The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-01-03

knowledge are indebted for whatever Of ease or
Guilty enjoy; and the safety and happiness Of ev
cry civilized community overborne by foreign or
pressiou exactly in proportion to lis intellectual
cultivation SO also, rs general proposition ndiyd
uals prosper and influence according the stan
dard of their atiainments. This truth applies also to
masses in a community The Agricultural class, here,
well in every other country, na,wi thstanding
their numbers, enjoy comparatively Inadequate
pensaton and ahated influence, because they have
lower standard of education than other classes There
Is not as y often supposed, certain Of know
edge which profitable for the farmer to possess
and dangerous TO exceed. Learned men sometime
fail in this hon"rahe pursuit. bu, not in consequence
OF their requirements and the number Of such is
y less than those who fail through ignorance. Il is
fact which however Notifying. cannot he too freely
confessed too often published, that inferior edu
cation held sufficient for those who are destined to
tho occupation Of Agriculture. The standard esiab-
lished Tor them il seldom rs high the full OF
instruction given in our coummon schools, and con-
sists in ability to read but scarcely with pleasure
advantage, TO write without facility accuracy,
and TO perform simple processes in The art Of num-
bers Higher a,taiumeEiz than those allowed 10
m other classes. The mechanic and artzan are ~
least instructed 30 the nature and properties ofthc sub
stances which they and in the principles and
htuations or The mechanical powers they or poy,
While each profession ieaiously guards against the in-
trusion 81 any candidate who, however shilful IN its
particular nrvstsries. has oomp'cted OF
se'~uhr or c5as.ical learning There Is no ju-t rea.
fur hiss DISCRIMINATION. The domestic inl and
riva responsibilities " tho farmer IRE precisely tho
ere political paper Of bis c-ss u irresistible The
prsP1raiipn II the so to receive germ the culture
Of he Psni. protection again-t accidents, and the
gih~riUg ~ %, frut each Of these apparently sim
pc rrsrioss nvolyc~ principles Of science rore re-
r1rdfe thar DO the s,ude~ " the learned pr ssuns
Tsefy Other department. of Industry has vii ugiy re-
criy~d ed foss science. IL mechanism n laws of
D. 81 and noaa src so well understood that achieve
ureut. % whr', human energy emcd in
adeqprtr are D-nsy ard familiar. The hnuI is now
sirc- rnBer~~aFy 80 the flhreatinn Of r. tbs An
rnal ~ . dispensed with in locoroi N on the
aud arr tre Buefrour-.. between nations separated
by .-a-, hereiofars d'Fcnli sud uncert v. il rem
drs-d -p~eay aod regular Nv the use or Steam. But
Asr'eu'iure 10 '-sgafdod involving no US of ma.
tore. 'e7"i-~s sil. ,sa' cap1h'a OF r, improve
ufeut Tby~-t9 power = considered ne suitable
agent, srd A1f rovyer Is not waStrluly expsv4cd -
Admitting the 5cne6ccrt effects 81 he lin rhe
irr r7oSri p'ow ths cus--,", 80, ,h., iag nschua
ADD either 'as1u vich have been instrun cutal
m trrinE sAw advancement in agra Ilture,t mus,
.F BE- cd. f,-ss u that while other rap
dy gHrs,,ing cha. 81 buuan arts the first and last,
.r.ose cultivation leads to plenty and IS cheercd by
health and cort.rt, remains cOmParatiy ely unassed
and stationary.