The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-03

thing to work with, instead Of crippling
ourselves to the extent that people will
have to take light to sec us move"
BRo. THOMPSON, lecturer of the Ma
tional Grange,made an address recently
to tho Am. Ins. Farmers Club, New
York, from a report of what was in the
World we make the following extract:
''In regard to the Patrons of Husbandry
they are doing much to bring about
better knowledge Of all parts Of our
country and her people. They are
gaining broader and higher ideas Of life,
they are causing a better feeling with
the south. To unite all is their object.
Never were agriculturists more kindly
received than at the meeting in Charles
ton last WINTER Touching again on
the past, he expressed his pleasure in
the fact that the new countries were be-
ing largely settled by the educated and
better classes Of people from the east.
People who would take to country rich
in natures gifts the elements for max
ing refined and respectable society,
society which furnished ladies who
could make bread or play the piano
with equal readiness, and men who
could SOW and reap with a scientific
understanding of the processes. Dur
ing these remarks Mr.. Thompson was
several times interrupted with the ap-
plause of his audience, many of whom
waited after the meeting to be intro
duced to and shake hands with the we'll
known lecturer.
IT is not often at the present day that
we find young ladies soiling their very
pretty hands with manual labor, their
energies being more often exerted solely
in securing the proper tension Of "pin
back" or the proper adjustment Of
their "back hair" Notable exceptions
to this general rule are the Misses Pur-
dy Of Long Valley. Besides beingpo
ed in all that pertains to elegance in
dress, they can and do often harness
and drive horses Of their own breaking,
and in case Of emergencies, mount the
reaper and draw as steady line over a
pair of colts as the best among the $50
called lords Of creation. This year
they are in the potato business on a
small scale. Last spring they procured
five pounds Of potatoes Of choice varie-
ties, to wit: Snow Flake, one pound;
Eureka, one pound; Brownwelps Beau
ty, three pounds. They planted this
seed, hoed it themselves, and dug 5l7
pounds Of splendid potatoes as the re-
suit. One pound of Snow Flake yielded
81 pounds; one pound of Eureka yielded
15915 pounds; three pounds of Brown
wells Beauty yielded 276 pounds. One
hundred pounds of each of the latter
varieties have been placed upon exhibit
ton at the Nevada State Fair. Eight
potatoes OF one variety weigh ten
pounds, and ten of the other weigh
thirteen pounds.
TIE best speech by a politician, at
an agricultural fair, that We remember
of, was that recently delivered by Gov
ernor Tilden, at the New York Central
fair at Utica. Its burthen was, let tax
alton be reduced. The governor showed
by figures with what steady increase
taxation has crept over the nation since
the beginning Of the war, and he called
upon the industrial people, of all parties,
to unite in electing honest men, pledged
to reduce the expenses of government,
and to jealously guard the revenues,
and to apply them to their legitimate
and proper uses. He spoke not az a
democrat to democrats, but as citizen
to his fellow citizens. Whatever politi-
cal benefit he may have expected to gain
by his address, we know not, neither do
we care, but when any leading man
whose personal integrity has never been
called in question, talks reform, honesty
and economy, he talks what people,
grooming under the weights of corrup-
ton and extravagance, like to hear
Prairie Farmer
The secretary Of the National Grange,
Bro. Kelley, is sending out his official
notices to the members Of that body, to
attend its meeting at Louisville, KY,