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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-12-25

MONDAY, November 18th, 1874.
The Town Council of the Town of Opelousas
met pursuant to Law.
Present: DR.. James Ray. President; Messrs
c. M0rnhinveg Sr, A. E. Chachere @. Mayo, p.
J. Lefebvre, Geo. W. Hudspeth and c. N. Eaier.
On motion the following ordinance was read
and adODted
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
Wool Growing.

The Kingston. Mo. Seminal saws
Mr.. G.. ID. Brothwell. of breckenridge
township, is, we venture TO say, one of
the most successful men in sheep hus-
bandry. Mr.. Boutwell, has resided in
this county about seven wears, during
which period he has devoted his time
exclusively 10 sheep raising. For the
past three years, Mr.. Bothwclls aver
age sales of wool have amounted TO a
little rise of $500, his clip for this
year selling for S6,540. lie has sold
- 800 worth of sheep for mutton dur
ing the past year, making little over
$4,000 for this wears labor. He kept
about three thousand sheep through
the past winter. At the present time
he has over 4, ZOO sheep and lambs. The
sale of sheep for breeding purposes
THE year will make his receipts reach
nearly 5000, which is 4 very nice lit
tie nest egg for farmer. Mr.. Both
well gives it as his opinion that more
money can be realized in this country
from sheep raising, than any other
branch of farm industry, as it only
costs him an average of one dollar per
head to take care Of his flock.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

New Fruits.

Hon. MarshalLP. Wilder, in his ad-
dress before the American Pomolog-
ical Convention. uttered the following
sentiment:
That as fine fruits can be raised
from seed here as have been produced
in any other country, there is no longer
a doubt. That this is tie plan de-
scribed by our bountiful Creator for
their production and improvement, is
equally true. That there is any limit
TO its progress and extent, we have no
reason TO believe. True, the number
of superior fruits is small compared
with the host of indifferent varieties
that have come down to us from the
past. One reason for this is. that our
taste for finer fruits has been elevated
to higher standard, and those of an
indifferent or medium quality fall ont
by the way: and we have no doubt
that the old pears so highly lauded by
historians were most, if not all of
them. only coarse and unmeliing kinds.
When we reflect upon what has been
accomplished in the Improvement of
animals and vegetables in our own
day. and how many splendid acquisi-
tons have been brought forth that
command the admiration of the world
when we reflect upon the many fine
American fruits already obtained with
but comparatively little effort-we
surely have cause for great encourage
ment and perseverance. There is no
limit to progress now or hereafter,
and we believe that the fruits of this
earth are to become more and more
perfect as time advances. '-Mcssachu-
sets Pioughmdn.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

Ifyou, in your Judgment. based up
on what appears to you safe authority
think wheat or any other class of grain
will run higher within a month than
now, no matter if every man in your
neighborhood sells, hold on and get
the highest figures. On the other hand
don't be obstinate and hold on when
everything shows you should sell. 1t
is plainly matter of Judgment back
ell by intelligence and experience.
The same thing is applicable in the
selling of fat hogs and cattle. We
have seen the market barren of stock
the demand urgent. and the prices
high. All NJ once the movement set
in. The markets was flooded :hc
prices fell Of, the sellers lost as mat
ter of course. Quick sales and high
prices are made on light market sup
ply and good demand. The substance
Of the whole matter then. is TO keep
posted and keep your eyes skinned. 1t
is the duty of every farmer 10 get the
very best prices he can for everything
he cannot use TO advantage on his
farm. Sell everything that would be
wasted at home, for every dollar thus
made is truely dollar saved. Moth
ing is too small or Of too little value to
market which will bring money RI
raj american.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
The Kansas State Fair.

Ia the face Of The difficulties which
surround the farmers to-day, il is ne
ccssary for the credit of our state and
our people at home and abroad that
unusual cxertion be put forth TO make
the exhibition such as TO show on,
great resources and the courage of our
people. As the fair this year is not a
horse trot with small agricultural
appendagc, but in fact an exhibition
in the interest of the producers and
breeders of the state. there il an incen-
tive for II. 10 make the new departure
Il success. 1t is often said that no fair
can be successful without giving large
premiums Of horse racing. la the past
premiums have been so out Of proper
ton TO the value Of that interest to the
state. that a great deal Of dissatisfac-
tion ensucd among the people and a
strong desire has been expressed by
many that fair be held where horse
racing if present at all, would not be
recognized az the leading interest Sc
curing the large monicd premiums. In
obedience 10 this feeling and in accord
aacc with law of the last legislature,
the state board of agriculture have
presented the farmers. bcreelers and
manufacturers Il premium list in
which horcse racing is excluded.
Every effort is being made by the
board 10 add TO interest and value of
the fair The trial of the steam plow
will be a novel feature. A large tent
will be given to patrons for holding
their business and private meetings,
and a general attendance of the Order
is promised from various parts Of the
state. The fair will be an exhibition
essentially in the interest of the farm
ers, breeders and manufactures and
The strongest exertion should be put
forth by these classes to make this
new departure creditable success
Kansas Farmer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
New Decisions.


