Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-18
STILL DOING OLD "BosTING ],
DR.. Porter Continues His Interesting Letters on the
Farmers Congress. and Tells Of the Many Sights
of the Ancient and Modern City Of Boston.


DR.. Porter Continues His Interesting Letters on the
Farmers Congress. and Tells Of the Many Sights
Of the Ancient and Modern City Of Boston.
EDITOR CENsoRzOur Farmers Con-
gress, yesterday, removed from Fanueil
hall to Horticultural hall because the
old Cradle OF Liberty" was not warm
ed; bnt today it is warm enough every
where. We had several able papers Oct.
18th but they were often too long. The
discussions following some of them were
varied in character and more valuable
than the papers themselves. Intensive
Gardening. by Hon. e. +. Whitstein.
of Louisville. KY, was interesting. He
said, by applying twenty cents worth of
fertilizers per square foot, he had raised,
under glass, $40, 900 worth of garden
truck on acre in one year. / wished
Bro. Wilkins could have heard the pa
per and discussion following ii.
We have an invitation to go to Ar
hngton, Friday, and visit Mr.. Rawson's
truck-farm and return via Harvard coll
lege, the old Washington elm, etc. How
many sacred objects are gathered to-
gether about us herel When / go to the
congress | pass the house, and a modest
brick it Is, where Charles Sumner lived
more than thirty years. Igo past the spot
where stood John Hancock's house, and..s
little further the house where La Fayette
was entertained by the city in 1924; and
past the granary grave yard where Otis
and Samuel Adams, and Hancock, Paul
Revere and Peter Fanns;l, and dear old
Mother Goose lie buried. Mother Goose
was a unique poet, and a few years ago
the pastor of the Old South church
preached a Thanksgiving sermon regard
ing her influence ON children for two
centuries. Going down CornhiIl I pass
the spot where Garrison, poor and al
most alone, started the sLiberator. In
a little room up stairs he boarded him
self, wrote for his paper and set the type
for it. History tells how thankful he
was when a Negro sent ten dollars on
subscription. A little later Garrison
was mobbed here; a rope was placed
about his neck and he was dragged
around a square; hnt his friends cut the
rope and the police put him in Jail for
safety.
Wednesday evening we had an adj
dress by Hon. J. III. Brigham, former
Master of the National Grange, and /
believe now assistant to Secretary Will
son. Gov. Hoard introduced Brigham
as one OF the stalwarts Of agriculture. !"
tie stands six feet three or four inches,
and is an interesting talker. The de-
partment recommends raising horses for
export; 1T is trying to lessen the export
OF hnseed and cotton seed meal; it will
soon publish the formula for a cure for
hog cholera which saves so per cent,
while OF untreated hogs so per cent die
Prof. Willis l.. Moore gave q scholar
ly address on Benefits of the Weather
Bureau to Farmers" Our bureau is the
best on earth, and saves millions of dol
lars OF property yearly. He paid his
regards to Prof Hicks and other proph-
cts, and said, mo man can predict with
any certainty what the weather will be
more than three days in advance" Oc-
tober 9Th Prof. G.. G. James, Deputy
Minister of Agriculture, of Toronto,
spoke on Teaching the Elements of
Agriculture in the Common Schools"
1t is a subject of gle ut interest to almost
every member of the congress. We are
beginning to see that agriculture is a
profession, rs much so as law, or theol-
ogy or medicine, and we see no reason
why the farmer boy should not be
taught the facts concerning the profess
sion he is to follow. We educate our
boys to leave the farm instead of edu-
eating them in the art and science of
agriculture as other nations are doing.
Prof. j.. W. Robertson, of Ottawa,
Dominion Commissioner IF Agriculture,
gave a fine address on the canadian
Department of Agriculture" and DIR.
Voorhees,. of the New Jersey Station, a
talk on fertilizers. Some of us left the
meeting and climbed Bunker Hill mon
ument. Since / climbed it t~hirty-fve
years ago, they have made lots of land
around the city. In the thirties my
good father saw ships lying where the
custom house stands, and went ceiling
where is now the public garden; and /
remember that a third OF a century ago
the back bay district, now the finest
part of the city, was a mud fat where
they dumped the refuse of the city.
At the navy yard we saw men making
huge anchor chains of 81 inch iron.
Each link weighs 45 pounds. The iron
is all tested before being used, to ascer-
tain it's quality. In the rope walk we
asked several men if any pure Manila
binding Irvine was made. and they said
Nor In the evening we had a recep-
ton rendered us by the Chamber of
Commerce. On our way we visited the
post Office, and passed the city hall, and
old court house where Capt. Kidd, the
pirate, was kept a short time before his
execution, and on our return passed the
spot where, in ITO, Christus Attacks
was killed. G. ". PORTER.
Boston, Mass, Oct. 6, 1899.