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The Grange advance., 1873-12-24
Epitome of the Annual Address Of
State Master, Geo. l. Parsons.

We give the annual address OF Mr.. Par
sons, Master of the State Grange, in full,
in another place of this issue. We here
give an epitome Of the same. We have
read the annual addresses of several State
Masters lately, but none of them in our
Judgment embraces so much in so short
space as that of Mr.. Parsons. We invite a
careful perusal of this address by every
reader of THE GRANGE ADVANCE.
The year just drawing to close has
been one of great prosperity to the farmers
Of Minnesota Our fields have teemed with
the fruits of the earth and our granaries
are full.
We should be filled with gratitude to the
giver of all good for His kindness.
On the twentieth day Of February last
there were one hundred and twenty-four
Oranges in the State, we have now more
than four hundred.
My worthy predecessor gloried in the
fact that 1850 Oranges had been organized
in 1873. By the last report Of the Secre-
tary Of the National Grange it is shown
that precisely the same number were
formed in the month Of October alone Of
this year that in all, there are over 5000
Oranges with membership Of more than
100000.
Although composed Of men and women
Of all shades Of religious belief and polit-
ical opinions, harmony prevails within our
gates. As social circle, the Grange has
become necessity. 1t is lyceum where.
in the farmer is learning to think as he
never thought before.
We have already accomplished more in
reducing the prices Of what we buy than
we had hoped for.
Measures must be taken to give the pro-
ducer greater control over the price Of
what he produces. .
1t is true that the law Of supply and de-
mand 6x~ the price Of every thing, but we
must take measures to withhold the supply.
This is our right and our duty. Grange
storehouses along the lines Of railroads
and upon water courses direct shipment
to the consumer; erection Of mills, &c.,
will be some of the means to this end. IL
Complaint is made that railroad freights
are exorbitant, that roads largely built by
grants and bonuses, are charging rates
which enable them to make dividends. not
upon their capital invested, but upon the
peoples donations, against which we pro-
test. -. @.A. ..s r'.rs ~. 5..i* III"
We have no hostility to railroads, We are
their chief supporters and truest friends.
Recommends State Grange appointing
committee to attend next session of the
Legislature to assist in framing law to
correct the evils Of the present system Of
transportation. ~ @~s@ z...1. r':&4 ii
Recommends assessment upon the
Oranges for testing the validity Of such
law. r.:4s .s.$g. @
Farmers are laboring under an enormous
burden Of debt for patent machinery.
Recommends that Congress be memorial.
lied by the state Grange to restrict grant
ing Of fletters patent TO seven years. t.,
The National Grange has accumulated :
large amount q money by reason of tho
wonderful growth Of tho Order. d
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The Illinois Farmers Association.

