Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1875 — A Home For All. [ARTICLE]

A Home For All.

Every living thing should have a home. “ Foxes have holes,” and all burrowing animals excavate domiciles suited to their need; why should man, of all other animals, neglect to provide a home for himself and family—or allow himself to depend upon his neighbor for such a necessity? Endowed to the highest degree with the faculty of “inhabitiveness,” why should he either choose.orbe compelled to curtail his desire for the luxury, pr rather necessity, of &<bome. It should be one ot the first duties of every man to procure for himself either a temporary or permanent home—one that he should he able to call his Lome and from which no power or circumstance should Ibe permitted to drive him, save im- : portant necessity, or fire, or flood. Especially should this be the’ case with every married pair. A home of his own fixes a man as few’ other things can, and takes away both the necessity and desire for the too prevalent necessity of “ moving.” a ruinously costly practice, and one which is alike destructive of

prosperity or pleasure to both parents and children. The lack of ability to provide a costly or elegant home should be no excuse for a total neglect of the duty’ under consideration. An ex'remely humble home in proprietorship is far more honorable and praiseworthy than a more costly and showy biie the possession of which depends upon the caprice Of a landlord. At the same time no man should be content to live in an old rookery who is able to provide his family with a comely and convenient home. Many who own homes are quite too indifferent to give their domicile that care and attention which is necessary to insure a proper degree of comfort and love for the homestead. Children should be taught to love and feel an honest pride : in their homes. Inducements should be ' held out which will naturally lead to such a result. Ornament your homes, as I you may be able to do from time totim.e. | A few shade and ornamental trees, a lit-* 1 tie flower-garden, a tidy fence around Ute homestead, cost but little and add wonderfully to the love which will be begotten in a son or daughter for their home. As a general thing it is difficult toplace money where it will insure more pleasure or profit than when invested in a home. Better spend money in building and improving a home than for thousands of things of which we soon tire or finally throw away as worthless.— Pacific .Rural Press. ,