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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-15
Liberty street, Jackson.

MR.. TUrCHFIELD, Nos. 10 and IS
Liberty street, has enlarged his store
house by consolidating his old house
With ssBaum's cigar house, where he
will keep large stock of Family Gre
eeries, Confectioncries, Cigars and Dry
Goods, which he will sell at the lowest
prices. Also dealer in all kinds of
sOultry produce. tA XII
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-15
MADISON IRON WORKS,
Copper, Nheet-IrOn & Tin Work,

including Galvanized Sheat-Irou Cornices
the b est style and at the lowest possible ~
Cation f.in Materials OF all Kinds, sucn
ieys, etc, Kept on hand, aud this branch oil
tenIiOn Of the public Is directed 10 IT.
Engines, Gins and Threshers repaired
Persons wishing 70 purchase an Engine o
the Madison Iron Works, as they viii saw
CINE put up in proper style, and obtain 1
Another branch OF business % which
directed is the manufacture OF tue celebr
hest workmen are employed at The Madiss
the liberal patronage heretofore extended
future, relying on = determination TO plea
the best materials used in every branch ef
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
Examinations.

There should be a public examina-
ton at the close Of every term of
, school in each district. We find
this to be the custom in some dis
trlcts, why not in all? If examina-
tons are of any benefit in town and
village schools, why are they not
equally beneficial in the country?
We would urge all our country
teachers to adopt the practice of
appointing day, say the last day of
the term, as the day for general
review Of the work which has been
accomplished during the term. Let
there be special invitations sent to
parents and others interested, to be
present on that day. In school OF
less than twenty scholars one half
day would be long enough.
The teacher should take the lead
in asking questions, but the visitors
should be also permitted to ask any
question which belong to the branch
es which have been pursued.
Such examinations would awaken
an interest in behalf of the schools
where now they are too much neg
leCted.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
AGRICULTURAL.

SOMETHING For Our PRAIRIE
FARMERS TO REMEMBER.-Mr.
Hodges, the forest culturist, in his
address before the Agricultural So
ciety, says:
1 assert that the farmer on the bleak
est portion Of our treeless regions, can
with less ready money than it would
cost to buy breaking pillow, surround
his stockyard and buildings with a
wind-break within five years, that will
protect him as effectually as though he
was in the middle of the Big Woods.
Why, then, be without tree or
shrub, exposed to bleak winds that
blow snow drifts under the doors
and into the windows, blow all the
warp out of the clothing, drive all
Comeliness out Of the features, and
make the eyes as blear and glazing
as frozen mill pond?
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

0TATE OF MINNESOTA
DCounty Of Goodhue-In Probate
Court, Special Term
In the matter of the estate Of Aaron
Lundquist, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
P. J. Lundquist, administrator of said
estate, setting forth the amount of per-
sonal estate that has come to his hands,
and the disposition thereof; the amount
of debts outstanding against said de-
ceased, and a description of all the real
estate Of which said deceased died
seized, and the condition and value of
the respective portions thereof: and
praying that license be to him granted
to sell at private sale: the northeast
quarter Of the northeast quarter of section
thirty (30) land the west half of the south
west quarter of the southwest quarter
of section twenty (2O), all in township
one hundred and twelve (ll2), north Of
range fifteen (l5) west, situate in said
County and State. And it appearing
by said petition, that there is not suf-
ficient personal estate in the hands of
said administrator to pay said debts,
and that it is necessary in order to pay
the same, to sell the whole of said real
| estate:
1t is therefore ordered, that all per-
sons interested in said estate, appear
before the Judge of this Court, on Mon
day the fifth day Of April, A. D., 1875,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at the Probate Of
fee in Red Wing, in said County, then
| and there to show cause, { if any there
be why license should not be granted
to said P. J. Lundquist, said admins
traitor, to sell said real estate according
| to the prayer Of said petition.
and it is further ordered, that a cory
Of this order shall be published for four
successive weeks prior IT, said day of
| hearing, the last Of which publications
shall be at least fourteen days before
said day of hearing, in the GRAN GE AD-
VANCE, weekly newspaper printed and
published at Red Wing, in said County,
and personally served on all persons in
terested in said estate, residing in said
County. at least fourteen DAYS before
said day of hearing, and upon all other
persons interested, according to law.
BY the Court,
n. 0. WERNER,
Judge of Probate.
Dated at Red Wing, the Sth dav of
February, A. D, 1875.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

