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MR.. GRUBB,
On Markets.

brokers in the larger eastern cities.
We will say there is a dealer in Car
bondale or Greeley that sells to brokers
or takes orders from broker in the
large markets; he will write de-
scription of the kind of stock to that
broker; the broker will 60 to a com
mission house or dealer and say that
he has ten OF twenty five cars of extra
fancy stock; he misrepresents the local
dealer here in trying to make a sale
to the commission houses; the COM
mission man, will say, 'If you have
that kind of potatoes, we can pay so
much for them; the broker wires
the local dealer to ship ten cars to so
and so, and they ship to them direct
ly from the dealer. Largely, not al
ways when they come there, they
are not fancy stock, it is not as or
dered, and not as the broker represent
ed. OF course the potatoes are turned
down; they are not up to contract or
grade; the buyer notifies the broker
and the broker notifies the local man
in the west that the potatoes are sub
ject to his order, they are not as repre-
sented. Then, of course, they are to
be sold for the best price obtainable
and through misrepresentation of the
broker the shipper and the local
dealer here are found fault with; so
that there should be some way to avoid
that trouble.
Another thing in regard to potatoes:
they are getting into the hands largely
of dealers like Armour & Co., the
market price f1uctuates according to
reports of the weather as grain does,
so that there is no stable price as there
used to be. What the remedy will
be will possibly be hard to determine;
perhaps nothing but local organization
or state organization and establishing
a grade of potatoes as nearly as pos
sible like wheat and oats and grain.
Today they are graded according to
varieties. You take the Greeley mar
ket reports, and they are graded or
priced as Rose Seeding Rurals or
Pearl; there is no other quotations
there is no such thing as No. Rurals
or No. 1 Pearls or No. 9 Those
things can only be remedied by some
state organization and cooperation.
Our people have studied the weather
conditions and crop reports. The
government crop reports are probably
the poorest estimate of crop conditions
or any report ever given out by any
people or country or organization or
commission house; so that we have no
reliance whatever to be put in govern
ment crop reports.
spent nearly one year studying
the weather conditions Of all the pota-
to districts in the world-Germany,
all of Britain, England. Ireland and
Scotland, Canada, all of the eastern
territory, all of the middle states and
all of the west, as we'll as Colorado,
to derive some knowledge or informa-
tion as to the amount Of potatoes that
would be produced, and their keeping
qualities, and had no way Of getting
information only from our own per-
sonal efforts. think our association
could do that by cooperation. l know
Of no other way to protect the potato
orowora ~ ColOrado IN Lno,r;r,
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Der of this family pretty early in his history, as he first came as summer boarder. There is great deal in edu- cation that is not learned in the school oom. He spoke of the influence of many of the homes of New Preston, referring to that of Mrs Williams in particular.
 Frank II. Welles, next introduced said it was remarkable fact, that of the eight pupils who attended the school in 1879, six were present on this occasion. He said he was awful ly glad to be present, to meet MT and Mrs Upson, and the old pupils.
 Attorney Williams said he was glad to welcome the boys, being the only resident of this immediate locality He said he hoped it would be possible to have another reunion in the near future. The most important thing about an education is the
 TEACHING THE PUPIL TO THINK FOR
 HIMSELF
 and along this line this school has been notable success.
 c. Haskell Bush, next introduced, said the sound principles instilled 1n- to his mind and heart while
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since it's discovery; freed by a people who, little over 40 years ago, fought one of the bloodiest wars ever known, but who to-day are secured by a union of hearts, love for country and rev. erence for that dear old flag which fosters affection and promotes loyalty, and which no Mason and Dixon's line will ever again keep asunder. Peace and good will reign supreme and pros perity is seen everywhere within our borders, while the great world outside has learned that this nation under God has had new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, shall not perish from the earth, and from this knowledge comes the respect we expect and de- mand. Should we not be proud of this land of ours, whose only wars have been for freedom? I am reminded of thought of Longfellow's:
 70, fortunate, o, happy day,
 When a new household finds it's place
 Among the myriad homes of earth
 Like a new star just sprung to birth,
 And rolled on it's harmonious way
 Into the boundless realms of space"
 So indeed was it
 FORTUNATE DAY WHEN THIS HOME
 WAS FOUNDED,
 and no doubt they who sit wonder sat and unused, wondered what the future had in store for them. The scenes
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"Education," gave the following ex- cellent address:
 Education embOdies a number of things, such as tuition, discipline and development.
