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Mrs. E. G. Vernon, pickles, first
1 00
Mrs. Johanen Hurley, pickles, second. 50
Lewis Gwinn, dried fruits. 50
Mrs. Silas Hughes, canned fruits, first .. 00
Mrs. Johanan Hurley, canned fruits, second. 1 00
Mrs. Silas Hughel, collection of jellies, preserves, butters, pick- les, etc., first. 5 00
Mrs. E. G. Vernon, collection as above.
1 00
Farm Products, Etc.
MRS. J. HURLEY.
Five pounds butter, first 2 00
Collection cakes, second 1 00
Gallon apple butter, first 1 00
NANCY DILLON.
Carrots ..
50
Collection vegetable crops, second. 1 00
Collection wines, first. 1 00
WILLIAM CLIFFORD.
Half bushel Irish potatoes, first. 2 00
Collection potatoes, all kinds, second 3 00
Collection watermelons, second. 2 00
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HENRY KEMP.
Collection grass seeds, all kinds, first. $4 00
Half bushel timothy seed, first, 2 00
Half bushel clover seed, first 2 00
Half bushel flax seed, first
2 00
J. HURLEY.
Half bushel oats, second 1 00
Half bushel white corn, second.
1 00
SAMUEL HUGHEL.
Half bushel white wheat, first. 2 00
Half bushel yellow corn, second. 1 00
Catharine Hartman, 5 pounds butter second 1 00
T. Wilhoit & Son, box honey in comb, first. 2 00
Mrs. A. Garretson, loaf wheat bread, yeast rising, first 2 00
Mrs. Laura Scribner, loaf wheat bread, first. 2 00
Mrs. R. N. Clark, loaf wheat bread, second 1 00
Mrs. J. R. Stephenson, collection cakes, first. 2 00
Samuel Tappan, half bushel white wheat, second 1 00
J. R. Stephenson, half bushel red wheat, first 2 00
Silas Hughett, half bushel red wheat, second 1 00
John Cummins, half bushel oats, first
2 00
M. Longacre, half bushel white corn, first. 2 00
Wm. Johns, half bushel yellow corn, first
2 00
John Noland, collection corn, first. 3 00
Lewis Gwinn, collection vegetable crops 3 00
Lewis Gwinn, collection sweet potatoes 2 00
50
Lewis Gwinn, collection onions.
50
John Noland, half bushel Irish potatoes, second.
. 00
John Noland, collection tomatoes.
1 00
Elizabeth McWilliams, collection cabbage
1 00
Mrs. Silas Hughell, collection peppers.
1 00
A. Jackson, collection squashes
50
Martin Brown, collection pumpkins. 1 00
Martin Brown, collection watermelons 3 00
Sewing Machines.
Singer Manufacturing Co., sewing machine, first diploma and ... 5 00
Collection sewing and samples, first diploma and. 3 00
Organs.
Estey organ, (parlor), first diploma and 2 00
Estey organ, (church), first diploma and. 2 00
Fine Arts, Paintings, Etc.
Ollie Stilwell, landscape painting in oil, first.
5 00
Portrait painting in oil, first. 5 00
Lewis Gwinn, collection beets
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Animal painting in oil, first $5 00
Fruit painting in oil, first. 3 00
Byron Scribner, fancy painting in oil, first 3 00
Annie Waldon, flower painting in oil, first : 00
Picture in water colors, first. 2 00
Henderson & Searle, sign painting, first.
: 00
Philip Hawk, display of oil paintings, first .. 5 00
Display plain photographs, first.
1 00
Display colored photographs, first .. 2 00
Chas. C. Thompson, collection by picture dealer, first 5 00
J. M. Jackson, India ink portrait, first. 2 00
Mrs. E. G. Vernon, picture medley, first 2 00
Louisa Jackson, pastel painting, first. 2 00
Bertha Mccullough, crayon picture, first 2 00
Home Manafactures, Etc.
