GRAND SUCCESS|. A LITERARY FEAST FOR FARMERS | AND OTHERS, Great Interest Taken in the Farmers’ In- | stitute at Centre Hall, by all Classes, The Farmers’ Institute at Centre| Hall, on Thursday and Friday of last | week, was successful beyond .the best] anticipation, and all pronounced it the | best Institute, or gathering of the kind | ever held in our county; both tendance and the value of the addresses | and talks at each of the six sessions. Each session, after Thursday morning | was attended by a crowded house, and | the evening sessions were a perfect jam, and many could only get stand- ing room, and others did not even have that, yet the best of order pre-| vailed, so intense was the interest. The sessions were held in the base-| ment of the Evangelical church. The Institute was called to order Thursday morning, by Mr. ¥. Kurtz, manager >for the state board, and announceed that J. A. Keller would act as chairman Simon | Harper as treasurer, opening with prayer. The first lecturer was Prof. hout, of State College, whose was, Insects and their Relation Plants. Large charts were used by | the Prof. to illustrate his subject as he | went along. instances, insects, dreaded so much by farmers and fruit growers, were an | actual benefit, rather than harm, and | that many of the hated little creatures | were exterminators of others really harmful; the insect often serves as al scavenger and devours what would | otherwise destroy a plant or fruit, and | the little harm it does is not to be] measured by the good it serves. The Prof. is perfect master of the science of | entomology and his lecture was high- | ly appreciated,—a lecture upon in- sects should always have a place upon an agricultural program. Dr. Calder, of Harrisburg, next lecturer. His subject was, Essen- tials for a Good Crop. The speaker is | an authority upon this topic because he speaks from a life study and expe- rience, and is a thorough agriculturist in his sympathies. Stony ground bears sweeter fruit than other ground or that which is more highly colored, hence when your ground is too stony | for cultivation bear in mind it is the best for fruit. He has had remarkable | success in his tests, and closely observ- | ed results. He dwelt upon fertilizers | and the bold frauds practiced upon | the farmer in the commodity, being sifted coal ashes with a mixture | of something bad smelling to gull the} purchaser. fertilizers consisted of. for the “old women,” both male female, who did all in signs, and] showed the fallacy of signs—a sign fo wie i as to at- | on and Rev. Eisenberg Buck- subject to | He showed that in many | was the | many | He explained what good | The Dr. went | and sowing, planting, reaping, harve sting, and so on. All foolishness and foundation in reason for it. He tried the “sign” business to test it and he found it all foolishness, and correc he is. J. T. Ailman, of Mifilin county came next, and spoke upon, Nationa Wealth and the Farmers Share of it Mr. Allman said some very sensible things. The farmers average share o the National wealth would be abou $5000 per family, What farmer can boast that much most eannot show up $1000. Th farmer is not possessed of this average share, and somebody ¢lse smarter has got it, railroads and millionaires have gotit. Hedid not think a farmer need be highly educated to get along. Technical grammar and fine arithme- tic or adept in figures are not essen- tial, as the farmer makes so little he needs few figures tosum it up. Plain common schooling will see the farmer along all else being right. That is his experience; but we can’t expect all our boys to become farmers, as there would not be farms enough to go around, so many of the boys must go into some other pursuit. Thursday afternoon Prof. Buckhout read a carefully prepared paper upon, Forests and the Farmer. Our forests wantonly disappearing to the injury of the farmer; we make no care for a new crop of tree growth to serve for com- ing generations. Europe practices cut- ting in alternate sections, and a new growth is required to follow where trees have been cut away, and thus the wood and timber supply is kept up in the old country. It is highly im- portant that our American farmers protect their forests. Dr. Calder followed, corroborating all that Prof. Buckhout advanced in his lecture upon insects. Toads and snakes are friends of the farmers as they feed upon and keep down insects that would otherwise ruin him. i John F. Potter also rose and endors- ed Prof. Buckhout upon insects. Mr. Whitehead also endorsed Prof. Buek- no | has Bouts lecture uptm stile CE! Hon, M. Whitehead, of Waking. ton, D. C,, was the