, 1907-06-10
was an exceptionally forcible and able
speaker.
OUT ON THE FARM.


An old man, it he has kept his heart
young, has no ~jealousies; II others are
more prosperous he does no envy
Them: If he is fair with the world and
himself his conclusions is that If any
one is TO blame for his W failures
it must be himself, and then possibly
the reward that might have been his
had he pursued his work with none but
selfish thoughts, has e divided, and
NAV be some others have received.
each a little portion OF good because
of his work. But II his childhood was
nassed on a farm and he loved the
farm. the trees, the flowers and the
animals; II no robin since he left the
old place has been quite SO red a
breast or quite SO sweet a song as the
lone that was Won to come daily on
summer mornings n from the peak
lof he old roof announce that the
morning had come and h was glad;
such an one, as age comes on, mas
himself every day recalling hat OLD
farm and all 1t was to him. Horses
that long ago died and have been tor-
gotten by all but himself once more
come to him for oats or sugar, and the
old dog, not a blooded cog, but an
honest one, good for any coon or
ground hog, or who of his own wolf
ton would cut out and drive away any
strange animal that had mixed with
the home herd, and who made up in
affection and faithfulness n pluck
what he lacked in lineage or beauty;
that dog comes back in thought, puts
his cold nose in the old mans hand
and-sho. there are no modern dogs
to compare with lin.
Then there returns, too, the old or
chard: the trees where the first mar
vest apples ripened; the trees that
bore the S%pitzenburgs, the Greetings,
the Pippins. the Rambos, the iona
thans and Russets-no such fruitasthey
bore is found any more. And the inner
fruits. the peaches the g~reengages anu
the egg-plums Inc he red n white
Notwithstanding like them are found
now. And the grapes that the tressei
was set up for. Talk of California
grapes; why they no more compare
with them than does Melbas sihsihs
with hat of the dark-eyed girl nat III
the old county church the
common singers with herimmortaic con-
~tralto. Then in the woods there We're
blueberries-think of blueberries anu
greenland hickory and beech ana
,,I h,ttnrnlltG for WHICH
the Brazilian nut is a barren sups'i-
tute, And while gathering the NUTS
black SQUIRRELS and gray squirrels AMI
fox SQUIRRELS were from the tree tops
disputing at long range ones right TO
take away their winter stores.
In those days 1t was not a breach OF
good name to own up 10 a hkius
for pie. And such pie: apple pie, peach
pie, cherry pie, pumpkin pie and chick
en- pie. Wendell Phillips was wont oc-
OCCASIONALLY to deliver his lecture on
the Lost Arts. The Phillips OF the
future may add to the shining list the
art of making pie as it was made OF
yore.
But all this is an intrusion, what
we meant to say, was that of all occn
pations in Utah it seems to us the
farmers have the choice one. All
around eager miners are digging 1or
gold or silver or copper or lead, but
the farmer reminds n Of the fables
of Aesop that told Of the man who dug
his orchard over in search of a treas
ure that he believed to be hidden IN
the soil. He did not find it, but be-
cause of the digging about the roots Of
the trees, that year his fruit crop
broke the branches on his trees and ne
realized more from his crop than the
treasure he had sought for was worth.
1t is so with Utah farmers. While the
boys in the hills are digging and md
ing the treasures, the mel on the
farms who cultivate the soil, with the
golden fruit and grain which they pro-
duce. can compel the miners to divide
their treasurer with them.
Then farming can eXalt a man for it
is one of the most profound of sciences.
To know the elements in the soil and
for what they are best fitted to pro-
duce; to understand and utilize the
heredity of plants and animals; to be
able to adopt the best methods of cul.
tivation; to watch the changes from
planting to harvest and recognize each
change; to plant a tree and watch ii
until it pays for its tending in golden
fruit; to train a climbing flower over
a moss-coated roof; to have the widest
colt come begging when the winter
drives him in;-boys, you may get
more money and fame in town, but If
it is a heart-joy that you want, stick
to the farm.-Goodwin's Weekly.
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