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Olorninn, (Dabber 29. 1853.
Original Op'Jt•
fore tht Ak Co. 'D•gPiettitur4l societp,
BY 0. D. BARTLETT.
WZITTIL3 II NISI Kin I. saoca
mountain' and vales where the brave pio.
40 startled the free bounding deer, [peer,
med unmolested amid the dark shade,
lily! his lair 'neath the evergreen made ;
re springs bad gushed, and bright rivers
a,
ren sunny vallies in beauty unknown,
scrarthrbrowed exile that loyed his wild
.e, by the far Western waters to roam ;
woods which had echoed to naught but
Found,
protul old tree as it fell to the ground,
axe the deep silence and solitu d e broke,
strong branches quaked at the death-deal
crake ;
the fallows the bright fires rose.
like the sun as at evening it glows,
flight orbs grew dim as the smoke•cloud
led by,
, Ettines . lurid billow■ illumined the sky ;
the some bills, (how altered!) the same tale
nd plain. (grain,
tee Owed our treasures of ripe, golden
lotus ind Cattle, our Sheep and fat Swine,
pra t % Flowers, and yield.of the Vine.
oft bath spread o'er the landscape her charms
',led it o'er with her homes and her farms
meta bads and blossoms and ripe traits to
rely hash grown but the thistle and rush
ae fily and rose by the cottage to blow,
far cheek% of our maidens to glow ;
~nallath made the land gay in its bloom. .
'thorn the heart many hours of deep gloom
,e to our evergreen hills, ye who pine
lb, beauty, fame or the wealth of the mine,
ar from the city. pale youth„take the plow,
breezes will fan every care from thy brow.
lot where fashion with all her cold art, N.
Inds and then hardens the feeling young
her cola empire and seek oar free hills,
allti giving labor •ball free thee from ill,.
this, to the country ! leave luxury's arms,
how the dairy will brighten your charms,
ig as no wealth but the gold gathered there,
Till be wanted a Prize for the Fair!
lure..., whom poverty claims for her own,
.oms a thrill of joy never hare known,
k of, and wait for, the morrow with 'dread,
tr pale starving children are begging for
to the hills where no starving ones roam,
I scorned, without fuel or home!
tzbor and ct•mfort and plenty for thee,
on his honors for each votary. .
a rho love poetry—grandeur--romance—
Fee the aunb - eams - on therivulet dance—
mountain-tops catching the clouds a. they
(erase.
der-drops that spangle the dowers and the
whose glorier. mock fancy'. bright drrams,
ight steal softly o'er values and streams.
/11111 . 11 of summer, all radiant in June,
minty of winter, beneath its bright moon.
to where the warbling of birds all day long,
'lien your labor with their cheerful song—
Industry's prizes are Beauty and Wealth,
lent and Happiness, Honors and Health.
Igritultural Atkess.
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DILITIRLD
1 rOfor a Co. tpieulighol soeiely,
At Towanda, October T, 1883.
BY E. GUYER.
LABORERS AND GENTLemsar,:—lt of
peat pleasure to congratulate the society
ramble auspices presented here to day.—
well for the intelligence and enterprise of
'rw. And whilst the display is evidence
in most of the utilitarian arts ol the 19th
ii Et also evidence of great agricultural
When we contrast these elucidations of
try With the rudeness and poverty of this
Tx few years back, we have causetor mum
; and when we take credit to ourselves
Ithas been done, we must not be unwind
the gtailude that is due to a benificent Pro
:tot etuittng our lot in a spot so hooted. It
lesyear s since the Mau was here; and
°lthe hunters who succeeded dim, are still
Thin came the enterprising lumber
id now the tamer brings his offerings of
ial comforts, and the mechanic and artist
'he etegancies of refined lite: What a
And Chit peat improvement is not • lit
'table to the great abundance of all the ne•
maienala, and a wonderful adaptation of
an' in !he end" •round Os. Our luzorian
ch valleys and fertile bulb, and atone, and
11 / 1 1 coal, and pure 'water, sad great good
hare cows ibuted amazingly to the splendid
lade manifest to day.; Surely "our lot has
in pleasant places."
