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VOLUME VI. NO. 43.} 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 
i WHOLE NO, 303, 
Utoott’s |kra[ fUfo-fJyrte. 
A QUARTO WEEKLY 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY, & FAMILY JOURNAL. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
labor, and subduing the hot thirst for profes- ever perfect, can ever take its place. Directly 
sional and mercantile pursuits, shall awaken or indirectly, almost all great and good men 
in the American mind a. strong love for rural have been indebted, for their benificent power 
life. The present condition of our country is and influence, to the early teachings of pa- 
ASSOCIATX EDITORS 
J H 3IXBY. T. 0. PETERS, EDWARD WEBSTER. 
Special Contributors : 
T E WaneoBS, H. C. White, H. T. Brooks, L. WKHfKMi. 
Ladiee’ Port-Folio by Aziu. 
well described by the poet: 1 rents and the genial nurture of home. Above 
“ Trade wields the sword ; and Agriculture leaves all nations, we should cherish the family rela- 
Her half-turned furrows ; other harvests nre tion. The influence of home was the inspira- 
An avarico of renown. . tion that swelled the great hearts of our fa- 
The object of . these associations, in our £ bera f or the gtruggle which ha 3 given free- 
townships, counties, and States, is not solely dom their sons ; and we will fail to trans- 
to enable the farmer to improve his stock, b oon to our descendants, if we enlist 
and increase his products. This end is highly not for it5 preservation the helps by which it 
The Kvrai. New-Tomsk Is designed to bo unique and important and very desirable ; but it is not ^ or iH na lly won. If all homes could be 
beautiful in appearance, and unsurpassed m alue, Purity Qne w hich ghonld absorb all others. Alan j nleasant and all family relations fra- 
and Variety of Contents. Its conductors earnestly labor made pleasant, anu an iamuy relations ira 
to make it a Reliable Guide on the important Practical “ a8 a “ ora ‘ nature of vastly greater value ternal, kind, and pure, society would lose its 
Subjects connected with the business of those whose than his material and physical one. The in- hypocrisy and guile ; and mankind, actuated 
Interests It advocates. It embraces more Agricultural, crease of material wealth and prosperity, b truQ Christian charity, would move Steadi- 
Horticultural, Scientific, Mechanical. literary and News without a proportionate increase of morals , fmm triiunnh to trinmnh towards the 
Matter, interspersed with many appropriate and beautiful * . , _ , ly on, from triumph to triumpn, towaras tne 
Engravings, than any other paper published in this and intelligence, is not merely or doubtlul perfection of the intellectual and moral na- 
Country, — rendering it a complete Agricultural, Lite- advantage it may justly be regarded as a ture of man. 
rart and Family Newspaper. curse rather than blessing. ^ q{ inquirjr) investigation and 
FOR Terms, and other particulars, see News page. It is wisely ordered, therefore, that in order enterprise, that has been awakened at your 
to attain the greatest degree of material townsbip , county, and State fairs, by compe¬ 
er Y CMV i W V prosperity, learning and science must be uni- for premiums on household fabrics, and 
1A WT l\ m ~ 41 (Till fr ted With muJ!Cular labor and material eC0D °- on products of the dairv, the farm, and the 
<3 UU tU V HV-V ♦ my . The man whose life is devoted to the ghop) may bd j ugt l y regarded as a link in the 
- sciences, though understanding by the analy- chaln of home Nation; an d this is a very 
PROGRESS ART; IMPROVEMENT. sis of the laboratory the economy of plants, proper direction for things to take at this pe- 
soils, and animal life, may prove a very poor j n our history. 
rart and Family Newspaper. 
For Terms, and other particulars, see News page. 
Jtaral HfMlorkcr. 
PROGRESS ART; IMPROVEMENT. 
ADDRESS' 
OF GOY. WRIGHT, OF INDIANA, 
Sw^b!nk m WnTn?> wil/favTf At the base of tbe P r08 P erit 7 of P e0 P le 1847, bred by Gxo. Vail, Esq.’, of Troy, N. Y.’ I [Lady Barrington 2d,] by Belvedere, (1706) g. 
his wiser neighbor who seeks to blend^with lie3 tbis great P riac ip le Make labor fashionable the pr0 perty of S. P. Chapman, Mount Pleas- g. d. [Lady Barrington] by a son of Herdsman, 
’ at home. Educate, instruct, encourage; and Farm, Clockville, Madison Co., N. Y.; ! (304)—[Young Alicia] by Wonderful, (700)— 
SHORT-HORN BULL “HALTONV 
Halton, (11552) —Red roan, calved Aug. 22, t ring ton 3d,] by Cleveland Lad, (3407) g. d. 
