...Masters. Mr. Johnes was a benefactor to the country in the largest sense of the word. A Philosopher has said, that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is greater than the greatest hero : if this be true, Mr. Johnes must rank before...

...necessity, or urged by avarice and pride. I think that it is the celebrated Arthur Young who says, that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one only stood before, is a meritorious character; and surely the intelligent, liberal-minded agriculturist,...

...consideration, compared with the actual valuó of the accommodations thus provided. It has been justly said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, is a benefactor of his race. In a how much higher sense can this be said, of those who...

...burning of lime, and collecting of manure in pits made outside of your cow-houses., It has been truly said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor to his country ; but by those means you will make plenty of grass...

...equal to oysters. MORAL. It is now a received aphorism, in this age of progress and reconstruction, that the man who makes two blades of grass grow, where one only grew before, is a benefactor to mankind ; surely, then, it will be readily conceded, that if the...

...Monarch who has invariably supported the working man's rights and cared for his well-being. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one did before deserves well of his country : if my plan should at any time be carried out by...

...that of the conqueror. [Applause.] What you must tell your children — I speak to you, mothers— is that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, has done more for mankind than the victor of twenty battles ; that they should respect...

...The fine arts. — Masons. — Carpenters. — Deserters. — The gaol-birds. — Prospects of Italy. IT is said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor to mankind. What then do you, reader, think of one who made grass...

...Association in this city others are to speak to-night. I can only remark that if it has been justly said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a public benefactor, how much nobler the glory of him who rescues one tempted...

...increased, and the yield per acre, in many instances, cannot be very considerably altered. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is to be looked upon as a public benefactor. And so he is. And we may, regarding...