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The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
Tomato Culture.

p, We find in late issue Of the German
town Telegraph the following reflections
upon the culture Of the tomato: Durin z
the few past years efforts have been made
to improve the tomato in siz., solidity,
favor and earliness of maturity. There
has been progress in all these directions.
not perhaps 90 E:uch actual improvement
as many OF us believe, but still good toma-
toes have in the new KINDS sustained their
reputation Old varieties seem to gradu.
ally give way or else people tired Of them,
and they thus disappear. We have no to-.
mato the same As We had thirty years ago,
at least under tho same name, and yet We
had them pretty large and good kinds even
at that day. ,.'..:%S.,..s-,s ,ss., .....
Without entering closely into the his
torical part Of this inquiry. we yet think
our tomatoes have really improved in
smoothness and quality a. general thing,
when any one has taken any interest in
having : good article; and in tomato cul.
ture there certainly has been marked i'm
provement. Rscently there have been
brought before tho Community seyaral ideAi
worthy Of nota ~ those who strive FOX the
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01

very best article. In regard to training.
it il asserted that much better fruit-es-
pecially for eating raw-can be had from
plants fastened to slant stakes, than wher.
the plants are allowed to lun at will over
the ground, or even when they are fasten-
ed to slanting trellises. Heavy stakes are
required ot course, as the great weight OF
plant i'll fruit cannot be borne by light
stakes.
In regard to training the plants: much
attention has been gwen to thinning the
branches to within few buds Of where
the fruit is to set. Those who have fol :
lowed this practice judicious!y report good
results.
But the latest novelty in tomato culture
ls IN the matter Of .oot.pruning in order
TO produce earliness. In this matter some
surprising results have boen achieved &C.
cosdlng to those who have given in their
experience. While the plants are young
they are transplanted several times, which
OF course destroys some of the roots, and
after they are put out into their fiual rest.
ing-places spade is once in while thrust
down into the ground foot or so from the
main stalk. In this, Of course, siza aad
perhaps quality is sacrificed to q few
weeks eariiness: but many are willing to
pay this penalty for the sake of the early
dish. The principal here is much the
same as is often done to get early grape s
when the ring of bark is taken of. The
supply Of food being checked the result
is earlier fruit. but with slightly impaired
favor.
These are the leading suggestions that
have been made in improved tomato clut-
ure during the past few years-not great
Improvements, it is true, but still not with.
out value.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
Patrons Planting Trees aud Vines.

Patrons Planting Trees aud Vines.
The Rural Sun suggests: Let each
Grange require every member to plant out
one or more fruit trees or grape vines
(which duty might be held as a debt
against the member until the proper sea-
son occurs.) Ifthe custom. is permanently
fixed, that there shall be as. many fruit
trees set ont as there are meetings of the
grange, it will convert even fence corners
into places Of profit, and supply an i'm
mense amount of fruit to the country with
out feeling it pecuniarily or otherwise.
On old fields Whore scarcely anything else
will grow, peaches and grapes, pluns and
cherries, may be made to yield in prodigal
profusion. BY all means the fence cor
ners around the farm should be devoted
to this purpose. At present they are usu-
ally given up to briars and bushes, and
form uncouth borders to our farms.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
The Danssrs Of Paris Greon.

As the handling and using Of dry Paris
Green, especially by persons unaccustom-
ed to its use, is attended by considerable
risk, and often attended by serious conse-
quences, we make the following sugges-
tions, founded on our experience as man
utacturers
All packages, whether large or small,
should be plainly marked poison.
THERE'S great danger in the mixing Of
this green for potato-bug and cotton orm
poison, owing to the fine dust which arises
in tho process, which is inhaled and also
very rapidly absorbed by the pores of the
skin, especially if the person using it
should be in a state of perspiration. To
guard against this, the hands and face
particularly nostrils) should be protected
as much as possible, and should be care.
fully washed after working in it, or in any
Of the preparations OF which it is an in
gredient. As it penetrates and poisons
wood, gets into the seams and crevices OF
articles made Of metal. and even into
earthenware that is at all porous, all
household utensils, or anything in barn OF
stable which cattle or horses could have
access to, in which the article may have
been mixed, or from which it has
been used, should be carefully set aside.
and never again used for any other pur-
pose.
Malignant sores are not unfrequeutly
caused by scratching the skin when Itch
ing or irritated from handling the green.
It should be constantly borne in mind
that it is more dangerous and deadly pois
on than arsenic, and farmers, planters and
others, when purchasing, should be duly
cautioned to exercise the utmost care in
using it.
As a remedy for the poison, the free use
Of milk as beverage is recommended, but
we have found hydrated peroxide of iron
a simple, harmless remedy-the best an
tidote. Sores caused by the green should
be well covered with it, as with an ordi-
nary salve, and teaspoonful in wine
glass Of water should be taken twice day
internally, while working with the green.
This remedy can be obtained frem any
druggist or chemist.
The consumption of Paris Green has
largely increased within q few years, and
the article is now applied to such variety
OF purposes, that carelessness in its use OF
ignorance of its highly dangerous proper
ties on the part of those who use it, can
not fail to produce the most deplorable re-
sults.-Paint and Oil Journal.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
Management Of Chickens.

