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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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LancMter r>o. Ak’ 1 Kalr Com. Lancaster , 
I.elianon Vol. Ag’l A; Me. A.'io .I.cl.nnon ..Sept 
T i 'i’Iii n( v Vir‘1 Vnn UNinnilti.n 
Tlogn Oo. An'I, Me. & III. Aa&o. Mutufield, . .Hep 
Venango County Ag’l Sou.. Franklin .. ,Se| 
Union A«’l A*.Of Wurrc-n Co, Sugar Ocove .Sep 
Union Ak’ l Society, BurgetUtown. Sept. 3. 
North Eastern Mil'll. Ag’l Society, Flint 
Western Mleb. Ag’l Society, Grand Kapl 
Societies, etc. 
STATE AND INDEPENDENT FAIRS. 
1884. 
STATE AND PROVINCIAL FAIRS. 
New York. Elmira.Sept. 4.10 
Vermont. Bnrllngton.. ....Sept B, 19 
Connecticut Meriden...Sept. 10, w 
Rhode Island, Providence. .sept 22,27 
Maine. l,ewl non.Sept. 22,27 
New England, Manchester, N. I!.Sept, l.fl 
Pennsylvania Philadelphia.sept. 10,30 
New Jersey Wnverly. , ....Sept. 10, 19 
Ky Ac. and Mechanical Asa Lexington_Ang. 06,80 
West Virginia. Wheeling.Sept. H, is 
Texan. Anstin.Ocl 7. II 
MH^Iaslppl. Meridian.Oct. 27 
North Carolina. Raleigh..Oct 1 2s 
Virginia Richmond. ..Oct. ft. 24 
South Carolina, Columbia.Nov. T, u 
Tennessee, Nn»nvllle.Sept. 1*. 29 
Delaware. Dover.Sept. 2C Get. 2 
Ohio, Columbu"..Sept. t,« 
Minnesota, nwatonna. .s«-pt. i,s 
Ncbraxka, Omaha. Sept. 12 
Illinois. Chlengo. Sept. *, 13 
Trl Stare, Toledo ..Sept. 8, 13 
Mloonrl. si Louis... i vt 7, n 
Wt«cos»lA. M/ultson.Sepl. 13, I!) 
Michigan, Kalamazoo .. Sopt. IS, 11 
Indiana, Indianapolis.Sept. 2f Oct. 4 
Io»h, lliilties. ... .....Aug. 29, Sept. 1 
In 1ii.<. Ex. Cincinnati, Ohio .Sept. 9, Oct. 4 
Nnithw'n In. Kx. Mlnueopolls, Minn.Sept H, 13 
Western National Fair, Lawrence, Kansas. Sept. 3 ,13 
California, Saerutnouto. Sept. 8,20 
Montana, ITHeun.Sept, 8, is 
Fat-stoolc, Chicago . Nov. II, is 
Provincial. Toronto .Sept. 10 . 20 
Canada, Ottawa.Sept- 22, 27 
Canada Wt-I, 1/union.Sept, 22, 27 
Quebec. Montreal......Aug. 29, Sept. 6 
NEW YORK COUNTY PATHS. 
RenessoluRT. t.ftnMnuburgh. 
Jefferson Watertown.... 
Queens, Mlneoto. 
.Sept, 1«,18 
. Sept *SM * 
Putnam, CarTiiol .... 
...Sant Ifi 1^ 
Suffolk, Rlvflriwad . 
Oriinse, Middleton. 
Broome, Whitney’s Point. 
Montgomery, Fonda... 
Sent 9. 11 
Ontario, Canandaigua. 
.Sopf,. TO Off } 
SteUlien, Batli .. 
Tioga. Oswego.. 
Columbia, Chatham. 
.... Sep't.so.'OctVi 
.Sept. 16 , H 
Oswego, Mexico. . 
Fulton, O^wegO Falls.. 
Tomvkln* ifhira. ., 
Lewi-. Lavrvlllc... 
