The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-03-12

the worm, but deplOres tho scarcity OF
the article, He recltea his troubles u
HIS city friends, among whom is drug
giat with m eye 10 business, who, with
energetic argument, conyincea him thu
"'yermifuge" alone will save hla plantf
from total destruction, II may be very
good, hut little expensive. We would
rec0mmend-merely from observation
that q cOplOna uae Of STANDARD oil" has
been known 10 produce more Payne h
tho square Inch Of anything suffering
with worms, than anything discovered
In modern timeal
How IN this model farmers c0rn'aeld
by this timer Lift up your eyes and you
can behold II afaf, by lta "liyid green,
hut which on close inspection proves
not 10 be corn, but grass and weeds; but
nevertheless the model farmer will soon
eradicate them, for there he comes be,
tween the rows, with coat and vest of
sleeves rolled up, hands firmly grasplng
the handlesO Of shovel pl0w, with muscles
act, aud knit brow, with great drops OF
aweat rolling down ha flushed
face, He has, however, only begun,
and tho end IN not yet, He seats him
self aud begins 10 mediate upon hia
latter end. First the backward spring,
then tho blighting frost kept back hla
corn NO the weeds got the start, then
pressing duties elsewhere on the farm
prevented giving much needed atten.
ti0n. Then tho worms, both cut and
grub-wOrma. Next will be the dfOnth;
then probably the graaah0pper, And
should he survive all these he will hard
ly have enough TO pay him for his work,
and the profits from the corn crop van
iah like the mista before the rising sun,
He has plenty work anyhow, no he takes
his horse and plOw out Of the field and
resigna the corn to ita fate, Aud he
tries 10 console himself with the exper-
fence Of Henry Ward Beecher whom he
commenced farming. Ho bought some
hogs for IS per head; fed Sl2 worth OF
corn To each then sold Ut $li per head +,
and claimed no cleared ~ per head.
When asked about tho com fed, he re-
piled, ,"0h, ! didn't mako anything on the
corn; never expected 10, hut | made
money on Tho h0ga," 80 our model far
mer determines 10 make 10 out OF some
other crop. But the chinch hug and
grasahopper take hia oats, the fly, rust
and weeyi hls wheat, tho striped bugs
his cucumber. melons and aquashes, the
maggOts his onions and rndishea, the
Colorado beetle hla potatoes, the tObac'
co aud cut-wOrm his tomatoes, the bugs
his peas and beans, the cabbage worms
his fine cabbagee, the c0ddling moth aud
canker worm his apples and pears, the
b0rer aud yellOws hla peaches, the cur
culi0 hia plums and Cheri los, the phyl-
lOxera and rot his grapes, the rust his
blackberries and rasp6errlea, the leaf
roller aud white grub hia strawberries,
the curfant worm his Gnrrants aud
gOOseberrlea, aud 80 on 10 the end OF the
chapter. Aud verify the end OF that
man In seven times worse than the be-
ginning, He begins to look upon the
pleasures Of fafm-life with distrust,
says they are hut few, and can be c0un-
ted upon his llnger-onds. lie sees moth
ing but enemies In all insect life, Even
the butterfly, that no had been taught TO
love and protect In hla childhood days,
For who does not remember the lines
In the old llrst reader;
pDutlcriilcs rcprtty things,
pfoltlOr Than you or l.
Neu tho c0lOru On lholf Wlnim
Who would hurt bultofiyY'
II may be good poetry, but very poor
doctrine for our boys n0w'a.days, Out
with such sentimontalism Teach your
children 70 kill every one that crosses
their paths IL you wish 10 stay The raya-
gea OF our fruits aud vegetables. An.
other selection contained the following:
Crush not tho worm
That brfifu thee llrl,
Aud some future day,
In another form twill bless thine eyes"
We say, crush out every worm you
lind In your pathway, and NJ the same
time this slckly s0tmentalism.
Our "MOdel Farmer" IN reduced TO
straits after such fri yhtful depredatiOns
on his crops and hopes; feels discOura'
ged, and goes 10 tho "h0nse OF HIS
friends" for consolation, hut they only
prove In this case, ~ In Jobs. poor com
fOrters, He then turns 10 his minister
and pOurs into his ears doleful lamen-
tati0ns OF his failures, and IL told by
that worthy that "the Lord chasteneth
whom he loyeth." But this IL poor con.
ISOLATION. aud Will not bring food and
clothes into the hOu,e nor pay hla con-
tracted debts. He wishes 20 know the
reason why man must fight with world
Of insects TO get u living from the aOil.
The minister asks him to be seatod,
then gets down his much unused fam.
lily Bible, aud 0nds recorded In Gen. $50,
"And there was not u man TO till the
ground" "And the Lord God took tho
man aud put him into the garden Of
Eden TO dress II and keep H." We read
he had plenty OF fruit 10 eat; hut OF one
tree no was forbidden 10 eat, Neverth6-
less. Mother Eve had strong taste for
pomolOgy, and violated the command.
whence all our troubles and yexati0ns
OF spirit. For we read the following
mandate. "Cursed IL tho ground for
thy sake; In sorrow shalt thou eat of II
all the days Of thy life; th0rns also and
thistles shall II bring forth 10 thee" In
the sweat OF thy face shalt thou eat thy
bread, Till thou return unto the ground,
for out Of II vast thou taken; for dust
thou are and unto dust shalt thou re-
turn" The Lord God sent him forth
from the Garden OF Eden TO till the
ground from whence no was taken" .""So
no drove out the man."
He secs now In Holy Writ what no has
Just experienced, that the ground IL
cursed; and that unconsciously no had
been fulfilling the Scriptures by eating
his bread In the sweat OF hls brow, but
wns unable to sec the intended consola-
tion his minister wished TO convey, as
no quoted the following lines:
~ doubt n hO whO lOlla hla he1d,
Where ldlOnoHg aud plenty moot
Enjoys his DllOw Or ils bread
~ those WHO earn tho meals thuyoat
Aud No tho notlyo breath VI life,
should Htlr our dun and aluggard wlllsi
For nro We not created rife
with health, that sIaguant torpOr klsY
And man N never half 40 bleat
Al whom the busy dry IA Bpent
10 ~ ~ make hla evening rest
holiday Of Hlnd content"
We sometimes Ilnd false consolation
In knowing that we are not alone In
suffering; and thus II was that our
"Model Farmer" was comforted by read
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