Lime is one of the largest con-
stltuent elements of clover, and if it
be applied to the land, clover will
grow almost everywhere, and wherev-
er it grows the soil is renovated and
enriched by it.
Judge Green, of Clinton Falls,
Minnesota, has a herd of about one
hundred Devons, descended from
the Patterson stock, at Baltimore,
many of them pure bred. Mr.. c..
has been experimenting quite exten-
sively with cooked hay for his
stock, and has come to the conclu-
sion that there is great saving in it,
and that the stock at the same time
do better than on uncooked hay.
His plan is to cut and steam his hay
without mixing grains Of any kind
with it. He has two large boxes,
each holding sufficient for a days
feed for the whole stock. His cut
ting apparatus is so arranged as to
let the cut hay fall directly into the
box. A jet of water is allowed to
fall on the hay as it is Cut, giving it
just the proper moisture, when the
box is closed and the steam turned
on, cooking it two hours. 1t then
stands until the next day when it is
is fed out, the two boxes being full
on alternate days. This experiment
has satisfied him that in this way Of
feeding, he saves fully one-lnalf the
amount Of hay, and the cattle dc
better.-RocR Ric'ey Farmer.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
Sectarian Education.

While all admit the necessity of its
existence, and nearly all accord it valu-
able credit for valuable services, many
claim that in going beyond the merest
rudiments of an education, such as are
found within the lids of Primary
Reader, a No. | Copy-book, and an
Arithmetic, it entrenches upon private
rights and takes private property for
public uses without rendering a fair
equivalent. Parsimony, personal inter-
est, and denominationalism are allied
with chronic grumbling and with honest
ignorance in this attack upon the rights
and privileges of the Free School.
Many have "got on we'll enough without
any schooling, and they fail to see its
value through lack Of personal expert
ence. Over against such are a host who
recognize the need Of better opportunl-
ties for their children than they were
permitted to enjoy, and such are the
main reliance Of our Public School sys-
tenn to-day. Many find the country
going to irretrievable ruin because the
children are educated beyond their cir
~cumstagces and are unwilling to content
themselves with the honest toll to which
they are born heirs. Upon this point
I would recall to your minds what was
said few moments since, and dismiss
this part Of the subject with calling
your attention to the fact that labor is
most respected where the free school is
most firmly established. Some claim
that the free school is, Of necessity, UNI
.sectarian (and it is the hi gheet praise
that can be accorded to it, and that
the children trained therein will slip
away from the faith of their fathers.
If my children, who are under my i'll
.fuence more hours each lay than they
are in school, more days in the week
and more weeks in the year, and who
are brought under direct instruction in
the church AMI Sabbath school estab-
lished in the interest Of the faith hold,
slip away intelligently from the faith |
hold, it becomes me to inquire whether
I have a faith that will save me, and
not bring discrcdit upon the sources of
their intelligence. l profess Christian
ity; 1 am Il firm believer in its fun.;.-
mental principles. Am / consistent
with my profession if l say, since my
creed cannot be taught in the Public
Schools, no person shall have a right
to an education irrespective Of creed
The Public School stands pledged
against any support Of sect; it is
equally pledged against interference
with any sect.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

Tar water sprinkled over their
fodder and mixed with their grain. it
is said, will cure the cough in horses.
A correspondent Of the Buffalo
Lire Stock Journal says the reason
why horse carries his tongue out
of his mouth, is because the tongue
is over instead Of under the bit.
Great care should be used the
first few times a bride is put on a
colt to have the tongue put under
his bit.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

eff had leisure would repair that
weak place in my fence, said farmer.
He had none, however, and while drink
ing cider with ii neighbor, the COWS
broke in and injured prime piece Of
corn. He had leisure then to repair his
fence, but it did not bring back his
corn.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
Wheat.

