The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-07-31
FARMERS SHOULD BE ASPIRING

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-Te farmers contented2 We fear
--5- They should Be. They embrace
-le largest class Of our population and
-old the largest amount OF real estate.
50 they particularly attract the attgu.
ton OF the Intelligent traveller. We ad-
nlt mat farming is not 50 aIluring as
Oanhlng, manufacturing. raflroading
and the intslligent or ambitious voung
men are not attracted 70 the calling 50
readily but when business becomes de-
pressed, manufacturing establishments
bankers anj merchants are compelled 70
close their doors. and the mechanic
hnds but little demand for his labor.
then the farmer, with his granarv full.
and with herds Of cattle. and with
sheep and swine. should feel coDtented
with modest income.
Farmers should be tborougb1v ed
ucated, and I'm order 70 do that there
must Oe combination. He should be
an snteiligent nan. understanding the
processes OF nature. Agriculture Is an
art and a science. and the discovery Of
chemistry, geology. and the kindred
sclences are changing the entire aspect
ot the agricultural world.
Chemistry and ge0g1ogv fs 70 the far
mer what chemistry and anatomy is TO
the medical student. The farmer With
chemistry and geology before him Is en-
aoied 10 probe into the bowels Of mother
errthl and into her everlasting hills. and
beside her babbling b-noks, and deep
down where old oceans embrace con
Gsals countless tracks Of the ages. wait
Ing for the hammer and pick Of some
young man to push aside the rocks and
let in the light Of our country on the
records Of the past. The world never
offered in any age so much to stir the
energy and ambition Of the yonng men
as it does to-day.
It is said that the trades and profes-
sions are crowded already. and by sim
ply counting poles itlooks to be true,
but in reality much oft is debris that
soon lodges with the driftwOod amorg
the willows along the banks Of life's
busy current. while away ont on the /
bosom where men do gather and meas !
ure strength. there is always room. I
though it may be closed to the timid |
and indOleut, but always open 90 the /.
patient and Industrious young man.
II We would claim q place in the /
worlds busy life, where honor auu :
emOluments are dispensed. it is but !
right that the world demand of US that i
we come with our minds trained to |.
gTagpls with the living issues o! the |
active age rather than encumbered with !
the cast of rubbish Of the plOdding !
times Of our fathers.
Practically the human family is no |
longer separated. but like multitude ]
Of bees in hive, eacu doing its labor !
within easy. call Of the rest, and every |
one r ueighbor to the whole world. There !
Is something ~ inspiration in the 1
thought that the man Of the future is 70 !
acl his part in no narrow valley hidden |
by mountains. nor in the city obscured
By the smoke and din Of industry. but
on the broad theatre Of life. Our com
ing young men may make themselves
famous in the presence Of millions, and
their exceIleuc7 be recorded in all Of the
dialects Of each, and he who enters the
race-f1r the attractive things which
this age offers, must himself be, like
the athletes in the golden games trained
to use bis mind.
Brother farmers. have we no higher
ambition for our sons and daughters
than TO raise them up as hewers Of wood
and drawers Of water? If we have, let
US come together with our cooperating
powers; and let our highest ambition
and our waImest aspirations be TO ed
ucate them and raise them higher in
the scale Of intelligence -EI.