The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-01-31
Essay BY MARY Z. COY.

our worthy Secretary has said Thy last essay
was on Flowers, continue the subject and tell rs OF
FRUITS IL Is not my wish 10 shirk duty, but what
can | say that you do not already know Ripe
fruits are generally nutritious and the apple Is said
= pc superior 10 The potato IN the principle that gos
% increase muscle aud brain, has an eleVatng in
noeuce upon the spirits and next TO air aud water
The CREATES; of all preventive medicaments. Ia
France and Germany a labOfing man often makes a
meal On apples and bread alone, and the operatives
IN Cornwall. England, have said that they wcre
nearly as nourtshng as bread, and more 80 than poA
toes and they can stand work better on baked apples
than any other kind of diet without meat These
with peaches cherries, plans, pear, Strawberries
blAekberries and many other fruits, might be pro
dured as cheaply as any other cuip, aud would II
not with proper attention, pay well any other
branch OF agricultural prpductiong some money
might be saved, too, that Is now sent abroad for
fruits thai could be produced at home A good Sc
lection OF ifuit gives double the comfort and enjoy
ment that anything else would, even at higher
market value, as We can serve II In such variety oi
ways that the most hsstdous cannot fail 10 enjoy.
Tel Us OF Fruits" Ny friend has given me a wilde
Held for thought fruits arr nearly numerous
howers and that little word In the plural embraces
all the Garth produces, for the nouFishmcnt OF ant
mas as well a. that used for our susenuncr and
loymenL We might also speak OF the fruits of the
mind, the yield OF which is not ailnuys pratdbir
should assume the privilege granted by one and
tell members how 10 iii the soil that each tree
seed OF plant Of IL kind might yield an abundant
harvest or speak OF the cultivation Of the intellect
would no. they IN their might Fse up and at before
US the conventional rules Ut the world that have for
many agea kept In the ckground OF both civil
and religious lite2 Methinks already hear the cry
you are leaping beyond your capacity. invading d
territory thai should be ef entirely for scientific
Researches aud scholarly thought womans mis-.
sion = 10 cater for our Rppettes and our general
comfort while We drink deep, OF the Pierian waters
and lay up stores OF knowledge for future useful,
ness. daily use might keep on The rustl Paul
perhaps, Is accountable for some OF this and yet the
advancement OF the human race In virtue and use
ful knowledge Is in proportion to the education wo-
man receives, and the place she occupies IN science
and art. fapls verdict h somewhat palliaicd by
the revelation 10 John, who said saw n great
wonder In heaven. woman clothed with the sun,
the moon under her feet aud upon her head crown
oftwclye stars" Thus She Is represented a. Tie per
iecuon Of moral purity, clothed aud adorned with
the choicest drapery OF heaven with that which Is
changeable under her feet. The Church can have
M better emblem. true woman. no greater praise
We have brethren In our Little band that have since
early manhood been pointing the way that Cuds u.
upward and onward In the paths Of literature aud
scltnceWe have chemists Ne those whose voices have
reSefbrated in our legislative halls and tried 10 keep
our state from shoals aud quicksAnds but where arr
our farmers that ar willing 70 extend ihelF eapaci
themes within their reach. old winter Is here hui
under the snOwiiakes, down IN the cold earth. art
roots that contain the grass that will spread EN-
erald carpet under ourieet and grain. whose waving
pillows shall rise and fall in the summer breents
Ihis Is me lesson OF growth and deyelopmeut and
We can apply Il To the world OF thought and feeling
The months glide by like shadows on dial and
with all your boosted strength of character Leaves nc
Product No wonder our Secretary said he felt
sometimes thai he could not do Justice. He had
gone over the old track oflen there was nothing
new 10 say, and TO him u seemed like an old song OF
"a h4tt u NAltE UNITS - one i0lt Ntllsctt
stricken with sense OF humiliation to think ont
man could not be given food enough for thought
thai through his pen might How something thai
would reflect honor upon our members At each
meeting the time seems spent in talking over the
few crops you havenlded by home or foreign fertil
Aeis, or perhaps reading gpod article from some
agricultural work or home magazine propose some
thing for next meeting, enjoy nice social meal
and then the watehword is homo, and an adjourn
mcnt proposed. should such lethargy continue
when the mind is never idle and will il not 4
propeF cultivation neglected spruut up with weed,
and flowers, that VIII. Ike epples of the Dead Sea
turn ~ ashes in your grspf We have diamonds In
our midst but Il takes ART time and labor TO nd the
sparkling gems. and without this labor we know not
h9s many gcnu uses are lost of like the diamonds
covered Mp with rubbish We cannot appreciate the
hidden brilllancy. II IL incumbent upon us all To
improve our faculties, cultivate the better feeling
OF our nature and make ourselves useful % our fl,
low beings that when we come 10 lay our fruit,
upon the altar for the judgment OF Him whom We
are permitted % serve may they he pronounced per
feet that We receive the promised inhcritaneeeyen
life, iorcyefmore.