Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-03
WHOLE NUMBER 33a

sh,ull become its advocates and supporters
While it is more fashionable TO educate Sons
for the learned professions, as they ure called,
than for farmers or mechanics, the business
will not flourish as ii Should. Il England
and in Europe generally, the mechanic and
asrcultafist Ere upon level, at least, With
any If tho learned professions. There the
best and most ski!fuLf rmers and mechanics
are the first men. In Relsilm aud Holland
agriculture is tie first business. At the Pal
ace, in Brussels, the D, lie Of Aren burg Lad
in his best room, among his most valuable fur
nj Re, diff rent vuii tiles Of corn III tie car,
and h. Prz d them higher than anything he
had. The King Of Holland sent Prince Al.
BERT lis best COW, as n token If the.highrst
regard, and the best saw in that country,
nai the only one I Considered US hsving any
claim 10 any superiority to our lest. o.
10 Eaglan there ia q gsncral complaint Of
the low c,udiion of Agriculture. Opening
their POI Is TO the fee admission Of provision,
has awakened a strong sensation, AMI all clas-
ses have rallied to It's support and imErrve-
ment. Even Roy yalsy Is most forward, and
the pl'acH yard at Windsor Los been deAics-
ted TO the show Of animals. In many paris
Of England tLey are eu ting down their shade
trees to increase the amount # lilabe land.--
They are dung it extensively in Devunshire.
aud in Suiry county, and in many oihsrpnrts.
But with all their exertions, have no idea
they can compete with us in the article Of pro,
visions. Their kbur is lower Than ours, it is
true but their rents and t;x,s are emo, NOUS
and brings their land very high. Our peopls
are ell exerimg ihems6 Ives in the great busi
ness Of our country all elassee here as tLcre
are uniting. will mention single iusiuncu
at Columbus. DIR. THOMPSON, who stands
desc vedly Ligh in his pr, fession, has invsr-
ted p'ough OF great merit, and exhibited II
at the Fair. H. n, it Yankee Doodle
W til variations.
Every mau, 20 matter what his PR fcssion
OF occupation is, sh TIL lie acquainted Hih
tho habit, constitution and s:ruclue If ami
mails, at least so far as to make good sebeo-
tions Of diff, rent Er, eds, and thosp possessing
good constitutions adapted 10 our soil. climate
and business. If the snim i is desgre ed r
milk, knowlt dge of the characteristics that
indicate that qualify are almost lndespensa-
BILE. A m xture Of Teeswater and Huli.r,
ness is the best Lrsed ain acquainted win
for m Il. This breed was brought ~ your
county by Mr.. THoRNpIxE (who Is now do
ceased) from Boston. 49, 49,. .
The recent Fair at Columbus was proud
one fer Ohio. have no ubi fifty Thousand
people were there assen bled, and more prop
eriy and greater variety than has boon else-
wks.e exhibited on similar occasion in
America. Here all cllsses articipatedin in its
Interests, and enjoyed its advantages, and az
rreeiated its influence upon our country.
Here Ill were proud to Gill themselves far
mera, or artizans, or constrihutors to sustain
is organization aud extend is influence,
Here was an opportunity for Ohio TO call out
her resources and develop her capacity as an
agricultarist and artlzan and permit her citi-
zens to show their at acliment 10 her great
interests. Here was presented The horse in
his greatest strength, majesty mud beauty;
the OK in his greatest e:frction; the sheep
and swi'e in their greatest felthy and in
provement, the deer and elk domesticaled
and made subservient to man; the fowl in all
their variety, beauty and utility; the vegeta-
blcs and fruits Of the earth, enlarged and ex-
tended in variety, beauty and fiavcr; the i'm
plements of the ar.izan and the discoveries Of
science to aid man in multiplying hi, meanf,
and supplying his wants. The flowers ofthe
field iu all their beauty and variety, were
anxiously contributing to cheer and animate
the whole festival. Tue whole scale was
efficiently capacious to exhibit ali our means,
arranged in good taste and order, and well
calculated TO awaken an interest throughout
the State and country. Very few of our
people have an adequate knowledge Of Ohio
as producing State, and know of mo means
SO we'll calculated 10 give that information as
these Societies, State and County.
Who can be found among the fifty thou '
sand who visited that Exhibition that has not
seen or learned something new or useful, and
thereby conceived the idea Of advancing his
own interest or improving his condition? Not
one. Who is not compensated for attending
that or thisl Not one. How much money
was spent 10 filing up the Worlds Fair, and
yet how small proportion it bears to the ad-
vantage conferred aud information gaiped.
Where does America stand, compared with
what she was before, for skill and enterprise,
among oil the Nations Of the World? l an
swer, at the head of all. Before unaecredit.
ed by all the most powerful, already has ahe
made market for enough of her inventions
and models to pay oil expenses. But how
small is this item compared with the stretch
of thought that has thereby been awakened
and called out, and yet to extend over every
sea and every land to en!ig ghten the mind and
develop the RESOURCES. What has it done to
all othes nationsl Brought them together,
answer; and from being strangers and ene-
mics, converted them into neighbors and