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Keen Out Of Debt.

The recommendation of the National
Grange, and all of the State Oranges, to
the Patrons, is to buy cheap for cash, and
to keep out of debt. If farmers will
but heed this one article of faith, more
will be done toward making easy times
than growing against corporations and
usurers until the millennium. The re-
suits growing out of such system are
perfectly marvellous, and as plain as the
most salient features CT mans physiog-
nomy. If the farmer lives within his
means, and keeps out Of debt, the money
loaners will lose large traction Of their
custom, and, in accordance with the laws
of supply and demand, will ask less
usury. If the farmer pays the mer-
chant promptly for what he buys, the
money will be used over again imme-
diately, less profit will be required, ar
ticles win be cheaper and better still,
the merchant viii not need to patronize
so largely the money loaner, thus cut
ting OF another fraction of this custom.
1t will be found that money loaned out
under such circumstances will not bring
so large an income as if invested in
manufacturing. and thus it will be more
evenly distributed and thrown more into
general circulatien.-Detroit Free Press
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The Ritual.

Believing that change in the work
ings of the Grange is desired by nine
tenths OF the Patrons. and knowing no
better way to make our wants known
than to agitate the question through
your excellent paper, l concluded to
write.
By entirely abolishing the ritual, and
but simply giving the applicant the OBJ
legation, we would then have time to dis
cuss questions of interest in the Grange.
Brother Patrons, let us rebel against so
much juvenile ceremony and begin work
in the Grange that will make our meet
ings successful. I have been trying for
two years to make our meetings inter-
esting, but invariably tail, and the cause
of our failure is owing to the time oc-
cupied by ceremony, which propose to
rebel against, and hope to get nine
tenths Of the Patrons to join me in the
rebelling. Brother Patrons, if any of
you will oppose the position have taken
/ am ready to meet you in the discus
sion of the question. but if not am
with you to the end.-E. W. Smith, in
the Hv0sier Patron.
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The A1ati-Monopolist
bers of the Order to secure q sufficient
fund for that purpose.

bers of the Order to secure sufficient
fund for that purpose.
The practice OF publishing for gen
eral circulation the list of Subordinate
Oranges in the several States is gradu.
ally being abandoned. Wisconsin will
not publish this year. neither will Hi
nois, we believe.
The Oregon Granger says that it will
pay to rise and pack beef to be delivered
and sold in Liverpool, and recommends
that the Order in that section favor an
offer made to its members to effect such
an arrangement.
It is just as important that the Pat
rons should cooperate in the collecting
and diffusing of knowledge as.in buy
ing and selling property. Every Pat
ron should learn the course of trade and
state of every consuming market in
which his produce is sold industrial
age.
Albany, Oregon, has Patrons, ware
house that holds 100000 bushels OF
wheat, and they intend to fit up another
one in the same size and a Touring mill
that will grind 100000 bushels OF
wheat this summer, so they can flour
their own wheat. The merchants have
much reduced their prices to Patrons so
that Grange store is not necessity.
Go THOU AND DO LIKEWIsE.-There
is small, compac: working Grange in
Randolph county, where there was a
year ago surplus Of $50. This has
been judiciously used and turned over
until 1920 have been realized off of it to
the members, and the $50 still remains
intact. If this is not doing well with a
small amount we never heard of it being
done.-Hoosier Patron.
President Fowler OF the Agricultural
Society informs us that things look en-
couraging for the fair this fall. The
officers are doing all they can to restore
confidence on the part Of the people, and
pledge to make good to them at the first
opportunity the money due on premi.
ums taken last year. The public is gen.
erous and forgiving, and we trust will
meet the gentlemen half way in their en-
deavor to get mp a good exhibition
Farmers Union.
The Cincinnati Grange Bulletin says
"From E. R. Shankland, member of thu
ex-committee of the National Grange
we learn that there are now at st. Louis
five or six agents appointed by Oranges
in various parts Of the Western States
He says that business man could TAX
$50 or 500 and 60 there and buy al
most any class of goods. as low as thei
agents are getting them tor them, savins
the commission paid to the agent.
these five or six agencies were concen
trated into one, under the management
of shrewd business head, the expense
could be lessened to at least two-third
what it now costs, besides giving it vast
~ more power to buy at low figures.
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FARM ITEMS.

