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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

"The South has had an overplus of bril-
liant blatherskites in public life. 1t must
now have working men," The remark
is condensation of shrewd sense The
South has indeed been woefully cursed
with brilliant blatherskites. But it has bv
no means monopolized the misery The
North has suffered and is still sufferino
almost equally from the same class of Off
GERS. They are chiefly lawyers. The law
yeris the curse of our legislation. He easily
gets elected on the plea that being osten-
sibly engaged in interpreting the law, he
may be assumed to know how laws ought
to be made for the public welfare; and
from this the illogistical and absurd con-
clusion is drawn that he will cause such
laws to be enacted. The fact is, as a fatal
experience has shown, the lawyers facile
tongue enables him to befog other mem
bers, and his technical knowledge enables
him to secure the passage of laws which
will defeat justice, and enable him and
his fellows to defraud the poor and plum
der the rich.
When the country was young, its main
dependence was farming. Manufacturing
was in its infancy, and the mercantile
classes were by no means conspicuous or
influential. In those days the youth of the
lrnd had scarcely any alternative, except
agriculture or a learned profession Then
the lawyers acquired their unwholesome
| prominence in legislation, where they Sc
cured the passage of laws for multiplying
lawsuits. But with the increase of trade
the spread of manufactures, the develop
ment of mining, the growth of great cor
porations, the people are getting uneasy
under the rule of the brilliant blather-
sixties. These lawyres are talented; never
more able than to-day, perhaps; but their
| interests are hostile to the interests of law
makers and taxpayers. Eheir business is
to confuse and confound; to bewilder and
bemuddle; to jostle the victim while he is
| looking for his spectacles, and relieve him
of his pocketbook. We allude, of course, tc
those lawyers who show dsreputable
eagerness for law Juggling in legislatures
the Buzfuz of the South and the Teffer.
son Brick of the North the brilliant blath-
erskites. The country has had too much
of them. 1t is lawyer, lawyer, lawyer
everowhere.
Legislatures are sorely in need of men OF
| plain sense, integrity, business ability, in
dustry. These are safer than more pic
| turesque gifts. These men who represent
the stability, labor and capital of the
country should be called to legislative halls
When brilliant blatherskites are sent they
are usually retained" by great corpora
tons before they leave home; they con
found their professional and official duties
and become counsel for the man with a
bill. They sell their influence, speeches
votes, for money, and half of the time
fancy that they are legitimately practising
their profession"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
WORM-PROOF COTTON

Mr.. L. White, of Jasper, Texas, sends
Mr., A. q. Mills, Secretary of the Calves
ton Cotton Exchange, two samples of
rm-proof lint cotton, to be submitted to
the classification and quotation committee
for their views, etc; the samples are num-
bered one and two. The committee, after
careful inspection of samples, report
both staples of fair length, remarkable
strength, and very silky-No the best
This cotton has been produced by Mr..
White after soon Io or II years of labor
and study by amalgamating ordinary cot
ton with weed-the weed and his pro-
cess are his secret. He is now in cores
pondence with the agriculture department
at Washington City, with a view to the
government paying him for his discovery
and then making known his process,
which, he says, is so simple that any ten
year old child can do it-that its simplic-
ity looks ridiculous to him now. Mr..
White further states that the weed with
which this cotton is mixed was never
known to be eaten by worm or insect of
any kind. ....
The writer examined the cotton grow
ing, the stalks were large and healthy,
brownish red color, the leaf resembling
ordinary cotton, with very rank weed
oder, the bolls were larger than ordinary
cotton and well filled with lint. In the
center of. each boil there is a small pod
containing, evidently, the seed of the
weed. When the boil is fully opened this
pod of seed is also opened, and the seed
drop out, leaving the lint cotton in the
boil. The bolls will all mature within a
few days of each other. Mr.. w. says the
cotton can be picked within a 100 days
after planting. Mr.. White has taken
stalks of ordinary cotton with the cotton
worms at work on them, placed them in
and along side of his cotton SO that the
worms could easily get on his cotton, but
ir no instance did they cut any of the
leaves, stalk or boil of his cotton. He has
gathered the worms from other cotton
stalks and placed them on his cotton with
the same result, and feels very confident
that no worm will ever touch it. Should
Mr.. Whites discovery prove to be what
he claims for it, absolutely worm proof
and upon this point he has-no fears-the
value and Importance of the discovery can
not easily be estimated, especially in the
old cotton belt.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
GRANGE OUTLOOK.

