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<tenths of the white
employes of the department. The rea-
son is not difficult to locate. In send-
ing out the invitations for the reception
he included all of the negro laborers,
watchmen; messengers, and scrub
women on the department pay roll,
and the white clerks, particularly the
females, object to associating on terms
of social equality with the negroes.
Considerable interest is felt as to
what position the administration will
take on the petition of the provisional
Hawaiian government for annexation
to the United States. Whatever view
Mr. Harrison may take of the matter
it is hardly probable that any action
will be taken by the present Congress.
The House Ways and Means com
mittee is putting in some hard work
studying and digesting the Treasury
statement furnished by Secretary Fos
ter last week, and Senator Carlisle has
taken a copy of it over to President-
elect Cleveland. :
Senator Carey has given notice of
two amendments to the House bill for
the admission of New Mexico; one in-
cluding Utah and Oklahoma in accor.
NO. 5.
| very doubtful whether
reached
i | pre sent session,
The election of Representative Mit-
| chell, of Wisconsin, who was chairman
{of the
any vote will
| be on this question at the
democratic Congressional com
| mittee, in the last eampaign, to the
| Benate is gratifying to democrats here,
land they regard the promotion as de-
| served.
Bp
amiable
re-
the
who
in ah
nd
unity
those
should form
ideration. It
Proresson BRIGGS Is
mood since his acquittal a in a
cent sermon pleads for in
chure that
suggesting
have onliar view clubs
would be
taken, for
it is certain that quarrels in the church
for their e
if hi
OIE
well advice would be
iH
over doctrinal points do no good and
much harm.
byes
natureof the
readers interested in
knowing the
| Monsignor Satolli in t
He Pope’
tative. 2 He
all disputes wi
Catholic
| he makes
some may
mission of
(1)
SPresen-
wowered to settle
the Roman
land. 3) If
the infallibil-
it is supposed, will not
iis country.
is the g permanent re
|
arise in
of this
a ree
ARCs,
involved.
Ra. -
IN ORDER to have
the
{act in harmon y—it
to
weight, legis.
of
i
i
i
i
in
| lation, ate
farmers the state must
work
be divided into different
friends
num-
wi not to
ir good
organizations: and with the
they
Can
t of our droop-
| outside of th
| ber thousands, so be ac-
oma lished tor the ben
ing ins
agricult ural
on n——— —
that the
new road to be
built from Turbutville to Williamsport,
have located he permanent rout as far
as Mr Wilson Hue
{of Muney. The
half a mile eastof
The Lumin
| engineer corps of the
Ary announoes
rhes, four milessouth
line Ww ill
Mune ¥,
engineer says it is rant
probably run
the chief
to getin
expense,
as
le
Fra
great
to the town with out
Ap a
The
prov riding
Slate Senate has passed a bill
sn of murder-
tentiary instead of in
the
for the executic
ers In a stats
the ja
ODer Was ©
Pe ni
il of the county where pris-
mvicted.
DnBois seat.
There 8 new
couniy erected out of the northwestern
corner of ( id and adjacent sec-
{ J¢ son and Etk,
A ntl mon
sf ein as—
a
aspires to be a county
is talk of {rying to have
leariie
tions ol fer
Dari ng the year 1892, §1,500,000 were
paid to the employes at the Altoona car
shops making an average of $60 to every
One « mployed there,
Justice Lamar, General Butler and
Mr. Blaine, three distinguished Amer-
cans died within about the same week.
E —— weirs
How Mingle Sacceeds,
There are various methods employed
to bring business,
Mingle has relied on buat method.
That one—selling good goods at small
profits. If he didn’t sell good shoes he
would be foolish for selling at small
profits, because he could never estab-
lish a trade. He could sell a customer
one pair of shoes, no more. But by
selling nothing but reliable goods he
has established himself so firmly that
the bitterest competition has failed to
draw his trade from him in the least.
He is selling today more boots, shoes,
slippers and rubber goods than ever
before, and he is selling to the best peo-
ple in the county. Everything is
marked as low as it could be. When
you want shoes don’t miss Mingle's
shoe store, Bellefonte.
about success in
one
metal in
An Old Lady Burned to Death,
Dorothea Keller, aged 71 years, a
maiden lady in the family of Zacha~
riah T. Harnish, in Morris township,
while lighting a lamp Tuesday night
was fatally burned by explosion of oil.
The old lady was alone in the house at
the time and her incinerated remains
were found on the return of the family.
—— ——— A] AO
The Number Large,
The number of applicants in Centre
county this year for liquor licchse will
be almost double as many as usnal,
sm A ASRS
More Snow,
Wednesday evening rain. Thursday
morning started in with a heavy fall
of wet snow,
Nn MAPA
The peach crop is reported safe as
yet.
weed, W. Runkle, advertises letters
of Adm'r on the estate of his father,
late of Gregg.
we Wanted, —a young man to learn
the blacksmith trade. Call on or ad-