True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-03-11
TO THE YOUNG FARMER.

Judge Buel, in his address before the
Berkshire Agricultural Society in 1887,
said that every age demands a greater
mental culture, than the one which prece-
ded ii; and it behooves you to qualify
yourselves for that which now dawns upon
your mental vision. The more you learn
to depend upon yourselves, the more you
learn developed capacities and energies, OF
which you are yet unconscious OF possess
ing-the more likely you will be TO pros
per in life. The sapling which is shelter
ed by the towering pine, or wldeSpreadlng
oak, is neither so strong nor so graceful, as
that which grows up without shelter, and
acquires strength and solidlty from the
buffetinos ofthe winds and storms. The
plant that is nurtured IN the shade is not SO
beautiful-its blossoms are not so fragrant,
nor its fruit so rich, as the form, the flower,
and the fruit of that which grows in the
glare ofsoar light
The culture Of the mind should engage
your serious attention, that you may soon
er profit by its counSels and It's powers.
Mind is the great master power, which ins
structs, guides and abridges human labor
the grand source ofintellectual pleasure
"a faculty which distinguishes man from
the brute, and which, as it is more or less
cultivated, marks the gradations in civil
zed society Say not that you have no
leisure for this, and your time is engroSsed
in providing for your animal wants. Frank
lin found time TO bestoW upon his mind
high and useful culture, amid the cares and
laborS OF an active mechanics life. The
hours that the avocatlons of the farm allow
to study, amount in the aggregate of early
life, to months and to yeaTS.--Knowedge
is power; it is wealth; it is responsibility;
it is happiness; it endures with life. The
mind may be likened to the soil; both are
given to be improved; and the measures of
our enioyments, and the welfare of Society,
depend upon the good or bad culture We
beStow upon them. Incidence may be
comparable the course marsh plants, which
feed upon the soil and faint the air, without
yielding anything comel Y or useful in re-
turn, for man or beast; -lntemperance, TO
broken down fences, which permit beasts
to enter and consume the the earnings of
industry, and beggar the offspring of the [
owner-ltigation, TO the thorns and this |
ties, which rob the soil of ITS fertility and I
mar the beauty of the landscape. While,
OH the other hand, the faithful application
OF knowledge to the useful purposes ofIile,
may be likened to the draining and manur-
ing, which give fertility to the SOIL the
good habits which we establish, TO the good
culture bestowed by the husbandman-
indicative alike of cheerfulness and plenty
and the embellishments Of the mind in
literature, science and taste, 10 the gardens
and grounds, Astounding in all that is
grateful to the senses, which should sur,
round and adorn our rural dwellings, and
beautify the country.
You have chosen an employment which
is honorable, profitable and independent
Devote 10 it your best powers, tll you have
become master of the art, or of such
branches oft as you design 10 folow-an
until you have acquired so much Of the
science knowledge of the why and where
fore-of the great laws of nature, upon
which good husbandry is based, as shall
enable you TO conduct your operations
With judgment and success. "Who aims
It excellence will be above mediocrity; who
inns at mcdiocrity will fall short of it," So
he adage teaches, and so is the response Of |
experience. 1leraHdcr'S Messenger.