next speaker, tie: Farmers’ Department of the Na- | tional Government, utter the various farmers’ and is now of marked good to the farmer, sinall as that de- partment may be as yet, You spend $20000 upon agriculture in Pennsylva~ Or- The of most Mr. jaunt, highly interesting Whitehead’s lecture le to tell will be thirty-six | he can shape his | With three or four large and elegantly finished maps, the speaker pointed oat how the weather predictions are reached. He showed the cause of storms, what effect sud- den changes in temperatures had in is now ab what the weather hours ahead, and work accordingly. the Those did whom weather bureau a mystery, how and where cyclone its | work. to the | had been learned | and audience considered this treatise | day’s travel to have it explained in so recitation was prettily ren- Her ef- “Matilda on the Grange,” and her recitation received a good Thursday evening session.—Music, prayer by Rev Davis, Questions answered, Dr. Calder was then announced to Fruit Growing for Profit. a college professor, his talk showed that he knew a great deal more upon the subject of fruit growing than some it all and that His thoroughness upon the subject led to his being frequently lied with questions upon the subject, always readily and satisfac- torily answered. Buit your fruit to is one great point. Bee eul-| A duet, My Faith Looks up to Thee, Misses Tacy and Emily Alexander, Jen- Kreamer organist. and topic, J. T. lecturer. He dis- arded high school learning for farm- | rs, the Education of Farmers’ was the next Sons s ue school learning is boy nee wr the of the universities. The Farmer Feeds us All, was a rec itation by John Keller, of near Centre Hall. The topic readily tells what its purport is, an and spoken in a clear voice and quite cleverly recited. Song, “O My! What a Thing,” by Willis A. Holly, colored, who has his home with the ‘editor of the RerorrTeEr. This just brought down the house, by round after round of applause, Recitation, “Jimmy Butler and the Owl,” by Miss Edith Sankey, of Pot- ters Mills. This piece afforded the au- dience much amusement, as it was rendered by Miss Edith in true Irish dialect. Closed with musie, “Good WS ight.” Friday morning—prayer by Dr. Cal der. Questions answered. Followed by a paper on Sheep for Profit by Jas, McCracken, of Jefferson. The paper was interesting and attentively listen- ed to, but space will not allow us to follow the speaker further. The next topic was, The Potato Crop, by Hon. Gerard Brown, state senator from York. Mr. Brown is a scholar, statesman, and practical farm- er—the latter his delight from boy- hood, in which he received the encour- agement of a kind father, and is re garded as one of the brainiest men in the grange, there is no narrow-mind- edness about the senator, he is broad in his views, thorough as an agricul turist, and devoid of prejudice, desir- ing toenlist all classes in behalf of the agricultural interests, The speaker deemed clay soil not the best for potatoes, a sandy loam brings the greater results. The northern lim- its of our country are best adapted to the growth of Potatoes, the warmer southern latitudes do not produce so well nor as hardy a potato. When a youth he saw a new kind of potato ad- vertised, called his father's attention to it, it would cost $16 per barrel, and expressed a desire to have it for seed. His father properly granted his re- quest, snd by way of encours t told young Gerard that he might have ull the profits, His profits on the crop from that barrel of seed potatoes were cominon Is, he has no use on the farm fi high learning | appropriate selection, dreadful NTRE "HALL, PA., TH [in fine. Potato rot can be much hindered by a disinfectant now being Mr. Brown then proceeded his entire in the science of potato raising, which was ded iizer is { applied. to give ex perience quite a treat to the crow audience, I'he most valuable fort potash such us I take four bushel bushel three #0 One coll £() wl ® ashes salt, peeks ful to each this ix cheng found sal to answered hill; better than a fertilizer #40 per numeroun (qt LO, Road have Maki not Roads and Beaver. We world for re ment is valu h ows of no re affords roads, 80 mue \ He kn is such solid enjoyment ; valley right through yout which they The old having =» enjoyme Hricil down in Brush a road the valle of comfort, farmers in June is not the get good roads, plowing up the side | throwing dirt in the centre all schemes for road making are so What we want roads. The Us and have away. mn ny but law is good enough as it roads if we will only who are fit and know how road, no matter if Democrat or lican—the