3O Celebrity of rural Improvements. 



most appropriate tools. The importance of 

 these objects is great, whether considered in a 

 national or individual point of light, and not 

 unworthy the serious attention of those in the 

 most exalted stations. Would it not be a 

 prouder distinction to have introduced the 

 Scottish cart, and English spade, to the indus- 

 trious husbandmen of an extensive district, 

 than, by the ingenuity and agency of others, to 

 have erected the finest Gothic structure in the 

 empire? Deserved praise for the introduc- 

 tion of implements, to facilitate manual labor, 

 would exclusively belong to the proprietor; 

 while the merits of the edifice would rest with 

 the architect, and the admiration it creates 

 lead on all occasions to the common inquiry 

 " Who gave the plan ? " Objects of substantial 

 utility are those which are most entitled to the 

 commendations of mankind. Little minds are 

 captivated by exhibitions great ones by those 

 actions which deserve the approbation of the 

 wise, and the applause of the virtuous. 



Although agriculture is entitled to a pre- 

 cedence in the employment of man, and ought 

 to be the first consideration in every well-re- 

 gulated state ; yet I am now convinced, that it 

 cannot be carried to its utmost profitable extent, 

 without the support of manufactories and com- 



