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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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the 1st of October ? 
THE “DIGNITY OF LABOR.” 
One can understand why an Englishman, in 
his own country, should deem it necessary to 
deliberately present an argument to ostabllsh 
the “dignity of labor;" but why bo should 
come hel‘6 with platitudes worn threadbare by 
our politicians, hoping to coin money and win 
applause from men and women whose acquire¬ 
ments and achievements long ago established 
the dignity of labor with us, passes our compre¬ 
hension. It seems to ns proof tuat the Rev. 
Newman Hall does not know Americans—that 
he forgets that we. work and have wrought an 
hundred years to place our country in full rank 
with the other laboring nations, and command 
for our people the position which successful, 
dignified labor entitles us to. 
There is one point, however, upon which the 
Reverend gentleman did not touch. Re did 
not say that the dignity of labor depended upon 
the dignity of the laborers. The character and 
dignity of the work men do depend upon the 
character and dignity of those who do It. If 
lahor is to be elevated the man must bo ele¬ 
vated. It Is not the work which gives diguity 
to the man: it Is the charaotor of the man 
which gives dignity to the vocation he pursues. 
Labor was not dignified and elevated in the 
South under the slave system; for those who 
performed it were seris and brutalized by their 
masters. Labor derives no diguity from the 
service of the unedueatod, depraved and vi¬ 
cious, There is no dignity in the labor of the 
convicts In Sing Ring. Nor does labor dignify 
these men and remove from them the stain of 
crime and the taint of criminal and oompulsory 
service they perform. Again we Bay it is the 
character and intelligence of men engaged in 
any service that, renders t hat service dignified 
and honorable. 1Y)icn agriculturist* and me¬ 
chanics shall become in respect to Intelligence, 
oulture, refinement and Influence the peers of 
men engaged in other professions, then will 
their labor bo dignified and command defer¬ 
ence—not before. 
Let no man suppose that because ho labors 
hard with hls hands or brain he Is a whit more 
worthy than the man who does not noed to 
work; but lot him remember that he may be 
the peer of any man in any vocation, and that 
labor is not necessarily a bar to his acquiring 
dignity and commanding the respect of his 
fellows. 
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“OTJB GREAT NATIONAL 8CH00L OF 
AGRICULTURE.” 
Mr. Clark Dell of New York City has been 
talking to the farmers at the Schuyler Co. Fair. 
In the course of his address he is reported as 
having said : 
We have yet to found nur great National 
School of Agriculture, With a nubile domain 
greater than the whole surface of many of these 
CO u Tillies, and with lands every where to be had 
for the mere asking, we have hnd no statesmen 
wise and prominent enough to demand and ob¬ 
tain such a national Institution endowed, sup¬ 
ported and maintained hv the General Govern¬ 
ment. We have our Military Academy at West 
Po'nt, our Naval Academy at Annapolis, but 
when shall we have n College or Academy of 
Agriculture, supported at the expense of the 
nation, with the best brain and Intellect of the 
land In Its chairs as professors? Is there any 
subject in which the farmer* of the land should 
take deeper intercat, and i» it not time that Ihl* 
great Industry should ask for this recognition 
and aid? Is there any suhieet more pertinent 
for the Oranges that arc forming throughout 
the land ? Let me call it to their thoughtful 
attention. 
Wo trust the thoughtful attention of nil men 
interested in the education of agriculturists 
will be called to this proposal to create a Na¬ 
tional School of Agriculture. It Is not. the first, 
time it has been broached. Last winter we 
heard of it as the hobby of somebody In the 
lobby of Congress. Would not Mr. Dell have 
the National Government control the agricul¬ 
turists and ivfflcer them with educated gradu¬ 
ates of this National Agricultural School, just 
as it controls the IT. S. Army and officers it with 
graduates from West Point ? Hadn’t the Gov¬ 
ernment better run this entire business of 
farming, of education, of manufactures, rail¬ 
ways, telegraphs, &c.? There are people who 
reason that since the people arc the sovereigns 
and the Government Is only the agent to exe¬ 
cute: their sovereign will, It is legitlmete to 
centralize all these powers of education and 
control of our vast material interests, in the 
hands of the Governing Few who maybe kicked 
out of place at will by the Omnipotent Many. 
