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FORM OF WARRANT.

heWalTant the Grange Wagon ofour brand. sold
to-,-----to be well made and of good seasoned
TIMBER. Any breakage, with ordinary usage. with
in one year from this date, resulting from bad work
nlanship or defect i'll material, we agree to have re-
pared or replaced without cost to purchaser.
VIM. M. PRICE e Co.
st. Louis, ---.l 1877
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Our friends throughout the Territory are
requested to send us short, pointed accounts
OF the condition OF. crops, items in regard to
stock, the grange, news, or. anything which
they think would be of interest. Short
communications maybe. written on postal
cards.
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DIRE ".
NATIONAL N -.
MAsTER-JOHN L. JONES, Arkansas.
SECRETARY-O. I'll. KELLY, Louisville, XIV.
TREAsURER-F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.

te5 TERRITORIAL GRANGE OF MONTANA. !
MAsTER-JOHN JONES, Helena, Lewis
and Clarke County.
OvERsEER-A. W.. SWITZER, Virginia City
LneT !1sgH r"' L. coRB1Y, Bozeman,
Gallatin County.
STEWARDS. B. COPE, Bozeman, Gallatin
County.
ASSISTANT STEwARD-E. A. MAYNARD,
Virginia City, Madison Co.
CHAPLA1N-MRS. A. w. SWITZER, Vir-
ginia City, Madison County. j.
TREAsURER-J. G. MCFADDEN. Center
vile, Meagher County. a4l a
SECRETARY-P. B. MILLS. Boulder, Jeffer-
son County.
GATE KEEpER-W. B. MEADOW, Boze-
man, Gallatin County.
CEREs-MRS. JOHN JONES, Helena,
Lewis and Clarke County.
PoMoNA-MRS. e. A. MAYNARD, Vir-
ginia City, Madison County.
FLoRA-MRS. ". B. MEADOW, Bozeman,
Gallatin County.
lady ASSISTANT STEwAND-MRS. G. c..
McFADDEN, Centervilie, Meagher Co.
COMMITTEE.
JOHN JONES, Helena, Lewis and Clarke
A. W. sWIIZER; Virginia City, Madison
County. rs
DAVID BURT, New Chicago, Deer Lodge
County.
2. B. MILLS, Boulder Valley, Jefferson, co.
A. +. BURNS, Helena, Lewis and Clark Co..
G. L. LEWIS, Sheridan, Madison County.
>. g.. COPE, Bozeman, Gallatin County. af
BUSINESS AGENT-E. A. MAYNARD, Vir-
ginia City, Madison County.
DISTRICT DEPUTIES.
LIST District-WM. WALLACE.
I'd District-A. f. BURNS.
Sd District-P. b. MILLS.
18th District-A. w. SWITzER.
9TH District-A. L. CoRBLY.
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PATRONS will remember that official COM
mnnications to the Territorial Grange should
he addressed to p. d. Mills, Boulder Valley
E, O., Jefferson county.
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

WE cheerfully invite members of our Order to
contribute to this department. Short, pointed arti-
cooperative business plans, educational interests,
ETC., especially solicited. tqta /
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BUSINESS AGENT-E. A. MAYNARD, Wiz.
ginia City, Madison County.

DISTRICT DEPUTIES.
LIST District-WM. WALLACE.
I'd District-A. r. BURNS.
Sd District--P. b. MILLS.
18th District-A. w. SW1TzER.
9TH District-A. l.. CoRBLY.
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St.Louis,
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
A BABY's gCLILGQUY.

am here. And if this is what they call
the world, don't think much of it. It's a
very hannelly world, and smells fparagoric
awtiiily It's a dreadful light world, and
makes me blink, I tell you. I don't know
what to do with my hands, think LII dig
my fists in my eyes. No, [ won't I'll scrab
bic at the corner Of my blanket and chew it
up, and then I'll holler; whatever happens
I'll holer. And the more paregoric they
give me, the louder I'll yell. That old nurse
puts the spoon in the corner Of my mouth in
q very uneasy way, and keeps tasting my
milk herself all the while. She split snuff in
it last night, and when [ hollered, trotted
me. That came of beings two-day-old baby
There's pin sticking i'll me now, and if |
say a word about it, I'll be trotted or fed,
and I'd rather have catnip tea. I'll tell you
who am. [ found out to-day. I heard
folks say, Hush, don't wake up Emeline's
baby" and | suppose that pretty white
faced little woman over there on the pillow
is Emeline.
No, / was mistaken; for chap was in
here Just now and wanted to see Bob's baby
and looked at me and said was a funny lit
tie toad and looked just like Bob. He smelt
Of cigars. / wonder who else belong to.
Yes, there's another one--that's /" Gamma
g It was Gamma's baby, SO it was [ de
clare do not know who belong to; bu
! I'll holler, and maybe III find out. There
comes snuffy with catnip tea. I'm going te
sleep. I wonder why my hands went 81
where | want them to.-.Sanita1'iaza.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