fellow who knows make a road is the one you who is after the $2 abolish the You may just as well ask to is not road laws, is to give gr elect make un r Repu how iO to want, not per working-out the one day. Let us plan. allowed to work out 3 i SC IO0] your by each one teaching in the schools one or two days. Roads are to laid out to favor this one or but not for the community for whom the roads are. gave good, plain, road making, which were commented on by all, and proved the has in ren, feal pract ideas 1¢ knew more upon subject He Years, made His valuable some supposed. study for was one of th stitute, Rev. Book-farming, for his many y of th © ost Eisenberg took the subject deme yes as old as the ancients, and mucl might be profitable to day. have farmers present not we ever 2 erend gentleman had go it wu wii Iu tand that v cingly that there left for an anti farming to = is simply fat wx he dos Rev. Ei met with general apj Friday awered, The Repeal of the 1700, by Gen. Beaver, topie. The avern his opinion as to how the repeal affect- ed our county. There w ersity of opinion, but he gave it that he isabout. af “ry afternoon. Fence was § thie CX ir Was & a div his 0s and stock going was Centre county, unfenced property It might not be best for our county, that fences were not required, but for the greater portion of the counties in the state it was desirable, hence the repeal of the act of 1700 was justifiable. A safe way to get the question settled would be by an amicable suit testing the matter in court. Senator Brown then again addressed the Institute, subject, The Farmers’ Interest in Legislation. The gentle- man being a statesman handled this subject ably. How to Destroy Canada Thistles, by James McCracken. The gentleman advised congressional enacment. How that would kill em, we could not see. As to other remedies he conld give none but such as are practiced—keep cutting them down, and so on, This lecture did not give the light on kill ing the weed that was expected, they are not yet killed in his own county of Jefferson. Mr. Allman delivered an address on poultry raising. Friday evening. Music, Prayer. Geology in Relation to Farming, by Prof. Calvin Neff. Knowledge of sci entific principles will often aid the farmer in spite of the opposition to Book-farming. He needs to under stand the relation of the rocks to the soils, to the plants; their disintegra- tion furnishing the soil for plant life, A knowledge of Geology is beneficial to the farmer in a financial sense, as he knows what the soil is he may in- tend to farm. The Prof. explained the rock formation of our valley, and the peculiarities of lime stone and oth- upon tresspassing. $1100, he sold the crop at $2 per Ib. this was his oy made SDAY, that boniferous shale, kind of stuff is— One to find coal in this region we are feet too low down, Subjects like this one by Prof. should be more frequent, prove great Neff, they would The Prof. un- derstood his subject thoroughly, Song by Willis A. Holly, The ww Colored Ball, which was greeted vith rounds of applause, due Children to Farmers, ably discussed by Dr. Calder, Fe vill tion in eo had a educators, wating lecome Basker- ins onomy in Farming by Rev. No class needs more ric. He barn farmers, in rate momy than quantity of hay his at the per day, by actual observal horse and also \ppearing les, When tl on tot which disappeared of 200 pi vet had only a nds on, other from his sug ht much a COW, were cl stab we audience « remarks, created, “farm products’ ri} ii point Of Lhe mers i his y disapp iment was as it appeared were systematic- all the manipu- lation of thieves. Miss up Declams The | with appl y, Is Maude Farmers to the Whitel that pleased Dhue Fill Kreamer, Emily coin paniment. May Rhone, Head, greeted lose. ition by armer Goes at the ¢ in, by W, Front, aise A. address by Holly. M. ead, spiced with some the crowded house, £, we meet again, Alexander, above we must given y a list of ior res In il he Mr. Rhone, ren ENS Wn resolutions which were better roads: right and other companies, ae 1 Viz FAT mercantile and personal property of taxes, &c., Also, share road making, Resol vved that ete, ad io 85.000) (0 ¥) purpo LO carry ounty are oppose divert ting the and 1 SCHOO] RR LOTS out gards this Adjourned. at the ov Mr. 8. Rowe, ening Harry | Kreamer, was fine, male voices, Emily d Ramu Kreamer and ler female with Kreamer as organist. went of the Institute if put would VOILOes, wert have been ing bonds for road purpos- to for such ers will object having wily bonded n We of ’ inform ation that there ie of tl] are Vv, Oouisi« 143 twelve religious kinds enteen of Methodists, Church. : are