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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Aug.  27 
The  Land  of  Dreams. 
The  twilight  deepens,  the  shadows  creep, 
The  moonlight  quivers  In  silver  beams, 
And  silent  we  step  In  the  boat  of  sleep, 
And  drift  to  the  shadowy  land  of  dreams. 
Oh,  mystic  land  where  the  dead  return, 
And  warm  lips  cling  In  the  deathless  kiss; 
And  the  years  are  not.  and  the  weary  learn 
That  anguish  dies  in  the  arms  of  bliss. 
Afar  In  that  holy,  unknown  land, 
Ambition  gathers  the  flowers  of  fame; 
And  fortune  reaches  her  golden  wand, 
And  pure  and  white  Is  the  soul  of  shame. 
The  shackles  fall  from  the  prisoner  there, 
The  peasant  sits  on  the  throne  a  king; 
The  blind  eyes  open  to  all  that’s  fair, 
And  deaf  ears  hear,  and  the  dumb  lips  sing. 
Dreams!  Who  can  tell  what  messengers  stray 
Around  us  all  in  the  hush  of  night; 
When  the  form  lies  still  as  the  soulless  clay. 
And  we  follow  ourselves  through  love  and  light. 
And  who  can  say  but  the  land  of  dreams 
Is  the  land  of  the  living,  after  all; 
And  dally  life,  with  Its  scars  and  seams. 
Is  only  a  dream  when  the  shadows  fall. 
—Martha  Bonner,  in  the  Boston  Globe. 
How  to  Keep  the  Boys  on 
the  Farm. 
This  is  a  serious  question,  and  one 
often  asked  by  anxious  parents,  little 
thinking  that  perhaps  they  are  the  means 
of  driving  the  boy  to  seek  other  means 
of  earning  money,  for  almost  the  boy’s 
first  ambition  is  to  have  something  he 
can  call  his  own.  What  parent  has  not 
been  asked  to  give  his  boy  some  young 
animal  which  he  might  rear  and  call  Ins 
own.  but,  when  disposed  of,  how  many 
fathers  appropriated  the  money  to  their 
own  use  ?  Perhaps  they  had  pressing 
needs  for  the  money,  but  what  a  fearful 
rate  of  interest  they  must  pay,  by  abus¬ 
ing  the  confidence  of  their  children. 
J)o  not  treat  your  son  like  a  servant. 
Make  home  as  pleasant  as  your  circum¬ 
stances  will  permit ;  study  his  character, 
watch  him  closely,  and  do  not  let  him 
grow  up  in  an  atmosphere  of  unkindness. 
He  should  not  be  afraid  of  his  parents, 
but  they  should  at  all  times  seek  his  con¬ 
fidence.  Many  times  do  we  see  the  youth¬ 
ful  flow  of  spirits  checked  by  a  father’s 
coming,  and  perhaps  to  be  renewed  at  a 
neighbor’s  where  such  strict  rules  are 
not  laid  down. 
Fathers  and  mothers,  have  you  forgot¬ 
ten  that  you  wore  once  young  ?  I  dare 
say  you  can  recall  to  memory  your  romp 
when  the  old  cat  was  away.  Give  the 
children  all  the  liberties  possible.  Pro¬ 
vide  them  with  home  amusements,  games, 
books,  children’s  papers,  etc.  Let  the 
papers  come  in  their  names.  Letter,  too, 
if  you  will  give  them  some  way  of  earn¬ 
ing  the  money  to  subscribe  for  such 
papers.  Let  them  expand  their  lungs 
with  laughter  ;  have  a  frolic  with  them 
occasionally.  He  a  boy  yourself  again. 
Teach  the  children  by  precept  and  ex¬ 
ample.  Put  some  trust  in  them.  Watch 
them  and  see  how  closely  they  guard 
your  interests.  Do  not  be  too  hard  on 
them  if  they  make  a  litter.  You  did  the 
same  yourself  once,  and  enjoyed  it,  too. 
