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The Grange advance., 1873-10-29
From the Federal Union
MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL P. OF
H. OF OLMSTED COUNTY.

The County Union of Patrons Of Hus-
bandry met pursuant to notice at the Court
House, on Friday afternoon the 18th inst.
The attendance though small, was as large
as could reasonably be, expected Eight
oranges were represented by delegates,
and but for the driving rain there would.
no doubt, have been full attendance from
all parts Of the county. ny -., ..n...,-..
Among the questions of general interest.
was the subject Of purchasing machinery,
SC. After considerable discussion, the fol.
1ew,ng resolutions were adopted: .s
hesol0ed, That we approve Of the action
taken by the Executive Committee of the
state orange, at their recent meeting in st.
Paul, in appointing State Agent to pur-
chase machinery; and shat we hereby
pledge our hearty cooperation with the
SAID agent ME- ). 5. Denman, Of Winona
Resotoed That we will patronize and
sustain our home manufacturers as far a.
practicable, and respectfully ask them to
cooperate with US to our mutual advantage.
by dividing the commissions and salaries
paid to their agents and middle men. ..
The subject Of railroads was nextst.ken
up and the following resolution adopted: J.
Resolved. That we hold that Congress- has
full power. under the Constitution, to req
ulate commerce between the several States
Of the Union.
Resosued, That it il the prerogatiye and
tne ne duty Of the State and general govern.
ments ean TO establish reasonable maximum
rstes OF freight upon railroads.
Mr. Hillman, said that IS was almost
lmposslole to discuss any subject fully, and
20 arrlYe at proper conclusion during one
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29
THE FARMERS CONVENTION AT
CHICAGO.

Editor Grange Advance Having been
sent to Chicago by the Oranges Of Goodhue
county, as their delegate to the Farmers
Convention, some report from me may in
terest your readers. The general business
Of the convention has been published so
many times, it is unnecessary for me to
write it in our detail. In = general way
the convention was success. About two
hundred delegates we're present, large
proportion of them from Illinois. The
subject Of transportation took up q large
share of the time Of the convention. The
conclusion reached, was to petition the
general government to open up water
routes to the Atlantic SEQ board. The
delegates from Illinois stated that although
the Railroad Law passed last winter, had
not met their expectations, still they would
recommend the law to the other States and
better one if they can get it. The sub
ject Of cooperative transportation received
considerable attention; one idea was for q
number of farmers to own . car and pay
the Railroad Company for running it at a
fixed sum per mile. Some of the business
was of local nature. We received an in
vitation from the National Board Of Trade
to attend their meeting. If we are farmers
l did not see but that our business was
done with as much system and order as
was theirs. One word about Chicago: the
burnt district has been built up better and
handsomer than it was before the fire :;
buildings five, six and seven stories high,
a large proportion of them stone; and
prices as high as the buildings. The In
dustrial Exposition is worth the trip to
Chicago if there was nothing more to be
seen. spent all the time had in it and
was sorry that could not stay longer.
H. BRUCE.
Ocr. 28th, 1873.
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Is ths gen nelsanaa hss alty iidsa that I vii
steal, i win not take : ysry smart d.faet-
ivsto ind it ont, for II L do. any bu,in...
for the Patrons Of Husbandry, Win
pledge NJ honor thAtit win bs str.isht
and my books and ohkos will be open and
free to all to inspect, and If can't show |.
clean hand and clean record, the Patrons
will have their redress. don't propose to
have any g Bittersweet . vines OF any 9TH
er crooked sticks in Or through my busi-
ness. nothing but straight lines and straight
poles. SO plain that the wayfaring man,
though fool need not err therein And if
don't get reduction in prices and publish
them for the Patrons it will be no object
for them to order. In regard to furnishing
all farmers alike. as 1 have stated it was
suggestion of the executive committee,
and published it as such, and if the State
Graege At its next meeting, does not think
1t is the best policy, they can say so, as it
Is no law but only q suggestion. Again if
the gentlemen had been with me for the
last week he would have seen how ready
the manufacturers were to buy me up with
20 or 80 per cent. .,. .u
l will give the gentleman 80 per cent
profit on all the first class machines he can
buy Of any manufacturer on the terms he
supposes the manufacturers will do for him
as state agent.
But l will close hoping to prove my hon
est intentions to the .'gentleme n" which
name l am obliged to call him, for I was
not aware. there were any Bittersweet
brothers belonging to the order and hope
if this gentleman does belong to that
crooked line, the crooks and kinks will all
grow out Of him and that he will become O
straight brother, and then will be happy
to clasp honest hands with him.
J. S. DENMAN.
W1NoNA, Oct. 9th, 1873.
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H<Dr 1t is a matter of interest to our

