Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-08
The Coming Winter.

Winter can be made dreary, desert
waste in the life of the year, and is
made so on entirely too many farms.
At this day when farmers societies exist |
in so many sections, and where having
existed and become extinct, have still
thoroughly taught the duty and pleasure
of sociability, there is little difference in
this respect between farm and town
life, and what difference there is, is to
the advantage of the farmer. In most
neighborhoods there are now good OPP
portunities for social enjoyment in a
reasonable and temperate way, and in
what the town or city exceed these it is
bad for it is intoxicating and eXhausting.
There is, however, vast deal of pure
and sweet enjoyment in ones home,
even if it be isolated. The "home
body" il the home is what it ought to
be, Is very happy person. Mother,
father, and the children gathered about
the bright fire, on winters night, is
lovely picture of contentment and quiet
ioy. But such q picture presupposes
proper surroundings. Such a picture
will never be seen in home that is
cherries and unadorned. 1t is not nat
ural for civilized people to live in hoy
els, and if they do it, whatever may be
the cause, the soul will chafe and long
for better things. As matter OF plain
duty to the children, farmers should
consider how they can make the home
during the coming winter more pleasant
than II has ever been before.
Providing q good supply OF winter
fruit will probably be attended to in the
vast majority of cases. But even the
winter fruits are often not saved with
the care that should be exercised. Can
ANYTHING be more reprehenSible than
for people who have plenty to fail to
properly preserve it? Before the winter
! is half gone, some farm homes are with
, out winter fruits, or if not without then
9 they have been so pooly taken care o.
I that they are worthless, or nearly so
, Any such carelessness as this is crime
! against ourselves, and in homes in which
it is practiced it is no wonder that thu
;. children get tired of such q life.
n Good reading and plenty of it is
+ necessity in every perfect home Bette
q stint ourselves in something else than il
/ this.
q In addition to all this, an organ or
: piano, where it can be afforded, is yer
4 desirable. Better place one of thes
in the house than to keep the none
4 living in the bank, or even earning TIC
:. per cent interest. Music has softenin
Il influence and it is entertaining. Th
o Young like it and will spend many hour
q. during the dreary winter at the piano c
organ if they are permitted to do 81
y So much for the house and now fC
ii "out-doOrs."
~ The stock should be we'll provide
g, for, and the farmer who provides for I'll
q comfort of his family will be vel
ID likely to think of and care for his stool
No We will not repeat what we have sal
n so often, that it pays to take care
"a stock in winter, but will speak of Il
10 subject now simply in the light of du
#. which we owe to the dumb servan
al under our care. Horses are usual
Of fairly taken care of, but this is II
tb always true of cattle, sheep and hog
or 1t is distressing to see one OF the
m animals exposed to the cold, heath
Of storms aud cutting winds of wintC
ed And in giving kinder care, we will co
at suit our own comfort. We have SCI
no men milking either outdoors or under
ne shed that was simply an apology +
nv one, when their own Inconvenience a.
~ suffering, though self-imposed, was pi
bo able. How much better to have t
;ce their own account, but so that when
ire have to 90 among it we can have pl
ate lection from the wintry elements
az, IV,SLern RjDal.