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THB-VOUNG FABMEB.
Mil. J. F. Jones, Boganivlle, Gl,, I® Home ® nt *
Farm. <
I ttm prompted to write on this sub
ject from the reason of the general
failure of that class of farmers, and
tl„. of snob unsuccessful efforts
are pi 11n!y to be seen. Of late I hnve
bee., replying, with all the pains that
I could, to quite a number of letters
from young and new beginners, and
in nearly every instance the complaint
was that farming did not pay them.
Now one of the saddest sights I
|?now of is to seo a young man who
has been taught to look down on
manual labor on a farm ns a low call
ing, aud after having gone into the
store, counting room or some ^other
high-toned profession, by some usu
al fault finds his capital wasted—as
his wages had not been sufficient to
support him and move him in the so
ciety that he desired—is necessarily
obliged to foil bock on bis parents or
hunt up employment on a farm.—
There is always an opening there, and
whon all else fails, arrangements can
be made in some way for at least one
year’s snpport I have never known
nny man to fail to obtain subsistence
in some way that would willingly
labor on a farm, for a time at least,
until the landlord or merchant found
out that such and snoh a one would
not toil; and should ho commence
right, his dependence on others would
be of short duration. When a man
fails at everything else ho onn farm.
But there lies the great secret. He
don’t go to farming as long as he has
a dollar or can find somotbing else to
do; and the fact of his commencing
his farm without funds, and having
long prices to pay on time for what
he is compelled to have, he seldom
can gain a profit. At once ho be
comes more or less discouraged, and
if lie has sufficient nervo to try again
under similar circumstances, the
same result gives him such a perfeot
disgust for the business that, without
The alligator’s mode of obtaining
living is thus described: “He is a la
zy dog, and instead of hunting some
thing to eat, he lets his victuals bunt
for aim. That is, he lies with his
thinking of the enuso of fnilnre, he mouth open, apparently dead, like the
will nbandon the farm with the un
qualified opinion that thoro is no
money in farming.
The true version of the cnee
is, ho at first did not start in time;
and then, knowing but little or noth
ing about the means to bo need and
planB necessary to bo adopted, follow
ing np his crop instead of pushing it,
with not a correot idea of a single du
ty in the mnnnor of economy or gain
ing advantages, certainly not much
eonld have been expected to result.
It is the general opinion that any
body can farm, and if a young man
lias been ablo to obtuiu a fair educa
tion, he feols that ho must go at a
higher calling; that farming would
causo him to sacrifice his time spent
in obtaining bis odneation, the monoy
it cost, and that his kuowlodge would
be of no nso to him. A grander mis
take never was made. It requires the
most giant minds to make scientific
farmers. Therefore, as is most gener
ally the case, especially here at th
South, all of our educated youth that
has even boon raised on the farm
leave it to be run by tbe'poorer and
more ignorant class of whites and
groes. Of these those who would
make great improvements on every
band can do so only to a limited ex
tent, for want of that higher and bet
ter education that can bring abont
good results.
We want, in the South, more vim
in agricultural pursuits. A man that
contents himself with sitting down
and waiting for something to turn up,
or who is satisfied to watch over an
old crippled negro while he is per
forming the work, will no more meet
with success at farming than be would
at banking or merchandising.
The same skill, probably in a differ
ent form, that it takes to constitute a
good lawyer or teacher is certainly
requited to make the good farmer.—
There is but one grand principle,
which applies to all alike. Then give
to the farm what it deserves; put it
npou un equality with other means of
securing livelihoods, where it proper
ly and honorably belongs, and you
will find the farmer jnst ns honorable,
his pursuits high-toned, bis profes
sion not embarrassing, but giving him
as pleasant a home and os much
pleasure in his doily pursuits as the
man of any other class.
