The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15

OutDuiiuinkS through berlcb OF niuu puu-
dies or weed nurseries. The house may he
baked without through one-half Of the year
by the glare OF an Implying sun and pene-
trated during the other half by all the breezes
that sweep from on the North pole without u
| tree to shade or shelter. The door yard may
be recruiting place for all the superann,i-
ated farrE machpery, II not the favorite re-
sort for pigs and chickens,-and the garden,
noticeable for its absence. The house
within may only be a stopping place over
night, divided OF into little stufy rooms
for sleeping, little better than prison
cells and not 80 good as those of summer
resort boarding house.
In describing farmers home at its worst
we may see what 1t may be made to be. NJ
place under heaven can be made 80 pleasant
and no mortals have within their reach 10
many possibilities OF enjoyment as the farm.
cr's boy or girl A boy on the farm has
many pleasures that no can not buy for a
great price I'm older days. Whittier's bare
foot boy lives on u FARM
20 for boyhoods painless play,
| Sleep that wakes I'm laughing day,
Health that mocks the doctors rules,
| Knowledge never learned at schools,
or tho wild bees morning CHASE,
or the wild flowers time and place,
| Flight of fowl and habitude
or the tenants OF the wood;
How the tortoise bears his shell,
| How the wOodchuck digs his cell,
Anu inc gr9un1 in9ie Sinks ms well;
How the orioles nest r. bnm~!s'
Where the whitest lilies blow,
wwnnere Tn. .he Iresnest oerrles g grow,
Where the wNnd cranes cI,Isters shi,..
| Of the black waSDS cunning way.
MASON OF MS walls or clay,
ar gray hornet srtisansiM
For eschewing books and tasks,
Nature answers al ne asks;
Face 70 face WITH nor he tails
Part and parcel Of her JOY
blessings on tho barefoot boy!
Many men nave gone out upon our prairieS
ana are yet engaged III wrestling nome from
the unnamed eartn; 10 such, what mas Deeh
sara, appiies only rs an ihJunctioh In all tneir
eettihs oi niiu ana wealth., NOT 10 forget inc
necessity OF making nome pieasahter from
year 10 year. Inc mouhtaiheer' VINO ouereu
the use Oh ms iuuie u hiS he'shpor, whose
.e"iii h"u s'"'iou' gave nm o"' sii"'i "eip'
pu' .ne ehJoy"'eh.s 'ou"u I'LL "i iueai no'he'
tue mummy music anu happy times ABOUT
Tue ne'i'nS'one neip US o'er niahy n"ru anu
'ousn p'"'os u" hie'
sociAh fAcrAs'
N ih"h ehJoyhieht oi ire uepehds 10 u
srea. eN'on. upol tne esteem III which ne
70 "o'u eoe'aiy. "noe'er ieeis THAT MS WORK
ohe vi inc hoo'es' man cah engage III
iaoors WIN more zeal tnah MS neighpor VINO
mas not tnat reeiing. society holds certain
opinion Oh every man business wnicn Is not
perior I'd H. put Is not hkeiy 10 DO 80. Ihis
opin'oh Is inc SLOW grown vi .iiho anu Is
ura"h from .ne ,otai NUMBER empio! ed III the
BUSINESS Inc less success'ui lower the es-
.een III "nich 'ne inore successiui ought 10
oe heiu' H'eiy 'aimer 70 'horeioro in'eres.
ou III 'no nioia anu ih'eiieo'uai sio"'n Vi niS
he'snoo'neou' III FARMERS oiuo'' sociai vi.
sahiAa'iohs "iu "oo'ee'or'' h'hH eise Ill sooo
eonooi''
tso' w ""'' VII nat nus ooei 'ou'no" upon
o''oi'' VIC may pun Wy anu inaAe pi"o'ie"'
"pphoa.ioh ny o'a''i's inc iac'. 'na' IL iarhi-
efs "ouiu nv iohser NC 'ie'ili-eu ny oos'sh-
ing iieh-'he iarniers iriehus ior tue occa-
sion-aha ho hunger Piace SUCH men Ill posr
lions oi hohor anu trust III me state anu Ma
tioh' wnere tnelr votes ana a;ts may nave
erect Oh tne FARMERS wen oeihg, IL Will DC
necessary Tor them 10 see TO II that their
schools Will give TO their children an oppor-
tunity OF WIDER culture than Is now general.
a khowiedge OF reading' wrtihg ana arlth-
metic Is 100 little Tor good cltizenship.
general idea Oh nistor'' ana Oh poiitical
economy us oerNeo from his'ory' ID heces-
sary ior every iarmer VINO "ouiu not DC leo
ny tne nose from year 10 year ny deceptiVe
poh'icai war CRIES. Inc oenhagogue mus III
tie support wnere ihteihgehce ana not pre)u-
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inere Is ano'ner reason why the successful
i"iiier shouio oe iii'eres'eu III bringing tn'
culture vi inc SCHOOLS I'd lne highest pom
a''a'''ap'c. no" many FARMERS can give inc
NAMES anu descripe tne napits OF dozer
"eeuS tna' gro" ABOUT .heir placesf very
ie"' now many couid oetect In the SEEDS
| tney SOW the presence OF weed SEEDS ana de
'ermihe tne kihof fewer stiii. SEEDS are
purcnased aho sown IN the nope OF rcsur
recuoh' Frequently tne complaint OF poor
seed is heard' 100 oi'en ecno might truly
answer poor FARMERS. Inc knowledge
necessary ior lne examination Oh SEEDS might
reauiiy NC acquireu ny any farmer VINO mao
Iearhed the rudihehts OF potahy In school'
TO make niue clearer the value OF such
knowledge, let me give you the results OF an
examination OF RED clover SEED made at the
experimental STATION at Tharand, Saxony.
VI one pound, nfteen ounces were foupd to
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