. Sept, in’ is 
.Sept. J6, \H 
Sent If, 14 
Niagara, Loek|iOft. 
Saratoga. flalUton Spa. 
Otsego. Coonerstown... 
YaCefl, Penn Van . 
Genesiee Batavia. 
Oneida. Rome .. 
Allegany. Angelica. 
COUNTY FAIR* IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
Tri-State F.x. and Picnic. Williams Grove . Aug. 25, 30 
AdamsCo. Ag’L So., Gettysburg.. .Sent. 22.21 
Petroleum Ag’l. So., Purkcr'v Landing .Sept. Sri, Oct.2 
Society . Reaver...Si 
Berks Co Agricultural Society, Reading.. .Sept 28,28 
Keystone Agricultural Society, l.titxtown Sept. 18,21 
Bradford Co. Agricultural Soc., To Wanda..Se.pt. 23, 26 
Union Agricultural Society, Canton.Sept. 24,20 
Troy Farmer*’ Club. Troy ..sent. 16,20 
Dovleninwn Ag'l&Mee’l Soc.. Dorle»'t..8ept, 30, Oct. 3 
Butler Co Agricultural Society, Butler.Sept. Pi, la 
ContioqiieueRnIng Vnl. Ag’l Soc.. Harmony Sept. 9 . 13 
Carbon Co Indus. 80 c., Leighton . .Oct. 7, io 
Chester Co. Ag'l Society, Went Chester .Sept. 25, 27 
Oxford Co. Agrli-Ulturn! Society, Oxford..Sept. 24, 26 
Clarion Con a»y Fair Asao.. Clarion..sept. 23 .28 
Clearfield Count j 1 g’l Hoc., Clearfield _ .Not fixed 
Columbia Counlv Ag'l Soc., Bloomsbury ...Oct. is, 18 
I S 01 Coni earn •• tile.. .• let 1 9 
French Creek Ag’l Asso., Coehranton..Sept. 17, 19 
Gratz AgrJcultUral AHttoriallon. Graz ..Sept. 23, 2G 
Franklin County Ac'l Sne., chnmbershurg . No t dr 
Lyeomlng County Ag'l Soc., WHUaintport. ..Oct. 4 
Mercer County Ag'l Sue., Sfoneboru*_Sepl, .so Oet.'j 
Mercer Central Ag’l Soc iety, Mercer. .Sept. ID, 12 
Keystone A Huokeve Ag’l Soc.. Sharon.Sept. 18, 19 
Montour Countv Ag’l Society. Danville..Oct. I. 4 
Northampton County Ag’l Soe., .Nazareth Oct, 7.111 
Farmer •’* Mechanic*' Institute, Easton. ..Sept. 23, 28 
Northumberland Co. Ag’l 8oc.,8lmbury_Sept, |8. 21 
Potler County Az’l Society,Cornier spurt. ..Scot, 25 .27 
Schuylkill Co. Ag'l Sots 1 ‘rwig«biirg,.,Scpt. 39. Get- 3 
Rltigttiwo Ag'l Soeleiy. Rlnglnwn .Sept. Ifi. 19 
Sulllvau CAjuniy Au’1 Soc., ForktviUe .Oct 2, t 
Susquehanna county Ag’l -Sue..Montrose..Kept. 17, ih 
Hartford Ag’l Society, Hartford... .Sept. 34, 25 
FanuenC Ag'l society, Wellsbnro’ _Sept. 17, 90 
lUUIH o.^wo' . * -* — ZT ’ ’•» J • - Ul 1J Al’M 
Wyoming Co Ag.l Soc., Tunkhannock.Sent. 24,28 
York County Ag'l Society, York.Get. 7, W 
Easton....Sept. 23, 38 
OHIO COUNTY FAIRS. 