Pronounced at the New York Agricultural State practical skill the discoveries and suggestions “VT"” an offr to rivB anwarm, oiocnvune mauisoa ^ ^ ^ 
TTnir nj F.Unim fin n 1 ARK of the man of science. ~ offer al1 the mcantive3 y° a can , ofiLr ’ ® got by Meteor 104, (11811) dam [uady Bar- [Alicia] by Alfred, (23,)-by Young Favonte. 
Fair at Elmira, Oct. 5, 1855. 
[Concluded from last week.] 
of the man of science. interest and dignity to labor at home. Enlist 
It is on occasions and at places like the heart an d the intellect of the family in the 
h. mJSZ "that "ecu" el mao to "eat J"-*«■»« hints and suggestions should he e3pp0tt ot a domestic system that will make «£* have m MW-g 
htead in the sweat of his brow," contemplates I ^ ^ 
of our confederacy have, in their various pur- men ; and regard him as the wise man who 
suits, their own peculiar customs, habits, 5 devises a system that will support, and ad- 
manners, and tastes ; yet, their constitutions vance, the true interests of Agricultural, Me- 
life. It is not the lot of the tiller of the soil, T 10 s , uiai 
to struggle against ordinary foes. He finds mumtle8 5 tbereb Y not only in the in- 
giants by the wayside of life. He must con- "f 56 of * bei 5 “ aterial * bnft ’ but in tbe de ' ' 
tend with the elements of earth and air.- Tel °P ment of tbe migbt T resources of the 
Snows, storms, frosts, hail, and even rains, eal ' , 
dews, and the blessed sunshine, are his ene- Another cla83 of subjects should not be 
mies while he remains in ignorance of their overlooked. I allude to the connection be- 
influences. He who wages a warfare with the tween enlightened agriculture and the devel 
the -ubiecting of men to a schooling a disci- tbe most 8uccessful blending of speculative of the power ful influences of early home edn- manners, and tastes ; yet, their constitutions ^ance, tne itxi, interest, oi Agncnltural, Me- 
S ine that shall qualify them to contend sue- discoveries with practical knowledge. One cati on, endeavor to invest practical labor with and their laws protect their rights individually, coamcal and Manufacturing pursuits. He 
cessfullv against the great and numerous dif- great object of these ass3m blages should an interest that will cheer Ur e heart of each and rqcogniza their political equality. In this who is a good model farmer is as much enti- 
ac^es which arise in their paths through therefore be to diffuse general Intelligence member of the family : and thereby you will «»"» ‘he etKDglh and the bean. 7 o. our tlecI tc >Jn metonjmd office a, the man 
life It is not the lot of the tiller of the soil and scientlfic truths amon & agricultural com- ^6 to'your household the grace, peace, re- form of government. who has comman..e la regiment in battle, 
to struggle against ordinary foes. He finds munitie8 thereby aiding not only in the in- fineme nt, and attraction which God designed We require, we must have, the fall grown He who shall ascer am ne cause of the potato 
. . ,, ., , rf tt f crease of their material thrift, but in the de- . should nosse=s policy of each of these pursuits, with the ro t> aQ d prescribe a preventive, will be as 
giants by the wayside of life. He must con- , , ’ ... a home should possess. Vf ' v _.... Antitl^d totLArMnAntanJ 
ve to your nonsenoia rne grace, peace, re- -° i tt v v n . • , ,, 
1 , ,, . , Wa rpmiir a wp t wp thp full vrnwn He who shall ascertain tne cause of the potato 
lenient, and attraction which God designed We require, we must nave, tne tan grown * 
hmt should nosse=s policy of each of these pursuits, with the rot » and P rescn be a preventive, will be as 
° ° . „ ,. , thousands of others that will naturally arise much entitled to the respect and thanks of his. 
