Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-28

TwEiFTG wiSlCE NElTING -- FiESi DAT SIS
sI,T-THE ADDRESSES.

TWE!FTH WISIEU MElTING -- FIEsT DAI ) sEs-
sIo';-THE ADDRESSES.
WEDNESDAY morning January 18th. the
twelfth winter meeting Of the Vermont
Dairymen Association was opened at Wei
den Hall ST A,".ls.
After PRAYER = Rev. Mr. Van NoIdcn the
president iGtr-la,.i Nh 5. Il. Pettensill,
editor of the u =, who briefly wclcom-
ed the ass ciatjrn 90 Sl. Adams.
At the close Of ilr. Pettensill's remarks
the President. Hon. Z. d. Mason OF Rich
mond, dciyelcj he address, which was as
follows:
rr:a 's.s,, $ ADDRESS.
Cr.tlr..4 Cr rar ASSOCIATION Since lS.i
MANY plans HcN ant o1. have been brought 10 Int
! us shoyr nur trnuf,.s rive life to business and
WORK 10 labor. Nh.ls 4 lcrr1 war has ragged about
these schemes t3as. ,.al f.il Tie soil have been at
work. The, have Be- o or ATTY millions ot people
and nav, s..if II I1-. s.,rIi.s ABROAD. Our exports
,iurnT the t.so l!,,s VAC ending July last,
more Than 81 100 'aH 3D. Il Hur Government Is wise
and economical. IT bankers are honest aud con-
seryatiye, the la"'r 81 the country VIII hos them
The s,at,sl.u,'u, 1gl ealncierins which has
w;ought OUT ~. ..l.'.I r-.r ~ the stitesminship
and ,iuanc,criuy- o.. ri.. ( .rm aud Workshop. 1t
has - yLy httl ..lst iltA;tl IA formal way, as
il h..4 brr IL, no m Il is fcit TO be the basis OF
M o Ter m niIs;ites. commerce art aud manufac
tor, are I. !la.isi's pi IFS growth AT his time
thc,.. ~ MT. g. .t .fpu tae currency. Ii IS well
tha, ne pubic h., , t..nei 10 IT, for in the end
II H:I gef q. g.. IA. while good currency
,hoi.li MOI be NJ . "a Il is still true that the
! he4t VIII no. maa b.. r.-. II we spend more than
we earn ani Ia. y. e.. y3 not make ui poor IL we
sell more than W. Ia-. 't7A and nations have got
rich 10y barter .,l Iurl commerce Is carried on In
that way IN parts OF ne W2d w must is, nor y Ies
starve those lii "Js cl' i.eir lives in looking
| for the phpiO2hsl's ia.c wh.ch would 'ufn base
I metals into gold.
Agriculture naei' 'a Es canonlei, cherished i'm
proved, fosterei AMI 90 4l-aged b, the active In
ierest of her lcaus ci' .ens Agriculture has al
As q o
AL people, hat h. Hig happened IN the worlds
/ history that II has $500 Eght out such marked AMI
rapid changes tir credit and prosperity OF
| Government as those We now witness in our land.
1t Is safe N lra-, - make the proposition that
public schools a.c ci'-r 10 all the youth whom
they unit for t,pir proper Places in The world. 1t
Is the iavorIte tn. 80 teachers that every man
make of lin ,eii ~ hng that he really chooses
10 make Entire S'H'"is are instructed To ann a.
the highest places ia society. and the most exalted
Offices of life. The t- - pe.sl5icntly ignored IN
! many OF the schools sbIshed for the education
OF the people talf ..3 ~ .j1rlfy of the places In
this world are =ss't'iIG'c. LyeTg boy ami girl IS
| taught To "be sggs Ha; the world, which
would be very We. u u.g ''sJincthing' were be-
| ing what Col iujani.i ta"y should be; but when
being "sOmethrg Involves tae transformation OF
! what God lniead-i sapul rc arespectabe shoe
maker into a very iH"L rent and a very SLOW min
lister OF the Gospel. .1 sJriafli alI even the ride
ulous ChltActer ot l.'S instruction becomes ali-
parent.
/ IL We 20 ln.a 4 s--. .a- a<h,b.i,o.., our ears
/ deafened hy drciaTatoH- addressed 10 ambition.
| The boys have sdugIJ oa; from literature every
/ promise OF frwsI Tho co,a Hons of The giils
are OF the same genera ;9ae.
We hear of .ini!a {. ycir4iGgi. ron t.e lip, Of
/ girls who do nc kunv. iga 10 make histy
pudding. uEI ben. ,l.....I after the sm.lItuie OF
4 palace from III 10 JJ Rot comprehend the
| conmonest duuys OF w.. Eyerythlig IS on the
! high pressure prize .plr me boys, all ct them,
suppose l. i pos-'.' log ,i''h - become Governor
I Of the Sta.r. oi lTa.i idgul OF the mon.
Nov believe iH.,t e s'a1'. IN 0rder 10 be good
Oae should be 0i1 that val IL men aud women, In
the best way, Tor tuc hut.'i" positions that the
3 fgl a AZ VI tNt
Necessary that boys and -irl- be taught any less
/ thnn thry M. iliiyl- rlv care not how much
| knowledge a man may have acquired In school,
that school has hseI ci.sc 10 him II its influence
has been 10 Inske Hin Ulttlp: N his place. and 10
NIL him with iut!t AIA..I -. The universal greed
lite for distinction v.ucp !iB been diligently fed
/ from childhood. Iae consequence Is that politics
| nave been becOrI' tae F1--lI NJ small men, AMI
1 men into 1.rrr Tnuu-.4.i- seek to brcome some
bodies through he .,v.lne4 OF professional life
and So professional l.f. d.. Iiil Of 'nohoiies" The
/ pulpt IS crowded ,lfI gs4i.-h .'nobodles"-men
! WIN have "a p,y,.. 81. ..'.:..i n, mission They
! strain their b.si..4 - WIZ. G U,.nmonplaccs. and
wear themselves ua' rrl 't'.ag tho rant OF their
sect and Ihe can, OF i.t saA1ui- The bar Is curs-
! ed with ..nahpdtt.' ~ i.u-I "a the pulpit. The
! bar more thaa aI.y p..rr ti,iiuIn u tina, through
which the aiuh,in.s ylF'. o.. Ih,. country seek 10
| attain political eaiu,E''- Au ambitious hoy who
has taken n INTO Eil heat 10 ne '-umbody, always
studies law an. Is slau he $ admitted 10 the
bar" he Is ready t. CauuI,--. EiI Inlitlca schem-
! Ing Multtult5 Of IVY. are a Disgrace TO their
professions, ant 1 rl4t'H 20 ltt 'iiIl!y. Ihey nNc
! on quarrels and hrr'i jn'@I taat they may live
They have sra,ltl t..iu-r..e- 20. private life. and
As for the nr,llcu profession. tremblr 10 thlnk
! how many enter h'siG-c tfUs nave neither plety
/ enough 10 preach, H... h-l.ni enough 10 practice
law. When INNS OF ii1 2sc1I army OF little men
! thai is yrAriy commissioned - 90 forth into the
| world with A cye. r, sharp knives In one
! hand. aud II iIaE,,'I. ei t,uss and poison in
/ the other. helvc = -'g@ for 'kr human race. Es-
pecially Is ali THIS llin".'S'I. when We iememOer
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