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The New York herald., 1874-12-30
ANOTHER JERSEY RAILROAD SLAUGH-
TER

James Payne, gardener, was struck by the loco
motive OF train on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad, on Monday night, and a.
most Instantly Killed. 1t appears that Payne, who
was about seventy years Of age, was walking along
the track, when, In the fog, his presence was not
observed by the engineer and ne was struck. The
remains were picked up and on examination
Payne's neck was found to be broken. On his per-
son was bottle OF whsKey. He leaves vile and
quite young family his eldest child being only
ninc years old.
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dence OF his sister, Louisa j. Ackerman, I12 J0nn-
son street Brooklyn, on Saturday, January 2. at
srARK.-After short illness. EMMA STARR, in
the 10th year OF her age.
spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her
late residence. $50 Amity street, Brooklyn, on
UNDRRnILL-On Monday morning. December
2s, MARGARET ", widow OF James w. Undernll
and daughter OF the late Joseph b. varnum.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the
funeral, from calvary church, Fourth avenue Cor
ner Twenty-drst street. on Thursday slst inst, at
vAND.RPoRL-On Monday evening, December
q, OF dlphtheria, JULIA LOUISE. only chlld OF
George b. and Maria Louise Vanderpoel, aged
Funeral services at the residence OF her parents.
No. l32 East Twenty third street corner Lexing.
ton avenue on Wednesday, at past TWO r. NJ.
WARD.-In Brooklyn, on sunday, December ~,
CATnARINE. widow OF .he late Patrick Ward, IN
the 6Sth year OF her age.
also those OF her sons Thomas, Marck and James,
are requested to attend the funeral, rom ner late
residence, 375 Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, ON
Wednesday, December 30, at two O'Clock p. M.
WETR--On tuesday evening" December 20, 1874
KATIE the beloved daughter OF Mrs. G. Weir, OF
NOTICE Of funeral hereafter.
WILDE.-On SATURDAY, December %, JOHN 8.
Relatives and friends OF the family are invited
TO attend the funeral. on wednesday, the 3oth
dence, 1853 West twenty FIRST street.
W0ODs-On Tuesday morning, December 70
1874, MARGRET ANNE, the beloved daughter o.
Patrick and Mary Woods. aged years and
months.
Relatives and friends are invited 70 attend the
funeral, on Wednesday, December 30, at hali-pas
one O'Clock from the residence OF her parents
lo9th street and Tenth avenue.
WoosTER--On Tuesday morning. December 29
1874 CHARLES II. WOOSTER, aged 81 years.
Relatives and friends OF the family are invited u
attend the funeral at MS late residence No sN
Gates avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday December
81, at one O'Clock p. NJ
Gates avenue cars Fulton ferry.
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ful OF the detective force, and wanted II TO De
changed Immediately.
Commissioner Dlsbecker's resolution was then
adopted by the Board. The Commissioners Will
meet at ten O'Clock to-day In executive session TO
near superintendent Wailiny's report and TO
adopt plan for the coming reorganization.
The New York herald., 1874-12-30
The following Is the usual weekly report OF DR..
Harris. the Registrar OF Vital StatlStlcS:-


