The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-03-26

WV Pi'" ~ CiS"ty yS"o.
The numberless inventions of the
present era, and, tor illustration, we
simply cite the steam engine and the
threshing and harvesting machines,
have empowered the farming com
munilies not merely 10 multiply
manifold their productions with the
same expenditure of labor, but have
also enabled them to dispose OF their
surplus produce at profit, and 10
receive as an cquival ent, therefor,
such additional luxuri.s as they may
advantageously select In view of
these facts 1t will take but the slight.
est reflection to establish the convic-
,ion.that the inventor and man OF
science are bestowing blessings upon
mankind, though they may not r. i,
IN the field, OF equal value OF b,so
eli the hnsbandman. g~v-ss-s : .,ae...
"A team has run away, p nd farmer
who has been thrown ran, ,ha w,,
on has broken his .mbs s,,,,,o
thislng crowd Il neghbors gather
about him, md wl,t il ,her frs,
'honghl A horse toI messenger I
Let h'". be swift as Sheridan's charg
ei' o call surgeon, so that the
snglcd limbs may be set, and tho
I lite saved. 1t IS true, in the course
j Of time, when the patient is once
more hale aad hearty. he may forge,
to pay that surgeon, and he may
again rail against those classes of 30
eiety who toll not with thci" hands,
but lie owes his life to that physlci.
ans skill, neycrless.
Again, death has set it's seal upon
the brow Of beloved chill, and we
are brough, face to face with that
awful cLasm that lies between time
and eternity. The l3rm OF the low.
cd one is about to be placed beyond
our sight forever. 1t is them we
take counsel with the minister of the
Gospel, the representative OF that
Word which in that solemn hoar,
proclaims: II an the life and the
resurrection Then the minister is
needed, though he may be scoffed
at in the time OF prosperity and
health.
What can crrde toll achieve when
performed by man OF ignorance
Did not the system of slavery i'm
roverish the land in which that ignor
tool, -. j., veg .m,.,,nv.d ?. Can the
farmer DO without The teacher Gan
he see his little ones grow up unable
to plan ind calculate, and to invest
with profit the proceeds OF their la
Dor (? Then we must have the
teacher aud we can not have him
with the requisite competence and
ability unless we establish the uni.
versity and the seminary.
We care not how much the farmer
may toll IN lis field, or how hard the
mechanic may labor in his shop, il
the laws do not protect and guaran-
tee to him the proceeds OF his labor,
his industry has been N vain. Thus,
for the security OF our civil and
political rights the science of jaris
prudence is all essential, and the
lawyer, not the pettiicgger, but the
real .iar,st is a necessary, useful, and
beneficial member Of civilized socie.
ty.
The newspaper which announces
the state OF tie markets, and gives
of drouths aud Hoods,
so that the farmer may be enabled to
secure the luiI advantage Of The
times, is also essential. 4 family
paper, which is the herald of bot.
Joy and sorrow, and which, by IN
structing the youth, keeps them out
OF bad society, is paying its way
fold. We venture to as.
sert that no family can either be.
come or remain prosperous that is
deprived OF its newspapers Real
caste, and all other description OF
property would deprcciate it an or
ganlzed county should permit its
local papers to langulsh or to die
In fact, we know Of no class of men
who pay their way SO fully as the
OF the five thousand
local weekly journals in the United
States.
Powerful nations alone are repect.
ed. What makes 1t more desirable to
be citizen oil the United States,
than citizen Of Mexico or Vene
zue!a? 1t is because the American
citizen is a member Of Republic of
of intelligent men, who
know their rights, and, knowing
them, dare MAINTAIN them. With
on, military and naval power we
would be at the mercy OF other M
tons, to be plnndered and ravaged.
Quite recently our flag was insultcd,
American citizen were shot without