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

tue Prov Ior eighty years.
The numberless inventions of the
present era, and, for illustration, We
simply cite the steam engine and the
threshing and harvesting machines,
have empowered the farming com
munilies not merely to multiply
manifold their productions with the
same expenditure Of labor, but have
also enabled them to dispose OF their
surplus produce Mt profit, and TO
receive as an equival ent, therefor,
such additional luxuries as they may
adrantageously select. In view of
these facts 1t will take but the sligh,
est reflection to establish the convic-
ton that the inventor and man OF
science are bestowing blessings upon
mankind, though they may not {" :,
IN the field, OF equal value Of h,so
Of the tnsbandmau. ------, y ..s.,..
A team has run away, 2 nd farmer
who has been thrown rn,, III, -
on has broken his J ,mbs A svmn.. !.
lhising crowd Ct neichbors gather
a0ou1 hiin, nd wi.st is their first
thonghi A horse tol a messenger
Let mn. be swift as Sheridan's charg
ef, call Surgeon, SO that the
!" ".snglod limbs may be set, and the
, lite saved. 1t is true, in the course
] of time, when the patient is once
more hale aad hearty. he may forget
to pay that surgenn, and lie may
again rail agalns, those classes of 40
elety who toll no, with thei. hands,
but lie owes his life to that physlci.
ans skill, nevcrless.
Again, death has set it's seal upon
the brow of a beloved chill, and we
arc brough, face to face with tha,
wtul chasm that lies between time
and eternity. The iorm of the low
ed 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,
proclalns II an the life and the
resurrection. Then the minister is
needed, though he may he scoffed |
at in the time OF prosperity and |
health.
What can crude toll achieve when
performed by man OF ignorance
Did not the system of slavery i'm.
roverish the land in which that ignor
t,r,nrr 'r1 J, VIII w;,LonG, ,,G,Ibaysls ,basy Can .as
he see his little ones grow up unable |
to plan and calculate, and TO invest |
with profit the proceeds OF their Ia
bor? Then wc must have the
teachar aud we can not have him
with the requisite competence and
ability unless we establish the uni
yersity and the seminary.
We care not how much the farmer
may toil IN his 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 iarls
prudence is all essential and the
awyer, not the pettilcgger, bat the
real .iurist is a necessary, useful, and
beneficial member ot civilized socie.
ty.
The newspaper which announces
he state OF the markets, and gives
Information of dronlhs aud floods.
80 that the farmer may be enabled to
st1uit lus iuti at'aHth-t VI iic
lines, is also essential. a family
paper, which is the herald Of bot,,
oy and sorrow, aud which, by IN
,trucling the youth, keeps them out
,f bad society, is paying its way
thousand fold. We venture to as
sert that no family can either be.
come or remain prosperous that is
leprived OF its newspapers Real
.aste, and all other description OF
would dcpreciate it an or
sanized county should permit its
ocal papers TO langnlsh or to die
In fact, we know Of no class of men
uho pay their way so fully as the
OF the five thousand
ocal weekly journals in the United
States.
Powerful nations alono are repect-
ID. What makes 1t more desirable to
oe citizen OF the United States,
Lhan citizen of Mexico or Vene
.ue.a? 1t is because the American
,itizcn is member Of Republic of
of intelligent men, who
know their rights, and, knowing
hem, dare MAINTAIN them. With.
ou, military and naval power we
would be at the mercy OF other na
lions, to be plundered and ravagcd.
Quite recently our flag was insultcd,
American citizen were shot without