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Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

English professional beauties wants q
tariff against American girls, but English,
heiress hunters believe in free trade.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

Truth crushed to earth will rise again If
the small boy is around when company
comes. ''A
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

Our differences should be like mortars
which separates the bricks that it binds to-
gether. ~ia .ai1 - ei.li ~ -,
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

The fashionable youth now brags tnas
his girl plays the banjo likesn angel ~ g
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06
SEPTEMBER 10th, 1880.

The following is the report of F. A. Will
liams, Esq, late Secretary, of the receipts
and dibursements of the Bible collections ::
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

In 1880, the Hundred of Mispillion was
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

:" Colored,..H
1873, the Hundreds of North and South
Murderkill were supplied by Andrew j
Wright. His returns shows:
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06
ART DEPARTMENT.

Original Paintings IN Oil or Water COlors
list, Miss Sue Colt, Smyrna; I'd, Miss
Florence Murphey, Dover.
Animals-lst, Miss Kate Bell, Smryna !;
I'd. Miss Florence Murphey, Dover.
Flowers-lst, Miss Rose Virden, Phila.;
I'd, Mrs. DIR. Cloak, Smyrna.
Marine Views-lst, Miss Jennie knight,
Dover; I'd, Miss Sue Colt, Smyrna.
Any person under Is years-Miss Laura
Bell, Smyrna.
Water Colors-lst, Miss Ella Murphey,
Dover; I'd, Miss Ella Murphey, Dover.
Screen-Miss Florence Murphey, Dover.
Drawing in Pastile-Miss Ella Massey,
Canterbury.
Crayons-1st, R. C. Holmes, Dover; I'd,
Miss Rose Virden, Philadelphia.
Drawings-Miss Kete Bell, Smyrna.
Architectural Drawings--Frank Bell,
Smyrna.
Ornamental Penmanship-Mrs. DIR. Cloak,
! Smyrna.
Photographs colored in oil-lst. Mrs.
Draper, Dover; I'd, j. A. Consterdine, Phila.
PHOTOGRAPHER. C. Holmes, Dover.
Miss Rose Virden, special for flowers.
Tiles-Misses Hayes.
Piaques--lst, Mrs. Wood; I'd, Miss Jen-
ME Knight.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

took place on Wednesday and attracted
great attention. The following riders start.
ed George Pyle, William Pyle and A. G.
Curtis, Wilmington, and d. Lee, d. H.
Lears and Ross Williams, Philadelphia.
The purse was $45 in plate, divided. 1t was
won by Lee in two straight heats. Time
AL, 405.
Awards for cattle were made as follows
.' SHORT HORNS.
Best year old bull-1st, ]. ]. Ross, Sea-
ford I'd, VIM. Carter, Dover. r" g ~.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-06

The contributions of the churches in Kent County
to the Bible Society in 1880. and the other receipts
were as follows:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

Cash VS.. Credit.

There are some maxims in bust
ness which man, and especially a
farmer who is generally defective
in this respect, should write on the
first page of his memorandum book
or diary, and lead over every day.
Some of these are: cove no small
debts" cit is better to borrow
money on note or mortgage, and
pay a moderate interest on it, than
to have number of small debts
out" "Buy tor cash." "Sell for
cash." "Do not buy anything that
you do not want" do not want
a thing because it is cheap"
"Avoid auction sales" "Never in
dorse a note" "If you wish to
oblige a friend and have the money,
loan it to him; but put your name
on no mans papers" can Endorsed
note comes due always at an incon-
venient time" "Never count your
money until it is in your pocket
Many others might be added, but
here are enough. If you want good
authority for these, we may refer
you to Solomon first, in whose an
cient writings all these and many
more, of similar import, may be
found. Since his day these maxims
have been iterated and reiterated
until they are trite enough. but yet
the great majority of men ignore
them. A man becomes prosperous
by attention to small details. "Small
leaks sink ship" A habit of look
ing after small matters causes a man
to carefully regard larger affairs;
while on the contrary, looseness in
the former respect produces care
lessness in regard to the latter. A
business man who regards economy
and safety, will never become en-
barrassed, and there is nothing else
in the way of business that is SC
economical or safe as dealing for
cash. There may be men who CON
slider that a debt is a debt; that
there are no degrees or differences
in this respect. But there are debts,
and some are excessively more costly
and burdensome than others.-Ru
raj New Yorker.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

