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The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
The Present Feature OF Political Or
g1nS.

1t is amusing to watch the varying
tint Of the political organs Of the day.
For years past when farmers we're need
ed for political use, they were soothed
and conciliated by few kindly and
patronizing expressions. Honest
farmer,'' "sturdy yeomanry," "bone
and sinew Of the country" were
choice expressions, and used with gen.
erous liberality during a political
contest; but suddenly the organs strike
a higher key note, and voluntarily in
form farmers that they are a power
in the land" What a liberal conces-
sion! All derison from this source has
ceased, no more clod-hoppers, Doors or
burlesque, but all is either compliment
or fulsome fattery.
In what school have these editors
taken lessons that they have so readily
learned to conjugate the signs of the
times in a new style? Is it the Grange
organization::tha troubles them? They
are not in the ship, can't control the
helm, and for their souls can't find out
in which direction the vessel is steering.
Here is where the trouble comes in.
No wonder they sing.
~ want to be Granger,
And with the Changers stand,
An Office in my pocket,
And salary in my hand"
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
Five Things the People Should Demand

1st. Cheaper transportation by open
ing and improving water routes. and by
such laws regulating and equalizing
tariffs on railroads, and by such other
means as may be found just and neces-
sary.
End. A complete remodeling of the
Patent Laws, so that inventors would
be allowed a reasonable royalty upon
each article manufactured, and ali be
permitted to manufacture and share the
benefits Of the invention by paying the
royalty.
Sd. The support of the general
government by taxation based on actual
property valuation. and collected
through the same channels as are
Township, County, and State taxes,
with scarcely one dollar of additional
expense, doing away with the horde OF
revenue collectors and revenue class
with nothing to do, who like an aru'y
of locusts are devouring the wealth of
the nation, doing away with the neces-
sty of our Custom Houses Of palatia|
dimensions, built Of marble and granite
with untold millions wrnng from the
toiling masses by the consumers Of the
taxed articles on unequal taxation.
4th. Free commerce with all ma
tions. with all questions of home finance,
trade and banking solved on the same
principles of equality, right and justice
5th. A faithful and honest admins.
tration Of the laws, and a just and eco.
nomical management Of the govern.
ment finances. H.,
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
The Unions Apology.

Some unpleasantness having sprung
up between the Hastings Union and
Major Kennedy, the Union man goes
for Kennedy after this fashion:
For the last two or three weeks, Major
" Arkansa 9" Kennedy has seemingly done
nothing but run about the streets Of Hast
ings, informing our friends and enemies
that he was about shooting down on sight
either one or both Of the editors Of this pa
per, because we dared to state what the
county records prove that Kennedy. each
year he was Auditor, drew q few hundred
dollars extra salary. That is the true rea-
son OF his rabies, though he tries to put it
on the footing that his ''mad " was up be-
cause We called him Stebbin's dog.
AS for drawing extra salary, he cannot
deny it; the county records prove it, but
We do acknowledge that We might be mis-
taken - regards him being Steb's dog
perhaps Steb is Kennedy's animal. One
thing We are positive Of, that the whole
Federal Ring is dirty pack, and Kenne-
dy's pistol can never make us take it back.
Now that he understands how much effect
his threats of shooting has on the course of
the Union, We expect to see him carry them
into execution, and We have NO doubt that
by next issue our readers will have the
pleasure Of first class obituary notice Of
either one or both the Editors:
We "want to be IN angel; " our will is
made; perfect resi- ignation has taken posses
sion Of our manly bosoms, and We calmly
await our fate ct the hands Of the gallant
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

The GRANGE ADVANCE is furnished in
clubs of ten for $3.50 per year, and will
be furnished for the next 80 days to single
subscribers for three months, and to clubs
of ten or more for four months at 50 cents
each on trial. We want five thousand new
subscribers in the next thirty days, and
can have them if every one of our friends
will 90 to work in earnest
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

Major. We wish to inform Arkansas
(for fear Of mistake that the Union office is
in the third story of the Dakota County
Bank: Office hours from A. M. to P. NJ,
and by application at the Office he can easi
ly find the man who wrote the article, and
who is willing to shoulder the responsible
ty. Kennedy knows his man let him shoot
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

Party, dropping out all the old leeches
and supplying the places with new
men, is the question the Pioneer is now
pondering over with serene gravity.
We think that after it shuf1es the cards
for few weeks longer it will follow US
and 90 in for new deal all round.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Here is little anccdote VIC want thc
Pioneer to publish. A prominent Re-
publican recently turned Democrat.
Says T." What made you change -"
Says he" Perfectly natural"
Says I-"Why SOP"
Says he" Don't man, when he
gets tired lying on one side, always turn
over and lie on the othcr?"
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
An Old Farmers Opinion of Party.

