Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-11-02

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= fusion. And, moreover, We ought To rejoice tha
: we live in an age when the Bible has passe
through the Seycrest ,rlcai TO which il has eve
been subjected, aud that il has come forth irOl
TINS uial shining, not only with pndinned lustre
! out with increasing brightness, David Hume a
the head ot II library clab in Edinburg prophesiet
that In 100 years the Bih!s in the minds OF on
iisntened men would stand upon the same leve
US the writings of other uninspired poets anC
philosophers OF superior genius which have come
uo"h TO US from by gone ages. century ha,
PaeseI away and the mlsity of the prophecy IL
p'o'eh' hy the iact that the Bible is now more
cherished and more read than il was then. IL
mas sIood the attacks and assaults of inidclity
iof centuries, because it is u Book adapted u
mems highest and cternnl wants. The Bible has
not even been bent by the fury Of the storm, nor
mas any of its leaves, flowers, fruits or branches
been shaken down But we observed that this
was I'm Gge Of improvement-an age of progress,
and such every thing around us bctoSens. The
new Inventions, many Of them valuable, patented
} every week, speaks to us in language too plain
to be mistaken, that man effort. andsaspirations
are onward and upward, Even 10 our new cuun.
try men OF genius urc using the natural agents
us means OF improvement. You have doubtless
seen the notice of Saadus' Steam plow which
the best Judges of machinery pronounce as sure
10 accomplish all it promises Tho inventor has
u patented, and so sure is he Of it's succeeding
that he is Offering for sale one Of the best and
finest improved plantations in Liberty county, in
order to procure means te commence the manu-
tacture OF them. We are still farther grattsd
to see that the Pennsylvania Agricultural society
has examined and report lavorably upon Steam
Plow invented by Mr.. Faukes This plow or
rather these pows worked by an engine of
some 80 horse power, have eight mould boards,
each turning Iurrow il inches in width and
inches deep, moving at the rate of miles an
hour, equal to four acres per- hour. or or near so
acres per day. Imagination cannot depict nor
sented to the mind, when We see these Steam
Plows operating upon the rich and extensive
Prairies of Texas.
When Fulton, by means OF staam, propelled
the first steamer up the Hudson the feat was con-
sidered little lees than miraculous; hut now
stem not only propcls boatsbut grinds our grain,
saws our lumber, spins and wcaves our cloth,
cooks our food, moves our printing presses,
pumps up our water, drives cars over eur Rail-
roads, and now bids fair to be potent agent in
tho hands of the farmer in cutivating the soil
In the days Of the Patriarchs we read of Ruth 8
cleaning the fields and for ages and ages past the
sickle and sythc and cradle have been tho instru |
ments used by the llushandman in harvesting his
gram. ..". .'H it'grrr crHH ,Ho work ut .".'
tyl"g stog crUola'g NO; i.iy r.ug7 since, tra
Fail was sine HHu.l agricultural inrtriw ut usai
~ .hye,umg uud 0ow we venture 4hg uuntou that
avon n grain countries aert are vo0ng men . Z
v'a.s Of .ca whD never say pnr ID peus'og
with .het.jI, horg,s l4l higu h3uYl we've useG 10
clean ,'"u.nuhc ans rtaG from the cC.c'a. nnw
tt" l'r ''"g aas..iHr 10 assTlr- . 's RS.
primitive m,jas 90, luhor iBe ur.oggwauE .u
Vlcns, io hogs, in axes. and SONS, an1 wHggons
and murtbther ag7icultUtol tools hn'o alec neen
marked nd remarkable.
DuS a lew years s,noe sno ,oou. ueoI ~ ,ro ,
thrifty house wife WAS an uncouth thing iasten |
ed to the side of the house by pegs OF pins; now
the power loom and flying shuttle are in common
usc. Now instead of plying the needle day and
night to suhserve the wants of the family, the
ingenious mechanic has invented the sewing ma.
chine, which can do the work of u half dozen
good scamstrcsses The good woman Of the house
has n machine for parching her Coffee for churn-
ing her butter, for washing her clothes, for knit
ting hcr socks for the family, indeed scarcely an
operation in or out of DOORS but can he perform
cd by II machine invented either to make labor
less Objectionable more remunerative.
In verifcation of these remarks look at the
aH kward manner in which the Mexican yokes his
OK, bv putting the yoke on the beasts neck and
fastening it to the horns by strings and thongs,
thus making the animal pull by his head and neck |
instead of his shoulders. Here truly we sec no
progress, no Improvement, though instructive
essC ms are daily presented to the intellectually
mbecile Peon but this is not the case with the
Anglo Saxon, for seize the tide in the fortunes
of men and we seize it at it its flood 80 that
it may lead us on to fortune. But we see evil
dences of improvement not only in mechanics,
but in almost everything which adds to man y hap
pness; your stock of cattle, of hogs, of horses
and sheep have been improved a hundred fold
Instead of the diminutive uncouth Mexican pony,
we now see the fine muscled steed who champs his
bit conscious of his superiority. The poor and
lean kline of Pharao being supersheded by the
Durham and Devon. The Chester and Berkshire
are drivir out of market, the long legged and
long shouted porker. The Colswell and MarIno
sheep are filling the place Of the little and
inferior breeds of sheep. In this connection you
will allow me to say that Agricultural and Me-
chanical Fairs and Associations have done mn ch
to bring about this improvement. We noticed
lately in St Louis, Mo-, that the Fair there had
offered 81 900 as premium for the finest stallion
Such an offer could not but stimulate the stock
raiser to renewed exertions in his Efforts to i'm
prove his stock, and what Is true OF the stock |
raiser true of all other avocations of the far
mer and mechanic. and cannot but congratulate /
the citizens of Ellis county in their early setting
on foot system of Fairs whose effect you Will
see from year to year on the improvement of your
stock, your implements of husbandry. indeed in
a general and universal improvement
Allow me- to say that such Associations as yours
cannot fail to do good cannot fail to effect much
in favor of any and all objects for which they com
bine In the language of an eloquent advocate
in the cause of Agriculture, what but Association
has elevated man 20 his present pround and ex-
allied position on earth. It is emphatically the
great element not only of his security and happi-
ness but of his strength in subduinS and con-
trolling the phyrical world and his almost goo
like power il scattering around him and sending
abroad even to the ends of the earth the manifold
blessings of knowledge, civilization and christi
unity. 1t is and ever has been the archemedian
ever in all enterprises of public good BY asso-
,iated efforts Rome on her seven Hills was built
md Greece rendered rreat and glorious; and Peter