The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

10 GNCIy DACC1C tA1N RC@
And a whirling cloud Of locusts loud
Springs mp from the scented masses.
He notes the timid meadow lark
Above her low nest hover,
And gently lifts his scythe to leave
The grass uncut above her.
As the heart of a happy lover
For walking home with Kate last night,
When the stars were softly shining,
He told the love he long had known,
Els arm her waist entW1ning;
And he knew the bliss OF hives first kiss,
+ Last night when the stars were shining
And so he huns an old love tune.
As he lightly cuts the clover,
And his dark eyes shine with a tender light
While he cons the sweet scene over.
And the hve-long day his heart is gay
IT'S the heart Of happy lover.
Your Boys.
Prairie Farmer.l
This world is but a battlefield where a per-
petual struggle is going on. and where
every person is expected to take part In the
fight. In this case there is no exemption on
account of old age, i~nfirmities, or peculiar
views-all must fight, and he who is able
to fight with the greatest physical strength,
and goes at it with the highest degree OF en-
ergy. stands his ground the longest, as a
! natter of course.
= knowing this to be the case, 1t certainly
AGNOINES upon you d BaAChNo " BICB1AC
your children, and especially your boys..f for
the struggle in which they must sooDtake
mart The Young man, if he is 10 beyVictOr-
fous. must enter the battlefield the possessor
of coed health, a well-balanced physical or
ganization, and a knowledge of some useful
avocatiOn- In most cases IT IS entirely
within the power of the parent to provide
him with all these important things. Tue
two first named lie in temperance, pure air,
bright sunshine and outdoor exercise, and
the third may be easily compounded with
these, enabling you to give all at a single
dose.
need not tell YOU where the purest air is
10 he obtained. nor the brightest sunshine,
nor need l tell you that there is plenty of
heaIthful as well as profitable exercise to be
had on the farm, and that farming is among
one of the most useful of avOcatiOns. Then,
nv advice to you would be, put your boy
to work Onrthe farm" If you are a farmer
il will be more natural for you TO do so.
though land l regret to say ~ our farmers
do not always teach their boys to work; if
Won are not a farmer the advice would still
be for you. / would not urge that you make
a farmer OF your son if he is evidently in
tended for something else, but he should be
xprepared for the battle of life. no matter
Epon what line he is to fight, and nowhere
IAN he have the full advantages of these es-
Rentals to physical development in such
perfection as on the farm. There be brings
Into action every system and class of mus
lie, by walking, riding on horseback, plow-
ing, hoeing, rakin Rhopping, splitting, har-
kesting grain, picsDhg cotton, digging pc
tatoes, drawing water driving teanl, feeding
stock, currying horses, gathering fruits, and
so on to endless extent. And these varied
exercises bring on the most perfect physical
development TO be met with in the human
system. It also hardens the bones, giving
/. abem a solid and healthy structure; gives q
Z good appetite, and promotes active and
Lhealthy digestion, which prepares an abund.
= ance of nOurishment for all the organs OF
the body. and of course develops a healthy
, .and w~rllbalaneed brain.
In his farm exercises the boy never has Q
= singlemental faculty observation-disclosures
over-worked-and yet none are entirely neg
lected. There is enough to think aby6t, &c
interest and keep alive every organ OF mind,
and hence build up a good mental capacity
then. after he has been through these rustic
rudiments. If you will allow the expression
he-nnay. when he is old enough, il il is so de.
\ sired, aided by a strong physical organic
| aiion and a healthy and well developed
brain, walk on and easily into a high edu-
4 cation.
One of our best educational writers SAYS
the young man Of eighteen, who has had
| four years of active practical experience or
4 a farm with a good farmer, stands a far bet
ter chance OF complete success in life thar
; the one who has Just graduated at the best
University in the land, but has had no such
physical system. He has, it is true, edu.
kated, developed, and trained his mental
sculties, but to the entire neglect of hi:
bysical nature. He is now sprightly and
i've, and for a short time will give hi:
ends bright hopes of a brilliant future
IN, however, the o~ver-worked brain mus
and the young man falls behind the
who has made a late start in the pursuit.
knowledge, but who has made for him
a healthy organization, and q well
poPed brain, which will readily receivs
ledge, and will grow stronger as the
d gets older; and when the other man la.
tgun to fail in his mental power, this on,
will Just be in his prime-thus giving him
time and strength to attain to real greatness
and permanent success.
= Many of our great men were unable Il
read and write when they were twenty-one
years OF age. As among that class / may
mention Chancellor Kent and Elihu Bur.
rett. But from tins do not take il that
under-value or would neglect early educa-
tion- far from 1t. All / desire to contenC
for is that the boy should be trained physi
cally TO prepare him for usefulness in life
and that, IN order to do this, we must give
II our attention before the physical person
mas been dwarfed and damaged by over
taxing the mental.
i believe il would be to the advantage O
every boy if he could, in the early years o
has boyhood, be put out to an apprentice
ship OF at least three years an the farm. /
he Is TO be a mechanic, it will be no clog II
his way, for | find that most of the mechan
lcs who have distinguished themselves il
after years were raised on farms. And look
at the successful business and professional
men IN our city--the writer already men
toned says, and | find il generally correct
from personal observations. that almost ev
cry one of them who has made wealth or AT
rJaiAed eminence had their origin and speni
the early part of life on a farm.
Then il nature points to early training o.
both the physical and mental faculties b,
employing active exercise In the omen air a.
being 50 essential TO a development favorabl,
for success in life, why not follow the teach
ines OF nature, and place your bows or
\ farms Tor a short time at least. IL Won car
not risk three years, put them out for two
lor, II that Is too long, try one-my word 10
u they will, to say nothing Of their phvsica
gain, find the knowledge picked up on the
farm in the highestdegree valuable To them
IL will teach the merchant better TO iudg,
pf the qualities of farm products in whicI
be may be dealing; and If he EMPLOYS lahor
be will better know how il should be done
bnd how much ought to be performed bv I
man in a given time. Ii will teach the 1ro.
fessional man how to take care of his hdrsa
. and COW; and if it should ever become nee
|essary for him to engage in agriculture for !
living, he will not only know how Ey6f,