When I meet a man that feels no
sympathy with nature, and has no
taste for country life, I conclude he
does ‘not know enough about the
world to enjoy its beauties. And
with that intelligence that is claimed
for the farmer, he will be enabled to
cope with all professions, bearing his
misfortunes with patience, and
once correcting that negligent way
whioh brought them on him. He will
bear bis successes with that modera
tion and wisdom whioh teaches him
that our greatest assistant in bring
ing about such favorable aud benefi
cial results is nature herself.
Let ns do away then with that
whim, so prevalent among our South'
era youth, that it iB not honorable to
follow, or desirable to learn how' to
manage to a better puposo an ocen
pntion that is suffering from the want
of a better knowledge, and that only
common people follow for a living
only.
Let us show to the world that it is
uot only honorable to work, but
blessing. Strong muscles, well de
veloped manhood and unconquerable
energy will cause us to dearly love
the life of a farmer, and we will be
doing os much, or more, for the com
ing generation that anjrother mao.
Farmers properly trained justly
have a feeling of independence, and
the whole ospeot of Southern indns
try would begin to change for the
better, nnd instead of that embarrass
ed condition which now exists among
onr fraternity, it would bo spring
time in feeling at all seasons.
Hotv the Alligator Doe» it.
'possum. Soon n bug crawls into it,
then several gnats and a colony of mos-
quitoos. The alligator don’t close bis
mouth yet Ho is waiting for a whole
drove of things. He does his eating
by wholesale. A little later a lizard
will cool himself under the shade of
the upper jaw. Then a few frogs will
hop up. to catch the mosquitoes. Then
more mosquitoes and gnats light on
tbo frogs, Finally a whole village of
insects and reptiles settle down for
an afternoon picnic. Then, nil at
once, there is an earthquake. The big
jaw falls, the alligator slyly blinks one
oye, gulps down the menagerie, and
opens his great front door again for
more visitors.”
It is said that "water will find its
level." Water will find more than its
level. It is singular now about water.
A man may wear pants so tight that
it is with difficulty he can get his legs
in without sandpapering, aud yet if
'le bteps on a loose board, iu the side
walk, when the walk is flooded with
water, the water will squirt up bis
trousers clear to the back of his neck,
and make him fee) uneasy from Dan
to Beersheba, when if the man should
stand on his head aDd have a friend
pour water in bis trousers through a
funnel, it would be bard work to get
it so fur. There is something sur
prising about water. It goes where
you least expect it Sometimes it
gets into a drunkard’s stomach when
he is not looking and causes surprise.
People cannot be too careful about
water.
The farmers heeded the papers one
time, and now see the grand result.
Last fall every paper in the State
urged the farmers to put in a heavy
crop of small grain, and now look at
the waving fields of golden grain from
the mountains to the seaboard, and
the faces of the thousands of happy
husbandmen. Tbo papers do much
more for tho people than tho people
do for them.
It costs the United States a little
more than $10,000 a year to fire the
sunriso and sunset guns at the sever
al military and naval stations.
GL0VER& DUM
(SUCCESSORS TO W. T. GLOVER)
Baa removed from the a tore next door to the Poet
Office, and opened afroah In
Dixon’s New Building,
Where the public can be supplied, at wholesale or
retail, with everything in the line of
STATIONERY,
Books, Pictures, Etc.
NEWSPAPERS. PEM0DID1LS A MAGAZINES
Received daily and for sale at low prices.
PICTURE FRAMING DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Green Grocer,
AND DEALER IN
Country Produce
KEEPS ALSO ON HAND A FULL AND WELL AS-
SORTED STOCK OF
GROCERIES,
CANNED GOODS,
TOBACCO.
