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Wright constructs a vessel, he selects, not some cultivated, ornament- 

 al, city-grown trees from the timber of which to lay her keel, but 

 the live oak from the forest; and then molds and fashions it and 

 secures strength and reliability. Where do you find the live-oak 

 mind? Among farmer's sons; and all it needs is the chisel of in- 

 tellectual discipline, to pare ofi" the verdancy and rough corners, to 

 fit it manfully to sustain the ship Republic. 



But I see before us a brighter day. I see the farmer and th« 

 farmer's son occupying the positions which God designed them to 

 fill. I see our offices of trust and honor filled by farmers' sons. I 

 see the profession dignified and enobled by farmers' sons. I see 

 the professors in our colleges, the editors of our papers, the judges 

 upon the bench, from among farmers' sons. I behold in the future 

 the administration of government in the hands of farmers. A sec- 

 ond CiNciNNATUS at the helm of State, Solons as law-givers, Wash- 

 INGTONS in virtue, and Solomons in wisdom. All this T see clearly 

 when the farmer girds himself for the strife intellectual. 



Farmers ! the field is white, and ready for the harvest ; shall it 

 remain uncut, or will you to the work? 



APPLE BREAD. 



Apples are so scarce and high this year, that it will hardly pay to 

 use them for any purpose, except as an occasional luxury. In some 

 parts of the country, however, there is the usual abundance, and they 

 may be used as in France, where a light pleasant bread is made by a 

 mixture of apples and flour, in the proportion of one of the former 

 to two of the latter. The usual quantity of yeast is employed as in 

 making common bread, and is beaten with flour and warm pulp of 

 the apples after they have been boiled, and the dough is then con- 

 sidered as set ; it is then put into a proper vessel, and allowed to rise 

 for eight or twelve hours, and then baked in long loaves. Very lit- 

 tle water is requisite ; none generally, if the apples are very fresh. 