:rant)ing to know that agriordturalatoeisties
'"are becoming common. Their inftenee
la very 'salutary.. They pan:note the de•
tt of all the industrial, but am particular
,aotui In :be -hunting laminae*. AD old
triter on this subject says, "they crake
%tiding in Malmo pails of itteioastry
with one-another, and'esams -a rapid
01 kneirledge swap* thewbole pa ,
It brings the - art of satiapere into,oll4.
Old practices are aniandoh Dew -qPoll.4ls4o'
a degree of szonievis tilted fasts an
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the result every;there, and will be here;—and I
know of no device of modem philanthropy so el
fectrve in begetting rivalry in good works,as
Yet I have heard some of our farmers object to
them because they have a tendency to make far.
mere proud and important. Just what we want.—
A man who takes pride in his profession, will, as
a general rnle, pride himself in doing itvilbors well.
Others again, object, because intelligent and pub
lic spirited men in towns, such u lawyers, doctor.,
merchants, bankers, &c., take the lead in starting
and building op these societies. This is very up
generous, to say the east of it; and the , very per
sons who make these objections, will reside all their
lives, and farm - tweney, forty or more years in a
county; and never think of starting or helping to
start an agricultural society, yet cnmplain of others
for doing so. The truth iv, these kind of farmers
will do nothing to elevate the characterof their pro
fession. They are behind the age, and if it de
pends upon them, the whole profession will remain
so. The attention this important pursuit is receiv
ing in this country, is very much due to the fiber.
ality and enterprise of wise men in the other call
ings. The President of our State Society—great in
all the attributes that enobles humanity—is a law.
yer; and be, with a few other noble spirits, is do
ing more every year to advance and elevate the
farming interests of our State—and thereby protriote
its general well being, than a world of such com•
plaining tortals will do in an age. Who general.
ly brings into a neighborhood the first good horse',
and cows, and sheep. and hogs, and fruits, and use
fit labor-saving implements of husbandry! Is it
not the lawyer, doctor, merchant, &c.! I have
known this class of p3rsons go a peat distance, and
at a heavy expense, introduce good stock and farm.
ing tools, for the express purpose of benefiting the
(aiming interests I knew a merchant in one orate
lower counties of this state, who a few years ago
expended several thousand dollars in getting pure
Durham stock, and then every year give the calves
to the most enterprising farmers in the vicinity of
his residence; and the result of this one act has
been to add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
wealth of that and the neighboring counties since.
And for doing these things,the very persons who
arebenefited, complain. These persons remind
me of the very fastidious yonng lady who found
fault with the sailor for taking hold of her when he
saved her from drowning. Ido not pretend to in
timate that the harmers only are profited by this
liberality of the town folks. There is a mutual ad•
vantage grow ing oat of it. Town people generally
like good living; and, the better the farming, the
better the living; and the more extensive the good
harming, the cheaper the good living. And then
again, the more a farmer improves himself, the
more he will improve around him; and the more
he improves, the more he must buy. As he grows
in intelligence and refinement, his wants increase
and hie liberality expands. Hence, he boys more
and pays better prices for his merchandise and the
advice he needs from protessio..al men. He builds
more and better; and when he builds in style his
furniture must be in style; and so, each step op.
wards, is but the precursor of another and another.
Agriculture has engaged the attention of man
since the world began. " Without it, civilized so•
oiety could not exist. Without it, mankind would
return to a savage state, and seek for habitations,
the caverns and hollow trees of interminable forests,
or build hots more rude than the cattle sheds of
modern farmers." It is therefore, a paramount con
sideration wilt ell classes of society, in civil corn.
mortifies, to advance its interests and promote its
improvement. For it is indispinsible to individual
comfort and national prosperity.
