Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-10

H.
nications
HINTS TO YOUNG FARMERS.-cULTURE OF
THE MIND.
You know well, tt one piece OF land, a
Garden for instance, yields vastly more
,ba, another piece Of ground Of equal natu-
raj fertility. And you know equally well,
,ha, one man abounds more in knowledge
and usefulness, than another to whom ma
turc has been alike bountiful. 1t IS culture
it is industry and perseverance OF man,
eyerted in one case, and not in the other,
that produces the marked contrast IN both.
The cultlvator is sure To be rewarded, III his
harvess, for tic care and labor WHICH ne
bestows upon his soil; and the reward is
noless certain to him who devotes hlSIeIsurc
hours to the culture OF his mind. The soil
administers to our animal wants. hnowi.
edge not only assists in supplying these
wants, but is the primary source OF INTEL
lectual wealth, which dollars alone cannot
Give. and, when consortcd with good hab-
its tends to refine, elevate and Distinguish
men above their fellows. Talent is not
hereditary. You will see, on looking around,
that most Of the distinguished men OF our
country have sprung from humble or OBJ
scure paren,age. They are indebted for
present distinction 10 the culture which they
have themselves bestowed upon their minds.
The road TO usefulness and honorable dis
,inction is equally open TO YOU, and the
time has arrived when you must decide
whether you, viii compete for the noble
prize.
If you wish to be prosperous in your
business-to know, and TO profit by the
improvements of the age-cultivate your
mind--!or this is the great labor. saving ma
chine. If YOU wish your children intel'l.
gent, thriving and respected, teach them, by
example, to cultivate the mind. If you
would be useful to your friends, and merit
the confidence and esteem your neighbors,
seek early to qualify yourselves for the du.
ties of social life, by the culture oflhe mind.
IF YOU aspire to intellectual enjoyments,
which flow from the study Of the material
world-from the order, harmony and beau
~. which meet US in every walk, in the
manifold and wonderful works Of the Crea-
tor-cul,ivate the mind. In fine, if you
would prosper in Your business, in your
family and in society cultivate the mind.
But knowledge is not always wisdom
aud therefore, be as scrupulous in regard TO
YOUR studies, as YOU are in regard TO the
seed which you desire in the soil. louwllI
reap whatever you sow and the mind is as
liable TO be numbered with weeds as is the
soil. Read, therefore, whatever tends to
instruct YOU in your business, TO establish
in YOU good habits, and 10 fit you for the
responsible duties u life. Acquamt YOUR
selves with the inventions and improve
ments of modern art. MAKE yourselves
acquainted with the general facts of science,
with the wonderous laws by which the Al.
mighty governs all around US; and with tie
endless illustrations of these laws, in the
wo ID and in all its paris. The facts OF
natural history will afford abundant matter
for agreeable and useful knowledge. The
plants, the ANIMALS, the minerals, and soils
of your country and of other countries the
changes Of the seasons; the make and COM
position of all that surrounds you, duly Oh.
served, and made the subject OF reading, OF
conversation, ofrehection, will at once store
your mind, and raise your ideas Of the Wis.
dom and goodness Of Him, who, it will soon
be perceived, has made all things; 'by
number, weight and measure The study
ofvour own frame, your bodily make and
constitution, may be made an object at once
ofinterest, instruction and benefit. Early
may you be brought to perceive, in the very
constitution Of your own bodies, much Of
your duty enjoined by Him who formed you
such as your age. Temperance, self:gov-
ernment, n liberation, avoidance fall abuse
of the body, are written in the very make
of the body itself. And it will hence PLAIN
ly appear, that when our Maker says, ao-
stain from all intemperance, from all impu.,.
nifty, he does but say, "Do thyseIfno harm.
"Who aims at excellence will be above
mediocrity who aims at medlocrIty will fall
short t.'-Tenn. Farmer.