Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-06-22
Farm ers Picnic.

basket picnic which was held on Sat
urday, June 11th, near Center in the
beautiful grove of Nelson Lukens.
The gathering was not very largo
but unusually significant and happy.
Many worked in corn field till IL
O'Clock then took dinner and came
there with baskets full of good
things to feed hungry visitors.
All the arrangements were on a
small scale but complete, speaking
stand, seats, ice water, horse feed
and SO on.
Representative grangers and farm
ers from all around were there, bat
Master Khone was absent, that goo d
man. whose life work is being direc-
ted to relieve the farm is fast declin
ing in health.
Fruit grower Davis was sent to
the stand to preside as chairman,
and of course there Was nothing fell
short that belonged to his duty.
With Miss Kloss at the organ and
choice choir of master singers the
woods were filled with sweet strains
of music.
D. B. McWilliams was announced
as speaker who appeared and deliv-
ered very pleasing and instructive
address-Davs is full of useful infor-
nation. The tax bill was the lead
ing vein of his talk He said that
one of the Committee appointed for
the purpose of formulating tax bill
said that they had now in possession
the tax laws of all the states in the
Union and the startling fact appears
that Pennsylvania the grand old
keystone of the arch" was the
only state in which corporate wealth
was not taxed for local or municipal
purposes, and yet grangers are call
ed fools and crsnks because they
ask for equal rights for which our
fathers fought and died
State Lecturer Altman is a Demos
tbanese bold, fearless, uncompromis-
ing contentious and full of hope.
In style he is Ciceronean for he com
bines tbs wave climax of sense and
sound. All who hear him admire
him. He lauded republican Senate
for the action thsy took on June
food bill, but when he touched on
free coinage of silver he laid his
gloves effand told the farmers around
just what it meant, and how nicely
the money sharks were enabled by the
want of free coinage to leach out the
life blood of the farmer, Just then ho
switched off little and took hold
of the editor of the Herald and gave
him a smart pruning out" He took
that pondsrous man and held him
out in one hand like 3 toy, whirled
him around over his. head leaving
him skin off at tangent and gyrating
like feather in a whirlwind and
finally hatless, bootless, truthless ne
kicked him into the middle of next
week. And what about Quay yelled
a voice in the crowd
There stood the orator, calm and
sublime like the Bunker Hill monu-
ment in q storm. What about him
he continued He then took Hon.
NJ. S. Quay and first bisected him, !
then disected him so that each one
could take a piece along home. He |
first sot Quay on his feet, then stood |
him on his head, laid him over on
the broad Of his back, dumped him
into mud puddle, washed him off
and at last hung him up into q hot |
place to dry.
But will we ell vote for Harrison !
thundered a farmer. "And well may |
you do that for he is a good man."
said the orator ''but if he will dare
to veto a silver bill or an anti.option |
bill in the meantime he will be snow
cd under.
Afr. Berry, editor Of the Star was
Unexpectedly improvised and mads
a neat speech. He was himself a
bound boy on the farm till nineteen
years of age, his parents died at an
early day in his life. He worked |
from spring till fall and then was
allowed to go out and earn money
enough to buy himself clothes fer win
ter. He told many ways to mako farm
life pleasant Mr. Ailman's speech
was evidently ringing in his ears
and not perhaps quite in accord with
it on his anti Quayism very cunnjngly
attempted to spoil some of its effect,
for said he my farmer friends put
an interesting periodical in your
family to edify the young folks and
as fast as possible abandon all anti
quated ideas and come up to the
progress of the age as fast as possible.
Sheriff Knouse was next called up,
who responded in a cool and conssr-
yative speech. II sent to the Legis-
lature he would know no rule of action
bat right and fairness. He would
give fair hearing to all ideas and
then decide without the aid of Il
boss.
Battle SCARED George W. Fink
was then loudly called for. He first
spoke with some hesitation but soon
grew into a strain of true eloquence,
expressing the belief that labor in !
forests need looking after all the
time and ple1ging himself, if sent
to Harrisburg to never forget shis
fellow laborer as he could never for
get his condition.
MIR. David McCulloch was seen in
the distance and called for. He ap
peared in haste and in a becoming
manner thanked the farmers\ for
their recognition, but he came not
to make speech. He said he was
born and raised on farm and stood
ready to pledge himself as a defen
der of their rights and interests.
President Davis told good story,
we'll" and then stepped down ard
the exercises closed with music. All