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The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
u .&COnsin Gronges.

The executive committee of the State
Grange has issued an address to the
Grangers Of Wisconsin. 1t warns them
that an attempt will be made in the
next Legislature to secure the repeal Of
the railroad law, and urges them to re-
sist the effort. The addr 4ss concludes
as follows:
In this connection your committee
would impress upon every meLlber Of
the order, the Importance of r :rsistent
attention to the details incident and
necessary to secure leg Stature the
coming winter which shall: hereafter be
known as having been i1npregnable to
the assaults of organized capital. ycur
committee would also add word in ia.
vor o! :ne practic. al cady inaugurated
oy the order, Q. requiring public an
swers to questions publicly put to can
didates A. % their opinicns upon sub.
jects icy are likely to be required to
e.. upon. This is especially important
upon the coming occasion, but it should
be adopted as settled policy and prac-
tice Of the order to make these public
inquiries Of public officers at any and
ell times while they occupy public po-
SitiOnS.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

at law in the hands of man unless we
know personally or by reputation that
he has fitted himself by course Of
study, and, in addition to that, has had
a large experience in the practice Of his
profession. But in the infinitely more
important case of our bodies and our
lives we are much less particular. 1t is
enough that man prete1,ds to be an
educated and successful physician, and
that he be stranger. These two things
are the only requisites, and one is just
as important as the other. We would
not trust him with five dollars of our
money, but we very readily trust him
with our health and life. We would
not take his note for dollar, but we
will take his medicine that is as apt to
kill as to cure for all we know. We
have no possible means Of knowing
whether he ever spent year or even a
month in the study of the human body
which the Psalmist says is most ''fear-
fully and wonderfully made.' We
do not know and cannot find out
whether he has the slightest knoMledge
of diseases and their cures. If he have
plenty of cheek and tongue, it is
enough; we are perfectly satisfied.
So long as people patronize humbugs,
we shall have them in every form. The
demand will always be supplied, and
we have ourselves only to blame.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
The White Earth Indians.

During the service held at White
Earth two weeks since Bishop Whipple
told the Indians of the devastation by
locusts in the southwest counties of the
State and told them that he had ap-
pointed that day for contribution to
be taken up in all the churches of the
State in behalf of the sufferers. Know
ing that they had been unfortunate with
their own crops and really had not suf-
ficent for their own needs he did not
urge that they should give, but when
the oftertory was taken up in the little
Indian Church, way out ''beyond the
pale of civilization" and among people
who have little cause to love the white
man or minister to his sufferings, it was
found that those ''savages'' had con-
tributed $50 toward the relief of their
afflicted pale-faced brethren. The
amount has been forwarded to Gov
ernor Davis and placed with the relief
fund. d.. a~.-
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

Z, , } "A recent trial in Massachusetts, in.
volved the question whether Spiritual
ism is q form ofreligionor not. Alady
had the misfortune te: receive an injury
while riding on Sunday in one of the
cars Of the Middlesex railway company.
She was at the time returning from .
camp meeting Of Spiritualists. 1t was
in evidence that she was Spiritualist
by profession. The injury was clearly
proven, but the railroad company COM
plains that she had no righttto recover
damages inasmuch as she was travelling
in violation Of the Sunday laws Of the
State. The point urged was that she
was not travelling on account of necessi-
ty or charity, neither was she going to
or returning from a religious meeting.
For all this the jury returned q, verdict
Of $5, 600 in her favor. On appeal the
case was argued elaborately on both
sides, but the supreme court refused to
disturb the finding Of the court below.
1t held that she had as much right to
protection in riding from. her camp
meeting as Methodist had in return
ing from his. Her religion might be
very absurd, but it was a question for
her and her Maker, and not for the
courts.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
Attempted kidnapping.
lFarmington Press. Aug 6th.1

