The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-13
The Farm.

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bility and respecta bility of farming, q
few notable instances of recent action
on the part of some very prominent and
wealthy ladies, gives notable examples.
Mrs. Letana Stanford, wife and only
surviving heir Of the late California
Senator of That name, and who count
ed his wealth by the millions invested
in mining, railroad and other stocks,
has resorted to the farm as a means of
recuperatiAg her broken fortune, occa-
stoned by litigation over and the ir-
productive condition of her stocks
She has sold her diamonds. a great
part of which goes to buy and equip in
good working order, a vineyard OF 30
900 acres called Vina. In Ia simple gown
and shade hat, she visits the great vine
yard early in the morning and looks
in pers on after the picking. She has
made Improvements over the methods
of the old established vineyards Of
France. These duties OF attention 20
the vineyard and labor over its bust.
ness accounts, has given her the bless
ing Of good health, to which she was
formerly stranger.
Mrs. Hettie Green, the richest wo
man in America, has an ancestral farm
in Vermont where she spends every
summer, and where she says. she in
tends to finally settle in a permanent
home. Sac raises every thing she eats
even to the meat, and gathers vegeta
bles with her own hands, just like any
other farmers wife. Though tidy, her
farming gown could it is said, have
been bought by one days laying of
eggs. Though her mortgages cover
New York City like a blanket, she has
no home there. She prefers raising
chickens, ducks and turkeys, as well
as other farm products, and says: IF
hadn't had a fortune in real estate
in town left me, yon may be sure I'D
never been driven from Eden to the
noisy city--either for comfort or to
make mo9ey.
Mrs. T. C. Plat, wife of me too
Platt," has an orange farm in Florida,
where she spends the winter with a
few friends. She attends to the pick
ing, sorting and shipping of her orang-
es, and has made special improvements
in cases for packing oranges for ship
ment, SO that while properly ventilat-
ed, none freeze while transporting
them North. She is also sharp enough
to get her products promptly on the
market within week from date of
while others are delayed for
months.
Mrs. A. M. Palmer, president of the
famous Professional VI oman's League,
has a mushroom farm that is said to be
the most profitable business ever oper-
ated by woman her products being
years in advance, although
she produces them by the thousands of
ouShchS' ouC otfe opSStui uBcut W
Europe to study mushroom culture be-
fore erecting her lighthouses. It's true
that these ladies have capital at their
with which to pursue agri-
which we claim is not fad,
because they give IL personal attention
and make it pay--but IL shows the bent
of their minds, in choosing these pur-
suits iu the country rather than to try
some project in the city. Italso proves
that refinement, culture and all the
finest womanly instincts of the best
elements of womankind. are not in
with farm life. 1t proves
the entertainments of the country over
,ity life. These notable instances and |
should prove to the country !
women that although they may not
possess wealth. yet in their spheres
hey can not only make farm life en-
oyable, but profitable II they would
inter into all the duties they can per-