Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-09

artisi,s studio and when YOU find 9
rural or farm, scene, hoy; much
longer do you ii6gerj hhdl gdze
upon II, and go away WIN n won
dering look and an dissatisfied ex'
preston. - ,stn sIar'!-a1
History tells of one. WHO was
called from the :plow to the palace,
from the farm TO the forum. and
when he had silenced the angry tu'
multi. of a state, resumed his Quiet
duties of husbandnian. tom s..t
OF whose resting place did Hal
leck write his beautiful poemsf He
referred to Burns, the piowboy, aft
erward the national bard of Scot.
land. And Burns himself left evi.
dence that he composed come OF
the rarcst gems of his poetry while
engaged as farm hand. ''.
1t would require volumes to emu.
mcrate the noble men who have i'm.
perishubly recorded their exalted
appropriations OF rural life and en-
terprisc.
Our own immortal Washington
was ever more cnanored of the
sickle than the sword, and unhesi.
iatingIy pronounced agriculture
tie most healthy, the most useful
and the most noble employment vi
man.
When we walk abroad in nature
we 30 not as artists 10 study her
scenes, but as children 10 rejoice in
her beauty. The breath of air, the
blue of the unc!oudcd sky, the
shining sun aud the softnes6 Of the
unflowered turf beneath our feet
are all we require to make us feel
that we are transported into a re-
gion of delights. We breathe and
tread in n pure, untroublcd world,
and fresh clear delights that breathe
round our senses seems To battle
our spirits in the innocence of na.
turc. II Is not that we have priced
solitude which secludes us from
the world of life; but the aspects
on which we look breathe spirit.
The characters we read speak
language which, mysterious and
obscurcly ineligible as they are,
draw us on with an eager ahd I'M
defined desire. In shapes and
sounds of fear, in naked crags.
CULTS, prccipiccs. torrents that have
rage without beauty, desoiate
place s--therc il To that temper OF
mind an attractive power. All
speak in some way to the spirit
aud raise up in it new and hidden
emotion, which, even when mingled
with pain, it sglad to feel; for such
emotion make discovery to il o! liz
own nature, and the interest it icels
40 strongly springs up from and
returns unto itself.
OF all occupations, that of agri'
culture il beet calculated 20 induce
love of country and rivct il firmly
on the heart, No profession is more
honorable, meme IA conducive 10
health, peace, tranquility aud hap
piness. More independent than amy
other calling, it ia calculated 20
produce an innate love OF liberty.
The farmer Stands upon lofty EN-.
inencc and looks upon the hustle OF
cities and braiu-confusiug, body
killing literature with feelings OF
personal freedom peculiarly his
own. He delights in tie prosperity
OF the city as his market place. ac-
knowiedges the usefulness of the
mechanic. admires the enterprise at
the commercial man, employs the
benefits that flow from the unlirinS
Investigations and developments OF
sciences; then turns his attention 10
the quiet rural dominion of his
choice, and covets not the fame
thai accuinulntes around the other
professions. ]. W. GABA.
Baxter Springs, Kansas.