Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-23
NOTHING the MATTER WITH MAINE

In reading the communication of Fan
nI~ rleli Ia the Farmer of Nov. 3'ih. the
following question suggested i'sclf to
nv mint,
"Arr ". r.. farmers en- Ignorant that
they ,leat know WHETHER tbev are mix
Ing '',ieent living" on their farms or
not, only ss they are foli nv oiherss II
I. evident that the writer thinks they do
not. Tor che saws:
.rrm the drift of ih~se wallis shout
the dessden~c of the hlli towns, ~tr., one
woaii think th,t farmer coald no Long
er grt q dry~nt living from ". y. fr'n.
Ani the .sr,ngr.t. the most exssp~rst-
Ing part of II T.. th,t . gooi many. per-
hsps y m,l,rlty of these hill town farm
era, believe al thst n,f. AMI rrhesrse AMI
r~,s.h u over smong themselvcs until
tho.e WIN srr able pull up stakes sni go
West. while those Who can't get awsv
grnmhle sni growl, l,mrai and wall
from one wars eni to the newt; snd
wh-. ihcv h-sr 80 New Ensl'n''~r Who
has ben tolersbly succcssfuI 'ont West,
they bss,e .irhs th,t cio.clv r~semblc
the workings of n volcsno ia.t before an
er,ipsIon, rtc." Now sil this the wrifrr
wouhi have us un''~rstsn'i !. the resn't
of ih. f,rmer.' believing the "stun'' sni
''rot" whlrh Ia pnbli.bssi In the p,i~rs,
sni not from know l~s'rr of sny f,cis
" whlch ih.v have In their own ros.esslon.
Nov. Mr.. EIltor. as vou csll.i p,rtiru-
lar attention to the sbove article ss hs'-
Ing goad reading, iher'hy endorsing ",
\ wouii ssk you, ia all cantor, " the
writer In her rffbrt h,s given q truthful
pl,turr of The New E,gl,ni frm-rs II
she h,., then I woali s.k Whit u the
u.s 3. l.rl.isie In the Interest ~ su~h .
rl,..s Hitter i~t M. writer ~ the shave
atlrle 20 forth With her "cluh," th~rr-
hv giving practical expression io her
fr~lings. spi iel,bor the stupid "-et''
until th-rr I. some ssmhl,nc~ ~ comp"n
sense st-sat them, wh~u pcrh,p. thry
will ~ md. to .-- that they are In rrsI-
iv ml.guIi~l farmers.
Hut, Mr. Eiiior, I .h,ll joln Issue with
th. writer. or snv one cl.~. Who draws
.urh a pI,tnrr ~ the New Lngl,ni firm.
sr q. that, ani while I wouh mo., he,ri-
Ilv srrre With the writer when she s,vs
that Nes Eng,,ni !. the hc.t locaiIon
for home th~rr I. ln the worl', ani
that New Engisui agriculture offer. ne
m,py Inducements q. That ~ snv other
.~,tIoa. Z as heartily di.ssr-c " l'h her W
the ,.~u pl'tarr which .he h,. drawn ~
ih- New Engl,ni f,rm~t. For Instead
~ ,-Ins tb. ''l.rv, " ".hlfils... "grnm-
hling." "rrosllng." "w,lllng." ".lsh.
Ing" Individual represented IN the article
quo'-i from. the New fnrlini f'rnrr
L.. 10 ..y ~. l-s.t, sht-tst ln ini-lil-
r-ns~. sneryV, Industry, and all the At
trlhu,~. th,t ~ Ia m,kc up an American
cltIr-n ~ ths.. 90 snv either s~c'l"n of
tho t'ahei states. sni consequently on
/. level With asy,siy. Th@r-f"r-, U h.'-
IIey~ thew ta ~ rsp,hl. 80 Judging for
th~m.el,-. wh-,h-r their "per'iion., q.
farmers, psy thru ln dollar. anil cents
q. ,b~y woaii reasonably e>p~ct from
the .tfarts pui forth: sni WHEN w- .e-
f,rmsr.. no, only In New Engl,ni bu,
III over th. nation, uniting ihemsel,e.
together In such "rg'nb'ilon. . the
.rsns-. th. fsrm~r.' Alli,n~- sui
F,rmer.' iss,gue. ani iem ~ ling legi.-
l,ilon In thelr osn Interest, there !. GER
tiIniy something the m,'i~r. not With
,h. .oli or iocsiion of New Engi,ni,
NOR th,t of any either s~,fI"n, for the
.all 4. r,p,hl. ot pro lurins iniehnlirlv.
but With the ron,il,ioas stieniini upon
agriculture throaghoaghi th. n,iion.
n 4. true a. rrm tfk~i .siltori,liy Ia the
lat I..u~ W the M,lp~ firn.r. tht
s.f,rm~r. have i-r~u inssfis-. While esp
r,I. k,lnlny h,ni. With r,lliiri'nss, IN.
h,i az -,.v t.k IN shtplng unins' Laws,
snI In ignsring st the s,me time right.
sui pri,ll-sr. of rii,y-a.hlp." hat th't
th. N.w Easlani farmer u an ignorsn,
a. to - ,n ,dc io believe th,, ''movrr..
two-har.e salky ploos, s-lf.hlnilns
r-,I-r. sni all the lnprov~i implements
10 agriculture .prins spon,
from the frriil. .oll ~ the we.t." '-'n-
not for q moment - w tlntaInst N"lth-
sr are they q cl,.s % grimhl~rs or
yrowi-r. any more than ti,- m ,nuf,ciuf-
%. arr sh~u they comhln. sni ak Tor,
or dem,ni their right, .tsilns their
gri-y,bcr., which !. .imply Whit the
farmer. are doing. HIT the writer of
il.. a,.o,- mentioned article ssys shs u
..b.,rtIly .irk 90 such stun" from which
I Inf-t th,t -h- sl.h.. the farmer. q" 'is-
.i.t from expressing sny dl.c'ntrni or
siih the exlilng roniI-
tlon. anil ENVIRONMENTS insil-nt tn the
tlller of the .oll. sni keep light on dig
ging sni del,ing. each ON" for hIm.clf.
ani uit-ring no wor,l of complaint q. he
.e-. al other rli..e. unliing ani com.
hlnIng th-tn.cl,e. Into ''tru.is" aud
".ynslicat..' Ia innuenc. lcglsl,ilon.
sni to rob him of hl. h,ri c,rnlns. IN
various way. aud by unlocked Tor
m~,ns.
New, I AK. I. that Oh. proper po.I-
t,on to IL taken by one Who has the heat
Inicr~.t ot New Gnglsni agriculture st
h-irt Ian.ver. rmph,tlc,llv, W, sni
I think TIL. answer will - taken up by
th. thousands of New Engi,ni fsrmer.,
and rriter,t~i in thun'ier tones, whose
.-ho shail reach to her r-mot.st limits,
penetrate even to her legislative halls,
causing the occupant. thereof to ir.mble
ss dii B-l.h,rI,r ot old, when h- s,w
al. ,loom In th. "hani writing on the
wsll"-raiher let the sgitstI"n continue,
even N Ne are characterized by those
Who wouLl keep us quiet as "grumbler.,
grosl-r ETC., until our rights. a q
cls.., are r-sognir~,i and r-.p~,t~i ss
arr tho.e of other cl,sses, for ONLY by
making known our wants aDi nee'is snd
then romhining in our ~fi,rts to seruer
th~m, can the desired object be attained.
Cor. Maine Farmer.