The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-25
cared for and kindly treated they in


crease in value. That man who studies
his own interest is not only kind to his
neiShbors, but also to his own household
and. especially, to his domestic ami
mails. As these latter are most help
less, cruelty towards them is conse
quently most censurable.
p. 7. Barnum's greatess show on
earth, WAS the attraction on Thursday
last. At an early hour people from the
country began to arrive and at a. m.
the hour of the grand street parade the
streets were crowded. The number
that followed the procession to the cir
Gus grounds was something prodigious.
We noticed delegations from half a
dozen surrounding counties. Quite u
number OF people from Dodge co. were
| in attendance, whom we have not no.
ticed on our streets since the days when
the wheat from that county was all sold
In Red Wing. Arriving on tn E grounds
the first thing noticed Was the Annex
which is Il side show superior to any
that has visited this city and one that
will compare favorably with the best
travelling minstrel troupe, when consid-
cred as minstre! performance while
there was the addition Of the wild bow,
the Australian bashmap, the German
dwarfs, the lady in miniature weighing
us pounds, the Circassion lady, sc. to
make it still more attractive. In one
word it was excellent. We have not
space to notice in detail the different
attractions contained in the museum
but will say in general that twas good.
In the Menagere We saw all that is usu-
ally seen in establishments Of that kind
as well as several that are not common
ly met with. There was bona fde
specimen Of the Hippopotamus. There
was Capt. Costentenus precisely as rep
resented by Mr.. Barnum in print, and
the Capt. Is curiosity sure enough and
one that person will be likely to meet
with but once in lifetime. We did
not ask him what his sensations were
while undergoing the tattooing process
but that they were particularly pleasant
we don't think. Because We have in
troduced the Captain in our mention of
the Menagerie let no one think we mis-
took him for one of the animals for he
is not bad looking man BY any means,
in short he exhibits on his body won
derful piece of savage ingenuity and one
which we would much prefer to have
practiced On him instead of US. The,
circus from beginning to end was good,
some Of the acts were superior to any
thing we ever saw performed. The in.
PRODUCTION Of the Trakene Stations gave
all admirers Of fine horses All opportu-
nifty to see something in that line they
will not soon forget. Finally we can
safely say that Barnum's show as wit
messed in this place on Thursday last
was success and though people may
in the future as in the past sometimes
mention "humbug Barnum'' they will
all admit that they received their mon
ey's worth at his exhibition in Red Wine
on Thursday last.
A prominent citizen of Connectic,
informs US that in conversation recently
with gentleman largely engaged in
farming in New Jersey, he received
hint about the treatment of the potato
bug which may be of great value
" Take tobacco stems, or refuse tobac-
co, and steep, and to the decoction thus
secured add lye from wood ashes or lye
from potash, and sprinkle the liquid up
on the vines with a common sprinkler
The New Jersey farmer tried this liq-
uid, by the advice of chemist, with
thorough success. And he says it not
only drives away the bug, but destroys
the eggs. The proper strength of the
decoction or the amount of lye necessary
to make the application most successful
was not stated to our informant, but of
this every intelligent farmer can judge
for himself. The New Jersey man
found it not only effectual against the
potato bug, but beneficial to the crop
as a fertilizer.-Conn. Courant.