The friends of the Order have cause to
feel cheered at the present prospect OF the
Grange. From every quarter come assu-
RANGES of renewed interest," and fresh ac-
cessions to the ranks The farmers seem
thoroughly reused to a sense of the situa-
ton, to the necessity for co. operative effort,
and are determined that new order of
things shall replace the old, and that the
principles of the Grange shall have a
practical test. 1t is with the profoundest
satisfaction that we hear of this awaken
ing, and we hope that the movement will
not cease until every farmer is included
within the Grange, working faithfully for
its sure establishment. Then may we look
for the largest results. Then will the far
mers be freed from the bondage that now
oppresses them, and work will be done
cheerfully because of the inspiration of
hope. But much preparatory work has
to be done before the principles of the
Order can be set to operating effectively
And we caution our friends not to expect
too immediate results. Patience, perse-
verance and prudence are necessary.
Faithful attendance upon the Grange
meetings IS the prime requisite; and while
there, full and free discussion of means
and measures, of questions of practical
import, such as the projection of factories
upon the new process" system, of CO.
operative stores, the cotton seed question
that is now coming into prominence. If
the farmers are but once convinced of the
practicability of certain measures, it will
not be long before the industry of the en-
tire country will be revolutionized. In the
meantime let all who are convinced that
cooperation is necessary to the safety and
well being of the productive classes, work
zealously and spare no efforts towards
converting others.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
Number 31..

lishment is bold enough to come out and
make goods in the American fashion, of
pure cotton. Meanwhile the sale of Anne
rican cottons increases daily in England,
as we'll as in the distant markets which
have been under the exclusive control of
England for an indefinite period, and as
the competition is not one of prices but of
but of intrinsic qualities, the end must be
the introduction of pure cottons in place
of those made inferior by adulteration.
And the only way for the Manchester
manufacturer to maintain his footing is to
make goods precisely as we make them.
This appears to be difficult if not impossi-
BILE; at any rate it has not yet been at
tempted.
An article copied in another column
from the last number of Iron, a London
journal of high authority, shows forcibly
the pressure of the present misfortunes of
the British manufacturing interest. 1t also
gives a hint of the neglect which the
home market-has received, and of the pow
erty of the agricultural classes in England,
which renders them almost valueless as
consumers Of cotton goods.
There is, in fact, great danger that the
changes referred to will reduce the value
of the English market to us more rapidly
than is best for the interests of either coun-
Ledger.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

The Congressional Committee now in
session in Chicago inquiring into the
causes of business depression is doing
good work. The Chicago Telegraph says
it is showing to the world that working
men have solid, sensible views regarding
the condition of trade and labor, and that
they can express the same logically and
powerfully. The addresses that have been
made and the statements submitted by
representatives of labor interests to this
committee in Chicago and elsewhere,
have been the most valuable series of ar
guments that the committee has received.
Bankers, Board of Trade representatives,
and prominent business men have told
only one-sided stories. But the represent
ative workingmen have presented unset
fish, honest statements of facts, and have
done so in a manner SO cogent and forcl-
BILE as to leave strong impression on the
committees mind. They have shown that
the laboring classes have something vital
to say upon this matter of trade depress
ion, and that they can say it in way not
to be misunderstood or contradicted.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