Wilmington.Aug. 12,19 
Carthage.....Aug. 19. 22 
Sabina. Aug. 18, 22 
New London. Aug. 19, 22 
Urbana.Aug. 28, 29 
Springfield.. Aug. 26,29 
Woodsfield . Aug 26.28 
Chllllcothe. Aug. 26,29 
Ripley.... Aug, 26, 29 
Fataskala.. —..*.Aug. 26, 2g 
AVelllngtnu . Aug. 26, 28 
Blanc heater...Aug. 25. 29 
Cellnn— ...Sept. 2.5 
Delaware.Sept. 9, 12 
Xenia . Sept 10,12 
Medina.Sept, id, 12 
Portsmouth.Sept. 10, 12 
Van Wert........ Sept. 11, 15 
Hartford.. Sept. 9, 13 
Meehanlesburg. Sept. 9 ,12 
Norwalk, 0. Sept. 16, 19 
Burton . . . .Sept. 15. 18 
Port Clinton.Sept. 17 ,19 
Warren .Sept. 17, ly 
Lebanon...Sept. 16, to 
Marletla... Sept. 17.19 
Bryan . ...Sept. 1(1 ,19 
Laurelvllle . Sept. IS, 19 
LoudeuvlUe.Sept 16 ,19 
Lima . Sept. ?4.27 
Jefferson.Sept. 23. 26 
New Lisbon .. Sept. 23.35 
Bucyrus ..Sept. 23 28 
Sandusky City....Sept, 22.26 
Kenton. Sept 24. 27 
Smlthfield...Sept. 21 . 26 
Paines vll le.Sept. 24,26 
McConnellsviile.Sept. 23, 26 
Paulding ..Sept. 23,26 
New i exlugton .Sept. 24, 26 
Ravenna....... Sept. 24, a; 
Ottawa .Sept. 24, 5 SJ 
Mansfield....Sept 33, 26 
Sidney .Sept. 28,98 
Wauseon.O .. Sent. 23,26 
Wapakonetta. Sept. 30, Oct. 3 
Carrollton. Sept. 20 , Get.. 2 
Mlllersburg.Sept. 30, Ocl 3 
Newark .......Sept. 30. Och 3 
Bellefontatne. Sept 30, Oct. 3 
Marlon..Sept id, Oct. 3 
Troy .Sept. 30, Oct 8 
Baton. Sepl. 29. Oct. 3 
Canton.Sept, 30 , Oct. 2 
Akron.Sept So, Oct. 8 
MarysvUle.Sept. 30 Oct. 3 
Tontogany.Sept, Si. Oct. 3 
Dayton.Sept. 29 Oct. 8 
Clvde.,. .Sept. 30, Oqt. 8 
Tiffin O.. 8 ept. 80,Oct. 3 
Plymouth. O.Sept, 30, Oct. 8 
Sarahsville.Oct. 1 , 3 
9 a <? lz .Oct. 1 , 3 
Athens.Oct. 1, 3 
Washington...Oct. 1 .3 
Findley. .Oct. 1. 4 
Georgetown.Oct. 7,10 
Hamilton. Oct. 6, 10 
Coshocton.Oct 7, 10 
Fremont.Oet.7. II 
Mt, Gilead. Oct 7 10 
Upper Sandusky.Oet.8, 11 
New Comerstown ..Oct. 7,10 
Greenfield.Oct, 14. 17 
Lancaster...Oct. 15, IS 
Orrlvlllc, O. Oct. 15, IS 
ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIRS. 
