Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-01-16

Some people are all hand and some all heart.
The first do and the others feel. The one Is
always at work --labonng, creating. prolucinr;
the other spends his life in deplorng the mis-
oneS OF humanity, It's sulferngs, its wrongs -
but there he stops. The same in private life {:
man of hand supports his flmy, gives them
good beef and mutton, dresses them we'll and
proves that he loves them by making them h ip
py; the man OF heart feels intensely if they
are s,ck, has tears for the slightest i'll that hlp
pens, dePlores their want OfluXurieS and neces-
sarlcs, sits by his chlnney-cOrner ana talks, but
does nothing; proving, after all that he loves
but himself. lie Is the most amiablc man in
the world. general favorite in society, an out
ward.y aiiectonatc father and husbanl; but
bis children are half starved, and his wife roes
about in an old gown, which the man Of hands
wife would give away to some beggar to whom
1t would be useful and welcome. Not that we
object to heart far from it. A man cannot
have too much feeling if he allies with it the
head to conceive and Tie hand to execute 4
man wholly without heart is monster; and
he great defect Of Nupoleon's character was ::
that with mighty head and stupcndous hand
ne had scarcely any heart. 1t Is the union Of
hand and heart, with a head to guide both,
winch makes Il man i useful member of So
cicty.
Ernest Delayignc was the only child cr
widow lis father bad been a superior farmer
OF considerable property and md died LEAVING
the land to his wife and son. But Ernest, tho
fond ct the country, aspircd to be something
better than the pcasu'ry around him. He liv-
ed in part Of France where ignorance pre-
vailed over knowlctge: where bad roads and
lmpenerable bogs retarded the progress of
q p II Vh l,n .I.
happy state of ignorance winch prevailed over
most parts of Europe some two hundred wears
ago; where agriculture cost twlcc the labor
and gave half the returns which it afforded to
the more enlightened; and where no one had
ever yet attempted to penetrate the crust ofbar-
barism which generally prevailed. Ernest had
been educated at a town school. ana when a
young man completed his education at pro-
vlnc!al college. Though acquiring all the rcn
era knowledge which was conveyed by the
professors, he devoted himself particularly to
chemistry as applied TO agriculture. and to the
formation OF new agricultural Instruments He
returned home at twenty-one full of mpgnf-
cent projects. lie would effect revolution in
the land; he would open course of lecture,
he wonid teach them the advantages of all the
new Instruments Of draining, of manuring, and
above all, he would effect complete alteration
In the dweiIlngs--close, dirty, unwholesomc,
and comiorless now. Admirable ana praise
worthy notion WAS ihat of Ernest DeluvIrne -
We shall see how lie carried 1t on.
Ernest, had, as he thought, very plain way
before him. lie set up as lecturer, with the
honest design of lnatruclng his less intelligent
neighbors Unfortunately, however, nobody
went to his Lecturers; and all his solicitations
met with polite but peremptory rebuff. The
people, in fact liked their own way best. AMI
would believe nothing to the contrary on mere
hearsay. lie was generally spoken of as a
fool for his pretcntiOn3-the Fool of Laboudie.'
The manner in which Ernest was treated at
length induced him to abandon all attempts at
reIormaton and he betook himself to Paris a
somewhat wiser man. Experience had cooled
his ardor for Improving mankind. Arrived in
rars, he took up his lod ing in the quariier
Latin and went to see NJ Benoit, a notary in
nigh repute with the old arStocracy, who con
hded to him the management of their pecunin
ry affairs with a confidence and security which
spoke volumes for his honesty and honorable
character. He received NJ. Ernest kindly. lis
tened to what he had to say patienfI,. anii
gave hun advice. lie approved of hs select
ing medicine a profession, and promised. if
1t pleased him to Introduce hun into GOOD socie.
ty, that the intervals of time between his sind
es might be well spent. Ernest accented
gladly, and at once began the study of his new
profession. 1t suited his character, his fceno
Tor suffering humanity, to be the healer of the
SICK; and the prospect of associating as a stu
dent with the upper classes of society was plea.
SAINT and agreeable. lie went to public lee
turers; he read hard; and in the evenings he
visited one or two salons which were freely
opened to HIM on the recommendation of NJ.
BE oft.
lie found this way of passing his time vastly
agreeable lie liked the conversation of Ia
dies for they, as he abstained from politics,
ssympnthlsed with his views, approved of his
Humanitarian principles, and proved always an
attentive audience. One evening he was
speaking Of his old and favorte topic-the in
PRODUCTION Of agricultural improvements into the
country-"hen young girl joined in the de-
bate.
'Oh, monsieur she cried warmly, 4 am hap
py to meet with some one of my way of think
ing. ! lived IN country district which is very
much behind the age, and having been some
years IN En- land, which enjoys such vast su-
perlority in th plltcular over any other par,
OF the world, am deeply anxious to see the