Saint Mary's beacon., 1893-01-19

this from q spiFisnsl standpoint, though
il . wei known, facs thas the farmsr snt
his family have NOT half he allurements d
do wrnng shst the city people have. Mex
% this il eood healxh, and Ne have but @
compare fhe raddy cheeks Of our childrer
with the pale and eoioriess ones Of the cisy
chaps- TO decide this matter foreser, tn
New York 1hi5xxs had received up q
June 25sh ta.78>os 10 wh L i. called tn
fresh air fund. This i spent in sending
poor childssa " she country TO get whA,
our children have every day In the year
Now We come 90 the faancisl side Of the
question. the insfter we have most In view
In conversasinn with young man, well
known % every oae nf this cinb. an! oEs
that was raised On farm. In snswer 10 q
question of mine said. ..ihst he On, up q,
Ave and worked until eleven. and tina. Il
he c"uld make money enough be intended
10 die On Alarm
This Il the bright side Of city life and q
fair sample Of the hopes of nearly every
well 90 do business man in the world-and
why t-because man is emipehtiy an ami.
mai Of the coil, and. rs naturally rs fish 70
the water. graviiate there. Then. too, the
farmer shanid nos lose sight If his inde-
pendence. It 10 very true he has let him.
selfbe dragged about hy. the different po-
lifical parties and has been kept away fr,m
combining for his own good until he.is as
4He mercy Of other pursuits But this IL
ais own srplL and; he has no one ID blame
shpt hipself akA Il is usry esideat he !bas
Ihtss szess - - thunb s4ews snd me
cessity was Is great as in'otkef niher pur-
suisas N iwsjnld. hon he driven "a more
common-sense tre4iment ot his fsllow far
.mers, and hnd that bread was OF more inn
portance than prejudice so-Ahe man over
the tence Tne! farmer seems To think pc
cause he has not his pockets fdll ~ the end
OF >theaevery year that he has not made
anything. Let him keep an exact account
ofshe fruit, vegetables. milk, butter, eggs,
poultry, &c, that he and his family have
enjoy cd and he viii be surprised ut the re-
suit Another mistake that farmers make
Is looking up 100 much TO Others. Learn
TO think and act for yourselves. and, above
all. d" not honor the men who seek TO de.
ceive and cheat you, rs is oiten the case
Nothing makes is an object of contempt so
fast as letting men poke straws In our eyes
as oflep IS it suits thcm b. do so. Let rs
remember that the first time il is this fault,
but the next time il il ours. II we wish TO
berepected We must first respect ourselves
Ry doing %, We, will make cur pursuit
what it should Se--the first Of all occupa
tions.
For The doctor afraid that his patient may
die,
The merchant his customers may leave,
The lawyer 10 drilling that terrible lie,
The politician | on left IA grieve.
But the farmer may sic by his fire so warm
Tho the wind may whistle and blow,
With his stock put snugly away in the barn.
With his wheat green under the snow.
The farmer may get sick. but his crops will
grow and his stock multiply, and when he
dies he should tif h6has not tspent to much
Of his time trying to elect this or that tick
e., or spent too mpch In ihA, greater evil,
drink have at ieast Hume tDr bis family,
fr,m which no one Can turn them. Tp,ac-
c 'mplish anything, however, we must he
wa.chfai and diligs and remember that
. day Is poorly spent If it Is not worth fifty
Cents. IL
DO the city bard my write ab.ut
the meadows br.wn and scar,
o. yerdure putting Firth i'm spring,
or ff.sst In the Xinter's ar.
OF cattle rIamint1tn the fields,
d, bees about their hives;
Bot We popr farurrs have those things
Every year Of our lives. ..
q. weE DAVIS.
This subject may ybe considered from twi,
points -fifst. its' relations % the general
welfare-second, sts efE CT on The well being
of the farmer. Ths world must be fed, and
Il IL the farmers business ~ produce food
10 supply this uniyersal want. The gold
en- grain which 10 converted into bread. the
staff of life; the asculent roo's; the milk
butter. cheese; theeeggs, beef. mutton and
pmk. sugar and fruit. are the products d
the farmers labor. The farmer suppliss q
want that Is universal. His occupation
which helps to1zspply E'od and cloihine
for all tie people, Is the same from which
m-jo'i'y OF Our population derive thril
entire eupport Farming As an 'ccupstion
f.v'rs the farmer and his fsmily's good
physical. development
The farmer has good food The vegeta
bles, the fruits. the eggs. the milk, the but
Ger, cheese and bread and other article.
that corne upon his table may be Of The
best Tney are not injured by carriags
nor used ous Of season. B.sides good
fod, the farmer a-d his family hav,
r,om and plenty Of fresh air. thereby "a
Gaping the crowding and impurities "fths
city. Another advantage farmer has ID
the varied iabUr aud plenty Of IT, I dom
cunt lsbur curse. but rather blessing
Tnez fsrmg's khris 30 varied thai every
Ipsrsof his body' nssy be'bfuasht properl,
finpS exercise. and CONSEQUENTLY |, ID rar,
lsshAt Ne fiad in soaher occupations the stall
wsss and lnanis forms thai are commor
among hrmers- The farmer f,r his sue
cess relies upon God and upon his aws
strpng. arm, and therefore he can alwayi
affnrd % be true % himself II may AIS,