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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
Cheap jewels.

Bishop Clark of Rhode Island is en-
gagged in writing series of articles in
the New York Ledger. His last paper
is headed ''cheap jewels" and in it he
makes, among others, the following pal.
pable hits. One would not have to
travel very far to find targets:
There are certain classes Of persons
who remind us of mock jewels and gild-
ed copper. The sham philanthropist
is the worst type, because he sets up
claim to those virtues which are most
precious. He not only makes parade
Of spurious jewels, but trades in them.
He watches the current Of fashion, flor
there is fashion in philanthropy. as
we'll as~in everything elsc), and con-
forms himself accordingly. He marches
through the street in the procession of
Good Templars, or some other popular
temperance order, with his broad chest
covered with their glittering insignia,
and when the parade is over goes home
to take a quiet drink. He denounces
card playing and all similar games as
the invention of the devil, and spends
six days in every week gambling
in stocks. He joins the society for the
prevention Of G. uelty to dumb animals,
and treats his children like brute. He
advocates the 'Woman's Cause" and
votes for female suffrage, and makes his
poor wife slave. He protests against
novel-reading, however innocent and
wholesome the fiction may be, while
his whole life is lie. His jewels are
all brass, his pearls are all wax, and
his diamonds arc ali glass.
The untrue politician stands on much
the same level. His words are stout,
but everything else about him is very
lean. He begins with buying his place
with false coin, and then sells himself
to the highest bidder. He gees with
his party as long as his party will 60
with him and satisfy his greeds; and
when they throw him over he joins an,
other faction. DR.. johnson once said
that ''Patriotism is the last refuge of
scoundrel," and this is certainly true
Of pinchbeck patriotism.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
An Old Lady Killed by tho Man
Whose Fortune Sho Had Made.

IRON the jersey City Evening Journal
About the year 1922 Sarah Mead,
young lady Of great personal and men
tai attraction, was married in the city
Of New York to E. II. Fitch, young
merchant, who settled in Guilford, Che
mango county: engaged in mercantile
business. The immediate family
consisted of Mr.. Fitch and wife,
Mrs. Purdy, sister of Mrs, Fitch, and
her daughter, Sarah Purdy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch, having no chill.
dren, adopted III 1926 youth of 8
years, whom they watchfally cared for
during the years of youth to those Of
manhood. For this child's welfare
they cherished the kindliest feelings
through life, the surviving widow re-
gularly paying him visit, the last in
her 18th year, hundreds of miles from
home.
About the year l848 Mr.. Fitch died.
leaving her widow, wealthy, and pos
sessed Of all the elements Of q truly
noble and Christian woman. A few
years before this Sarah Purdy was
married in New York to q young man
Of culture and refinement, merchant
named John P. Hall. He was not pros.
porous in business, failed, and came to
want. Mrs. Fitch, ever generous, in.
vited them to her home. This home
consisted Of nearly 200 acres Of well.
cultivated land and stately mansion,
shaded by trees planted by the fair
haired youth mentioned above, whose
head is now frosted by the touch of
fifty.tive winters. She gave deed on
this property to Mrs. Hall, and pur-
chosed home for herself near by, and
left the home of her married life.
On Sunday last, Dec. 9th, Mrs.
Fitch was with her sister and niece and
family on holiday visit. In the mid.
die of the day the sister and daughter
left the room. Mr.. Hall, while profess.
ing friendship, and without warning,
struck Mrs. Fitch on the back of the
head with an Ak. She fell to the floor
unconscious, and died in an hour. In
few minutes Hall went into the other
room and told the sister that Mrs.
Fitch had tainted. He then coolly
wiped the blood from the ak and COM
menced to split wood. This murdered
WOMAN was his guardian angel; his
lifelong support and friend.
Reference has been made to the
adopted youth: Thirty years ago he
settled in Hoboken. He has filled
many official positions, snch as super.
intendent Of tho public schools for sew
eral terms, chief magistrate of the city,
health commissioner, and various other
Offices, with fidelity and marked ability.
His early life was not free from obsta.
Giles and many temptations which would
have diverted and disheartened many a
young man. To Mrs. Fitch he was
chiefly indebted for his success in life.
This man is DR.. L. w. Elder, highly
respectable physician now living in
Hoboken.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
Estate Observation-Disclosures Man
Gets q Lot.

