Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-09-02
REcREAT1oN AND PROFIT.

After the long and uninterrupted
labor of the year the farmer and those
engaged with him IN his work, natur-
ally feel the need of some recreation
and change and seek to find it in a
place where they can combine pleasure
and profit. This opportunity is af-
forded them at the Interstate Picnic
Exhibition at Williams Grove, Cum
berland County, Pa, which will open
its seventeenth annual exhibition on
Monday, August 25th, and continue
for one week.
THE GROVE AND ITS ATTRA cT1oNs.
Williams Grove is admirably adap-
ted for the purpose of this exhibition.
1t is heavily timbered, well watered,
filled with handsome cottages and per-
manent exhibition buildings, mag
niticient auditorium for public meet
ings, its broad avenues and streets
attording ample room for the passage
of the throngs of sight seers, and pos
sesses every convenience necessary for
the comfort ofvisitors to the exhibit
ton. At night the whole Grove is
brilliantly lighted with electric light.
The railroad facilities are very superior
and the arrangements for handling
thousands of arriving and departing
visitors are as nearly perfect as posi-
BILE.
SCOPE OF THE EXHIBITION.
AS will be seen from the list of ex-
hibits in another column the exhtbi-
ton includes every class of machinery
that can be of interest to the farmer
and to the general visitor. The entries
this year exceed in number those
of any previous year and the guam
tfty of exhibits will be much larger.
Nearly all of the machinery will be in
operation and at numUer or ezAl1iyit4s
goods can be seen in process of manu-
facture. The collection of farming
machinery is larger than that of any
other exhibition in the United States,
except a similar exhibit at the st.
Louis Exposition. Many hours can
proithbly be devoted to examination
of the various lines and trip of
hundred miles or more will be amply
paid for by the practical knowledge
gained.
SPEAKERS AND ATTRA ACTIONS.
The visitor to the Grove will not
only have the opportunity of inspect
ing the largest and most varied exhibit
of machinery in the country but he
will be enabled to hear some of the
most famous speakers of the day dis
oussing topics of interest to farmers
and those associated with them in
their work. The list of speakers on
the program presented in another col
umn contains the names of a Cabinet
Officer, United States Senators, Con-
gressmen, Candidates for Governor,
National Grange Officers, and other
well known public men whose adj
dresses are sure to be of great public
interest and will profit those who at
tend the exercises in the auditorium.
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Visitors to the Grove during the ex-
hihition of recent years have remarked
that the arrangements were as nearly
perfect as possible and no improve
ments could be suggested, but the
present year finds the Grove enlarged
and with more buildings and improve
ments. Three acres have been added
to the grounds, all of the one-story
tents have been raised to two-story
cottages, a new band pavilion has
been built, the immense auditorium
where all the public meetings are held
has been refitted and the sides enclosed
with glass to shut out storms, and new
platforms and exhibition stands have
been erected all over the grounds.
GRANGE oFFIcBRs TO BE PRESENT.
Among the many events of the week
the business of the grangers will not
be neglected. This year there Will be
present more men of high position in
grange circles than ever before and
this will indeed be the greatest grange
gathering on record. Calls have been
issued for the meeting at the Grove
during the week of the Executive Com
mittee of the National Grange and of
the Executive Committees of the State
Oranges of Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and Maryland, who will form an i'm
posing array ofleading grange officials.
Grand Master G. G. Gifforn and Grand
Secretary II. Golf of the New York
State Grange will also be present.
Members of subordinate oranges who
attend this exhibition will have the