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The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
UuRYUUNG PATRONS.
From the Companion.
Letter to Jack Stone.

| DEAR JAcK.-You like dogs so well
thoug ght like as not you'd like to hea,
about my cats so grandma told me tc
write you letter like Hurley Burley
wrote Topsy Turvy, or Topsy Turvy
wrote Hurley Burley, don't member
which. I have four cats, but two are
barn cats. They stay out in the barn
and catch mice, mostly. I like the 9th
er two best. One is Dolly Warden.
She's just as spotted as she can be.
The other ones name is Lottie Lee.
Aunt Grace sings that-but the song
isn't about cats; it's about merry,
happy birds" and such things. just
named her Lottie Lee because thought
it was a pretty name. But want to
tell you how Dolly Warden most scared
Bridget to death last summer. 1t most
scared me, too. Mamma was gone, and
l was playing up stairs with both kit
tens, and I had Dolly dressed up for
my baby. When went down to din
ner forgot all about her, aud after
dinner went off to the bayfield, with
Uncle Ben.
While Bridget was washing the dishes
she heard something bump, bump on
the stairs, then it stopped minute, and
then bump, bump again, real loud.
She came running out to the field,
and told Uncle Ben there were robbers
in the house.
She looked awful scared. Her hair
was all tousled up, and she had her
dish.cloth in her hand. Well, Uncle
Ben went in and opened the stair door,
and down tumbled Dolly Warden. She
had on my Hepsey's dress and hat, my
beads and Matilda's sash so you see
her feet were all tangled up, and that's
what made her bump when she tried to
come down stairs. But I'm tired now,
Good-by. From MATTE May.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
Remarkable Petrifaction OF a Bride,

DR.. Jorsck, of Marksville, La, is re-
sponsible for remarkable story which
would seem apocryphal were it not that
similar cases have been previously re-
ported.
Something over month since, a
friend Of his: lawyer and man of
scientific tastes, was married to beau
tiful girl of sixteen. The afternoon
following, being in her husbands S
Rock study" with three or four init
mate friends, their attention was called
to some boulders from Arkansas.
These boulders on being broken open
present, in the central space, crysta-
line formation and sometimes contain
water, or rather concentrated solution
Of silica and water. This fact being
known to one of the young ladies', it
was proposed to break open the largest
boulder, and when the water ran out it
was caught, and the bride conceived
the romantic idea of pledging the health
Of her husband and friends in this rock
imprisoned fluid. She did so, and in a
few moments began to realize the rash
ness of the act. She complained of ex-
cessive pains in her stomach and her
husband and DR.. Jorsck were at once
sent for. On their arrival, though but
fifteen minutes had elapsed since she
drank tn: fatal draught, she was dead.
She had already become rigid, and, the
doctor says, in three quarters Of an
hour her entire body became as nard
and indexible as bone''
The friends having consented, DR..
Jorsck, assisted by other medical men,
made post m,ortena examination, of
which he says:
"On more minute examination and
inquiry found that the dissolved silica
she had taken into her stomach had
been absorbed and transmitted by the
chy]opoietic apparatus aud blood vessels
throughout the system, and that her
whole body was petrifaction. We
found it impossible to cut through any
portion with our scalpels. DR.. Feryu-
son broke his scalpel in the first attempt.
We were able only to break through
the chest with Ratchet, finding ex.
treme difficulty in entering the thoracic
cavity, the contents being all solidi6ed
The heart was found as firm and as sol.
i'd as stone, resembling piece of corne
liam as to both color and consistency"
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
Relief.

