Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23
BELMONT'S PICNIC.
Great Gathering at Whites Grove
Yesterday - Splendid Music and
Spicy Speeches - CarSkadOn and
Ellis Talk to the Farmers.

Ellis Talk to the Farmers.
The fifth annual Harvest Home pic
mic, yesterday, at Whites Grove. near
Bethel, Ohio, brought together the
largest crowd ever on the grounds on
a similar occasion, all parts Of the
county being represented. and many
from other localities. The exercises of
the day opened with a pointed address
from Hon. l. p. Myers, president of the
Association, prayer by Rev. Alexander,
Of Rock Hill and music by the Silver
Quartette, Of Bellaire, and the Bethel
brass band. Charles J. Howard. Of
GAINESVILLE, Republican candidate for
the Legislature, followed in an excel
lent speech. dwelling particularly on
the necessity of more attention on the
part of voters to the moral element on
the part of public officials.
He said; If these be dishonest
they are the selections of the people.
and should then be held responsible. "
He believed public officers, as a rule,
not more dishonest than the people
that selected them allowed them to be.
After adjourning for an hour for a
most bountiful dinner, President Myers
announced that Hon. Asa Bushnell.
Republican candidate for Governor.
who had promised to be present, was
unayOidably detained, and instead in
troduced Hon. H. S. Ellis, of Warren
county, Prohibition candidate for the
same Office, who said he was happy to
meet such a grand company of farmers,
being himself a farmer having left
the farm but last night, after doing a
hard days work. He called attention
to the great value of their Inheritance
and of their duty in maintaining it in
tact.
He said: The church may be the
great reformer, but it can really do
but little unless the government back
of it can and will give it a proper
moral support This was the founda-
ton upon which ours was founded. but
it has too often sadly deported
All men may be in a sense free and
equal, but to-day the man with his bar
rel is equal to hundreds of the honest
toilers here present The farmers are
getting poorer and poorer and prices
are going down, until they can get no
lower without digging a hole to get in
Yet we have the grandest country and
earth and the grandest people in it,
Something is wrong, and we should
try to find out what it is and apply the
remedy"
Hon. T. r. Carskadun, of West Vir-
ginia, followed and said he came as
farmer to talk to farmers. He did not
with TO throw GOODNESS on the meeting
but wished to say some things that
would be of some benefit. Thirty thou
sand people own half the wealth of this
great country and are getting more
than half of all the profits, and when
we try to distribute what is left of both
profits among the other siXty-nine mill
ions, it gets mighty thin and the major
ity are left without either Mr.. Blaine
said the duty of the American people
was to extend American commerce
MIR. w. l.. Wilson was elected on a sim
liar pledge and platform in 80. The
hard times came and the cry was he
had ruined the country, and all turned
tail and ran the other way.
Hon. d. ID. Taylor, of the Guernsey
Times, followed with the humorous ad-
dress of the day. He said he was not
the representative of any class, party
or sect; was neither preacher nor eX-
horter, and had no reputation either to
gain or lose. He said he should not
blame the farmers if they would band
together and get the Legislature. The
Nf no o1o do ~ J.,
tons and gold bugs generally get it,
The closing address, and a very prac-
teal one, was made by Rev Boyd of
Bellaire, on What I Know About
Farming" He was not now a farmer,
but believed he could run a farm. and
make money at il. Farmers ought to
get heavier teams and pillow deeper
They should pillow the manures down,
burn lime and then make their farms
smaller-ffty or sixty acres will be
enough. They should use more care in
the selection of machinery and then
build a place to put it when they get it,
The farmers don't watch the politi-
clans, but the politicians watch them
The great trouble with the country to-
day is it is run by the politicians.
The candidates for county Offices
were out in force and the local politi-
clan was in his element.
MAKES PURE BLOOD. These three
words tell the whole story Of the Won
derful cures by Hoods SaTsaparilla 1t
is the best blood purifier and spring
medicine.
HOODS Pulls nave won high praise
for their prompt and efficient yet easy
action.
Last Atlantic City Excursion Via b. & o..
Thursday, August eed, 1895.
Round trip $1,000, tickets good y
DAYS. with stop-Over privilege at Wash
ington City returning. Through Pull
man sleeper from Wheeling on the 5:45
p m. train.
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