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SULLIVAN COUNTY, N. Y. COUNCIL. 
[RUBAL SPECIAL REPORT.] 
A council of the Patrons of Husbandry 
of Sullivan County, N. Y., was held In 
Grange Hall, at Bethel, N. Y., Wednesday, 
June 3. 
Worthy Master White opened the council 
in due form, and spoke briefly on the sub¬ 
ject assigned him by the programme com¬ 
mittee, viz.: “The Advantage of Being a 
Granger.” The Grange is in its good in¬ 
fluence, he said, second to no institution in 
the world. He laid special stress on its 
social influences, and insisted that it made 
men and women better and happier, and 
prepared young people of both sexes for 
useful and happy work. 
Bro. H. J. Goubleman, delegate to the 
State Grange, was called on for his report. 
He reported that 94 new Granges had 
been organized during the year and eight 
dormant Granges had been reorganized, 
giving an increase in membership of 2,235. 
The Patrons’ Fire Relief Association of the 
State carries risks to the amount of $100,- 
000,000. The committee of Insurance re¬ 
ported an estimated saving of $100,000 in 
the State. Nearly $10,000 was paid in fees 
and dues into the treasury by the subor¬ 
dinate Granges. This is the largest amount 
paid by any State in the Union, and left a 
balance in the treasury of about $8,000 at 
the opening of the session. 
The election of officers resulted in the 
unanimous election of the following: 
Worthy Master, J. P. Royce; Worthy 
Overseer, H. J. Goubleman; Secretary, 
John J. Dillon. 
After the dinner recess, Mrs. J. P. Royce 
gave a very interesting reading, reviewing 
woman’s work and influence in the home 
and social circles. In the absence of the 
Master of Bethel Grange, Mr. J. J. Dillon 
was called upon to fill his place on the pro¬ 
gramme. He spoke on the advantages of 
cooperative fire insurance, and at the close 
of his address a committee was appointed 
to gather statistics in reference to the mat. 
ter and report at the next council. 
Brother Aker, Master of the Delaware 
Grange, spoke briefly of the advantages 
and stimulus afforded by emulation and 
comparison in the growing of farm pro¬ 
ducts, and suggested that the members of 
the Grange bring samples of their products 
to the council meeting In September for 
exhibition. He thought such exhibits 
would afford a good object-lesson, and much 
might be learned by comparing notes on 
the culture and seed used. Brother T. 
Hurd thought well of the suggestion, and 
offered a resolution requesting every mem¬ 
ber to bring some product to the next meet¬ 
ing. The resolution was adopted with con¬ 
siderable enthusiasm. Brother Dillon also 
indorsed the plan, and as an inducement 
offered a year’s subscription to the Ameri¬ 
can Garden—the best periodical publication 
that he knows on the subject—to the man 
or woman, boy or girl who would bring the 
best display of garden vegetables. The 
offer was accepted with due appreciation, 
and from the interest manifested in the 
matter it is safe to say that the exhibit 
will be no mean one. 
The que*tion for debate—“ Do Farmers 
Keep up to the Times?”—was discussed 
freely but with evident difference of opin¬ 
ions. Master White thought that the farm¬ 
ers are fully abreast of the times, and in 
many things in advance of manufacturers 
and tradesmen. They are, he said, health¬ 
ier, happier and more contented. They 
ride in good wagons behind fine horses, and 
live in comfortable, happy homes* He 
criticised many farmers, and almost all 
agricultural writers for their disposition to 
find fault and grumble. The farmer who 
worked himself out of a home had never 
farmed intelligently. Go where he would 
he could find no class of people so favored 
as the honest, intelligent farmer. Brother 
Hurd took much the same view of the sub¬ 
ject, and thought that with present prices 
for farm products compared with those for 
other goods, the farmer had little to com¬ 
plain of in the way of markets. He insist- 
Please mention The R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers. 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TUNE 20 
ed that the same careful attention given to 
farming that is necessary for a successful 
commercial business, would make any farm¬ 
er in the country prosperous. Brother 
Schuyler Duryea differed somewhat with 
these views. He insisted that himself and 
his son, who remained with him on the 
farm, were not making so much money as 
the sons who were in other businesses. 
Brother Duryea, however, has one of the 
best cultivated farms in Bethel Township, 
and finally admitted that he sat down 
three times a day to a bountiful table, and 
never worried much about “ where the 
next meal was to come from.” 
Worthy Master Albert Mills, of the new 
Grange at White Sulphur Springs, reported 
very favorable conditions. The Grange has 
already about 40 members They are run¬ 
ning a store on the Roachdale system and 
are pleased with the results. The finance 
committee examines the accounts every 
month and the members of the Grange get 
a rebate based on the amount of their pur¬ 
chases. The profits from other souices go 
to the stockholders. 
The next council will probably be held at 
White Sulphur Springs in September, and 
the programme committee has prepared an 
Interesting programme for the occasion. 
The order is spreading rapidly in the coun¬ 
ty, two Granges having been organized 
during the past year, and it is believed that 
with the introduction of cooperative fire 
insurance, the membership can be doubled 
In a comparatively short time. 
