Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-23

did also the oos under saddis' WINE
those at the halter. - DID also the oess ~
harness, sitter tsottins, ysoossesd = -
grounds In rear Of the jsdgsS stand, o.
passed upon b. the Conmittss. In -
trial for speed tie stallion s1sattlsborst
entered By RisAard Bradley, p NBrattas-
boro, proved much msss than . match ~.
all competitors; and with the 6ne points
otherwise developed in his makeup.
would seem to be . worthy candidate
for one Of the sooisty'a highsat pesninnA
This concluded tho forenoon's pro
gramme, the time intervening between
then snd 100 being -sllotssd for dinner.
At 1870 occurred an sxhibition Of Stock
Hsrses, with progeny Of their got The
stations exhibited wore Hope & Leland's
Gen. Put" Of Middlsbury; HollAbird &
Satterlee's "Young Ethan Allen" Of
Shelburn: and B. N. Chalmers bay stall
lion seven years old. All Of the horses
showed good exhibitions Of stock sired By
them; but the most attractive To- all b.
holders was "Gen. Put" and his Ave
fine.descendents, some Of them in harness,
and showing bursts Of speed, which
would seem to challenge the BEST efforts
Of their sire, who Is considered among the
very fastest horses on tho grounds-
At2 pm, the annunl address BY Hon
Luke P. Poland was delivered. Mr.. Pc.
land was introduced by Hon. Henry
Keye Of Newbury. President. Of the 30
ciety, who said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen.
Allow mo to introduce to you the Hon
Luke P. Poland, of st. Johnsbury, who
will now address you:
Hon. Mr.. Poland then stepped to the
front of the stand, and after unrolling Z
bundle of manuscript on which his ad'
dress was written, excused himself fol-
not being able to deliver an extemport
speech. on the grounds that he was not x
we'll acquainted with the important sub
ject which he had been asked TO speak up
on, as would warrant his ability to do i
Justice in an extemporaneous effort:
JUDGE PoLAND's ADDRESS.
The speaker said that agriculture, o.
more properly speaking horticulture, WA
the oldest of all arts, an art of which il
may be eminently said that it came from
Heaven-wss in some genuine sense ar
inspiration. II Adam had had Q coat Of
arms, it probably would have EN-
braced implements of husbandry-a sho
vel, rake and hoe. Before the fall
work was held in honor; there were NJ
sinecures, no higher classes, no drones.
When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman
The tilling Of the soil was the only ar
antecedent to the apostacy, agricultur'
was the only pursuit. We heard of NJ
professional class until after the adven
of certain supremacy into Eden. Thenc
sprung tailors. doctors, lawyers, and eve,
ministers. They came to mend the rui,
which the interlopers had made.
/ His audience had Just come from thei
homes; from the soil that they owned
consecrated, perhaps. by the sweat q
their fathers, where the farm house sinner
white by day. and stsrlike, becaus
bright with industry's lamp by night
over whose broad acres all summer the,
had written out their thoughts and plan
as on the pages of book, and would bint
up and store away in the autumn, TO
winters rumination. They were th
landholders of Vermont They hell
their farms in fee simple. Theirs wer
crown lands which could not be alienated
They were sovereigns in their own right
Speaking of the importance OF intelli
sone fa, ,uins, ond tho bonoGt arising
from book-knowledge, the speaker helt
that learning never could take the plac
of common sense; never could be AM
compensation for lack of brains. Mer
sometimes found their way to the pulpit
bar. and practice of medicine who failet
in their business, not from want of book
knowledge, but from the absence of some
thing more elemental, which schools ane
colleges could not undertake to impart
It was the proper blending of science ant
practice, of theory and traditional knowl
edge that made the most successful far
mer. Speculation alone leads into ex
travagant varieties, which experience
and observation would avoid. EARLY sci
ence tended toward simple speculation
later science had been occupied will
more practical questions; had learned
that the husbandman was the divinely
called agent through which the worlt
was to be blessed. 1t was, indeed, he
browning glorp, that by q sort of subtl
alchemy she could metamaphorse the ex
crement of tropical birds into heavily
waving verdure; the solid rocks into oats
barley and wheat, and the dry bones o
the valley into excellent roots that sh'
could change the sterile plain into tn,
fruitful field stagnant fens and mias
matte bog holes into the level lawn an(
the undulating mead. Now, through
the brilliant achievements Of modern in
ventors, through the application of mod
ern science, men make not simply two
but two score blades of grass where ont
grew before. II farming was science
hen the man who prosecuted 1t most sci
entifcally. with the most true philosophy
would prosecute it most profitably. In
telligent Misunderstanding that was real
iy scientific-has also source of menta
culture. From a mere physical drudg
cry, it was thus converted into . work o
intellectual growth and development. L
the boys were made to feel this they
would stay at home. 1t would take tn
monotony out OF farm labor-lt woulo
ennoble it. If they would show tn
boys that there was philosophy il
farming, that there was scope enough t.
ievelop all his faculties, mental and moral
~ well az physical, the gold regions
of California, and the broad prairies o
he West would have fewer attraction
tor him. Vermont cannot afford to suffer
he most enterprising of her SONS to dc
-ert her green hills, needful AZ they art
70 leaven newborn states with the indus
Try, frugality and Independence which
mere have their native home. There wal
room enough in the old hive. Their hal
illed field claimed their best eforts; ant
Vermont boys never could better repay
The care OF their mother than by making
their acre literal garden.
After deprecating the aversion which
many of the rising generation had fol
nnsbandry, the speaker referred to Jack
sou. Calhoun, CLAY, and greater than al