Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-20

time dignitsries were greeted BY an a1dres
Of welcome by Miss Hattie Greeley one Q
the scholars and entertained with coucei
reading BY the school and rsei;Siions by Mrs
W. l. Stoddsrd aud Misses Leland and Mich
OILS. Customary remarks were male BY H.
committee. ID. l.. Dinsmore welded tn
baton as teacher.
Gorham Grange hsd . pleasant evenin,
Saturday, April Is. Brother Estshrook o
! the Normal School. volunteered some tim,
ago to Get up concert and reading for on,
evening and Saturday, the 18th. Was agreed
upon. BY the help of Messrs. Libhey
Brsckeu Hill and Gites. and Misses. Brown
Frost. Penneli and Russell. all pupils In the
Normal School, u very delightful colccrt VA.
given. The singers all acquitted themselve.
we'll and greatly pleased the large audience
present Mrs. Estxbrook presided q, the
| organ and aided much by her fne skill in
accompaniment, Miss Tripp of the Normal
School. read with tne expression and yes-
tare, Skipper Bei," Miss Mary Freeman
of Gcrham. gave three recita,ions, t~ q
pathetic and one crmic. Indeed the ENTIRE
programme was lost excellently performed
and resulted in high praise for those no took
part.
somewhat novel meeting of Saco Grange
was held Saturday evening last. n long ac-
count of which is given by our Bihdefora
excharg ges. A discussion had been previous
ly arranged 10 take pla . hat evening On sh
imperative advantages of the east on against
the west as farming sections Mr.. Edmund
y. Morris, eX-Supt of Common Schools took
the side of the ~eN, and John NJ Dccring a
former President of the Board of Agriculture
stood up for the east. Each talked some.
what over one hour We have not room for
Mr. Morris argument, which was well put
together. though We suppose he didn't believe
really. himself-hut give the full report
OF Mt pecrings remarks as publ shed by
the Biddeford Journal; "In opening, NJ.
Deering said he was very thankful 10 th,
land OF the East that gave him birth aud a
living Hew proud OF an opportunit, to stand
up for it, which he would do with his Who'll,
heart. Farmers should not be disheartened
by short crops lSss was quite bal year,
the yield was below the average. We will
begin in the corn, Kansas people get 20
cents for a bushel Of corn, while the eastern
farmers with An average of 50 bushels to the
acre can get 80 cents. Thus a Kansas man
gets ~ an acre and We get 81 profit Pass
through lands that have been TILED forty
Years, and houses are as scarce as in Maine
farming lands Sweet corn costs Us more
but We get s20 while they obtain 81 proft |
Milk is another rich investment for farmers |
The speaker then made y fair compari- |
sons of 100 acres, all equipped for the West
ern man and COWS for the Eastern man. and |
came IN s2i6 ahead. for the East. Wheat
in the West and corn in the East Was then
compared. and figured in favor of the East |
The cattle men of Colorado and st. Louis |
are losing m )ney. II their beef goes up in |
price, we can get more money from ours. |
The butter facilities of the East and Of the |
West were decided in fav,r of the former
section, by great odds. Hay was next dis
cussed and Maine did not take back seat |
Tue cyclone and hail,tones with their devas.
tating power were fully and eloquent, de-
picted by the speaker. Aroostook with its
millions of potatoes, its expanseles land.
and great soothing stmos pheres was so
plainly word painted that the audience began
to kill potato bugs"