The Grange advance., 1874-06-10
OMNIBUS.

"A chap sought shelter of Boston
officer. "See, cap'n, first my father died,
and my mother married again an then
my mother died, and my father married
again an somehow or other, some wav
1 don't seem to have no parent at all;
nor no home, nor no nothing
"A man who can have his corns
mashed without grumbling, is undoubt.
edly possessed Of a tolerably good dispo-
sition. One man, being once at politi-
cal meeting, said in a pleasant manner,
to big burly fellow who was standing
upon his toe, MY dear Sir, are you not
a miller? ?" "No, Sir; why do you
ask?;' why, Sir, the fact is, /
thought you we're miller, and a very
honest one too, because you have been
grinding my corns this half hour with
out taking toll.''
Another very old gentleman 20.
H. Rounds, Of Mount Tabor, Vermont,
over eighty.six years; remembers all
the governors Of Vermont; has seen
most Of them; has voted sixty three
years never played cards. never tobac-
cod in any way, never drank any intoxi-
eating tipple, never paid lawyers
fee or doctors bill for himself until he
was sixty, and neve. did ever so many
of those things that are deemed naughty
and damaging to ones constitution, BY
laws, and rules Of order.
-" We want more home life, and in
order to make this possible our domes-
tic architecture must undergo change.
A dozen large buildings, in good loca-
tions and with reasonable rentals, so
divided as to afford accommodations for
small families. would do more just now
for moral reform in New York than the
same number Of fashionable churches
with fashionable and high-priced minis
ters" So says an exchange. It is
most true that homes, comfortable and
cheap, are greatly needed. Is it not IL
good investment for some one to build
such houses?
The Chicago Tribune publishes re-
plies to circular sent to the press of
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska, asking how each stood on
the question Of the Presidents veto of
the Currency Bill. The summary shows
that of the 933 papers answering the
circular, 514 sustain the veto, 4O8 op-
pose it; and eleven are non. .committal.
OF those sustaining the veto 295 are
Republican, to 2l7 Democratic; and Of
those opposing the veto 234 are Repub-
lican, to ia Democratic. Indiana.
Missouri and Kansas are the only States
where majority Of the papers oppose
the veto.
A French Journal gives some sta
tistics in regard to the vitality of seeds,
which are founded upon trustworthy oh
servations. They may be Of service to
those who are uncertain whether or not
to use old packages of seeds. Seed of
artichoke (globe) lasts good for fvv
years; asparagus, -four; beans (garden),
six; beans (French), two to three >
beet, five; cabbage, five; carrot, four
caaliaower, five; celery, seven; cress
(garden), five; cress (water), four;
cucumber, five; dandelion, one; egg
plant, seven; fennel, six; gourds, five;
leeks, two; lettuce, FIVE; maize, two;
melon, five; mustard, FIVE; nasturtiun.
five; onions, two to three; parsnip,
one; parsley, three; pease, four to five;
pepper (long), four; potatoes, three;
radish, five; rhubarb, three; satisfy,
two; spinach, five; strawberry, eight
thyme, two to three ; tomato, five; and
turnip, five.
The manner in which the Justices
Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States decide cases is said by an intelli-
gent observer at Washington to be
like this: "Imagine quite a
family of men, generally portly and be-
yond middle life, seated in an old fash
ioned room in the old part of the Capt.
tol, with the Chief Justice at the end
Of the table. He is the moderator and
suggester at the ceremony. He says,
Gentlemen, in the case Of Tompkins
against the Hudson Canal Company,
what shall we do shall we deny the
motion or grant it?' Then, in good
humored way, the portly Justice Cliff
ford says something sententiously.
With a twinkle in his eye the athletic
Miller puts in an amendment. The
Reverend Greer, who thinks God ought
TO be in tho Constitution intornosos