Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-02


liver, instead of studying the markets TO
make an advantageous sale. he must con-
suit the mud holes and clay hills on his
haul. His road dictates to him how
| many days his children NAV go 10 school.
whether he may attend church and
when he may receive his mail. and at
times even forbids his physician TO pay
proper attention to his sick. For weeks
it may isolate his family even from their
nearest neighbOrs. contracting their
social life 10 the confines of their own
hearth, under little less than the reStric-
tionS of prison. while their privatinns nj
times reach actual want
Is il any wonder that this slavery has
created n chatting and discomfort among
our farming class: Is it any wonder that
the more spirited of the country prog
eny prefer the crowded tenements TO
the swampy adventures Of farm life?
Or the more fortunate. who can raise n
few hundred dollars. seek the villages to
become merchants: And is it any Won
der that such large percentage of our
bOuntiful soil lies in idleness while other
pursuits of life are swarming with idle
workingmen:
This diSpirited state of our tillage has
significance of no little importance.
They are not deserving the farms because
there is no market for the crops, nor is
the occupation unhealthy. 1t is simply
that the i'll condition of our roads not
only calls for early and late hours 10 be
spent in hardShips and exposure not TO
be borne and trebles the expense of NOV
ing the harvest, which leaves little or no
profit, but it lays such restrictions on
social life, making the conditions of
reaching either mental or physical pleas
ure SO severe, and 50 suppress the cult
Walton of the mind. which is their right
To enjoy with other human beings, that
their existence Is merely one of drudg-
cry. And when they s-,',' the town peo-
pie environed by superior comforts. in
touch with everything that cultivates
and enriches life. and f,tlingly know that
the distinction between the two classes Is
becoming more marked every day. they
unc"nSciously flee from the udium Of
old hayS,,'d." leaving uur great alum
dance of rich soil thar should be the hap
Ply homes Of millions to he improved
only 50 far as necessity pushes us on.
Successful farming can only follow
thoughtful study. 1t requires accurate
Judgment and foresight. and a wider
range of knowledge and experience is
applicable to its sphere than any other
industry that we have. C.n we afford
to let those in charge Of This industry
live within such narrow confines as to
dwarf their intelleCts. keep them shut
ont from the illumination Of the world
and bow them down in acquieScence TO
a condition that Is suicide to the great
est interest of our country? l don't wish
to be understood that the farmer is of
an unintelligent class. for when we take
in consideration the way W" have dis
eliminated against him i'll opening the
paths of progress he has kept wonder
fully close in the race. But he Is not
the broad minded. successful and salts
fed worker that he would I've ii he had
unbroken schoCldavs and 4 free inter
minglng with the more progressive PEG
pie. And as proof of this we nave only
10 refer to countries where rOadbuild-
ing has lifted the drudCery off of coun-
try life and made farming n pleasant
science and compare their Weld per acre
TO ours. even in crops with both soil and
climate III our favor. Charleston News
and Courigr