, 1873-01-20


would @ like aomo good Intelligent neip to taEo
tito place Of tho girls That slle now employs, rho
do not understand our language.
Thore is another good thing in thlsconnoolion,
And tint Ia to train young 1adoB to
11ArrI6 OF BYsrEM AND onpEn. -.
This Ia difficult to do In tho farnor'a house,
hold, where NO got 1noals at irregular timos, Of
ton varying half m hour. Now, Sam snys that
md rogala,r; timo as t. is for tho
mechanic or tho merchant; but tins far havo
not attained to TINT perfection That had hoped;
but Mary: says TINT she has become 80 acouH-
toned to tha 1t tho
tmo. Tho soorat Of this fa to know Just what
you hayo to do, md then arrange your work no-
eordIngly. sho says tllst wllon abe comes homo
r. on tho sME9Hg + e gnS o E oFy Put a s Sdp2 PHI N pa
fesmor'a ylvos may bo as punosual as tho vito
II nevor thought of. that, but IL is a good
iaes though npver ht thtonfEht fa +, TINT the thing
or similar ono. will aend my girls from home
noxt wook, for 800 that 1t Is to our interest,
md the good Of tho girls, for thoy would prefer
yDas TSr5 to a9psss Dsssbg Ssgsea in t'"' times 'a
Towards evening, Mr. Turner oame back, and
wnB pfessod with the plan Of his wifo.. Ho said
corn had advanced 2 conts, making it 22 conts,
o s s a h' sn% en1ua @ SOL 'HWGnsS \. ,5 t. pys om 70
one Of tho banks, but they asked him
would jnst. pay up, and then, pay oash for his
goods, or do without thom.
Just at thnt time, HAn1. cAmo In from ha work,
and the two men talked over tho matter OF
hard timos, and they both concluded that
great part Of It was duo to themselves. They
Lad dressed their girls rather oxtrasagsntly,-
ut loast, better than their income would war;
rant,-and il would do them good to begin to
earn something for thamselvos.
AT.TuE FARMERS CONVENTION.
- Would you think 1t, that / should bo at the
Tarmera' convention put 1t ID even 50; aud
Durlay Hall, "A sort OF opora-houao or theatre
real funny p1ace for q Farmers Convention,
for all tho curtains about tha stage are theatre
Sa 9ran H. 6s hsyo th9ogh s the R
mp a picture curtain Of tho asago, with whole
lot Of farmers On ono end otit, and tho railroads,
with tue trims all stopped, with whole army
ct ot milale-men' M 1ust as mad as they could be, On
nauoh moro appropriate On such IN occasion, for
it would 80 trltbfuly repreaont the business III
hand, and romtnd the 1armers what they came
for. !",,
camo Well 1t was just In this way, Mr..
Springer aud Alr. Brown on1lod last evening, and
said they wore on thoir way to the Farmers Con.
yention OF Bloomington, and that 1fr. Slower and
@ see at as ao oub s ansy S an
cd us to go to I'll the vacancies in tho delegation.
1t rst No could not think Of going, for both the
girls Were away to school but, just ct that time,
John ca,no in, and ho said ho would take caro- of
them to tho depot, and got to Bloomington In
tho middle Of tie night. Tho rain waa fast pour
ing down. but we took a bus to tho hotel, though
it was only threo or four blocks; but the land
lord gayo Us good room, and this morning Sam
aud mo wont over to the hall, and got tnoro in
timo TO see them begin the meotlng for
TIE FIRST DAY.
No one did tho praying, and said to farn,or
ngs @ with prayer, bst be % isid tist tEoy had % got
praying waa played ont. Thoy had prayed to
Tho railroads, tho transportation lines, tho mid
ass e pse see s saa ho & % be oxaea LIZ
tarilt, but al In vain, and they was now going
to do what 1Ir. Herculcs advised tho farmer to
do when lta wagon got stuck In the mud, md
that wes. to take or their GOATS and, just help
any other woman In tho hall 80 1'thouBht that,
whom al theHo GOO or 700 mon took their coats OF
for work, 1t would be really improper for lady
to to ay sy say IN se sna s s sepsa Hes nnSa M
to 500 woman there, and one man got
up aud moved that tho ladies bo invited
to tako seats In tho gal1ory, and which tho Pres-
dent Of the Convention 4 satd T9a ngre,9a To-
and me were delegates, and that haa right to
take of their coata; but they didn't though.
nfter al1, and the man WAS mistaken. Well,
tho higher one will DO the bust, and so came
up hofe, whero I am now writing, and hayo
good chance to Look down on tho Convention,
and, to hear al that is said: At FIRST
about It, but, after, little, some people
camo up hero, and ono Of them said
there waa 4 pretty good show Of newspaper mon,
and pointed them out to his friend. There, on
tu%L t1 t.4T r. 1t
The Pantagraph man, and tncre ,s n whole row
Of Chicago paper mon, to the right Of whom, ho
Baid, woro two for THE TR1nUNE,-on from tho
olflco, and "Tho Farm mud Garden" man. So
mooting, what VAS done, 80 ! will writo You
few things that they did not do, md how got
Rlong.
After the President read his paper, they callcd
tho delegates md tho clubs to which they bo-
longed; and. In tho afternoon, the Secretary
read tho list, and In tho list for our club Sam
and mo were left out. am going to see about it.
There. wore lots, OF speeches undo about
monopo1iop, but no two Of tho Speakers agreed.
Tho gentlomnn wlo ant noxt to mo, and who told
mo that he was manufacturer OF agricultural
implements, said the roaaon Of Tint was, thoy
did not know what they were talking about. He
some men had to get rid Of so much gas, and
tho best way was to talk it OF, and after that
they would aottlo down to buBlneHs.
SECOND DAY.
should have told you moro about the meeting
yesterday but, when thoy adjourned at noon,
vas introduced to senntor Whiting, tho Proki-
don't, and was right glad to SOC HIM, for he has
been working hard to get 4 Dog law passed. by
our Legislature that would drive Out the dogs;
and ! havo thought what q relief It would
be to thousands Of our farmers wlvcs il
they could got ria OF all the dogs
for now you cannot throw out handful Of
crumbs, or shake tho table-cloth out on tho
porch, but up come two Or throo great, lazy
dogs, and drive away ail the chickens, and cat
up tile foed. told tho Senator that, il ho got
the Dog law passed, ho would have tho prayers
OF all the women In the State. I aeo this
touched him to the heart, nnd ho said that ho
would give the mattor hia best efforts. Recover
ing himaelf little, he satA "blrs. Jones, can
you 7uggss any ide9 thas vii aHsis sSt mo OH
farmer cannot have any mutton to eat SO long
as there is 50 many dogs, and that tl!oy must be
taxed out Of existence. Just apply the tariff to
them, and they will bo crushed out; that IL, II
they live by enting. It ia only tho largo
Bheep-owners that can keep HAoep.
for then 1t Yil Day for q