The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-10-07

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PsSiisAsd y reg~sa Of II. Society.
Ma. PugsiDxsr AND orxrlrxsx oy
IHs RrfLAxp CorxrY AosicrL.
rrRAt SociErY
fou have associated for the lsudabls
purpose Of Improving and el-va,ing ia
't' true dignity. tia, department, Of labor
which constituted the primitive employ.
ment Of mar. and which has ever con.
'inued to BE-. in oil civilized countries,
The cardinal puisa;t Of our race.
While agriculture has, by comeon
es"ssaH. been pisrsd i6 tie front sank
of'bs various departments Of industry
yet Il is Of comparatively recen, date
that any good degree Of enthusiasm hs.
been generally awakened in favor Of the
improvements Of which il 10 50 hiebl,
susceptible. ], is true that in some Of
the States and sections II our country.
agricultural societies have long been in
eai'tence. through the influence Of hich
and the efforts Of eniehtene d and enter.
pri,ing individuals, such improvements
in their fields and focks have been made
n 10 awaken the admiration of The mos,
careless observers. Still in mos, Of the
States such organizations are Of bu, re-.
cent date. A national society was OF.
ganiaed Al Washington the las, summer
composed Of delegates from sli the
States and T-rri,orieI OF the Union.
which is to ho'd its meetings annually
1t the sest Of government Grea, good
will undoubtedly result from the lsbors
Of that Society.
In our ti,ies and larger towns, per.
sona engaged in commerce and the me.
chanicsl arts, have long had their as.o.
Citations TO watch over the inter. Sta ot
their respective calIings. In such a..
soeiA.ions Of persons engaged in similar
pursuits. miad acts upou mind. A lsu.
liable ambition 10 awakened in each
member 10 contribute something toward
the Improvements and common elevation
Of his art or pursuit. Thus the many
share in the benefits Of the discoverie,
and experiments Of the few.
lmportan, inventions, which are usu
ally 'hs work Of . single mind, often
owe 10 many minds their application to
various useful purpose., not con,empla.
ted r+rhap. by the original inventor -
The two principal locomotive forces EN-.
ploycd in navigation ard transportation
from the earliss, Of hi,try, were vino
and animal power Now both are su
perseded 10 q great extent by steam -
And while to Robert Fulton is due the
credit Of first employing steam power Al
n propeIling force. yet TO mary are ".
indebted for the various and importan,
practical uaes to which that power i
now made subservient. Fulton applied
only 10 water Graf.
Steam engines for railroads, are o
more rec-n, invention. They were frs
employed in England some thirty year
ago. !, is about twenty-five years since
they were FIRST introduced into thi
country. These were small machines
Of the msnufacture of Losh 4 Steven
son. English mechanics. Those nov
manufactured by our own artists Ar'
vastly superior in power and beauty Il
those formerly imported. These en-
girrs are now used on all our principa
railroads, 10 the exclusion Of horse pow
er.
OF the incalcu'sble tent fits Of .iesn
power applied to navigation and ,rsns
portstion, the farmers receive The lion
.hare. Such expensive enterprises
however, could never have been ca, rie
forward exoep, by combined efforts m
associated capital.
While our own Legislature has pu'
sued = liberal policy ir granting char
,.,s 10 corporate bodies for ,h. purpor
Of building Railroads, il hs., wisely n
doubt, refused 10 involve tie State
constructing them. We therefore has
ihe benefit. Of these s,upsndous lhol
opghfsres, without the burden Of ,h,
a'ios TO the government 10 pay ih
interest, or redeem the principal of the
eou.
With such facilities fur nav igsiion an
transportation, the FARMERS have ever
encouragement, 10 90 ahead. provided
fair comp~tnion nj least. with the ol
void, can be secured IN The use of ou
oxa markets.
We has. ihss seen that combined >
fort. and unii-a ccunsrls are indisp-ni