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The Grange advance., 1873-10-15
THE GRANGE ADVANCE

THE GRANGE ADVANCE
Is weekly newspaper devoted ex-
olusively to the interests of labor and
agriculture: and the following is the
platform: .- ...,s :
1. It proposes to secure for labor
legitimate reward, not by destroying
any other industry, profession or call.
ing but BY increasing the power and
influence Of the laborer 90 that he = NAV
exercise some influence in fixing the
price of wheat he buys and sells.
2. It. proposes to- throw its whole
influence in favor of CHEAP TRANsPoR-
TAT1oN, until the very lowest rates and
tariffs compatible with fair remuner-
alton to the carrier are realized, believ-
ing this to be one Of the greatest, if not
the greatest question before the Ameri-
can people today
3: Il proposes that if railroads are
public corporations they must and shall
besmade toSsubssrv,s ths public interests
that they shall notb permitted to
take private property for road beds, de-.
pots, &c., and collect municipal and
county bonds on The ground that they
are public institutions, and then turn
round and rob the people By extortion-.
ate rates and tariffs upon the ground
that they are priuate companies, and
under no obligation to the public.
4. Nproposes to be strictly non-parti-
san, but will not hesitate TO expose and
denounce corruption in whatever party
it i found, and will never fail TO DRAG
the guilty individual to the bar Of, pub.
lic judgment, no matter how high his
position. or by how many millions he is
backed. Il will deal fairly with all
canldidates ll for Office, and will endeavor
70 bold each of them before The public
s inshls 3 q true and real character, without
fesr, ta.yor. q .tiecti tion. u u
proposes "a & q 81 il "a torl
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the mental, moral and !: intellectual .ele-
vation Of, the. masses. being fully con-
vinced that the existence and perpetu-s
alton ola republic form Of government
depends upon the general intelligence
and morality IF the people: s&s.,. SIS
6. Il proposes 70 fight the hydra
headed monster MONOPOLY in what
ever shape, or form, or place it may be
found. No class privileges, mo- class
legislation, but equality before the law
in all respects is its motto. - S'sf S}S
i <: Fin! Finally, il proposes to work
faithfully and work g INCREASINGLY for the
advancement and up-building of the Or.
de. ofsthe Patrons Of Husbandry; touse
every means at .its command to increase
theinterest and zeal Of every individual
member, to furnish them with all the
latest news pertaining to the order
throughout the country, to give them
all the latest and best agriculturalnews
to post them concerning every hum bug
that we can discover in the land, to- fur.
nish them with new songs and music
appropriate for regular meetings, and in
short to be the liveliest, most energetic
and spiciest agricultural y: paper pub
lished.. *x,,.s. ,s.,.> ..,, j.
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THE FINANCIAL CRASH OF
.',.,s '..., q. 1873. Esa+s. -


The crisis has scome and gone, and
now that the fever Of excitement and
terror IS over, men are il a more 1it
state of mind to look into some Of the
causes Of the trouble s'a' = S.@'a-sssa' "s do
1t has been frequently remarked dur
ing and since the panic by the
enemies of the order of Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, that the financial crisis has, to
great extent, been produced by the
influence of Granges-that their hostil-
ity to railroads has greatly deprecated
the value Of railroad bonds, and thus
precipitated the collapse &
We desire to submit the following re-
marks upon this subject: @~-,r, 3
l. For at least three years last
past some Of our ablest fnanciers and
best business men have been predicting
. collapse in railroad stock, and = wide
spread financial panic resulting there
from. >.~5-s.s 81. :. s.s,4. .. d. ~
q. These predictions were based
upon the fact that railroads were being
pushed away into unsettled regions,
which could give them no paying busi-
ness for many years after the roads
were built, if at all, the companies and
bond holders mainly relying upon their
enormous land grants. But the lands
have no market value except asthe pro-
jected road gives them value BY open
ing up and settling the country. The
companies, therefore, have the. double
task Of building their roads, and settling
up the countries through which they
pass. But it was argued that there
were SO many being built upon this
purely speculative basis, that it was inn
possible they should all succeed, and
that collapse was inevitable. s.
3. Some time last summer European
capitalists sent a commission to- this
country inquire into the standing,
condition, prospects and securities Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., with
aIview to yesting in the bonds Of that
company The commission came, and
undoubtedly q gave the matter i most
thorough and comprehensive investigas
tion, Upon their return their report,
'' whateyer s 4 i q vas, not Published !;
2 1Dnt Y y y has . sinoe tsanspired that the5
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ARE FARMERS ! SIS .IlNPR OV7z
" 5 DENT .%s