George Washington in his Farewell
Address to the people of these United
States-that address through which the
beloved Lincoln could find nothing more
appropriate to be read in all the churches
and everywhere throughout the land in
the darkest days of the Nations great
struggle-used: these words, which with
the history Of the past before us, seem
almost inspired: y" The alternate dom
ination of one, faction over: another,
sharpened by the spirit of revenge nat
ural to party dissension, which in differ
ent ages and countries has perpetrated
the most horrid enormities, is itself a
trtghtfM despotisn. But this leads at
length to more formal and permanent
despotisns. The disorders and miseries
which result, gradually incline the minds
of men to seek security and repose in
the absolute po,oer Of an individual !;
and sooner or later the chief of some
prevailing faction, more able or more
fortunate than his competitors, turns his
disposition to the purposes Of his own
elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
Without looking forward to an ex-
tremity Of this kind (Which, neverthe-
less ought not to be entirely out Of
sight, the common and continual mas.
chiefs Of the spirit Of party are sufficient
to make it the interest and duty of a
wise people to discourage and restrain it,
1t serves always to distract the pub
lie councils, and enfeeble the public ad-
mlnistration. 1t agitates the commun-
ity with ill-founded jealousies and false
claims; kindles the animosity of one
part against another; foments occasional
riot and insurrection. It opens the door
to foreign influence and corruption,
which find a facilitated access to the gov
ernment itself, through the channel of
party possessions. Thus the policy and
the will Of one country are subjected to
the policy and will of another
How do these words of wisdom cor
respond with the prating of miserable
little demagogues and one-horse poll
ticians about "loyalty to party" keep
ing up party lines," and "party disci-
pline ?" What interest has the people
in party drill and discipline ?" None
at all.
The place seekers who have no merit
Of their own, and wish to obtain nomi-
nations by manipulating party caucuses
and to ride into position on the strength
Of party excitement, are only men inter-
ested in keeping alive party strife and
feeling. George Washington, who only
sought the good Of the Nation, and ac.
oepted odhoe with reluctance, as duty
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
Advertising Rates.

Special notices in editorial columns 90 cents per
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Cash before insertion for all advertisements for
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special arrangements are made.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

\ gentleman named Wright, is this
fall going to drive over Illinios one of
the elegant four horse carriages fur
nished at public expense for the use of
Government officers. The carriage
selected was used by Secretary Delano.
This will exhibit Washington style,
and give the farmer, who tolls all day
covered with sweat and dust, the de.
lightful pleasure of seeing to what use
his share Of the tax is put.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

Can any one inform US Of what use
to the country is, or has been, the Ma
tional Bureau of Education at Wash.
ington 1t publishes tons of useless
documents which nobody receives or
reads: yet it is paid for by the peo.
pie.
Can any one inform US Of what bene-
fit to the country is the Department Of
Agriculture at Washington? 1t dis
tributes few worthless seeds and Sec
ond-hand reports, all If which is paid
for out Of the earnings Of the producing
class.
Are not both Of these institutions a
fraud and injustice to the people, and
kept up merely to make places for idle
political hacks?
The St. Paul Pioneer, as managed
by its new editor, is auxiously looking
about for a new camping ground. It
can't yet determine how to get fixed
for the fall elections. Whether to play
second fiddle to the Press aud patch to.
gether the disentegrated fragments Of
the Republican party, to 60 in for Don
nellys anti-monopoly movement, or to
follow us in building up an Industrial
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
This is the way farmers do things in