The ancients paid considerable attention to 'this
subject: more than ie generally supposed by the
moderns ; and it is quite probable, that in theory and
practice, it was well understood. The positive proofs
We have of their fine taste in many things, and the
intimations of their authors of their luxurious living,
are strongly corroborative of this. hi it probably
that people who displayed such consummate skill
in architecture, painting and poetryond who rear
ed dwellings, temples and monuments that have
amazed the whole world since, would remain ig
norant of agricnltore t' Would men abide in palaces
and live on toots and the fruits of forest trees I
Surely not. Besidei, the " favored few" had not
the diffusive attractions oh the modem press to di -
vert their attention; and their minds would natur
ally be attracted - to the gratification of their appe
tites. This would lead to experiments in farming
and horticulture Hence, the' wonderful Hanging
Gardens of Semiramus, the beautiful and fruitful
garriene of the Persians, and the renowned ones of
Alcinous and Lucullos. And then too, we have
accounts of books having been written on this sub
ject. bingo, a famous Carthagenian General, wrote
twenty.eight books about agricultural topics.
From these we learn that the Carthagenians
were very skilful farmers ; and that they were
ahead of all other nations of their time, in this att.
Hesiod and Homer wrote poems on the subject;
and Theophrasms mentions a number of different
kinds or manures that were common among the
Greek turners. The Romans also, were very sen
sible of the importance of agriculture. The Senate
of that nation thought so well of the twenty-eight
books of Maga, that it ordered them to be !anal.
ted into the latin for the use of the people. Their
general., when they conquered a nation seldom
burned or laid waste the countries, but labored to
civilise the inhabitants. And, in the purer days of
the Republic, ibereateet praise that could be giv
en to an illustrious character, was to say that he was
an industrious and judicious husbandman)? Some,
of her most distinguished men practised farming,
and many others wrote books urging it upon the
public attention. 41 The farm managerient mast
approved of, by the skilful hosbandouto of './torney,
was, in general, such as would manlike apprOba.'
mon of modem oakhratem, end that-they had a'
Wrests vier of thebenellur fres' tlotob
Maws is aptly named by the apokogue' cif the
vine -dresser, who bad two daughter. and a vine.
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yard, when the oldest daughter was married, he
married, he gave hero third ol his vineyardfor a
portion, notwithstanding which, be bad the same
quantity of fruit as formerly. When his youngest
daughter was married, he gave her half of what re
mained, still the produce of his vineyard was undi
minished. This result was-the consequence of his
bestowing as much labor on the third part left,
as tie had been accustomed to give to the whole
vineyard'►
In England, knowledge of agriculture grew very
slowly at times. The Norman Invasion was of
vast benefit to the country, in this particular, and
in the 12th century, this pursuit was in a very ad
vanced state,it we Bre a th believedhlwritersofthose
day, and I see no reason to doubt them. The no
bility and clergy took great interest in the matter,
and often worked in the fields with their own
hands. It is said that the talented and untractable
Thomas A. Becket, bishop of Canterbury, it used
to go out into the fields with the monks ofthe mon•
aster); where he happened to reside, and join with
them in reaping their corn and making their hay."
And many of the implements in use, among hog.
bandmen, were similar, in many particulars ; to
those now in use, in that country.
It is amazing that an art or occupation which has
employed the physical power of man, for so long a
time, should, at intervals, awaken eo little of his
intellectual curiosity, and this amazement is in
creased, when we remember that the scrutinizing
tendency of man's mind. has bees awake on most
other subjects connected with his being. How are
we to account for this? It is to be presumed, that
because man had to live on the productions of the
earth, andit was his first calling, that therefore, no
secret or science is connected therewith? This
presumption has.its plausibility. For when man was
first placed on the earth he could know little of its
hidden treasures and exact science. And how could
he make a living, it to get that living, required the
application of that of which he knew nothing ?
