IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-3) 
 
 1= 
 11.25 
 
 ^1^ i21 
 
 llll^ 
 
 2.0 
 
 
 lAO 
 
 U ilLd 
 
 llU^JglclJJUlC 
 
 Sciences 
 Corporation 
 
 33 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 
 ».^ 
 
 

 u. 
 
 I 
 
 ! 
 
 CIHM 
 
 ICIVIH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 Collection de 
 
 Series 
 
 microfiches 
 
 (IMonographs) 
 
 (monographies) 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiq 
 
 ues 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes techniques et bibliographiques 
 
 The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original 
 copv available for filming. Features of this copy which 
 may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any 
 of the images in the reproduction, or which may 
 significantly change the usual method of filming, are 
 checked below. 
 
 
 
 D 
 D 
 
 n 
 
 Coloured covers/ 
 Couverture de couleur 
 
 Covers damaged/ 
 Couverture endommagte 
 
 Covers restored and/or laminated/ 
 Couverture restauree et/ou pellicula 
 
 Cover title missing/ 
 
 Le titre de couverture manque 
 
 Coloured maps/ 
 
 Caites giographiques en couleur 
 
 Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ 
 Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur 
 
 Bound with other material/ 
 Relie avec d'autres documents 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 n 
 
 Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion 
 along i iterior margin/ 
 
 La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la 
 distorsion le long de la marge interieure 
 
 Blank leaves added during restoration may appear 
 within the text. Whenever possible, these have 
 been omitted from filming/ 
 II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^s 
 lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, 
 mais, lorsque cela etalt possible, ces pages n'ont 
 pas ete filmees. 
 
 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentaires supplementaires: 
 
 L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il 
 lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet 
 exemplaire qui sont peut-ttre uniques du point de vue 
 bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image 
 reproduite. ou qui peuvent exiger une modification 
 dans la mithode normale de f ilmage sont indiques 
 ci-dessous. 
 
 □ Coloured pages/ 
 Pages de couleur 
 
 □ Pages damaged/ 
 Pages endommag^s 
 
 □ Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 Pages restaurees et/ou pelliculies 
 
 Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 Pages decolorees, tachetees ou piquees 
 
 □ Pages detached/ 
 Pages detaches 
 
 0Showthrough/ 
 Transparence 
 
 Quality of print varies/ 
 Qualite inegale de I'impression 
 
 □ Continuous pagination/ 
 Pagination continue 
 
 □ Includes index(es)/ 
 Comprend un (des) index 
 
 Title on header taken from:/ 
 Le titre de I'en-tete provient: 
 
 □ Title page of issue 
 Page de titre de la 
 
 □ Caption of issue/ 
 Titre de depart de la 
 
 n 
 
 livraison 
 
 depart de la livraison 
 
 Masthead/ 
 
 Generique (periodiques) de la livraison 
 
 This Item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document est filme au taux de reduction indique ci-dessous. 
 
 10X 14X 18X 
 
 12X 
 
 16X 
 
 20X 
 
 22X 
 
 26 X 
 
 TDV 
 
 ./ 
 
 24 X 
 
 28X 
 
 32 X 
 
The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks 
 to the generosity of: 
 
 National Library of Canada 
 
 The images appearing here are the best quality 
 possible considering the condition and legibility 
 of the original copy and in keeping with the 
 filming contract specifications. 
 
 Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed 
 beginning with the front cover and ending on 
 the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- 
 sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All 
 other original copies are filmed beginning on the 
 first page with a printed or illustrated impres- 
 sion, and ending on the last page with a printed 
 or illustrated impression. 
 
 The lest recorded frame on each microfiche 
 shall contain the symbol — ^ (meaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), 
 whichever applies. 
 
 Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at 
 different reduction tatios. Those too large to be 
 entirely included in one exposure are filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to 
 right and top to bottom, as many frames as 
 required. The following diagrams illustrate the 
 method: 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 L'exemplaire fi!m6 fut reproduit grdce d la 
 g6n6rosit6 de: 
 
 Bibliothdque nationale du Canada 
 
 Les images suivantes ont 6t6 reproduites avec le 
 plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et 
 de la nettetd de l'exemplaire film*, et en 
 conformity avec les conditions du contrat de 
 filmage. 
 
 Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en 
 papier est imprimie sont filmAs en commenpant 
 par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la 
 dernidre page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second 
 plat, selon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires 
 origiriaux sont filmis en commenpant par la 
 premidre page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par 
 la dernidre page qui comporte une telle 
 empreinte. 
 
 Un des symboles suivants apparaftra sur la 
 dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le 
 cas: le symbole — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le 
 symbole V signifie "FIN". 
 
 Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre 
 filmds d des taux de reduction diff6rents. 
 Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre 
 reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film* d partir 
 de I'angle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, 
 et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre 
 d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants 
 iilustrent la mdthode. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
0U£ VILLAGE 
 
 AND 
 
 MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, 
 
 ♦•«»«-fi ««..... 
 
 
 BY 
 
 REV. WALTER IM 
 
 n, 
 
 US, 
 
 DSiiVERED MARCH :^C, 18dV, JiEFORE THE M!vCif A^K'S 
 INSTITUTE OF FTNCARDINE 
 
 KXNCAKDINE : 
 
 Prliitedby J. Lang, "Bruca Review" Omet^ 
 
 1367. 
 
 Price 10 cf..^. 
 
^ \\ 
 
 ,} 
 
 •V'^- 
 
r; i 
 
 ,ih 
 
 OUR VILLAGE 
 
 
 'ii-W/'^ 
 
 AMD 
 
 MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 
 
 
 4 (Litfiij 
 
 . BY^^ 9rf* 
 
 REV. WALTER INGLIS, 
 
 KINCARDINE : 
 Printed by J. Lang, "Bruce Review" Offlee. 
 
 1867. 
 
 y 
 
 f. 
 
 \M 
 
LA 
 
 PoUiabedby tba Mothflmcs' Institate with the permiision of 
 
 ihe Author. 
 
 pe( 
 Kii 
 
 hw 
 of 
 mu 
 8ci 
 jec 
 tur 
 iti 
 h&\ 
 the 
 in 
 abl 
 ing 
 wrj 
 all 
 loc 
 shi 
 I 
 thi 
 fou 
 goc 
 jec 
 nol 
 the 
 wei 
 me 
 reli 
 zaa 
 lar 
 mo 
 a E 
 lin 
 th( 
 Ta 
 ed, 
 grt 
 
 ag 
 tra 
 ed 
 •wo 
 fri( 
 mu 
 Ca 
 su< 
 de( 
 ma 
 Bte 
 
LECTURE 
 
 Delivered by the Rev- Mr- Inglis, in the Town Hall, Kincardine, uu 
 the auspices of the Mechanics' Institute- 
 
 LADIES AND GNTLEMEN, 
 
 It is not without sonio hesitation thnt I ap- 
 pear before you as a lecturer, on bo-lmlf of thu 
 Kincnrdine Mochaiiics's Institute. Never hav- 
 ing bad such a duty laid upon mo before, I 
 have no old manuscripts at hand. My course 
 of life has been such as to prevent me from 
 making a hobby of some particular branch of 
 science, or becominga scribbler on literary sub- 
 jects. Perhaps my impression of what a lec- 
 ture ought to bo is a little extra, yet I am sure 
 it is safer, both lor ones-self and the public, to 
 have the measure of judgment high, rather 
 than low. Fundamental exposition is necessary 
 in producing a useful lecture, with a cnnsider- 
 able amount of trimming to make it interest- 
 ing. Our stylo of thought is based upon tho 
 writing that is found in Magazines of which we 
 all read more or less ; hence tho need be of a 
 local lecturer presenting his thoughts in true 
 ship-shape fashion. 
 
