The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-16

Fad M tee, and In an atmosphere odofoii'
| Viii fragrant flowers from sunny slope, "
shady vale, or pulslng prairie, he looks
from nature 40 10 natures God ana argues
that He who made and oaretl iOf lne
flowers and the fruits VIII muqh
more cnre for him. No wonder tha, tne
| grandest characters known To history have
yearned for the country, with It's delights.
No marvel that Washington and CiDCinna'
ina. and Cato, and Uhaflemagne, that war
rinrs. legislators, Judges, merchants,
wearipd with the tolls. the cares, the decep'
lions. of their avocations, have loDged ior
co.operation and close communion WIN
nature. unobstruUt,d. No wonder that
Virgil sang In sweetest strainp, ana no ace
allied ali concerning this country life. NO
wonder that Governor Roberts was moved
to saw that civilization begins and ends
| with the plow No wonder that the great
Webster ever proclaimed, with all the earn
estness of eloquence, that whatever else
NAV be undervalued or overlooked, let us
never forget that the cultivation OF the
earth Is the most important LABOR OF mai
Man NAV be civilized, in some degree, WIN,
out great progress in manufactures ana
with little commerce with his distant
neiphbors, but without the cultivation OF
the earth he is, in all countries, savage.
When tillage begins, other arts follow:
The farmers, therefore. are the founders OF
human civilization.
And now, as for your own specialties,l am
sorry / am without data to show ana 70
emphasize the v ssthes these 's sta-
s stistics should be one of your
duties, The Mississippi valley alone pro-
dnces in the horticultural line, values ex-
ceeding $50, 900, 000 annually by some. 49, :
600 900 of It's population. do not think
oyer-estimate the figure when say tha at
Texas would fall not far short OF $5,OoOooo
annually. With her immense and growing
possibilities, with her soil unsurpassed Ior
fertility ana variety. with her facilities Tor
transportation that just spoke o,fthe Lone
Star State must at no distant day equal any
of her sist RS in this role.
And another thing: along with
your success must come the manufacturing
Industries that appertain to It, Your
fruits, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, straw
berries. blackberrie your vegetables, corn,
tomatoes. etc, can be canned or preserved
to last for wears, and so be sent abroad for
sale. Wines, liquors, jams, etc., can be
manufactured ON your farms, or at some
neighboring establishment.
Associations such as yours VIII largely
aid in the achievement OF all these matters.
If remember rightly 1rn the st nfss
was established only thirty-five years
AGO. We read that for years 1T Ian
gTished tor want of sufficient public inter
est in the subject. Then, fruit of the choic-
est varieties was a luxury which could be
epioyed by only the wealthy. Inc amount
of good that has been accomplished oy
these offshoots succeeding IL IL SIMPLY M ~
calcula bic, whether we regard the quality
Of the products, the cheapening OF prices,
the Wonderful increase of production, or
the better methods of advantageous Guilt
vation and distribution. To-day horticul-
tural works, magazines, journals, papers
ale published in every principal CITY
in the cou rdsys abound in largest S
number. while catalogues flood the mails.
And now, in conclusion, would say per
severe in this laudable undertaking, the
first. highest, noblest occupation OF man
kind. Let each member here present TO
day return home with. renewed zeal to
make your organization still greater sue
cess, to do more than ever heIstoio IRE ns'
or understanding of a live-root. crop IL
worth infinitely more to them than q
knowledee of all the crop OF roots ina,
cumher the decaying Greek grammars; tha
the due tending of fine fruit tree OF TO
day is of inexpressibly more beneht tnau
the ability from to The 'rd Roman P posi
OF ond La aomaucin ruG" historians Of deat
mast. Let the rising youth compreaenG
, That in the matter of an honest lie anc
, livelihood there is no avocatlon that excel
this dealing with the forces Of nature; tina
, 10 the scientific mind there is no held more
! inviting or more prolific OF subjects Ior IN
yestigation than those wherein grow tn'
crops that nourish ones very existence
, that to those of literary tendency there i
M occupation that affords ampler oppor
tnniiies for culture; that to even those
, naming tor political fame there is nothing
, That can give them more the support OF tht
, masses than the full mountaineering VIII
I the real needs and the true statu
/ of the agricultural interests 90 P pon od u
ia an occupation that out OF the louoo,oV
, persons now employed in this country
|, there are at present some 900O,OOO engaged
> in II AGAINST the other 8, 200 900 for manu-
Featuring, mining, mechanical, trade ant
, TRANSFORMATION, professional, etc: In Texa
, ont Glover $50 900 engaged in all classes o
: gainful occupations, there are ooo,VVo pur
snino the Agricultural. And it is one il
which the head and hand and heart OF wo
3 man NAV take as prominent and as com
, nensstory a part as companion ana part
q par of her liege lord when living, or as nj
. REPRESENTATIVE when disease may have uls
f abIed or when death shall nav
r called him away from nom
/, and wife and children. Nor
4 4
v more business talent and business metno1
Z than the correct handling OF the compll
{ | Gated demands OF the farm. The occupa
i tion gives health to the body, energy to III
II mind, is conducive to virtuous ana temper
Q ate habits, and to purity OF moral char1ctel
!, which are the pillars OF gooo goveInlnel
8 and the true support of national lndepenC
v ence' But 20 into it who may, let the'
II nursue it as an end, ana Tor ltseli, as
u pleasure and a profit combined. Let IN
n nrovement in each and every department
q he the aim and the effort, and let thoroug
4 work be ever striven for. We improve OF
II methods OF school study; we improve OF
% business processes; S we sinpf our iiS
N s,och. WHY not strive
r also.improve our fruits, our vegetables. ool
"A as 10 size and flavor and productlVenes
N and marketable condition. And somewher
u I think in the Georges Of Virgil, where u
4. majesty of verse and the harmony OF nun
Is bers add grace aud dignity 70 tnis Hlo
o. useiul of all avocations, the importance
pr thoroueh tillage 10 thus illustrated;
re- yine.dresser had two daughters and vim
!, ward. when his eldest daughter was ma
n lied he gave her third of his vineyard Il
a a norton, Notwithstanding which he ate
ie wards managed to have as much irult
le formerly. When the younger was marie
A. he gave her half Of what 7
e NAMED: still the produce, Of b
at VINEYARD was undiminisned. ~
q result was the consequence OF bis oestowll
= as much labor on the third part lett an
nt his daughters had received Their porto \,
In as he had been accustomed 70 give 10 u
Of AZ the conclusion Of Major Eliotts
be marks, Captain W. @. Veal arose az
he moved that vote Of thanks be tender
es 10 him for his able address, and that =
ID newspapers be requested to. publish II
10 full" .a.,; a. ;
ct The meeting then again proceeoea 20
e. closed, Mr.. J. r. Johnson delivered the L
OF lowing -. $500