This supposition is further strengthened, by the fact
that that portion of the earth's surface first inhabit•
ed and worked by man, has been for a long time,
a waste, and he has been exploring and moving
westward. if science and skill could renovate and
invigorate the fertility of the earth, would he be
thus started on a migratory tour, over the earth's
surface to hunt a living? I have no doubt but that
this kind of reasoning, has aided, very materially,
in certain ages and countries, in suppressing in•
quiry into the theory and practice of farming; and
that the absence of knowledge on the subjezt, has
been the cause of the wandering ipirit of a portion
of our race. Owing to the rudeness and impertec
tion of the implements of husbandry, men could
not stir up the earth to any depth. The result was,
that the little that was mined, soon ran out, and the
I occupants were obliged to hunt up new spots to
work and live on. And the fact that other individ.
oats could take these vacated spost, and with more
knowledge, improved implements, more sagacity
and industry, could produce double the crops ob
tained by the former posse or, prove that the former
were poor farmers, and, that the art can be improv-
ed ay intelligence and skill. It is too, at variance
with ail experience; to suppose that farming cannot
be improved. Almost all else can be, and why
not:farming ? It is well known that the longer a man
practices an art, the more expert he becomes in it.
The axes and plows of to-day, compared with those
of a . lew years back, dethonstrates this conclusive
ly enough. And the improved and renovating op.
pliances of modern:scientific farming, are reclaim
ing many acres of land, that has, for years, been
supposed to be exhausted and, worn out.
It is probable dial much valuable information on
the subject of farming, which the experience of
former times, had developed, was lost during that
intellectual 'night which followed the fall of the
Roman Empire. This is a groat loss to the mo
dams, and it will take ages to bring them to ligh
again.
The general indifference manifested in our coon
try, on the subject of agriculture, is a matter of sur
prise to the well read and deep thinking. And'
what a sudden and deep re-action, in sentiment, 'a
general famine would produce. People would then
see its magnitude, and feel its importance. But •it
is to be hoped, that light on this subject will come
to the public eye in a different way; and that our
country may be spared such a calamity. Its very
great extent, the diversity of soil and climate, re
move far the probabilities of such a contingency.—
Still, it is beet not to relf too confidently on these,
but on Him " whose mercy entloreth forever."—
The rise by cautious preparation, get ready for the
evil day when it is yet far 011. Would-that oar peo
ple and government would awake on this subject?
The youth of:the nation should be instructed, in this
art at the public expense; and the whole public do•.
maingiven to the actual settler, with it gratuity out
01 thipublic treasury, for every acre of land re
claimed and worked. These two things, would in
a few, you*, add moron) our wealth and prosperi
ty, than a , hundred acquired Californias.
As an occupation, farming is not popular. It is
looked upon as a business. of bard work and little
pay ; and to a great many who follow it, tins is the
Met ; end many whom. in Weill daily striving to
get out. This is enough to condemn it. So that
those only who can do nothipg else, or, the rich
who follow it as im,amuriernent, are engaged in it.
This is a great disadvantage to the•counfry,. And
how is it to be remedied. I know of no wily, on=
less labor can be made mote Amami Pe and now" al.
mighty d011at” lea potent Mits infltience over man,
and this is too formidab le
, *Onittlishltit .
soon. Still have hoperin nine and light. Atroei
view of the:ohjiict`nl life , 'thMe, dote, ',RN{ acfdss
the mundane mind, sidl yristniqeite4twhija..,bik
made of its nue : polypus& are..naw . germinating,
'and the fructifying influences of a &rims light; em
. posteiMmi a Jolt- gnu% matatily:l Thai sesenlyn
May ripper singular to some, but it• itritormtbeteas
thin, that that Fortino 'of soMety'Which
of the intelligence, needs the mcif light' upon the
subject. it is prejudici4 agiiitut tabor and struirea
with.* starving for: Os penny 4 dap not need.—
Yei reason' tells' us that labor is' Matt's only
hope ; and all experience that More than one needs
is a curse. Look at each, only for a moment. Our
physical constidction ; our position ou this globe,
and the trials of Our race on it, establiskbelcmd 111
peradventure, that man was created for active 'erm ,
pim went. II riM, why was he not fastened down
to the earth likeitreest It not, why is he so won.
