The Portland daily press., 1868-10-10

than of the men who had paid 800 n vaar
taxes; they are greater benefactors. Thev
| deserve pension; but the beauty of a. IL
| such persons are never in need of it. III
they have borne cross, it Is the cross OF
the Legion OF Honori There are two
| kinds of labOring-for our own profit
which is selfishness, and for the profit OF
others, wliicn Is happiness. Getting money
lsn't the chief good; those who think it Is.
sacritiee comfort or virtue TO it, and nnd
ont their mistake. Think 1t no waste OF
your profits to improve and beantify your
iarihs-to make your homes attractive TO
sense and heart. Sneh seed will bear
iruiis hundred fold. We have not enough,
OIL the heredudry about our nome notions.
we don't build for the future. you hear
men saying. 1T will last as long as do"
and you can't help thinking it wouldn't be
a great loss then if il didn't last very long.
| suppose they think it is unconstitutional
to have family homestead-sincc mo he
redltary distinction, privilege, honor. or
emolument, shall be granted or confirmed"
Dy the State. That is because the State
doesn't want TO usurp the rights of individ-
.'ais. You can grant Hereditary honOrs
anu privileges il you will, and bless your
memory for 1t to coming generations.
IL Is Oh no use to talk of the dignity of
labor. Labor will take care OF its own
dignity. What we want is the dignity of
life, and the graces OF the heart, more that
is genial and social, kindlier, brighter,
daily living. Give us hearth-stone again
and roof-tree that boy can no more get
away from than from his mothers prayers.
And now is the time for all these things.
Our young men have come home to us
again. The war has taught them some
thing. They have trduelled-have seen the
world LITTLE r laarna1 - g.
and business and themselves. They know
now little sman can live on, and how much
he can live for. 1t was great school
thai was-to take the greenness out of
boys. and the meanness out of men They
are ready now for brave and noble deeds
at home. Shall we drive them to seek
elsewhere?
And If our farmers sons forsake us
what is left for the daughters? The bene-
hcent laws of nature are interrupted-the
beautiful machinery of human society Is
thrown out of gear and goes jarrinyly and
wrong. She whose aptitudes fit her for the
thousand sweet and needful ministries of
nature demands something
stouter. and bolder, than she to lean ON
finds no field for her chief virtues as A help
er, and is thrown back upon herself. If
this does no. wholly break her spirit, she
scorns to be dependent, and enter the lists
OF labor, to keep herself from being a bur-
den, and TO maintain her self-respeet.
1t is no derogatory thing for those whose
make it necessary to 90 into
factories as operatives. But il does seem
to me pity for farmers daughter to 20
there. L know that good character will
tell there too, and the excellent gentlemen
who have charge of those institutions
recognize the superiority of such SER
vice, and do everything to make the
place worthy of it. But l do noe know
why it Is not quite as well for a con-
scientious. earnest girl if she finds herself
not useful at home, to 90 to q good moth
erly neighbor, and work with her. learning
the duties which pertain to her future sta
ton and keeping in chat honest. economical
and womanly sphere and habit till she be-
comes householder herself Supposing
She can earn more otherwise. Ii does not
follow that this is worth most. If this good
old practice could be re-estabiished domes-
tic life itself would be more happier, and a
girl would not think il degrading to serve
IN honorable apprenticeship because she
night be called servant. With the name
changed we are all servants. and the higher
we rise In station, II we rise in character
90, the more we are servants. 1t is vexa-
ious sometimes to be at every bOdy's call,
)ut there is a view of life and duty which
makes true service to a fellow being a
hing honorable ard great enough to satis-
y any right ambition.
think now of that young woman who
lame to m with her modest story on the
rain from Boston last summer. She was
,ne of several daughters. Her father was
| farmer in Maine and had hard time to
make a living. There was no need of her
1t home, She was ashamed to be an idler
here and her father working so hard; and
so had gone with his blessing and la the
strength OF her own good purpose, TO find
she could do for herself in one
Of our large cities. She had not been
pleased with her experie zee there. aud was
now on her way back 10 her fathers. dis
appointed, Inundated, desperate almost,
because she was unsuccessful. She said
there must be some place in the world for
a girl who wanted TO do right. and begged
me to tell her what to do, anything rather
than go back to be burden. Such a wo-
man burdenl She was fit to be IA blessing
and beam OF light wherever she walked
to make some new hearth radiant with
shed comfort and peace over
whole neighborhOod-tO make the State it.
sell better for her noble work and exam
pie. She would be angry with me of
course if thought of such a thing. but
should like to introduce her to young
nan | know of hope there are more like
1in-who served nobly for his country's
,eace and honor, and bore home his scars
md ranking bullets nncon plainingly;
well there were warmer soils and
quicker fortunes elsewhere, but resolved
o take the money left from his spilled
blood and broken bones, aud. as he said
to make the old farm good, if it isn't So"
That is the place to which such a girl
should go from her fathers house, not out
nto the world amidst the devourers that
walk up and down; ard that is the spirit
we want. .rFt.a
''fhat young man will be heard from
1et'-said the good Bishop TO me the other
lay. Ii he isn't, It's no matter-the State
and the world will be- the better for him,
he or you know it or not, and it
makes me willing to stay here also. aud do
what | can for every body. when | know
there are such young men in Maine. l see
and feel too, Whit Maine will be when more
of such men stand up and say they will
make her something.
The enterprise and power which now
goes forth TO work such wonders elsewhere
may, ii applied at home, make this great
and beautiful and happy State. The treas
uries of nature opened-the forces career
ing about as applied to useful ends-all
high industries set in motion, and Agrieul-
luFts hilu SOl1tutTCt duVanC-
ing together in the union; that is strength
and the diversity that is prosperity! The
State will feel this through all her giant
will rouse from her slumbers
every nerve and sinew braced for aeion-
the sea lifting prosperity on every surging
tide shall be like beating heart in her
bosom thrilling sti ength through all her
frame, and every river and avenue of mo-
ton become an artery of life.
hope we may yet see this, and know
that if we do we shall owe it., more than
to any one else, to the farmers and farmers
wives of Maine. Let us stand then in our
lot where Providence fas cast it, anxious
for nothing but to be worthy OF our op-
portunities, ard diligent to do our duty,
content with godly heritage while we seek
another and better country-that is hea-
venly.
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