Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-01-08

lacking to eusu-e success sTalsatea and
earnest speakers were coming in fast and
for once the farmer laid aside all care and /
prepared his mind TO receive feast of rea-
son in regard to his Own deplorably de-
pressed calling. The house was filed Mr.. |
d. b. Esh, the manager having not yet ar
lived, the officers chosen the previous scy-
ening were continued and with this i'm |
proDptu organization the program was TAX
en up. s.Imnroved Seeds" by lJOseph |
Rotbrock, an able paper and ELECTED an in
terzsting discussion As tall the papers |
read during the institute will be published |
in phamphlsi form by the state no extracts |
viii be made by your correspondent. All
can secure copies by and by. DR. DIVid |
Wilson arrived in time 10 take part in the
/ discussion on seeds The -four in the seeds
I is the first food for the ge.na in the grain,
and hence the lsrger more plump and
healthy the grain the more food and the
faster AMI more yigJroI- will o5 Its SroSt
{ sitter this hJGr Is al! consumed the roo;lets
sre large enough TO feed upon the coarser
/ food in the soil which ought TO be very
me AfolhA ALI EEAiN al ~ N-~ ----S
speakers agreed that planting small, shriy
eled, damaged aud fractured seeds Is the
PRIME cause of s.sseds running out" Farm
er- Institutes BY ". Ii. KnouEe.-Full of
good sense. "Why will you be Idle" by
I Mary J. Hunt. A vote OF thaEks WAS tea
dered the essayist for her able production.
Then came dinner. can't describe it.
The tables groan-d. We ate. Then all
groauei.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
session opened with tins solo by W. II.
Ha.ues with Miss Kloss at the orgaR, and a
piece Of fine instru entail music on the
violin by David Sieber- 1.-The present de-
pr-ssicn in agriculture" By E. Davis, was
a prominent feature IN the session Earn
est and fluent were the speeches made,
while the audience listened with breathless
silence TO the recital of laws and conditions
/ that are now At work designediy 10 en-
croach upon the farmer and favor others.
Unequal taxation destroyed cattle market;
Unequal freight rates, want o. eqraI tariff
/ protection, permitting the existence OF
/ trusts, the encroachments OF monopolicT,
were ell mentioned and their workings
shown to iuiure the farmer ssd mechanic
Well, what vii. you do about it YouIl
see after the farmer gets the WOO! of his
eyes
FRIDAY EVENING
session vas ush=reI in with lsnterns aud
no use fuil. Special vocal and instrumen-
tai music. The Closing Year" by Mrs
c. J. MHIikeB-rsplete with Information
Peach culture" by Wan. B-zailger Of
WslnutPOrT Pa Eysry P-ach grower in
the eouaty should have beea hers The
speaker ~as ,npported by the veteran fruit
growers, Davis, Jamisoa and Porter.
Notes we're taken in ,hort hAnd ana viii
uTp,Hr 90 public IrInt, 80 ! Wil rot give
but tb- lane OF thought The decline of the
peach richard, in tL- east prospects Tor
Juuiata; Shat varieties command th- b..t
market where and how TO seH how TO
avoid the yeiIuVs. Names by D. B. Nc
Wlliiau-. very EuoI- Pence Law By Mr.
UbT. This AS q complete and prod able
paper as the squire Is . II after o'-'set mae.
, The session AS Kept up until = ate haGI
. AMI " ice u4s a motion 10 adj urn voted
douu- The chair oFders1 = p,se- ;oi nu-
r &c aud th-u drci,rrd the meetisg adj urn
81 aud a. be walked away from tie dc-k
- cries Of '-Eo on came from all parts Of the
house
SATURDAY MORNING
cane with more eEihuSlasm than ever
Farmers hal time % come. Th-y see thu;
they must think more, meet more. aEitats
more snI drudge less What are the cause.
ot loE prices tor farm proiucts by \. !
P4ttrr-pl-pas Of tn, A5lssi pIp-rs Of th-
sessio,- Tbs Surplus. what - it p by
Wellington Smith. Then foIloSeI Ids
eussion Of the t~o papers The pointers
thrown out were OF the most significant
T kind and have left their mark.
, SATURDAY AFTERNOON
opened early dinner was had al the
house for all. After music an essay val
: read by Miss Isl Kioss on Farmers Girl, >
- rich, racy and spicy. sRoIds, and Road
Laws by |. :. Thompson. This was the mos
sensible paper We ever heard on the subject
long discussion followed There wa
business in the talk All agreed that ou
present law is s'woTn cut" We must
p have change. What do We want AnC
= there will be a change. The grangers elect
ed two representatives whose duty 1t is t,
watch tbs sext Legislature when most Ger.
tainly an attempt will be made to change
. the law. And as the grange is the only or
ganizTtiOn Of farmers We have they will b,
on the alert and apprise their fellow Ifarm
ers, whenever the time comes: II polite
, isns are to .'tre it up they will make
lat thing out oft, sure as it is that roa,
> tax will be paid in money and a road bos,
with gang OF mon will do the rest. Her,
will be a goose to pick and the farmer viii
=, pick it. l'What reforms are needed I,
make the creamery a success In Junlata,
by D. Z. Robson. This was sble, off baps
taxi. am sorry tn at can't give the ex
eeilent things that were said. Under prog
rsss, he mentioned OF a new invention, nov
t in use that is going from house to house
{ and separates the cream from the mill
+ churnIug II into butter. A. the same tim,
leaving no butter milk nor doubt a. to how
> much your milk is worth as you see it YOUR
{ self.
l Relentless night was now bringing the
e exercises 10 Gloss Still the eager thronr
= was holding on. Fathers and mothers " be
had pressing duties at home were seer
stopping IN the hall, strtiniug the ear 4
e catch the last longing, lingering echoes Of
{ the speeches within One fact is pl.inI,
= visible, farmers have determined 10 tind
out whether the present depression Is a fauI
Of their own or that OF somebody else. II nm
P Just legislation Is the cause, and they have
. be~n hood winked they viii demand rbeir