ARE FARMERS .IlNPR OTll!s|
i : ,5.s= .@ DENT
To the cry Of distress coming up
from our Western farmers, the ailroad
companies reply, 4: s.rmers are wanting
in intelligent economy. They do not
prosper because they DO not prudentlyl
husband their means We cannot bel
asked to make their labor profitable
while they. are unthrifty, Nobody is
saved in this world from the natural CON
sequences Of imprudence. II q manufac-
turer makes cloth alta cost Of two dol-
lars, which his neighbor makes at
cost OF one dollar, the first must be
bankrupted for his folly:''
The retort upon such reasoning ist
swift and merciless Railroads are pro-
tected by society at large for all their
extravagances and imprudences No
matter how heavy cost has been accum-
ulated upon a road, even though, by
fraud, the stockholder is held to Be en-,
titled to good dividend wherever. the.
dividend can be made BY high fares.
and freights. These corporations are
the petted children Of the public which
takes upon itself all the consequences
of their folly. ... ,=.. =. s2s.S.
But the retort, however sharp and
telling, does not close the controversy.
The charge remains, and has an appear
ance Of truth. Many farmers are thrift
less and their unthrift damages their
class Is.55 ~ 7s '*'f1+s' - E..Gss 9 :.
The credit system is pestilent evil
to farmers It is in fact to everybody !;
but it probably works most evil on the
farm. Before they are aware Of it, our
farmers have fallen into habit Of liy-
| ing = year ahead Of their work, buying
to pay after the next harvest, and buy
ing with certain recklessness because
their credit is only too good. No other
class pays 50 much for credit. Ma
chimes, for example, are sold to them at
ruinous advances above cash prices.
Collection is in such cases expensive be-
cause the purchasers are scattered
widely, and sellers put up prices Of
things sold on credit enough to cover
all possible risks "A credit-using farm
er employing two farm hands, actual
ly employs also, without knowing it,
another man, whose wages equal the
wages of both his hands, to collect from
him his notes and bills. We hope the
Grangers will cure this terrible malady
of credit-using.z They have already
greatly diminished the evil. >sa 8. S..
Many farmers tail to use their lands
to the best advantage by force of habit.
Born on wheat lands, they keep on pro-
ducing small crops Of wheat on soils
made on purpose for corn or they per-
sist in selling their corn instead Of con-
verting it into meat in regions where
the last course is indicated by circum-
stances and markets. This class of
farmers is not plant enough and quick
enough Of wit to change when change
is a necessity Of profitable tillage.
Turn to another side. A great moral
and religious truth is concerned with
one in political economy in this ques-
tion Of improvidence. It must be
wrong, it must be sinful, to enforce
against farmers . cost-law which does
not allow them any chance Of equality in
intelligence and comfortab ableness with
their fellowscitizen.. as5
IF by unthrift is meant that the
Western farmer buys books. subscribes
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reported adversely to the road. This,

- = > =
reported adversely to the road: This,
undoubtedly, seriously impaired the
confidence Of American bond holders,
many Of whom hapeffor some time past
been try ing 10 get rid Of their stock, u
Jay Cooke & CO.; ;sprobablya ,ehe
largest ana best known bankers ia the
United States were The most heavily
interested ii these stocks, and it was
matter Of immense Importance to them
that, the credit Of the Company and, its
bonds should be maintained. In order,,
therefore, to restore and establish conf
,deuce, they ostentatiously bought in.
the bonds Of these timid holders, to
show capitalists they we're not afraid of of
these stocks, But the more they
bought, the more they found. for sale,
and the more of the bonds they got
upon their: hands, the more essential it
was for them to keep up the value.
They had got into ! fearful current and
we're no longer able to control them
selves. They could simply keep on
buying until. their money was all gone,
and then in its place lay only a heap Of
Northern Pacific: bonds, almost worth.
less. 80 {. .s @'s>Ts-' sts2t$ s==.#'
s. Others, who like them had been
buying up the stocks Of these specula-
tive roads, found themselves il simi-
lar current and were soon, with Cooke
& Co., hurled into the gulf Of bankrupt
cy. In this way the panic w.s set in
motion. People were frightened be-
yond sense or reason. They rushed to
the banks to get out their money, and
in doing this they withdrew it from
circulation. The whole trouble now is
that so much money is lying in mems
pockets, or tucked in corners Of bed
ticks for safe keeping, and there will
probably be more money lost in this
way than by the failure of banks.
When the panic was once started,
such men as Jay Gould found it to
their interest to keep up'the excitement
for they were making the largest por-
tion Of what others were losing.
|. We see then that this matter has
been brewing for years, and before the
Oranges became, to any extent, inAuen-
tial, and that the crisis was inevitable
if there had never been Grange in
existence. f'a,.2 ...Fs
But amid the difficulties of the hour
We have this consoling reflection. IF
any Of these roads must fail, it is better
that it should occur now, than that they
should live on for years extorting from
the poor settlers along their roads every
dollar they can earn to support non-pay-
ing railroads .
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REPUTATION FOR VERAcITY.-A
witness vas called upon to testify con-
cerning the reputation Of another Wit
ness for veracity. 8 Why, " said he,
!. ! hardly know what to tell You.
sometimes jests and jokes, and then I
don't believe him but when he under
takes 70 tell anything for . fact, ] be-
slieve him shout g much as Isdo che
rest cf NJ neg z. .3
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The freight agents Of the Western
railroads held convention in Cleve-
land last week, At which they fixed the
rates Of transportation from all promi-
.nent Western cities to New York.
Fourth class freight was fixed at fifty
cents from Chicago, and sixty cents
from ST Louis, Rock Isl-nd, Burling-
ton. Keokuk, Davenport, and Des
Moines, Iowa. Il
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State News.

