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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

Hush moncy-The price OF % family
Too much rest itself become q pain
Homer
She half consents who silently denies
Pleasures Of every kind quickly ad-Gc..
Burke.
Necessity makes dastards vaIliutmon.
-Hcrreck
A loving maiden grows unc1nsejauaIy
more bold. Richter
Idlenes. is many gathered mi-aues Dog
one ame.-I.chter
The voice Of the majority + nopr1ofof
justice. - Schiller.
BY sowing trugaIity we reap liberty
golden harvest -AgesiIau..
Gayety is the souls health; sadness Is b.
poison. -Staui,laus
A great mind will neither givcau agrout
nor bear it.-Henry Home.
O, give me thy hand, one writ in sour
misfortuDes book.-Shakspearc.
The less we parade our misfortunes
themore sympathy we command. --OryiIIe
Dewey.
1t is a weakness TO love, but 10 Is another
kind OF weakness 90 cease 10 lOvc-Du
Occur.
There is a pleasure, sure, in being
mad, which none but madmen know
Dryden.
Most Of our misfortunes arc more sup
portable than the comments Of our friends
upon them.-Colton.
It is not only old and early impress
sions that deceive us; the charms of nov-
city have the same power. -Pascul.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
A short COurIship and ~ Happy
SHArE.iaRe

Four years ago a broad shOuldered
bronzed ranchmau of California, who was
in Detroit, Ell route to visit his parents in
Massachusetts, entered the dining room
of a hotel, fell in love with "a pretty girl
who waited OH him at the table, and, as
he was leaving, requested an interview
with her. At later hour she met him
in the parlor, and received an offer of the
ranchman's hand and heart and abund-
ant worldly goods She said she would
consider his proposition at the break fast
table. During the night she thought the
matter over seriously, and when in the
morning, she took her eccentric lovers
order, and he asked in low tone; "a
you going to California? she replied,
. Yes, and then went for beefsteak and
potatoes. j few days ago there were
seen riding about the streets OF Detroit a
happy looking wife and mother, with a
curIey headed boy in her arms, and n
rAnchman by her side.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
- y. FATToN, Secretary.


Ha lIe National Grange Of the Patrons of
,a, -eo'idfy, will commence It's annual
~ s LII u, I9e city OF Charleston s. c., on
-''' " ednesday in February 1875.
me funds Of the National Grange now
ey ,ipunt 10 $50. 900. 1t is proposed to
S, Psna part Of it for Libraries for subordi-
A1'e oranges.
Cr Ups q !, The i. cardinal principles of the
and II 9. Z to buy nothing you don't want,
rb r a aI you cant pay FOR. No man
oia aJ always lived to this principle ever
''sl IN the poor house.
c.lhe Master Of the Kansas State
i,s s.sse' NJ. Z. Hudson, declined NOM
eoa '39 9y political convention, on the
OHsa.' mat acceptance would iajure the
b. raj, ratron wants to know if it is posi-
gjtba.. nave public grange meeting
answ roul lawyer TO address it. We can
l awne Tor New Jersey We believe no
eati5'. has yet addressed a public grange
G,nsi'hg in the State.-New Jersey
estah Dt " lsconsin oranges already have
st;a ~o'Ehed forty-one cooperative associ-
ina NEG Tor selling goods aud manufacture
so, "'d twenty-nine insurance compa-
can;., All tiouishing and representing
dd Pi1l 10 the amount Of four million Of
lon nh NATIONAL GRANGE at Washing
tbat u a report just issued, announces
snb ron October 1st there were 90, 800
Tba.''' ! ate oranges in the United States.
I'M bodies are distributed all over the
Etst.' put are most numerous in the
sS or the Mississippi valley. -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

The spirit of all secret orders is too
often lost sight of-mere form taking the
place of that purer, higher and more
noble sentimert of fraternity upon which
All orders, and especially the order of
Patrcns, are professedly founded. The
moral instead of mental faculties, the
heart instead Of the head, should guide
and govern the thoughts and actions
of the Patrons in far greater degree
than they do. We do not fulfil all our
solemn obligations, voluntary taken,
when we go through with the forms and
ceremonies of the ritual; there is, or
ought to be, a holier motive for our &C
tions than the too common one of sordid
gain or excellence in prescribed for
mality.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

