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Everything in nature is awakened by this new force. The 

 nodding flowers shake off! the pearly dew and stand erect; soon 

 is heard the lowing of the cattle, the neighing of the horse, 

 crowing of the cock, the barking of dogs, the tinkle of the sheep 

 bell, the milkmaid's merry song, the plough boy's honest laugh, 

 and the earnest voices of the workers, all mingling together in 

 one grand symphony. No earnest healthy nature can participate 

 in such a scene as this without sending up a prayer of thankful- 

 ness to God, the giver and maker. Cling to the farm, take root 

 and grow there, teach the young people to beautify, adore, and 

 adorn it, and make the home the one sweet spot on earth whose 

 price is above rubies. And take the old German motto for your 

 own : " While I live I ascend," and life will be a success, and as 

 you advance into the sweet autumn of life, time will so mellow 

 and sweeten you, that before you pass to the great beyond, Heaven 

 will appear almost io view. 



Mr. Huntly said it was a sad thought that the description so 

 graphically drawn was true of many farmers' homes to-day. Could 

 they but attend these meetings and hear such papers, or have 

 them to read in their homes, it would not fail to produce a great 

 improvement in their comfort and happiness. 



Mr. Plumb said every parent should try to preserve the natural 

 instincts of the child, as he comes in contact with nature. Culti- 

 vate and encourage the development of his tastes when closely 

 manifested towards any special subject. It is wrong to force 

 children into channels for which they are not adapted, both in 

 taste and inclination. He cited an instance where a fond mother 

 was anxious to see her son a professor, and educated him for that 

 position, and after a few years of attempts to carry out his mother's 

 desires, he returned home a disheartened man, mourning that his 

 education had been a failure, his life misspent in fitting for and 

 trying to be what was at variance with his tastes, his nature. 