DISTRESSING CASE PROVIDED FOR.
A Chicago daily gives the following
respecting the Relief Society:
The greater part of those now asking
for relief are undoubtedly dead-beats
who make applications under different
names. The really needy and destitute
are too proud and sensitive to stand day
after day among those collected in front
of the building, and for this reason some
OF the worst cases are not reached by the
society. A case Of this kind came to
the notice of the society the day before
New Year. A lady made application
for relief by letter. She stated that she
had sick husband and child and she
herself was in such circumstances that
she could earn nothing; that she had
lived on two dollars for the last fifteen
days, and If the society would let her
have that amount she could do the same
again. BY the style of her writing and
the manner IN which she worded her ap-
plication Mr.. Trusdell saw at once that
she must be lady of refinement and
that assistance was asked very reluctant
ly. Mr.. Hawkes., the assistant suner;n
tendent, was detailed to visit the 1adv' 9
house. He found; on inquiry, that the
lady who had made the application had
once moved in the highest spheres of So
ciety and had made quite name by her
literary productions, but now she was but
skeleton covered with a few scantv
rags. Her child was very sick, but she
mad no money to procure medicine, and
her husband, who once was the business
partner OF one Of the most prominen,
men in the country, was lying in the las,
stages OF. consumption, with nothing but
few rags to cover his person. There
was no furniture in the room except ar
old dry-goods box, broken chair, anc
an old straw-tick, which served them a.
bed, and which had only recently beer
presented to them by an old Irisf
woman: The next dry, New Years, tn,
aiady's house was visited by several oen
tlemen, and before the poor and distressed
sufferers knew what was going on thei,
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
FAMILY CIRCLE,
The Old Granger.
A PARODY.

Near the track of q railroad newly laid,
4 farmer leaned on his earth-worn spade;
His taxes were high, and his crops but slim,
So he growled = growl at the trains sharp din
'Pll gather you in I'll gather you in!"
"1 have borne you long, and here swow
You railroads to beat, some way, or how;
I'll get up a law, By the great horned owl
To cut your profits and make you howl;
And but little OF nothing, I'll ship from bin
Ofhoarded corn, till I've gathered you in!
''We will rise in our Oranges, bold and free.
And Down with frieghts!' shall our war-cry be
NOT partisan crew, nor = party hack,
Shall help us to gain our birthright back;
For the battle is ours to lose or win
Wen gather them in; we'll gather them int
Now guant politician came that way,
oerheard the old mans angry say;
And he gave bis head = knowing screw,
With thought to hinse iepiese e1t WITH 'e1 epin
"1ll gather you in; I'll gather you in!''
Then twist Of his eye, to seem acute.
The farmers tongue has too long heen mute.
am just your man, If it suits your mood.
So place me where can do most good:
If an u! office fit, you will help me win,
Wen gather them in; wen gather them in !"
Touching hand to hand, in warm exchange,
Iney take walk to the farmers Grange,
"here the stranger speaks with rural air.
Ana sprinklts hay seed in his hair;
" Let railroads quail when our blows begin;
We'll gather them in We'll gather them in"
80 they vote for him ut the coming polls,
These simple, rural honest souls
Never dreaming that they of the iron horse,
Are voting, too, for the man of course;
As on him alone their faith they pin,
10 gather them in; to gather them in
When election is over the railroads run
A score of trains where they one had one:
While ditch by the track is found to hold
A poor old Granger, stark and cold;
For the chap he'd helped to Office win
Had gathered him in had gathered him in!
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
Anecdotes Of Rats.

Many instances have been recorded
of the display of the intelligence by rats
to which we beg leave to add the fol-
lowing: A farmers wife in the west
Of Scotland remarked that the cream
on the surface of the milk in her diarv
was often interfered with. At first.
she suspected that some of her children
had taken the unwarrantable liberty Of
dipping pieces Of bread in it. but she
could find nothing to confirm this sus-
picion; and by-and-by she noticed
strange little streaks of cream on the
edges of milk-basins, as if string
had been dipped in and drawn out. so
as to leave mark. At last she dis
covered the secret. The cream was
stolen by rats, which got upon the
edges Of the earthern-ware basins con-
tanning the milk, and not being able to
reach down to it, depth of several
inches, nor daring to attempt to go
down, as they could never have climbed
up the smooth surface again, dipped in
the tips Of their long tails, drew them up
loaded with the rich cream and licked
them. An arrangement of the basins
such that the rats could not get upon
the edges Of them, put an end to all
further depredations of this kind.
There was surely something more than
instinct in this case in the procedure Of
the rats.
e have something still to tell re-
garding the ingenuity Of rats. A fam
lily in country house in Hertfordshire
England, had fancy for rearing ducks,
but could not we'll do so on account Of
rats, which Systematically got hold of
and carried away the young ducklings
even from close to their mother.
With view to circumvent the rats.
the maternal duck and her young
were housed for the night under a coop,
which admitted Of no opening for the
turtive intruders. The rats were not
to De so easily cheated of their prey.
On discovering that the. mother-duck
and her family were closely shrouded
from intrusion, they devised a pretty
plan of engineering, which was eminent,
~ successful. In the course of sin.
gle night they excavated tunnel
gong below the outer edge Of the COOP
to its interior, and thus very neatly
without producing any alarm, stole ev.
cry duckling from under the guardian.
ship Of the mother.
Two rats belonging to the same colo.
ny performed feat quite as ingenious
A trap which was balted for their cap
ture was habitually plundered withou,
securing single rat They had evi
IDENTIFY invented some plan for safel,
stealing away the bait, and what that plar
was could only be learned by setting :
watch on the trap. We shall explair
how the the theft was effected. The
trap was of the kind which is some
times employed for catching mice. I,
was box With sliding door, which
was sustained by mechanism connected
with the bait. On the bait beiue
nlbied at the door descends and make!
the mouse prisoner. The two rat!
saw throug IA the device, and resorted tt
the following very simple but effectua
method to take away the bait, which
was a piece Of toasted cheese. and ye
escape imprisonment. One Of then
placed itself under the door, sc. that i
might fall on its back, while the othe
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
John Quincy Adams Prayer.