kcdEIuluStOu 1rcSS, aug OH.
Mr.. Alonzo Witherell, who lives in
grove near this place, hasa young girl
living in his family, who is known as
Lotta Miller, aged about IL years.
This girl was adopted by MIR. and Mrs.
Witherell, when he was quite young.
and has lived pleasantly in the family
ever since. On Sunday last, about 2
P. H., while Mr.. W. was absent from
the house, two men appeared at the
door Of the house, and entered. They
claimed to be uncles Of the
girl, and asked her if she did
not wish to leave and 20 of
with them. Lotta said she had no wish
to 60 with them; but after good deal
of parleying they finally took her by
the shoulders and forced her out of the
house, the girl meanwhile struggling
and resisting. Mrs. Witherell, who is
an inv valid. and at the time lying down,
got up and tried to pull the men off,
and in, the scuffle she was pushed over.
The men, however, relinquished their
hold, and getting alarmed, ran off, with
out the girl. The men proved to be
harvest hands, named "Whips,' and
were at work with J. NJ. Harrington,
near by. They were arrested on Mon.
day and brought before Justice Judson,
where partial examination was held,
and the case adjourned till Friday.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

of some OF the county commissioners.
A poor man was in St. James the other
day needing provisions and none could
be had for him because there was no one
there authorized to receive and distrib-
ute the provisions laying at the depot:
LET the people Of other localities, says
the Jackson Repablic, think of us as
they enjoy their vegetables and fruits.
To live an entire season without taste
Of any thing in the line cf strswherr;es.
raspber1;;cs. currants, cherries, radishes,
beets, cucumIt-s: string beans
and suchwould even MAKE an old
soldier weary of salt portland bread.
There are 3,l09 persons in Jackson
county impoverished by the loss Of
crops through grasshoppers. The
amount of relief sent thus far allows a
distribution Of six pounds Of -four and
ten ounces Of pork to each Ole.
JOHN B. CARTER who was sent to the
Wisconsin prison at Waupul for life, On
pleading guilty Of the murder Of Ira B.
Wheeler of Pepin, in 1867, has been
pardonded by Gov. Taylor, after seven
years confinement, on evidence showing
that he plead guilty to save Mrs.
Wheeler who herself murdered her
husband. Carter, it is now said, had
nothing to do with the murder except
that he assisted Mrs. Wheeler to con.
ceal her crime by cutting hoie in the
ice and ps.ting the body through it
into the Chippewa river. She, it is
said. killed her husband in momentary
fit of passion. bv blow on his head
with hatchet,
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
The Depths of Vice.
[From the St. Louis Globe, |

From the St. Louis Globe.]
A saddening scene was witnessed in
front of a fashionable bagnio on Sew
enth street, between Locust and St.
Charles, the other afternoon. Very
few passers-by were to be seen upon
the street, for it was about o'clock,
as the door opened and a woman was
carried out and deposited in a hack
which had been standing before the
msaisom de joie for some fifteen or
twenty minutes. A glance at the wo
mans face, as she was hurried into the
hack, revealed, in unmistakable terms,
the fact that she was deeply intoxicated.
The mouth was open, the jaws fallen
apart, the eyes closed, the face sodden,
and the helpless, heavy figure spoke of
hopeless despair. But the face was
one which would attract immediate at
tention anywhere. Dark flowing hair
covered face in which delicacy, re-
finement and beauty marked every
lineament; the eyes were a sparkling
and brilliant black, and the beautifully
carved outlines of the figure showed
that the victim Of intoxication was vet
young.
ssThank God, we are rid of her."
said the 'landlady, as she closed the
door.
Common place scene enough! Yes
hut the attending circumstances make
this case one Of mournful interest. A
few months ago the woman was one of
the bellies Of the first society of Cincin-
natl, and hundreds of the flower Of
the youth of that city have done hon.
age at her feet. Her father is the pro-
prietor of one of the most extensive
marble yards of that city, and is re-
ported to be worth several hundred
thousand dollars. Less than year
ago she was married to a young Saint
Louis physician Of wealth, culture and
refinement, who brought her to q, home
in this city, where she has since resid-
ed. Her husband had been VIC
tim Of the grossest dissipation be-
fore his marriage, and, soon after the
honeymoon, took to his former course.
Within the past few months he has
been several times arrested by the po-
lice, and those who read the police re"
ports of the morning papers are
familiar with his name. During the
progress Of this scene in front Of the
bagnio he was in waiting at a drug
store on the corner of Seventh and Lo'
Gust, and when the hack drove up to
the place he jumped in, and. the party
drove off. 1t is said that the wife
came to the house the night before in
search of her husband, whom she had
heard to be engaged in las on with
one of the girls, and that she remained
at the house all night, drinking wine,
with the result described above.
Whether shesfounds her husband or not,
the rumor is that she spent the night
With the s.landlady," whose disgust At
her victim Was. 50 sforcibly expressed
the next afternoon. ss* f@es4
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
TIE: yIena,sssaii aiites GoinE u malnitoba.
i lDuluth Herald. 3lst nit