derfully made!'„ Why- these feet to walk with?—
Why these bands, which neat to the human mind,
are the meet diOne of all crested things! Aye,
these mysterion* hands! which bring to tight and
life, the most remote and delicate conceptions of the
mind, which tell what mind is—make her crea
tions living and tangible; that puts eye* of life on
canvass, and pictures the fall of man in everlasting
grandee'. That makes the axe and builds tem
ples—railroads and engines, telescope* and tele
graphs. And that which makes all this, and more
than I can tell, is made for alleness.-to look at—to
encase in kids! Who, in his senses, believes it !
Why is mind? Why is matter and why is mat
ter subject to the control of mind, so that by the
combined effort of the mind and bands, matter is so
changed, as to appear like, and be new creations?
Is this power to create for naught! Again. It we
were not created for active employment, why does
not nature furnish us our food, clothing and what
ever else we need to make us comfortable? Why
do not necessities, comforts and luxuries grow on
the trees, on the hills, in the valleys - , on the rocks?
Why do we have to clear the lands, build houses,
and cultivate the earth, for these things! The Pow.
er that made us, that made this world and other
worlds, could as easily have made these things.—
And why did He not! Ah, He intended that we
should make them ourselves, and for thievery par.
pose mind and hands were given us! What other
inference could be drawn from our position on this
earth? None that I ran imagine. Besides, mind
and hands have been busy since the world began,
and what is the result? Answer me, ye mythologi
cal divinities of former, and astrological absurdities
of later times ; arid ye, proud monuments, which
the industrious of the earth have left behind, answer
me, has man gained or lost by the exercise of his
mind and practice of his hands? Oh yes, he has
gained immensely; and as he has gained, he has
beet moved into higher and harder regions that he
might continue to gain. Is it not then, a false no
tion of life to suppose that work is a disadvantage
a.- discredit to us 'I And still further. There is no
truth connected with our being, which experience
has so thoroughly demonstrated, and which is so
well and generally understood, as the fact, that
contact with difficulties sharpens the intellect, and
that labor has a tendeng to improve both mind and
body ; and that exercise is necessary to a full de
velopment of these. This is pointedly illustrated
every day and in every walk of life. And it often
appears too, that the greater the difficulties, and the
harder the work, the better, and of course,the greater
the man. This accounts for the fact that poor and
laboring boys, become the great and marked men;
and the rich arid idle the cyphers and loafers. The
one has difficulties to overcome, and labor to per
form. The other not. This is developed and ele
rated by exercise. That, lost for want of tt. Men
know these things, and have the deepest solicitude
for the well being of their children, yet, they heed
not. They seem to think that contact with, what
they suppose the homelyAuties of life, and the rig
id austerities of povertyliave a tendency to de
grade, and nothing is bather from the truth. Why
beggars, slaves, and the children of the freedman,
have in their tatters and servitude, grown immor•
tal by
_means of the wonderful grandeur of their ex
alted tVcts and refined virtues. It is a notori
ous truth, that the distinction which most known
characters have acquired, was through and by la
bor, and that, whatever of fame belongs to them
they are indebted to labor for. Caesar's necessities
drove him to the field as a soldier, and it was the
active and severe seivice he encountered there,
that brought out the latent primer of an immense
; intellect and great character. Napeleon had to learn
a trade for a livelihood ; and it was the pressing
exigencies into which his profession thiew him,
that matured and made manilest his ready genius
and all conquering energy. And I believe men
would never have heard of Bentimin Franklin, Ro-
bert Fulton and Richard Awkright, bad they not
been poor boys; and so of the thousands of others,
who have worked their way to renown. Still, la
bor is unpopular and idleness common, and every
subterfuge is sought out to avoid working. This
accounts for tie repletion in the professions, in
merchandizing, and the thousand-and-one
,trade
and trafficconerivances of the labor hating l do not
mean that all who do not perform 'manual labor,
are indolent. By no memo. The impression pre.
