The Press., 1912-07-17
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d her home for her summer vacation. M. A. Marcy and MT. and Mrs 'i Selew and family of Hartford are u the Marcy cottage.
 Rev. Hugh F. Graham will hold
 four o'clock service at the Red school :, house next Sunday afternoon. Il Something like blight is causin s two-thirds of the cultivated cherr,, leaves to fall, as we'll as the leaves o s the wild cherry.
 @ At the morning service last Sun day, Rev. H. F. Graham's s text wa : from 1 Cor. B: 10. After the Sunda. 6 school the church meeting, whicl g. was 5pn hed from the previous Sun ] el as hAl and several important 3 of n erest to the church came : up for ca fderation. A five o'clocl f service was also held in the after 5 noon.
 The article from the Tribune Farmer which H. R. Howard sent to this column last week is of interest and contains good points. "Tht country boy and girl need an educa- tion which until their eighteenth year will occupy them in the study o1 farming and of country life while living at home and sleeping every night in their own beds. " It hardly seems that the writer could have in tended this statement to be taken literally. Fortunate indeed is the boy or girl who has a good home, be it in country or in city, but the strongest characters are not builded by too close protection, nor broad minds developed within too narrow bounds. All honor to the country life to the farm life! The world are dependent upon the success of agriculture, but the primitive methods of our ancestors cannot be applied to the complex problems of present social conditions. All country boys cannot become farmers, neither can all country girls become farmers wives. Some country bred children are not adapted to an agricultural life, and there is need for efficient workers in almost numberless other occupations. Who could believe that Jesse Olney, Mrs. Calista Holman Vinton, Jared Sessions, Joseph M. Griggs, Rev. Charles Hammond, Miss Sarah Paul, David P. Corbin, Rev. George Cur tiss and Prof. S. I. Curtiss would have done more useful work for the world if they had settled quietly down upon Union farms? We hold that the child should be taught (from the time it begins to notice the world around it) to observe and love all beautiful things ill Nature, taught the importance and nobility of agricul- ture, taught the duties which each individual owes to town and state, taught habits of reverence and wOr- ship, not only in the home but in the public house of worship. We say ''habits'' advisedly, for is there any thing in this life much stronger than the bond of habit? It is just because of this power of habit that it seems such pity that all the boys and girls of Union cannot be helped to form the habit of attending church 7aO10. Some of these children, who do not see the inside of a church a half dozen times in year, are fortunate in having homes of intelligence and %nI 11& many beautiful things. Other chil- dren are not so fortunate, but from whatever homes they come could not these children help and be helped by regular attendance at church and Sun day school? Suppose that for some reason-there might be one of many the children from homes of refine ment were suddenly compelled to go out to make a living for themselves in the world, no doubt their home train ing and home influence would be very great help to them in resisting temptations, but, if they had no church habit, no Sunday school habit, would they be likely to seek and be sought by the best and most helpful companions when starting life in a new place? And how about those other children who have not even the strong influence of a refined home and good father and mother to help them to live clean and upright lives? We are not thinking of the "perils by the disintegEation of the farming population, of the children and young people who have gone out from Union, but we are thinking of those who are here nO10, (there are good ly number, and we cannot shift our responsibility upon the schools. The their responsibilities, the teacher has her responsi bility, but each and every citizen has a responsibility, not only for the intellectual life, but for the moral and spiritual welfare of the children and young people here among us. Yours respectfully,
 Ella Corbin Barrows.
 Mashapaug.
 frod MOOr0 IS naVlng more CFOuDAo by dogs chasing and killing his sheep.
 H. B. Back and family are in camp on the lake, occupying his place on the east shore.
 E. G. Walker starts for New York state this week for brief visit with friends Hardwood.
 Miss Julie Lippmann is adding a new porch to her cottage, and is to apply coat of paint to the cottage when the carpenter work is finished.
 The Boy Scouts of Stafford are in camp at the lake this week, and our townspeople best walk straight, as the boys are clean, healthy young gentle men and know how to behave in the