Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-11-20

your friend, J.. L. STONE.
+ Norris Creek, Nov. 10, '73.
An Address delivered before the
Patrons of Husbandry of Mus
catinc and Union counties, Oc-
tOber, 1872, by Dudley w. Ad-
ans, Master of the Iowa State
Grange aud Lecturer of the Ma
tiOnal Grange.
! When physicians meet in
convention, as they often do, it
is customary for members of
the medical profession to read
papers for the entertainment
and instruction of the assem-
bled NJ. DIS.
When railroad men have aeon
vention such persons as have
had active experience in railroad
busi1less do the talking and
have charge Of the meeting.
Editorial conventions are at
teasded by editors, and they, as
fraaly as any other class Of peo-
pie, arc Of the opinion that they
are capable Of managing their
own l,usiness, and they are not
IN the habit of imploring the
members of other callingS to
furnish the brains 10 amuse or
insuuet them.
Sll0egnakers have organized
themselves into the order Of St.
Crispigs, and consider them
selves able TO paddle their own
canoe.
Lawyers not only feel COM
petent to address and properly
edify conventions Of their own
profession, but their modesty
does not forbid them from rem
deting valuable assistance to
less favored glasses by a free
use of their surplus talent.
( But, when the tillers of the
soil have met in an agricultural
society OF any kind, it has been
usually customary to select a
lawyer, doctor, editor or poll
tician to tell lis what he knows
about farming. The idea has
very rarely occurred to the man.
ayers of such institutions that
it might be possible for a farm
er to have anything to say on
such occasions which should be
either appropriate, interesting,
or instructive. When these
professional ora.cles of our pro-
fessionaI managers selection
open their mouths, we are edi-
fed with a rehaIh of such ideas
as may be prevalent in the COM
munity; served up in a great
variety Of forms, and presented
in a great many different and
beautiful lights, depending for
its cOlOring upon the business OF
the orator; as this is a stand
point from which we are viewed,
Of course, this view determines
the nature of the picture. Law.
yers and doctors In beautiful col
ors paint the no(oleness. and in
dependence Of the farmers life
They tell us We ;Sre the most III
telligent, moral, healthy, and in.
Idustrious class in all the land
and all our present is calm and
our future happy. Merchants
tell us thatno business is so sure
and free from care as farming
and that in no other calling dc
so few men end in bankruptcy
Politicians laud in stentoriar
tones the "honesty yeomanry,'
the "sinews of the land" the
"bulwarks of our nations lib
critics." 'Ethe coarse blouse o.
homespun which covers the true
and honest heart" and deluge:
more of equally futsome and
L
= nauseating stuff.
: Soft-handed agricultural edi.
tors give long dissertations OF
t the necessity of saving all tho
spare moments, and converting
them into some useful purpose
= They tell us how rainy days
5 may be laboriously used il
mending old rake-handles, and
$ winter evenings utilized by
pounding oak logs into basket
stuff, while our wives and
daughters can nobly assist il