Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-23
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pn,Npos-Y. N. O. A.-The third
,,.,rre of the course was delivered on
Friasy evening last, to large and APP
,rscistive audience by DIR. O. l.. Case.
ri. theme was Labor. He treated the
.nbiect in an ingenious and forcible man
ner. cannot undertake to give even a
faint reflection of the many well poised
and capital hits at the manners and Gus
toms and follies of the times, that enliv.
ened the effort much less can I attempt
within the appropriate limits of notice
like this, to reproduce the argument that
formed the staple of his discourse.
The speaker illustrated what was i'm
piled by labor in its primitive sense Inc
necessity for labor grew out OF mans
apostacy. The decree that " in the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread, was
pronounced upon man as curse And
what an overwhelming curse was that
Let him who tolls for his daily bread,
answer Let the hardy pioneer who felled
onr nrimeyal forests and transformed the
bowling wilderness into fertile field,
answerl Let those who WELD the shovel,
the pick, the drill-who delve beneath
the surface of the earth in mines, and
bring up their deeply hidden treasures
upon whose labor the cheerful sun never
shines-let them answer Let the army
of worn and enfeebled women, who
stitch, stitch, stitch, in dismal attics, or
perform exhausting household drudgery
through the long, weary day, answer
Let the sleeping millions of the sons and
daughters of toll, from the loss of Eden
down t. the present time, answer. a
wild, dismal response comes back from
myriads of unknown, nameless graces-
.'rtat IN overwhelming curse aoas that ~
Dignity labor a. we may, and call it hon
orable, rs it il, nevertheless the toiling
millions of all ages have groaned under
curse, aud have sought out many and
devious ways 10 mitigate it, as q curse :
To nan was given dominion over the
beasts Of the field His first intelligent
exercise OF LnlS uOIllH CpuslsttIl Ill tx
,ering from the brute creation the servi-
tuie thus appuinted, and compelling them
To assist in bearing his burdens. And
thus the tractahle OK became ally of
strength. aud the horse Of speed.
Col endowed man with mud, aud babe
him seek ont and explore the hidden
force- OF nature, and then minister TO his
wants And thus, the elements of air,
sater and tire-the lightning and the
Storm were seized upon by man, and
pressed INFO his service. Aud whether it
I'VE IN tn" mill that grinds the corn-the
,rUtftr that forms the web-the steam
sLIp tnnt plo~s the. ocean-the tele-
graph that uuIt,s continents. or the thou
sand forms of machinery adapted to the
hghtrnrng of the labor OF human hands,
each j. made an auxiliary by man in the
mlt4 alton of this great prineval curse.
fh- lecture occupied in its delivery
.,e. A. hour, and ~ replete >Sith pointed
tr,tion5 drawn from familiar objects
ia the realms of art ani scientific discoy@
cry In conclusion the speaker alluded
IN riral,nt ana graphic language 10 the
pnWrr and capaclty Of the human mind
10 - Struggle for dominion over every
obstacle that has II tendency to impede its
upx rd progress. Having already made
tlr brute creation his mute aud obedent
.ary,ut- having laid under contribution
H.. .l,.t,..,t- al fire and water sud storm
.uI i.-a,nirp having made the forces of
.,t4re ",- allies nrd trirnss-who can
- TINT - fnlGre hun4an aisc.very, or
pso,', cdnque-t- y-t IN store for man !
Am.
RErhNTlvE MEMORY. The Mr-sen-
4 -,,- A httI- uirl in Georgia named