Master Hudson has rendered the
following new decisions:
The exact form of absolute jurisdic-
ton Of new grange is described by a
circle, the radius of which is two and
a half miles, where the location and
distance will permit. Irregular form
ations may necessitate the use of Sec
ton lines in describing the boundaries
of constructive or absolute jurisdic-
ton.
Every brother or sister holding q
Dimlt is amcnablc to the grange with
in whose jurisdiction they reside, and
may be tried by them.
A Dimit expires with the annual
word.
No one has right to know how an
other patron casts his ballot, and no
good patron will endeavor TO ascertain
the same.
A saloon keeper, tiplcr. or drunk
ard, is not proper member of our
order, and are liable to trial, suspcn-
sion, rcprimand, or expulsion.
l do not hold that true patron
must forever be a farmer, but if his
record remains good he has right to
follow any honorable business, not
conflicting with the interests of our
order.
whenever persons permanent
business is dishonorable, or plainly con-
ficts with the interests of our order,
he should be dropped from the roll.
Persons on Dimit have no rights TO
any benefits or privileges of the or
der, except to visit.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
The Corn Crop OF Illinois.


have been in Champaign county
since the spring of 1857, but have no
recollection of drouth in all that
time that cut into the corn crop like
the present. The drouth of ~ was
severe and and protracted, and before
the end of the water level in the wells
of the country had sunk out of sight,
but all through the crop growing sea-
son, there was rain enough at not too
remote intervals, to grow and mature
the corn crop beyond all doubt. the
best and largest ever raised in Illinois.
Now, while the water level is ten feet
nearer the surface than in 1872, the
corn crop has received severe blow,
notably the early corn and the late. In
the case of the early corn, the very cx-
cessive heat in the first week in July,
in some cases blasted the tassel before
the pollen was formed, and in others
stimulated the stalk to push the ear
and the panicle before its time, SO that
a great many fields are tasscled and
silked at half the usual size. and two
thirds their usual height What the
rains may do if they come within few
weeks, or even if this damp and cold
weather without rain continues a
week. | do not know, but | cannot see
land this is the testimony of the best
informed growers in the country,
how it will be possible to safely cal
culate on a surplus equal to half that
of 1872 Even if the crop should be
very good, il must be borne in mind,
that on account Of the drouth, hogs,
cattle, horses and all other stock are
very thin and twice the quantity ordin-
AIRY used will be required.-B. T. j.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

Keep YOUR grange free from the tolls
Of political managers, and yet. as citi-
zens, do not hold yourselves aloof
from politics, any more than you
would keep out of the army if yOur
country called on you to do duty as
soldiers. 1t is just as essential that
the government he kept pure in the
time Of peace as il is that The shores
be free from invading armies in the
time Of war.-.imericaa Patron.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
System in Farm Labor.

The amount of muscle that can be
saved by a little brain labor is Won
derful. And yet the science of doing
everything in proper season and place,
in fact, properly is something that az
ricultural papers, or farming books
cannot teach. Experience, calculation
and forethought are the mentors. a
month before 4 piece of machinery is
to be used, a glance at it will show
where it is defective. A rainy day, a
spare hour, chance TO take il to town
to he repaired without going on pur-
pose. These present themselves to
the intelligent farmer, and when the
harvest is ripe, or the corn ready for
the cultivator, there will be no delay
for the mending of damaged machin-
cry.
There is no such weak laZiness, or
wicked waste of time and opportunity
as the man practices who never has
time to do anything properly. He goes
to town with three errands, and comes
home only one finished he had no time
for the others. lie plows for fifty
acres of corn, but has no time to get
in but forty. lie plows with a dull
plow, and chops with q dull axe, for
lack of time to sharpen them. All
these are the result of lack of fore
thought and system. A neglect to
use the brain that God has given him
to shape and direct and save the
muscle. An OK will do the work, but
he cannot plan it. The horse is pow
erful, but he is controlled by his mas
ter, and his power utilized. Mans la
Dor is but brute strength, and the
strong brain force that is brought to
bear upon it, the more surely every
stroke tells, and the more grand will
be the results Western Farm.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
RAILROADS.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
r RAILROAD

