The Grange advance., 1874-03-11
NO. 80.

Remain to-day the same as when ~&@
God walked the earth along with men. '&s
q But let not him who feels the glow -
OF love within the youthful breast >.4.
Infer that Quenched by weight of years.
Affection 8 fires but sleep at best.
For love, once planted in the soul.
For God or man, will never die: -
Time only wears deeper track =
For its strong current toward the sky. :-'s
And love, for her who cheers our way,
ls lighted from heavenly ray. >s'
Though brightest joys on earth are ours
When hands are c]asped within our own.
Think not by this, such bliss can keep
Us always in its warmer zone. -,
For whatsoever path we take, ..s.,f
Sharp pangs await on either side, ..-
And eve even graves graves perchsnce may mark 's~.@' :
But when another shares our grief -&'
1t ever brings the heart relief
And not exempt have been the years s.
OF those we pause beside o-night; a.
For death, within their happy course,
On those they loved has brought it's blight
On fairer shores than those we know,
Beside the portals there they wait. =. "t-'S
Watching for those they love, to come g.
And welcome at the heavenly gate.
One grave New England grasses hide. -
And two by Zumbros pearly tide. -
All, happy friends, our gladstone cheer ..
We reach to you this spring time eve .-4
We wish you many hearty year, ~5 ~ &'
And many heightened days rcprieve.
But at the last, as all must go, e. =
Be that time soon, or be it late, '-... - n
We wish for you the golden crown
Sefter as fbs at hs Kn5s
Ere heavenly joys shall be begun. -.. -
Rev. Mr.. J. r. Barnes, formerly Con-
gregational pastor at Cannon Falls,
graduate of Yale College and now a
resident here, followed with a paper
upon the early history of the Person
family in New England. AS we under
stood his article, Mrs. Barnes, his wife,
is connection of the same family. He
then read The following:
GOLDEN WEDDING SONG. III
Over the ocean gently gliding,
All our sails for Canaan set, T.. - Il
To the Master all cOnf0ing,
Storms TO us no fears beget. Z s.s. 44s.S 1T
Jesus Is the Pilot steady. .s s..si%sE
All the danger he fOresees; Z" Ei
Never sleeping, always ready
When the tempests lash the seas.
He the Chart 80 well perfecting.
While he rode this troubled sea. III 80
Every rock reef protecting. -
Cannot fail his eye to gee. .f. # E.,&
Calm and restful while advancing ..tI :
What have we to cause tear? . ~ 4, 81
Faith and love, our Joy enhancing, 49,
God our portion, ever near. ~ >s>
Hail we see the harbor nearing. al,-
Bright the city on the shore, n
Saints and angels swcetly cheering, Ag :.
Praise the Lord fOrevermOre. .E5 -
Rev. Mr.. S. III. Barteau followed this,
with appropriate remarks; also Mr.. j.
A. Thacher and Mr.. ]. c.. Stearns, who
both touched upon early days in Zum
brota. Music by the band, a very fit
ting prayer by Mr.. Barteau, and the
DoxOlOgy concluded the exercises Of
the evening.
DEATH OF MRS. sLOssON.
Last Friday Mrs DR.. SlossOn, for
years known here as the hostess of the
Zumbrota House, passed away. Her
death was very happy one, Impress
lively so. A little while before her
decease, with her dear ones about her..
at Her request the song was sung, 81
Z. Shall we gather at the river. 81
s EXTENSIVE LAND BUSINESS.
I have lately learned from Mr.. j. e..
Stearns some of his operations in land
and farming for the past year.
He has sold of mostly unimproyed
farming lands to the sum Of ten thou-
sand dollars; has still on hand one
thousand acres, half under cult ltiyatiOn.
and intends this present season to
break up one me Or two hundred acres
more.
A$GOOD WHEAT ITEM. s.25
MI. Stearns raised in 1873 over ten I
Thousand bushels of wheat. nartly. on
shares sold last autumn one thousand E
bushels, has fiye Thousand more FOR
sale: besides using one. thousand BUSH 3
els Tor seed -