The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-16

on Thursday he started with the re-
mains for Salt Lake City, arriving in
Denver OH his journey Tuesday night.
TIES UlrMER ME- ETTNG.
| Tho Farmers and manufacturers and Grow
| crs In Council.
The summer meeting of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
and OF the State Grange began at
Chester on the 18th instant. President
Col. j. N. Lipscomb, master of the
State Grange, presided. Addresses of
Welcome were made by II. G. CASTOR,
Esq, for the people Of Chester, and
". "A. Sanders, Esq, for the Chester
Grange. These were briefly replied to
by Hon. j. N. Lipscomb in behalf of
the State Grange, and by Hon. B. Il.
Crayton OH the part of the State Apri-
cultural and Mechanical Society.
| The meeting then took a recess until
p. III. .. u u ..
| On meeting again Hon. A. p. But
Ter, Fish Commissioner, then read an
interesting essay OH pisciculturc.
n full discussion on fish culture then
followed, participated in by Mcssrs.
THOMPSON, Parrott, Butler, and
| Woodward.
| Major Woodward said that he never
attempted anything in his pond except
as u matter amusement, but he had
seen enough to satisfy him that fish
culture could be made very profitable
in this State. In replying to letters of
inquiry he had received he had always
recommended tho sucker family. lie
also considered the red horse an adj
mirablc fish. In regard to the trout,
| he thought il to be the same rs the
bass. BY way Of encouragement to
our Fish Commissioner, he would say
that he has done more on less money
than any other man in the State. Il
party Of fishermen had reported to him
| that they had recently caught hun
drcds of young shpd about two inches
long, in one of our rivers where no
such fish had been seen for years; they
very properly turned them back into
the stream again.
Gcn. Hagood lh,n read an able essay
on stock raising. After further bust
ness the meeting adjourned till next
day.
On Wednesday lion. b. j.. Cravton
ofthe Agricultural Society presided.
The Chair then introduced Hon. j.
N. Lipscomb, who delivered an adj
dress OH the aims and objects of the
| Grange, which was listened to with
marked attention, and was repeatedly
interrupted with applause.
| AT the afternoon session, the meet
ing was again called to order, and the
president introduced DR.. G. B. Lar
tiguc, .Who,rpad.. "A learned essay on
grnpe growing and wine making.
At the close Of this essay, the Chair
announccdthat the subject was open
for general discussion.
No one Offering to speak, the Hon.
W. ID. johnson, of Marion, was intro
duccd and read All essay on fruit cul-
ture.
Mr.. d. p. Duncan then read an cs-
say on the cultivation of grasses.
After some discussion, a committee
of three, consisting ofGcncrals lIagood
and Bratton and Col. Wm. Wailacc,
was appointed to take into considcra-
ton the propriety ofpublishing all the
transaction Of the Agricultural Society
since the war. The meeting ad djourncd
till l l o'clock on Thursday.
On Thursday the Hon. B. Il.
Crayton delivered all address setting
forth the purposes and advantages of
tho annual fair.
| DlScuSSlOnS tnen look place on the
causes of willing of cotton and on the
conduct Of the railroad system.
Invitations were received from the
agricultural societies Of Darlington and
Grccnville and Darlington and Pomo-
na Grange to hold the next summer
meeting at those places.
An invitation from the Directors of
the Chester and Cheraw Railroad Com
pany to take an excursion to Cedar
Shoals was accepted.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
sine die.
MUSICAL HOMES ARE ALWAYS HAP
Ply HOMES.-There are thousands of
homes to-day in our sunny Southland
that would be rendered happier by the
presence Ola fine now Piano or an
Organ. We want to fill such homes
with instruments, and we mean to do
it if we live long enough.
One Of the methods by which we
shall in due: time be represented (by
our instrumcnts) in every Southern
home of culture is through our Grand
Introduction Sale Of Pianos and Or
gans, which we inauguratcd in No
vcmhcr last and which is SO far mag