 cannot begin to treat each of these important subjects in detail, for should I do so, would hold you here until the late hours of the afternoon, when you would be apt to think of those se- ductivc lines of "Ovid:' "Sleep, thou repose of all tblngs. Sleep, thou gcntlcSt of the DeitieS. Thou peace of mind from which care
 flies.
 Who dOSt SOOth the hearts of men
 Wearied with the tolls of day, and
 tittest them for labor" so 1 will only briefly refer to the sub- ject which enters SO largely into the sphere of one's life and the consequent result.
 Right here am reminded of con- versation I overheard the other day in one of the crowded trolley cars in the borough of Manhattan:
 Two foreigners, who afterwards prov ed to be Germans, were seated oppo- site me, and one said to the other,
 "Haf you married?"
 "Yah, haf."
 "Und haf you taken a bridal tour?''
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How fortunate that we are so constituted that the pleasant things which occur in our boyhood days are so wildly before us, while the episodes are so far away that their dimness makes them almost indiscernible! And so here in the shadow, almost, of Mount Bushnell, the Pinnacle, and Gunn's Hill, let us only remember the characters like those we looked up to, and may their descendants with us rejoice that such mems deeds live after them. The surroundings then were wholesome for an institution such as was in con- temptation, and as these boys wan dered over yon hill to Judea's Plain it mattered not how cold the day or dusty the road-the warm-hearted, cordial greeting of Pater Gum and his estimable wife drove all thoughts but pleasant ones away and the return trip was made the happier and easier for having been once more at "The Gun nery."
 "Upson Seminary" was begun for the sole purpose of starting boys aright. It was
 ESTABLISHED TO MAKE MEN
 men whose influence for good would be felt in the communitiesi in which they lived. Some one wrote President Por- ter of Yale to recommend a man who would, and could, start boys in the
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member of the school, had always re- mained with him.
 Algernon Gallup, former teacher in the school, spoke of being an adopt ed son, rather than a son of the fam fly. He spoke in a reminiscent vein and in an exceedingly happy way.
 DrLeonard made bright speech of anecdote and reminiscence and closed with toast for MT and Mrs Epson.
 Allison P. Smith of THE BEE was called on to respond for the press. He said the school was to be judged by its fruits and the fine men it had pro- duced was proof that MT Upson was the right man in the right place.
 Maj Cameron made fine speech in closing, presenting MT Upson with S350 in gold. MT Cameron said:
 In the Life and Letters of that fa- nous divine, Horace Eushnell, we read of that pretty little village, New Preston, nestled among the hills of sLitchfield county near to that beauti- full sheet of water known as Lake Waramaug. We are also told of the inhabitants thereof-hardy, thrifty descendants of honest and upright New England parentage. And as we think of this spot, the boyhood home for some years of this mental giant as well as the birthplace of some of Yale's most famous men, it seems as though the founder of "Upson Sem mary" was called here by Him who never errs. In our time-and no doubt the same is true to-day-there were those of sterling character whose ex- ample many of us have unconsciously tried to initiate. Then again there were those whose example was ter rible lesson of the harm wrong-doe1 md an evil thinker could exert in
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end.' If mans faculties always devel- oped evenly and harmoniously, this would be simple matter, but this is not the case, as there is much one-sid- ed retrogression. The mind is devel- oped not by receiving knowledge, but by winning it. Not by. having the beauties of the world catalogued for it, but by discovering them under guidance; not by having the moral quality of every deed labeled upon it, but by self direction. It was Long, fellow who said:
 ''The shadows of the mind are like those of the body. In the morning of life they all lie behind us; at noon we trample them underfoot, and in the evening they stretch long, broad and deepening before uS."
