, 1844-02-03

tIal 10 health. vlgor and virtue, is gen
orally regarded with aversion. Even
those who boast that they live by
straightforward hard work are almost
uniformly seeking to escape from their
condition. Even the substantial,
thrifty farmer, whose life is or might
be among the haPpiest. is apt to train
his darling son for a profession or put
him in a store. He laudably wishes
to put him forward in the world, but
he does not think that half the time
and expense bestowed in making him
an average lawyer or doctor would
suffice to make him an eminenily in
tellICent and scientific larmer-a mod
81 and blessing to the whole country.
Why will rot our thrifty farmers think
Of thisf The world is surfeited with
middling LAWYERS and dociors--the
gorge even of Iowa rises at the pros
pect OF a new batch Of either; OF toi-
erable c'ergymen there is certainly
no lack, as the multitude without So
cIeiIes bears witness. and vet here is
the oldest. the most essential and no.
bIest OF emplovments. on which the
tulI blaze OF science has hardly vet
poured, and which is to-day making
more rapid strides. aud affords a more
promising field of intellectual power
than any other, comparatively shun-
ned and neglected.
OF good, thoroughly educated. at
once scientific practical farmers, there
Is no where a super-abundance. Ev-
cry whore there is need Of this class.
to introduce new processes and i'm
prove old ones. 10 naturalize and bring
I, perfection the plants. grains, fruits.
&r.. we still import from abroad
when we might better produce them
at home-to introduce Il proper rota-
ton and eiverSification of rrOps-to
prove and teach how TO produce pro-
titab'y the most grain 10 the acre-
in short to make agriculture the pleas
INC. attractive. ennohlIng pursuit it
was providentiaIIv designed Ia be-
There is no broader field of usefulness
no surer road to honorable cmi.
nence. The time will come when,
OF the men Of the last generation. Ar
thur Young will be more widely hon
cred than Napoleon. But while the
true farmer should he the most thor,
oughiv educated and well informed
man III the country, there are manv
al our old farmers. even. who will
cherriuily spend Il thousand dollars
TO quality ome o for a profession.
vet crudge a hundred each to educate
the three or four less favored who
are to be farmers. There are farm
ers who cultivate hundreds of acres
and never look into a book on Acri-
culture, though they would not coun-
tcnanCe Il Doctor or Clergyman who
had studied no work on Medicine or
Theology. What a world Of mis-
takes and Inconsistencies is displayed
all around u.s.
There are thousands in all our cit
les. who are well employed and in
good circumstances; we say, let these
continue. If they are content, and
feel certain that the world is better
for their daily doings. There are
other tens of thousands who must stay
here, az things are; having no means
to 90 else where. no skill in any arts
but those ruculiar to City life, and a
very limited knowledge; these must
stay, unless something should trans
pire out of the common course of G.
vents. There are other tens Of thou
sands annually arriving from Europe,
who. however valuable acquisitions
10 the country. must contribute TO
glu, The market and depress the price
of labor Of all kinds in our City
some of these must remain here till
they can obtain the means and the
knowledge 10 60 elsewhere. But for
young men from our own happier Ag-
ricultural districts To crowd into the
great cities or into villages, in search
Of cl~erkskips and the like, is madness
-jnhumanitv to the deStiute--moral
While nine-tenths OF our
are a waste wilderness, and all
our marts Of trade overflow with ca
ger seekers of employment, let all es
cape from cities who can, and all who
have opportunities to labor and live
IN the country, resolve 10 stay there.
A New York letter writer saws Of
the religious controversy now going
IN in that city, between Drs. Potts
& Observation-Disclosures the ques-
ion, Gan there be a church without
bishopg' Will be decided, | must beg
cave TO doubt; while | think it pretty
that they will esta blish, to the