Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-14
From the Peince,on Herald.

From the Ptinceion Herald.
The Farmer-hiS Importance to society.
1t is much the habit of inconsideraie
young men to think lightly of farmers
life, and to prefer some more easy and
sedentary occupation, with the tallacious
idea OF appearing genteel in the eyes Of
the world. Official employment, q city
life, large whiskers, white and defeats
hands, with display Of gaudy jewelry
and costly attire, seem to be prevailing
objects with those languishing youths
whose vanity prompts them to believe that
they are the meteors Of fashion. on whom
the fair will bestOw their smiles. The
prevalence of these absurdities is an in
jury TO society, and has done its full share
in contributing TO the embarrassment of
The country.
Man sprung from the earth, is support
ed by its products and returns to It's boz
som again. What then can be more APP
propriate than 10 devote all his faculties
20 its improvement? 1t is the farmers
toll that preserves health and vigor, gives
strength and elasticity to his spirits, de-
velopes more fully his mental energies
and makes him in reality one Of the no.
blest of Gods creation-a real substantial
man, vigorous in body as in mind. Though
manual labor is too often held in light es.
timation, there is dignity in all its applica-
lions, when directed by intelligence TO
useful purposes. To cultivate the soil is
an interesting pursuit to increase its
products, profitable study +; it exalts the
mind, which, while quietly contemplating
The result of its occupation, is lifted up
with thankfuness to that Being who has
ordained that our labor shall be richly re.
warded. .....
The enlightened farmer is an ornament
to society; his path is open to prosperity.
wealth and reputation, and he will always
retain his steady value. To fill the place
to which he is justly entitled, he should be
well bred it is the true test Of excellence.
What can be more worthy of respect than
the venerable parents of a well-bred fam
lily their true worth cannot be overesti.
mated they have done their duty, and in
the proud contemplation of hardy and
virtuous progeny, their earthly enjoymen,s
are perfect.
How inferior is the value Of the POM,
pous ignoramous, linked to some proud
dame, aud pulled by his wealth and in-
aginary importance. He is never salts,
fled, but always craving for something be-
yond his reach, for homage which is new
er paid; Tor respect which is never ac-
corded. When stiffly seated in his gaudy
equipage he imagines himself u superior
being. and glories in his arrogance and
pride. He mingles in the fashionable
throng his finery and show attract the
giddy gaze, and give food for reflection 10
the sensible and sedate, but he has no
claim to the praise ofgood breeding; his
sons grow up to be dandies and coxcombs.
and his daughters to be coquetles and
prldes. Behold Them in the streets they
are the laughing. stock of all. Pursue
them to the drawing.room self approba-
ton is the only support for their imagined
superiority. Follow them to the grave;
but few tears are shed to their memory,
and their mother earth covers them with
shame, for the bad example they have set
posterity. Mark the contrast ofgood and
bad breeding, and The comparison will
hold good throughout the animal creation.
1t is the noble faculty of reason which
gives TO man his worth, power and do.
minion, and it is by its aid that he has
produced the most wonderful physical de-
in those animals which are
most necessary for his use-improvements
which alone place the farmer amongst tho
greatest benefactors of mankind. ThYO'
his perseverance, his ingenuity and his
abor in promoting good breeding in ami
mails necessary for his subsistence, and in
ringing them TO the highest state Of per.
ection, the public welfare is subscrved.
md the farmer deserves to be regarded,
BY all rejecting men, as one Of the most
Important links in the chain of human
society, and the main pillar Of the social
,di6ce.