THE SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD.
From letter in the Pontotoc Democrat
we infer that there will be a combination
in the Legislature between those interest
ed in this road and those interested in the
Mississippi levees, to secure the convict
labor for these two enterprises. Tax
payers in those parts of the State which
will be benefited by neither of these, are
interested in knowing whether this meas
ure would involve an appropriation out of
the State treasury, present or prospective
Who shall feed, clothe, and lodge the con-
victs while they are at work? Who shall
pay the guards, the overseers, the engin-
eers, the men who plan and direct the
work? If the State, how much will it cost
per annum? Is this expenditure to be
gratuitous-a gift? If a gift, who are to
be the benefciaries, in the case of the
road, the contractors who construct the
road or the company that owns it? Or is
it intended that the State herself shall
construct, equip, and own the roade Or
Is tic OldlC " t6lhC StONh III lilC IOdO "
the amount of labor performed?
The people, the taxpayers, should look
to these things. The State is well nigh
out of debt, and she should be kept so.
State taxes are low, and they should be
kept so, unless an increase is necessary to
secure more efficient execution of the
laws for the protection of life, liberty, and
property. The necessary appropriation
may at first, be small, but it is the first
little wrong step that leads to great evils.
Perhaps, no more is meant than that the
| State shall donate the labor of the convicts
to be employed on these works without
expense to the State; or that the convicts
are to be leased, as at present, with pro-
vision that they shall be employed on
these works, and on no others. If the lease
system is to be continued in any event,
we have no objections to this; but we hope
the lease system will be abolished alto
gether, the penitentiary enlarged, and the
convicts kept within the walls.-.Colum-
bus Democrat
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
BRITISH COTTON'S DECLINE.
THE MOST REMARKABLE CHANGES THAT
ARE IN PROGRESS.

ARE IN PROGRESS.
1t is no longer question that the man.
ufactured as well as agricultural products
of the United States are to exert a con-
trolling influence in the markets of the
world. The changes that are in progress
are of the most remarkable character, and
there more important consequences are to
be felt much sooner than has been sup
posed. The English journals are full OF
alarms and speculations on the subject
and the statistics they furnish of the de-
cline of the cotton industry at Oldham and
Manchester are conclusive that a great
change has already occurred in that centre
of textile fabrics. A distribution of the
vast populations of these manufacturing
districts of central England appears to be
inevitable, and already large numbers OF
the Sheffield workmen are preparing to
emigrate to the United States. The de-
cline in Sheffield and Birmingham indus
tries began earlier than in Manchester
and it has already proceeded further, both
as regards the introduction into English
markets of like articles from America, and
as to the decline or actual breaking up OF
manufacturing establishments. Yet the
recent reports that almost every cotton
factory of Oldham and Manchester has
been worked at loss for the last year has
created a greater sensation than any single
event previously reported.
Statements in regard to the reluctance
of English masters to introduce improve
ments in the process of these manufac-
lures confirm the belief that American
cotton goods will actually enter largely
into consumption IN England before the
mills now existing there will make goods
like them. English cottons are almost all
adulterated, sized with clay and weight
ed' with 100 per cent on an average of
mere waste, and such is the rigid con-
straint that forces them all forward in a
course, once adopted, that no single estab-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

We are always glad to hear from
Id friends and co-workers in the good
Ause. Worthy Master "A. w. Kidd, for
lerly OF this county, but now residing
Faf Brookston, Lamar county, Texas,
.ilteS us that he is as earnest in the cause
ever and that his Grange is in good
|orking condition. Cooperation IS grow
y IN Lamar county; it has an earnest and
nechve advocate in the County Deputy,
20. VIM. Boothe.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

We would be glad to have our friends
the Southwest send US reports
of Grange work and progress in their re-
spective localities. A postal card would
often answer the purpose, and letters need
not be more than page in length. We
would like to devote an entire page every
week to the letters of correspondents, but
4heir letters should be brief and to the
SbOint
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

The candidates for the Lower House of
pc Legislature in this county are all op-
posed to the repeal of the agricultural lien
Pw. We doubt if the farmers of the
|onnty have given this law the considera-
ION 1t deserves, else they would speak out
|pr its repeal in such way as would Sc
pure them proper representation in the
legislature on this question. The farmers
/ many counties are organizing to secure
PeIr rights in at least the State govern
gent but in some counties the politicians
Pill rule them.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
YELLOW FEVER.

