The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
Farm Life as L NIGHT Be.


1t is not necessary in this age of
the world for the farmer to rise in
the middle of the night to begin
his work. The getting up so early
in the morning is a relic of barbar-
ism. 1t has made hundreds and
thousands of young men curse the
business. There is no need of get
ting up at 3 or 4 o'clock in the win
ter morning. The farmer who
persists in dragging his wife and
children from their beds at an un-
reasonable hour ought to be visited
by missionary. 1t is time enough
to rise when the sun has set the
example. In the old times they
used to get up about 3 o'clock in
the morning, and go to work long
before the sun has risen with 'sheal-
ing upon his wings" and, as a just
punishment, they all had the ague;
and they ought to have it now.
When you rise at 3 or 4 and work
till dark, what is life worth? Of
what use is all the improved ma
chinery unless it tends to give the
farmer a little more leisure? What
is harvesting now compared with
what it was in the old time? Think
of the days of reaping, of grading
and binding and moving! Think
of threshing with a fail and win
moving with a Sheet And now
think of the reapers and mowers,
and binders and threshing machines,
and plows and culivators, upon
which the farmer rides protected
from the sun. If, with all these
advantages, you can not get a liv-
ing without rising in the middle of
the night, go into some other bust
ness. You should not rob your
family of sleep. Sleep is the best
medicine in the world Sleep until
you are thoroughly rested, When
you work, work, and when you get
through, take good, long and re-
freshing sleep.
A great many farmers seem to
think that they are the only labor
ers in the world. That is foolish
notion. Farmers can not get along
without the mechanic. You are not
independent of the man of genius.
Your prosperity depends upon the
invention.
Above all, let the farmer treat
his wife with infinite kindness.
Give your sons and daughters all
the advantages in your power. In
the air of kindness, they grow about
your like flowers. They will fill
your home with sunshine and all
your years with joy. Do not try to
rule by force A blow from a pa
rent leaves q scar on the soul. l
should feel ashamed to die sur
rounded by children l had whipped.
Think OF feeling upon your dying
lips the kiss of child you had
struck.
See to it that your wife has every
convenience. Make her life worth
living. Never allow her to become
a servant. Wives weary and worn,
mothers wrinkled and bent before
their time, fill homes with grief and
shame. If you are not able to hire
help for wives, help them yourselves.
See that they have the best utensils
to work with. Women cannot create
things by magic. Have plenty of
wood and coal. A good cellar is a
good thing. Have plenty of cisterns,
so that rainwater may always be at
hand for washing. Do not rely
on a barrel and a board. When
the rain comes, the board will be
lost or the hoops off the barrel
Farmers should live like princes.
Eat the best things you raise and
sell the rest, but always hold your
self saoYe carrying sinking butter
and rotton eggs to market. Have |
good things to eat and to cock with. |
Of all people IN this country, you
should live at the top of the heap. |
Throw your miserable old cooking
stove out of doors, and get a range |
so built that your wife need not |
burn her face off to get you meal.
Do not allow her to cook in a
kitchen as hot as perdition. The |
beef, not the cook, should be roast
ed. 1t is just as easy to have
things convenient and right as to
have it the reverse.
Cooking is one of the fine arts.
Give your wives and daughters
things to cook with, and they will
soon become 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 and no
Die imnulses.