BUREAU VITAL STATISTICS. Dec e. 1874
To THE SECRETARY or THE BOARD OF HEALrH:-
SIR-The total number OF deaths i'll the week ending
on the 18th oi december was 81 and the number re-
ported last week 565 The increase OF mortality
during weeks shows that the chief part OF il
charged pulmonary diseases and the causes incident
10 enfeebed vitality. In the week ending on the lylh
inst there O deaths from phthisis aganst63 from
that disease in the corresponding week last year and
81 pneumonia and bronchitis agains 70
in corresponding week last year; 80 from smallpox,
against year, and IS from diphtheria against 81
ast and 7 deaths from the zylnonc class q causes
altogether, against l23 in corresponding period last
year The crowded tenements anu the poor classes
throughout the city the increased mortality wit
messed III the past TWO weeks
The mean temperature last week was at 3l9 degrees
Fahrenheit and In the previous week II was 5O.6 de-
grees The needy poor require charities which both
teach and help to live healhfully when the
numbers must live scantlly and IN crowded tene
mems
The death rate is now uctqatIng between and per
1000 OF population The death rate the past fifty
two weeks, the 1874, is N5 per loO0 OF the
total estimated population of lO4u0U souls This ratio
shows favorable decrease from the steadily rates
the previous eighteen months. Respectfully sub
mltted ELISHA HARRIS, NJ d.,
Registrar of Vital sta istics.
The New York herald., 1874-12-30
PUBLIC HEALTH.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE sMALLPox-TTs COURSE
STOPPED.
The Commissioners OF the Board OF Health held
their regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon.
The most important details OF the business they
transacted were, nrst, to order certain DR..
Bergnaus, OF No. 40 West Twenty-.ourth street, to
be prosecuted for not having reported case OF
smallpox which came under his notice and was
treated by him for tour days; the second impor-
tant feature was the resolution adopted requesting
the Police Commissioners to detail twenty i've
men from the sanitary squad to assist the health
oticers in their search Tor concealed cases OF
smallpox.
A very interesting report was received from
Ins spector James b. Taylor, oil the Vaccination De-
partment IL detailed the work Of the Vaccina-
ton Corps, between the lst and 26th OF Decem.
Der, ana pointed out some OF the good results OF
that work. during the time mentioned there
were S349 persons vaccinated. OF whom 2.9S7
we're treated so Tor the first time. All the others,
1862 IN number were revaccinated: SIN Slnce ,ne ass las
been at work IN the section or the city
bounded BY Broadway, Houston and Flity-ninth
streets and the North River. The vaccinators
have gone from house TO house. Inspector Taylor
in his report pointed out that the course OF the
smallpox Is shifting to the westward-that u Is
beginning to move downward on the west side OF
the city. He attributed its gradual departure
from the east side OF the city to the work OF vac
clnatiOn which has been done there. The vac
clnators have got ahead or the disease, and have
checked 1t above Grand street In tnat quarter.
He says that they Will very soon get beyond us
precincts on the west side OF the city, ana Will
thus check the progress 1t is now making down
town. The report says that since the inmates OF
the Deal and Dumb Asylum have been vacclnated
there have been no new cases OF smallpox In the
institution
December g. is from the report received from DR..
Day, the Sanitary superintendent
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

It has been found that the roots of a
good crop Of red clover left in an acre Of
land after the removal Of the crop weigh
$3.50 pounds, or from three to three
and one-half tons. The same exam
ination gave the weight of an acre of
rye roots at 3,400 pounds. A similar
experiment gave the weight of the roots
OF alfalfa from an acre at over five tons.
All Of this matter is Of course valuable
for the use of such crops as may be
grown during Of after decomposition.
The weil-known superiority Of clover as
a manuring crop. however, it is not due
alone to the grester amount Of organic
matter, taken nlainly from the atmos-
phere' which Thy roots supply, but also
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4
From New York Tribune.
A Costly Turkey Case.

A turkey suit which came to tri4 in
Windsor county, vt, excited consif fera-
bic interest in that section. wo farm
lers occupying adjoining farmA had each
Ia flock OF turkeys, one flock nApberlng
70 and the other 10. The dprkeA were
in the habit Of running together MOST of
the time, the smaller~Aoek iinclining to
stay with the larger. During the latter
part OF the season the owner of the
larger flock had occasion to shut up his
turkeys, and as the others were with
them he shut them up also, and then
sent word to his neighbor to come and
get them. He came and demanded his
10 turkeys, but the other claimed that
that was five more than his number.
Two Of the tutkeys were recognized by
both as belonging to the smaller flock,
and these the owner of the larger flock
was willing to give up, with three others
as good as could be found in the lot.
This offer the other declined to accept
unless he would let the turkeys out, and
then if the f}ocks did not separate his
old turkey taking nine young ones-he
would receive the five; but the other re-
fusing to do this, the owner Of the small
er flock sued him and received 10 tur-
keys at the Justice Trial at 81 .25 per
pair. The other appealed to the County
Court, and the jury not agreeing another
trial was granted The original cause of
the suit now became secondary consid-
Grafton, and each was striving to have
the other pay the large accumulation Of
cost, amounting to nearly $500. The
jury in the last trial decided that the
owner Of the larger flock must pay for
five turkeys, at Sl.50 apiece and the
cost. In addition to this each had to
pay about 500 for lawyers fees. These
facts should be warning-at least to
persons Of limited means-to avoid the
law. There might be a Protective Union
established, which in time would embrace
all classes; the laws binding each mem
ber to ignore all differences or disputes
which they cannot settle; and if one be-
longing to the Union be unjustly prose
cuted, then the others shall be taxed &C.
cording to their ground list to help carry
on the suit. If this plan were adopted
it would deter many from beginning a
suit when they knew they had whole
body to fight against, and it would also
oblige the lawyers to earn their bread by
the sweat Of the brow, physically and
not mentally, as they now do by setting
neig hbors and neighborhoods at variance
Christ said, Blessed are the peacemak
ers;" what would He have said Of thu
peace destroyer? The fees of the law
yers in the United STATED are said tt
amount to $35,000,000 an4 4ually ;rthos'
Of doctors, $2o,oo0,o0o, aid ministers
$4,000, ,0o0.-[A LookeroA i
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Churning Milk VS.. Cream.

