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The Grange advance., 1873-12-31
CheerfulneSs In Calamity.

More than two years ago, Aug 9Th,
1871, an old shed near the North Bos-
cawen depot, on the Northern road, was
found to have swayed over, twisting a
corner upon the track, thus putting the
passenger train due in few minutes, in
great jeopardy. Jonathan Plummer
a courageous, upright young man, a
section hand, discovered the danger to
the train, and forgetting his own haz-
ard, he seized an ak, rushed into the
shed, cut the post which in giving away
and swaying down, he saw would carry
the whole structure away from the
track. He thought he could escape af-
ter the concern should begin to fall
He had almost run the length of the
seven joints which went down, when
the timbers crushed him to the earth,
terribly rending his spinal column, de-
stroying all use Of his lower limbs, in
which there has never been any feeling
since. From that day to this he has
lain upon his back on the bed or upon
the rotary adjustable couch which his
comrades on the road have furnished
him. The railroad has been kind to
him, furnished him comfortable COT
tage near the depot, and continued his
name as half:pay hand upon their pay.
roll. His wife, daughter of Mr.. Copp
of Calif's Hill in Sanbornton, is a cour-
ageous young woman, illustrating in
the midst of misfortune, how affliction
will energize. with tortitude the human
heart. He is free from pain only a
small portion of the time, and yet. his
open and noble countenance is the very
emblem of cheerfulness all the time
He has learned to sew stockings, and
you will find him with head slightl,
bolstered, as much as it will bear, dill
gently at work most of his waking hours
We never stop at that depot ten min
utes without looking into that home
and never look there without learning 8
lesson for the tolls and duties of life
There ought to be Donation party u,
and down the railroad to fill that home
with all good things: except patience
fidelity and affection with which it i.
already glorided.-Merrin,ack journal
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Fretful Babies.

Babies often cry without any apparent
reason; but mother can usually dis
cover reason if she stops to think
about it. And it is worth stopping to
think about, no matter if the housework
or sewing be delayed awhile in conse-
quence. Perhaps it has eaten some-
thing which disa grees with its stomach :;
perhaps it is thirsty, for little babies
are often thirsty, and will drink a
teaspoonful of cold water with the great
est eagerness, and be quiet and satisfied
after it. Perhaps its little sock is tied
too tightly, as my baby's%was the other
day. found deep red mark around
her little ankle, which at once explained
her fretfulness. More likely than any
thing else the flannel band around its
bowels-if; happily, one is there-or
its skirt-band is pinned too tightly |
know BABY who has cried a great deal
since his birth. I think the chief cause
of it is because he has always beer,
dressed too tightly. The mother said
to me one afternoon, when the child was
so cross she hardly knew what to do
"Tve great mind to undress MIN and
put on his nightgcwn; he is always
real good then" So she did, and hi
commenced to be good at once. Moth
.ers should search for all possible causes
when their babies get fretful The,
should not be too ready to attribute
their crying to nervous temperament o
to hunger. for it is more likely to b.
caused by the prick of pin or an over
fed stomach than either.-Heart* ant
H09ne
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FAMILY CIRCLE.
Is 1t Worth While {?

Is it worth while that jostle brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road Of life?
Is it worth while that We jeer at each other
In blackness Of heart t?-that we war to the knife
God pity us all in our pitiful strife.
God pity US all joste each other;
God pardon US all for the triumphs We feel
When q fellow goes down meath his load on the
heather,
Pierced to the heart: words are keener than steel
And mighter far for woe or for veal.
Were 1t not we'll, in this brief little journey
On over the isthmus, down into the tide,
We give him fish instead Of a serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye in dust at his side?
Look At the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on the plain
Man, and man only, makes war on his brother
And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain:
Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain.
Is it worth while that battle to humble
Some poor soldier down into the dust
God pity us all Time oft soon will tumble
All of US together, like leaves in a gust
Humbled, indeed, down into the dust
JOAQUIN MILLER.
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THE GRANGE ADVANCE

