The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-26
csuniry Life or Town Life.

h1thNg Roster tells w ~ Makt 80
uefa ibs grad o; tie ciiY o. ne mono
losy ~ lhs eosnirJ Grind does setn
irsepefahls fnsm liz Neither high q
iosiy Escape 4. Noaosouy. howeser
4 in " eganifs tuna H. 4tsi,Y wlih
ID one@if Il seems b. lolesr u "a
-. u musi be sftAis1. ID " COED
I'D days u lBmherng co&ehes, roads
sahosl boiioias. and highwayHaen,
snesi country places wcp remote, lone.
ssaHs, and not free from @on0iony
Their iHhaiilsnis had TO b. rcsoarve-
fAl. EAeh dag and nomeni Wa oeea.
paed uiih a roHispe and moDesony that
oaiy simple minds hnd slurdy bodies
could eHdBre. A. ihe cutter world
opsnod % them. came enl.ghlmeni and
menlai rsissllleu. then dlseunleni
rrm others WAS handed down ihi,
imrvssion ~ moRo,ony bal Il hiss
passed ~ ships In The night" II Il
almost beyond belief. The commonplace
duiies then imperative and now no
longer in evidence
Threshiug with fail. moang pilh
sickle lnoi scyibel, nail making by
hand, the baeksAw aud much else are
things beqaeathed 10 bye gone drudgcry
dsys. The making 81 butter, cheese,
and wcll.nigh everything is now drift
ing from farm TO factory. and the
jewellers IN the country have attained
the enyied gifl u leisure and aband.
anily,
Rightly understood. many country
localities arr as cities eharmingly i'm.
proved. The metropolis has hardly a
feature that attracts that cannot be, or
Is not already adopted in the country.
Better still they often cost little, They
are introduced by The villages and
promptly copied by The farmer His
premises are plumbed, cool bubbling
spring water sparkles in bis home. an
ample ice house laughs at his city cou.
sin, the refrigerator, and an ever fresh
root eellSr moeks the corner grocer.
The local telephone often makes friend.
" use Of the Grabbed barbed wire fence,
Frequently radius 81 many miles
sill embrace several hundred neigh
bors on one system at the modest eos,
Of couple Of dollars each per year,
When the day Is done, transmiiterT
are dropped. some daughters upright
piano is drawn near and often cornet
aud violin are no. lacking
A scattered audience Of goodly pro
portions is soon assembled and listen
with unanimous pleasure and varied
comments 10 a program that can not
be anticipated
Surely this IL not monotony,
Even the back mountain dwellors
hardly attain IL, aud certainly those IN
plains and hills DO not,
Hardly any Of the latter can get be.
yond easy access 10 some city in nina.
inre and through it maintain perfect
touch with the rest Of the world,
Hardly place lies beyond few
hours Of some large city, whose big |
dailies penetrate IT, remotest
surroundings by noon.
The trolley speeds over bill aud dale
regardless OF grades or curves and
wisks the bucolie into more Of city
conditions than can well be stood.
The rural letter carrier is being tried
and blue coats are promised in thenear
future, Those living in cities are linn.
tied 10 arr galleries 20 refresh their
minds with glimpscs 81 mother earth |
dolcd on, on canvass by the yard or
square inch, fenced In by frame at
that, and 10 be had only at a price that 4
would buy . forest, lake or mountain.
Let the cities uniuiliated study their
environments. Chiefly they copy nature
and please.
What then must the originals bel
Hamilton Gibson with his sharp eyes"
found them inexhAusiablo and exquisite,
Even mid-winner bad no deiractions.
He bad learned that The corner lot
~iih H. envied sunlight and mir aud
hciilious value, was poor imitation
u the rural acre q noble trees that can
- bad anywhere for very few dollars,
md where nature. ever very much
live, leaves no impress Ut moBotony.
No with everything else in contrast.
Whether il be noble horse, com
anionnhle collie, dainty Jersey aud
ood things galore, ~ nalare's clysee.
hear rosi ~ almost nominal
Why then should those moderately
lcnmstaneed turn their face o. ilIut
gainst natures gifts and press on TO
~ goals thai inevitably bring rltle i
nything
Man Is social animal, still hts en-. !
ronusen,s geed be no ghetto.
Deciples Of Tols,ci are active. full Of
IL and generally the ones getting
I0gl uni Of IT,
A food Of Sunlight, sotiair and mus
al harmony rouse them gently each
ornsng from paiars sweet resioFcr.
No train, ferry subway or elevated
fsi demand never ending sprint,
hey are noi icsiled. ihnmped and
nrnped Ike q sain, doing pcnance but
Roy the even tenor of their way.
ondony never osersAkes them.
The earth il theirs and The fullness
erect. y JCsirs ia.
-~ss~aasgas ss-as@sa-nsseas
u4g Il NAensa~s