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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08
From Blooming Grove Grange.

From 1lOOm1mS GfOVe OE0HBes
At meeting Of Blooming Grove Grange
No. lO3, P. Of H.. held on the 9Th day of
March, 1875. the following resolutions
we're adopted:
WHEREAS, The order Of Patrons Of Rus-
bandry is designed to improve and elevate our
intellectual and financial condition. by inves-
tigating all subjects bearing directly or indi-
reetly upon either Of these principles, thereby
improving the mind, enlightening the judg-
ment, becoming better prepared to Judge cor
rectly of financial and government policy !;
therefore -
ResoIued, That we have the right, without
violating the spirit Of the constitution Of the
Order, to discuss in our Grange all questions
of economy and government policy.
Resolved, That the exercise of our right OF
suffrage in defense Of these principles, is the
only legitimate way that we can obtain the
great results for which we are SO arduously la
boring.
RESOLVED, That it is our duty as citizens o
| free government and members OF society. Z
discuss all questions underlying our financia
and government prosperity; and that we vii
mite at the tallot box to protect ourselves ant
our government against the hordes OF design
ing men, corrupt politicians, and monied mo
nopolists who intest every department as tn
locusts Of Egypt.
Rcsolred, That these resolutions, and an ar
ticle read by the Secretary il, their support, b
sent to the MINNESOTA RADICAL for publication
/ IRA D. BEMAN, Secretary.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08

A GRANGE in Grayson county, Texas,
is going to manufacture its own farming
imDlements.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08
&rauet 2epart1ueat.
TO A CHILD.
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.

NV fairest child, have no song to give you'
No lark could pipe to skie SO dull ana grey
Yet, ere we part, one lesson can leave you
For every day.
Be good, sweet maid. and let who will oe
clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day
long;
And SO make life, death, and that vast ior-
ever,
One grand, sweet song.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08

..HIC JACET.''
By ELEANOR c. DONNELLY.
O. pure and pale! O, pale and calm!
O. restful oorse, within the mould.
With meek dead eyes, and idle palm,
And raiment strangely cold!
How faith grows weak amid the gloom
That curtains il thy pallid rest
And hope, like summers fragile bloom,
Lies shivered on thy treast.
But love, alone, in thine eclipse,
Is not a-tremb e nor apart:
But lays her lips to thy cold lips
Her heart to thy still heart.
Oh, let it thrill thy pulseless frame;
Oh, let stain thy pa lid cheek;
Fill up thy hollow eyes with fame,
And then-arise and speak
It may not be-. Through the still night
The wind sails signing from the moon;
The stars are shedding tears Of light
That thou hast died SO soon.
And with the night-dew in my hair,
And purple pansies at my feet,
wrap me in my dull despair,
As in winding-sheet.
For not a cloud lies on my heart,
As heavy as the lonely weight
Which bows me down, and forms part
Of my resistless fate.
The moonlight shivers down the path,
The trees il ruddy blossoms bleed
Death, Nly solemn aftermath
Is sad and sere, indeed.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08
PIANOS AND ORGANS!

W. W. KIMBALL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
The Largest Music House on the Continent.
Annual Business Nearly Million and Half Dollars.
STOCK CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MAKES
Hallet. Davis & Co.'S, Great Union Co.'s
and W. w. Kimballs Pianos,
Smiths American, and W. W. Kinba||'s Organs.
MINNESOTA AGENCIES
John A. Wefde St. Paul. E. s. Ives Mhnheapos.
J.. A. saltwater. Wasoner& 1ounsSse' .o'' :
+ sheldon Oxvatonna. Emer 4 Noble, NorthheId.
= vv,,,tamson Red Wing d. G.. Lake City.
HI. Robinson, Wabasha
]. M. Sturdfvant, Austin.
Forfu furh address
Nv. SUPERB
Stat CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
Arkansas Expectations.

The steamer Lizzie Req yester- day brought to this port, consign- ed to Col. D. B. Martin, 75 barrels of lime from White Cliffs, Arkan- sas, on Little river, a tributary of Red river. The lime is a first class article, and the barrels con taining it are well made and the neatest we ever saw. For lime barrel they are a perfect success, and, what is better, arc made at the kiln. White Cliff is one mass of lime and would furnish sufli- cient to supply the whole country. This is the first shipment of the kind that ever came down Re l riycr-Shrcveport Times.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
Thanksgiving Day at Russell
 vile.

