The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-02-15

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means d ponds on grea physical PROV
ess' Mr.. tiallowe advised farmers
to ''be busy to be plac It to be brave,
to Use eau ion. at he same time rtmem
baring DR.. Johnson advice to beware
how we put ourselves out to nurse.
| He also advis Il tn followny Of Mrs.
Whitn-y's advice: 1T S good to pnt a
bother away over night. | will straight
Ell out in the mo Mug. He clos d by
quoting from Sydney Smith, who said:
Happiness is NOT impossible without
health, but it is of very difficult il tain
ment." In closing, he said: ''Let us
as farmers strive t. Be heal by. happy
and h ~
Farm Life
Jude Edward Stalk, of Washing
ton county delivered an admin able adj
dress on EARN Life, the tendency Of
which was to show ii aivan ages over
O her modes of life, and to encourage
agrcuturls in the pursuit of their
occupations. A the same time he full
lv recognized thu extent 10 which farm
life had deteriorated. He showed the
causes and disadvantages Of farming
under present cond tions, and made ID
number of val able and proper sngges-
tons for improvement. He dl>pelled
some OF he illusions which ave been
thrown over farm lie, point 'd out 5 )me
of its compensatons, and his sugg"s-
tons for improvement were generally
cognizad as sound and prac lcablr.
He said it was a common remark
that the churac FL OF the farming
class had gre til, changed during the
| last three or four decades: that the
native American farmer was disappear
ing, and that his p ace is being filled
bv the foreign Immigrant. He though
there was some truth in this with r.
spect to some sections of the older
States, where tn elegancies. refine
/ ments comforts and Influence pertain
| ing to farm life in ellen times are d.
mini>h n.
He owed thu these advantages
had all been won by the prac ice o.
stern economy, hard work and condi-
tions of soil that required but little
outlay for fertilizers Then, too, each
farming community is society by it.
self, where there was no display in
dress or equipages, aud all were plain
people together. As farmers became
wealthy, more ostentatlon was display
ed. Comfortable fortune have been
accumulated by The practice of frugal
habits, and the older race of farmers
could stand the inc eased expenditure.
But when the children came to divide
he paternal heritage and attempted TO
c ,mmence life at the same rate OF ex-
penditure at which the father finished
with fres industrious and fruga' habits
and depleted soil, it is not surprising
that many of them were obliged to re
sign the old homasteads and try other
methods Of gaining a livelihood. The
patient, plodding, industrious emmi-
grant, with lar Z family trained to
labor and 10 saving bought the old
homestead and made i pay, because h
practiced the same rigid, self-denying
habits practlced by the former gener
alton of farmers who had cr,a'ed the
prosperity in the midst of which they
hourished.
Judge Stake argued that the farmer 5
vocation even under existing condl-
tons could be made to produce
stflcient income to enable him to en-
jOv comforts and even refining ele-
gancies, including the proper educa-
ton of the children of the family.
Farm life is not without its many
compensations. From 80 to 95 per
cent, of the persons engaged in city
trade meet with failures. But farm
labor is reinforced by a principal of
incessant and wonderful vigor-that
of reproduction. This principle supple
ments labor and makes it ever fruitful.
Not only is there guarantee OF
material progress in country lite,
but the mind is inylgorated anc grows
broader than under the conditions OF
city life and its attendant struggles.
The country boy who is trained to
simple ways and homely virtues, and
frugal industry, and to exact knowledge
Of the value of dollar has tremen-
dous advantage over the town boy.
The farmer has a vocation in which
thought, education, a trained mind
and trained hand may be protitably
employed. But to succeed he must
be qualified by nature. as we'll as by
education. On the other hand, it Is
not every one having knowledge tina
succeeds in the prac ical operations OF
the vocation. A man may rise before
daylight and work until returning
darkness: he NAV SOW with diligence
and reap with care; but unless all i:
conducted and managed with business
method his efforts will result il
failure.
There are some reasons for the
general disposition of American mel
and women TO avoid farming pursuit:
which we have been slow to find. W.
STE the vouEg pushing everyw where into
trades, into mechanical pursuits, mt,
the learned professions, insignificant
c'erkships, into salaried posi- ions OF
every kind hat will take tt EN- int
the towns and support them there
We find It impossible to drive peopl
from the clies with the threat 0
starvation. or to coax them with thu
: promise Of better pay and cheape
living. here they stay and sickel
and sink. Young women resort t
the shops and factories rather than
take service in the farmers house
9 where hey are received as members o
the family, and when they marry the,
q see alliances when practicable will
mechanics and tradesmen who live II
towns and VILLAGES The daughters o
= the farmer will fly tie farm at TIN
: oppoltunly. The towns grows large
3 all he time, and the farming popu'a