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BKTTLEFONTB, PA.
ANNUAL ADDRESS OF LEONARD
KIIONE, ESTJ., GRAND MASTER.
DELIVERED AT TIIR NINTH ANNUAI. SESSION
Or TUE PENNSYLVANIA STATE URANUS,
HELD AT WILLIARspoRT, PA., DEC. 13,
14, 15 and 16, 1881.
Brethren and Sisters—Members qf Pennsyl■
vania State Orange, P. of H,
In greeting you to-day I extend to
each of you a hearty welcome to this the
ninth annual session of our Grange. En
couraged by your more presence 1 am
also cheered by the evidence thus given
of the vitality o( the Oranges you repre
sent, and by the conviction that I shall
have your hearty co-operation in devis
ing plans and means to perpetuate and
extend our beloved Order. We come
from all sections of the State, and from
circumstances which in many of their
features differ widely from each other;
but unfortunately, in one sad particular
we as farmers have hail one experience,
and share a common lot. The past year
has been to most of us a time of disap
pointment and sore trial. The unex
ampled heat of the Summer following
the extremely cold Winter has made our
efforts vain, and the products in almost
every branch of our calling are far be
low that which has been regarded a* a
reasonable return. To those who feel
that they hove faithfully done their du
ty with the means committed to their
hands there remains the compensating
privilege of every true Patron to still
place his trust in God and nurture hope.
He who now sends apparent disaster is
tbo same who has given us every good
and perfect gift, and who makes ail
things to work together f° r f^ e good of
those who love Him. Kecognizing the
Supreme Being, as all who enter our
Order do, we may feel assured that as
He has given us a reedtime He will
send us a harvest, and that to each one
will come finally that measure of pros
perity which will best fit us to fulfill one
mission.
oca ORDIR.
It shonld be with no ordinary feeling
of satisfaction that we recall the fonn
dation of the great society known as the
Patrons of Husbandry, and content
plate the work which already it has
acheived. Established for the benefit
of the agricultural class, and looking
chiefly to their intellectual and social
improvement, it lias in the lew years
which number its existence wrought
wonders in these particulars, and been
serviceable in every point in which it
has ntfectcd them. Starting in lis be
neficent career from that city which
hears the honored nntnn of one ot the
most successful farmers America ha<
ever known it has spread through all
the States, and numbers its adherents
by the hundreds of thousands. None
have entered its gates and obeyed its
precepts who have not be-n blessed in
return;and even those without, whose
callings render tliein ineligible to mem
hership, have been bcnefiied by their
nearness to an Order which in%ke
everv members better farmer, a wiser
citizen and a happier man.
IX Ot'R ow\ STATE.
The year which is closing has been
one of greater prosperity to the t Jrang s
within our Stales than were several
which immediately preceded it. A
number of dormant Orsngers have been
revived, some of wlucli lisv shown
great nctivity and have become very
strong: thus proving that they ought
have maintained their vigor, uti I gone
on in an uninterrupted otr.eir of pros
perity if those who formerly minage i
the.r affair* had done their full Uu"y.
Some new (Jranges Imve been organised,
lis will lie seen by the rejiorl of out
Worthy Secretary : and in others many
new members are reported Few per
sons now seek adnnssi u b> our Order
who are not actively engaged in agricu
ral pursuits and of thoc not so eng .geil
who tn former yeats were received noun
have left, thus producing the unity of
sentiment and purjio-e which is ern
tial to harmony and • ffieieucv. A< our
purposes and methods have become
better known to our fellow citizens,
they have been more fully [•predated
and highly approved ; and now there
are but few |>erons w ho do not acknowl
edge the necessity for our organ izitiuti,
and the goodness of its wotk.
riXAXcRs.
