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features of life. He knows something
of the nature of soils and their adap-
tation to different forms of agricultural
life, how to care for stock, farm
implements, etc., as we'll as the diff
ferent elements of commercial and mer-
camille life. He is versed in the element,
of the various calings and professions,
and out Of til va number the o It'll
chooses his speciality and gives it his
undivided attention. In this manner
his success is not only sure but bril-.
liant. 1t would be better for us if
these successes should be more highly
appreciated aad their number materi-
ally extended. With our people it has
shown itself in the professions generally,
while the agricultural classes we have
not witnessed so many, and such bril-.
liant results.
We look upon this feature with as
tonishment and wonder why so many
of our farmers and merchants are COM
paratively creatures of failure. We Won.
der why this is so when we are not at all
10th to acknowledge that farming is the
most important of all occupations, and
"He that hath good trade hath an
inheritance. The reason is PLAIN.
Education has been too long estranged
from labor There has been ghostly in.
compatibility attributed between them.
And so far as the delusion vanishes, So
far will labor rise up and enjoy its true
dignity and prestige. This once accom-.
plished we will find no one with folded
hands waiting for something to turn up.
Every one will be busy, and prosperity
will be general and all will be happy
and contented, for happiness and con.
tentment are the rewards of industry.
Vice, immortality and crime seldom
have their origin in the abodes of the
industrious, the happy and contented.
Our schools should impart their
principles to the pupils, that labor is
life, and that God gives everything to
, industry. 1t has been too long and
; too much fault among our schools
that the teachers have been direlict in
these particular features of their calling.
There has been too much theoretical
, and not enough practical information
, impaired. Too much routine work
among the pupils has the tendency to
hamper the mind to particular chan
mel and once thrown out of that chan
, mel tine pupil finds himself at sea ap.
parently without rudder or compass.
Industry, morality and integrity
constitute the foundation upon which
the structure of an education is to be
builded. With this careful and con-
: slant attention should be given to de-
velopment nurture and growth Of all
the better traits of character. These
traits should be cherished as priceless
jewels Love towards God will
carry with it love toward our fell
low creatures, and love toward all the
associations of our labors. In cherish
) ing all those good traits, the pupil cher.
ishes his native heath and delights to
linger among its ATTRACTIONS. He loves
his home and its surroundings, even
though humble.
} If these combined traits were held
more prominently to the view and
these principles more thoroughly in
fused into the minds of our pupils in
= school, they would grow up to see that
+ we have country possessed Of the best
natural resources and most attractive
! features of any land beneath the
sun. There is scarcely district in
our county but what has water power
of the best quality-the best timber
e and building material-the finest quail
? ity of limestone and sandstone, all of
f which needs the hand of the industrious
and skilled mechanic to prepare it for
those who are waiting with the money
l. to pay down for 1t. There is a demand
a for all our resources as fast as devel-
e oped, and with all our fine water power
and rich mineral resources, we still
have inexhaustible gold and silver
mines underlying our whole soil and of
+ easy access to the farmers pillow. We
u are indeed standing on gold-stepping
# upon gold. And wherever we turn
- our eyes we see wealth incalculable be.
fore us, only lacking the care and at
tentiOn of the energetic and industrious
: to develop it into active life and bring
n it into active use We need more
+ men to work our mines, to work our
. timber, to till our soil, to build our
. manufactures and to operate them.
u We need more farmers and better far.
d mers. We need an extended standard
It of emulation in all the different branch
oe of ,uJu.tr,, W. ,ooJ oo..,,.ot.t:S.