The second annual convention of the
Farmers Association convened at Decatur,
Illinois, on the 10Th inst. About 200 dele
gates were present. This organization is
not secret, and it devotes more attention to
politics than the Patrons of Husbandry;
otherwise the objects and purposes of the
two organizations are similar if not identi-
cal. Mr.. ". c. Flagg, the President Of the
association, delivered the annual address,
He said that year ago the convention de-
termined not to venture to organize a
party, now the farmers candidates hold
places in half the counties Of Illinois. He
warned them against over confidence in
their strength, and earnestly counseled
harmony in their discussions. Opinions
will widely differ upon the great questions
Of transportation, taxation, tariffs, finance,
&c., but each should listen quietly and dis
passionately to the opinions of others.
Mr.. s. NJ. Smith, the Secretary. read q
report which showed the rapid increase of
the organization in the State. He also
read paper on through transportation by
water We give very full report Of this
paper in another column, and invite care
full perusal of the same by all interested in
this great question.
Among the resolutions offered were the
following:
Resolved, That the doctrine of vested
rights under which railroad corporations
claim exemption from legislative control,
belongs to past ages, and is despotic and
as it cannot exist without infringing the
rights of citizens generally, it has no legit-
innate place in the Jurisprudence of free
people. ..
Resolved, That stealing is thieving,
whether done by persons in low walk of
life or by high officials.
Resolved, That we demand the utter re-
peal by Congress of what is known as the
salary-grab. entire-Presidential, Congress
sional, and all.
Resolued, That the past record Of the old
political parties of this country is such as
to forfeit the respect Of the people, and
that we are therefore absolved from all al
leqiance to them, and will act no longer
with them.
WHEREAS, The political parties Of the
country have criminslly neglected the agri
cultural interests and disregarded the
rights of the people,
Resolved, That the farmers cut themselves
loose from all party associations and sail
under banner broad enough h to embrace
all in favor of just laws, opposed to monop-
olies, to corruption, to extravagance, to
further donationseof public lands to rail-
ways, and to the creation Of uncomfortable
corporations.
d;.natch from T;nnn1n Nah =.
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We met Bro. J. S. Denman, Secretary
VIM. Paist and Bros. Smith and Simmons,
of the State Executive Committee P. Of H.,
on the down train Monday evening. They
were on their way to attend the first meet
ing of the Executive Committee. a report Of
which will appear in our next Issue. Bro.
Denman informed US that he had made
contract with the Monitor Plow Works
since the close of the Grange for the sup
plying of their excellent plows to Patrons
on the terms that were mentioned at the
Grange. We had also made arrangements
with the Owatonna Seeders, and was nego-
tiating and would be able to close with the
Hubbard Harvester. 1t begins to look as
though farmers would be able to buy the
most of their machinery at home this year.
We have noticed some Of the dailies have
been publishing that Tie. turner's Union
is to be made the s:Organ." :sNow is the
winter Of onr discomfort made glad by this
sun VI lOIh' 1nc O/yuH UOSiHeoS ID Fliay-
ed out. The following is very sensible
resolution that was passed by the State
Grange:
"Resozved, " That the State Grange are
strongly in favor Of doing any thing that
can be legitimately done to educate the
masses, and extend all proper means of in
telligence. and therefore we recommend
the members to subscribe for THE GRANGE
ADVANCE of Red Wing, and The Farmers
Union of Minneapolis, or any other paper
which in their opinion is the best calcula-
ted to further this idea but that we do
not recommend any paper as the official
organ of this Grange, for by so doing we
commit this Grange to the views of individ-
uals which may prove very distasteful to
the masses Of our membership, and preju-
dicial to the best interests of our organ
The "of6cial organ resolution went on
the table.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-24

We give an outline of the proceedings
at the State Grange in the present issue.
We will commence the publication of the
Secretary's report of the proceedings in
full in our next issue.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-24

Much news and some correspondence
has been crowded out by Grange matters
this week We always publish what we
consider the most important.
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with the3times /; get ass there may be some
old fogy in Congress who still has respect
for the ancient way, we give them: They
are simply Economy and Honesty. That's
all. "... ,..A H. 5~:'' .'
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That head has got into the papers as
will be seen by an article published in
the Minneapolis Times. 1t is just as
nice as the Times says it is, and we shall
spread it before our readers as New Years
surprise if nothing breaks between here
and Chicago.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-24

Special notices in editorial columns, % cents per
line.
Cash before insertion for all advertisements for
month or less, and invariably in advance unless
spccal arrangements are made.
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"A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says
the meeting of the State Grange promises
"a he ! decided success. Over 200 farmera
are present. They organized this after
noon @ f
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

a merry Christmas.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-24

The fierce conflict between the railroads
and anti-monopolists in California on
the Senatorial contest has resulted in
victory for the people, in the election Of
Gov Newton Booth, on the Goth inst. The
fight has been long and severe one, the
Legislature having ballotted daily for a
week or more. This is most glorious VIC
tory Things are working.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-24

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Single Subscribers 81 per year.
Grange clubs Of ten or more $3.50.
Subscriptions payable invariably in advance.
All money should be sent by Draft or fost o"'ce
Order to TIE GRANGE ADVANCE, hed " ihe' 'lin"'
Please send in your subscriptions at once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-05
TELEGRAM TO the new YORK HERALD.

