Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-02-14

THoRoUGHNEss AND MEDroCRTY.-
Whatever is worth doing ut all is worth
doing well, is maxim which too many
forget. That is the best machine for the
factory or the farm which does its work
quickest and best A machine of that
Kind has millions in it, and the inventor
has his reward There is keen COMPETE
ton going on at Philadelphia for medals,
and the prize will be won by brains, after
all, and not by machines. Persons who
look only 1t the surface Of things when
reading an advertisement that fifty hands
are wanted are apt to forget that it is not
hands so much us brains that employers
want. Those are poor arms that have
not a good head to guide them. y level
and well-stored head is u mighty power
in the world. Strange it IS that there
are 50 many heads in every family unde-
veloped. All around are papers, lectures,
books and teachers Offering their services
as stevedorcs to stow every ones head
with valuable knowledge. We are quite
persuaded that if more attention were
given to heads the iallacies Of the unbe-
lcving Huxley would not pass current as
they do in SO many quarters. One does
not require to make much progress in
head development before finding out that
materiali,m is u mischievous doctrine.
In every department Of life tie Thor
ough man is in demand. 1t is not capi-
tai so much as capacity that is the real
power in the mill or on the estate The
man who has the rower 10 plan and the
will to execute is the one who is at the
front of the race. Skill in selecting and
using implements needs larger develop
ment How is it, parents, that your chill
dren are so i'll prepared for the battle OF
! life9 At every point of examination they
are found defective. That is not their
fault, but yours. Here is manufacturer
who leads the world in supplying a need
4 cd article. He watches carefully every
Improvement and constantly applies it to
/ his business. That brow of his has sue
cess within it. At the close Of every day
/ he was wiser man than at the begin
ming That was his characteristic as a
boy. He was IN Investigator into causes,
and with mathematical accuracy he knew
the relation between cause and effect. lie
early learned that one lie requires twenty
others 10 support it. Imperfect articles
never left his factory as genuine, for that
he knew meant ruin and failure.
An observant farmer knows that the
ordinary native COW, if properly treated
will increase her supply of milk at least
one-third. All she needs is development.
The agricultural paper has that secret.
The country school teacher, if he is Il
thorough man, might enlighten the neigh
borhood and enrich the world by impart-
ing knowledge of that kind. There are
too few thorough farmers in America.
The thorough manufacturer makes his
mill famous. His brand is known at the
remotest corner of the earth. 1t will be
remembered that the name of Washington
on his bale of cotton was n guarantee for
honest weight, and a passport for the ar
ticle, unweighed, wherever cotton was
used Washington was an honest as well
as a thorough man. Here are boys and
girls who have no force of character.
They have not been well grounded at the
tireside. They are thorough in nothing
but sham jewelry and sham manners, and
the question is opportune whether our
churches and schools are doing their whole
duty.-N Y. Witness.