1893 
387 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
D. 
E MERSON says that “ every occupa¬ 
tion is an entire emblem of human 
life, of its good and ill, its trials, its en¬ 
emies, its course and its end, and each one 
must somehow accommodate the whole 
man and recite all his destiny.” Another 
has said: “ There is nothing at all in life 
except what we put there.” So wherever 
we are we shall find only those things 
which our nature demands. We choose 
for ourselves the interests of our lives 
and we shall find and see only those 
things, whatever our surroundings may 
be, but if we have chosen the good and 
are trying to live true lives I believe we 
shall find no place so helpful in its sur¬ 
roundings as the farm. 
It is often urged that farm-life is lacking 
in opportunities for cultivation and re¬ 
finement, such as are afforded in the city, 
but if we will but use them we have op¬ 
portunities for a truer and broader cul¬ 
tivation on the farm. 
In the city one may study the work of 
man, in the country the work of God. 
We may see beautiful paintings from 
Nature, but at home we may see and 
study Nature herself. We may hear 
beautiful music, but Nature wilLspeak to 
us in a sweeter tongue if we will but 
listen and understand. 
Then if the farmer is master of his pro¬ 
fession he will be able to visit the city 
and avail himself of its advantages also. 
I am a farmer’s daughter and I thank 
God that I was born on a farm where I 
could breathe in God’s pure air and not 
be brought up in such a morally and 
physically tainted atmosphere as sur¬ 
rounds the children of the poor in many 
of our great cities. 
Of what use are the advantages of the 
city if the child is so surrounded and 
brought into contact with evil that he 
has no chance for his life even from its 
very beginning ? 
Let the child live the simple life of the 
farm and gain a strong healthy body and 
a start at least in the right direction be¬ 
fore he comes in contact with so much of 
the evil of the world, instead of drawing 
it in with every breath he takes. 
Enumerate the advantages of city life 
and farm life, and for every advantage 
in the first a greater one can be found in 
the second, and, after the sides have been 
thus balanced, there will still be a residue 
in favor of the farm. 
Let the farmer put the amount of head- 
work into his business that men of other 
professions put into theirs, and his re¬ 
turns will balance favorably with theirs. 
Take the class of men engaged in farm¬ 
ing who succeed the least and grumble 
the most and put them into another busi¬ 
ness where they will have to plan for 
themselves. The greater share will prob¬ 
ably not be able to secure so much of a 
living as they did before. Mismanage¬ 
ment, lack of business capacity and gen¬ 
eral deadness will tell anywhere, and it 
is an added evidence of the lucrativeness 
of farming that such men are able to live 
at all. Let the man who wishes to im¬ 
prove his condition wake up and study 
his business and bring to bear upon it 
more head-work instead of so much un¬ 
thinking drudgery. 
The best equipment for a young per¬ 
son entering life is good health, ambi¬ 
tion for some worthy objects, and a wil- 
lingness to work. The country-bred boy 
is as lively to possess the last two as the 
city boy, and he certainly is apt to have 
the advantage on the score of health. 
Another plea of loneliness and isolation 
is brought up. The farmer’s boy or girl 
does not need many companions. Have 
they not the best of company in the beau¬ 
tiful meadows, the still woods, the bab¬ 
bling brooks and all the vast out-doors ? 
These are always elevating in their in¬ 
fluence. Can that be said of all the com¬ 
panions they must come in contact with 
in the city ? 
Mothers.—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low's Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv, 
I love the farm because it brings us so 
close to Nature, and, if our eyes are open 
to her beauty, how can we help “looking 
through Nature to Nature’s God?” “I 
will look unto the hills from whence 
cometh my help.” 
Why talk of the monotony and drudgery 
of farm work particularly ? How does it 
compare with the work of those in shops 
and factories doing the same thing over 
and over again for 10 hours a day six 
days in the week the year around ? I 
love the farm for the lessons of patience, 
industry and belief in God that it has 
taught me. How can one watch each 
year the coming of the springtime and 
harvest, and not believe in a beneficent 
God ruling over all? Nature is the 
greatest teacher. Let us learn of her 
and be proud and thankful of our birth¬ 
place. 
E. 
' l I "'WO years ago, when we moved from 
A the city to reside permanently in 
the country, both mother and I demurred. 
Hitherto we had spent the months of July 
and August on our farm, going back to 
the city for the winter months. Much 
as I had always loved the country, I 
thought spending one’s whole time there 
would be, to put it moderately, irksome. 
But now, after living on this dear old 
place for only two short years, it would 
grieve me sorely to leave it. Why I love 
the farm so dearly, I can scarcely put 
into words. 