A question which is often asked is
in ro~ :ra to making Nrtter bv churn-
iny til: &!Ik Instead u c:eau. :.!,nc
My own experience has taught me that
the ui]k first drawn from the COW has
no butter-at least one-third of the
milking; therefore, churning this milk
is only time and labor lost My plan has
been to take from the COW such portion
of the first milk as is necessary for family
use, churning the remainder. Until
the past season: my family requiring
a great deal Of butter, I have never
had an opportunity Of testing the abiIi-
ties Of single COW but since last May
| have kept but one COW. I followed
the above plan with the milk, churning
each alternate day; and although I
had neither cellar nor milk-house,
have made ninety-six pounds Of butter.
The churning was done in the morning,
thus securing the advantage given by
the cool morning air, and the butter
came from the ehurn solid and ready for
packing, with only the aid of little
cold water from the well. Some pre-
ter churning every morning, because
the milk is more easily separated from
the butter-consequently the labor less
but after years Of experience, I find that
milk, although sufficiently sour, if
churnedv when too fresh, yields butter that
is sweet and good, but not solid as when
left a longer period for the water to
begin to separate from the milk. This,
Iof course, refers to summer months.
AS to winter, I follow about the same
rule with my neighbors- -churning
when the milk. is in readiness, which
depends on the weather and the sur
roundings.
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than We have. If the exoesses Of fash
ionable life we're indulged in among
farmers, that prevail in all our villages
and cities, what terrible outcry there
would be, but as our ! rights" and tea
pacity" to enjoy doe, not extend thus
far, of course there lis no danger OF
such impropriety.
In conclusion we would say that we
have no feeling of ill-will toward any Of
the human race, but we do feel that it
is our duty to contend against all oppo.
sition that has tendency to rob any
person, or class Of persons, Of the natu.
raj privileges inherent in them by vir.
tue Of an organization that stands pre-.
eminently higher than mans sa(6shness
and we fail to see why the toil\ of the
laborer should not bring dPmpeAsatiou
sufficient to carry him a]dpg il the
scale of development on plane of equal.
ity with the rest Of mankind. When
monopolies and usury with their atten-
dant extravagancies cease to exist, then
will all be adjudged from a standpoint
of merit, and true worth be above the
value of dollars and cents.
E. B. CARTER.
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the position in rhiehthe S&tter is de.

posted. !
The roots reach deeply inF 10 the soil,
and on their decomposition lthey serve
to draw the moisture froml the lower
so'l' and by the decomposition of fertiliz-
my matter to considerable depth they
induce the descent of the roots and crops
to point where they are much more
sure Of supply Of. moisture during the
dry seasons than they could if nearer the
surface, Then again, these deeply
penetrating roots traverse parts Of the
subso'l not heretofore open to vegeta-
ton, and in their decomposition they
produce chemical effect on the in :.
organic substances that lie along their
courses, and help to render them, too, j,
serviceable for future crops.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Thought.

Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought,
Souls to souls can never teach,
What unto themselves was tauaht
We are spirits clad in veils;
Man by man WAS never seen,
All our deep communion fails
To remove the shadowy screen.
Heart to heart was never known:
Mind to mind did never meet;
We are columns left alone
Of q temple once complete.
Like the stars that gem tho sky,
Far apart though seeming near,
In our light we scattered lie;
All is thus but starlight here.
What is social company
But babbling summer stream?
What our wise philosophy
But the glancing of a dream?
Only when the sun of love
Melts the scattered stars of thodgH,/
Only when we live above
What the dim-eyed world hath taught.
Only when our souls are fed
BY the fount which gave them birth,
And by inspiration led
Which they never drew from earth.
We, like parted drops of rain,
Swelling till they meet and run,
Shall be all absorbed again.
Melting, flowing into one.
-Christopher Pearse Crunch.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29