FROM the NO[H NIEC1 TNWef,
published in Dixon, ILL.,, we CLEAN
the following interesting facts on
the above important topic:
In the midst Of the use Of the highly
improved implements, guided by expe-
rienced hands and superior knowledge
of the science of agriculture, the pro-
duction Of wheat has certainly and grad
ually diminished in quantity in all the
wheat-growing States. The failure of
the wheat crop is occasioned, in great
measure by the improper use of barn
yard manure. Wheat is /, delicate
plant, both in it's organic structure and
the food it consumes, and yet we apply
in aid Of its termination and growth
the gross, raw product of the barn-yard..
filed with embryos of worms, bugs,
niidges and beetles, giving a nauseous
dose to the first germ Of the plant.
Add to this the vermin which the con-
tents of the barn-yard haye brought up
on the field, and then we may account
for the nudge, Hessian, fly, mildew,
rust and all other evils which we have
been accustomed to deplore when har-
vest comes.
trust | may not be understood as
deprecating the use Of barn-yard ma
nure: so far from this, I am convinced
that human skill has never been able
to concoct a combination Of plant food
so excellent as that which comes from
the stable, when properly used. But
the proper use Of it is upon corn ground.
After the grass has been cut aud made
into hay the second year, and when
tap-roots of the clover have attained the
size which makes them valuable as rem
ovators of the soil, let the grass grow
up for few weeks: then haul all avail
able barn.yard manure upon it, and
scatter it over the ground; and as late
in the fall as the season will allow pillow
it under deeply. Corn is a voracious
plant, and will consume any food how
ever gross. Its roots are all-reachine
and far-reaching; they will find the
manure readily, and the crop will tell
the story Of its value. When the corn
is taAen off, and during the next winter
let the corn-stubble be broken close to
the ground, raked off and burned, or,
what is better, hauled to the BARNARD,
and in the spring as soon <as the ground
IS dry enough, hal row with sharp and
heavy harrow until the surface is
smooth: SOW oats without blowing, and
roll after sowing. The manure is vet
undisturbed, and not likely to make the
oats SO rank as to cause them to lodge.
Oats will grow better and be more pro-
ductive without blowing than with it.
AS soon as the oats are of let the stub
Die be plowed in as deeply as possible,
by which the manure, covered before
complaining. will be thrown to the TOP.
and tn" scattered oats will have an o,,-
portunit!v to vegetate: then stir the
ground again with the piow. thus de-
stroying the growing oats, and thor
oughly mixing the earth and upturned
manure, which. by the lapse of time,
has undergone thorough ,ieccmposi-
ton and combined with the earth. and
in this way has been male food prop
erly prepared for the wheat plant.
The earth through its influence has
been assimilated to the humus which
was originally ), productive Of wheat.
'To- ,,,o%.,. c,>~,r,I-1aI ~,.,. 49,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

Blanks for Teachers Contracts. School
Ireasurer's Bonds, Notices of Annual School
meetings and School Registers will now be
FURNISHED to District Jerks who apply to
the County Superintendent.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
EDUCATIONAL.
EDITED BY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS.

superintendent Office at the Court
House, Red Wing,-over Auditors Office.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

All communications for this department
must be accompanied by the authors real
name to secure insertion,
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
In Memoriam.

A large circle of friends and acquain- tance will be palned to hear of the decease of that excellent Christian lady Miss Abby Perkins, who was so we'll known and be- loved by all class in this community. She died Feb. 9th, at the house of her niece Mrs. Jno. W. Quincy, after brief illness. One who was so we'll fitted to live, and to live as her Master taught her by his spirit and word, was fitted also to die. Her end was peaceful and happy like her life. 'In her tongue was the law of kindness" So social was her nature that even the deafness with which sLe was afflicted so many years did not serve as bar to shut her out entirely from inter- course with her fellows; but she enjoyed the company of her friends and of the young especially, and often few words were sufficient to give her kind and sym pathetic nature pleasure, and to draw out her rare conversational powers. She liv- ed in the happiness of others. The thought cannot but occur to those. who knew her. what an opening of new free dom and joy would there be to such spirit. shut in and confined here, in the other world of light, and harmony and love. Bearing patiently and unmurmur- ingly all the burdens of life, happy and childhke in her domestic and social rela- tiops, unselfsh to all extraordinary depree in her whole character, she lived to a good old age. and has been at last gathered like shock of corn fuliy ripe into the Lords garner. J.M.H.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
Western Kansas.
BY CAPT. SHERRY.


