Show do down W 3 on potatoes it is acknowledged we believe that the pota toes rai ral utah carnot cannot cannot be excellent athe dt he world and much has said 1 in n thelt their favor N Io 0 W hear bear what mrs has hat 4 tasy to say a abou bout t potatoes on general as expressed by that lady ladin y in the first of a proposed course of three three thred lectures at af college hall cincinnati a short time since t her subject wa s the potato its JU story atory and influence influent p upon civilization after giving an ac count of the disi overy of the tho potato and the history of its ils introduction in different countries she spoke of its influence on the character of the people where here it is u used eci almost ex i clu ciu elusive sive for food for instance in ireland where it is the tho chief arti cle of food she said the people are dispo disposed ged to be lazy and of a spirit ill III calculated to shake shako off the sla very resting gont on hem them asked askild why they emigrate but they the courage to emigrate grated the potato was the cheapest foo food 4 which could be mined in abundance yet the irl iri irishman 8 h man 6 earned arned only cheap wagen wages an and proved i 0 ed himsel himself to be worthy only dorily of such temperance people and societies the lecturer said were saying much and trying hard to abolish the thet use of strong drink drinkw but they would accompli accomplish s h more by introducing more no nourishing r i hing food among the people most moat addicted tc tr drunkenness Wh chikey ikey and potatoes were necessary twin evils so 80 long as there was nothing provided as food to supply an appetite for stimulant people may mas fatten them selves as cattle and ou only y aa as cattle on potatoes though they are very good food if mixed with meat and eggs it was a mistake to suppose that while there might be pr produced d greater bulk bulks mere more ti nourishment m e nt in the way of potatoes than of corn could be raised from thelam the same rame space of land some physicians had stated that scrofula was produced by a steady diet ot potatoes at leant leat lea iea t this disease appeared in certain countries after the introduction of potatoes the lecture was wag illustrated with drawings 11 relics belies proc prof barfoot e exhibited to us today to day a number of theatt theatrical leat bills of 1838 1858 when the social hall was oas the temple of the drama we herewith give the cast for paul pry pi y firor roe foe march odthe year named paul pry 13 H B clawson col hardy 11 K whitney y frank franl hardy 31 P lynch D H sutherland summers D 0 calder stanley 31 R T burton harry stanleyj Sta hiley filey aa M Sho sno mons graap grasp grasp I 1 13 D mckenzie Uc Kenzle kenzie Double dot G Q W Croch eion tion I 1 on simon ii inon ff maiben malben and andi andl the harter hafter afier piece the W idols victim 1 11 jeremiah Jere clip P Marget margetts Blar diar getts ls byron tremaine ue pelham podge 11 1 1 H malben maiben mr twitter J M 1 simmons urs mrs twitter mrs mra hyde battlrton Batt leton mrs tuckett jane canne 1 miss clawson the bills were presente presented d to the tiie 1 museum by mr phi phillp philip lip nir Ajr margetts getts at the same bame time we were also shown a bond of the confederate states of america 41 pree presented 6 idd by major ij E granger |