Early chickenhood is the time when
poultry breeders should assist nature in
developing the size and growth of fowls.
In it the frame of the future bird is mold
ed, its size increased or its growth retard-
ed, just in proportion to the degree of care
and attention then bestowed. Whatever
be the object sought in raising chickens,
size, with very few exceptions, is one of
the points looked for, and this can only be
obtained to degree Of perfection by the
proper treatment of chickens from the
time they are hatched until they arrive at
maturity. Feed we'll, feed often, and keep
the chicken-pen clean, are golden words
which should be emblazoned on every
chicken-coop in the poultry yard.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
The Storm at Minneapolis June
c0th.

Mr.. Charles K. Putnam, a br0ther-in.law OF
Hon. Geo. A. Brackett, liued IN q two-story
frame house at the corner of Fourteenth avenue
south and Twenty y-fourth street, with his faml-
", consisting OF wife and three children.
Owing to the extreme warm weather the chill
d1en, who usually sleep up stairs, were sleep
Ing on the floor in the sitting -oom on some
bedding.
This morning Mr.. Putnam aud his wife
arose early, at usual, and leaving the children
asleep, projected to Iget breakfast. When the
stroke Of lightning came above referred to, Mrs
P. was busy in the kitchen, and Mr.. r. was
going into the door OF the citing room where
the children were asleep, his second child, little
Mamie, about 3 years old, lying near the wall
on tho south side Of the house.
The electric current passed down one Of the
studding on the south side of this fated houee,
aud tore the eide open, and crossing the body
Of little Mamie from one shoulder to the oppo-
site eide near the thigh, there making = deep
tncision iuto the aeshy part Of the body, below
the rib,. epd leaving bright
was driven against the wall with euch force ~
to cause acute conclusion Of the lungs, from
which che bled freely through the mouth, nose
and ears. The Oldest child was severely
burned on tho side Of the face, and shocked,
but recovered. Ar. Putnam was knocked
dcross the room, and bis wife also received q
severe shock. Little Mamie, after an hour of
su6er,ng, during which time she was psralyzed
and Unconscious. died, after medical aid was
summoned without avail.
=, =, The 1IR1 ~:':
spread Immediately to the building, which was
Consumed In about twenty minutes. Nearly
Al the furniture was saved BY the efforts Of
neighbour. The house was standing in An
3solated spot, and had no rod upon It. The
lose cy the burning Of the hosse u about $4,000,
On which there 10 IN insurance IN the North
america, Of Philadelphia, Of $1,000. and in the
imperial, Of London, Of $500. -. -. =
i -, - TiE4a THE FAMILY
Almost Wild With grief were removed to Mrs.
aenty =: bracketts. who resides at Ne. $40
mother. 80 = .7stT'5,s-zS. =
4 woman named Nm Petr,e, who lives in
a,ies ,i second Addition. received shock from
hsr hoass. She was pasalyssd for ! dine, ha1
= now recovering, ssss -,
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An Anecdote Suggest ed.
Rochester Dem. and Chron.