 My first difficulty is to find a subject. On 
 this, as on other matters, tlie old proverb will bo 
 found to hold good, ' 'A bad ceaper never gets a 
 good sickle." Truly there is; no lack of sub- 
 jects. Wide is the domain of knowledge, from 
 nothing to everything. The discursiveness of 
 the human intellect is at once its strength and 
 weakness, its freedom and its bondage. Wiso 
 men are making high bids for a close ancestral 
 relation between the man and monkey. This 
 may be so in body. It strikes me that there is a 
 large amount of tho humming bee in the 
 mode of action, tastes and appetites of man, — 
 a sip here, and away with a hum. Ever travel- 
 ling, sipping and humming — such seems to be 
 tho nature of man's faculties of knowledge. 
 Tastes difle r, of course . So far as I am concern- 
 ed, I would as soon claim a beo for my great 
 grand sire as a monkey, aye, or a gorilla. 
 
 What agitations would disturb the repose of 
 a gay, active, well-behaved bee, to have a con- 
 tract for supply of honey to some dainty -mouth- 
 ed persons notorious for honey eating ? What 
 would we say of the man who summoned his 
 Mends to a feast, and the fare was found to be 
 much plainer than the usual daily mealf— 
 Canld kail hardly het again — ^haggis, lacking 
 suet and salt, those would be poor cheer to a 
 decent — not to speak of a fastidious Scotch- 
 man. Salt chunk, instead of good roast beef, 
 steaming and savory, would reduce to silence 
 w»y genial-hearted Englishman. It would 
 
 rouse the wrath of the mildest IrishmoH to have 
 a big yellow turnip presented in tlie place of 
 glorious white potatoes. Shall I venture fur- 
 ther? Well, just think of trying 
 to fix up a Yankee without a pie. Just 
 tliink what a mischievous imp he would bo, who 
 dared try such tricks as tho abovo mentioned, 
 rormidablo guests, mngazino renders for any 
 mental host. They know well what is what ; 
 as well as what is that. The intellect may not 
 be stirred to its greatest heights and depths on 
 En^'lish literature, but what a feast of reason 
 and flow of soul is prepared and spread out 
 on tho pages of many of our periodicals 1 If I 
 were not a liumming-beo, what a sulijfct for a 
 lecture I The inlhienco of modern literature 
 upon society. Or still narrower : were I to 
 introspect and state tho results upon my own 
 veritable self of Magazine reading during these 
 last two years. What a subject when a man has 
 to lecture about self not to selfl Terrible 
 fellows, these heavy quarterlies. Many a poor 
 unfortunate reader has been made something 
 like a big drum head by their speculations. 
 Aye ; but you ha' lis year got 'Punch' as a 
 corrective of has ntes. Just so— extremes 
 meet. To get up a .'cture on the effects of 
 Magazine reading, it strikes me would just suit 
 more than one of us. Wiiat scope from a car- 
 toon to a discussion on tho Absolute— from 
 Caudle's curtain lectures, to expositions on the 
 Eights of Women— from the travels of Speke 
 and Grant to the adventures of some young 
 hero seeking the cows by the sound of a bell in 
 the backwoods. This vost variety reminds m« 
 of tho retort of a Scotchman who was taunted 
 by an Englishman on the impropiiety of call- 
 ing a sheep's head a dish. "Dish or no dish — 
 let me tell ye," said the eater, "that there is 
 some fine coofooted feedin on't." Thank you, 
 my countryman, for the expression. "Confoos- 
 ed, fine confoosed feedin' " 
 
 What would you say to a brief discussion on 
 the traits and ultimate teachings of 'Punch ?' 
 What is the moral of the little funny man with 
 the wise looking dog ? Is there anything real- 
 ly or radically wrong in wit and fun with its 
 queer grimace? Is it one of the essential 
 forces of human might? Is it meat or medi- 
 cine? Is it mental alchohol, or narcotic" 
 This track would lead ns into wandering mazes 
 iu^t. This would be a lecture indeed I What- 
 ever the oracle might utter, it is to be fervently 
 
 
hoped I lint tho destiny of the Anglo Saxon raco 
 in for a higlier purpose than nmkinR wry faces 
 at oftoli other. Wliot if tho fur reaching dogma, 
 "likd niiikf-ilike," is found to be tiltitnutc truth. 
 'Punch,' vou must bo a gnnd boy, and try at 
 times to inn'; liko other folk. Good-bye; ojul 
 lautfh neither at tho good nor the fue. 
 
 Tlii^ liunt ai'tur a subject reminds mo of 
 Coelel)s' seiircii for a wife. What do you 8ay tr> 
 tin inroad into thi> domaiii of argnraontalion ? 
 'I'lmt would b' unwise ind. od, t-i venture away 
 upon Ihi' dnrk deep \vatern of reiison. What- 
 t-ver Ii|,'ht W(i may l)et,'iu with, we shall at last 
 kjrope in iiiidnih'lit dnikiiess. It is a funcy 
 Kome peoide Imvn tiknu ivi) with— that reiison 
 iind reawuinj} blinds the man nearer tho liftht. 
 (Irent uiistiike! 'I'ho splendour of mid-day ii 
 found in unreasoned truth ; every deduction 
 weakens or refraels the ray. Why should not a 
 itiaii Iind it possible to argue a'^ny all his no- 
 tions or rcdsons, as well as a pamhler who has 
 sliciit his last shilliiig? We shall len.o J. S. 
 Mill with tho knotty questions of Womcns' 
 Iti;l]ts, of Sensations, of Liberty, Ac. 
 
 Till re is a field iu tho wide domain of modern 
 literature tlmthas m,;idi green grass, and many 
 a gaudy tinted ilower iu its ra)i:,'o to tempt a 
 laiu'de. What sny yru to a talk tipon tho 
 f.ieulty of story-teiliM;;, alia^ tho novel, alius 
 luvenlinn? I lnive In aid (d" a u'ood simple- 
 niindcil tiither who allowed llis daughter to 
 slu'y the high art of cooking as part of her 
 eiluctttion and iieeomplishnients. 'J'h(^ result 
 wiis must sHtisfiu'lcry. Tliw old gentleman de- 
 el ued that it was •'iccci spent siller." He must, 
 have been a Seotilinmn. "For," said he, "our 
 -li'ancaa noo miik a dinner ool o' nnething." 
 Hnppv fiitlier! linpjiy daughter! but happifr 
 far t!io voniig man tlmt wou'd get suvdi a treas- 
 ure! Just ildnk i.f it young geiitleinon ! A 
 y Miiig dasliirg wife able ti keep the house on 
 •iiiii'ihiug.' If I were able to entertain you 
 upon nothing, tlmt would bo sotiietliiug. Ah 
 me! the dittiiniity of getting settled in mind; 
 men choosing wivs, ivonien chnosing colors, 
 lecturers elioosiiig subjects — difhcultics, grave 
 diliieuhies. all tliese. 'I'lio melancholy fact fol- 
 lows, as AUim Kaitisny has it: "Dorty bairns, 
 they'll sem-t uuitlier's havins at tho last." That 
 is loo still' for Juiglish cars— hear it then. 
 •I'ett d children are gliul nt last to scrape peo- 
 ]dis'pot; for a morsel of food." Weary wan- 
 <l"rers at last look homeward — happy recoUec- 
 lions of 
 
 " Home, sweet homo ; there is no place like 
 home.'' 
 
 What do you sny to the home subject — Our 
 Village! our Weehanics' In-tituto, and the in- 
 fluence of secular knowledge in advancing 
 spiritual trutli ? 
 
