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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

Tho "Grangers" are supposed TO
have begun their organizations en-
tireIy in behalf Of agricultural inter
ests. But there's reason to fear that
others, influenced by political mo-
tives, are rapidly coming to the
front, and are about to take the man
agement entirely out Of the hands Of
the farmes. If this is not 50, it is
perfectly amazing what an increase
has taken place in the number Of
farmers in the country in the last few
months, or rather how many are
adding agriculture to their other
pursuits. The following is said to be
the composition Of the Grange"
ut Palmer, Mass: It's Master is a
horny-handed lawyer; its Steward
Is connected with carpet factory;
It's Chaplain Is a merchant; its Secre-
tary deals in hardware; Its Assistant
Steward is druggist; its Overseer
Is doctor; its Treasurerer Is dem
list, and its Gatekeeper is---a real
farmer, and with one other real
farmer in the Grange to keep him
from being lonesome. And we have
heard of other places In which agri-
culture was represented in about the
same proportion, - Presbyterian Bon-
Her.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

There can be no eoncealment Of
the fact that very many Of the FORM
or slave owners of the South conf
IDENTIFY expect that the day will come
when they will receive, from the
national treasury, pay for their liber-
ated slaves. We all know how
bitterly the Democratic party Mt the
North, as party, denounced Presi-
dent Lincoln when he issued the
emancipation proclamation. They
believed then that emancipation was
nothing more than wholesale rob-
berry, and we hear of but few Of tho
anti-war Democrats changing their
minds i'm regard to any of the issues
of the war. And upon this nail do
the southern people hang their hopes
for indemnification United, the
former slave owners OF the south and
their sympathizers of the north will
prove power, and 1t may be that
the following prophecy, made in a
recent number of the Athens Geor-
gian may prove true. A country
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
A Granger COnundrum.

A reflective Illinois farmer has
been proposing to himself the conun-
drum: Does it pay to belong to the
Grange? and the result of his cogi-
tations is that it does not. 1t strikes
him i'm the first place that the Gran
ges were not instituted by the farm
ers, but by a few interested men who
wanted to benefit their own pockets.
Next he is mildly solicitOus as to
what has become Of all the money
that has been paid into the organi-
zation? Taking the statement of
ma,tcI Adams that there are one
hundred and twenty thousand gran
ges in existence, with an average OF
fifty members to each, and figuring
up the entrance fees and dues of
all, he estimates that over two and a
half millions Of dollars have been
paid into the treasury OF the order.
fhe writer continues by asking:
What is the object? Who is benefit.
ted? And where does this enormous
sum of money go to: Probably
many other Changers have asked
themselves questions very similar.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

The Oskaloosa anti-monop Stand
ard republishes under the heading
"Grange Intelligence" the following
from the cute city:
The President of a granger club at
Shelbyville, Mo-, recently received
letter from parties in New York stat
ing that if he would send them
twenty five cents they would send
two pounds OF choice coffee in return.
The Granger bit and sent his shin
plaster, and in short time received
his coffee, and with it circular stat
ing that if he sent them 5000 they
would send whole list of articles
which they put in at about one-thild
Of their original cost in market.
Thinking this a good chance for a
nice little speculation, he went among
his neighbors and soon succeeded in
raising the desired amount, which
was promptly forwarded to the New
York firm. This was about three
months ago, and the goods have not
yet been received.
The Standard perpetrates an unin-
territorial joke upon the Changers by
calling this "Grange intelligence"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

In the identical platforms which con-
denim this acknowledged evil, 1t con-
tradicts itself by declaring emphat-
icaIly for just what 1t pretends to
condemn-monopoly and class legis-
lation. What would be the effects
ofthe adoption Of this proposed ex-
emption? Remove all taxation from
the farm and farm implements and
products, and we encourage thous-
ands Of men and capital to seek EN-
ployment in agriculture. Farm pro-
ducts are thus increased In quantity
and consumers reduced in numbers.
The logical result is Decent corn, 10
cent wheat, 3-cent pork and beef, aud
general stagnation.
This proposition comes from dem
agogues who are willing to ruin the
country by violation of all the funda-
mental principles upon which our
government is based, in order to Sc
cure their own political ends. Such
men and such doctrines will inevita-
bly, prove the downfall Of the Grange
and its political Autobiography pet.
If the Grange will not be true to it
self and its more wholesome laws
and principle, If it will give itself up
utterly to the control Of dough-faced
politicians, then the quicker it falls
the better.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

that can so easily 0bliterate the line
between treason and loyalty, and
talk of honoring alike the loyal and
the rebel dead, is very forgiving
country, and it may some day come
to think that the rebels should re-
ceive pay for their slaves. Hear the
Georgian, and then say If you think
it safe to turn the country over to
the party that agrees with this south-
ern paper, and the party to which it
looks for help to realize its hopes:
ave would respectfully suggest to
all former slave-owners to preserve a
correct list of their slaves, and have
their names recorded in the Clerks
office of their respective counties ;
this will require bur little time and
expense, and the day may come
when a nations returning sense OF
Justice might make this a wise pre-
caution. stranger things than the pay
D.ent 6y The General Government for
our emaacipdted skares haze happened,
and, Improbable as it may now
seem, yet it may be-"
--Hd1ckeUe,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
Grange Organ.