Logan, Atlanta ..Sept, 2, 5 
Aduins, Camp Point,.Sept. 1,5 
Boone, Belvldeie.Sept, 2. 5 
Carroll Mr Carroll.sept. 2.3 
De Witt, Farmer City . Sept. 2, 5 
Edgar, Purls.Sept 3, 6 
nenry, Cambridge,.Sept 1 , 5 
Kankakee, Kunkakce.Sept 2,5 
Kendall, York vine.sepl. a, r> 
Knox. Knoxville.sept. 2, 5 
La Sulle. Memlotu .Sept. 1.6 
McHenry, Woodstock.Sept. 2 5 
Snltne, Harrisburg.Sept. 2, n 
Sangamon, Springfield. .. ..Sept 1.9 
8tark. Wyoming..Sept. 2, 5 
Warren, Monmouth .Sept, 2,3 
Wtnnehngo, Rockford...Sept. 1,5 
McLean. Bloomington... , .Sept. 12 
Coles. Cunrlenton . Sept. 9. 13 
Iroounts. Watseka....Sept. 9, 12 
Richland, Olney .Sept. 9. 12 
Rock Island, Port Byron.Sept. 9,12 
William son. Marlon.sept. 9 , 12 
Stale, Chicago.Sept. 3, 13 
Bureau. Princeton. ..Sept. 16, 19 
Cumberland, Toledo.sept. 17 . jjo 
De Kalb, Sycamore.Sept. 16, 19 
McLausboro. Hamilton.Sept. 16, 20 
Jo Daviess, Warren .. .Sept. 16, 19 
Livingston. Falrbury.sept iv 19 
Ogle. Oregou.Sept. 16, 19 
Shelby. Shelby vllle. ...Sept. 16, 19 
St. Clair, Belleville.,.Sept. 16, 19 
Tazewnll, Dolavan ..sept. 13,19 
Union Jonesboro. Sept. 16,19 
Mercer, Oledo. Sept. 16 , 19 
Edwards, Albion.Sept. 23, 26 
Fulton, Avon .Sept, 73, 26 
Hardin, Elizabethtown.Sept, 24, 27 
Montgomery, Hillsboro. Sept. 23,26 
Ogle. Rochelle . Sept,. 23.26 
Pike, Pittsfield,...,.Sept. 28 26 
Saline, Eldorado.Sept. 23, 27 
Stark. Toulou .Sept. 28, 26 
Woodford, Kl Paso. Sept, 22,27 
Crawford, Robinson .S< pt. Jjo Oct. 3 
Greene, Carrollton .Sept. . 311 . Oct. 3 
Jackson, Murpbysboro. .. . .sept. 30. Ocl. 3 
Jo Daviess, Oulcnu.Sept. 30, Oct 8 
MeCoupln, Carllnvtlle.Kept. 39, Get." 3 
Marshall. Wenona. Sept, 29. Oct. 3 
McDonough. IJushuell.Sept. 39, Oct, 3 
Ford, Piper City.....Oct. 1,3 
Pope, Goleonda...•.Oct. 1, 4 
perry. Pinekneyvllle.Oct, 7. 10 
Randolph, Sparta .Oes. 15, 17 
Jackson, Carnondalo.Oct, 14, 17 
Jefferson. Mt. Vernon.Oct, 14, 17 
J. rsey, Jerseyvillc.Oot. 14, 17 
Frans U 11 . Benton .Oct. 14,17 
Marlon. Oentralla......Oct. 20, 27 
Platt, Monllcello.Aug. 18 21 
Adam*, Quincy. Aug. is, 21 
Case. Virginia.Aug. 19. ft 
Dewitt, Clinton.Aug. 19,22 
Schuyler. Rushvllle. auk 19,22 
Brown. Mt, sterling.\ug.20. 29 
Gallatin, Sluiw nee I own . Aug. 26, 29 
Hnueock, Warsaw.Aug. 26. 28 
Morgan, Jacksonville. Aug '5 29 
Union, Anna.Aug. 26, 2u 
Vermillion, CatUn... Aug. 26, 29 
Vermillion, HoopstOn.Aug. 25. 29 
Whitesides, Sterling.Aug. 26, 29 
INDIANA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Brown’s Station, Jackson...July 29, Aug. 1 
Dearborn, Aurora ..Ang .5 9 
Jennings, North Vernon. Aug. ft', 8 
