Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

PooPie are corrupted and debauched.
and the lingling coin can buy up her
people as sheep in the shambles. Her
helds are waste places, and her busi.
ness men, and her public men. and
, her priesthood are but mass of cor
ruption.
Keep the boys on the farm; there
they Will become men in mind and
, heart, and become the defense of the
Republic. The business of the country
has In many instances lured the farm
boy, and won him over from his dig
nihed and manly occupation to mer-
camille pursuits, and other pursuits.
to such a degree or depth that the
father has endorsed for him, one time
after another, till it becomes neces-
sary for the father to mortgage the
farm to save the son; and IN the ma
lorIty OF such cases the failure still
becomes deeper, and at last, in the
days of old age, when the sire should
have rest and repose from the cares
OF everyday life, the mortgage is fore
closed, and scarcity and want comes
IN and sits cheerlessly by at the
hearth where plenty and comfort
should reign supreme. The best men
and women of the Republic are those
raised ON the farms.
He spoke of the geological differ
ence of soils, of their chemical differ
ence, and of the place of the differ
ent soils in the geological scale, and
mentioned that the shale lands IN
Perry county are the better grain
producing districts in that county,
while here in Juniata the limestone
lands seemed to be the better grain
producing lands. Perhaps the shales
were too much neglected in this
county.
He had known lands to come into
litigation, and then the question of
their fertility would be raised, and,
singular enough, it has been his ex-
perience that at certain periods of
time, on the testimony of witnesses
in court, the fertility of certain dis
tricts have changed These things
are the things that ought to engage
the attention of the farmer. Be
scientific, not in the sense of a pro-
fessor, but scientific enough to know
these things, and why they are SO.
After the Judge concluded his
speech, Governor HartraEft was in
troduced by the President Of the
Park and Agricultural Association.
The Governor expressed himself
as highly pleased with the Judges
speech. He could not help express
ing himself in the warmest terms in
favor Of the Judges counsel to keep
the boys on the farms. Professional
life, and business life seemed to
charm the young men, and had q
glitter for older men who had no
experience in the professions and in
business; but he was glad to note
that there is more intelligence abroad
among the people now on those
points; they are finding out that
there is a glitter about professional
life and business life which is gilt
ter and finish only, which mas not
that wherewith the mind and the heart
becomes satisfied. There is some
thing about professional and bust
ness life that is wanting. The So
lidity and virtue OF the country rests
with the farmer. He it is who ever
interposes his shield in the hour of
danger. As the Executive of this
State, he has had experience to prove
that in that particular, history does
repeat itself, for time after time it is
recorded on the pages of history
that when other interests Of great and
powerful States became corrupted,
and were ready for ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
the country at the critical hour re
sp0nded and saved that which seemed
to be in the greatest danger. year
and more ago, when thousands OF
men engaged in other interests seem
ed about to overthrow the authority
of States, when no barrier seemed |
to intervene, the country, when heard !
from, which was not for some days,
was so powerful in its expression
that the corrupt wave subsided, and
so it has ever been, and so it Will con-
tinue to be- He had never before
stopped in Juniata county, but he
had passed through the Juniata Val
ley, and knew it had given much of the
substantial support that was neces-
sary in the hour of supreme need,
which is another illustration of how
history repeats itself, and how stead
fast the agriculturist is to the higher
interests of commonwealth. The
farmer gives birth TO the highest type
of men and women. 1t is 50 IN the
Republic, it is so in Europe.
The industrial pursuits of the Com
monwealth have claimed his atten-
ton since he has been the Executive
Of the State, and while the Common
wealth has been profuse In her hber
atty toward the Common Schools,
the industrial department has not
been looked after as it should have
been.
He expressed himself as in favor
of the Judges advocacy of deep
plowing. Experience had taught
him when on his fathers farm, and
observation had since aDundantly
testified, with the experience of
others, that his earliest knowledge
was correct, that deep plOwing is of
the highest benefit New soil, viz
gin soil, is brought up and exposed
to the sun of summer and the frosts
of winter, and the chemical agencies
that are brought to bear by nature
herself produces the most satisfac-
tory results. The laboratory of the
scientific men are doing great things
to enlighten mems minds, but the
agency of the elements OF nature IN
soils are not to be compared to the
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