A Western stock raiser whose special.
lty is Berkshire pigs writes from Eng
land to The Liue Stock Journal that the
prices for pigs in that country are such
as 'to make purchasers look blue" those
pigs that he had purchased having cost
him $3.50 to 500 each. This may be ia.
ken as a very broad hint to those who
have desire to buy the produce Of fash
ionable imported stock, and to whom in
general ga nod is as good as wink"
The National Lire Stock Journal de-
clincs to place faith in the reports oil
bullocks that weigh ~ 900 pounds and
upwards" nor does it deem that such in
crease would be desirable, even if poss-
sible. The medium-sized bullock is
not only the best-beef. as general rule.
but is by far the most profitable. The
big steers are always fed at loss, un-
less the owner gets his money back BY
exhibitions, or some other means than
the sale of the carcass"
ANY hard steel tool will cut glass with
great facility when kept wet with cam
phor dissolved in oil of turpentine. A
drill-bow may be used, or even the hand
alone. A hole bored may be readily
enlarged with round file The ragged
edge may also be thus easily smoOthed
by 3 Cat file. Flat window glass can
readily be sawed by watch spring saw
by the aid OF this solution. In short,
the most brittle glass can be wrought al
most as easily as brass by use Of cutting
tools kept constantly moist with cam
phorized oil OF turpentine.
The possibility and propriety of work
ing cows upon the farm may well be q
question of interest to the owners OF
small farms who are compelled to sup
port pair of horses. useless for any
purpose whatever except work, while
the cows feed and rumlnate in inglorious
if not, 80 far as this matter is concerned.
in useless ease. A farmer who has bro
ken pair ct heifers to the yoke finds
them gentle, docile and quick to learn,
of sufficient strength, and while work
ing, to yield IS much milk as other
heifers. Certainly this would seem
reasonable when we think of the hard
work females of race which should be
higher in our estimation as things are
considered, but who frequently have
reason to complain of harder treat
ment than many heifers experience, and
who, in spite Of hard work. poor fare.
and abundant worry, sustain their Off
spring and rear them as well if not bet
ter than their more favored sisters who
enjoy every possible comfort and adj
vantage.
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Senator Wilkinson tells rs that over
1900 bushels OF grasshoppers have been
caught in Blue Earth county. They are
drowned and then buried in deep pits,
and the earth stamped down over them.
Think Of 10000 bushels Of grasshoppers
Multiply those billions BY FIFTY for each
female hopper, and think what . grand
total they would have made in another
year to prey on crops in some other parts
or the country. Blue Earth county has
done . good work.
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ward the close of the milking q little
pulling down as the teat is pressed
works the milk out OF the little cavities
by stretching and flattening them. and
at the same time pulls off the construct
ed channel to let it flow through. This
pulling down must be gentle and mod
crate. As done by the calf in sucking
it is lust right. Ii the teats are pulled
too hard, the severe stretching Of the
walls of the passage at the upper end OF
the teat causes them to pull up and
thicken, so much as to impede the flow
into the teat, and often to stop it entirely.
For this reason the practice Of stripping
the milk out by pulling down with the
thumb and fingers, and letting the teats
slip between them rs the milk is driven
out, is not a good practice. 1t often
causes the passage at the top of the teat
to pull up and close, as just described,
and to make the thickening of the walls
apparent by hard bunch which feels
like a kernel of Germ. The stripping
method pulls too hard.
To get out the last drop of milk is an
important means of keeping up and pro-
longing the flow. Nothing will dry up
a cow faster than to leave a part of her
milk in her bag at each milking. 1t
will often aid in getting that important
drop TO clasp the lower part Of the I'D
der, or so much of it as can be taken in.
and slide the hand down, gently press
ing, so as to help crowd the milk for
ward, till the hand comes to the position
tor grasping the teat, and pressing the
milk out All this should be done as
expsdiciously as possible, as the quicker
the milk is got out the more perfectly il
can be drawn-L. B. arnold.
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Challenging lawyer 70 , colored jury
man in Clinton. La: Do you know
what virdict iss" mo, mhm Ibid
you eyer - one" mo, sah! / nebber
was e . show n my life
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FOLLOW UP THE PLOW.
By WILL 8. HAYS.