LONDON, Jan. 4, 1873.
Messrs. John F. Pawson 4 Co., OF this city,
dealers in Manchester goods, have failed. Their
liabilities are reported to be $15.O0O,OOO
1t Is feared that other failures will follow.
RATE FOR MONEY ON 'CHANGE.
There was slight mutiny yesterday on the Brit.
ish steam frigate Aurora, now lying at Plymouth.
The demonstration was soon suppressed.
TEMPEsTUOUs WEATHER AND DAMAGE TO NAVAL
VESSELS.
The weather to-day is tempestuous and some
damage has been done to shipping.
The ships Northumberland, Hercules and Sultan,
OF the Channel squadron, were somewhat damaged
by the recent severe gales.
RATE FOR MONEY ON CHANGE.
The rate for money at the Stock Exchange, on
government securities, is lower than the Bank OF
England rate by IA per cent
MARINE ABANDONMENT AND FATALITY AT SEA.
marine report states that q vessel named, in
the despatch, the Isabella Hartley, out from New
York and bound to Antwerp, with q cargo of
cotton, has been abandoned at sea, and that "most
of the crew were saved" from the derect.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-05

AN ITALIAN SENsATION.-In another column
will be found the details of tragedy in
Naples An Englishman formed an attach
ment for beautiful girl, which was not re-
ciprocated. After his suit had been rejected
he met her with her sister in the fashionable
promenade of the city, and in the immediate
presence of several witnesses, after a short
angry conversation with them drew o re-
volver, fred at both, instantly killing his fa-
vorite, and then deliberately shot himself
through the head and fell dead. The story is
not antagonistic to the popular idea of hot
Italian blood, but as the chief actor was of
cold Northern race there is room for surprise
at such tragic ending of the Neapolitan love
romance.
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N A p O l. e o N.
Surgical Operation on the Person
of the Ex-EmperOr.
Effort for the Removal of a Pain.
full Disease.
Professional Success and the Patient in Favora-
BILE Progress Medical Bulletin
from Chiselhurst
ItlEGRAMS TO the NEW YORK HeRALD.

