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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

A SEVERE WINTER.-The winter of 1910
will certainly long be remembered by "the
Oldest inhabitant' as one of the most severe
in the century. One who has not noticed in
the newspaper reports of the world how gener-
al the cold has been dfuscd. is apt to think
that our own experience has been an excep-
tlonal one. But this is not true. Within a
few days, says an exchange, we have published
reports from nearly every part of the North
American continent, showing a low thermome-
ter and heavy storms. In New Mexico, the
other day. a stage-driver, holding his reins, was
stone dead with cold In Arizona seml-trop-
cal heats have given way to uncomfortable
colds, and snow falls in unaccuStomed places.
California plains are flooded by freshets and
the mountains are buried in snow. Although
the overland trains have not been delayed, the
cold on the Pacific railroad has been great. In
Wyoming, spirits congealed in the open air,
and snow has caused much loss Of life in Utah.
The same is true of Canada. Sandwich Island
papers complain that the natives, accustomed
to airy garb, are shivering in the breezes, and
Australian newspapers make & similar COM
plant of their country. 1t has been winter
of cold in Europe, and of storms and disasters
at sea- We should hope never to see its like
again.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

GooD COMMERCIAL PAPER.-A good story
is told of Chicago dry goods salesman, who
has the reputation of being somewhat of wag.
lie recently sold bill of goods to country
customer who was believed to be little shaky,
and was expected to commit justifable insol-
vency az soon as he had disposed of his stock.
AS it was the customers intention to pay part
of his account with notes, which might prove
worthless, the salesman-so the story goes
added here little and there a little to the price
of the goods, so that when the purchase of some
two thousand dollars worth had been made, of
which all but two or three hundred dollars
were paid in cash, there was no possibility of
the firm losing sympathy, even should the notes
90 to protest. The Transaction concluded, the
customer besought the salesman to give him a
present of some sort, and the generous salesman
accordingly presented him valuable red silk
pocket handkerchif
"That won't do" said the customer; "give
me nice silk dress for my wife, or something
of that SORT"
"Can't do it." responded the salesman "but
I'll tell you what I'll do-1'll give you back
your notes."
"No," replied the customer, "hold on, I'll
take the handkerchief"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

AN ECHO FROM THE PAsT-The following
remarks made by the gifted Sargent S. Prentiss,
when representing Mississippi in Congress, ap
ply with equal force and strength to the abused
and PROSTATE States of the South to-day:
"U pom eli the States | do most solemnly
call for the justice to another which they would
expect for themselves. Let this cup pass from
Mississippi Compel her not to drink its bit
ter ingredients, lest some day even handed jus
tice should command the poisoned chalice to
your own lips. You sit here in judgment upon
the most sacred right of sister State; that
which is to State what chastity is to woman
or honor to a man. Should you decide against
her, you tear from her brow the richest jewel
which sparkles there, and forever bow her head
in shame and dishonor. But if your determi-
nation is taken; if the blow must fall if the
violated Constitution must bleed, l have but
one request to make When you decide that
she cannot choose her own representation, at
the self-same moment blot from the star-span-
gled banner of the Union the bright star that
gitters to the name of Mississippi, but leave
the stripe behind, fit emblem of her degra-
datiOn,"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25
Commercial Fertilizers.

Correspondents in various parts of the State
write to know if commercial fertilizers pay.
The question is much easier asked than an
swered. We should want to know first who is
to use the fertilizer, and secondly what tertii-
zer is to be used
In regard to the first point, we remark that
any good standard fertilizer in the hand of
good farmer will pay reasonable profit, and
no fertilizer in the hands of poor farmer
yields much profit. We had rather risk the
land without any fertilizer under the manage
ment of a poor tenant than to furnish him the
very best fertilizer. We should expect in any
event to lose money, and the less the expend-
ture the smaller the loss.
To fertilize heavily with anything necessarily
implies diminution of the acreage in order
that the cultivation may be thorough, and the
farmer who risks his money upon broad fields
half cultivated may expect to lose, whether cot
ton is high or low or his fertilizer good or bad.
1t is q question of first Importance to decide as
to how the farm is to be cultivated, and upon
the decision of this question depends the an
swer to the Other.
Let every farmer before he decides to buy a
fertilizer, decide how many acres his stock and
hands can manage properly, and in no event
would we advise more than twenty-five acres to
Cne mule III COTu duu COttol WuolC hlou0y IL
the purchase of fertilizers is at sta ke. Mr..
Dixon may manage fifty with his broad sweeps,
but in our experience we would expect more
bales from twenty five we'll cultivated, than fifty
cultivated as one mule could do it, As cotton
is cultivated by the majority of negro tenants,
We are inclined to the opinion that to purchase
fertilizers involves loss. On the other hand,
to cultivate cotton as it should be cultivated,
there is no expenditure that yields as great
percentage as the money invested in good fer
tilizers.
In reference to the second point. We have
not so many complaints to make about fertili-
zers IS some others. It is true that we have
found some better tnan others, and in our COM
parative experiments we could mention at least
two fertilizers whose standard in our judgment
has not been rigidly maintained.
We have no doubt that heavy losses have oc-
Cured by the use of bogus articles under high
sounding names, and farmers should be careful
what fertilizers they buy.
The say-so of an agent is not q sufficient
guarantee for the character Of a fertilizer, and
every farmer should test yearly at least several
standard fertilizers by absolute experiment, and
buy only those which prove to be good, and
discard at once any fertilizer which does not
maintain year by year its character.-Cor. Bib
Gcol Recorder.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

