The Press., 1890-05-15

J. H. Hale, in Hartford Courant: "An old farmer looking chap" clocks like countryman," San old hayseed," and 8 dozen other similar expressions we hear or read daily, when people speak or write of the farmer? What is the cause of it? What is there in the farmers occupation that should cause him to dress or look un- like any other citizen who lives and works out of doors? Of course he is brown and sun-burned and his hands hard, and at certain seasons of the year rough and chapped. And in much of his work it is best to wear either old clothes or coarse, cheap ones, but when ''of duty" what earthly reason is there that he should not dress as well and look as well as any one else of equal position and income? A lit- tie incident that happened few days ago brings this question up at this time. A middle aged friend of mine, who has al- ways lived on farm, believes in his busi- ness and is proud of it (not Clancy farm er," but plain working one) was in the street when a team in which were two gentlemen drove up, and one of them ask ed for certain information, which was readily given. Then while the horse was resting a little general conversation was indulged in, when one of the gentlemen asked my friend what his business was, and on being told farming" apparently without, thinking just how it was going to sound, blurted out: "You farmer you don't look like one with your neat shirt, collar and necktie on, clean shaved and hair cut in regulation style" It was clean thrust at the way far too many farm CTS dress and look. A vast majority of our | farmers who pretend to shave, seldom do so more than once week, and of those ,prl, they were never trimmed. And, as to hair cutting, why that comes in with the spring and fall house cleaning. l. dislike to say anything of the personal habits of any one, but being Connecticut farmer, proud of my calling, and believing that agriculture should stand at the head of the procession, it gals me to see it degraded as it is by the very men who should dig. 1 nifty it. As write can call to mlnd half a dozon young farmers of my acquaintance whose hair and whiskers would fit them for leading positions in a 'twild west show" and it is partially for their. sakes that I am. writing this. How often we hear bright girls in the country say they s'would not marry farmer if he was the last man living" and who knows how much untidy personal habits have to do with it? Always leave the overalls, old coat and old boots in 'the back shed," wear slippers and clean coat in the house, ,ell your wife how you love her, and my word for it, she will snug up to you as close as she did in the old courting days of long ago, in fact you will finally have to tell her to ssclear out" and give you "a chance to read the paper" and get some more of "Hale's Sass"
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