The Grange advance., 1874-04-01

Is mucn as 1t was, and 'sOld Pr0Daolltles
is utterly incapable Of prognosticating its
present whereabouts. or of helping the
ethereal, article along: so we see no other
way than to wait patiently till the "Gentle
Spring" sees 6t in her own good time to
come aud make glad the earth and the in
habitants thereof.
For twenty-three years Massachusetts
kept Charles Sumner in the Senate Of the
Unite'' States, and during the whole Of
tha. time he never betrayed trust, nor
shrank from the performance Of whut he
considered i duty. Whether assailed by
popular clamor or beaten down by the
bludgeon of the rufian he ever remained rs
firm as a stone wall to his convictions Of
right.
VERY DlsCOURAGING.-l: is not at
all encouraging to the enjoyment OF life
to feel that so much upon which we depend
for the confor, of living is rarely 70 be found
in its native and unadulterated purity. but
has been transmogri6el by the devices hat
keep steady pace with the arts of civili-
cation. into sham and delusion if not
poison and Il peril 1t is bad enough to
quench Our thirs, with alluvial deposits,
but the universal spirit Of adulteration that
goes on from one conquest to another, with
ever increasing expedients to swindlc and
deceive US in what we eat AMI drink and
wear. is positively disheartening The
milk for babes and whiskey for men are
are alike tampered with and made instru-
ments of fever and delirium, instead Of
nutritive auxiliaries to health and vigor.
Tea without spurious admxtures Of corro-
sive colorings is as difficult OF procurement
as coffee without its sprinkling Of chicory
or strong suspicion of beans. The baking
powders in which the agile housewife de-
lights as accessories to her labors, bear
the impress Of the chemist and apothecary
in their composition; even our choice but
ter, with the touch Of spring grass upon it,
may be transformed by ingenious processes
from refuse that appertains exclusively to
the province of the soap boiler, and the
snowy lard that enters so largely into the
manufacture Of the doughnut not seldom
attains its complexion by most questionable
means. And 90 on in the category OF
shams. 1t is needless to enlarge the un-
pleasant reflection, except to chronicle the
advent of needless and cruel fraud on the
public in the production Of the golden
syrup or silver drips with which our buck
wheat cakes are fabricated, through a curl
Gus and poisonous compound of lignin and
sulphuric acid
We have received from H. K. Cole, Sec
retary Of the Board of Trade Of the city of
Mankato, the fourth annual report Of that
body. 1t is neatly printed pamphlet of
twenty EIGHT pages, containing a township
map of Blue Earth county and is printed
by the Record Printing House. The
pamphlet consists Of a report by the Sec
retary and description Of the county, CIV
ing railroads. the encouragements presented
to manufactures, soil, streams, water
powers, timber, agricultural advantages,
&c. The manufactures Of the city of
Mankato are given as $90s, ,669, and the
gross sales Of the city for the year of all
classes Of articles at 1925, 22O Among
the sales We notice sales reported in organs
and pianos $4,000, sewing machines, $751;
POS, which shows that the people are get
ting able to indulge in some Of the refine
ments and luxuries Of lite. But the most
interesting portion Of the pamphlet to US
is the showing with regard to home manu.
factures. We want more Of these. The
resolution passed by the Goodhue County
Council. on this subject and published in
our last issue takes the right ground and
has the right ring. We must ask capitalists
to invest in our midst in the manufacture
of all articles necessary for home consump-
tion, and if we cannot get them we must
combine our own capital for that purpose
and employ skilled mechanics to manufac-
ture for US. We are glad to see in this re-
port that Mankato can make the fine show
ing in manufacturing that she does. OF
agricultural machinery, wagons and sleighs,
we find from the report that there have
been made in that city during the year,
200 tanning mills, 800 sulky rakes, .6l3
plows, 100 rotary harrows, 253 lumber
wagons, 81 light wagons and carriages,
157 cutters and bob sleds. Besides these
the Linseed Oil and Tow Company have
manufactured and sold oil and oil cake to