Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-11-25
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
STAN Feeding or oxen. and starving Of

Ject OF human improvements, without
which all other Improvements are value
less, by the most eminent of that class
some idea may be formed from the prizes
offered by an associated body of men, call
Ing themselves "The Agricultural Socie-
~, In some very long and full advertise
ments IN the public newspapers so recent.
y as August, 1888 The Right Hon.
Earl Spencer, Ia name not to be mention
ed without feeling of respect) was an:
nounced as chairman, followed be nu-
merous committee of dukes and other Dig
nlhed persons. They offered many and
splendid prizes for the best essays that
should be written on black caterpilIars,
swing ploughs, the stall feeding OF oxen,
weeds, GYPSUM. smut, and other similar
branches Of patrieian study; in the mean
time, let it be remembered, all these great
people have extensive estates in various
parts Of the land, with MEN upon them,
more or less in a state of moral, personal.
and social degradation; yet, no prize do
they Offer for any essays on the simplest
and best means TO better their condition,
although in ameliorating that condition,
they would best consult their own digni-
ties, secure and render far more valuable
their own property, and invest themselves,
each landhoIder in his own locality, with
that moral strength which can alone ena-
Bile them to ward off the rude shocks and
assaults which the lines and their own
works are assuredly preparing for them.
All their prizes, like the above, have ref
erence to the production of fat, and the
making and saving of money; but moth
ing beyond. And though the condition
of man is daily becoming more and more
anomalous, not farthing do they offer in
the way of prizes for essays TO promote
his moral or bodily health; nothing to
dispcl any Of his old and dangerous en-
rors; nothing to dry up tears or soothe
hearts. -Eorestan. -.....- . -..=
Mr.. GRAHAM.-We learn from the
Health Journal that Mr.. Graham has re-
Gently been ill--severeIy so; and we
learn from another source, lathe sapient
editors of some of our papers have been
making themselves merry on account of
his sickness, Now this is just what is to
be expected; and, in one point of view,
Just what ought to be expected. tits well
for the cause Of truth that people demand
OF its preachers, whether they preach NOR
aflaw or natural law, that they should
live up TO what they preach Precept and
example should go together Neverthe-
less, it is no more a dis2aragement ofphys-
ical law itself that its preachers should not
come up to its requirements, than it is of
the moral law that the moral preacher
should not come up TO his duty. We
have as good right TO demand of every
minister OF the gospel that he should obey
the whole moral law in sinless perfection,
as we have to demand of Mr.. Graham
that ne should obey, in sinlsss perfection
the law he breaches. Nay, more; we
have as good a right TO demand of the
minister escape from thepenalty Of vioIat
ed moral law, as we have to demand O
Mr.. G., escape from the penalty of vroIat
ed physical law. Only be consistent
Messrs. Editors. Consistency is jewel
Library Of Health.
! A WATcHMAN HAS FALLEN.-It be
comes our painful duty this week to re
1
nounced above. Our beloved and mucI
:, esteemed brother, DANIEL MATTEsoN
pastor of the Cd Baptist church in Mere
dith is no more! He ceased from his la
bors last Thursday morning, aud n
doubt exchanged the tolls Of earth for th
ljoys of heaven IN. HI. Baptist Register
The people of Georgia decided at lhei
recent election, that the Legislature {
!; that State shall in future meet bat once i
two years.-N. III Baptist Register
! FuLToN.-Fhe following short motto
will show how ignorance and prelude
may embarrass a grand enterprise, an
how greatly mistaken even men of hig
consideration may be, in regard to tt
talents and invention of a youth
A distinguished gentleman of Ne
York, states that less than forty yea
since he dined with Chancellor Living este
at Paris. The patience Of the guests wi
exhausted by visionary youth name
Fulton, who engrossed the conversatic
by an argument 10 prove that if be cou
obtain small fund, be could construct
boat to be propelled by the power OF stcal
and navigate the Hudson river with 1
velocity Of four miles an hour.-N
Express.
SAVING FUNDs.-A hint to the a0orh1i
classes.-Ifa man of twenty-one years
age begin to save dollar week and /
il to interest every year. he would have
thirty one years of age, $3.50; at for
R, one, Sl,860; at fify-one. $1,000
,g sixly-one, S6,I50; at seventy-one, $
be 500. When we look at these sums, a
he when we think how much temptation a
o. evil might be avoided in the very act
lie saving them, and how much good a n