Completed from ATCHISON to Ora
NADIA. Colorado.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
rATRONs IN sEDGwICK COUNTY

PATRONS IN SEDGWICk COUNTY
COUNTY COUNCIL, p. Of H-wichuta,
u. Il. d. Grccnlee. Master.
+. 4. 0orsrY, Secretary, Wichita
J. l.. ZINNrpN,N, Special Deputy, X. sc,
sedswick city, Kansas.
advance Grange. Eagle Township.
]. W. CAMP. Master.
NJ. CANT, Secretary, scigwick CITY
Minnesota Grange ''-Ninnesoah Township
Tnos. }. MAcREDiE, Master
J. VI. TRACY, sec'y., Clear Water.
Yosemite Grange ohio Township
J. y. oEpwaY, Master.
Waco Grange, WATSON Township.
ID o. WILSON. sec'y., Waco II. o.
Prairie Gem Grange, '-waco Township
y u. YORK, Master
Valley Grange, ''-kechi township.
W. II. WILLIAMS, Master.
JouS WARD, sec'y Wichita.
Gem Grange, Park Township.
r. " CHASE, Master
ii. {. RAINBOW, scc'y., Park City.
Park Grange, Park Township.
JonN l.. ZIMMERMAN, Master.
&. :. ZIMMERMAN, sec'y., sedgwick
"Delano Grange, '-Delano Township
ii l.. jackson, Master.
'oro Grange, Near Ten Mile Post
NJ 4. RALPn, Master.
X. RALPH, sec'y., Wichita.
Rockford Grange. -
j. G. sampson, Master.
{. Pittance, Secretary.
Grant Grange, Grant Township.
.. O. yAcons, Master.
II. l.. DENYING, Secretary, Wichita.
Harmony Grange ''-Iinon Township
g. W. Steenrod, Master
". Woodruff, Sec'y, Jamesburgh.
''Atiica Grange, Near Jamesburg.
John Kelly, Master
''Greenleaf Grange ''-Gypsum Township.
r. :. Carleton, Master.
Thos T.. Preston, Secretary, III Paso.
' ii. l.. JETS, Master.
W. H. o'Mealcy, Secretary, Wichita.
Mount Hope Grange '-Greeley Township.
Amos NJ. Durand Master.
J II. Randall, Secretary, Lldridgc.
..liome Grange ''-wichi.a Township.
Simeon Hartman, Master.
y. II. ketierman, Secretary. Wichita.
"Fairyi-w Grange"-Payne Township.
Geo. II. Wansley, Master.
John NJ Anderson, secretary, Wichita.
.'Wide- Awake Grnnge''-Grant Township.
Geo. X. Ayers, Master.
r. d. Raymond, Secretary, Wichita.
.Clarion Grange '-Lincoln Township.
&. a. NanNess, Master.
L. Il stIclIe, Secretary, Wichita.
"wakula Grange, ''-Eagle Township.
Il. &. Smith, Master.
r. e Cross, Secretary sedgwick
''Ilinois Grange '-Ilinois Township.
NJ l.. stoeyer, Master,
A. l.. Lyman, Secretary, Jamesburg.
Pheasant Hill Grange'-Delano Township.
Harry Martin, Master,
RP Wright, Secretary, Delano.
>'Jowskin Grange '-Greeley Township.
frank Dale, Master,
Miss McGrugan, Secretary, Eldridge.
'seltzser Springs Grange''-Minneha Township
Cyrus Webb, Master,
J. ID. Fox, Secretary, Minneha.
"UniOn Grange Union Township.
II. r Rhodes, Master.
Horace Carpenter, Secretary, Eldridse.
payne Grangc, Payne Township.
Joseph Corwan, Master.
James Wilson, Secretary, Wichita.
.Minneha Grange, "-Minneha Township.
Elmon Piclpont, Master,
George Mason, Secretary, Wichita.
pleasant View Grange, Union Township
j. scott, Master.
j J. Becker, Scc'y., Deano.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
BANKING HOUSES.