foldment !; human depravity must be sa-
tiated in all its extravagances of sensn-
BUSINESS and lust: appetite must be
gratiied, the votaries Of fashion must
worship at the shrine Of morbid taste,
wealth must agerandize unto itself at
the expense Of moral degradation the
food that it can buy to satisfy perverted
appetites, poverty dragging its Shiny form
along the by-ways Of filth and slum,
that tracks itself to the dens of\bleared
and sore eyed humanity, Ahose mpral
ulcers, in consequence Of thA depletion
of earthly sustenance, are a stencil in
the nostrils of the living God. Crime
and destitution slumber with their
dreams, and walk with their daily
thoughts: human suffering driving from
their midst all consciousness that can
awaken to aspirations of higher and holi-
er promptings, and this in land of CIV
il and religious liberty, millions expend-
ed upon it's costly edlfces Of worship.
and other millions upon its structures
of confinement and torture. No COM
ments are necessary, the facts are too
palpable and the causes plainly under
stood. What world Of reformation
lies embodied within the field of thought,
and how little cultivated in the direction
of benefit to the growing needs Of hu-
manity.
There are human wrongs to be righted,
the weary and unfortunate to be glad
dened, the distresses of poverty alleviated,
and the Golfers of wealth to be unlocked,
to stay the ravages of famine; destitu-
tion clothed in proper garments, intem-
perance denuded and shorn of it's glitter
ing baubles Of temptation, the dying Mag
dalene to be comforted, Gods child nev-
ertheless, though wrecked and dismantled
by inhumanity, and world of other
deeds of kindnesses to be performed.
The world; Gods bright, beautiful
world, tainted with the mildew of hu-
man duplicity, heaving, tumbling mass
es Of perverted life, carried along by the
whirling eddies Of dissipation into the
frightful vortex of that rushing, mad
dening foam-crested maelstrom of human
passion that is carrying its millions down,
down into seeming perdition, and thus
we find thought wandering from the
realm Of matter to that of spirit, ever
busy with ways and means by which
to qualify itself for the finale, and by the
scattered experience of such fruition we
help as builders in the temple.
b. B. CARTER.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

The farmers Of our whole (andA Ahould
make preparations to plant mbre gApund
than usual this Spring.. The great
famine in 1au4a will call largely upon
US for breadstuffs. We will doubt less
be required to export largely of wheh at.
The famine promises to be Of long du-
ration, and other countries will be de-
pleted of grain to meet the demand.
Weekly Union and Grange Advocate.
How does this exhibit show up the
profits Of monopolies? According to
the United States census, little over
$2,000,000 900 was invested in manu-
factories in 1870; expenses for labor
775,000,000; for raw material near
ly $2,500,000; aggregate product 49,
$4,000; clear profit, $982,0o0,000,
which was 46& per cent. on the capital
employed.
We find the aggregate capital invested
in the manufacturing of India Rubber
goods, House Organs, Sewing Machines,
Agricultural Implements and Patent
Medicines, amounting to the sum Of
$59, 500, 600, which gave a profit of
nearly $38,ooo,0oo, or GA per cent,
An e1tortion Of forty-four per cent,
allowing ten per cent. for capital, and
ten per cent. for limited time. We
have not space to enter into detail
Of prices upon other articles manufac-
tured, but will take the agricultural
implements. The amount ofc.pital in
vested was nearly $25, 600, 900, on which
We paid 81 per cent. more than should
be tolerated, making swindle of $32
on every 800, in consequence of the
monopoly secured by our patent laws.
Of course We expect to submit to all of
these impositions until we can effect.
through change of organization, re-
spect for our rights, which we are sure
with long patience will in the course of
time be effected. G..
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For the Advance.
Thought.

