Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-28
NUMBER 80.

en- wants 10 gct where ho thinks his
hours of work will ~ short and the
rewards will h. glittering He i not
willing to get mp In the morning by
daylight, n his father did. and work all
dsy. He dos not understand that farm.
ing 10 h. successfully conducted must
b. done In busines-liko way: that tho
Stature ~ the soil and ~ the crops
planted must h. studied; that the mar.
ket must - undortood The farmer
who dos thcso things can succeed. and
though he may not have all the Injuries
NJ city life he will have other aud more
desirable things 10 take their place. He
will have better air. more peaceful sur
roundingS lie will not 10 subject %
the temptations of the cities II l. my
opinion that the young man of today,
aud especially the country young man.
Ia. ~ much ~ a chanos now NJ he ever
did In tho history ~ the country"
Reward. .f ABILITY aud Character.
Hon Thomas L. james, cX.p~tmas-
ter general. says that the rewards q
today for bright young men are as bril-
liant a. they ever were. n indeed they
arr no, more brilliant
"But," be said. lit depends altogcth.
er on the young man whether be should
leave the farm and hasten to the city 90
not. SOmo young men should never
leave the farm. Some should gct away
n fast a. steam will carry them. Don't
understand me o. mean that the bright
ones should always leave and only the
dull ones should stay. IL reluirrs intel.
ligcnoc VI q high Orler tO L. q good
farmer. and oftentim.s the bright boy.
II he likes farming. will do better GA
the old homestead than anywhere else
But IL rcquirs intelligence to suocosd
anywhere aud IL also rcquir,s hard
work and m0ro than ever before some
sort u preparation for the occupation
adopted The trouble with - many
young men who fail 10 get on n they
would like 90 nowadays l. that they aro
not willing to buckle down and adap,
themselves tO circumstances They start
out IN prepared for life's hattlo because
they have becn too lazy A. boys 90 NJ
themselves for the hght They try 90
,kimp their hours u work. They try
to get all they earn and little more.
Men who pr,parc themselves a. ts,st
they can, try tO earn more than they
g,t and aro always ready to work sue.
ocd somehow Of cour.o chance and,
still morc. ability have much to do with
the degree u their success. "
tIrsis. oa IA. Isru.
Rev Isaac X. Funk. ID. ID. editor u
The Voice, said:
III think the young men of to'lsy have
q better chanoe than tho~e who came
before them. Thirty years ago there
were more opportunities for q man q q
speculative charactcr-fur man who
wa, - to say. adventurous Today
there IL more chance for one ~ solid
ability than ever bcforo in the history
of the world 4 man has got to climb
higher now Ina order to succs-i hscau-"
of the vast numl.r u p.rS1ns who are
educated In our public schools, and also
b"causo u the great number who pas
through our colleges Thirty years ago
educational advantages were much less
than now. hut the .ucc,s. that may -
achieved 1. greater. and the Oppurtu.
mites are far grrater high up than
they were go years ago
A. to the adyisability u the farmers
tOn STAYING On the farm, DR.. Funk
thought ho could do n we'll At home
now a. ever.
II think. " be- said, that the young
man must study scientific farming more
than formerly. but man who will put
brains into farming stands a splendid
chance a. succrcd He has got 20 raise
highly hrud cattle and hur-s- In accord
ance with the advanced idcas ~ tho
timcs. and ~ with crops But the farm.
or u so ycars ago would not succ""l
now. and one - the rea-1u- some farm
.rs of today ar not successful lics In
their disinclination to adopt mO'lcrn
methods.
The RAIDER will observe that all dis.
cus.ion SINNERS down to the conclusion
that brains. lard work and PREPARATION
arr ESSENTIALS II succ,-ss; that given the-s
the prize may h. won either In the city
or In the country. and that each must
decide for himself which field u effort
will h. his l. ID. MARSHALL