Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-10-21


virtues Slave labor has robl ed her soil
of it's natural fertility aud left large tracts
uncultivated aud worthless DO you
fud any such poisoned. milJcwed. blast
ed territory in our mountsin home ? Not
one foo, Why? Go ask the Goddess Of
Liberty that guards your Capitol. and
symbolizcs the genius Of your institutions
''For US md our children, the vow which We
For Freedom ana Humasity. is Registered in
No slavehunt in our borders. no pirate on our
strand, sss go e..
No fetter ff the mountain state, no slave upon
DUR lshd." ta et1rcfagt rs b
Second, to make labor Fight and Solun.
tary, farmers should have an adequate
conception of the nature, aud worth of
their vocation, and its value to mankind
| would not have you transform this As.
ricultural Society into Mutual Admira.
tion Club. and vote yourselves ipdepend
ent of, and superior to. the Manufacturer,
tierchan ant, professional man, and all other
classes The master builder who formed
and fashioned your cheerful homes, the
manufacturer, whose skilted labor has
pot into your fields the mower, the mer.
chant, who, for re,y small profit. puts
down at your doors, every article of com
fort or luxury, and the printer and pro
fessional man Eho guide your activities,
cheer your hearts. and stimulate you to
nobler deeds, are sA coequal tributaries
to the great stream that terms the lazy
wheels of human industry. Aud yet.
with pride you may rememb Der, that is W Is
the gtalwart arm of the husbandman that
rescued these green fields from primeyal
forest that he is the pioneer in every
march of civiliz ,tion, victorious, only
when he has conquered the wilderness, the
beasts Of the forests. aud the chiefs of the
red men. Koa tlay ga'her your sons and
daughters arotnd your cheerful hrcsidos
and sing with rnc, -..t
,Man builds his castles fair and high.
Wherever river runneth by;
Great cities rise in every land,
Great churches show tie builders md,
Great arches, IN, numents and towers.
y HlT pdidCcb' dHu piSttSlHb pVNVass
But work or rest-what e'er befaii.
The farmer, he must feed them ALL .
A vocation is to be estimated and val
ued, not only by the benefit it confers up.
on mankind. but also by the experience,
skill. or preparation required. for sue
cessful prosecution of the calling. Yet,
is there not current, though unayowed
belief, even in your own ranks, that any
education is good enough for farmer,
aud that any BLOCK headwho knows enough
to come in when it raius, is qualified to
manage a farm !? "
At home, you have three bright eyed
boys. One of them is resolved to be a
farmer. another merchht. and the third
a minister. Now to which of these sons
do you feel it your duty. as wise father
to stforl the best opportunity for obtain
lug liberal education? The history Of
your families will warrant me in answer
ing. 6lst, to the minister, then to the mer-
chant, and lastly to the farmer. Now, Is
there not as much scope, as much cm
ploy ment. as much practical use for lib
cral education on farm, as in the pulpit
or behind the coun'er? Has the farmer
no right to know circle round tire sun
indicates storm, why the dirt settles to
/ tho bottom of the wash basins. or by
what laws of chemistry he can anatyzs.
frst the ct in, then the s,il. so that be
may know to the certainty of sn exact
science, wliat soil is best fitted for a given
erop7 There is no vocation un.er the
sun, that necessarily ruus iutc and per-
meates all other calsngs and professions
as this. The farmer has every reason to
have ouch knowledge of political econo
my, as to he familiar with the laws that
govern the commercial world; BILE
to the laws of .he lard, he should be law
yer enough to know that one settlement
made in lime. may prevent dozen Vexa'
tions lawsuits accountable to the laws
of nature and Of God. be should be too
we'll established 10 his faith, to be twist
ed from his foundation by every fanatical
preacher who comes along on horseback
! No class is so much to blame as the
farmers themselves, that their calling ia
not to day regarded as the liberal and
liberalizing vocation, that il should and
yet shall be. ifaiD "eaA sa@ l''al
Whenever the great mass Of car farm
ers shall have come fully to realize. that
10 their own pursuit is scope and reward
for all the knowledge and wisdom their
sons can master. (gants IN intellect as
we know many of them to be- then we
shall have achieved the first great step to-
ward making Agriculture the frst OF 70.
catious, and its labor rcnumerat;ge, sol
untary. and inviting.
\ Again, husbandry can never se 'nvlt'
Jog and voluntary, TO that farmer who
lives aud labors under the delusion that
his vocation calls into activity only bone
and muscle, and that he is the best mat
in his craft who delves and grubs flonl
daylight to dark, and from the hrst oi
Jsauary to the last Of December Indus
try, diligence, physical force arc indeed
Indispensable SO much SO that he Will
harvest more tares than wheat who loiterf
away sunny hours 10 bar rooms, at aus
.ious. or in running after every mule ane
monkey show that infest the country
While every hour has its duties, they art
no. all bluseuIsr the farmer who would
wisely and surely thrive must find time
daily. for mental Improvement, as we'll ~
. muscular crertion. a
He who ovcrstrains bis muscle aud suf
fers his braia to isst, is az chcs . physi