 1st. Oun ViixvoK. What assnciniions gath- 
 er about the word home. Here is our home ; 
 liere are onr hearths and .-vltars. It ia no 
 lioiany Bay to us. Of o'lr own choice wo came 
 iiere, in preference to 10,000 other localities in 
 t ijis wide land, to live, and if it is the will of 
 
 God, here to die. It is true that in this land 
 of emigrations, many, verv many nivor take root 
 and never find a home ; ever in search of that 
 most d».drab'o hpot which is not to be found. 
 They are to rest when and whore the pocket is 
 filled— alas for them I Have we, then, anything 
 amongst us of root-giving vitality? la there 
 any soil for tho heart, the affections to pene- 
 trate int'^ ? What are tliu ailvantage i and 
 natural beauties of this place ? I recollect of 
 being asked by a young hidy what I thought of 
 Canada, after I iiad been some months in it. 
 "Well," I said, "Miss, it reminds me as nmoh 
 OS anythin'j'of a fat pancake." Hastily my fair 
 querist begged mo to hogniial. "I am truly 
 in that happy state of mind." I replied; "pan- 
 cakes are i.uo things, simple things ; uo di(B- 
 culties ill cutting and carving; no bones; all 
 to be I'aten." That was my impression of 
 Canada I'len — a land to be eaten ; good for meat. 
 Kincardine, it strikes me, has all the aUvanlage. 
 of tho pancake, but it has something more. 
 Our broad lake bounds the Western sky. 
 Whilst I nm not a poet to sing its praises — to 
 nie Lake Huron is a thing of beauty, and it 
 will be a soureo of joy to the peopU of our 'Vil- 
 Inu'o to the end of time. Who that has seen, 
 upon a summer's evening, can ever forget or 
 remain unimpressed with tho beauty of the 
 golden pathway from the bright setting sun 
 over the deep blue waters ! As I continue to 
 gaze towarris tho distant horizon, I findysar by 
 year something new — still more delightful, and 
 suggestive of all that is highest and best. So 
 may our sun of life go down. 
 
 Again what a majesty there is in tho wild 
 sweep of thu western blast ! True, these fierce 
 October and November gnles are a teiror to the 
 struggling mariner— to the beholder fnmi Kin- 
 cardine's heights, the surging wave is full of 
 Heaven's music. As Uyron says of old 
 ocean, "There is music in its roar.-' No huck- 
 ster con ever peddle away these natural beau- 
 ties. In this utilitariiui age, lot us reflect upon 
 the advantage of health which our position 
 gives us. It is uo vain boast, but a sober, well 
 atteste ' fact, that a more healthy spot is not to 
 bo found iu this great North Eastern Americo. 
 No agues aud lingering fevers have here a 
 birth-place or homo. Our beach has no fatal 
 miasma lurking amongst stiignaut waters or in- 
 termediate marsh. Tho time is at hand when 
 hundreds of weary invalids will seek from us, 
 during summer, health and strength; when the 
 oppressed with business and study, will find 
 along our shore, peace from the murmuring or 
 rather rippling wave. No sultry, choking, 
 damp heats paralyze. Daring is tho mosquito 
 that can meet the requirements of life with us. 
 These and other advantages we hiive as our 
 heritage. No doubt our climate is in some 
 sense severe, irregular and blustering. The 
 liisci- fibre of life will fmd scant. nouriRbment 
 with us. Providence has given to every place 
 its drawback. Often I think of the contrasts 
 of this country and South Africa — especially 
 
V 
 
 f^?JfJ^.*^"'r "* '^n. n» "©w. th. 
 •▼•ningi dipping down to how fr«t. n«! 
 
 «!>7^ t«'«»P'«»»>l« 'tate for .man U bete m, 
 to the kneas in mud I You know th. Tvmlll 
 P«t ^'^S*"- What do ,ou think' omS" 
 
 jdtiution ia to ma good. W. l^k tS vSl 
 ■-f-.». Ooderioh. and the Sanseen It 
 
 Sonthainpton, and happil, we laok the h'i.h 
 
 Xl« T^^:*'""'^ ^"^^1 «"' aitoation M a 
 
 awe °' ^'•"KjjH out afidr,jea.beautiAil rl 
 iSSLi-^. , •''" ^•'"'«* """"ain nook* Md 
 
 tbflafcl -fl' "• "^^ ■'""S »"' front, facing 
 tte lake, we have a narrow belt of aand hutit 
 
 ?frh«- .1. i: ^° oommon and barren waite 
 
 S^«rlo^« X '''1°^'^ ^ ''""^ ^•^ i" noticing •" 
 
 forth K;«^f,^''''^'''P'"*°" <'»P«'>'e of being put 
 
 Ke LZ-^^i?"" ' ^f* "« '""» our thonglu 
 
 Sti5,ato«^h°'n'"^'"«" for business and 
 luumate growth. Our Kaatem shore nraoludea 
 
 Md'SSZ'il f' "Pl^dour-Railwrys may ou? 
 Wllies i i^'^r^I'- ''P'^^^^ «" these poMi. 
 onT^fAif ''?:''?■"'*' right sample of men in 
 «YZf « t Ti! 'n*^' ^^ "^^^ '° """iP'te in many 
 cS; ?.'^L^".' ""'«'*''?'« '» '»>« Wester^ 
 
 laSTK: etui fh "I' "'*,*"»* P*^ °f «" V'l- 
 .25 k"- • "'^ '^"y of raw youth—merelr 
 
 Lo^^^vP'm "'* °f Kincardine fifty yearn 
 afrst:;;din^"''^h"°V°''« "f *^« present hoasT. 
 i« fit rte;r**'™'J?''"'' school.honses. stores, 
 &0., all rebuilt. When we hear, from time to 
 ime, of the havoc made by fir^ ., ^g tLZ 
 temporal^ wooden buildings, on, cTloTtll 
 Btone or bnck. with other preyendves of fuoh 
 Sth« dS*""'' " ^ ""^^'^ BothweU tSe 
 Jn"^.^-?-** t^'O'thing dignified and beoomin« 
 
 Lot t^nn^n^""/' '''''* ^^ J""* hundred" 5 
 
 work of S?.^"' y*"*' »°"«!i°» " not the 
 worJt oftlugage or country. The renrflimnfi 
 
 UTe man i. the clearer of & 4? is ZuK 
 one generaUon u clear' away the forest Often 
 
 JuredSjr"/ '''''' " «<> little Sste £ 
 ?„»! 5^^^"^*"^°"* »' o" Canadian vil. 
 
 teas widoraif™']' ** *"¥'•* *° »'«^«^ 
 
 h»/ ^^ P"Hj>re the young can pliy and 
 the aged rest. What a book to rS»d-&e mode 
 
 o?^;^^'"'^^^.^^" to.honJ2^%r'e: 
 
 i"d^V Wh!^?^°''"''"»°'>y •>" surround- 
 nr^L J'V" ^" *^"" »' »o little originality 
 or taste displayed among na f I hear 3- -" 
 
 caHmmg poverty, Sir, poverty. NotaltoMthw 
 friend. I«tI»M.Botle88ofiedgn(i£2arf 
 
 th« bMndAU) in pamtle of cold raglona, thn ia 
 thoat of warm f jUm won't aeoount for aU 
 *^'- J!*.,'5^ •***• ^'^•» •«>»»• «h« oaoae of 
 
 an int«ll<«an<! ..^.^_i. .11 1^ _ . . "" "* 
 
 » uit;^nt pMpla aUowiw vlirmdT^ 
 of thairdiiUnnr Think 
 
 to b« th* pl^ymatM »> ia«u- •nuonn r TUnl 
 »'• "WW's MTlieat aaKNdations having the in 
 eTitoblaiigirtthedwrl With whatindLna 
 Uon would «» Amb ur . Kafir apam thalSn. 
 P«n». Aa • moralist, speoulating on thas* 
 waJt points of onr paopla, 1 shonll .». g,Z 
 is largely the oansa of oar lack of Mflnsd tasta! 
 gwed 18 a great abaorbent of the beaatifU. 1 
 am not sore bat that a dat kening kind of Him 
 
 uae, like fog on stones. As a physiologist, I 
 bava my faars thtt grog and toba<;io takaiff the 
 fine edge of sight and taste for tha haantifal. 
 oi^S?"^"^/ •"?«** *° '""ng spittoons 
 w?t wif /K^.w"^°i^ '"""»' deUcatiVlsion. 
 
