The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

dustry renders them tame and trusty..
With the blue vault over head, and the
firm ground underneath, it is safe to let
them care for themselves, as it is their
plain right 50 to do. AS healthy man
needs no medicine, so neither does an in
telligent person require the constant tam.
pering of political doctors and quacks.
Perfect machinery is the simplest and
least complicated in its construction, and
runs the cheapest, and with the most
noiseless efficiency. The machinery of
government ought to be of that charac-
ter. The high moral sense of the peo-
pie, with their intelligence perfected, are
the moving forces and the regulator.
Where these qualities are wanting there
will be frictions, and breaks, and all sorts
of mischief: 1t is great responsibility
to be citizen and voter And if it be
essential to the country's welfare to edu-
cate few at West Point, at the nations
cost: i'll the barbarous art of human
butchery, it is certainly thous-
and times more important to train the
public mind in peaceful, economical,
and selfgoverning method, instead of the
old bloody style. This will involve a
more thorough training and elevation Of
the laboring masses-a work to be ac-
accomplished by the Oranges, and the
working mems lodges and clubs, which
should be organized in every town. Stir
up all around, my good working brothers
and sisters.
Up to the present time the old parties
manage politics by Tammany caucus
rings, while the people, as body, know
and do very little on their own account.
Therefore, to call ours peoples govern
ment is huge deception and burlesque.
1t is American politics!
Champlin, Minn., April 7th, 1874.
ST.. PAUL, Minn., April 1st, 1874.
Editors Grange Advance :
In former communication promised
to give you description Of the valley of
the Rock river, in the southwestern cor
ner Of our State, and the peculiar forma-
tion Of stone called the mounds" by
the settlers. The Rock river, which
runs parallel with the western boundary
Of our State, is clear stream, taking its
head in Pipestone, Murray and Mobiles
counties, and furnishes some good mill
sites along its course, as its banks are
steep and solid and the descent a fair
one. Living springs contribute largely
to its volume, which holds up we'll in the
winter, although it does not appear to
have the advantage of lakes as reservoirs
to hold its surplussage of water as has
the Des Moines, Cottonwood, Red Wood,
Yellow Medicine, whose head waters are
in the same vicinity. The ground slopes
gently towards it for long distance and
drains the surface finely. The country,
in consequence, is excellent for crops, es-
pecially wheat and potatoes. From Lu
Verne, in the centre of Rock county to
its junction with the Sioux Wood or
Bois des Sioux river about fifty miles
below, in Sioux county, Iowa, it is
fringed along its sides with the ordinary
variety Of timber of our State, including
black walnut. Mr. Shoemaker of Lu
Verne had ten barrels of black walnuts
and other varieties of nuts to plant in his
vicinity, and [ observed that the white
willow had been planted on each side of
the highways that ran in the valley on
the west side of the river. Fruit trees
were being cultivated and berries also.
Lu Verne is compact little village of
about two years of age; with good no.
tel, printing Office, stores and shops of
various kinds, situated on the west bank
of the river, nestled among a grove of
timber, and is the picture of contentment,
thrift and prosperity. There is no other
village Or town within thirty miles
that is, Sioux Falls, on the Bois des