Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-29
COUNTRY uFs ON ABANDONED
FARMS


Some of those who have obtained the
catalogues of abandoned farms" ["
which have BEN issued by Msssschu-
sets aud some other states, find many of
the farms cheap enough. but they object
to them because ~ the distance from
schools aud oth.r educational facilities,
a. churches. libraries. lccturr~rooms,
etc, for their children or themselves,
and hecanse the sparslty % population
make q small school aud perhaps .
short term nece.sary from lack ot funds.
Vet upon those same farms, or others
near them ~ like them. hsv. been rear
ei some ~ the sansrtest men aud women
20 the prc.eut dsy, In more than one ~
the walks of life.
There are al~ays two slie. 10 ques-
ton. The long walk to and from school
has Furnished the exercise needed 10 get
up . healthy development 20 muscles.
and the "sound mind In the sound bcdy"
l. hstter fittesi Ia sucSeci In life than the
eyvrsork-d brain supported BY body
dsarfci In its muscular development,
and supplied With super-.ensltlye nerve.
that are ever ready to break down al the
least departure from certain monoto-
nou. rOutine. ot a. break brcause the
routine kecp. them always strained to
the highest point, OF, as musician
would ssy, "al~ays "a concert pitch,
where M good Instrument can he safely
kept long. Health lifts and gymnAslums
arr hardly needed for the boy Who walks
two mil.s dAy In going Ia and from
school.
no a.. Ul....- A. - ....it,. ,....hs.l
there nav ~ lees ot promlscuoas rad
Ing, and more careful perusal ~ few
god standard works which II u not
difficult or expensive "a provide, AMI of
a frw we'll ssh,ct.d newspapers and
magazines. which Arr the bcs, educators,
h.causc they are slways az to date With
the new discoveries Of the present day,
Instead ~ delVing among the dust and
dry boncs ot grnerations long gone by.
Lectures arv often FAR Inferior % the
articles which would b. acccpted by an
eiiior who had long been trsined 10 di.-
cfimiuatr between such matters as con-
taln.i something worth telling and we'll
told. aud that which dealt only In com-
mouplac, or "glittsring g.neraliti..."
N the school terms are short, aud the
number 20 studies limited hccause of
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