 oglieBt;whe4ermtha individual, tha hooaa 
 the street or the town. And tha onaMioa 
 presses Itself upon us: have we tha%iMiito 
 make a handsome town f Bafare passing on to 
 another topic, aUowme to pat another uaestion. 
 Why have we not oompetitioa in naat villama 
 a our National Agricaltoral Show, aa wSfaa 
 othei trials of skill f We try the bafldinm on 
 the fkrms ; why not be able to put tha finger on 
 the map and 8*y: here is tha best built, tha 
 cleanest, yea, the modal village in British North 
 Amencaf Why may not Kincardine aim at 
 this honor? It would pay. «"••'" ■• 
 
 la one amongst us found so void 
 Of beauty's worth, from utter greed, 
 ■that by his pUuis and clumsy craft. 
 Our streets are (.poilod for Ukck of art; 
 'If such there breathe, go mark him well." 
 Kincardine has for him no wail ; 
 His name and grave shall be forgot. 
 No stone shall mark the dreary apotl 
 and. Having spoken of tie outwanl. let as 
 direct our attenUon to the man of our viUace— 
 to ourselvea-in other language, to our iSsti. 
 i!J>- /°^«*^°nghtflil,graatarotheis8ueaof 
 1- I A * .?*•« °' individuals, of vil- 
 Jwes. and of naUons. Of old, tha crv was nis. 
 
 • if*1..^2S°* ^^'' "^•tdiman, wltat of the 
 
 The moraing oomeA, also the night, Inpi«Mh 
 ing the flitnre fbr an answer, we may weQ say, 
 tt,e hght cometh, also the ni«ht. There ia no 
 doubt, a tremendons conflict is going on in onr 
 midst, between good and evil. Knowledae m 
 being increased. It is yet to be seen whSSi" 
 fc'f/'^ "increase of sorrow, or of jo" 
 Knowledga prodaees wants and anlaraes dedn. 
 It is yet to fie seen whether the snpplr is equal 
 t* the demand. WhaUver the ftiSi may W^ 
 ^T "*^ *•"<«» 0' tha pastl It seem, a d«k 
 
 ^^r^l^, I«tu8readabontourownbir 
 loved Patherlands-tha educated. tlTwW Z 
 gooa, ine loving and tha true. haV« been 'oomT 
 P««tive^/awi.aaad. Take SeotlMd/witt lu 
 ■choolsfcr eentoriei, what i^onM*; wM. 
 
ednws tnd vioo are foand in onr towni *nd 
 oitiet I All tb« mosDi put forth to stem this 
 torrent of iniquity have in many rcHpoctt como 
 abort. With other meauH of education. Ma- 
 chanic!)' IuHtitut«s nroHO. Wu had onnBidombls 
 iliiUculty in K«t.tin^' hold of a nubject ; it would 
 ho BuiDtorcuUnKtopiu 10 wriioupou: tho rite, 
 progress luid benefit of Huch ineauH of instruc- 
 tion 1 ..i: h I had it in my power to Iny befem 
 yotl the rosult:. i)f ono or two of the most «uo. 
 rosHful. I know a little of t)ie Institute in 
 Kdinburidi, when it »tudent, souio thir y years 
 ago. I knew somo striking examples of mental 
 oultnre, in tho niidiit of doily, drudging toil. 
 My lot has been far apart from (dty life. Like 
 'a voice orying in the wilderness,' my days have 
 boon spent amidst 'hh rudo beginnings of 
 tliintfu. Tlio sarao piincipio and power thkt 
 led me to the wilds of Afrioit, led others to put 
 forth tho hand und tonijut' to educate the ignor- 
 ant ma8t!u<i in our oiiios. A/tur all that has 
 been dono, poverty and haid euly work still 
 hold muUitudon in thcLr grim grip. Vicn is 
 over eastiug up to the Hurfaco thousands of neg- 
 lectud youth. Tho race of life bocomes yearly 
 »ore exciting. K 'ok and nook men huny on- 
 ward ; tho piiiso is to tho strong and to the 
 swift ; tho crj- comes up from behind ai d from 
 bolow— Onward. To halt is peril ; to btand is 
 death. Men must now have knowledge, or sink 
 in in'otriiv. /ibltt ], overly* llyiifp tlift cry of 
 knowledge ; knowledge is bread, it is life. "Woo 
 to the ignorant ! It id no longer permitiod or 
 satisfactory to pick oTt a fow sons of ganius and 
 t)ducate thom, and let ihi dull laass itlone. 
 The motto now is, "lay hold of the maf,3, let 
 genius ohift for itself." Common stonu.s do 
 well lor building comfort'ib'o houses ; many 
 fair homes are founu, though not built of poUsh- 
 iij. uiarblc. We work up our ra,?8. as v/ell as 
 our broken pots; we hui-ry away city filth by 
 unheard of months, to the hungry lield; thug 
 saving our people fVom fever und pestilence, 
 and our poor from hunger. If it is a thing of 
 terror to allow city filt'i to gather, it is far more 
 fHgibtful to allow ignorance and vice to stalh 
 abroad. Political economists tromile to see on 
 ignorant brute force ortiaturo, as much at they 
 du a <:e88-pool. Selfishness of old said, " let 
 them alone, they arf always accursed*" Now 
 itcries, "Educate ;lo, I perish I by the night, 
 the mental and moral tj-phoid arising fiom 
 ignorant men. Eight thinkerfc are weary of 
 living in the neighborhood ol brute force and 
 savage forouity, weary of dull (tnnui and degrad- 
 ing vice— weary of soulless gossip carried on so 
 extensively during those precious hours between 
 ■work and slnep. It is eitiier slay, or be slain, 
 with these gaunt giants, no neutrality, no treaty 
 of peace. Two questions presrat themselves, 
 in reference to our Institute which we take the 
 liberty of answering. 
 
 Ist Are there any prospects of our Inititn- 
 tion being permanent ? If such a hope is to be 
 iadulged, uan any Uung be done by ns to ef- 
 f««t greater good t In pressing an answer to 
 ibe question of pennanence it will be oeedftal 
 
 to lay before yon some general principles. 
 