Klpley, Osgood ....Aug. 12 , 15 
Delaware, Munclc.Aug, 12, 15 
Montgomery, New Ross. ,\ug. 11 is 
Boone. LohAnon.Aug. 18)22 
Dearborn, Luwrenceburgb.Aug. 19 23 
Park. Rockville.Aug, 14,23 
Jay, Dunkirk . . Aug. 19, 24 
Hervey, Middletown. . ..Aug. in 22 
Martin, Loguter . Auv. 19, 2t 
Clinton, Frankfort..Aug. 25 29 
Decatur Oreensburg.vug.2'ii 30 
Hamilton, Noblua villa.Aug. 25, 29 
Howard, Kokomo.Ang. 26 , 30 
Orange Puoll... .Aug. 26, ;!u 
Parke, Bridgeton...Aug. 2.7, to 
Johnson Edluhurg,.,.,.Aug. 26,80 
Henry, Knightstown.Aug. Jfl, 29 
Wayne, Dalton. ..Aug. 26 ,29 
Clay, Brazil........Sept. 1. 6 
Uarrlson. Oorydnn. Sept |, 3 
Jefferson, Manlson .. ...Sept a 7 
Madlsou. Anderson. Sept) 1. 5 
Newton, Morocco.Sept 2 5 
Pike. Petersburg, .sept 1.3 
Randolph, Winchester. Sept. 2. 5 
Shelby, SbslbyvlUis.Sept. 2, 9 
Wayue, CumorldgoCity...Sept. 2 0 
Orange, Orleans . Sept. 8, 6 
Hendrick, Plainfield .Sept. 3, ft 
Miami. Xenia.Sept. 2 . 6 
Clark, Charlestown.Sept. 9 . n 
Lake Crown Point .Sept u 12 
Montgomery. Crawfordsyllle.Sept. 8, |8 
Posey. Now Harmony. Sept. 9, 13 
Rush, Rush vllle . Sept. 9 , 12 
Vigo Terra Haute. Sept. 3 , 18 
Wubash, Wabash . Sept.9, 12 
Warren, West l.ehnnon...Sept. 9 18 
Washington, Salem....Sept, m! 12 
Grant, Falrmount . ..Sept. 9 . 12 
Switzerland, East Enterprise..., ..sept 9 13 
Bartholomew, Coin in Inis. ...Sept. 16 2u 
Blackford. Hartford City. Sept. l(i! 21 
Gibson. Princeton.Sept. 15 19 
Grant, ilurlon .Sept. 16 , m 
Hervey, New Castle .Sept. 1G, 20 
Huntingdon, Huntington.sept.ift 19 
Miaul, Peril. . Sent. 16, 20 
Porter, Valparaiso.Sept, 16. 19 
Tipton Tipton ...Sept. 16, 19 
Foumalu, Covington. Sept, 16, 19 
Marlon. Lawrence . Sept 16.20 
Randolph. Union City. Sept 15, 19 
Cass. Logansport.Sept. 23, 27 
Fulton, Rochester.Sept. 23,26 
Kosctuseo. Warsaw.Sept. 23 2r 
Laoorie, Laporte.Sept. 23,26 
Pulaski, Wlnnamae.Sept, 21, 26 
St Joseph. South Bend. . .Sepl. 22, >i| 
Warwick Boonevllle.Sept, 23, 27 
Wklleen, Columbia City. Sept. 24’ S 1 
Mnrlon, Acton.Sept, 22, 36 
Allen, Fort Wayne.Sept 3u. Oct.:: 
Jay. Portland .Sept 30, Get. 8 
Pulaski. Prnnolsvtllo,..Sei.t. 89,Oct. 3 
Allen.Fort Wayne. . 
nj.cm "J1» if ....HCpt OV, UCI, iS 
Jay. Portland .Sept 30, Get. 3 
Pulaski. Krunelsvllle.Sei.t. 89,Oct. 3 
De Kalb, Waterloo.Sept. 29. Get. :t 
Wells, Five Points . .Sepl, :S». Get. 2 
Lawrence, Bedford.Oct I 4 
-Miami, Macy.. out. 1 ) 4 
Elkhart, Goshen.Old 7 , hi 
Greene, Linton.Oft. 6, 19 
Perry, Rome .Oct. 6, 19 
Steuben. Angola .Out. 6,19 
Noble, KendaUvIlle..Oct. 6, 10 
Marshall Plymouth.Oet.8 1 ! 
