The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-10-14

politics, or arts Of letters; the women O.
beauty ana genius, are the children OF
grandchildren Of farmers, and are spend
IN" yne energies which their hard, silent
life accumulated in frosty furrow. in pov
erty, III darkness, aud in necessity, in tht
Summers heat and Winters cold. Then
he has universal factory. lie who digs
and builds well and makes a stone foun.
tain, ne who plants grove Of trees By
the roadside, who plants an orchard anC
builds durable house, or even puts 8
stone seat by the way side, makes the
land lovely and desirable, and makes a
fortune which he cannot carry with him
but which Is useful to his country and
mankind long atterward The man that
works at home moves society throughout
the world. IF it be true that not BY the
fat OF political parties, but upon external
laws Of political economv, slaves are driy-
en- Gus of Missouri, ont of Texas, out OF
the Middle States, out Of Kentucky, then
The true Aboiitionist is the farmer OF
Massachusetts, who, needless Of laws and
Constitutions, stands all day in the field
investing his labor in the land and max
ing product with which no forced labcs
can il tie long run contend. The rich
man, we say, can speak the truth. 1t is
the boast that was ever claimed for wealth,
that It could speak the truth, could afol !
honesty, could afford independence of
opinion aid action, and that is the theory
Of nobility. But understand this: E: 1t is
only the rich man in the true sense who
can do thi3-the man who keeps his out
90 within his income.
The boys who watch the spindles in
the English factories, to see that no
thread breaks or gets entangIed, are cali
ed ''miEders." And in his great factory
Of our Corernician Globe, shifting its
slides Of considerations, tides and times,
bringing now the day Of planting, now
the day Of watering, now the day of reap
ing, now the day CT cIring and storing,
the farmer IS the "minder" His ma
chine is Of colossal proportions the di-
amc,er OF the water wheel, the arms OF
the lever, the power Of The battery. out of
all proportion; aud it takes him long to
understand its abilities and is working.
This pun p never sucks. Thee screws
are reyeg loose This machine IS never
out OF order. The piston and wheels and
rircs never wear ont, hut are solf-repair-
ing. Let Ie show you what are lis aids.
b, nG ec9 The f.cr-.S servants Not
the Irish, God help hin. No, but chem
'stry; the pure air; the brook the
lightning cloud; the winds that have
blown IN the interminahle succession OF
wears before he was born; the sun which
has for ages soaked the land with light
and heat, melted the earth, decomposod
the rocks md covered them with foras.s
and accumulated the stagmun which
makes the heat of the meadow The stu
dents Of all nations have in past years
been dedicating their education to uni
veraal science, and they have reformed
our school books, and our tcrminology.-
The four quarters Of the globe arc no long
ec Ea a.opc, Asia, Africa and America.
but Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nj
trogen. TIE four seasons CT the year are
row Gravi.ation, Light, Heat and Elec-
tricity. Science has been showing how
nature works in regard to the support Of
marine animals by marine plants. So
nature works on the land-on a plan Of
all for each, and each for all. You can
not detach any portion Of It's forces and
retain a perfect nature. The fame Of
fire that comes out of the cubt foot of
wood or coal is exactly the same in amount
as the light aud heat which was taken in
III the sunshine iii the form Of leaves and
roots, and now is given cut after hun
dred thousand years. Thus lie IN the
farm lnexhaustiblo magazines. The cte~-
nal rocks have held their oxygen and
lime undiminiahed and entire as they
were No particle Of oxygen can run
away or wear out, but has tie SAME eEcr-
~ as en- the first morning. The great
rocks seem to say: Patient waters are
no losers" We have not lost SO much
as a spasm Of the power we received.
The earth works for man. Il IS ma
chine which yields ueH service to every
application of intellect. Every plant IS
a manufactory Of soil. In the stem OF
the plant development b>5ins. The tree
can draw on the whole air, or the whole
earth, or the rolling main. The tree is
all suction pipe, imbibing from the ground
by its roots, from the air by Its twigs,
with all It's might. The atmosphere is
an immense distIllery, drinking in the
oxygen and the carbon from plants, and
absorbing the essence Of every solid on
the globe 1t is the receptacle from
which all things spring, and into which
all return. The invisible air takes form
and solid mass. Oar senses are sceptics
and Only believe the impressions Of the
moment. They do net believe what is
a, a.