Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-05
Great Privilege to be a Farmer.

Great privilege to be Farmer.
The following eloquent passage we ex-
tract from an address delivered last Septem-
Der by EDWARD EVERETT, at the fair of the
Adams. Rodman, and Lorraine Union Agri-
cultural Society in Jefferson county, New
York.
Let those of you particularly engaged in
the cultivation of the soil bear in mind,
more than ever, the duty devolved upon
you, as that part of the population who are
called upon to provide the daily bread of
the rest. Duty, did I say? Regard it
rather as your great privilege that, in the
mysterious economy of nature, the husband
man is the Immediate co-worker with Prov
idence, and learn to look upon the soil, with
its recreative powers-the seed with it's un-
developed germ Of manifnld -inasaaA4--.+.'.r,y ~
and light, and air--as one vast system of
machinery, waiting to be called into action
for the sustenance of man, by his own in.
dustrious cooperation.
We have all looked with interest and
pleasure on some noble factory, filled with
| ingenious hnachinery, copstructed Of metal,
ss-s1 leath Heels, and fatchetas
and cams motions sdIlfscf fsoijppso !;
and eccentric; cylinders. aud spindles, and
looms, with all their springs, and screws.
and bolts, skillfully fitted, and polished.
and oiled and geared, above and below, from
the foundation to the roof; the impatient
stream idly breaking on the mighty turbine
all waiting for the controlling hand of man
to move the lever, bid the great water wheel
commence is round, and start the entire
system into life and action.
So. and with admiration increased by all
the superiority of the works of God over
the works of man, when we look on the
wondrous and beautiful earth, with all its
capacities for the supply of human want.
the varieties of soil-clay, and lime, and
sand-in all their mixtures, enriching loans
and nlarls, organic fertilizers. the bubbling
spring and irrigating stream, the sheltering
wood and hill, the changing seasons. the
strange circulation of vapor, and cloud, and
rain, the solar ray shooting from the up
per sky, latent heat and electric fire perva-
ding all creation, the marvellous structure of
the vegetable world, seed, and root, and
stalk, and leaf, and flower, and fruit, and
grain, each after it's kind, endless in form
and quality, the food, the cordial, the med
icine, the clothing Of man. drawing each
it's peculiar nutriment from the same soil
we may regard them as forming together
one vast system of machinery, waiting for
intelligent and industrious man to turn the
furrow and scatter the seed, and reap the
harvest; and thus give their motion to the
mystic spindles from which nature draws
but the fbers of vegetable life, and the
bountiful looms where she weaves into the
tissue Of the year, for the comfort and de-
light of her children, the gorgeous tints Of
spring and golden fruits of autumn.
New PErrIcoAT.-A novelty in petticoats
has recently been adopted among the fash
ionables. For all but dress, the white pet
ticoat has been discarded for one of alpaca !;
and these have great advantage Of the lin
en- or cotton ones, inasmuch as they are
lighter and do not loose their stiffness. Of
course it is necessary that if the dress be
grenadine borege, or other clean texture,
the petticoat must be of the same color
are made very full gored. and have broad
black ribbon or velvet above the hem some
times there is trimming of gathered rib
bon put on in vandpkes. The dresses are
invariably caught up at the side to show this
under petticoat. Where it is not necessary
to match the tint Of the dress, stone color
is the best shade for wear
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