The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-23
APPEARANCE.

people, says Hon. w. j. Northern in
the Southern Cultivator, is that
there is much in appearance. 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 indication of a statement. and
through no source than bare appear
ance, we determine man to be a
clergyman, a merchant or q farmer
as the case may be. Appearance go
even further. Men who are good
observers Of things about them can
tell, in good degree, the success of
others simply by appearance.
A good farmer never seats himself
in rickety vehicle, behind a poor
team, to be drawn by harness that is
one cotton strings. We can almost
always tell good farmer by appear
ances. Everybody who knows that
call is not gold that glitters," and
that appearances are often decep-
tive These are exceptions; the
rule is, 'you may know a man by
the company he keeps and the coat
he wears
Look upon mans fields and you
have a very fair idea of the man
himself. Get still nearer to him and
examine his ferces, his barn, his
sheds, his tools and bis home, and
have him drawn to life. Whatever
may be his pretensions and his pro-
fessions, his marvellous tales of thrift.
you need to see bis fields and his
home before you can fully measure
the man. 1t about the barn you find
dilapidation and decay, the fences
away and the manure wasting, you
have sufficient data to form an accu
rate opinion as to the income from
his farm. The steps to the home
shaky and unsafe, the window shut
ters hanging by leather strap for a
hinge, the door shutter dragging upon
the floor, with q resistance that re-
quires 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, un-
mistakable in the tale they tell.
Strangers can tell you the appear
ance of the man by taking his like
ness 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 bushes, the stumps
and the stones. Just little time
and Industrious effort will right up
the fences. In two days shelter
can be made that will hold one years
accumulation of manure. Two or
three bushels corn or wheat, sold,
will pay for a rev stem to the chin
ney; few dozen eggs, or some extra
poultry, will repair the blinds and
shutters to the door, and 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 ap-
pearance. To live in the midst of
dilapidation and decay takes away
good portion of a mans active forces.
On the contrary, the simple appear
ance of thrift gives energy and i'm
pulse 10 eHort, as 1t inspires hope
and the possibility of success. A
we'll managed farm and comforta-
BILE, well-kept home stands as bea-
con to a community and standard
to others.
Our aim on the farm should not be
so much, immense yields at the sac
rifce Of neatness, method and order.
Such policy will sooner or later
bring decay: 1t is far better to do
less and do it we'll. Remove the
hindrance and distractions 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 appearance; above
all see that the home is worthy Of
the wife, who gives her service day
in and day out for the comfort and