Which suggests the old anecdote as to
the young man who entered Sunday
school while in state of intoxication.
Are you aware Of your condition 2 kindly
inquired the superintendent. Yessir,
hastily replied the young man born in
sin an conceived in 'niquity. Give us
some hard quessons.'
The Grange advance., 1874-07-01

A-eH"A AoAers were CalleQ 10 JOIN l1e army
were obliged to leave house and business
tor many months, and instead of gaining
money were forced to spend their savings !;
while the productive societies could not sell
sny more, and orders given before were
withdrawn, and payments did not come
in; the money deposited in the banks and
stores was Withdrawn, and they could not
even, with many members who entered
the army, insist on the usual notice beinc
given before the withdrawal of money !:
and this, although they wanted above ali
to be just to their creditors; yet in tho
midst of this storm the Peoples Banfs,
held their way" 4 IL "a Z
Aided, no doubt; BY the rapid and de-
survived the panic attending the first few
Cuisines" says the Professor, (which
had never been entirely suspended was
soon resumed to the same extent as before {;
the demands Of the army, probably in .
great measure supplying, under another
form, the orders it had st first taken away !;
sne Danksl and stores! were able to supply
with money their members in the field,
and their families, and in the midst IF tho
distractions Of the war these members in
creased, III new Co operative banks. and
LIZ stores having been opened, and man.
ufacturing societies established
las titutions which could thus stand the
tug Of war; must naturally be expected.
to thrive still more under the reyiyina, in
huence of peace. Accordingly the l,st Il.
port of sehnltse Dsltzsch shows the .iol-i
, 1874-01-18
TO RENT-.Hlusra

ITO RENT-LOW TO A GOOD TEyANT-T THY
charming cottage Of Il rooms knorn ss tfc Kcn1nod
Eesto5' near ken"ood Station Hyde Park, With inc
Efounos aanos1me trees, ample stA5uc, and convnn.
!eaees: GEO A RozEIi Room 8 l55 Lssaile St: A''"-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-13
News Items.

A Tennessee gale carried a baby
half a mile and left it snooling IN a
lofty treetop.
\ Pennsylvania manufacturing
establishment ha> began dis-harg-
ing men for telling falShoods.
This plan, if generally carried out,
would I've APT to paralyze the indus
tries of the country.
Now that Government is to
appeal from the decision of the
Credit Mohiller cases, Williams can
have a chance to extinguish him
self again.
The bride who formed a new
partnership on New Years, doesn't
feel bound 10 embrace the firm,
clerks and all.
Congressman Roberts speech, in
Welsh. before the National Eistedd-
fod, provoles but little criti~m by
the press. He ought to stick to
Welsh.
\ Cincinnati woman owns two
bouncing pairs of twins. She was
a triplet, her mother and father
both being twins, and her grand.
mother the mother of five pairs Of
twins. Next.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-13

Castelar, delivered an address to
the Spanish Cortes on Friday week,
reviewing the war situation at
home and in the colonies. He rec
commended free schools AID the
abolition Of slavery. He also as
serted that war with the United
States had been prevented b. his
"Virginius' policy. \ vote was
taken, resulting in the dissolution
of the Cortes by the military and
the formation Of a new ministry,
with Serrano at the head. The
public buildings We're seized, ans
guarded with cannon. The lates
news says order is maintained a
Madrid and elsewhere. The ex
cItement is intense. How this vii
affect the negotiations pending be
tween the United States and SPAN
remains TO be seen. At the open
ing Of Congress on Monday, Presi
dent Grant submitted a full state
ment of the "virginius" matter, in
Guiding the correspondence, whic
Is voluminous.
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Late storm.

CINCINNATI, Jan. The force
of the storm seems To have center-
ed about in this parallel, aud with
in one hundred miles of here.
Superintendent Williams reports
the telegraph lines on the Marietta
Road between Chillicothe aud this
city for a distance of forty miles
entirely gone down. The lines on
the Muskingum Valley Road are
frightfully disabled between Ian
caster and Wilmington. No word
has been received from Columbus
yet, and it is impossible to reach
any point farther east than Xenia
or Springfield. Men have been
put TO work on all the routes and
Geographic communication will be
resumed as far as possible. Nc
reports received yet of dammagC
of railroad or private property.
At ten o'clock tonight the snow
changed to sleet and rain. 1t ha,
fallen since last night. The tele-
graph poles aud wires are down on
the Marietta Road, and communi.
cation between here and the East
and North has been almost entirely
cut off. The extent Of the dam.
ages TO the wires not known.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. THE Mon
ongahela is twenty feet and risins
ne the rate of four inches per hour
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duced by the Republican Repre-
sentative, evidently with the pur-
pose Of manufacturing a little
cheap political capital. The Dem
ocratic majority in the House very
appropriately referredthe resolution
to a special committee, with in
structions TO report il back with an
amendment censursing the Presi-
dent for signing the bill. This
the committee did, presenting
its report on Tuesday, and the
Republican members were placed
in a rather awkward dilemma. If
thew voted for the resolution, they
voted 10 censure the President,
while if they voted against it, they
would show that their opposition to
the grab was merely 70 be taken
in a Pickwickian sense. After
vain attempts TO secure a division
Of the question, they deemed it
polite 70 stand by Grant a little
while longer, but the resolution
was passed in spite of their mega
tive votes.
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Official stamps and the Frank
ing Privilege.

