The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-20
FARM LIFE AS 1T MIGHT
BE.


in the morning is a relic of barbar-
lem. It has made hundreds and
thousands of young men curse the
business. There is no need of get
ting up at 8 or 4 o'clock in the
winter morning. The farmer who
persists in dragging his wife and
children from their bed sought to be
visited by missionary. It is time
enough to rise after the sun has set
the example. In the old times they
used to get up at 8 O'Clock in the
morning, and 60 to work long before
the SUI had risen with dealings
upon its WINGS" and, as a just pun.
is1ment, 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 harvest
ing DOW compared with what it was
in the old time? Think of the days OF
reaping, of grading. of raking and
binding and moving Think of
threshlpg with a fail and winnow-
ing with the wind. And now think
of the Tespers and mowers, the bind
ing and threshing machines, and
ploWs and cultivstors, upon which
the farmer rides protected from the
sun. If, with all these advantages
you cannot get q living without ris.
ing in the middle of the night go into
some other business. You should
not rob your families of their sleep.
Sleep is the best medicine in the
world. There is no such thing as
health without sleep. Sleep until
you are thoroughly rested and re
stored When y1u work, work; and
when you get through take a good
long, refreshing sleep.
A great many farmers seem to
think that they are the only lsborers
in the world. This is 8 ve:y foolish
thing. Farmers cannot 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 lsborers, and all
labor is under obligations to the in
ventions of genius. The inventor
does as much for agriculture as he
who tills the soil. Until genius sGd
labor rmed 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
agricultQrist was ignorant; be knew
nothing of machinery, he was the
slave OF superstition.
The farmer has been elevated
through science, and be should not
forget the debt he owes to the me-
chanic. to the Inventor, to the
thinker. He should remember that
sill laborers belong to the same grand
fsmily-that they are the real kings
and queens, the only true no.
bility.
ABOVE all, let every farmer treat
his wife and children with Infinite
kindness Give your sons and
daughters every advantage Tithin
your power. In the air of kindness
they grow about you like 6oWerp,
They will fill your homes with sun
shine and all your years with Joy. Do
not try to rule by force. A blow from
a parent leaves a scar on the soul. I
should feel ashamed to die surroun-
ded by children l bad whipped.
Think of feeling upon your dying lips
the kiss OF a child you had struck.
See to it that your wife has every
convenience. Make her life worth
living. Never allow her &c become a
servant. Wives, weary aud worn,
mothers, Wrinkled and bent before
their time, fill homes with grief and
shame. II you are not able to hire
help for your wives, help them your
selves. See that they have the best
utensils to work With. Women can
not create things by magic. Have
plenty of wood and cosl-good cellars
and plenty in them Have cisterns,
so that you can have plenty of rain
water for washing. Do not rely on q
barrel and q beard. When the rain
comes the board will be lost or the
hoops will be of the barrel.
Farmers should live like princes.
Eat the best things you raise and sell
the rest. Have good things to cook
with. OF all people in our country,
you should live best. Throw your
miserable little stoves out of the win
dow. Get ranges, and have them so
built that your wife need not burn
her face of to get you a breakfast.
Do not make her cook in kitchen
hot az the orthodox perdition. The
beef, not the cook, should be roasted.
It is just as easy to have things con-
venient AM right as TO nave them
any other way.
Cooking is one of the fine arts.
Give your wives and daughters things
to cook and things to cook with, and
they will soon become most excellent
cooks. Good cooking is the basis OF
civilization. The man whose arteries
and veins are filed with rich blood
made of good and Well-cooked food.
has pluck, courage, endurance, ana
noble impulses.
In the good old days there would