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Thomas Jefferson, by King George III, in 1774, but now it 

 is largely owned by Essex County capitalists, who are devel- 

 oping the property. The town of Luray where the Luray 

 Caverns arc, is on the boom like a good many other south- 

 ern towns. The land was sold by order of the court, and the 

 discoverers of the cave bought it for what was considered a 

 good price, but it has increased fabulously in price since. 



The cave has been made easy for travel with cement 

 floors, bridges, etc. It is full of stalactites and stalagmites, 

 some of which bear most striking resemblance to fish, veg- 

 etables, organ-pipes, etc. It is well lighted by electric 

 lights, but each visitor also carries a candle. The color of the 

 formations is generally a dark, dirty brown, very few being 

 white. One can walk three-fourths of a mile in the cave 

 without retracing his steps, and the temperature rarely 

 varies from about fifty-four degrees the year through. 



The speaking which followed took a wide field of natural 

 phenomena. Mr. Gregory compared the bend in the 

 Tennessee river, as seen from Lookout mountain, to that in 

 the Connecticut, as seen from Mt. Holyoke, which, in 

 his opinion, was the most beautiful of any view in New 

 England. Mr. Nathaniel Dole, of Newbury, gave a descrip- 

 tion of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and the surround- 

 ings. Several others spoke of and described various noted 

 places and freaks of nature that had come under their ob- 

 servation until time to adjourn. 



The 75th Institute was held at Town Hall, Georgetown, 

 Friday, Jan. 30, 1891. The subject for discussion in the 

 forenoon was, " How can farmers dispose of their milk to 

 the best advantage ?" opened by Mr. Willard F. Kinsman, 

 of Ipswich, who said there are three prime essentials re- 

 quisite to the advantageous or profitable disposal of our 

 milk. (1) Good cows, (2) an abundant and economical 

 ^ood supply, and (3) a price above the cost of production. 



Mr. Kinsman quoted from the "Country Gentlemen," 

 Col. F. D. Curtis, as saying that the farmers and dairy- 

 men, in New York state, are carrying 1,000,000 unprofit- 