The truth is, we must talk more, think more, governm ent whose interests are so diver- fellow men as he who may manage the finances 
.-7. wvt/Meo onH rtrt in TPTPrPTlPP t.A HTlftB- & . f n rrr, 
work more, and act more in reference to ques¬ 
tions relating to home. 
The training and improving of the physical, 
Each of these should be left free to i °f a bank successfully. The country will not 
influences. He who wages a warfare with the , ,, . . , , . inteUectual social and moral powers and sen- ... , , 
. ., ., . . , opment of the social and moral natur j of inienecLutu, ^ solidated government. 
elements of the earth and air,^ m order to MaI _ the connection between pgricnltnre and timents of the yonth of oat conntiy, reqmres proverbial 
eompel them to deliver np to hint their nch m de pendenoe-bettree„ agriculture and the something more than the school house, scad- ..^ k ” ca f of , he pen , 
treasures, will without doubt or question, 
suffer a defeat disastrous in proportion to his 
ignorance of the laws by -which his adyersa- 
sacredness of the domestic relations and en¬ 
dearments—between agriculture and the re- 
emy, college, and university. The young 
mini should receive judicious training in the 
ignorance of the laws by which ms aayersa- ... ... . D ., , fioiq in the garden in the barn in the work- J r ° 
* , tj„x , n cognition of that Providence upon whose care tteld > m tne S araen > 1118 “ m . lue wor ^ men t. Let us take care of the smaller com- 
L Will he able, under tbe tbe farmer m °5 6 than an ^ man ’ sboidd from ’ munities, and the larger will take care of 
derstands these laws, will be able, under the 
favor of Jle&vea., not o j 's The tendency of agricultural pursuits is to Whatever intellectual attainments your son aQ i n telligent farmer, “For whom did you the water that we drink — or of the soil on 
reasures ro ,. , give distinctness and strength to home associa- may have acquired, he is unfit to go forth vo t e f or township trustee ?” “ Well, really, which we are dependent for the food that sup- 
p am e< tions and influences. He greater communi- society ^ be has not had thrown around j have forgotten,” was his answer. “ For- ports 1-fe ! How ignorant we are of the va- 
otmlipa the nature condition and cmal- ^ e8 are ma< ^ e U P *be smaller; and as a bim the genial and purifying influences gotten !” I replied, “Forgotten! What! Do rions natures and qualities of the different 
e ,. . , . . an q his fields are’imoroved community increases in magnitude, it de- parents, sisters, brothers, and the man-saving y QU n0 ^ k now the man to whom you have ores an '^ niinerals that lie in profusion all 
1 v 01 is ’ ,.] ti on His know- creases in its local power and influences. At influence of the family government. The entrusted the management of affairs moss in- around us ! Whatdothestudentsinourcol- 
and judgment enable him the base of all lies the divinely-appointed in- nation must look for virtue ’ wisdom - ^ timately connected with the moral and intel- leges and. universities learn of the botanical 
tn aflantthe cron to the soil or to nrenare stitution of the Family, where the greatest strength, to the education that controls and jeotu-j welfare of your children? Do you characteristics of our grasses, grains, fruits, 
the soil for the cron He reasons he reads power is concentrated in the hands of the fa- shapes the home policy of the family circle. forget the person who is to have charge of trees and flowers . And, on their return to 
the nature of his pursuits, rely. 
The tendency of agricultural pursuits is to 
around the hearth-stone, at home. 