Hard times are now upon us,
Ana the people are in debt,
The conntry's full of trouble,
And the worst is coming yet.
IT'S not without its cause,
And we'll plainly tell you now,
The only way to stopit,
Is to 'follow up the plow."
Then follow up the pillow, boys,
Follow up the pillow,
If you would build the country up,
Just follow p the pillow.
Then follow up the pillow, boys,
Follow up the pillow,
If YOU would build the country up,
Just follow up the plow.
Fill up your fields and prairies
With a crop that's "good as gold,"
For iron, salt and coal,
The earth is the producer,
And we can tell you how
To make princely fortune,
IT'S to "follow up the plow."
Chorus
There are too many people
Who from their duty shirk,
Who'd rather make fortune
By other means than work.
The man who plants tobacco,
Corn, wheat, or cotton now,
Is king among the moneyed men,
He "follows up the plow."
Chorus
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G. A. DeCRAFF,

Short Horns, Ayrshire and AldeEney catl3s;
Poland China, Chester White and Imported
Berkshire hogs; Cotswold and 6outh10wn
sheep. l now have for sale fine specimens q
the aforementioned kinds and varieties Of 1cc1k
formation given and orders promptly filed y
application to LOTS WALLACE. -
GAINESVILLE, Waseoa Co., AiA-
June ~, 1874
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SILLY SEELEY AGAIN.

Seeley, postmaster at Lake City, is
out in another blizzard of abuse Of US.
We will reply to him next week. He
says:
In regard to your assertion that the envel-
opes did not have printed cards OH the outside,
have simply to say, and can prove, that those
sent to this Office did have cards printed
upon them, in (about) the following words,
"Anti- Monopoist Office, st Paul, Minnesota"
The envelopes were not postmarkei. II you,
or any Of your Jackals, have. in order to make
a point, substituted plain envelopes for the
originals, it will not be matter OF much sur
prise to the public.
Now, to show what an unconscionable
liar Seely is, we will to-day send Ito our
local editor at Lake City, E. A. Kelly,
Esq the envelopes in question, and we
desire that those who have any curiosity
upon the subject will call and examine
them in his hands. AS to the dirty insin-
uation that we have substituted plain
envelopes in lieu Of the originals e. tit
conception fora corrupt brain, I'VE would
call attention to the tact that the envel-
opes we send Mr.. Kelly are each marked
due five cents !" and one who is curious
in chirography will see that the writing
is very like the handwriting Q; John
Kennedy, the postmaster at Hastings,
through whose hands they passed
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-18
Symptoms Of Catarrh.

Dull, heavy headache, obstruction Of the
nasal passages. discharges falling from the
head into the throat, sometimes profuse, wat
cry, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mu-
cous, purulent, bloody, and putrid; the eyes
are weak, watery, and inhamed; there is ring
ing in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing
to clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has a nasal twang, the
breath is offensive, smell and taste are impaired
there is sensation Of dizziness, mental de-
preston, hacking cough, and general debility.
Only few of the above-named symptoms are,
however, likely to be present in any one case.
There is no disease more common than Catarrh,
and none less understood by physicians.
DIR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
is beyond all comparison, the best preparation,
for Catarrh ever discovered. Under the influ-
ence Of its mild, soothing, and healing proper
ties, the disease soon yields. The Golden
Medical Discovery should be taken to correct
the blood, which is always at fault, and to act
specifically upon the diseased glands and lin
ing membrane of the nose. The Catarrh Rem
edy should be applied parm with DR.. Pierce's
Nasal Douche-the only instrument by which
fluids can be perfectly injected to all the pass
ages and chambers OF the nose from which
discharges proceed.
These medicines are sold by Druggists,
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4 POINT OR Two.