A year ago we were favored in bear
ing from my honored predecessor the
announcement that the great debt
which had burdened us was provided
for, and that U|on the payment of the
further sum then due to our worthy
secretary we would meet nil our finan
cial obligation*. This has now been ac
complished ; and in our organized ca
pacity we are in that condition of free
dom from debt in which our principles
teach all ourmemlier# to abide. I trust
that while we maintain that activity
and seek the improvement whicli tie
cessarily involve* the expenditure of
money, we will carefully avoid the in
curring of indebtedness, whicli experi
ence has shown us is as detrimental tn
an association as to an individual.
The energy and carefulness exhibited
by our Executive Committee in arrang
ing with various business houses for the
purchase of goods by our members are
worthy of much commendation. The
arrangements which they effected have
resulted in the saving of thousands of
dollar* to our people and have given
lesaona in purchasing, ami of the ad
vantage of buying and selling for cash
which can hardly be over estimated. It
ia to be regretted that to many of our
number do not fully avail themselves
of tbeae arrangements, and give their
patronage to the bouses which show a
willingness to favor our Order. By
withholding their tiade tbey not only
suffer a pecuniary loss themselves, but
show disrespect to their official repre
senlatives, and prevent that gain which
would come to the Order at large from
greatly increased business transactions.
TIIE I.EL'TI'RE rfEI.D.
The importance of di*eminating in
formation concerning I tie Order, and
instructing our member* in their duties,
becomes more clear with each year's
experience. In many localities are are
aayet but little known, and in others
much ignorance mingled with prejudice,
exists. The Worthy Master of the Na
tional Orange recently remarked that
much diversity ot working has crept
into the Grangers, winch is seriously in
juring the unity unit efficiency of the
body. These evils can be renitMjed in
no way so certainly and cheupliUkN by
the addresses and personal instVction
of a lecturer. If it is possible, we should
keen our Lecturer constantly engaged
in theso seasons in which the attention
of the people be secured. In our pres
ent want of lunds, and the absence of a
system of visiting, he has been unable
to do much for dormant or week Gran
ges, where his help is most needed ;
and while he hns traveled extensively
and labored diligently it has been almost
entirely among those who were able to
meet the necessary expense and who
therefore needed him least. I advise
that the State Grange consider this im
portant subject, and attempt such inr
provement as in its judgment will em
ploy nil our present ability, and secure
the best results that are now attainable.
The excellent tri-Slate picnic held
this summer under the uspices of our
Order did much toward enlightening
our citizens concerning us. The exhi
bition of tho products of agriculture
and other industries, the vust display
of machinery and the series ol addres
ses and discussions there presented did
much to remove misapprehension, and
to set our organization more favorably
and fairly beforo tlie public, We should
strive that by similar, even though
much smaller, gatherings in our differ
ent neighborhoods, and by public meet
ings of our Granges, and by diligently
using the local talents, we may have,
the darkness and opposition be made
to give place to light and friendly co
operation.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
In accordance with our principles we
who are engaged in the Grange move
ment desire an increased knowledge of
the science and art of agriculture for
not only ourselves, but also for our chil
dren and for the other youth of our
land who will soon take our places.
This body has always spoken in unmis
takable terms on this subject ; and has
wished that our young people might
have the advantages ot well arranged
and properly conducted institutions in
which agricultural instructions could be
obtained. Unfortunately in our -Stale j
there are none making such claim* to
which we c.in point with ptide. Neither
in the instruction it imparls to its tu- [
dents nor in the information which it i
sends abroad from itself or its experi
mental farms, does our Slate College
meet the purpose of its founders, or en- I
list the support of our farmers? It
seems that if the College and it* (nrms
did not exist at all our agriculturists
would not be worse otf. It is being
made more and more to servo those
who are preparing to enter the profes
sions; and like nearly ail our institu
tions of learning is making the educa
tion it stl'ords too costly for the indus
trial cl i**e*. Industrial schools should
be separated from those wloe chief
work is to give cl*ioal instruction;
arid the bind* which are connected w;th
them *hul-l le made to serve the
student* twitli l>y way of in-trocdoti and
sell support, l>uly manual Uisir should
be required, lor two or three boll IS, so
a* the better to illustrate and noj re
the in-11uclten of the r.Citation and
ire!ore rooms.
