Year: 1860

Since the last annual meeting of your
Society, and without any agency or
even knowledge ofthc fact until some
time afterwards upon my part, was
chosen President of the Society. For
this manifestation of confidence and re-
gard, citizens, permit me to ton
der to you my kindcst and most sincere
thanks.


Had l tho time to spare from my
profession, there isno position in which
| could be placed that would more in
terest me; and none in which / would
feel more honorcd in filling than this.
To aid my fellow-citizcns in their agri-
cultural pursuits, if L were competent,
would be an exceedingly pleasant duty.


In attempting to make IN address on
this occasion, | find myself at once en-
barrassed about the selection of matter,
not because Of tho meagreness of the
field, but becausein any part ofthe State,
for the last ten years, addresses Of the
same char,ct have been made, and
the questions s, fully considered that
no man can even now hope to say any
thing, especially in an address that
cannot be expected to be scientific.


On this occasion am sure that if
/ do not make character, shall Save
some, though it may be but little, by a
short address. And hence, after ma
king up my mind to make a short ad-
dress, as a matter of coarse | have dc.
termined that only few of the points
usually discussed on such occasions,
shall be touched upon by nc.


| design what | have to say to be
practical, and therefore shall at once
proceed.


What great leading practical fact
should be everywhere taught as the
foundation Of all our agricultural inter-
ests? Simply that to succeed, we must
be an industrious people.


A lazy man rarely succeeds at any.
thing. A strictly Industrious man
never fails at anything.


BY an Industrious man, | do not sim.
ply mean a man that is not called Ia
zy man. There are thousands of men
in our country who have always kept
themselves above the imputation of la.
ziness, yet they are by no means enti-
tied TO tho credit ofbeing Industrious
strictly so.


In our country man who will work
four or five days in the week, or who
works twothirds of every day is called
an Industrious man. But industry of
this description seldom adds anything
to the permanent wealth of the coun-
try. Such men usually make support
simply u support. The men, who,
by industry, have added to the perma.
nent wealth Of the country, are men
who work or attend to business all day,
and thus continue it all the days Of the
week.


Such industry is healthiul and pleas
ant Laborby spells is labor indeed
but constant work draws to it the
mind, and wherever q mans mind is,
there his pleasures are. When u man
works week, and then troIicks
week, the third week if he goes back to
work, he does it botause it is u nccessi-
ty, and not because he cares TO CO.
But if he works incessantly fr two
weeks, the third week he will go to it
with pleasure, and it is no burden.


Every man in the country who has
tried both, will SO heartily endorse this
idea that it is not necessary to clabo-
rate it.


The truth is, ifa man will cultivate
for while, strict habits Of industry,
he will rarely ever abandon them
There are but few cases to be found of
men being for a time strictly indus
trous and then becoming idle-perma-
nently so-uness it is caused by habits
of intemperance, or some other vice
which overtakes the man.


Many of us in Franklin county who
are engaged in farming, would do well
(ifwe were incliled to loarn from OBJ
Sc. vation) to take some time in visiting
and watching the operations of some
one of our neighbors. There are but
few ofus who are SO unfortunate as not
to have single industrious neighbor.
The truth is, therc arc no ncighbor-
hoods that man can go into in this
county without finding some successful
thriving farmer. And wherever you
do find him, you will find him an indus
trious man.


say we would do we'll to visit such,
and look on and determine for our |
selves what have been the causos Of his