Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-10-16

thc Cdi'n- uss iaAiSSL lsuu on bou
earth, whose sky is bluest and climate
most genial, when its imperial seven billed
city was the centerpoint Of the worlds
energy in art and arms, was the most
highly cultivated. Its most learned men /,
its most enlarged statesmen, its most gift
cd pOets-'.Tully who wrote, and Marius
who sung'-its most famed warriors and
most eloquent orators-all united, BY pre-.
eept and By example, in urging on to per-
fection the art and science of Agriculture.
In sncient times the sacred plough eul ploy,d
| Thr kings and ss ful fathers Of mankind:
Aud some, with whoin compared, your insect tribes
I Ar but the o,ings of a summers day,
f iIave held the scale Of empire; ruled th. storm
oi mighty war; ti-n With unse'red hand,
Disdnining little delicasies seized
The plough, and, greatly independent lived
1t is said Of the ancieu. Persian Kings,
that once month, they left the grandeur
Of their princely homes, the pomp and
state ofroyalty, to associate and eat with
the husbandmen Of their realm, thus do
ing homage to the horny hand and hum.
ble lot Of those from whom they drew
their wealth and power Once year, in
the spring, the Emperor of China with his
Dobles and the princes of his household
60 forth into the fields and plough.
Agriculture gives employment to the
best physical energies and highest mental
faculties. 1t calls into its aid, either d.
rectly or indirectly, much of all the know.
ledge We attain in this world. All other
arts and sciences are its handmaidens to
minister unto it. Zenophon calls it the
nursing mother of the arts.
God has created a grand and beautiful
world for US to dwell in, " framed in all
things to mans delightful use" The age
Of unlabored production was but of the du-
ration Of a flower, and existed in
but one spot, "ehosen by the sovereign
Planter" for those he created 10 innocence
and purity. 1t passed away when our
nature was blurred BY siu, and Eden was
blotted out the Earth With the sweat
Of our brow and the rack of our brain,
mustwe eat our bread until the End comes.
Yet, BY labor, the eursins is turned to
blessing-the curse of the thorn and the
thistle turned to the Blessing of the fruit
and the flower
The condition of the industrious, Chris.
tisn Farmer, is the very best for receiving
the results of bis labor. 1t can not be
said, that every good he receives, is the
result, strictly, of labor, before hand paid.
This may be seen from au illustration.
But, before that, he must have strength
Take a piece of ground in a state
of nature. The farmer clears it,
cultivates it, and receives its fruits.
and judgment, the sun m1st shine, the
rain descend, and the air act its part on
it; all Of which God has given him before
hand. His labor, that by which he mer.
its its fruits, is at the same time that
which is most conducive to his physical,
intellectual, and moral well being. His
labor, then, is nothing, compared with
what has been given him beforehand-so
little is the price. His intellect is drawn
out and cultivated. ''Independen. of the
practical value of knowledge of the
principles on which the art of Agriculture
depends, the mind of the farmer should be
cultivated, as we'll as his fields, and, after
the study of Gods moral revelation, what
is better fitted to improve the intellect
than the Investigation of the mode BY
which He produces a change in the mate
rial universe The living operations Of
nature are the chief sources of al our
knowledge, which every farmer has the
opportunity to watch, while at the same
time it is to the interest of his business.
All nature has a tongue
To teach him knowled-r his soul but strung
To catch the lesson poured upon his
Der the broad world the rays OF truth are Sung
To chow him things in their proper light
The sun speaks TO him from his awful height,
Aud the son moon throned on the realm Of night.
The stars looked down upon him. too, though
They sought TO WOO him, with Il cir gentle light,
Upsari 70 God
The winds, the clouds, the rver-vsrying sky,
Hours day-. nights. months, and seasons they ay
In quick succession. through their circling
The summer leaves that fade, and flowers that die
Employ his thoughts NEyIS.
To him who, in the love Of Nature, holds
Communion with her visible forms. she speaks
varying language; For his esyer hours
She has voice Of gladness, and a smile
And rlo4uruce of bcanty aud she gilies
Into his darker musings with mild
And gentle sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness, ere he Is aware. BRrANr-
There is beautiful ancient fable Of 10,
a priestess of Juno, who unfortunately for
her was beloved BY Jupiter. When Ju-
piter found himself exposed to the jealous
suspicious of the shrewish Queen of Heav-
cn, he changed 10 into white COW, aud
swore to his spouse that he had not been
unfaithful to her. uno,preteuding to be-
leve him, asked for the COW as present.
Jupiter, never equal to his quick wit;ed
wife, had to comply, and on his delivering
her, Juno set the all seeing Argus" to
watch her. He bound her to an olive
tree in the grove of Mycenae, and kept
guard over her Jupiter, plying
her, charged Mercury, the God OF