The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-10-28
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for this purpose, roai money bonus. to the
young o! both soxes. and to the old, too, il
| vod please. for essays upon topics selected
! by you. or by the competing persons them
solves. but, generally, perhaps, upon topics
| OF an agricultural character, and iheu make
the reading of those essays by the authors,
! together with the delivery of tho annual
addresses. at your Fair, the or it's crown
| ing feature. What on improvements you
would have Immediately, in your annual fes-
tival! DO not lot these exercises be made
a secondary matter. to be crowded ip some
where, If possible, but the thing OF all others!
What stimulent you would give your peo-
pie 10 adopt and pursue tho tue course Of
life! Show to all that you have an elevated
aim in your organization, and that you are
! acting up to your high conviction that rot
the raising of hogs. horses, sheep and oxen
is the end ofyour existence, but that it is
your own improvement, aud your own ole
walton to the dignity of oUifihlencd man
hood. l assure you, gentlemen, that you
would Ioei prouder over tho achievement
OF son or daughter in premium essay,
than you would, If you woro TO receive the
combined premiums for all the articles on
exhibition.
But, to continue: The agriculturist, as
well as every other citizen. should be a reg
ular subscriber to the County paper. The
dollar and a half, or two dollars, or two aud
hsls, that no pays for it annually is the beat
investment he can make with the money
The man who publishes this paper should
be sustained amply with the one thing al
together peedfuI, so that he may not be
compelled to fill all the positions in bis Of
flee himself. to wi;.: EDITOR, proof reader,
pressnan journeymap printer and devil to
exc out living, but be enabled to devote
his entire time TO the duties of the first
Then you may have the news of tho Coun-
ty full and complete, and related in becom-
ing style. and all the departments OF the
institution will be commercially conducted.
The local paper ladies', and gentlemen, ia
properly your spokesman. 1t holds up, to
be read of all men who como among you,
your periis, pains. pleasures and prospects;
it searches out and commends your iuter-
eats. and sounds abroad your good name.--
1t puts upon record
'The story of our lives from year 10 year.n
1t is for you to sustain and to use. The
reading matter space Of one entire page
should be occupied by u and pertinent
articles, written by yoSa young mon, upon
questions relating to the operations on the
farm, and, finally, wheG S.n pass away from
tho scenes of time, it's fleeing transports
and affective turmoils, it relates your deeds,
and expresses the last words of sadness,
sympathy aud kindness OF friends over the
the dust to DUST" for the spirit has re.
turned to its God,
Next.he should be a subscriber to the Ohio
Farmer. the agricultural paper of the State,
to subserve bis own interests. The thrifty
farmer has it aud the thrittless one will rarely
eve: become otherwise without it. 1t brings
its Subscribers tho best (known) mode Of
culture of every kind OF z rair. the sherea-
bouts of the best agricultural implements
to be bought, the prospective price of wool.
tho estimated crop of each and all of tho
farmers produces, aud their prospective
price; so that, with reasonable certainty.
he may obtain the best price of tho
season for all OF his products. The man
who is most the creature Of accident is he
who never knows what the grain crop of
Of the country is, and, as a consequence,
never knows what 10 plant, or what TO SOW,
20 bit tie market the coming year. II the
farmer doesn't know what the probable
height Of the market for any product will
be, he is more likely to get the lowest extreme
Ihan any other. since it is true that farm
ers will sell more readily when prices arc
low than when they are high. How many
Of you have sold your wool within tho last
four years, for 25 cents per pound. when, by
reading the "F'drmer," you might have seen
that. by holding it little longer you would
have got Atty cents, or sold for fifty cents
when you might have got seventy five, or
sold for seventyfive when you might have
got dollar. Thus you will see that the
farmer is profted by subscribing .or his
local paper and his agricultural paper and
devo,inp time enough to acquire knowt-
edge OF their contents. A little time each
day, gentlemen, taken from that which you
have always devoted to cares of the farm,
and spent III sharpening your wits, you will
find, in tho course of the years, will be
profitable arrangement.
But, finally, you will observe that insist,
as a true course of action, that all the Oper-
ations of life should culminat te in the citizen.
Let me define the character: He is the man
OF Intelligence, morality, probity, virtue and
industry; The man who discharges we'll
his duty to himself, TO his neghbor, or 10
society. and to his country.
Upon the character of the citizen depends
the very existence of our Government and
the perpetui.y of our institutions This
question of our fitness for citizenship is tho
one of moment to us, now and for the future.
towering, as it does, above all Others, it
should come home to all of us for the most
serious contemplation. At the lowest esti-
mate, the industrial classes constitute four
fftbs of the voting population of this coun-
try. 1t is obvious, then, under form Of
Government like ours, made for the whole
people, in whom are lodged all of It's powers,
that everything, existence, perpeiulty, pros
perity, aud the constant improvement in all
of its essential characteristics, must depend
upon the fitness of our people Tor citizenship.
W 9 must understand the principles OF our
aud steadily maintain them
We must know the true policy upon which
the Government should be administered. or
else we are unfit to exercise the duties of
We must know how our rep.
in all of tho legislative bodies
of the country sbauld conduct themselves,
and we should always hold them to a strict
account for their acts. We should be able 10
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