 Ist. What is permanent must have its seat 
 deep in human nature. With what tenacity 
 men bold ou to some tilings. The Athuuiaii 
 desiro of now things has its limitation. Wu 
 -Mt nwuy >uii ;h— old clothes, «k!. It is sold. 
 Vk> «veu cost uway our very body every 7 years ; 
 but fe tenaciously rotain th»i Kgo, tjol.our 
 identity. Look at somo of the instau' )b of tU^ 
 purmauoui. In tliis great wavt of emigmtion, 
 many vory man." havo llung.ftWBy the comforts 
 of life, and rushed to tlip bac^k woods to possess 
 a frefidhoM, a piece of laud- -boliovnig that 
 happines' must be obtained by a pominnent 
 po»se.<siuri of latd. Tboy wore'bomo onwards 
 liy a fervid iuiigination, until settlod in tho 
 midst of prirntnal forests, bye tnd Ine they 
 awake ns Irom afe^ensh dreBm— flndingmisery 
 aad vantiii (1.3 faeo like a prim woiT. Gentle 
 creat^uflt. ! '»Vhat could they do in hopping and 
 burning? Thoirniftvoa uU, thoir arm.; guid 
 whup nhank." .Vmidst the 9,id examplos of niiscrv 
 multitnden <tiH cry out for liind— though tho/ 
 Bvo iu nverv way unfitted for tilhng the ground. 
 Take ogain, reli^iori. Oombinatinn for wor- 
 ship wi" remain as lonrr as our ruc.> ex- 
 ists -because it springs from tho deepest desires 
 nnd necessities of man. Li o': ii|j;ftin at school 
 houses. Childriiu must l)c bi ought together to' 
 leai-n th oloraent.s of know'ndge. What are 
 l^Tcchnni'.'s Institritcs but the cnrrving out of 
 the pro.esH of edUiiftiiou amongst the working 
 mass ? By the law of progresfi mnn diiily be- 
 comes moro comxdo V and universal in his tastes 
 and desires. The treat ■'vi.'-ld is cording nearer 
 10 Iiira every day. The flutlings of Rcienco con- 
 tinually phsss upcn his attention stransfe thingft. 
 His wonder is lar,?ely Tjd by f .cts— not ancient 
 fiiblos. No man con conduct business without 
 awidcrani'o of outside knowledge. Duly we 
 liear of rxea missing their mark from this 
 causf). They go on very well for a time— but 
 they lack bottom ; in plain phrase, they possess 
 not breadth of understanding. To supply this 
 laci many young working men oro compelled to 
 attoL d the village or city night college-.there 
 to find needful knowledge. Poor fellow I What 
 did the knowlodge of his school boy days 
 amount too ♦ Beading, writing, calculation 
 then only btgun-.-to become of use they must 
 be carried on- "developed. Work he must dur- 
 ing the day. Qolden precious hours are those 
 between 7 and 10 for this young aspiring mind I 
 This interdependence of knowledge is fully seen 
 in the so called loomed profbssions. An ac- 
 complished divine must intermeddle with all 
 knowledge. So in like manner the jurist and 
 tho doctor. What endless ramifications have 
 the arts and sciences I So in like manner 
 mechanics and artizans, farmers and plough- 
 men ; yea you find this overlapping all the way 
 through liiie. Is it not miserable to see u huge 
 hulk of a fellow topple off asleep whenever a 
 book is put^into his hand t His mass of raw 
 brsia is ssfs as paip. Thought is a wearinegB ts 
 him. Ten to one he will harden off at last.by 
 hard drinking and vice. What a melancbt^jr 
 
V 
 
 thought, that one half of Rcbolari nover g«t 
 .iver tho drudgery of reading, novor unter upon 
 ihe p oanuroii of knowlodgo t T»if>y know not 
 tut) pleaBiin! of «ood liuok. 
 
 and. What i« porraanont miiHt lie tultivated 
 rti'tivoly. ThH Boul of inun (^n only be (tally Je- 
 velopfld hy having tho intill.fct sliarpene** ^y 
 u«»). SolocKtu lonK ago saw this tiuth, " Iron 
 tharponoth iron; ho a man t-LurponwlU the 
 'Oiintennnto of his friend" Wo must be »uni«. 
 thing more than mi-rn heiirerH if pnr'narittnt 
 Kood and Jjfc are to <buracteri/.o us. Vll&t U 
 the r<>aHoiML.it mere hi'arern of lectiin «, ser- 
 nions and i.iayorn, &,•„ n.ako »o litUo progresa ? 
 Amnssoi'dmreh goers aru little better than 
 idle drenrni-rs. Insieii.l of Krowln^ in know- 
 ledge, their intellectual pow. ra bocoma all 
 shrunk and withered- -aye inullitudot, hear 
 theroselvos into mental and us a coni-oquenco 
 npintual death. You never could teanh Die child 
 t.y IccturHH. Tho little ouf mustenei-gize, repeat, 
 imitate.' The scholar all the way thr. ugh his 
 <our»e. must au-^wor questions, >mraitt<i mem- 
 "7,' , *' "<"""i^t know true academic U.'^o un- 
 til JmliPf many questionH to ask. Further on 
 be adds sii'iikini; and writing, and bwonies 
 Mmsf If nn instructor. It is an idsayinL'tho 
 U-Ht way TO teach yourself ii to teach othorH. 
 >\ithout tbc-.uactivo stimulants tho luiud will 
 wander, drnn i and finally sleep. True edvauce 
 in enduuati<,n is putting forth the active. N» 
 uiancmleiu-nutiudo or art by merely looking 
 on. In fiict the doom ©"heaven is written against 
 all lookers on. There ia no iiroviaion made for 
 them l.ii.; aeatb, phys'-cal, mental and spirit- 
 ual. J Ins M tho weak point of many men and 
 Institutes in thcHo days— they think they Lave 
 tlie i>riv 1. (je of lookingou. The passive iiaunts 
 nie iiko R hideous nightmare-like a huge mis- 
 Bhnp«i hobgoiilin anread .ut over ucves of land 
 catchm.j lu its dcwJly arms tho unwary traveller. 
 Lai'in. hs IS tim popular term for this due ene- 
 iir. I.ctus.soi.cwit, pas? it by—yea flee from 
 U --ttru-i,'! ■ ;tnd fight it.-you, piuy againstit. 
 Allow in. to nay ibal roidiug itself becomes in 
 Its turn p.uHivo. I.iko many things else, in the 
 w.*4d i.'Hdingrtil! never niako a man. Read- 
 11.7, bcHri'.y, tftking ir, (ire means to an end, 
 tliai u, ro • .V, . ;i. Vcholnrs speak of hel- 
 
 lumirj hihrr.nm. -lutlou-. f b ,„kH. The miser, 
 pen- .can I loek. .1 uiioi ;.k om of the most 
 i.iis.:mhl,. or li.en... wrapped uo Jn s-Illshnoss 
 Mii'i t. ar, lui di,.s sun-onudcil oy ,ii:! ba^s of gold. 
 TlicimHcc .1 kijowlcJh't is ii f,u' worse man to 
 
 hislenow^.-UiWe shall sou ill tile third nljserva. 
 iiou. 
 
 ;inl. W'btil is permanent in'ist bo uiisolfi'h, 
 or in other terras we must -i^i out knowledge, 
 il Iivcrctoliiiisli ott' v.ith 11 sevinon, my f'Xt 
 would be, •• No man liveib to himself." know- 
 ledge must circulate- -must be free. It is mine 
 ■ -11 is yours— it is Heaven's ciiiTenl coin to 
 inan. _ Its image «ud superscription is not 
 t.easor s — but tlim. nf Censer's (ind. ".Vnr. h.-^side 
 US, if we Dy to hoard, to hide knowledge from our 
 fellows. To use another illustration, knowledge 
 must flow like water. When that eBgenUol in- 
 
 gredient of lifo masea Ui flow, it atarnates— be- 
 comoa miuHiun— death. What, aays one, ara a 
 man's thonght<i not his own? Can ho not bury 
 them in his own liosom / They will become liko 
 the old story of the man with tho stolen fox in 
 Ilia boson™. They will gnaw tipoii tha vitalaof 
 tho hider. Tho v/nys of circulation or giving 
 out are various. A man invents mvme new 
 instrument or plan of action--ho makes. He 
 hIbo writes i account of tho i«iim«. Others fol« 
 low suit. Tiieygive out. This is the reason 
 why in our day, inotlianical and agricultural 
 mind is HO healthy. They havo noHfcreta. The 
 law of patent is simply a toll gate upon the 
 Queen's high way. A means to keep the road 
 ia repair and further improve it. Tho inventors 
 <rf tho ago are full of matter— lik-j l-lilui of old 
 tney must give out. Oo to the i"'ly farmer 
 whose head ia teeming with new ideas and im- 
 