1 the farmer, want 10 say word or two to
| the capitalists.
! Cotton must be raised in the South.
| There will always be demand for the
manufactured article. We have water
| power in abundance. 1t northern man
ufacturers can pay transportation and
| insurance on the raw material. and man
utActure it on the frozen streams OF New
England and realize handsome profits,
why cannot the Southern manufacturer.
who can purchase it ut his door without
freight and insurance charges, compete
successfully with the northern manulac-
turer? Our water powers are as good
our streams are seldom frozen our elm
ate Is better; We can work more DAYS in
the year; Labor can be had a cheap.
Besides making large profits on the clpl-
tai Invested, you viii give empl Jyment to
our poor women and children, and the
cost of manufacturing, instead of enrich
ing men thousand miles away, will be
spent with our own INGREDIENTS and trades
men, and thus improve the condition of
our own State. l do not visa 10 be mis-
understood. | do not desire North
Caroiinians TO invest their capital ia
factories because | entertain any unkind
feeling for northern people. / have had
enough sectionalisn. l was once known
as "king Cotton" but my crown, if not
entirely ruined, is badly damaged by
sectional difficulties l only mention the
North because most of our staple is man
ufactured there. | wish to see all our
people. North and South, prosper; but
L can see nothing like prosperity for the
South--for North Carolina-until her
people learn to raise their own food, /
manufacture their own staple, and give
employment to their own mechanics
Raleigh On. c. Crescent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

In defense Of secrecy III the Grange, a
correspondent OF the Western Rural says;
I'VE have ample evidence Of the excel
iepcy Of secrecy, inasmuch as we are
taught 20 pray IN secret, TO give AIMS
IN secret. MOI letting our lett hand know
whit our right hand doe'h, etc, etc.
And we might cali attention 70 many
OF The finer relations and characteristics
ii life which we hold in absolute secrecy.
Nothing is made common but the drops
Of life, and the drops only Of everything
are made commonplace. Where's, shut
up in tie soul are the grand desires and
aspirations of the heart, only made known
to our dearest friend, and even then IN
secrecy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
Hope for @onrl. carolina

The contest in South Carolina is begin
ming to assume an interesting and novel
phase. Large numbers Of colored persons
Chiefly property holders, Of whom there
are many in Charleston-are breaking
away from the Radical party and joining
the Independent movement for Tie defeat
OF mberlain, the Massachusetts carpet
bagTer, who is the Radical nominee for
governor; and this movement, supported
by all the Conservatives and an Increasing
number Of colored Republicans, in a-sum-
in. serious proportions-@t Louis Re
publican.
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sle.., Yonr scorers

1t is not well to talk much with out
siders about grange aft IRIS. Without
any wrong intentions, you may, thought
lessly-say something which should have
been kept 81 cret Ii your friends and
acduaintances desire to know all about t..
1T them knock at the gate in due form.
We are not leagued together against any
legitimate business or interest, but simply
to promote our own welfare as a class,
and to maintain our rights. Our safe
guards are secrecy and sfi'le'ity-but no
good patron need be reminded here OF
the grand browning virtue Of his Order
Rural CarOlinan.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
TRIPLES

Ben Butler Is the father of all sorts Of
agitation, and the grandfather Of a baby.
+" Good morning Smith you look
sleepy"
:" Yes" replied Smith, +" was up all
night"
Il Up! whcre?"
Up stairs in bed"
There is a young man in Griffin, Ga,
who has 50 many children that he has to
call the roll every night. After looking
through the bitches surrounding his place
be counts them aud shoves them of 10
roost.
AT meeting of Congregational minis
tiers, one gentleman, who stated that
he had been Eastward, with his
superintendent, was Interrupted by a
brother clergyman: who asked if he meant
his wife
At hotel you are charged extra for
what you have in your own room.
An American lady travelling in Swift
erland, had the small pox in her loom
at hotel, and she was charged for the
Wilde house.
Death is a sad thing" remarked a
Schenectady woman, as she stood beside
an open grave.
Eyes, poor thing" replied another,
show he did love to sit down TO a good
billed dinner where the pork was just
right.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

