Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1905 — CITY VS. COUNTRY LIFE. [ARTICLE]

CITY VS. COUNTRY LIFE.

A prominent city man says there is no comfort in city life compared to those on the farm, le says: “We who live in large cities overwork, overworry, overeat, and undersleep. We have no time for real rest and tear down aster than we build up. The simple life is left to the ‘rubes’ and ‘jays,’ but the real ‘rubes’ and ‘jays’ live in the cities. We try to do twelve hours’ work in six. Boys and girls of 16 ‘do’ society until after midnight, when they ought to be in bed at 9. We make a business of golf instead of a pastime. Instead of relaxing at the ball game, it is a period of leen anxiety whether the home team will win or the favorite player make a batting record. We lave records to smash in everything and all must be hurry, noise and excitement. We yell ourselves hoarse when college boys smash one another flat in a football game. We are no more careful of our digestive organs than our nerves. Our food is prepared to please the palate rather than nourish the body. It must be quickly cooked, even though its value as food is lost. Our groceries are adulterated, our meats are embalmed, our butter is renovated. We crowd ourselves together in cities and live in dirt and discomfort and shat out the sunshine with a pall of smoke. We live amid shrieks, toots, bells and yells; we dodge trolley cars and automobiles, and move from flat to flat, and never know what peace and quiet mean until we are in our graves.” 160 Acres Freel Walk, Write or Telegraph. In the best spring wheat belt in the world, in the clear sunshine where health is improved, Then waste no time; if you cannot come and look for yourself, have the locator of government land to file for you. Write for particulars. B. F. Gaines & Co. Hanley, Assa. The most complete line of buggies in Northern Indiana at Parker’s.