Good old days

8 years ago

April 27, 1888

It is a common complaint that the farm life is not appreciated by our people.

We long for the elegant pursuits, or the ways and fashions of the town.

But the farmer has the most safe and natural occupation, and ought to find life sweeter, if less highly seasoned, than any other.

He alone, strictly speaking, has a home.

How can a man take root and thrive without land? He writes his history on his fields.

How many ties, how many resources he has; his friendship with his cattle, his team, his dog, trees; the satisfaction in his growing crops, in his improved fields; h...