The great John Quincy Adams re-
marked, little while before his death,
that during his long life, and through.
out all its vicissitudes: he had never re.
tired to sleep at night without repeat
ing the simple little prayer which his
mother taught him in his infancy:
Now when lay me down to Sleep
pray the Lord my soul to keep:
II should die before wake,
1pray the Lord my soul to take
Who can tell how much may have
been the influence Of continuing this
habit of his childhood in preserving his
life pure and spotless )?
When Mr.. Adams became President
Of the United States, the opposition to
him was chiefly on political, not person.
al grounds. Indeed it was publicly
proclaimed upon the floor of Congress
by a distinguished Representative from
Kentucky, that Mr.. Adams administra
tion should 60 down, " though it were
pure as the angels around the throne
of God.'
After Mr.. Adams defeat by Gen
Jackson, and his retirement from the
White House, he was elected to the
House Of Representatives from Massa.
chusetts, his native State, and continued
to be reelected up to the time of hie
death. Finally, he was stricken down
at the post OF duty, and died in the Ma.
tional Capital. The close of his |onu
and illustrious life was peaceful, as was
to be expected in one who had so often
appealed, in the conf6ing prayer o1
childhood. for the protection of his
Maker. "This is the last Of earth. .
he said :: an con. ent."
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28

|crePt IN and successfully carried Of
the morsel Of cheese The first rat
then drew itself from under the door
and joined its companion. This demon
stration Of rat intelligence, like the pre-
ceding incident, is of recent occurrence
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28

LET no one count the number of hi.
friends till they have been bolted ir
the sieve OF his own adversely, for ther,
Is much bran in prosperous friendship
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28

"A GENTLEMAN who rather suspected
some one was peeping through the key
hole OF his Office door, investigated with
= syringe tuil Of pepper-sauce, and went
nome TO ind that his wife had been cut
nng wood and chip had hit her in the
eye. q = :
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28
Three MaXims.

When alone, guard your thoughts.
When in the family, guard your temper.
When in company: guard your words.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-28