The pre-eminent qualifications Of
Judge Gilfillan for the Office OF Chief
Justice are. after the most arduous re-
search, reduced to these: he has decided
that the old Territorial Legislature was
supreme and could bind the future state
for all time, by exempting the railroads
from taxation. And he is the author Of
the present iron clad tax law. The de-
cision was designed to relieve these
overgrown corporations from the bur-
then of assisting in the support Of the
government which protects their proper
ty. And the law was framed to trans.
fer the property Of the poor man, who
was unable 10 pay his taxes, to the soulless
Spectator in tax titles, for three or four
per cent of its real value. Let him have
full credit for these his services
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Mr.. RaniiIy Defended by a Rapublican-fsis
Slanoerers Put to Rout
TCor. Lake City Sentinel. Oct. 49,


MEssRs. EDlroRs:--I am Republican 4, some
VIVA; dissatisfied to be sure with the course Of
the party of late years, but vet adhering to It's
fortunes. But an. no politician. Simply one
OF the common people who regards fair play as
due even 10 those who differ from me in opin-
ion. And let me say RI yht here that the prin-
opal part of the people of all parties have 60
sympathy with the batter partizan attacks made
upon public men. There Is no reason why a
man VINO is nominated for Office should at once
be made the subject for all kinds of lies and
ISLANDERS. 1t is a rsproach to our politics. A
case in point is that of p. Fl. Rahilly. Esq. of
this county, who was the other day, without
solicitation or even expectation on his part,
nominated for the honorable position Of State
Auditor. 1t was at first my intention as Re-
publican to vote for Mr. Nhitcomb, the Re-
publican candidate, but the course of the Lake
City Leader has been such that have made
up my mind to vote for and support Mr. Ra-
billy.
remember how two years ago Mr.. Rxhiily
was made the subject Of the same kind Of
mean Republican persecution, when some Re-
publican was base enough to even commis;forg-
cry, By writing two bogus letters in Mr. Rahil-
lyss name, to defeat him for the House, and
bring him into contempt and ridicule In thxt
case the work Of the rascals who got mp the
scheme reacted against them, and elected Nr.
RahiIly by triumphant vote And Ne would
ny 10 Nr. McMas1eFs, that his great hlseh0ods
and SANDERS are having the same eject; and
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-18
Another Excellent Letter from our Hennepin
Correspondents Republican Bio.
viators Answered.
HASSAN Oct . lS.6
Editor Anti Momopoiist.