 Probably no State in the Union has passed through greater calculations than Kansas. Her existence was ushered in amid the bitter strife of Free States and Border Ruffian invasions, and before she could stand alone famine sorely oppres- sed her settlers. Then came the southern Rebels and Quantrell, with his band of desperadoes, to shoot down the unof- lending people of Lawrence and sack the town. The noble red man, mot to be out-done by his pale-faced brother, was soon on the war-path, and with the scalps of defenceless women and children hang ing to his belt, and with what pfunder he could secure, triumphantly rode back to hls lodges to be heralded as a hero and be crowned the 'bravest of the brave.'" But notwithstanding all these drawbacks, her progress was a marvel, and at the time of the grasshopper invasion, last July, she was making gigantic strides towards sub- stantial prosperity and greatness.
 During the settling of the Western States at an early day, there was no rail- road communication, and the pioneers set tied up and improved the land as they progressed. But as soon as the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific roads were open, they afforded every facility for the Pre-emptors and Homesteaders to select theirs claim hundred miles beyond the older settlements. The fact that every al- ternate section was granted to the rail- roads, tended still more to disperse the settlers and to scatter a population over ten counties when they should have con- centrated in one Take for instance my own precinct. Our school district is com posed of over one township and one half, to wit: 541 sections Ca mile square), There are only ten families in these 54 square miles of territory and only 160 acres of the land deeded or entitled to a patent from the Land Office, the settlers being generally from one mile to five from each other, their plowed fields are isolated and when the grasshoppers arrived they could take field, finish it, and then go to another.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Being desirous of giving every encouragement to ,araUua favOrng us with local news we make the fol- iosn~ urouositions to regular and occasional cores poadents:
 1-To each regular correspondent sending items nmrh vrnek wa wii send i've copies of the Enquirer regularly, addressed either to the correspondent or to We win also pay all postage on communications either by ssning stamped envelopes, cards in advance, or by quarterly remittances if preferred. F 4
 a-To each regular correspondent sending items as otan mm once in two weeks will send three copies of the Enquirer and postage, as above een co once in four weeks we will send regular copy Of the Enquirer and postage, as above.
 4-RegulMr correspondents sending items less ire oneusiv than once a month will receive . copy of the knquirer subject to stoppage whenever we may con- der their communications too few, or of too hte l porkance. to warrant it's continuance
 A-To reaular and occasional correspondents extra oouaa of te pNper containing communlcatlons ot cial importance, will be sent on request "i'hou' charge.
 Local ftes from reliable sources in any part Of tho county will be received with pleasure, but we are par tcuIarly desirous of increasing our list Of regular weekly and fortnightly correspondents, especially in pl.eea like New Milford, Kent, Cornwall Falls Village woleo4tvie Harwnton and other localities not ade- ouately represented in columns; and We hope also to hear from persons furnishing only occasional letters.
 REQUIREMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
 Anouyuous communications cannot expect publi- cation.
 me names of correspondents will be kept strictly secret if desired.
 Communications of a personal nature will not be pubshcd unless the propriety of such publication IS manifest
 Wanuscript should be written only on one side of the paper. s h
 ReRnar correspondents can avoid all danger of nay ing the contributions of others attributed to them Dy nssnming some signature, single letter being sufl- cient. ,
 In csaa of two communications relating to the same event the fullest will usually be published Hence communications come amiss, even from places where we regular correspondents since they often give valuable additional information.
 simple statement of facts is all that is necessary, and hastiy written communications will be corrected before publication.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
Goshen Mo-.l73,

Fhe funeral procession which passed through from TorFihgford to Cornwall last Saturday, was that of Mir. Miner, fa- ther of Mrs. Joseph Palmer of Goshen.
 We have comparatively few tramps here. but if is supposed some stayed in the school-house at the Centre one night last week, for the teacher found her Tes lament. large dictionary aud Register mis- sing the next morning. and it is quite pos- sible they were used to start fire.
 We understand the oyster supper at the house of the Minister in West Goshen, last Friday evening, was success.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
CoLIEGE Sr .

