The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-08

OF in your philosophy These are bot the
shadows which coming events have cast before
them. The wave which will bear US onward,
has not .hed rs. But we feel It swelling be-
meath us, and see its lofty crest in the distance.
In little while, il will lift us nearer the stars
than We ever expected 10 be in this life.
Bot how are Agricultural Societies to help
this cause? | answer, mach every way. NO
great change has ever been wrought in the hab-
its Of any people, without united effort. Po-
hical principles, moral reforms, religion ltSeli,
are spread only by societies. AS bundle OF
sticks, tied together, IS stronger than any SePar-
ate stick, 50 is the united effort Of an organized
body OF men more powerful than any seperatr
efforts which can be made by the individual
members. When you have building TO raise,
you 60 not invite your neighbors TO come at dli-
tereHt times, and request each one to take
liit By himself In that way they might break
their backs without doing YOU any good. The
building will never go up, nnless they all hit
together II agriculture is to be elevated, It
can only be done by a simultaneous lift. At
such raising Yon can well afford to spend all
the amt that is required.
The emulation excited by such society,
though very important and useful in It's effects,
is the least Of its advantages. The County So
cirtirs are in communication with the State
cletv, and with one another. A good thought
might be made to travel among them almost as
fast as the telegraph could carry it, and hum
bug exposed by one need never trouble the rest.
A the societies in tbe State are, in fact, bat
one and you have the multiplied strength Of
all to aid you in any enterprise you wish to
carry. But the great purpose they serve, is
seen in these periodical exhibitions They are
the best means ever vet invented, of collecting
the evidences, and satisfying the people on the
whole subject. The world is full of mposure.
No man but fool would change his mode Of
cultivation, or throw away his old implements
for others, unless be hac1e that he was doing 50
for the better. How can he know, unless be
has an opportunity Of examining Seeing is
believing. Here, all the Successful expert
ments made in the whole county, tand many Of
those made risewhere,l are annually brought
together, and subjected to public inspection;
and for each oar OF them, yGn have the sensl-
bic and true avouch of your own eyes. il was
we'll said, in an address delivered here aboGt six
months ago, that We come here not to hear ar
guments, but to see facts, and lock at demon
STATIONS.
is not a mere voluntary association Of private in
divduals, but a public institution established,
protected and guarded by law. Some of YOU
may not know, that the profits OF its exhibitions
have already made it rlch One OF its officers
told me, few weeks ago. that ii had about
forty thousand dollars in It's treasury. Forty
thousand more were probably added last week,
at Philadelphia. It is proposed TO invest tins
fund, or portion Oft, in the purchase ola large
farm, and to establish school there, at which
scientific aud practical agriculture will be fully
taught and presume without any expense 10
the pupil, except the labor he btStowS on the
farm. Half dozen such schools may be
iablished, in the course Of the next ten years.
and it Will perhaps, be your fault, If you do not
have one in this part Of The State.
Every citizen has an interest in this institu-
toni mean the State Society You have
legal right to be represented in IFS councils, aud
should ses that you are. l DO not know, or be
lieve, that il has vet been touched by any man
who is not perfectly honest It's active members
are certainly far above suspicion. Bul its inHds
are swelling rapidly, and il seems very difficult
in these times, to have much treasure deposited
any where, so safely that thieves xiii not break
trough and steal. Somerset County-and eve
~ son that claims her for bis birthplace, Or
his abode, may speak it with honest pride-has
never produced public drfauter, and her peo-
pie never knowingly sanctioned an act Of bad
faith. From he highest to the lowest Of her
officers, every one, for sixty years, has settled
clean account. In the glory of this enviable
distinction she stands almost alone. K is fit
that such County should he Well represented,
where there is d common fund that needs
watching.
There are some other topics which ought not
to be- overlooked on such an occasion as this.
Butt have ALREADY taxed your patience more
than intended.
The future Of this great country is full of ex-
citiog hope. But il depends entirely on the
tilers of the soil, whether that hope shall be
realised, or not. The neglect to improve our
agriculture will be followed by the decay Of all
else that we ought to cherish, in morals and
government, as well as in arts. Mexico has
gone al! to pieceS-the property Of her people
is the spoil of robbers, and their liberty the play
thing OF tyraut-Simply because her aIricui-
tare is halfa century behind the age But for
this she would have had an independent and
stable government to-day, and might have laugh
ed to scorn the force we sent against her in the
late war. 4 we'll cultivated soll produces not
only grains, grasses, and fruits, but another, and
far more precious crop--men-Tuen who know
their rights, and dare maintain them-a bold,
honest, and intelligent peoPle-the just pride,
and tie sure defence Of every nation.
On the other hand it startIes the Imagination
to think what we may become IN few years,
if we adopt the improvements already made,
and keep pace with those which are yet to be-.
We have the grandest field to work upon that
was ever opened TO the industry Of man. A
territory is ours, stretching through every vare-
~ Of cIirnale and soil from tie Mheat Lands oG