Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-30
The Better Education of Farmers.

We are apt to take too much of dol
lar-and- cent view of the question of agri-
cultural education. In so many years, a
young man could earn so much money;
will it pay him to give this up in order
that he may get an education which will
enable him, in later life, to make more
money than he could without it? Will
any education that can be gained at
schools make better money-getter of a
boy than would the same amount of time
and attention given to learning the prac-
teal operations of the farm?
Without stopping TO answer these prop
ositions-which are foreign to our pur-
pose-we desire to call attention to other
considerations that must have weight
with all thoughtful persons. The great
est prosperity of farmers, as class and
individually, must come from causes
which will advance farming as an occupa-
ton. No permanent and satisfactory
prosperity can attend any calling which
is not held in good repute, and no calling
in these modern days can be held in good
repute which is not represented by at
least fair proportion of men of educa-
ton and intelligence. In the so-called
professions" in mechanics, and in trade,
the tendency is toward better and better
education, and a more and more culti-
waited intelligence, and the degree of re-
spect in which they are severally held is
in all cases proportionate to the intelli-.
gence of its representative men.
In the future allotment of honor and
influence, and consequently of prosper
ity, that calling will take the lead whose
representative men are the most distin-
guished for education and cultivation,
and that will falf>to the rear in which
there has been the least progress in these
respects. The road of the future is an
ascending one, and progress over it is to
be secured much more by the aid of mind
than by the aid of matter. Those who
take and keep the lead in the race will do
so because of their brains rather than of
their bodies, and the leadership will i'm
ply control over those who are behind
land therefore beneath) them. How far
their rule will be merciful will depend on
conditions which we cannot now foresee,
but that they will rule is as certain as
that mind has always ruled over brute
force. If farmers can take the lead,
farming will be favored and fortunate
occupation. If they must fall to the
rear, it will be degraded and unfortun-
ate one. Whether it is one or the
other, depends on the extent to
which farmers are educated and able to
stand fair chance in the "struggle for
the lead,n and our successors will be the
lords of the land or a down-trodden peas
antry, according as they are educated or
not We assume, of course, that pros
perity and intelligence 60 hand in hand,
and that as we gain in education we shall
gain in wealth. At the same time we be-
lieve that the best chance for the future
of our craft lies in the ability of its repre-
sentatives to take high stand for educa-
ton and intelligence. Believing this, we
long for the better general education of
farmers; not of those of the farmers sons
who are destined for other occupations,
but especially for those who are to stay
on the farm. Let us bring better trained
brains to the performance of our work,
and shed the light of cultivation and re-
fnement over our hearthstones, and we
may confidently look for success which
mere wealth could could not secure
american Agr5cultUrist.
EXTRAORDINARY CUREs.-We have
read many accounts of the extraordinary
cures by DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VIM
EGAR BITTERs, which have seemed in
credible. We are inclined to believe
them, as many of those who vouch for
them are persons whose veracity we can
guarantee. The newspapers TEEN with
testimonials of this character, and there
K lS dIl VI anu VI obOut
them which cannot be resisted. One
manifest superiority the VINEGAR BIT
TIERS possesses over other Alternative and
Tonic preparations. 1t contains none of
the burning fluids with which most adver.
tised Bitters are impregnated. 1t cannot
create Fever. Instead of clouding the
brain, it clears it if clouded. 1t is well
known that Alcohol, even of the purest
description, weakens and untones the
stomach instead of bracing it, and is,
therefore, poison in cases of Indigestion.
Fancy, then, what must be the effect OF
the cheap FSre-Sodter employed in making
ordinary Bitters and Tinctures, on the
weakened and inflamed digestive organs.
VINEGAR BTTTERs, on the other hand,
soOthes the stomach, while it increases
the appetite and relaxes the bowels. DIR.
Walker is a regular physician, and his
remedies have Just as much authority as
any standard remedies of the faculty. We
believe they are destined to become q
household medicine.
THE Importance of giving !hcriddn'S Cdy,
dlry Condition Ib,cderS to horses that have
| been out in the cold rain, stood in cold wind
or drank too much cold water, cannot be
over-estimated; no man should be without
them who owns good horse. i~
THE Milwaukee journal is in favor oi
allowing boys to catch rides on sleighs
and thinks they might just as well die in
that way as togrow up and be killed in
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