Year: 1879

the farm. l know this IS reversing the
general rule. I know some farmers
themselves look upon their profession as
slavish and degraded one.


1 know such farmer viii select almost
any other profession than that of tillel
OF the soil for his sons. If he j boy
that is sharp and witty, one who can use
| his mother tongue with neatness and
dispatch, and who can ''dress up" the
most abominable falsehood so that il
will appear ike the most exalted truth
of that boy he will make a lawyer as he
possesses all the chief characteristics
necessary to distinction in that much &c
be pitied profession. II he has another
who always appears grave and solemn
while his playmates are shouting in the
exuberance of youthful glee-who even
plays sharp game with his companions
fieecing them out of their last cent if the
chance presents itself-of that young
man he will make minister of the gcs-
pei as he is already pregnant with the
godly qualities of that illustrious pro-
fession. If he has another lad that is
keen and far-sighted-that continually
smiles upon his companions and shakes
hands with them though he should meet
them ten times a day,-one who serious
ly asks for the health of his comrades,
families, he doesn't care cuss if they all
had the small pex,-ofs sthat boy he will
make n politician, ferveptly believing
that he will be an ornament to the pro-
fession, and probably some day rise to
the great distinction OF occupying q seat
in the legislature. Then if he has an
other with the smallest atom of common
sense-who is only q step Or two removed
from the genuine fool of the family, of
him he will make o doctor as it doesn't
require much skill TO put on n knowing
look while feeling OF q patients pulse
and prescribe ipecac and horse radish
under the form of "pills" for any or all
diseases. But the fool of the family as
he is called is nodded into a farmer.
He's not pronounced smart enough to be
anything else and the poor fellow has to
work early and late with the old man in
order to procure sufficient means to edu-
cate his brothers in their respective pro-
fessions, while he himself scarcely ever
darkens the door of the country school
house.


This picture, my friends is, not over
drawn, but it is but rarely seen now in
our midst. 1t is gratifying to know that
the great majority of our farmer, believe
in thoroughly educating all the boys and
girls too in the family. The farmer
needs good sound education fully as
much as does the lawyer or the doctor
and it is cause for rejoicing in this in
tellgent age that they are receiving it.
The true farmer will give his children one
and all as thorough an education as his
means will permit and teach them also to
never be ashamed of farm life as it is a
profession in which the most iIlustrious
men of all countries and Of all ages
passed the greatest portion of their lives.


Boys, stick to the farm. Be industri.
Gus, acquire as good an education as you
possibly can procure, be studious, and if
there is anything great within you, rest
assured that it will be discovered upon
the farm as quickly as in the city; for
the light of genius can not be hidden by
the forests OF the country nor by the
walls of the city. Benjamin Franklin,
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Abraham
Lincoln, and scores of other eminent
men of the country spent their early
lives upon the farm. Their great abili-
ties were soon discovered, and they were
called by an admiring people to shed
luster upon that nation of which we are
so proud. BE proud of your farm life;
be frugal, be honest, be industrious, be
attentive; foster and protect this agri-
cultural association as, it does much good
and lends charm to country life, and
though you can not ail be Daniel Web
sters nor Henry Clays. you can at least
be what Is equally as grand and noble
good, true American citizens,