Needful legislation should be nceured
to nuke the experimental farms now
held hv the Mtate College (lie sites of
Igrtculturnl School*, with commodious
tniii-liiigs an i a reasonable number of
instructor*. Into these school*, a* mem
ber* of t heir Freshman i I 111-'*, our bo) s
and gill*, who have completed the
siu lie* of our common n-b< o!*, should
l-e nduiiiltd without further educa
te-rial requirement. We believe that
to the support n! I bese schools the lien
eral Assembly could i i*t|)* transfer one
third <>f the income of the 'tiinl derived
from the t'ongressiotid l.in I Grant
Ihe S te Uoitilof \grteullnre should
have a linus-ure of control of such
schools, and by menus of fstui* ami
labor-Morns should annually conduct
experiment* Inr the benefit, of nm rtu
dents and the agricultural community,
if additional funds shmiM t-e found
needful fir the efficient working of such
institutions lliey snrelv <-oul I be reason
ably hsUerl of n legislative Italy winch
doe* not hesitate In appropriate many
thou-and* of dollar* anmi iltv for a mili
tary organixtlton which isnliti- -l worth
less.
BKI-VTIOX to OTIIKR AnXlltl.Tt 8 11. tSSO |
CIATK.
Kvery I'atrnn should consider it a
duly to cooperate with eveiy a-sncia
lion in the •Mate which i ende viruig
by proper mean* to promote agriculture,
ami to secure lor it (roni the govern-j
men I the recognition and assist" nee
winch ar doe to it. The State Hoard •
of Agriculture and the Hoard of Trua
leea of the Slate College are two bodies
created by ttio State for the |>ur}in*e of
benefitting the great industry in which
we are engaged. Ani|de |>owera, and
auflicient futida from the public treas
ury have been given to them ; and it ia
reasonable to ask that they shall per
form the work given thetil, and prove
their right to live hy the quantity and
quality of their fruit*. I'nfoiinnately
in IK>th cases the method laid down for
the perpetuation of the hoards ii defec
tive. Tlio county agricultural aocieties,
by whose action the members of the
boards are elected, are, almost without
exception, controlled by men who are
not farmers; and as a consequence the
board* are largely composed of persons
who have neither abilityncr inclination
to perform the duties of their positions.
Neither organisation is doing its full
work, and in each there appears to he a
tendency to depart more widely from
the good purposes for which they were
established. Still we tamely submit to
have these great helps to our calling
j perverted horn their intention, and
| even used to injure those whom they
were designed to benefit! Until we
csn have the laws appertaining to them
so amended ss to prevent their misuse,
let us as fsrmers vigilantly employ the
existing meant to rid them of all im
proper members, and to hold them to
the performance of the work for which
they are constituted.
coorxiMTioy.
A most valuable feature of our Order
ia that of cooperation. By it great
achievements have been accomplished,
and large sums of money hare been
saved for our members. Hut like many
other powerful agencies it is capable of
perversion, uml thereby may bu used to
ovpn destroy that which it was intro
duce to upbuild. In some cases it baa
been permitted to absorb the attention
and consume tbe time of the Orange,
In others it has finally pussed into tbe
bunds of a few members who have
grown selfish and devoured their breth
ren for tiie sake of gain. In all these
instances it has been detrimental ;
paralyzing the Orange, dividing tbe
members and, iu not a few instances,
leading to disorganization. In using
this arm of our Order wo cannot do
better than to follow tbe plain sugges
tion and methods laid down in tbe
Digest. The advice there given is based
upon wide experience, and will not mis
lead us. Especially should it be insisted
upon that all who are members and
officer* of co-operative agencies shall be
member* in good standing in some
Orange when they assume such rela
tions,'and shall forfeit them when they
lose such standing.
co a coa AT lONS AND THE OBANUE.