BANKING HOUSES.
+ | r S I
N Alto N AL B A N K
W I G HITA, X A n S A s.!
Corner Of First and Main Str.
Authorized Capital, $25oooo
Capital Paid In and Surplus, : $500
DIRECTORS:
W. a. THOMAS, W. J. HOBSON,
JNO. W. ELDRIDGE, J. u. MEAD,
J. c. FRAZER.
OFFICERS:
j. Z. FRAZER. ............-.......-.-P President.
J. X. MEAD .................... Vice President.
JNO. y. CAMPBELL, ...... Assistant Cashier.
Will do . general banking business. GOLD
AND SILVER, FOREIGN AND EASTERN En-
CHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Will buy and
sell COUNTY SCRIP and other local securities.
Interest dilowed on time deposits.
Collections promptly attended to.
Possessing ample facilities for the advantaxe0u
conduct of our business, we promise to all our
customers the most favorable rates and the
promptest attention. lily
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cAocGRtG3.


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TEXAS SUPPLY STORE Il!
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

COUNT COUNCIL, p. Of H-wichlta,
u. X. u. Crccnlee. Master
r. 4. DORSEY, Secretsry, Wichita
J. l.. ZfNNrENAN, Special Deputy, X. :. u,
Sed.wick iiy Kansas
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

conduct of our business, we promise to all our
customers the most favorable rates and the
promptest attention. lily
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GRANGE DEPARTMENT.

NATIONAL GRANGE-BUSlNESS OFFICERS
DUDLEY W. ADAMS, Master, Wauikon Iowa
-. Ii. KELLY, sec'y, Georgetown, ID. c
KANSAS STATE GIANGE--OFEICEgs
NJ. T.. HUpsoS, Master Mapleton
q. W SruncEoN, sec V. Jacksonville.
ii. H. ANGEL, Treasurer. sherman CITY.
JoiN DoYD, Lecturer, independence
W. :. Hanna, Chaplain. Empnria.
j G. OrIs, State Agent, Topeka
tNccut. Conn.,. H. DuMBAULD, Jack sonyillc
u. IL. SNAPPER, Grasshopper
". L. PoPENor, Toneka
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20
STEAMSHIP IlCktIS.

Arrangements have reen made for IA. sale 81
steamship tickets at Lowest Rates, I1 ,>p tEax
ALI POINTS ~ fCnoft. In AM FEcx Nj FONTS
~ ksN-Ss Enquiries shculd be lssisiresse,i 10
". schmidt German Agent, 4 ] IS, , q u.
Topeka, Kansas
A T. ToULAIiN GEO II NFrrIIfON
Land commissioner. superintendent
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-20

w E S T w A r d I!
The Direct Line to CARBONDALE,
OSAGECITY. NEWTON WICHITA.
EMPORIA, HUTCHINSON. GREAT
BEND, DODGE CITY. and connect
ing at GRANADA with BARLOW.
SANDERSON & CO.'S STAGES for
PUEBLO. LAS ANIMAs. TRINIDAD.
LAS VEGAS. SANTA FL, ETC
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26

expected to vote with you, and elect this
tickitg"
Certinly; and thereby VOC enter yoor
protest agin the corrupshep of Smikey
A protest, my deer sir, is aNyreat thing"
q" see. We enter protest agin Smikey
by electin Bobtale, who was nominated by
Rag and Tag. Excuse us. The iryss-pan
is hot enutf--we won't jump into the fire,
eff you pleese. | ruther think our best
plan is to bust Smikey, rather than take
then hev to bust them. And | ruther
guess that the same policy will do for
things outside of New Babylon. wood
like to go somewhere, but you don't show
me any good place to go to. We kin
purify our own party, but shoodent like
to undertake the job tor yourn. ! guess
In make my fight a leetle closer to home
Goodbye"
And this headstrong man and his
friends left the hall with their noses in
the air, and all we Good do woodent pacity
EN-. They went and called a Republican
Convenshun, and they slaughtered Smi-
key, and put up Broadacres and a lot NV
SIGH Republicans tor all the oflises, and
they will elect EN-. Smikey, Nv course,
came straight to us, but a dozen Dino
Gratis left us the mint he jined, SO we lost
by the operashun.
1t wood be nice thing for us eff the
Swipeses and Rags and Tags and Bobtales
that belong to us Good be kept out ov site,
but that can't be. Onless they have their
share Nv plumber they won't vote with us,
and eff they do vote with us they keep out
everybody else. The men who is neces-
sary to us beats us.
am at home, sick and disgustid This
game Nv Reform won't work, for we amt
jest got the proper material to put forrerd
Why, at New Babylon, whenever preech-
ed the necessity NV Reform, the people
jeered at the idee. My personal appear
ance, it seems, wuz sumwhat inconsistent
with that noshen. But it may come at
last. PETROLEUM Y. Nasty,
(Which WIZ Postmaster)
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
is IT WORTH WHILE?
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
j. II worth while that we iostle brother
Bearing his load on the rough road of life?
Il il worth while that we jeer at each other
In blackness &C heart-that we war to the knife
God pity Us all IN our pitful strife.
God pity us all as we iostlc each Others
God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel
When a fellow goes down meath his load on the
heather,
Pierced to the heart words are keener than steel,
And mightier far for or for veal.
Were il not well, in this brief little journey
On over the isthmus, down into the ude,
We give him fish instead of a serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye in dust at his sldeg
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on the plain
Man and man only, makes war on his brother
And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain;
Shamed by the beasts that 90 down on the plain.
Is it worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow-soldier down into the dust?
God pity us all Time eftsoon will tumble
All of US together, like leaves in gust,
Iumbled indeed down into the dust.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
The Bully.

