The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-02-23
The Institute.


enterprises of the kind ever held in
the county. The Institute was opened
about 2, p. m. on Tuesday with music
by an orchestra, which was an agree
able surprise. This part of the
entertainment had been assigned to
Mr.. George 9. Reynolds, and the
brother was surprisingly successful
in getting together in SO short time
the company of fine performers. that
added go much to the pleasure of the
entertainment.
Rev. L. W. Lay6eld, who acted as
chairman and made the address of
welcome, was particularly happy in
half hours speech exactly suited
to the occasion. His allusion to the
present "hard tines and their Chief
cause was received With hearty dem
onstration of applause. He said II
the more than thousand millions OF
dollars wasted in saloons had been
saved, that this money would have
been sufficient to provide q COM
Portable home for every destitute
person in the country, or tide over
this period of wretched want at pres.
ent preying upon the idle masses.
Theoretically this 10 true, but prac-
ticaly, hardly. A large portion. il
not all of that money wasted in the
rum shops, was sorely needed in past
years to keep in tolerable comfort
the families whose restitution has
marked the years OF plenty. But that
rum shop waste reaches much farther
than rags, starvation and manifold
misery to those on whom the curse is
directly visible. 1t has permeated
every legislative hall in the nation
invaded the White House at the
capital, and has been made a lever in
the hands of the giant monopolies of
every description, by which they
have packed every place with their
tools where they could gain an ad.
vantage over the people. This far
we have followed the trail of the
serpent which Mr.. Layfeld uncovered
at the close of his fine address of
welcome. and now return to the pro.
gram of exercises of the Institute.
Deborah c. Leeds, Quaker lady
with benevolence and motherly kind.
ness lighting up every line of her
face, next told the audience in a
pleasant talk and sweet voice about
" Farmers Wives and Daughters"
what they should be and how to gain
that ideal she held up before them.
This ideal would have been pro
Dounced theoretical but Mrs. Leeds
followed her own experince. narrat.
ing what she had actually accom-
plished, thus setting before her
hearers the results of her own per.
sonal efforts in place of theory.
How to Construct q Silo and the
preparation of ensilage was the next
subject, and Mr.. Elwood Balderston
read an essay embodying his prac.
tice and experience In the silo aud
ensilage business, which was received
With intense interest by the farmers,
who piled Mr.. Balderston with many
questions, bringing out every detail
in relation to this new feed and
method of providing for dairy.
After another burst of music from
the orchestra the meeting adjourned
till 7.3O p. m.
By the opening hour in the even.
ing the Hall was full, and before the
first speaker was introduced by the
Chairman, Mr.. Layfeld, the house
was packed.
Mr.. H. o. Devries, Master of
Maryland State Grange. took the
stand and gave a most earnest and
imprisoned address on the necessity
Of organization of farmers, and the
great work the Grange had accom-.
plished in this field, beset as it was
by obstacles thrown in the way by
opposing classes. whose interest it
was keep the farmers in q scattered,
unorganized condition.
Mr.. Jvmes S. Robinson, Professor
of Horticulture in Maryland Agri-
cultural College and Experiment
Station, made the concluding address
Of the evening, on the subjec: of
Horticultural interest and it's oppor.
tunities. Mr. Robinson is an old
Grange lecturer and possesses a rare
fuad Of hamor with which be spiced
bis discourse, which he did not con.
ene TO horticulture, and succeeded iu
interesting. amusing and instructipg
bis audience. THIS closed the first
day Of the Institute With . 9essert. as
IL we're, from the orchestra. The
day proved . wost enjoy able and
profitable experience for oil who
attended the Institute.