Tails that manual labor in unprokable, that it does ,
not pay; that a man cannot sustain a family by it,
and it is these impressions that drive many active
energetic men, into less healthy and less pure em-
ploymenw. This is an error,.snd can be made ma- '
nilest,but it will not pay to do so here. Bien are.
,
' trained_ to believe,thflerently. The.army of imag
inary wants, and the inflated and arbitrary value
attached to
.money, and its retinue of legalised
trumpery=recognized as its representatives--is too
deeply rooted and ell pervadingoo be imemjoy soy
kind
. of,rearning simply. Yet the fact thetsi,man
would give ten,pyrt g on , hundred milhoris of
Jars, of this gilded hetthltt l if in areare - ingcj,?e4,f!!l?.4
fora,loaf of bread q. provea bet,mo coocieeilrely,
entire itrorthievspere. And she mrin . ? . i lisaftb;
acres of cleareri land, good hiW th ;goer i l,kettiirkaier
andthese acres himself more intrineici wealth
and is worth more, othenanonithap,4l,thpciirarda,
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of lire F u nom e i ndeMioeci, and men: tot s
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of a doubtful, or even positively unworthy character,
is sought after and cherished.
The man who spends his life in clearing op
farm, thereby making provision for men and the
nation for ages to come, lives unnoticed, and dies
.unrequited. His life.time of exalted pallor-ea, mo
desty, industry and frugality—to!tay nothing of his
privations and sufferines-doing hie duty to his
family, serving his country and honoring his God,
is looked open as degraded, and regarded as , of no
account. Ort the other hand, thepolitical gamester,
he who is all things to all men ; stud who by crafty
machinations can whew's) the masses, secures to
himself posts of honor aid profit. Andtbe trained
soldier who can overrun a count ryyd astray* el egant
cities, devastate its rural-com lona and beauties, and
shoot down by the thousands, the 'defenders ofthese,
is an applauded hero. Whilst the knave, who by
his cunning devices, can secure the confidence 'of
a ;union, then arrogate to himself imperial poirer,
is honored web the title of " the Great." These
things are all nrong : and because they are popu
lar, they are of daily occurrence ;and onr rhil
then are educated with the special view to their
practice and perpetuation. If men were not com
pensated lot their scheming, deception and tats.-
hood, is it not fair to presume, there would be less
of these in their struggles for gain and power! Il
the soldier was not paid and honored for his de.
struction and cruelty, would there not be less of
there? And so at other practices. And if the hum.
ble and devoted pioneer were rewarded as he de
serves for his life-time of manly fortitude, would
there not be more faims cleared op? It tire noble
virtues of self-denial and perseverance, which h
practices with so much meekness, were in high
esteem, would there not be mote of three, and less
of idleness, brazen impudence, reckless prodigali•
ty and their kindreds? Who doubts it
So too, of riches. If it was not an all-absorbing
idol, the struggle between men fur the acquisition
of property would not be so desperate. The child
is the daily witness of the eflarts of the parent—not
always laudible efforts either, to get gain. He sees,
hears and learns the importance of riches, in every
example and lesson he gets. Is it any wonder then,
that he too, joins in this chase? Is it any wonder
that with such instruction, he becomes desperate,
that he forsakes friends, family, country, Gi n ], all
in this pursuit? The debasing appetite of a mortal
has been whetted to its greatest intensity; and is it
any wonder that cheating, robtool, pluoileting, an
even murder, is rife in the land t Is it any won•
der that the rich sometimes grind the faces of the
poor; and that the poor, in turn, sometimes resort
to-questionable occupations and practices.
And if the true value arid benefits of labor to in
dividuals, were understood, the streets of our vil
lages, towns and cities would not be filled with
idle young men, loafing about taverns, concocting
mischief, instructing each other in viciousness, get
ting drunk, playing the devil generally and going
to ruin. Nor would we have such an array of haw
kers, mountebank's', peuiloggers, office•hunters, ,
gamblers, pickpockets, and idlers generally, to
maintain.
