Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-05
The Tri- County
Farmers Institute
A GRAND SUCCESS
Everybody Well Pleased!
Full Report of the Proceedingsl
SYNOPSIS Of Lectures, Addresses, &c.

: = SYNOPSIS Of Lectures, Addresses, &c.
t The farmers of Belmont. Harriso
and jefferson counties, and all other
: who attended the Tri-County Farmer
: Institute held in Welday's Hall Thurs
day and Friday of last week, had glC
rious time. Owing to the unfaVorabl
|, weather Thursday morning it wa
doubtful if there would be much of a
attendance, and up to $50 O. ID O'cloc
the streets seemed deserted, but N
sooner had the band announced tn
opening than the people came fockin
into the Hall from all directions, hlIin
it to its utmost capacity, and the coun
tenances of the managers which befOr
were downcast and discouraged. bright
ened up exceedingly; and the larg
crowds in attendance continued. iron
session to session. those who were tber,
once being so much Interested that the!
come again and brought others will
them, thus swelling the crowd until thu
final adjournment. Nothing before evel
held in st. Clairsville was more success
full, and all who attended were delighted
and enjoyed the lectures, essays and ad
dresses, and learned great deal from
each one, especially from the different
lectures delivered by Professors Town
shend, Lazenby and Chamberlain, of the
Ohio State University. Never was an
audience, composed as this was, of peo.
pie of all ages, more attentive and seem
ingly desirous of hearing the many good
things. The music, which was of the
best, was furnished by the st. Clairsville
Cornet Band, st. Clairsville Orchestra
and the choirs of the different churches.
Each session was largely attended b1
ladies. Prof. Townshend, who has at
tended the most of the Institutes held
in this State, pronounced this one the
most successful and intelligent one he
ever attended, and said that it done him
good to be here. All the other speakers
agreed with him in this and that the
good attention of the audience made it a
pleasure to instruct and be instructed.
We give below condensed report of
the proceedings:
MISUNDERSTANDING Session.
At about IL o'clock the Institute was
called to order by A. L. McKelvey,
President of the Belmont County Agri-
cultural Society, prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. Minor, of the NJ. E. church.
They were now ready for the election
of permanent officers, and on motion of
DR.. Joseph NJ. Mitchell, the chair ap-
pointed a committee of three on Per-
manent Organization as follows: DR..
Jos. M. Mitchell, Alexander Welday of
Jefferson county, and David Brown.
While this committee was preparing a
report, Hon. r. E. Chambers delivered
the address of welcome, (the address is
printed in full in another column of this
paper, at the conclusion of which, the
committee reported as follows:
President, w. A. Hunt; Vice-Pres
idents, r. s. Clark. Morristown; VIM.
Bundy, Barnesvilie; ]. C. Jamison,
Cadiz; John NJ. Holmes, Connotton; I;
Archibald Ramage, Jacobsburg; Judge
Jesse Barton, Barton's station; r. f.
Henderson, Smithfeld; Thomas Lodge.
Bannock; l.. NJ. Branson, Short Greek; I;
Alexander Welday, Jefferson county.
Secretaries C. n. Gaumer and r. c.
Meyer, of st. Clairsville.
The report was adopted.
The President was introduced, and
after thanking the Institute for the par
tiality shown him, remarked that he did
not know exactly why he should be
chosen to preside over such body, un-
less it was because ordinarily a chair
man was selected more for ornament
than for use. Remarking that the hands
of the dial reminded him that the hour
assigned for the opening exercises on
the programme had already passed, he at
once proceeded to the work of the Insti-
tute, by introducing A. T. McKelvey,
Esq, who delivered an entertaining and
instructive address on the topic, Far
mers' Homes" We give brief synop-
sis of his address:
"In opening the discussion of Farm
ers' Homes / desire to preface my re-
marks with the proposition that l be-
lieve every intelligent farmer in the au
dience 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 es-
sential to the founding of healthful,
happy homes, does not rest, thank
Heaven, upon the bases of wealth or So
cial position. The millionaire, dwelling
in his brown stone mansion upon fash
ion avenue, so hemmed in by surround
ing dwellings that the light of heaven
seldom illuminates it's darkened cham
bers; who breathes an air freighted with
impurity and pestilence, might well en-
Wy the humblest farmer in the nation,
his unpretentious vine-clad home, en-
powered in the midst of trees and shrub
harry of hIc MI cfandinn
lawn that sweeps away from his door
| like rich carpet of velvet, command
ing a 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 own home the most comfortable, the
most convenient, and as far as his cir
cumstances in life will admit, the most
attractive spot upon earth; to that end
he should avail himself of every advan-
tage to make his home bright and
CHEEKY.
"In establishing homes, farmers should
select site high and dry, where the
drainage is natural, where the air is the
purest, where the view is the loveliest,
where the blIghting frosts of spring and
the enveloping fogs of autumn never as
cend.
"An ample lawn, dotted over with
fruit trees and shrubbery; neat fences
and substantial outbuidings, annually
white-washed for their beauty and pre-
servatiOn, and good walks should be
marked feature of every farmers home.
Good drainage is absolutely essential
to good health. Offensive hog wallOws
and putrid duck ponds should not be
permitted about any farmers home; the
miasma arising from them is freighted
with the germs of disease and death.
Drinking wells should be located at
such distance from the closet vault as
to preclude the possibility of their con-
nection. and no kitchen slops of what
ever kin6 should be cast upon the ground
in the vicinity of the well in order to