This is the way farmers do things in
Illinois:
The Illinois farmers, who met at Bloom
ington few days ago, and called an inde-
pendent State Con 'ention, represented L.
PIG farmers clubs, and claimed the control
OF 200, 900 votes. or one-halt of the voting
population of the State. Commenting upon
this remarkable claim Of strength, the
Chicago Tribune says, whether it is overes-
timated or not, there can be no doubt of an
entire unanimity among the farmers OF the
State to shake off old party bondage, and
start out anew. "There is also,' it adds.
ga powerful Anti Monopoly. anti-caucus,
and anti-corruption element in the cities
and towns as we'll as the rural districts,
which is equally disguised with the frauds
that are being exposed from day to day in
Washington, and with party spirit which
would hold down the people to the abuses
they nave borne too long. ~. \. Tri-
bune.
Are the Minnesota farmers incapable
Of rising up in mass and shaping polit-
ical affairs after their own fashion.
Suppose they should let the old lcechcs
dr"p and try new deal
The Wisconsin railroads are making
Il square, stand-up fight against the
Governor. The law regulating fares
and freights was to have gone into op-
GRAFTON May lst. but the companies pay
no regard to it. The Governor declares
he will bring them to liulbo; h. has
not openly proclaimed that he will
snake them over HI, but he has said
enough to show there will be lively
time before all is over. 1t requires no
prophetic vision to foretell the result Of
conflict Of moneyed monopoly ar
rayed against the power Of whole
State. Consultations for purposes Of
extortion doesn't loom up so beautifully
and pro6tably as it did a few years ago.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

If the farmer wants to know how
much tax he pays to support the Ma
tional Government, he can take the
gross sum Of hundreds of millions annu-
ally expended and from that take the
share proportionate to Minnesota and
from these data he can make up his ac-
count pretty nearly. Remember al
ways, every dollar of the National debt
and National expenses is paid by the
productive class, and cant be paid from
any other source.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-20

President Grant has finally recognized
Baxter as Governor Of Arkansas, and
will give him military support to keep
him in Office This was scandalously
disgraceful affair. Brooks probably
got majority of votes but Baxter got
the certificate so that neither IS legally
elected. 1t may be the Legislature now
in session will take steps to correct the
wrong. No doubt the fighting is now
brought to an end.
The New York herald., 1874-12-28
CHURCH OF DISCIPLES OF. CHRIST.

Rev. J. Hyatt Smith yesterday morning at the
Church OF the Disciples OF Christ, preached before
a large congregation the anniversary sermon OF
the Free Baptist sunday school. choosing for his
text the first part OF the second chapter OF
Matthew. The discourse was mainly relation OF
personal experience. The services wero brought
TO a close by the administration OF the sacrament
OF the LORDS supper and the taking up OF cob
The New York herald., 1874-12-28
CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
CANAL

REV DAVID MITCHELL on cHRTsTfiH PROGRESS.
numerous congregation assembled in the
neat little Presbyterian church In Greene street,
near Canal, yesterday morning to listen TO the
teachings Of t0e pastor Rev. David Mitchell. or
course there are more prctcntious ediGces IN New
York than this one In Greene street-cnurchcs in
which the eye can rest upon exquisite fresco
work, magnificent corinthian pillars and noble
arches stretching away 10 a ceiliDg made ricn
win the choicest WORK or modern artists. and
wnere the learned sentences OF the fashionable
minister are preluded with classical music rem
defcd by well paid prime donne To the accom-
paniment OF costly organs; bat IL Is cx-
ceediugly doubtful whether there Is In this
city u church In which more real good is
DONE whore the word OF the Master Is pro-
pounded with more zeal ana genuine earnest
ness than In the one under the fostering care OF
Mr.. Mitchell. The numbers OF his flock are not
what would, ia the general acceptati0n or the
term be called large, but II their ranks are some
what thln they are also 1rm and stoatIast in their
eud TO second the good work being done by
the shepherd.
MI. Nit. Ee vgeacled yesterday II ON the taxt.~.
The New York herald., 1874-12-28