 firovenionti. No dumb dog is he. What de- 
 ight >«i has in showing liis friend i' i/verhis 
 grounds, drsins, leiccs, manures, crops, herds 
 of cattle,. &.C., are all subjects of ileep interest to 
 him. You will f,ay, tho moving Spring qf 
 all this ia selfishncsh. Not necessarily so. His 
 interest be can see as a consequent of public 
 benefit— not the cause. How strikingly is ril 
 this health of mind exhibited in our agricultural 
 shows, &(^, when wo (.omo to contrast classes 
 that would hide knowledge from their fellows I 
 Strildng are the lessons from those who pre- 
 vented tho Bible from being read by the people. 
 Let us look at your position as ^ society. One 
 of the causes of your formation was to learn to 
 speal, Wit\]\ groa' is the gift of public speak- 
 ing, and it oil gh' to 1)0 moft carefully cultivated. 
 Ijetthe young .nan of fluent bvecch cultivate 
 eloquence in all its porsuQsiva forms. Lot the 
 logician c" .. lists of d di debate—let him 
 feel the wurrior's stemjoy iii meeting a t'oeman 
 worthy of his steel. Gifts .ue various. Many 
 can neither plead nor reason. Look at many of 
 my countrymen. SoTueofthemneitlierfoola nor 
 surly, dirty dogs— who snarl even at i he question 
 of. How is the way ? Saunders' utrtngtli lies in 
 question and brief answer. Nonn of your long- 
 winded srories for him ; come to tho point at 
 once, out with it, no humming and hawing. Ask 
 him a question or two-^his answer is like apol- 
 iceman's batton, short, stout, decisive. Have 
 you any questions to put yourself Saunders ? 
 asks tho bystander. Deed have a', says 
 the anld farand dooco man— a' wad like to 
 speer a qtiestion. Look out neighbor with the 
 fluent tongne ! Some hard posers ore coming. 
 Some people try to get up a joke on the man of 
 qnestions and answer. They may laugh that 
 win. It ia tho grand old Socratic mode of 
 teaching, of acquiring knowledge. Oo on old 
 fellow, catechism and altogether. Give out, not 
 grudgingly but with full pressed down measore. 
 One of the grandest forms of giving out is to be 
 found in conversation. Have you read Wilson's 
 Noetcs * I hcvc to confess only to a tssu: of 
 the book. What life, when men are warmed up 
 in conversation 1 Think of the d«»w of soul when 
 wit flashes, and sense peoetrates-inll the fjicuU 
 
tieaof the soul awake. This is peonliarly Ufa 
 at b*me>Jif« in the man's den. I detain yen on 
 thia point. Why shonld I aotlinger * I feel the 
 importjuioeofthe question raised. If onr In- 
 stitate is based upon intellectual selfishneeaire 
 cannot be permanent Ere I pass on let me i«> 
 fer again to the miser. When ha dies, all his 
 
 J;old is brought forth—not a penny lofu-thcngh 
 ate, all is put into cironlation again. Not so 
 with the man that keeps all his knowledge to 
 himself. All goes down to the grave. True, he 
 leaves his library. A small gift to posterity. 
 The monument of a fool. 
 
 4th. I would notice again: for permanent 
 life there mast be a snffloient amount of vitalilgr 
 or uomeatum to propel onwards. life is mo- 
 tion.»dee'.h is inert. What I want to express 
 on tnis head is that activity must rise to a cer- 
 tain hdght like the thermometer— say blood 
 heat. This is what is oalled the enthusiasm of 
 humanity. Metals only fbse at a certain heat. 
 Iron only welds at white heat. Some such an« 
 alofiy is found in the soul. It has its welding 
 white heat— as all you married folks well re* 
 member. It was a white heat that day when 
 yon joined hands. All true lovers of knowledge 
 must have the white heatot intellectnal passion. 
 A celebrated writer sairs well of virtue, " It must 
 be passionate." I am well aware of 
 the wide appUeation of the word 
 etahmHcum in a bad sense. It is quite 
 possible for a stupid apprentice to be blowing 
 the fire when the iron is burning. Passion 
 withcut reason is madness. It is a bad sign of 
 the thneo when high breeding has ever to show 
 cold impassive moderation. When the great 
 man hears— he is to look as if he knew all about 
 it— «B if nothing particular was being narrated. 
 Troa a man eannot always be jumping about 
 like an in»iatient child — but I have no patience 
 with that Kckless soul that is not waitiiw at his 
 6wn boundary of knowledge for someth&g new 
 —who receives it with aest, and eats it hungri- 
 
 It may be asked—' How are we to know the 
 right gnagaof enthusiasm t Simply by reiilizing 
 knowledge as a necessity. When a man is 
 truly aware that he cannot do without knewl- 
 edgab he has the passion we speak of. Is 
 not this so with all those miseraUe appetites 
 that can7 away men r The drunkard eannot 
 do without his grog. Gamblers must play. 
 All the way through the ranks of sic what en- 
 thusiasm men display I Picl^ocketa have a 
 perfiBct delight in their high profitssion of skill. 
 Truth, or true knowledge is a fair lady— coy, 
 and modest. He that gains her hand must 
 presa his suit or he will misenUy lUL It is 
 good to be sealonsly affected in a good thing. 
 The fire of the wise man's tool has its plaoa to 
 heal up the whole house. It is the purt of a 
 madman to fire his hoose in order to warm 
 himself: Miserable lo|st one I He did not in* 
 tend it I yat all is leat-bnnt to death. Are 
 theao terriUe azamnleB minff to mA^ man nnt 
 oat their flxw Immfldiatelyr By no meus. 
 It ia • oold night-^ot mi another moral log- 
 
 fill th«stov»-thati»— the heart Let it talk« 
 let Are— and wind— and eold make music- 
 Pipes and ohimn«y are all good and clean. 
 Hc»py man. who realises life as gain— all gain 
 — tuDe not lost 
 
 ftth. Thelastobaervationlhavetomakeontbe 
 kw of permanence is— JSratkn^Aood. Human 
 nature is ever running into brotiberhoods for 
 good or evil. Little can bo done by man alone. 
 — Hence the necessity of Union. It may be 
 difflenit to get us welded into a homogeneona 
 mass— seeing we are in a measure all strangers 
 to each other, trained in different modes of 
 thought aa weU aalife, we lack the anteeedenta 
 of fneh mental friendship. Like our Volun- 
 teers we can be drilled— keep step— march- 
 wheel— ioim— charge— fire. Fhilosephio tiea 
 have great eksticity. What shall we say if the 
 strongest ia Kincardine arc found amongst the 
 tipplers, gamblers t Do they not spend more 
 m<WOT upon each other t Query— Do they beat 
 the church broiheriiood 7 Tat, tut I What is 
 a dollar to two maudlin cronies f Piety haa no 
 chanoa withita coppers. 
 