LONDON, Jan 4, 1873.
His Majesty the ex-Enperor Napoleon ILL., has
been suffering In health during some few years
just past the symptoms of his illness indicating
the existence Of stone in the bladder. and that
arrangement of the physical system which always
follows from this cause.
The presence Of q large stone having been demon.
strated by means of q sound" on Thursday the
patient underwent the first operation for its re-
moval by nthotrity-she breaking down of the
calculus, or stone, into small pieces within the
bladder so that it may be voided with the urine.
This operation in its present improved form, and
practised ON patients calculated for it, may be
considered easy, safe and eGectual but practised
cases not adapted to it, no other operation can
be compared to it for the misery and fatality Of its
results.
THE UNCROwNED srOIC BEARS IT MANFULLY.
The London journals this morning announce that
the operation was successful in the Of His ex-
Majesty Bonaparte, and that up to last night the
condition OF the patient was encouraging no IN
favorable symptoms having been developed.
Medical Bulletin from Chiselhurst.
LONDON, Jan. al 80 P. NJ.
despatch from Chiselhurst this morning an
nounces that the condition of the ex-Emperor Ia
unchanged.
No approximations of serious nature are enter
tanned by the physicians In attendance on the dis
tinguished invalid.
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Menotti Garibaldi has just quilted Rome for
'Cslabria.
Old Ben Wade Is the best.natured man in the
State OF Ohio.
Judge T. NJ Pfnney, Of Wisconsin, is at the Me.
tropolitan Hotel
Professor Alexander Agassiz is in town, stopping
ct the Hoffman House.
Captain Tibbitts, Of the steamship City Of Brook.
Ign, is staying at the Everett House.
General william Logan OF the United States
Army, is in quarters at the St. Denis Hotel
One of the Italian lazzaroni that lately arrived in
New York has purchased q large farm In Mime
sofa.
Thomas Fitzgerald died at RhineclfL n Y, on
Tuesday last, having passed his one hundredth
year.
General George d. Wright Vice President of the
Atlantic and Great western Railroad is at the st.
Nicholas Hotel.
Solicitor f. @. Banneld, Of the Treasury Depart.
ment, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
from washington.
Rev. Dr. Salter, of Burlington, Iowa, Is writing
the biography of the late United States Senator
James w. Grimes.
Benjamin Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Ball Woods and
william Smith are to be hanged In Burnett county,
Texas, on the 18th inst.
Major Palliser, author OF improvements in artil-
teIy pToycCthes, HAS TeCcANcu Holu SueeH NiSoViiu
the honor Of knighthood.
Geneyal Lucius J. Gartren would like to repre-
sent the state of Georgia In the United States Sen
ate for six years from the 4th OF March next
Baron Haussmann, late Minister OF Public Works
under the Empire, has just returned to Paris after
sjourney to Egypt. He would be a useful man for
our city.
James Maxwell, republican, win contest the right
OF d. M. Dewitt, democrat, to take the seat in the
House as the Representative of the Thirteenth Gen.
Sressional district Of this State.
The Massachusetts Executive mansion will this
year be a room and bedroom In the Common
wealth Hotel, Boston, where Governor Washburn
has ordered his trunk to be taken.
The Polytechnic School in Paris has Just received
from one of its former pupils, M. FREDERICK Era
suriz, now President OF the Republic Of Chile,
curious collection Of arms and books.
Charles u. G. wilkngham, lately OF the La
Grange (Ga) Reporter, mas become associated with
Alexander II. Stephens II the editorial conduct OF
the Atlanta Sun. Let us weep for Charles.
The astronomers designated by France, Ger
many, England and Russia I, observe, In 1874, the
transit OF Venus, will meet next month in con-
gress at Paris in order to determine tie exact
points of observation.
The candidates for United STATES Senator in Ka(-
eas are Samuel @. Pomeroy present Senators d. r.
Lowe, W. A. Phillips James M. H,rvey, new Gcver-
nor OF the State; Isaac s. Kabch, formerl, o
preacher in Boston, and Cornelius A. L0gsn
n brother Of owe Logan.
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THE BROOKLYN RING are endeavoring to
hold their associates to an agreement or bar
gain arrived at q caucus held on Thursday
last, by which the old corrupt regime was to be
virtually restored to power. The honest demo-
Gratis should refuse to be bound by this caucus,
even if they were induced to act with it. A
corrupt bargain cannot be too soon repu-
dated To keep it is disgraceful to break
It is honorable. The people of Brooklyn look
TO the honest democratic Aldermen to insure
to them the reform they won at the polls, and
their expectations should not be disappointed.
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TELEGRAM TO the NEW YORK HERALD.