Anna Dipboye, pound of stocking yarn, first. 1 00
Ada Harter, 10 yards rag carpet, first. 1 00
Mary East, double woolen coverlet, first. 2 00
Mrs. W. R. Pierse, double cotton coverlet, first. 2 00
Elizabeth MeWilliams, pair woolen stockings, first. 50
Mary East, pair woolen socks, first 50
Mary East, pair cotton stockings, first. 50
Amelia Jackson, pair cotton socks 50
Rebecca Cummings, ten yards toweling, first. 1 00
Rebecca Cummins, ten yards jeans, first. 2 00
Elizabeth McWilliams, ten yards satinet, first 2 00
Elizabeth McWilliams, ten yards plain flannel, first 2 00
Mrs. J. Hurley, ten yards plaid flannel, first. 2 00
Anna Dipboye, home made blankets, first. 2 00
Charles Lipfert, pair boots, first diploma. 1 00
Display of Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy Goods and Perfumeries, etc. Elden B. Pierse, first 15 00
Carriages, Buggies, etc.
Miller Carriage Company, family carriage, first diploma and ... 1 00
Miller Carriage Company, top buggy, first. 1 00
Miller Carriage Company, open buggy, first .. 1 00
Miller Carriage Company, Shifting seat buggy, first 1 00
J. R. Patton & Co., spring wagon, first diploma and 1 00
J. R. Patton & Co., display and variety buggies, first diploma and 5 00
George Mathes, farm wagon, first diploma 1 00
Furniture, etc.
J. RABER & CO.
Collection Furniture, first diploma and. 6 00
Collection Parlor Furniture, first diploma and
5 00 .
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Collection Chamber Furniture, first diploma and $1 00
Best bureau, first diploma and 1 00
Best bedstead, first diploma and .. 1 00
Best extension table, first diploma and. 1 00
Best book case, first diploma and 1 00
Best sofa lounge, first diploma and.
1 00
Mechanical, Agricultural, Etc.
WAGONER & FISHER.
Portable cider mill, first diploma and. $1 00
General purpose plow, first diploma and 2 00
Trash plow, first diploma and 1 00
Single shovel plow, first diploma and. 2 00
Road plow, first diploma and. 2 00
One horse plow, first diploma and. 2 00
Churn, first diploma and. 1 00
Clothes wringer, first diploma and. 1 00
Grain cradle, first diploma and. 2 00
BENJ. F. ALFORD.
Collection of wheat drills, etc., first diploma and. 3 00
Three horse plow, first diploma and. 2 00
Alluvial soil plow, first diploma and. 2 00
Stubble plow, first diploma and.
2 00
Sod plow, first diploma and. 2 00
Display and variety plows, first diploma and. 2 00
A. B. REEVES.
Two-shovel plow, first diploma and 2 00
Corn fender, first diploma and. 2 00
WM. P. NEWMAN & CO.
Wood or coal cooking stove, first diploma and 2 00
Wood cooking stove, first diploma and .. 2 00
Parlor stove, first diploma and.
2 00
Collection stoves, tin and sheet iron ware, first diploma and .... 10 00
Mitchell & Brother, fancy marble work, first diploma and .. 5 00
C. C. Miller, wooden pump, first diploma and. 2 00
Wearing Apparel, Embroidery, Etc.
BOBO & LESHER.
Fine suit gents' clothes, first. 5 00
Buisness gents' clothes, first. 5 00
LOTTIE SWIFT.
Display of bead work, first. 2 00
Cotton or linen embroidery, first 1 00
Needle case, first. 50
Morning wrapper, first .. 2 00
Plain night dress, first 1 00
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MRS. E. J. PIKE.
Display of millinery goods, first $5 00
JENNIE SWIFT.
Chair tidy, first 2 00
Silk embroidery, first.
2 00
Worsted embroidery, first
1 00
Display of worsted work, first
2 00
Chair cover, first
2 00
Chenille embroidery, first
2 00
Embroidered chemise, second.
1 00
Neatest-made suit of ladies underwear, second 2 00
Hearth rug, first. 2 00
Log-cabin quilt, first ..
