The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26

able to those who have had experiences
in town and city life
Now you will probably argue, "Where
are we to got the farm landp I'll tell
you my idea In the first place, argue
that fifty acres will make all the work
that one man can do, and that fifty acres
properly handled will make more clear
money than one hundred acres would be
able to produce with the labor of one
man. Hence to divide the large farms
into ffty-acre farms, and give TO those
boys that want TO go to town farm of
his own. BY so doing, reduce your taxes
and your cares and responsibilities, and
have the society Of your own children. If
| God has not blessed you with children of
your own, como TO FairmOunt and get n
boy and make 1t as interesting for him.
and by so doing you will have fulfilled
one commandment at least. But If we
| fail to entertain and interest our children
and keeping them around your own
home, fircside, and In enjoying their suci-
| ETY. ms God had intended, then we must
take the worrimcnt and anxiety patiently
and remember that there is no one to
blame but ourselves.
And now one other point, and I will
have had my say. Should you be blessed
with boys of your own or should you come
to Fairmount and get boy, please do
not expect perfection of either. Remem
Der that there was u time when you took
the boy character in that great play, Mis-
chievuusness, one of the greatest dramas
ever presented to the people. Your great
ambition TO have u watch, gun and a dog
was as great as the hoy If today. You
can refer back, | have no doubt, TO the
time when you were eager TO see what the
robins egg contained and thought It
would be legally right to ascertain If you
did have to rob the nest And some of
you can in all probability remember what
an expert you were with a stone, when
you wanted TO pelt the old COW, school
house or church window, just to see how
close You could come with no intention of
breaking q window, or hurting the COW.
Oh, no. You were trying TO keep from
1t. For you were not bad boy, oh, no.
You were good boys. And then those
kittens you drowned and the frogs you
caught, and punished, and in fact,
trounccd to death, will rise up in frog
heaven to testify against you. They have
all these years been in some old frog pond
singing praises, but not yours. Poor old
Ligc, whom you tied the tln-can to his
tail, or tied his foot up in paper, or tied
his head and tail together, has got It in
for you. And there is grandma whom
you teasGd by hooking her knitting and
spectacles. She has gone to her reward
forgotten, and has forgiven all your boy
ish pranks. And If an orphan boy placed
out today would do one-halt the mean
ness that you did, you would petition his
admission to some rcfOrmatOry, and at
the same time would wish that you had
made 1t pcnitentiary with a restoration of
the lash, the thumbscrew, or ducking
stool. You sanity, sober-faccd old men,
who are so ready to find fault with the
boys of today, must bear in mind as you
throw stones, that you were one day the
same kind of a kid. Your only salvation
is to draw the mantle of charity, and
humbly confess that after all, boy is
boy, and that the modern young Ameri
can does not in any essential way, partic-
ularly differ from his prototype of ye
olden time.
A scrutiny of your own history will
doubtlessly reveal the fact that had it not
been for good training and painstaking
care, you would have gone to the bad |
Hold yourselves now in readiness, and at
all times to render like service to the |
unthoughtful boy. And remember the
saying that it is impossible to put old |
heads on young boys shoulders, hence be
liberal and solicit the love of the boy. !
Don't turn a cold shoulder and TAIL TO
speak to him for one two, or seven days
because he let the colt run off. And you
need not thrash him for it either, for If |
you do, the next accident that befalls
him. he may for fear Of results, depart for
. l,t a. 1T
make the boy a study and plan to attract
his love by reasoning with him, and in
ducing him to stay on the farm was
boy once. NJ. NJ. Southworth.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committees on orchards report nothing
new. Conditions for a crop still favor
able.
The display of fruit is not as large as at
some Of our former meetings.
5. p. Killinger has plate of Stark ap-
Piles, which he entered for Wagner. He |
also has plate OF Seeknofarthers, and !
Grimes Golden. Grimes Golden are very
fine
H. A. Holi5augh exhibits Hydes Keep
err, Stark, Mann, Wagner, and Pewaukee.
II. A. Holibaugh.
Peter ROsche.
FLOWER REPORT.
The only flowers on the table is bou-
quct of hyacinths, sacred lily, and geran-
iums, exhibited by Mrs s o. Egger.
Alfaretta Snyler.
Lena Correll.
NOMENCLATURE.
II. A Hollbaugh has two apples for
name. Committee cannot name them.
5. p. KlllInger has one for name. / think
it Is a Seeding of very poor quality.
Mrs. j. W. Eggert has three varieties
for name; one is the Ben Davis, one
Peck's Pleasant, the other pippin of
some kind. NJ. Bitter.
PREsI IDENTs REPORT.
Canton, o., December IS, 1895.
Ladies' and Gentlemen of the Stark
County HORTICULTURAL Society:
One year ago today, at a meeting Of this
soosety, held ut the county work-house,
you saw proper to elect the writer to serve
you as president for the current year.
And while / duly recognized the high
honor conferred upon me, / felt in my
own mind that the society had erred, II
for no other reason than the precarious
TO my health. However, / en-
hope that my health might so
far Improve that with your assistance, we
m Sht be enabled TO bring our society to
a higher standard Of usefulness, not only
70 ourselves, but the county as we'll, but
Providence decreed otherwise and / re-
gret very much the fact that our May
meeting held at the residence OF our
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