Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1884 — Watt-Stephen., Genius of Steam. [ARTICLE]

Watt-Stephen., Genius of Steam.

This is a Christmas Annual, which, unlike most Holiday books, treats of a subject interesting to old and young, and is a yeritable volume of instruction; Thb Genius Of Steam takes Ned on a trip, gives him the philosophy and elements of air and water, and the phenomena of heat, steam and combustion. It is illusrated with cuts of steam machinery from the days of Hero, B. C. 200, to the giant locomotive of to-day. Cover in four colors; 18 illustrations. Sent postpaid to any address upon receipt of 15 cents in stamps or postal order, by E. St. John, G. T. & P. A. Chicago, 111.

» The Thirty-Third annual report ot the Indiana State Board of Agriculture haa just been issued, and a copy of the same placed in our hands by the Secretary of the Jasper county Agricultural society, In glancing at the report from the Jasper county society, made by the secretary, Mr. E. C. Nowels, a brief but excellent paper, the following paragraph struck us a particularly commendable: “I fear that borse raving at our fairs Will ultimately be the end ,ol them, as horsemen endeavor to so arrange that the important premiums are awarded for speed, and the money always taken by men and horses from abroad. I think that better premiums should be offered for cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses for general purposes, and if the societies then go under it can not be said that horse racing was the cause.”