Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-25


feeble digestive faculties, aud hence the food
for the brain is not properly eliminated,
while others, with small brains but good
digestion will run fast aud accomplish much
Let each do all he can, as we'll as he can
and then feel satisfied with the result
though small, il is all God meant him to
do.
1t is Industry, untiring industry, which
has given New England front rank in the
Union aud in the world. There is here a
contempt for shiltlcss poverty. lie would
rather be pauper anywhere else than in
New England. A smart criminal has
better chance here, and is respected more,
than lazy honest man. But we should re-
member the injunction, "Ye that are strong
bear with the weak"
There are some men who are useless
Some men are yet averse to growth They
think there are no doughnuts, pies, &c,
like those their mother made no system of
work like that Of their grandlathers Such
men wish they had been born 100 years old,
to save the trouble Of growing.
There is another class OF useless members
Of society,--those who have attained sue.
cess, aud have retired from active life
Tney have proven that they can work /; they
have acquired the means of usefulness, aud
now Withdraw from the field. The guiticst
man is he who could work and does
not Every man owes to the world all he
eau do.
Among the most useful members Of socie-
ty are the housewife, the maiden sister, the
working girl, aud they are worthy Of the
highest honor.
Those who work with the head and hands
are equal, and receive equal rewards If they
work equally as well and faithfully. Mel.
ther the brain of the inventor nor the
handicraft of the manufacturer are to be
despised. They both bring prosperity and
benefit community, and no place has bet
ter practical demonstration of the fact than
ST. Johnsbury. See the results here Of one
industrious inventive brain. All are public
benelactors who produce. There is a use
even for Spectators and har-brained
schemers. Prudent men bui Id up their
! success upon the lessons Ia ught by the
! failures Of wild spectators. 1t is the spec
ulative, in1uriug mind which leads to the
development Of the hidden resources of the
country. Some men are Gods plows, and
, let not the sickle dcspise the pillow.
| All work is not alike it ranks itself, and
the remuneration received corresponds to
. the talent required in it. The man who
shovels dirt grumbles because he does not
s get the same pay as the potter, but the fact
c is that the potter combines manual labor
with brain work, aud consequently get.
n more pay. Those who pursue callings re-
: quiring no thinking will rank lowest, il
E point Of wages aud the respect of their fell
l lows. The price man gets for his work vii
r tell how much brain he puts into it, Price
follow brains, barring artificial vari
f atoms of natural laws. People rise not by
combinations to put up or down prices, oil
{ for other objects; better prices are only t
!, be obtained for better work. Education
# aud the degree of development of a man
Unborn powers will decide his position.
r, Soil, climate, location and Legislation
o have been largely against New England
d but she takes a proud rank in the nation
r, because the standard here is that Of menta
and physical ability aud industry
/. A man fit for heaven is fit for earth, an
ii if a man be not fit for earth it is doubtful i
he be fit for anywhere. All must grow b,
Sc the effects of what they do.
ID While we have u justifibe local prd
in seeing the pleasing display of our pro
,r ducts here to-day, let us also have a broa
DC patriotism.
is 1t is said New England is going into til
v hands Of foreigners; WE'LL she did so ono
ID before, couple Of hundred years ago, an
no very bad results came from it. 1t
h. said the old New England stock is runnin
"A out. Judicious wedding is good. Who ar
Is filling up the places vacated by our youn!
men? Irish. Give me reasonably de
velopcd lrishman, and if he don't die c
whiskey in ten years he has good start
lie and bids fair to Guido his Yankee neighbor,
n. a man is born like doll from factory
at Naked intellectually, and it is eiucatio
ht which dresses him. Good education will
ig make him both useful and ornamental, Will
I'd a bad education, like a dress of rags on thu
o, doll will only make him look worse.
J. Foreigners coming to US do not make u
=. foreigners; we make Yankees Of them
Don't believe the population of New En
n. gland will decrease in either numbers or o.
e, fcency.
of Speaking of croakers, he said a bull-fro
It. was very good in its place, but he did nc
RS admire bull frogs IN brooches. A man ono
said to Lyman Beccher, the speakers fathe
that our country stood on the brink Of ruiz
&c The old gentleman replied, al have see
IL this country ruined three times, and hav
a come to the conclusion that 1t stands runin
Of remarkably we'll"
@. Looking outside of New England,
on thought the West must prosper as Ne
N hal rko, hot Nho han
's fit of the atter's experience. The Mi id
r. States are prospering by the industry
he their citizens, But what of the South
ng The rcd.hot blade of destruction has wrong
of its will upon her, aud it mrst take yea
for her to recover from the burning vista
n ton. Grass grows in the streets Of Charlie
en- ton, Mo bile languishe7, New Orleans
&c PROSTATE and bleeding, but they are NJ
he dead. Let us have charity for our suffe
lug brethren. The South will recover trol
Nv the bitter woe whcih has fallen upon he
nd and by-and-by come fort h purified and I
ny juvenatel by afflicton and shine with be
Iir ter lustcr than before, with better instit
ly tons, better wealth. and with hearts WORT
IS, of love. Then shall the North and 4
n South clasp hands together and m utual 10
lis and fraternity shall unite and bless o
sc whole fair land.
Harry Leslie, the rope.walker, failed
ID. put in an appearance.
lal 1t was intmated that about 5000 poop
H. were present
RI Second Day.
IT, Hastings is on hand with some addtio
M to his display of photographs, In ca
IS photographs he evidently exccls. Clifford
Iu. large pictures in India ink are not to be e
he cellod. Hastings display shows more q
'pt tention has been paid to artistic arrang
lt ment, though neither of the collections a
lii wanting in this particular, and both attraC
L.