Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-02-08


for The subject. II her hearers would
apply the thoughts presented by this
talented lady.the result throughout this
section at least. would be very marked.
Glover IS. Stable manure and treat
ment of Clover by NJ. Terry. was well
handled. and as one Of the farmers pre-
ent remarked, these ideas are ali good,
but you have to take into consideration
yoar soil and other important features
At the time of sowing.
EVENING Session.
The evening session was opened by
4 song rendered by the stony Point
glee club led by Nelson Powell. in an
artistic manner, then followed a recita
ton, Farmer Dobsoa's dream, 10y E.
mer :. Strang. Of Polk township. We
would emphaticaIly give him tie title
of Marshall county's Boy orator in the
rendition and isnct tobe surpassed any
where by one SO young. Then T. b. Ter
ry opened ZIP on the "Wife's share" He
held that marriage should be treated as
a partnership That the contracting
parties were equal partners sharing
equally OF the profits and losses. He
submitted marriage platform for those
who contemplated matrimony which
seemed to be quite feasible We wonder
how many Will adopt it. 1t it is very
evident that the ladies were having the
advantage of their masculine friends.
The paper Of Mrs. III. +. Noreis was a
most excellent one: it showed that she
gave her subject careful thought, and
many of us would do well by paying
some heed to the truths she uttered.
Miss Mertie Pickerl handled her sub
ject in such a manner as TO evoke from
her auditors frequent applause We think
that the editors present should fully I'M
derstand tie minutest details pertain
ing to her subject. \ fitting conclusion
to the evenings entertainment was a
song b. the glee club.
TUESDAY MORNING SESSION.
On Tuesday morning. Feb. 5th, it was
found that the cold wave had caused
the mercury to register l. degrees be
low. and held there throughout tie great
er part Of the day. but that did not stop
the Influx Of tie farmers. their wiye.
sons and daughters. When the old
clocks hands pointed to $780, a. M, the
opera house was lal ID oyerlowine
eager to hear the words eli wisdom pro
claimed by the apostles of The farm
such interest Ne have never before wit
messed when men and women will
leave ,hoir comfortable homes 20 face
the cold in coming to the city, rs eXhib-
tied Tuesday morning. it means more
than idle curiosity: il means that the
farmers Of Marshall county are wide
awake, and are bound 10 take advantage
of every surrounding To store their
minds With useful knowledge in their
chosen vocation. This is as il should be.
After the Institute was declared
opened, Cal IlGsselman took the stand
and gave an interesting talk 0nthe BEST
acre. garden and small fruits" Gal. Is
what his name indicates, 4 hustling man.
The way he handled his subject was
caution to our old friend SmeltZ from
north township. SmeliZ got even with
him 10y saying that they raised cabbage
in North township SO large that they
bursted that is the cabbage did it
was an interesting subject. and we be
lieye that the farmers of Marshall cOun-
~ Will. as soon asthey can, plant out an
acre Of small fruit on the plan suggest
ed. At the close OF Mr.. HuSselman'S
talk the Hon. G. III. Reeve took the
stand to enlighten the farmers of Mar
shall county, on the subject of "EconC-
my and Economics" lie handled his
subject without gloves, but what puz
lied us was 10 know how the farmers
were going To raise potatoes on his eco
nomic ides. or how to apply them in
breeding farm animalS.so as TO get the
best results from your feed. 1t seems
to us that ii requires muscle and brains
instead of the higher ideas of economy
and economics as advocated IN Senator
Reeves paper. Metaphysically the Sen
ator Is immense; he gTatui0usly diStrlb
uted several hundred pamphlets of his
lecture 10 the farmers for their perusal.
1t is TO be hoped that they will not
throw them into the waste basket.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon there were several
resolutions presented by the committee
on resolutions, which were concured in
by the Institute, their merits or demer-
its you can pass on, as they are found In
another column of this paper. Peter
Helm was chosen president for the en-
suing year: j. Y. Van Guilder, secretary.
Upon a vote of the farmers of the Insti-
tute il was decided to hold the next In
stitute at Plymouth. In closing up our
account of the past Institute, it was ap-
parent TO all that the opera house of
Plymouth was TO small TO accommo-
date the people, would it not be a good
idea for some of our enterprising citi-
zens to erect a large commodious opera
house in our faircity, whose acoustic
arrangements would be more perfect;
the light better arranged; that can be
better heated and at less expense than