Very early in our history it became
evident that a chief hindrance to our
reasonable prosperity arose from tbe
acts of great corporations. Notwith
standing their exactions, and many
other unjust proceedings, we freely ad
mit that corporations may be very
useful, and that farmers have derived
many benefits from their exercise of
their pro|>er functions. Hut no one can
close his eyes to the usurpations, the
invasions of individual rights, and the
violations of wholesome laws which
many corporations have been guilty 01.
The creature has assumed the place of
creator, and the humble suppliant for
permission to live now arrogantly ap
points to death those who gave him lift*.
In tbe great task of rebuking this pre
sumption, and restraining this flood of
evil the tirange must take a prominent
part. Heside the duty wo owe to our
fellow-citizens the instinct of self-pre
servation impels us to resist the en
croachments of corporations. Hy per
sistent appeals to every power in our
government, bv the exposure and de
nuncialion of every illegal act, and by
t lie wise and fearless use of tbe ballot
we must crush this monster before he
crushes us.
NEEDED LEGISLATION.
The right of |>etilioii is a most valua
hie one, and should neither be surren- j
dered nor neglected. Tbe duly of
directing public opinion, and using
proper influence to secure needed legis- ]
latum is one which belongs to us all;
nnd must be m-rformed under disa
greenhle as w|ka agreeable circum
stance.. Tlieri-rore we should contioue
to demand the legislation which is re i
quired to bring about the reformation
of abuse., particularly lhoe which in
jure our own class. It ia true that too
many who sit in legislative halls are
indifferent to our wants, and inclined j
to disregard our appeals ; but if we a.k
nothing but that which is right, and i
patiently and |terevennglv ue the |
mesas provided by the constitution we
shall succeed nt'Ust.
VXITV or ACTIO*.
In the accomplishing of such oljects
as have been alluded to. and in the ex
tension of our Order and the perform i
ance of the duties which are peculiarly !
( or own, it i" essential that we main
tain a UtlitV which is a. complete a<
possible. Without union there is no
strength. l*nie-s we all act together, ,
and a*-t with all the lorce which we.
combined posses.. w. will do no good, j
slid will on!\ deer*e to "lie. Ido not
thus speak l>ecii*e of the existence ol
divisions arul difference, among tin, for,
fortunate;v, we are rrmaikahly free
from these, hut to rrcill to your mind*
the tact that our Order has h mission, a
mission great and noble, and that to
fulfil it every Orange and every I'stron
must employ all the strength, zeal and
Persistence which they possess. See,
brethren nnd sujers, what has already
teen dune ! Not a score of year* has
jet barn numbered hy our Order, and
we have t>een hindered by inexperience
and oppose< Iby manv opj>onents. Not
withstanding all difficulties we have
•lone much good for ourselves, ami
achieved result* which have been bless
ing to many others. Let p**t sue
ces.es spur ti on to greater endeavors,
ami the present calls of duty excite our
utmost etl irts : and we shall have the
reward* of those who neither live nor
labor in vain.
The Czar's Kuemle*.
ARREST or EliillT XIIIII.1T—i.WL IIOSi.S
COKCSALED IX OB A SOBS.
Sr. Pet ess ii is<i, December 19.—0S
Wednesday I l the jwilice made a de
scent on a hoit* in the Mnkavoi street,
behind General Ighatielfs residence,
and arrested eight |>ernns, who offered
vigorous resistance. The police seised
a large quantity of small Ixilltli*, some
of which were skillfully concealed in
oranges.
Among the papers seised was a letter,
recently arrived from london, blaming
the nihilists for their inactivity and
calling upon them to act without delay.
The letter i* attributed to Prince Kro
potkine. This all'air seems to have rela
tion to that which provoked the arrest
of several other persons some davs ago.
These persons had ordered two officers'
uniforms, with crosse* of the order of
St. George. The crosses would have
given them access to the palace of Oalch
inaon the ( Jth instant, the fete day of
the saint.
