, 1873-01-28

son have been voiceless.
] OF THE NEw s1ENpEns,
| Upton, Dow, Thompson, Canfeld, Palmer. arc
good 1agyerB,-Upton being probably tho fines!
legal mind in tho Senate.
| TILE COOK COUNTY DELEGATION
has not ''panned ont" much go far, but there Is
plenty Of time before them Bradweh leads the
! Republican side Of the House on party ques-
tions, and eayes the country several times 4 day
| Rountree has an opportunity toshow woll> He has
tie reputation OF being good lawyer, and talks
| with force sometimes weakened BY natural
air OF superiority, not unbceoming personally:
| Int apt to leave an unfavorable impression on
I the beholder. Wicker is ready, and as hard to
| move as the State House. The others on the
| Republican side have Baid nothing, so far, and
some never will. Halpin Is man Of fine gen
eral information, and talks we'll. The best feel
| ing prevails between the Cook County members
| and their contemporaries.
There have been distributed to tho members
| of the General Assembly
| TWO WORKS.
! published at tho expense OF the Htate, one being
| the ''Fourth Annual Report Of the Board Of
| Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University,
! for the year 1870-71-Embracing the Academic
Year and Subsequent Vacat1on; with Lectures,
! etc.," the other, transactions OF the Depart-
nent OF Agriculture OF the State Of Illinois, with
! Reports from County and District Agricultural
| Organizations for the Year 1871"
TIE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.
The first is volume Of 361 pages. It begins
and embraces vood-cuts Of the University build
ing fthenew tdri1l- hall and OF the greenhouse,
| and useful illustrations Of n model farmhouse,
nnd perspective Of barn, a man With q broom
entering the door, while pair Of forlorn-look-
| ing colts in the foreground gaze wistfully at
him. These latter pictures are zeally valuable,
/ il those to whom they might be ueefuf could
! only see them. Theu comes list Of periodicals
in the library, OF no earthly intercat to any one
outside the University, and those inside can find
/ what f],e lfhrHrr conthinR.- A detai1a1 A.
! count ia given Of instruction in the several
! departments, such as Horticulture, Agricul-
| ture, Pure Mathematics, and so FORTH Next
! are reports from the heads OF these depart
| mentB, and fifteen pages Of
] CURRENT EXPESDITCnES,-
| from which We learn, with feelings that can
not be expressed, TINT two dozen dahiaa
! cost - that "double-shoyel plow" mas OBJ
tanned By the Investment Of ?6 that e the bur;
"lead and putty" we're procured ~ an expendi-
ture OF 91738. Here snd there, like spots on
the sun, sre items denominatea "petty e1-
pense! !" amounting to between egg u and s7oo,-
s68.71, nnd SO on Of course this is all right,
but why detail at length that the "barrel and
jar" account amounted to 1892, and include
under the indefinite head OF "pettY
ss snGSS9tRs Ss Hs esoss e. ss VIZ ssSs
in8ton Armstrong remarks in the House, when
evar he concludes speech, 'Thats nll, Mr..
Speaker" The bookkesper'a statement gives ,
THE VALUE
Of the buildings rnd apparatus ut S83, 800; the
agricultural department, including 40 acres Of
land, barns, ETC., $S3, ,250; the horticultural de-
partment, including 100 acres Of land, $33, 600;
the Understanding funds, S476, ,319.6o; tho
being 1881, ,oss6o. The total expenditures for
the year ending March ], 1871, including the
petty expenses above alluded o,Iwere S76 81 70.
From Pago Ill to 1a8 is devoted to the minutes
Of the meetings Of the
BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
from which it is ascertained beyond the shadow
Of doubt that 81 One Of the horses ordered to be
sold at the last meeting has since died" There
are no resolutions setting forth the virtues Of
that horse, his loss to the community, and offer
ing sympathy with his family in their boreaTe-
ment Much sp.ca could hare been filed By n
pathetic preamble, followed by se1ies Of tear
provoking resolutions, and they would have
been just AZ sensible as, and more interesting
It would bo proper to keep the minutes of
the meetings, in detail, written IN the Sec
retary's book but why they should be
inflicted On the public, Mt great expense to the
State, is q conundrum that some Of the Faculty
say the gentleman who has charge Of Eng
explain.
D1scoUnsE5.
An excellent discourse OF " Climate" by Pro-
feseor Turner, at Jacksonville is published il.
e3e,so, and perhaps it is worth preserving. The
same may be said Of the Lecture On Insects"
by Or. Lo Barron, tho State entomologist. Hs
informs us, by the way, that there are 100000
species Of bcetles-what D family OF country
in the world is s5oo,ooo, of which
10000 hare been found in the United
States. There is disconrre Oh
t0rganic Soils by Professor Stuart, Of Cham
paign, and in " Flowerlesa Plants" BY Professor
BurTill, Of the same place. They may be DEEM
ed Of sufficient Importance 10 warrant their pub
location; but, who reads them outside the stt1-
dents, and they have them direct from the
authors2
Next came 1877 pages containing verbatim
OF Presidents and Professors of Agricultural
Colleges, held in Chicago in September. 1871.
1hs sSahs from ae t1,
ceedings shorthandod but Why they should bo
transferred bodily to this report, is not
apparent to the naked eye. The debate is more
or Less ephemeral and it is Of no interest to any
side Improvement Company invited the Conren-
tlon to gaze upon tho picturesque scenery On the
banks Ct the Desplaines and that the Conyen-
ton did not gaze. Nor is
DIALOGUE LIE TIE FOLLOWING
worth placing among the archives Of the State at
the States expense:
Mr- He Is not Of our Board.
Alr. - 40, EFT.
Mir: tits not so in Missouri.
Air. -: 1t is not go there :?
Mr.- No, Er.
Nor the following:
BIZ. -: Let understand what sou n1esn by
Weels. plAnt out Of place?
ofs. -: Any plant cut Of place iz weed.
Mr. -: Grass call weed. don't care what it |
Is, whether clovcr corn.
Mr. -: 4 stool OF wheat in corn-aeld is weod.
Mr. --: Yes, Sir.
And 30 it goes for pages. The Chairnoan Of !
the Convention, in lis closing remarks, said:
" We have done great deal Of talking; ne hare !
taken very vide range Of diacussion:" which |
is true, snd makes it more difficult to understand
why tho proceedings should be publahsd in full !
IN State document. Were they worth preserv- |
ing, private enterprise would have done the en-
bslming.
This book could have been condensed into
oNE-uALF IT'S PRESENT 3ELK
without injury. Il would be mos interesting, I
and would not scare any one froH, examining It. ]
Lifo it too short to read it.
1adiclously ited,-which would involve elm