Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

Washington County Fair.

III Henry Powers OF Worthwhile. Mr.. Pow
ers began by saying that the ancient Greeks
were given to hero-worshIp while the mark
of this century was its worship of ideas
The Greeks as shown by their Olympic games
admired force, while We pay homage to the
idea which impels and directs force. This
festival bring forth the oftrings of intelli-
gent industry and suggests as topic for dis
cussIOn
WORKERS AND THINKERS.
The band-aoIker aud braln-wOrker have
each an arduyus task, though too often the
former is JEALOUS and eny Gus OF the latter,
and the litter Looks with too little esteem
upon the former. The great COMMISSIONS
historical interest have arisen from the
struggles oil the laborers to better then
c,ntiCiou aud to break down the barrier
erected against them by individuals and
government, Our own revUlut on, though
not often so regarded, was but phas
of the great labor question. Pan lament hat
hemmed many indus RES by restrictive
laws and 1t was this which first aIIenated the
eolunIsts The Revolution following was tht
first step toward the emancipatinn OF la or.
The higher Cases In society have secure
their rights; tue lower classes nave yet
long struggle before theirs Will be attained.
To reach their rIs h they must not attrlbut'
to wealth results winch they ca 'ntrol, MOI
demand vi sOc'ety what Is III their owo hands.
A great trouble has been thai the laborIn
Classes have seemed at least To rank manual
toll. higher than mental, and have regal de-
thinkers who Woik silently as trespassers 1t
the .up laces ID society. Now, mind will
l.,
wu kers that winch requires most brain IF
most respected. rhe who all his lite Ii
content to dig and lift will always he at tn,
buttom OF society for he brings To b 3 work
no more than the OK frlngs. lie must C III
out-grow-set braIne going as well as hands
su soun as Il IL is done he rises. 1t Was anU
is the law of slavery that the slave shall, b,
ignorant, ior So IOug DIS he Is can he be KEEP
down and NO longer.
The five doll.r bar of iron may be convert
ed mt hundred thousand dollars worth o.,
watch springs. A man should not cJn'en
blmsell with beng muscle but should In-
crease his value 10y uelug his brains 10 add
ton. An Agricultural Society snouli teac
farmers to tul muIe brains into work; larIb-
ing 10 hot To dig and pillow and hoe a.oue, but
to Wasch nature and IIse with knowledge J.
bel ways.
Neat buildings and good stock, the support
OF Schools anu the use vi 'bor-saving una
chlueTy suppantIug druJgery these indicate
tue InLellI cent larmer and II intellIge thu
happy man Tue farmer whose buildings
topp.e wnose Kline are lean, and VINO bas
to Ue chluruIol med before echOo lax Can be
extracted from nim, be,ongs to the lowest or
der vi industry. Tue one gets rich aud has
time for raLIonal euJIyments; tue OF Ter Is
always poor anu always crowded with work
Lu;k dues not In, IKE Che Inference; til,
hfot loved his WORK aud put mud Into 1t; THE
secuud desplsed his work aud iongei 10 90
West ;-enpy ment pays The one aud continue
dIeuuuIcu tie other.
lhe lnLellI lent farmer can grow to q
rounded mauhuod. Not only Stewart, nov
tue merchant prIuce, has oecJme grea
fuancler, but E,,hu BurrIEr learned phIluso-
pry 10 shoeipg holsss, aud Hugh Miller tuun,
1t III u stone quarry. They were not savee
in their work, gJlug about 1t without thou gut.
Tue glory vi this country Is tuat 1t . LETT
out j." Tvs workers; tiny may grow, govern dr.
we'll as obey, aud UecUme thinkers as well III
wurkers. 1hey are better paid here thai
tn European workers and have better mean,
of culture. Inoee who come t. our shores
iIom abroad hud opening before them large
O. portuuILies aud b. cOme worthy cItIzeus b,
imlruyiIg them. CItlzcusnIp aud - Chance
fill man with ambition aud hope. Tn,
iureIgner does not fad here tue pyIamid IL
Russian Society has been called, with tht
laburins class,s at the bottom aud the GA.
at the top, not the coDceutrIc circles ot Uruers
OIL people DIS found III England with the mon-
arcu aE tue center, aud the position OF eacI
interchangeable. lie fluids rather way, opel
tom to the top. To travel this Way Is TIT
bIrIhrignJ oi LABOR.
Hand-workels are to demonstrate theil
grown by results. aud this Society meets G.
mark thuse results. They should be pref
able results showing the discovery OF new
truths during tie year. There are feature,
thaL do hot seem to be Ut great utility. How
is 1t that 50 many premiums Can be afforded
for horse-raclug? Ine best horses are not nee
essarlly the best trotteIs. hlle one HAL
in the market calls for racer a thUusAn1
Cali Tor other Qualities. Nor does horse I'd
ing certainly have d ttLdency to promote
speed III .ur \ermont hUrses-the Wlnuers
Oh Your premiums are quite as likely t. bt
sone iautern-Jawed, ehamUie-galted broken
down kosinantes rom some for. Ign FAC,
Course, as To be from your own stables an,
OF your own growth. Besides sucn exhlb
lions encourage eeies Oh gambling that /,
curILptibg aid IDuuce WANT o respect ioi
law aud order, Converting an exhibition o
mechanical and agricultural skill into de-
muraLzlng sport. One County in the STATE
Otrrs SJUU IN Premiums vi which $500 Is iuI
trottlu,. WAT growth 10 the worKeIs rea
lie from such STATE vi affairs?
Thinkers not able at ali times to show
results. franklin Invoked the lightning bu
dIu Los dream OF tue Atlantic Cable AlgeI.
nUn SIdn.y's thought did not bear tru Lagt
till his Iuea Was worked Ito our own rev III.
tim. Columbus dreamed NO. vi the III III,
that his voyage Was 10 bling to lite. but Le
Bet III moIIvD, by obeying Tie higher Inhu
ences ol his na,ure, u train vi progressive
cvurses-a civliIz lion that wIuens ALT
brightens In hall word.
La all this mJyemeut On he western CO .
tihent the labOrlDg clasees have borne Prom
IenL part anu Each has cume to regard IL,
other as brother, anu tie god OF one as tn,
colnmun good. The THRIVING community o
farmers VIII show growing near them thrifty
he, hanics and mercuants aud pfoIessoDa
men. Aud the paying harvest brings II.
blessings alike to all. An lave a commol
inIeIes..
lie late war showed the interlacing of the
interests vi all CHESTS 0 society, and with al
lis Laiu USE no doubt enlargeu aud deepeDec
meb minds. LAuorIng men IN the diffusion
OF knowledge are To become PRACTICAL ane
seil-lel'anL thinkers and wuik trs III lie 1o
this eLd the pubic school Is to be sustained
a. the nurseiy OF true manhood, the Prees
scaDbed as Tie great encS ciol ae iIa OF genera
IN UimatIUn, and all the oraciee OIL truLu ire,
ly consuiteu and obeyed. K ght here among
the Green Mountains are gwen you the op
portunitIes iUr developm, LIT and growth
then Why s,ek brighter ek,es Ut kinuier lat
tuuee? why distrust good Odd Vermont
Your surroundings are sucn that it Is easy
b conIent,d d, thoughtful w0rkers-patient
Practical thinkers; ami these are the mel
the aye demands.
IF L.