Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-23


ficient in number 10 make city tn
size Of Albany or Buffalo thirty yeaI
ago: We have seen that 0ne-half G
these are not only poor, but what
infinitely worse, ignorant and super
stitious, and often criminally educated
! We have seen whole townships in tn
South and West settled BY thi, class
we have seen that the purchaseabl'
vote has been largely from this igno
rant class: we have seen in all larg
cities the liquor dealers constantly re
cruited from this ignorant class; W
have seen the greatest labor strike o
history threatening the very life Of Oul
nation within the last few months; W.
have seen that majority Of thii
mighty army of idle men has been
drawn from this same ignorant class
There is but one iniallible cure fOI
this sad sickness in the body polite
only one specific which will surely les
sen the number of purehasable vote,
and the number of ignorant men who
are willing TO engage in disastrous
strikes. This remedy. il seems to me.
is better education for the poor man.
the ignorant man-an education along
the line Of the sermon on the Mount
az well as that which must be obtained
in the common school II i 10 me a
sad thing TO discover that Massachu-
sets. Vermont and New Hampshire,
instead Of furnishing large per cent
of well educated, thoroughly equipped
Young men. to act a. "A lcaven 10
Christianize and Americanize these
ignorant foreigners, have been regu.
larry cutting down their output Of no.
BILE young men and women. You
must have known that the vast major
itv OF LAWYERS, physicians. successful
merchants and clergymen were coun-
try born, and in New York large
percentages very large percentage. ARE
from New England. Chauncey VI.
Depew. W. NJ. Evart, Joseph H.Choate.
Clarence seward, Rev. John Hall. Rev.
DR.. Talmage, Rev Or. Macarthur.
Rev. Or Burial, Rev. Or. Elder,
Bishop Fowler, and ID my own pro-
fe,sion, the late Or. Alonzo Clarke.
Willard Parker, james K. Rood. Ed
mund H. Peaselec and Fordvce Bar
ker. We're all country born and bred;
while of the living members Of my pro-
fessiOn, Drs. Markoe. ROOsa. Bryant.
Loomis and Thomas, Webster and
Knapp. were all country boys. From
our own town we have Or. Frank
smith and his brother. the LAWYER
John Sabine smith: from Woodstock.
DR. Dana; from Braintree. the late
Or, Parnlee; while IN the depart
ments Of science, agriculture and IL
nance among my acquaintance, are
the Chambers. the M0ultons and the
kimbsll> Everyone Of these has
made name Of which the city Of their
is proud and they are indeed
a credit 10 their native town and state.
The Vermont Society of Brooklyn, Of
which Mr. kimball is president. is
most delightful rallying ground for
many of these boys, and others: and
10 attend one of our meetings. one
who il not Nermonter might well
wish himself one OF the twenty diff
ierent officers of the New York acade-
any Of medicine, in its various depart
nents. four-fifth> Of them are country
born men. am proud of this socie-
y, having been Fellow of il for
wenty years, and an officer for nine
'ears. We have built two-hundrel-
housand-dollar home ana nearly paid |
or IL in the last twelve years. We I
nave accumulated library, the larg-
st but one ia America. and which |
ould not be duplicated for fifty thou
AMI dollars
OF the New England society, Won
iave often heard. This society is one
# which all of its members are proud.
fhe meetings of no other soci " in
>ew York are so delightful, so popu-
ar, 80 enthusiastic, or furnish such an
treat and patriotic stimu-
rs. A large percentage of its MEM
crs are country born.
With these facts before YOU. YOU
nm see my object in urging YOU To
ontinue TO rear your sons and daugh-
rs, physically, morally and intellect
ally trained to fill your quota for the
lture generations, and to meet act
e life in city as well as country.
hese men are needed and must never
Ease 10 pour into the city. Paris, to-
ny, cannot boast of citizen who can /,
ace Partisan ancestry for five gem
'ations: New York. with a few ex-
'ptions of few old knickerbocker !
miles, is equally unfortunate. This
Innot be said Of country towns. Our !
We're born and bred !
the country, and were living in the !
'mtry one hundred and twenty-five .
,ars ago.
The temptations which beset one in
~ life are 50 alluring that the grand
H. OF our best country BOYS. who
we acquired wealth in their time. il
is wealth j. left to these grandsons.
ten ruin their health and squander
cir substance in short time. There