The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-17

sophers compares a man who has severed
himself from union with nature 10 4 hand
or foot cut Of and removed from tile
body; but, he goes to say. though God
set man above the necessity Of breaking
on nom nature. He shows him SpeCial
bounty n giving hIm the power to re
join the body and recover the advantage
of being the same member he was at first.
| am glad TO turn to the contemplation Of
such a possibility. Even where the sep
~aratlon has 5een most radical there are
signs OF reaction and return, and Is
tcCm 1t a fortunate circumstance that
tins reactlonafy tendency abroad estab-
llsied itself before our own beloved State
vas very tar wandered INTO the alien
realm of extravaganza and artifciality.
Her popultion Is markedly homogeneous
and ninety-twO per cent rural, and her
comparative remoteness from the main
current OF modern progress. which was
once her reproach among her sisters, must
be credited with the compensation Of hay
Ing preserved her from much Of the ply
seal and moral deterioration which is
the penalty of 2cuter phrases of social
development IN other communities. Al
low me to speak OF some symptoms of the
reaction referred to and to point out GER
tain facts likely to quicken it. May we
not hope that they prophesy the good
day when prodigal society, too far wand
cred from the bosom of nature. viii be
III At HOME AGAIN.
The Unsuitable earth-hunger IS not con
fined to a few poetic and susceptible
souls. 1t draws out Of the cities annually
a great migration Of people to the coun-
try, to the seaside, and 10 the mountains,
where once more they become simple and
free. And as social and industrial com
Ia IL
this annual refreshment increases. Does
the human nature, in which the lower
world elements are gathered up into a
higher unity, yearn blindly for it's kind
red? Does it sigh for the bosom where
the infancy lay? Whatever explanation,
scientific OF romantic. you prefer, there is
no denying the STRENGTH OF tr;s old at
traction OF country hfe.
But today new attractions are rein
forcing the old. Country life is enriching
as never before. l am not now saying
that farmers are growing richer. | hope
they are, though appearances sometimes
point the other way. Be that as it may,
we are now concerned with the enrich
ment of the farmers life not the filing
OF the farmers purse.
i. Comfort. It is to be noted, in the
first place, that country life is at last
beginning to share in the bcncicent revo-
luton which science has lately wrought
IN the means and modes OF life. The
standard of comfortable living is spread
ing INTO the country ana Whaf IS import
AM It. - lound 20 pe .icticaIF app'l-
'ioit 'HCie' we nav 'lHlo''ieD' .
ample, that 4 given lot of materials for
4 house can be put together IN a com
loff2bie ana convenient dweilns a. no
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rot nv ia enot. viii ,n1ltiniv ana
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on.,a+u- Lfo ~ GOOD ROOD ,.;n
Lie Hfe a shaft OF hight across the land,
Through all the circle OF the golden year
o,a ,Lo ,vo,l, of tha f. nv, ! ,l~oaav GREAT
J.. rrh4anoa ~, tbo 4roduction 81 ma
10 IN yn;eb Iii 10 aona = n,er4s
Iii - ~, .bo eont,.o1 Of ~ eort;li4y
81 tho soil bv scientific treatment. In
10 n,s+ fftv vooro she punbnr of farm
~ n.' ba Ia "a onIv do,hlad h1+ tho yaIue
y hon WON'T, has boen incroa sod twenty
fold. Arc we warranted in expecting the
time when the experience Of Thorcau viii
be realized by the average country dwell
- G,,o h. mainta; red solcIv
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~ 'ie ~ W ~ go -. -
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r , variety or INTERESTS. nc iuoiot
ony OF country liie - le'9'S" i" pS "
greatly increased variety :" iI'eiSs''
Transportation opens 1narhets dnp un1he9
profitable man more crops Ian io'ii -
any. EApeflmeaCit'oH "a ny !" 10
ana ctfe1nleal eH',"'''' - -
: plants and anlTAa's upon '"' I'ial' -,
) an unend1ns means OIL amusement. pa'
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