St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-12
A Quartette Of Orators Let
Loose Upon the Changers
Attending the Fair.
Good, Wholesome Advice Ten
dered the 'Orny-'Anded
Of Minnesota.
Hon. Daniel Buck Strikes the
Key and Other Speakers
Follow Suit.
Workingmen To-Day Called
Upon to Give the Fair Its
Wind-Up.

There was an added attraction at the
State Fair yesterday. 1t was Farmers
day, and for the benefit of the ''orny
'anded" the managers had provided
quartette of eloquent speakers. Farm
ers like good thing, and though the
attendance was considerable below that
of Wednesday and Thursday, the crowd
present was almost composed purely of
gTangers. They inspected the live
stock-the horses, the cattle and the
sheep-wlth a critical eye, took cur
sorry glimpse of the contents of the ag-
ricultural hall, carefully examined the
latest inventions in implements of hus-
bandry, and then passed into institute
hall. Here large audience assembled
to listen to the speaking. Quite
toned, but they dwindled down
to Hon. Daniel Buck. of Mankato; Hon.
Knute Nelson, of Alexandria; Presi-
dent NorthrOp, of the state university;
Hon. s. NJ. Owen aud Col. j. III. Stew
ems, of Minneapolis. MIR. Buck was the
first speaker, and he made very prac-
tical and interesting address. He spoke
of the things which would make farm
homes more beautiful, more attractive,
more hopeful: that would tend to keep
on the farm the sons and daughters,
who were, in many cases, all too anX-
ious to seek the city. "Quit making
your boys get up in the morning at
O'Clock to work until 10 at night" said
the speaker. Because you did it, is
that any reason they should be made to
do it? The farmer works too hard; too
long; he must put on the brakes" He
also referred to the annoying habits of
many farmers-using the stove as a
spittoon. decorating the housewives
clean floor with all sorts of
ornamental figures, littering up the
rooms in an annoying way-all this, he
showed, was sharp thorns in the side of
the gentle wife, whose tastes led her to
love the beautiful and despise dirt. He
urged, too, the necessity of making the
home attractive, and one of his strong
est pleas was for the planting of flow
ers. He would have the farmers beau
tify their homes. A farmers home
should not be phantom or fiction.
There were more hungry hearts in this
world than hungry stomachs. There
should be greater freedom, less toll,
Fourth of July every month in the year
was none too often. He urged that the
farmers should cultivate their farms,
and cultivate their hearts, ttoo; cult
vate tempers, lead higher and nobler
lives.
Col. j. H. Stevens spoke Interestingly
of the early days of agriculture in Min
nesota, and drew strong picture of
the hardships endured by the agricult-
uralistS of forty years ago and the
practically easy time enjoyed by the
tillers of the soil to-day.
Knute Nelson opened with the in
quiry, "What are we here for ?" and in
answering the query spoke of the in
fuence eXerted by the farmers through
out the world. He continued: ''If you
will examine the pedigree of the great
men of the country you will find that
many of them were born OH farms; their
diplomas were written in the stable.
The farmers are sending meat and food
to the cities, but not only that, they are
sending to the cities steady, strong
stream of new blood, feeding the cities,
giving them better blood and giving
them better brains. Without this out
side aid the enervated cities would pass
into decay. The future Minnesotan
would be strong physically and men
tally. man who would speak nothing
but the English language, man who
would represent all that was best in all
lines of life"
President Northrop concluded the
speechmaking, referring to the great
opportunities afforded agriculturallsts
in this country. He referred to the ed
ucational institution of which he is the
head, showing what advantages were
being offered to the youth of the COM
monWealth, and pointing out to farm
ers that the training to be obtained in
the agricultural branch was training
to fit boys to become better farmers, to
show them how to make better but
ter. to till the soil more successfully, to
add to their happiness as we'll as to the
welfare of those who make up the great
farming community.