The bully haz ? legs, and walks on end,
like man.
He haz not the kurrage ov the ruffian,
nor the suavity of the pikpoket
He IL meaner if possible, than the COM
mon thief, and haz all the instinkts ov a
fourth-rate bull-terrier.
Yu will find him amung all klasses ov
sosiety, and the more respectable he IL,
from hiz assosiashuns, the more disgust
ing hiz presence bekums.
Hiz impudense IL only equalled bi hiz
kowardce, and even hiz assoshiates dis
pie him.
BY shrewdly selekting hiz wilkins from
amung the non-combatants, he assumes
the pretenshuns of the hero, and quite
often manages to maintain hiz horror for
long time with suckcess.
But the bully, like all other outrages,
haz hiz day ov petty importance, and
when hiz defeat Gums, it IL az crushing
az it il agreeable to all decent people.
The knight Grant who brings this pra
ting monster to hiz knees, at last, IL gen
orally some modest man on true princi-
pie and kurrage whom the bully insults,
and gifts the long merted thrashng.
Thare IL only one kure that haz ever
been discovered yet for the bully, and
that il, to knox him into decency, and
pummel him well after WI git him thare.
Very nervous and refined people kan
! take the bak seats while this il going on
! One dose ov this kind Ov medisin viii
I kure the biggest bully on earth; 1t never
/ was known to fail from the days oy Da-
/ vid and Goliah all the way down to yes
| terday Filings, IN ". /. Weekly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
Wisconsin " RefOrmers."

The few "Reformers" of Wisconsin who
really believed they were 1gnting corrup-
ton and doing u good work in their
efforts to defeat Governor Washburn and
the Republican ticket last fall will learn
after a while that the Inter- Ocean was
light in its predictions, and that, instead
'oi organizing a party OF honest men, they
have fallen into the clutches OF one of the
worst rings that ever existed.
We have heretofore given some OF the
results of the late combination in that
State, and have shown our readers how
Governor Taylor, who was elected as
Farmers Reform candidate, is working n
the interests of his old associates, and is
controlled by the Democracy. II further
proof were required, IT would be found
in the Governors late action regarding
the appointment Of "A Judge for the County
of Milwaukee There were two candi-
dates for this position--Hon. John Il.
Mann, a notorious Bourbon, and the
attorney of the liquor dealers league, and
Mr. Samuel Howard, a representative OF
genuine reform Petitions tor the appoint
mcnt of the latter were showered upon
the Governor, signed by large number
of the members of the bar, by the most
prominent business men, by nineteen
out of twenty-one members OF the
City Council, and by any number of
private citizens But it was All TO no pur.
pose. The Democratic prejudices of that
"Rcform" Governor are so strong the
even a judicial Office is controlled by
them. Mr. Palmer received the appoint
ment, and the honest men Of Wisconsin
who were led into this league with Bour-
bonism are beginning to open their eyes
to the real state Of affairs Meantime,
the "Rcform" Legislature, which was
going TO repress all the grievances Of the
agriculturists, and emancipate them from
the thralldom of insolent mon0polies,
drags its slow length along, and there are
no signs Of the millennium. AS a valu.
able lesson, which il was perhaps neces
sary that the people should learn, there
could he nothing better than the victory
in Wisconsin OF the so-called An,i-Mo-
nopolists. The unapproachable humbug-
gerry Of the whole thing is now becoming
SO apparent that even he who runs may
| read.--Chtcago Inter. ocean.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
NASBY.

From the Toledo Blade.
Mr.. Nasty. Hoping for the speedy Dis
solution of the Republican Party, As
sists mt IL Joint Convention-The Re
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26

THE tea-kettle is the only singer that
never gets cold.