The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-04

Among the articles landed were boxes
marked, DR.. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell,
Mass, U. S. A., showing that
they contained medicines and whence
they came. These with other goods
were hoisted on the backs of camels,
for transportation to Antioch. Thus
the skill Of the West sends back its
remedies to heal the ma]adies of pop
ulations that inhabit these eastern
shores, whence our spiritual mama
came. - Windsor w. Chronicle.
The fifth representative district con-
vention of the democracy was held at
Burchardt's hall, Hay Creek, on Satur-
day afternoon last. It was mass con-
vention, and we understand that the
towns were we'll represented. The fol-
lowing are the towns of that district:
WEIGH, Burnside, Featherstone, Good
hue, Belvidere, Florence, Wacoota, Hay
Creek and Central Point. After effect
ing an organization, the name of j. E.
Simmons, Of Burnside, was presented as
a candidate for representative, and he
was unanimously nominated, notwith-
standing his appeal to his friends to
take some better man for the sacrifice.
Those present from the towns compris-
ing the fifth commissioner district then
unanimously nominated VIM. Hayman
as candidate for county commissioner.
Both the nominees are worthy and COM
petent gentlemen who, if elected, will
no doubt fill the positions creditably to
themselves and to their constituents.
And we must confess that, in their To-
cal nominations, the democrats give ev-
idence of the sincerity Of their reform
pretensions, by nominating better
class Of men than has hitherto been
their custom. The convention was
presided over by Edward Rigby, and
Peter Erber was secretary.
We regret that "a Subscriber" has
seen fit to stir up the matter Of Judge
Wilder's conduct concerning the "boun-
ty tax" 1t is one of those incidents
Of war times which ought to be buried
in forgetfulness, were that possible.
Like good many other gentlemen
owning unimproved lands, Judge Will
der did not, we presume, regard it as
just and right that he should contribute
to aid in raising funds to prevent citi-
zens of the towns in which such lands
were located from being drafted. He
looked upon this question of raising
bounties to hire substitutes as some.
thing which concerned the settlers only,
and not non-resldents, and having con-
tributed his proportion in Red Wing,
believed that to be enough. AS mat
ter of course, residents in the towns in
terested thought, and as it seems to US,
properly enough, that all the property
Of the town ought to pay proportion
ate tax for what was public benefit,
and those property-owners who refused
to bear their share Of this burthen &C.
cordingly attracted popular antipathy
by the course they pursued. Still, as
there are two sides to this question, and
as good, patriotic men were found ar
rayed on both sides, we ought not to
condemn any one too severely for this
fault alone. The tax was an onerous
one, and all over the country, men held
in high esteem resorted to every posi-
BILE expedieno to avoid its payment.
Hon. JAHEs GoAR and Capt. E. L.
Smith, of Rice county, had a greenback
meeting in the Court House on last
Thursday evening. Owing to the fact
that the announcement of the place of
meeting was not definitely known up
till late hour on Thursday, and that
no general notice could, therefore, be
given, the attendance was limited.
Capt. Smith addressed the meeting and
delivered a very able and argumentative
speech. He treated the democratic
and republican parties impartially, de-
nouncing the policy Of both, but did not
indulge in any abuse whatever, in
either a personal or general manner.
Indeed, his speech was in this respect,
at least, unexceptionable. Mr.. Goar
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