St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-02

profession contained many slovens, and
MANY careless and lawless persons.
And for profession so time-hOnored,
and so worthy of the good esteem of all
ri ght minded men and women, it con-
tanned much ignorance and cOnserva-
tiSm. The farmer needs better edu-
cation. He needs to understand better
what manhood, and human happiness,
mean. He cannot attain these, without
going through the successive stages of
small things He must, therefore, he
more particular III the duties of every
day life. He must not only he thought
full. and orderly. in farm management,
hut neat and clean in his person. and
in his habits. One could manage his
affairs easier. cheaper, and better, with
system. than he could without it. 1t
brought refinement, civilization, spirit
uality. and happiness. The discussion
of the question, upon the future of Yer
mont H. an agricultural state, and
whether OF not emigration therefrom
should hr encouraged, was opened by
j. L. Foster of Barnet. He did not he
lieve it right to always keep our SONS
upon the ancestral acres. They ought
to he induced to go ont into the world
and build homes and IL name of their
own. If he lived i'll Europe, he would
encourage his SONS and neighhors to
pick mp and 90 to America. There was
Il time when II change was needed III
settled communities. Vermont needs
such Il change to day. Her soil is fast
Incoming Sterile.i it was hard to cultivate,
and the profits were small.
The remedy lay in emigrating to the
West. There the soil was rich and pro-
ductivr. The west had been developed,
and fur the most part, made what 1t Is,
by New England men. The population
of Vermont was fast decreasing. This
WAS evidence enough which way the
tide was turning. In Vermont, it re-
quircS three acres now, to yield what
one used to. thirty years ago. West
West feeds Vermont to-day, i'll Il great
measure We cannot raise enough ia
eat. here. Dlr business here is rather
of the cone horse" kind We 90 to
mill, with only huShcl of wheat, or i
half huShcl,of com. We don't buy hut
Il pound of beef at Il time. because II
costs shilling po"nd'' II was true
that Ill countries had their evils. III,
had seen aS good water in Illinois. as h,
had ia Vermont He had seen poor
water there. and 50 he had here. II
was truc. he thought. that the West was
growing rich. while the East WAS grow.
ing poor. We can never stand western
competition. Then beef WAS already
| flooding eastern markets, and greatly t,
the dctlmcnt of the eastern stock rails
81. lie thought it was marrow minded
to keep ON sons. or amy one else. here,
when they could do 80 much better in
/ tllllI W IItN'l slilti HI'lll'
sections of the country.
Il. Z. Harvey wanted to know where
these men VIII" made all the great West
wcIc educated? Certainly not there,
hut here, III good New England. Yer
mont MAS not 50 crowded in her pOpu-
lation vet. nor her soil so exhausted a,
to dehar honest and good lahoring mel
from getting a luxurious living. Yer
mOntcrS do not know vet how well they
can live Oh a little land The Chinese
did. however, and they were our peer,
III education and c0ntentment. He
thought one great trouble with us wa.
Il desire to spread ourselves over al
creation. He did not believe we ought
to avoid labor to get rich. Money
earned easily Is apt to go easily. Yer
mont was II good enough state for him
He felt proud of her green old hills, ant
her rich and beautiful valleys. His ole
noble support, and he expected it al
ways would as long as he was willin:
to work and earn it. He would not adj
wise one to change certainty for III
uncertainty, therefore he should ncve
advise one to leave Vermont thinking
to become IA richer man, or Il better one
III some new country.
Andrew Warden said that philanthro
phy urged emigration. In the long run
it would be better for Young men t.
locate West He once knew Il neigh
borhood full of sturdy boys, all of whom
had emigrated in early life, and Will
one exception, all had been remarkabl,
successful i'll business. Professional
men left the East, went west, and rear
ed institutions of learning for the PEG
pie. The great tide of emigration wa
! Enthusiastically tending in this direction
Our most stirring men-mcn of fore
sight, and large business capacity, wer,
going there in great numbers, and NOR
and more. each succeeding year. II,
inquired. "Wherc would the war of tn,
rebellion been, had it not been for tn
great West - OF course there must b,
privationS in settling new countries, bu
honest mcn,-men with a purpose, an,
Il will, will develop and grow with tn,
country. He referred to the visit q
Mr.. BowlcS, of the Springfield Rep"bH
cdn. who spoke i'll enthusiastic terms o
: the WeSt,-"f its agricultural adapta
ton, resources, and progressive insttu