Editor Anti Monopoiist.
The Republican orators can find nothing 10
talk about but the old Democratic party rs it
existed twenty wears ago. they might jus. as
well go back to Adam. The people care just
as much about one rs the other. These hired
haranguers forget that now they have got the
worst men that We're in that old Democratic
marty in their own ranks There is old Ben.
Butler, rabid Republican. who voted for JEFF
Davis tifty-seven times III 1860, for President.
And Grant voted for Breckenridge. They are
running down their friends. And ii Butler
should hear of McMillan's speech he had bet
ter look out.
Ii is about the present and the future that the
people want to know something: they want to
know whether We are 10 become nation OF
serfs with few rich nabobS 10 rule over us. or
whether we are 10 have justice and equal rights,
They have brought the country to the verge of
ruin, and none If them Scena to know what the
matter is. None proposes tins remedy, another
that; finally they settled down ON the specie
payment programme; which is humbug
And SO the country goes from bad to worse:
and all they can talk about is the Democratic
party of twenty wears ago. Do they think the
people of this state are fools! The third OF
November will convince them they are fossils.
They have carried the elections since the wal,
by stirring up strife, bitterness and hatred be-
tween the people Of the different sections of =
common country: but the people are getting
their ewes open and the party has got to repent
of its sins; and the sooner it commences the
better.
Twas glad to hepu. right on the financial
question. rs | am on all other questions.
Your explanation makes it plain to every one.
Yours truly, GoRpoS JAcKlNs.
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle speaks in the
following very high terms of new work by
one of Minnesota's honored citizens, p. Cud-
more ESQ.,, Of lie Sneur county, who will be
remembered by our readers as the author Of
some very valuable letters from New York
published in this paper:
CupnoRE's CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY: Cud-
more, publisher, New York.
Mr. Cudmore, author Of the "Irish Repnb-
lie" and other popular works of kindred ma
ture, has prepared an exceedingly serviceahle
compendium of the Constitutional laws Of the
United States He has gathered into his book
in convenient form nearly everything that
materially affects the legal relations Of the peo
pie Of the country and Of the various States
constituting the Union. The book opens with
a brief account Of the various Colonies that
took part in the war of 1916 and emerged from
that struggle as the United States Of North
America The Crown grants and regulations
under which these Colonies We're founded are
succ,nctly stated, and the steps intelligenty
marked BY which they passed from compare
tive vassalage to independence. The theory
upon which our present government was
founded and the distribution Of power between
the states counties and towns il concisely,
but lucidiy, explained. The history Of the
parties that have from time to time contested
Tor the control Of the Government il traced
with candor and accuracy, and the fundamen-
tai law as it stands to-day Ii placed in proper
and instructive relief The book, without be-
ing at all ambitious in aim, is OF unmistakable
value, and we commend ii as work Of refer
ence 10 students OF American law. politics and
history II is published by r Cudmore. oil
Barclay street, New York.
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Politics in NicoIet County. An interesting
Letter,
ST. PETER, Uct. I3tI, 1870.
Editor Of Anti uonopolist:

ST. PETER, Oct. 18th, 1875.
Editor Of Anti uonopo,ist:
Hon. r. A, Jones delivered an address here
on Tuesday evening to a large and apprecia-
tive audience, Notwithstanding the fact that
this is Republican city. 1t was well received,
and Mr.. Jones made many warm friends here,
as was evident by the rush to get shake Of
his hand by the citizens. For the qualification
of the P. r would like to give one Of his
items of swindling, which may also be inter-
esting to some of your ST. Paul readers: The
old Press done job Of printing School laws)
for which they received S54 for composition.
For the folding. they recelved e'ght huasdTed
and forty one dollars and undoubtedly it
could not have taken them pholc dcy. No
swindle in this?
Politics are lively here just now. That is, the
Republicans are doing considerable, for the
simple reason that they are obliged to in Or
der to receive a shadow OF the votes. Il seems
that the people in this section OF the State have
become utterly disguised with the Republican
party and their continued promises Of reform,
which they do not carry out. The democrats
have put up the hest ticket this fall that was
ever in the field. E. J. Boys, for Sheriff is an
honorable and upright gentleman, and will
roll up larger majority this year than he did
last, which was about 900. For Register of
Deeds Andy Delany is already, preparing, and
farm. So say the leaders Of the Republican
| party As this has heretofore been Repub!i-
can county the State ticket will not receive as
| large majority with the exception OF Jones,
who has made too many friends here to be
gone back on So mote it be.
The Swedish College at this place is receiv-
ing completion fast. The mason work is all
done, and the roof is commenced. 1t is
handsome structure.
Hon. E. St. Julien Cox, will visit St. Paul
this week, having number Of cases to argue
before the Supreme Court. By the way, we
would say that he has not dropped his contest
case as has been reported, but is preparing to'
Congress. He never undertakes anything
without succeeding
Ice was formed here on Monday and Tues
day in vessels, half inch thick.
Mr.. Z. f. Boutwell, Of Kasota, was kicked
by colt Saturday last in the face, and hi
lower jaw broken.
A Peoples convention is called for Friday the
18th. The people consist Of tao disappointed
| candidates. Success to them.
More anon. observer