And therefore it crone., that farmers and •their
sons are also in pursuit of riches and the lighter way
of getting it. They become lawyers, doctors, met_
chants, tratlers, clerks, anything to get rid of that
which alone car. make them what they desire to be,
rich, happy, great. And when they cannot eke out
of these a beggarly existence, they torn their faces
to the land of gold, and eocourter hardships, and
endure sufferings, such as sympathising humanity
can hardly bear to hear of. What folly. And then
again;"others of them imagine that all the fine things
they hear of, or see in the large cities, are easily
acquired; and when secured, will bring happines.
Fatal delusion. Why the pockets, the morals, the
life of a young man, are safer in the far off wilds
of primative America, among the most savage of
her Indians, than in the large cities. But unwise
fathers and mothers would about as soon bary a boy,
as to send him where bold adventure and manly
exercise would develope his nobility and make him
a useful citizen. Whilst they will impoverish them
selves to get him an outfit to a city to be lost in its
maelstrom of rice wickednero. True, now and
then, a boy from the country makes his mask in a
caty but at a. by anPatas of excessive toil and active
papery, a•nt.ta ns na.e an ten thou/wind only, is able
or in endive and exert And the same ap
plication ul his meta ~l and ple;sioal powers in the
country, would : in all probability have brought him
tenfold more good
So thro imperfect knowle.ige of our hying cones
perverted taste, and unwise per.iiiis, and improper
nets, end • shrinking from the manly duties of life.
And so governments and laws are made to conform.
And thence comes legalized oppression and justified
evil. From slavery comes tt.e slave trade and slave.
markets. From gin.shopr, comes poor.housee and
prisons, anda mounta:tidoad ot superlative human
array.
These wrongs have in a measure, their origin in
prejudice and cocoon, ; and we ate more under the
control of these, and guided less by reason than A
are willing to admit. For the woak and wicked
acts of nations are but in imitation
of the foolishness of other times. Hector and Ajax
threw great stones at each other.—The modems
iron and lead. Alexander died in a bachanalian
debauch; and many smaller ,characters of riladern
times mustla follow in the footsteps of this illustri.
Our predecessor." Old feuilality gave divine right
ici'lhe fewittil made serfs of the Many. And to be
up-,eith therie„Americ:ans most have slaves. The
patented stobiliiyef Europe, have_unsel and garnish,
large liessestions, fast home . and ravenous dogs;
and'ao Sinoriaans inimitatityr ofthine,.rnilat - study
and. gringo, the kipit t ir k potorilliietpfi*iiii
•tyi intbe. bop* tikai imiltnuake up !whim, its the
cannot the other, the nobilititjrhiatr nature. tailed
, to beetnw.
laimotab **Abe dieliks.lo46o, otd.lbo ',M P&
nd impailigobloboot of tutting it Doi tba molt of
trainisk; 'Phi tabling' lifitOr•
riculloral pureulir will ttspreeerty apprise - tate& If
men would. only learn that there • no employment ,
so well caletifited to pu 1i e character, elevate'
the nature, and enable .expand detailed as this.'
And how out it".tte otherwise than beatifying ie
its tendencies I - The grateful earth is the finest's
dependence. The docile and confiding herds are
his help-Mates Green meadows and rich grain-
fields are the rewards of his industry. Good booker
pure thoughts and sincere friends may be his.
Why should he not be good and elevated? That
farmers, as a class, are better citizens and &Met
men, is Clear from the fact, that less then a tweati.
sib of he crimes of the civilized world ansebatge.•
ble to this class; yet seven-eighths of Its entire
population are engaged in this pursuit. This balk
cause and an effeet. The contentions and strike.—
the boat of desperate agencies and instruments
which men invent and use, in order to getgairand
the advantage of one another in the large business
marts, and the corrupting and misery.begt;tting ten.
dencies of these, do not often reach and injms the
farmer. All other employments are but servitudes
anti' beget servility: This, eel &reliance and inde
pendence. Trade and traffic build up cities.—
Agriculture purities the people and beautifies the
country. These are the nation's bulwark. The
others, ' 4 ulcers upon the body politic."
