Address delivered before Warren County Agricultural Society
L Vermone speaks at Sugar Grove on September 23 1851 to inaugurate Warren County’s first agricultural fair. He urges farmers and mechanics to unite through society and exhibition, stresses farming’s essentials and dangers of soil exhaustion, and cites census lessons and Pennsylvania’s new State Agricultural Society to promote education and improved tillage.
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Warren County Agricultural Society
Sugar Grove
L. Vermone
Sam
Warren County
Mount Vernon
Pennsylvania
United States
New York
Thor
Education for Farmers Over West Point in Nation’s Plan
A speaker advocates an agricultural college funded like West Point to educate farmers' sons. He contrasts war spending with farming education, urges nationwide agricultural societies, and notes rising agricultural chemistry and timber decline signaling economic shifts in Warren County.
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Jesse Buel
New York
Buel
Congress
West Point
Warren County
Ambition to Improve Farms and Support Society
A speaker urges perpetual land improvement, education, and science to preserve liberty and prosperity for future generations. He recalls early local settlement, growth from 350 to 15,000, and praises agriculture, railroads, telegraph, and steam power as engines of progress. He supports the Sunbury Erie Railroad and a push to unite Warren County with its state, calling for forward, onward action.
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New York
Whitestown
Oneida Co
Sugar Grove
Sacketsburg
Lottsville
Academy Reserve
Johnny Hood
Columbus
Atlantic
Cincinnati
Warren
Jamestown
Union
Daguerre
Warren County
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
N.Y
Erie
Baltimore
Washington City
Excelsior
Irish Salute Ends In Misadventure On Ship
Two Irish sailors were left in charge of a ship with a ban on noise. One hid a bag over a cannon mouth while the other fired it, creating a loud blast. Officers found only one man, the other vanished with the bag as both hurried to shore.
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Pat
Patrick
Inventor’s rat catching bed-time method in old note
A Yankee inventor describes a bizarre method to trap rats by placing a scented bait on the pillow in a heavily infested room. He advises staying awake until rats appear, then making a grab to catch them, using strong smelling cheese herrings barley meal and dried codfish as bait.
Dutchman recounts escape after boat capsizing
A Dutchman tells how he survived a boating disaster that claimed thirteen companions. When asked how he avoided their fate he calmly replies I did not go into peat.
The Dog as Noble Companion in Scott’s Writings
Sir Walter Scott extols the dog as a noble, truthful companion lacking deceit and memory of both friend and foe. He notes the dog’s intelligence, loyalty, and unwavering defense of benefactors, warning against human treachery that cannot corrupt a hound’s fidelity.
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Finnuiry
Tun Doo
Sir Walter Scott
Ache Away Subaltern Tells Off Foot Rheumatism
A Boston man with a severe rheumatic attack in his foot bathes rubs and swathes the limb. After tearing off the bandages he defiantly shouts Ache away old fellow and vows to do nothing more until the ache leaves, declaring the chile can stand it as long as he can.
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Boston
Chile
Death in the Country in an Old New England Village
An 1851 reflection contrasts rural and urban death. A country village shares grief intimately, while the city burial ritual feels distant and noisy. Greenwood offers peace, and the bell tolls mark years of life, prompting meditation on aging and mortality.
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Coon
New-England
Greenwood
Earth
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Warren Mail
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P. R. Bennett
Water Street
Waterr & Russel
A. Wriant
R. K. Russel
Hazeltine & CO
Variety Hall
Exchange
G. W. Hazelting
S. P. Johnson
L. —. Guignon & Co
J. W. Wetmor
John Lt. Walter
Erie, Pennsylvania
L. T. Parmlee
Carver House
Warren Co
Olney & Davis
Scofield & Brown
Waterest
Warren, Pa
Glenni W. Scofield
William D. Brown
J. W. Breed
Page
D. Titus
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Ames & Davis
Benson & Verback
WLE & Couse
Hull & King’s
Arver
J. H. Hull
Warren, Warren Co
Diamond House
Cox
Court Horse
Youngsville Hotel
Wiliam Mead
Youngsville
Sugargrove H House
J. J. Willson
Sugargrove
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow Building
Rasselas Brown
Curtis & Miles
Law
B. Curtis
John N. Miles
Carvers & Arnett
H.g.mair
DM. Williams
Temperance House
J. D. Summerton
Hickory St
Armelee & Gilman
Water St
Parmeler
H. Gilman
Summerton & Church
Carver
Water St. Warren
W. Rathbun Co
Breeze Point
Gilman Merrill
Mansion House
New 200 York
Ie Grocery
Myron Waters
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