Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-20
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most u.sful and most noble employment
~ msn;' .o .sid the fsth-r of our coun-
try. Hut since hls time, Judging from
Nhat Ne 80. and hesr, there are great
many Who think differently.
There !. q d-sire on the part of good
many Young men and ~omsn to get
away from the farm. Their ambition is
"a 90 20 the town aud DO slmo-' any
thing rather than % bc a farmer or a
farmer. ~ifr. They Imagine that -
Ter week cl.rkship :. better than sowing
and reaplng, or that "a trim hat. az serve
bshind a counter would advance them
.nciallv aud Increase th. chance. Tor bet
tsrins their condition. We think this q
urons impression. our towns aud cities
ar. full 81 Young people ~ both sehe.
= be- are working Tor mere pntsnce'
and thst. too, With bat sllm chance Tor
Advancement. They ar. servant. whom
the .o-csll,d higher classe. look upon
v ith feeling. akin To contempt.
The almighty dollar" In. much
greater Influence both In the town aud
rountry than II should have, but this In
au.pc. 4. morr ke.nly felt In the former
than in the latter place. Poverty IL
heavy cross under any circumstance,
but much more grieyous and CALLING IN
the city than In the country.
E.rm life, With all th. modern lnNen-
tion. and conNeuiences, should be ss en-
,oyable aud free from cares aud hard
.hlp. a. that Of any other calling. III
some II our farming communities ar.
Jull aud monoiOnOus the people thereof
.hould bear the blame. There are many
and various ways for making farm Ilie
nor, attractive aud entertaining, espe-
ci.lly "a the Young. Books and papers
,rc 80 cheap that the poorest OF us can
,f,nrd a few Of each-the more the bet
tor. Let the little one. have their Illus
tra,ed paper aud the young folk. their
literary journal or magazine. DO not
n,ohIblt them from playing Innocent
came. such a. checkers or dOmlno., snd
n will not b. objectionable In you, MT.
FARMER. 10 nov and then join With them.
IN. long nights will soon be here when,
n the boy. are not Interested NJ home
they Will b.come uneasy aud restless
and some of them will wander over 10
the village ju.t TO "kill time"
Get the boy. Interested In the farm
Give them a patch of ground on when
to raise some little crop for themselves .
.how them how best To plant and tend
II. and let them know that knowledge
and learning Il as beneficial on the farm
as elsewhere.
Il. cheerful and pleasant Ia the home.
N YOU must at times be cross aud dis-
| agreeable, 20 OF by yourself aud walt
until your better nature returns. Treat
the good wife aud children as partner.
of the firm and not az servants. TAX
ox.r With them the business matters and
nl,n. which YOU have In view, and you
~III fiud that Il Will please aud intsfes,
them aud benefit all concerned. IL seems
/ ia me that n our home life was what "
should be the boys and girls would pe
10th 20 leave N, for after all there u no
/ nl.c. 80 dear To them ss the old fsrI,
and tireslde II love aud peace abide
tb.r,. See that your district has all the
educational privileges that can possibly
~. sror,lsd, aud that your school MS
good, competent teachers.
Ory,nifr aud attend debating societies
literary and reading clubs, singing
srbools. etc., aud don't forget When
comes that glad anniversary to "plsn,
a ChtI.im,s = tree and load u With Freely
,,,.n pr,ssnts for the Young; and, by
,he wsy, do not We all feel young al
that time.
OuInIon. formed In youth are hard Ia
hang, In Hftsr life, aud ih. boy or glr
~bo 4. ml,used on the farm is apt to
grow an 18th q strong dlslike for farm.
Ing. Bv mI.ussge mean too long snd
b..yy ts.k., too much work aud ne
play or .musement. aud, What II worse
Than al. by not giving tmm the prai',
,na .ncoura g,mrnt which they expec'
and deserve. when our sous come irou
the field and tell us what labor they have
performed. a Kindly spoken "Weii done
nv hoy.," will, Ia a m,jority OF cases
he more spprcisted by them thai
would a days wages.
And now, fe!loS farmers, l.t us e,ei
and all do our test Ia make the home iii'
of our Young folks more pleasant AM
ENJOYABLE, for In y great many cases ih'
farmer aud not the fam u responsibf
for the disaii.fs,tion of our boys. Le
us conduct Ourselves aud our Lahore &C
thai the boys will gain, as our believes
Whittier says;
A manlier spirit Of coetent.
anI f,., thai life Il wi-est spent
wbs,. The strong woiking hand makesstronl
the ~orklng brain.
Rural Home.