The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-11-26

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Lecture re "a sRoid yYESo bag a
/ ,It,is as much the object of the
organization, > (the ,Grange), tonadc
vance the social and intel lectual
condition of society as the financial.
Indeed, TO. do thislis the best and
surestcfneans of securing fin ancIal
prosperity How to begin is othe
question, how to excite among us
mutual interest in some continuous
means of improvement. .yss
II think mankind every where,
with few exceptions, unless mana
ged in scientific studies as profes-
sion, are too apt to regard their time
for further progress as past when
the regular school-days are over.
/ believe with Fowler. that r"the
richest harvests mortals can reap,
are moral and intellectual attain
ments, a reward as infinitely above
all earthly possessions as mind is
superior to matter" If this is so,
why should westand still and allow
our brain to die from inactivity?
Whoever knew of any one suffer
ing from knowing too much? You
may think of some youth whose
brilliantspowers were wrecked by
what rs expi essivelyo termed ''tso
much cramming," but this was the
result of knowing too little instead
oftoo much. 1t is noted ia ct that
the aged, who continue their inter
est in passing events or scientific
investigation, retain possession of
their reasoning faculties to extreme
old age. Of these, the poet Bryant
has beena pleasing example. Mrs.
Mary JbrSomerville,) one of the
| greatest mathematical scholars of
her day, could solve the most diff
cult problems at ninety years of age.
How regretful have Ioften wished
that I had better improved my op-
portunities,z am surprised at my
own folly, that l have not even
learned about things in almost daily
use. For instance, my husband
brought home'a can in which cream
of tartar was brought for our store.
1t had beautiful bunch of grapes
painted on the front. II thought
there must be somesconnectipn be-
tween the two, butAt was the first
time L had ever asked of what is
cream of tartar made. Do stand
alone? / There are none among US
so thoroughly educated that they
could not, with pleasure and profit,
unite in some course of study and
readings, that would remove, at
least asvery little. the allegation
brought against farmers, of being
the most indifferent to educational
interests of any class in'the country.
With this I cannot agree. But DR..
Holland l. think has been quoted as
saying: s'In choosing an apprecia-
tive audience, farmers would be
LastJy2sg1Let us endeavora to. remove
this reproach. Let us remember
that wesare farmers, that this Order
was founded for our advancement
But,each individual Grange can not
go beyond the abilities of its mem
bers. q We give too much thought
to the petty cares and vexations
of our everyday individual lives,
rather than to forming an intelligent
conception of topics of world wide
interest. We do not need to dis
cuss the question, ."does farming
pay?" AS to simply sustaining life,
we have the highest authorities for
saying; He that tilleth the soil
shall have plenty of bread Let US
note the wonderful phenomena of
vegetable and animal life, subjects
of ever varying, never ending inter.
est, How many OF, US are. able to
explain the structure, growth and
uses of plants? Who would not en-
JOY the power of, explaining the
causes of the changes in the ma
terial work. that study of chemis-
try affords? 1t seems to me all far
mers should be especially interested
in this, as by it all practical arts are
constantly improving. Geology,
too, answers many questions of
much importance to US. What a
charm it would give to our evening
walks or rides, to be able to name
the stars in their places, tell the time
of their coming and going and COM
pute their distances. The Study of
the physical science can never be
exhausted. Inasmuch as intellectu-
al enjoyment surpasses physical
pleasure, let us cultivate our superb
or faculties until we can brig into
subsection the wants of our animal
life, that we can find, and will use,
time to make US capable of, filing
satisfactorily to ourselves and &C !
ceptably to our associates the posi-
tons in which we may find our
selves placed. ~ sHui fsonp i.a
E8uitsa-f He kHe .bfnsasv1- ada -. .
"Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate, .tstN
Still achieving, still pursuing, hns
o# Learn to labor and to watt 5o
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