STATE TEMPERANCE SocTETY.-The APP
pointments of Rev. p. N. Granger,
agent of the State Temperance Society,
for the week ending Saturday, March St
are as follows: Waterbury Centre
March F.; Middlescx, March 9; West,
Randolph, March 8; West Bethel, March
4 i; South Royalton, March 5 Bradford,
March 6; Newbury, March ! Peacham
March s and 9.
WASHINGTON COUNTY TEMPERANCE
MovEMENrs.-The County Convention
for the purpose of nominating County
Commissioner was held at Montpelier on
Saturday last. Capt. John w. Clark,
Postmaster of Montpelier presided, and
j. I. Boyce of Faystou, was nominated
for commissioner. Among those who re-
Gently addressed the Sunday evening
Temperance meetings at the capitol have
been Hon. Charles II. Heath of Montpel-
Ter, and Charles G. Spaulding, who is at
present editorialy connected with the
Boston Post.
GRIM. Cox. AT ST.. ALBANs.-We learn
from the Messenger that Tuesday evening
last Ed. G. Gallar, Of that village, who
was on one of his periodical sprees, enter
ed the room of j. j. Barnard, proprietor
of the Crystal saloon, while he was out,
with notorious girl named Jemery. His
wife having traced his steps, secured the
aid of Sheriff Place, and proceeded to
Barnard's room. On their way they met
Barnard aud asked him for the keys he
declined to give them up, but unlocked
the door himself. The couple we're sur
prised in fagrante derelictu, and after
the completion of hasty toilets were
taken to Jail.
On Wednesday, Gallar was arralgned
by States Attorney Powell. for intoxica-
ton and adultery Justice Farnsworth
fined him So and costs for the first offence
and held him OF $500 bail to answer at
the County Court for the second. The
girl Jemery was held in 5000 bail for the
same offence.
A malicious paragraph is in circula-
ton, originating with the Montpelier
Freeman, and appearing in the St. AL
bans Messenger Of Thursday, that r. s.
Wires, the well known insurance agent, of
Burlington, had failed. The rumor must
have failed. The rumor must have orig
mated from the fact that Mr.. Wires was
sued simply as an endorser upon some
notes given by the Trustees of the YER
mont Central II r., which recently went
to protest, but which everybody liz this
community knows are. perfectly good and
will be satisfactorily arranged without in.
jury to Mr.. Wires. Mr.. Wires still con.
tinues in the insurance business here rep.
resenting every one Of his old companies,
and stands ready in the future, as in the
past, to meet all legal obligations against
him, which he is abundantly abe to do.
1t intimated that this shameful statement
against Mr.. Wires solvency has grown
out of the jealousy of less successful OPP
ponents in the insurance business. resid.
ing outside Of this city.
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| EBMONT CENTRAL AND
RUTLAND RAILRO ADS.
WINTER ADVANCEMENT.
Ga and after Monday, Dec. ., 1872 train, vii
nun NJ follows. (SnnlnYs cXcentedl.