~ 1t is matter of interest to our
readers to know the best place to purchase
their goods, and there is no place where
they can buy their Dry Goods, either at re-
tail by the Patrons or at wholesale by the
Oranges, than the large wholesale and re-
tail Dry Goods House of H. Choate, Winona,.
MINI. 1t is one of the largest stocks in the
State, and has become justly popular BY
keeping the best quantity and largest as
sortment of goods and always selling at the
lowest prices. Oranges are sold as low as.
they can buy in any Eastern Market.
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pF In our advertising columns Will
be found. the card of E. N. West. Patent So-l
licitor and model maker, Of Winona, MINI.
Mr.. West is not what is generally known to.
the people as a patent agent who has Pat
ent Rights for sale; his business is making
models Of new inventions for inventors and
securing their claims in Washington He
is Secretary of the. Winona Co. Council 2.
Of H., and Secretary also of the PATRONS
Cooperate Co. of Winona, which speaks
well for his standing and qualifications 81
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

asrMr. Allen Howe's Popular Gro
Gerry Store, or at least the advertisement
thereof, will be found in our advertising
columns. This should have had a place in
our first issue, but was mislaid We beg
pardon, and shall call and make it all right
at the store, and advise our friends to do
the same. .t','
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

The Washington Sentinel says Jay
Cooke & Co. propose to apply to the next session
of Congress for relief from their present nanciar
embarrassments That paper says it is their In
tention Ito throw up the charter of the Northern
Pacific railroad, and turn the whole concern. the
unsold lands and the railroad, as far as finished,
with stock and material, over to the government.
OF course thereto will be added the millions which
they owe, and the payment of which the govern
ment is to assume. They will thereby be entirely
relieved, it is CLAIMED, from all liabilities, and
Uncle Sam will satisfy their angry and indignant
creditors
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

sA The grange movement on this side, has'
its supportsrs and its oppon nsnls ]; several Y
lodges are in operation. By meeting ts-
gsthsr il the lodee. :he general informatioas
Of the farmer is increaQ Qed and His intslli-
gence advanced. The farmer to be : natoh
Tor the capitalist and monopolist must
realize that numbers will not avail against
brains.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29
MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY Y
AND FARM IMPLEMENTS.

THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ORANGES
WHAT THEY THINK OF THE NEW PLAN OF
OPERATING EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH
THE STATE AGENT.
Very few persons have had an opportu-
nifty to know, and many have never stopped
to think, Of the position or predicament, in
which the manufacturers of farm machinery
and implements have been placed since the
organization Of the Oranges throughout
our country. Let us take thought On the
subject
In the first place they are manufactur-
ing expressly for the farmer. and in order
to place their goods in the market, they
were compelled to establish agencies, and
either pay their agents salary or give
them commission.
They found by experience that it was
better to give large commission on actual
sales than to pay agents their salaries
whether they sell or not. Years Of expe-
rience has brought the agency business to
the present system, which is, to have
state agent, who for a fixed commission on
all machines or implements sold in the
state, and in this way he makes it pay him
to attend to all the county agents in the
state and ''drive the business" The coun-
ty agents, in turn, must have commission
for their work, and with the state agent to
look after them and keep them working,
the machines at last reach the farmer.
This say is the system which proves to
be the best for the interest of the manu-
tacturer and has cost them great deal
OF trouble and money to get properly es.
tablished and working. 2-|i 17'
Now the very farmers, whom they have
been working to reach and who have had
to bear large share of the burden of this
agency business, have formed into oranges
and propose to dispense with this very con-
venient but to them expensive system.
Now then, how do they 60 to work to do it !?
will tell you how large manufacturer
said they had done with him: .sWell, said
he, "whenI first heard Of the Patrons Of
Husbandry, did not think they would
grow as fast as they have, but thought
they would eventually prove . great bene-
it TO the country, and do great good not
only to themselves but to the manufactur
ers, and when Ihad communication from
the State Grange. asking terms to Patrons
for cash, felt that great good was in
store for US all, and l felt disposed to give
very good terms to them, TO encourage the
movement. We forthwith issued ! pri-.
vate circular to the oranges and
stated state amongst other things our term
e given them. Well, what next, instead
q getting orders from the agents Is ap-
p'' pointed by the state oranges, We beg.n,to
reosive letters from masters, sscrst.ries,
leo.ufsrs s. fos.srseers, { members and those
Wno Wsse '' intending q become menbsrs.y
esklns all =, nnsr e qusstions, antins
eur loysst possible urss, v.htins s
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

