The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-30


cnrcuiio and what the prospects are for
i ensilage and persifiage this fall. Mr. JEFF
3 ferson keeps LOCO head of cows on his
Louisiana place, and it is said raises his
calves on condensed milk. He loves
dearly TO fool with agriculture. He saws
that he is very fond of the country, and
i enjoys heartily the processes of vegetable
ETowth. A paper read by him at the Buz-
ards Bay Chapter, No. s32, of the Farm
rs Alliance on The Propagation, Growth
ed Decay of the Dried Apple Among the
ne Eating Dynasties of the Old World" is
Nd to have been full OF bon n,ots, statistics
nd unusual words.
On rainy days, when Mr.. jefferson cam
not work on the farm. he may often be
/ seen in an oilskin coat digging for angle
worms, while near by you will see Mr..
Cleveland with an old peach can almost
I filled with these delicious insects. The
two start oil together, and are often gone
oil day fishing in Buzzard's bay, Butter
milk hay or some of their tributaries.
Trout come down into the salt water for
the shrimps, and also. Judge, for the
breeze and change of scene, so that often
the brook trout and sea bass. mackerel.
weakiish, blueiish, etc, are caught in the
same waters. All sorts of sea food, from
the large aromatic goldfish of commerce to
/ ~s-e N'fpSaNN iNllAhS VI tiiC "OthstJdN
| world, are found here in the front door
! yard OF the great comedian.
It's rather low, of course, to accept of a
mans hospitality and then speak lightly
Of his agriculture, but | must say that
those members of the Buzzard's Bay Farm
ers Alliance, Chapter SD, whom | met, in
| Guiding those / have named, and also Mr.
Booth and the Elder Couldock, did not
FOOL me with their farmer talk for single
moment. | did know something about
Farming, so was not permitted to join
the Alliance. / was permitted, however,
20 look over some of the papers prepared
by these gentlemen, and say that if such
men are TO WELD the balance of power in
the underpinning of our national fabric
Wni become very porous indeed.
M. Cleveland'S paper on How to Air
On asparagus Bed" showed that the most
\ proiund craftsmanship may be connected
very often With the most pitiable ignor-
.nce regarding farm work People never
40 nave 10 air an asparagus bed.
=, Mr.. Booth, who has been visiting here
WIS summer. and who knows very little
rgsrulng agriculture, was admitted by
saru, While l was shut out. He followed
MT oieseiand's paper with a discussion
vsaruihg Spring and Fall Application of
.ayonnaise Dressing in the Cultivation of
Asparagus. When people talk that way
sooo. growing simple garden truck, and
\ are gwen life membership in the ALI
shee whilst one like myself, who farmed
nsnccessfully as long as his wife's money
sea out, and who. therefore. ought to
.aow something regarding agriculture. is
~ permitted to join the debate, il natur-
~ has tendency to embitter one.
MI. olider read paper regarding the
notation of Crops" and described a new
sachine by the use of which he thought
vat crops could be given rotary motion.
rom this the discussion became general.
sad gradually drifted into literature and
We use OF fresh liver and Gods heads for
aaDhing purposes. The use of iambic YER
encation and the club rod took up the at
~ntion OF the Alliance for the rest of the
ssening From what could hear on the
outside, judge that these men knew no
more regarding the uses and abuses of agri-
saaiare than do the Sockless Simpson and
a@mageous PETER.
mi conldock showed how the farmer
.ssn.sssed, how he was trodden into the
wo,.a and il-treated till his life was not
Esa A uaslng. He said that it is a dogs
v;les ne Showed that the farmer Is re-
w;ns. sSsefetely by the politician and hood
n,nass a. TIE polls. ground down bv the
eh.st lender and skinned bv the mer-
baJ ' x noleuied by the comic papers and
mr .s sooat by the uncomic papers. haved
f,n;, ,e lawyers and then harbecued nv the
p....->s PfsldlST. bunhNeu DN the bunkO
,e'er, gouged by the green goods man
oaea by congress. cursed bv the con-
ss, skun by the wealth and pepner-
laaeed by the poor, peeled by the nenni-
and tobacco sauced by the usurions
sosged by the sheriff and taxed In bis
e,a,e, thar he may prosper the intereats
me Nonresident. Mr.. Couldock then
,S aa "a paper on How TO Keep Bows on
'ae Farm N
pnazxard's Bay is only snort ride from
n,s.s oh' bright correspondent OF the
49, 49, az the station. | did not know il
th;saa Went there. He was disguised. |
h,s :. as haggageman. for | saw no one
Rnh.ane Regular station men when Mr..
nav, sg "a and | got of, but the paper the
sais aas had graphic account of all we
Bu,,ss.aea md, both when We landed at
i afts-~sNu hay and when we left the day
bu, anu. l dc not know who he was.
s,sna,s,;Ms q success from q newspaper
scrihsipto hanI He was graphic, and de-
hettss no. now my clothes seemed To iii me
Far h nan could have done it myself.
pre}uSssss' IN fact, for | might have been
ASIDE M ~. he was not. He lust laid
I s;a 'seiang and hewed 10 the line.
Cieselsnah oi succeed in drawing out Mr..
he SAID 1a regarding his candidacy. but
spit an Lsaseiy, as he turned aside 10
Top. 1s bait. that his health was tip
sad he, as he unfastened hi,