But. wc are not prepared to Indorse Mr. (,'LAltK 
Bell's suggestion for a National School of 
Agriculture; for if the Government goes into 
this business, there arc other classes which are 
equally entitled to technical education at its 
hands. The Government has already done its 
duty by aiding In the establishment. In each 
State of a School of Agriculture and Mechan¬ 
ics. The fruit of Its efforts Is not yet satisfac¬ 
tory ; but it is hoped these institutions will yet 
be rescued from 1 ho mistakes which inexperi¬ 
ence and false, views of education and the zeal 
of sectarian cormorants have involved them. 
But the farmers of this country do not want to 
be duped, nor charmed, nor led by any such 
impracticable scheme as a" College oj Academy 
. f Agriculture, supported at the expense of the 
Nation." Mr. Clark Bell con spend his timo 
more wisely than advocating It to farmer*. 
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THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. 
The condition of financial affairs throughout, 
the country the past two or throe weeks has 
not been satisfactory. But the worst seems t o 
be over. There is no good reason, that we can 
see, why it should not be, nor why, henceforth, 
there should not. be a steady prosperity. All 
that is lacking is a renewal of confidence—not 
In kite-flying railways—of people in each other. 
The country never had greater resources. There 
was never a more healthful and prosperous 
condition of our industries. Y r et rooD, when 
they got greenbacks, lock them up. This has 
affected business by withdrawing the means of 
doing business. Lot those who have currency, 
and owe a cent, pay their debts; let those who 
have currency capital invest it, and let loose 
the money to create circulation. Blood is good; 
but if it does not circulate, it is bad. So with 
currency; if locked up It Is of no use to any 
one. It stops the whole trade system. If al¬ 
lowed to move, it pays every man’s debts and 
supplies everybody's needs. It is not wise to 
lock it up if there Is legitimate uso for it. If 
kept in motion it benefits everyone; it cures 
all the financial ills and sots the wheels of com¬ 
merce going; hence, it benefits the producer. 
There is, doubtless, currency enough in the 
hands of the people to supply all the needs of 
the country; but If it. is not kept In motion, 
tbero is no limit to the amount that will be re¬ 
quired to do business. ft uiightaawell be locked 
up in the Treasury of the United States, so far I 
as subserving business Interests are concerned, i 
as locked up In the safes and purses of the 
people. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
“ Cannot Do Without It.”— During the past 
six months we have received letters from a host 
of people regretting that they had not renewed 
their subscriptions to the firsAi. New-Yorker. 
In January, and from some saying they wero 
induced to try another paper, as witness the 
testimony of Dr. F. It. ML, of Snyder Co.. Pa., 
who writes“ In the beginning of the present 
year I was induced to subscribe for another 
weekly, which wm to take the place of the 
Rural. Although a good paper In some re- 
speots, It by no means fills the place of my old 
friend, (for previous to this year I have been a 
subscriber and constant reader of the Rural,) 
and I now send you postal order for subscrip¬ 
tion for balance of the year. I cannot do with¬ 
out the practical thoughts and suggestions of 
‘Daily Rural Life,’ and hereafter you may con¬ 
sider me a regular subscriber." 
— We might give many longer and stronger 
letters to the same purport, but this must suffice 
for the present.. 
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The Newark Industrial Exhibition, at Newark, 
N. J., is a striking illustration of the manifold 
and diverse industries of that gror.t manufac¬ 
turing city, and as such is well worth a visit by 
those who delight, in the industrial progress of 
this country. A spacious building is well filled 
now, alt hough additions arc being made daily 
to the number of the articles exhibited and In¬ 
dustries represented. We understand ft to bo 
strictly a Newark exhibition; and wo congrat¬ 
ulate her artisans upon the wisdom and liber¬ 
ality which has tints grouped and concentrated 
spoolmcns of their handiwork and skill. Such 
an exhibition Is of far greater service to tv lo¬ 
cality than if it. embraced the work of other 
neighborhoods. It is a stimulus to local prldo 
and enterprise; it is an advertisement of every 
local trade and of local resources. It la a mate¬ 
rial exposit ion that does its own talking. 
