,
and enjoys an easy digestion Of hls
wholesome food, which consists chief
" Of the freshest and best fields, gar
dens and orchards yield. lie may
"Gnd tongues in trees, books in run
ming brooks, sermons in everything.
In all these lie may count a profit
The farmer who ignores all bat the
money he can gather at the end ofthe
wear, lives but very small portion OF
his life, and, at that. only the worst
part Of it.
1t is these advantages that make
the possession ola piece ofiand pas,
sion inherent in the disposition Of
man, although he may not fully rec.
ognize it, and it may lie latent in him;
and it is this which forces the success
full man to seek solace there.
At the present time there are more
men than ever looking to farm as a
more certain possession, and TO farm
ing asa more desirable occupation
than other business promises to be in
the near future.
Some of the best and most success.
full farmers are those who have been
driven to the farm as a refuge from
business reverses, and many such are
row daily leaving the cities to find
homes in the country. Both for
sAese sId those who are "native to
the manor born,' we would point out
what seems to US really the most prof
liable result Of farm life, and that
which 20 lie has been productive OF
more comfort and enjoyment than all
the pecuniary results.
No one supposes for moment that
farmers can live or enjoy life without
st least receiving b fair equivalent fol
their labots, ard as much as others
can secure for similar amount Of &C.
tua! work, but it is great mistake
made by many farmers, to think that
many other industries offer higher
Conversations for labor than theirs
They forget that much they enjoy
without cost is absolutely necessary
to the comfort of every man, and is
and ie deariypurchased by others; the
value of these important things never
enters into the calculation Of farm.
er's profits.
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