ment and . great lesson of life. The man who
was worth million never lacked friends, natter-
OF wealth. and 1t was terrible price TO pay Tor
money. Money was hardly worth tins price. When
poverty approached the friends who lited Lneir
hals TO them yesterday stared at them as II they
did not know them and had never seen tnem pc e-
iore And neher had they seen mem SeU1g anI nor o
at them THIS was very great lesson anueeu m ta
their neads TO weep turned their iaceS coldy upon
them In the supreme hour OF their sorrow Sor-
row had KIND OF chemistry In u wnicn
showed the diference between masks and
faces. They did not know each other until they
had passed from the palace wnere they mad every.
then toScther TO the cemetery. And yet wnat op-
portunities they had. U, IL the fire OF God burnt
np3n rhe altar OF each human heart and welded
them together, what o giaut there would arse
embracing al the sorrow aud suffering IN tins city!
TOUCHING SMILE.
Perhaps they asked the question what they
could do for God. Wen, they could practise His
laws instead OF following their whims. They could
conform themselves to the Ten Commandments
and show how & and thing 1t was TO be as men.
Tney had thousand opportunities every day Of
giving sympathy TO the sad and the ailiicted. God
only asked tins Of them that they should live so
as TO add to the gentleness OF the Divine
eve by the implicitness OF their obedience to HIS
VIII. Tney probably remembered the story or the
soldier at Chlckamauga, who knelt weeping at q
grave. Somebody asked him II the dead were his
young man who had oeen killed, being alone In
the world, had taken his place, IN ORDER to save
his wife aud children from the pain OF losing him.
q grave. Was II an unknown grave to them or
one at whose head they had put stone aud ln-
scribed on IT the words "He died for me 2" Did
they believe in the saviour, and were they now at
the close oil the year determined TO put on the old
and put on the new man OF light and lie and Of
faith IN Jesus, the Lord oil allg
THE WORLDS EMANCIPATION
There was q mystery and magic Ill the gospel
OF the Lord which could trans orm every soui and
throw light into the darkest heart 1hey all re-
memDered the proclamation OF emancipation and
how IN one day the chains lel away nom every
slave IN TINS broad land, ana each one stood be-
lore God his own owner and a free man. from
four millions OF throats there rose prayer oil
gratitude TOR the precious gilt or freedom. Now,
The Gospel OF Jesus CnIist was the proclamation
OF emancipation Tor ali the world. Christ had
the cross, the emblem oil His own suffarin3s. The
very day tney gave themselves up to Hln they
were Tree men. O, that he could see the shackles
fan from all OF them, ana that God might grant
that when they stood on the threshold or tie new
year their faces might be turned toward Jesus
Christ "a the great goal OF tnelr lives. hopes
souls Might God grant !nis Ior ChristS sake.
The New York herald., 1874-12-28

anx that whica y not lovely. That which IN trus
~ ~ our iamiy y true the round world over Tnis
GUIDED 0y an elaboration OF this thought. and bs
giving encouragement to dlsconsolate and waven
ing Christians. sA~ ""'op
The New York herald., 1874-12-28

81 press toward the marx FOR the prize OF the
high calling OF God.n aud 1t Ia not too much 20
say that he aid the subject substantial justice.
He showed the necessity which exists for the
Christian 70 ct all times press forward toward
the goal forgetting the things OF the past ana
striving only to win the heavenly race.
This evening there VIII be grand christmas
festival In the church for the beneht OF the SAD
bath school, and, judging from the programme tue
little ones Will have merry time.
The New York herald., 1874-12-28

eCnNTTNUED ON NINTH PAGE. !
The New York herald., 1874-12-28

"are wanting In picty and purityf So long az
the way IL easy and no great obstacles are to DO
encountered and overcome; so long the sky
above Is bright ana all goes well on the road be-
fore US We are courageous; put wnen the clouds
begin TO lower and the storm Is gathering and
danger threatens, we turn and look for safety In
ignoDle nIght.u
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05
About BeehiVess