arrive at full perfection, without the influen- be retrograding, when the highest office shall 
ces of a great over-shadowing, central, con- be given to the Mechanic or the Manufacturer, 
solidated government. who snail make the best specimen of mechan- 
A great proverbial economist has said, ism ' or the finest, piece of cloth. Let the 
“ Take care of the pence, and the pounds will frien ’ 8 of tbe Plow ’ the Loom tbe A ™ il > 
take of themselves.” We may, with a slight have them associations, conventions, shows and 
modification, apply the proverb to govern- fair3 ‘ The* 8 ar e the great universities of Practi- 
ment. Let us take care of the smaller com- cal - Cultural and Mechanical knowledge, 
munities, and the larger will take care of How limited is our knowledge of the chem- 
themselves. I recently asked a friend of mine, ical properties of the air that we breathe—of 
plain the means by which he accomplishes his S ivQ distinctness and strength to home associa- 
t wor k tions and influences. The greater communi- 
^He studies the nature, condition, and qual- ties are made U P of the smaller '> aEd as a 
ity of his lands ; and his fields are improved, community increases in magnitude, it de- 
not exhausted, by cultivation. His know- crease8 111 its local P ower and influences. At 
the soil for the crop lie reasons he reads power is concentrated in the hands of the fa- shapes the home policy of the iamily circle. forget the person who is to have charge of trees and flowers .. And, on their return to 
reflect* he makes experiments and he tker —who is the Patriarch, Legislator, Judge, There can be no love of country where there y 0ur g C hco’s, and choose teachers for the their homes, what information can they com- 
,. c _ nt^w methods of overcoming old ob- a &d Executive of his household estate. Liv- i 8 n0 love of home. Patriotism, true and future men and women of your country ?— municate to their neighbors, in relation to the 
^ 13C * i n g on his own domain, with his woodlands, genuine, the only kind worthy of the name, Why, my dear sir, never be so forgetful again, physiological peculiarities of those animals for 
In^his great work we want for leaders men P a8tuTe8 > meadows, hills, and streams about derives its mighty strength from fountains Hereafter select the most useful and intelli- which there is, in the market and on the farm, 
whose examples and precepts will excite the him , he is supreme, with only those few and that gush out around the hearth-stone ; and gent man j n y 0ur township, for trustee ; and the greatest demand ? 
enthusiasm and win the confidence of their necessary limitations which the larger com- those who forget to cherish the household never forget the choice you make. After this, The progress of a happy change is visible in 
f How laborers in the field of agriculture. In nmmty throws around him. It is here that interests, will soon learn to look with indif- sel(jct the best man for coffnty commissioner, every part of our country.. During the course 
every finnin"- district throughout the v?st the influence of woman—man’s first, last, best ference upon the interests of their common to direct your municipal government. If you of the present year, one-fourth of the whole 
extent of our fertile domain, wewant more men, comforter on earth-is felt and recognized. COEEtr f- have another great maa, send him to the nation will have assembled at our mune- 
nnalified bv their kuowlede-s their exneri- tt is here that “ she openeth her mouth with ^ e thus cultivate the roots not the tops, legislature, to speak your voice in framing rous State and County Fairs ; and the most 
The progress of a happy change is visible in 
fellow laborers in the field of agriculture. In lQrows arouiul 18 aere ™ ai “ ’ “ 7 7 . f ~~7 nn 88188,1 ucs!l mrtil 1Ui 
every farmin"- district throughout the vast the influence of woman—man’s first, last, best ference upon the interests of tneir common to direct your municipal government. It you of the 
extent of our'fertile domain, we want more men, comforter on earth-is felt and recognized. have another great man, send him to the nation 
qualified bv their knowledge their experi- It is i-ere that “ ahe openeth her mouth with Y\ e thus cultivate the roots—not the tops, legislature, to speak your voice in framing rous St 
ence and their enterprise to instruct and wisdom, and in her tongue is the law if NVe must make the family government, the to protect your persons, property and favorable results will follow these exhibitions 
encourage their fellow-men in the task of kindness.” It is here “ that she looketh well school, the farm, the church, the. shop, the character w hile you live, $nd the rights of of the enterprise, skill and industry of the 
“ subduing the land.” When we shall have to her household, and eateth not the bread of Agricultural lairs, the laboratories of our y Gur widow and children, when you shall be people. 