 The educated mind is open to receive, welcome, utilize and enjoy the beau ties of truth, a willingness to know. readiness to listen, desire to be con- vinced. These things are wrought in- to the fibre of the developed mind. When all is said against knowledge as the sufficient end of education, still it remains true that the educated man must know something and know it we'll. What then is the best educa- tion for man? One who has had a liberal education and who has been SO trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, whose intel lect is clear, whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and funda- mental principles of truth, of nature, and to respect others as himself. General Garfield was asked when a young boy what he meant to be. He answered, First of all I must make myself man. If I do not succeed in that I can succeed in nothing"
 THE TRANSITION FROM YOUTH TO
 MANHOOD
 IS "where the brook and river meet" The brook of delightful promise emp ties into the river of service, and the powers of conception are magnitied in judgement and reasoning. The will of man should be so disciplined as to pursue steady purposes in order to re- alize great ends.
 Education is not gift to be bestow- ed. It is trophy to be won. A strong man cannot tire himself mentally by half a days work. If his task be self chosen and well-chosen he can get nothing out of it but pleasure and hu- man profit. One cannot be in the world for any great length of time without noticing broad way between classes of people. Those who are alive and those who are not,-the live ones and the dead ones so to speak. The live ones are the people of power, and
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have many, many times changed. There have been sad scenes, but we are not here to recount them. This is our golden wedding day, so to speak; the guests come thronging in once nore and the light of love shines over all. And now, boys, word to you. We have older grown; we have taken upon ourselves the duties and responsibili- ties of men. Have we needed the les sons taught here? Have we honored those two sitting yonder or must they
 hang their heads in shame when our names are mentioned? Yes, since we first saw Upson seminary we have old CT grown; we have rubbed against the
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N. Y., Arthur w. Brady of Indianapo- lis, lnd., MT and Mrs George A. Helme and Margaret B. Helme of Helmetta, N. J., Frank H. Welles of New York, MT and Mrs Charles H. Bush of New Haven, Dr Edwin Leonard, Jr., of Jersey City, N. J., MT and Mrs Alger- non s. Gallup of Centerville, R. l., Sidney Minor of New London, MT and Mrs Arthur H. Churchill of Montclair N. J., Attorney Frederick M. Will Hams of New Milford, Joseph w. Hood of Boston, Mass, Mrs Belle Crosby and Alexander Frazier of New York, Theron U. Lyman of Hartford and Editor A. r. Smith of THE BEE.
 The dinner, very nicely prepared by Mrs B. l.. Moore of New Milford, was served at the tables by number of New Preston young ladies, former pupils of Upson seminary, in an eff cient manner. After the dinner Theodore L. Cuyler, Jr., took the post as toastmaster. MT Cuyler said all the boys after they had been here and prohted by the training, had gone out into the world better men, and that they were all very glad to come back again and pay their respects to what had really been their second home.
 Theron Lyman, first called on, gave bright and witty talk in the remi- niscent line, closing with this toast to the health of MT and Mrs Upson:
 IN WINTER AND THEIR SHADE IN
 SUMMER"
 George A. Helme, whose subject was
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in the War of the Revolution. As we turn our heads and cast our eyes over yOnder toward that silent shaft point. ing heavenward, is not the following appropriate?
 We are all here,
 Even the dead-though dead-so dear
 Fond memory to her duty true
 Brings back their faded forms to view.
 How lifelike through the mist of years
 Each wellrememberd form appears
 "They're round us as they were of old;
 We are all here."
 MUCH HAS TRANSFERRED SINCE THIS
 SCHOOL BEGAN.
