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April 5, 1905
News And Citizen
Morrisville, Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Editorial advising Vermont farmers to renovate their old farmhouses for family comfort and happiness, quoting local papers and emphasizing making home a cheerful place amid toil.
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"Fix Up the Old Farm-House."
The Waterbury Record says: "Fix up the old farm-house and let your city friends onto the fact that you will take a few city boarders." And the Barre Times adds: "also fix up the farm-house and let yourself live not simply exist."
The latter is especially good advice. The average Vermont farmer is content with living almost "any old way," and so long as he manages to get along appears to be content. This should not be so. Every farmer should make "his home his castle" and a little laid out now and then on the old house would make it much more cheerful for the family. Fix up the buildings and make them so that the children will desire to stay there and not be anxious to get away as soon as they reach years of maturity. Make the home cheery and pleasant, so that you and the good housewife may have a little comfort along with the toil and burden of the day. The years pass altogether too rapidly and it is not long before the home is broken up; but so long as the family are together make the old home a happy and cheerful place of abode. Do not begrudge yourself that which will make life a pleasure, to yourself and those around you. Do not neglect that which will bring joy and happiness.
"Fix up the old farm-house" and have some of the comforts that belong to you and yours. Yes, "fix up the old farmhouse," for no one is more worthy of a comfortable happy home than the ones who toil and labor therein.
The Waterbury Record says: "Fix up the old farm-house and let your city friends onto the fact that you will take a few city boarders." And the Barre Times adds: "also fix up the farm-house and let yourself live not simply exist."
The latter is especially good advice. The average Vermont farmer is content with living almost "any old way," and so long as he manages to get along appears to be content. This should not be so. Every farmer should make "his home his castle" and a little laid out now and then on the old house would make it much more cheerful for the family. Fix up the buildings and make them so that the children will desire to stay there and not be anxious to get away as soon as they reach years of maturity. Make the home cheery and pleasant, so that you and the good housewife may have a little comfort along with the toil and burden of the day. The years pass altogether too rapidly and it is not long before the home is broken up; but so long as the family are together make the old home a happy and cheerful place of abode. Do not begrudge yourself that which will make life a pleasure, to yourself and those around you. Do not neglect that which will bring joy and happiness.
"Fix up the old farm-house" and have some of the comforts that belong to you and yours. Yes, "fix up the old farmhouse," for no one is more worthy of a comfortable happy home than the ones who toil and labor therein.
What sub-type of article is it?
Advice Column
What themes does it cover?
Family
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Farmhouse Improvement
Rural Living
Family Home
Vermont Farmers
Home Comfort
Where did it happen?
Vermont
Story Details
Location
Vermont
Story Details
Advises farmers to renovate farmhouses for family cheer and comfort, quoting Waterbury Record and Barre Times, to retain children and enjoy life beyond mere existence.