Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-05
Tnt FARMER AND FARM uFs.
A woap To po,s ASp GIRLS ON coUS-
rRi LiFE AND GOOD uABirs.

Nature inspires the country boy and
the country girl to nx for themselves
lofty ideals. The city contains genius
and the products Of its highest powers,
and these have reflex influence on all
Who come In contact With them; yet
they represen, perceived limits aud the
sttslnable. The mysteries OF nature
grow upon us with Increasing intelli-
gence, and however far we may fAthom
them we are still led on. Emerson tells
Va that Il IL the energy of the farmer
stored up as he follows his plow that sc-
counts for his success In after days In
metropolitan life; yet this reserve IL
supplemented by an impress that nature
has made on his soul that the artificc of
town life cannot give.
The habits of Industry aud economy,
the stored up energy gained on the farm
has PLACED farmer boys at the head OF
affairs In all ages In q numerical ratio
out % all proportion to their relation To
the total population. This is no less
true than In prior periods Of history so
far as is apparent. In living scross the
continent We have met him everywhere
In the front, carrying his honors easily.
Hut modern sanitary conditions and the
dls,ibutiye influence Of steam is now de
yeloping = relatively stronger man In the
town than any other sge has seen. sta
tlstlcs seem 10 warrant the assertion that
this l. the case.
The splendid physique aud the reis-
lively high moral character of the coun-
try boy must advance with the general
advance % the age, or he Ia to wane In
hi. relative onward march. The dis,inc-
tions that formerly marked the country
boy from the city boy are not now near
ly ss noteworthy. both socially aud NOR
ally. The country population has grown
more cosmopolitan In manners and in
all the traits of character that distin-
guish suburban citizens. In this change
there l. q distinctive gain on on. side, .
loss on the other.
These thoughts have run out of con-
nection with the subject that gave rise 20
them, namely: an experiment on the
effect of coffee and tea on artificial d.
g-.tion. 4 German experiment made
with artificial digestion sgcnts showed
as the average 10 two trials that When
boiled eggs alone were submitted to the
digestive sgeut "a J per cent ~s. digest
.d; when tea va. sddei the digestion
was r-iuccd 90 o. G5 per cent; when
coffee Va. add.d the digestion Vas 81 -
per cent; when wstsr wss added the
digestion rose to as.1i per cent. Diges-
tiou without coffee Was over ~ per cent
greater than when given. IL ID too early
Ia challenge coffee on the score of ts
deleteriOus moral effect, although any
thing that imp,lrs the efficiency Of the
human machine exert. at last an infiu-
ence on the mental and morsl viaor of
man. II IL not too early, however, Ia
note 10. effect on physical vigor aud the
sum total of the powers 81 endurance.
To ost IL will appear thst too much
Ia. been made out 10 too small an oh
jeci. shall all 10 the powers of farm
g-uius be expended In splendid dome.-
tic animals until, a. specimens of per
fec,e,i physical existence man IL surpss.-
81 by his own product. In lover form.t
The experiment l. In the right direction
and more worthy % quotation than those
pertaining Ia the health of pigs snd
cows. Mans advancement, 10 In his own
hands. I.e, the hoy on the farm see To
Il that he holds hls place In the general
advance. Mirror.