Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-30
1VIEEII NC W VA. FRIDAY DECEMBER 80, 1881


discussion was opened by Hon. John Pat:
ton, who said that the finest roads he had
ever seen we're in the famous Blue Glass
region of Kentucky, and went on to dem
onstrate the close relationship between
good roadsland prosperity and intelligence. i
He claimed that enough money had been
expended On our bad roads 70 have con.
pixies, and declared that the Supervisor
system of maintaining public roads in this
State is failure The speaker related
from his own experience the cheapness OF
making macadamized roads. He was in
favor of putting our roads in charge OF
road-maSters-men who are qualified for
the work-and he thought by so doing, in
the course of time our roads could all be
made into pixies. The discussion of roads
was suspended at the conclusion of Mr..
Patton's remarks in order to utilize time,
and further discussion of that topic defer
red until later in the session.
The Next Question
was, Shall we Adopt Hedge Fences in
Eastern Ohio?' and was opened by Hon.
J. B. Jamison, of Cadiz, Mr.. Jamison took
a position against the hedge fence and
claimed that the post and rail fence was the
best and cheapest fence, especially in the
counties Of Belmont, Harrison and Jetfer-
son. where there is plenty Of timber. The
hedge fence occupies too much land and
destroyssIhe fertility of the soil. 1t re-
uuires width of one rod OF land and too
much attention to keepi it in order. Hedge
fences will do very well for some sections,
where timber is scarce. The hedge
fence in many parts of the country are not
trimmed and allowed to grow up and be-
come unsightly. The speaker called atten-
tion 10th fact that none of the railroad
corporations fenced their property with
hedges because of the expensiyeness of that
kind of fence.
Prof. n. S. TownShend, of the Ohio State
University, at Columbus, followed Mr..
Jamison, and opposed the position of the
latter, and asserted that the cost of putting
out hedge fence was only l2H cents per
rod, claimed that the ground occupied was
only one-half q rod wide, and that the
hedge fence was one of beauty and attrac-
tiyeness.
Vice President John C. Jamison was here
called to the chair by President Hunt, and
Mr.. J. made a brief speech complimentary
to the farming fraternity. :
David Brown, of st. Clairsyille, proceeded
to discuss the hedge question, and said that
he was on both sides of the fence. lie
agreed partially with Mr.. Jamison, and
in some things with Mr.. Townshend. He
said the most important thing was to prop
erly trim the hedge, and to trim it twice
wear, and advised his hearers never to begin
a hedge until they were ready. He agreed
with Prof. Townshend as to the CheapneSs
of the hedge fence, and that they should
be trimmed wide at the bottom and pointed
at the top. The speaker said he thought
far more of the wire fence than any other
kind of fence, and claimed that the wire
fence would be the fence of the future. He
preferred the plain wire rather than the
barbed wire.
The choir sang the solo and chorus,
"Sowing the Seed" accompanied by iustru
mental music.
The chair introduced
Hon. ]. Il. Updegraf.
member of Congress from this district, who
was received with great applause, DIR. Up
degraff'S theme was "The American
Farmer as q Citizen" and he discussed it
in an able and entertaining manner. The
Doctor culogizcd the American farmer
in his usual eloquent style. And yet he
said the farmer had his faults; that the bad
farmer was a bad citizen. and the good far
mer was not always n good citizen. He
read statistics showing the immense pro-
duCtiOn of farm products in America
touched upon the irrepreSSible conflict be-
tween labor and capital told his audience
Of how the down trodden agricultural COM
munity was being oppressedby monopolies
and neglected and slighted by the law max
ing power; and how the farmers could and
should make their power and influence felt
in governmental affairs He said the chair
man of the agricultural committee in the
last Congress was a New York lawyer, who
did not know blue grass from beans, and
the chairman OF that committee in the
present Congress was far from being the
Ill f,rt Lao A CnnoEpr ~
teriected q short argument i'll favor OF a
protective tariff and tried to show how the
farmers were benefited by a tariff or injured
by free trade. The doctors speech was all
able one and was delivered in his most fe
licitous style In a brief outline. such as
this il is impossible TO do his address JUS
tice. He spoke for about an hour, and was
heartily applauded at the close.
The choir sang the quartette and chorus,
I'VE Won't Leave the Farm"
Prof n. 8. Townshend
next delivered q lecture on the Diseases
and Treatment of Farm Animals The
Professor is a plain, unassuming gentle
man and a very pleasing talker. He first
illustrated the subject by describing his
treatment of diseased buggy. He said
there were five classes of animal diseases,
inflammation, nervous diseases contagious
uIocdoCS, NuSllIlB ulsCdSto
diseases. Inflammation was known by
four signs, pain, heat, redness and swelling.
The various stages of Inflammation and the
treatment of the same was then described
by the speaker. One rule of treatment, the
Professor said, was prevention. Another
was to treat the condition of the animal
and the most important indication of the
condition was the temperature, which, when
above 100, indicates serious condition OF
the animal Another rule Of treatment is
to remove the cause. The Professor is still
speaking as | close this report. His ad-
dress is one of the best of the day. Your
reporter regrets his inability to give it in
full
The Institute will hold sessions this even
ing and tomorrow forenoon and afternoon.
Prof. Chamberlain, of Columbus, and a
number of other distinguished speakers
will deliver addresses tomorrow. The hall
has been crowded and the Institute thus
far is n great success far exceeding the ex-
pectations of its managers.