Is u weekly newspaper devoted ex-
clusively to the interests of labor and
agriculture, and the following is its
platform:
l. 1t proposes to secure for labor a
Legitimate reward, not by destroying
any other industry, profession or call
ing, but by increasing the power and
influence of the laborer so that he may
exercise some influence in fixing the
price of what he buys and sells.
2. 1t proposes to throw its whole
influence in favor of CHEAP TRANSPORT
rAT1oN, until the very lowest rates and
tariffs compatible with a 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 to-day.
3. 1t proposes that if railroads are
puolic corporations they must and shall
be made to subserve the public interests
that they shall not be 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 private companies, and
under no obligation to the public.
4: 1t proposes to be strictly non-par-
tisan, but will not hesitate to expose and
denounce corruption in whatever party
it is found: and will never fail to drag
the guilty individual to the bar of pub
lie judgment, no matter how high his
position, or by how many millions he is
backed. 1t will deal fairly with all
candidates for Office, and will endeavor
to hold each of them before the public
in his true and real character, without
fear, favor or affection. @.@
| 5. It proposes to do all it can 70,
the mental, moral and intellectual ele
walton Of the masses, being fully. con
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vinced that the existence and perpetuas
tion Of a republican form Of government
depends upon the general intelligence
and morality Of the people.
6. 1t proposes to fight the hydra:
headed monster MONOPOLY in what
ever shape, or form, or place it may be
found. No class privileges, no class
legislation, but equality before the law
in all respects is its motto.
Z. Finally, it proposes to work
faithfully and work increasingly for the
advancement and up-building of the or
der of the Patrons of Husbandry, to use
every means at it's command to increase
the interest and zeal of every individu-
al member, to furnish them with all the
latest news pertaining to the order
throughout the country, to give them
all the latest and best agricultural news,
to post them concerning every humbug
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 livest, most energetic
and spiclest agricultural paper publish
ed.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31
Tea and Coffee.

Foods" recently published book
by Edward Smith of London, contains
some ideas in regard to tea and coffee
which may be new to many: It asserts
'that tea is a most powerful respiratory
'excitant, its principal use being to
cause the assimilation and transforms
ition Of other foods, and is especially
adapted to those who eat too heartily,
when the process Of assimilation should
be quickened, but is less adapted 70 the
i'll fed and during fasting. d Coffee i
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Farmers, Mechanics and Laborers Of
Minnesota, to the front! Advance! is
the universal order of the hour, and
the firm, determined tramp, tramp,
tramp Of the toiling masses, who have
hitherto Jagged in the rear, is heard all
over the world in the great onward
march. Shall the $4,000 farmers. me-
chanics and laborers of Minnesota fail
to obey the order, or obeying in part
still fail to take their stand in the very
front ranks? There is no place on the
worlds mighty battle field where the
hosts Of the Monopolists are attacking
the people with greater zeal, determina-
tion and ferocity than in our own State.
There is no place on the mighty line
where it is more important that the ene-
my should be repulsed, crushed and
routed, foot and dragoon, than right
where we stand. Are we ready for the
work
The GRANGE ADVANCE will always
be just what its name indicates. 1t
will ever be found with the advance
guard and at the head of the column.
From its pages no uncertain sound will
ever go forth. Based upon eternal
truth and justice, fighting in right.
eous cause, firmly grounded in the con
viction of the greatness and importance
Of its mission and work, it must and
will prevail.
Let all those who favor the cause o.
the toiling millions against oppression
and monopoly, the cause of labor
against e1tortion and greed, come t,
our aid, for we are marching under tn,
same colors.
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Winning Confidence.

A boy came with his father to a
certain teacher. The father said, II
want you to take charge of my boy.
I would like to have him use that
book" "John,'' said the teacher,
do you hear what your father says
Now I want you to go through this
book this year. You ought to; you
must: I'll fog you if you DON'T
Take twenty-five pages tomorrow, sir,
and see that you know every word OF
it. If you don't: you'll have trouble.
Do you understand that ?' eyes, sir, -
quietly replied John, as he goes away,
hating the book and the tsacher from
the start.
That man can't teach. The boy goes
to another teacher, who says, "John,
your father says he wants us to study
this book. Now I want to tell you
something about it, Don't be afraid OF
the book because it looks big. Well
go to work at it, little at time till we
master it all. We can easily do it.
will thank you for all the information
you bring me that can't find in the
book. l prize that the most. Now 20
at it with will; when anything goes
wrong, come and tell me and will ex.
cuse you. But, remember one thing,
John, you cannot deceive me. You and
I must be friends We will study and
explain together. We will astonish
your father by showing him how welI
We know it" John goes home delight.
ed. He says to himself, "That's some
like; I'll do my best for that teacher
you bet !" And the father has to take
down the big Encyclopedia, and is al.
most sorry he took the boy to that
school, because he is really troublesome
with his questions and problems. The
result is, John is thinking all the while
on his subject, because the teache,
grasped not only the intellect, but the
heart, and welded the two.-Dr. I'm
cent
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more fitted for the poor than tea, and
also better for the feeble. It is more
useful for breakfast, because then the
skin is active and the hearts action fee
ble. Milk, Dr.. Smith says, contains all
the elements of nutrition, and in the
most digestible form. Fish is said to
be especially fitted for the use of
those who perform much brain work, or
who are the victims Of much anxiety or
Distress"
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31

