We don't envey them now. A ma
jority of the boys raised about town
make either mediocre or insignifi
cant men. They are, as a rule, not
broad-gaged us the country boy
who is rai-ed up, surrounded by the
handiweik of Cod, to Kara the great
lessons of humanity from the open
book of nature. The men who are
the real driving forces of each gen
eration in nearly every vocation of
life are tha men who were raiseu on
the farm. The country was made
by (Hod and it is his chosen place to
make mex. But let me urge you to
use every spare minute of time,
eery hour while the horse is eating
and resting, every rainy day and an
hour every night for reading and
study. The time will come when
your mind will be absorbed with the
details of business and you will not
have time to store your mind witn
information. When the editor of
this paper was on the farm he read
and studied twice as much as he
does now. We onlv regret that we
did not do more of it. Keniember
we don't urge that you stay on
the farm. Find oat what it is you
are best fitted for and when you are
a man and leave the old home then
go at it and throw your whole soul
into it and make it a success. But
if you are a success hereafter you
must be a success now. That is do
every thing thoroughly and sys
tematically that yon undertake no
matter how small or great it is.
Loves the Country liest.
Goldsboro, N. O., Feb. 20, 1893.