A TALL hive, when extremes are avoid
ed, usually gives the best results. The de-
mand for box honey has increased over
that for swarms. We want hives to ac-
commodate us in that respect. The tall
hive that was best for swarms gave but
little. A hive with a large top will take
on more boxes than the tall small one,
and the bees will often fill them as quick.
ly as the smaller number. This encour.
aged us to try still larger surface for
boxes. This was done by placing them
at the side of the combs. The depth of
our boxes is 51S inches; one placed on
the other made eleven inches, Just the
height of our frames. Two courses can
be set on the side of the comb, and enough
can be put on both sides-when the
length of ours-to hold eighty pounds,
besides those on the top.
Some bee.keepers put several tiers OF
boxes on smaller hives. But experience
shows US that those farthest from the
body of the hive are worked in very slow.
ly. There is great gain in having every
box as near as possible 10 the main hive
l cannot think of another shape that will
admit so much room for boxes in close
connection with the hive. If the long
hive stood on the end, making it a tall
hive, the same number of boxes might be
used, but they would have TO be piled on
each other TO greater depth, making il
more trouble to take off boxes from the
lower ones when only those were full
The main combs of the hive would often
become heavy and break loose and fall to
the bottom. If a piece to support them
were put across, it would divide the cont
so that the queen would keen the brood
in the lower part The space above
would be filled with honey and the boxes
on the top would be about the same as i
they were on tier or two of boxes below
them.-M Quinby.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05

-Sedatives for Children.-The Popular
Science Monthly gives this warning on
the important matter of using sedatives
for little ones: One of the great dangers
attending the use of the various sedatives
employed in the nursery is that they tend
to produce the opium habit. These quack
medicines owe their soothing and quiet
ing effects to the action of opium, and
the infant is by them given a morbid ap
petite for narcotic stimulants. The offer
ing for sale of such nostrums should be
prohibited, as tending to the physical anG
moral deterioration of the race. In Indil
mothers give to their infants sugar pills
containing opium, and the result is 1
languid, sensual race of hopeless de
bauchees. In the United States tn,
poisonous dose is administered under an
other name, but the consequence will
probably be the same"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05
General Howard.


There have been for long time stories
in circulation prejudicial to Gen. How.
ard, late of the Freedman's Bureau. He
was a brave and conspicuous soldier OF
the war, he had been eminent in the good
work of the freedmen, and he was mem.
Der of the church. To blacken his name,
therefore, was to stigmatize several good
things, and the dirty work has been zeal
ously prosecuted in what were known
when Gen. Howard was leading an army
corps and losing an arm as Copper.
head" circles, his chief opponent being
Fernando Wood. Some time since the
Secretary of War sent certain statements
to the House of Representatives, and a
courtmartial was ordered upon charges
involving Gen. Howard's personal and
official character. The court has sent its
decision to the President, and, as IL is
known to be favorable, the expiring effort
of malice was to insinuate that there were
serious differences of judgment in the
court. But the counsel of Gen. Howard
telegraphed to Mr. Edgar Ketchum that
the court was unanimous upon the state
ment of facts, also upon all matters affect
ing his character as an officer and gen.
tleman, and also in commencing his con
duct as COmmissioner-a decision which
will be cordially welcomed by the coun
try-Hdrper's Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05

II is a subject of general remark among
both wholesale and retail drugRiets that no
medicine introduced 10 the American public
has ever gained such a popularity and met
with so large eale In all parts of the land, In
the same length OF time, as DIR. Plerce's Golden
Medical Discovery. This cannot depend upon
its having been more largely advertised than
any other medicine, as such Is not the case.
The correct explanation, we think, Is found
In the fact that this medicine produces the
most wonderful and perfect cures Of very bad
cases Of bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
Is undoubtedly the most perfect and efficient
remedy for all kinds Of coughs that has ever
been introduced TO the public, and at the same
time possesses the greatest Of blood-purifying
and strengthening properties that medical
science has been able 10 produce, thus render
ing II sovereign remedy not only in the cure
of Consumption, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and
Coughs, but also for all diseases of the liver
and blood, az scrofulous diseases, blotches,
rough slin, pimples, black spccks and discol-
orations. 1t has, therefore, a wide range OF
application and usefulness, and II not only
gives the most perfect satisfaction to all who
use IT, but far exceeds the expectations OF the
most sanguine, thus elicitng the loudest
praise, and making permanent livtng advertis
ing mediums of all who use IL. For these
reasons IL Is that there Is not perhaps drug
giet in all the vast domain Of this continent
who tries to please his customers and supply
their wants that does not keep and sell large
quantities of this most valuable medicine.
JBsUP, Iowa, May 3, 1873.
DEAR Sm--We take pleasure in saying tina
your Medicines have sold entirely beyond oul
expectations We regard them as the bes
medicines extant, and hear them spoken of Ii
the highest terms Of praise.
R. L. SMITH & Co.