Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-30

1fl-N OunLN lhoObuNSAOA NNS SO~a-
ties of Belmont, Harrison and Jefferson
opened to-day at IL A. NJ. with large at
tendance. Welday's Hall, where the ses-
sions are held, was crowded with the peo-
ple from both town and country, large
number of ladies being present. The music
for the occasion is furnished by the st.
Clairsville Band and the choirs of the NJ.
f. and Presby terian Churches. The good
attendance and interesting proceedings OF
the first day are very gratifying to the origi-
majors of the enterprise.
The Meeting
was called to order by \. 7. Mckelvey,
President of the Belmont County AgriCul-
tural Society Prayer was offered by Rev.
DIR. Minor, of the NJ. f. Church. after
which DR.. J. NJ. Mitchell moved that the
chairman appoint committee OF three on
permanent organization. Carried, and the
chair appointed as that committee DIR. J.
NJ. Mitchell and David Brown, OF Belmont
county, and Alexander Weldy, of Jefferson
county. Chairman McKelvey then intro
| duced Hon. r. Il. Chambers, who was greet
| ed with applause as he proceeded to deliver
| the address of welcome. The Judge gave
| brief history of agriculture from the crea-
| ton down to the present time, noting the
| progress made by the husbandman from
| The time of beginning and especially since
| the commencement of the 18th century 10
| this day. He eXhorted the farmers to get
out of the old ruts and adopt the new and
| improved methods OF farming. The Judge
| was farmer himself in his young days,
and il was evident that he was well pre-
| pared to give advice about the management
| of farms. He declared the farmer to be the
Prince of Gods heritage, and the, COM
| forts of the husbandman more to be de.
| sired than all the heeting honors the world
| can give" With few words OF cordial
| welcome to the farmers on behalf of the
| citizens Of ST. Clairsville the Judge closed
his address. The committee on
Permanent Organization
submitted the following report President
W. A. Hunt st. Clairsville. Vice Presi-
dents-R. s. Clark, of Morristown; VIM.
Bundy, of GAINESVILLE; John G. JamiSon,
of Cadiz; John H: Holmes, of Connotton /;
| Archibald Ramage, of Jacobsburg, Judge
Jesse Barton, Of Barton Station; r. f.
Henderson, of Smithfed; Thomas Lodge,
of Bannock; L. NJ. Branson, of Short Creek
| Alexander Welday, of Jefferson county.
Secretaries-C. n. Gaumer and Robt {.
Meyer, of St. Clairsville.
Mr. Hunt on taking the chair, made q
few brief remarks, thanking the meeting
for the honor conferred; said he did not
know why he was appointed unless 1t was
for the reason that the Chairman was more
for ornament than for use. Applause:
The chair then introduced A. L. Nickel
vey, Esq, who proceeded to deliver an adj
dress on Farmers Homes" that being the
next thing on the programme. The ad-
dress was both very entertaining and was
delivered in very happy manner. Mr..
| Mckelvey, while not an orator, is never
theleSs very pleasant speaker and holds
the attention of his audience well. Fol-
lowing is the substance of his address:
Farmers Homes.
''In opening the discussion of Farmers
Homes | desire to preface my remarks
with the proposition that l believe every
intelligent farmer i'll the audience will
agree to, viz:
"Whatever be their condition in life,
! farmers enjoy more natural advantages
for the adornment and comfort OF their
homes than others. The conditions essen
tial to the founding of healthful,. happy
homes, does not rest, thank heaven, upon
the basis of wealth or social position. The
millionaire, dwelling in his brown-stone
mansion upon fashion avenue, so hemmed
in by surrounding dwellings that the light
of heaven seldom illuminateS its darkened
| chambers; who breathes an air freighted
| with impurity and peStilence, might well
envy the humblest farmer in the nation
his unpretentiouS vine-clad home, embow-
cred in the midst of trees and shrubbery of
his own planting, standing upon a lawn
that sweeps away from his door like n rich
| carpet of velvet, commanding prospect Of
hilltop and valley, clothed in living green {;
who breathes an air the source at once OF
health and inspiration. Every farmer
should make his home the most comfOrta-
| bic, the most convenient, and as far as his
circumstances in life will admit. the most
| attractive spot upon earth; to that end he
should avail himself of every advantage TO
make his home bright and CHEEKY.
| Site.
| In establishing homes, farmers should
select a site high and dry, where the drain
| age is natural, where the air is the pureSt,
| blighting frosts of spring and the envelop-
| ing fogs of autumn never ascend.
Surroundings.
An ample lawn, dotted over with fruit
| trees and shrubbery. Neat fences and sub
stantial outbuildings, annually white
washed for their beauty and preservation,
and good walks should BE- amarked feature
of every farmers home.
Health and Conyeniences.
Good drainage is absolutely essential to
| good health. offensive hog wallows and
putrid duck ponds shouldnot be permitted
about any farmers home, the miasma aris-
ing from them is freighted with
the germs of disease and death.
at such distance from the closet vault as
TO preclude the possibility of their connec-
tion, and no kitchen slops of whatever
kind should be cast upon the ground in the
the vicinity of the well in order to preserve
the purity and wholesomenesS of the water.
Cellars.
The farm house cellar is another fertile
source of disease and death upon the farm.
For six months in the year the average
farm cellar isofilled to oyerfOwing with
heaps of potatoes, barrels and boxes of
apples and bins of turnips, cabbage and
onions, and the efiluyia arising from this
great mass of decaying vegetable matter
ascendS into the bed-chambers above and is
silently but surely depositing the germs of
diphtheria, typhoid fevar and rheumatism
in the bodies OF your loved ones. Farmers
should provide a storehouse for their sur
plus crop in cave or cellar excavated be-
meath the barn or wagon shed. The home
cellar should never contain more fruit or
vegetables than is needed for the imme-
diate use of the family.
Inward Adornment and Comfort.
The plain unpretentious cottage with
thrift and cleanliness displayed in every
nook and corner, where walls, mantles and
brackets are ornamented in a thousand
simple and beautiful ways, where food for
the mind is as bounufully supplied as food
for the body, where peace reigns and love
rules, there is found the happy home.
In conclusion, let each OF US strive to
to make our homes spot that will linger
in the memory of our children while life
lasts, home SO pure and beautiful that for
the love of it man would ever dare TO die,
and the recollection of it will restrain the
footsteps Of our wayward wandering ones
from life of sin and shame. A home that
will shelter US when our forms are bent
and our brows are furrowed with the labors
and cares of life. A home where we can
find repose when our eyes have grown dim
and our head has become frosted with the
passing years; where We can set under our
vino and so fraa nm tiI the 6ickerinp Iamn