San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-30
Good Words From a Young Farmer.

Eproa FREn PnKss Beina farmer,
and thus having an opportunity TO expert
ence some Of tho draw backs and hardships
with which tho farmer has to contend, the
drouth, and the excessive rains, the insects,
tho labor and money expended In cultim'
ton, the uncertainty Of favorable harvest
ing, and when his mite is harvested and
put upon market II brings an inadequate
price to supply his wants, not wants, but
the neoessaries Of life. Thus, In his de-
lection he jumps at the conclusion that
heaven does not smile ON him. and all the
world Is against him, losing sight OF the
endorsements and fatigues with which
the other trades and professions arc en-
cum ered. In his discomfort he gazes In
tently upon some man who Is handling
forty 10 City thousand dollars year, aud
new thought enters his brain, but before
that is digested another enters, and swal-
lows up the bright vision; he hasn't got the
the capital.
The professions meet his eager eyes,
hopeful faces peeping from undor the nm
brella, shielded from the blazing sun, with
graceful step and tender hands, amble along
the various walks Of life, all seeming to
suggest ihat the tiller Of the soil has OBJ
stacles in his path insurmountable.
Well. Il is not much use to talk to man
who has q malady unless you have rem
edy. Verify believing In the doctrine that
each individual is tho architect Of his own
fortune, although exceptions may seem TO
present themselves, we would say, get to
work the more resolutely. II may be that
YOU have never received anything more in
the way Of remuneration for your labor
than food and raiment, and It may also be
that you do not deserve anything more.
As for us, we believe there Ia good time
coming. We believe the time Is coming
when individuals will reap greater reward
for cultivating fifty acres of ground, than
we reap from one hundred acres now. We
believe that the people will be educated to
a high standard, not the education of talk
ing flippantly of oil the books that are
printed, or well versed in all the mythology
les of the dead nations or speaking huently
all the living languages, but common
sense way of thinking and acting. An cd
ucation that will be guided by experiment
An education that will put our mother wit
into activity, in adopting the best imple-
ments and methods, in curtailing our OK
penses, and utilizing that that we have. An
education that will set US to providing bet
ter shelter for our stock. and also priding
us to keep better quality Of animals. An
education that will prevent us from run
ming into the extreme, in cultivating one
thing exclusively to the neglect of another.
An education that will set us to identifying
our homes and making life pleasant and
joyous. An education that will cause us to
accept the situation. and make the best OF
When we shall have at
tanned to this elevation, we may understand
and appreciate the lines Of Virgil:
''Thrice happy SWANS, whom genuine
pleasures bless,
If they but knew and felt their hap
piness."
When our labor is made pleasant and re-
content will reign, our homes
will be attractive, melodious strains of mu-
sic will be waited ON the breezes, whole
some literature will find q place in our
homes, the drifting tide of our youth to the
towns and cities will oe checked, school |
houses and churches, an index TO our better
natures, an index to progress will be erect
ID, then, and not until then, may we call |
ourselves independent. j. L. d.
Mr.. Holmes Is offering his residence for |