Short Editorials

New York, 1895

The directors of the Agricultural Society have begun work on the premium lists and they will soon be issued. The dates for the Summer and Fall exhibitions have been fixed and will be found in THE FARMER'S news columns. The Fall fair will last five days. The society profited considerably by a five days' exhibition last year and a good thing is worth sticking to. Hon. Benjamin D. Hicks, who has always been interested in the society, and has done much to accelerate its welfare, generously offers to line the highway on the north side of the grounds with maple trees, and it will be a splendid improvement.

"I've got it here," said Assemblyman Vacheron, tapping his head and referring to the Senatorship, for which he says he is a candidate. Keep it there. The Republican convention is sure to kick it out.

It is very queer indeed that county and town bonds can be sold at a premium, and Jamaica village school bonds will not sell at all. Supervisor Everitt evidently knows how to sell bonds at more than par.

A violator of the election laws went scott free in the Court of Sessions last Thursday. The Jamaica bribe-takers will take hope. Things seem to be working queerly in the District Attorney's office.

Foolish women Mr. Noble convicts, but not the gamblers and bribe takers.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 22, 1895, p. 4.