Up to Saturday night, the 10th inst, the
total number of cases of yellow fever in
Memphis amounted to 543, and the deaths
to I53. Since that time, the fever has
been on the decline. For the 4S hours
ending Monday evening, there were ,3S
cases and &c deaths, and for the "a hours
ending Tuesday noon, there were I3
new cases ald 7 deaths. Some Memphi-
ans have ded of the fever at various
points, but at none of these has the fever
spread, from which we may conclude that
the country IS not ripe for yellow fever
epidemic. While proper precautions
should be observed everywhere, the cark-
ing uneasine!s which preys on the spirits
of so many should be banished. Why
should sane men quit the sunshine of life,
and dwell in he valley of the shadow of
death?
Nearly all the towns have raised the
quarantine against New Orleans.
On Tuesday, the total number of new
cases Of fever at Memphis was 81 with 4
deaths, and to noonW Wednesday, there were
IL new cases and two deaths. Maj. w.
w. Guy died on Tuesday. There has been
one case and one death at Bailey's Station
% miles from Memphis.
On Wednesday, to o'clock, there were
27 new cases and deaths in Memphis.
To noon on Thursday there were new
cases and 4 deaths. The Howards have
at last been compelled to appeal to the
outside world for aid.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Capt James B. Eads has recently been
in New York consulting with capitalists
on the subject of constructing ship raft
way across the Isthmus of Panama. 1t is
understood that he can secure means to
test the practicability of his scheme if he
can secure proper authorization to begin
the work A bill will be introduced in
Congress at the next session to remove the
preliminary difficulties in the way of put
ting the enterprise on foot. Capt Eads's
scheme is to get ships into portable ba-
sin, mounted upon trucks, and by steam
power to convey the ship and basin upon
rails across the isthmus. The Nicaraguan
Government has informed this Govern
ment that it is opposed to the De Lesseps
plan, and in compliance with the request
of the Nicaraguan authorities, Civil En-
gineer Menocal, of the United States Ma
Wy, has been given leave by the Secretary
of the Navy to complete his survey of the
Nicaraguan route. The work was begun
by Menocal some time ago.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Newspapers frequently ask: What has
the Grange done to ameliorate the condi-
flon of the American people, politically?
The Grangeis not political organization,
put it sows seeds from which good polti-
raI fruits are reaped. Not to elaborate,
'Ve will only say that the fruits of Grange
feachlngs is found all through the excel
Tent State constitutions of Alabama, Cali
tornia and Louisiana. But for the Grange,
allfornia would still be bound hand and
foot by the chains of the great monopolies.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Professor Riley, schief of the United
States chronological department, has re-
turned to Washington from his trip
through the Southwestern States looking
after the cotton worm. He reports that
he has made important discoveries, which
will reduce the cost Of destroying the
worm from one half to one fourth of what
it pow costs.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

1t is claimed by the papers at New Or
leans that the health of that city was new
er better than it is now, and they point to
the mortality records to demonstrate it.
The deaths from July Ist to August 10th
numbered this year FIVE hundred and nine
ty-eight; for the corresponding period in
1873, seven hundred and seventy three;
in 1877, eight hundred and thirty two; in
1876, seven hundred and twenty five, and
in I9zs. seven hundred and thirty one.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August IS.-The
wheat crop of Illinois this year, according
to figures received by the State Board of
Agriculture, amounts to 4o,o4I,252 BUSH
els, an average of 1913 bushels per acre,
and is valued at$37 7,2o6,757 or an average
of So cents per bushel, in producers
hands 1t is considered the largest and
most valuable wheat crop ever raised in
this State. The total land sown in wheat
was 2,I37,o63 acres.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Worthy Overseer A. ]. Rose, of the
lexas State Grange, has just completed a
tour among the Oranges of Bastrop, Cher
pkee, Grimes, Dallas, Williamson, and
pther counties in Central Texas He in
forms us that the outlook there is bright
ening, and that cooperation is gaining
strength daily.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Both the army worms and the boil
worms have put in an appearance in East
Mississippi, and are busily plying their
vocation. AS yet the damage is not ex-
tensive.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

