Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-20

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be able to say Of our Vermont as did Ulysses
| Of his native Ithaca:
"a rugged region 'tis but nourishos
Nobly It's youths, nor have ever soen
| Asweeter spot on earth"
And thus will Vermont not only be a
good state TO emigrate from, but good one
live in, where agriculture will occupy its
appropriate place IN popular estimation.
But If you feel that you have not hun
dred dollars or more to spare, to invest in
books for family library, your good friend,
Ex-Mayor Hosford, through the judicious se-
lection Of books by your committee, has, in
part at least supplied the want. With such
additions TO the library yearly as your good
sense aud liberality will prompt you to make,
il will be power for good in this commun-
| ity.
am no prophet, but if this gift is prop
erly appreciated, aud the books from the Ii.
brary are read, which am informed is the
case, it will not be many years before its
influence will be seen and felt and this
neigbborhood will be noted for the thrift,
coutentment and intelligence Of its inhabi-
tants Your boys will grow up to be men
of culture and intelligence, and will love
farming.
By reading these books your children will
better appreciate tho beautiful in art and
nature, and this will also have a tendency
to make them satisfied with the farm.
AS one Of the most distinguished oratSrs
and scholars this country has ever produced
has we'll said GAS work of art, know
few things more pleasing to the eye or moro
capable Of afording scope and qualification
to taste for the beautiful than a well sit
uated and cultivated farm. The man Of re-
6nement, will hang with never weared gaze
on landscape by Claude and Salvador the
price of a section of the most fertile land in
the West would not purchase few square
feet Of the canvass on which these artists
have depicted rural scene. But nature
has forms aud proportions beyond the paint
ers skill; her divine pencil touches the land
} scape with living lights and shadows never
mingled on his palette. What is there on
earth which can more entirely charm the
J eye or crafty the taste than q noble farm y
You farmers are by far the most numerous
class and in this country where majorities
rule, with intelligence and integrity to guide
, you, you can control the affairs of the state
, and the nation, and by legislation and other.
. wise, elevate and improve your profession.
To men of intelligence, culture, honor
, and integrity, 1 know no surer road to the
} highest political honors than by way of the
farm. Did time permit, could cite you tc
s numerous instances where men have beer
elevated from the farm to places Of tho high
' est trust and honor; to Cincinnatus, Wit
, went from the plough to the dictatorship o
a Rome, when the imperial city was threatened
5 with destruction, and, as the story goes, il
!. sixteen days. after having conquered her en-
4 emies, surrendered the dictatorship and re
r turned again to his little farm across thu
Tiber; to our own beloved Washington, VIII
was taken from his Virginia farm and mad
mmander in.chief of our revolutionar.
a forces and went from there to the presidency
3 tho highest place in the gift of the Amer
lean people, and back again to the farm an
v to Putnam and others, but must hasten t.
J. a close.
Q Make your homes pleasant aud attractive
;. Supply them with the means of mental cul
II ture give your children the best education
10 you can and one that is adapted to your pro
|. fession, and do not allow the inmates Of you
l. homes to become permanently worn out wit
drudgery and toll. Honor your calling an
n. give to it, In your estimation at least its ap
is propriate place. Show that it is compatibl
is with the highest and broadest culture, an
q your sous will not be lured into other pursuits
but will duly appreciate your profession an
L become intelligent and prosperous farmer
is and useful citizens.
g. To use the language OF another 9Th
ct man who makes agriculture not merely pr,
ductive but honorable; who surrounds h
rs farm with the images of the most attractiV
. happiness who dwells 10 a neat abode, suC
N as republican wisdom might build, and r
/. publican simplicity ought to desire; VIII
,o in addition to the song Of the robin, ca
N make the music of Contentment flow arouu
"A his calm abode can unite it with the i
be teligencc Of citizen who knows bis righ
r. aud is determined to defend them who shoy
nm that this business if favorable to mental CT
ture, and as fair road as any to polite
." eminence, such a man does more to encourag
er the profession than all other causes combines
rs He touches the springs of action in the
To center and besses his country and all ma
of kind. lie plants the laurel beside the plo
1c and allures thousands to come, and, aft
'i' having toled within its fragrance, to SIT b