The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-22


are her allies aud ministers. She calls
into her service the sun and the winds
the rains and dews, the frosts and
SHOWS. With the subtitle laws of chem
istry she weaves all forms of vitalized
beauty even out of death and decay and
putrefaction. The insoluble mystery OF
the genesis of organic life, and the won
derful processes of growth and dissolu.
ton and decay are within her domain.
/ Who shall say that such field for hu
man thinking and endeavor is not broad
enough and deep enough and higl
enough to minister to mans highest in
tellectual needs?
1t Is the work of the board TO stimu
late you to think on these things. 1t il
only little learning that is dangerous
thing.
If you hold your face downward ant
near the earth your horizon Is narrow
indeed AS YOU ascend, the horizon
: widens. Ascend. high as you may ant
still your horizon Is more distant
You need never fear and weep, as die
Alexander, that there were no new
feds for conquest. Agriculture in this
state is yet in swaddiing clothes. The
despised Chinaman is generations
ahead of us. He wastes nothing, uti
Lies every thing. Agriculture there
receives the highest honor, from the
emperor down to the meanest subject.
1t is not my province to speak o
profit. Only this say, and it Is true
as truth, that, with intelligent, wisely
applied industry and thrift and the
practice of those manly virtues without
which true success is no where attain
able---no profession, IN the long run
ever did or can offer as sure and liberal
reward as yours; and If, In the long
run, your pursuit Is unremuneratiye
then all human callings are profitless.
As he had said, he assisted at the in.
auguration of this IN titution, the State
Board of Agriculture, and to the care Of
the people he committed it. They
should see that means are furnished t.
carry on its great and noble work
through many coming years.
Rev. CA Huntington, of Washing.
ton Territory, read a paper on "Emi-
grafton"
"Our American life is distinguished
from that of most other countries b,
the unsettled character of the people
| III tlC Oi0 OOdutl vi )Dt IIt
homes of families, like the th ,'ones OF
governments, are fixtures. From gen
Grafton to generation they are the
dwelling-place of the same lineage, and
around them clu ter the memory of an
cestors of former age. In America,
permanence, which gives to home it,
chief value, is not the rule, but the
exception. The sacrcdness associated
with the permanent home-our own
birthplace, the birthplace of father and
grandfather, the place where has been
made the history of the ancestral line
for centuries--is unknown to this
young country. We are truly migra-
tory people, and the tendency seems to
set more and more in that direction
New states open ont upon the vast do
main Of unoccupied territory, and send
abroad their invitation to the people of
the older states to become their dcni-
zens, and share the bounties of virgin
soil and the hopes and inspirations OF
new social and political life, amid new
surroundings, in new country. So
prevalent is our migratory habit that
comparatively few stop to consider the
question of its expediency and wisdom,
but only the question of its possibility
If it were possible for every man to cut
loose from his present relationsi to pro
perty and business and dscntanQle
himself, none can tell the proportions
to which the tide of emigration would
swell.
81 will venture the inquiry-albeil
my words may seem like breath
against a swelling wind-as to the
expedency of breaking up New Eng.
land homes and seeking new ones il
new territory. When a man pro.
poses TO sell out and move west, he
proposes to do thing in which himself
is not the only interested party. The
state and community he leaves has all
interest in this matter, as well as the
state or territory to which he emigrates
The east and the west are rival suitors
In this matter of population. lit be
for the interest of the new state &c
draw the people within its borders, il
is equally for the interest of the old
state to retain them in their old homes
and the personal interest of the indi-
vidual man must decide the conflict.
"We In Washington Territory (and
the same is true in other new states)
understand our interests in this regard
We have a country full of great variety
OF natural resources; we have a congo,
NAL climate, and the world Is our mar
ket; but with all our natural advanta
ges we are poor without population
Our tmber, our coal, our fish, oui
mines, our rich lands, without popula
ton, will give us neither commerce noi
society, neither schools nor churches
roads or bridges, towns or cities. w,
want just what Vermont wants, viz: ,
hardy, industrious, thriving people. j
we can deplete Vermont Of the blood
bone and muscle that has reduced hel
rough mountain forests to productive
farms, then we can be rich in all lha
makes Vermont a good state to live In
In other words, If we can make yor
poor by seducing your people TO evacu
ate your state and ill up ours, ther
Washington Territory will be a goot
country TO live In. / have half min(
to join your side of this debate, and a
least allow the advantages Oh your sid,
and the disadvantages on ours to hay,
due weight.
"There Is no debate about the publ,
interests OH either side. Vermont can
not afford to spare her people. We o
the West cannot afford to fail of acouir
ing them. The individual interest O
each man must determine the question
Here Is farmer with one hundred
acres of land. lie has lived on it fol
twenty years. By dint of constant
labor and good management he has liv
ed, kept out of debt, made all necessar,
improvements, sent his children Il
school, and taken good social position
among his neiighbors; but beyond this
he has not laid up much money. III,
says: Il am tired of hard work.
have grubbed my rocky fields these
twenty years for a bare living. | wan
TO go where can live easier, and hav.
better prospect for the future of m,
family
81 want TO tell you, my friend, hay,
! lived on the western frontiers for {
long time. The income from farm
there, as here and everywhere, is tn,
rd nf tunpI Thou l..