CORNWALL, Feb. 15, 1875.
 Within the last two weeks we have had two hard rains taking of very large quan- htias of snow, thus furnishing the water which we have go much needed of late.
 It is very icy on tho roads, now, rnak- ing travel very difficult unless teams are newly shod.
 Farmers are taking advantage of the opportunity to get into the woods and are getting up their woqdpiles.
 On Thursday evening, Feb. 4th. there was surprise party and Molasses Candy pull and good time at the house of Mir. Seeley Hart.
 At the Spelling school held in East Cornwall. last Wednesday evening, Mrs: Mary Phelps carried of the honors of the evening and beat all competitors, even ostr champion. Hip Hip Hurrahi
 The Branch Band has just received an invoice of rosin. probably en 'ugh to carry t.em through till spring, but will the cider hold ont? JACK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18

At IoRRINGFoRD, last Wednesday even- ing, while Mir. Arthur Hendey, was sleep ing ln a chair, and who is badly afflicted with the asthma, accidentally swallowed ms false teeth which lodged in his throat, where he held them, by pressing on his neck for five hours. After searching the country over for physician, Dr. Hanchett was at last found and who tried for some tune m vain to hook them from their rest ing place with piece of wire, gave the job up in fear of worse injuries. He st length fixed the wire allowed Mir. Hendey to try his own hand atss fishing them out. He was successful in the first attempt. By luck the wire took a good hold and the teeth were extracted to the great relief of Mir. Hendey's terrible suf- ferings.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
Washington.

At a meeting held on Friday evening last, Feb. 12. Grange was formed conn posed of twenty-eight members of which the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year:
 c. H. Mason, Master.
 A. H. Wyant, Overseer.
 s. B. Smith, Lecturer
 s. D. Ford, Chaplain.
 W. T. Odell, Treasurer.
 f. N. Galpin. Secondary
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN
 Great BritGin.-TLe government has determined to recognize Alfonso.
 FFGsce, In the Assembly on Thursday a vote was carried making the Senate cleo tive by universal suffrage, 322 to BIO. On Friday the Ministry announced that Me Mahon would resign if the Senate was to be elected as provided in Thursdays ses- sion. When the final vote was taken on the part ofthe proposed Constitution es- tablishing the Senate it was rejected, 345 to 357. The Ministry have resigned but no new one will be appointed till the con- stitutional bills are disposed of.
 Sp0iR.-The Carlists claim to have beaten the Alfonsists and shut up Gen. Moriones in Pampeluna.
 Alfonso has gone back to Madrid.
 Chin0.-No emperor is yet chosen.
 DOMESTIC.
 The cross-examination of Theodore Til ton concluded, Monday.
 An Arkansas Grand Jury deny the re- ports of intimidation and oppression there.
 The National Grange favor government aid to the Texas Pacific and the building of double track government railway from New York to the Missouri River
 Congressman Hooper died at Washing ton Saturday, evening.
 The Louisiana committee has returned to Washington. The Conservatives, after much vacillation, refused the compromise they proposed.
 The past week has been one mainly of extreme cold, the thermometer reaching to 400 below zero in Concord N. H. Cape Cod Bay is frozen over and navigation is much impeded in New York Harbor.
 The railroads leading west have finally agreed substantially to the freight rates of the Baltimore & Ono.
 c. w Jones, Democrat, has been cho- sen U. s. Senator from Florida
 Gen. Sheridan reported to the Congress sional Committee that 2, Al persons have been killed and as many wounded for po- htical reasons since 1866,
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18

Tn ae74 there were 60 children born to native parent. and 100 to foreign, in Win chester. That fact offers a pretty rough prospect for the Republican and Protest amt of the Twentieth Century if the de- cendant holds to the politics and religion .of the ancestor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18

AssIsr NATURE IN HER REPORTS to shake off cough or cold, or she may revenge herself by giving up the contest. Re- member that with Hale's Honey of .Hore- hound and Tar for an ally, she will extin- guish the worst cough in a few days. Sold by all Druggists.
 Pike's Tooth-ache Drops cure in one minute. tafa + .a