On the proposition of M. Pnbednnost
seff, president of the Sacred Synod, the
private ami secret council, is about to
l>e re-established. This species of court
of inquisition w*s created in the time of
Ihe Hmpernr Paul, and search ia now
being made among Ihe archives for the
elements to serve for its reinstitution.
Loxnox. December 19. A telegram
from St. Petersburg statea that 200 per
sona have been arrcated in the Peaki
Quarter,
Care for Mmalt-I'ox.
"I am willing to rialt my reputation
aa a public man," wrote Kdward llioea,
of the Liverpool .tferewy, "if the worat
case of small pox cannot be cured in
three days simply by Ihe use of cream
of tarter diasoived in one pint of hot
water, drank at interval! when cold.
It ia a certain, never-failing remedy.
It has cured thounanda. never )••*• a
mark, never cauaes blindness and avoid*
tedious lingering."
Uriah Meyer Convicted In the Flrxt
Degree*
Middi.kiicro, Snyder county, Ph., De
cember 19.—The jury in the cimi of
Urinh Moyer, who wui tried in this
place last week for complicity in the
murder of the old Kiutzler couple on
December 8, 1H77, enrae into court lute
on Friday night, alter being out six
bourn unci a half, with a verdict of mur
der in the first degree, Iti-axitic for a
new trial were filed. The verdict give*
general satisfaction a* there wn no
room for doubt as to Moyer's guilt.
A STATESMAN'S HOME.
The Mansion mid Farm of Congress
man Hewitt neiir New York.
SIX HUNDRED POI'NDS 01' DUTTER A M EEK
AT 90 CRNTS A POL"ND.
J.nrti.l ofllwAutrii.a Agri.tiltor.l Aewlaltun.
At Kingwood, in the Wyanockio
Valley, is the residence of I lon. Ahratn
8. Hewitt, containing 1,000 acres,
about equally divided between bottom
lands and mountain iiasturoge. The
narrow valley in which it lies is fertile
nud beautiful. The mansion occupied
by Mr. Hewitt stands on un elevation
in the midst of a beautiful park of
elms and maples, uml is further
adorned by fine shrubbery and by u
number of acres in a well-kept lawn.
Here are also a valuable gra|crv and j
hot-house, ami a large number of fruit
trees and choice plants, the verandas, -
which arc very spacious, lieiug filled
with rare plants nud flowers. The
house itself is built of wood in the 1
architecture of the Elizabethan period, i
and is recognized as one of the finest
country residences in the I'uited '
States. There are residences in the
country built of stouc that hnvc cost
more money, hut none can present u
more beautiful architectural picture
or bo more perfect in its interior ar
rangement. The main hull resemble
thnt of Warwick Castle, England. It
i*2B by -If) feet, finished in hard wood. .
The walls are ornamented with speci
mens of nearly every description of
urins used in the late war. On the
left is a capacious open fire-place,
with antique andirons, cushioned set
tees here and there, unique ehairs,
tables nud other adornments. A stair
case of marvelous beauiv and elegance
leads from the nar of the hull to the
upjier floors. Opening from the hall,
<>n the right, is an elegant dining room.
The music room, billiard room, sitting
room, school room and library adjoin.
On the left are drawing rooms and
Mr. Hewitt's study, filled with a great
collection of practical and scientific I
books. The rooms arc furnished with
every ]>ossihie article for ums and
luxury, uud the walls of every room
in the house are adorned with pictures,
steel plates, water colors, or ml paint
ings. On the first fl-mr are fifteen'
rooms, the second nineteen and in the
a'.tic eight. The older portion of the
house is more than a century old. A
hundred yard* di-innl from it is a
small brick building, still in a perfect
state of preservation, which during the
revolution was u-ed by Washington
as a blacksmith shop, uud is still used
lor that purpose. The grounds sur
rounding the house arc adorned by I
several small lakes.
