Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

such instanccs) they HcUcr fail TO 0utsirip the
| plow-iogging farmer who has made il the bus.
ness lit may be- Of a long lifetime. why is
this 1t is because. having better education,
they bring more mind to bear upon the bust
moss, and enter into it with an enthusiasm to
which the farmer is insensble They make
it rccrcohon--a relief from professional cares
An amusement for old age, and so enter into
It with all the oagcrness Of boys at play. II
Is with them a recreation in the truost sense
Of the word, and to the fullest extent. No.
where does the result Of education and the
influence Of intellect show itself so quickly
aud so well as on the farm--upon no system
docs it leave so strong an impress, and yet,
as class, the farmer will still skin his farm,
SOW and plant in the moon follow the same
condemned usages, and indulge the same SUI
| perstitions and prejudicos Of his father before
him, lifting up his voice in pious horror OF
"book-larnin !'
"procm 90 rroeul este prohnii"
There was a time whom tho farmers Of New
England were an influential body Of men. re-
nownod for their many virtues. They bore
themselves with all the innate but quiet digni-
ty Of ma--mcn true TO themselves and their
calling. and true to othcrs-true TO the calls
Of patriotism, steadfast in the cause of right
| in legislative halls, in the iury-box, in poll
/ tics. and in religion The "homestead" was
| a nursery Of domestic virtues and happiness.
| to which rs nurslings looked back in the tolls
/ of after life with yonoration and love. II
was as near patriarchal as any form Of do
generate dsvs and aro,nd G,e bo,rtb Stone
/ and under the shade Of the family trystRg-
/ tree grew and hourishcd every domestic vir-
tue and n patriois,n rnder he tcncb;nos of
IN
,n,p,,crs or no,,.,.J,,., ,ro cLoli,, ont nf
Gc GLOW are tbc miohty nllon !" Tho
"good man. Of tbo farm is rsrolv lo,l,d nm
/ 10 and respoctod now me- bcn and frr.liG
has become different Ein5 nj I;r WIZ ;s
This; tis bcc,,,so anil o,i,, hoc,,,so tbc
bodv of farmers ,t ,roson, e., ,,o s,r,o so,-
tion Of country have not tbc sar,o u,orou,l,
e9i,,qiiou-sjviole If IL tr,c Lrt,,rc tlolcss
thorough we'll directed education mat the
mon of old acopircd and tba4 foo ,t ,i,o
when the facilities for snre,dip,, olpc,t;on
and useful knovlcdgo worn coinn,rst;ve1v
limited Tt;s,c fact tLot;t, tho cr,,;,,, c,.r
munity of Nny-EprI,rd tbo stord,,d oc oil
ucation IL mot no bi,b ,s II v,s cigbtv. yesrs
apone. Tho C,rmors of tbose davs had morn
general ipc,rnation-n cvtopjcd and pro-
founder views of human liGo-in6ro and fresh
er ideas. They had iuster notions of moral I
ity. a correct acquaintance with the laws of
,he land cnouob to cnalJo tbem to conduct
business matters with bottor ipdgropt and
more securely than the same class of mon AT
present. who can hardly make trade with
each other ont of which a lo,v.suit MIGHT NOT
be Matched. How many ont of hundred of
them at this dav can write rcelegible hand
writing .-how many. terse intelliriblo let
teri
How many of us have seen the orcv- haired
veterans of a long. peaceful. rural Gre men
who made their mark in their day and ncner-
alton. to whom we have looked up with re-
spect-relicts of the gionts If Other davs-
going down with slow and measured pace to
the impenetrable shades. And when shall
we see their like arain Not till the stand
ard of education is raised among fine tilers
of the soil till the voung man is educated
on the farm. and for if. mi he is tauobt homo
habits and home enievmopts. FIN he has that
cultivation Of the mind tbat 6fs hin, to cniov
books and sources Of cplpro at homo ,s
relief from care and labor. lin he can ,ol;sI
siynple Measures. and needs not the ovcitemout
of the turr and tbo roisv fost;y;fos. or n IN
room for his amusement Farmers educate
vour children Give tber nricelrss boons az
which no money-pa no commercial crisis
no prowlipg incendiory or midnigbt tbicr no
human agency can rob tbcm Insriro tbom
with n Ioye far tho beautiful and to do this
toacb them that ,,a tbinr or beantv is 81 ;ov
forever bv sprrounding tbo,n Win bo,ntiG,l
objects natural and artiGral NH yo,r lay,ns
with trees md bo,utiG,l sbrubs and FRAGRANT
flowers. vour porlors. ,yitb nictrros and y,sos
and objects chat dcligbt tIe senso. and rroye
bigb sources of cnltnrc
Teach tho,o n Ioyo nr ,bo c,lti,ot;o, oc
tho Mind o,,l ,l, -, ,c H.. 1l., -.
ronnJ;n, toro ,,;,L ,D. .o.1olJ'Lo',! l
procnrng for tbo,n ~ ,ntor;n'. nv oni;., ,i,
rpod to,cbors rbis $50, a., a,.,,,,l ,L;,S1,,
teal and yisionor,, as rola,;,,, 80 $50, L,,,
It is pracdcobIo tbing-morc foas;bio anon,
rrraI;st. ,la,, ae."e - "', ~,
farmer can do much more in this way for his
children than the care-worn faded man of
profession, whose brain is always ovcrheated,
and whose time is too much occupied to pay
the necessary attention to these minutiw
am aware that these things cost money, and
If really thoroughly entered into, will take
large dividend out of the yearly revenue, but
it will pay you better than any bank stock or
bond and mortgage Make your home beau
tiful and pleasant to your childron-make It
the eysium of their childhood and youth