The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-26


necessary to keep up so free a use of
manure in order to grow satisfactory
crops. But the decrease of eartbworms
is warning to put on more stable
manure. -
THERE are few of our readers, no
doubt, who remember the visit of
President Tyler to New England, on
the occasion of the celebration of the
completion of Bunker Hill monument,
at Boston. We were there ourself-
being then a boy of fifteen-and we had
an excellent chance, just in front of the
platform, to hear Daniel Webster's ora
ton. According to the Maine Farmer,
there is still living, in Charlotte, Me-,
the man, Mr.. Horace M. Haynes, who
drove the eight black horses which
drew the carriage containing President
Tyler and members of his suite from
the Roxbury line to Charlestown. That
was one of the memorable occa-
sions in New England history, and was
the largest gathering of our people at
one place which had ever occurred.
The procession took over three hours
to pass given point. This was just
fifty years ago. Were any of our read
ers there?
WE think that good many people
have the idea that the Armour brothers,
the great packers of meats, whose inn
mense establishments at Chicago, and
other western cities, are among the
wonders of this country, are Scotch
men. We have heard them so styled,
but they are really natives of New
York, being the sons of the late Dan
forth Armour OF Stockbridge, Madison
county. He made it practice to train
his boys in the study of the valuable
points of farm animals from an early
age. That training has certainly
brought forth abundant fruits. There
is great deal in such an education.
1t sticks better, and amounts to more,
generally, than average school teach
ing,-though if we had those agricultu-
raj schools which our Senator Morrill,
once labored to give us, thousands of
boys might now be getting just that
class Of knowledge-knowledge without
which no true and effective farming
can be looked for in America.
RURAL LIFE, that excellent Iowa
farm paper published at Waterloo, Ia
has the following, under the head of
too much threshing," which is worth
thinking of. We know ii is true, for
we have tried both: "a farmers boy
went to the city, finding the work at
home rather tiresome, and obtained a
situation in large family supply )
store, where rushing business was
carried on, He took hold very well,
and his employers liked him. They
were surprised, however, when he
came to them, before he had been two
months in the store, and said: Well
Mr.. A, l guess I'll have to get
through here next Saturday night.
Get through?' said his employer.
Why, what's gone wrong?' 'Oh,
nothing particular Aren't you
treated well p First rate, but I'll tell
you just how it strikes me-. Up on the
farm we used TO have the threshing
machine come once year, and then
we threshed for three days, and you'd
better believe we worked hard; but |
tell you what-I've been here now
seven weeks and you've threshed every
day. guess I've got enough of it,
He went back to the farm, convinced
that farmers life has its compensa.
tons"
IT seems to us pity that the great
schools of learning known as universe.
ties should have changed so little in
the past three hundred years and more
but Lord Bacon said of them in his
day what still remains true, for the
most part. Said that "wisest of man.
kind -: "Let the universities alone,
which churn up nothing but old whey
Keep your eye upon physical nature
which availeth we'll for man" Surely
wisdom cryeth aloud, with few to heal
or heed what she sayeth.
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