\ resolution has been introduced
in the Senate. says the Free Press,
requesting heads of departments to
communicate 10 the Senate the
number Of officers and employees
connected with their respective de-
partments who are furnished with
official postage stamps. either di-
rectly or indirectly, and it is the
custom, when writing to parties not
connected with that department for
information, 10 inclose an official
stamp for prepayment. Enter
pri>ing Washington correspondents
have TO some extent anticipated an
inquiry into the extent to which
official postage stamp, are used hy
the depdrtm Mt, and the extra cost
which is en,aiied upon the govern
meut by their use. II i estimated
that in al departments thus far
during the fiscal year it has cost
Of $4,000 to prepare the
stamps and to pay
for the extra clerical help which
their use involved. This fact will
he seized upon with avidity by
Congressman who desire the re-e~-
adjustment Of the ranking plivil-
eye, and used as an argument in
favor thereof. Perhaps a. inquiry
may show, in addition. that in the
departments the official stamps are
used with a lavish hand, and thai, 7
50 far as the executive branch of
The government is concerned, the
abolition of the franking privilege .
las been productive of only in
creased expense. Admitting that
this is the case, it is hard to see
whereon from it Congressman can
build an argument in favor of the
Of the ranking privi-
ege TO the legislative branch of the
Rather it shows how
hazardous it would he to
provide an official stamp for Con-
gress, and should therefore be
warning against doing 50, for if the
departments abuse their privilege
how much more so would Congress /!
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-13

miles east from Mayv!l'e, took fire
from some caues not known, and
was completely destroyed, burning
to death the entire family, consist
ing of Mr.. McManagle, his wife
and child. The particulars OF
this awful catastrophe will probable
never be learned, as none are left
TO tell the fearful tale. The re-
mains of the wife and child were
found where the bedroom was loca-
ted, while those Of the man were
discovered near the kitchen stove,
he probably having attempted 10
escape. but suffocating before he
coull reach the door. The neigh
bors. even. did net know Of the sad
affair until all was over, when the
burned bodies of the victims were
found among the ruins.
In accordance with certain incen-
diary bills posted at the Calumet
and elsewhere a short time ago,
the men at the Cliff mine a. well As
those at the Calumet * Hecia have
struck. The strikers here formed
in professions, headed with brass
bands, flags, etc, enticing the
workmen to join them. Shouts OF
"strike. strike - etc, always follow
the appearance Of any of the Of
ficials on the street or wherever
they may be seen by the strikers.
Cookinham's photograph gallery,
at Jackson. was set on fire Monday
afternoon by the solar camera,
acting as a powerful burning glass
and focusing the suns rays on
window casing.
An Ice gorge at the Little Rapids,
above Churches on Sunday week
raised the water nearly four feet in
the st. Mary's River, flooding the
over side of the street in Sault
Ste. Marie. There was four inches
IN the postotfiee floor, and many
merchants had 10 remove their
FOODS from their warehouses. The 1
nigh water was Of short duration,
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Iowa Famine"