The PERILs OF ELOPEMENT.-The folly of
what may be called the Kentucky matrimonial
system is just being exemnlified in the Louis
Vile Chancery Court. Mrs. Belle Oldham
wants a divorce from her husband, to whom
she vas candestinely married in February,
1874. She was then eighteen, old enough to
have common sense, if she was ever to acquire
that important endowment, and was living COM
fortably, almost luxuriously, with her widowed
mother Yet she was persuaded to leave mo-
ther and home, and 60 to Indiana, where, by
his false representations, license was pro-
cured. His engagements were not kept, tor he
has provided her only with mean abode, in
disreputable locality; has treated her brutally,
and has not furnished her with the necessities
of life. She has been compelled to apply to
her mother for protection and support; hence,
this petition As the evidence is not before US
in detail we cannot say how deep are the
grievances which the unhappy woman has been
called upon to endure Yet, she alleges no
criminal acts on his part, except in getting
license fraudulently, and to this she must have
been privy in some degree. No doubt she has
found herself the loser by her rash step, yet
marriage is too solemn compact to be nuillled
except for the gravest causes, and such are not
specified Had they existed they probably
would have been mentioned. AS the case now
appears, few tribunals would accord release
from the nuptial bond. One may sympathize
deeply with woes, even if they are the result
of folly. still no woman of thought or judg-
ment could anticipate any other result than
has occurred, where disobedence and trlckery
were the means adopted to evade parental eau
ton and the wise mandates of the law
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

= The Troy Times says: "a pretty good
story is told of one Gov. Tilden's staff. 1t is
said that when the individual referred to first
presented himself en- militaire to his wife and
little daughter, the latter, after gazing at him
in wonder for few minutes, tnrned to her
mother and exclaimed, why, ma, that's not a
real soldier it's pap"
Twelve persons stopped at hotel over
night. On asking their bill the next morning,
they found it to be S12. The old men paid 81
each, the old women 50 each the young men
so cents each, and the young women 25 cents
each. How many of each was ia this crowd
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

- DR.. Barnes, when ninety-ive years of age,
slept during a sermon, and on being joked
about it by friend, insisted that he had been
awake ali the time. "Well, then," said his
friend, "can you tell me what the sermon was
about?" eyes, can," he answered; cit was
about half an hour long"
- The cocoanut tree has been successfully
planted in Florida, and, as it begins to produce
its fruit in seven years from its planting, its
products may soon be sent from that State to
the northern markets.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

- The ghost of Noah Webster came to a
spiritual medium in Alabama, not long since,
and wrote on asIip of paper. Its tite times"
Noah was right, but we are sorry to see he has
gone back on his dictionary.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

"A man went into drug store and says he:
~ wish you would give me some Nancy Soda"
"Dont you mean Sal-soda?" said the clerk.
"Wall now, don't know but you are right;
knew twas girls name," said the searcher for
Sal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-25

in the progressive destiny of mankind that the
Justice of the great American heart, like an
angel of mercy, will go to the rescue of Loui-
siana on the morning of our centennial day,
and will roll away the stone which now en-
tonlbs her. and that she will rise and come
forth to walk the earth again in full commun-
ion with her glorious sisterhood
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16

The Pioneer Press OF yesterday, com
menting on the return of Mr.. w. NJ.
GrosvernOr, OF St. Louis, to the Republl-
can told, says:
It would be singular fact if after all Grant
should be again nominated, and Grosvernor
and his independent compeers should give him
the support for third term which they refused
to accord to his candidacy tor q second.
And this is the feast to which 'prodlgal
sons are to be invited Ito re-elect Grant
Tor third time and prepare the way tor
permanent destruction OF Republican
institutions.
At the same time Grant is attending
SUNDAY school conventions and all otht
kinds oil gatherings. One reverend fool
at Fairpolnt a. Y. !, said to the President
Hundreds and thousands of men who fought
against him were now in heaven. and would
be glad to welcome him to the throne OF the re-
deemed.
We have not the slightest objections to
Grant going there as soon as possible to
receive those congratulations. for we are
convinced that he :" means mischief" anC
if he stays here will labor to turn thi:
country into an Empire. And we are
convinced that the Pioneer Press is stea
dlly working Tor that end by gradual
lamillarizing the puolic mind with tina
| idea
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16