In obedience to a proclama- tion issued by His Excellency A. H. Garland, Gov. of the state of Arkansas, appointing the 25th day of March for thanksgiving and prayer, the citizens of Rus sellville met at the Cumberland Presbyterian church,-the Rev. Mir. E. Jones of NJ. E. church preached an eloquent and impress sive sermon from the 32 chapter and l7th verse of the prophecy of Isaiah, and before he commenced the sermon he read the following paragraph from the proclamation of the governor: "With all this glorious promises for us and in view of She fact, we have passed triumphantly through worse than a fiery furnace and that we have so many reasons to be thankful, l think it appropriate to set apart a day of thanksgiving and prayer to
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
AS THE TWIG IS BENT, so
 GROWS THE TREE.

At the hazard of our being har- ped at as moralizer, we venture a suggestion to the parents of Russellville in regard to the atten- dance of their children at Sabbath school. We have, it is true, a flourishing and well attended Sun day school, but we. observe the majority of the attendants are adults-young men and women. While this is all well, and while it is highly commendable in our young ladies aud gentlemen to attend the Sabbath school, there is something wrong when we see so few children present. We fear the parents of Russcllville do not keep in mind, or do not realize the truth of the assertion at the head of this article-as tle1wig is bent so grows~he tree. First impress IsfOns, it should be remembered, are the most lasting, and impress sions are more easily made upon the mind when young and uncon. taminated, and before the finer sensibilties have been blunted by contact with the demoralizing in fluences of fast life. The moral caste of the individual is determ- ined by his early training and as sociations. Perhaps here lies the solution ofthe great problem of social and moral reformation. The moral tone of society, twenty years from now, would be far above the present depreciated standard, if more attention was paid to the way and manner in which childhood is passed. If moro discretion was used in the selection of mental food for the young mind, and if the mass of coarse and trashy literature to be found in almost every household, was banished from the flreside,
 we would have men and women
 after while, of finer sensibility, of more honest considerations and
 of more correct views of life than
 the great majority of the present generation of adults. There is no
 better sphere in which to place the tender youth o. our land in
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01

"What's a bonanza;" A plug hat, seven years old.
 As twice eleven is twenty-five, how can twice ten be twenty too.
 A man has been arrested for taking things as they come.
 Wife-One who shares our sor rows, doubles our joys, and quad ruples our expenses.
 Why do people call for a piece of string, and did anybody ever hear of one calling for whole one?
 Mohair chairs are going out of fashion, and we are glad of it. A mohair chair is the worst thing in the world to sit on when drawing on a pair of pants.
 How would you like to be ono Of the Beecher jury, and be de scribed as the "bigheaded young man with cars like transparent turrets?"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01

 order to inculcate chaste and re- fining principles, than right in the Sabbath school. There the twig sis given the upright DO sition and kept braced and stayed in correct position against the rude and crushing blight of con tact with the vicious and vulgar influences of depraved society. May not the parents of our town be persuaded to see that there is alarger attendance of children at Our Sunday schools?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
THE RUssELLvILLE DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY APRIL 1875.

the source of all law, to the source of all mercy and ofblcssing, to be observed by the state, ,"-which
 taken in connection with his text,
 which was as follows: 1And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of ofrighteous- ness, quietness and assurance forever,"--which was indeed ap- propriate. Mir. Jones is q North ern man, and his sermon was well timed, and was well received by the congregation and commu- nity. At night there was Q mis- sionary mass meeting ofthe differ ent denominations, a large con gregation having assembled, and after prayer bydthe Rev. MT. Smith of the c. P. C., Lewis W. Davis was calleSS. tte the char, and Frank Thacis mas elected secreta- ". The chairman called upon tine Rev. Mir. Jones to state the object of the meeting. The as sembly was then addressed by the Rcv's Smith, Bryant, Peeblcs and Dodson, on the subject of missions In response to the call, more than one hundred dollars was contrib uted as thanks offering to be appropriated to Foreign Missions. The congregation dispersed with the best of feeling and an humble hope that the flag of our country may long wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
Grants Laurels.