To Salt Do,on Beef to Keep the Yea,
Around.-One hundred pounds of beef
four quarts of rock-salt, pounded fine
four ounces Of salt-petre, pounded fine
four pounds Of brown sugar. Mix we'll
Put layer of meat on the bottom o1
the barrel. with a thin layer of this mix
ture nuderit. Then pack the meat in lay.
ers, and between each put equal pro.
portions of this mixture, allowing little
more to the top layers. Then pour in
brine till the barrel is full.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31

A worthy Methodist, burning with
desire to do good and save souls, seeing a
man on the road before him, hastened to
make up to him, that he might deal with
him about his soul. Ignorant Of these
good intentions, the other, taking him
for foot-pad, did all he could to throw
him out, but in vain. At last and
at length the Methodist runs him down,
confirming his worst fears-as they
now stood face to face-with the start
ling question. 'Are you prepared to
die?" So the worthy Wesleyan was in
the habit of dealing with people, going
thus right and at once to the mark.
But, at this awful question, down goes
the poor man on his knees, to offer the
other all his money if he will but spare
his life, happy as tho supposed foot-pa1
raised him, to find out his mistake.
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-'Richardson, Secretary of the Treas
ury, wants an increase Of taxes, viz :
10 cents on liquors per gallon, cents
additional per pound, on tobacco ;
5000, 900 On gross receipts Of railroads ;
$3.50, 900 on oils; 81, 100000 on insur-
ance companies; $250,00O on telegraph
receipts; on express companies, $780,
900; aggregating $22,150,000. Tea
and coffee are to be burthened with
$42,O00,OO0. Then he recommends
the re-establishment Of stamps on legal
instruments, deeds, mortgages, &c., &c.
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them would be charged with bad breed
ing or gross ignorance and treated ac-
cordingly, b.
/ Being much upon the road, I have
daily opportunity of witnessing the
coarse sel6shness that prompts many
persons to appropriate the whole of the
track for their sole use. I have in my
mind one man in particular, assuming
to be the leading spirit of the settle
ment where he resides: who piggishly
clings to the middle of the track forcing
the passing party into the ditch. His
wife, who sometimes accompanies him,
looks troubled as we pass, and, I i'm
agine feels annoyed at the meanness of
her coarser half Fortunately there
are not many bipeds Of this class, else
endurance Of such incivilities would
CEASE, and the other plan of jogging
their attention with the wheel hub be
adopted.
People of decent breeding need no
law to suggest their duty as users in
common Of the public road and any
man possessing the attributes of gen.
tleman, instinctively observes the eti-
quette of travel by Offering the whole
track to all lady drivers and to heavily
loaded teams, and cheerfully shares the
track with all others. Only the low
bred coarse grained person appropriates
the best part of the road to himself,
impertinently and boorishly staring at
the party forced to one side by his i'm
politeness. These characters are the
savages Of the highway-rough-scutfs,
that we would rather meet and pass
before sunset.
Allow me to add a few items to
those you have already published with
reference to general rules.
professionally we meet teams that
commence turning out when fifteen or
twenty rods off, uselessly moping along
for long distance outside the track,
and hindering the progress of both We
hicles. Teams approaching each other
should keep the centre of the road un-
til within forty feet, then each swing
suddenly to the right, both quickly re-
gaining the track after passing.
"A team moving at a slow pace
should commence turning out sooner
than an approaching one moving more
rapidly, otherwise the latter will be
forced to stop or yield the whole of the
track.
Coming up to a team you desire to
pass, hail the diver of it to give you the
the right side: if he is rough and re.
fuses to do so, let some magistrate give
him few dollars worth of tuition as tc
his duty.
Meeting travellers whose team o,
vehicle has been disabled or injured by
accident, the occasion offers an oppor
tunity for courteous assistance. Aid
furnished in such an extremity is al
ways gratefully received and long re
membered by the recipient Of the favor
and must be gratifying to the donor a
we'll.
The highway seems proper plac
for the exchange of civilities, and wher
words are not used, let the language o
manners be employed and then mutua
respect will prevail
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Leave the House.