5 00
Embroidered handkerchief, first
2 00
Lady's collar and cuffs, first.
1 00
JESSIE ADAMS.
Picture in embroidery, first 3 00
Worsted flowers, first ... 3 00
50
Hattie Blacklidge, tuft work, first ..
1 00
Mrs. George C. Forrey, pin cushion, first
1 00
MRS. HORACE E. JONES.
Watch case, first 50
Embroidered chemise, first 00
4 00
Baby quilt, first
1 00
Preserved leaves and flowers, first ..
1 00
CALLIE SANDERS.
Lamp map, first. 1 00
Specimen tatting, first
1 00
Mrs. Phœbe Irwin ; ornamental hair work, first 2 00
MRS. MAHALA B. STEWART.
Best made skirt, second 1 00
Neatest pair pillow slips, first. 2 00
Neatest made suit ladies underwear
3 00
Neatest made ladies skirt, first
2 00
Worsted quilt, first
5 00
Sheil work, first
1 00
Mrs. W. C. Emerson ; Best made shirt, first.
2 00
Mrs. A. Huston ; crochet chemise, first.
3 00
Ollie K. Stilwell; best Afghan, first.
3 00
Mrs. Jennie Conwell ; best baby Afghan, first 2 00
Mrs. D. Hodson ; crohet shawl, first. 2 00
Mrs. Byron Scribner ; neatest made ladies shirt, second. 1 00
Mrs. James McKeown, bead basket, first
Embroidered night dress, first and second
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Mrs. Rebecca Miller ; home-made tablecloth, first. $2 00
Emma Russell; specimen tapestry, first. 2 00
MRS. A. A. SIDDALL.
Silk quilt, first 5 00
Infants suit, first 2 00
Mattie Bliven ; Pair mittens, first.
50
Libbie Makepeace; Silk cradle cover
2 00
Mrs. R. N. Clark; specimen stocking darning, first 1 00
Mrs. E. G. Vernon ; gents' crochet scarf, first. 1 00
Mrs. James Mohan ; knit quilt, first 2 00
Mrs. Philip Hawk, agricultural wreath, first. 2 00
Nellie Brown ; wax boquet first. 2 00
Mrs. O. W. Huston, cage of living birds‘ first 2 00
Mrs. N. Armstrong, Ottoman, first 2 00
Josie Adams, pair slippers, first 1 00
Annie Conwell, sofa pillow, first. 2 00
Mary Duchane, wax flowers, first. 2 00
Mary East, calico quilt, first. 1 00
Mrs. J. L. Willetts, zephyr shawl, first 1 00
Lucinda Philpot, puzzle quilt, first 2 00
Virgie Dering, toilet set, first. 2 00
Hester Hughel, patch quilt, first 5 00
Articles entered by exhibitors, for which no class was published, and which are entered in the " Miscellaneous " list, will be passed upon by the Executive Commitee and appropriate premiums awarded where such articles may merit the same, and such awards will be published in the next issue of the Herald.
Premiums Awarded on Speed Horses.
3 MINUTE TROT.
D. Brown, " Belle Rich," first 60 00
L. M. Hiatt, " Gray Dan," second 45 00
R. J. Hunt, " Pet," third. 20 00
3 MINUTE PACE.
W. R. Pierse, " Lady," first .. 40 00
R. J. Hunt, " Flora Jenkins," second 20 00
J. N. Hodson, " Hoosier Girl," third. 10 00
2:45 MINUTE TROT.
L. D. Caldwell, " James L.," first 100 00
D. P. Shawhan, " Phoebe C.," second 50 00
Gus Glidden, " Roan George," third. 25 00
FREE PACE.
Thomas Nugen, "Tom Hendricks," first. 75 00
Isaac Smith, " Crazy Sam," second. 50 00
A. D. Helm, " Hoosier Tom," third. 25 00
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FREE TROT.
Sam Pence, " B. M. Dolly," first. $125 00
L. L. Lawrence, " St. Lawrence," second 75 00
Gus Gliddon, "Norma," third. 25 00
RUNNING RACE.