The Saint Louis Republican speaking of the noble service which President Grant has per formed for his country during his term of office, sums up thus:
 .IIe has established nraeede..fft.s its which will vex us as long as the nation lives, and he has set an example which embraces all those blunders and crimes which the rulers of a free country should avoid. He has wrought more damage to the republican system in these six years than his success sors can repair in the next fifty, and by his principles and actions has done more to demoralize pub lie sentiment and weaken public confidence in the stability of free institutions than all the trials and tyrannies of civil war. And with these credentials he has the mag nificent impudence to aspire to a third term, and there are fools and knaves who are willing to en- courage and assist him in it."
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
THE CONNECTICUT ELEC-
 ZION.

The attention of the public is now fixed in feverish anxiety on the approaching election in Con necticut. The campaign, and the final result of the election is of peculiar interest to the whole country-republicans and demo- crats; to the former as their last and only chance to put something like an efTectual check upon the on-sweeping tide of popular opin ion which was expressed so em phatically last fall in favor of dem ocracy; and to the latter as the opening test, which will decide the success or defeat of their party, and be an endorsement or con demnation of the third term as pirations of our president. Here the significance of the election is altogether different, and the issue of far more importance to the country, than it was in New Hampshire. Hero the whole tick ct, excepting perhaps Gen. Flaw ley, nominee for Congress from the 1st Dist, is in undoubted sympathy with the third term and with the whole administration policy. Even Gen. Hawley, owing to the embarrassing position he sustains, will be compelled to act in harmony with the party who nominated him, even at a sacrifice of his own independent inclina- tions and temperament. An eva sion of the issues at stake on the part of Gen. Hawley, will avail himself or the party nothing; it will only amount to tacit &C., knowledgement of the correctness, and an unskillful acquiescence in. the policy of the administration. This is the way the people will receive it. In New Hampshire the republicans cut loose from the personal fortunes and the obnox- ious aspirations and inclinations of the administration, and the contest was only of local impor- tance. The small victory of the republicans, if any victory can be claimed, was no less rebuke and a disapproval of Grantism, than it was an expression against demo- cratic shortcomings. Both par
 ties are thoroughly awake to the importance and magnitude of the campaign, and its bearing upon the campaign of 1876, and the campaign will be vigorous and active. Both parties are sanguine of success, but in a state where the public pulse beats so evenly on both sides, it is hard to divine the results of the election until further developments, which the vigorous prosecution of the cam paign will perhaps make known. From a fair view of the field at the present time it is safe to pre- predict an easy, although, close democratic victory.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01

the roots of their hair if it had been inadvertently alluded to. The moral tone of the people has been let down by it, and as new and more nauseating facts arc evolved ont of each days cross examination we begin to wonder if we are not, after all, trying to sound the depths of a bottmless bog.
 The avidity with which litera- tllre of this class is devoured, tells only too truly the wide spread de- terioration of morals which exist in our land. But unfortunately and unhappily for our land this is not the only direction in which we are deviatirg from the path of rectitude and virtue. We see not only the spare moments of hun dreds of thousands of toiling men and women-some toilers at the loom and in the shop, some in the office and counting room; :; some in the broad fields, sun scorched and weary; some toilers at this and some at that; but all toilers-spent in consuming this class of literature without any re- suit only to still further blunt tue better moral feelings; but we SIC their hard earnings, acquired by incessant and wearing toi, squandered in excess and extrav- agance in vain effort to keel pace with the extravagant ana dissipated customs of the age Not only are the actual earnings of lives of labor thus vainly squani dered, but we see many mortgag- ing houses and property to secure the means to thus float on the up per crust. And worse than all, we see some-many-!iving far ahead of their means in this futile att tempt, and soon we see the set quel-the announcement of an, other failure-another ruined for tune, the hopes of another lift blasted. The expense, as tn, fashionfof to-day is, of enjoyin, an evenings amusement at tn, opera in the company of young lady, is estimated at from 12 to 5 dollars. The cost of carriage, kidgloves, boquet, and other in- cidental expenses incurred, thus sweep away the weeks earnings of the average young man of soci- ety. Fast-life begins nowadays, at early youth and ends only at the grave. The youth of our country growing up under this baleful influence, make men who are tickle minded, vain and de- void of any force of character. We don't live now as our grand fathers did. This is an era of progression; but would it not be we'll to pause and see if we are not making rapid progress back ward in our social ethics. Would it not be well for the press of the country, the great prompter to all action, to investigate this matter and turn their voice against the tide of demoralization that is gaining so rapidly, and telling so fearfully on the moral tone of so- ciety? Could not some of their space be more profitably employ ed in this way, than in newspaper controversies wherein the vilest slang is daily paraded before the public; and in the ventilation of scandal the details of which are shocking to modesty and preju- dicial to virtue and decency?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
OUR PAPER.

