The sun., 1894-09-14


well-stockcd library can ndorn a country home
as well a. that " n city residence. Beautiful
paintings are acceptable in the country, as well
ns In the city. All that tends to bcautify rura
homes should be adopted and thus the boys and
girls Of this period will not be attracted toward
our crowded cities.
After stopping last evening nj the home Of my
friend and driving through the country, was
led to think that possibly the farmers Of this
section, as well as the farmers Of other sections.
undertake 10 cultivate too much land. As gen
eral rule think 1t may safely I've said that the
farmers attempt tp d. too much. and don't al
ways do II well. The criticism may not apply
here, and I am disposed to think IL does not : hut
in some portions OF our country the criticism
may well he made that farmers farms are
too large and that they should bc made smaller
in order that there may lie a better exhibition of
husbandry. The new implements of industry
invented relieve the farmer from much OF the
drudgery Of former days.
recollect a story that heard about farmer
in England. lie had 300 acres Of land and he
concluded that. upon the marriage of his three
daughters. he would un the wedding day give
each of them n present of nifty acres Of land.
When the eldest wa married lac gave her the
nifty acres OF land, and he found that, 10y greater
SSert0n' ne RAISED hs nmGh & J on h,i 20 e.; acres @
before his 800: and the next year, or
go when, the second daughter came TO be
married. hc gave her present Of another
fifty acres, and by utilizing the new inn
ProvemG,nts, and hy SIN gteater attention to
goo acres as he had raised On the 800 before.
When the third daughter married he gave her
another nifty acres, leaving him 100, and, by
still greater attention, and larger use Of the
modern improvements, he raised as much on the
100 acres Hs he had ever raised un the 800 acres
before before, When tod that story once bet. before
his bad land and kept all his good.' lLaughtcrl
told him that could not vourn for the story,
~ pu - nf ('huuugpN IlpnpNN'a
which, he brought with him from England.
I simply know this about n farmers life and
II ! was going to suggest the proper place, II |
may use that expression. to cheat II farmer, 1t il
around the farmers frcside that all Lic patent
right notes are obtained from him, lightning
rod certificates, bogus certificates of stock, and
all the spurious investments which a wcll-tO-do
farmer sometimes makes and gets cheated; and,
therefore, IL has occurred to me that the place
where a farmer l. most usually cheated, If at
all. is at his own hresidc. This leads me to sug-
ter to let their wives do their bargaining for
them. | simply desire to say that speak from
observation and not from experience. Laugh
teri
PLEA roR GOOD ROADS.
few years ago / visited that portion OF Mas
found most beautiful FARMS excellent roads.
sHSry sS Sts n as enr Mh 6 y
20. l. desire to say without undue fattcry that
that this country here may well he called tho |
intend with any detail to enter into elab- |
recoicct the fate that awaited that ,distin.
gushed gentleman named Gen. CoXey when he
undertook the movement In behalf of good |
roads and finally landed in the pcnitcntiary. |
Nevertheless in behalf OF the travellers of the |
country endorse the suggestion that we should |
have better roads everywhere. Yours are most |
excellent. would not criticise them If l:could.
be followed in other sections of your state and
in other sec tions OF the country,
,r recollect what that famous humorist, Mark
Twain, did for that section of the country where
] used To live, in the city OF Elmira. Mark Twain
has country home near tlmira, where he
passes his summers, although his winter resi-
d,encc Is in Hartford, Conn; With characteristic
lbcrality he concluded To do something for the
community in which he lived. For that pur-
pose on the occasion Of the birth OF each Child.
trough and had chiseled upon the stone the
first name of the child and the year Of the birth
thus far had three or four. l. forget which. OF
these watering troughs erected in that section
travelling community. The people in that sec
ton are hoping that Mrs. Twain viii be blcst
told this story the other day in my State.
After the fair I. was over Gentleman stepped uP
about that story about Mark Twain but what
are are you doing dc for The watering troqghs Of your
declined to answer the impcrtinent question.
CLASS LEGISLATION DENOUNCED.
The leading thought, because do not intend
70 Tod detahn y, ypn long, 70 which ! would direct
tion Of the unfortunate tendency Of the times
toward class legislation. know there are some
this country. and that 1t is technically improper
10 use the term IN Spcaking of any portion o.
founded. and in another it is not. 1t il
true that class distinctions such as eX-
list In European countries especially in
monarchical Governments. do not exist
here, hg, In the broad sense, recognizing
the different conditions which prevail
among an otherwise homogeneous people pur-
suing, different occupations and apparently
moved ey divers considsratiops, it is wen enough
10 tolerate the term, and in that sense alone |
assume 10 use it. It Is useless to. deny the fact
where is the clamor OF classes for special recog-
milton in the legislation of the country, 10 which
our lawmHkcrs are constantly toomuch disposed
TO yield. We are reminded on every hand that |
the farmers wan; this, the workingnen want
that, the corporations want something else, the
manufacturers want one thing, the importers |
want another. the professional men want still
their own @ sssh frS sGnf gPa ss hs nood
ofthe common whole. Do not MISUNDERSTANDING.
An enlightened selhShnrss, If may use that |
somewhat contradictory phrase, or, what is bet
ter an Intelligent self-nterest, Is not objection
able IN itself when restricted within reasonable
limits and when itdn'S not unnecessarily inlure
the rights of others. II were disposed To pan
der 10 your preiudicCS aud to cater to your sup
posed Interest might dwell upon your alleged
grievances, point out the legislation enacted in
interest, demand IN that behalf special priyi-
leges and guarantees, AMI thereby win your
respect. prefer broader and more liberal
and more consistent coursc. ! am NOT here to
which farmers viii require. or seem 4" ihInS fiIS
they require, nor Ia dchounCc that which other
glasses with equal sincerity and ,arnc-tness in
sist upon for their own benefit and advantage; ,
but, AS the champion of no class, am here IA
incuCatc the sentiment that class legislation is
undesirable, ill-adyisod, and contrary 10 the
true spirit OF our free institutions, lAppausel.
In recent years we seem To have LOST sight of
the good old doctrine that demanded equal
rights for All, special privileges Tor none Zap
plause.l Dcnag0gism has been rampant IN the
land, suggesting not only patCrnal govern
ment hun putting il into IA" heads OF the people
that all the evils ut this world Can be cured by
law. Never was there IA greater mistake made.
That government /, best which ordinarily gov
srns The least, and he least legislation devoted
To the interest Ot the class Is the
most desirable for the public welfare.
Glass lngislntIon creates untagOnism, fosters
prriudiccS, prOv0kes contention and some
times defeats itself. The true question 10 he oh
served j. not ~ suhscrve the farmer, or the cap
ttall1t or the professional man, or the common ,
labnrer bur what will advance the interest and !
promote the welfare ~ thc aggregate % the
community. II hpuE ALWAYS h. understood I
thai III, general purpose of all legislation Is the
promotion Of public rather than private inter
es.. the Spud ut the many rather than the good
OF the few; and ia that view the claims uf mere
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