the past centuries. Those who We're accused
Of crimes We're confined in wretched cells
which are upon q level with the bridge,
While those who were accused of political of
fences We're sent down to damp and much
worse cells, which are upon a level with the
canal, and some are said to extend below it's
surface. There prisoners had no more air
Or light than could find it's way through
hole in the wall above the door, which was
less than loot in diameter. The door was
merely large enough to admit of entrace by
low STOPPING Or crawling in, and was never
opened except for removing the prisoner Tor
trial, or to lead him to his execution-tor
liberty was not often realized by any person
who once found his way here.
The senate chamber is now occupied as a
library or repository of the old books and
manuscripts, but the platform and seats of
its officers remain as in olden time. The
Doges were honored with the placing of
their portraits along the upper border of the
wall, and are in line so as to distinguish the
succession of their service. The place were
one should have been is blank and that is
the one that would have been occupied by
Marino Fariero, and an inscription upon the
space explains its absence.--G B. Chapman
i7a Westeraa Rurat.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
do it?
A CHEERFUL FACE.

Garry the radiance your soul in your
face. Let the world have the benefit of it.
Let your cheerfulness be felt for good wher-
ever you are; and let your smiles be scat
tered like stlnbeanls, ''on the just, as well as
on the UNJUST" Such disposition will yield
you rich reward, for its happy effects will
come home to you and brighten your mo-
nlents of thought
Cheerfulness makes the mind clear, gives
tone to thought, adds grace and beauty to
the countenance. Joubert says, 'sWhen you
give, give with JOY and smiling.
Smiles are little things, cheap articles to
be fraught with 50 many blessings both to
the giver and to the receiver, pleasant little
ripples to watch as we stand on the shore Of
everyday life. They are o1r higher better lla-
ture's response to the emotions of the
soul.
| Let the children have the benefit Of them;
those little ones who need the sunshine oil
the heart to educate them, and would find
a level for their buoyant natures in the
cheerful, loving faces Of those who lead
them.
Let them not be kept from the middle
aged, who need the encouragement they
. bring.
Give your smiles also to the aged. They
come to them like the quiet rain Of sum-
mer, making fresh and verdant the long,
weary path otlife. Theylook for them from
you who are rejoicing III the fullness Of life.
BE gentle and indulgent to all. Love
the truthful, the beautiful, the just, the
i holy.0
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
CHEAP PLEASURES.

Our cheapest pleasures are those which
can be grasped on all sides. We can have
them in exchange for smile, kind work,
and uniform cheerfulness. There are peo-
pie on this earth who religiously expect
pleasure and happiness will come to them in
the same old-time rigor used to try to bring
order to the household, and education in the
school-rooHl-by stern and untiinching dis
cipline, and corporal punishment that has
been modified from beating with the rod to
lashing with the tongue. Pleasures. and
happiness are something thatcannot be tore
ed by. any such yixenish desire Tor their
possession. IF people would have pleasure,
they must themselves be pleasant. II they
would have sunshine, they must themselves
come out from behind their clouds of fault
finding and peeyishness and seolding. II
things don't go just right, it makes them no
nearer so. to give them Aantippean bles-
sing. and make all the finer and more sensi-
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

vision young life all my own, when eN-
1stence was flush with roseate hue, and
Life seemed a long summers day. And yet,
and yet, It's better as 1t is, for now have
no vain regrets to waste upon what might
have BEEN"
These old and new letters are milestones
by the Way-dear souvenirs of childhood,
youth and maturity. Tn not very senti-
mental or romantic, but to me there is a
charm lingering around my trunk of letters
like the strain of some half-forgotten mel
ody, or simple, oft-told tale at my moth
er's knee. | am grateful to our ancestors
for the invention Of letter-writing, and that
they are requirement Of our natures, and
that the " Fireside" of the good old Raral
is sometimes medium OF their publication.
We all possess our tokens of love and conf
dence, and though humble they may be,
they are dear to us, and neither least nor
last of mine, are my letters.-Jeany Jones II,
| Western Ra7aL.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
LETTERS.

