Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-16


of hardships. and the reward was only
Il few Of life's necessities. But these
hardships developed class of hardy.
virlle men Who have conquered the
American continent aud brought 1t I'M
der mans control
The days of pioneering on the farm
are wen nigh past. Now that the rough
edges are worn off the true pleasure
OF life in the open is beginning to be
appreciated At first people crowded
/ together ia the cities for protection.
later for convenience in transacting
business The city never was intend
ed primarily as a place to live. In the
early days the cities were deserted as
soon rs the danger which had forced
the people together was over They
scattered out 10 their farms, where
they could live in peace and plenty.
/ When the development of the city
as business center began no particu-
| lar provision was made for the hoDs
/ life. People lived where they cCdld,
/ existing for their business rather than
| making their business exist for them.
4 In all the years in which the cities of
/ the United States have been develop
Ing the home life always bIs Jagged
| behind. True Some Of thu men who
! were most successful In formulating
wealth built palatia homes But
/ there is no room In tho city for many
/ such homes REtter must people live
/ TERED one abofe another. layer upon
! layer On all sides. above and below,
/ the space in which they are free to
4 move at viii is marked 10y strictly de
fined limits. Ne wonder that in such
/ circumstances man has longed for n
/ fourth dimension IN which he could
expand
! People have endured these conditions
/ because 1t paid them to 10 SO Bust
/ ness fed and clothed them but bust
ness demanded that they be always
! close at hand. They knew that some
where ot.side the web of paved streets
lay an open country. but they knew Of
/ no why IN which they could make
living there, The stories they heard
! from the country were stories of poor
+ ~ paid toll few pleasures aud a pre-
mature old age They preferred the
discomforts 10 which they were aecus-
toned
! The coming of electric transportation
widened the horizon of the city. 1t
made it possible for the best paid Ii
i bnrcrS to have houses Of their own 1t
allowed the salaried man, who put in
/ fewer hours. to live almost in the
I country With glimpse of suburban
/ and country life and what It really
meant ia have plenty of room to
/ breathe. the city Gweler began to cher
/ ish an ambition He began 10 long for
] an acre Of his own. With garden and
I a few berries aud some chickens,
/ where he could rest and grow old.
The advance In the price of food
products made it not only possible
but comparatively easy, for the man
who has given the hest years of his
life to the city to retire 20 the coun.
try Perhaps should not use the
wore retire The SwirIing rush OF
twentieth century life has made the
thought Of retiring distasteful Tile
ambitious man lets 90 his work with
/ reluctance He would rather die in
I the harness than to rust away his re-
! naming DAYS in idleuesS But there
comes "a time when the strongest man
feels his grip weaken and his mind
/ faIter The hard knocks of a Streuu-
I Gus lie begin to make themselves
/ felt The long hours grow weary ON
his shoulders. Some men are situated
SO fortunately that they can let 20 by
degrees. working as they feel ike it
ana turning over TO others the tasks
of which they tire Most men, how
ever, must continue 20 meet the exact
ing demands of business 60 tho far
thest notch or drop ont entirely It is