 Thirty-ive years is a long time. When this school was opened the telephone was unknown. Now you are in com munication with friends for more than thousand miles and wireless telegra- phy has almost ceased to be uncom- mon. Then the telegraph was in it's infancy. To-day we wire around the globe and you have your choice of wires at that. Of course the Postal Telegraph is our choice, for Cuyler's sake. The trolley car was unknown; to-day you can travel from Boston to Phlladelph'a on cars propelled by cleo tricity. To-day our cities and towns are lighted by electricity; we read by it; we are heated by it; it's uses and powers are unlimited. Twenty-eight years ago at the Centennial at Phila- delphia the Corliss engine, 300 horse power, was the wonder of the world. To-day the 5000 horsepower engine at the St Louis fair is hardly spoken of as wonder and yet in size it's hardly one-fourth as large as that great, big Centennial engine. Thirty-five years ago the first railroad across the conti- nent Ihad just been completed; now you have your choice of a half dozen routes. In 1870 the population of these United States was B, 65S, 371; to- day in round numbers it is SO,OOO, 900. When this school opened it's doors little or nothing was known of the whereabouts of the Philippine Islands. To-day almost any school child can tell you with little or no hesitancy how you can get there, going either by the Pacific, by the Hawaiian Islands or the Mediterranean or Suez Canal route, and soon we will have the Pan. anna Canal to shorten the distance from New York to San Francisco by sea. To-day dear Old Glory floats over these islands and this wonderful na- tion of ours is trying to civilize and ChriStianize the inhabitants thereof. The Hawaiian Islands are also ours. Eight presidents have held office since 1869, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Mckinley and Roosevelt. Garf and our Mckinley. the latter honored and loved by all, irrespective of party or creed, fell by the hand of an assassin, making with the cruel death of Lincoln three blots on our escutcheon that can never be erased. Anarchism in our land is de, plorable and every law-abiding citizen of our republic should hang his head in shame because it is tolerated, and should use his utmost endeavor to have it exterminated. Only six years have passed since we freed Cuba, which was held by Spain, through force ever
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Upson Seminary. It's 35th Anniversary Fittingly Cele-
 brated BY A REUNION OF THE
 OLD BOYS. A Fine Banquet Enjoyed. MIR UPSON PRESENTED WITH
 $S5o IN GOLD.

The 35th anniversary of the estab- lishment of Upson seminary, home school for boys at New Preston, was celebrated by q reunion of the gradu- ates of the school, beginning on Friday and extending over Sunday. Foremost in arranging the gathering was Maj Simon B. Cameron of Marietta, Pa, grandson of Simon Cameron of Penn sylvania, Lincoln's secretary of war. The main event in the celebration was the banquet and dinner served in the large dining room and reading room of the school on Satur- day afternoon at ? o'clock. Rev Henry upson, the principal of the school, oc- cupied the post of horor at one end of the long table and Mrs Upson at the other. Those who were gathered about the festive board were: Mai Simon B. Cameron of Marietta, Pa., Theodore l.. Cuyler, Jr., of Brooklyn,
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the people who make their presence felt. The dead ones being tue people of weakness who are nothing and who do nothing.
 l express my strong belief that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mand to resist it's desires and inclinations until they are proved to be right, is the most i'm portant of all in every deparment Of daily life. The cultivated mind literally is the titled mind, just as the culture of the soil precedes it's finest products of plants and flowers, so the cultivation of the mind precedes it's finest achievements. The fruits of earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence than our faculties demand instruction. Every agency of cultivation is education. Shakespeare said,-
 'Some men are born great; some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
 No man is ever all that he can be. At any point in his development he has growing future. His plans bridge the chasm of death, and they call for an intending time in which their exc cution may be effected. If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble in- to dust, but if we
 WORK UPON IMMORTAL MINDS, If we embue them with high princi- ples, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, but which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.
 In closing will ask that you carry away with you these few thoughts:
 Does it pay to fit ones self for su- perior position, or to taste the exhilar- ation feeling ones powers unfold?