CIGARS,
bTANDARD AND
FANCY CRACKERS,
CANDIES, NUTS,
FRUITS, Etc.,
All of whioh are offered for caeh at reasonable
I MEAN BUSINESS
Store comer Newcastle and Monk Streets,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
AN ORDINANCE,
To provide for tho forfeiture aud collection of bond*
ordinances of the
ranco at the Po-
other purposes
therein mentioned:
Section 1, Tho Mayor and Council of the city of
Brunswick, in Conncilaaaembled, do hereby ordain,
that the Mayor be, and he hereby authorized and
empowered to adjudge and declare forfeited tho
bond of any person charged with a violation of an
ordinance of the city, and given for hia or hor ap-
pearauce at the Polico Court of the said city, when
ever such violator shall fail to appear and answer at
the time and place set forth in snch bond.
8kc. 3. And be it further ordained, That it aha!
be the duty of the Clerk and Treasurer of the cit:
to issue. Immediately upon the declaration of aucl_
forfeiture, an execution again ft the property of the
principal aud sureUea upon the bond and for the
amount named in such bond.
Sec. S. And be it farther ordained, That It ahall
be the duty of the Martha! of the city to proceed
immediately upon the reception of such execution
to collect the amount of the same, with the usual
costs. fToiu the goods and chattels, lands and tene
ments gf the principal and sureties upon such
bond.
Sac. 4. And be it further ordained, That U ahidl
be the duty of tb* Mayor, whenever it shall appear,
upon the Investigation ot any case, that any law o(
tho State has also been violated, to cause the offend
er to be turned over to the Court having jurisdic
tion of tbo offense, whon the fine or term of labor
imposed by the Polico Court ahall have been paid
And be it father ordained. That aU ordi
nances and parts of ordlnanoea in conflict with this
ordinance be and the rnrne are hereby repealed.
Passed in Council on the 10th day of May, 1883.
Attest: V. J. COLSON, Mayor
JAS. HOUSTON, Clerk of Connell.
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Mrs. EARLE,
Masquerade and Ball Costumers,
Newcastle tit* next to Dunn’* dry good, «tor«,
BRUNSWICK, - GEORGIA
Keeps on hand every kind of gold fand silver
Fringes, Tassels. lAcee~ln short, everything con
nected with tho bnsfciess.
Parties can be supplied with ready-made dresses
costumes, etc., for amateur exhibition*, fkney balls
masquerades, etc. Jan7-tf
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CHANGE NAME.
GEORGIA—Ultxh County.
All persona interested are hereby notified that I
•hall apply to the tinperli r Conrt to be held In and
lor the county aforesaid on the ant Monday in
May, 18B3, for the purpose of having my name
changed from Goodbrcad. by which I have hereto
fore been known and caUad, to tnat oi D. B. Bam
doplb. Thta Tth of January, 1883.
D. B. GOODBREAU,
By my Att’ya, Mabry it Borchardt.
GRAIN, HAY, OATS
CBACESB C053UT,
GRIST, MEAL, MEAT,
IN ALL SHAPES
COM KRAI Mil WHEAT BRM.
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Goods Sold for Cash Only.
CreeiMd, Drown & Forrester,
J. K. NIGHTENGALE, Agent,
^B/unsrswicK, ga.
Blain’s Drug Store,
I
Newcastle and Grant Streets,
BETOTSWICK, . GkA~
(OFFICE PORT PHYSICIAN & HEALTH OFFICER)
, Where will be found t LARGE STOCK • -
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes,
,• ••k) V..v...i i * ' ' ‘
Perfumery and .Toilet Aticlees
IN GREAT VARIETY.
Soda and Mineral 'Waters,
FROM MY SPLENDID FOUNTAIN. (Liqnon prohibted).
TRUSSESI
C. P. GOODYEAR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Over llichelsou's Provision Store, Gloucester Street,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
Garden Seeds.
Nominal Supporters.
The very beat
CIGARS.
Green and Black
TOBACCOSl teas
• And other article, too numerous to menUon, usnally kept in a ffrat-cUas Drug 8tore.
Physicians’ Prescriptions uarefully Compounded.
After atore la closed, will cheerfully attend any call, for medicines, if noticed at my residence, corner
Onion and Mansfield atrsats.
JAMES T. SLAIN,
LICENSED DRUGGIST,