The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-23
SEPTEMBER MEETING
OF THE STARK COUNTY HORTI.
CULTURAL SOCIETY.
IL Was Held at the Beautiful Farm
Home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W.
Teeters, Near Alliance
A Good Meeting.

On this now beautiful farm resides
Jesse, the son of Elisha, and to this home
the Stark County Horticultural Society
was invited for its September meeting,
and notwithstanding the intense heat,
tables fifty feet in length were not suffi-
Giant to hold all the good things prepared,
or seat all the guests who in the swelter-
ing heat and dust had sought the hospi
table home of Mr.. and Mrs J. W. Teeters.
The tables were spread under a large
tent and until the dinner hour the guests
spent the time in social chat under the
pines i'll front of the house. At 1:30 p.
NJ. president Hayhurst called the meet
ing to order and proceeded with the
business of the day.
Minutes of previous meeting we're
read and approved.
Clement Rockhill was appointed to
take membership fees.
Mrs. L. G. Kelley read the following |
Essay.
FARM AND. CITY LIFE.
We meet here today presume, princi-
pally from farm homes. We meet as an
organization of farmers and wives, and
we are glad to meet our city friends who
have seen fit to meet with us, and while
our city friends:have much better oppor-
tunities to attend institutions of learning
and have the advantage of us many ways
which makes us as farmers appear rather
| axply yNpor1 Xuhan t1ya Ia, cnCiatt.
with them yet to a certain extent we are
proud of our calling. Many times we
have been subjected to ridicule when we
drive into the city with our families to wit
ness street parade or street fair, as to
our countryfed appearance, yet we do not
feel it as keenly when we feel. that it
does not come from the more refined
and educated class. Many times we are
wont to complain little when there are
societies speeches and other places of
interest we would be so glad to attend
but owing sometimes to working 10 to II
hours day neither man or wife feel like
hitching up team and driving from
to 3 miles on dark night and so we
| nave W DS IOhlCHl uC luC luNlCpCu
cent farmer as many call us, have our
bread and butter pretty sure but where
is there any one that does not deserve
this "this is a land of plenty and none
would be better pleased than the farmer,
if labor could be busily employed and al
remunerative wages SO they could be
able to consume our products at fail
price. True wheat is a fair price but
how is labor to consume it, is question
of grave interest,"
The Lord made the country aud mar
made the town is trite proverb in
tended to express the intrinsic difference
between the two in their perfection, the
city is artificial from foundation to cap
stone, and unless adorned by some o
the natural beauties of the country it il
a mere mart of business, where the
dollar is the most glittering thing OF
earth, the city cannot furnish the purt
and healthy aspirations of the vigorous
young man or women such means o
healthy developments as the scenes the,
are about to abandon. Yet many of ou
girls and boys seek the city life. l thinl
l can explain in some cases why it is,
great many of the farmers are in deb
as the saying is up to their ears, AM
some have no show to get out, other
are struggling along grasping at straws
and have no means to furnish their chill
dren the desired clothing to appear il
society land the consequence are, tn
boys and girls are ambitious as all farm
children are ,or should be and so the
break the trace chain and away they &c
some in shops, Offices clerks, domesti
and etc. For my part do not see an
great inducement for young people o
an ambitious nature on the farm, Will
our surrounding on the farm. May b
heI best, yet their spirit is bent on societ
which they are excluded from in a mea
sure on the farm.
We know the streets of the cities ar
teeming with the downtrodden, and tn
unrest and misery of many successful
men in the cities is sufficient answe
why they have longing for country life
but cannot be maintained thereon, W
are aware that our children are freee
from vice andth best wives mostly com
from farms, as it is there that they hav
gained complete knowledge of house
hold duties and whether they are com
PEELED or not after marriage to perform
these duties she will be fitted tor ther
and there are few men who seek wifi
for parlor ornament, but helpmat
Many young woman have strained idea
of what should be womans work, think
ing it rude to be useful and that delicat
hands are evidence of ladpship. A gram
work will be accomplished when the girl
of our land are taught that in truth tn
soft white hands are frequently an indie
of shallow brain, as Bro. Ellis, maste
of the state grange said last winter
Every girl should be taught to hitch an
unhitch horse, and be able to turn he
hand to any little helps on the farm an
then in cases of emergency she can b
relied on, and in fact the only way gir
can make herself an independent woman
is to make herself competent to do wei
any andlevery kind of domestic duties.
Taking 1t all in all / suppose we can tax
it for granted that farm life is or shoul,
be pleasant place We have our domain
to travel over at our sweet will and n