Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
Possibilities of Taking Comfortable
Living on a Rented Farm.
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY JOSIAH HOW
ARD, ESQ, OF EMPORIUM AT THE
FARMERS INSTITUTE.

/ Any property OH which the owner
can place a mortgage in the open
market at home, has a value; and the
fact that all farms can be mortgaged,
proves that they have value, and
answers in the affirmative the ques-
ton as to whether a man can rent
an ordinary farm and clear his
living on it, over and above
the rental; but | think the master of
ceremonies to-day intended that we
should consider some of the possibilities
of man doing even more than that
and discuss why ali farmers do not
succeed in their attempts.
Now, first and foremost; any COM
munity that does not possess a social
standard that inspires its young men
to step out manfully, and to openly
proclaim to their FRI ends and neighbors
their choice of wife and companion,
whom they promise to honor, support
and cherish, so long as they both shall
live; that community does rot possess
the elements of success for any kind Of
occupation.
l put this thought first, because 1
think it is the most important of all
Gods plans for the earthly we'll being
! of man, and that without the encour-
agement and companionship of loving,
sensible wives, men are but poor tools
in any walk of life.
! Why | should be confined to the
question of success as applied to the
tenant farmers alone, I do not under
( stand, because the farmers stand with
a higher average in the scale of health,
and contentment and happiness than
! any other occupations; nor are the
/ fundamental elements of success in
/ farming, different from those pertain
ing TO other branches of industry.
/ Let us see; man can reach farther
with two or three ladders than he can
with only one, or than he can with his
own hands.
We reach and talk around the world
with a wire, ana are beginning to
reach so far with our big cannon and
modern rifles, that war will soon be
impossible among nations.
AS God has made the Ocean and all
its tributaries, up to the smallest
brooks, alive with fish, so all the walks
of life, be they ever so humble, hold
opportunities for happy, peaceful pro-
gress to all who recognize and learn
how to use them.
The fisherman uses the hook, and
the line and the pole combined; even
so we, in grasping and holding our
( opportunities must unite our energies
and brains with education.
l know lots of men who are just as
honest as my own good father, Chas.
B. Howard, was in his lifetime, and
some of them work hard and are always
willing to work overtime, yet they do
not seem to make the advancement he
did.
I used to wonder why, and know OF
only one reason; they do not couple
education with their energy and brains.
Now l wish to make a note of this.
My fathers family were poor, and he
only received about six months school
ing, but he learned to read at Sabbath
School and carried an arithmetic and
speller along on his all day trips to
town with the coal cart.
AS a man he went to work in a
German settlement and made himself a
German dictionary of the words the
men used with him in their talk; later
on he learned to scale logs and keep
his own books and accounts All this he
learned at the same time he was learn
to swing an axe and roll log with a
cant hook.
Many times he told me to always
carry these three together, viz: Energy,
Brains and Education. Education
alone won't do" he said, "but don't
try to get along without it,"
Now think he was right, and it is
simply surprising how many good
points our fathers can give as if we
admit the honesty of their intentions
in advising us, coupled with the fact
that they must have learned something
in their longer life than ours, that we
do not know; and right here | wish to
emphasize what | think is a great
truth which applies to us all: "My
father was raised on farm and gave
the credit of all his higher aims and
ability to his mother, who was the
ruling spirit in the household, and
custodian of the family earnings. My
mother was also a good woman, and
for many years had full charge of all
my fathers earnings, and this with a
few exceptions should be the rule of al