Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-27

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scythe from bush hook The moving
machine and reaper and other ,abor saving
tools excuse him from taking lessons in the
use and purchase of these Implements and
he needs no more skill than will enable him
to hold the reins of MS well trained horses;
indeed in some cases his horses are so well
trained that they have been known to 90
through the evoutons of cutting a field OF
grass alone.
The amount of schooling of purely intel
lectual training. enjoyed by our fathers was
in many cases all too small, but it was sup
plemented by this constant practice in the
ordinary duties and engagements of his
business, until it really qualified him in
many things better than any amount of
| categorical teaching in schools could have
done. But this Is all gone, it is gone for
ever How is it to be made up to him? For
the want Of it, with all our array of learn
ing and the schools, We are obliged with
shame and bushes to confess we are not up
to the best standard Of the past half cen
| tury in the character of cur agricultural
| population.
Our boys are not ,lrewd and sharp enough
to see that in the long run those who are
intelligently hIsbanding the slow and
measre gains of production, must win the
prizes of Lille. while the great majority of
those who leave the farms, and seek the
business centres of the country, must eter-
nally pay tribute TO the Independent tillers
| of the soil.
Oar girls have not found out that what is
| best worth living for, i most easily gained
in the discharge Of the quiet and tender
| duties OF home, IN the sweet amenities OF
domestic life. unrullled by the high and
bosterous winds ofpassion ,and!frec from the
! uncertainties Of restless ambition.
lie that hold. fast the golden mean
Aud lives contentcdly between
| The Lutte and the great
| Feels NOT the wants that pinch tho loar
| Nor plaques that hauntithc rich mans door
| Emh tteriu- all DIS state
But again the question returns to Us:
how are we to add this wanting sagacity
In the advancing wave of change by which
We are 50 irre~i~ti5ly carried along we have
| been stripped of very much of the old rev
erence for tradition We shall be very IN
/ likely 70 90 OF be either one thing OF anOth-
cr because those who have gone before were.
! or did. this or that. We have indeed. 10 may
be said. absolutely oyerthrown and blotted
out the old landmarks. while - yet it is
/ doubtigl IL We are capable Oi in-tituting
and setting up new and better guides. Ii
! has been well said. that
q" in thc ladder .. God tlat upward Leads
D b.
When the L.-it Is darkest Pee hr n-s the mora
/ Whom tine nm'ne is sor,st tae wine and the corn
Is. One thing rhat distinguishes our age
/ above all that preceded it Is the facility with
/ which ideas are communicated through the
/ whole human family and while most un-
/ fortunately perhaps We have been losing
| ground in one direction. the door has been
opened for Us o. make great advances in an
/ other With decreasing opportunities Tor
self culture. come the Increasing facilities
/ for acquiring ami lpQropTiating the teach
I ing- and experience OF Others.
/ The influence of tine training which quail
/ fed our ilreiathcr- for 50 grand and noble
/ achievements in art and dar.nS, in the social,
/ political aul moral world, also qualified
/ for the humber, though NO les import
f ant work IF developing -hc material re-
T sources oi thc country. and looking rs We
T now are for the means of advancing the IN
/ tcre~t- ot Agriculture without regard to
/ the duties wcowc the State and the commu-
/ nifty, we are not at all at liberty to ignore
/ the Important part, the public duty, our
/ fathers 80 faithfully performed contrib
utet towards q lahiyiu- them Tor the ma
/ torial ~uccc~- they achieved.
And here must NOT omit O. make men
ton oi that most timely and well ordered
event brought about mainly. as lam proud
o. beiieyc.hy the agency Of one of our most
h,nored public servants, Hon. !. :. Nor
riil, ,hy which just SEQ this iuncture the pub
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the colleges th'7 'o'icso AMONG ",neIS'
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Kate the i1rhis anu puiiU i Iai'rviu7 anu
bridges ana carry on mus anu iaet'rieS'
ana IN due time we may expect 10 ehahSe
the current pAfaHe uS ""IcIi ou,'eso success
Is measured ana say not "nly tnat our sons
adorn the pulpit tne oaT ana the senate
but that they magnify theF PROFESSIONS IL
Literally educated farmers artisans manu-
iacturers and engineers
Let us not, my iriehdS' mistake or under
Nalue tneHc IhcI1eh''l; anu may trust
reverently ana de'9utly say Fr9o'denfidf
leaIlnsS' opportunities anu auvan'aseS
Whlch are 10" 81 At"ly Nouchsiieu uht'
ns' as we are no a"unt IN some aangcr o
coming to 40 We all know how oar sym,
pathicS and our Sol'citGdc mas 9een aroused
IN oehait OF those patient toilers, our SIS
terS, IN the several departments OF domestic
duty. hose heart has not been hurdened
n he realized the amount OF responsibility