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The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
Life's Shadows.

So much Of life do We have and hold.
Clouds and sunshine, pleasure and pain,
Which shall avail whom the tale is told!
Will it be loss, or viii it be gain?
What of the storms thst high and low.
Sweep and dash over sea and shore,
sc.tt.r;na ne h, roses grow,
What of the hopes that the storm of life
Battle, battle and bring down to earthf
After the struggle, the care and strife.
Shall it avail when we know their worth?
Ever and ever the world rolls on,
Hours, days and the years fly past;
And JOY and pain as the night and morn.
Shall be ever as one at the last
-0verland kontAly.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
suppose The ADVANCE will hav.

| suppose The ADVANCE will have
an action against us for non-appearance
in last weeks issue. We offer in plea,
as indemni6cation against such action,
the elimination of certain business
transaction that could not bs>dserred,
VIZ: the introduction into our Family
Grange of a laborer, weighing about
81 pounds. We believ&hat the support
Of home institutions are necessary to
the advance of the Grange movement,
so Patrons govern yourselves according
ly. G.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Transportation now--ch4ap Gdnspor.
tation is the sum total of quesf sfions
great minds are being driF Yen Into a
state of mental furor, over fts perplexed
relations to Governmental and domestic
economy, especially now that we are
upon the tapis Of another distributive
era. Pound masters and road over.
seers are alike interested, and so on
down through the catalogue to United
States Senators. Oh! people, thy bur.
dens: though heavy, shall be light, I: e..
IT wind can be made available as mo.
tive power. : G.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

1t is laughable to see how the polit-
ical organs Of this State, with their nu
merous attacks, spar and anathematize
each other, more particularly since the
Grange movement has been inaugurated.
Party records are overhauled, and the
reputation Of these organizations, with
those OF their candidates are being ven.
tilated; so Grangers don't be in a hur.
ry to identify yourselves with political
movements; let these rival organiza-
tions continue to score and jockey each
other; their little tricks in trade. are
continually unearthing a rottenness
that will soon wind " them and then
We will introduce the third horse and
"rush 'em." : q
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

In i've Eastern states there is an av-
erage Of seventeen and one-fourth per
cent. of the laboring population en-
gagged in farming, and in the eight
Western states, an average of ffty-two
and four-ifths per cent. is thus en-
ployed. Could these extremes have
been approximately equalized by a
wiser land system than we have had,
Western farmers would never have
been compelled to burn their corn as
fuel because they could not sell it at
any price.--American Bulletin, March
18th.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Stand from under Changers, and let
these immaculate oracles of partizan
tealty fight out the problems of their
own faith ; our time is not yet; when
truth becomes the exponent in public
affairs, lies will cease to be the medium
Of exchange, and the people will then
know who speaks, the politician or the
press. G..
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

The Patrons Of Husbandry in the
western portion Of Grand County have
established sale days for the sale of cat
tie, sheep, hogs or anything which far
mers have for sale or exchange.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Hon. JOHN T. AvER1LL informs us
that if our people will get up petition.
stating just what increase of mail ser.
vice is needed in This vicinity he will
then see what can pc done by the de.
partment. If our people will do their
part promptly We know that Gen. Aver
i'll will do his faithfully; for this dis.
trict has never had.a Representative in
Congress who has served the people
with such zeal and| fidelity as has Gen.
John I. Averill.-F1emwood Eagle.
Killing poultry so;it thout paie.-Taking
the bird up, compress the throat be-
tween the thumb AID finger for min
ute. Retaining the grasp, swing the
body round severalItimes, and then re-
move the head as jlst described. Here
insensibility is produced by sutfocation
and loss of motion by the twisting Of
the bones Of the ieck. A very sharp
blow with a small but heavy stick, be.
hind the neck, at about the second joint
from the head, viii injure the spinal
cord 80 as to destroy sensation and mo.
ton, if properly e1bcuted the head to
De afterwards severid from the neck,
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

We are informed that the committee
to which the matter was referred have
decidc9 to hold the next Wisconsin
State Fair at Milwaukee, Sept. 7-12.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Let US consider and see if the stand
ard We erect by which to Judge others,
will not measure our own imperfections
best.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