J. J. DILLON, SECRETARY. 
A SUMMER EXHIBITION. 
Cayuga County Fair. 
[RURAL special report. 1 
The 5l8t annual exhibition of the Cayuga 
County Agricultural Society was held at 
Auburn, N. Y., June 2 to 6, and was a 
financial success. There were 2,000 entries, 
mostly of machinery and stock. The farm¬ 
ers of the county do not seem to be very 
enthusiastic, as the bulk of the entries were 
made by “professionals.” A bunch of 
rhubarb, some small strings of seed corn, 
and a few packages of butter were all the 
writer noticed as coming from the farmers. 
The ladies did better, and such parts of the 
“ Hall ” as were not rented to parties who 
came there to sell goods, were well filled 
with their work. A good many fine horses 
are owned in this vicinity, and the society 
did a wise thing by encouraging the breed¬ 
ers when they added a special premium for 
both the best draft and the best road stal¬ 
lion ; but they would have done better to 
have bought a purebred coach stallion and 
given his services to the members of the 
society free of charge. The money which 
was paid to worthless trotters, vicious run¬ 
ners and balloon ascensions would have 
paid for a good one. Gambling games, cane 
ringing and dime museums take away 
more of the farmers’ money than the bene¬ 
fits they receive from the fair are worth. 
I don’t understand why the noisy crew are 
tolerated, unless they wish to illustrate the 
text, “ Let not the devil get the start of you 
and be not ignorant of his devices.” If your 
son patronized all of the quacks and skin 
games found on many fair grounds he 
certainly would not be ignorant of “his” 
devices. One example of the power of in¬ 
fluence: A neighbor’s son who saw the 
parachute descent got an old umbrella and 
jumped off the barn—it will be some time 
before he will recover. 
The swine department was well filled. A. 
J. Ketchum, of Weedsport, had as fine a 
collection of Chester Whites as I ever saw. 
They are coarser than the Cheshiies which 
were exhibited by Homer Brown, of Har¬ 
ford ; but were splendid feeders. Both have 
many friends. Mr. Ketchum’s Short-horn 
cattle and poultry were equally good. The 
Poland Chinas of H. A. Lamphere, also of 
Weedsport, are finely bred. One sow that 
took first premium at the State Fair has a 
superb litter of pigs, which shows it is not 
necessary to ruin breeding stock by over¬ 
feeding in order to get a premium at the 
State Fair. 
The sweepstakes prize for the best bull 
was taken by S. B. Harlow’s Guernsey. Mr. 
Harlow also received the first premium on 
a yearling Jersey. The Guernsey was a very 
rich cream-colored, velvet skinned four- 
year-old bred by Coryden Peck, Locke, N. 
Y. To prove that heredity is a good thing 
in the family, I give a statement of the milk 
given by his relatives. 
“A test of Guernsey cows owned by Cory¬ 
den Peck, of the town of Locke, Cayuga 
County, N. Y., on December 24, 1888: The 
milk from seven cows, except what was 
saved for family use, which was about two 
quarts, weighed 44X pounds. It was tet 
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New York 8tandardWatch. Nos. 3-4. 
JVA TCHES 
FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, gratified by 
the flattering responses to its offers of 
watches to its subscribers, has made a thor¬ 
ough revision of its watch offer, and pro¬ 
poses to supply its subscribers with the best 
watches in the world at prices from 25 to 
50 per cent less than those usually charged 
by retail jewelers. The Rural New- 
Yorker wishes to have It thoroughly un¬ 
derstood that, since the watch companies 
have come to their senses and are no longer 
trying to boycott the newspapers, it is no 
longer making war upon them, but, on the 
contrary, by new arrangements it can offer 
watches to its subscribers at rates fully as 
favorable as those formerly advertised. 
Our object in making these offers is to 
give our subscribers good watches at low 
prices, to advertise The Rural New- 
Yorker, and to get new subscribers as per 
special offers at the foot of this column. 
We believe that there is not a 
poor watch in the list.Jgfl 
SPECIAL OFFERS : MEN’S SIZES. 
No. l.-A genuine New York Standard move 
ment: 7 Jewels, safety pinion, com¬ 
pensation balance, stem wind and set; 
in a solid nickel silver case, open face; 
a really excellent watch and far su¬ 
perior to any other cheap watch 
we have seen.$ 6.50 
No. 2.—Same movement as No. 1, in gold-filled 
case. 15-year guarantee, open face.... 12 00 
No 3.—Same as No. 2, hunting case (see cut 
above). 15.00 
No 4.—Same movement as No. I, in a solid gold 
14k. hunting case, weighing 40 dwt.... 37.50 
RURAL SPECIAL BARGAINS. 
