| Show 1 MONKS AS FARMERS In the time heart of ot the tho Charnwood For oil cat Ilc within twenty mullen miles of ot the time enter center of ot 1 the most 10 quaintly dressed In km the thin world ama aro now nol In Iii the oat ont crop They Time Th ThIro are Iro time the monks of at the Abbey of a Mount Ht lit the tho only Cistercian In Groat Orcal und and until recently the this only abbey Clad In lii garb arb with lined thrown back and sleeves i oiled away IWAY from the time thu Ihu monk pursues hums his labors In imm time tho Mold field teil He lie le dieg not lint look like a n farmer There IB is more of or the time air of ut the tho study muted about him than of or tho the thol I country l He lie le works In 11 silence as tie l be he becomes h I comes a II of ot bis imis order h his he does dumes I no 00 10 at lt the time failure nt af a 1 crop ho lie murmurs not hot at time the parched ground he Ime tolls toils on client wor lr an un agricultural salvation out omit ot of one of ot the tie most fleet barren soils rolls f ls In Iii 1 ng laud land he mud From early morn to 10 ere ove 1 with wih n a 1 slight break for tor a 1111 th tim most bun hUl gry Hf gr laborer would look 1011 askance nt at ha lie floes does not tint rest rent res I He Ito works that others battered by the tho blows of ot adversity may be hI ted fed tO Ills wagon aro uro not onell by hi b coin they accumulate until time the III greatest t of lt all I settling lIet days clays The rime yeoman who doss does 1011 not mint live lve within reach rench of Charnwood Forest would him himas hima as aim a a ft I amateur hut hul tho the hardy farmer of ot Leicestershire does Iloe not mint want to see lee a it 0 better man lal In 11 tho the field fell Worldly triumph the monk cares not riot for tor but hut the Leicestershire show records pay tribute to hue his Ils worth ns as fl a II farmer armor Tho Time monastic farm tarm aria Is lii n a 1 triumph over nature Tho ground isan WIS unfitted for Cor or but hut years of ot labor haVo reclaimed It It Al n a genial faced tacI kindhearted Irishman In tile tie evening of ot his hil life Is In I the tho head hed farmer The cattle the horses and Ild oven even the th ducks know knott his voice He lie H rules ruleR all al by kindness The fOrum farm comprises about I acres arrell of et which about are aro un on under UI onder I der cultivation When necessary a 1 out outside side Hide Ilde inbar Is Ii II employed The produce of ot the work IH IK devoted to time the needs of or ortho tho time poor London Express 1 |