Two clergymen of certain city, one
the rector of an Episcopal Church, and
the other a minister OF the Methodist
persuasion, bore precisely the same name.
The similarity of address, led to some
unfortunate contretemps. Letters and
parsels addressed to one j. &. b., went
often to the other j. G. &. On one oc-
casiOn the rector became angry on open
ing parcel not intended for him, and
wiote a note which he addressed to "Mr."
j. G. b., "Sir, if you had not assumed
a title to which you had NJ right, this
mistake could not have occurred. Your
obedience servant, j. c. b., rector, etc. 3"
Oar Methodist friend bded the time in
silence. Not long after he, too, opened a
parcel intended for his High Church
brother. 1t contained a con,idera Bile
supply Of manuscript sermons, on return
ing which the dissenting brother adj
dressed the following retort courteous to
his opponent; "Rev. Sir: If you had not
undertaken an office for which you are
wholly unfit, this accident could not have
occurred. Your obedient servant, j. c.
b "
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

MURDER. David NJ Garrett, one of
De Soto's best citizens, was brutally muir
dered on Thursday evening last by an un-
known negro.-Hernando Press.
Wonder if the Chattanooga Outrage
Committee will put this in their forth
coming book of horrors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

The following is the new style Of quo
tatioDs in the Cotton market:
Ordinary formerly barely Ordinary;
Good Ordinary formerly Strict Ordinary;
Low Middling formerly Strict Cool Or
binary; Middling formerly Low Mid
ding; Good MiddliDg formerly Midd!ing;
Middling Fair formerly Cool Middling.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
e5utrngrs 10 order

Just such atrocities Ms the killing Of
Walter Billings in Alabama and the
wholesale Tennessee murders have given
the carpet-bag bummers Of Chattanooga
materials for a report, Of which we may
be sure Joe Brooks committee on facts
and fancies will make the most of.-St.
Louis Republican,.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

Post Master Jewell teIegraphs the
original owners Of an important claim,
thus:
1T Is my design that no agent shall
stand between tins department and any
party with whom it has business.
l cannot aud viii not tolerate claim
agents"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

From the R:chochet
III the selection Oh candidates for Office
rot-house politicians should he avoided
and integrity, honesty and ability should
be made the test Of fitness. Let one
party put forward the best men in its
ranks aud 1t viii stimulate she other 70
make judicious sele :tions, aHi thus the
State HiiI Ne the gamer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

At a recent meeting of the State
Grange, petition to the Governor, asking
him to exercise the power of his oif1ce 11r
the lessening of taxation, was adoF ted,
and pledging the members OF the Grange
to vote for honest and competent men Tor
office, regardless of poll ;ical affiliations or
color. The public have in this commend
able action of the Grange, an additional
pledge of the non-partisan character OF
the organization. -Brookhaven Citizen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

Several Oranges have taken action on
the fence law, which is one of peculiar
interest to the planters. As far as we
have heard of their decisions by vote,
they are decidedly against it; some Of the
oranges almost unanimously so.- I AGO
Banner - fa4
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

We learn through circular from the
State Board of Equalization that there
will be no additional assessments of land
this year. -Carthagenian
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
'GEae Esn.iicnI Temperance move
E.saSF

That il, the prohibition doctrine of the
Republicans resulting from the laie cru
sades of the women in the Ne.t-has
received heavy blow from the people
in the Ohio election. The honest Ger
mans right; 10 his lager must henceforth
be respected by the Republican party or
it is eone.--N. Y. Herald.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
WILLIAM.

p S. DR.. }. j. Shelton, Of Macon, in
letter to the Mississippi Valley Progress,
saws the coons, in his county, eat the
natural grapes. The Doctor i an accom-
plished scholar and gentleman. DID the
printers make mistake, or viii the Doc
tor rise to explain. slide
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CHAPTER IL.

| believe that when Mr.. fuckers clerk
broke the thread OF my discourse, l was
making calculation. | had told how
the following persons realized profits on
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Th9 ahov, safe is postponed to Monday,
\ vomb.r !5h 1874
Uc5 ltd
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28
BUDGE OF FUN.