 Does it pay to become familiar with all the lessons that history and science
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"Ach Himmel, do you tink I haf married horse."
 AS previously stated, my subject be- ing an inexhaustible one, intend to dwell on it but briefly.
 WHAT IS EDUCATION, and how are we to be educated? AS yet, there has been no argument on these vital questions, and have yet to agree what the youth should learn so as to qualify him for the most perfect training and the most desirable life.
 It has not been determined whether education is directed toward the growth of intellect or of the moral
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character. The underlying idea is de- velopment. Development of the body as the proper medium of express sion; development of the mind as the proper medium of the body. Common experience shows that a tired brain means a slow mind, and that the rest ed brain means quick mind.
 Education must be like the ancient temple-"lighted at the top" That education will lead to true happiness and the only real and permanent suc- cess.
 The Bureau of Education tells us that the man with a college education has just two hundred times the chance for success as the man without that education, and states as an example that of 10000 successful men, "A were self taught, POI received instruction at home, 1000 went no further than through the high schools, 1,O66 stop ped at the doors of high schools, and o" the 7,709 who entered college, 6,129 graduated. Therefore, according to the logic of the Bureau of Education, only the college man succeeds, but there are elements which play an i'm. portant part in the solution of the problem. There is education, and there is education. There is success. and there is success. College educa- tiOn is valuable, but it is not the only measure of success.
 Education begins at a point where man takes himself into his own hands, so to speak, and seeks to guide his life toward an ever more definite result, which is what we mean by his ideal
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right path. It has been truthfully said you can never tell when mule is going to kick. It is equally true that you can never tell when a boy is going to play trick. Now there is the harmless trick and the vicious one; the former injures no one, the latter leads
 along a dangerous path. How to en- courage judiciously harmless amuse- ments and to banish Automatically
 the cussedness that somehow now and then is found in a boys head is prob lem which doubt not has caused the founder of this institution many sleep-
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THE DEATH PENALTY.

A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus mere scratch, insigni- ticant cuts or puny boils have paid Che death penalty. It is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the hest salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when burns, sores,
 R. H. Bees 6 O., Newtown; A.. w. Twiss, Bethel; w. N. Noble, New Milford; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; Connery Brothers, Georgetown; e. D. O'Dell, Cornwall Bridge; R F. Smith, West Cornwall; Peck 6 Go, Brook field Center; W. J. Beehler, Brook field; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station: Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook, drug
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can teach as to how to make life heal. thy and successful?
 Does it pay to have ones mentality stirred by the passion of expansion, to feel the tonic of growth and the inde- scribable satisfaction which comes from the consciousness of perpetual enlargement.
 J. w. Hood, MT Upson's assistant at the seminary, said he had expected to receive impressions and not give them. He expressed his sincere regard for MT and Mrs Upson.
 Sidney H. Minor of New London hit the nail on the head in his terse and excellent little speech. He said that if one looked all over the country, from Canada to Mexico, from the At- lantic to the Pacific, he could not find another school equal to this for the benefit and help it had been to young men. MT Minor expressed his intense at being present and of the pleasure and satisfaction it gave him to meet the old boys and MT and Mrs UpSOn.
 Attorney Brady, next introduced, said his presence attested the fact that he was once a member of the home of MT and Mrs Upson. All they did for me in that happy six years I cannot tell. One of the oldest boys, Simon Cameron, is responsible for my introduction here. MT Brady said that this was his second home and that all the boys owed great deal to MT and Mrs Upson.
 Arthur Churchill said he believed 35 were the figures they were celebrat- ing. He claimed to have been mem-
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world and been buffeted by it. We have had our joys and how sweet they've been. and we have had our sor- rows and how they did sting. How have we stood the test? Were not our school days here just what we needed to make us the better to endure pros perity or diversity? Have these old
 friends and new ones, too, of ours, who are here the guests of those we love, to go to their homes tonight without a word of congratulation to their host and hostess, or as they leave can they
 truthfully say to them, "You