MANY man censures and praises 50
very family that he has no enemies ex.
cept his friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Friday, jan 2, 1874.
The vacancy in the Office Of the First Deputy Commits
oner OF Internal Revenue caused By the death OF Cen
Sweet will he filed by the President. it being the only
Deputy Commissionership appointed by the President
and confirmed by scnate hence it is outside OF the
rues governing Civil Service promotions by competitive
examination MI Rogers of Pennsy ivania Second Dep
uty COMMISSIONER applicant for the position and
is strongly recommended for the position by COMMITS
signer Douglass Should the President adhere to.the
stand hc took III the Philadelphia Postmasershfp, when
he announced that he would carry OUT the spiIit oi
tbe Cyil Service rules by filling the Office by promotion,
providing applicant for such promotion shouid pos
Sess the neeess In m sny ot IN The Office Of
Tho internal Revenue supervisor for Now YORK Dy a-
Who %r resigned the Vest however win make
deioand for position Of First Deputy and this viii
probably occasion Il sharp contest. Many from mat
section viii recommend William o. Avery OF Illinois,
now chlef clerk of the Bureau, for tbs position
Friends of Attorney General Williams who are cog
infant Of the facts that it not true that Marshal
Bltton OF Arkansas appointed aud his name sent to
the Senate without protest from the Attorney General.
who was at the time in possession OF damaging facts
against the candidate but that Nj Williams was always
ayerse 10 Brttons appointment II is further said that
after the nomination was made and in possession OF me
Committee reports and papers, upon which Brittons
nomination rejected Dy the Senate: IL the Judiciary
Committee. in connection with the inquiry over the
nomins Tor Chief Justice investigate Tho course OF
Judge Williams IN the matter OF the arkansas ocals
thing possible reform the abuses i'll that state.
In the dispatch elegraphed Last Friday night relative
TO the award of premiums for designs for new build
ing for the library Of Congress, the name Of Adolph E.
Alexander Of Boston mentioned having received
the second prize. The name should have been Adoph
| T.. Meiander.
The remains Of Gen. Sweet left hero tonight for
Chicago. in charge OF W. o. Avery, Chief Clerk, and
John H. Taylor Chief OF the Statistical Division Of the
! Internal Revenue Bureau.
An appropriation by Congress Of nearly &2ooo,oO in
gold VIII be required in satisfaction Of the claims al
| lowed by the late United States and British Commits
| siOus,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03
IMPORTERS TROUBLES.

The CASE OF JORDAN. MARSH Co.-rHE WORK OF
CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.
"A BOoToS, Jan. 2-ln the United States Dis
trcl Court to-day Judge Lowell made the following
der:
n. n. Bingham. complainant. agt Jordan Marsh
Cot ordered that only suc OF the books and papers
seized IA this to examined and retained by
the Collector of Customs and the officers appointed by
him inspect relate to the frauds charged
III the complaint file excepting thai the books and
papers seized examined 50 far as may be
10 ascertain whether or not they relate TO said
charge aud In this last examination the said jordan
Marsh * Co. have leave to attend the examination by
attorney at-aw OF this Court, TO be appointed and
paid by them and to be approved by the Court they
shall be advised, and until aud subject 70 the further
order OF the Court and that the United states may be
represented In like msnner.
The Boston Keraids Washington correspondent tele
graphs that Supervising Special Agent Nudge denies
that Jackson the confidential clerk Of Jordan Marsh
Co., IN the employ OF the United States Government
There doubt however, that he furnished the infer
nation his brother H. H. Jackson in NewYork ia the
Office Of Of the Treasury special agents and has
principal mover the The Treasury officials say
that but for the honesty Of H. Jackson, the amount
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03
THE BRITTON INVESTIGATION.
GOV. DIx's DECISION DEFERRED.

GOV. DJXs DECISION DEFERRED.
ALBANY, Jan. 2.-Gov. Dix will not render a
decision In the case OF Attorney Brtton OF
Brooklyn until after the Legislature meets.
WEAK DEFENSE.
The following editorial article, on the argu-
ment before the Governor in the Brtton investigation
is from The Brooklyn linton, the Republican organ,
largely owned by Mr.. b. F. Tracy, counsel for Mr..
BrttoD:
The Attorney General, although the nominal prose-
cutor In the BrttHn has Entrusted Its conduct
largely to non-Oical counsel. The argument for the
who spoke to the matter Of the shanks imprisonment
Mr.. Davis, who considered the Badeau business, The
BROOKLYN Chronicle affair, and other things and Mr..
frauds Mr. Tracy represented the defense. giving prom
inence to the point that no proof OF pecuniary or
other corruption the part Of Mr. Brtton had been
offered. Unquestonably II Is on this point that the
pie the exTax Collector wrongfully withheld she
interest city deposits and everybody feels that tho
failure prosecute him therefor involved official neg
ect Of duty 30 everybody knows that there was gross
balotboX swindlng few years ago. and everybody
feels that the failure 70 punish the swndlers was q
deliberate outrage. n the Law requires beside demon.
proof that the DstrictAttorney received GER
tam sum Of money in consideration OF letting
the Tax Collector or that he agreed pursuant
to political bargain not to push the election fraud
then the law requires something can
rarely supplied. Such transactions perfected
on houseOps, and Of ordinary prudence spare
pains In conceang them. Had Tweed 4 Co. been az
sagacous as they rascay IL might nos have been
possible TO this day discover where the stolen millions
went Halls tremendous official treachery Is legally
eondoned because he Is not proved TO have received
open the treasury door to the thieves Gov Dixs de-
cision Is said. will be promptly rendered. ~ DM SEE
lie ne gSn wnss ~ n Grfr ,t 70 sn'Irs a srm
0tireIp Sst0bttShsd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03
INDIAN DEPREDATIONS IN TEXAS.