the whole body of our practical farmers en- idleness.” It was at home that King Lemuel future greatness. We must educate our sons no more . Then, if your catalogue of great In many parts of the Union the people are 
ga ed, not merely physically, but mentally, learned the good and wise “ words that his to be farmers, artizans, architects, engineers, men ^ exhausted, but you have one left with organizing Agricultural Schools, and Colle- 
in illustrating the power, benilicence and mother taught him.” Mother ! the sweetest geologists, botanists, chemists — in a word, : about half sense> geQ d Atm to Congress.” I ges, in which the science of planting and cul- 
dignity of the science of kgriculture, “the word in all the babbling languages of men! practical men. laeir eyes must be turned ( advice was given from a full conviction tivating will be taught in place of human 
wilderness and the solitary places shall be Ifc is the mission of woman-it is the holy Tom Washington to their States, counties, : Qf ^ c^^ctness. How can you expect the i butchery. The schoolmaster is beginning to 
glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice mission of the mother — to impress upon the townships, districts, homes, this is true pa- heart Qf tMg Eepub ii c to be free from corrup- be regarded as one whose profession is as no- 
aad blossom as the rose.” young mind the first lessons of truth, virtue, triotism ; and the only patriotism that will tion and fraud) wben the little streams and J ble as that of the buttoned gentleman. The 
wilderness and the solitary places shall be 
glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice 
and blossom as the rose. ’ ’ 
According to the census of 1850, one-eighth wisdom and courage. Her empire is in the perpetually preserve the nation. rivulets which nourish it are neglected ? The j public mind seems to have awakened to the 
of our entire population live in cities whoia affections of her husband and children, who With a territory stretching from the Atlan- fountain heads and springs of tbis nation— ! realization of something practical. Each man 
population is over ten thousand ; and at least “ ariae U P and cal1 ker Lles&ed.” tic to the Pacific, and with sea coasts more j the people of the several States and Terri- j is asking, for himself, information with re- 
one-fifth of the whole population are residing On the right regulation of these independ- than five thousand miles in extent, we have to r } es — j Q their primary organizations, in spect to the best system—the best mode—the best 
in towns, villages and cities. Taking into ent households, depends the welfare of the larg- almost all varieties of soils, climates, and i their local policy, laws, customs, and man-j manner —of reaping the reward of labor be- 
and village life. his househoh 
When our population shall become two communities, 
hundred millions, one-half of the people will The family 
be crowded in cities, towns and villages—un- sentiment an 
The family being a divine institution, the coal; men of labor and industry, engaged in ; the representative who devises the best sys- them. 
view the extent of our territory, the sparse- er communities, which with powers more productions ; and, consequently, we have | ners—are the sources from which the national stowed upon the earth, or in the making of 
ness of our population to the square mile, the limited, are composed of these smaller ones, within our boundaries, citizens of every kind government must derive, politically, whatever those articles which are found necessary for 
cheapness and fertility of our lands, and the And, so far as the influences of the Associa- of pursuit aud occupation. The world never of virtue, wisdom, or strength it may possess, the comfort and condition in life. In the in- 
facilities for exchanging all commodities and tions and Fair are calculated to ennoble, dig- witnessed before the present time, such a busy, It has been justly said, that the two great vestigation of these questions, men are willing 
productions of skill and industry, I do not nify and enrich the occupation of the farmer, bustling, energetic crowd of human beings, leading objects of human pursuit, areAgricul- to exchange views and opinions with their 
believe that the history of the world shows just so far will they tend to increase the at- scattered over a territory so vast, and living ture and Mechanism. In these are compre- neighbors. They are not only willing but anx- 
an instance in which the people of a civilized tractiveness, and the wholesome influences of under a government supported by their own hended the wealth of the country. Their ious, to become acquainted, by personal ob- 
nafcion exhibited such a preference for city his home—making him and the members of will. Farmers and planters, mechanics and prosperity indicates the prosperity of the servation, with modes of labor, machinery 
and village life. his household better citizens of the larger manufacturers, merchants and traders, miners nation. and the productions of the earth ; in a word 
When our population shall become two communities. of iron, and gold, and silver, and copper, and We have too long regarded as the wise man, to have the full history of all that • is around 
ition. and the productions of the earth ; in a word 
We have too long regarded as the wise man, to have the full history of all that • is around 
be crowded in cities, towns and villages—un- sentiment aud the affection upon which it is business in town and country, on the oceans ) tom of finance, to carry forward great enter- The mechanic has access to the farmer—the 
less the popular sentiment of the nation, after based a*e innate in man. Hence its univer- of the world, and on our lakes and rivers- l prises by borrowing millions. Suppose we farmer to the mechanic : they meet and con- 
overcoming the general aversion to manual sality. No merely human institution, how- all of these, while they constitute the strength * establish a new standard by which to measure suit together. At these exhibitions, the most 
