The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-12

by providing some way by which wcalt
and culture shall come to them while on
gagged in agricultural pursuits. When on
young men shall see that in horticulture
stock raising and other refined and educa
tive branches of husbandry, they can earl
one, two, three, five and ten thousand dol
lars per year, who suppOses thrt the or.
will longer he heard in the land that "ou
young men are deserving agriculture ~ Ii
II mate realistic age like this YOU must pu
materialistic influence upon men an | hol,
materialistic rewards before them in orde1
to keep the just equilibrium between III,
several industries, and the only way t.
make our Young men choose farming "a
their profession is to make farming pay.
But allow me at this point. lest som,
msapprehcnd me, to declare to these young
men near my own age, and, indeed, bcfor,
you all, that | am not believer in the
maxim that "mOney gauges mans success
in life" Riches as means of benclicenc,
to ones self and others are to be desired
but as the object of lie 10 be dcspised
Riches may come, but they do not express
the object of individual or governmental
existence. Our fathers did not fight that
we, their children, might be rich, but that
we might be free. If the republic stand,
for anything, it stands for laws wisely
ii"ih't anu III
economy in administering the government
and honesty in collecting the taxes; foi
virtue protected and intelligence spread
abroad amid the people and in the person
al rcctitude of those who are elected to hon
or. No one so lily represents the republi-
can idea as the man who gains and uses
wealth only for selfish ends who, having
been elected by the people to frame laws
for their protection. filches money from
their pockets with one hand and votes to
lcgaliZc the villainous transaction by hold
ing up the other.
No. never let it he said that the worth
and dignity of any pursuit are measured by
the money standard There is that in
every honorable calling which makes it
dedrcr to its followers than the coin IT
brings them. And agriculture is full of
what might he called these compensations.
In bodily health and mental peace in the
absence of temptations and tumult in the
domestic joys and home privileges that it
allows and nsures in the frank. honest
/ cOmpanlOnships it encourages and in the
knowledge and love of him who presdes
bcnignly over hill, plain. house and fold.
in these the agriculturst finds wealth
/ which rust cannot corrupt nor thieves
break through and steal
The wealth for which | plead. which
! every faithfully and intclligcntly followed
industry should yield, is that amount able
| to satisfy just and reasonable minds. TO
/ put the agriculture OF the country East and
| West on such basis that it shall yield this.
| should be the earnest effort. as it must he
the desire. of every patriotic citizen.
There are i'll our midst class of men.
composed of representatives of almost
every prominent pursuit and profession
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having been fortunate in acquiring large
means, being intelligent and filled with Il
true love of country life. they have de-
voted large sums of money and not little
thought to the Improvement of New Eng
land agriculture. To the ignorant and
such rs gauge the value of effort by the
financial returns alone. their enterprise
seems foolish and an cpithct has been put
upon them which served. indeed only to
describe the ignorance of those who used
it-l refer to the phrase fancy farmers. y
! am glad of this opportunity to publicly
express the sense of my Indebtedness as Il
farmer and Il farmers son. and the indebt-
edness of the country at large. to those
men who have spent their money so freely
in behalf of the public interest. Especially
in the introduction of improved breeds of
cattle and sheep, swine and horses and in
l tIt lh'IlululElilE w 'HNlliiSiiN W.
l. and every agriculturst. stand indebted
to them. Their blundcrs, which some
seem to regard as matter TO point their satire
appear to me to be only the inevitable acct
dents attending all new enterprises and nm
tested methods, while their successes have
resulted in the benefit of all. The bricfeSt
examination of the fruits and flow ers, the
cattle and sheep pens on these grounds,
and especially AN inspection of the magni-
/ iicent horse stock here exhibited, will re-
veal to any thoughtful visitor at this fair
how much we all owe to these men by
whose public spirtedncss such magnif-
cent display has alone been made possible.
The fact is, there is not IL herd of cattle,
or an improved breed of sheep, or crate
of elegant fowls, or Il family of noted
/ horses here to-day which does not owe its
introduction and existence TO the enter
prise of these men. If the beautiful Gus
toms of the Greeks prevailed among us
and at every gathering of the people those
who had benefited the state most were to
have wreaths of honor distributed to them
surely these men could not go home UNI
/ known and unrewardcd. Nor will they go
unrewarded. Not in wrcaths or tablets or
monuments bestowed at DEATH gentlemen
is the evidences of prosperity brought to
all; in the enlargement and enrolling of
needed industries; in the multiplication of
unselfishneSs born of your example; in the
punishment of poverty from barn and sta
/ bic and in the universal betterment of the
peoples condition you will find your re-
ward.
The interest which these gentlemen have
taken in agriculture is valuable not only
because of the results it has actually
wrought, but because ii proves that the
love of the soil and of the innocent and
healthy mode of life inseparably connected
with its cultivation is still strong in the
hearts of men.
That this is Il fact, no careful observer of
American tendencies can fail to see. The
wild craving for city life and city customs
which has been n distinctive feature of
American society is dying away. A new
and healthier longing is driving il to the
wall We have begun to learn and confess
that city life kills good people ms well AS
bad that il undcrmines health and short
ems life that its successes as truly ms its
failures bow men to the grave that its
days are not periods of healthy toll, hut of
! feverish cXertion, which so mames the
| blood that it burns slumber, which is the
sweet core of night, out of it. From these
causes the denizens of our cities are begin
ming more and more to look toward the
country. There is II growing yearning in
their eyes for its sweet fields, and clear
skies, and wide, free spaces, where time is
| divided into hours and not into appoint
ments, and nights are real nights, dewy,
cool and still night whose throne il 81
! lence and at the gentle movement of whose
sceptre the wakeful earth bushes her noises
and sinks obediently into sweet repose.
! Such longngs, | say, are stirring mems
! hparts and many are beginning To inquire
why life forever in this turmoil and strife,
when quietncss and peace, that finest half
| of heaven, lie within twenty miles of me !?
Impeled by such impulses, only half con-
fessed or recognized and also for the sake
of their children's welfare, the jewellers in
cities are beginning to push out into the
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