Letters! How we prize and cherish them.
Though they be defaced and yellow, yet are
they dear for the writer's sake, for they
breathe of a friendship that is ever true.
They are like stars in the tfrmament of our
lives, lighting us on and on. even to the end
OF life's journey. They come nonr somber
moments and chase away all the gloom.
This one, yellow and faded, is from the dear
hand of a mother, over whose lowly bed the
flowers have bloonled and faded these many
years, yet the trace of her loving hand on
this old manuscript is exceedingly dear to
me, and know the assurance of Affection
herein never knew shawdow of change. A
mothers love is the purest on earth; no
self, no dross IN it. 1t is as refined gold and
an emanation from Deity.
And this is from a young friend of long
ago. Dear Annie ! with the sunny brow
and loving heart-too fair and pure for
earth, and so death breathed an icy breath
on the fair, sweet bud, and it never bios
somed on earthly soil. And this, with its
bold, dashing hand, is from student friend,
young and gifted, with lofty aims and high
:, prospects, and anon, fame crowned him
with high honors and life seemed replete
with happiness. But the tempter came,
sparkling and alluring in the ruby wine
cup, and he fell from his high estate, down,
down into the deepest depths of woe and
death. SIS .a
And this fair-tinted sheet, breathing of .
= love more potent than love Of TREND, recalls
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

tive feelings quake with apprehension. On
the contrary, we can only coax pleasure by
gentle words of incantation. If we want
its cheerful presence, we must remember
that like attracts like. If there are smiles,
sunshine, and flowers about Us, let us not
grasp them with q miser's fist and lock them
upin our hearts. No; rather let us take
them and scatter them about us, III the cot
of the widow, among the group of children,
congregate, in our families and everywhere.
We can make the wretch happy, the discon-
tented cheerful, the afflicted resigned, at an
exceedingly cheap rate. Who will refuse to
do it?
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
GOLDEN SHE. YES.

If you will not do that which God hath
enabled you to do, how can you expect that
He should TO that fory on, which, Of yourself,
you cannot 10?
How can man be intelligent, happy or
useful without the culture and discipline Of
education? 1t is this that ,,nlocks the pris
on house Of his mind and releases the cap
tive.
Strong minds, ike hardy cyergreens
aremost verdantin winter, when feeble ones,
like summer plants, are leatless.
Love you none? Then are you lost to
love. Love Is the key to felicity morris there
d heaven to any who love not.
Set your mark high in the world, and
then move tWard it, DO not wait for some
body to lift you up tothe place you aspire to
lift yourself.
Lying is trying to hide in q fog; If you
move about you are in danger Of humping
your head against The truth; as soon as the fog
blows up you are gone any way.
--aThe more consider the Gospel" con-
fessed Napoleon the First ssthe more am as
sured that there is isnothing there which is not
beyond the march Of events and above tile hui
man mind Even the impious themselves
have never dared to deny the sublimity the
Gospel, which inspires them with q sort Of
compulsory veneration. What happiness
that book procnres for those who believe 1t
What marvels those admire there who reflect
upon it!''
How much more beautiful this world
would be to ourselves, and how much more
pleasant we would make it for those around
us if instead Of grasping the dim spectre OF
lost hopes, and disappointments and calam-
tiles that have come upon us in. times past,
and hugging them close to our bosoms, we
would hurl them behind us, and never look
back or give them thought, but look for
ward and reach out for every ray Of sun
shine which comes near us, striving earnest
ly to be happy and to make others happy.
Then we would see fewer wan and haggaa
faces; hear less OF crime and misery; and
i this would be world worth liyingin, indeed.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