Obed Kilgore, " Lazy Jane," first. 50 00
J. Brown, " " Bay Jim," second 25 00
J. Williamson, " Betsey," third 15 00
READINESS FOR ACTION.
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MADISON COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE, AUGUST 27, 1874.
BY W. S. TINGLEY.
There are but few great questions that excite international interest. The principal employment of the great masses of the people of any nation, is to secure home interests and to make valuable home products. The few great interests of the human race that have become, or are becoming univer- sal may be enumerated as the commercial, the postal, the telegraphic, the scientific, the religous, and the educational. While some of the above mentioned departments of human activity are of less general importance than the others, they all more or less find their developments among the great sisterhood of nations. These great undertakings are calcu- lated to bring them into closer intimacy with each other, and to elicit the most thorough discussion and careful advise- ment.
Commerce through its various avenues of exchange, such as railroads, canals, rivers, lakes and oceans, produces a chain which interlinks the various peoples of the globe. The iron horse acknowledges no State lines or national boundaries. He stops not at the almost insurmountable obstacles that would impede his progress in his trans-con-
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tinental journey. His shoes of steel follow their serpentine path through thick forests, over vast breadths of prairie, along the winding courses of proud rolling rivers, up the sides of craggy, precipitous mountains, till he is the wonder of the world.
" Swift Commerce spreads her wings, And tires the sinewy sea-bird's as she flies, Fanning the solitudes from clime to clime."
The men " that go down to the sea in ships that do busi- ness in great waters," do not seem to be trammeled by the lines that have been laid in the deep, but transfer the pro- ducts of every clime under the sanction of universal law.
The machinery of the postal departments of the world while much complicated, performs its duties with almost noisless harmony. So perfect and effective are the workings of this, the nearly crowning one of modern improvements, that in a few days or weeks an individual can communicate in writing with the most distant parts of the globe.
The wonders of the telegraphic system I need not stop to speak of at length. They multiply daily. Over our heads, under our feet, under the rolling oceans-everywhere- sparkling thought flies with lightning speed. Time is noth- ing. We annihilate space. The markets of London at 2 P. M. we know at 11 A. M. of the same day. It has been but a few days since I read a very singular paragraph in the Indianapolis Journal. Judge Newcomb, of that city, desired a bit of information from a man in London. He sent a dispatch at 11:30 A. M., and at ten minutes past two o'clock he had an answer. The time of the transaction was just two hours and forty minutes. This dispatch had trav- eled a distance of 10,000 miles in an incredibly short time, if we view the matter from the times previous to the inven- tion of telegraphy. But now the transaction passes under the eye of the casual reader with no more surprise than he would manifest on reading the price of pork in Cincinnati.
The point I wish especially to impress in the reference to the things just mentioned, is the readiness and effectiveness with which they do their work. Every effect must have an
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adequate cause. The truth of this proposition will at once strike any one, though he be not versed in the language of the logician. Natures own logic leads him through the- premises to the conclusion. If we ask, then, wherein lies the effectiveness of these great international enterprises, we. shall find the answer to be systematic, persevering work.
Let us now pass from these general observations which have helped us to bring to view and to illustrate a great principle of action, to some more particular matters affect- ing the great question of education. Like the others, it is- becoming, in a sense, an international question. But like all great mental problems the solution is a slow process. Deep water runs still ; but its force is none the less effective. It will finally become like the surging deep, whose tides are irresistible, carrying the remains of shattered and sailorless- vessels to dismal and uninhabitable shores ; so the surging tides of popular, liberal education are driving to certain destruction the false and tyrannical opinions of men who have thought that ignorance and slavery are the just and proper conditions of man. This grand scheme of universal education is not pushed forward alone by the supposed " lords of creation," but the gentler sex, by the tender dis- tillation of her influence, consisting of strong intellectual power and tender affection, is making glad and fruitful the cheerless desert of human ignorance. May the good work be pushed forward till the boundaries of its influence be co-extensive with the race of man.
