Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-10-05

and forget that for every prize then arS
n blanks. They are drawn perhaps by th
4 reader means offered in tie town for the graft
}. tion of the passions. They 60 to spend FEY
! years of unWholesCme and fev6red hfe, and then
D learning their mistake turn wistiul eyes bacl
to the old homestead, and are fortunate if they
= can return, there to end their shortened days
They tell US that all this is a question Of poll
tical economy that when the towns become too
crowded the population will turn hack to the
country but that is at best a costly process ol
correction. Il is to- much Ike The King who
undertooE to cure bis subjects Of lying by hang
ing them, tll he had hung the last one and then
hung himsefior his folly. There Is & better
remedy. 1t is by educating the he, in their
own State Education Is 10, only a stimulating
but conservative and balancing force. It en-
ablCs the ycung man to lock al around him and
choose that which IS the best. Our BOYS are
smart enough. But their smartuess needs to he
tempered with depth ,f culture and reverence
Of heart They can thus he led to see that there
Is something saTHesi in life; 10 discriminate
between the true and false 10 society, and 20 O.
resist the sensuality which jrass thee out Of
every five OF cur youth to the towns.
Pres. Angel prooe, dei to show some Of the
relations Of Education TO Mammal Labor lie
| combati,d the common notion that sou spoil
boz for work BY eluea;ing him lis flsity is
shown by the fac; that Ia the Sli,s arl eouu-
tries where education is high,.i 5 found the
highes, Industry. Mind is better than mere
muscle in msuy physical contest Why was
it that the VCIuouiers always scattered the
poor whites # The South wherever ,hey crossed
bayonets, Il was because bsueath every blue
cap we've Trains, and IT every breast a true
heao. Industry is glad 20 avail herself OF the
aid Of Science. and only when she i es 20. does
Labor reach its true emineuce. Il Is from such |
conviction that Congress recently offered to
every State an endowment f3r a Cole-, fr spe- /.
oial ms ruc,iou in Agriculture aud the Mechanic /
Arts. In alluding to this, said the speaker. | |
an no; to be accused Of crying my own wares
it Is Of your fund, Of yonr institution, sul your |
interests that zreak.
Our farmers have been far slower ;ban the .
manufactures ard miners 70 avail themselves I
OF the advantages of scientific schools Their
prejudice sgains; fancy and 'bc k'' hrmiug .
is well -rouuiel-1n no subject has more nom
sense beeu written than on Agriculture. Bot
the question remains .Can We make auything
by scientific flrmiu And the answer Is that
science c-a make your farming mare easy and
more profitable. Il can d. so by investigating
AID explaining the laws Of vegetation by ana
lys's ofs3il and discovery of the material needed
for the best growth of the Plant, By experiments
in the adaptation Of mlnures ty krow,elge
ofthe insects injurious TO veee,at.ors ; by study
Of the habits ami best Development of domestic
animals To supply such knowledge a the Pre-
vince Of the Agricultural College sul he be-
licyed half dozen young men thoroughly equip
ped under such training, settling ia every town,
would double the wealth Of the State in five
years. by improved methods Of Agriculture.
Nhlt,ver, sail Pes. Angel, eloqueu;ly. ia
closing, ne do With cur 1oys let US iry TO teach
them the true ilel Of Lai0r. Lit Is educate
them, not to despisc work, bu; 60 become better
workers. L We succeed we shall czalt the
druigery Of every day lie to the beauty aul
sauetity Of al ol,risg ,o God Let Us try to
cultivate in them thar true balance lf mind, IN
which ;he sway OF passion yields 70 that OF r,a-
son. Each will thus frd ali I'll bis true place
in Society. And the result VIII BE irae men,
and women who do not complain because they
cannot drive stage and sing blss--u uen and
women who honor themselves. their ,s4c'.er and
then God. Securing this We sl4l Eeyor lack
6r true farmers and go-d farming.
Tic eddress, of which We have given an
imperfect ats.lact, was received vi,. hearty
applause 1t was not, AMI diI not a,t,mp,
to he, grand ora,ion on a hhyr,i essay,
but its practical suggestions. -.r-iz., for
ward tIu,s, genial tone, and earnest Tur-
pose, were far more effective eId suitable
for the cc,-,iou ,ian any more Irctcniious
effort, and tio universal impression madc by
1t was pleasant and wholesome. in a high
degree
The award Of premiums ard display Of
female cquesIianism Which followed, We
could not wait to leaF and see.
The music for the Fair, We haso omitted to
say, was furnished by the HinesLurgh Band,
whi-h plays well Tor SO young band. All
the arrangements showed careful manage
ment and we congratulate the officers Of
Society, President Cross, Secretary MFADER.
and especially Gen. GRANnEY, whose kind
attentions ard cheerful hospitality W ac-
knowledge, and 20 whose practical tact and
care the Society owes SO much, on the dis
tinguishcd success OF the Fair.
Urskr.-As "a man and two boys, from
Canada. were coming down the Lake before
the very hard south wind, last week Friday,
their sail 'lbcd, when oFI-site Stony
Point. and 'hcir boat ,aTsizcd. They man
az to get on top Of their inverted craft,
where they renamed iouI hours when the
steamer Read went to their resccc The
boat contained 400 bushels Of fapplcs, which
" ere a total loss. The same man upset
boat about two ycars ago. in the same place,
under similar circumstances, also loaded
will apples.
c.,.,ev u;,Lav par,vii,e Atkins and other
managers of the Democratic party il this State,
assembled here last week 10 come 70 some IN
derstanding about the distribution Of Offices.
Their conclusions have Eos yet been made pub
lie. 1t is supposed there will be no change in
the Post Office here, as the incumbent claims to
be an ardent johnson man. The Collector Of
internal Revenue. will. Of course. in due time