The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-11
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what is better, among men and Christians.
Think not to supply the omission of the
school and college by self-education. True,
1t can be done, as fruit may be ripened i'm
winter, but only at a fearful cost of labor
beyond what would have sufliced, season.
ably applied, with competent help.
1t is undenable that thorough educa-
ton largely increases the brain power of
man, quickens his apprehension, and ex-
tends his mastery over himself as well as
over his fellows. Farmers often AID their
weaker neighbors, and give lift to those
crippled by any misfortune, but they
should remember that. in all the intellectu-
al struggles Of life, 'from him that hath
not, shall be taken away even that which
he hath, no pity 10 shown TO the vanqush-
ed, no help can be given TO the imbecility
OF adult ignorance, and, if any of their
sons are distanced in the fields Of know
ledge, in high debate or in plodding science
in making bargains or in making love, or in
the race for the honors to be won in any
career among mankind, the chances are
that the wretoaed reproach should, fall
upon the fathers that they were unmind-
full of the nobest parental obligation -
the duty of thoroughly educating their
children.
GOLD MEDALS FOR MODEL FARMS.
There is never time from youth TO agc
when the best. the supremest examples are
not the most life stirring provocatiyes of
human progress. or of advancement in
civilization, in science and art, in morals
and religion. Nowhere are they more po-
tent than among all the clustering indus
tries of agriculture. Annually you hang
out the banners Of your society, raidicnt
with the pictures Of successful labor. and
of bounteous harvest. The crowd you
magnetize and bring together behold the
several standards of excellence, which
must be oqualIcl or surpassed to obtain
distinction. Nay venture to offcr-what
all feel so competent to offer and so few
competent to accept that is to say. n sin
gle word of advice ? Let me, then, COM
mend to the executive branch of your soci-
ETY. the propriety of appointing 4 commits
sion to examine annually, as to the best
farm in the state, to which their attention
SILL be invited, and report its extent
its products and the system and skill mani
tested IN its management. Then here,
at your annual festival, and after an
appropriate announcement of the merits of
the owner and manager of the farm, pub
licy bcstow upon him gold medal
at cost of not exceeding 500 perhaps.
bu' of priceless value as medal of hon
or. and more precious as n decoration sus-
pended by ribon in some modest home,
than any stars and ribbons ever worn by
blue bloOded arist0cracy. This would he
very simple ceremony, but impressive,
and do not think ! can err in supposing
that it might prove the browning attrac-
ton of the day, as well as production of
permanent benefit TO all the farms in the
state. Year by year the star farms and
the honored farmers would become objects
of study, observation and appreciation.
The science and economy developed would
find faithful students working out similar
problems in many distant fields.
The number of votes a candidate for Of
flee obtains, as to relative merits, some
times records le but the examination
marks of your commission would be more
infalible, and you would have a real phe-
nomenon, asking for about one term and
that when and where it would DO the most
coed. The fame Of politician often
ends as soon as he is rotated outward, but
q gold medal won from this society would
confer fame to endure, at least, to the
third and fourth generation.
Vermont should continue u be a hive Of
agricultural industry, aud hold out the
right hand of fellowship to every skillful
mechanic, to every enterprising manuiac-
turer, and to every courageous miner,
thereby to insure that material prosperity
necessary TO the comforts and lndepend-
pendencc of life; and here among our ever
green clad bills we should also seek to con-
tnue and to augment all the Instrumental
tiles Of the broadcast education, rs well as
all the incentives to the most elevated
character-necessary to make small state
great-neccssary to make Il great nation
impcrishable.