Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22
The Farmer.

ny matter-oi-iact suggestions;
e" The farmer has gr'at life, aud a great
appetite and health. and means ior his end
lie has broad land in which to place biz
home lie has wood 70 burn gryat fire.
lie has plenty or plain ioOd. Ills milk AT
lcas, Is not va,ercd. lie has sleep, better
and more Of il than men in cities. But ID,
farmer has grand irus, eon6lcd to him Ia
the great household Of nature The farmer
stand. at the door Of every family and
weighs 10 each their life IL is for bin u
sAv whether men shall marry or not Ear
ly marriages aud the number Of births arc
indiSsolubly connected with abundance, or
a. Burke said-' Man brccls az the mouth
The farmer Is The Board Of Quarantine he
ha. not only the life but the brcaih of 9th.
sr. in his keeping. lie j. the capital %
health as his farm j. the capital ot wealth
And il is from him and his influences that
the worth and power, moral and entellcc,u.
al. of the cities comes. The city is aluay.
INETAlA'A lFNA4 tNN NNAutAg A"N a-'" ''
the elite. who are the centrs of energy, the
driving wheel. in trade or politics. or arts
or letter.. The women Of beauty and genius,
arr the children OF grandchillren ot hrmers,
and are spending the energies which their
hard, silent life accumulated in frosty fur.
row. IN poverty, in darkness. and IN neccs-
sity, IN the summer beat and winters cold.
Then be has universal factory. he who
Dig and builds well and makes a stone
fountain. who plants grove Of trecs by the
roadside. who plants an orchard and builds
durable house. or even puts stone seat
by the wayside, makes the land lovely and
desirable. and make fortune which be
cannot carry with him, bot which s useful
% his country and mankind long afterwards.
The man that work. at home moves society
throughout the world. n it Dc true that
not BY the Cat Of political parties but upon
external laws o. political economy, slaves
ars driven out Of Missouri, out " rcIas, ou,
Of the Middle S,aies, out Of Kentucky, then
the true abolitioni,, j. the farmer Of Massa-
ehusctts. who hecilcss Of laws and constitu.
iion.. stands all day in the Geld investing
his labor IN the land and making a proiuet
with which no forced labor can IN the long
run contend. The rich man, we say, cAa
speak the truth. IL i the b1Ast that was
ever claimel Tor wealth, that il could speak
the truth. could AFFORD honesty, could afford
independents Of opinion and action, and
that g. the theory Of nobility. Bu, under
stand this II i only the rich man in the
true sense who can 30 this tho man who
keeps bis outgo within his income.
"Wh0 are tho farmers servants? Not
the I.ish. God help him. No, but chemis-
try che pure air. the watsr-brook; the
lightning cloud tho winds that have blown
in the intcrmiuabl, succession Of year. b.
fore be was born the sun which has iJr
ases soaked the land with light and heat,
melted the earth. i,comT5ssi tAo rocks ani
covered them with lJr,sts, and accumulated
the stasuum whi,h makes the h,as Of the
meadow The students o. al nations have
in ras, year. been dcdigaiins their cduc1.
ton o. universal science, and they have r.
formed our school-books, aud or old term
Inoloey. The four quarters of the globe ar,
No longer Earope, Asia, Africa and Ameri'
ca. but Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nj
tros,n. The four SEASONS Of the year are
now Grayitation. Light. Heat and Electric.
ity. Science has been showing how nature
works in regard 20 ihe support Of marine
animal. BY marine plants. Sonaiurc works
on the laui,- plan Of all for each, and
each .or all. You cannot deiach any P0r'
ton Of it, forces aud retain a perfect nature
The Hame OF Ere that comes out Of the cubic
ioot Oi wood Or coal is exactly the same ia
amount as the light and heat which wa'
taken ia In the sunshine in the form OF
leaves aud roots, and now is given out after
a hundred thousand years. Thus he in TOE
farm ius1haus,ible magazines. The eternal
rocks have held their oxygen and lime un'
diminished and entire as they were. "
particle Of oxygen can run away or veal
out, but has the sane energy as on the frst
morning. The great rocks seem 10 say
patient walters are no losers" We hay,
not los, 50 much as a sPasm Of the power
We received.
"The earth works 70, nan. Il isama.
chine which yields new service 20 every ap.
rli-r'r7 ~ i0'e'lsct. Every plan; is a
u. .oil. In the stem Of ib,
.asnt begins. The tree car
l..s whole air. or the whole earth
or the I..ling main. The tree j. all suction
T.rs. imblbing from the ground BY its roots
is.m the air BY its twigs, with all IL might
The atmosphere j. an immense distillery
drinking in the oxygen and the carbon frOu
plants, and Absorbing the essence Of every
solid on the globe. Il is the receptacle from
which all ,hings spring aud into which oil
return. The invisible air takes form anJ
solid mass. Our senses are sceptics. ant
only believe the impressions OF the moment
They DO not believe Wha; Is demonstrated
TO them-that these vast mountain chain,
are made Of gas-es and rolling wind. They
do not believe, what Is true, that ons-halI
the rocks which compose the great globe
every sold substance, the soils We cultivate