The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Elsewhere we give pretty full report
Of the sermon on the Women's Crusade
movement, delivered by the Rev. Charles
Griswold at the NJ. E. Church, on Sunday
night last. It was cool, dispassionats
survey of the situation.
Arbitration, as means Of settling difficult
ties among nations, is gaining ground and
looks like becoming . success. If nations
can srbitrate their complicated affairs and
difficulties and save war, certainly iudivid-
uals ought to be able to arbitrate their
simple Misunderstanding and save litiga-
tion.
Bismark has been threatening to resign
again. That is the way he has of bringing
his government to time. This time it was
because the Reichstag opposed his army
bill. It would be q joke if the government
would take him at his word sometime and
accept his resignation, but it is hard to tell
upon whom the joke would turn. 1t is
doubtful whether the government could get
along very we'll without him.
Diogenes searched the streets Of Rome
By daylight with lighted lantern, taper
candle or something else 1--WE do not know
exactly what, not having been there) for a
nsdn. and didn't find one. Two hundred and
sixty- Of Massachusetts wise legislstors
have been searching Boston and the regions
about with their little lights tor a man
worthy to wear the mantle Of the dead
Sumner. They have voted -- times at
last accounts.
The British Government holds sixteen
Fenisns in durance vile, whose pardon has
been urged; Disrseli is said to favor their
release but Old John Bull refuses, and pro-
poses to gore them q little or something
worse by way Of example. Great Britain
has been hanging, shooting and imprison-
ing her Irish subjects by way Of example
for the past three or four hundred years
and is not through yet. The United States
have adopted . different plan with political
offenders, and time will tell which is the
wiser course if it doth not already appear.
During the session of the Illinois Legisla.
ture, lately closed, 2,l68 bills were intro
duced, and 141 passed. The provisions Of
the railroad bill passed are said to be
harsh. Reason why-the railroads tried
to override the previous law and fight the
farmers out. The farmers having the power
in their own hands, probably came to the
same conclusion of the farmer that we used
to read about in the back part of the SPELL
ing book, since kind words nor turf would
not suffice, they have decided to try what
virtue there is in stones. We have an idea
that the railroads will come down.
Mr.. Bergh, who has made himself the
champion Of the beasts of tho field, the
fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, is
again victorious. Mr.. Ira Payne the cham
pion pigeon shootist of the United States
brought suit against Mr.. Bergh for inter-
fering in pigeon shoot, and Mr.. Payne
got beaten, and will hardly get up any
more shooting matches in New York at the
expense of the innocent pigeons. A law
suit costs tride in those regions. All
good Patrons sympsthize with Mr.. Bergh
in his efforts 20 prevent cruelty to animals.
Our Order enjoins kindness to dumb brutes.
The best class Of farmers down this
way seem to be prepared to accept the
Grange movement; and % soon as it makes
its appearance here in an authorized form
there is no question but that they will 10
almost bodily into l.. They are strongly
inspired with the idea that .griculturists,
as class, fare worse in the trade and COM
merce Of tie world than any other; and
that this grows largely out Of the wants Of
properly org enissd 90 cooperative effort to
support andssp iin their own interest and
welfare. 9Gs isation Of the Patrons
Of Husbanary ~ thought crystali.ed
into aotion. nd NJ II Ses this MOVING idea j.
exploded er shoMM be erroneous, nothing
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