‘‘The Story of an Ear of Corn,” on our first 
pace, will attract attention, as It deserves. It 
was drawn and engraved for the Rural New- 
Yorkcii, and tells its own story- -a story fa¬ 
miliar in all its details to all men and boys—and 
in fact, ail women and girls—who have ever 
lived on a farm. There Is a good deal more to 
the story than is Incorporated on t he page re¬ 
ferred to. “The Farmers' Movement” origi¬ 
nated in corn, and the famines of the world 
have been relieved by coin, directly or indirect¬ 
ly, and many a family hoe been impoverished 
and made miserable by an extract of corn ; but 
how can we write the whole history of an ear 
c.f corn ? Our illustration is certainly truthful, 
suggestive and Instructive. 
The Fall* of Niagara have long been one of 
the greatest, wonders of the world— attracting 
more attention and visitors than any other 
cataract. On next page we give a picture of one 
of the finest of the many charming views of 
Niagara—representing Horseshoe Fall and Pro¬ 
file Rock, at the foot of Goat Island, ns it 
appears in summer. Those profiles, seemingly 
some two feet long, are to be seen one directly 
over t.heother, as the spectator looks across the 
first sheet of water, directly under the lowest 
point of rock. They are sometimoe callod 
“The Three Bisters.” 
The Farmer*' Gatherings throughout the 
country this fall have demonstrated an amount, 
of public spirit and Intelligence which is grati¬ 
fying to all interested in the progress of agri¬ 
culture. They have developed the fact that a 
general interest is taken in both public affairs 
and political economy, The people arc getting 
opportunity to look at all sides of the same 
question. The views obtained are not those of 
two opposing political parties, simply, but of 
men standing in the position of publicists, out¬ 
side the party harness. We rejoice in this, and 
regard the future, politically, with more hope 
than we have for a long time. It looks as if 
the filthy political stables were to be cleaned 
and deodorized. 
The Wheat Crop—According to the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture reports for September the 
averago condition of the wheat crop for the 
entire country' is 95, as shown hy returns from 
S44 counties—that is the average condition of 
the crop is five per cent, below what is known 
as an average crop. The returns show a falling 
off in the crop in the Southern States, as com¬ 
pared with last year. Kentucky, Ohio, Michi¬ 
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska and California 
report wheat in 122 counties above the aver¬ 
age: 120 counties average and 172 counties 
below the average. 
A Long-Time Friend of the Rural, (W. A. 
Wier, Story' Co., Iowa,) in a letter renewing his 
subscription, writes us thus encouragingly: 
“ I have been a reader of the R. N. Y. for more 
than twenty years, (first making its acquaint¬ 
ance in Central N. Y.,i and it is one of the few 
papers t hat, continually grow in the affection of 
the reader. My family would sooner do with¬ 
out all other papers than miss the well-known 
face of the dear old Uuual. Think I shall be 
able to send you a few more subscriber.-, from 
this place; if l fail It shall not be from lack of 
effort.” How many who like the Rural will 
also make an effort in Its behalf among their 
friends at this opportue season ? 
The Fair of (he Amerirnn ImUfttMe, now open 
In the Rink, corner of Third Avenue and Sixty- 
third Bt„ New York, is attracting many visit¬ 
ors—especially evenings. The display is credit¬ 
able alike to exhibitors and the Institute, and 
must prove Interesting and instructive to any 
one giving it a careful examination. We shall 
probably have more to say of this Fair ore its 
close, next month. Meantime strangers so¬ 
journing in New York should avail themselves 
of the opportunity to visit tho exhibition. 
The Dnily Graphic lln|lonn, about which 
there has been so much talk, pro and con, tho 
past, six months, finally started frem the Capi- 
toltne Grounds, Brooklyn, Oct. fl, at 9:19 A. M., 
with Messrs, Donaldson, Lunt and Ford as 
passengers, on its proposed trans-Atlantic voy¬ 
age. The ascension was successfully made and 
everything augured well for the trip; but the 
s&tno afternoon a dispatch was received stating 
that, the balloon had met with a misfortune and 
the aeronauts had landed pear Canaan, Conn. 