Mr. Hewitt own* some carriage and
Middle home* of thoroughbred stock,
Imt hi* chief pride ia in the .Jersey
and Ilo]*tein cattle. Of the former
he ha* twenty-four cow*, and of the
latter four, one .Jersey hull and one
Hnlstcin bull. The liolstc-in cows are
very handsome, and were purchased
from Judge Fullerton'a stock. The
dairy i a pretty building of the Swiw
chalet style, and is one of the finest in
the country. It ia supplied with a
large strenm of running water drawn
from a lake above, entering the build
ing on the second floor and descend
ing to the basement, after supplying
power for a water wheel which does
the work of the churning. The walls
are stone, with a cemented floor, tiled
sides, and hard wood ceilings, the room
measuring 22 by 30 feet. Adjoining
is the ice house, by mean* of which
the temperature is kept at the proper
point.
The principal production of the farm
is butter, of which the most is made in
the winter months, when from 675 to
600 pounds of butter are produced
each week, and of so excellent a quality
that a market has readily been found
for it during the past ten years at the
rate of ninety cents per pound. The
dairy nnd all its appointments arc
perfect for the uses for which they
were designed, the dairy room being
absolutely clean. The cows are kept
with the most scrupulous care, being
foil with corn and tucal in the sum
mer, nnd in winter with meal and
chopped hay steamed. 11l this dairy
the crcain ia set about twenty-four
hours ; and, if it sours, the milk ami
cream are churned together to prevent
loss of cream. The churning is done
at 58 degrees in the summer and 60
in the winter. The dairy is managed
by Mrs. Hewitt, who is a daughter of
Mr. Peter Cooper, and who justly takes
great pride in her work, particularly
as her mother and mother's sister were
ei|crt butter makers before her. The
practical work is done by an experi
enced Scotch dairy woman, whose
husband, Mr. Jas. Moningan, a tho
roughly experienced farmer, has the
immediate management of the farm.
Mr. Hewitt, it is appropriate to
state, is the largest individual em
ployer of labor in the United States,
having four hundred families ou his
estate at Kingwood, and employing
three thousand hands at hia different
manufactories, and duriog the hard
limes from 1873 to 187Q he never die
charged a man on the ground of "no
work," although for three years he
sunk in his business 8100,000 per an
num. He kept them employed, when
necessary, by building stone walls and
tearing them down again. lie is
therefore esteemed by his employees a*
a most generous-hearted iqpn. His
firm Cooper, Hewitt Ai Company, own
between 20,000 and 22,000 acres of
laud in the neighborhood.
THE DELATION OF THE CLE BOY
TO. AM L'NEM EMS.
Km Vcrli Kim.
1 he Rev. Dr. Richard 8. Htorrs of
the Church of the i'ilgrims in Brook
lyn is u clergyman who does not appear
to he afraid to gratify a taste for harm
less recreation because to do so uncon
ventional, or what might lie termed
uuclericai. "A very interesting affair,"
according to our esteemed contempora
ry the Rrooklyn Daily t-jialr, "took
place at the residence of Mr. Frank
lin Woodruff" on Thursday evening,
and among the invited guests present
was the Rev. Dr. Btorrs.
The event was nothing less than a
private match of billiards between Mr.
Sexton uud Mr. Joseph Dion, the well
known experts in this faciuatinggame.
A regular three-hall game of five
hundred poiuts was played in the
presence of a distinguished company.
Then the players iudulged in some
fine fancy shots, atid consequently
everybody indulged in refreshments.
The occasion was one of innocent and
agreeable enjoyable throughout.
The presence of a proruiucnt minis
ter of religion at such an entertain
inent not only shows strong good sense
on liis part, hut is indicative, we think
of a change in the attitude of the cler
gy generally toward all amusements
not evil in themselves.