The committee appointed by the
State grange AT lis last session con
sisting of J. ID. Whitman, K. K
Harbour aud ID. W. Prindle, 10 in
ve>tigate the matter Of the report
ed restitution in the northwestern
counties of this State, have, by two
Of their number. visited the coun-
ties Of Osceola, Lyon, OBrien and
Sioux, and have made their report
10 the central office at DesMOines.
They find the destitution in the dis
trict above named TO be Of a gener-
al and serious nature, and notwith-
standing all that has been done
through the praiseworthy efforts of
Gen. y. B. Baker and others, they
estimate that az least five hundred
families in that portion Of the State
are totally destitute Of the means
Of obtaining food and clothing,
while many more will need some as
sistance before they can sustain
themselves. The committee will,
in circular 10 the oranges through
ont the State, call for contributions
of food, clothing. fuel and seed, and
for appropriations of money from
oranges and Others for the relief Of
this people.
The committee, for want Of time.
have not Vet visited the counties
east Of those named: but from rep
reservations made 10 them believe
that TO a considerable extent the
same is true of at least portion of
them.
This condition Of things is not
attributable to any lack Of indus
tIy on the part of the settlers. bat
j. the result of causes entirely lee
youl their control. and which no
human foresight could have averted
-gra~sLoppers, uufayorable wealth
er. etc.
The soil is not excelled by any in
the State. aud the committee were
with the usual degree Of
AMI morality to the
people. Coming here with limited
means TO obtain lands under the
homestead act. they bad most of
them invested their last dollar in
and planting of the
crop Of last season, and hal no
overtaken them they
would have been in the enjoyment
Of plenty.
The committee are fully satisfied
IF the necessity of assistance being
extended to thi, people, and that as
speedily as possible, and they have
,ndeavored TO so systematize the
work as to protect both the gener-
Jus public and the needy home
steaders from imposition, and to
that end request all contributors TO
report to ]. ID. Whitman. Des
MoineS, what they may desire TO
send forward, that an account of it
may be kept in his Office, and he
will direct where TO send it. and in
return require vouchers from those
distributing the same, showing to
whom il was given.
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The Gratiot Journal says that
nearly seven years ago Mr.. Law
renee Smith, who lived in Newark
Gratiot county, was killed and soon
after his wife became insane. Since
then she has sat in a chair with her
head down, apparently taking no
notice of anything going on about
her, and has never uttered a syl'a-
bic. On the 1st Of December she
made motious with her fingers a.
though she wished to write. \
slate was given her AMI she wrote
down several words, stating that
she knew what was going on and
wished to speak, but that her throat
prevented her; but on the 4th her
voice anne to her, and she is now
able TO cCnYerse inteliigently after
her long silence Of over six years.
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state Items.

Sheriff Fleming, of Washtenaw
county, was presented with silver
service on New Years day by his
deputies.
The turnkey in the Bay county
Jail was attacked 10y a prisoner Sat-
urciay evening week, with the evil
dent intent to disable him and so
get chance to escape, but without
success.
a fire in Grand Rapids destroyed
a new frame dwelling house owned
by James Maloney. Loss $500 no
insurance.
y grange was instituted in Tex
as, Kalamazoo county, few days
since, with fifty-four charter mem
bers. Vim. Borden Yves elected
and installed Master, and Joseph
Barden, Secretary.
Very little numbering has as YET
been done in the north woods OF
account of the extreme open win,
ter.
\. +. Dixon & Co.'S establish
ment in Bay City was entered b,
burglars Sunday night week, anC
robbed of small sum of none,
and a large quantity of goods.
Congressman Waldron, of tn,
Secoud District, is said to owl
more personal property than an,
, other man in the State.
The Portland ObSerc, complain,
of the intemperance of the villa G
and says the law prohibiting tn,
, sale of liquors TO minors is openl,
di,regarded.
: The Fish Commissioners of tn,
+. United States Government hav,
5 sent quantity of shad ova fo
l Gull Lake and other waters of Kal
; amazoo county.
a farmer in ST. Joseph mort
gagged his farm recently for s7O0
and deposited the money in banl
: that failed a few days afterward
! He gets dividend of so for hi
5 pile.
DIR. Kedzie, of Jackson, has test
" ed the kerosene sold in that city
= and has found it would not stant
: the required test of 40 degrees
: although it bore the brand of tn,
. government inspector at Cleveland
A curious and unprecedente,
" trial took place at Kalamazoo o,
IS Jan. =. A colored man was arrest
: ed for assault and battery and dis
n turbing colored church ON tn
J. occasion of a Christmas festiva
It A jury of eighteen colored me
Y was struck, out of which wer
+ selected six, Of whom three WEI
brothers.
4 Friday night week the dwellin
Y house of Mr.. McManagle, in Il
=. 20 ynship Of East Dayton, some n,