Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-27

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5 Of my power, and | will bear
the toll with no muscle to grow
J weary, no nerve to relax, and no
breast to feel a faintness.
And the improvement on
these inventions has also been
Of great advantage, for few, very
few, of the great and profitable
inventions Of to-day had their
desired effect when first put in
practice; but after many tedi-
Gus efforts. to perfect them, they
at last perform the work for
which they were first intended.
The lightning rod when first
introduced was thought to be
worthless, but since it has been
improved and perfected it per-
forms with certainty the work
for which it was intended. 1t
snatches the angry rays Of the
t0rked lightning from the heaY-
lens and causes them to play
harmless at mans feet. Now
what further improvements may
still be made on these astonish-
ling inventions is impossible for
us to know, but what we do
know is that it has essentially
altered the face OF affairs, and
that no visible limit yet appears,
| beyond which its progress seems
impossible.
Culture is the means and the
only means Of enjoying life, for
a cultivated brain never grows
old, but ever serves man as
protection against imposture,
superstition and ignorance, and
prevents a second childhood
1 1t prepares him for the appreci-
alton Of the efforts of others, it
forms him a fit agent, for any vo-
cation in life that he may see
proper or take a pleasure in pur-
suing, it allows him the privilege
Of making his choice OF the
many pursuits and occupations
OF life, and affords him many
opportunities for making money
that the uncuLlvated is deprived
ofSfor the uncultivated man is
necessarily compelled to take
hold of any thing that comes to
hand and pursue it, not as an
occupation or profession, but
merely as means Of procuring
bread; and uncultiyated as he
is, he soon becomes subject to
his ba6er passions and no better
than the dumb brute that grazes
in the meadow. He drags out
a life Of ignominy and shame,
a dronc in the community III
which he lives.
But let the man whose mind |
the genial rays Of science has
penetrated be sunk beneath the
healing streams Of science, let |
the gloomy clouds OF ignorance
be dispelIed from his benighted |
intellect, let the living prin- |
ciples of man rise and burst |
the chains that bind himin total /
darkness and partake Of fee
dom, and then the mind can soar
aloGt amid other worlds and
spheres, can mount the topmost
round Of fames eternal ladder,
and there reyel and bask amid
the ncver-failing pleasures affor-
ded by culture and gaze upon
the wonderful achievements Of |
the intellect, and cast an eye OF
disdain down upon the former
prison-house Of ignorance and
and invite others
to climb the rugged ascent and
help to pluck the bright laurels
that lie around its ambrosial
tops.
Now since it has been demon
that culture has been
the means by which education
has been developed, both by fur
nishing us with teachers and
text books-since it lengthens
life by furnishing man the means
Of lessening labor, and SER
wing him as protection
against the hardships that he
would otherwise necessarily be
compelled to undergo = since
it is culture and culture alone,
that has given to the world its
boasted inventions, improve
ments and discoveries-since it
has been shown that it improves
and individual life by
supplying all the facilities nee
essary to rcnderlife comfortable,
we must at once concl ude that
the many advantages gained
from culture are innumerable,
the value Of which are inexpres-
sible. FMS.
A negro who lived near Mad
ison, Fla, went with his son to
,ratch for hnars that bad been eat.