Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-14

We make the following extracts from the An
nual Address Of the Governor to the Legislature
Preliminary measures have been adopted for
he Location Of the College in the town Of Amherst
Including the decision Of the Trustees selecting
Ihat place, and the approval OF the Governor ana
council, followed by the purchase by the Trustee,
Of considerable quantity Of eligible and fertil,
land destined for the site OF its bui dings and op
eratlOns
My own idea OF college likely to be useful in
the largest way 70 the people, most vigorous ID
It's growth, romolive OF the progress Of thrifty
ana i1tellgent iarmng productive Of scientific
aud exact knowledge (Which is the true basis OF
! prosperity worthy Of Massachusetts, and able to
command the respect, while it shaen es the
! prlde Of her agricultural commuaity--is one pei
! maps not yel reiiz d. But beg to commend
The subject OF Agricultural Education, aud the
patronage OF this institute OF the State, to your
lbsraly. | should deeply regret to see an
institution who bears tho name Of .Iassachu
sells, end viii be held u be representative OF the
Commonwealth, especially Of The highest aspra
lions o! her Jeomanry, allowed for want Of gener-
JUS huppofi, TO degenerate lnlo meie Industrial
schooi. There are hundred farmers who can
Deuer teach chuc,l iarmng the IN npualons
OF tue dusIiy and economy Of the field, orchard,
dairy, or stable, than they can ever DO taught
elsewhere Than on the homestead Of the inte-
gent, practical farmer. So, too, for the dstrbu
uon or repetition Of familiar knowledge, for tho
study Of ordinary text books, the cultivation OF
sclelce in the way Of imitation and Of elementary
teaching, we nigh. very safely rely on The acade.
mics and schools already provided. There lie,
however, vision Of an icea excellence in the way
VI prosecuting The studies nee ded for the illumina.
uoh Of me dark places OF our agricultural life
winch must some day be realized. Nature SPREADS
out before mankind world of almost iniDile pos
HbIliie.. The competitions Of Me mechanic ART.
have put IN r,qusluon of al, The arts Of known
science, are constantly stimulating into Lille new
discoveries, or crowdlng the adventurous thinker
and inventor to invade some new domain Of knowl-
tdse or nse0ultyj while civilized agriculture has.
during the greater par! 81 It's history, contented
lIself With The devastation OF It's fields, and with
seeking for virgin soils to be cropped in their
turn to sterllily. There is in our commonwealth
very large and Increasing body Of intelligent
farmers, who believe in future lir their avorite
pursuit worthy Of q at art which is the fountain Of
oil other, and is the final source of wealth. But
there Is needed, as well for them as for those less
impressed by the value OF science, the inspiring
Iead OF constantly advancing ideas. There Is
needed tor all, for the future DRY, power and
happiness of Gus commonwealth, the PURPOSE to
&C uelze, 10 this most pr,cic,l, and yet poetcal
and beautiful Of the domains Of useful life, an
ideal eAcelletce-she conceptions Of the profound
est thought. .
When contemplate such a subject, the reason
is content to yield to the Imagination. remem.
Der the photograph the magnetic telegraph, the
discovery Of yatcln liou, the painless operations
OF surgery, the lriumphs the miracles OF genius.
seem TO see, for tn earth herself and her cult
vators, the coming time, when husbandry, al
Iendtd by all the ministries Of science and art,
shall iumne and rguyenate her countenancs
and recfeate our life below.