tO04OeAA AAO4ASN3 0ASS U1b
Sixty-6ve families Of Mennonites ar
rived here Saturday night last, and
remained until the departure of the N.
P. train on Monday. They were hardy
and thrifty looking people, and were all
apparently well supplied with money,
hard money at that, consisting for the
most part Of American gold for which
they exchanged their own coin at Ham.
burg,) which they expended iber.
ally in the purchase of necessaries.
A visit to the Reception House
found them in detached parties pursu.
ing various occupations some in
groups engaged in their evening meal,
and others seated in little knots wi h
open books before them, from which
one Of the party would read and the
remainder join in singing what appeared
to be chorus. Life in all stages of ex.
istence was representation the babe
in arms to the ''sere and yellow
leaf of nearly three score and ten.
All were clad alike-no difference being
perceptible between the dress of the
girl and the matron. This dress, O:
some coarse, heavy material which was
ample in all it's details for the form
neither cramping the waist, nor imped-
ing the free motion of the
limbs was distinguished simply by
a scarf or shawl thrown
over the shoulders, crossed in front and
confined at the waist. The men wore
jackets and trousers Of the same mate.
rial-dark-colored, heavy and service.
| able, fitting loosely the form, and in no
wise lacking amplitude in any of the
essential parts in which the fullest and
freest use of the body might be ham.
pered.
They came from Northern Russia,
within radius Of $50 miles Of Odessa,
the great wheat port Of Russia; are al!
we'll acquainted with the culture OF
that cereal, and will settle at a point
about IS miles northwest Of Fort Garry.
wnere the Canadian government has
donated to each head of family l6G
acres Of land and so acres to each un.
married person 20 years Of age.
There are, we understand, two other
way to the same locality. lin all about
600 persons,) one Of which will come to
this city pia the lakes and the other 60
from New York by way of Chicago.
AS many Of our readers are doubtless
aware, these people are a religious sect
who accept the New Testament as the
only rule Of faith, reject the doctrine Of
original sin and Of the baptism OF
infants, aid hold that Christians
should neither hold Office, take oaths,
! nor bear arms in war. For this latter
reason they left Germany years ago and
went to Russia, under promise from
the government that their creed in this
particular should be respected, and now
this promise being violated, they have
received like assurance Of exemption
from the Dominion government, and
are consequently emigrating to the
neighbcrhood of Garry.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
Storm in otter Tai
County.