D. W. Dake, Of Beloit, president of
the National Butter Makers Associa.
tion, offers $500 for the best essays on
the manufacture Of butter, to be award.
ed in six different prizes. II
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Considerable wheat sown up to date,
(April 13th), in this vicinity, ground
working up very nicely. On account of
freezing nights the work done mostly
afternoons, as it does not thaw out before
that time.
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That is all right, excepting that the
Senate did not 'ofe&c the hill. and there
was no bill introduced to tax the lands
Of the Wisconsin Central Company
Postage Register.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

(Just hear them?) The assembly
passed a bill taxing Central Wisconsin
railway lands, but Republican Senate
killed it dead as a stone.-JanesviWe
Times.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

A man without cheek, living under the
mild dispensation Of the nineteenth cen.
tury, is like puff ball whirled in the
eddy Of a zephyr, soon scattered, and ab.
sorbed by the oontending el}nents of
human action. T " G.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

The winter wheat in Dodge county
has been entirely destroyed by the cold
weather Of the past few days.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

The wool growers Of Caldwell's prai.
rie, and Waukesha county, will hold
their ninth annual sheep shearing festi.
val at CaldwelPs prairie on the l4th Of
May.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

At a meeting held at GAINESVILLE, Sat-
urday night, to elect delegates to the
Cheap Transportation Convention, to be
held at Rock Island, action was taken
adverse to Hennepin canal project, and
especially the tapping of Rock River at
Dixon to feed said canal also, resolu-
tions instructing Wisconsin Congress-
men to oppose said canal bill as adverse
to the interests Of Wisconsin. The
meeting was unanimously il, fave dr of the
improvement Of Rock river Lxnd thought
tapping it at Dixon would defeat, forev-
er, the desired end. Speeches were
made by several prominent citizens, and
it was decided not to send delegates to
the convention.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

" PS'
that national bank mAy 60 into liqui-
dation by turning ont lis assetsEo the
creditors)- but We. have good \paper
and we will turn that out to satisfy your
claims" So the anxious depoeitor,
who feared he mightfget nothing if he
let an opportunity slip, was shown John
Smiths notes, which they offered to give
him tor his account, assuring him it
was as good as the wheat y "or if you
would prefer Jones here is his note.
gilt edged take which you please
and give US check for your account" :"
Of course he took e; he doesn't know
either Smith or Jones, but if he does
not accept this, tomorrow there will be
a bigger rush and 81 amebody else will.
A large share IF the paper thus
turned out Proved to be advances to
spectators without endorsers or COLA
teral security, onlyI small portion of
the banks assets being such as Ma
tional Bank should lold. In the course
Of this liquidation 1pany little ingenious
plans for converting 4 bank into /
n aa.E "-l
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For a Memorial Of Her.

She is washerwoman, and she lives in
one Of the northern cross-streets Of New
York, not far from the Hudson river. You
may have met her, sometime, hurrying along
after night-fall, carrying in her arms that
enormous bag Of clothes, aud bent under its
weight Week 10, week out, she tolls at
her tub. at that hardest work that human
backs are heir to ; every muscle strained
and bent, as she soaps aud rubs and wrings.
Day in, day out, she stands at the ironing
table, lifting and passing to aud fro the
eight pounds Of solid iron, seven times
heated, lifting and pushing it all day long.
Standing, mark you, at table or tub; " on
her feet, literally, sixteen hours out Of the
twenty y-four
She supports by her hard work a hus.
band, now quite an old man, and ono child.
She rents a small, six-roomed house, two
rooms Of which she retains for herself, and
the remaining four she rents out to labor
ing men and their families. With the rent
Of these rooms and the profits Of her own
hard work, she has managed to " get along
comfortably, and to have few dollars
laid by for a rainy day.
The rainy day came in the autumn. Ey-
cry man of the four who rent her rooms
was turned out OF work. Good, honest
fellows, sober and industrious, with their
little families around them facing the
problem to beg, or steal, or siarve Loav-
ing home early in the morning, with basket
and shovel, walking the streets all day long
in the vain quest for work and returning
at night, hopeless Hopeless? Desperate !!
save for one ray Of light in the darkness :
one link that bound them to their kind.
al forgive them the rent says Ann the
washervoman, and its going on five months
now. Sure and they've had but one meal a
day the winter long, and that little oat.
meal If they make few pennies, with
shoveling snow now and then, would it be
| that would take it, and the children
starving?"
Through all these Eve dark months has
Anu the washerwoman scrubbed, and soapedi
and wrung; has toied over the hot irons,
and crrried home the heavy, piled-up
basket, rejoicing that it was heavy. Pay
ing the rent for those four families, keep
ing, who knows from what extremity Of
crime and reckless despair, those four hus-
bands and fathers. la her magnificent
charity--for all greatness is relative, what
proud name in New York can rival hers
In what proportion to our incomes, to our
own outlay for luxury in mind or body,
does our giving stand to this woman's mite
| What man or woman among lis millionaire
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oodbury, April 90, 1874.
For the WstchmAn.
Woman's Influence.


