Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-27

-
sand. and one. of the few worth buying, or /
having. or that are not worse than nothing. |
among the inundation of books with which |
the press is flooding the world. | ought 10 !
have noticed before. Luther Hamilton
of this place. Bookseller, has recently
published stereoiypsd edition Of it. He
sent me In q copy, for which / sincerely
thank h;m-as well as in behalf Of the
community for giving them an edition Of
this rare and valuable work.
John Randolph said William Goblet
was the 6rst genius living He told the
truth. though hewas slaveholder-and
his testimony is the more valuable because
be hated Cobbeil. He hated him because
. he was friend Of humanity and human
liberty. and Randolph observation-disclosures
and lyrant Goblet had bad8eputa.
tion--for the reason, have no doubt. that
he deserved good one. The clergy hat
ed him, for his independence. and his de-
fiance OF the aristocracy. ofwhom the cler.
gy afs always the hangers on and syco-
plants, where they have not the power Of
controlling Them When they can rule
them, they do as they do every body in
their power, and when they cannot domi-
neer over them, by force of their jngglery,
they fawn on them, and help them tram
pie down the people. Cobbet was a
formidable antagonist to the tyrant classes.
and hence they hated him, and have given
him q bad name, which IS an honor 10 any
man 10 priest-ridden world.
This work on gardening is modest,
unpresending book, like all sterling pro-
duclions. Il is written in a stylea as beau
tifui as the subject, and as natural as a
garden ought 10 be. II is worth buying
for the style Of il, aside from the inforna-
ton Il cotains. Every body can. under
stand il at glance, without dictionary.
And the book that can't be never ought to
be read. These books that abound 10 die
tionary words, are learned nonsense anc
imposition. Cobbetfs Gardener is full o
short, every day which the people
can understand, as readily as they can tel
al onion stalk. or cabbage plant Il il
like Pierponl's poetry in that-aboundins
in monosyllabled words. You will find
whole lines Of them uninterrupted, every
one as foil of meaning, as it can hold
the beautiful strong. old Saxon--the talk
words--words for use and not tor show
Every young man and woman, who ha
been injured in their talk and writing b,
going 10 school, . yht to buy Goblet
Gardener, or sonios ssiher Of his works.
A Young collegiate should read i twice
day, till he gets we'll Of his pedantry.-
Goblet will cure him If any body can.
-, I'D you teach your sons latin, Nj
Cobbeu2" asked gentleman. " No,
= said the common sense sage-"but lear
thcm to shave with cold water - A b
of learning worth more TO man with
beard, than al the Latin the Monkery e,
or preserved from the ruins of Rome.
You. can understand the Gardener
with once reading as readily as yo
could the talk of a sensible gardener hin
self--and those who have followed it, sa
1t turns out to be true-coatrary 10 th
fact Of most agricultural books. which Al
mere. speculations and theorizing. whic
no body can afford TO practice. The SUI
iect Of this book is beautiful one 10 rea
Gland talk Of, II you have not any groun
TO worksil out on: Gardening
10 more interesting or pro6ting. We al
sociate Paradise always with the idea,
it. The great Lord Bacol 10y the wa
not halflhe nan that Goblet was) sal
Gardening was the purest of huma
PLEASURE Doe of his famous Essays
q. was " OF Gardening If Iremember Il
tile. But he wrote ola garden for King
and Princes.-Co bbeit's gardens are f
men--for families,--and that speaks Ii
difference between the Two authors b
con was worshipper and slave OF King
--Cobben friend Of man. i The learnt
world cali theone. /" The great Sra FRAr
cIs BAcoN." and the other Cobbett, q
Bal Goblet
A glorious garden, whether small {
large. is sort of Eden, and it is f1
idea, whether it was a literal fact, or a
allegory merely. to show GODS xindnel
20 the man and woman He had made. ih;
He put them. at their beginning. into
Garden. 10 dress itand 10 kept" w
ncy Eden was every thing a garde
could be, but dare say it would not hav
hurt Adam and Eve to have put into lhei
hands . copy Of Cobbess. written ia the Or
mevaI language Of humanity, which
whaieyerit was. they spoke, no doubt i
the same style Goblet writes. They IA
not been TO ColIege -Acamto Urivers
~. nor Eve 10 Boardidg School.
canno; help saying here, what pit
his that our cities and large towns az
crowded together, so that they cannot hay
gardens. Whata glorious sight a cit
would be- interspersed with tkem.--an
how refreshing aud healihfui 10 live il
compared with them now. crowded wi,