 3nd. The second question I proposed to ask'was 
 —can anything be done by us to effect greater 
 good t I do not intend to assume the position 
 a fault finder. In your case I am no destmc. 
 tive. What ynu have done — ^let it stand on its 
 own good foundation. Go on your way— build- 
 ing stone after stone— adding wing after wing, 
 until a goodly oompoiite of old and new may 
 arrsst the eye of the passing stranger. Let us 
 be impressed with the gravitvof onr sitnatien as 
 the fathers and founders of a Literary Institute. 
 To have a good end you must have a good be- 
 ginning. Simall Matters have much influence 
 in starting fipon life. We may have hinder- 
 ences in the way of attaining te city greatness 
 —but we have nothing in the way of reaching 
 imperial mind. If we are personally small, un- 
 noticed and unknown in the world of letters, 
 who can tell the Aiture, and the influences we 
 may put in motion f Whatever field for ulti- 
 mata devolopement, great men may find in our 
 e^^tals- villagesand out of the way places are 
 favourite spots for the origin of genius. As 
 streams have their source in Uie distant 
 mountainB— 80 these great centres of thought 
 have been gathered firom dark unknown distant 
 villages, hamlets and huts, as well as firom halls 
 and palaces. It was a glorious thought that 
 dwelt in the mind of the Jewish mower, the 
 possibility of giving to the world the Messiah. 
 Is there ^o possibuityof the man of the age — 
 •ye, or country being bom and educated here T 
 High hopes, hew inspiring I Possibilities, how 
 real I That man is to be somewhere. Is he 
 not worth expecting t ■ Our motto being. — 
 What ia possible fbr man to do— we shall aim 
 ■t LongCallow says well : 
 
 On the world's broad field of battle. 
 On the bivouac of life. 
 Be not like dumb driven cattle. 
 Be a hero in the atrifa. 
 
 The ago of ^lyaieal prowess has past Not 
 yatnental and moral. I well recollect when a 
 
« 
 
 vea fellow building castles in the air, of reading 
 Blind Harry's Wallace. The effect was, that 
 Scotchmen were far stroiiger man than the 
 English. There was a passage that eclipsed all 
 the rest. Wallace and his army were besieging 
 one of the English towns— Durham or York, 
 (micd you it is more than forty years since I 
 saw the book,) Wallace had ordered his men 
 to drive in the gate. They failed. He ordered 
 them to stand back. On the Hero went like a 
 mighty battering ram, drove the gate before 
 him, with three ells of the wall. Was not that 
 great, grand f What nation like my own ? said the 
 boy. It was a big story of course. It was meat 
 suited for the hairbrained boy. Popular ignor- 
 ance has to be stormed, its heavy gates driven 
 in, its mud walls levelled. 
 
 I would tender the following advices. First, 
 let a large proportion of your subjects of debate 
 be practicla, definite, capable of an aye or a no. 
 I am well aware you must always keep on. hand 
 a few old gates and walls for Mr. Hardb-'- i to 
 run against. If you do not, Don Quixo :e, 
 he will try his strength some other wuere. 
 Mind you, I speak not of your past as if you 
 had erred. I believe its in human nature, to 
 show good and valid reasons why the moon is 
 not made of cheeae. It may be said that the 
 local, the definite, the real would engender 
 strife. Strife ! out upon it. Are we yet to take 
 a vote on the question. Is wrath reason ? 
 Why to be sure if we still believe in brute force 
 we must pout, sulk, scold, declaim, denounce, 
 rave and rattle, and then wind up with coats 
 off, and settle matters with fisticuff*. 
 
 Proof, fact, demonstration give edge to the 
 mind. Let the locomotive be suited to the 
 road. 
 
 2nd. I have the impression that some meeting • 
 ought to be held in the free and easy conver- 
 sational style— chairman of course— no stand- 
 ing—mingling the Socratio form, of putting a 
 question on the back of an assertion. This 
 talent is required in this land of law and pro- 
 cess. One argument in behalf of this is the 
 love of brevity in this pur day and generation. 
 The mass of men are fearfully one sided. I 
 must say I should like to see this draw badger 
 game, by posing a fellow given to asser- 
 tions with a few questions. Bare talent I to 
 question closely. 
 
 3rd. You are aware there was a frightful con- 
 troversy among the philosophers of a past age. 
 The colours were : Realist and Formulist. I 
 desire to touch on form— it, even it, is a reality. 
 Mode ol speech enters largely into the influ- 
 ence of man in conveying knowledge. Mode of 
 speech is a cash article. One can hardly do 
 business with a man that neither pronounces 
 words rightly nor cares a straw for manner. 
 Some of you may remember the story of Cole- 
 ridge, if I mistake not. He saw a man in the 
 tavern whose appearance pleased him very 
 much. He was sure there was mind in tha 
 man. At last they were seated at the pablio 
 dinner table. Coleridge watobed his mam 
 fiofMthine beiqgoffered to e»t, th* man utter. 
 
 ed, 'Them s the jockeys for me.' It was enough. 
 He had a big, empty house to let. Wonder and 
 interest were turned into contempt. 
 
 •We have apparently failed in public readings. 
 Why not vary your Friday nights with a read- 
 ing of five minutes from three or four members 
 —men being appointed to correct errors of 
 pronunciation, &c., &c. None of us can bo so 
 thin in the skin as not to ttand this gentle pro. 
 cess c. training. Fine field for improvement 
 amongst us. We may be able by this ipeans of 
 progress to bring to the village thousands of 
 dollars. 
 
 Bude speech is fit to give some people a head- 
 ache. This is neither a joke nor a fancy but a 
 well known fact. Friendship is often formed 
 by reason of speech. Many a Scotchman has 
 often groBined by reason of his Doric hindering 
 him in life. Scotch is Scotch. English is 
 English. Speak in London as the Londoners 
 do. 
 
 4th. Whilst we are doing our very best to get a 
 library I would suggest that we begin and press 
 into existence a cabinet of all the scientific facts 
 or specimens in our neighbourhood or county. 
 Let BS all choose our hobby. I shouldjlike to 
 see before me a specimen of every kind of wood 
 (of native grouth). This might be put to- 
 gether very neatly by some of eur mechanics. 
 Again, plants, roots, flowers, &c., &c. Again, 
 earths or soils. Think of a skilled oyo coming 
 here and finding the clay for Bath Brick I What 
 a fact if it should take the prize at Paris this 
 year! Again rocks, stones, shells, &o. Agaia 
 our birds and beasts. This would be some- 
 thing to show our visitors from afar. You are 
 awarq that men of the highest culture recom- 
 mend as a necessary branch of education, some 
 science that requires the habit of observation. 
 The eye takes in just as much as there is soul 
 behind it. Boron Humboldt Said of an Amori- 
 can|that he had travelled more and seen less than 
 any man he knew. 
 
 5th. Lot us as one grand part of our work, 
 make our Institute a school,— a houf— a den 
 for the young and thoughtless. We must have 
 something ,to compete with th-i Bar-room and 
 Billiard table.' Waiving drunkenness altogether, 
 these places cannot makemen. 
 
 1 was glad to see that by the energies of a few in 
 London, C.W. a reading-room has been there es- 
 tablished. Tell me of a town that has no read- 
 ing room, and I will pronounce the anathema of 
 of ignorance upon it. 
 
