VOL. XXIX.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEC. 29, 1894.
NO. 52.
A Farmer's Home.
Editors Indiana F.rm_b:
It should be a principle with all farmers
to beautify and modernize their homes
and surroundings. There is no better civ-
ilizer for the youthlof ouri farmers than a
beautiful, convenient, well
appointed home. The love
for the beautiful is worthy
of early and constant culti
vation and this can only be
done when the surroundings
are favorable. An old dilapi
dated house, ragged surroundings, weedy yards,
bony stock, crooked fences,
a neglected farm, are by no
means conduoive to the upbuilding of a noble nature
and a pure life. Rather, It
seems to me, they are the
fruits of idleness and indif-
fference and lead to and
develop that in youth which
should be avoided and deplored.
It seems to be the nature of
man to prize that most wbich
is rare and costly. The turfman prizes his trotter more
than his work horse; the
farmer prizes his blooded
stock more than the common
stceK.    It Is well that it Is ao
Now that farmer who prizes
sobriety, culture, refinement,
gentleness, truthfulness, good
behavior and purity—priceless jewels—in his sons and
daughters must see to it that
his children are surrounded
by Buch things as will produce them. He must see to
it that the atmosphere in
which his children are
brought up is pnre from all
properties of vice and pollution. He must see to it that
the language of the farm ia
chaste and manly. Profanity
and vulgarity of speech
should not be indulged in by
him nor should he allow his
hands to indulge in tbis too
common practice almcs.
everywhere.
To me there is." nothing
nobler than a boy or girl
whose every word, every act,
every thought is that of refinement and good breeding
whose language Is always ,,
pure, conduct exemplary, j
and habits of^ life praiseworthy.
I believe that the farm
home is the most favorable
plaoe to rear our boys and
girls and to develop them Into statesmen, lawyers preachers, teachers, farmers. It is a	
fact that our greatest and noblest Americans, of whom history makes mention,
were sons and daughters of noble farmers.
And believing this to be true we should joe
exceedingly anxious that the souroe from
which S3 much that ia noble, great and
good has oome be kept pure and undented
so that multiplied numbers of good men
and women who will be able to do their
part in life well, may still be given to tie
world by the farm home. I am persuaded
to believe that the; abive fact is not fully
oomprf bended or fully appreciated by our
tillers of the soil.
As an Inducement to the farm boy, to
the farm girl, you, father farmer, should
provide a comfortable home, conveniently
furnished for those for whose existence
you are responsible. To accumulate wealth
and deprive one's self of the comforts of
life is gross folly. Every farmer that
owns an un*-cumbered farm of 80 acres
or more of good laud and who has a fam
ily should not allow another year to pass
before he erects a good, comfortable, suf
fioiently spacious dwelling for himself and
family. A house of seven, eight, nine or
more rooms, according to the s'ze of the
f»mily, and  for hyifienic  •"easT", snch «
and buy." Then by all means borrow the
money with whioh to build and buy. The
oost will be but a trill a when compared
with the results. Your town brother,
whether he be a lawyer, a doctor, a merchant or a teacher doe» th« s*tn<*>.    He does
What a paradise the country would be if
all farms had beautiful houses on them!
These houses should have ample lawns in
front of them and should be surrounded
with shade trees wisely arranged and according to taste. How happy the farmer,
the farmer's wife, the farmer's children thus comfortably domiciled, who oan behold from spacious windows
the neighing Belgiums, the
blooded Jerseys, the grazing
Shropshires with their bleating lambs, the brown Leghorn and black Java chickens foraging about, the large
and small Poland Chinas
rooting and grunting, the
beautiful meadows, the waving grain, the growing maize,
the ripening and growing
fruit. It is a sight of which
the gods might indeed be
envious.
May all farmers who love
nature, admire the beautiful
and worship wife and children and who are not provided with a home as above
described, hasten to build
and beautify their surroundings, 8'vg enjoyment to
themselves and others and
make the farm home earth's
paradise.
F. W. Rbubbxt.
Pekin, 111.
A MEBBY CHRISTMAS TO  AIX.
house should be two stories high—will
satisfy the good housewife.
Now in this house the lady should have
the privilege to say to her lord which room
is to be the blue room, whioh the red room
and which the old gold. On the first floor,
south side, a large bay window for flower
plants should be built.
The house should be well furnished. A
piano, upholstered furniture, Brussels'
carpet and pictures for the parlor; rocking
and easy chairs, a table, pictures and other
adornments for the sitting room; a library
cafes, filled with choice books, eiay chairs,
table, lounges, statuary, pictures for the
library. Both these rooms ahould be
nicely carpeted. The * remainder of the
house should have all the articles necessary for convenience and comfort.
Now I imagine I hear my farmer friend
ask the question: "What would all this
cost?" I answer, but a trifle. "But," says
he, "I have no money with which to build
it to cheer his wife and children, to give
them such a home as will elevate its occupants, both mentally and morally; a place
where the love for the beautiful is early
enshrined in the hearts of his children.
What is money compared to good breeding? What is money compared to education? What is money compared to contentment and happiness? How much better off we would be if we were not so
slavishly striving for the almighty dollar
Why not enjiy life while we live? Why
not make others happy when we can? Let
us not be or beoome misers.
This, my farmer friend, is the reason
why your sons and daughters leave home
to go to the crowded cities. Your town or
oity brother's ohildren seldom forsake their
homes for a lrg cabin in the country.
They will not excharge comfort for mis
ery, plenty for little, a nicely furnished
honse for a dilapidated shanty. No indeed! never.
Sight is Dawning.
Editors Indiana Fabheb:
The enactment of "The
Pare Food Law," by the Ohio
Legislature, and its enforcement in the Courts, against
those who violate it, are of
inestimable value and a
bright light shining in a
dark  place.
There Is scarcely a * single
manufactured article we buy
t, eat or drink, eitle- aa
food |or medicine, though
sold as "pure," but is largely
adulterated with foreign substances, always jeopardising
both health and life, all for
the love of money; while the
buyer has absolutely no protection whatever. All suoh
salts are plainly obtaining
money under false pretense.
Is it because the violations
are so frequent and of such
long standing they are ignored? It surely cannot be,
because the re-.u'ts are of no
consequence, nor for an ab-
ence of crime and positive
guilt on the part of both the
manufacturer and the seller.
    How many  manufactured
articles of either food or medicine which
are inconstant use, are absolutely pure?
Certainly not ten percent; salt i.s almost the
only article that is really pure, and it would
be largely mixed with white sand, if it did
not oost more to cleanse the sand from the
loam, than to manufacture the salt.
The general govern insrtt — and that
means "we the people"—enters into partnership with any man, no matter how base
and depraved he may be, for the paltry
sum of twenty-five dollars, to sell poisonous intoxicants which destroy the peace
and happiness, as well as the health and
lives of those who indulge in their intem-
pera'e use, and both the maker and vender claim for them absolute purity!
All honor to the Legislature of the State
of Ohio. Will Indiana fall into line and
protect her citizens also?
Let every man and woman in the State,
write to their Representatives demanding
protection, and it will come.
Liberty. W. W. Suiglivan.