The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-11-26

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Glas Wright u ops of biz excellent agricul-
tural aAdsesssA says the very baeis q the pros
pssity aad happiness Of action lies iD this great
| psiecipls-ssnaks farm labor iashionable A.
home Enlist the heart and intellect Of the
family in the support of ! domestic system that
viii make la6or attractive q the homestead.--
By msans ef The poverfal influences Of early
home education endeavor % invest practical
labor with an interest that will cheer the heart
ofeach member u the family, and thereby you
will give 70 your household the grace peace
re6nement and attraction which God designed
! homo should poesess.
The truth il, we must talk more, think more,
work moss, and oct more 10 reference % ques.A
lions relating 70 home. asa Hsssa 9is4s
The training and Improvement OF the physi7
cal Intellectual, social and moral powers and sem
timents Of the youth Of our country require
something more than che school house, acadc>r
my, college and university. The young mind
should receive judcious training in the 6eld, in
the garden, in the barn, in the workshop, in the
parlor. ID the kftchen-in aword, around the
hearthstone a. home. afsa
Whatever intellectual attainments your son
has acquired, be il unit to 60 forth into socie-
~ il be has mot thrown around the genial
and purifying influences of pareDts, sisters.
brothers, and the man saving influence Of the
family government The nation must look for
virtue, wisdom and strength, TO the education
that controls and shapes the home policy Of
the family circle. There can be no love Of
country where there is no love Of home. Pat
riOtism, true and genuine, the only kind worthy
Of the name, derives its mighty strength from
fountains that gush around the hearthstone;
and those who forget TO cherish the household
interests will soon learn to look with indiffcr-
ence upon the interestsof their common country.
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We must make the family governmnnt the
school, the farm, the church, the shop. the
agricultural fairs, the laboratories Of our future
greatness. We must educate our soma TO be
farmers, artizans, architects, engineers. geolo~
gists, betanists, chemists-in . word, practical
men. Their eyes must be turned from Wash
ington to their States, counties, townships, dis
tricts and homes. This is true patriotism, and
the only patriotism that will perpetually pre-
serve the nation.
Turn your head from Washington, from cus-
tom houses, from oil public Offices, except those
which emanate from the people soliciting your
services for pnhlic good. There IL dignisy in
farm labor that is not attached to any other
employment. We have seen hundreds ruined
BY waiting in expectancy Of public position, and
hundreds Of Others who we're ruined after they
obtained them.
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day, about o'clock, Mr.. Stephen Meade and his
wife entered the ring. followed BY twelve sons
and two daughters, each on gray steed, and
in the order Of their ages. They proceeded
around the ring. while the band struck up Hail
Columbia. and drew up in front Of the Exeeu>
tive, when the President made some very appro>
pirate remarks, after which The mammoth fam
lily was yociferously cheered from one side Of
the grounds to the other. We give brief
statement OF this family: The old gentleman was
born in 1892, and came to this country in 1919.
Mrs. Meade vas born in 1908. The two were
married in 1921. Tho oldest son il SO, and the
youngest IL. The Oldest daughter 10 10, and
the younger II. Eleven are married, and have
22 children. The fourteen children Of Mr..
Meade were all born in Gibson county, and oil
now live there but one, and are the best of citi>
zens. None Of tho family have died, and all new
look hale and hearty.