But leaving these statements, which are of so general a character, let us devote a few words to the elucidation of the theme announced at the beginning of this address. View- ing the system of liberal education in its different aspects, we find three distinct classes of work to be accomplished. First the mere acquirement of knowledge, comprehending every department of instruction. We may be permitted to call it a kind of cramming process-a gathering together of materials from widely separated sources, into the compass of the mind. How slowly the boy of outdoor and rugged habits, becomes reconciled to this kind of intellectual medi-
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cation, although it may be administered in "broken doses!" But it seems that the condition to which fate has assigned us, demands this, and so we must be contented. Second, it is prosposed to make the things acquired definite and pre- cise, assuming that what we remember is what we know, and not simply what we learn. Concentration of mind is ·essential to any successful mental effort. Attention lies at the base of all mental activity. "If we closely analyze the process of our minds in the exercise of this power," says Mr. Haven, we shall find, I think, that it consists chiefly in this : the arresting and detaining the thoughts, excluding thus the exercise of other forms of mental activity, in con- sequence of which the mind is left free to direct its whole energy to the one object in view." It may take long training to learn how to fix things in the mind, but it must be done before we have found the "philosopher's stone, or have in our possession the "key of knowledge." Third, and by far the most valuable acquisition, if it may indeed be placed in the category of attainments, is to become skillful and ready in the use of the things learned. On this, more than anything else, will depend our success in the great issues of life. A high price is set on skill in any under- taking. He who has it, has the lever whose potency will move the world.
The three phases of education, of which I have just spoken, are beautifully and tersely expressed by another, in one sent- ence: " Reading makes a full man, writing a correct man, conference a ready man." One may read till his appetite is sated-till his intellectual store house is filled to overflowing, and yet accomplish but little in the busy, hur- ried scenes of a progressive age. He may allow the ink on many a well dipped pen to dry up, in seeking the proper word to turn advantageously some lingering thought; or weigh each word in scientific scales, nicely poised, and yet lack one of the essential attributes which make up the true man, that is, the conference-the preparedness-which makes him a ready, trusty, efficient actor in the great drama of human existence.
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Aristotle used to say to his pupils, " I don't teach you philosophy, but how to philosophize." " To philosophize is to think." It is to reason into the nature and causes of things. One hour of vigorons, diligent thought is worth days of careless reading. It makes a man feel that he has control of his own intellectual activities, and gives him the means of studying more carefully the operations of men about him. Here, then, is the first great lesson to be learned by the true instructor. Bring "beaten oil" into the sanctuary. Like the High Priest under the Jewish law, who took the purest prepared oils into the tabernacle, so when you enter the sacred profession of the teacher, and lead pupils to the shrine of mystic lore, bring lessons well pro- pared though it may have cost hours of labor or the con- sumption of "midnight oil." It will make you ready, commanding, efficient, instructive. It will inspire your pupils with vigorous exertion, and landable ambition in the performance of their respective duties. You may think the process is slow, but it is sure. Be like the man who said if he were going to be hanged at the expiration of four min- utes, or present the solution of a certain problem, he would consume two minutes in thinking before he would begin the operation.
But the talent demanded by this age is that which does its work with great rapidity. It must be done at railroad speed or by telegraph. The man who stops too long to cal- culate is left, to his surprise, among the things that were. The age says, " You are too slow. You do not understand what we mean : 'we mean business."" We have, as it seems, no place now for the good old country schoolmaster who taught all day-and part of the night-to please his patrons. We move on, however, quite nicely without him. The preacher who prolongs his discourse to exceed thirty or forty minutes, for the remaining time will address restless and anxious auditors. Prayers and songs must be corres- poudingly short, if the worshippers are expected to remain upon the hights of Mount Zion. The train of cars that does not make twenty-five or thirty miles an hour is too
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slow. Impetuosity seems to be the watchword. While extremes are not to be recommended, there is a reasonable alertness that should be found among the qualifications for any work.