Ga and after Monday, Dee. ., 1872 train, will
run n- follows. (Sundays excepted
GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Middlehury at $50 and ll30n. III, 1. So
and ll.0a p. N.
MAlL-l.easc. % ,lcnsburgh at 600 p. ~. ST.
Adams Mt go II. IA, Burlington at $40 n. IN,
Por, Horny 81 IA m., Rutland II 10 p. m. Boil
lows Fall. 80 T. M. arriving at New London at
40 p m connecting with steamer for New York.
NEW YORK EXPRESS.-Leaves ST. Adams at
SO tn, Burlington 1929 m, arriving in Rut-
land at 1850 pm,
MONT EXPRESs-Leaye ogdensburgh at
la.uu m. Plattsburgh $50 IN, Montreal $40 D
m st. Johns $50 p IN, st. Alhans 10 IN, Bur
lington .. m, Rutland 1850 n IN, Bellows
Falls 5.2j II N, arriving in New London Mt Ills
m.
MINED TRAIN.--Lrrre, Burlington at go
= N, Port Henry T. 10. arriving In Rutland at
l.l1 p IN. Leave. huiiud ne 20 H. Bellows
Fails 10 m. t'rr"mn"iation train) arriving
at New London at 30 p IL.
MIXED TRAlN.--Lya,c- Rutland At : 90
m arriving in Bellows Fails az - pm
GoING NORTH.
Leave Midllebury at >. L. and go u IN, aud
$50 and go p III.
AIL-ieayes New London at . a IA. Spring
field 500 m. Boston i.3O III, Below Falls at
~ 90 m, Rutland $50 p NJ, arrive at Port Henry
at 7.35 p m, burlington go IN, st, Adams at
Gi0 p IN, Montreal 9.ij p IN, OgdensLureh As
n m, making connections for the West
EAPkEsS.--Leaves Rutland at 5.Gs D IA, ar
irving at Port Henry at 7.3i p m, and st. Adams
at 9.li pm.
NIGHT EXPIRES Leaves New London 2l5
m, Springfield at $40 p M connecting with
train leaving New York at 800 IN, Bellows
Falls ll2O p m, connecting with train leaving
Boston at 80 m, Rutland l.50 a IN, Burling-
ton i.5O a IN, St. Adams GEO, arriving in Mou-
treal at 9.ij m, P!altsburgh at 1900 M and
Ogdensburgh al l2.ii IN, connecting with trains
for the West.
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Rutland at 800
m, arriving at Port Henry at $50 a M Leave
Burlington 900 m, ST. Adams 1900 m, arriving
in Oglensburgh at $. 10 IN, and st, Johns at
$50 m
MIXED TRAlN-Lcaves Bellows Falls at 80
a N. arriving in Rutland at a.OO m.
ACCOMMODATI0N.-L New London at
s..0 a m, Bellows f~.ls So IN, Onixed train)
a. wing in Rutland q, $50 pm.
r-ains leave Burliu son going East, for Mont
pelier, &c, at Gao a ia, l2.30 N, and tbs pm
Trains leave Bellows Falls going north for
Waite River Junction, dc, at $50 a m, 1900 IN,
and G.3j and II. 20 p m.
CoNNEcIlOSs.-At Rutland with Rensselaer, 4
Saratoga and Harlem Extension Railroads; ut
Bellows Falls with Cheshire Railroad; at South
Vernon with Conn River Railroad
III sleeping ears are attached to night trains
between st. Adams and Troy and Burlington and
Boston.
GNLES MERRILL, Gen Supt.
Il. Adams, Vt, Dee. 7, 1872.
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4 djisOn County.
"a Card.

