Country Social Life

Country folks nre in general so fully oecupied with aüaitil that thoy have no time to discover how lonesome they reallv are. So far as this is concerncd we think ït is a misfortune. Wc aro too busy. We work too hard. We tako few or no holidays. We read and think too littlc, and do not spend suffieieut time ia social culturo, There is no reason why those who plow the soil or " whose talk is of' bullock " should not experienoe the refinements which are tho result of formal social life. Id buniDüss, at bargains, in pursujt of dollars, no man is seen at his best. He is thorny, spiney, with bis back up as ;i porcupine miirht bü at his business. Let ime dolf his working clothcs and uuter a. rooin (all of neighboro- iiuti, women, young men nrul m li lens and he is a niíin of anothcr kir.'l. He naturally falls into the ways of an intuitive kinduess, whioh is really tin tmc-t iiuliieni'ss; the di)in; to his companion what ho sliould do to hiui. He "Iets himselfout" to picase, and, aftcr an cvcninp; spent in socinl converse, he retires with many roiigh corners and asperitios toned duwn. Kot a few days the influence remains. It would be permanent if it oould bo reinforced nnw and then, ind the pcnd results would be most agreeablc and uwful. Thcre is no diflSculty in bringing thcso good intlucneu to lear. Two or thrci persons wiih enery andsoe magBetisu) about them eau jmt theiu n motion with case. Xnw ia the time l gin the effort.- Rural New Yorkor. "Talk isrheap K [l il ' .lust hiiv a lawyer ooeo.