The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-16
forts been commenced in advancing tn Q

NO"u'J h"u yuSktpeen ueVastateu, your
fields laid waste, aud your labcr dis.
organized, aud who vas to build up the
waste PlaceS1 The fsrmef, the msreh.
ant, the mechanic, the men of oil pro.
fessions and pursuits, even he who min
listers aud serves the altar, were left
comparatively helpless In thiscom.
tnuh calamity, few desponded in the
struggle tn effect a renovation which was
TO DO accomplished by the unised energy
Of alk Meme, however, more resulutely
renewed their occupation than tho far.
mer TO whom oil locked with anxiety
for their daily brsal Knowing that tine
Is the great innovat1r, Jou have wistsy
resolved no longer % cont in1e To walk
ipthc footsteps ofYour fath4rs
but have Sought other paths that lead
more directly to suocess. You are no
longer insensible To the grsat results
that science has achieved ID all the pur.
suits of life, and nrc ready to invoke her
stroug hand to uphold and leai yol
safely or your journey. You
"Pshold tho unconquered arm of steam
sfar,
Drive the allow bsrse AMI swiftly drsv the
oar,"
while the electric spark
"sposds the soft intercourse from soul TO
aoul, -. s
And wafts a sigh from, Undue to tIe pole"
This intellectual progression in the
arts aud sciences is marvellous indeed,
and you must be always reai) su ayni.
yourself Of those discoveries which
oconcmiEe your time aud ;.bridgr your
labor, else yot sparw slre gift of your
Greater Remontber that yours is the
prime business OF lile-you iced the
thungry-yea oiothe the naked -aud the
great enterprises of the day are indirect
sly, dependent upon you,a The profit Of
the earth lie for sll--the king himself is
served By the field. This being the
2saissioa oiike hnsbandmap, the general
purscyor of mankind, you should ever
act with IAN abiding 20 ,,ae of the duties
you owe not puly to St ursclyes, hutto
the community, a nd Smbrace AMI ilernppy
every i,npr 4yemans which can aid your
search Into tho reason pi thcss ,:....::,,.,
and douot forcgo the fraeept, example
and exporieHce Eofathe 9houshtsfMal 10
every daparahopt Of husbahdrss, or you
viii discover whsu the harvest is cuded,
ttiat yos 6arts ataoenFiyss
1 T':esu k,,owledge is pouring rays of
light d, every pssh of ind asiry, aud he
who VII walk by tlse elimegins light oi
ihe psoan vii be iost ID si5oss Ly ways
that the wisc have f,6g abandoned.
From the scabyard Is Che m61ntai,.s,ss. ,c
general acclaim, Is ProsreAs Not the
fraitless progresa ofa dreaming iun5Sa-
tor, but All advance supported by1hesafs
deductions of reason IT knewlcd,g IL is
power, &c instraoscd in tho great lessons
she 'eachcsS and you viii then be ablo to
accommodate soarselsess To the changes
arouad yuu mot lhe novelties ofau idle
brain, but changes eff-ctedqby the en-
lightened Wisdom ofn profaundly in,
auiring and progressive age, This is
not the dss Oh stage coaches and petit
anssrs, but ;oi.s,eamers and the telegrs-
PHI sad = Ao maY,not safely ptsdiqt tsat
the balloon will ere. long in mid air
move on the uiags Of the wind7 4
Apply these principles to the business of
the agrfculturist and inquire If it is wise
according o'tlie vicious sys.cnr hereto
fore adopted, to exhaust the virgin soil
without an effort to snst,in and restorc
IL. aud TO leate tue old Ii ld Forever
ialf,w ianl abandoned, (which result !
in fa'lare lFyou aii. sot Jour. ,tesilc
FIELD, you VIII fosee a barrans soil far,
sc.nty bread. lsT judicious to incur
iitccxpense Of lsb}r aud TIME in rsmay.
ing tho forest for new fields no better
than the old, il tho means Off snoyatio on !.
can be employed? All animal life il sus
tainad by food, ands shall it be withheld /
from the plant that feeds mankind I
The analogy is clsar and the logical con,
clasisn follows, that unless you. revive
your barren lands with suitable mauures
your lahoY will be in vain. The nature
and the value ofthe various fcrtilizsrs,
and their application to the different
soils have been taught usaud have baon
tested BY the experieuee Of our planters;
an-f BY the jadiciousy use of them you
will become tho compstisprs of those
whose oultivationdis conducted on m.
tioaal principles. A gipyle inatnpcs