The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-28

regarding everything that relates to their
business affairs. Tney may have superior
education added 10 natural abilities yet
are failures in every true sense. In
parish meeting in England snobbish
Lord made some proposition to which
farmer of sterling sense objected. The
titled noble glowered pompously on the
objector and said, DO you presume to
object to my proposition? You are an
ignorant farmer and have been educated
in two universities" :" well, what ofthat,"
coolly rejoined the farmer, 81 had calf
once that sucked two cows and the more
he sucked the greater calf he grew"
The world wants men who can bring
things to pass, men who accomplish some
thing. The mere dreamer or theorist has
no standing with the man who can pre-
sent cold hard facts. There are
too many men in the world whose make
up is like the dog celebrated in Spalding's
Glue. He was cut in two by a railroad
train, bnt Immediately stuck together by
this famous preparation as good as ever,
save that in the haste one pair of legs
were up while the other two were down;
so that when tired running on one side,
he could flop over and run just as we'll on
the other side.
"Gather up the fragments that none
be lost" The responsibility of teaching
the great lessons of frugality and industry
rest upon parents and teachers. Book
keeping gives the opportunity presented
by no other subject for the proper presen-,
tation aud enforcement ofthese principles.
The farmers books, kept Systematically,
showing the gains and losses on the
various departments and the resources
and liabilities of the farm, and the books
of the farmers son, showing his receipts
and expenditures carefully classified,
could not fail to promote the virtues of
thrift and industry, and as a result of the
leisure resulting from financial independ-
ence, might result growth in that true
culture which manifests itself in love for
our fellow man.
Do not dread the labor of keeping ac-
counts. Charles Lamb kept accounts and
he made his book-keeper's Office pilgrim
shrine for the best of multitudes who pay
homage to the memory of the gentle Ella
Nathaniel Hawthorne was book keeper,
but while he toiled for bread his spirit
swept the fields of fancy and wove the
lines and work of men into such won
drous story as made him easily the chief
among the writers of fiction in America.
George Washington kept his own books,
and was scrupulously exacting concerning
the details of his immense estates. Benz.
Franklin taught bookkeeping and thrift
to a nation, and the Almanac of Poor
Richard contains more of concentrated
wisdom, and the philosophy of life than
hundreds of books of later times abound
ing in pretension, but veneered with the
tinsel of unreality.
Should you agree with the deductions
I have made and act upon them to your
advantage in your daily life, my reward
would be great, for to drop a secret sub
tie oil upon the machinery of inspection
and enthusiasm to the humblest toiler, is
greater gift than to range the fields of
space or blast on clouds of sublimated
ideals"
On motion of Jos. s. Scarborough,
a rising vote of thanks was extended
to Prof. Stevenson for the reading
of so valuable paper.
Dinner being announced, the
Chair appointed J. P. Wilson, J.
FL. Maxwell and A. McVey Com,
mittee of Inspection, and the Club
then convened in the spacious
dining room to a sumptuous repast
presided over by Mrs. McVey.
On re-assemblingafter the inspec-
tion of the attractive premises after
dinner, j. P. Wilson, on behalf of
the Committee, reported that
whereas they found nothing of "a
backward tendency since our many
visits here, they were particularly
impressed with the improvement in
his hogs-handsome litters of beau
tiful Berkshires gracing his we'll
kept pens. Barn we'll stocked with
provender, considering the general
shortage of the season. A fine lot
of second crop hay, also a choice
lot of hay baled ready for market.
The wheat, oats and corn were evi-
dence of good yields; 100 bushels of
potatoes were sold from one acre.
A. B. McVey noted particularly the
apples, Fallawater, Stark and other
valuable varieties that were in
splendid keeping. The Stark was
particularly noted as firm winter
apple, hanging to the trees till
November, and in consistency and
appearance like the Baldwin, with
the additional virtue of keeping for
winter. He also noted the choice
celery, particularly fine near the
buildings, owing to the water from
the roof being carried down the
row.
The addition to the barn which
was under way at the previous
meeting of the Club, was noted by
A. j. Michener as being a great
improvement, giving ample storage
for machinery under the new bridge
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