A THIEvING EXPEDITION BY A PARTY OF CoMiNcHEs
SEVERAL PERSONS BRUTALLY MAssACRED-A
FIGHT BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND INDIANS, IN
WHICH THE LATTER RUN AWAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Capt. Chas. {. Hood OF
the oath Infantry stationed at Fort Mcintosh, Texas
renors 10 the HEADQUARTERS OF the Army that the
night OF Nov party OF 40 Comanche Indians attacked
Mendolas's sheep camp, and wounded Mendi0as so
badly that he was expected TO live On Nov ~ the
same party were at San Diego. rs miles from Corpus
Christi where they began operations by hanpne "
Shepherds, and left ~ persons deau III 'no '''' " W
ranch among them some the best and most respect
oh,o rrcberos in that section. Proceeding due WesL
tho savage threw two men into well at Boryas
rancho one OF whom had neck broken by the fall
On the salado they killed shepherd and wounded
another man. A company OF citizens started from
Laredo in pursuit OF the Indians and gave them hot
chase but the Indians wounded young man named
HeI and Mexican at the Cochina rancho, and at Ben
Neals rancho they stole so head OF horses As there
WAS no cavalry at the post force was sent TO assist
the citizens.
First Lieut. Charles l. Hu dson OF the ith Cavalry,
stationed at Fort Clark. Texas, reports that me lef that
post with company OF 40 and six Seminole scouts
on Dec e. in obedience orders and on Dec 10 found
Indians the South LELAND River, and tight ensued
The Indians stood about minutes. when they ran
and were persued through the rocks which were very
slippery owing to rain The country very unfavor
able for cavalry pursuit. Flfty-two ponies and mules
were CAPTURED together with lot Of saddles, BRIDES
and blankets Nine Indians dead on the field
and others are known ~ have been wounded, but got
AWAY The men of Lieut.. Hudson's command behaved
with great gaaDtry and in some instances great de-
gree of bravery displayed. Private George Brown
Of Company c., 4th Cavalry, received flesh wound III
the arm Three horses killed and two wounded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03

Mr. bancroft the American Minister, vii, soon resign
and return 10 America.
Mr.. Schenck, the American Minister, has re-
turned 10 London.
MIR. Eliot YOrke, q Conservative, has been
returned 10 the British Parliament from Cambridge
shire without opposition. -
Baron Reuter- has written letter 10 Mii%a
Malcolm Khan, the Persian Envoy 10 London request
ina 10 he informed what regard due 70 the rumors
that the Persian concession has been declared null ana
void In his reply dated Dee. -, the Envoy say
have received your letter in which you comunicate 70
me xtraets from Journals relating TO different rnmoIs
which nave circulated on the subject OF your co
cesson Neither the Legation nor my sell mas fecesem
from our Government any advcrs or any KIND on 'hs
subject authorize you TO make such use OF ths au-
syer ar you may think proper"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-03
REDUCING EXPENDITURES.

niE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL NEARLY COMPLETED
THE ESTIMATES LARGELY REDUCED-ExTRAy-
AGANCE OF RIVER AND HARBoR APrRoPRIA-
TONS HERETOFORE MISUNDERSTANDING
WHEELER Confident THAT ADDInoNAL REvE-
EUE WILL BE UNNECESSARY.
lBY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUsEl
WASHINGTON, Jan. Mr. Wheeler OF the House
Appropriations Committee hopes TO be able 10 pre-
ent the Army bill, of which he has charge, 10 the
House on Monday. tinal meeting of the Committee.
'sI the purpose Of finishing the BILL will be held to-
MORROW Mr.. Wheeler spent the whole Of to-day in
Vie Wa Department in consultation with the Secre-
'ary he manifests oommendable spirit in reducing
Vie estimates for his Department. IL lie shown by
me records that the army at the present time, is full
On the bass Of the 80 600 maximum, and that by dis
Siarges deaths aud desertion, about 10000 men
searL leave the seTvlee. NJ. Wheeler proposes 70