Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-10-15
NUMRE 18.

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couraging than the practical absence Of
this maudlin sentiment in this territory.
The men with brawny arms and sun
burned faces, with broad acres and lowing
aocks. arc the recognized afistocracy Of
this new empire. And they have their
! parents Of nobility from the oldest fam
lilies of the globe. Abel, o we'll - his
brother, was an agrlculturist and Noah
was husbandmsn and planted vine
yard. The richest pstrlarchs Of early
Jewish history we're cultivat0rs Of the
soil and had great faith in the stock btia,.
ness.
Abraham was very rich:in cattle and %
was Lot, and between them they had 20
many cattle the country could not sup
port them. Jacob had immense hocks
(he gave Essu $50 hesd). Shamgar at
the time of his appointment q Judge in
Israel was herder. Gideon was found
threshlng his grain, and Saul, though :
King, received the news Of an attack up-
on cne of his towns while driving IN hss
cattle from field. When Elijah wsHt
to look for Elisha, to put upon him Nc
mantle of q prophet, he found him break
ing prairie At least We may infer that
for he was "plowing with u yoke OF
oxen" 'Cinclnnatus as We I'll know was
called from his plsw TO save his country.
Washington bad his plantation and Clay
and Webster both delighted in farming
and its kindred occupations. Greece at-
tanned the height of her glory u farming
became best understood, and the Romans
took great pride IN the cultivation Of land.
Each citizen was allotted few acres by
the state. The quantity was small, Gu
rius the orator declaring that he was
dangerous man who could not content
himself with acres, but careful cultiva-
ton made these small tracts yield enor.
mously. People smile at the marvellous
stories told about the yield Of crops in
Dakota, but Pliny says that 400 stalks Of
wheat all grown from one seed were sent
to the Emperor Augustus. But he as
clibed the productiveness of the soil TO
the fact that the earth .'took delight In
being titled by the hands Of men crowned
with laurels and decorated with triumphal
honors.'' If this is 81 the soil of Dakota
ought to yield fabulous crops when cult
vatcd BY the 1850 old soldiers who have
made the territory their home.
The governor then draws the following
picture of what the future farm home is
to be and what it used to be:
An educated agricultural class is the
best safeguard of the republic, and the
time has come within my own recollec-
tion when it is not deemed necessary that
: boy should set mp = Law Office and leave
the farm simply because he has been
given liberal education. The homes Of
our farmers are becoming what they a.
ways should have been, the ab0des Of the
educated and refined. Let them be made
so, more and rore. And to accomplish
this, do not be toe careful of spending
few dollars about the home. II the choice
lies between buying 20 more head Of cat
tie and making the home pleasant and
the wife happy, choose the latter and 1t
will pay you better dividend than the
other investment. We used TO zee, and
the sight has not yet disappeared, farmers
wives dragged out with wsrk, the wife
slaving herself to death in the house
while her husband shaved himself to death
in the field. And about the time they
thought themselves able to get help they
discovered they were old, broken down,
rheumatic, and began spending - much
for doctors Is would have paid for extra
help for many year. saw the other
day what was called "a Tired Woman's
Epitaph," and this is the way it read:
Here lies poor woman
Who always was tired,
Who lived In house
Where help was not hired.
Her last words on earth we're,
"Dear friends am gong
Where washing amt done
Nor sweeping nor sewing.
And everything there
Is exact, to my wishes,
For where they don't eat,
There's no washing Of dishes.
III be where loud anthems
Will ever be ringing.
But having no voice
LII be clear Of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now,
Don't mourn for me ever,
I'm going to do nothing
Forever and ev err
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