The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-31
Good Roads Postponed; The "New
Woman" Not Wanted and
the School Commissioner
a Little Expensive.
FAVOR MAKING USE OF JAIL
BIRDS INSTEAD OF BOARD
ING THEM FREE.
Farmers Resolve that Libel Suit Freaks
Egg Throwers, Police Investigation
Ouarrels, Etc, Should be Settled
at Litigants' Expense.

The second annual institute under the
combined auspices of the Shiawassee Coun-
ty Farmers Institute Association and the
State Board of Agriculture, was held at
Corunna on Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week, ard was most instructive and enter
tanning convention not only along the line
of farm work but in social, literary and mu-
sical directions. Among the farmers of
Shiawassee county and their families are
some of the best informed, best students
and most careful and successful agricultur-
lists of the state and are widely known as
such. In all the various branches of farm
work they have and do stand among the
leaders, and this success has been attained
after persistent effort and thoughtful and
observing trials in the different ventures.
Their successes and failures have been les
sons to them and of them they are able and
do speak entertainingly, making an institute
valuable help to all.
The assistance from outside, while not as
a whole up to the standard of last year, con-
tanned some exceptionally good men, and to
them the county association is indebted, and
the others we believe will sooner or later be
left at home and their places taken. as they
could have been this year, by men in our
own county, and without cost to taxpayers.
The committee of arrangements, Charles
B. Cook, Frank Whelan and John Y. Mar
tin. had prepared a program of unusual in
terest, and it was carried out practically as
printed.
President Parmenter presided with ease
and dignity, pushing the work along so that
the entire program was given, as is seldom
the case. Secretary Cooper had carefully
arranged for the comfort of the audience,
secured good musical and literary talent to
assist and looked after the minor details with
care. While there is no hall in Corunna
large enough to accommodate those who de-
sire to go to such meetings, yet the farmers
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given first chance for seats. The Tuesday
morning session was held in the court house
and the others in the opera house.
President Parmenter called the audience
of about one hundred to order and Rev. w.
M. Ward, of Corunna, offered prayer, after
which Hon. Marcus Wilcox on behalf of
the citizens of Corunna extended a welcome
to all who might gather at any and all of
the sessions. he thought the farmers were
the representatives of the noblest class of
people, from whose ranks had sprung the
best men of history, Lincoln and Grant
furnishing fair examples. The farmers of
Shiawassee had honored the city in coming
there to hold their institute for 1896, which
gathering he considered as high in moral
worth as any political or business conven-
ton that ever assembled. They were
welcome always, when on business or pleas
ure bent, and in advancing years were in
vited to make home there, considering
them The choice of residents, politically,
financially or morally. The deep feeling
manifested in the gatherings was harbnger
of better day in American farmers lives.
A feeling Of sadness had crept over him on
starting for the institute, at the thought
that one Of the most noble hearted men Of
the county had passed away-one ever ac-
tive in institute work, courteous and kind,
who instructed by his counsel and cheered
by his presence-E. s. Burnett, president
of the '95 institute. Our loss was his eter-
nal gain, and while he would never again
mingle with them, the example of bis life
would long remain, society having been
bettered by the noble influence he exerted.