v learn from newspaper slips and private
lei Of a rather ridiculous occurrence in
NJ, ak, Ohio The AERO Is a prominent
ano spccted dcgCun-Dcacon c., we under
sta The other Sunday he started fol-
chl.th with au old hat on his head. 1t was
an .I5y hat and the gentleman enjoyed it. Ii
api 9rs there are pegs to hang hats on in the
churches there. He thus disposed his head
gea on reaching The church, and took his
sea with the congreg CATION. When the serv-
ice, were over he fingered rs Is customary
and proper for dcacons TO do. lie finally
rca he'd the purch,and stopped Tor his hat,
and any respectable citizen can imagine the
horror he experienced on bchOlding but one
hat lrf and that n most dlapidated and
Notwithstanding article. lie could feel his
bic. d boil within him us he looked at it and
thou .ht of the muton-hcad who owned it and
walked Of with his glossy beaver instead. He
said out loud that the owner Of that hat was
i auttOn-hCad and ground his deaconish heel
into the floor ana felt much relieved by So
,loing. Then he tied handkerchief about
his head bccausc the old hat was much too
large for him and he could not wear il, even
If flesh and spirit had not reyol,ed against
the spectacle. He told the sexton that that
hat must have been built in Il dry.docl, and
that the only thing that troubled him in the
matter was how man with head of that
size got into church anyway. Then he
stall;cd ulajesticalIy homeward, with the red
handkerchief wound about his head, and the
dcteStablc hat held at arms length ahead of
him, and altogether forming a spectacle that
fastened the aStOniShed attention of every
bchoder. Arriving at home he exteBded the
article toward his wife, and waiting an
instant for her to take in the awful enormity
of the offence, he cXplosiyely shouted, Look
at that yllainous rag" The lady looked at
It and was astODished. Il don't wonder you
are SICK" he howled mOrOscly; lit makes
me sick to think of the bull head who owns
such smokestack, palming it off on me, and
taking my new beaver for himselfin miStakem
(le ground this out with whitening sarcasm)
"A pretty mistake, | must say, when his
miserable rag is big enough to cover cart
and filthy enough to make crow sick
But that's your every day hat" asserted his
wife, in still greater establishment. "Ny hatm
gasped the amazed deacon, staring at her
with eyes half way out Of their sockets, and
then laughing Historically, and shivering
from head to foot. "Ccrtainly il is" persisted
his wife, land here is your best hat" taking
that article from its accustomed place and
holding it out to him. Without word the
miserable man sank INTO chair, and after
staring blankly at his wife for moment
slowly said: THE ways of Providence are
past finding OUT rub my head Matildy ~
Oanjuyy Ners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Here are a couple of specimens of Scotch
humor: How" said an Aberdeen philoso
'pher to some young students he was cxamin.
ing, "how, for instance, do astronomers meas
ure the distance To the sum- 1t rather
posed the class till young Shetlander with
sandy hair exclaimed, They calculate one
fourth Of the distance, and then multiply by
tour"
An Aberdeen lad with very good appetite
swallowed a small lcadcn bullet His friends
were very much alarmed about it, The doc.
tor WAS found, heard the dismal tale and with
as much unconCcm rs lie would manifest in
a case Of common headache, wrote the fol.
lowing laconic note to the lads father
Don't alarm yourself, If after three weeks
the bullet is not removed, give the boy a
charge of powder. Yours, etc
L. S.-Dont shoot the boy at anybody"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28
Life in JiInbury.

