The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-25


mental. moral and physical training as
you would any children that you wished
to make the best citizens Of. He thought
that farm life was most favorable To the
best Developments of man aud woman
hood
January 18th being fine day, the
people began gathering early, for they
had been promised some treats for the
second day. While the crowd was
gathering the Pure Food bill" was dis
cussed at length. Hon. j j. Woodman
gave his experience in wholesale
grocery store-how many of commodi
ties were adulterated TO increase the
profit.
The proposed bill to erect a second
Normal sshool in the northern part of
the.state, was thought better To be post
poned until the present financial crisis
had passed. The submitting to the
people of the salary amendment relat-
ing to Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, Sec'y of State and State Treasurer,
was freely discussed, and the sense of
the meeting was to the effect that If the
law was SO amended AS to require all
officials to live at Lansing and person
ally superintend their own departments,
without the state having To salary
deputy to do their work, the change
would be desirable.
A tax statistician was thought To be a
step in the right direction.
1t was moved and carried that law
ought to be enacted requiring that all
notes, bonds and mortgages should be
presented to the assessor yearly for his
official stamp or be null and void in
whole or in part
G.. NJ Kingsley of Pine Grove pre-
sented the first paper of the day on
Potato Culture, Yin which he said there
could be no cast.irOn rules laid down
to raise potatoes by, but with plenty of
common sense, good land and seed, he
will usually succeed. He thought plant
ing in the moon was bad practice, as the
shipping facilities between this planet
and the moon was as yet but poorly de-
veloped. He does not seem to agree
with the present tariff on potatoes, or
1t does not agree with him. ] guess.
George T.. Monroe of South Haven
read IA very interesting paper on Spec
ialities in Farming" in which he revers-
ed the old adage and says put all your
eggs in one basket and then watch.care-
fully the basket He suggested raising
poultry to keep yonr wife out of mis-
chief.
Edison Woodma I, in leading the dis
cussion, agreed that every man should
have his specially, but thought he
should carry "A few side lines, such rs
the raising of little mint or car OF
two of potatoes.
The paper on "Muck Farming" by
W. IL. Clark, was good, but did not
give us any definite idea as to the best
rotation of crops to follow. He said
what the land was best adapted to was
yet a question. He believes in irriga-
ton, and thinks mint excessively hard
on land. / should Judge from the drift
of his paper that he thinks the Mckin-
ley tariff the proper thing for the muck
farmer.
Web Broadhead, in leading the dis
cussion, attributed the wonderful pro-
gress that has been made IN the Decatur
muck land to the pioneers, Messrs l..
r. Rawson, l.. G.. Brigham and w. II.
Clark He says that their efforts has
added nearly one quarter million dollars
To the value of the land in the vicinity
of Decatur.
The hicks were filled in with music
and recitatiOns.
In Justice To the management, we
would say that it was one of the finest
and most complete programs we ever
had the pleasure to listen To, and the
royal manner in which the Decatur peo-
pie entertained those from abroad will
long be remembered. No pains nor eX-
p"nse was spared To make everybody
NJ ID. BUsKIRK