Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-31
TRl-STATE PICNIC.
A Most Pleasant Affair - Political
AmuSementS-NatiOn Labor Speech
General Notes.
Special 10 The Register.

-GeDera. NOtes.
Special 10 the Re0iSer.
WILLIAMS GEovE, August 26.-The great
gathering VI IaIIueIS UIUSUS tU.uay. Ill many
respects it is remarkable. 1t is backed up
by no organization-StatG Grange, Farmers
Club or agricultural organization OF any
kind. 1t is simply voluntary outpourIng
of the people al the invitation of one man,
r. II. Thomas, secretary OF the Pennsylva-
MIA State Grange, and who has done more,
probably, than any other one man to build
up the Grange in this State.
Manufacturers Highly Pleased.
On Thursday evening the representatives
of the various manufacturers exhibiting
machinery, met and after rendering their
tbapks TO Col. Thomas for the management
and facilities to exhibit their wares, passed
the following resolution:
Rcsolred. That the Grangers' picnic is the
very best institution that We nave eve- at
tended in the way Of fairs, and il has largely
benefited our exhibits. We hope their
course will be onward and upward and we
heartily extend our best wishes and cooper
alton. We consider il the greatest thing OF
the kind under the Stars and Stripes.
Political Aspects
The Philadelphia papers generally give
fair account of the gathering, but the most
of them c.nnot avoid giving 1t political
cast. The Times talks of Betzhooyer being
on the ground, and putting in his best
licks" Beaver made little lmDreSslon,
&c. We never were in q crowd oil any kind
and heard so little politics. Some OF the
candidates were here, but were brought out
for the same reason that Larnum brings
out his lions, monkeys and noudescrlptS
generally Is seems to be impossible for
those who are engaged in politics to look
through any other spectaCles. We do not
suppose that any votes were made or lost
for anybody, and beyond the little rings Of
politicians no more interest was taken in
The Pennsylvania campaign than In the
Egyptian war. The farmers came there to
have a pleasant time, enjoy themselves
alter harvest talk over their crops, see the
machinery, and learn any improved ways
of farming, and any man who would in
trude politics, unless in the way OF joke
or slur, run the danger Of getting political
ly slapped in the lace.
The Amusing Feature.
The most amusing feature of the Occa-
sion Was little Set-tO, or tete-a-tete be-
tween the politicians on Thursday, in which
politics was not mentioned. Each one de-
sired 10 show the great interest he took in
farming, and what branch of agriculture he
knew most about and Col Piolett, former
master OF the State Grange, and somewhat
of pOliticisn himself, although a very in
dependent one, was in his element He
slluded 10 Beavers fences, and Hensers
tobacco, and asked the politicians scme
very troublesome questions, which they
tried hard To answer and avoid giving po-
GtiCal cast to their answers.
Col. PiOlett is always severe on profes-
5 onal men. He said that farmers were the
pioneers in every country, and lawyers,
doctors and preachers were like house hleS,
never found until civilization had estab-
lished itself. The farmer should be in
every branch of legislation. He was most
interested in the law and should help make
them. The idea of lawyers making laws,
he thought, was simply absurd. No lawyer
should ever be in legislative body. Other
offices he could and should be called 70 nil,
but they should not be legislators
Tobacco Growing.
W. U. Hensel, the bright Young editor OF
the Lancaster ,Intelligencer, ave some in
teresiing facts about tobacco growing. He
said the people of Lancaster county made
on an average $50 per acre off their tooac-
co, and il run as high as 500 per acre, and
that without impoverishing the land. In
fsct. they raised Just as much wheat, corn ats
snd potatoes as before, and the tobacco In
sddition. At the picnic q year ago Dir.
Hsnsel made one of the best agricultural
addresses to which we ever listened
4 Greenbaek Speech
Mr.. Heath, editor of the Cory Herald
and Chairman of the National 6reenbsck
Labor party's Executive Committee, made
the only real political speech of the oces-
sion. That is, he talked of live issues. or
such as was Of interest TO the farmers and
laboring men of to-day. Railroads, nation
a banks. political assessments and such
kindred subjects, which, he claimed, were
taking the life-blood from the free and
dwarhDg as were the financial views OF the
millions, while a few wax fat and kick
His address was listened TO with closer at
tention thsn any other that was made.
Prof. Hegdes. of the State Normal
School, at Shippenburg, who always has
something practical TO say, delivered an ad-
dress on raising fruit He claimed thst We
could have peaches every year By carefully
fer,ihzing. or stimulstiDg the roots with
potash or unleaehed ashes. and not allox-
ing too large q crop TO grow IN any one