Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-05-06
principles OF breeding. He must
know u hundred and one things,
"A nd nANa RYacnf II a a IN IL Iu annnnh
ABSOLUTELY PURE

hhoW uuuuTeU anu one GnlQRS,
and have executive ability enough
10 put them Into practice, on
time, and take the matter as 1t
come. 1hls ls what develops in
go tu tne city hold and succeed.
Most of the wealthy men In the
cities to-day got their training on
the IaTm, AS Is we'll known.
"lhe scanty amuSements that
his own restricted hom affords"
Do not country people 20 to
town, aud do they not have lec-
ture courses, and soclabIes, and
and farmers clubs, and reading
circles and grauges! And do not
social good time! Saloons and
theatres may not be as handy as
In the city, pll admit. And, per-
haps, at tnelr parties there Is not
as much iull dress, or lack of
dress, AS In city, but there ls as
much right good enjoyment. In
the opinion OF some people man
Is better Oft at home with his wife
and children alter his days work
Is done than at a club, drinking
and carousing, ETC., until the
small hours OF the morning. This
chance has the city man, but how
much character building ls there
connected with ltY How much
does 1t raise him In intelligence!
You certainly should not call US
farmers the least elevated por ton
of the race because we are quite
tree from such questionable
amusements. There are some
good things in the city that we
miss our social life is not always
as full as could be wished for, but
much that is to be had in the
city, although agreeable perhaps
to many, is not countenanced to
any extent by the most intlligent
people. 1t is. doubtful whether
the dweller in town earns his
wages with shorter hours of labor
if he really succeeds. Genuine
success has to be worked for, and
hard, too, whether in town or
country. 1t is the exception, not
the rule. The PHILADELPHIA Rec
ord stated last fall that of the o.
600 who die in a year in that city
only about $500 have any prop
erty to leave their heirs, and of
these few large number of es-
tates range in value from $50 to
$1,000. Now, / think, when you
take into account that the farm
ers generally own their homes,
and the greater physical and in
tellectual stamina their country
raised children possess, we can
leave the above record behind In
almost any section. On the farm
is no place to get great wealth,
but that is not always real sue
cess. Now, do not understand me
as wishing to run down city peo-
pie at all. We are all one broth
erhood, or should be. We cannot
we'll do without them. They can
not exist at all without us. Such
articles as Mr.. MS convey a
wrong impression to our city
friends. Thy are not loyal to the
farmers of America. Give US
credit for the brilliant sons we
have sent you and our multitudes
will never compare unfavorably
with yours. But we care not for
that; do not try to belittle the
great industrious class of farmers
that has made your great cities
possible, and from which you
must draw freely to keep up your
physical and intellectual stamina.
When we overdo the matter and
feed you with cheap bread, and
suffer ourselves, don't try to con-
sole US with the statement, in sub
stance, that our low grade of in
tellectual ability is getting all it
earns. l haye plow much of my
life, but must drop it for q pen
] when county men are slsndered.