Every married woman Of extensive acquaint-
anee has among her intimate and confidential
friends one or more gentlemen. They may be
married, but quite as often not, and there is
no truer or better friendship than this Of which
write. woman, to hold such friends, must
have large culture, and a quick insight into
human nature must be free from coquesry and
self consciousness, and loyal and true to her
husband. In proportion as she loves and hon
ors him, will the feelings and character Of other
men be to her sacred, and they will honor her.
She will advise discrectly, will reproye with
fidelity, and her quick perception Of other
women's characters will enable her to counsel
wisely in regard to an acquaintance, or a mat
rimonial venture. If woman needs an ad-
wiser, outside her own family, she will 90 to a
man far sooner than woman, for the fair sex
are harsh in their Judgment Of each other, and
far too apt to tell what they ought to keep in
violate and this from a craving for sympathy
more than desire to do a wrong.
The late Mrs, Lowell was beautiful example
Of what woman's friendship can do for men
Early widow, with boys to rear and educate
she made her house the resort Of class oi
young, and often frendless young men, whC
needed the advice and sympathy Of such Al
she; and her refined taste, large culture, and
self-forgetful spirit, have been blessing Il
many men, who will cherish her memory. 5.
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Where Shall we Settle |!

1t IS one Of the misfortunes of social life
that we cannot choose our neighbors can
not wholly shelter our children from the in
Huepce of undesirable people Yet in many
cases we can avoid a situation where they
will be especially exposed to evil. In
changing residences this should be a prime
consideration with parents. No worldly
advantage can compensate for the loss of
early purity of character in our children ;
nothing can make up to them the disad-
vantage Of having their manners and speech
corrupted, and all noble and generous prin-
ciples undermined by contact with the rude,
uncultivated and unprincipled.
A parent may fancy that home inslruc-
ton will entirely counteract this tendency,
and no doubt it is very potent; but many
have learned too late that the downward
pull was the strongest. There is nothing
SO contagious as bad example. The small
poI is not more catching or half so much tC
be dreaded. What are a few white scars
on the face, to great black blotches upon the
soul
Don't move into quarrelsome neighbor
hood. Your children will catch the very
tones of the place, and the spirit developed
will be lifelong misery to yourself anC
to them. Don't encourage tattlers to hanl
around your house, retailing all the scanda
Of the place in the hearing of your littl
daughters Oh, these pests of countr.
community! A cold shoulder is the bes
remedy. 1t is idle to try and conciIiat
them. A dog that will fetch, will ais
carry bone" You can take that for you
comfort when you are listening to their re
citals.
You cannot avoid all evil, it is true; bu
some places are a good deal worse tina
others. Consider well the moral atmos
phere Of your new home before everythin
else, il you would have it well with your
self and your little ones. Remember on
days seeding, makes one years breeding,
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Novel Reading.