PARIS, Jan. 4, 1879.
NJ Borcelles, who served as diplomatic rep
resentative of the French Republic at the Vatican
will return to Paris from Rome.
This is regarded as an indication Of the con-
tlnuance Of the difference between M. Theirs ana
the Pope.
GERMAN MINISTERIAL FETE.
Count Won Arnim, the German Ambassador to
France will entertain President Theirs and
number OF otherdistinguished personages at din
ner tomorrow.
THE GREAT GUNS WHICH POINT TO DOVER.
President Theirs will go to Calais ON the 10th
inst. to witness artillery experiments.
PROSECUTION OF THE PUBLIC PRESS.
The Emancipation, radical newspaper of Tou.
louise, has been suppressed.
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the first week Of the new year and concludes a
moralizing explanatory article by welcoming
1873, with its larger interests and brighter
hopes and subimer possibilities for men and
for man." In an article on the epidemic of
Confagration" it says:-
Almost every recent fire has resulted from
causes which might have been foreseen and ought
to have been prevented. 1t is easy to prophesy
after the event, but the experience OF the past
should make us wise in the future. IT Is painfully
true that the art of extinguishng fires has not
kept pace with the necessity that accumulates
Manufactured products and crowds together the
structures that contain them ana the homes OF Inc
we have not vet learned how TO build in city so
as to escape the perils OF confagration and how
TO manage an clement so useful and yet so dan
gerOus AZ fire.
The New York Observer has an article on
the verdict of the Coroners jury in the case of
Avenue Hotel fire, in the course of which it
says:-
The most painful rejection excited by this YER
dict IL that the moral sense OF the community is
more perverted than we had reason to suppose
we knew that courts are now largely asylums Tor
rogues. We knew that to convict criminals was
next to impossible But the hope fingered with us
that among the people there was virtue still sur
yiving strong enough to speak an honest, brave
as these, when frendless wemen-half score at
once-are destroyed by fire in a single night in the
most prominent hotel in the metropolis
The FTeem0ns Journal, in on angry leader
on the fire in Centre street. by which seven
persons came to their death, ascribes the dis
graceful delay which occurred in rescuing the
bodies from the smouldering ruins to the pos
sibility of 'the cunning hand Of political
intrigue" and says:-
II was only on last Sunday, the sixth day after this
calamity, when the HERALD raised sharp outcry
against his system Of obstructivism, that Mr..
one or two hundred wailng and heart-brOken rel
atives OF these human victims, even in this COM
munity, may find an earnest sympathy among
those that have not four legs as donkeys have nor
feathers, as birds nave
The Christian IntelHgencer discusses ''Science
versus Science" and ridicules the theories
presented by scientists as to the origin of man.
Scientists get at few facts then deal largely
with hypothesis, build up theory around
the facts, and this theory they call science.
Different crania, however, hit upon different
and even opposite theories, and ''then, alas!
science which is certainty stands up squarely
against other science which is certainty"
Darwin's man comes from an ape, Buechner's
from "a hairy, long-headed animal, with long
arms and short legs" and Buechner says OAR
win is absurd, and Agassiz scouts both of
them and has a theory Of his own. And yet
all three are scientists and their theories
science.
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Five persons escaped from Wards Island yester.
day afternoon in a boat When short way out from
the snore the boat sunk, and an unknown girl and
Henrietta Smith were drowned The other pris-
oners, named Thomas Wood, Fanny May and w. II.
Johnson were captured and taken to the Twenty
third precinct station house, where they are at
present locked up This Information, strange to say,
was not sent to Police Headquarters until hafpaSk
ten O'Clock last night.
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Was IT THE BEST OF TASTE IN THE ASSIST
ANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY to make o long official
valedictory in Court last night after the YER
dict of guilty had been rendered in the Stokes
case, even though he was about to retire from
the position of public prosecutor?
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CARRoLL.-On Saturday. January 4, PArRICK;
CARROLL, native OF Tenahnch, ClOnaslee, Queensl
county, Ireland aged 40 years.
May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
Funeral IRON hts late residence, Twentieth street,
Gowanus, on Monday, January 8, at two p. M.
PERRYMAN.-On Friday, January 3, CATHARINB
PERRYMAN, in the Saith year of her age.
The relatives and friends Of the family are re-
specially invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence, No. GA Greenwich street, this Sun
day. afternoon, January 5, az haHpast one O'Clock
For other Deaths See Ninth Page.l
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TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON, Jan. 4, 1873.
The London Standard this morning says the an
nexatlon OF the Sandwich Islands to the United
States would be no menace to England but to
Australia, and urges, as a means Of restoring the
equilibrium, In the event OF such transfer of ter
ritory taking place, the annexation Of the FIJI
Islands to Australia.
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FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.
Past Diplomacy for War Alliance Passing in
Post Obit Review.
TELEGRAM TO TINE NEW YORK HenAln

LONDON, Jan. 4. 1873.
correspondence has taken place between Count
Won Beust, the late Austrian Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, and the Duke de Grammont, in relation to
the assertion OF the latter that Austria promised to
assist France in case Of war with Prussia
Count Won Beust announces his intention OF
shortly publishing in Paris reply to the statement
OF the Duke de Grammont, explaining the attitude
of Austria at the time Of the outbreak OF the late
war.
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TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

BERLIN, Jan. 4, 1873.
His Majesty Emperor william has decided that
General Won Room, who has been appointed Presi-
dent Of the Prussan Council Of Ministers to
coed Prince Bismarck, shall remain Chief Minister
Of War; and that General Won Kamecke shall CO.
operate with and represent him in the discharge of
the duties OF that ONCE.