The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-05
INSTITUTE,
Conclusion Of the Session Wednesday,
An Interehting Essny,

era giving The audience the Old song OF
Dame burden kept i've serving girls
10 carfy lha milking pail,
She also kept hye labOring mon
10 wleld the spade aud 1iL
There was Doll and Bet
And Mol and Kate.
And Dorothy Draggletall,
And KaiT rho waa a charming gil 10 carry The
pildnG. pail
We need not say the song was we'll and
artiatically sung, and NJ the conclusion
| WAS rapturOualy applauded. On motion,
Prof. McPhail and his choir were given
thanka.
Mr.. 7, b. Terry. q practical farmer Of
Hudson, delivered an admirable lecture
on leaks on The farm. HespOke Of leaks
as TO saving manure, and other ways.
Mr.. Martin, OF THU, delivered q lee
tnre on practical points, full of thoughts
OF value TO all. He spoke OF the modern
schemes OF robbery, and OF the old Nor
man rObbera-Of the millionaire apongea
that rob labor. Why should progress
and poverty 20 hand In handp We need
more morality aud less Taecality. Mo-
n0p0ly sleeps with. eyes open. Labor
pays the taxes. and yields the profits.
He urged organization aud courage In
the cause OF right and Justice.
Miss Libbie Jones read an interesting
paper, and A, Mcdregor followed with
the following, on
THE USEFUL AND THE UsRLEss,
at would DO quite s%upeIfluous In me
10 attempt anything practical AZ 10 the
management OF the farm or garden. Xxx.
p%erlence Ia highly important In such a
case, aud this | have not. True, | have
had 10 " scratch gravel" In my time; In
deed, almost since | remember, but most
Of us In this country know what II 10 70
paddle our own canoe. Few OF n9 are
born with golden spoons In our mouths,
and those who are, are very apt 10 lose
them In this "land OF the free and
home OF the brave" for real estate Ia not
yet entailed In p%erpetuity, and under
the law OF primOgenlture, and easily
d0ea wealth take wings.
In this free country, then, we ara about
oil compelled 10 battle for existence,
Goal OH Johnny may become o mil.
llonaire through his flowing we'll, and
In a few brief years may return 10 bis
starting place at the foot OF life's hill,
and have the privilege OF trying II over
again. This school OF poverty calls for
efertion, and their very effort s%harpeDs
the faculties, develops elf reliance, and
makes the go ahead American citizen,
A charming English writer Of over q
hundred years ago wrote "Men who,
being bred In anllence, see the world
only on one side, are surely improper
Judges OF human nature they may, In
deed, describe q ceremony, q pageant or
a ball but how can they pretend 10 dive
into the secrets OF the human heart, who
have been nursod up only In forms, and
daily behold nothing, but the same In.
slpid adulatlon smiling upon every face
Few OF them have been bred In that
best OF schools, the school Of adyeIsity,
| and by what | can learn, few OF them
have been bred In any school at all"
Those engaged In the cultivation OF
mother earth will not fall 10 realize the
force Of these remarks, This struggle
for existence Ia understood and appre.
ciated by tlllers Of the soil. They know
| we'll the necessity OF vigilance and on.
ergy. While they know that tho God OF
| nature never fails, for 10 has promised
| seed time and harvest, they 6is0 know
that dangers encompass; that insect
enemies and peeta abound; that
| n0xiOus weeds intrude and Obstruct, and
| that eternal vigilance 10 absolutely nee.
essary. He fully c0mprehends that II
the spring put forth no blossoms, 10
| Summer there will DO no beauty aud In
Autumn no fruit; 10 we might add, II
youth be tiAed away without improve,
ment, manhood will DO worthless and
old age wietched,
sometimes think many Of our farm.
or friends too often gloomily forecast
the future and have too littl o falthin
Providence. "0h, yeOf little faithT' nj
no sense 10 the cultivation OF mother
earth q gambling arrangement IL ia
no New Orleans l0ttery-no game OF
chance, but q solid, stern reality. "As
20 SOW, 20 shall reap"
True, many OF our good,frlends who
till the soil, have life OF toll, OF drudg-
cry perhaps. But what business or 0c.
cupation has not It's toll aud drudgeryp
| Az q rule, constant, unremitting toll IL
the only key TO success. In the gamb
ling lotteries, etocke, oil, gold, ETC., we
\ may hear OF sudden fortunes now and
then; bat compare these with the mum
oroue deluded and defrauded yictime,
sent out impoverished; road OF the cares
and l0sses too, OF these very million.
airee, inducing suicide, etc.,-and who
would envy them or exchange places
with them FOR all their millionsY Not
Tho truth Ia q bank OF mother earth,
properly shaped and located, 10 the best
OF National banks. The teller Ia not
30 apt 10 run away with II az with some
others. And these earth banks are Just
the banks that make our country what
II IN. II would DO well, perhaps, TO have
fewer drones, but lot ua, az Jefferson
eald, In his frat inaugural address, keep
our government In proper shape, 30 that
III shall not take from the mouth OF
labor nthe bread " has earned" and
tho useless members OF eocie'
ty will DO duly regulated,
Remember, too, that wonderful Ia the
law Of compensation. In this land wa
have no established arlstocracy-no %.
tabllshed church. As o rule we arc on
an equal footing, and no who gets too
top.loftily elevated 10 apt TO BIO brought
down. "Wighest climbers farthost fall
and the risk Increases 40 one nscende,
A few years ago / read an interesting
letter from Scotland, which was pub
lished In ono OF our large city dailles,
and M II described the country near
whore WIS born II was read with
peculiar interest. The writer said he
really believed that "woede were ban.
ished from Scotland and from the
numerous and busy hands, old and
young, male and female that were em.
ployed, according TO this writer, the
Intention Ia 10 keep them banished.
Tbig writer did not, however, mention