The Grange advance., 1874-02-04

We publish two letters this week on fenc-
ing, one by farmer who pays consider
able attention to stock'and the other rails.
ing wheat. Starting from different stand
points they both come to the same con-
clusion, that cattle should be restrained
from running at large.
While the Legislature is discussing
change in the tax laws, why not amend so
as to save the tens of thousands Of dollars
annually paid for advertising all the land
in the State, when it is absolutely certain
that the advertising will do no good p
Why not wait until time of year when
people can pay their taxes and then only
advertise the real delinquents Let all
taxes not paid by the 18th of June of each
year be advertised, if necessary, but let
no more money be thrown away.
DR.. Livingstone, the greatest explorer of
this or any other age, is dead. He died
martyr to the cause to which he has devot-
ed the best years of his life with a zeal
that hesitated at no danger, difficulty, or
sacrifice. After wading for hours in water
above their waists, and under broiling
sun, himself and ten of his companions sud-
denly died. The first reports of his death
were not. credited, but official dispatches
from Zanzibar have been received, giving
the details Of the sad event. His remains
will be brought to England.
Mr.. Warren Smith Of Mobiles County.
Minn., in q letter to the Worthington Ad-
vatce says: "I have travelled in many
climes, have ascended the snow clad sides
Of Mount Hood to the altitude of twelve
thousand feet above the levelSof the sea,
and yet never, in my opinion, reached a
point so near Heaven as Mobiles County. ..
This reminds US of remark made by fell
low passenger on the Sioux City and st..
Paul road, while going through that county.
As he sat by the window looking out over
the boundless prairies that lie up there,
without even shrub to obstruct the vision,
he said that it came the nearest like look
ing out into eternity Of anything he had ev-
er been able to conceive. Mr.. Smith seems
to,think they are not only in eternity up
there, but that they are also near neigh
BORIS to the angels x &ee a..
Sir StaGeorgc Gore, an English noble
man, has just gone TO the glades Of Florida
4 to do little business in the way Of fishing
and hunting ID order to shoot ducks and
catch gadgeons successfully, Mr.: 6 ore finds
i necessary to take with him sir servants. j.
four horses, twenty -one dogs and about. six
thousand pounds Of baggage. How this fell
4 low camesto risk himself out so far from a
base OF supplies without one Or, two regi
n nents OF soldiers, and from fifty TO one
q hundred personal attendants to wash his
i &c fface, comb his 81 hair, rescue him from
drowning upon proper occasions, and APP
y y ply the pocket handkerchief to his nose
,vhen necessary IS perfectly ANA zing His
Income is only aqnarter of.s million per
sunuu g present, and il is 70 bs hoped the
British Governments will see the necessity
of increasing his salary at once and thro w-
ins i aslis'ie back p"y for dog. money.
Willi.lmn. d arnsr, rl.s one of i the ol,le.,
sresid Tents sof Scott county, died at his ,resi,
8dsnse5 5in The town a Jordsn on Thursday
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