The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-21

pctuating, sclf.protecting machine.
They say he has . fine eye; could they
look in and see its construction, how
they would admire); aud all adapted
to vegetation of earth, the light, sur
roundings, and to the service of man.
Would that we had good veterinary
surgeons that understood these things,
and the poor animals would not he.
tortured as they are, by unreasonable
medication aud operations. The
same may be said of all the other an
imals, not excepting the poultry; such
beauty Us belongs to the feathered
tribe man has never made.
And SO Of the vegetables We have
to deal with. Flowers all acknowl-
edge to be beautiful, and their Guilt
Walton should, by all means, be en-
~couraged, as we'll as shrubbery and
ornamental trees. But what of an
humble grain of corn developing into
the majestic stalk, with its broad
leaves sucking the delicious carbonic
acid from the air, slowing away the
carbon to make our starch and nour-
ish our stock and giving out the ill.,
MIGRATING, life-sustaining oxygen for
ali animal life, including ourselves;
the stalk then eliminating in a tas-
sci spire like another church, show
cring down its benedictiom of pollen
upon the silk, producing the golden
grain to feed the hungry millions.
But the black dirtl Is blackness a
crime in your broad-clothf And if
il il the same carbon that constitutes
your much admired diamond, what
thenl And what is dirt but matter
out of place? Let us he careful that
we don't fall under that head; look at
its constituents; here are a few that
l have extracted: What do you think
of the looks of sand in u windows
and glassware? OF the lime when it
whitens our walls? or maRnesia in
its snowy fakes; or alumina in its
new silvery forms; or iron in its many
shapes of beauty and utility; or phOs-
phorus that lights your matches and
makes Your bones and brains that you
congratulate yourself so much upon?
ANY calling may be followed in
such q manner Is to degrade its fol-
lowers; but agriculture is not neccs-
sarily degrading to the finer feelings
Of our nature, much less does it cramp
and dwarf our intellect. 1t calls on
us for an understanding Of all the ma
tural sciences; chemistry and natural
philosophy are in almost every day
requisitiOn. as ia also botany. In All
important question OH the common
clover, I was ashamed Of the ignO-
rance Of the most of our club. The
weather is q constant study which
brings in me. eOrolog!, aud this ma
urally leads 10 astronomy. There 10
no other profe ssion, without 1t 10
sailing, that SO naturally leads to this
soul-expanding science.
The degraded spirit that q see
nothing of value but what has a dollar
at the end of it, may ridicule these
views. But there is money in them
directly, and there is money and much
more than money in anything that
will buoy up a mans spirit and ena-
bic him to follow his business with
intelligent ch%ccrfulness; there is
nothing better to save. physicians
fees and keep off the blues. The
mind must have occupation as well
as the body. Ruskin has happily
sold: at ia only by labor thought can
be made healthy: and only by
thought that labor can be made
happy" Intelligence is ALSO
lolutely requisite for perfection n
farming. We read about Margaret
Fuller's idea of a mau: mo thin
idealist; no course r~ealist. But q man
whose eve reads the Heavens whilst
his feet step firmly the ground, and
his hands are strong and dextrou, in
the use of human Implements.