The fFGlllb1il5 tlCN -]I0pS Iadl
Upon the shutting Howers-like souls at rest;
The stars shine gloriously-and all
Save me aTe blest. srI .Yt,,
Mother! love thy gravel
The violet with the blossoms blue and mild,
Waves o er thy head-when shall it wave
Above thy child?
IT'S o sweet loWer--yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest bow
Dear mother--'tis thine embleln-dust
Is on thy brow. -3 -t-..
And | could love to die
To leave untasted 1ife's dark, bitter streams
by thee, as first in childhood, lie,
And share thy dreams.
And must linger here :,
To stain the plumage Of my sinless years
And mourn the hope Of childhood dear
With bitter tears :?
Aye-nust / linger here,
A lonely branch upon blasted tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untinneIy sere,
Went down with thee?
Oft from life's withered bower,
In still communion with the past / turn,
And muse ora thee, the only flower
In memory 5 urn.
And, when the evening pale
Bows like q mourner on the dim, blue wave,
stay to hear the night winds wall
Around thy grave.
Where is thy spirit flown?
gaze above-thy look is imaged there
listen, and thy gentle tone
Is Oh tie air.
Oh, come--Whilst here press
My brow upon thy graye--and in those mild
And thrilling tones of tenderness,
Bless, bless thy child!
Yes, bless thy weeping child,
And o'er thy ur1l-Ieligion's hottest shrine
Oh, give his spirit undeiiled
70 blend with thine.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
I,yFE I'M VENICE.

There would be little Of interest connected
with the Church Of st. Mark, but for it's an
fiquity and incidents of historical interest.
1t is said that much Of the material of which
this church is constructed came from foreign
countries, and most Of it from sources that
are regarded as sacred. It is claimed that
the ashes OF st. Mark and of other Apostles
repose under the altar Of the church. It con-
tains some rich old paintings and statuary,
but the most curious and valuable objects
are some pictures formed of mosaies. 1t
was remarkable to observe how the different
natural colors of the stones had been
wrought into the form Of pictures, some OF
which represented the passions and i'm
pulses.
The old dJlcal palace is almost adjoining
this church; and a door in both the church
and the palace is shown, where the Doges OF
former centuries passed to their deyotions
through an arched way. This palace is the
principal repository Of the mementoes OF an
eient Venice, and its apartments have been
kept in their former condition with great
care. AS we passed to the head OF the
giants stairway, the broad topstone where
the Doges Of olden time were crowned, and
where the Doge Marino Fariero was be-
headed, We're pointed out. Along the wall
under the colonnade, some narrow apertures
in the wall are said to be the places OF the
lions mouths, the heads of the lions having
been knocked off by the French invaders.
Into the mouth of these mute figures the
secret accusations Of persons, often by secret
enimies, We're introduced and consigned to 3
box within, and then their destiny was al
most sure to be across the Bridge of Sighs
to the dungeons of the old prison and from
thence to some place of execution.
The bridge of sighs spans narrow cana
at the second story of the ducal palace ant
the old prison. The bridge has two parable
passages, one of which was for criminals
and the other for those who We're accused Q
political offences. 1t is ii massive and ele
CANT structure as seen outside, with consid
cradle ornament upon the cut stone cap
and cornices, and it is SO we'll enclosed as
prevent view of the prisoners from will
out as they crossed.
The prison to which the bridge leads fu
nishes a significant nemento of the crueltit
which were inflicted upon prisoners dlrin
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

ORIGIN or THE INDIANs.-The long-con-
tested question about the origin ofthe Amer
lean Indians, is now, after years Of hypoth-
esis, ~bout to be solved. They are neither
Tartars, japanese, lost tribes ofIsraelites or
the descendants of Welsh elnigrants, but
Swiss. For this valuable discovery the
world is indebted to Private Andreas Eisin-
Ger, of the Swiss canton Of Gfonhnnden, late
of the United States army. In the year OF
1874 Mr.. Eisinger was one Of party OF Unit
ed States troops which captured band OF
Cheyenne Indians. TO the great surprise
OF Eisinger, he found that their language was
identical witth his own, and that he could un-
derstand Cheyenne. Having subsequently,
received the appointment Of interpreter, he
found that the Arapahoes and the Conan
ches spoke the same soft Graubundenian
tongue. Hc therefore believes that he has
demonstrated that the Indians of the South
west are neither more nor less than wander
inc children of the Swiss Republic.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
A FEW WORDS TO THE GIRLS.

