The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-03-27
Agricultural.
The GIiEGstGEc.

St''ute Farmers Club in \. Y. city Solon
Robinson made the following pilhy speech
about the Use and abuse Of grindsioncs lie
said:
The grindStonc is not such an unnnpor,.
ant subject of discussion by Farmers Club
as Some persons, without r. fcctinn. may
| think. What could farmer do without i;
| In fact, IT is, instead of being unlmportant.
The moS important implement ever brought
| upon farm. Show ne farmer that does
moi own Il erindSor", und | will prove TO
you by thousand witnesses If any other is
needed. out of his own mouth and upon his
| own iarIn that he is a poor Shftlrss thrift
less, fellow. Pray tell me what more pitnhlr
| ming, What dtrcgat3ry TO his character and
/ ahllly 10 1--we like man am"hg men could
| you say OF one who claims the name Of Turner
as 'ht justly proud prefix 10 Ills own cugno
men, than to say - Poor fellow. he has got
no grnd.innc g. Some person has sand
| lha' he could mca>"re civilization by the
! Quantity Of soap used ! can m,a>u,c it b,
better 'tcht--it is the grndSione test
| Hhc was an early settler. SO early that
| had no Nh'r ncig bors in the north west
! county Of Indiana and no customers ,orm
rhandizr I'm the Wild PItawata,nir Indians
| wa" were very dirty unciyilizrl ,ibr--the
last you would lhink, ever to wash hem.
solves | sold them many bar Of soap. hu,
| never gr'nd>toue. AT later pcriod had
a good many white customers civilized ONES
as was proved by the fact that. " lille selling
one box Of soap, | sold whole wsgnn.lond
ct srludSt"nes. These wcre hard customers
| they h'ught the means TO sharpen heir axes
chopped Their own wood aud burnt it upon
| Their own hearth stones and nade their own
soap. Soap may be MI evidence of clyilixa-
ton-i' is net certain une-but the grind
stone test never failed 'Nether did il ever
TAI! IN the proof OF a good farmer If his
gIlndSt"ne Is all right. so is even v,hing else
! It 1t Is an old Stacking allsir hung with a
loose wooden staff and rotten crank. with "a
l'nb OF all apple tree for handle, upon II
frame cropped ap. one Corner on dilapldatel
Stone wall without n rough to hold water
and .bcgonr squeak and gIoan when
| 1t is PIT NJ on duty you need rot look any
further nt'e' that mans character lie will
grind il ont for on-,f you will turn upon
hat miserable excuse for a erndSone Do
you happen to kaow fellow who is noio
rlously poor. miserable slack, 90 dlv
come day slow and easy sort If q noted,
N"u may set i, down as go>I Il tIuih that he
nlc excuse for one noentpd upon the dilaui
dated frame that leans against the old
stone wall -no. not even one that runs upon
"otrhts cut III two fence rails l,an,d against
he back side Of the house, OF rested across
Ia corner of pis pen, he fac smile of winch
YOU can find in a thousand hills and vail,
throughout this land IF civilization Fnu,4h
# July patriotism and ernd>unrS Talk
at nd
y"nr sharp scv hes. and Teen axes not one
# them could i've us h. or kept in p,i,r with
ont tn" G,iiidS,ont. TIL the farmer ahou'
li' advantage Of Sharp. spades and hoes hui
how Is he to keep them sharp without this
most Indispensable Of all implements of hus
hand'r. he grindN'on" Talk abouS the
di>r"miortS of smoky house and Seeding
n,tc-that is not the real cause of The scold
| III. 1t is duh ak and a dull butcher knife
For want ufa sharp AK, You don pitch IN
20 that hard StaS"n,d old log that contains
, some Of the best fuel in the world but 90 10
work lik an unrivilztd Pnfawatamie and
knock up some old rotten w,od with your
dull AK. and that instead Of making fire
makes a smoke. which SourS he rood WITS
emper, which finally. ifthe wood does not.
burst INTO flame when She attempts. with
dual knife. to cut meat for the breakfast Of
poor shif,le>s, good for no,hing fellow
who is trying To live IN The word without u
grlnd>tone Think Of it--living without
grind>tone! Why. man might a. well
think Of living III revival times without a
Bible AS TO live wljhou, GRIN Sone
should want no better evidence of his hca
theniSm If he lacked one then if lie lacked the
other. Tha, is, if h" lives in the country in
cottage or farm house, where he is not like
us here in the city, surrounded with SharpcrS
always ready 20 give hun u keen edge. or
get hum by Some speciouS plea or another To
Jun their stone when they have an ak to
e,ind. You have all heard OF that figure of
speech grinding the face Of the poor. II
ought to bc made a reality upon every poor
devil who keeps such grindSone as | have
described upon his promises. | would grind
h'm until his wits were Sharpened Snhicen,
10 make hi,n get better g,ind,tone. There
is another Old saw holding his nose to the
g'lndStone. Can ALMOST tcel the Scab ON
inlne now from the early and cruel h,lhius
OF Ii when was boy over one Of those hard
hearted gllndstoneS that ate only owned bv
hard hearted men. because they will stand an
immense amount of turning without wearing
away, 1t is no matter that they wear away
the soul of the boy at the crank he is
hii'a IVY ara Ntlat DuAflcSSS mas u Ilfcn
boy to have sonl And if he has i, was
hired TO wear away, while the g,lndstonr
costs money. So does the time hat is was
ted, but the old fngy that owns the grind
stone has not soul enough to apr, catr that
and SO year after Year he wears away the
precious jewel upon his miserable OLD hard
hearted gIindslone. Win men ever learn
what an Hhuo" tins Is Of good hing? viii
farmers allow me to press upon then to think
that they never bad. never can have upon tn.
farm p'tcc Of machinery Of 80 much impor-
lance one that pays so great ie,cenIage
upon, It's cost As a first rate erindslune. A
erlndstone. did say? might say dozen
there are farms whore il would be the hight
oi economy t. own Il drz,n. of various shapes
and siz,s. of various purposes some station
airy. and Some rorla bic; some driven y
steam water, horse or dog powers, some by
hand and some rigg,d with ircadle so as
to he turned by the foot: hut no one, great
or small should ever be hung upon wooden
shaft. or ever gi,ea So Q he when turned.
In 'act, the grilidStone should bt kept AS
well tuned as the piano; and no piece of
machinery should be made to run smoother.
and none ever did run smoother than a stone
well hung upon wcll-oled friction rollers -
just such one as every good farmer has al
ready, Ur VIII have, as soon rs b, reads This |
discussion upon the uses and abuses Of The |
m,