The storm Of Tuesday night, which
extended ever most of this State and
Northern Wisconsin, was especially
severe in the vicinity of Fergus Falls
West and southwest Of that village the
crops on many farms were full half de-
stroyed. Mr.. Eli Dewey had about 40
acres Of grain Knocked into the mud
and can save ut only what may be
picked up with scythe. He had a
fine field of corn from which every leaf
was stripped. Next morning, although
the storm occurred before midnight, he
picked up hail stones an inch and .
half in diameter, while the ploughed
ground was full of holes IS large IS :
teacup, where the hail stones had fallen
and me;::--
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

The Rev. NJ. J. Savage, Of Chicago,
will gladly accept call to take charge
of Boston flock, but he playfully and
prudently adds, in substance II
would like to have an advance of salary
and frescoed ceiling.'' Imagine Paul
of Tarsus replying to the cry from
Macedonia: eyes, I'll be over; but
you must put up an extra awning and
come down with an abundance Of
shekels.''
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

TIE GRAKeE ADVANCE is furnished in clubs
Of ten for 81. so per year. and will be furnished
for the next thirty days to single subscribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten o. mora
for four months at 50 cents each on trial. We
want i've thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, Bnd can have them If every one Of
our friends Will go to work in earnest.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

There seems to be about as strong a
tendency, or liability, in human nature
to be humbugged as there is to have
the measles, or mumps, or small pox.
There is, however, this difference, that
whereas, in the latter cases, one hard
attack generally destroys this liability,
in the former, it never does more than
to slightly weaken the liability. A man
never has the measles but once, but if
he gets through life without being hum
bugged half dozen times year, he
is doing we'll.
The mumps and the measles general
ly attack us in infancy, when we have
but little else to do than to repel the
attack, and get we'll as soon as possible.
The humbug comes to US in youth,
with his smiles, comes to US in man.
hood with his insinuations, comes to US
in middle life with his sophistries, comes
to us in age with his gray hairs and soft
manners, comes to US in health with
his plausible schemes and willy argu.
ments, comes to US in sickness with his
piety and his pills, and, in short, dogs
us to the grave.
Of all species Of humbugs the quack
is the most successful and the most dam
gerous. All the fears, the hopes and
the ignorance Of mankind are at his
service, and most mercilessly does he
use them. There is no subject where
men and women are so utterly ignorant
as Of disease and it's treatment, and at
the same time no subject in which they
have so deep an interest. The nnfortu-
nate person who has lost his health is
ready to give every thing he has for its
restoration. He is impatient to be
well, and whoever promises the speed.
lest cure is apt to secure his confidence,
and his money. He cannot be said to
be in his right mind, or 1t least his
mental faculties are to some extent i'm.
panied by disease and discouragement,
and ne becomes an easy prey to the
bold, CONSCIOUSNESS imposter.
But it is left for the travelling -quack
to explore and discover depth Of gull
liability in human nature that is beyond
comprehension. In no case do we ever
employ q man of whom We know no.
thing ofhis character, his qualifications
fitness for the business which he pro-
fesses and Of whom we can find no.
thing, except in the case Of the travel.
ing quack. -
No man would employ an architect
to build his house unless he knew some
thing Of his ability and experience in
that business. He certainly would not
accept the mans own statements as
conclusive proof Of his qualification.
We never entrust an important case
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-26

HOUSEKEEPING GOODS-Hotels, Steam
IL boats and Public Institutions supplied with
the best and most durable articles, at moderate
prices. We keep u large stock of goods specially
adapted to above wants.
HAMILTON EASTER s. SONS.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-26

RIcH1N SPITE OF HIMSELF. The most fortu-
nate man we know of is Walter Kimbal!, who
was city comptroller under the administration
of Mayor Rice some FIVE years ago. 1t will be
remembered that at that time several OF the
railroad companies desired to purchase part
Of the Lake Park for depot grounds, and bar
gain having been made with the city ior. $780,
QUO, they paid over to the comptroller the sum
OF 5000, 600 as first installment. An inJunc-
tiou, however, was obtained by certain prop
erty holders, restricting the city from disposlng
OF the land, and the case is still pending: The
city treasurer, therefore, refused to receive the
money, the railroad companies refused to take
it back, and so MIR. Kimball found the snug
sum on his hands, and has continued to keep
1t. The interest on 100000, even invested ID
government bonds, gives a tolerable living Tor
one family, and so Mr.. kimball has been llv-
ing 10 clover ever since, and perfectly content
ed to let the matter rest exactly as it is indc-
fuitely. The city certainly don't own the
money, for they never had it, and the railroad
companies will not admit that they own II; and
as theres no prospect of settlement OF the
contested case, Mr.. Kimball is likely to hold
on to it indefinitely. Even if ever called upon
to pay it over, it is not likely that any demand
can or will be made for interest, so that on the
whole the ex cvmproller may be said to have
the ''sottest thing of the kind on record
Chicago Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-26

