Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-26
Why l Prefer the Farm.

/ btAN hoN ~ 10 tAAI AAlQok It1iNAlF
occupation. Second il is the most in
dependent business. Third il is the
safest and best place to rear q family.
think these are excellent reasons why
should prefer the farm, and of course
| there are great many others The
| farm is where health and contentment
dwell. Who has not noticed the con-
trast between the young men and
women with their well formed bodies
and sprightly movements where coun-
try bred, with those slender creatures
Of our towns and cities. Then we have
our vegetables. butter and cream, fruits,
honey, fish, and poultry fresh from the
farm we are not Obliged 10 eat poultry
that is second class and that has been
packed for an unlimited length of time.
nor oleomargarine for butter and vege-
tables fresh from the garden are much
more healthy than those found in the
city markets. Then near by the house
the orchard sways and sweeps with
fruit of gold in water clear the fishes
play and the bees are within the fold.
think YOU will all agree with me in say
ing the farm is the place for health.
Then let us throw the doors and Win
tlows open in summer and let the lire
burn brightly in winter and make the
homestead delightful with those little
arts that parents so we'll understand.
Do not repress the buoyant spirits of
your children; do not be afraid of
little fun at home; do not shut your
houses lest the sun should fade your
carpets and your hearts lest laugh
should shake down few musty cobwebs
hanging there. Young people must
have their fun and healthy exercise, for
il develops their bodies and strengthens
their minds. If they do not find it at
home they viii seek it in the less profit
able places in towns and cities. Half
an hour Of nerriment within doors and
merriment of home blots out the re-
membrance of many care and annoy
ance during the day and the best sale
guard children can take with them INTO
| the world is the unseen influence OF
bright and happy home. independence,
| if ever found in perfection anywhere, ~
| found in the lordly farmer Where DO
our best men and women come from
| in all callings, are they not often the
strong mind and self relying sons aud
daughters of the farm? With the same
intellectual and physical efforts, the
farm will bring in fully as honest liv-
inc as will the city to say nothing Of tho
moral and physical advantages OF coun-
try life. There is no cheating nature as
the sowing, so the reapng The dit-
ferance between farming aud some
other pursuits seems to be that there is
less of chance in it. 1t gathers strength
like the tree steadily and surely, II has
not great prizes for the lucky few that
the mercantile and specializing ventures
that our large cities hold out, nor does
it abound in the total failures thousands
yearly are becoming wrecks in fortune
and health. Such is not the end of thc
Intelligent, industrious farmer, who has
abundant reasons to be satisfied with his
lot. 1t is necessary that we have doc
tors. ministers, merchants, and lawyers
but remember for health rare opportun-
tiles, for self-improvemeut, long life
and real independence, farming Is tn"
best business in the world.
As the safest and best place to rear
family the farm can not be beat
MANY are the temptations and trials
of CITY children that the farmers boys
and Girls know nothing of. Then rural
surroundings in youth are conducive to
developing individuality in mankinf
The most successful men in our :
try are those who in early life Idua
deed all along, depended on ~ad IN
exertions for a living and 'oeir owf
were in humble, or not |9oSe pareht'
~ IL o;rorn,stances Gore that well
80 tha eo;I I havc I'd generally tillri.
farn1;ng win 4, heard many say ina
n 80 .tI neeonle very well for unedu
g.. ony ~ who have not the brain,
, ~ Ing nobler or grander, bu
nI = no nobler or grander vocation
%" Zone that brains can be applied {,
~ifeh better results than farming. Ii i.
Becoming the fashion nowadays fol
+ farmers sons to leave the farm and sceR
|, employment in the city, thinking by SO
a doing 10 make more money, live easier,
:, ard achieve greater success. This gives
d us reason for earnest thought and scri
( GUS alarm. Many are the boys who
f have left the farm to seek their fortune
a in the city to-day who are suffering and
starving in innumerable instances for
= the bare necessities of life. They are
q to be found in all professions and call
Il ings in AL branches of business aud
n trade. We must keep our boys at home
! and make home SO delightful and pleas
ant that they will not become dissatisfied
IS ard parents remember that"a little non.
Y sense now and then is relished by the
best of men," If you want to ruin your
, sons and daughters let them think that
all mirth and social enjoymentsmust he
I left outside when they come home.
When once home is regarded as ONLY
a a place to cat, drink and sleep in tho
work is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation. II
' your daughters become dissatisfied
+ would advise you TO send them away tn
, boarding school for few months. I
assure you they will come home per-
} fectly satisfied with the dear old farm.
2 About the third letter they will writB
, home will read something like this: II
+ am just as homesick as | can be.
only wish was home tonight TO get
one good square meal, all we have tn
eat here is crackers, rice, hominy, oat +.
| meal and Oleomargarne and / am al
D most starved. Please send me box OF
something to eat and don't forget to put
: in some butter" This is simply an OK
tract from a letter read some time ago
, and think the writer meant just about
, what she said
: ! have tried to give you few reasons
why prefer the farm, and had / my
life 70 live over again and rear a family
would choose as have done, the cal.
/ ling of a farmers wife and | would
choose for my husband farmers sol
one who could see in a farmers girl
something more than drudge and en-.
dure without sheer the soiied dress
and bare feet of the milk maid. have
d seen the dark and bright sides of farDI
life but not the golden tinge OF start.
/ have economical, struggled and saved
with an industrious and dear husband
; ever trusting in God and he has pros
pered us so ! can truly say that Que
lines have fallen to us in pleasant pla.
ces. Resting on the same omnpotenca