The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-27

i0io " MS exploit. incidentally eheS
would be pleased to learn from him why
he had decided upon a life of starvation
and drudgery; how he intended to edu-
cate his children; what he intended to
do with his his wife who had always lived a
rational life and was used to association
with refined and intelligent people, and
whether he would ever dare to make his
appearance among his oold friends after
he had had the ear-nnarks of bucolic hab-
its and surroundings imposed upon him.
What the newspaper ffnan's reply to
those inquiries was is not recorded; but
he lived himself to teilfiin published
book some years after how he rescued
his wife and little ones from life of
comparative penury in al big city, and
had become a man Of Independent life
and habit He had proceeded diligently
to till his few acres of ground not max
ing much of hand of it at the beginn ng.
He had become the possessor of fat
bottomed boat, and some fishing tackle
with the aid of which he was able to sup
ply certain retail fish stores in the big
cities with absolutely fresh fish, and he
had given uncommon attention to the
capture of Holsters and crabs and the
| minor crustacea. He had learned some
thing of the habits of that industrious
biped, the American len. He had become,
something, but not much, Of a market
q had 1.-Two in a
and, most valued of all his possessions, he
| protested to regard the disposition which
he had thereby acquired, of taking sym.
pathetic and hopeful view of every i'm
aginable problem which presented itself
to him in household economy. He died
| later on fairly well-to-do man, which
| he would probably never have been had
| ne remained in the editorial departm ent
of newspaper or devoted himself strict
! ly to literary pursuits, although there is
something of suspicion among the pe--
/ simists. of his old calling that the rev
| enues derived from his book, telling what
was really a fairy tale about how he
! succeeded, accounted for all of the.
worlds goods which he possessed at the
| time of his death.
Back to the soil is again the cry. 1t
is heard, at least in the magazines and
Sunday editions of the great dailies. In
Worlds Work recently it has been
demonstrated beyond: afssthought of diff
ference of opinion that farm anywhere
I within a reoSCna hla 20 Ilfs5, of n citxr ar
| in touch with railroad communication,
and in extent anywhere from twenty to
fifty acres, will provides any reasonably
Industrious man with 53oed living and
social independence. More important
even than all this the writer has shown
that the owners of such farms in the
Eastern states are mostlyamen who came
! upon them to ESCAPED the grind of city
life, had but small fnofey capital and
still smaller capital iii the way of work
ing experience, and who regard them
selves as being in every case more
or less valuable property saved from the
| wreck and ruin Of city life.
AS most of our joys in this life are in
anticipation, there certainly can be no
harm in those of us who have no earthly
chance of ever going to live on a farm
of our own, fondIy imagining that We
will do so in the not far distant future.
1t would be best for most of us, as well
as for those around US if we could cease
to toll and moiI in the big city and go
cut to work for ourselves in the open, as
us should do i'll pursuit of our need OF
true happiness.