The Rice County Journal, III speaking OF the
nomination Of C. A. Gilman, Republican can
didate for Railroad Commissioner, asks: "Why
put such a man in nomination for a response
Bile office p This question has already been
answered by the Pioneer Press, W .ich the
next morning after the convention, said "The
convention seemed to make it its business to
single out for its honor the men who had been
cons picuous friends OF Ramsey u Ask us
something hard : Far,bault Democrat.
And that reminds US OF a little story.
A certain darkey-the cook Of survey
ing party-was very fond of strong cot
fee,-in fact, he couldn't get it strong
enough so one morning one OF the boys
put plug of tobacco in his cup, Oul
colorcd friend, with many wry faces,
drained the cup and found the plug
Boys" said he, holding it up, .'dar j:
SIGH thing as making de coffee too
id strong"
That's The mistake the Ramsey meI
made. And now they are trying to tax,
the plug out of the cup. Charley is L
withdraw on the ground of ineligibility
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
THE CONFERENCE AT CINCINNATI.

An interesting and we trust a very
important conference will be held in
September at Cincinnati. A large del
egation, it is expected, will be present
from this State. The National Labor In
ion says:
An attempt is being made to bring together
the producing masses in conference at Cincin-
natl, in September. Opposition to it is devel-
oped 10y those who have given in their adhe-
sion to former proposed methods for the unfit
cation OF labor Complaints are made that the
Cincinnati conference is to he packed ior GER
tain result, which is said to be the starting of
political party. portion of our Labor Re-
formers will follow out the Cleveland move
inent; others will follow the Cincinnati move
ment To make the Cincinnati conference ;
success, every man should be made to feel n<
one will be ostracsed for opinions sake. Thu
friends Of the Cleveland movement shoul(
nave been induced to Cooperate Boil
branches favor the greenback issue, both ain
| at the emancipation of labor. No one man cal
control the proposed conference, rs is feared b,
some, who make It a pretext for staying ava,
from it and inducing others to stay away also
great many men hold off because they ar,
not the leaders of the movement We thinl
| ali friends of Labor Reform should come an,
counsel together at Cincinnati. If a cliqu,
tries to run it, vote them down and out L.
us see that no action is taken that would in
lure the cause in which we are engaged
We shall, if possible, attend; if no
we shall report their proceedings.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16

A Troy girl found 325 needles in an old
cushion recently, and now a Schenectady girl
has found 432.-Erchangc.
An old gentleman of this city found single
needle in cushion few days ago, and when
he found it he rose up and used language that
was very unbecoming man Of his years.
Farsbault Democrat.
And yet there are people who do not
believe in clai,voyance, or the power to
see without eyes. Now that elderly
gentleman clearly perceived that needle
without looking at it. It that isn't cla1r-
voyance what is it? Will the editor OF
the Democrat please experiment and ex-
plain this phenomenon on philosophical
principles? He might, perhaps, turn SD
the needle and the editor of the Farl-
bault Republican the clairrouant power ;
and a few successful experiments might
so open McKinsty's eyes as to change
his political views. If we thought that
were possible we would send quart OF
needles to every Republican editor in
the State, and bushel Of wrought nails
to 10. Wheelock.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
THE MAIL SERVICE IN MINNESOTA.

There is something wrong about the
service of the mails in Minnesota. n
H. Fulton, Esq, of Millersburg, Rice
county. writes US: "Freqve ty your
paper did not get here until three weeks
old. | have just received three, Qor
three different weeks IN the last mail.
We have also letter from j. L. Bra
dy, of Paynesville, in which he says
Il am sorry to complain of the irregu-
larity Of the mails. Your paper is quite
often not received at all [; and at other
times is received two weeks old. We
feel very certain you are not to blame
neither is the fault with the postotfice
here. We think the fault is between St
Paul and St. Cloud"
We assure our friends that their pa
pers are mailed regularly and we de-
sire them to inform us of any failure tc
receive them; and we will have the mat
ter Investigated, and see where the fault
lies.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16

The Waseca Radical Qnd.) comes out
with glowing head lines. about the he
publican State convention, thus:
THE RAILROAD, RAMSEY, WHISKY VIC
TORY.
THE ANrI-NoSoPoLY REPUBLICANS ALL wIFED
Darts 4. nd Austin "SgpeiehsG" lad spit apon
True every word. brother Childs
We now wait to see how manv of your
Temperance men will endorse this
shameful sacrifice OF the public interests
bv voting for the Ramsey Ring at the
polls. II that State ticket is elected
You can republish these headlines in let
tiers six inches long. Success Will con-
vince the old Ramsey Ring-masters that
they can dispense with the services OF
the Anti-monopoly members OF their
party.
Who among these latter has got the
courage to hoist the banner OF insurrec-
ton aud trust TO the people 10 sustain
him?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
Quintupie Picture Of the Centennial.