Use fiction as you would spices in your
diet. No man takes quart Of cloves, nor
exhausts the cruet, at single meal. These
things may be used with moderation to sea.
sou ones food with, but they are not to be
used alone; and 80 ictions, while they are
not to be resorted to exclusively, may be
used with discretion to season life with. II
you 6ud that using them brings you back to
duty with more alacrity, with more cheer,
and with more aptitude; If you fud that il
makes you better in your relations to your
fellow -men--then it does not hurt you, and
you are at liberty to use them. But If you
find that using them makes you morose; il
you find that it gives you distaste fol
work If you find that it nclines you to rur
into hole that you may get away from
your fellow. men; if you find that it make'
you unkind, disobliging, aud seldsh--ther
you may bs sure that whether it injurel
anybody else or mol, it Injuries you'll w
Beeeher.
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coScLU DID.

As We stated in n former chapter, that no
- a., I. .ts
stream OF water runs intO INC tOWui IL Woutu
seem evident to the reader that IT'S situated on
tho heiohth of land In that section of the State
~ ~" es' - '""N :, .
ms II the case. It's lnbaDitanb have the
purest water IN new hngiano' ana he nrs' use
of H. too. IL comes direct from tho bosom OF
.. NJ, =, i 49,. -
our mountain We nave also Drecze "
mountain air, purified by ito motion and ele'a-
tion. This then may be called healthy loca-
ton.
here, retired from the NOISE ana Confusion
oil city lie, is the best place fora water Cure
establishment which the state Affords rhe
Invalid would be healed oy sympathy win our
people, II not by the virtue IRON 'oe water.
For shower bath, we can have TWO hundred
lee' iall ol water Il needed iofs plunge we
have Dog Pond, with no danger from sriklng
inc bottom u Navigation is 'augn' 10 such
institutions, we have an extra onanoe mere 10
practice H.
10 the pleasure seeking' OF 'nose VINO "oulu
IKE 70 occupy our water power we say-come
up 70 woodbury.
II yoq lack The lore q Dartmouth,
You needn't be afraid oi US,
'"' """'e'
lfeon ,sc,. i plenty IN your purse
To make the water.wheel Isvolve
Ana give machinery 'p'eu'
or should you make a hasty call
BY Us you'd be SSGes received a. nee
MHyoa wore A'fo"n'
Let us give the opinion oil an Illinois man OF
our water privilege While visiting his friends
IN town, he discovered stream oil water com
ing down our mountains, which he was IN
formed howed from spring buta lew rods dis
tant. Said he, II had that spring on my
iarm IN Illinois, would give a thousand dol
lars IN greenoaek'. IL would give US para
disc below But alas, we have TO take
poorer article, and pump II from the earth at
that
Our inhabitants are among the healthy and
hardy oil the State. Our bill ol mortality Is
less, according to population, than In the sur
rounding towns as physicians can testify
Some oil those towns have published lists oi
their aged people. Believing we are hard 70
be beat, and in vindication OF our assertion, We
are induced to say something IN that way oil our
town people.
With population oil nine hundred persons,
one hundred and nifty oil them, or one-sl1th OF
the whole number, have lived more than half a
century each eighty are over sixty years old /;
,hirty.si1 have lived more than seventy years /;
ten have passed their elghtieth year, and one
man, has reached her ninety.fourth year, and
il quite smart. and able To do house work yet.
This longevity we attribute to our location and
industry. Mrs. Putnam used to live in Calais,
but came into this town about forty years ago,
to prolong her existence and usefulness, as sp-
pears to us, about thirty years.
One more inciden. We wish to name, in con.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-06