 As King Charles II said of Prince George of 
 Denmark, that he had .tried him drunk and 
 tried him sober, but he had found nothing in 
 him. Is it a vision of the night or of coming 
 day that I see a comfortable room open for all 
 comers from 6 to 10 every night for reading, yea. 
 or gossiping if you will, in this our village t 
 
 6th. And to tuck it up in a word, as the old 
 divine did whnn at. tha Bava»f<o»k t...J .f Vi_ 
 
 discourse, it has at times straok me that intel- 
 leotoal societies foil in not having robM of of* 
 floe, and titles of honour, Garlyle !■ right— 
 
dothM rnla the world. They are the bannerof 
 !^R ^ British Empre of its robes of office 
 
 *Jetjr. Take away the sash and that biir \n»tnf 
 • feUow would not give a cent for all ^that re 
 nains Look at the Tee-totalers-w se i^ the^r 
 day and generation. Yea, look everywreil-but 
 
 of office-grand worthy Patriarch-grand mas 
 ter and other high flying titles. LefS^e oX 
 
 SStTnTst'aiV'h ^""'"■'^^ Societies to turn 
 
 ^whew ^hi^^*"*?-,?*" '"'''^^ *>« found 
 heSois OnrS"^'"'^" *»"^d be apt to 
 iiee-nee us. Our fair ones would hane down 
 the head. It s true that there is an^!chro7 
 ism- ft screw loose, in puttinsr sashas an^ hVuc 
 
 No S. ?h *"''/^'^/""' I««'i''. "^d Jacob.- 
 day of gnef and humiliation. Never mhid 
 
 «^»^i, T^^** "■ ^'^n o"t soma fine dfy 
 
 S Act ^r*^'' ""J' '^«''<^' '"^d demonstSato 
 tue fact of our existence to aU cjassps Tt 
 
 TrnMemT t ^ ""^ ""^ ^"^^ Sh ^s-a 
 
 hT"?e d;?r' ""^°°« "^ ""•• ^«* -i^^t 
 
 iTorrtts""^'*^^^"^^^^^^^^ 
 
 jn^tho strain of our accomplished country 
 
 AW 
 
 T^^^i"'' yonr tardy coming days of gold 
 Wlf5« ^ P"Pl>etic minstrelsy foretold,^ ' 
 Whereyou bnghtpuiple stret Ls theorient skies- 
 Bise. Science. Freedom. Peace. Eeligion rise." ' 
 
 8ciIntifl?i™t^i!l*"'°P'°P°''*"* ^ discuss was 
 SStiL^f «t """^S; •P^^'«'J truth The 
 qoaSrt as well L T''^''^ "•"'"^ fr«»" °ther 
 wioked iZhi - 1- *^!*™ ^'^^ ignorant and the 
 «k« 5-" r • ® "lupous world there are men 
 who do pot give secular truth its due TWa 
 
 ?!•-* Priaiftry orter;-l7'thr^1 work^^p-f 
 
 •ays oi^ize, then S'st2m°z« ''^•f .Tv*"" 
 with the former. Th^ fliS?^'"^ S*°°°* "«^ 
 
 rtrnradSSs 'trsVS.^^^r„^ 
 
 iL^fh^''^^^°rd• This is the beginSg"? 
 the white man's influence. All wish a km Bv 
 this step you make the African dependf^rupj^ 
 l°\ I could go therefore with the Bible in 
 thl "I'nV'^"^"^ the other; and giie 
 inen the Bible to these warlike people. I bv 
 no means say as the late lamented Tv nKston 
 SiTl'*f°'''^P *"• This step kads to 
 
 God othe BibTV^?"' y^ '^' "«««i°8 ot 
 tf.« Vhif f ^®- ?t. alas, is the last thing of 
 the white man perceived to be of value. 
 ««v.?'^?' t'^^^.was a swamp of about 1000 
 
 ana dry It. The old wise men took up the 
 
 -w;'T.?''"?°'«^"«- I »easoned...told the. 
 what had been done. All was of no avail. IW 
 
 men can reason-they rather believe. It wasi 
 
 ?he1hia'f 'ff • • ""M:^ "^ ""<»« t-^J^" »"«*«" 
 Afle chief, believing that I was neither a fool 
 
 wouldS;*"'? "!,*° /««head"an3Tathi 
 wouiafoUow. I ordered my wetmon-driver » 
 noble little fellow, to take the Xugh to She 
 
 Z^rf'- .^ 8°' *° *^« spades we ?oSd 
 muster far and near. It was early spring Tha 
 ground was bare-as tie rank reed™d Jm 
 had been burnt. With ten good oxen wd a 
 powerftil plough, with share as sharp ^s affife 
 we drew a furrow along the edge, for hK 
 mile-sweltered through two fowteS fothe 
 luj-returnedwitha back fiirroW^^e 3" 
 
 SSSJT'^ ^i! i"^°i" '«* '«»'* throw aside' tte 
 toflgh matted sdd. We gave them other t?o 
 furrows. Then commenced the digfris" -^4v 
 3 leet deep A strong stream of wStir ^0^- 
 ed. After this, a year passed. By this tftne 
 
fell";". "'S^™^- i^t this case suffice. Poor 
 
 11 
 
 was one noint nf im.i, i„.i "f..^"^"' 
 
 many 
 
 Then was one «^;;nf?'' i*' ^«S«r''emain. 
 poserl Wa sh!li^.? °^ book-lore that was a 
 
 exce. Butthpri\^°""'^°^.''8'^'« work they 
 chieflives^owhnn, *i,^ missionary where the 
 
 chief cZe^JZieLTortf'^ ■T'^*' . ^"«' 
 He dictates youTS^ZaVZ," 'Th^' 
 
 gives^Vi^fetttThe c'hS ' Z^ ^^.r"-'" ^e 
 the n.issonary.nS'' read' Th^ t^ey go to 
 
 Christianity rTLt-f^r „t ^' '^" *" '="°^'^'' 
 
 w^sr;s ^ir/5--s..t 
 prrrrsrwijr^.'^sT/^ ^^ 
 
 tt^tr^aJo-sr^-'^ --.w:.ttrr 
 
 4tli. Kindness commands man and baut n.™. 
 or talic .0 a hm,^. starving maf F^L>ZS 
 -then say, poor fellowl Want of attentions iTi?? 
 «T2«- -ir -altitudes Of clC"''rkrn. u" 
 <Wfte<l away from Uie ChuroJi-the Blblei 
 
 you. and. all my aasocttC TSn^^ '^"^ ^ 
 two years, arc very pleasant I haT hTrt '^"*"«."«' "« 
 oonfoosed feedin- " fl^e mii' u is a" lu "^ 
 
 orrzrfr trei-.^-^-rc-r 
 
 colds? They rather L, ' """"' """ ^anadl^. 
 
 tic., on poircSo^orr iiTr""-'- 
 t^Mhe:;:" d^hSs-sr -"r^^- 
 
 the reminesences of the IZ 1^ '" *"'' ""> »'••- 
 
 becomes a sacred cente if '^'''°' whereyouslt 
 
 and the lo IlZas j^' ^°" «'=' ^*^'«' '^"» ">« I"" 
 amongusliLr ■ T ''''*™*"* «pWtJ sang while 
 the sambas toI^Z? ellh "^.r^^ ^"^ ^'"°^^ 
 
 away amongst the'revoLltX«S!r r^*^* 
 heroes that fought and bled for us^ rt^ ?f *' "^ 
 mopoUtan life tIi« ln«i . ^^ "^ *1»* «»»- 
 
 "The man that aghte and rmis away, 
 
 May Uve te flght some other day • 
 
 But he that fights and there U slain. 
 
 Shall never Uve to fight again." 
 Will the following clinkfor a litUe smaU change t 
 Ho that writes with little pain. 
 May tiy for you a theme agam • 
 But he that writes against the ^n, 
 Wm never try to write again 
 
 estprayer. Let rm'^^^i?^:,'^-^-""^— 
 Li ves of great men all remind as 
 
 We can make our lives sublime 
 And departing, leave behind us ' 
 I^t-prlnts on the svids of time ; 
 
 Foot-prints, that perhaps another. 
 
 Sailing o'er life's solemn main, 
 A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, 
 
 ««eing, shall take heart again 
 
 Let us, then, be up and doing, 
 
 With a heart for any ftte; 
 StiU adilevlnir. •>iii .- ._' 
 
 Learn to labour ud to wait.