Mr.. Thomas Hunter, of Philadelphia, whose
admirable series of Autographs has done so
much towards awakening interest in our Ma
tional Celebration, has published picture
containing the fire principal buildings on ono
sheet, also Bird's-cyc View Of Paramount
Park with the buildings in the foreground
Nothing could more fully supply the informa-
ton sought by those interested The Quintu
pie # presents all the buildings on large scale,
with sufficient detail to convey to the mind
some OF their magnificent proportions; the
Bird's-eyc Tiet0 is by far the most faithful
representation OF the Park yet printed. Every
building whose plan and position have been
determined, every ravine, fountain, a, d tree,
are correctly drawn
These pictures are endorsed by the Centen-
NAL Board of Finance, who afforded the pub
Usher every facility to make them accurate,
and who have distributed them largely in ev-
cry civilized country on the globe Aside
from their merit as works of art. their interest
mementOs when that event is over entities
| them to place i'll every household
Mr.. Hunters list now comprises the follow
ing: |, Art Gallary; 2, Main Building; 8. Hor-
ticultulal Hail. 4, Machinery Hall; s, Agricul-
tural Hall: 6, Bird 's-eye View; Z, Double mos
and on Sheet; s, Triple mos l, 2, and
8 on sheet; 8, Quintupe (Nos. /, Q, 8, 4, anG
on a sheet. All uniform price, 81 cents
each. Sent free by mail, securely packed
Prices in quantities, $500 per dozen, and Al
cents, for postage; $4,000 per hundred; 500. On
Sent Z. .. y. by express or on none, order.
Good agents wanted everyu here, to whom
liberal terms will be given
TH0s. HUNTER.
ZIG to TO Filbert ST., Phila.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
Thanks.

Frank A. Davis Esq. Of Faribault has
agreed to act as our agent Tor that Guy
and Rice county; he will receive sub
scriptions, advertisements and orders LOT
lob work in our behalf.
John Chute Esq, of Rochester, has
also volunteered to represent us In
Rochester and Olmsted county, and Will
act as our agent. We hope, however,
that our old friend, VIM. Elliott Esq,
will not forbear his generous exertlons
among the grangers.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16

At the risk of throwing our excellent
friend. Hon. Andrew keegan, into con-
WILSON'S. we reprint the following LEGAL
item from the Rtrer Fails journal. of
Pierce county, Wis.
We hear it reported that Miss Lizzie Bradley
woodworth is y prominent candidate for NOM
nation hy the Republicans of this county for
County Superintendent, On the other hand
we are informed that Miss Amelia Potts is q
candidate for nomination for the same office, by
the Retormers. Either of these ladies IS well
qualified for the position to which they aspire
And has it come to this. that lordly
man is to be rooted out Of his supremacy
BY aspiring woman?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
Msw FIGURING Mill at mazeppa-

A new Touring mill is being built a N-
pa, in this county, which, when cornpla
will be one of the largest in Southern MinnD-
II. The building will be Of stone, IS k52
feet on the ground, three stories high hes.
stones. The foundation rests upon solid 1eelL
The stone used ror the building are being 4
lied from the bed OF the river, few rods -
low the dam, and are the finest in the con1aEy-
The proprietors Of this enterprise are man q
ample u cans and experience, who propose =
make this one Of the model mills of the S1a1e-
This mill, when put in operation, will oo1ss
over . quarter Of million bushels of vhea9 par
annum, thereby afording the farmers in -
part of the country good market for that eaR-
modify, q need which has long been felt BY tAe
wheat growers. 0. D. Ford, Esq has ~
building in charge.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
GOOD NEWS.

We are glad to hear from Southern
Minnesota that Mr.. Buell. will receive a
very large vote in that section; thous-
ands Of Republicans think it is time for
a change. Buell. is helping the whole
Opposition ticket. while Gilman"s un-
popularity is weakening the Republican
ticket. We assure our friends that the
prospects never looked better for a de-
cided victory
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
The State Fair.

We would call attention to an advertisement
in another column in reference to the State
Fair Minnesota is going to see the most pros
porous times this fall it has ever known. The
strict economy Of the past year or two has paid
up many of the debts of the people they are
now harvesting big crop which will bring a
big price. Let all hands turn out and attend
the State Fair and bring along the wives and
hogs, fruit, &c.
The ANTI MoNoPoLIsr proposes to open an
Office on the grounds and to publish daily
during the fair So advertisers don't all speak
at once.