of of Baptists, several of Episcopa- nd four of Quakers. There are two of Du Mennonites, the Wine Schwenkfeldians, I'heosophists, Et anda w lot more r country in the w ch has as many religious Mormons, ¢ ts of ile of i sin Hehweinfurthites, , the the hole othe y are in the United States] - - PHILADELPHIA Times does not anti-option bill kindly. In Wednesday, it In ie passage of the anti-option bill the File sstie of KAYE: =enate the oi has given its sanction to one of all the many vi- islation that have found favor with Congress. in this bill it will prove practically inopera- though it will harass business enough to do some mischief, It will of the lawyers in the Senate opposed it on constitu- tional grounds, but the Populists and their sort were enough to give it a ma- jority. most absurd of 16 exeesses of leg recently The redeeming feature is that tive, be observed that most mn AM Sr NEBRASKA has a poverly stricken ex-governor. It has been discovered that ex-Governor John M. Thayer, who created such a great sensation two years ago by refusing to allow Gov, Boyd to take possession of the office, is being sheltered by a poor soldier in the suburbs of Lincoln. All his wealthy political friends turned against him after his exit from office, and he is penniless. It has been hitherto un- derstood that he was in texas, ————— Tur Alabama house passed a bill prohibiting sale or giving away or oth- erwise disposing of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco and cigarette paper in Ala bama. It imposes a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 and impris- onment or sentenced to hard labor for not less than thirty days for violation of its provisions. The bill also pro- hibits the smoking of cigarettes in any puble place. week(30 to the Philad, Branch, and you will receive clothing that are une qualed in quality and jprtes, Stila: CAPITOL GOSSIP TION'S CAPITOL. The Funeral of Mr. General Blaine. Postmaster Wanvanmaker's EBeception, The Annexation of Hawaii, Jan. Cleveland has that he possesses the rare being able thing atthe right and place, Therefore it was pot surprising that his telegram of condolence should have the first received widow of James GG. Blaine, WASHINGTON, 30. faculty of and to do the right time 10 see been among by the the can statesman, many bond of Alt hough the sympathy one prominent try acterofl each of them that i:3 widely Wis in ol One there Detlween ir ide as them, the other could admire without forgetting cal differences, and that was Americanism, of Mr. the was the in~ tense which Ke ystone Blaine's great popu- larity, land the day. most popular living Awmeri- can to And therein lies a lesson upon men ame ere wis a period in the in of | Americanism was the more highly masses than it is Mr. to day Blaine's funeral, which was atl the Church of the request of his family nu The pall Covenant, simple as possible, all intimate and services at the deceased the Pres! byterian burial ritual and a the pastor, With the an organ dirge ore played by Wal husband of ons prayer by jon of bef Damrosch, the 's daughters, there Not onesenth of the wanted to attend the get in the church, and a crowd remained Blalne no IH ople iq poi 1 iuneral Was very outside during and afterwards remains to Oak Hill the interment was having } a : BOTY ICES followed Lin cemetery, Mr ix where made, requested that he by the who died there side « his son Walker, suddenly several There here not public, Bo, pointment was disap- funeral api urday much Les the because and at tol, this afternoon to its give to attend the and all of the Government funeral, Unless there is great change in the the democratic sena- short cloture Senate present opimion of of a rule the refused to adopt Force bill was under consid- will enable the republicans to late Justice Lam- Harrison nominate, senators are ican successor to the Mr. is said to be 1 Lie unanimous in the whom demos filled a democrat and they will not allow to be taken on the nomination of a republican unless compelled to do #0 Ly a cloture rule, The House committee on Rules has set aside February 9 and 10 for the con- sideration of the Andrew's bill for the repeal of the Sherman Silver law. The general impression seems to be that a vole will not be reached, although a number of the friends of the bill ex- press confidence in its being passed. If Postmaster General Wanuamaker holds the reception to the employes of his department which was to have been held at his residence to night, the invitations to which were withdrawn on account of the death of Mr. Blaine, he will retire from office with the per- sonal illwill of nine