A pronounced expression of the
changing sentiment iu this rcsjact is
found in the Bohlen leeturc* of I*Bl,
delivered at Philadelphia by Bishop
Dudley, of Kentucky. This li-arles*
writer advocates a wise discrimination
a* the great present need of tbe church.
In reference to jiopular amusements
he declares that the clergy arc stand
itig on ground that i* wholly untena
ble.
"I believe," be savs, "that the indis- I
criminate condemnation of one whole '
class of amusement* and the iudis- !
crimiimte approval of another has
prnilucol the efTect upon the nia-< of
Christian people to destroy the value
of nil such judgment." lie cannot km* I
why clergy and laity may rightfully
go hand in hand to the concert hail or
reading ball, there to hear the prima!
donna or tragedian, and vet must In; j
forbidden to attend the opera or thea- \
ire. The actor who refused to read \
Bhakspeare before a Young Men's j
Christian aaaociation is pronounced
worthy of admiration for hi* rebuke to j
Cbristain inconsistency in telling the;
young men that it could uot be tight
for them to hear hint read while wal-!
cd in a chair the language they deem-1
ed it unluwful to listen to if spoken by j
the same p< r*on tlrcntil in character, j
In games flic same unreasonable i
distinctions are shown hv llishop Dud- j
ley to exist and cards are tabooed in j
households where dominoes and hack
gammon are sources of constant anius>-
roenl. The contra* of this sort might j
lie carried much farther. And the j
bishop is right iu regardiug the enf'or-1
red separation of the clergy from
hours of recreation a# a mighty evil.
In the bowling alley the Rev. I>r.
Btorrs is a formidable rival of any
member of his congregation. Why
should he not bo permitted jo become
eqallv invincible at the billiard table?
"Well will it be for the church
when it shall lie fully recognized that
what is lawful for people is lawful for
priest, and that what the priest may
uot do because it is sinful, hi* people
too must forego." Every step toward
the fuller recognition ot the truth is
in the direction of true religious pro
gress.
A War Incident.
From Vctitli'* Ontßptalon.
The cry of "On to Richmond"
awakened no enthusiasm in the hearts
of the "Third Ohio" ouc day when
they found themselves cn route as pris
oners of war for the famous capital.
Nor were they enthusiastic when they
halted for the night and prepared to
sink sunperlera into dreamland.
The Fifty-fourth Virginia regiment
was encamped near by, and some of the
men came down to have a look at the
"Yanks."
"Had you coffee?" asked one, of a
blue coat, stretched disconsolately on
the hank.
"Not a sup," answered the other.
"Ain't you had any rations to
night ?"
"Only a crumb or two. from the
bottoms of our haversacks."
This was told to the boys of the fif
ty-fourth, and old Virginia hospitality
snowed itself at once. The men soon
made their appearance with coffee
kettles, cornbread and bacon, the best
they had. In a few minutes the cof
fee was steaming, the becon]cooked,and
prisoners and captors sat down togeth
er around the camp fire, "like kins
men true and brothers tried." The
hungry grateful Yankees ate with a
relish such as no oue can ap
preciate unless be has been in a like
situation.
No wonder there was a warm spot
in every heart of the Third Ohio ever
after for the generous fifty-fourth.
A fresh slide in the lantern
gives another of these shifting war
pictures. In the distance is Mission
Ridge, which has just been stormed.
I hat long line of prisoner* passing
over the pontoon bridge and up the
mountain road is the Fifty-foiirlli
\ irginia. A soldier on duty at Kel
ly * terry ak<d irxiiflV-rcntly of one of
the prisoners, an the regini"iit passed—
"What regiment i* thin?"
' Ihe Filly-fourth Virginia." was
the reply.
ItiHtantly the lounger* sprang to
their feet and rushed to camp, " The
Fifty-fourth Virginia i* at the ferry,"
they shouted, u* they ran in and out
among the tent* of the Third Ohio.
The Ohio hoy* were quickly in mo
tion. IJoxes from home ami all re
serve store* were speedily ransacked.