1t Is announced that an "organ" Of
the Grange is soon to be started in
Iowa. We trust this is an error.
The Grange itself grew out of the
abuses and frauds perpetrated upon
the people by all sorts of organs.
They were better things for their
owners in former days than they are
in the present. The people do not
want organs. An organ lisa machine
that plays the tuneit is hired to play.
Ragged Italians carry them about
the street and turn the handle. They
grind music.(?) But it soon becomes
monotonous to all but the ragged
Italian. His courage is sustained by
the clink of nickels dropping into a
ragged hat. The clinking OF nickels
is an important part of the organ
business.
If there is ring in the Grange
tina! proposes to run its affairs after
the manner OF old-time political
management, let the ring have an
organ. 1T will need 1t very much
before it gets through. But the peo-
pie are tired of organs. They want
the outspoken sentiments of the man
rather than the utterances OF a mere
mouth-piece of a party or ring.
They distrust the latter. The his
tory Of the past justifles them in dis
trusting. IL puts forth as its views
that which will further the aims of
its selfish owners, whether they be a
party, ring, or individuals. In the
present day Of independent thought
and action there Is little room for
organs.-Idrme,'s Journal, Cedar
Rapids.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
inti-Dyspeptic and Liver Pills,
Personal.

DR.. L. Hursts Vinegar Cough Cure has been used In
private and hospital practice for many wears being
pronounced by all who have tried IT, the best remedy
ever offered to the public for tho cure OF cong hs
bronchitis, asthma, whoopingcough. Group. nod all
diseases Of the Pulmonary Organs being composed 81
we'll known medical Ler DE-. II win strengthen the
system, purify the blood and arrest disease.
WANTED WANTED.
case OF Rheumatism, pain ia the back or 'umha'
60 swollen joints. flesh cuts. sprans. bruises sore
scratches, and fstuIs In horses that
cannot be cured by Hurts Tar Liniments.
Children will not cry you give them Dr. IT, Hursts
RASPBERRY Balssm, the great healing remedy for
Dsrrhea. Flux. Cholera Moibus, Collie, etc. During
,hs period OF teething no medicine equals the Rssp'
berry Baisam for softening the gums and prouottog
ientitieo. trial win satisfy any OF It's merits
Price. % cts. Hursts Family Medicines for sale By
IT. FRENCH. Knoxville
LOGAs q DRAkf &c, Pleasantviile.
WI GOFF. Gosport.
y III NORRIS Columbia
j. j WOLFE, Attfes.
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
Excmpting Farms from Tax
alton.

The Chicago Wibane recently pub
lished an editorial upon this subject,
which calls from Hon. John Went
worth, Of that State an elaborate let
ter endorsing the proposition to such
an extent as he thinks it would be
safe to risk for the present. This let
ter, addressed to the Tribune, is re-
published i'm the Prairie Farmer, and
by that journal commended to the
good judgment of farmers general.
ly." This startling proposition be-
comes important when it Is thus
boldly commended by such journal.
We quote portion of this remarka-
BILE letter to show what extremes
this grand monopoly known as the
Autobiography or Grange party is
leading:
! have just read your article upon
this subject. Whatever may be my
individual views upon the merits Of
your eutire proposition, / think we
had better stop Il little short OF it. 1
would first try exemption to land
actually under cultivation or in crops.
This would do away with the cry of
Land Monopoly" and give the man
who owns Il thousand acres and culti-
Yates only fifty, no more exemption
than the man who owns only fifty
and cultivates them all. This would
make the battle in the interest of
the consumer as well AS in that OF
the producer. To be sure, the labor
ing classes want beef, and ought to
have 1t; and you cannot raise cheap
beef unless you raise 10 I'm large guam
titles, and il requires broad acres for
broad steers. But the graziers would
get some relief in the exemption of
their corn crop, SO necessary in the
winter months. So l would not in
clude hay and pasturage mt first, in
view of the cry of "Land Monopo-
lies" The farmers can go no faster
In their movement than they can
commend themselves to the interests
Of the purely industrial classes; and j,
in my labors to unite the two, have
found this the best compromise
ground--one that will do to begin
upon. If 1t works well, as j know it
will, then we can extend the eXemp-
ton to pasture and hay lands; and
eventually make universal the con-
viction that prosperous husbandry
is the best guarantee of successful
manufactures and of national wealth
and defense. Let us discuss this
matter, and stop for awhile garnish-
ing the sepulchres Of our fathers by
discussing the Anticipated and never
to-be-settled Issues of the tariff, the
currency, sumptuary laws, etc, etc.
bet us have committee upon grave
yards and cemeteries, and consign
thereto without debate, all these
questions of impractical nature, and
bring before us the most important
of all questions: that of cheapening
breadstuffs that of lessening taxa
ton, and staying extravaganza that
leads To ''temptation without and
corruption within" Let us "remem-
Der Lots wife,
The letter further proposes to ex-
'empt all farm crops, and in Illinois,
and other States If necessary, to
change the constitution in order to
make the enactment and enforce
ment of such class statutes possible.
The Grange and its hybrid party
cries cut against class legislation, and
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
PAlNTlNG!
OAK GRAlNlNG,