~ It is with pleasure that we call
the attention Of our readers to the adver-
tisement in our, columns Of Ellsworth &:
Knapp of'Lake City, Minnesota, dealers in
dry goods and groceries. This is relia-
BILE firm, who have been on the side Of Pat
rons in their efforts for reform from the
first e5..3' 81 ztg 5sa an
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~O. j. Everson Of this CITY has
opened New Millinery and Fancy Goods
Store. In order TO build up q lively trade
he proposes to sell goods as low as can
possibly be afforded. Call and examine
before purchasing elsewhere. ~i'A $ah
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t1sSssss - ~ = 0sAlss ~ AA On inc oqU1fO,
|. ws were honest men, 8 how muoA
tins " would give st the stated (csshl
price, and % On, With u oooasional' Or
der for saehinsry shipped 70 then, to bs
paid for whom received, land these were
parties th.t We did not know we'll, to
make long story short. = said he, . Nc
received Patron letters BY the hundred,
and in our endeavors to answer them all,
we hired new clerk and put him at it,
but it. was no 60; what were We to do !?
Here was mass Of confusion. We could
not send out machinery in any such way as
that, and were we to do 80, we should have
no system in it, and 50 Of course while
we regretted it as much IS the Pat
roma, we were obliged to decline to deal
with them and stick to our old and estab-
lished system of state and county aeen-
cies.'
Now this is but one of them, they can
al tell the same story, and what is to be
done. l will tell you what must be done
to make this thing , success. In the first
place, the manufacturers are anxious to
deal with us, at faceory prices, land less,
for cash, as we are to deal with them, but
they cannot give up a thorough system for
such mixed up mess as they find it to be
to deal with every one all over the state
And they ask US to adopt some system,
whereby they can work with an under
standing and they are with US heart and
hand.
The State Executive Committee of this
State have held meeting and appointed
one State agent, and they call on the Coun-
ty Councils, to appoint their county agents
The Patrons to order, and get all informa-
tion through their county agent, and coun-
ty agents to do all business and correspond
ence through the State agent This will
be the regular system now employed by
the manufacturer, only it will be controlled
oy the Patrons who will do the business at
very small per cent, and this will bring
@0 SAAAO6 AZ oA0HCs 5O IubL Lue maQuI8CCu-
rers will have confidence in our ability OF
manage it successfully, and they will glad
ly dispense with the trouble and expense of
keeping up their own agencies, and reduce
their prices accordingly. The State Execu-
tive Committee have concluded to make q
call on the subordinate Grangers through
out the State to contribute small amount
from the treasury Of each Grange, to bear
the expenses Of establishing regular sys-
tenn, and to pay for sample machines and
tools, to have an exhibition for the benefit
OF the county agents and farmers generally,
to pay rent Of machines, warehouse, and
to start the business fairly and in shape to
do business promptly.
| hope all will see the necessity for this
arrangement and cooperate with the State
Executive Committee and state agent to
bring about this arrangement promptly.
FROM AN OBSERVER.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

a8rPeter Freeman, agent for the Will
son Shuttle Sewing Machine. has opened
rooms over Hawley's Drug Store, where he
will be glad to see his friends. s'-s5
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

"a See advertisement of Branch
office Weed Sewing Machine Company, 80
West Third street, St. Paul. This machine
took the premium at the Vienna Exposition.
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PRESCOTT LOCALS.
BY ". Il. MORAN.