Ne present the DEMOCRAT to it's realers this morning. under a new head and enlarged to 32 column )aDcr. We congratulate our read CTS upon the encouragement which las been given, and the success wnici, promises to crown the pub lie spirited enterprise of our citi- ze,a. who have undertaken to hail np frst-class home paper; g.. = "e take this occasion to re- turn thc thanks of the manage lncat, as well as the gratitude of the writer, to the pnblic who have given us such 1attering assuran- 5ccs Of liberal support. Although We are not near satisfied with the present circulation of the DEMO GRAF and will not be satisfied un- ti it is placed in the hands of ev- cry reader in Pope county, we are i.attered with the eminent degree O" success which has thus far crowned our efforts; for the DEM ccHAT this week will be scanned hy no less than one thousand read CTS. Our paper is not yet what we would have it, and it is not what we will make it if we have t..e cooperation and support of Pope county. We intend to i'm prove, increase, and expend means on the improvement of the DEMO sRAr, in proportion as it is patron ,1.d, aud promises to be useful :.n.l beneficial to the interests of i'opc county. We know of no .>ason why the readers of our county and our sister counties should not have just as good a pa per to espouse their cause here at home, as to patronize papers whose interests are so far away f.om us that there is but little or ro common interests, and no mu- taality of benefit. The power of the press for good, when exerted in the right channel, cannot be ever estimated, or too forcibly
 ',aced before the attention of the people; and the benefits flowing from it are too widespread and general to admit of any opposition D it from any sensible man on .,ccount of local, sectional or per soaal prcjudiccs. We ask a fair and honest criticism ofthe conduct ol cur paper up to the present time, and as we have thus far t.'ied to discharge our duty hon. estly and conscientiously, we promise to continue to so do in lhe future. May we not ask our friends to make further and more earnest efforts to increase our cir culaaion, and thereby add to our uscfa!ness? Let not any such dis 7 oTc,litable feeling as a narrow minded prejudice against our To- cation or the name of our paper, prevent an effort in behalf of a hcme paper, which with the sup port of our people can and will be Aade to reflect credit abroad up- on our county. Judge us fairly ana impartially, upon our merits, bear with our shortcomings, give lls hearty support and we prom isc to still strive to improve both our paper and our readers.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01

TREASURER Spinner rendered his resignation on Monday the 29th ut. No more will we see his cu- rious signature on our green backs.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01
EX- PRESIDENT An

EA- PRESIDENT Andrew John sen, now Senator from Tennes- see, addressed the senate on Pres i,ent Grants course toward Louisiana, on the 22d ut. His speech was, as all who know any. thing of the man might suppose, earnest, forciblc and pointed; and taken altogether is a most blight mo impeaehMsat~nGn Ient t'rant. In the course of his speech he shows how surely "iantism will lead to Empire and now nearly it has already placed "s under an absolute Emperor's h'cl; and with solemn warnings he cautions the American people against the encroachments which nave been made upon the Consti taLion. He disavows his anllia- ton with any political party, aiming to be guided by the great principles of right and by the constitution of his country. He Seclares his unalterable attach mcnt to his country and the Con 'seirution or-our fathers, and ap. i'als to the people, the source of t.l power, to come to the rescue and save the country. The sfeech was an earnest appeal and an able argument in favor of Con
 itutional government, and the puntry will be much the gaincr
 his wise warnings and pointed
 calls are needed.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-04-01

'rnE Court of Claims at Wash 'ngton has decided against all
 pr.vate claimants in the Hot case, aGd in favor of the Government
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-29
BY Wellington Godti,n.
Real Estate Agent aId -Anctloneer'
Office corner kleYenLn and Bank streets