An challenge any one in the country 10 90"
pete with II. 1zy-I warrant all my woie.
Call and see me at my Shop, at bnssing
old residence, Knoxville. Specisi astnn.ao'
siven 10 Country Work. Ai''
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11
JoLLYs
(Paiented May 2, 1874
Is Designed to Aid Beginners

sad Iesraers generally In acquiring proper position
Of the band aud pen and the mu.cb,sr movement ~
writing AS the twig Is bert the l. inclined
pupiIs will Practice what they Learn.
Very snalI children a. well ~ adats aagIir aa.N.
ceiient movement by The use OF tnis attaonlnt' !
without Teacher
IL IL a general complaint that writing is not
taught In our public schools. but this IL just ~
shosld be because Any teacher knows that ~ j.
impossible to teach " Unnecessarily In our stDoois
anisr the present arrangement. Whe spend fro,i
fifteen years In ffuitless attempt To lPare 70
write practical hand when, by the use OF propef
means II will require but few weeksf
How pupils have succeeded, In praeticinr nearly
every day Of their school lives let hotel registers
other siYna tuses and writing attest.
The READY WRITER does the work satisfactcrig
aud parents should that theft children use IL IN.
Gil proper habits become natural.
Prof NJ. j Giveus. of the Oskaloosa Business o.
legehas had his school supplied and says heis 'fAhJ
convinced that
1T WILL DO ALL THAT Is CLAIM
ED FOR L."
and this Is only Of Thousands of Testimonials that
might be given,
THE READY WRITER Is WORTH
IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD!
1t cope,s the pupil to write he should. Ser to
address, finished in good sty. with fms cedar holder
for 60 cts. Full instructions accompany 1t. Agents
G.. w. JOLLY,
OsceOEa, Iowa.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

A glass of whiSkey is manufacture
ed from about seventy grains OF corn,
the value of which is too small to be
estimated. A glass Of this mixture
sells for a dime, and if a good brand,
is considered worth the money. 1t
fires the brain, deranges and weak
ems the system. On the same side
board at which this deleterious bev-
erage is served lies newspaper. 1t
is covered with half million types,
it brings intelligence from the four
quarters of the globe. The newspa-
per costs less than the grog, but it is
no less true that there is large
number of people who think corn
juice cheap and newspapers dear.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
ADYERTIsING TERMs
Mild Winters,


The mildness Of the present
season, both here and in Eu-
rope, has induced some of the
book worms to look up prece:
dents. The result is that SO tar
least, as Europe IS concerned
for we have not the same rec:
ordS here to fall back upon, the
present bears no comparison I'd
some of the winters long gone
by. In 1772 the temperature
was so high in England that
leaves came ont on trees IN
January, and birds hatched
their broods in February. LII
1889 the winter was equally
mild, and the maidens OF Co.
logne wore wreaths of violet
and corn flowers at Christmas
and on Twelfth Day. In 1921
the trees lowered IN the month
of March, and the vines IN the
month OF April. Cherries ri:
pened in the same month, and
grapes appeared in May. III
1873 the trees were covered
with leaves in the month Of
January, and the birds hatched
their young as In l172; in
1856 the same thing was re.
peated, and 1t Is added that the
corn was in ear at Easter. There
was in France neither snow nor
frost throughout the winters Of
1888, 1907, 1909, 1917, 1859; f.
nally, in 1862, ever in the. north
of Germany, the stoves were
pot lighted, and the trees flow
cred in February. Coming to
later dates, the winter of lS46-
7, when it thundeied at Paris
on the 2Sth Of January, and
that Of 1866, the year Of the
great inundation of the Seine,
may be mentioned as excep'
tionally mild. -
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
the body social, and stenchs :
in the nostrils of the world.