BY W. H. MORAN.
Weather cold and gloomy.
Wheat 30 cents.
The - Grange of P. Of H. have secured the use
oi tne ODD Fellows Hall for their meetings.
-On the aad inst. Brian Corcoran, while walk
ing down plank in Stone, Gray 4 Childs' new
building, slipped and fell distance Of about ten.
leet. He was unconscious for several hours. Be
yond sprained wrist and general soreness, no
i'll results. -. = 2=,5--.f.t9%eezEit it4
About ten inches of snow on the level and not
all down yet.
Joe Firner has fitted up the cabin stoves
on the Charlie Chever. She is getting ready for
the winter campaign. By the bye, Firne1 is good
at fitting stoves and things
The Tnespians are getting worked up and
promise US some of their delightful entertainments
soon.
The Grange here numbers some forty members
meets the third Saturday of every month at P. M.
The cold and snow has put damper and also
a stopper on the further progress of the laaee
brick building of Stone, Gray and Childe
If you wish to have pleasant freside and keen
wellinformed, subscribe for the GRANGE ADVANCE.
$2.O0 per year. y> 49, .s- z,sx@
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

B@ Mrs. Charles has returned from
Chicago and New York with large and
elegant stock of Fall and Winter Millinery.
and invites the ladies to call at her store
in Red Wing and examine.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

s0r The Monitor Plow factory of
Minneapolis advertise in The GRANGE AD-
VANCE, and other home manufacturers will
find it for their interes: to follow the ex-
ample. II
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

@~ N. P. Peterson has a splendid.
new stock Of watches, clocks, jewellery, &c.,
as will be seen by reading his advertise,
ment.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

Advance Grange, No. 60, Lake CITY, meets at its
hall the second and fourth Saturdays of each month
at o'clock, P. NJ.
Visiting Patrons cordially invited.
Monthly Council meets the second Friday of every
month.
JOEL CLARKE Master.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-29

hed Wing Grange, No. 353, meets at it's hall on the
second and third Fridays Of each month"; at o'clock
Pm.
Visiting Patrons cordially invited
J. F. PINGREY, Master,
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DEPUTIES APPOINTED.

The following named persons have been appointed
deputies to organize oranges under article II OF the
Goth, 1873. 1o"i u"'J
FsRibault county, 8. F. Wilkbow, Winnebaao (.tv
Maseca, Hon: ?: Woodruff, Blooming Grove.
Nicollet, J. H. Durham, Nicollet
Olmsted, n. G. Fuller, Rochester.
Fillmore, O. E. Rundell, Pairview Gr,
Lesueur, A. B. swayns, Elysian
Cottonwood, J. W. BENJAMIN, Window.
Dodge, VIM. Il. Lee, Rice Lake.
Mower, 7. A. Elder, Spring Valley.
Martin, John F. Daniels, Fairmount.
Dakota, D. 7. Akin, Pennington
Steele, E. H. G. Dartt Owatonna.
Lyon, H. R. Marcyes, Lynd
Brown, h. B. Simmons Golden Gate
freeDorn, A. K. Vanderwarker, Moscow.
kandiyohi, Burroughs Abbott, Kandiyoh
yellow Medicine, Gorham Powers yellow Medicine
ramsey, s: G. Goodrich, st. Paul
Wabasha, John H. Jackson. Lake CITY.
Rice, George c. Chamberlin, Northield
Blue Earth, A. J. Murphy, Lake Crystal
Goodhue, I. G. Stearns, Zumbrota
Olmsted, J: T. Price, Eyota
Mobiles, J. H. Cunningham, Hersey,
Todd, J. 0. Milne, Sauk Centre.
Rock, - McColum Lucerne.
wright, William slaight, Delano.
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THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ORANGES.
WHAT THEY THINK OF THE NEW PLAN OF
OPERATING EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH
THE STATE AGENT.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29

OLD HUMBUGs DISCARDED. Thank
heaven, the old-school practice is pass
ing away. Ipecac, aloes, calomel, bis
tering, the lancet, and (worse than alb
naedicated rum, have given place to Il
new remedy, which bids fair to become
the Waicersal medicine Of mankind.
VINEGAR BrrTERs is that remedy. 1t is
destined to take precedence of all other
curatives now before the world. The
pharmacopeia and conspectus of the
regular Faculty contain nothing that
will compare with it. Every day hun
dreds of the sick are emancipating
themselves from systems of treatment
which entail great expense and do no
good, and are flying to this cheap and
absolutely certain means of relief. Dys-
pepsia, rheumatism, liver complaint,
periodic fevers, sick headache, kidney
diseases, constipation, nervous affec-
tons, and in short all maladies, acute
or chronic, which do not involve the
irreparable injury of some vital organ,
are cured by this pure inalcohoIic uege-
table rcstordtiUe.-[ Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Another Step.

