Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-15

Ior, ny his SclenIlnC IesehIch duu pOl>
ished address, may amass great riches,
and even win the gratitude of heirs by
smoothing the pathway to the grave of
some rich and tenacious old man. The
lawyer "a necessary evil,) backed by
the wickedness of man and his two
great co-adjutors-alcoholic drinks and
the credit system-may roll in wealth
and honor. The successful speculator
who counts his gains by millions; bulls
and bears, who pull the wool from the
Glands" of a thousand pastures and
can build railroads and factories, thus
gaining more wealth and power-all
these may be necessary to the upbuild-
ing of a great country, but they are
all fed by the sweat and labor of the
humble worker; yes, in the hard hand
of the farmer, made so by honest toll,
lies the grandeur of civilization and the
strength Of country.
wish / had time to dwell on some
of the great labOrs of the farmers.
One of them is to control his temper.
In great many sections of the State
we are in an anomalous condition we
have fence law but no lawful fences
and no timber to build them. The
communist and those always perjudiced
against the landholder, will not allow
us to do away with the rotton things
we have, so every farmer has to keep
up miles of fencing to keep out few
hogs with heads like gar-fsh and tails
like black snake. Think of the poor
farmer ready with his family to go to
church on Sunday; he sees these crea-
lures destroying his crop; he looks
around for help in vain; his "handS;
are all gone off and the dogs gone with
them; telling his family to go and re.
member him in their prayers, he rush.
es out to do the hardest days work Of
the week. The hogs, lean, long.leg.
ged and fleet as grey hounds-lineal
descendants of those possessed with
devils--can never see the holes they
came in at; if u man can preserve his
religion and dignity under such circum.
stances he will be entitled to "high
seat" But we have this consolation,
that we are living under the freest
government that the sun ever shone
upon; free to whites, free to blacks,
free to dogs and free to hogs; where
every man, if he chooses, can sit under
vine or fig tree, with none to mo-
lest unless he is afraid.
Another great labor of the farmer is
to keep out of debt. The farmer who
buys fertilizers and supplies on credit to
make cotton, is condemned to the la
bors of Sysiphus--he can roll the stone
to the top. but it will be certain to roll
down again. He is like the man whose
sheep-fold was ravaged by wolf; t.
remedy the evil he bought him a vol
dog and put him on the robbers track
they all went "helter.skelter" through
the woods until coming up with {
wood.chopper, he asked in breathless ex
element "Did you see wolf and {
dog pass by here?" "YesP "Hov
were they making it?" "Nip ant
tuck, but the dog was leetle ahead.
could advise the farmer to shorte
road to ruin, and one that would say,
him the trouble Of farming. Buy tn
cotton ready made, give his note fo
it, secured by mortgage on his farm
sell the cotton and live like fghtin,
cock on the money, and when tn,
Sheriff sells him out he can 60 Texas o
the other place for what the communit,
will care.
Raise all the provisions you need
then plant all the cotton you can. &c
one year ahead, even if you have t
practice the "Irishman's economy
i.e., "to do without things you ar
obliged to have" Always pay as 20
go. 1t has been sarcastically said tina
if you do you will not go far. We'll
don't go far, at least no further tina
Atlanta. If you stick to farming o
that programme, you may never be
bloated bondholder or coupon clipper
but you will be that nobiest work {
God-an honest man. IT has alwav