Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-30

Hampshire yeomanry. American CIV
ilixstson hath kept step with the rat
tie OF us clevises. and ON its beam hath
ridden thrift and national plenty.
do sot wonder that the japanese
snd the Chinese and the Phoenicians
50 particularly extolled husbandry CT
thss CSncinnatas went from the con-
soiship to the pillow or that Noah was a
farmer before he becs me a shipbuilder
or that Elisha was in the FIELD blowing
with IL yoke of oxen when the mantle
fen on him or that the Egyptians in
their psganism ~orshiped the OK as a
tiller Of their lands.
FSlthens the king. found some rich
gold mines an his provinces. so he
turned ali the population - digging in
The mines Tiliage was neglected, and
there came q great famine One day
the wife - the king invited him 10
great banquet. and he came in and sat
down. and there we're pieces OF gold
in the shape 81 bread. and pieces OF
gold in the shape 81 biscuits. and pieces
~ gold in the shape Of joints Of meat.
and the king vas 6isgustsd. and he
said; Il cannot eat this" Neither
can the people" said his wife most sug-
gcsivcly. and then they went back 10
the tiilaSe.
Within our time the presidential
cabinet has added Secretsryship 81
agriculture. Societies are constantly
being established for the education
OF the pillow. Journals devoted to this
department sre circulated through
al tbs country. Farmers. through
such culture, have learned the at
tributes OF soils and found out thai
almost every field has itS peculiar
preferences Lands have their
choice as 10 which product they will
bear. Aarshy l0wlands touched by
the pillow rise and wiring out their wet
locks IN the trenches Islands born
down on the coast OF Peru and Ro-
hVia are transported 10 our fields and
make our vegetables leap. Highways.
by this pillow, are changed from boEr1
sloughs into roads like the Roman
Appian way. Fields 90 through
hloodiess revolutions until there the
farmhouse stands In summer honey
suokles Chamber over the trcilises. or
one side there stands q garden. which
Is only g farm condensed On the
ow land with thick grass, and. a.
the wind breathes over IL. Il looks
like The deep green ocean waves.
There Eoes q brook. tsrryinr long IN
Its winding. as IL loath 10 leave tho
spot where the reeds sing and N,
cattle stand az monday under the
shadow OF the weeping willows. IN
winter the sled comes through the
cracking snow. with huge logs from
the woods. and the barn foor quake
under the thumpinEs Of the fail or
the ceateniug buzz OF the thras hing
machine. Horses stand beneath NOV
poles bending under loads OF hay and
Whi-ny 20 the weli-6Isd cat bins
Praise God for the great harvests
that have been reaped this last year.
some Of them. injured by drought
or insects OF freshets. were not a.
bountiful as usual. others far in e.
cess OF what have ever before been
gathered. while higher prices will
help MAKE mp for any decreased sup
ply. sure signs Of agricultural pros
perity We have in the fact that cat
tie and horses and sheep and swine
and all farm animals have during the
last two Years Increased in value
Twenty million swine Slaughtered
this last year. and yet so many hog
left Enormous paying of o. farm
mortgages have spoiled the old
speeches Of the calamity howlers. n
the Ancients in their festivals pre-
scented their rejoieinES before Ceres.
the goddess Of corn and siliage. shall
we neglect 20 rejoice In the pres
ence Of the great God now2 From
Atlantic 10 PacIfc let the America
nation celebrate the victories OF ths
pillow
] come next 20 speak OF the con
quests % the American hammer. It.
iron arm has fought its way dow.
from the beginning 20 the present
Under its swing the city Of Enoch
rose and the foundry OF TubaI CaiI
resounded and the ark hozted on the
deluge- Al its clang ancient tenn
plies spread their magnificence and
chariors rushed out 1T for the bat
tie It's iron fist smote the marble
Of Paros. and il rose in sculptured
Minerras and struck the Pentelican
mines until from them Parthenon
VAS reared whittier than q palace Of
ice and pure as an angels dream.
Damascus and Jerusalem and Rome
and Venice and Paris and London
and Philadelphia and New York and
Washington are but the long pro
trscted echoes % the hammer Tn
der the hammer everywhere dwell
ines have gone up. ornate and lux
uri0uE- SchOoihouses. lyceums. hos
Pitais and asyiums have added add