Gets q Lot.
The managers Of this excellent and
deserving enterprise have most wisely
decided to change the original design
in the distribution of the real estate
which is made for the benefit of the in.
stitution named in the advertisement
on the first page, where full particulars
will be found. The idea is to reduce
the number Of shares from 5000 to 393,
and to increase the price of them to
$3.50 each, and as there are 1913 parcels Of
real estate to be disposed of, each share
holder must get one of the parcels.
The wisdom of this change will be ap.
parent when it is considered, as shown
by the canvass thus far. that many,
discovering the advantages of the pro.
ject, desire to and do purchase large
number Of shares, while those who are
DESTROYS ofinvesting, and cannot afford
to purchase full share can easily form
clubs, and by paying small amount
acquire a chance Of becoming part own
er in the grand $4,000 prize, or at
any rate, get nearly their money back
from the sale of the real estate which
they are certain to draw. As the
scheme aow stands each share wiN
drav a prize, and the chances of OBJ
tanning one of the grand prizes is in
creased in large proportion.
The payments,according to the new ar
rangement, will be 5000 or or before
the first of March, and $50 in a year
from that time. The demand for the
shares throughout the State has been
considerable and the approval of the
new plan is very general. It is pleas
ant to observe that responsible parties
from distance have investigated the
project and inspected the property to
be distributed, and have universally &C.
knowledged that the scheme is the most
liberal and deserving ever offered to the
public. The change must recommend
itself to those who invest from purely
business motives, while those who par
ticipate on other grounds cannot but be
pleased, as it will materially accelerate
the project, and give them an opportu-
nifty of aiding the grand scheme in
more substantial manner, and of seeing
the Industrial school a reality within a
comparatively short time.
All the property mentioned in the
scheme is first-cass, and most eligibly
situated. The building up of the
school and trades buildings will greatly
enhance the value of the property in the
vicinity. In view of the facts connect.
cd with this enterprise, the managers
call upon all classes of our citizens to
make their investments as soon as pos
sible.
The property to be disposed of en-
braces one house and lot. $40, 900 one
house and lot $4,000; 5.acre lot
$4,000; two 2 1-2 acre lots, $1,000
each; one lot $1,000; 10 lots $500
each Is lots $3.50 each; 50 lots at
from $3.50 to 1925 each; and the rest
at prices ranging from $3.50 upwards.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
SEND YOUR ORDERS FOh
GOODS!
DIRECT TO
D. w. Ingersoll & Co.

St. Paul. They will fill all orders at
the very lowest prices, and seud goods
CO. D. to any part of the State. The
trade built up by Messrs. Ingersoll b
Go. through their order department
is very large, ana their reputation for
fair dealing and low prices lie such
to commend them to all of our reader
who wish good goods at low prices.
They will send samples upon appll
cation, and we heartily recomEen
them to all our readers iune2f
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

No better recommend could be given
to any medicine than this: that he who
uses it once lives to use it ag.in, and will
use no other. Death to Pain receives the
praise Of all.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
Chicago Produce Roard, ian. II.

1920 P. M.--Wheat steady; 88Xc cash or
January; $3.50 February and 89Xc March.
Pork easier and fairly active at sis, 75@l8.SO
cash; $18 85@l8S7K for February; $40. 100
1915 for March and $i9.4O for April. Lard
steady, with liberal sales at % X G cash; 1850
@13xc for February and l3.80@l3.82x for
March,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

st. Paul Wholesale Markets, Jan. II.
Wheat continues to move SLOWLY,
without change to note in prices-82c
for No. l, 79c for No. 2,
Trade generally is dull and quota
tons for leading articles are merely
nominal; we quote corn at IS to Zoe;
oats so to 55c; ground feed 1928 to $50
per ton: shorts $l4 to $l8; bran $3.50
to$l3.50; -four So to IS; rye -four ss2.75
to SO per sack; buckwheat 4 to Sc per
pound; corn meal 50 to 1926: pork
$l8 to $2l; hams l3 to l4c; lard ii to
l5c; bacon II to ii l.2c.
Eggs are in light supply and wanted
at 81 to 23c.
Fresh roll butte is in active request,
all offerings finding quick sale at 25
to 28c. For inferior grades the mar
ket is overstocked and sales can only
be made at ruineus figures.
An active inquiry is noted for fresh
dry picked poultry, turkeys selling
readily at 9 to l0c and chickens at s
to &c.
Dressed beef IS also in light supply
and firm at IL to 1.2c.
Dressed hogs firm at ID to 7 1-2c
for good packing and shipping grades.
Milwaukee Produce Board, Jan. II.
1P. M.-Wheat quiet; No. I, CSC; No. 2,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
The Growth Of the United States
Considered ARriculturallv.