This is term which is as appli-
cable to the plethoric railroads as
to the cattle upon the farm. But
we wish in this article to show the
manner and the purpose of rail-
road watering its stock. Take, for
instance, the most popular railroad
in Iowa, the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific. Their stock is now
quoted at $I.85 to $3.50 for ST stock
Why is this? The reason is it pays
dividends high enough to justify
monied men to invest in its stock at
that rate as profitable investment.
About ten days ago it was an
nounced in the Geographic dis
patches from New York that the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
was about to issue $5o,ooo,ooo nev
stock with which to take up the old
stock by giving two dollars of new
stock for one of old. The present
stock of the company is $40, 100000;
to take this up will require $40, 900,
900 of hew stock; the other $Io,-
100000 they propose to sell for
cash, and divide. the proceeds as
dividends among the stockholders.
The trouble is the road is making
SO much money they dare not de-
clare 20 or 25 per cent. annual divi-
dends, as it will always become
known to the public and might
have its effect on the people and on
legislatures in the future. With
that per cent of dividends they
know they could not SO we'll influ
ence legislators in favor of high
freights and passenger tariffs. And
hence they must water their stock,
dilute it SO it will not pay such high
dividends, and thus appeal to the
sympathy Of the country not to put
down freights and thus starve the
poor widows aud orphans who own
railroad stocks as an investment for
their scanty means.
The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad is Tin like position
and must do something of the kind
soon. Last week it was announced
in the Chicago papers that it had
declared 20 per cent dividend on
its stock. The Northwestern, really
owning no road in Iowa according
to the version of - Blair, is max
ing enormous profits on its Iowa
roads, which it leases at mere nom
inal rental, will be compelled tc
dilute the stock on the original road
which is owned in Illinois. or !,
will create crisis in legislation not
favorable to its rich dividends. Tbs
panacea for all this is through that
cheap ciap-traP divice of watering
the stock to deceive the people. and
perpetuate their enormous profits
off of hard-pressed and labor;ons
farming population.-Io7ua Gyanes
| Visitor.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
The Gentlemen wins.

If you speak the right word at
the right time; if You are careful to
leave people with good impressions;
if you do not tresspass upon the
rights of others as well as yourself;
if you do not put yourself unduly
forward; if you do not -forget the
courtesies which belong to your
position, you are quite sure to ac-
complish much in life which others
with equal abilities fail to. This is
where the race is not to the swift
nor the battle to the strong. 1t is
where you make people feel that
you are unselfish and honorable and
truthful and sincere. This is what
society is looking for in men, it is
astonishing how much men are able
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

to cover the cost to the College of the
instructors in them. 1t is not expected
that this charge will exceed 500 per
annum. =.
= The labor of those students boarding
in the dormitory, will be compensated,
ranging from four to elgnt Genus per
hour, according to efficiency.
students will be allowed to- board
outside of the dormitory If they and
their parents or guardians desire it ;,
The College will beopened on the LIST
Monday in October. At that time the
dormitory viii not be finished, and all
students entering before the LIST OF NO
vember will be obliged to board tenn
porarily elsewhere. =,
J. MI. Stone, d. L. Phares, j. M
Causey, T: G. Dockery, l.. b. Brown
C. L.Gilmer, Frank Burkit, w: B
Montgomery, w. B. August, >. q
i George. -. ~
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

Would it not be cheering to the
toil-worn farmer to know that by
transacting all his business on the
cooperative plan-at least his buy.
ing and selling-he would in a com
paratively few years save enough
on his annual Investments a coop
erative store and the Accommodations
of the profits on his business to make
him independent In the co-opera-
tive system as now successfully prac-
tIced in this country, a man who
invests $40 annually in a co-opera-
tive store and purchases goods in
that store only to the amount of $Ioo
a year, and leaves the interest and
profits to accumulate, they will
in FL years amount to over $4,000.
In the cooperative system, the pur-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

Fears are still expressed by some
that the political elements may
sooner or later cause disturbance,
if not a disruption in the Order.
This idea is formed upon the fact
that our membership is composed
of men possessing different political
creeds. But in uniting with this
organization we neither transfer nor
relinquish our rights OF privileges
of citizenship. and each individual
has a perfect right to form and ex-
ercise his own political preferences,
and he alone is responsible for his
own political acts, and he has no
right to dictate to another, or 9TH
ers, how this privilege shall or may
be exercised. Every member has
the unquestionable tight by law
and usages to belong to any party
he may choose, vote or not vote, as
he pleases, and this organization
certainly will not and can not at
tempt to dictate otherwise. Educate
men in the science of agriculture, in
political economy, in the affairs OF
government, and they still hold, and
always will, the same rights and
privileges of free citizenship.-Hen-
a-y Eshbaueh, Master Missouri State
Es-0s,Oe
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