The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has with characteristic energy
taken another important step in the
prosecution of its great undertaking.
The camp-fires of the Stanley Expedi-
ton will hardly die out in Dakota be-
fore those of the construction corps will
be burning. The Company, on the 10th
inst, advertises for contracts to grade
and bridge the line between the Mis-
souri, river and the Yellowstone, dis
lance of 2O5 miles, through the coun-
try which the expedition has just now
passed or rather the located line is
some 30 miles north of the route pur-
sued by Stanley, avoiding the bad lands
through which he passed, and travers-
ing rolling prairie region, well water
ed and covered with the rich buffalo
grass, which affords the finest pastur-
age. The success attained by the Eli
gineers of the Company in finding so
good line through what has been re-
garded as one of the most difficult Sec
tons of the whole route, must afford
satisfaction to all interested in this
great National thoroughfare.-[ Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29

WHEN Mrs. Siddons was playing
Lazy MacbeM in Dublin, at that part
where drum sounds, and she exclaims,
" A drum a drum Macbeth doth
come - there was some difficulty or neg
lect in obtaining the necessary instru-
ment, and to her amazement trumpet
was sounded. She Immediately saw
how absurd it would be to say "drum"
while the sound of the trumphet filed
the ears of the audience, so she said,
" A trumpet trumpet y and stop
ped short, amid breathless silence, not
knowing how to rhyme, when voice
from the gallery called out, Macbeth
doth stump it !" at which the house
broke out into peal of laughter and
applause, and the tragcdienne advanced
TO the footlights and bowed her acknowl-
edgment for the relief. She afterwards
tried to find ont who it was, but failed
to do SO, and never forgot what she
considered the most genuine piece of
wit she had met with in all her ex-
perience.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
A Swarm of Yankees.

DR.. W. III. Russell spent the 4th OF
July at the well-known watering place,
Carlsbad. He writes to the New York
Times:
What Carlsbad itself was like I could
not well make out, for when / set out
after dinner Cat 2 o'clock for an excur-
sion, there came on thunderstorm and
burst of Water-spot-h rain 1t drove
every one under cover, filed the cutters,
and kept me prisoner in a shed, with
number of the latest men and wo-
men L ever saw in my life. In my ex-
cursion, however, L became acquainted
with the broad fact that Carlsbad is
about as noisy place as there is in
Europe-always supposing it is gen.
orally as turbulent as it was on the after
noon of 4th of July. Nowhere do cabs
make a greater row in the streets, and
the absence of the noise of heavy traffic
is made up for by the tumult of the
bands which brayed forth from covered
places, as the storm prevented them
playing in the open. You will observe
the dag it was ? May ask if there are
many Americans left in United States =?
The English speech which greets me
here is from American lips. Three
fourths of those using that tongue in
Vienna now are Americans. There were
seven in the train in which / came here,
and from every capital and from every
watering-place in Europe comes the same
report. "A great number of Americans
bara ~
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The German EmperOr's Health.

A Berlin correspondent says: cone
of the events for which it is well to be
prepared is the death of the German
Emperor. Approximations about his
case arise, not SO much from specific at
tacks of illness as from various signs,
insignificant when taken apart, but full
of significance when grouped together
His journey to st. Petersburg left Gt is
said) bad effect on his constitution.
He returned rather tired, after long
round of dissipation and tedious rail
way journey. Soon after, the Shah ar
rived, and to the physical fatigue Incl
dent to the part of host was added
nervous suffering brought on by the
eccentricities of his guest. 1t was sup
posed, at one time, that his illness was
feigned in order to escape further inter-
views with the King of Kings. After
the departure of the Shah the Emperor
retired to Potsdam, where, one hot af-
ternoon, he suddenly tainted, falling
heavily forward on the floor, and only
after an hour was he brought to con-
seriousness. The Emperor is petulant
and vacillating, and has morbid dread
of being left alone. He is disturbed"
the correspondent says, "by the ex-
tent to which his Government has
been involved in the war with the Holy
See"