Whoever will take the time and
trouble to look over the official sta.is-
tics of the last twenty years, will find
the increased production of many ar.
ticles almost incredible.
Three bushels of wheat are produced
now for one seventeen years ago. Oats
have doubled in fifteen ye-rs. Barley.
six bushels for one twenty years ago.
Hops, seven fold in twenty years.
Flax, six fold in twenty years.
Wine, fourteen gallons for one when
Califol mia began to produce; California
produces ITO Of all the wine in Amer
lea.
Irish potatoes have not increased and
sweet potatoes have decreased one half.
Live stock has quadrapled in value
and now amounts to nearly one thous.
and six hundred millions, nearly two
hundred dollars for each family in the
patton.
Slaughtered animals have more than
quadrup:ed in value, now amounting to
over three hundred milllen dollars an
nually.
Wool has more than doubled in
amount and value.
Cotton has increased half million
bales.
Corn has increased less than any i'm
portant product, being only ten per
cent. in ten years.
The value of the farms have not in.
creased per acre-farmers have had too
many dead-bcats to support. The
average size Of the farms has decreased
about fifty acres, the average was 100
acres-is now Isl acres-hut in four of
the States-Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire: Arkansas and New Mexico--the
farms average as large as ever in the
United States, the largest number of
farms, (847,6l4) come between 20 and
so acres.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

"A Kansas hypochcndriac, medi.
tating upon the death of dog fancier
in his ne;ghborhood, gives vent to the
l1ournful thought: "Our great men
are petering out sort rapid like these
times. Whisky kills most on 'em;
some tumbles. overheard, and 'casion.
ally one gets hung
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
T. z. A. Jan LIE

WIN. A. VAN sLYKE 4 CO., Com.
w mission kerchanta, Wholesale dealeIa
in Grain and all kinds Of Country Produoe.
No. 40 Sibley-st, St Paul. Refe1enos LIST
Natl Bank, p. F. NcQuillan 4 Co., CaEp L.
Smith, Cheritree & Faxwells, a. Paul
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

sEE what the Boston Clothing House
says in reference to buying clothing.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

Our readers will please notice the
prices of dry goods in St. Paul and
govern themselves accordingly. D. w
Ingersoll & Co. are selling splendid
French Merinos at 75c worth $l.25.
All wool Empress cloths Soc worth 75c,
and other dress goods in like proper.
ton. Also blankets and 1lannels at
still lower prices. They also retail all
domestic goods at about the price by
the bale at wholesale. Send your Or
ders and get good goods at living prices.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

New York Produce Market, Jan. IL.
1880 P M.-Wheat quiet at Sl.13@1 .15
Corn quiet; new S7@83c. Oats quiet at 60
@7lc.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

A Dubuque man went abroad first
burying his surplus wealth, six thou
sand dollars in gold, in field. On his
return, the place having been made a
hog pasture, he was unable to find, bv
reason of much roofing, the place Of
burial. Finally the hogs themselves
found the treasure, and rooted it over
to its overjoyed owner.
Coy. CASTOR of Massachusetts calls
the attention of the Legislature of that
State to the Louisiana infamy.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
FROM CH1cAGo.-Judge H. J. Beck
with of Chicago writes as follows:

with of Chicago writes as follows:
CHICAGO, June %, 1874.
Morse Manufacturing Company, New York:
GENTLEMEN: am willing to vouch
for : our statements as to the fine quail
ity of your improved 'Phalon Select
Perfumes and the "Paphian Boquet
Toilet Soap These goods l have used
and carefully compared. Morse's late
invention, ''LuxURENE,' will make the
hair grow thick and long.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

