Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-27
agricultural
GLADSTONE ON BUTTER.

| Hawai- den ard Buckley 1OFuculluIdl
society yesterday, and thousands Oh
+ visitors found their way to Hawardeh
park. The exhibition was held in
marquee erected in the park at the
| foot of the hill on which stands the
old castle. In the afternoon there was
/ the usual gathering in front OF the
castle terrace to witness the distrlbu-
ton of prizes by Mrs. Gladstone.
After the cheering had subsidized, MI,
Gladstone After the cheer Use.
said
"Neighbors and friends: My wife is
greatly Obliged to you for the thanks
that have been expressed and the
cheers you have given, and | either
an. or ought to be- still more obliged
/ because she has done something to
! e-rn hem, whereas | sorrowfully con-
| TESS I have done nothing. Mrs. Glad
stone: THAT is not SOD | retain all
| the good wishes toward this institu-
ton which | have always felt and ex-
| pressed, but | am sorry to say my good
wishes are now rather barren. In
other years, perhaps, many or you
or some of you at least, may recollect
that | used to be DESTROYS and glad to
inform myself as well as | could upon
the branches of exertion in which you
have been so prominent, | used to
| like to know what was going on and
what had been done and what could
be done in the growth Of flowers, in
the growth of fruits, and in the growth
of vegetables and so forth; but | am
no longer in condition to he able to
pick knowledge with as much facility
as could have done twenty or thirty
or forty years ago II y0U could con-
triye to take twel ty o. thirty, aye, or
even ten years OFF my back, then |
would endeavor to behave to you as
we'll as ! nave done IN former years.
At present have little to do but con-
graduate you, but | am able to give
you those congratulations not only
with good will, but with confidence,
congratulate you on the numbers in
which YOU are assembled, and we all
rejoice to know that from every sign,
both of the visitors and likewise of
the exhibitors, ii is quite plain that
this excellent institution, which we
call the Hawarden Flower show
Though it includes many other things,
| am glad to say along with the flow
ers) has had a great hold on your
good will and favorable judgment
Ever since it began this institution
has not lost any of it's titles to your
approval or any of your disposition to
acknowledge those titles. | am very
glad to learn that in some respects
you are ahead OF other institutions
of the same kind; that is to say, that
advantage branches of effort which in
some OF those cases are unknown.
For example, | am told there is
the useful article of butter | suppose
we are all more or less familiar with
that article. | believe we may hold
up our heads in the face of our neigh
bors in other places and contend that
the butter of Hawarden does credit to
Hawarden. | understand upon the
highest authority that it is very good;
it bears a good name and characte"
as to its quality | am not a judge
in any sense of the word. yet | am a
consumer, and the consumer has
something to do with it; and having
hf,t I 30, ,oI- .
upon myself to say that we here in
cur house, and no doubt it is the same
in other houses, eat better butter now
than we did in former years.
Il understand that in all branches
speaking generally, although the great
warmth and dryness of the season has
tried you hardly, particularly as TO
flowers, yet understand that The num-
Der of exhibits has been well sus-
tanned. and that their quality also is
we'll kept up. Let me ask YOU to do
all you can, not only to support this
institution, but to recommend the prin-
ciple of it among our friends else
where Ii is a good thing for us that
such an institution as this should sub
sist In the first place, it brings us all
together upon a common and friendly
footing here In the second place it
is an encouragement to industry and
to a description of industry which is
not burdensome, but attended with
much pleasure, interest, and satisfac-
ton In the third place you know
that from time to time we hear too
truly that, while the population of our
towns increase rapidly with our gem
eral trade and industry, the p0pula-
tion of the country, that is to say, of
the rural districts, does not increase
rapidly, and, in some parts of the
country, tends to diminish Well.
am greatly opposed to artificial inter
ference by law with the natural course
of things. and | believe it is a good
general rule to allow each person to
judge for himself what his pursuits
should be and whether he shall fol-
low them But at the Same time |