Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-06
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are property known only by their
opposites." Thus, was it not for
sickness, we could not properly com
prehend the meaning of health; did
we have no unhappiness, we would
not properly understand and value
happiness. A vast amount of un
happiness Is the result of blunders,
but it is necessary some should be
made in order that we may more
fully appreciate happiness, among
other reasons. One unnecessary
blunder frequently made by country
youths, who too often regard farm
ing as an inferior calling, is desire
to flock into the cities.
"God made the country but man
made the town" Agriculture al
ways has been and always will be
the true foundation of all business.
Very seldom does a farmer fail, and
the agricultural class as whole is
the only one really prosperous; while
ninety per cent. Of those who enter
merchantile life become bankrupt.
The loftiness of labor should al
ways be decided by its usefulness,
rather than by its superficial luster.
In country where there are over
seventy thousand lawyers and the
the other professions over run, it is
almost impossible to obtain posi-
tion on the ladder of fame above the
mediocrity round In order to be
honored it is not necessary 70 follow
one Of the "three black graces," law,
medicine, or the ministry, as a pro-
fession.
Parents often make a grave mis-
take by intoxicating in their sons
spirit Of aversion for the farm. Do
not teach them that they may do far
better than "to guide the OK, or turn
the stubborn glebe," and do not la
Dor under the erroneous idea that
education is not beneficial to the
farmer. Give your sons as good a
practical education as possible, aud
surround them with an ample supply
of good reading, as they are step
plngstones to greatness. As ga
mother is known by her daughter,
fool by his words, so also is man
known by his books"
In cities young men are constant
ly surrounded by temptations, and
where one has force of character to
successfully resist them three are
submerged in their seething waves
and hurried on to destruction OF
my schoolmates who have been
reared in cities, one is now in states
prison for embezzIement, another is
fugitive from justice, while several
more have sunk to the lowest depth
of morality, and the prison will soon
claim its own. Had they been rails
ed on farms they would undoubtedly
have become respected citizens. The
cities is the home Of that wonderful
species Of humanity, the dude, who
wears pantaloons that fit him as tight
IS the hide on fat hog, and who is
in dire distress when he sits down
lest they should be rent asunder.
lie can generally be found on a
street corner plying his ayocaton as
a masher, while Gin his hand is n
penny stick, in his mouth a penny
pick, and not penny in his pocket"
\ famous Roman general desired
next to the honor of war, the honor
of being n good farmer. "Wheu
the deputies came to inform Cincin-
natus that he had been appointed
Dictator, they found him blowing in
his field" Burns the humble plow-
man of Ayrshire afterwards became
the national poetof Scotland. &C.
Carpenter, Ex-Governor of Iowa, up.
on retiring from the Gubernatorial
chair, returned to his farm and went
to work, while Senator Beck, Of Ky,
started life as a farm hand. Wash
ington was more in love with the
sickle than the sword, and we are
almost as proud of Washington the
farr.rr as Washington the president
Jefferson, Adams, Webster and Gar
field, besides many more of our
most promident men, have been
raised farmers, or identified with
the farm, and did they lose any of
their dignity thereby? Decidedly
not.
Webster's intellectual ability was
as conspicuous in the management
of his farm at Marshfeld, as it was
in the senate chamber, while Van
Buren, was as proud of his cabbage
patch as Of his "sharp diplomacy at
Washington"
The gains of husbandry are not
as rapid as in some merchantile pur-
suits but are much surer, and as a
rule pay large interest ON the CAPT.
tai and skill invested. How many
men in business we see that work
like slaves until they accumulate q
cOmpetpucp. or rs they pYproSs II