Milwaukee Produce Boa rd. Jan. 1 |.
1P. M-Wheat quiet; No. I, CSC; No. 2,
$3.50; February $3.50; March 9Oxc; No.
hard 96c.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

And Guide to Health, . private Medical
Treatise, containing 800 pages and over 100
plates and engravings, sent to any address
under seal on receipt Of price, 80 cents.
A Private Medical Pamphlet of 80 pa.se<.
with valuable information for the afflicted,
sent in sealed envelope on receipt 0fu<
thus: THE GALENIC INSTITUTE,
Once: 129 West Third street,
ST. PAUL. MINI
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

As close this paper some considerations
press almost trrefistably for expression.
The formal and special details of legisla-
tive and executive duty are generally we'll
enough and easily performed. 1t is not
by the performance of such tasks that
public men receive their acquttance and
pass from the scene of trial to the station
Of imperishable esteem. These acts are
the almost invol antary performance Of the
functions of the body polite and, though
vital, are unheeded while being: done and
forgotten when accomplished They are
merely the normal incidents of the vigor
and existence of national life.
You will also be required to deal with
questions of large and general significance,
which will test your integrity and judg.
ment alike and, to their consideration l
doubt not you will apply the highest rules
of action. There seem to be times in the
history of ali constitutional governments
when public confidence in public servants
is abated and changed into distrust. The
cause is almost invariably found In unwise
or dishonest legislat; on. Private interests
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12

A SPECIAL to the Detroit Tribune,
dated Grand Rapids, Aug. 9TH,
reads as follows:
Last Tuesday night VIM. II. Hub
bard's store at Rcadsvillc, Oceana
county, was broken into and robbed.
Wednesday, George w. Williams
was arrested..as the burglar,at Shell
by, Oceana county. They found
he was one of the six prisoners who
escaped Jail in this city Tuesday
night, July 9th, and tclcgraphcd
the sheriff here. Deputy Peck, of
this city, reached Shelby Thursday
evening. Mr.. Hubbard, the robbed
merchant, and eight citizens, be-
licving more of the escaped party
were in the vicinity, volunteered
assistance. They and Peck soon
got trace of them in the woods of
Mason county, and after following
them up all that night, and all Fri
day, through terrific storm, fourd
three more of the escaped prison
crs at q deserted lumber camp,
twelve miles from Ludington. Peck
has just returned here with the four
crest-fallen fellows and lodged them
in their old quarters. Their names
arc George w. Williams, James
Manning, John Burk and John AL
len. The boy, Boyce, was found
in this city some days ago. Fred.
knight is the only one not recap
tured, and some believe that there
have been reasons from the first for
presuming that he was not likely to
be retaken.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12
In The NelghbOrhO0d.
LuDINGTON.

LUDINGTON.
We clip the following from the
Ludington papers Of Aug. 4th and
9th:
The road from Hamlin to Lin
coin is being sawdusted the entire
distance.
The tug New Era towed to Chi
cago, Wednesday, from Wards mills,
o;er 500, 900 feet of long logs.
Strawberries, the very finest that
could be seen during their season,
are row growing In L. H. Fosters
garden.
AT a special meeting of the Com
mon Council, it was voted to hold
a special election, on the 18th inst,
for the purpose of voting upon the
question offending the city to the
amount of 81 200, to put a draw in
the bayon bridge.
With but very few exceptions the
wheat harvest in Mason county is
finished, and the very large yield
makes the farmers feel happy. Po-
tatoes are coming in and arc of ex-
cellent quality, selling readily for
60 and IS cents.
Week after next, a union Indian
camp meeting will be held in In
diaLtown, on the up river road,
near the east school house COM
mencing Aug. 18th, and continuing
up 10 and including Sunday. Eat
ablcs can be had upon the ground.
MANIsTEF.
From the Times s. Standard:
A child of Lo! the poor Indian,
an infant, was baptised at the M.
e. Church, on Sunday.
The new $4,000 residence of
Hon. Il. j. Ramsdcll is to be an ex-
tensive affair.
The last crib for the north pier
of our harbor has been put in place.
The work on the south pier has
been completed.
Building, in Manistee, was never
more active than now; notwith-
standing the hard times. There
are over one hundred new buildings
in process of erection.
A notorious character named
McGuineas, who has been in Jail for
some time awaiting trial OH the
charge ofadultery, walked off Tues
day night without authority of the
law.
The court house bonds are made,
approved, and mostly negotiated
with a firm in Milwaukee. There
is no trouble in raising the $35, 900,
and the court house is a fixed fact.
A great haul of graylings was
made on Wednesday, by J. G. Nc
Key, of this city. In few hours
he caught 1872 graylings out of Bear
Creek, and it was not much of a
day for fishing, either.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12
The State.

