The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-08
Seed-Tine.


1t will not be long now before the
seed-time viii again be upon us. The
season of leisure will be ended. and the
usual rush of spring and summer work
wi confront US. The time for special
labor for the advancement of reforms
IN which we are interested, and for the
extensive and more systematic cultiva-
ton of the mind. will have passed for
the time being. There is not an excel
lent opportunity in the midst OF farm
work for thee things, and. therefore,
the winter season should be improved
to the fullest extent. The labor of the
farmer in seeding, growing and har-
vesting. is constant strain. That is to
sd , it requires his whole attention. We
do not like the word strain in this con-
nection, for the farmer has no business
to stra or oyertax himself No man
has any right to do more than he can
do without OverwOrk ne. OYerwOrk
means injury; it means a bent form and
stiff limbs, when the former should be
upright and the latter supple, and while
farming is not easy work, it is not nee
| essariIy a killing work. There IS not
| only no reason why the farmer should
not be well preserved through long
| life. but there is good reason why he
| should be. He enjoys the inestimable
privilege of breathing the pure air of
! heaven day after day; he can have the
| freshest and purest of food, and he has
! the delightful harmony and beauty of
nature around him all the time. Nat
urallv his surroundings are the most
| favorable for health comfort and long
/ life. But he too often makes a slave
of himself. labors beyond all reason,
and paws in doctor bills what would
be much more probably invested in
| help. We do insist that the farmer
| should enjoy life. OF all men he is
| entitled to that enjoyment. And
while 1T may not be thought wise to
act otherwise than upon the prin-
| cip}e that business comes before
! pleasure, we believe that one oh; ect
| of life is enjoyment, and that our
| labor itself should be so arranged as to
make it enjoyable Enjoyment OF life
is cOndu i've to the best interests of man.
1t makes him kinder in disposition;
more charitable to the world; develops
his spiritual nature; gives him better
digestion, and makes him better
and more faithful in all his relations.
1t is not unimportant, therefore, to
study how best we can increase that en-
! ioyment; and we believe that it should
! be the rule of farm life to embrace the
| opportunities for recreation whenever
| they offer All work and no play makes
JACK a duh boy, and this IS SO absolute
ly true that the investment of money at
| fairs, harmless exhibitions etc, is
| among the best that the farmer every
makes either IS regards himself or his
! family. 1t should be the study of every
hui band and father on the farm to
| brighten the life OF thOse in the house.
| The life of a farmer 5 wi e is exceed .ngly
| mOnOtOnOUs. live men were cont ned to
the house day after day. with regular
run" etween the dining room and
the kitchen, we should soon have need
of more lunatic asylums; we should be
come widely impatient under the re-
strajnt, and it is to be hoped that all
of us ar thoughtful enough to cons der
| that our wives and daughters need all
the relief from this mOnotony that they
can get.
Almost all of MS know whatit is to be
b thered when the spring work begins,
and as it pro Iresses, by extra things to
do. Tools and implements are not al
ways in order, and tn re may be repairs
to do about the premises which will not
permit of longer delay. As to the
former, if we put them away in the fail,
in an imperfect cOnd ton, we had better
see to getting them in order now. If it
is necessary to take them to a mechanic
there will be no better time 0 do it than
now. And as to the general repairs
about the premises, many of them can
be done in int T, and should be done.
We need to keep in view the fact that
when the work JegiDs, we will be in a
hurry, and that it is very Improbable
to be called away from it. Western
Rural.