Some of you children look pale.
That's because you don't exercise
enough in the open air-you, little
girls. l mean especially. Study your
lessons if YOU must, for would not on
any account interfere with the advice
Of other Jacks; but remember that
there are out-of-door lessons to learn
music lessons to take from the birds in
summer and the winds in winter, picture
lessons from Master Nature, health les
sons from DR.. Oxygen, and love lessons
from the bright blue sky. Don't miss
them my dears, else some day you'll be
"kept in for non-attendance in a way
you will not fancy. What would you
like to hear about this time !? The birds
have brought me word of all sorts of DO
ings. and I hardly know where to begin.
st. Nicholas.
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A WORD TO PATRONS.

The GRANGE ADVANCE the only Grange paper State
It is live paper ".. ~ -" %#45-s"" 1~5
It has patent nsdes ousdes but is all published at
home .rs@~7"3 "a ~%%>s1
It contains all general news of Importance
It gives the very latest news
1t deals with the living, vital issues of the day.
1t is the sworn enemy Of Monopolies and Humbugs
It the special organ of the Grange and will ever labor to
build up the Order.
1t is medium of communication between the Granges
Farmers exchange the results of their experience through it's
columns.
Let every who wants such paper subscribe for The
GRANGE ADVANCE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-12-10

CoRN BREAD. Take two and half
pints corn meal, three eggs, we'll beat
en-, one tablespoonful melted butter,
two table.spoonfuls of sugar, and one
quart Of sweet milk mix thoroughly,
then add one pint of wheat -four, and
one and half measures of Banner
Baking Powder, first mixing the Pow
der into the flour, and passing both
through sieve.
Each can of the Banner Baking
Powder contains small measure, to
be used even full, according to printed
directions. If you cannot obtain this
really valuable article from your gro
GER, send twenty-five cents by mail,
addressed to Banne. Baking Powder,
P. o. Lock Box, 317, Pittsburgh, Pa,
and you will receive, postage paid a
quarter pound package together with
list of fifty valuable Recipes.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 5, '73.
SnccIal 70 the Pittsburgh Gazette.

Special 10 the Pittsburgh Gazette.
The Supreme Court met at noon to-
day, when Chief Justice Agne1 delIv-
cred the opinion Of the Court, that the
ordinance submitting the Constitution
to vote Of the people, so far as re-
lates to the city of Philadelphia, is
void. This takes the election out of
the hands of the Commissioners APP
pointed by the Constitution to hold
the election, and leaves it with the
regular election board. All our good
and law.abiding citizens feel disap.
pointed at the decisiGS.
A meeting of the citizens will be
called at an early day to appoint vigi'
lance committees to watch the ballot
boxes an the day of election, as it i:
we'll known that the corruptionists in.
tend importing from New York and
other cities all the repeaters they car
find, and vote down the new CoDstitu
ton. A meeting of the Executive
Committee appointed by the Cunstitu
tional Convention has been called t
NEE; at the Lochiel House, in Harris
bug, tomorrow Saturday evening, a
8 O'clock. President Walker has bee,
telegraphed7for, and will be there.
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MILEs w. TATE,
Chairman Republican Go. Com.

Tho Cuban imbroglio seems to
have its ebb and flow, with nearly
as much regularity as the tides of the
sea. At one time we are on the verge
of war; at another, the difficulty is
about adjusted, the "Virginius" is to
be given up, and our relations with
Spain made lovely. There is possibly
an undercurrent to the affair, of which
the public has but little knowledge.
1t is said that Secretary Fish and the
Gladstone cabinet are maneuvering
to gain their ends, the one by involv-
ing the other in war. England wants
us to pull her chestnuts out of the fire,
and we wish England to do the same
for us. Which will succeed is the
question. We would he gratifed il
the perplexity could be disposed OF
without the necessity for war; and
while there ia considerable war senti-
ment among the members of the Ad
ninistration, we have every confidence
that the several phases of the question
will be carefully watched, and the in
tcrest CT the country protected, b,
peaceful means if possible. but pro
fected, at all events.-Pitt,Jurgh Ga
! xcsE,1
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sell the best. strongest, most useful,
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Patent Button Hole Worker, ever used
or recommended by families, or buy
one for your own use it is only $5.
Sent free everywhere by express. Ad-
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To tn. Republican. Of Forest County

The time for submitting the New
Constitution to a vote of the people is
fixed for Dec. 16, 1873. l heartily
and cordially commend it to the ia
vorable vote Of our people. No party
can claim the merit of its production.
1t is the triumph of the people of the
Commonwealth through their best re-
rescntatives of both parties, over po-
litical and public corruption.
l therefore earnestly urge our
Committeeman in the respective pre-
cincts, to secure full attendance at
the polls, aud our people generally to
turn out and cast their vote as one
man for the adoption of the New Con-
stitution.
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