The liquor tax Of Washtenaw
county foot: up $10,925.45.
At Red Jacket, Aug. 5th, Fin
lander whose name has not been
announced, ravished and murdered
a little girl eight years old, named
Anna Switzer. He had not been
apprehcndcd ut last accounts.
The total loss by the fire at Mt.
Pleasant, Aug. 9Th, is $28,980. 1t
is supposed that the conAagration
was the work of an incendiary.
In the vicinity of Dowagiac, corn,
wheat, oats and potatoes promise
well. The crop of apples will be
below the average.
A few days since, l.. E. Ed
wards, residing between Charlotte
and Grand Ledge, was bitten in the
foot by massaugcr. Under skill
full treatment of DIR. Messenger, of
the last named place, he is in fair
way of recovery.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12
What Next.

One of the latest notes we have
heard in regard to the organ, is
that there was at one time serious
talk of a change ofbase from Chase
to Nirvana. The county printing
was to have been secured, and then
the move was to have been made.
We regret zoe did not learn at the
time, of such movement, for we
would have been glad to have help
cd the matter along, just for the
sake of seeing the fun. Whether
the above story be true or false
one thing is certain, and that is, the
organ grinder was fearfully dis
appointed in not receiving the job
of county printing. 1t looks very
much as if there Was some sort of
bargain progressing, sure as fate.
Wouldn't it have been a refreshing
sight to have looked behind the
scenes and beheld the organ grinder,
the staunch RepublicanCO the Chase
loyalist(D negotiating with the
chairman of the Democratic Coun-
ty Central Committee for the par
tial sale, and entire removal of the
organ from Chase to Nirvana?
Just imagine the effect, if you can.
Again, imagine the propriety
with which leading Democrats of
Nirvana, writing under various
nom de planes, affiliated with the
with the organ and its grinder!
Of course "Tommy" is and was a
good Republican all the time; his
little berth in the mail car makes
him so-but he wanted to play
snake believe" with the Democrat
ic sachems, slightly; that was all.
1t reminds us of the political
campaign, last Fall, when the organ
and its grinder mixed so sweetly
with the Democratic nominee for
County Sorveyor, and, strictly
speaking, secured his election
through the incorrect printing of
tickets. 1t also reminds us
of another act of his, during the
same campaign, in strcnuously OPP
posing the election of N. L. Gerrish,
the choice of the Republicans of
Lake county, for Representative;
when he must have known pretty
clearly the sentiment of said Re-
publicans; and thereby scarcely
avoiding a result in the election of
a Democrat, through the throw
ing away ofvotcs for Phelps. What
the next little trick brought to light
will be, we are unable to say; but
rather surmise that if the history of
the manner i'm which he secured his
appointment as mail route agent
was known, it, too, would show
some singular points.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12

LAST weeks Outline contains q
list of premiums to be awarded at
the coming first Annual Fair
of the Osceola County Agri-
cultural Society, together with
names Of members of various award
ing COMMITTEES, superintendent of
departments, rules, &c. The time
and place of holding the Fair is
not given. We notice one or two
names of Lake county residents on
each awarding committee.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12

ABOUT $4,000 of the $4,000
stolen from the U. s. Treasury,
some time since have been recovered.
1t is thought the entire amount will
be returned in due time. The
amount of $4,000 in bank bills,
was received at bank in Alex
andria, where it had been placed
on deposit.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-12

The dead body of a man, aged
about thirty years, was taken from
the river at Bay City, last Monday
morning. There were three goshcs
in his head, the probabilities are
that he was murdered, and the body
thrown in the river.