Every man his own Danbury News Man
I---Edrdrd Everett
The other day lawyer Johnson went out Oi
town for the afternoon, and lett the office in
charge OF the boy. AS soon rs he had got
fairly out Of sight the boy hailed Scovillc's
boy, and bringing him into the office, the two
sat down to game of seyen-up. They were
playing with great spirit, continually accuS.
ing one another Of cheating, and getting up
ana throwing books at each others head, and
sitting down again to resume the game, and
generally enjoying themselves as much as if
| they had both been orphans and there were
no applc-tree switches in the country After
this had gone on for an hour or two, and
lawyer Johnson's boy had nearly broken"
Scovillc's boy by winning five Of his seven
cents, the Rev. Mr.. Smiley happened in to ask
Mr.. johnson about when he ought to have Il
donation party. The two boys were caught
and there was no use in lying about it,,
although lawyer Johnson's boy showed the
effects of his legal education by at once
b gu a ng 10 swear that he could prove al olibi
Whcn the proper time came Good Mr.
smiley thought he would just talk kindly to
the boys, and so he sat down with them at the
table and picking up the cards began to ask
them if they had any mothers, and if so, what
those mothers would say to see their sons
gambling, and whether they were prepared
to die with their hands full of aces and jacks,
and how they would explain this matter in u
future world Just then old Biggs came in,
and said, "liello! Playing the boys IA little
euchre, are you: Don't mind if take a hand
myself Mr.. Smiley replied, very sternly,
that he didn't know the game to which he
alluded. Don't know it, hey?" said old
Biggs, "Well, what was you APPLYING, boys?"
"S!even-up," answered lawyer Johnson's boy
with great promptness. well, WE'LL" con.
tinued old Biggs, I'm sorry to hear it. Seven
up amt no game for a minister, Mr.. Smiley.
Euchre now, is nice, genteel game; but |
never thought you'd play seven-up, and for
money too.
lfyou'rc goin' to play for money, poker's
your best hold. I'll play you myself now for
half an hOur-tcn cents antes and dollar bets.
Here's my pile, you see, and that graceless
old reprobate pulled out his pockct.book and
drew up another chair to the label. Mr..
Smiley sat speechess, holding the cards in
ms hand, when in came SCovllc and collared
his boy. As he dragged him away, he re
to Mr.. Smiley: 80 Pm back.
slider, am |? All right. After I've done my
du as parent, I'll call on your deacons to
ask them what they think of minister who
teaches boys to play cards. Oh, yes I'm a
backslider, am! To be sure. OF course
am" Uttering this and other writhing sar-
casms lie withdrew, and the question which
now agitates the village is whether old Biggs
did lose his fifty dollars on flush to Mr..
Smiley who held full, or whether Mr.. Smil. |
eys four jacks were the hand that really
broke old Biggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Why BARNEY WAS RErAINED-A firm
dealing largely in coal in one of our western
cities had in their service an freshman named
Barney. One day the head of the firm, irrl
tated beyond endurance at one of Barney's
plumbers, told him TO go to the Office and get
his pay, and added You are so thick hcaded
can't teach you any thing"
"Begorra," says Barney, larnt wan thing
since I've been wild yc.''
What's that?" asked his employer.
That sivinteen hundred made ton"
Barney was retained, or, to use the phraseo
iOgy of a southern gentleman who has Just
won the heart and hand of one of New York
most opulent widows, "he resumed the prim
cval condition of his former rectitude. -
Hdrper's Nag.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

! a GRAMMAR EXERCIsE-"John" SAYS q
country pedagogue to one of his scholars
Bill licks Tom. Now parse Bill"
bill it'll verb thir''
"A verb! how do you make that out, sir ::
Goth he ticks Tom, thur"
We'll, if licking Tom makes Bill Il verb
will you parse Tom y"
Tom it'll verb, too, thir."
Tom a verb, too:"
"Ieth, thir"
How soy
Goth he it'll licked"
Isn't that singular? Bill is n verb because
he ticks Tom, and Tom is verb because he
is licked. You've got new grammar
haven't you?"
"leth, thir Dad bought me u new one
yesterday"
Well" said the master, biting his lips,
Just open it and see what verb is"
John reads: "A-verb-is-a- word which
-be-to-do-a to suffer"
Now parse Bill licked Tom correctly"
"Geth, thir. "Bll' it'll verb, and Tom it'll
verb, cOth Bill did do it, and Tom suffered.
Them's grammar"
you may take your seat sir. If you
progress hereafter rs rapidly as you have
done, you will be u second Murray"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

THE "WORsT or IT."-A few years since
there pcrvaded Chicago a speculator in grain
the boldncss and magnitude Of whose opera.
tons were worthy even of that city. This
gentleman, Mr.. Richard ii, had gone
into one cornering operation in wheat by
which he became Slightly hart" In allud
ing to il few weeks ago he remarked. with
characteristic blandness and frankness. II
lost in that speculation one million i've hun.
dred thousand dollars. and the worst of il
was that fifteen hundred dollars of II was
good money that pu; in on the START
Hdrper's Nag.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

MARRYIGG FOR MONEY-An extremely
sharp and intelligent American gentleman
from the west once walked into the office of
Dr. G. r. Jackson, the chemist DIR. Jack
son, presume ?' said he. eyes, sir" Are
yeu alone:' Yes sir" May lock the
door," And he did so; then having looked
behind the sofa, and satisfied himself that no
one else was in the room, he placed large
bundle, done up in a yellow handkerchief on
the table, and opened it. There doctor, look
1t that" We'll" said the doctor, II see it,
What do you call that doCtHr?n II call it
iron pyrites" "Whatm said The man; isn't
that stuff gold?" "No," said the doctor, OTIS
good for nothing; it's pyries." And putting
some over the fire in a shovel, it soon evapor.
ated up the chimney. Well said the gentle.
manly man, with woe begonc look, there's
a widow up in our town has a whole hill full
Of that, and I've been and married her"