, 1860-06-01

| OF *uaf! And who know pothlnKt beyond
crossing themselves and uttering sensalesa ejsc-
remain to Cur political parties merely vote on
election d ~; to religion Stare and contrib
! utor to gaudy cathedrnla; 10 Tbs law rebel and
sworn entmy; to tie world hod or pick
axe? Yes-if the abomlnable Democratic ahe-
ory prevail, that the l4horer CAD only be brute
and drudge; no-d he is to be an intelligence
Another fact stazes grimly at ua- The very
men who, more than ali others, should under
| stand the Laws Of nature; the men whose daily.
avocatton is terrible grip for life or death with
the law. Of gras.ation, with the dens1sy aad
strength Of matter, with the center Of gravity,
with the motion aud recall; The men who, IN
housetops, on bridges, on vessels, in mines, are
continually treading on the verge OF: precipices
| or walking on thin and treaeherous covering Of
powerful and relentless force.-'hese are the
men, who absolutely know least about such
dies, who, from the cradle to the grare, peshaps
never once com~i in vltsl contact with she forces
OF nature, are thoroughly yersed in the seen.
\ ees bnrthis poor and defencefets Celtic brother
must take his lie in his hand and 60 forth to do
Or die. and now, alter centuries Of exposure 10
danger, be has discovered no other safeguard
than crossing himself and devouty mumbung
silly phrases.
Go wherever we will in ttis country, and the
wheels OF our progress are bespattered ~1.h the
blood Of Calbol,c -'ehmen. As We drive along
turnpikes, our car1iages rattle orer their bones;
as we are carried on railroads. behind thunder
: ing iocomotises,: we are borne upon iron which
entered their very souls; We tear along through
tunnels and oyer vleduc's hitch have be en- bnp-
tit ed in their blood. When The ancients cotl-
menced any great pubic work, they sacrificed
bu Is and rams; but when we tunnel u noun
TAN Or erect great building, Or construct q
!ast bridge. or elnk deep shaft into mine, a
whole hecatomb Of these poor men oGer them.
fe1ses a. sacrifice upon the blood stained a.
tars Of ignorance. And must these things con.
tinue to be, right in the forefront olour boastcd
civliiz 4tions
Aud nov, farmers, let Us come little nearer
bone, and tske peep at your domestic econo-
my iou are anxious to make money, SO 3ou
hire cheap lsborers-ihe cheaper The better.
great stalwart fellows with must excellent d.
Yestare organs. You hire only through the
busy season, because half the year you huvenot
work enough to keep yourseis es employed.
Let us talk With one OF you. and let the oilers
pieass iiaten- Two day at,er your cheap hand
commences work, he comes home with rueful
face to tell ) lou that the plpw caught IL q bank.
and that the team, being ratber resi-. sua1ped
of the beam and brnke the mold board. Une
Of the horses ia badly tprained may not b
able to work for u month. Purely accidental;
1ars for repalrs bad luck Of course, 19norauee
I'd no1hipg 70 do with this.
SOWING time Comes. Three seasous in sue
cesson the weather has been wst- Shallow
planted grim came up soonest. This spring
has been remarkably dry You are too busy to
Look closely utter everything. Tou tell your
cheap man how much seed per acre, aud t1ust
the rest to him. lie covers, according to his
usual custom. very shallow 4 slight rain talls
Afew days afterwards. The grain sprouts. Theo
comes month Of drouth. 0ne.tbird Of your
seed comes up, looking as If it had been snic:ed
With some sort Of subter1auean fever aud aRue,-
The season for sowing Is past, and your crop
may ana may not. be worth tho cutting. Bad
luck again not ignorance:
oae day = tar o1rn 4donting, you send your
cheap hand to mill. In the st.ernoon ee comes
hmping home With two badly Injured horses spd
part Of wagon. lie was gong don a hill
when the forewheel suddenly struck a large
stone which be did not see; The horses started;
he was budding the lines 1oorely, and before he
could gather them up, The frightened aumals
we're going ut the top OF thar speed. What
could be dot. lie ye!lei at them with all bis
might, md the foolish brutes onl. rau shefaster.
Al last the wagon struck TIRE the driver vent
one WAY, the vehicle another; tie bsgso: wheat
were dunK out, burst, and their contents st.ewn
orer tue ground, to the infinite satisfaction OF
q dozen hungry hogs. Bud luck; dreadful
luck !; never saw the like before; great mercy;
though, that nobody WAS killed. No ignorance
to blame here.
Harvest passes over with little to note, In
reap'Dg time, the horses one day become res
they gre sudden jerk. aud brs ak the machine.
Four dass lost in repairing; thirty dolars to
pay; grain becomes dead ripe; shells cut bad
IT.. aobody. to blame; conIdu.t be helped.
Haymaking finished III good season. C6e.p
hand drives home load one day ut nnnn small
hll 10 70 up; horses stop to rest midway be-
tween bo: ON aud top; wagon wont stand still.
but commences going bat kwarps; cheap hana
strikes of horse, AID ytlls; ots-borse iunpe
forward, nigh-lorse receives \ stroke; Of hnree
ties back team becomes unmanngtabe; wa.
gon capriclously turns bali across ,hp rold. md
upsets; boy on load thrown of and leg broken;
great mercy that no one was killed. Terrible
luck. Ignorance still blau1eless.
In the .sultry, autumn your favorite horse
shows - mpton:s Of dutlne*s. lie gets a little
extra feed, which he refuses after the first meal:
grows worse, aud thr third day is uohirched |
and taken home unable to work seems verv
much distressed about the chest; six large |
ro"els are inserted; the animal il led up 10
the door yard, purged ill be n els. bled till his
knees tremb'e with very weakness; his head is |
tied up till he il half distracted with pain, aud
hts eyes h+1f blinded with the sun. Next a. |
ternoon he dies in -great agory. Was there |
ever such luck? 1t never occurred TO ,our
cheap hand that about week before be hAi |
ovetheased the animal, and allowed him 10 cool |
suddenly. that terrible cold accompanied By |
fever, was the result; ttas thorough bathing |
with clean cold water, followed by such a rub,
bisg rs to dry the loree and cause glow of |
heat, a-sma1l dose Of eoue mild atimulsns, cover
ing with blankets 30 rs to increase slisht per-
srira,ion-and possibly one or two repeti,iops
Of the bathiug-rould certainly base cured |
that animal in few dass. The horss unque.-
.ionably died of lung .erer. Your man did not |
know what allied him; yen could rot guess:
and ignorance stepped in and showed you BOTS |
how to Kill him. One hundred aud fly dollars |
gone.
And now your busy season is over, and you |
have dismissed your cheap hand. Permit us to |
look at that memorandum book. iSar<d on |
cheap hand three do lars per month for six |
mouths. Three times six are eighteen. Good! |
Nov, turn over the next page. Lost by acci.>
dents aud By difference between present crop |
and usual average. makinK no deduction for |
lost time, ise hundred dollars! Now, good |
friend, you lost every cent Of that through ;gno-
rance. Do Jou hear Through ignorance,
nothing but ignorance. Is it not rather expen.
stse? If this article were not TOO long, Nc
would tell you how to &c: good hands. and how
to keep them, and how to Aroid the dreadful |
pnnishments which uatu1einaicts on ignorance;
but next week we shall have another talk with
you. In the meantime, reflect on what We have
iuat been taking about