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF THU
~ VALUABLE FARM OF TWO nlS 'wHIT.
BY.,' ON JAMES RIVER. ~ LHnS rhr ' t;Es.
COUNTY TnkEk. Mills BELDW MA. III. nIT
TER, TO BE DlFiDs - INTO 81 s nn
SMALLER PARCELS.-By virtue OF 'eeirIi
the Circuit Cour, of Chesterfield county pFou"TgTf,
tie 22d Of Cciob+r. e74, In me cass +. sior.
tersou rs. FIR, nch We shall Is sp"'s cobi me.
ers ihereDy appointed proceed 10 SCI, on
tian MT tue mansion hCus. OF ihr WGl pS est'eIt -
MUND, the % OF August 1879, al Enrer
NJ. IL fir: IL not, on the hrst tair On! ,n ~
at the same hour. that SaLu BIZ AZ "ubirh
KNOWN t>TAT CALL ID WHfTbl' on Wei
Colonel = Bas,et, French has loue resioen' tcfT
as above, containing TWO HUNDRED NJ .,, ot,
TY-ONE ACRES, with the uSut i"p, ,,,r ,,,lr Of
thereon. The land extends nun Tue soT n ~ the
james river across the Peter, burg Infi 'Ae
Petersburg Railroad. The tract Viii be 20 "s "
as To sell IL In III. following nisuner-fiI: n,,s
lying beyond the rsilfoiJ, coDiaihins .,,,inIp2
No. 2. bet ween the railroad Apa iarnp'Nc 10
% acres: No. 8, east at m turnpike, COM st.
10 so acres In tnpse nts 'teie n eAceITo a. r,d
Ing sites: besiGes tfey are adhifsDiy W., T%rs.a
for farming lads. rGarstt-shrde.s' az" hnuI
~ sideuces lheir GeaiEc4s 10 alaicbSSs' maj
commence ileu fayoEstiiy 10 the ciuzeHs - '"~
city as wei as 10 tDOse rcNt1ihs II II ,spd
Amer the sale oI tin re2olns hcer ~ hta-
the residue OF the whitS e sh e. W. IN HUN:
DR. ID A>DThlRFf ACRES, more OK '''''
| be sold. 49,, ,,,y, as 10
This place Is 20 veil aud frvorihly Sn2@" - Sc
atlra sIeclal atIenIiuH frcm fho:e WHINE jthrl
cure a ccIi ortah'e firm ON James in' ~ yr.r, al
| three or -FOUR mics OF Hchm,,; q, ana III -" y
| It. ,xp..ses Of
safe auu costs of suit: p;'aIce IN SIX, t"s'I rn-
etrhtera mouths, for Ltgrtishie ho!e, 'aIsmed
dorsei j. cursd b. = deed II rust, or t'ls =,
unti' a,i OF the purehs. e.'n"n' ., = 'aI.'
i /, "srGi.waRE,
,yoa SnrcIal Com missioner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-29

'fscfea, ,,,r. and before macy days the man.
aoemen,.are hoping to have as many as can
be entertained. learn that Judge Asa ~
Dickinson will bold session OF DIS s, C,e' 1a
Cour. here, beginning August I'd. This .,oas
will attract quite humber. Besidas' ar, we
are to bave the Executive COMM" .eeef the
State Agricultural Society meet ere short
time thereafter. Then seVera' either parties,
from different a'f nssretsur ccd during
Sery decided Increase or in former seasons,
IF your readers wish t. sssgnd a Jew days, q
week. or a month, p ,eass1tly, let shem come
to "Bufilo.'
Rev. W. Il. .etehe<, D. d., Of Richmond,
held religious t.aviccs on sunday, and was
assisted by ,.er.F IF. 81. Jones, ID. d., OF Green"
poro'. NJ j, The discourse wss highly credit
able TO Or. Nstchei's reputation as lint
pulpit Orator. PHlUEs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-29

'Ir. adv caused disappointment to sundrs
oorting travellers, and It is wen tna1 u
.pou,d be generally known, that others VINO
are intent on the slaughter of big game may
direct heir steps elsewhere. :.
The wholesale and wanton destruction OF
these useful and intelligent animals, winch
has too long prevailed, has a: ieneth
aroused the attention of the Colonial GOV
crnmeut. They ought to be largely em'
psoyed In pubic works. Their strength
which enables them to draw stones OF noge
magnitude, add to place them with east
wherever required, renders elephant wol
far more valuable and substantial! tnan Ina
of weak Indian Iaborers employed on tn'
| roads ard irrigation work in CeYlon.
1t is particularly 10 the construction .
bridges that the value Of the elephant
manifest. Nothing can be more lnteIesun'
than to watch the docil'y and lntel'gene
of these great creatures in the Performance
of their task, now dragging, now pushing
to the exact spot, gigantic stones, an
placing them in their appointed p"sl'lo
with the accuracy of mason.- L'0'ldo
| Times.