APPOINTMENTS OF WORTHY
MASTER DARDEN, OF THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.
Worthy Master Darden will meet and
address the farmers, i'll open meetings, at
the following times and places:
Newton county, August 10th ard 27th.
Smith county, 29th and goth.
Simpson county, September I'd and Sd.
Lawrence county, 9Th and 9th.
COPiah county, 9th, nth and 18th.
Lincoln county, 10th and 18th
Pike county, 10Th and Goth.
Au:ite county, 23d and 24th.
Wilkinson, Goth and 27th.
Franklin county, 3oth and October Ist.
g Due announcement will be made of the
place of meeting in each county.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Taking the average of the last few
years, but 81 per cent OF the cotton crop
is manufactured in the United States, oo
per cent going to feed the mills of Great
Britain and Continental Europe.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

The land Office at Washington is kept
busy day and night with the increasing
demand for public lands. In the first
four months of this year as much land was
taken up as during any entire year here
tofOre
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

oh tuesday morning, the Atlantic was
Rited by terrific wind and rain storm.
cat damage was done on land, and many
'SSeiS were wrecked on the ocean.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

II IS believed that the cotton crop in the
Fh black lands of Alabama have been
on fully one-third by rain, rust, boil
|orms and army worms.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

P'emocrat- Star: There is a man in Har-
pm county, Miss, clipped 1000 pounds
WOOL from $50 sheep. This is accord
70 the assessment roll reported to the
'fo OF supervisors last Monday.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

large sales of lands are being made in
0uls counties of Mississippi, the OBJ
OF the purchasers being to engage in
Il raising of sheep.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

gotton in liverpool is advancing slight
'hls week. Orleans middling is now
prth 6 9-I6 pence.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

During the period of its growth, Indian
corn draws from the soil thirty-six times
it's own weight of water.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Both the army worms and boil worms
are appearing all over this State.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Still raining in this section. Cotton
prospect gloomy.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
The Patron of Husbandry.

W. H. WORTHINGTON, EDITOR.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

COLUMBUs, MISS, AUGUsT 2a. $50.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

Politically, he has always been eonserv
issippi i've & il said, that he neser votsi but
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

"a f5e. .Ia6f HI1leetlllg oi the Mss EsEI0pa
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

sNsliIe Ia the Senate. bilI was passed
ff4.stl s1l.z an annual and liberal af>nronrfa-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23

As a speaker ne hai gained general s
;sEaction. He speaks clear and fluent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-14
Health Hints.

Those who have hard, calloused spots
on the hands can rid themselves OF
them by holding the spots over the
grndstone for moment or two.
Bleeding of a wound in man or beast
can be stopped by a mixture of wheat
flour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with cloth.
A good wash for the teeth is made by
puttirg equal parts of borsx and
camphor gum into bottle Of water
and letting it stand for a short
time before using.
For inhImmatory rheumatism take
half ounce Of pulvarized s'ltpetre, put
in half an ounce OF sweet oil, battle the
the parts affected, and sound cure
will speedily be effected.
TO keep the hands soft, mix honey,
almond meal and olive oil into paste;
use after washing with soap. CASTLE
soap il best for use, as il will cure a
cut or scratch and prevents any spots.
To cure sore throat wrap flannel
around the throat, keep out ofdraughts
and sudden changes u atmosphere, and
every half hour take pinch Of chloride
Of potash, place il on the tongue and
allow il tC dissolve in the mouth.