Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-12-15

as piece OF land, and hired it tiled, he overS
'lr Ing the concern. Hearing of what oro
We ported TO be an excellent sind of beans
IL obtained Il few ior seed. and with Good 4,
TO OF hard labor caused them to be planted
er ter they were planted, he was called e.,
II home, and did not return until thew had aor
+ up AS soon as he returned, he FASTENED
IS the held to see his beans; to see them y
loiding their leaves; I've all know how
o would talk about it-but what was his .
Il 'onlsament and vexaton to find that soma y,
l. as he supposed, had turned them al III ",o ~
end upwards. He Immediately charged # T.
f Ills man, thinking he had done it because
5 was fearful that this new kind of beans wonl
Increase his labors. He called him and .
verey reprimanding him, ordered him n tur
me beans all back again; "for." said h,
we may be able to save few of them
J NO tllk on the part of the "sgnoront labo,
en-" could induce him to believe that han
did actually grow so. So the poor beans u
nao 10 De " turned" Very many who pre-
tend much learning concerning our ealing
and volunteer to give us i .struction. do ne .
actually "know beans!"
Receipts and Rights for making soeci.
Fertilizers have been sold for hig7, nr;ces
which have proved of little worth. We al
recolect how, a few years since, NJ BON
ner's Book upon this subject, met with a laro,
sale In this town. One OF the old farmer,
of this place bought the book, among The
rest, and after having it in his house for a
tlmc-long enough to find out that he had
got to kill all of his cattle in order to star,
the compost.heap-he was visited by the mas.
tor OF the Society to which he belonged, and
after talking tor time about stock, and
grain, and the general prosperity of the So.
clety, the conversation took a more exalted
turn, and they commenced to talk of angels
Some one in the company remarked, :. that
angels dld not now, as formerly, visit the
EARTH, The pastor replied that 9 it was not
cessary, as we now have the Bible to teach
US Us our way The farmer who bought Mr.
boomers book, very gravey affirmed that he
he had been visited by an Angel. The pas
TOR was surprised, and inquired in regard to
the circumstances. Why said the farmer,
few weeks since | bought Mr.. Bonners
book tor making Special Fertilizers, and paid
three dollars for it. | bought it of man
VINO claimed to be an Angel; or at least. he
sald his name was Angel, and if all angels
visits are like that one, | hope they will al.
ways remain few and far between There
has been SO much of this kind of detention
mat 1t Is hardly matter of surprise chat it
mas come to be regarded by farmers general
" that If man possesses sufficient knowl.
cage OF the employment to be able to use the
! ols skllltully, and also strong physical
rame' he is specially fitted for successful
armer. This might be measurably true in a
country where the soil was very fertile, and
'eeds only to be titled, in order to produce
IN abundant harvest; but where the soil has
'een robbed of its crop-bearing elements, it
equlres more thought better understand.
ng OF the nature of the exhaused elements
ma OF the grains and fruits grown. The
10 m can destroy the costly odifce which re.
lulred the study of the wise architect to
onstruct' The brutal soldier can set FL to
nd reduce to ashes a city which required the.I
wisdom of many men to build. It
osts but little mind to destroy / TEMPLE, but
well-dlsclpined one to arrange the plan
nd .superintend its building Il costs but
tile mind to rob Nature Of its beauty, but
return that beauty again, needs skiIful |
aud. 1t costs but little mind to ta,e from
'o soil its natural fertility, but 10 return
lat again, requires the etfolts of the think
g man. Now every other profession or
ade has advanced towards perfection lust in
oportlon as Mind has been brought to bear
BON it. Can there he reason given vbv
griculture should not
Now war is nearly as ancient an occuna.
On as Agriculture. What mighty changes
IND has wrought here! For lone time
ute strength was the only force applied to
tam victory. Afterwards, mind brought
flected Implements into the field, and mere $
lSoular force ceased to be so highly esteem G
: How Insignificant would have been the $
nder person of Louis Napoleon, who has i
'upled SO prominent position in the affairs s
the world, for few years past, side BY a
e with those old heroes who battered down II
>, walls OF Troy. Yet how long would a p
lnon' even, OF those old giants stood before i
rliled cannon and sword bayonet of the
ench army? That bloody page in the last D
miners history testifes that ten thousand q
murdered and mutilated easier now than q
CIV score in days of yorc. In this fact t
'ce-men may take courage; for when mind tt
SO perfected the implements of destruc- ft
that 1t Is almost certain death to all en- n
,lng In 1t, then nations will learn war no cI
re. .,
What changes Mind has wrought in Com. ii
rec, the carrier of Agriculture. Steam, 10
eh tor ages laughed, as it gurgled forth. Ii
The feeble efforts of man and beast. and SC
wind, as it Topped the sails of the slowly til
ddlng vessel, Mind has trained to turn the pt
cells OF the mighty steamship, and those W
azy crafts that once cautiously crept from a,
dland to headland,' are superseded by b.
ft-salling vessels. Old Oceans broad til
res have lost half their dimensions, and an
hty continents have been brought half 0
over Mind has put steam into the til
ss of the iron-horse, and the products DC
people of the world rush rapidly over the II
way, as it comes putting out of its nos fr,
:. Hence the old >tage-man and the NO
Stage Road arc no more, and that army an
eamsters, who once thronged the taverns lie
ated on all our main roads, every two or fer
e'mles, have engaged in other occupa- M,
$. In Manufacture it has offered its aid, ap
yarrottng the little wheel. over which to
mothers sang, and the old hand loom, as
its reeds and shuttles, to make room for Sc,
Spinnng-Jenny and the Power-Loon, SD
nng away the whole business of changing sci
fibre into fabric, from the amily fre-side no
he spacious hall, and is now rapidly ef ma
ing another change, by Introducing ,eam. an