The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-03

oueror in the stalls, Columbus in the sly
and Fortune in the flock We have no
doubt the Mexican war is breeding list
of great names, hereafter to grace herd
of cattle In our ambition we have not
s,opped to see how il looks. Do you sup
pose the pending courtship between the
an.okous old warrior and the young count
ess, would be promoted BY tidings III Eng
land that the Duke of ~ ellington with an
extra pair of feet was paving and bunting
and believing in On American barn-yard
Would it not quench the poetic hre OF E.
ven Dean Swift to learn that anything by
the naue of Stella gave sixteen quarts OF
milk per diem Dame Fortune was al
WAYS reckoned Of the softer sex; and would
it not cause some Sinking among her
celestial sisters to hear that the tickle
qoddess put on the fleshy habillments of a
great, burly-pated, crooked-horned, long
wooded Weybrlcge buck
Much as has been done there is still
more 10 do. There should be not only i'm
proyeneni in the breed but in the feed OF
stock. Many farmers have not yet learned
the profit and luxury Of the maxim OF old
GAO. '.fced ,0sA." This makes a surpri-
sing change in the animal creation 1t
ennceaIs defects, aud creates beauties.
bIorgan horses are now the rage; but give
me plenty of good hay and oats, and re-
spectacle set of bones TO start with, if do
not turn out good Morgan horse, | will
come as near the mark us some that glo-
~ in the name.
Another, and the last, thing TO which |
would call the attention of farmers IS the
improvement Of mind III themselves and
faGlilies. Lord Bacon would say there is
Ihure barren intellect than barren land.
there is improvement in studying the laws
of nature that relate to your calling; but
you should not stop there. The farmers
of this county and stale make eight elcv-
ealhs of all empIoyments. They must, as
they should-gige shape to the general poi
icy of the state They have the influence
and must take the responsibility They
must take the glory or shame of our pros
perity or decline They should be pre-
pared for it, not to stand still, but TO rise
10y the only means now left TO enlightened
men, rise in power as they rise in intel ect.
This generation are shaping the genera
ton TO come. As year by year they grow
III stature around you see 10 it that they
increase in mental power. mature cres-
cent does not grow alone in bulk and
thews, bat as this temple wakes, the in
ward service Of the mind and soul grows
wide withal" In making provision for
your family, you should provide something
10 read, a. well as something to eat. You
hive Ii tie reason for congratulatIon in im-
proving land and stock if the mind about
you is going to waste. Every farmer has
mors time in the year for gaining gener-
al knowledge than any professional man
N the active pursuit Of his profession.
B ii it does not depend on time so much
as on inclination. Webster says that Sc
ven in matters Of taste and literature, the
advantages of man of lei-ure are apt to
o. over rated. If there exists adequate
means Of education, and the love Oflearn-
ing be excited, that love will ind the way
70 III object cf desire through the crowd
aad pressure of the most busy SOCIETY"
know this is called superficial aye,
al the droncs and Ounces declare we do
not think deep enough, because we do not
think long enough. No matter whether
we have gained the end of thinking or not.
u the mental incubation has not been E.
qrai in length to that thousand years a.
~, it is ii! in vain. They point to our
unxieiy for quick results, TO our rapid mo-
lion, 10 our steam boats, railroads, tele-
graphs and nreal tackle But is it so
Do the fowls of heaven, or the beasts of
the field or the fishes of the SEA move fast
cr than before! Has air, earth. water, or
any element in nature increased its speed
Not at all. Each, at first, fulfilled the
law fits creation. Man is just beginning
to lind the laws subject 10 his control and
sc far and fas; as he does this, and turns
Ihcm 10 his use, will he increase his speed
ADD power 10 perfection. Make up yoar
mind that this world will never go any
slower than il now does What is gained
.,:l not be lost. knowledge is not record
ed in hieroglyphics, but in books circula-
ted TO the end of the world; it is written
on the heart and handed on by tradition
and cannot die. Make up your mind 10
keep pace with this age, or stand rainly
bowling behind. Erace hard as you will
you cannot hold it back. This is not
superficial age. lfquick and deep insigh.
into the laws of nature; if instant union
.of means and end if making theory and
z1ractice indentical are proofs ct profound
and sagaclous thought, then never was an
age Of deeper, higher. wider and richer
thought, than the present. In this age we
arc to live and act. As men let US be pre-
pared for it. Allow me TO remind you, in
closing, that God has not rade lana mere
~ to regulate land and cattle. He has
made laws for man, for the physical and
spiritual MAINLAND we shall be safe and
prosperous and happy, only so far as we
find and follow for ourselves, the laws of