The herald., 1895-06-21

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land, but there is no
Land that is fairer than this.
The song that says there is tells story
that Is not true.
One of the familiar ways in which
farmers sons ambition is aroused is by
giving him pig. A boy, and girl, too
has strong instinct of personal property
A child no less than a grown person de-
sires to enjoy the intense consciousness of
ownership. There is something captivat-
ing to youth and age in proprietorship.
The farmer, learned in many things and a
thinker-at least he thinks so-has as good
a right to think SO as a preacher, or law
yer, or Doctor, each with his specialties
Of weakness, as the farmer has also. The
farmer thinks it wise to have his son edu-
Gated on a system and proposes to make a
man of him and give him learning" but
to deliver it to him SO that he will iiNt be
ashamed to be a farmer himself, and there
a bit of mistake is made. The sc:l need
not be ashamed of the old farm If ne pre-
fers to- go away somewhere and know
something else. He is not ashamed of the
old farm when he leaves it. All, mol Far
otherwise.
Father, will you give me for mine that
pretty, fat, black pig with white spot on
his throat?" The father is amiable and
says: Eyes, my son; he is yours. Will
you let him run with the other pigs or
have him put away by himself and take
care of him. YOURSELF" This arouses a
sense of responsibility at once, and there
is meditation over momentous decision.
The father comes to the rescue, saying,
You would know your pig among a
thousand pigs, would you not?" "Oh,
yes" "Well, then, be might as well stay
where he is, for you can pick him out and
take him away when you want him to kill
or SELL" The proprietor of the pig flinches
little at this, but takes the advice and
sees his property fattened. Everything is
satisfactorily settled, but the property is
not divided very much, and the pigs go on
just as usual. Now, that boys black pig
will go from the slop trough to tho pork
barrel along with the other pigs, and the
boy will be gradually educated to part
with his property rights in the interest of
the family, owing to the difficulty of sub
dividing things, and If he is hard to wean
from the pig he is asked to accept likely
pup, and there is swap of a pig and
pup. When the pig is to be pork, the pros
pect of dog becomes prominent 1t is
wonderful how soon pup becomes q dog.
He beats pig in development. If pup
is not satisfactory, calf, or a sheep, or a
horse will found to answer the purpose
A prudent father will take care that
son ia not wronged in his feelings. you
can never just tell, u is q fragment Of farm
ers' wisdom, what boy is going to be,
and it is best to make friends with him,
for boy remembers everything, particu
larry if he is put upon" l was not a
ohi f,J hut
had pig, and calf, and dog, and a
horse-a whole procession, almost men,
agerie, of my own-but / got something
out of each of the animals. have rec
objection of touch of sorrow about the
pig of my SOUL When was told that pigs
grew SO much slower than boy that he
would be dead and gone before was a
man, why, it stood to reason had no use
for great big old hog nosing around
When got rid of the old horse that fell
to me finally, I was glad to see him go, and
when the calf got to be bull shall say
at all risks he was bore and disregarded
my pathetic proprietorship altogether, so
that broke his leg with a stone endeavor-
ing to win his affections.
l concluded to undertake an enterprise
of my own. 1t was no less than making
sugar. There were about 80 beautiful sug-
ar trees on hillside, say 400 yards from
my home, ON the farther side of strip of
forest trees. KNEW about sugar camps"
and that they were great fun. The fires
blazed In them at night. The sugar water
was delicious; the maple sirup was glo-
rious. There was point at which, in tho
process Of boiling down the sweet water,
it became perfect nectar, and that was be-
fore it gave signs Of becoming thick, when
it was just liquid amber. 1t would never
do to drink molasses, you know. That
would be too much for even the assiinila-
ton of boy raised on milk and corn
bread. sort Of food that preserves as tho
books on physiology they have in the
country say, 1.-THE natural coat of the
stomach and builds up the bones"
There was associated with sugar camp
the idea of a frolio First, it was camping
out tn the woofls second one would have