Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-02-20


The address of welcome was given by II.
A. Willard in very appropriate and in
teresting manner, welcoming members of
the Board, and all friends from abroad, to
our halls, our homes and our tiresides, and
congratuating tho citizens of Westminster
and vicinity for the honor conferred by the
Board
The subject of adaptation was treated by
NJ. w. Davis in such a manner as TO call
forth many additional speakers and much
interest. The importance of improving
both the man and the business, of securing
agood farm wife, of educating the children,
of combining business with pleasure, of
better adaptation of stock to FARMS of prop
or construction of buildings, and more eco
nomical use of time, was set forth in I'M
mistak lble terms.
u. l.. jameson seconded Mr.. Davis's
views, and added: Men were not always
best adapted to the vocation toward which
their youthful incinations seemed TO lean.
They need 10 study themselves, as did Hor-
ace Greeley, who, in his youth, bid fair to
be six horse teamster. Too much work
should not be put upon The housewife.
Children should develop both mental and
physical powers; power Of endurance
makes men rich.
Mr.. Foster of Barnet held that we as
farmers do not work any harder than men
equally ambitious in other occupations (;
and yet are constantly telling our sons and
daughters that they had better abandon the
business. Notwithstanding we hear much
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they were every way worthy of the young
sprouts" or the youthful "starch-dicky"
aristocracy OF the age.
Prof Collier believed that three laws
must be observed intelligence, enterprise
and adaptation that an unintelligent far
mer has even the stars above him arrayed
in hostility; that it is folly for him to think
of travelling successfully without knowing
where he is going.
Mr.. Halbert of Essex spoke of the GUS
toms of the age, their changes to our inju-
ry. Young ladies were not properly edu-
Gated TO the business of life. If educated
after the manner of our mothers and grand
mothers the world would begreatly blessed
TUESDAY EVENING.
F. D. Douglas of Whiting addressed the
meeting on the subject of dairy farming.
He maintained that cows should be made
to furnish from $50 TO 300 lbs. of butter per
year, and that by proper management the
butter can be made to command from 40 TO
so cents per pound that dairymen should
put their butter in such a manner that peo-
pie will not only be willing TO pay good
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that it is just what they want. BY figures
he showed that the average number of
pounds of butter per COW, through out the
State, does not exceed $50 pounds. He
holds that it should exceed $50 pounds. BY
this increase of product, together with the
increase of price, it was shown that the
wealth of the State would be increased over
s5,OOO,OOO, and at the same time require no
more physical labor than now.
DR.. Hiram Cutting of LuDenburg "took
the prize" on his essay entitled 1.-THE Atmos-
phere." OF him we FEEL TO say that we
should like TO hear him talk the year
round. In imagination he took us over
the world, viewing the beautiful phenom-
ena of the atmosphere, and searching for
signs of fair weather and foul. His story
Of the "shower Of frogs" was regarded by
some as 'thumper," and the frog that
appeared in mid-winter was looked upon
by others as monstrosity, but the Doctor
held his own, and held it well, notwith-
standing Yankee ingenuity sought TO pull
him down, and superstition stalked with
curious look about his reason and his views.
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N. q. Pierce presented paper on the
subject OF highways, favorlng the system
OF town commissioners. a. B. Halbert re-
garded the town very far in advance of the
majority that can boast of good roads -
that is willing to pay the road tax in mon
ey, and trust it to commissioners to be ex-
pended to the best possible advantage, thus
making, as he believes, so per cent better
use of the money. +. D. Douglas desired
to see an increased interest in the business.
and an honest purpose TO work ont the t,x-
es fairly. The honesty of the people not
the laws of the State. are in ranlt n II
Jameson called our roads delusion and 81
snare. Only and then a puide hoard
and those indicate that they were nut up in
the dark ages. c. II. Heath of MontpeIier
claimed that our roads should be put in
condition for men, women and children to
to drive over in safety. II. A. Willard OK
presses his belief that the money paid in
many towns for damages would, if proper
lv nanoged nut our rood, in God roroi.
Prof. Collier pronounced the rotation of OF
fcers the greatest curse connected with the
business of repairing highways. Judp