The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-04

not control them, we made our incuba
tors. Through the agency of the print
ing press we are daily brought in com
mrnicatiOn with the greatest minds Of
the day, the scientists, theOlOgians anC
hOrticulturists, and we of this age
have the benefit of their years of study
and experience. Natures great forces
have been chained-man, the master
controls and guides them as he will
vulcan" may forge heavens thunder.
bolts, but man reaches forth his hand
and stays the lightning in its course
Products of the North, South, East and
West, are interchanged, through the
power of our locomotive, and friend
speaks to friend at any distance by the
aid of our telegraph and telephones.
In the religious, scientific, political
and agricultural departments of life,
| adYancementS have been so marked, we
can but be thankful that we form part
of the living active spirit of this pro-
| gressiVe age. As we are more deeply
interested in agriculture and hOrticul-
ture, let US see if we are keeping pace
with the steady march forward.
More than two hundred years ago
| Swift gave it as his opinion, that who
| ever could make two ears of corn or two
blades of grass grow on aspOt of ground
where only one grew before, would de-
/ serve better of mankind and do more
| essential service to his country than the
whole race of politicians put together"
We believe that, with our fertilizers,
our tmpl1ments and machinery, we have
not only done that, but the equality has
been greatly improved; our fruits, vege-
tables and flowers, to-day, are beyond
all comparison with the parent stock,
and every year is adding to our know
ledge and improvements.
In April, 1889, an experimental station
was established by this State for the
benefit of practical and scientific agri
culture, and here Investigations are
made, both in field and laboratory, en-
bTacing grain and stock raising, fruit
and vegetable culture, and forestry.
There our soils and fertilizers may be
analyzed, adulterated seeds detected,
weeds and plants identified, injurious
and beneficial insects described and
remedies suggested.
Successful agriculture is no longer of
minor Importance, but is engTOssing the
attention of some OF the best thinkers of
the age. The ground which for Adam
was cursed, and was to bring forth
thOrns and thistles for us, has been
made to blossom with delightful flowers
filling the air with their fragrance and
with fruits beautiful and delicious; but
all this progression has been accom-
plished with labor of the hand and
brain, labor careful and unceasing, and
to-day the necessity is not so great for
more work as for more rest, and the
getting out of the graves into which
many of us have fallen.
remember sister essayist speaks of
our husbands being made happy by their
wives eXcelling in cooking. Owen
Meredith says in 'Lucille:"
We may live without poetry music and art,
We may live without conscience and live without heart
We may live without friends we may without books
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
We may live without books. what is knowledge but
grieving,
We live without hope what is hope but deceving
We may live without love- what passion but pinlng
But where is the man who can live without dining.
Yes, we must dine, and we ladies must
be the cooks; but let us. the ladies of
this society, be cautious, lest our house.
hold cares, our canning and preserving,
and over anxiety to excel in this de-
partment, engrOss our thoughts to the
exclusion of other and graVer duties of
life. To be specific, bring fewer cakes
to our society, and come with some
bright, sparkling thought for our bene-
fit, the result of some experiment, some
new flower discovered, or tell of some
investigation, for natures book is ever
Op6u lO LlbT LOU uOb minus
become narrowed, nor our lives bounded
by the four walls of kitchen. One of
our farm papers tells of the wonderful
achievements of some of 0hiO's women,
a big days work, and who could do
mOrel l can but think that after some
of those washings, irOnings, milkings
and scTubbings are done in one day,
there must be mind and body too tired
to care for heavens beautiful sunshine,
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and childish prattle of the little ones.
Better scrub little less and read lit
tie more; spend little less time iron
ing garments so soon rumpled, and
little more in smoothing childhOOd's
gTiefs and sOrrOws, taking a ramble
with them in the cool woods and teach
ing them Of the birds, the trees, the
flowers, then can one eXult over a day
we'll spent, for as mothers we have not
only to care for the body with whole
some food, pure air and comfortable
clothing, but to these young and tender
plants (the grandest horticultural work
ever perfOrmed), to these immortal
plants, should be given all the stimulus,
all the love. all the enjoyment possible; /;
so keeping them where all their influ-
ences will be for good, and their char
acters shaped and nodded for future
strength, self-reliance aud usefulness;
buIOWAuR dIOullu bnblll dAl bLb Shl6R
of cheerful and happy home, and pre-
pairing them to enter the great field of
life with pleasant memories of home
and childhood, memories of a mothers
tenderness and a fathers love and in
structiOns, and with physical, mental
and moral strength, the best inherit
ance we can bequeath them.
To us, the ladies of this society, wi
der, broader field is open for work and
thought and growth than to those of the
past century. We can not, must not, in
this age of invention and advancement,
| permit ourselves to stand idle or neglect
our opportunities for selfimprOVement.
The past with all its Ignorance, super
stitiOn and crudities is behind us, the
future with it's hope, possibilities and
promises lies just ahead, and he who
would keep pace with the age must be
awake, must keep informed on all great
questions of public interest; broaden
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