Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-15


urices governmental contracts when
big war is on, and when the supply eN-
ceeds the demand. he closes his estaDhsh-
,oent or factory. and waits for change
Of conditions. .,.....,,
Suppose the farmer stops? The country
would have seven years famlhe-alu
Mary Lease would be President before
go could saw scatl The farmer is obliged
IN 60 on and to hold on. This Is one root
Of the evil. The farmer does not ho!d on
as he did. He IS looking Tor chahse'
and he worsts himself every time ne mus
II and many of them leave the farm o.
ten TO return sadder and wiser men. be
cause though his wealth goes IN ahO'iisl .
pocket there are yet worse plates 'i4an
The farm for him and harder things 10
e,,1,,ra than it's rough work. If the days
are long and busy, the nights bring souhu
sleeD and rest. If there is no spare cash
for INJURY. tho pure country air whets up
ne annefite and makes Of the plalnest
fare "a feast better than that OF the cpl
cure. ,,,.
THE farmer who can sit under his own
vine and fig tree is king or men. lie mas d
safa foothold on the earth. He does not
have IN ask some lorldly monopo!lst 10
oive hin, leave 10 toll. Nobody can dls-
Mace him for a personal favorite This
much ~ the earth--and its fulness there
of-belongs TO him. Grains and fruit anu
milk and honey will furnish sustehahcs
and health and contentment ana an aDiu-
inc. Mace. And-I have often thought
his bumbler life favors that blessed
family communion and ahecuoh 'hdI 'H'
city and town knows not Of
Above all things farmer should make
his home-the dwelling-place OF his loved
ones-not only habitable but beautiui as
well. [ do not think that every farmer
while he is busy cultivating corn wheat
oats. rye. and potatoes, cultivates MS
sense of beauty as he should DO, ana
this would prove a paying crop.
There has been much conjecture as 10
the cause Of the steady flow Of farmers
sons and daughters from the country 10
the towns and cities Even farmers
wives look longingly away sometimes
from their country homes. Assuming that
tbe farmer himself is satisfied, and would
be glad to have all the family equally SO,
is there ANYTHING he can do that will tend
in this direction? If so, begin with the
wife and mother, for Just here would
write a panegyric on our farmers wives.
Industrious. patient, long-serving, SELF
denying-who can do justice to the ave-
rage daily toll Of a farmers wife?
Rev women OF the present day have
strength for the manifold tasks that fall
10 her lot. Many a farmers wife drags
through the weary round, but are so urea
that there IS not pleasure In anything
NV first suggestion is, plan 50 that she
NAV yet more rest and assist her When
YOU can Competent help-nay' more
anv help at all-in the home IS increas-
inglv hard TO obtain, and many women
nrefer TO do their own work Tighten
mis- labor when you can and help 10
beautlfy her surroundings; 1t Will rest
the eve and rest the heart TO turn from
80 everlasting round Of cooking, clean
INC washing dishes. and getting the baby
TO sleep. -, -. nth,
Tho neat dooryards In the towns, WIN
tbeir iowers blooming unmolested, look
-, ,amnting 10 the woman who car
49,. hr,,sh 10 nile around her few plants.
You say you love your wlie, ano ses
Won will not put wire netting alvuiu
her net fiower-bed to keep the cnlckens
or | fancy many farmer will shne
ar hint that the chickens shouiu DC
fenced ont OF the dooryard entirely
There is less IN tho situation ana EN-
rio,n,onts OF a farmers wife and daugh-
ters 20 divert their attention than IN MS
own wider range OF labor, ana they ieel
more keenly the lack OF social ana ou'.
ward refnements. A neat white"asneo
.ence. with trim, well-kept lawns ana
blooming nower-beds will add 10 thelr
contentment and happiness ana 10 '"o
farmers pecuniary beneit'