Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-11-10

Is injurious to health. Magcndie !
even cites a case of death caused Jy Il
large boquet of lilies which the sufferer,
a previously healthy woman, had slept
with in her bedroom. Amongst the
more dangerous plants may be men
toned the walnut the bay-tree, and
hemp. The action OF these is well
known, the latter indeed producing n
kind of drunkenness.
what u Farmers Education should be.
The Amer can sentry.
The work OF the farmer lies at the
basis Of the worlds prosperity. The
better man and the better farper he
may be, the more thrifty and prosper
Gus will be the nation ana the more he
will benefit the world in bis Individual
capacity. 1t is, therefore, of the high.
est Importance that the farmer should
be an intelligent and well-educated
man, that he may ill his place in So
ciety in the best and most useful man
ner. But there is Il pOpular impression
abroad that q good farmer or q good
shoemaker or mechanic may be spoiled
by too much education. Ii good
education prevents the one from grow
ing good crops, or the others from max
ing durable shoes or building solid
houses or barns. there might bc some
truth in this idea. But why should the
cultivation OF the mind have this de-
plorable result? 1t is very plain that
if such result should be produced,
something is wrong in the education,
and it has not been of the right kind.
And it is jUst here whore failure is
made iii those cases where the educa-
ton OF farmers children result in dis
appointment. We cannot denv that in
many cases parents have been disap-
pointed in this way. Children have
seen sent to country schools; and every
year their minds and hopes have been
turned further away from rural pur-
suits, from farm life and work, and in
a direction toward city life, with AL its
ambitions, until, when they have be-
come freed from parental restraint,
they have turned their backs upon the
old homestead, and the Old folks have
been left desolate and alone il their
AGE, when most they needed the society
and help OF their children.
farmer cannot be too well edu-
Gated. He may, and should be,
possessed of all tie practical knowl-
edge which relates to his business.
This should be taught in rural schools
as soon as the first rudiments-"th the
three RS" as they have been humor-
Ously called-have been mastered.
This will require some primary insight
INTO mechanics, hydrostatics, botany
and chemistry. 70 young mind that
has been properly trained and has not
been mised, these Will open very
fairy land Of wonders, which the boy oI
girl may explore with the greatest adj
, vantage and delight, and in which
every discovery Will tempt TO further
explorations. Such study will make
farm life vastly more interesting and
delightful than the superficial anJ
frivolous existence which is too often
passed by young men in towns and
cities, where questionable, if not
vicious, eXcitements are frequently
sought to mitigate the real isolation
which may be more often found in g
city than in the country. Some of the
most lonesome men and women are
found in cities and towns and i'm the
midst of crowds. Where one cannot
find enjoyment in his own surround
ings there he Is isolated, AS if he wer,
alone in a dessert, and there is JIG
place Whcr3 person, Old or young
can find more pleasing and rational en-.
joyment than on a farm or in farm
nome.
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