In behalf of the NJ. f. Society of Rip
ton, wo the undersigned, would hereby
tender our heartfelt thanks, to all those
that gathered at the Green Mountain
House last Thursday evening, and gave
of their substance so generously for the
purpose of allowing us the inestmable
privilege of having our beautiful house
free from debt.
The seli-sacridcing committee that
have labored So earnestly to make the af.
fair las it was) an eminent success, have
laid upon us an obligation, that words,
however sincere, can never renay. Com
hitting you all to the loving care of the
One that is able to reward you richly
from His abundant fulness for all your
work and labor Of love. We remain your
obedent servants.
BOARD or STEWARDS.
NJ. Il. Church,
Ripton, Feb. 2sih, 1873.
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VERuENNEs.-But little butter was
bought on Saturday, 25 to so cents was
the ruling prices. A few choice tubs
brought 80 cts.
Potatoes were sold on the street Satur.
day at sixty cents per bushel by the load,
or in smaller quantities at seventy.iive
cents.
Labombard, the ice man is filling ice.
houses.
A drunken row on Green street, Satur.
day afternoon, was about all that took
place in the way of excitement or
amusement.
Several of the horse owners here, have
had there fancy. driving horses sheared
this winter. which some think is cruelty
to animals" claiming that if it was not
meant for horses to wear hair, it wouldn't
have "growed."
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\ SUICIDE AT MoNKToN. james Butler
hung himself at Monkton on Wednesday
last. He was single man about SO
Years Of age, industrious, and had accu.
mulated quite property. lie had late.
ly purchased farm, for which he was
partly in debt. Thinking he had paid
more for the farm than it is worth, he
took the mistake to heart and became in.
sane lie was taken to Brattleboro, but
returned in few weeks somewhat i'm.
proved. But he soon became worse, aud
the final result of his insanity was sui.
eide. \
NoRTm FERRIsBuRGH There was re-
markably quiet dance at Martins Hotel,
on Thursday evening. About thirty cou.
Piles were present, and no drunkenness
was observed.
The wife Of Hon. n. j. Allen is quite
poorly, and few hopes are entertained OF
her recovery.
u. 8. Postal Clerk Martin Il. Allen has
entirely recovered from bis late severe i'll
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Prepared by II. R. STEVENS, Boston, Ma.
Price Sl.25. Sold by all Druggists. 47;S
WOOD LAND FOR SALE.

235 acres of swamp land, belonging to the -.
tate of the late Charles Linsley.
Said land is situate in the towns of Middlehury
and Cornwall, is within miles Of the village W
Middlebury. and mile from the Otter Creek !.
mostly covered with heavy growth of thrifty
wood, timber, hoop poles. &c, and will DO soil
entire or in large sections.
For particulars enquire of +. vALLETTE ur
WIN. X. REMELE. i5;tf
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NSALIsBuRy-lf the kind Doctor who
gave us lecture, some evenings since, in
which he stated that there were after all
but very few words in our language de-
rived from others, will read, "Euglsh
past and present" by Trench, particular.
ly the twelfth page. We are sure he
will give up this absurd statement. for he
will there learn that to say nothing, of 9th.
or languages, from which we have many
words, thirty out Of every hundred which
we use are directly from the Latin.
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FOR SALE,

The farm commonly known as the slas Dow
farm located about one mile south of the Corners
in th, town of Leicester, VI, and about miles
north of Brandon village.
Said farm consists of about 80 acres of land
mostly under cultivation.
The soil Is loan, and easy to cultivate and well
watered House one and half stories, with good
wood shed attached. One pretty good barn and
temporary sheds.
For particulars aud price. Inquire Of or address,
4. 5. TRACY,
Middlebury, Vt.
Ii not sold before March l., said farm will be
for rent.
Midllebury, Vt, Jan. n, 1873. ii;tf
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land. 40, homestead of the soul on
whose ROOT perpetual sunlight falls and
over whose threshold sorrow never
comes :" The Lord has spoken to us
by the removal Of Susie. Ny dear young
ladies, this sad event is designed for your
good Our blessed Master is reaching
ont his hand to you. o ye that are
weary with rejecting the Saviour yield to
him to-day. We Shall miss her, yes miss
her much, aud though dead yet in onr
memory and affections She will live. It
seems so sad that one so young should
die. Yet God doeth all things well.
In coming spring as you wander in the
woodlands, plucking the earliest flowers
may you remember her of whom we
speak to-day, and breathe a prayer that
we may one day DC permitted to wander
in those Elysian fields and with fairy
hands pluck those flowers that immortal
bSom. BarsroL.
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NOR SALE.
VILLAGE PROPERTY

The property on Pleasant Street occupied by
the late Mrs. William Slade, is offered for sale,
and upon such terms Of price and payments as to
furnish great Inducements to the purchaser.
Enquire Of II. NJ. sLADE, or Hon. JOIN W.
STEWART, 35;tf
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

We the subscribers, being appointed by the
Probate Court for the District Of Addison, com.
missioners TO receive, examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against the es.
tate Of JOSEPH BERNELL
late Of Orwell, in said district, deceased, and
also oil claims and dem ands exhibited in offset
thereto; and six months from eth day of January.
being allowed by said court for that purpose, we
do therefore hereby give notice that we will at.
tend to the business Of our said appointment at
the dwelling house Of the widow, Amelia Pernell.
in Orwell, on the first Tuesdays in May and July
next, from nine o'clock, q. m, until four o'clock
p. M, on each Of said days.
Dated at Orwell, this 10th day Of January, A
D. 1873.
ROSWELL BoTTUM. lcowr.
- CHARLES SANFORD, Nohf''