. The euppoiition is abroad, that there is nothing
in the business of farming to satisfy the minds of
the enterprising, educated and gilled. Yet there is
no one so lull oft hidden:truth that needs develop
ing, and rude material- that needs skill to unfold.—
Come, then, ye that are learned and wise: ye
that hate knowledge of nature's laws, and are skill.
d in occult science ; and ye few of patience and
perseverance rare, who search oat many hidden
things, and *base thirst for fame drives to madden•
ed waters that do not slake. Come ye, to the woods
and fisl.ls, where the asperities of our t wines are
sofis.ned, and the bubbles et fictitious life find their
true level. Abandon the false philosophy which
induces you to believe that labor does not pay, and
that you must earn a living by your wits. It is false,
and ruinous as it is false—work to live, and exert
you trite for a name and immortality.
The world will not admire, and yet how heroes
the resolution which prompts the young pioneer to
penetrate the trackless forest, fell trees and clear
them away, in ordei to get room for the rude house
Which is to be hi 4 wife's, his child's, his children'ap
and his own home ;—aitd then, acre by acre clear
off the wild woods until he ha. a farm, a homeland
peace and plenty around. Oh ! there is heroism
and fortitude here that puts to shame the fame-en
shrined march of Xenophon and the filet and last
passaga of the Alps. And as a work or lesson of
usetulness to man or nations, is more deserving of
record and reward, even to renown, than a thou
sand such teats of boldness and perseverance. For
any man can overcome difficulties when he hu
plenty of help. And any man can be courageous
when he has *thousands to back him and do his
fighting for him : and many men can be heroic and
and persevering for , a time, under trying circum
stances; but when a man surmounts difficulties
daily, and during a life-time, struggles- with pover.
ty and her horde of enervating and hope blighting
emissaries, as the poor pioneer is compelled to de,
he displays a mastery of heroism and manly fora.
tuJe that excites the amalement of ell who can ap
preciate such indomitable persi4tency • And I had
rather, this day, have it said of me, that I thus clear
ed up a farm, made a home, and earned a living
for me ami mine, than earn, as were earned, the
crowns of glory that were awarded to the victors at
Granicas, at Pharsalia and at Austerlitz.
CHIDE NOT THE ERRING.
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Chide not the frail and erring;
Dark with' the shade of sin;
Strive not to fan by unkind word►
The dame that burns within;
We all have faults, and each should strive
To hide those of his brother
Binding round the heart that rule
Which bids us " love each other."
Chide not the frail and erring—
The fairest sower will fade ;
The sweetest hearts are oft the first -
To have their trust betrayed;
What, though their spirit wings are soiled.
Which mere so bright before
Our duty is to love them still,
And bid them sin no more.
We should not elide the erring.
4nd 1.11 our howls and ssr.
With self' conceit, " We thank thee. Lord.
That we are not like thee!"
We should not boast of virtues,
For holy saints have fell:
Their very virtues serving
To ring their funeral knell.
Chide not the (rail and erring.
Though you may be.,ltept pure—
Kept so by all the blessings
Which money can procure :
But when thou Beteg a fallen soul,
Which was so pore before.
Love it. love if—bid it kindly
To go and sin no more.
Otr" Somebody suggests that birch rods Make
the best baby jompers.
-' Wake up, here, and pay kor your lodging,'
said the Descon, , aa he wigged a sleepy mangers
with the contribution box,
, I f you doubt whether you should kiss a. girl,
give her the benefit of the doubt, end go in.' .
afflim that of twenty
death. of meo between eighteen and twenty Yfeot
of age, ten otiginate in. the waue of theconatilotion
041 acted by smoking. -
Cr There is railroad enough now irk ottiemtlak
to MO round the world, and Arisrthpwrich
Ogr Tim Hippoiroait mart, who tnaci to Inhume
thi not.h , po9l; atieltf ft»
earth.
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