The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-09
Was FARMERS DAY
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in good time and added to the evening 3
pleasure. But all seemed to await with
eagerness the battle between the Fill
Pine and the American forces and the
Burning of Manila" and when this
part of the programme was reached the
excitement and enthusiasm Of the crowd
knew no bounds.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Before the battle commenced row oc-
CURED in the streets of Manila, in which
a Filipino was shot and carried away
by American soldiers. Soon afterwards
rifle shots were heard in the distance,
which gradually increased in number.
and soon the contending armies were
seen in battle array, facing each other.
when the roar of the infantry's guns
and the booming of cannon Of the arul-
Iery became so deafening that, with the
smoke of the battle hanging over the
city, the glare of hundreds of rockets
and the burning of the buildings OF the
city. one could easily imagine that nc
was witnessing grim visaged war as
the boys of the brave Thirteenth VIII
messed it in the Orient when the zeal
Manila succumbed to the Valor Oh Anleri-
can soldiers and sailors.
The set pieces of fireworks during the
evening were Grand Army badge, a
special design in green, and the United
States flag, all of which called 1orth
loud cheers, especially the latter, when
was accompanied by the Red, mite
and Blue" by the band.
The balloon ascension was repetition
of the exhibitions on former evenings
except that the balloon moved very SLOW
ly on account of the stiffness OF tne
air. but 1t was very successful and oeau-
tiful
AT FEDERATED CLUBS BUILDING.
Yesterday the programme was presloeo
over by Miss Gratia CGuntryman' OIL Tue
MINNEAPOLIS public library, VINO spoAe
briefly on the great difficulty OF supplylns
it's advantages to the small lo"hs az ,l
the country. Mrs. G. E. Conant spoke
briefly ~, Permanent Libraries" urging
them strongly because people value more
highly what they have paid for. MRS
Reed, of Anoka, added some suggestions.
drawn from the very successful expert
mcnt in that place. Miss Countryhlah
praised this library and commended the
plans, hoping that many such would Lol-
low to change the record winch no"
shows that Minnesota has fewer per1na-
nent public libraries than any western
state
Miss Margaret Evans spoke on LII
that much might be done if books were
always about ready for use in cdd mo-
ments The habit of Improbable read
ing is largely fostered by having supply
of poor reading about instead Of what Is
good, the former being read simply to &C
c11pv time. Another difficulty about read
ing is the lack of digestion and to stlmu-
late she desired the formation of reading
circles, which. may be small ana informal
to discuss the books which will then be
read in quite a different spirit. The in
vestigations Of a Northneld club showed
that among farmers wives that there
was a general desire for something of
this kind.
A. K Bush, of Dover, was introduced
as ths father Of the successful travelling
library bill in the last legislature, and
was greeted with applause. Mr.. Bush told
of a farmers reading circle called tbs
Literary Social club, which has met for
three years twice a month during four
months Of the winter on the farms Inc
members gather at 10 a. m. for social
session, have a luncheon at Ecen, the pro-
gramnle ard discussion following. 1t has
been so enjoyable and profitable that it
has been initiated by several clubs in oth-
er parts of the country.
Superintendent o. c. Gregg, of the
Farmers institute, spoke on the expert
rnent at Coteau farm of giving full
hour at breakfast and dinner to books as
an aid in keeping themselves and their
employees out of the rut- easy to fall into
on the farm. Mrs. J. e. Bell closed the
programme with a talk on Boys and
Girls on the Farm" and the supply OF
suitable and helpful readir s for them
s The days reception committee included
MINIS. C. A. Hubbard, Lake City; Kate A.
Eddy, Owatonna: D. C. Akin, Farming
ton; H. NJ. Tuelle, Newport; Martha
Molitor, St. Cloud; E. G. Butts, William
c. Masterman, Saltwater; A. F. King
man, L. G. Wilson, Northf1eld Rose
Hammond, E. L. Reed, A. E. Giddings,
Anoka; Wentworth Dunnble, Morris; a.
r. McGill, NJ. NJ Flint, R. A. McWill-
Jams, Hubert McKusick W. R. Stoddard,
Harmeguies, Mary T. Sturgis, T. D. ST.
monitor, Q. J. Reynolds. Chaplin, w. 3.
Douglass, st. Paul; S. B. Williams, ]. c.,
Buchanan, Minneapolis; Miss Nellie
Bracket, Pennington; Miss Laura A.
Jones, Duluth.
At Rest cottage this afternoon, Mrs.
Francis Neal, Of Minneapolis. will give a
talk on the mission of the W c. Z. U.
Mrs. Houser, of Minneapolis, will have
charge of the musical programme. The
ladies receiving yesterday were Mrs. Ten
ny, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Crescy, of Mime
apolis. The reception committee will be
Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Van SAINT and Mrs.