Everything connected with it seems, 
in some inexplicable way, to have wound 
itself round my heart. 
A farmer’s life is not all poetry as some 
foolish people think, nor is it all drudgery 
as some of our city cousins superciliously 
maintain. 
A rose’s beauty is not improved if the 
stem is stripped of its thorns; nay, it 
is rather decreased, for there seems to be 
something lacking. And so with our 
life. A life, or rather an existence, made 
up of naught but pleasure, is insipid ; so 
let us welcome the work on our farm and 
enjoy our holidays the better for the 
knowledge that they are well-deserved. 
But our part of the work seems scarcely 
work at all, rather recreation. 
Who could call the care of poultry 
really hard work ? I love to tend the 
fluffy young chicks, and, although it 
requires no little amount of patience, we 
feel amply repaid for our trouble ; for 
they are soon able to care for themselves, 
and it is certainly a pleasure to feed 
them. They teach us patience, and then 
even the least matter-of-fact cannot en¬ 
tirely ignore f he help they give us in a 
pecuniary way. 
And the horses ! They are all my 
especial pets ; and I never go to the barn¬ 
yard without a piece of bread or an ear 
of corn, and if they but knew how hard 
it is for me to obtain that latter, they 
would appreciate it still more. How I 
must coax my brother for “Just one ear ; 
please, Will,” for Will holds the keys to 
the corn house and granary, and is chary 
of any “ extras.” 
In summer we must work, to be sure. 
During harvest is our busiest time. Our 
city friends say, “ What have you to do 
with harvest ? ” And is it no work, think 
you, to satisfy the “inner man” of our 
“ bread-winners ? ” For during the busy 
seasons we employ extra “ hands,” and 
they must be fed. But think of our long 
holiday during the winter months. We 
can then recuperate and be ready for the 
next summer’s work. And the winter, 
besides being a time of rest, has many 
pleasures of its own. Sleighing and 
skating are its principal pastimes; and 
for most of us there is a visit to the city, 
but I, for one, am always glad to get back, 
“ for home is where the heart is,” and 
my heart is centered on our farm. 
We seem closer drawn to Nature, and I 
have learned to sympathize with her in 
all her moods. Just now, how we wel¬ 
come each sign of returning spring. The 
fields are beginning to look green, jynd 
soon our old apple orchard will be a 
“ shower of blossoms.” 
There is so much freedom in the open 
country ; perhaps too much for me, as 
mother says I am a bit hoydenish for 
my 16 years. Country life is necessarily 
more quiet than that in our great 
crowded cities. 
I love the quiet and solitude, but guests 
are none the less welcome. One draw¬ 
back is the roads in winter. It is some¬ 
times a “ hard matter” to get to church. 
Such a simple little church ! Yet I am 
sure I scarcely ever worshipped so de¬ 
votedly in the handsome city edifices as 
in this little church in the woods. 
We are not richly endowed with this 
world's goods, and must all work, but it 
is such work as endears our country home 
to us. 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
How Can She Do It? —A subscriber asks 
for plans for amusing a restless two- 
year-old. 
Women as Ushers. —The experiment of 
having women ushers is being tried in 
some of the theaters in New York. They 
wear black dresses, white aprons and 
turn-down linen collars, and are said to 
do very satisfactory work. 
In Hanging Paper.— Those who do their 
own paper hanging (and in these hurry 
ing times one cannot wait forever for a 
skilled workman) will find that if they 
follow the paper hangers’ example in 
cutting two rolls at a time into the de¬ 
sired lengths, there will be no waste. 
After the first matching of figures at the 
beginning of the rolls, no more match¬ 
ing is to be done. One has only to use a 
piece from each roll alternately. It is a 
good plan to cut up two rolls at a time 
and arrange the pieces alternately be¬ 
fore pasting. p, 
Stay-at-Homes. —“ I have not been in a 
neighbor’s house this winter. ” Are you 
any better for it, dear ? Does the house¬ 
hold machinery run with any less fric¬ 
tion for this isolation ? Do you make 
your home any happier by getting wearied 
to death of it ? The long evenings need 
not be so dismal and silent if you had 
somethimg bright and new to say. Even 
innocent gossip is preferable to those re¬ 
peated remarks about the weather and 
passing of time to which constant stay- 
at-homes are driven. Books are boons, 
but they cannot take the place of living 
intercourse. There is no merit in never 
mingling ivith our fellow beings . You do 
not make a better wife, better mother, 
better home keeper by reason of unneces¬ 
sary seclusion. e. m. 
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