. The Illinois farmer [microform] : a monthly agricultural journal, devoted to the interests of the farmer, gardener, fruit grower and stock raiser ... Agriculture; Agriculture -- Illinois. /- /'n>- ^?'-1. VOL. III. , N0YE:MBER, 1858. NO. 11. 'yt^'ifif 'Mmm THE % 'A W V PUBLISHED MONTHLY, IBailliaclie & Baker, Journal Buildings, - - Springfield, Illinois. -«•»- S. FRANCIS, Editor. TERMS OF SCBSCHIl'TION. One copy, one year, in advance $1 00 Five copies, " '• 3 75 Ten " and one to the person getting uj) club 7 50 Fifteen copies and over , 62}^ cents each, and one to
. The Illinois farmer [microform] : a monthly agricultural journal, devoted to the interests of the farmer, gardener, fruit grower and stock raiser ... Agriculture; Agriculture -- Illinois. /- /'n>- ^?'-1. VOL. III. , N0YE:MBER, 1858. NO. 11. 'yt^'ifif 'Mmm THE % 'A W V PUBLISHED MONTHLY, IBailliaclie & Baker, Journal Buildings, - - Springfield, Illinois. -«•»- S. FRANCIS, Editor. TERMS OF SCBSCHIl'TION. One copy, one year, in advance $1 00 Five copies, " '• 3 75 Ten " and one to the person getting uj) club 7 50 Fifteen copies and over , 62}^ cents each, and one to person getting up club. CASH KATES OP ADVEKTI81N0 : One dollar peraiiuaro often lines, each insertion. For the Illinois Farmer. A nome Wanted by Every Miin. The desire of getting; a liorae in the country, at some future time, is proba- bly the most common that a business man covets. In the din of the city or town, on the broad sea, at the mechanic's bench, in the buzzing manufactory, the conccpticns of men as to the disposal of their later years, tend oftenor in this direction than in any other. The poetic sentiment in man, existing often under very rough exteriors, finds its appropri- ate food in the naturalness of the coun- try: the religious sensibilities, if they have less artificial aid and have more of the benefit derived from the illustration of nature ; the quietness of the country is altogether alluring to one's sober days ; the expanse that it aff'ords is the symbol of freedom; it forms a surer competence, "\vc are satisfied, in the long run, than any other ; and incom- petence fares as well, if not better, there than elsewhere. But does actual farm- ing-life reach the high ideal here assum- ed for it ? Go into the country and you will say nay—nay—at every turn. You are altogether disappointed; the illusion has vanished ; the man's work visible is preposterously out of keeping with the beauty and order of nature. It may be that you are in contact with
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