A pastor ola church in one of our large
cities said to me not long ago: II have Off
ciated at forty weddings since I came here,
and in every case, save one, felt that the
bride was running an awful risk Young
men Of bad habits and fast tendencies never
marry q girl of their own sort, but demand a
wife above suspicion. So pure, sweet wo-
men, kept from the touch Of evil through
girlhood, give themselves with all their cost
ly dover of womanhood, in the keeping OF
men who, in base associations, having learned
to underyalue all that belongs to them, and
then find no repentance i'll the sad after
years.
There is but one way out of this | can see,
and that is for you to require in associations
and marriages, purity tor sobriety, and hon
or for honor.
There is no reason why the young men Of
this Christian land should not be just as yir-
tuous as its young women, and if the loss OF
your society be the price they are forced to
pay for vice, they will not pay it.
This is plain, sensible talk, and just such
as ought to be needed by all our boys ant
girls, until the much needed reformation il
fully established. Too much Of the happi
ness or misery Of our children depends o.
this for tito pass without producing deep re
Election and action in the right direction. w
have never made suggestions fraught witt
greater Importance.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09
TIL Z H0 NJ T CI C 1 {.
At MY MOTHERS GRAVE,
By GEORGE D. PRENTICE.

The trembling dew-drops fail
Upon the shutting 1loWers-lil<e souls at rest;
The stars shine gloriously-and all
ma syfa hlpet
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-03-09

Mother love thy grave!
The violet with the blossoms blue and mild,
Waves oer thy head-when shall it wave
Above thy child?
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-03

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SCoLD.-I had not seen Mrs--for week, and supposed her either sick or away from home. when she drove up to my gate one morning, with all her childrenin the car riage, and stopped to exchange saluta- tions. She really looked less bright and blooming than usual, and said: ''You have been ill." "There it is, again" ex- claimed she, laughing; everybody sees the want of oxygen Tn my blood The truth IS, l have been sewing steadily for a week upon the children's dresses, and have not allowed myself breath of fresh air, which l have always deemed essen tial to my health, and upon which, am now convinced. my good nature depends entirely. At the end of three days of un- broked sedentary employment I begin always to falter, and can hardly eat or sleep, but on this occasion held on to my work and finished article after article, till my head was in such whirl could
 hardly count the garments as laid them away. But yesterday became desperate; I scolded poor Bridget for some slight mistake, till she looked at me in unutter- able astonishment. l ordered every child out of the house, even Babbv Benny here,
 because l couldn't bear the sound of a footfall within it; and when my husband came home at night and told me I looked really Ill and nervous it Vas the last feath- CT that broke the camel's back-I was sure 1t was only a courteous way of saying I looked cross and ugly, and bust into a fit of uncomfortable sobbing, and went to bed like naughty child at eight o'clock.
 This morning looked up the unfnish- ed pile of sewing. We have dinner bas- ket there in the carriage, and are off for the woods. The children say they are in pursuit of fun, but am after oxygen. ."- LoaOa Stote Register. ra
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-03
THE GREAT REPUTATION Which vEGETINE has attained in all parts of the cohn try asa
 Great and Good Medicine,

and the large number eftestimonials which con- stantly being received from persons who have been cured by it's are concusve proof of its great val ue. It is recommended by physicians aud apotheca- ries As Blood-Purer and Health Restorer. it has no equal.
 VEGETISE is not prepared for fancy drink made rom poof liquors, which facilitates the system and tends to destroy health instead of restoring it.
 Are not the many testimonials given for the differ ent complaints satisfactory to any reasonable persons the different testimonias given and can doubt. In many of these the persons say that their and suffering cannot be expressed. in cases of scrofula ~here, apparentt, the whole body was one mass of corruption. If VEGETNE will relieve pain, cleanse. purity and such diseases restoring the patient to Yerfect health after trying different phys clans many remedies suffering years it not elusive proof you sufferer, you can be cured? Why is this medicine performing such great cures :? It works in the blood, in the circulating hud It can be truly called the Great cod Purifier. The great source of disease originates in the no medi- cine that does not act directly it, to purify and renovae. has just claim upon public attenti ion. When the blood becomes lfeless and stagnant either from change of weather climate, of exercise irregular det from any other cause the VEGETINk will renew the blood, carry of the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach regulate the bowels and mpart SOne of vfgor to the whole body. The conviction is, in the public mind we'll as in the medical profess sion that the remedies supplied by the Vegetable King- dom more safe, successful in the of ease, than mineral medicines. VEGETINE is composed of roots barks and herbs It is pleasant to tak and is perfectly safe to give infant Do you need Do not hesitate to try it. You will never regret it.