Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-09

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ton, each striving for the highest develop.
ment of mind, and made rich in classical re.
inement.
The wealth Of state is the labor IL con.
trolls. History repeats itself. We read the
character, strength and civilization Of ancient
nations by her labor records, found in the
debris of crumbling monuments and falling
temples These evidences of their high de. |
velopment, their refined aud classical attain.
ments, outlive the written history of the
people; so shall it be with Vermont il her
people are true TO themselves She will be.
come a second Greece, renowned for her
learning and excellence in the fine arts. TEN.
pies and monument will be reared from the
rocks Of her green hills, in style magnificent,
so that in revolving ages, when she sleeps
With the nations of the past, her history will
be read, her high attachments in science
and the fine arts and her social character
will be learned by these records of her
labor.
1t gives nobility to man, developing the
physical, mental and social powers. 1t
builds up homes, and gathers comforts and
beauty around them. 1t ~enlarges the heart
with generous sentiments aud humanity. 1t
builds school.houses, churches and asylums
it fills the library halls with the choicest
productions of thought and art. Shall we
then despise labor? Shall we shrink from
our daily toll ? Rather shall we not covet
it us a boon given us By the gods for our
good, and by which to do good.
Brother laborers upon the farm, permit me
to say to you, our pursuit does not neces-
sarily, and should not be allowed to, entail
upon us coarseuess or brutality ever though
our education may be defective, even though
in conversation our words may not be in &C.
cordaucc with the rules Of grammar, yet 10
all cases il can be pure. Let us endeavor
to eradicate every habit that tends to lessen
US 10 the eyes Of those more cultivated, aud
that shades down our selE-respect when we
chance to mingle with those who by culture
and habits are intelligent and refined. Build
up a social aud intellectual home. Cultivate
refinement in thought, word aud deed. Beau
tify your homes with whatever will refine
aud purify the heart. Give your children
the best education t. be obtained in our
schools. So doing you will receive the re-
ward for your labors, and add to the glory
of our Green Mountain state.
1.-THE wives and daughters Of the working
men of Vermont, what have they to do with
the prosperity of the Union "
Rev. b. NJ. Tillotson, Of St. Johusbury,
was called upon to respond to this sentiment,
but owing to illness he had been obliged to
leave the grounds.
" Head work and hand work together
they make the man and the farmer This
was responded to by DIR. I. II. Hoskins, Of
Newport.
Remarks OF DIR. HOskIns.
1t is not necessary, Mr.. Chairman, to
argue before so intelligent au asscmblage as
this, the truth Of the sentiment to which |
am called to respond. 1t would seem, in-
deed, hardly necessary TO illustrate it, sc
self.evident is it that the full development
of a man requires the proper and constant
exercise of all his faculties aud powers-all
the faculties Of his mind and the powers OF
his body.
1t is here, Mr.. Chairman, in my humble
conception that agriculture properly followed
has, and always will have, a superiority ovel
every other employment Of man. 1t is both
mechanical and intellectual. And we are SC
constituted that our in%tellects develop with
our bodies, the power of the mind growing
strongly aud harmoniously with the strength,
ening aud harmonizing Of our physical sys.
tenn. A strong healthy reason is associated
most naturally with a vigorous and sane
physical organization. Unbalanced thoughts
inharmonious schemes, unsuccessful enter
prlscs, originate from these uncentered minds
which have to draw their support and nutri
ment from lily developed bodies.
Among the literary classes this truth is 81
!, well understood that reproductive work il
sought by them in the form of games anC
gymnastic exercises for the purpose Of givinl
that healthy and symmetric development t
the body without which the %eficien
working of the intellect cannot be had
Where this is neglected the highest order o
! thought is not deemed to be attainable.
> With the mechanical class, on the Other
hand, it is found that the division Of labol
which has resulted from the use of machin
cry, while it lessons both the bodily and intel
lectual strain upon the operative, also lessons
! his intellectual and physical development
The man who runs a pegging machine,
mortising machine, a nail machine, or tn
woman who tends a power loom, produce
greater results and may earn more wages
but il is at the expense of their own develop
ment. The machine pcgger will never hav
the training of hand and mind which the oil
shoe maker got the nail maker gets no sue
discipline Of mind or body as the old tim
blacksmith and the factory girl is far les
Of a woman than the old time housewife VIII
cardcd and spun and wove and dyed the ma
t~erials for the clothing of her household.
Then, fellow-farmers, let us be Thankful
while We gratefully acknowledge all tn
benefits we derive from machinery, that our
is a business in which the man can never b.
subordlnated to the machines which he uses
Though we may NOW and reap and plov
and till and gather into barns by aid Q
the mechanical powers, there is yet in ever
branch of our profession an undimiuishe'
field for the development Of hand and brair
out Of which we can never be crowded b
mechanical inventions. For we have to dea
not only or chiefly with dead or inert mate
rails that can be subjected to mechanics
operations, but we deal daily with the pow
ers Of life, powers that must be guided an
formed, if at all, by living and vital force
by the hand aud brain of man, who ha
s. received dominion over them from his M
K their Creator.
Because this is the nature Of our busincs
because it is full of direct dealings with thi
~ which lives and grows, it is necessarily fu
D. OF interest, aud for that reason full also c
ii opportunity for the highest training of a
=. our powers. No knowledge comes amiss
us, and there is no form of manual dexterit
= or bodily agility and force but what
brought into play effectively upon the farm
as Let us realize these facts - facts that
ID greatly ennoble the business Of our live
Let us rise to the full dignity Of our hig
calling. Let us refuse to be like dun
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