Knox, Vincennes.Oot. 13 16 
IOWA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Oskaloona.Aug. 2r>, 29 
Keosttuqua. .Sept. 9 , 12 
Harlan ..Sepl, 33,86 
Orapello, Ottumwa.Sept. 18, 22 
Council Bluffs.Sept, 8. 12 
Linn, Cedar Rapids.Sepl. 9, 12 
Mills, Glen wood. Sept. 10, 12 
Montgomery, Red Oak.Sept. is. 19 
Inter State, Hamburg.Sept 15, 19 
Burlington. Sept. 15,19 
Agency City.Sept. 15, 18 
SUCH 10 4 6 COUNTY FAIRS. 
Central Mich. Ag’l Society, Lansing. , .Sept. 29, Oct. 3 
Fenton Union Ag’l Society, Fenton.Oct. 7. 10 
G d Traverse Co. Ag’l S’ty. Traverse Citv.Sept »>, Oct, 3 
Eaton Rapids Union Ag'l So’y, Eaton Rapids.Oct, 7, 9 
Stnekbrldgo Union Ag’l So’y, stoekbrldge.. ..Oct, 7 9 
u on Ag’l Society, Litchfield .Oct. 7. 10 
Union Ag I Society. PlaloweU. Sept 39, Get. 3 
Branch County Ag'l Society, Cold water...Sept 22 . 28 
Calhoun County. Ag’l Society. Marshall.o c t 7 , 9 
Clinton Coqnty Ag’l Society. St. John’*.Get. 7.10 
fflllsilale Co. Ag’l Society. Hillsdale ., Sepr. 80, Oot. S 
Ingham County Ag’l Society. Mason .. ...Sept. 74. 26 
Livingston ( nuntv Ag’l Society, Howell .Sept. 23. 25 
M'UMimh County A.-1 U.>et. ly. Mt. Ch-menx.Sept.2l, 36 
Oakland ( ounty Ag'l Society, Pontine,Sept. 30, Oct. 3 
Osceola 1 ounty Ag’l Society, Evnrt Sepl. 39, Oct 3 
Oceana County Ag’l Society, Hart ..Sept. Wi, <>et„ 3 
St. Joseph Co. A g'l v o’y, I’.nt rev I lie. ..Sepf. »l, Oct. 3 
Van Huron Co. Ag’l So’y. Paw Paw_Sept. <o, Oct, 3 
Washtenaw On. Ag'l Ro’y, Ann Arhor Sept, :K), Oe.t. 3 
MISSOURI COUNTY FAIRS. 
.Aug. 18.21 
Marshall. s „ pt . .j, 7 
Sedalia......Sept 28,80 
Cape Girardeau. tjet. II, 18 
NKUUASKA COUNTY FAIU8. 
State, Oinnha. sept S 12 
Lincoln, Lancaster. Sept, lli’ 19 
Kearney, Buffalo .Sept, 30. Oct. 3 
Freemout, Dodge. .Oct. 1.3 
RHODE ISLAND COUNTY FAIRS. 
Washington. W. Kingston.Sept. 9 ,11 
Woonsocket .. Sept. 16, 18 
Newport, Aquklnook Ag’l Society.Sept. 16. 18 
NEW JERSEY COUNTY FAIRS. 
Burlington, Mt, Holly.Oct, 7, 11 
CONNECTICUT COUNTY FAIRS. 
New London. .......Sept. 23 
Westbrook.. .. ‘ . Oct 27 
Norwalk. Fairfield.Sept. 29, Oct. 4 
Danbury.Oct. 7, ll 
educational. 
