Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-03-03
A FAIR ATTENDANCE
At the Institute Despite Foul
Weather.


The attendance at the institute last week
was large although both weather and roads
could not have been worse. Thus showing
that It takes more than little Inconvenience
in the two respects mentioned to keep the
farmers from gathering to these education
al meetings.
The program on the whole was modified
somewhat owing 10 the committee being
compelled to give up the Thursday evenings
session on account of the date of the Fire
mans Ward which the agent originally
claimed by letter was to have heen here on
Wednesday. then wanted Thursday, after
the committee had adver tised the evening
session for Thursday.
W. P. Terry and A. T. McKelvey through
out their whole course of lectures gave en-
tire satisfaction never permitting the interest
Of their bearers TO wane single moment.
They are both old institute men and know
the most prominent subjects for the
farmer. and varied experience has taught
them how TO treat these subjects most ad-
vantageously,
Probably the most interesting subject hand
ledby Mr.. Terry was that of Partnership"
In this he held that man and wife should
start life with an equal partnership existing
fLancialIy and otherwise; that no housewife
exists whose husband owns farm but who
has contributed as much labor and worry to-
wards acquiring that farm as her "lord' and
should own half Of 1t while living and when
he dies it should all revert to her. He criti-
cized the law that gives her dowry of only e
and that only rs long as she lives, and admon-
ished every farmer present to at once hunt
up Justice and thvart such an iniquitous
law by willing all his property to his wife.
He drew many apt illustrations of the hu-
initiation the average wife Is compelled to
uuderg, in order to secure little spending
money which did not SAVIOR of fiction but
smacksd of sound truth that we see exem-
plifed every day we live. fe
"A. T. McKelvey on Wednesday evening
delivered his star lecture on "Rural Recrea-
tions." 1t was an eloquent effort and the
good advice tina. the orator gave could not
help but fall on fertile ground. Although
he digressed Mt times the dgressions were
acceptable, acting as sandwiches of great in
terest plentifully distributed throughout a
discourse, the subject of which could not be
anything but prosaic. For instance. while
touching on music as means ofrecreation,h he
delivered one of the most effective eulogiums
on music that we have ever heard, graphical
ly describing many instances in the history
of our country where music has welded
power unknown to the sword.
Miss Edith Halter and quartet furnished
the entire music for the occasion. Rev.
Ballmer acted in his clerical capacity while
A. @. Center, NJ. Crockett, W. Fl. Booker
man, @. e. Emery, Mrs. W. B. Tubbs and
Mrs. Nellie Harmon assisted materially in
the exercis es with recitations and essays.
At the election of officers for the year, E.
NJ. Hollopeter was elected President, F. A.
Woodward, vice President, W. T. Chapman,
sec'y and Geo. Bowers, treasurer; Executive
COMMITTEE, Malcolm Crockett, ]. 9. Davis,
Samuel Letter, E, M. Hollopeter and W..
T. Chapman,