Milford chronicle., 1883-03-16

dle-men, who stard behind counters and say both
what they will take for their wares and what they
will give for hers. And il our ancestors were
such people, # they were ignorant aud clamor
ous, were they not driven to It in measure
While it is true q ey stood in their own light too
for had they opfned Their mental eyes hitle wi
der they might have seen on what POOR founda'
/ ton they were standing. Their great mistake
as vel as The mistake Of some people Ofthe pres
ent day, was th,iT idea Of education. They
thought It a thing it only for MI iters. and few
wise heads that cnrld transact the business Of ma
tous; while il a teacher could mater 1.-THE three
l'r's - (Fea ling, ritng, 'rthmatic) and thrash tn
big hoys. thai was sufficient, and they would com
init the lntle ones the foundation ofthe next gen
eratiop, to lis rare and feel satisfied. ] fact il
any one asP!red higher. he was cnl'cd a shirk, q
milk and water man, who was too lazy to work
and was trying some patent scheme tC get ly'
ing without It. Anybody they said, knew
enongh 10 plow and harrow and spin, or could be
taught that and other useful things at home, and
was not this sufficient? We think not. II our fore
fathers were branded low set OF people because
they were egrculturists; shall we endure the
same? No; tell you they are things of the past
before oranges were organized, and farmers had
. chance to hear his own voice, and see his broth
sr's idess in the weekly press. Wedo rot intend
to follow on in the well worn grooves wrought
out by our patient ancestors; but will form 9th
ers. better, for ourselves. Some one asks, how
will you do it : By putting on more mental force
to take the place Of the physical; and we do not
expect to accomplish it in day, or a week, or a
year but we feel sure of success, for we have
begun at the root by finding out the cause O the
trouble. In the Grange we will root out this evil
cause, SOW good seeds in the place, and then look
out for a glorious harvest There is material here:
some Of the hest. Perhaps we are diamonds in
Il rough. Butisn't that all the better For we
are sure then that no one has had a chance to
add dross, or mix in alloy, aud we are lett the
glorious work Of refiaing and polishing as we
please. This gives us employment: just what
We need; for how could we know what we are
capable of doing If there we're no tesil Then
let us with chsel and malet go forth as scuptlrs,
and if the work is slow; let it be the surer. Let
us show to the world that we have been in the
grange and learned that we are worthy OF, and
can command position as high as the highest.
Don't let a few drOucs and fogies hold as back.
let us command living prices. be wiling to give
such, and TINS have more time for self cultare
for is not all this drudgery caused by our striving
10 live2 Let US enter with firmness of purpose
and will, that will stand all the storms that may
rage. Ladies, as well as gentlemen have work
to do, especially the yonng ladies' for are we not
TO make the next generation, ,sufierits wrongs and
enjoy its priyiegesi ItEink the sky is already
glowing from the effect Of the sun of advance
ment just below the horizon, and when he shall
appear, let us be like so many dew'drops ready
to assist in the grand decoration or like the gold
en- grain at least nod him a hearty welcome.
Then If we are garnered before he shall have
reached the zenith and VIC meyer see his midday
spleador others will, and perhaps may thank us
for helping on the glorious zine they enjoy.
Wehave decided that farming is not repulsive
pursuit and that the sun WHICH is causing the ho-
rizon to glow is one Of progress.
Our ancestors fuuni the Indians with mental
faculues dormant, their homes rude huts, con-
structed without regard to comfort or conven-
fence; they did not rear or protect any animals
which might have saved so much labor, they
only knew, to lay BY from the summers ahu1d-
ance the winters supply, after rigid lessons in
pnching and starving. They eouli extract a
living from ;he soil only by using three or four
times as much space as would have been neces.
sary had they understood the use ofimpemeEts
and tie virtue of fertilizers. They feared and
stunned the very cataracls aud falls that move
some Of rlarge mills
When such a rae. die, or are driven as ma
tio1 from place, they leave not a yeshge, eX-
cept their homes to show that the place was ever
peopled. Why, our Atlantic coast has been &c.
euped by civilized people only about four Cen
tnries, while by the sAvages it was perhaps poo
pled for thousands Of years yet if some great
wave of disease were to sweep US away, there
would stand monuments OF our progress forages;
while there would remain nothing to mark the
existence of the Indian, except perhaps few
mounds Of earth.
Years ago farming was intirey physical labor,
while now it is becoming the beautiful product
Of mans mental force. See farming implements
and vehicles OF few years ago. Culdvating
corn with hoe or one OK plow, and putting
two oxen to a cart for long journey (or what
to them was long) While to-day we see men
riding End the horses doing the work. or see men
90 rushing through the land drawn by the iron
horse, whose breath is scalding hot from speed,
and prescientists think we shall yet know the
full capacity Of steam and yoke It as a most doc.
lie animal 10 do all the farm work.
But that is the future and will let specula-
tive minds deal with that as they please, while
oF
over the past. There have been inventions for
modifying the rouRhness Of work for both sexes
True some Of them are yet IN an imperfect state
and need the work Of some inventive mind to con-
pcte them. We notice among the successful
ones, the washing machin-s, paten; irons steam
churns, elothes.wringers, sewing-machnes, and
stoves which take the place OF Tammels, scorched
heads and aching back. But never yet have
they invented anything to prevent ladies going
into a kitchen, on a ho;day in July to wash dish
es Tnat would crown all inventions, and who
ever takes holl oil it may be sure OF the hearty
cooperation of all the maids aud nsatf'oRs Of
he land.
We are improving, and il slow no difference
it Is the constant dropping that wears the stone,
thc little heaped on little that makes the grea:
heap. and the persistent climber that reaches the
acme. All the trouble is, our force is latent. I
Get it mixed with the active and look out for
results.
We are like a greatriyer on the brink of pree'
pee ready to tumble into the great abyss and |
form one Of the grandest cateraets the world has
ever behed. Or Ikea eatcannon ready char
ged waiting for the tiny spark to speed the
mighty ball Of energy and euterprize. Or like
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