The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19

14'a' society No 10 ,z.s.:a ID
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soil is rich black loan, mixed with
enough sand to give. itiwarmth and vi.
tally in this cold cl mate for a reasona-;
bic amount of sand, in this land Of shorta;
summers and cool nights, is a positiyes
advantage. The country although very, !
new, much Of it just settled, has a very,
civilized and humanized appearance. =
All it needs is population and handsome
buildings to make it very garden of
beauty. q
-eft.
GHAsSHoPPERs AND CROP r
The grasshoppers dida vast amounts
of damage here. We passed several :,
wheat fields that had been harvested by
them they presented dark and sad
sight. The corn fields, OF which there
are many, and ofa superior quality, did
not appear to have been much injured.
But wheat does not average over four
bushels to the acre. Most OF the farm
ers after retaining enough tor bread and
seed, have almost nothing left to sell.
England needing 1O5 100000 bushels,
with the chinch bug and the grasshopper
devastating the great wheat fields OF
America, wheat refuses to rise. 1t is due
to that pernicious financial Legislation
which BY demonetizing silver,ln Eng
land and America. has increased the pur>
chasing power OF the gold dollar at the
expense ct every product OF hnman in>
dustry. We are furnishing new Illus
tratiOn OF Goldsmth's famous lines:
..Ill fares the land to Fastening illsa prey,
Where wealth accumulates aud men decay
THE EGGS.
The general opinion seems to be with
those with whom have conversed, that
the greater part OF the grasshopper eggs
are destroyed. At Willmar, Hon. A. f.
Rice, and Senator Robbins, and other
/ leading men, told me that wherever the
eggs are dug up they are found partly
halched the mead and legs OF the little
pests could be distinctly traced in the
fluid OF the egg. Here and at Benson |
have the same statements. In this county
all the eggs laid in July, or the first halt
of August, have already hatched out, and
the little miscreants have perished while
comparatively few eggs were laidin this
region after the middle OF August. SO
that the people are quite hopeful. Their
only fear is AS to the flying swarms
which will hatch east OF them, and US the
grasshoppers seem to be guided by an
instinct to go east and south, they argue
that those swarms are more to be feared
by the inhabitants of eastern Minnesota,
than by those OF the western part Of the
State.
4 POLITICAL REVOLUTION
found the people here ready for POI
litical revolution. They had all felt tor
a long time past that something was
wrong but they did not know what it
was. The facts, as to the silver question
and the resumption act, had been stu
diousiy kept from them by the ringnews-
papers, and when the whole truth was
spread before them, and they saw clear
ly the dark and dismal future which lies
before the American people, il the in
iquitous legislation OF the past is not re.
scinded, they were ready at once to enter
into the Independent Greenback party
ca n,nSse. We had = splendid meeting
last night in the Appleton school house
Every seat was occupied. +. Z. Twichel
,, Esq, presided. | talked to them tor two
: hours. and at the close OF my remark!
more than twenty leading citizens of thi
and adjoining townships, gave me thei
names to send them Peter Go per ticket.
and documents. Inthis part of SWij
county Peter 'ooper mil hare more l'otc!
than hayes md 11tien PIT together.
THE MEETING AT HENSON.
, Night before last spoke to rousint
!, and enthusiastic audience at Benson.
4 was court week, and the people were il
0 from all parts OF the county; apd the hal
t. was packed full many. being unable TO OBJ
q tain seats. | spoke tor two hours. Judg
b Reynolds. formerly OF Detroit, now o
. Minneapolis well-iniormed Kepublical
$ lawyer, replied TO me, presenting tn
!. administration side Of the question
e briefly but ably answered his poin,
IS to the apparent satisfaction ot the au
II dience.
IS was told by several, the next morn
= ing. that two-thirds OF that large au
o dience will vote tor Peter Cooper -
o the Independent ticket. The T.
i that it the gold resumption o
d is carried out this whole f0ll1
e swept bare, and the peQn
i GKELSBAcKER6
= would say to n
= state TO stand firm
= 1.-The Independents "a
:, UM win. The battle IL
:" just ~ rapidly - the pei llai
the issues they will jeage 10 oj
rotten. corrupt, worn-0ns pl rs and n
ter the Indcpendenn fnif1nM thI
Y left the Wing and - j
1S55-G0 ana joind pxt
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