Never  promise  a  child  anything,  unless 
you  expect  to  fulfill  it,  even  if  it  is  a 
whipping.  He  truthful  to  them,  and  ex¬ 
act  the  same  from  them.  Send  the  boy 
to  do  errands  for  you.  Let  him  pay 
small  bills  and  bring  you  the  receipt  and 
change,  if  any  there  be.  If  lie  makes  a 
mistake,  kindly  show  him  and  let  him 
try  again,  lie  must  learn,  if  you  expect 
him  to  take  your  place.  Do  not  fre¬ 
quent  places  where  you  would  not  want 
them  to  go,  or  use  language  jrou  would 
not  want  them  to  hear.  Give  them  a 
chance  to  earn  their  own  spending 
money,  and  they  will  not  use  it  as  liber¬ 
ally  as  they  would  if  it  came  easily.  Do 
not  send  them  out  to  trap  skunks  or  rats 
to  get  it,  but  give  them  some  respectable 
method  of  earning  it.  Some  farmers  say 
they  cannot  afford  to  let  their  boys  have 
land  to  work,  or  the  girls  to  have  a  share 
in  the  dairy  or  poultry.  If  you  are  sure 
you  cannot,  tell  them  why.  They  will 
not  think  any  the  less  of  you.  Do  not 
mortgage  the  farm  for  some  great  scheme 
they  have.  Doing  so  may  lead  to  the 
sale  of  the  roof  from  over  your  head. 
Their  feet  can  be  kept  from  slipping  by 
timely  chalking,  and,  above  all,  love 
your  children  when  they  are  grown  up 
as  well  as  when  they  were  babies. 
Now  the  question  comes  up,  how  to 
educate  the  boys  that  thej*  may  become 
interested  in  the  farm.  One  thing  is  cer¬ 
tain — the  college  course  has  been  tried 
and  failed,  for  by  the  time  the  boy  has 
graduated,  anything  like  manual  labor 
for  him  is  out  of  the  question.  The 
gymnasium,  base  ball  games  and  rowing 
matches  do  not  teach  him  to  plow  or  to 
raise  corn.  Education  is  made  as  stiff 
and  unyielding  as  a  board.  I  would 
abolish  that  stereotyped  course  and  throw 
Latin  and  Greek  to  the  dogs,  and  per¬ 
haps  it  would  be  as  well  to  let  some  of 
the  other  studies  follow.  Give  him  more 
arithmetic,  writing  and  spelling.  Teach 
him  business.  Why  should  men  teach  or 
boys  learn  in  chairs  ?  Take  the  young¬ 
sters  into  the  field.  Show  them  why 
you  plow  and  why  the  furrow  should  be 
kept  straight  and  that  the  seeder  should 
be  driven  in  a  workmanlike  manner. 
Talk  with  them  ;  comment  on  each  new 
thing  done — why  clover  enriches  the  soil 
more  than  Timothy  and  is  worth  more 
for  feeding.  Show  them  how  to  select  a 
good  horse,  cow,  or  other  animal.  Teach 
them  not  dead  languages,  but  living 
facts.  Develop  the  body  as  well  as  the 
mind.  Teach  them  to  work.  It  will  not 
hurt  them,  and  insist  on  their  doing  it  in 
a  workmanlike  manner.  Make  each  a 
companion  when  possible  in  your  walks 
and  drives,  and  a  good  thing  to  bear  in 
mind  is  that  a  well  arranged  farm  with 
a  successful  farmer  on  it  is  one  of  the 
best  colleges  in  existence  for  educating 
boys  to  take  care  of  themselves  as  well 
as  of  what  you  have  to  leave  them  when 
you  are  through  with  it.  I  do  not  wish 
to  condemn  the  colleges,  but,  like  every¬ 
thing  else,  there  is  great  room  for  im¬ 
provement  in  their  methods  of  education, 
for  a  great  amount  of  time  and  money  is 
worse  than  wasted  in  a  college  education 
if  boys  are  to  be  made  interested  in  the 
farm. 
1  would  change  the  method  of  educat¬ 
ing  the  young  by  adding  to  our  primary 
school  text  books,  matters  pertaining  to 
agriculture.  The  child  is  taught  of  God 
at  its  parents’  knees,  why  not  commence 
while  young  to  instruct  our  children  in 
that  wherein  lies  our  nation's  riches,  for 
the  nation's  wealth  is  dependent  on  the 
prosperity  of  its  agriculture. 
If  we  expect  our  children  to  follow  our 
occupation,  they  should  be  taught  some¬ 
thing  of  it.  The  text  book  does  not  con¬ 
tain  any  instructions  in  that  line.  Short 
sketches  in  regard  to  the  climatic  condi¬ 
tions  of  our  country,  or  a  chapter  about 
how  plants  grow  and  their  uses,  would  in 
my  opinion  strengthen  the  young  mind 
as  well  as  the  meaningless  sketches  that 
occupy  the  text  books  at  present,  and 
just  so  long  as  books  of  this  kind  are 
placed  before  our  children,  and  the  one 
idea  occupies  the  parents’  thoughts,  that 
their  children  shall  never  be  farm  drud¬ 
ges,  the  latter  are  sure  to  leave  that 
noble  calling  which  gives  them  more 
time  for  thought,  study  and  leisure  than 
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