the body social, and stenche ,
in the nostrils of the world.
The habits, neither of Great
Britain nor Amer lea, will be
improved Ghtii men of inAu-
ence in every walk of life are
willing to dispense with their
drinking customs. Hundreds
Of thousands Of English speak
ing men 60 to a druhkard's
grave every year. There is
nothing in sanitary consldera
tions as they relate to the mod
crate drinker, and surely moth
ing in the pleasures Of the mod
crate drinker, to mitigate this
curse. It is all a deluslon. The
water drinher is the healthy
man, and the happy man.
Spirits, wine, beer, alcoholic
beverages of all aorts are a
burden and a bane, and there
is no place where good man
can stand unshadowed by a fa-
tai delusion, except upon the
safe ground of total abstinence,
Until that ground IS taken, and
held, by good men every where
there can be no temperance re-
form. The wne-drinkers oI
England and America have
the whisky drinkers in their
keeping. What do they pro
pose to do with them9
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26

They have span of horses
IN Depere, Wisconsin, which
are kept tor trading and spec
ulation exclusively. They sold
10 green Bay for 6s cenls.-
Then they rapidly rose in val.
ne until they brought s.. Ex
element running high, and ap
pearances indicating that they
would soon be able to stand
alone, they were put up at q
rattle and seventy-fve tickets
were sold at 81 each. A De.
pere man won them, and
thought himself lucky, but al
ter feeding them $40 worth o.
hay and oats, he became dis-
couraged, and sold them at Is
cents. The man who got then,
traded them to q barber fol
two months shave, and tb
barber went out the other da
and hung himself. The resu
is that the horses are now Will
out . protector
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
Purity of Character.

Henry Ward Beechar draws
the following beautiful parar.
lei:
"Oyer the beauty Of the
plum and apricot there grows
bloom and beauty more ex-
quisite than the fruit itself; a
soft, delicate flush that over
spreads its blushing cheek
Now if you strike your hand
over that and it is once gone,
it Is gone forever, for 1t never
grows but once. The flower
that hangs in the morning i'm.
pearled with dew-arrayed
with jewels-once shake it, 50
that the heads roll off, and you
may sprinkle water over it as
you please yet it can never be
made again what it was when
the dews fell lightly upon it
from Heaven. On a frosty
morning you may see the panes
OF glaeS covered with land.
scapes, lakes, trees, mountains,
all blended into q beautiful
fantastic picture. Now lay
your hands upon the glass, and
by the scratch OF your finger
or the warmth of the palm, all
the delicate tracery will be OBJ
liberated. So is there II beau.
ty and purity of character
which when touched and de.
filed can never be restored; a
fringe more delicate than frost
work, and which when torn and
broken will never be re-em-
broidered. A man who has
spotted and soiled his garments
in his youth, though he may
seek to restore their color can
never wholly do it, even were
be to wash them with hit tears.
When a young man leaves bis
fathers house with the bless.
ing of his mothers tears still
wet on his forehead, ii he once
loses that he can never make
whole again. Such is The con.
sequence of crime. Its effect
can not be eradicated; 1t car
only he forgiven" 4, 10
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
The Twins.

The Philadelphia Dispatch
says: "In the Siamese twins
autopsy the first day was taken
up by photographs of th
corpses, which W ere taken in 4
number of positions, and from,
different points of view, 30 al
10 put on permanent record the
external appearances. The first
cut looking toward the autopsy
was made in the abdomen Of
Eng. A hand was passed In at
the opening, and the fingers
carried nearly to the center Of
the fleshy band of union. This
shows that the lining OF the
membranes of the general ab
dominal cavity has lines open
ing into this tleshy band.
1Oasts have been taken wilt
highly successful results. IL
we'll known artist, conversant
with the subject from practice
In the army hospitals, has been
engaged to make drawings ot
the internal parts as they airs
developed
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
Sugar FrOiII Sawdust:

Sugar From Sawdust.
1t is reported in England
that a French firm has dis
covered q method of making
artificial sugar from materials
so cheap that it can be sold at
a farlhing a pound. Concelning
which the Manufacturer and
Builder says: "When we con-
slider that sawdust il cheap
and rich in Ignite, which, by
chemical treatme e mt with
mineral acids, may be changed
into grape sugar. we should NOT
at all be surprised that .the
above report turns out to be
ne. and the sawdust is tho
material from which this cheap
sugar is obtained. Changing
old linen rags into sugar is E
well.known chemical expert
ment. Such rags are almost
pure Ignite. while sawdust als6
consists OF Ignite, howevef,
with some other Ingredient,
easily removed From rags ID
sawdust is but one step:D aoI
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26

Z g..
The Office oil the Macarthur
Enquirer has been enlarged so
as 10 accommodate the r6tal
grocer businesses in which the
publisher has e m b barksd.-
Hooking Ssntiael .0iaJ
II the editor Of the ENQUIRER
would have em barked in that
usiness long ago, ths Demo
raey Of that county would
ave liked it hetter.-LoGan
Republican. 4idsuoI5qi