Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-09-24
The Farmer.

A man with farm clear from debt is
far better off than the president OF the
United States. he is more Independent.
He works for himself and has no one but
himself to please. He goes to bis work
in the morning by no whistle and returns
| by none at night, as most of the city men
| do who have to work in the mills. He
| is his own boss. The public have to de.
pend upon him for their existance .'nd
their daily food and clothes.
From the poorest to the richest, even
the president Of the United States and
the kings of other countries, must DE-
pend on the farmer. There is nothing
about farm life that should wither any
man or wo nan's heart. Farm life makes
man more gentle to be with the ami
mails OF the farm, and care for them
through their times of trouble and suf-
ferings, which they bear so patiently and
80 silently; to watch the young atock
and birds grow up through the years,
loving and showing such love as few hu-
man beings can. What better friends
can any one have, or more faithful ones,
than the farmer can have among his an
imals? How faithful the horse is to bis
master! Even the wee chick Will oe
friend and pet If the farmer gives him
the chance to be. There Is nothing tb't
will put the peace and comfort into the
soul of man or woman as the farm and
its animals which have been placed in
his kC ,ping. That is, one who takes the
time to listen to all the sweet music OF
the country and watch the beauties OF
nature that are around him, and to enjoy
his work.
The trouble with most OF our farmers
is that they don't take the time to enjoy
the beauties of nature that surround
them, or see any in their everyday work;
because most of them have not been ed
ucated to see the beauty.
There is beauty in everything in the
country, and something to be learned
from everything, from the tiniest mower
to the noble oak that God has painted
with hand th 1t no artist ever has oeen
able to equal.
AWAY from the dust and noise of the
city, and from its sin and crimes, let US
turn, for the city is built by the hand OF
man aud the beauty is made by man,
while the country is made by the hand
of nature. The country is full OF lie,
and there one can get all the fresh air he
needs, out in Gods beautiful sunshine.
I would rather have a home in the coun-
try If it was only one acre of land, with
little hut on it, and own 1t, than own
the best mansion in the city IT l were
obliged to live in the city. The young
men or women who leave the country
for the city don't know what they are
missing, for farming is going to be one
of the most paying businesses in the
years to come. With it's modern ma
chinery, farming is not as of years past.
Almost all of the hardest of the work Is
done with machinery. There are all the
conveniences of the city on the farm now
a-days; the mail Is brought right to your
door each day; there is the telephone;
and music can be had in the country
as we'll as the city. And I think If our
boys and girls were given the encourage
ment that they ought to have by their
parents and were taught to see the beau.
ty of country life, there would be less OF
them going to the city, where many OF
them are led into the sins OF the city.
II they were only taught that the farmer
was the most independent man In the
world, taught to see the beauty OF ma
ture. What more noble life is there than
that of the farmer, who lives near to
God and naturs.-Eva E. Storer, In Maine
Earmer