The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-03-21
Agriculture.
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might bs cited 10 shov hos people 10
peer health tsvs left the city or iasb end
rsssiued strength spd vsof 10 The fresb
sir so5 nader the blns skies Of the isiu.
There ere many ressoss shy ihi. should
be iraa, Fesh or, snnsbinr, seed feed
and . chsncs 10 txsrcisa COS muscles gill
sork wonders 10 restoring tired pstnre.
There are many thinss woman nsy 90
With safety ssd pr0ht mertsily aud rhy
sicslly. 90 the farm. Sbe rsy care Ter
parl,fy. TIE i.bor connected vith this 10
not srauops There u satisfaction stost
se,los fosls eat. talk snd sI rcise. and
chickens grow, which does cot come iron
many other tinds Of woih Thep. somsp
msy srow flowers With pleasure aud stru
ine pto1,. Der sense OF bssu,y may be
cultivated aud her kuoulsdse OF plslts
aud their srosth increased 10 this wy
YER, much The same may be said shout
the Wild hostrs snd tbs trees aud The
country.
Il, may be rome will say hat oil tbs
may be pleasant end helpful but from 80
seoDo u zeal ,tsndpoiut III dos net ps!."
From utililsisn standpoint this m,y be
true. bat sil HE Is not to be measured by
ths, STANDARD To do so Is TO miss liie's
trie purpose. |, IL not right TO be con
sssntly thinking how we may tafn life ard
strength aud eyerythiug else into dollars
and cents. To do this Is TO dwarf our %
tures and miss The grand opportunities
which have been given to Us for doing
good 10 those sbopt ~.
Bot there are many things about the
farm thst no vtmsn should attempt to dc.
Some OF these have presented themselves
to my mind very iorciblv Of late. No far
away young men caught the war spirit,
and enlisted 10 go 10 Cubs. He thought
be would be home 10 Q few dsyr, but for
une ordered otherwise. His old father
vas sick and unable TO work. Spring
came, and the son was not OF home. There
was . Young sister ct home, end with
womsn's bravery she hsrnesssd the horses.
hitchsd them to the plou,h and vent
into the Geld TO do The work they had not
been able to hiro done. The brother wss
taken sick in Cabs. Anxiety and bard
work we're doing their worst on the sister,
and she wss ip danger OF breaking down.
A friend, knowing the circumstances, sp
pesled to the Secretary OF Wsr, and the
son ives discharged from the service none
too soon to save his sister from being
broken down.
Another woman, married and the moth
er OF several children, anxious TO help her
husband, went ont aud pulled her end OF
q crosscut cav to get wood for the kitchen.
But this Was not the worst. Getting over
into The silo TO feed the cattle she found
h.rself out OF reach OF ladder. She call
I'd for help. None appearing, sbs drew
herself mp by the arus and finally escsp
cd; but 10 doing so she had injured her
self it ternslly, spd 10 less than week che
was 10 her grave None 10 the world
,ould lament this awful thing more than
.ho young husband for whom the woman
gave her life.
Another woman l know Of dropped
rom scsiiold 10 barn. fourteen feet. TO
he floor. She bad gone there to get
Town straw to ii II bed. She happened
% go down feet foremost, end, striking 90
'oms hay. escaped with n.thine more seri 0
,us than . sprained ankle, This ZANE
vomsn broke through the rigging TO hay
sck while helping her husband unload {.
ome corn fodder. Beyond some bruises.
he fortunately escaped without injury.
Nov, work Of this kind, jsopsrdizing ~
/ unques,iopsbly does the delicate organ
sm which bss been given to woman, nev
Q should be attempted by her. For even
she does not meet With fatal accident,
be 10 very likely to undergo injuries
'hich msy make her . cripple or sn ipvsl
4 for life; and when beslth is gone. one
,ust be OF oil persons most wretched.
II nsy be ssid that where farmer 10
D debt and working herd to get start 10
be world be Is sometimes compelled 10 90
ept the services OF bis vile or daughters !,
hen be otherwise would not, and this Il
rgument sppesls to Us most forcibly Il
'ew women are 10. ready and willing 10
end . baud 10 this wy when their bus :
snds ere embarrassed and crowded by l
be seasons work: end yet there ere very
Nv farms on which the feminine orticn E
I the inmstes do not 6od enough, end g
,ore than tnoueb, to bnsy them ell day
ing. The man who has under the force
1 circumstances been compelled for y lit
10 while 10 do the work which was former =
J the care oil bis wife knows thst II issI
lost hey ond bis poser TO keep things 10
rider, even when d vot, d ell the time
, that subject Bot tbst lie not the
orst Of II. IL is far batter to bire . few
sys' help In tue stress OF he sssson than
, rnn the risk OF having the hsslth Of
le wife Destroyed an The be compelled
spfr for years 10 pay frr . day 10 The
ia sitb her hu sbsod.
There are women women who success'ul
manage large farms keeping sIl the &c
Ill "a the busioe.s veil 10 hand; bat
icy n,vsr do any q the 0.rd work them
ives G1oi executive ., i'i'y With them
hes The plscs Of msnn.l l.tot This 10
/ right. Tnefe IL DO rssson ~ty SON
should not be fsimsr and . s1ecsts
/ one, too. rb.re are scores Of instances
| shout as wbish might be quoted 10
,ose that the ale hts far be best stiiity |