No. 5.—A genulneWaltham movement; 7 Jewels, 
compensation balance, safety pinion, 
stem wind and set; in a solid nickel- 
silver case, open face. 7.25 
No. 6.—Same movement as No. 5, in gold filled 
case, guaranteed to wear 15 years, 
open faca. 14.00 
No. 7.—Same movement as No. 5, in hunting case 
same as No. 6. 16.00 
No. 8.—Same movement as No. 5, in solid 14k. 
gold hunting case, weighing 40 dwt... 33.00 
No 9.—A genuine Waltham full jewel move¬ 
ment, compensation balance, safety 
pinion, stem wind and set, patent reg¬ 
ulator, Breguet hair spring, hardened 
and tempered in form, in open face, 
nickel-silver case. 11.00 
No. 10. -Same movement as No. 9, In gold filled 
ease, guaranteed for 15 years, open 
face.16.25 
No 11—Same as No. 10, hunting case. 19.25 
No. 12.—Same movement as No. 9, in solid 14k 
gold hunting case weighing 40 dwt. 
A very handsome watch. 41.00 
LADIES’ SIZE. 
No, 13.—A genuine Waltham ladies’ watch with 
jewels, compensation balance and 
safety pinion, stem wind and set; in a 
solid coin silver case. 11 50 
No. 14.—Same move¬ 
ment as No. 13, in 
a 15 year guaran¬ 
teed gold-filled 
hunting case $15.25 
No. 15.—A beautiful 
11 jewel move¬ 
ment, full nickel, 
in a handsomely 
engraved hunting 
case made of 14k. 
U. S. Assay solid 
gold, usual retail 
price from $50 to 
$75. One of the 
prettiest watches 
for a lady that we 
have ever seen. 
The illustration 
shows the case in 
exact size and 
Ladies’Watch. No. I 5. style...$ 25.00 
The watches we sent to our subscribers 
on our previous offers have surprised us 
greatly. 1, As to the high-grade demanded 
in most cases; cheap watches were not 
wanted. 2, On account of the great num¬ 
ber called for. Only one or two complaints 
have reached us, and many have expressed 
great satisfaction with the watches re¬ 
ceived. 
The watches will be sent in connection 
with subscriptions on the following terms: 
In each case either a renewal or new sub¬ 
scription may be included. If you have 
already paid for 1891, the paper may be 
sent to the address of a new subscriber. 
Any watch in the list will be sent in con¬ 
nection with a subscription (on the same 
order) for $1.25 in addition to the amounts 
above named for the watches. 
We send the watches pre paid by regis¬ 
tered mail to any part of the United States. 
Watches sent to Canada are subject, of 
course, to Custom House restrictions. 
NOW TAKE PICTURES 
WITH 
THE KODAK CAMERA. 
Anybody can Work It. 
Everybody has heard of the famous and 
efficient little Kodak Camera with which 
anybody can quickly learn how to take 
photographs of anything under the sun ; 
landscapes, babies, sweethearts, cousins, 
uncles, animals, flowers, trees, boats and 
birds, etc. We have 
arranged to offer th< 
Kodak in two ways: 
as a premium for 20 
new subscriptions at 
$2; and also in our 
list of premiums for 
the largest clubs to 
be announced later. 
Price, $25; or given for five subscriptions at 
the club price of $1.50 and $18 additional. 
Descriptive circular of the Kodak will be 
sent on application. Send for it and learn 
what a really wonderful little apparatus 
this is. 
DO YOU LIKE ICE CREAM? 
OF COURSE YOU DO. 
Well, llien, if you have no Ice-Cream Freezer, 
or a poor one, rend this. 
Ice cream well made is a wholesome re¬ 
freshment. Almost every farmer nowadays 
has his own ice, and he can spare a little 
milk and cream now and then. Ice is cheap 
this year anyway. In fact the farmer who 
does not pro¬ 
vide ice cream 
for his fami¬ 
ly at least 
once a week, 
does not live 
up to his priv¬ 
ileges. The 
R. N.-Y. has 
tried about 
every kind of 
freezer made, 
and finds this 
one to be a 
perfect im¬ 
plement. We 
offer only the large four quart freezer. 
Price, $3. Given for only one new yearly 
subscription at $2, and four trials at 25 
cents each. For sale, to our subscribers 
only, at $2. _ 
GOOD CHEAP BOOKS. 
Silo and Silage. -b 7 a.j.cook Third 
Edition, 169 . Contains the latest and full^jt on 
the subject. More than 20,('00 sold In less than two 
years. This work is praised by such men as 
John Gould, Colonel Curtis, Professors Shelton 
and Gulley, and Dr. C E. Befsey. The author 
has proved the silo to be a very valuable aid on 
his own farm. Price, 25 cents. 
Bee-Keepers’ Guide. -By a. j. 
Cook. 15,000 sold. 460 pages; 222 Illustrations. 
Praised by Bee-Keepers In every land. The 
science and practice of modern bee keeping 
fully explained. Every Bee-Keeper should have 
it. Price, $1.00; reduced from $1.50. 
SCRIBNER’S 
LUMBER 
AND 
LOG BOOK 
Over One Million Sold.—Most complete book of 
Its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all 
kinds of lumber, logs, planks, timber ; hints to lum¬ 
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cord-wood tables, felling trees, growth of trees, land- 
measure, wages, rent, board, Interest, stave and head¬ 
ing bolts, etc. Standard book In the United States 
and Canada. Illustrated edition of 1882. 35 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, New York. 
