Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-29
FARM LIFE AS 1T MIGHT BE.
Useful and Eloquent SuggestiOns.
TErnyn Gnaaph hv (oI IuUnranll

1t is not necessary in this age of the
world for the farmer to rise in the middle
of the night aud begin his work. This
getting up so early in the morning is q
relic of barbarism. 1t has made hun.
dreds of thousands Of young men curse
the business There is no need OF get
ting up at three or four o'clock in the
Winter morning. The farmer who per
sists in dragging his wife and children
from their beds ought to be visited by a
missionary. 1t is time enough to rise
after the sun has set the example. in
the old times they used to get up about
three o'clock in the morning, and go to
work long before the sun had risen with
''healing upon his WINGS" and, MS Just
punishment, they all had the ague; and
they ought to have it now. When you
rise at four and work till dark what is life
worth? OF what use is all the improved
machinery unless it tends to give the
farmer little more leisure? What is
harvesting now compared with what it
was in the old time? Think of the days
of reaping, Of cradling, of raking and
binding and moving. Think of thresh-
ing with the fail and winnowing with the
wind. And now think OF the reapers and
mowers, the binders and threshing- ma
chimes, and plows and cultivators, upon
which the farmer rides protected from
the sun. If with all these advantages,
you can not get living without rising in
the middle of the night, go into some
other business. You should not rob
your families of sleep. Sleep is the best
medicine in the world Sleep until you
are thoroughly restored. When you
work, work; and when you get through
take good long and refreshing sleep.
A great many farmers seem to think
that they are the only laborers in the
world. This is foolish thing. Farmers
can not get along without the mechanic.
You are not Independent of the man Of
genius. Your prosperity depends upon
the inventor. The world advances by
the assistance of all laborers, and all la
Dor is under obligations to the inventions
of genius. The inventor does not so
much for agriculture as he who tills the
soil. Until genius and labor formed a
partnership there was no such thing as
prosperity among men. Every reaper
and mower, every agricultural implement,
has elevated the work of the farmer, and
his vocation grows grander with every
invention. In the olden time the agri-
culturist was ignorant he knew nothing
of machinery, he was the slave of su-
perstition.
The farmer has been elevated through
science, and he should not forget the debt
he owes to the mechanic, to the inventor,
to the thinker. He should remember
that all laborers belong to the same grand
family-that they are the real kings and
queens, the only true nobility.
Above all, let every farmer treat his
wife with infinite kindness. Give YOU
sons and daughters every advantage in
your power. In the air of kindness they
will grow about you like flowers. They
will fill your homes with sunshine anG
all your years with Joy. Do not try te
rule by force. blow from a parent
leaves a scar on the soul. should fee
ashamed to die surrounded by children ]
had whipped. Think of feeling upor
your dying lips the kiss of child yor
had struck.
See to it that your wife has every con
venience. Make her life worth living
never allow her to become servant
Wives weary and worn, mothers wrinklet
and bent, before their time, fill home
with grief and shame. II you are no
able to hire help for your wives, hell
them yourselves. See that they have th'
best utensils to work with. Women cal
not create things by magic. Have plent,
OF wood and coal-good cellars and plen
ty OF them. Have cisterns 30 that yo,
can have plenty of rain water for washing
DO not rely on barrel and board
! When the rains comes the board viii
be lost or the hoops will be off tn
barrel.
|, Farmers should live like princes. Ea