Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-03-14

other occupations. We should come to-
gether in our associations, discuss sub
jects pertaining to our business, subjects
that will interest our young men and
give them information that is pleasing,
useful and desirable. The ladies, young
and old, should take part in these meet
ings. Essays like those read before our
meeting with the State Board do much
to increase the interest and elevate the
standard of our business.
w. p. GAeE.-I learned year or
two since that this Club had great rep
utation for agricultural wisdom, but it
has since appeared that 'cisdom had
great reputation in agriculture. Early
this winter learned that this same
Club was situated in poverty stricken
community, but to night light seems to
have dawned, your day-star appears,
and your grand career presents cheer
ing aspect; you talk about union but
you don't agree in your discussions, one
talks one thing and another, another, you
don't harmonic. How you "agree to
disagree" 1 don't see. 1t is not that you
can't produce, that you are or have been
in trouble. but the lack of knowledge to
apply. We have super-abundauce of
agricultural products with the question
of application unsolved. Before you
procure the elephant, you should know
what you are going to do with him.
Having the animal on your hands, you
want to know the best way to manage
him, to prevent his swallowing you. In
order to convince you that my view is
correct, III point you to some of your
applications you have an abundance of
food, great surplus of product, but all
this surplus is converted into whiskey.
This is waste of time and labor to say
nothing of the demoralizing effect. Then
again that terrible e0eed which some call
tobacco, don't know what to call it,
springs up. Opium may be good, so
may whiskey sometimes, but tobacco
1eUer. After all this abundance of pro-
duct, you complain; in one sense it may
be just complaint, but with more pru-
dent application there would be less
cause for this complaint. If we could
be properly instructed in the elemental
ry part of education while young our
methods of application would be greatly
improved. Mr. Sabin talks about union
His social barometer is good one but
he's got il wrong end up.
III. A. WILLARD.-I am not farm
er but my observation tells me that you
are not situated to combine in the man
ner Mr.. Sabin speaks of. His views
about the young think are correct.
Our young men of high standing are
taken from the farm. Little or nothing
is done to retain them. Here is just the
place to commence the work. Instead OF
coming forward in this business, large
number of farmers never attend the
Farmers Club but stand back and blote.
If young ladies could be educated on
the farm and their interest, ingenuity
and brain-work brought to the purpose
of loosening the WEAKNESS of labor upon
the farm, there would be no trouble
about the surplus product. The piano
and organ could just as we'll be brought
to the farm, as newspapers and maya
zines if they were educated to make q
proper use of them. There is no trouble
if you will all take hold and pull to-
gether. Mr.. Fisher has been successful,
and is perhaps feeling good to night, but
it is not so much his tobacco as the fact
that he is in possession of team that
pulls together. Mr.. Gage has said We
have too much produce, the result is We
have become indolent. When our fathers
we're obliged to dig for themselves. they
lived in an industrious community. ii
is impossible to rase up nation of in.
telligent people unless educated to phys.
ical labor. The world says we are an
extravegant people. Never was there q
a truer saying. And thus we demoralze
the community in which we live.
PREsIDENT.-I have been interested
in the discussion as / believe every farm.
er ought to be in question that points
at the highest interest of his town. A
good many good ideas have been pre-
scented. We are living in an agricultur-
al town, we understand this. We have
an East Parish and West Parish, we
wish to promte the interest of both. As
far as the soil is concerned we have all
that we can reasonably ask. When we
have an abundance of food we must in
vent some means for its consumption at
home. / am in favor of home manu-
factory. If fifty persons in Westmin-
ster would unite in supporting a manu-.
featuring interest in which from 200 to
500 persons could be employed, we
should add intelligence and enterprise to