Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-10-15
WILL 1T PAY?

Everybody asks twill it pay?" before en-
tcring upon any pursuit, or even duty.
Even ministers expect their profession to
pay well, to yield a rich reward for the
labor bestowed. Some do not expect q
full reward in dollars and cents, but they
do in virtue, religion, peace, happiness.
If man holds an Office, he expects it
will "pay" in some sense. If it does not
in goods, at least, in honor, mental profit,
or good done to others. We ought not
to do anything that does not pay, and pay
we'll. All our labors should yield good
profit. The great trouble with men is
that they do SO many things that do not
pay What man in his senses believes
that lying, cheating, gambling. drinking,
swearing, rowdyiDg, rioting, rcveling,
gluttony, meanncss, dcbauchery, tyranny,
idlcncss, folly, vanity, pride, and such
like, ever pay well? These are the
things that do not pay. And the more
Of them man does and has, the poorer
he is, the less real pay he gets
We believe, of all things, nothing pays
better than a judicious, proper education.
It pays in mental and moral strength,
pays in executive ability, in judgement,
foresight, intelligence on farm is just
as essential to triumphant success as in
the pulpit, at the bar, or in the ieglsia-
tive hall. 1t is true, that less degree Of
intelligence will raise corn, wheat, pota-
toes, but for all the uses of the farmer it
is quite as important as in any vocation
In the application Of chemistry, to the
improvement of agriculture; in applying
the laws of physiology to breeding and
rearing stocks; in adapting machinery to
the various uses of labor; in studying
and discovering the various characters
tic of fruits, grasses, grains, vegetables i;
in preserving the natural strength Of the
soil, in discriminating the qualities Of the
soil, and their adaptation to the various
products of the farm in the application
of the principles Of economy to every de-
partmcnt Of the productive industry Of the
farm; indeed, in every possible way, is
superior intelligence as useful on the
farm as anywhere else. To secure such
intelligence, education is essential One
, must be educated to be thoroughly intelli-
gent. 1t is true some educate themselves
on the farm their minds are ever active
in the pursuit of the knowledge they
, need. But the most must be educated by
books, schools, teachers and experiments,
to be- thoroughly intelligent. Now the
ground We take is, that the education of
young men and women for the pursuit of
, farm life is just as important as their cd.
ucation for teachers, or for any other pro-
fession or position. We do not believe in
educating the boys and not the girls for
the pursuits of farm life. Every farmer
wants wife as intelligent as himself.
We believe that "Iiettie Hastield," and
such as she is, are of incalculably more
use on farm than a woman entirely ig-
nOrart of her duties. Go into her house,
or upon any good farmers farm, and the
truth that intelligence pays on q farm,
would be established at once Let the
farming community awake to the interests
ofagricutural education. Valley Farmer.
THEOLOGICAL BIDLIoGRApHY.-Rev.
DR.. Malcom i, busily engaged in the prep.
aration of work for which he has made
preparations during most of his active
life. 1t is kind of Dictionary of Relig-
ious Authors-referring to all the known
writers on religious subjects, ranged un-
der proper titles, and with brief references
enabling the students to obtain and peruse
at length the works or portions of works
thus pointed out He had many thou
sands of authors named, while yO. in
Lewisburg, and his present residence,
"Leyeripgton p. O., Philadelphia" gives
him access to the great libraries of that
and other seaboard cities, and enables
him to add to the materials for their very
extensive and useful compendium or in
dex of religious authors and subjects.
Hon. Henry c. Hickok, of Harrisburg,
recently addressed meeting at Freeburg,
composed principally Of the students of
the Academy at that place. The address
is highly commended by the Middleburg
press. He has since spoken at the Lehigh
Teachers Association, Allentown; and is
to spend all this month in Warren and the
neighboring countless hard trip, for the
encouragement of teachers, and to promote
the efficiency Of schools.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCE Har.
risburg paper referring to the character Of
candidate for the State Senate, remark.
ed that he "is sterling man in all re.
spects, and will be an ornament to the
Senate" Our compositor accidently set
the word stealing for sterling, which,