Cooperation in trade, wherever
the principles have been carried out
fully, has proved success. l am
not aware of single instance where
there has been failure. Many stores
have been started with a smattering
of the Rochdale plan, but the main
excellencies left out, and have failed
and brought discredit upon the Or
der and upon the whole plan. I
am fully persuaded than any plan
except the Rochdale has within
itself weakness, and should be
avoided by farmers generally, and
more especially, members of ou1
Order, but wherever members are
willing that the management of q
store may be conducted by some
person in whom they have full con-
fidence in his integrity and ability.
and are willing to give it their full
support in trade and influence, and
that the Rochdale plan shall be car
ried out, there need be no fear OF
failure. 1t is one of the grandesi
schemes ever invented for the labor.
ing classes. Many families in Eng
land have saved for themselves a
home with its blessings, by simply
complying with the rules and regu.
lations, and allowing the profits on
their trade to accumulate with the
interest added quarterly, and never
paying to exceed one dollar into
the treasury as capital. What a
grand result from so small an outlay
~ c. She,gvin, Master of WIS
consfn State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
Poultry Raising in Frame

A correspondent writes
your farmers wives profit by tD' !
port just presented to the f'' y
Government concerning the L
duction of eggs and poultry oy y
sisters of the farm yards OF f LS.-
Facts and figures are stun
things. The report states tD~
France there exist 40 millions
hens, followed by 100, million 4
chickens, 10 million of wnl'. i
destined to perpetuate the h
These 40 millions of hens Jay "a
millions ofeggs year, WHICH or ~,
alf-penny each (the usual e.,G n
paid when fresh to the ia, .,no
wife) bring in a4o million mI n.
IF to this we add the money III.
for poultry, lean and fat ca -.
and .capons, we arrive al e ca:
founding total of so million orr
produced by the single lIiuu. .s d
the farmers wives in Fran r,ss
this without reckoning tne ~,
ducks, and turkeys, which, ln aJdi
the amount by several hunols 'sdt
lion. Remember this sta,euI .tidt
official, not the mere cal' bntt u
made by statistical BRAIN i. : GGf
result of inquiries made in ,. tn[
emit poultry-producing dl IS nost
the country. The work ., h y
raising is entirely executeu .o n
men in that country. Inc "sstib'J''
the farm buy, sell, watch Lar,
and contract with the qes~
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
An Interxieu WON q Granger.

An Interview Win D GraMxeF.
Question. What is the Grange?
Answer. An institution gotten
up. for the benefit of merchants,
LAWYERS and politicians.
Cues. How does it benefit the
merchant?
Ans. It teaches farmers to buy
all they want, or fancy they want.
Cues. If they have not the
Ans. Oh, yesl It teaches them to
buy on credit, pay high prices and
secure the merchant by lein or
mortgage.
Cues. Does it encourage the cash
or the credit systems
Ans. The credit system by all
means. IF you have money deposit
it with your merchant and buy
whatever you want, never asking
the price. This looks grand and
business. like you know. If you
4 owe any one else give him a draft
on your merchant, that is the way
business men do. And if you want to
be a success you must be a business
man.
i CUES. Well how does the Grange
benefit the lawyers
Ans. 1t teaches that you must
quarrel with your neighbor for the
least provocation, never abating any
| of your rights or privileges, and il
he win not yield at once to your
wishes go to law Never think Of
submitting a disputed question to
arbitration. Go to law by all
means, tl.at s;-ee you ->s+>-:a4,,, a.
well as your tights, (f and makes
your poor neighbors defer to yot
in all things; for poor men arr
afraid to go to law with man who
has much money.
Ans. That is plain enough. Thu
Grange teaches farmers that they
have nothing to do with politics
except to cast their ballot; that the
: have not even the right to do thei
2 own thinking on political questions
, they can not comprehend them. s.
+ you see the politician has it all hi
own way; and nice thing he ha
: of it. He says vote this ticket; it j
e the PARTY ticket; and all the happ
$ Granger has to do is to walk grandl
i up to the ballot box and deposit hi
: vote. All for the glory of hi
T party you know.
Gus. But what of Patriotism?
y Ans. Oh! that's a thing of tn
r past; partyism is the thing tia
a takes now. My party "first, la;
and all the time" Hurrah! for o1t
: Party! My party must win if tn
|, country goes to the dogs. Fhat
d the motto of the dav. Don't yo
d see where the politician comes in?
n Fraternally, GRANGER.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
Defense of the Grange.

