Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-06

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to brake them. Thus demonstrating that
their union laid in their strength. Yes
fellow citizens, union has ever been, and
still remains the watchword of every
true American; by it we are permitted
to gaze with true National pride upon
the stars and the stripes which this day
so beautifully unfurl themselves to the
gentle breeze.
Let US remember that we live IN the nine,
teenth century; an epoch in the history
of the world, marked by the most aston
ishing developments in arts and science
(thus far) of any period that has hitherto
preceded it-that the march of improve.
ment is onward, and that every day
brings forth tidings to our ears of some
new and valuable invention to be added
to our stock already acquired, or the dis
covery of some hitherto unknown princi,
pie in the laws of nature which God in his
wisdom has seen fit to conceal from man
for the space of over six thousand years.
1t is only as of yesterday that we beheld
with admiration the plan by which i'm
portant messages were telegraphed from
hill top to hill top, the whole length of
their routes far supercediRg the former
mode, which was by express, at great Ia
Dor and expense. Who then, dreamed
that the very lightning of Heaven was
only waiting until science should deyel-
ope to man, that he was endowed by his
Creator with the power and the right to
call forth its agency to transmit his mes
sages, with all its characteristic speed, to
the uttermost ends Of the universe.
The stage coach was but recently look.
ed upon as a great public convenience
But who, at this day, purposing to per.
form a journey of some two thousand Or
or three thousand miles, would think for
moment employing such an agency =?
when at no point in his journey would he
be without the hearing OF the shrill wills.
tie of the locomotive, or the still hoarrs-
ser notes of the iron horse, as he speeds
his way over river and mountain, hill and
dale, to his place Of destination.
That lady, too, who from early dawn
until she snuffed the midnight lamp
faithfully plying her needle with all the
industry peculiar to her sex, when min
istering to the comforts of those held
dear by the bonds of union, or by the
ties of blood, little knew that there was
in embryo little machine, that so soon
should be given to the world, by which
the labor Of day could be wrought in a
single hour.
The Farmer, too, who with bending
limbs beneath the rays of July sun
who with the simple implement of a
scythe, or scythe and cradle, moved
down the fields of grass and grain, has
but recently learned that the best posi-
BILE manner of hanging scythe, is to
hang it in the top Of a tree while he re-
clineS beneath the shade of its bows and
listens to the enchanting music of the
machinery that is doing the work. We
might enumerate the cotton gin, the steam
engine, and host Of other machinery by
which all the business operations of life
are made more easy, and by which many
kinds of clothing are furnished at less
than was formerly the price of weaving;
but we forbear.
There are some facts, at least, in re
gard to implements, that have entirely
been superseded by better, that are
as familiar to us as household words. The
ordinary spinning wheel has found an
obscure hiding place in some niche in the
garrett; and if the worldly effects of its
possessor were to be put up at public auc
ton this day, it would not bring more
than one cent for each dollar Of the money
invested in its purchase. The wooden
mould board pillow, no longer finds a
shelter under the humblest shed. The
fail is an institution of by-gone days,
and the farmer would almost as soon
think Of eating his bread in the sheaf, as
to think of using such an instrument of
torture in its preparation.
In short, we believe the Agricultural
Society, properly regulated, stands in the
same relation to individual enterprise, as
do the recent and valuable improvements
of our day, to those by which we were
formerly compelled to perform our labor.
1t is at the Agricultural Society that
we We may obtain many useful hints
Here are samples of the best kinds of
machinery now in use the best kinds Of
stock that have found their way among
US, with an invitation for better to come;
the best variety of vegetables and of seed.
By what PROBLEM in Eucled can be
demonstrated the value Of a single idea
that perchance may be obtained on this
Fair Ground. 1t was by single impulse
of the mind that Christopher Columbus
was prompted to seek the discovery of a
continent, which has opened to civiliza-
ton and Christianity, this mighty country,
of which we are the happy recipients.
We consider the agricultural asSocia-
ton one OF the most powerful and eff
cient means of begetting spirit of hon
orable emulation throughout all the
departments of life, and of stimulating
the people to vie with each other in the
different pursuits to which they are at
tached. Yet, we regret to be under
the necessity Of admitting some few ex-
ceptions, wherein persons, from the natu-
raj Partially of the human heart in favor
Of self, come here with a determination
to assume the right to be the sole judges
of their own productions, and who be-
come Jealous and dissatisfied, provided
premiums are not awarded to them, for
getting that it is at variance with every
principle of sound reason, as well as all
jurisprudence, for any individual to be
constituted his own judge, and that any
Agricultural Society which should award
a premium to every article that should be
offered, irrespective of merit, would be
an anomaly under the sun. Let US there
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