The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-10

is true, to great extent, OF all large
towns and cities, When farmers rush
to the cities for an education for their
children they often do themselves a
positive injury. Stay on the farm.
There is al education there worth far
more than that you can get in the city
When my boys got to be II years old
| laid aside every week one dollar for
each of them to be considered as wages
When they wanted some new clothes l
took them into town and let them pick
out samples themselves and get just
what they wanted. The money for the
clothes came out Of their wage money.
ana other expenses We're figured in the
same way. The plan worked well in
every way. My boys got an idea of
business that has stuck to them. Too
many boys are just taugot to lie and
steal by their fathers. [ know men who
tell their boys they must not touch an
apple, or peach, or any other fruit.
Who ever yet heard of boy who kept
away from fruit when he really wanted
it and it was RIG hit before him? wou Int
give cent for such boy even if he
could be found. A wise man will have
barrel Of fruit open and tell the boys
to go and get what they want If they
do this there won't be any sneaking
about to get an apple, or any trying to
hide the fact after the apple has been
taken. BE fair and honest with the
boys if you want them to make men
Different people have different hob
bies regarding health. | have mine.
Some people want one kind of patent
medicine and some another. | take nv
medicine in the shape plenty of fruit,
lots of cold water and coarse towel.
The fruit eat. A part of the water |
drink, but the most Of it goes on the
outside of the skin. | never could be-
gin the days work right without bath
all over with cold water. In ten min
utes can sponge myself all over and
rub myself into glow. Those ten
minutes do me more good than an hour
more in bed would do. When I come
in to dinner, with clothes just dripping
with perspiration, [ don't sit right
down to the table as [ am. In ten min
utes I can rub myself all over with
coarse towel and change my undercloth-
ing. The wet clothes, hung out in the
sun, will be all right for the next days
change. | enjoy my dinner far more
than [ would if [ sat down wet and hot
from work, and the ten minutes time is
never lost This practice pays me we'll,
and would not discontinue it for any
thing. L am we'll satisfied that there
are dozens, of diseases that can be rubbed
out of the system with coarse towel if
they are only taken in time. Try it,
farmers, and see if it doesn't pay you.
Farmers who try to buy wit for their
boys will find that it costs more than it
comes to. A neighbor of mine has
found this out to his sorrow He start
ed some years ago on a new farm and
worked like slave to bring it up into
shape. He had large family of boys,
and they were all sent to school, sum-
mer and winter. The man said that as
he never had any chance himself he
proposed to give his boys every chance
they wanted. Every one of them had
to have horse and buggy to drive by
the time he was eighteen, with money
to spend at every dance within ten
miles. The man bought new farm,
giving security on his old place. The
family was strong handed in the house
and out, if the boys had only been
brought up to work. They had the
incest chance in the world to get fine
place, but instead of that they lost the
whole thing. Those boys would not
settle down to work at all. They went
driving round over the country and let
their father hire help. The result was
that he could not meet his payments
and had to give up. That is what comes
of this way of thinking that our sons
must have an easier time than we had
That is all nonsense. There is no rea-
son why farmer sh ould make slave
of himself in order to keep his son in
luxury. 1t is tough knocks, the rough
rubbing against the world, that makes
a man and it is most mistaken kind
ness to try to pay boys way for him.