The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-16
Appea RANGES.

| The popular idea among observing peo-
pie, says Hon. w. j. Northern in tue South
eTn Cuttfuator, is that there is much in ap-
pearances. The manner and the habits,
and the dress of people serve, oftentimes. to
determine somewhat their business and
their success. In this way, without the
utterance of a word or the indie alton of a
statement, and through no other source
than bare appearances, we determine man
to be Clergyman, a lawyer, a merchant or
farmer, as the case may be. Appearances
go even farther. Men who are good OBJ
servers of things about them can tell, in a
| good degree, the success of others, simply
| by appearances.
good farmer never seats himself in a
| rickety vehicle. behind a poor team, to be
| drawn by harness that is one-third cotton
strings. We can almost always tell a good
| farmer by appearances. Everybody knows
that 'all is not gold that glitters," and that
appearances are often deceptive" These
are exceptions; the rule is, 'you may know
man by the company he keeps and the
| coat he wears"
Look upon mans fields and you have
very fair idea of the man himself. Get
still nearer to him and examine his fences,
his barn, his Sheds his tools and his home.
and you have him drawn to life. What
ever may be his pretensions and his profes-
| sions, his marvellous tales of thrift, you need
to ses his fields and his home before you can
fully measure the man. If about the barn
| you find dilapidation and decay, the fences
awry and the manure wasting, you have
| sufficient data to form an accurate opinion
| as to the income from his farm. The steps
to the home shaky and unsafe, the window
| shutters hanging by leather strap for a
| hinge, the door shutter dragging upon the
| floor, with a resistance that requires one
horse power to open it, the roof leaking and
| the top of the chimney blown off, are
all marks of the mans character and thrift,
unmistakable in the tale they tell.
| Strangers can tell you the appearance of
the man by taking his likeness from his
surroundings.
1t will not do to say the farmer is too
much reduced to improve his surroundings.
| A few days work, at times when nothing
| else can be done, will remove the pushes,
the stumps and the stones Just a little
time and industrious effort will right up the
| fences. In two days a shelter can be made
| that will hold one years accumulation of
! manure Two or three bushels of corn or
wheat, sold, will pay for q new stem to the
| chimney; few dozen eggs, or some extra
poultry. will repair the blinds and the shut
ter to the door, and a little proper economy
| will shelter the home and the family from
| the decay that comes by the storm and the
chill that brings sickness and disease
through lack of comfort.
These improvements should be made not
simply for the sake of appearan ces. To
| live in the midst of dilapidation and decay
| taxes away good portion of mans active
forces. On the contrary, tho simple appear
ance of thrift gives energy and impulse
to effort, as it inspires hope and the posi-
bility of success. A well-managed farm
ana a comfortable, well-kept home stand
as a beacon to a community and a standard
| to others.
| Our aim on the farm should not be, so
much, immense yields at the sacrifice of
neatness, method and order. Such policy
will sooner or later bring decay 1t is far
| better TO DO less anu uOlC we'll. Remove Cue
hindrances and Instructions from the fields;
keep all work stock in thrifty, comfortable
| condition; the barn plain and simple it may
be, but we'll kept and neat in appearances;
above all see that the home is one worthy
| of the wife, who gives her service day in
aud day out for the comfort and happiness
| of the household. and you will feel better
| for the effort and become, actually, more
prosperous from your improved surround
| ings.
| The usual farm work is now over, and
before another seasons labor is fairly begun
there is ample time for the improvement of
| the farm in all its needed changes and re-
pairs. Give everything bright brush of
paint and whitewash; light up the home
with comfort, happiness and cheer; make
every heart about you glad. and then the
sunbeams will come to you FURNISHED in the
smile of Gods approval and the rain drop
sparkle in the splendor of your thrift.