The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-29


~ that awaits me- for three or fou
= months amidst the noise, stri6k,
st wealth, luxury, eloquence, learnipls sai;Iil j
IS wit and wisdom of this proud cit
is rand our venerable Congress- lToon,
ts one week OF domestic and rurs
es amusement would be worth it ali..',.
A. Speaking of the fears which rwer
ID entertained that Washington lMoill
re- loose his health when he left Office, h
D says: - = 92a 2ii-3a T. h9pHf'H69
L I should be afraid, too, if I had n,
st confidence in his farm and his horse
o He must be fool, Il think, who die
'e of lchagrin, who has fine farm and
e Naraganset mare that PAGES, trots, anC
4 eanters. But 1 don't know but al
n men are such fools.Y ( 1idI 9mi3 ait
The authors Of these passages ha6
It been our y Minister in Europe !; he, va.
e familiar with the splendor and luxu
e ries of its royal courts. / Thosegfsx
e fpressions of his love of farming and
0 country life were. uttered While he
z
was in the enjoyment of the highest
l honors his country could giye.l The
: letters and biographies of Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, and most
OF our great men, show the same love
of rural pursuits. They Sought to
close their lives IN those scenes, and in
: those pursuits from which most men
at this time try to escape. nPfiey re-
: yersed the action Of otif day, and left
!. cities for the most complete retire
ment. The question comes tip,, what
did these men find m The country that
wedonot find 2 Ifthere are enjbyhheHts
on our farms greater than towns can
giVey it is worth our whiFento trace
them out. If the country viii fioti
pon1y give healthful and profitable 9in-
ployment in the vigoFlof life, but win
also afford pleasures which are lasting
I through age with its ii1fffnities, we
ought to know what they are. g For
they add to the values of our real es-
tate. They will save us from the cost
and necessity of changing, our homes
and sinking our usefulness In new
scenes, where the custom and SKIN we
have gained are of no value. las
these lose their values, we lose our So
cial positions Is there not want
some tastes, or some intelligence on
our part, which we ought to have and |
which we can easily gain ? fl I return |
to the question which I propose to
discuss.'a What did George Washing
ton, John Adams, and Thomas Jeffer- /
SON find in country and farm life that /
made them long for it while ifa office !
and led them to seek il when they |
were free to follow their inclinations I
THE EDUCATED AND THE IGNORANT IN
2b j'iif iiii9 THIS COUNTRY. .s3Ao1 4
~ The great truth is that all men do
not live in the same world outward
ly they do, but when we look into +
their tastes, their intelligence, and /
their mode of thought, we find that
the world around them bears differ
ent aspect. We see that men men live in |,
different kinds of houses Som. al are
novels, some are comfortable homes, II
others are magnificent buildings, filled |
with paintings and statuary, and with
all things that are calculated to please |
the taste. Yet these homes do not II
differ SO much in their aspect as does
the material world around us to the
eyes of the educated or ignorant" /" To II
those who have been trained, to see its II
beauties, to examine its wonders, TO II
trace out its laws Of animal and veg II
etab1e life, it gives enjoyment t iiulnn IN fs
known to those whose minds are II
closed and whose eyes are Sealed to {
all its varied and wondrous creations. Il
tits deemed a wise thing for for men ne:t2 to It
toll for wealth that they may gain gain the It
means to build houses, and to surround Ec
themselves. with all that artocanf give c
10 add to the comforts and pleasures
Of life. 9i Is it not then anzunwise thing Q
to neglect the cultivation of our minds U
and tastes and higher njoyments than v
wealth can Ibestow 2 The man who n
allows himself to Live inignorance, b
ooks up into the heavens and sees "a tp
waste studded indeed with glittering p
stars at might, or lighted up by the Il
sun. He notes the changes Y
If the weather and sees with but. lit c,
lie concern objects that have lost their I
novelty. The man of education, look Il
ng in the same direction, sees. num- Il
'erless worlds swinging through the v
Tast realms of space; he finds in the "
of the laws of the heav- e,
'nly bodies, their huge dimensions, q
heir enormous distances, subjects of Ii
hought which fill his mind with awe, isae
n1arge his faculties, and lift hin, up b,
n the scale of existence. 1t ccafHn1fiot s sa
hen be said that the educated and the "
gnorant man look upon the same W
eavefis. = iiti2ii~ ial11i9j ri 92iIo hi
The ground beneath our feet is to st
ne an unmeariing mass Of earth and al
ock; there is no significance to his I
mind in its broken surface, its noun ii
ain ranges Or its deep valleys, except til
S they may help or hinder him in the a,
Iull routine of life, while he apiods Rs
acantly on and over! their surfaces. m
'ut this same earth is to an educated Fiji,
IAN a great record of the past, where ii,
n he finds traced out the evidence Of Ia
asst changes and wonderful exiisten- it:
es, the hills and mountains are not to as
i'm unmeaning elevations for he Sc
nowsi the laws which heaNed them pi
p, he has learned the order in which til
heir rocky bases were;uformed, % he ne
nown the stratifcations beneath his m m
set, he is familiar with the fossil re- he
lainS of animal eyistenceF m a NO Isi