Coffee and sugar, beef 'and caoned
jx-ncln-s and the best they had of eve
rything were freely brought forth.
They remembered gratefully their
debt of honor, and nobly they paid it.
It was the same old scene over, with
the shading reversed. For one night
at least both Confederates ami Yanks
enjoyed again the sweet grace of hos
pitality that could bring a smile even
to the grim visage of wur.
Why Ireland Wear* the Green.
Is ui u Truth
In your notcou the Order of Rt. Pat
rick in a recent issue of your paper
vou suggest that the existing Lluerib
txsn should le changed for a green one,
on the ground that such an ulu-ration
would be well received bv Irishmen.
Will you allow me to point out that
this suggestion arises from a totally
unfounded, though very common, be
lief that green is the national color of
Ireland? The truth however, is that
green was never heard of as a national
or party color until 17X3, when the
United Irishman accepted it for the
folllowing reason : The ancient Hag
of Ireland was a golden harp on a
dark blue ground, AS now depicted or
emblazoned in the- Irish quarter, the
third, or the Royal tamlard, ami the
revolutionary leader* being anxious to
unite- together all classes of Irishmen,
being in that resjtect the exact converse
of the present agitators, and to join
the Orangemen to the rest of their fel
low e-ou n try men, adopted green as their
distinguishing color, which is of course
produced by mixing together gold and
idue. At the lime, therefore, of the
institution of the Order of Rt. Patrick,
in 1783, the only ami undoubted na
tional color was dark blue, and that
would probably have beeu the- color of
the ribbon but- that it had already
been appropriated by the Order of the
Garter, which was originally light
blue, but had already IM-C-U altered by
the Hanoverian monarch* to its pres
ent color to distinguish their knights
from those whom the two Pretenders
continued to invest with the old light
blue ribbon. Hence, by the way, the
expression "True blue." Under these
eiacurnstances it was originally pro
mised that the St. Patrick ribbon
should be orange, but as this would
have savored too much of party, it
was ultimately determined that it
should be the color of the Garter—
light blue.
AN extraordinary amount of capital
is Iniug invented in sheep and cattle
racing in Cuba. Including tin* horse*
nnd mule* owned by the planters, it is
calculated that the value of the rattle
of all sorts in the Trinidad Valley
amounts to 82,000,000. (>rest care is
being ltcstowcd upon the breeding,
and the importation of sheep, cows
and bulls is increasing largely, no lew
than 1.000 head having been delivered
from England am} the United States
at Cicnfuegos alone in a single week.
THE richest person to day upon the
Sandwich I*laud is Clans Spreckles
of Honolulu. A few years ago he
was-laughed at when he purchased
10,000 acres of land for ten cenla an
acre, as the tract was at the foot of an
extinct volcano, and covered with a
crust on the surface like a flagstone
walk. He broke up this crust, mixed
the dust with a small quantity of
vegetable mould, thoroughiy irrigated
the soil thus formed, nnd planted
sugar cane. To day he it a million
aire.
MB. RI'SKIN has determined to de
vote the remainder of his life to mak
ing the museum he has founded at
Sheffield the most complete institution
of the kind in the world, lie has
lately given to it his unique and al
most priceless library, and a portion
of the hooks and plates have already
arrived.
Slt.K culture in Ijouisiana has of
late become n thriving industry, and
to-day promises an abundant produc
tion. The niullwrry trees have escaped
injury by frost, and the silk worms
arc inenwsing in quality aud numbers
handsomely.
TIIK Emperor William's recent ill
ness is attributed to the prosaic cause
of an over-indulgence in such indiges
tible delicacies aa lobster, of which he
is very fond.
WHEN New York's population
rem flies 3,000,000 it will be nearly all
foreign. The death rate there has in
creased this year from twenty-six to
thirty-two in one thousand, and the
birth rate has declined firs per cent.
There have been about 11,500 more
deaths than births, so immigration is
the only iueaua to keep up popula
tion.