Northern Mich. Ag’l Society. Greenville.Oct. 7, 10 
Armada Ag’l Society. Armada. .Oct. I, 4 
Avon Ag'l Society, Rochester.Oct. ll, 16 
Brooklyn Union Ag’l Socletv. Brooklyn_Sept. 23, 26 
Central Fair Association, Hubbardston... .Sept. 23,26 
CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 
If there is nny one thing of which Ameri¬ 
cans should be proud, it is the hl*;h position 
already taken by our institutions of learning. 
Though but. little uioro than 100 years old, aa 
a nation, and less than 'JO0 years since wo 
were anybody, already many of our higher 
schools vie in efficiency with those of the Old 
World, grown mossy with the lapse of ages. 
Among the younger American educational 
institutions, Cornell University has taken 
high rank. Though it is less than 15 years 
since the site now occupied was a corn-field, it 
is now filled with fine buildings, devoted to 
the uses of the different departments, and 
through the munificence of the Government 
and of public-spirited individuals, it has at its 
disposal irnmeuso wealth. Iks many millions 
are constantly being increased by fresh gifts. 
Its fine library building already contains 
some 50,000 volumes, among which are the 
Antiiou, the Bopp, the Goldwiu Smith, the 
White, the Kelly, the Cornell, and the May 
Libraries. The late Jenny McClraw-Piske, by 
her will, made this library residuary legatee, 
and from her estate it has already recejved 
over $700,000, and much more is to be added. 
The income of this princely sum is to bo used 
exclusively for the support and increase of 
the library. 
The University has a large estate, some 150 
acres of which are well farmed, and are used 
as a source of instruction for tho agricultural 
students. Being so munificently endowed, it 
is very liberal in the treatment of students. 
Agricultural students from any State are re¬ 
ceived and taught without any charge what¬ 
ever for tuition, during the four years’ course; 
moreover, the Stati^ of Now York is entitled 
to send, each year, 128 students, each for a 
four years’ course, making 512 which the 
State can keep constantly in attendance, and 
they can take any course they choose, free of 
tuition. In addition to these, the UniversiHy 
has just established nine scholarships, which 
are open to competition at the beginning of 
each year, good for a four years’ course, and 
each holder is presented with $200 a year as 
assistance in defraying his expenses. The 
strange thing is that with such splendid facili¬ 
ties and such a liberal policy, Instead of 512 
students to which tho State is entitled, there 
were only 170 last year; and in the agricul¬ 
tural course only 12 were present, wbei’eas 
there should have been at least as many hun¬ 
dreds. 
Cornell has the means, and is willing to pro¬ 
vide the facilities, and we hope the young men 
from all over the United Btates will flock 
thither for a course in agriculture, in suc?h 
numbers that it will be necessary to erect a 
hall especially to accommodate them, and 
this should be made the model agricultural 
school of America. 
- » ■» »-- 
CONVENTION OF TEACHERS OF AGRI¬ 
CULTURE. 
The Natioual Association of the Teachers of 
Agriculture held their fourth annual meeting 
at Cornell University, June 24 and 25, and at 
the New York Experimental Station at 
Geneva on June 2d. These meetings are held 
each year at some one of the different schools 
where agriculture is taught as a science, and 
this class of teachers are doing very much to 
educate and elevate the farmers’ sons and 
daughters, thus fitting them to cultivate the 
land in a better manner and to take advantage 
of Nature’s laws in increasing its productive¬ 
ness, and it is very fitting that they should 
thus meet each year at some school where 
agriculture is taught, and by comparing 
methods of instruction, and inspecting what is 
being done in an experimental way, be bene¬ 
fited by the oxrerienee of other*. 
