The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-10

whether such serious charges as these
are true If they were true, then Il is time
that the wives and daughters should be
rescued from their degraded lot, and the
farmers should not entail upon their chill
dren such hardships.
In reply to these statements Col Need
ham said that the fact appeared by the
census that forty-eight per cent of the far
mers of New England own their farms,
which was an important fact to start with,
while only twenty-three per cent of the
mechanics own the houses in which they
live. The men before him, bred upon the
farm could speak for themselves They
did not look as if they suffered for food
their homes are well supplied with books
and newspapers and agricultural papers,
and the luxuries and comforts which they
enjoy will compare favorably with those
of other classes. But if the farmer Is de-
ficient in intellect and neglecis the news
paper, what can he expect but q hard life {?
Nature has given men spirit and enterprise
in order that he may keep himself out of
the slough of ignorance and slo,h. Give
them energy and perseverance, and the
farmers will become marked men in the
community.
On motion of Mr. Round, the Secretary.
committee consisting of Daniel Round of
Mass, o. s. Bliss, of VT, Il. f. IIutchin-
son Of N. H., b. NJ. Hight of Ne. and An
drew Spaulding of Mass, were appointed
ty draft constitution and bylaws for the
club. The committee retired and suisse
qnently reported that ii was impossible 10
do it within the time allotted them, and re-
commended that the Executive Board he
instructed to prepare a constitution and by
laws and general regulations and report in
print to the Trustees The rccommenda-
ton was adopted.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr..
Leander Withcrell; bf Boston, who advocated
holding meetings among the farmers under
the auspices of the state board Of agricu-
ture, as means of enlightenment and
mutual profit.
Hon. Henry Clark, secretary OF the Yer
mont Agricultural society, and ui The
RUTLAND GLOBE, was the next speaker
he said that tho thoughts which had been
thrown out presented a foundation for q
more practical unity OF the farmers of New
England. The farmer had not stopped to
consider his individual possibilities or the
combined possibilities but the discussions
in farmers clubs had been leading him to
consider the prospects for this advancement
and the only way to attain the high aim Of
combined action.
The farmer had failed heretofore TO
understand and assert his Independence rs
component part of the country. This
was the question to which the current of
thought and the press is being directed at
the present time. 1t had become n topic
for general discussion, and if now they be-
gin to ascertain their rights they would
soon come to assert them. There were
various ways in which this coul / hc done
Discussions among the people was what
was wanted in every locally. They did
not want the lawyer, the doctor and the
minister to address them, but the farmers
themselves. There was not man present
who owns a farm who could not give
valuable information in his way, aud IN
this manner every man could be useful to
his fellow.
Rev. Mr.. Nightingale of Groton spoke
eloquently in support of education for the
sons of farmers. Farming cannot be
killed. The business had got to go on but
could not unless it was paid for. The dis
cussion took a wide range, and most of the
arguments pro and con, were a repetition
of those which have been presented at pre-
vious meetings. At five o'clock the asso-
citation adjourned to meet again at the call
of the Executive Committee,