Readiness for action is one of those rare gifts which nature in her bestowment of faculties has but sparingly distributed. I call readiness a faculty of the mind ; and a " faculty of the mind," says Mr. Haven, " is the mind's power of acting." And he further says, "the mind has as many distinct fac- ulties as it has distinct powers of action, distinct functions, distinct modes and spheres of activity." I call readiness a rare gift or faculty, "because the ready man is born, not made." No amount of cultivation, however close and rigid it may be, will enable a man to say and do the best things on the "spur of the moment." It is not practice but taet that. enables a man to dash off a masterly newspaper or review article on some memorable event immediately after it occurs, or take instant advantage of an enemy's blunder, like Napoleon or Marlborough. Readiness is a faculty lying outside the arena of acquirement. Those possessing it may highten it by cultivation for the ordinary occurrences of life, but for the extraordinary occasions, if it comes at all, it will come without being bidden. "It is a 'natural taet or intu- ition'-an inspiration-a kind of presence of mind which enables one to meet a crisis, parry a thrust, strike a blow, or say the right word in the very 'nick of time' without reflec- tion or delay."
Some men stand thunder-struck at the quickness and effectiveness with which men do some things, while there is nothing in the surroundings that appears to give them the advantage over themselves. An anecdote is told of Colum- bus that on a certain occassion while dining with some friends, to amuse themselves they tried to stand an egg on one end. After the other guests had made several fruitless attemps to accomplis the feat, Columbus picked up the egg, and striking the table with sufficient force to break the shell, was acknowledged the triumphant contestant. "Oh!" say they, " any of us could have done that !" "Yes," said Columbus ,
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" you could if you had known how." "The knowing how" was just the thing they did not know. That tact which Columbus possessed was what discovered the American con- tinent. It was the lever that moved the world toward America. There is scarcely a direction in which one may turn his eyes or his thoughts, where this happy faculty is not in demand. In war, politics, journalism ; at the bar and in the senate, in social intercourse-it is a great power. Nothing adds so much to conversation as the apt hits that are so frequently made that point out their author as the center of attraction. In all kinds of tongue-fence-the nice balancing of powers with powers-the close hand-to-hand encounter of intellects, where the home thrust is often so suddenly given, this rare faculty is indispensable. Patrick Henry in the Virginia convention, while all others were waiting and doubting, and their hearts were failing them, seized the moment-struck the blow-which plunged the col- ony into the depths of revolution. There was but one Patrick Henry-there could be but one. He was born for that hour. He said just the right thing, at the right time, and in the right place. It produced the desired effect by its opposite utterance. It fired the spirits, it stirred the blood of the noble sons of Virginia, and they made bare their arms in defense of right and liberty, and to meet a sturdy foe, rushed into the thickest of the bloody contest.
Another incident of the Revolutionary struggle will further illustrate the point in hand. The night before the battle of Trenton, the chances of war were against the American forces. The English were waiting for the morning light · to come-for the river to become solid with ice-that they might cross, surprise and capture the little army of Revolu- tionary heroes ; but there was one. with apparently more than human sagacity who was ready for the emergency. He with his little army, in the face of a driving snow, of plunging ice, of stinging cold and of opposition of subor- dinates, crossed the river and conquered the proud enemy. And when golden morning sunbeams revealed in the drifted snow a thousand sparkling crystals of magic beauty, victory
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perched in triumphant glory on the emblem of our common country since made more glorious by a thousand splendid victories. Readiness for action-a mastery of the circum- stances-conquered. It will conquer often where studied pru- dence and protracted calculation will utterly fail of the pur- pose.
While school teachers may not be very properly compared to generals, or pupils to armies, they may be viewed as such in miniature, fighting battles that involve more important issues than the bloody contests which aim to secure a fleet- ing supremacy. Have you tact as teachers ? If so, you will frequently find emergencies in which you will find suitable places for its use. It will require a good deal of general- ship at times on your part to so muster vour forces as to keep out the invader, and to drill them for effective service.
Right here I might drop one or two words respecting the true process in education. The word education is derived from two Latin words-e, the Latin preposition from, and duco, to lead. Its literal import, then, is to lead out of, or from.
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