The Grange advance., 1873-11-12
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
A panic and financial crash is eminent in
Berlin. The grangers are to blame (?).
Look out for q new head to this paper
soon, if not before.
Chicago is moving for the establishment t
in that city of a mint.
The great Interstate Exposition, of Chi
cago closed on the Sth. The Exposition
has been grand success.
Niagara is bridged. November Sd was
the lucky day made memorable by the COM
pletion of the enterprise.
Hoyt, Sprague & Co., could not pay their
debts last week and succumbed A few
other firms have followed suit It is all the
fault Of the Oranges (?).
Count de Chamboard issued manifesto
in which he objected to being king only
in name, and it is now manifest that the
manifesto has completely busted his being
king.
The Aurora (1ll.) Beacon, says that team
sters make it pay to haul freight from that
city to Chicago, and bring back}o{dd Be-
tween the two cities g is the bdbt(n(naged
railroad in the West" This Is rather Il
joke on the 81 best managed road9
There is something very encouraging to
the weary soul of an editor in such words
as the following, coming from one of the
best business firms Of the State, "Your
paper is spicy one, pleases US, and we
consider it paper that should be adopted
by both merchant and mechanic''
The insubordinates Of Spain are badly
demoralized, and it looks as though the
government would come out victorious. If
Spain redeems herself from all her difficult
ties and establishes free republic, as she
bids fair to do at present, it may certainly
be said that the days of miracles are not
ended yet.
DIR. Decaisne, Of Paris, has been going
through what are usually known as "bit-
ters,' and finds that they generally con-
tain, mixed with inferior qualities of al
cohol, substance which dropped in water
containing fish will send them to kingdom
come quicker then prussic acid To the too
frequent taking Of ''bitters - he ascribes
that little by-play. in which humans some
times indulge, known Jas "epileptic fits"
The prospects are that we are to have q
partial resumption of specie payment Sec
retary Richardson has commenced by pay
ing out quarter of million of silver on
government obligations. O won't that be
joyful, when greasy zshin plasters give
place to shiny tin 1--we do not get so at
tached to these silver boys as to hide them
away in, old stocking4 and tea pots, the
Esright yellow boys wi soon fol ow, and
then good by to sore eyes.
Burk E. Wilder, in the New Ydr rk &i6une,
~aeneunces secret societies in thiA fashion
:'' Let the members of secretSoeieties be
looked upon as only partial men let US
deny their eligibility 10 any position of
honor and trust, involving discrimination
<between individuals; LII no svon,an marry
such man, and let col1ege. prohibit their be-
coming st~dents." Wouldl't there be Sc right
smart " Of old bacheloIs in these times
though. and "heaps Of fignoramuses? What
would friend w. do with the sisters of
the p. of H.? 4
The New York Independent comes out with
a long article showing cor nclusively e.. that
the Grangers are responsible for the smash
up among the railways, snd gives figures
showing just how: much loss they have
caused among these public benefaotors.
Yet The Independent doet not go back on
the grangers for all this, put pats them on
the shoulder and says thai the cooperative
principle is all right, that the principles of
the Patrons are all right but only claims
that they walked up the AFrong man when
they rot after the RAILWAYS. ss5 I'll 81