Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-22

A farmers son recently sent the fol-
lowing letter to an editor asking adj
vice as to the course he should pursue
in life: :. H.
Il have good common school eau:
cation and have taught our district
school one term. l do not like farming
very Well; besides. l think there are
better chances for Il young man in
other kinds Of business. | dread the
idea of feeding and milking cows all
my life. What would you advise me
to go into?"
The editor who was appealed-to. gave
the boy some very good advice about
finding out just what he wanted to
do. and then sticking to it through
thick and thin" and wound I'D with
the injunction to keep up, through it
ALL high standard of moral charac-
yer. They were very good admoni-
tlohs-and 1t was very kind of the edi-
TOT 10 send them-but the youthful far
mer mad doubtless heard them before.
Inc young aGricu!turist who wanted
10 chaEgc lis occupation, is one Of
many Thousand who are all looking
ior chance. as they say. to "get into
scfhethlnS. 1t doesn't make so very
much difference to them what they
get lnto'-for in most cases the boys
themselves don't really know what
they want to do-and some of them are
frank enough to confess that the great
deslderatunl is not SO much to get
INTO something else, as it is to "get
out Of farming.
Eut reflect, young tilIers of the soil
and feeders of the cows, before YOU
leave the old home. 1t may be that
You are in direct way to fulfil
Heavens destiny for yourselves, by re-
manning right where you are. Per-
chance youth has heard someone say
that nowadays. it takes great pluck
ana ability for young man to go out
alone into the world and win success;
and thinking he mas a good healthy
supply of these two qualities. he wants
to "show the people" how he "can do
it, Yes, it does take courage to go
out into the great, cruel world" and
win its worldly success; but many
young man has discovered. too late.
that it would have taken vastly more
to stay at home and do his duty-inci-
dent'lIy winning true success.
Because q sad-hearted mother and
father make plans and preparations to
send their boy away for Il start in
life,' the young man is not necessarily
justified in going: for men and women
have been known to give up their very
lives for those they love.
Nor is it the least mite outside the
bounds of proba bility that. with right
made tG "pay." Is it reasonable that.
at Il time when all other businesses are
'pannirg out" SO well. the very basic
industry Of all life should refuse to
yield even Il CLINT of the longed-for
lucre?
Study. the situation. Get all the litera
t'rc published Nv the Stntc Evrcrimcnt
Station and study it. Procure the advice
al the Professors IN tlir Stat. Acriculiur-
al College, us to the special fitness of your
farm for such crops. They will gladly
give it to you-it'S their business. they axe
paid for it. Put as much brains into the
planning and disposal of crops. as. per
ha:s, YOU cNrcct to put into that dcb"tc
with the rival OF your chosen colie~e; and
as much energy into the execution of
those plans. as you have pictured your
self displaying on the same prospective
will blossom into new garden, and sue
cess and happiness will be your friends.
Don't let the buS'bnO Of no chance"
frighten the young heart that was 50
braycly going to fight the whole wide
world. No chance for what? mo oppor
tunity." you say. True. you may not
often mingIc with the throrEs thrt tread
the stony rOadways of. the city. where the
sound of human footsteps never ceases. |
hut the young c0untrymIn may hav" a
far wider acquaintance than tn" average
city chap-and that, perhaps. made IN
of men and women NOR sincere than
those of the city circle
No chance to work out great pl;,rS. |
perfect organizations and Develop OK
rcu;ivc ability" perhaps YOU object. Fic
upon your reasoning, The tincst enter
prisc-aye. the commanding OF ones
thoughts in moments of lcisurc-Hrc tasks
worth nj as great genius as eyer Ni3n-
leon Displayed. while marshnlling thu
armies of Europe 1t is not much
what one docs as how he does it. and in
almost every conceivable situation in life |
there is always something to do.
"Farm Hfe' Away FROM the distr1c
tions of the trivial ana artificial: Vcrita
bio bourne of the blcsscd.' are III" cr'eS
Of many city-bOund soul. Thousands
within its grasp have lonGcd to escape thu
thraldOm of business and so
cial duties. that they might have time and
to read and think, and write.
And il is lust this opportunity that coun-
try life affords.