Thought.
Our thoughts and what they bring
forth. As we sit quietly in our little
room with nothing to interrupt our
thoughts, giving free scope to those dis
criminative forces that enable US togather
from the folios Of memory, the transcript
Of treasured articled gathered for such
times of retrospect, We find many little
gems which, upon furnishing, are in
readiness for that process of evolution
that carries them outside of self into the
world Of events, public property, and
consequently subject to public criticism.
And with what interest we watch
their progress as we. see them whirled
along down the river Of time, with the
seething, rushing mass of thought
that is continually being forced upon
its restless bosom children of onr own
imagination we wish them well, but
how often do they perish like flowers
by the wayside, whose fruition was
brought forth under uncongenial con-
ditions, perhaps of soil and may be sun
light: nevertheless they were ours, and
We mark their resting place with a
period of reflection that enshrines upon
memory's tablet the everlasting impress
sion of their having once been born Of
the souls noblest endeavors in the direc-
ton Of human benefit.
And as often, too, they live, live to
bless many forms whose souls are striv.
ing to work out the problem of human
destiny under false assumptions Of
power, whose uses are continually de-
pleting their resources and demoralizine
their efforts, until at last they are driven
out into this world Of thought in ssafch
Of a panacea to aid and ihvi87Afe the
unsettled condition Of miuQ forces, but
if perchance some thouA Aht Of ours
should contain the remedial agent then
we shall not have lived in vain. Sc
for this purpose We exist, to give and te
receive through this interchange o1
thought, growth, and development
and do you not see how necessary it ii
that We should think and act wisely
for confidence established by one per
son in another makes the opinion o.
that person to him Or her almost ab
solute law, and how many Of us ar
living in accordance to our highest
conceptions Of rights that have estab
lished within US such condolences p
are We not continually dodging the re
eponsibility Of truthfalness to each
other, through fear oferecting some Oh
stacle that would be in the way Of sue
cess to some particular interest Of our,
that is purely selfish ? don't We use .rti
flee and cunning to mislead others thai
We may attain to some object that lies
within their line Of pursuit, and proper
y belonging to them, which We, through
our shrewdness, if yop please to call il
so, seeing the opportunity first and covet
ing it? How many Of us are not com
mitting overt acts against the rulings o.
conscience, in the performance Of these
little tricks and deeds th.t are associated
with the several departments Of the 50
ei.' and business interests of this life
that We have learned blythe use Of de-
ception to consider as necessary to the
eonsnmmation Of our littleIplaas :? Ava.
rice is grinding ont Of humanity The
element Of spiritual growth, and With It.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

In the busy pursuits Of life don't
forget the finer sensibilities of our ma
ture, but guard them as we would the
more choice varieties of our fower-gar-
dens, for they really stand in the same
relation to the unfoldment of our inner
lives that the former does to we'll
regulated home; wealth of beauty
and refinement, that plants us high
above the landmarks Of the brute world,
and its cold uaterialism. G.
Last weeks issue of the ADVANCE,
broug ht with it criticism upon some
Of the writer's of the Western Union
and the ADVANCE, under the signature
Of "Western Farmer" To begin with
person assuming to criticise from hon.
est motives, should not be afraid to
throw up his colors, then we shall be
able to decide whether it is in conse-
quence ofpolicy, interest, or for the gen.
eral good Of the person or parties so
criticised.
We maintain, that in the discussion
Of these questions of business interests,
that there is no necessity for crawling
behind a barricade Of secrecy to shoot
off our little pop guns Of sentiment that
can be better felt and understood under
open fire.
I don't understand that we have anv
axes to grind, no policy of self to vim
dicate, no interest of an extortionate
nature to subserve, no proselyting to do,
but simply the adjustment of work and
compensation that is the question at
issue, and one of no mean proportion.
While we deprecate the carelessness
of some farmers in the use and exposure
Of machinery, We fail to see where that
has a point Of vital interest in the
pros and cons" of this question.
We have had some experience in
"Western Life, and have found that
after purchasing tools necessary q, con-
duct the business Of an ordinary farm,
that there is usually not upch kft to
purchase material for cove1 especially
if there were many thrde per cent.
notes given.
We rather surmise that the business
of the "Western Farmer" is not strict.
ly agricultural, still it may be possible
that he is one of those forgiving spirits
that one occasionally finds amid the
haunts of life. We have one in on,
minds eye, neighbor of ours, who
thinks that high protective tariff is
the only salvation Of a country, and he
is farmer At that. J
There is no department Of interests
that 60 to make up the sum total Of the
public and private enterprises Of our
business economy, that il 80 poorly paid
tor the amount Of capital and labor in
vested as the Agricultural interest.
Economy and retrenchment are con.
tinuslly thrust into the face of the farm.
er, is reasons Why times are alw.ys
hard with him. All Of those little
pleasures that We find necessary for rest,
culture OF refinement, must be foreve,
worshiped from the ide.l standpoint
To bring them into practice involves an
expenditure Of funds that is not in
keeping with our avooation, so We
shuttle ae along, giving our life with it's re-
sources to the building up of = class in
community p'n''i'y that =, ! lh.ye grester "c.paci
y" for the enjoyment Of good thing.