The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-12

gathering, preparing and carrying to
market the extra two and one half
millions bales, will make our provis-
ions; keep our farms in good repair;
beautify and adorn the home; give us
more time for mental and social cul-
ture, as we'll as for picnic and alike
occasions, which are very acceptable
and agreeable to the hand and to the
mind of both Husbandman and Matron.
Then the country and our homes would
no longer have the appearance Gas it
does to some) of the wilderness or of
the prison, but the beautiful, attractive
and sweet home; the home of the hon
est, the home Of the lovely, the home
Of the Observation-Disclosures our cribs
would be full of corn, our meat. houses
full of meat, our yards full of poultry,
our firesides full of refinement, and our
pockets full Of money, ready for invest
ment.
We should, of course, not expect to
get out of the old into the new chan
mel at once; but would ask, why is
it such Herculean task to make
move in that direction? The answer
is, in my judgment, that our mental
force, the reserved force, as it always
has been with the farmer, has never
been brought into requisiti,n; has new
er been brought to bear in order to
show up the inconsistencies in our pres
ent system. "What am / doing"
could notany ordinary fifteenth amend
ment do as well? If we decide, after
mature reflection, that he can, my
motto is defined by the words of the
poet:
Let us be up and doing,
With heart for any fate,
Still achieving still perceiving,
Learn to labor and to wait"
But happy to relate, this change is
being brought to the surface, to some
degree at least, in and through the in
strumentality of the teachings of the
Order of the Patrons of Husbandry.
And, if not out Of order, | will ven
ture the assertion, there has been more
repairing of fences, draining of lands,
cleaning out of fence corners, bitches,
briar patches, and manuring of lands
this last winter and spring, than has
been done any three wintsrs- sinaa the |
late war. And / will venture the /
further assertion that there is not
member of the Order in this vicinity,
that uses tobacco, who has not been
more than, remunerated for all expen,
ditures made into the treasury Of his
Grange, by the difference in cost, per
pound, in that single article, within
the last six months. Very nearly
leverything else in proportion, not
taking into the account the still greater
benefits, indirectly, in regard to home
operations. Then the pitiful sum paid
into the treasury by each individual, is
mere trihe compared with the adj
vantages derived; and like bread scat
tered upon the waters, to be gathered
many days hence.
1t is the opinion of the opponents
neither.do believe it to be their opin-
ion, but enc of their weapons-that
the existence of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry will be of short duration. Now,
admitting, for argument sake, that the
opposition believe this, does that make
it the case? Does that make it any
the less permanent and effectual? It
certainly does not And they view it
from the wrong standpoint, or they
Hpuld be precisely of our opinion, from
fact that we do not propose to pull {
put to build up every class and ,
by protecting, advancing, and
Eing agriculture in every pos ;
that the combined wisdom of
er will mature and present. 1
is no doubt that so soon as {
cement Of organization shall l
Jed away, and the initiation of {
less frequent, which is very
& and attractive, of course,
that cause it may be said the I
on is languishing-yes, even
But the benefits derived, the
hit it has supplied and will I
ply, will never permit it to be I
d among the things that were.
Rnt this non-attendance, it will I
uty of those better informed, t
II be the less informed ones, if S
t fails to attend, to provide and '
be something that will be inter. |
ttractive and instructive to all. {
ant can be supplied in many |
up comes old fogy, and says, a
ir organization is secret one." |
e sure it is, and, therefore to be r
Eticularly priced; otherwise it would f
I've no cohesiveness. Anti-secret on
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