Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-02
city aud Country.

Real estate agents say tnaJ thore 40
general inquiry after small farms to
purchase by persons who reside in the
city who desire to remove to the coun-
try as the better means for making .
living. While work Ia plenty and
wages good, the city is adesirable place
to live for those who have a living TO
make by manual labor but in times
like the present, fully one-half the labor
population are out of employment and
but poor prospect Of Improvement the
mind instinctvely turns to the country
where II q man has but few acres Of
land aud house to live In he can
make him self and family secure from
want. If a man nowadays owns q little
| farm of ten acres not too heavily mort
| gagged, he can make a comfortable liv-
ing from it for a good sized family. On
that land he can keep horse and
COW, two or three pigs, poultry in abun-
dance ani besides raise vegetables, corn
and wheat enough for use and have
some to spare. A man in this oondi'
ton may not grow wealthy very rapid
", but he is at least independent and
need never be distressed about where
the next meal is 10 come from. a
great many people make great mistake
by disposing of the small farms that
they own and taking what little money
they realize from them, remove 70 the
city and engage in merchandising oil
something else with which they hav
!, but little experience. Before the.
know it, almost all their money lie gon
, and in lieu of it they have number @
, bad outstanding bills which can onl
be paid when times are good. Their
( are too many people ready and anxiou
, to remove to the city. The hustle, tn
3 excitement and the glare of city life a
t tract them They think that whe
they get to tue city once 10 live the
s cup of happiness will be full. Thos
4 who are religiously inclined count @
the fine churches they will visit. tt
: modest little brick or frame church ;
e the cross roads in the country loses i
e charms as the towering church steepl,
i in the city loom up in view and plert
: the very clouds. Those who are mol
/ bent or pleasure find the opera hou,
4 performances more attractive than u
p little lyceum at the country scho
9 house. Moving TO the city and livir
s in the city does very well as long
@ shops are full of orders and everybod
l. is making good wages. Bat even thf
a the money goes faster than it did in ii
Ne country. There are 20 maly mo
II places to spend money Instead of g
d country store being a mile or w
d away there is store at every corner
IL the city, and where store in the coa
Try may be pisitsd about once we.
80 a city store is visited perhaps two
g. three times day. Somehow the wee
le wages no matter how high they a
10 seem to go, and there is but little lett
le show fer them, and when depressi,
in business comes and the shops eth
al close or lay off one half their laboril
in force, there ere thousands who fl
to themselves out of work and no mon
as to liveon.
as Now, then, instead OF an emigrati
I'd from the country to the city, the
ut should be- a steady stream Of emigrati
e, from the city to the country. There
no land enough there for farm for eve
he man of family. Those who have far
Of running over hundred acres have ,
on much land, anyhow, and they shor
IL sell 1t off into smaller farms, and
n are pleased TO be informed that there
he a general inquiry by peoplein the C
IN who are tired OF the uncertainties Of III
Ne cautile and manufacturing business
he small farms on which they can at lie
er make living for themselves and live
ID, comparative independence