r ACES-We have determined to regain our
- former prestige for having the best stock of
LACE GOODS in the city, and have this sea-
son imported very largely of them; VIII us is
OF LACE that comes out in Brussels, and at
reasonable prices. ,,o,,.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-26
ROOTS .aJvD SHOES.
ENGLISH RUBBERSi
ENGLISH RUBBERS
At WADDEY'S, IA King street.
LADIES' FINE CALF, KID AND RUSSIA
LEATHER BUTTON BOOTS,
Vienna style,
At WADDEY'S, IA King street.

LADIES' PARLOR s. TOILET SLIPPERS
Ladies' French Kid Broadway, Ladies' Last
ing Broadway, Turkey Morocco Broadway,
French Kid Toilet, Cashmere Toilet, Lasting
Toilet, Serge and Carpet Slippers, in every style
and quality,
At WADDEY's, "A King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-26

DINEAPPLE, Edam and SapTago Cheese
que Beef Beef and n DsviIled Ham, Lea & Perrir's
Worcestershire Sauce, English Salad Dressing,
French Capers Olives, Mustards, &c.'-tresh
stock at lowest prices.
dece3 166 and ITO King street.
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| SELECTED.


IGNORANCE OF GIRLS ITS EFFECTS. The
extreme ignorance Of the generality OF young
women is the chief cause of their being troubled
with nervous disease, and of their not know
ing how to employ themselves innocen,ly. When
they are brought up without solid Information,
they cannot be expected to have any inclination
or taste tor study. Everything serious appears
dull everything that requires attention tatlgueS
them. The thirst after pleasure, 80 ma tural
to youth and the example of persons of their
own age, who are plunged iu dissipation, cou-
tribute to make theuI dread quiet domestic
life. In early youth their want of experience
renders them uuft to direct their father fami-
ly; and they are not even aware of the necessity
of acquiring this kind of knowledge unless
their mothers have taken particular care to
call their attention to it. Ia high life young
women are not obliged to devote their time to
needle-work, and they spend some hours day
at their needle, merely because they are told,
without knowing why that 1t Is right tor Wo.
men to work; but very often their work is mere
show, and they seldom apply toit with much
diligence What then is to be donep For
want Of solid information their time must be
occupied with triAes for want of employment
young women becomes indolent, nervous and
longer than is necessary to health ; and this long
sleep weakeus her and renders her subject to
frequent ndispositions whereas, by moderate
sleep, and regular exercises, we become lively,
strong, and active; qualities highly beneficial
to health, not to mention the mental advantages
they procure.
This indolent indulgence. Joined TO extreme
ignorance, produces pernclous taste tor shows
and public amusements, and excites danger
GUS and Unsuitable curiosity. Well informed
women, occupied by serious studies, generally
possess but moderate degree of curiosity.
What they already know leads them to despisee
many things of which they are ignorant, and
see the iDsigpi6cance and folly of mos. Of those
pursuits, for which little minds that know moth
ing, and have nothing to DO, are SO eager. On
the contrary, young women who are Ignorant
aud thoughtless always possess a diseased una
gination. They are unfit to perform the active
duties of life.
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Ill PERSONS ARE INVITED to visit
IA our store and inspect the stock, whether
desiring to purchase ut the time or not, and they
may rely upon polite attention, and not being
pressed to buy. Full lines of samples of any
kinds of goods will be sent to parties out OF the
city, and express charges paid on cash pur-
chases amounting to $40 and over.
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS.
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