The details of the misfortune are not yet, at 
haDd. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
A Northwestern Industrial Convention Is 
to bo hold in Chicago October 22-23. 
We notice that wheat, ia weighing more 
bushels than It measures this year. 
The Annual meeting of tho Illinois State 
Farmer’s Association ta to be held at, Decatur, 
Doc. 2ft. 
Ty A. A. Dull will look on page 3S3, Rural 
New Yorker, Juno 14, he will find the recipes 
bo asks for. 
Let tho ycung man who asks us about Mink 
Culture fell us what he loams from the address 
we send him. 
Hiram Baker Is informed that we cannot 
toll him where tho patent clothes rook he 
names is made. 
It is reported that Granges of Patrons of 
Husbandry are being organized in Missouri at 
tho rate of fifty per week. 
Because California fruits are now sold in 
London, a London paper gives “the state of 
the crop*” In tho Golden Bt ate. 
Sensible people read carefully and thought¬ 
fully and preserve such papers and articles as 
may be or use to them In the future. 
The Missouri Fatrons nf Husbandry are mak¬ 
ing arrangements to handle all the hog product 
of that State through an agency at St. Louis. 
R. S., is informed that tho American Institute 
Fair is open and unless ho knows a good deal 
more than we think ho does, ho can learn some¬ 
thing by visiting it. 
Estueu A., who sends us a criticiara of an 
article from a lady correspondent, tolls our 
renders a better way of doing the same thing, 
and we will print it. 
Let those of our readers who have learned 
anything new from the season’s experiments, 
exchange their knowledge with each other 
through our columns. 
P. F. O.. is informed that the problem as to 
whose is the best reversible plow is by no means 
settled, nor can it bo through our oolutns; 
only a field trial will do It. 
A deputy organized a Grange of Patrons of 
Husbandry among the oommission merchants 
of Boston; the National Grange did not like it 
and baa recalled the “dispensation." 
Papers in the Interest m tho Order of Patrons 
of Husbandry, or to ontch the Interest of tbe 
Patrons, are springing up like weeds in spring. 
We have seen a score aunounoed. We hope 
they may be supported. 
Wr advise a “Constant Reader " at Benning¬ 
ton, Vt„ to 6ond for one of tho works on cran¬ 
berry culture, In our book list. The subject is 
treated exhaustively there, oud If he intends t,o 
go Into the business be can nowhere get so 
much information for the same money. 
A correspondent of Ool man's Rural World 
says tho banquot given the American Pomo- 
logloal Society by tbe Mas.-,. Hon. Soc., was 
“ an elegant but, tamn affair,” evidently be¬ 
cause, to uao hla own language, “wine—tho 
noblest, gift of nature re man, and to the fruit 
grower espociaiiy—was banished." 
SEE HERE, RURAL READERS! 
WANTED. —Five Thousand Progressive, Live. 
Wide-Awake Mon and Women, Young Meu and 
Maidens, Boys and Girls, to aot as Agents for tho 
RURAL New-Yorker in their respective localities. 
More than that number of our tens Of thousands of 
renders CAN, tf thoy WILL, obtain from ten to fifty 
or one hundred subscribers each, to commence now 
or with tho now volume and year in January. How 
many of our good friends will respond favorably? 
All who do so will he furnished with such Specimens, 
Premium Lists, Show-Bills, &o., as will enable them 
to profitably prosecute the canvass. Send for tlx 
documents, which will he mailed free to all disposed 
to act tn earnest. Address this Office. 
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BUSINESS NOTICES. 
nappy now are the children whose thought¬ 
ful parents have bought for the n " Avlludc, or Game 
of Birds." They gather around the table with bright 
eyes and smiling faces as it’s announced “ we ore to 
have a gume of Avllude.” A UfhSU whiter of enjoy¬ 
ment combined with instruction for seventy-five c<nU. 
Sent post-paid, on receipt of price, by West & Lee 
W orcester, Mass. 
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Tho Eureka Machine Silk, 50 and 100-yds. 
spools, has become the universal favorite. Every 
spool is warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 
