Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-21

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80, that yoa have placed limits upon her
|cspacity q rufold through NJ wondrous
lloeus Of rsprod uction. what 10 hidden in
her Won't. 81 the secrets 81 even che Irish
i Tnbor. and that the same truth attaches
i 70 every department Of life, in the animal,
i - veil AZ In the vegetable kingdom.
! Has farming returned to the farmer all
that the occupation il capable Of yielding7
No one can doubt that it il profitable, as
i the rich valley will attest, and statistics
show. While the large majority of mer-
chants fail to succeed, we rarely hear OF
we do, 1t is usually some one who has
been wofully neglected by nature. In
this way race, talent, or rather mental
culture, Observation-Disclosures men-
tai culture-which culture sometimes
refuses TO accept wealth into companion
ship.
Politically you are almost cypher,
when in fact you comprise about four
fifths Of the population. II l have any
confidence in the future prosperity and
perpetnity Of our good Republic, 1t rests
upon the hope OF some day seeing the
reigns Of government in the hands u the
farming community. As a class. you are
practical men, accomplishing results
most astonishing, considering your i'm
perfect acquaintance with laws Of nature.
| IL may truly be said you builded better
than you kpew."
You are doing most of your work very
| Ike az "a physician would repair the hum.
an systan ia profound Ignorance 81 hnato-
nay aud Pbysiology This is like learning
| b. read before you have mastered the alpha
bet. What you most need is mn ne4naint-
auoe with ths Natural Sciences, not only
10 Increase your productive operations
many fold, both In quantity, and surely
IN quality, but most for it's eieyating and
suDblisg influences, giving you wider,
broader aud mors comprehensive grasp ~
| iife.
But gentlemen, your and my day has
gone by, ths foundations upon which We
have buildsd, nro too old for ms safely g.
attempt ~ rsar new snpsrstructnfe.
But we can do this for our children.
Our present system OF education il defi-
cient, starting off AZ IL does with tho as
sumption, that ths mind can be as effect
ually trained and disciplined by the ac-
QUESTION of useless facts, as by training
confined to useful knowledge. IT the
mind was like reservoir, to be filled and
emptied at pleasure, an objection would
not so forcibly hold. But there is a
limit to mental acquisition as there is
limit TO muscular movements-each alike
requiring material waste and reparation.
When our system of education recog-
nizes and builds upon the idea that there
IL limit to mutual acquisition that failure
Of memory in old age is due to physical
decay, then and not till then may we ex
pect the dawning of period for which
this age isssuFering.
The powers Of observation are in child
hood the most acute, and the most i'm
pressible that they ever are-and it seems
indispensably necessary that advantage
should be taken of the fact and our child |
rem trained TO those studies that will
most surely and effectually accomplish
this purpose. Almost the entire literary
and scientific writer's unite their testi-
mony in favor of tje physical sciences as
most proper for this work.
With world fu | OF acute observers, |
such as an early training to the physical
sciences would develop, what mighty re-
suits and advantages in every department
of life might we not, in confidence and
reason expect? And to the former it |
would prove more than a stepping stone
to eminence and influence, and ultimate
1y conduct him to that position for which
God and nature designed him. Some one
in authority has said, very truly, that
A life lived in harmony with nature, is
the only life free from contempt" Ma
ture must be wooed if you would court
her favor.
ITO catch dame Fortunes goldt smile,
As-iduous wait upon her,
And gather gear by every vile
That's justified by honor.
In plougnman phrase, God give you speed
And may you better reck the reed
Than ever did the adviser"
After the address, the several commit
tees examined the articles on exhibition
and prepared their report. In the even
ing Mr.. A. M. Gilbert, clerk, read the
reports Of the several committees.
Mr.. e. II. Griswold made some very
pertinent remarks, speaking il high terms
of the Farmers Club, and advising all the
young men to join and frequent its meet
ings as source of profit to themselves.
He also said that there were good reasons
for hoping that the Farmers Club would
soon have a fine fair ground for its future
exhibitions He stated the difference
between the farmer, a member of one of
these clubs, and one who is always sneer
ing at such institutions, in not very com
plimentary terms to the latter. He .
thanked the Keene Band for their aid in
making the fair pass off pleasantly, and {
said that they desired the Keene Band
not because other bands were not good,
but because we kneio them TO be so, and
almost considered them as a part of the ,
A ssociation as We have had them so often,
and wished them Godspeed on their
watery journey home. The reports Of the
committees was as follows:
Mr.. President, Kcua5ers IF Farm1rs ,
Ciib. Lldits mi Gehaemcn Il have the
honor TO submit the following reports of
your several committees on articles ex-
hibited.
Before reading tho report | would say
that il j. the feeling Of the committees on
stock and other outside exhibitions that
bid we been favored with fair weather,
our exhibition would have surpassed those
II former years. I
REPORT ON STOCK HORSES.
Conimittea-Jas Hastings a. w. G0ss,
H. Nearing u. hisds.. We find on ex-
bibition two horses only, lst, the well !
known. horse Gen. PIT" over y years old, d
,wned by Il. A, Leland, and I'd, very le
iue 4 year old horse, owned by Harvey J
Yale, both Of which would be very con.
'pieu9ns la any larger exhibition.
MATCHED AaD hiRaLE uongEs I
Committee II. II Griswold, o, Meash.
an, II. H. Kingsley
Award te II y w W Ellis, ist pre-. /,
inm tDf work horses.
10 a. I. i;atos, LIST premium inaleLsd {
iDraess
10 ". u. Paine. ist premium single
ltiyiug,
IAHrs AnD COLTS.