The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-03-06
THE FARMER.
Printed By request.

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diicoed By T.. j. foreman Jetore
he Farmers Institute FeJruary
25th. and 'chjch produced pro
found impression!
The glory oi the farmer is that in the
division OF labors It is his part to create.
All trade and commerce der end upon |
him. . He stands close 10 Nature. he IL |
Natures nob'cman. He obtains from the |
them around to earth's hungry millions. |
Men are bound to respect ,ilagc. They
must hsye skill to produce something to |
give as compensation for the farmers
corr. The profession Of farming stands |
nearest to God. He created the heavens
and the earth and the farmer scizcs a part
Of this creation aud makes 1t yield the
fruits of the harvest. How mlry men
turn from failures Of trade and the din
erent professions and pursuits in Ii e and
seek an asylum among the fertile h,lds
OF the farm, we count thtm by the thous.
ands. The farmer represents the abso-
IutS ItNtSelilS Va nv AZ ~ NhN
door OF the bread room and give. each
one bis loaf The farmer has broad
shoulders, broad lands aud forests for
his shade. He Is u man Of great pat ence
on his shoulders and everybody else is
on tor using it as dancing 1por. From
him the health and power, moral and in.
tclcct Of the cities come. The city is
always recruited from the conntiy, The
men in the cities, who are the centcrS Of
trade, the driving wheels OF commerce
and the women Of beauty and geuius are
the children or grandchildren Of farmers,
and are spending the energies which
their fathers hardy s!len: lie accumula'-
cd IN frosty furrows, in poverty, necessi-
ty and darkness.
He VINO digs well, constructs stone
fountain, plants a grove OF trees, or an
orchard, builds durable house, re-
claims swamp, leaves monuments be-
hind him and leaves the world better
ehan when he found it. Geology and
chemistry are the farmer'siservapts, so is
the atmosphere, the water of the brook,
the lightnings Of the cloud, the casting OF
the worm and the plough Of the frost.
The earth Is a machine that works for
the farmer and yields almost gratuitous
service to every application OF intellect.
Fertile fields and ldesert home is poor
Tatt ha Rarnarto bnma ha
trac,ive, a good library, pictures upon
the walls; let there be shade, walks and
flowers. AL Nature consrires to make
him sovereign. The streams and rivers
that flow to mingle with the tides OF the
ocean, are for his benefit. The noun
sains and rugged hills are part CT his
inheritance. The valleys are his, the
forests are his. Yonder blazing sun
pours light and heat aud comfort on his
domain; he pumps the waters from river'
lake and ocean into the clouds to shower
baptism upon his fields of grain. When
he goes down in the western skies he
leaves influences behind him 10 continue
in growth his harvests and crops. Flow
ers bloom at his feet, birds sing unto
him, rainbows span the dying storms that
HAS freshencd his inheritance, he wears
the crown of Nature more glorious than
that of kings. Many of our farmers
sons have made the finest lawyers, legis-
lators and statesmen. Mt. Vernon pro-
duced a Washington, Monticello, Jeff-
crson, Wheatland, Buchanan, Herml-
tagc, a Jackson, Marshteld, Webster,
Ashland, Clay. Thrice was Cincinna-
tus called from the plough to preside over
the destinies of Rome. The farmer stands
forth sovereign of the earth, the coronet
of blue and clouds and stars above him,
stands forth in the flush OF summer
amidst emerald valleys and purple noun
tains, silve, lakes and flowing rivers, and
murmuriug streams and seas OF surgine
grain and says: 81 am monarch OF all
survey"
What means this Farmers Alliance
Something has brought 1t into being hS'
the mutations OF the thquase-taxes
oprression, no representation at wash
ipqton and our state Captois, toll IN sun
shine or storm, Daylight and starlight
slavery, amidst all that nature mas don'
for him as we have portrayed, his fellow
man has shut him out in the cold lhi'
alliance is not without foundation iai'
deep and broad; it means business o'
business principles. While the iarme'
is saving himself he is saving the hepuo
lie. But it must not be of one idea mere
ly. 1t mustladdress itself to eyerV'ninG
of - nrooressiye character, keeping aloo
from politics. This will m'k' II IN,