The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-09-05
Changers Meeting.

| Anlltuituldi pAhbi'u' h'''
J. Wilson was elected president and d
W Mcver secretary. Prayer was OFT
cred by Rev James + Bryan, OF Rising
Sun. DR.. Il. G. Mackall the Chairmar
being unable to attend, Rev. j. h
BRYAN made an address of welcome,
which was responded to by Capt. Enoch
Noyes. DR.. Peoples not being present
to lecture on How to Make and Nam
tain Public Roads," John |. Carter, of
Chatham, Pa, spoke on "Mechanical
and Other Tests to Ascer tain the Value
of Milk"
b. II. Warren, of Westchester, Pa ,
gave an illustrated lecture on Birds
useful and Diet rimental to agriculture.
MIR. Warren proved the usefulness of
some birds popularity supposed to be
Injurious to farmers. He cited the owl
and hawk, and said on an examination
of the stomachs Of several hundred,
ninety five per cent, OF them were filled
with field mice and grasshoppers. The
English sparrows were very destructive
of grain, aud the time would soon come
when an effort would be made to des-
troy them. Near Westminster several
small fields of wheat where destroyed
by them, and the farmers did not harvest,
| as it would not pay to do so. n. A.
Duunng, Of Washington, d. c., spoke
in favor of the Farmers Alliance, with
unlimited coinage aud the sub-treasury
scheme. 1t did not please large pro
portion of the assenblage present.
| MI. John L. B ,lderston, of kennett,
Pa, made a short speech on the I'D
vantages of aud How to Construct Silo.
The second days meeting was very large,
| " attended 1t opened at 1880 a. m.
with prayer by Rev. Il. Millgau, of
Zior. Cant. Eaoch Noyes presided. John
l. Carter, OF Chatham, Pa, read paper
on wheat and Farmers Trust" NJ Z.
Conard, V. NJ. d, of West Grove Pa, gave
a highly interesting lecture on Milk Fever
and Tuberculosis" 'The first symptoms
of the latter he said, care cough, nm
natural breathing and general debility of
the animal; but it is hard to detect the
SYMPTOMS When it is once fully devel-
oped, no remedies arc known that will
cure the disease" the doctor answered
great many questions propounded by he
farmers.
Prof H. E. AlvOrd, president of the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
8 II, 4 1 t,1h
After dinner he gave useful and instruc-
tive lecture on "Cornstaiks." Only two
states east of the Alleghanies, he said, raise
relatively as much cora a. the ten great
corn growing states These were Mary
land and Delaware He divided corn
stalk and beads into four parts and said
the large amount wasted every year in this,
in the lower cDIuties of the st ste, by top
ping aud hl ding and leaving the stalk in
the field to be destro ed, if properly utiliz-
ed, would amount Ia enough 70 pay the
farmers taxes every year, or would feed
all the ,ttle raised in the state for six
mouths.
Mortimer white, head of the National
Grange, lectured on Farmers Organiza-
ton for their Protection" He said ! other
professions organized to better their condi-
tons, and had been benefited thereby. Why
should the farmers not do the same? Agri-
cultural colleges he favored, since there
farmer boys should cultivate their minds
as well a. their muscles. He said the
Mckinley bill had done much good. There
had been a reduction to seveu-eighths of
one per cent ON the material from which
binding Irvine was made, and thus the
price of binding Irvine was greatly reduced.
This saved millions 10 tHe farmers every
| year.
| AS the president of the institute. MIR.
Thos. j. Wilson, and his wife were return
ing home his horse was frightened near the
residence of G. 5. Abrahams. IL ran away,
upsettiug the carriage and throwing Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson out, and severely injuring the
| latter, breaking one rib, bruising her body
and badly cutting her face. Sac was taken
t. Mr. Abr lhams' house, where DIR. Dare,
her family physician, dressed her wounds,
and later was moved to her home.
! Although no arrangements had been
perfected for exhibits and no premiums
were offered, the farmers of upper Cecil
were determined to let their visitors see
what agricultural Cecil is capable of. As a
result, 4 supply of fruit and vegetables
were on hand and placed in symmetrical
array by expert Inds, that would have
done no dscredit to "A county fair.
Joseph Carter, w c. Reeder, T j. viii
son, Ellis Gillespie. E II. Reynolds, Mrs
j. Brickley, Joseph Coates, James Picking,
A. W. Kirk, J. Il. Reeder, William Clifford,
Miss Lou Maxwell, Jefferson Harvey,
| f. NJ. Hunter and others made handsome
exhibits of apples and pears. Mr.. W. {.
Rec Ter had fine specimens of Crawford
peache,, and Mrs. Robinson took pride
in tie display of some superb natural
fruit peaches. Messrs. Enoch McCu Tough,
T. J. Wilson, L. Hunt, Jonathan Picking,
Thorn IS Kirk, Mrs Brickley and Miss
Priscilla Picking exhibited splendid grapes
in many varieties. Superb specimens o.
canned pc ches and pums were exhibited
by Mrs Hamilton, Mrs. Clifford and Mrs.
REYNOLDS. Exhibits of fine onions wer,
made by Mrs. James Mac!Say, Mrs. Ira
Brickley and j. T. Rutter; Of beans, by Dr.
L. r. Kirk, jefferson Haines aud j
. kuttrr; of tomal oes, by E McCu Tough
Mrs Jefferson Haines, Thorn as KIRK, + n
| Hunt, i j w liSt3i ANU tlD4lN MUST ttIlutt
fruits aud vegetables were also present il
superb variety. Potatoes, cabbage, beets
turnip4, all ere present in gratifying ant
| half hewilde.iug abundance. Mrs. Imu
Morrison decked the group with SEVERE
splendid sunti0wers Evea biled hay wa
, | there to indicate Cecil County's fame, ant
George Reynolds was resolved to SHOW
that Cecil poultry cannot be desplsed Th,
specimens of corn exhibited by j. I'll Maj
| we'll Joseph Richardson, Mrs. Gillespie
and Messrs Clifford and IL ,-sou made one
douh!v regret chat there will be no Elktol
fair to welcome them. The specimens o
wheat show what farmers Messrs. Hassou
Reynolds, Brickley aud Woodrow are
Even the household department was nc
neglected.. Beautiful quilts were hung i
graceful folds, among them being on
made by Mrs. Eli Segars. ala old lady o
eighty wears Space tOrbidS even an attemp
to partlcuIarizeIn this department..
The live stock exhibit included some fin
sreclrnens Of horse flesh ard a unique pal
. of mule cots bred by William Clifford.
The courtpsiss of the occasion were we
done by the w. c. T U of which Mrs {
s. Ahrahams is president, and by John
, Rutter to both of whom our reporter
! un,Ier many obligations, which he hereb
- tenders with regrets that the late hour a
which the particulars were received mad
it possible to do even sparing justice
the occasion.
= IL must not be forgotten that the Gros
carniIv, fruiterers and musicians, did the
,,ull share in the entertainment.
Criminal Cases.
+ JUSTICE SCOTT:
Monday William Freeman, was a