Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-08-21

tSst0nS uouu w Spaotu tuuu licau you
Bafely on your journey. You l9t oglal
behold tho unconqaered arm Sftstesai
Drive the slow barge and swiftly draw the
car" .laifsaZ3 .Yahatt3
while the electric spark .,i,s,ll ! .ys..I
ft" t"speeds the soft intercourse, from soul To-
And watts sigh from Indus io tho pole.' = !
This intellectual progression in the
arts aud sciences is marvellous indeed,
and You must be always ready to avail
yourself Of those discoveries which
,ceonomizc your time and obridga your
labor, else you spurn the gife Sf,yourt
Creator. Remember that yours Is tGe
primo business 1ofs fsIlife-=youa ioed the
hungry-you clothe the naked d7rapd ,theI
great enterprises of the day ase Indirect,
ly dependent upon YOU. Tho profit Of
The earth ia for all-thc king himself Is
served by ,itho field. This being the
mission of the husbandman, the general
purveyor of mankind, youeahouldever
act With an abiding sense Of the duties
sou owe not only to yourselves, but to
tho community, and embrace and employ
every improvement which can aid your
search into the reason of these things.
and do not forego the precept, example
aud experience of the thoughtful in
every department of husbaadry, or you
will discover, when the harvest is ended,
that Jour barns are empty ,a,s aIiia,s,,.
The sun knowledge is pouring rays of
light on every path of ind ustry. and he
Who will walk BY The giimeriig glightof
tho moon will be lost ia those By ways
ihaty the wise have long abandoned:
From the seaboard to the n.ountaias, the
general acclaim is progrressi Not the
fruitless; progress, Of q dreaming innoya-
tor,butan advance supported BY the sure
deductions Of rcnson. Ifknowlcdsc is
power, bo INSTRUCTED inEtiie grcat lessons
rho teaches, and you will then be ablcto
accommodate yourselves to tho changes
'around yoit not tho novelties Of M idle
brain, bat changes effected by the en-.
iishtcnca, w;sdam Of u profoaadly in
guiring mad progressive age. This is
not tho day af stage beaches and i,etit
aagsSs, lsst OF s'eaners and the tclegra-
phi, utsd csalo may not safely predict that
the balloon will ere long in nid.air
movc on the wings of the wiud
Our own advance has not been by
slow grada.ions, as in ancient tiues.
but by rapid steps; and although lie
may not inquire wisely wlns says thai
that the former days ase. Letter than
these, yet Let ns not lepudiatc the
treasures shEh lave been transmitted
to us. Upon this foundation modern
civilization is rearea, and you will not
eejcct instruction because it comes from
q remote age; @e must change 9th
time, @hioh changes all thinss. or lin
ger in the sacs helpless and forgotten.
Arpnnlsy4hhess rns h nnsiRciples to the busincss Of
the agicsitssist aaa inGaipe lift is wise
according to tho vicious system hereto i
Erc adopted, 60 exhaust tho virgin soil
withoat aa efiart to sustain aud restore 3
it, and 10 leave the old field forever
falloE sad Abandoned, which must result
ia iailareY If you aid not your sterile
field, you will force barren soil for
seanty bread. Is it judicious to incur
the expense of labor aud time in remoy. \
ing tho forest for now fields no botter
than the old, if the means ofleuovation
can be employed? All animal life is sus- !,
taiued by food, and shall it DO withheld /
from the plant that feeds mankind Z
The analogy is clear and the logical con.
clasion follows, that unless you revive
your barren lands with suitable manures
your labor will be in vain. Tho nature
and tho value of the various fertilizers (
and their application to tho different
soils have been taught us aud have been
tested by the experience of our planters;
and by the judicious use of them you
will become tho competitors of thoso
whose cultivation is conducted on ra-
tional principles. A single instance
will give you the results of the old aud