TIME Is ONLY AN EMPTY SPACE, frat ac-
quiring meaning from the events, thoughts
aud feelings with which we feel it. But as
we know that this meaning has come fraught
with Joy and sorrow to many sensitive ma
lures, our own hearts cannot but be affected
by il. Its quiet, secret power, too, has a
magical charm. The day on which great
misfortune has befallen us is, after a long
course of years, passed unnoticed, and then,
too, unknown to US is the approach OF one
on which calamity inevitably awaits US.
If we reflect deeply on the consequences OF
time we lose ourselves as in an abyss.
There is neither beginning nor end. A
great comfort lies. however, in contemplat-
ing the course Of life, as it ever reminds US
Of a sublime law-an eternal, controlling
power-an inevitable order. There is somo-
thing very tranquilizing in the knowledge
of this order in all the affairs Of the world,
in the frailty of human nature, and in tho
apparently uncontrolled, destructive power
OF the elements. -Hnm5oldf.
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If your seat is too hard to sit upon, stand
up. Ifa rock rises up before you, roll il
away, or climb over it. If you wish ioI
confidence, prove yourself worthy of it, II
takes longer to skin an elephant than o
mouse, but the skin is worth something
Don't be content with doing what another
has done-surpass 1t. Deserve success, and
II will come. The boy was not born a man
The sun does not rise like rocket, or e
down like bullet fred from gun slowly
but surely it makes its round, and never
tires. 1t is as easy to be leader as Q
wheel horse. If the job be long, the pay
will be greater if the task be hard, the
more competent you must be to do it.
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The Home Circle.
A SMILE AND A KISS At THE DOOR.


No mansion is mine with costly design,
Rising up with grand pillars and towers
But cot by the way unpalnted and gray,
MID the vneoovered hedges and bowers.
Yet pass BY the gate sftho wealthy and great,
With never sigh for their store,
For know shall find at the cottage 0f ninc,
A nnile and kiss at the door
Tho weary my feet from the toll aud the heat,
As labor on day after day,
Yet this II my song when the shadows grow long,
And the evening tlnu melt into gray
" What care ] for toll, or the weary turmoil
That the future may have me in store,
With my heaven earth with its love guarded hnarth
And q smile and q kiss at the door ,"
No king on a throne has the worth that own,
Or pleasures that can command
For the gold laden makes the brow wear ar0Wn
And wealth strikes palsied the hand.
Then away with a LIE Of contention and strife,
Tho the world should be waiting before
Give me love In a cot" and contontment my lot,
And smile and Kiss At the door.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-06

In SWITZERLAND there is law which compels
every newly married couple to plant sr trees
Immediately after the ceremony, and two on the
birth Of every child. They are planted on CON-
mons and near the road, and being mostly fruit
trees, are both useful and ornamental. The
number planted amounts TO 10 900 annually.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-06

81 ExrEcr," said a worthy Quaker, :" to
pass through this world but once. II, there
fore, there is any kindness can show, or any
thing ! can do for my fellow man, let me do II
now. Let me not neglect " dsfyr 1t, for | shall
not pass this way again"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-06
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE.

MRS. NINsLON's SOOTHING SYRUP Il the pre-
seription of of The boot Female Physicians and
Nurses u the United States, and has been used for
thirty years with failing safety and by
tllIOfs OF mothers and children from the feeble In
an of week old 10 the adult. IL cOrrects acdity
Of tho stomach. relieves wind cole regulates the
bowels, and gives rest health and comfort 10 mother
and child We believe It 10 be the best and surest
remedy 10 the world, in all cases Of DNSENTERY
and DlAkRHHA IN CHILDREN, whether Il arises
from tcothing on from any other cause. Full diTcc-
uons for using will accompany each bottle. None
genuine unless the fac-simile ofCU RT1s PERKINS
Is on the outside wrapper. Sold by all Medicine
Dealers. e1-3i
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A MILwAUKEE Boy has swallowed half a
dozen steel buttons, and his mother don't have
to scream for him when he is out on the street
playing with those Cluckerson boys. She just
brings magnet to the door, and he flies to II
like needle TO the pole.
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THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA


10 The best remedy In the world for the following com.
plants, viz. Cramps In the Limbs and Stomach,
Pain lu the stomach, Rowels or Side, Rheumatism n
all IT, forms, Bilious Collie. Neuralgia, Cholefa, Dyt
entcry Colds Fresh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat
Spinal Complaints. Spraius and Bruises, Chills and
Teyer. for Internal and external uso.
It, operation Is not only 10 relieve the patient but
entirely removes the cause of the complaint. II
ponetraics aud pefvadcs the whole system restoring
healthy action 10 ali is parts and quickenlng ths
blood,
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA
10 purely vegetable and all healing. Prepared BY
CURTIS BROWN,
Nc. 2lj Fulton Street, Now Yort.
For sale by all drugglst. s2-3i