The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-09
TIE CHANGERS.

The grangers Of Upton county mt
in convention recently and nominated
purely agricultural ticket.
Almost $1,000 is the amount cor
tributed by the Patrons Of lIusbaudr
Of Missouri to the relief Of their suffer
ing brethren in the oyerilowcd district
Of the south.
A Mississippi grange is Offering -
for the best corn and the largest humble
Of bushels from enc acre Of land 81,
for the largest number of gallons iron
one acre Of cane, and ten dollars 70
the largest and best hog raised III Win
stOu county.
The Brooklyn Eagle credits the re
duction OF ireights ON live stock to thc
grangcrs. 1t is said that the freight!
on cattle from Chicago to New Yorl
have been reduced from &l35 to $50
and from Buffalo to New York from &SO
to 50 per car load.
A committee Of the Fairfield county
O., grangers' county council visited the
merchants and other business men Of
Lancaster, and requested a special slip.
ulation of prices on goods Of all kinds.
They received Il uniform answer, that
the graugers will be allowed wholesale
prices on wholesale quantities, the same
as other patrons, and no discriminating
reduction Will be made.
Some time since asst. Louis granger
planted ten cents worth of peanuts III
his back yard. Scorning the services OF
middIc.mcn, he entered into ucgotia
tious with Il retail peanut yeUdcr OF Oh
i've street, and engaged the whole crop
ut $3.50 per bushcl. Last week he ey-
amincd the hills and found that his
seed had all rottcd in the ground. On
consulting an Eastern Veuucssccan he
learned that peanuts are not Il sure crop
in the latitude Of ST. Louis, especially
when the seed is thoroughly baked be-
fore planting,
II IL Of the main objects of the
grange to bring about more OF the cour-
tcsIes and amenities Of life in the social
intercourse amOnGthe producing classes.
1t c]udcayOrs to lnstlll Il love for all that
is good and beautiful and true in agri-
culture it mcuIcates industry and fru-
gulity shows them the importance of
system instructS them in improved
methods Of cultivation increases their
facilities for social intercourse and or
ganiHcs them into one compact body
upon hepHncipleof mutually of inter
est and %congcniality of taste. Why
should they be clargcd with dnbblinp
in p]Oiiticg when thrv simply undertake
to establish II more permanent and re-
liable system of labor? Does not their
very existence drurul ON this very
thing? Then. oar advice is. paw no
a|tteDtion whnlcycr 10 the ;%clping cry of
politics, and il IT becomes necessary TO
memOrializc congress with regard to
nuV question vitality on,ctino thn opri.
cultural interest. do not hogifatc to do
80.
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,ant"san'Ii5S oa,,tL ~, ,nnn,"It low
fabrics, which before the war were nj
mcat entirely imported. Georgia has
attained prominence in this respect
the state now boasts numbers of cottOr
mills IN which several thousand opera.
tivcs are employed. and which impart {
degree OF prosperity That Is felt by al.
classes and conditions OF society. The
Patrons have besides exercised an lnilu
ence III tOnlng down the rancor OF party
spirit, which had IL most deInOrallHlnE
elect upon the industrial pursuits. The
vowed object OF the Patrons IL to atlm
u'Hto VI" CROWN oi aErlcul'Ire II tt
improve ne cnnNlll'h OF tloSc VINO EN-
E"Ro ~ ~ ll'S i''SS'oI 'lleY nave nc
co"ipllShen, not only IN such OF The
S"n'llerh states "s ave adopted the or
"'I' pilt throughout tlo entire country
nh'' u 'hey commune 10 practice upon
,h' ie"'Rh W'''ch mas hrrn declared t.
10 'i'" paramount "plrrt Ill thelr organ
,"1,'Ht'' the mcaSi're "l theIr usefulness
wiz pe nv Donl''l'9s as the WA iIeld IN
WHICH 'h'F propose I" ohu''c then
'po'"''oi'S'
At present the h]cadunartrrs of the
national grange IL located at Washing.
ton, ID. G., which is productive of much
Inconvenience, being far removed from
the centre OF our heaviest agricultural
operations aud populations, involving
much delay in communicating with it,
as well as an expense, when n visit is
necessary. The present location is snb-
iect TO another very serious objection
II IL near the Cocus or fine nnliticoi
scbnmes and mochipn,ions of a., cnnn.
try EycrytLing IS a mnI;t;,ai ra,"r,
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