The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-21

should be patented by the Government. This
churns not excepted. We have our Colleges
and Seminaries Of learning for the education
of the young men and young women and they
are well; but how often is it the case that
the result of their teaching leads their pupils
to put false estimate upon manual labor
how often is it that many of those who join
the learned professions; for the want Of pro-
fessional engagements, set upon store boxes
whiue and talk politics rather than betake
themselves for livelihood to physical toll
While we would not underrate the value and
necessity Of these institutions Of learning, We
would say that the noblest edifice you could
rear on this American Continent, that which
would be the most lasting in its benefits and
most enduring in its fame; would be onin which
Lectures should be delivered and knowledge
imp arted, to the youth of our land Of both
sexes, in all the Departments Of this Heaven
blessed field Of human labor. When the ariat.
omy and quality of every domestic animal
could be known without trip to Europe.
had almost said that it was a disgrace to
our country that we had not in the whole land
even one agricultural museum! And if it
were not for the Treatise of DR.. Youatt, an
Englishman, we could not even read about
the diseases and anatomy of the horse the
most valuable of all domestic animals. 1t is
time we had taken step in this matter and
no longer suffer this stigma to rest upon our
country. t9 t.5.g .s
On the Banks of the picturesque Hudson,
not fat from the City of New York, you may
behold lighthouse, musket and cannon ball,
and all the "pomp and circumstance Of war;"
on inquiry what does all this mean, you will
be told, that is "West Point" where young
men are educated at the expense of the Gov
ernment for the battle field! And If you will
stop on the Banks OF the Potomac amidst that
grand scenery at Harper's Ferry; you will
see in narrow valley between the river and
the mountain, a long row of costly stone
buildings; you will hear the noise of many
hammers and the whiz of busy machinery
your curiosity is excited and you 60 in for
you may; and what do you see-all the I'm.
plements of war ready for use-all made
there, you would think enough to supply all
the armies of the world. Who pays for all
this! Uncle SAINT is all under his tender
care. While we give no opinion upon this
occasion as to the propriety of these work.
shops Of human destruction in this age oil
christian civilization; is it not demanding e.
nongh to say that an equal amount OF the
revenues of this government should he ex.
pended in the promotion of the interests oI
agrculture--give it the dignity and influence
Of Governmental patronage, and young men
who have "West Point" appettes, and thirst
for military glory, will learn that the road to
usefulness is through the instrumentali,y oi
this fright arm'' of the nation.
Ifyou, Gentlemen, Managers of the Agri.
cultural Society, accomplish the noble end
you have in view--if you can enlist the th-.
ty-fve hundred farmers in Belmont County in
favor ol this enterprise-in favor of bringing
to light the treasure and prosperity that now
lies unconscious in our hills and valleys; you
will make our County not only the first in the
State, but the home of every comfort and ev.
cry virtue.
Take comprehensive view of this whole
subject, encourage and protect the glorious
work Of cultivating the earth and beautiiyina
and adapting it to the uses Of man. Let the
star of Agriculture be in the ascend ant. Lib
erty and good govern ment every where pre-.
vail; and Peace and plenty will bless the ma.
tions of the Earth.