When tho importance of a proper education 
of the farmers is considered, it is to be regret¬ 
ted that every teacher of agriculture does not 
make it a point to be in attendance at these 
re-unions. It was the general sentiment of the 
teachers present, that it does not pay to spend 
too much of the student ’s time in learning the 
simple practices of the farm, such as plowing, 
hoeing, (fee.; that these may and should all be 
learned by each student at home on the farm 
before attending these schools, or else that 
every one should bo required to learn them 
during tho vacation by practical work on the 
college farm, or with some good practical 
farmer. The student should be taught the 
principles; the details he should get in actual 
farm work. It, was remarked that the 3nest 
law schools do not make practical lawyers, 
nor do the finest medical schools turn out 
practical doctors; for after tho students have 
learned tho theory of law or of medicine, they 
then enter sotno lawyer’s office, or hospital, 
and by daily practice learn the practical ap¬ 
plication of tho principles learned. Much 
should bo tho course in agricultural schools; 
the students should be taught the principles of 
farming, aud how to direct and manage the 
different operations of the farm, and then, 
while training with some good farmer, they 
should acquire the practice. One speaker re¬ 
marked that the course in agriculture of the 
colleges made rnou of broader views aud more 
varied knowledge than any other; that while 
in others, men were made specialists, here they 
were taught tho essentials of many sciences. 
It was a source of regret to all that while the 
States provide so liberally for the education 
of nearly all other classes, they are all so 
stingy in their appropriations for tlm educa¬ 
tion of tho very people who support, to a 
very large extent, all others; and it was 
agreed that it was a disgrace that, where 
other educational institutions get thousands, 
the agricultural colleges get only hundreds. 
“xtr » 
Several inquiries have been made about 
the Louisiana Lottery. Tills concern was 
chartered by the State of Louisiana when 
umler “nigger government,” and it is nearly 
tho only institution founded then that still re¬ 
mains popular with the people of the Pelican 
State, judging from the fact that they refuse 
to repeal the laws relating to it.. When it was 
first founded, gambling dens were in full 
blust on the ground floors opening on Canal, 
St. Charles. Camp, and many of the other 
principal streets of tho Crescent City: these 
petty swindles were suppressed when the 
Democrats got control of the Legislature a 
dozen years ago; but the arch swindle, the 
wbulo among the minnows, had even then at¬ 
tained SO much power, that no effort wusmade 
to ahoiish it. Since then its influence has in¬ 
creased so that It is now said to “own Louisi¬ 
ana,” Grown lusty on the money drawn from 
the pockets of fools and gamblers in all parks 
of the country, it controls, to a great ex¬ 
tent, the State Government of Louisiana and 
the municipal authorities of Now Orleans; has 
much influence in sending Representatives and 
Senators to Washington, and it has oven been 
charged in Congress, that the great Exposi¬ 
tion, described elsewhere in this issue, was got 
up mainly to fill its coffers by contributions 
from visitors to the city. It has been branded 
as a swindle by Postmaster General Gresham, 
who was threatened with an action for libel 
by Daubignd, the general manager of the con¬ 
cern. It is on the “black list” of the Post- 
Office, and cannot use tho United States mail 
for its swindling purposes, except surreptiti¬ 
ously. The Philadelphia Times stigmatized it 
as a humbug, a fraud, aud a swindle, and was 
prosecuted for libel, the damages being laid at 
$100,000; hut the Court decided, in substance, 
that a notorious swindle, like tho Lottery, 
could not get a verdict for libel, for being 
properly characterized as a humbug, a fraud, 
aud a swindle. This verdict prevented Dau- 
bign«5 from bringing a large number of other 
suits against other papers that had the cour¬ 
age to call Ids enterprise by its right name. 
Remember that the most honest sort of a 
lottery merely receives money from a multi¬ 
tude, returning only a part of it, in the form 
of prizes, to a few. It handles only other peo¬ 
ple’s money, a large part of which it keeps as 
pay for the managers, agents, etc., and ex¬ 
penses of advertising, etc. As it gets money 
easily, it spends it freely, devoting to prizes 
just enough to stimulate the gullibility of 