MANY are ignorant of the ex-
penses of the Grange. Very many
who object to the Grange know
very little if anything about it. The
charter fee is SIS, which goes to
the National Grange. The monthly
dues are 10 cents a month, $I.2o per
year, paid to the subordinate Grange.
The Subordinate Grange pays to
the State Grange 2 scents month
"a cents a wear, and the State
Grange pays to the National Grange
FIVE cants annually for each mem.
Der in the State. The initiation fee
is So for males and ST. for females.
For each male initiated, the State
Grange receives 81 and for each fe-
male 30 cents. Out of the SI.2o
yearly dues 96 cents are kept in the
Subordinate Grange. Deputies get
81 for organizing new Oranges,
and cents per mile travelling ex-
penses.
If there is any organization run
cheaper than the Grange we don'i
know of it.
The Grange forbids the discussion
of partisan politics within its gates
and rightly too. Political economy
in all its bearings is not forbidden
There never has been an organiza
ton among the farmers that has
done as much good as the Grange
They have derived more benefit
| from the Grange than from all Other
organizations combined. Habit
prejudice and ignorance, are the
three great causes why the Grange
is not more successful. Nine tenth:
or more, of the American farmer:
do not read papers devoted to theil
principal neutrality-suspicious.. Al
permanent reforms are brough
about by education, and that takes
time. The Grange aims to elevate
the farmer so they will not be i'm
posed upon by other callings, ane
it can only be done by education
The Grange is not perfect. Loci
at the imperfect organization anc
expense of Christian denominations
which have received ten thousand
times as much hammering and tink
ering to perfect them as the Grange
w. F. HENDRY.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
COLUMBUS. MISS.
saturday; May -, 1850.


Past Master Maxwell keeps up
his great work in behalf of the
Grange and cooperation. His
speeches before the people and his
letters in THE PATRON are having q
telling effect. No intelligent far
mer can hear him speak or read his
letters without being convinced that
the Grange is the proper place for
every tiIler of the soil, and that the
cooperative system of business is
the only sensible, the only just and
equitable plan, for all who get their
living Gin the sweat of their brow
He is among the farmers of Amite
and Franklin counties in this State
this week. We hope he will visit
this section during the summer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

In Mississippi, the field is ripe un-
to the harvest. That sterling Grange
journal-THE PATRON OF HUsBAN-
DRY-so ably edited by Bro. Wor-
Ellington, sheds its benign influence
throughout the entire Southwest,
and the many accessicns as well as
revivals of dormant Oranges fully
attest the efficiency of its labors.-
Roanoke Patron, ". c.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
MUSTARD PLAsrERTn

MUSTARD PLAsTER.-In making
mustard plaster no water what,
ever should be used, ibut the mustard
mixed with the white of an egg; the
result will be plaster which win
draw perfectly, but will not produce
a blister even upon the skin of an
infant, no matter how song it is al
lowed to remain uponthe part, .
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29
The Grange is ssbooming'' all owe,

The Grange is booming all over
the land. From every quarter
North, South. East and West
comes the cheering intelligence of a
grand revival. Let the good work
go bravely on; and if Patrons are
but true to themselves, the day is not
far distant when the broad and equi-
table principles inculcated by the
Grange will become the recognized
principles of justice and right by
every class and profession through
out the land.-RoanokeP Patron, ". c.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

the turning point OF success ~ PiaS<
teal iife.-Bosfon Hcyata.
A Farmers Daughter Speaks.
From a well written essay in. the
Michigan Grange visitor, by 2
Matron in the Grange, we extract
the following:
III have always been proud to say
that T was a farmers daughter; but
if the Grange goes down | shall be
proud no longer. I shall hang my
head in shame to be classed with a
set of people who cared tor no ad-
vancement in life beyond their own
selfish aims for worldly gain. For
| with the death of the Grange dies
all hope of any great advancement
among the farmers; and II the
farmers do allow the Grange to 60
down they will Justly merit the nd
licule which they have suffered IN
the past for their ignorance.
These words deserve to be EN-,
| bIazoned in raised letters of gold
and occupy place in every Grange
hall for the special encouragement
| of Patrons who are disposed to taltel
| in their efforts to promote Grange
| interests and thus loosen their griT
upon. the untold beneficence tina
| the Order has thus far vouchsatee
to all within the gates. Ihes'
words have a meaning th~+ -
,;o;bla NO 60, reading, ana nav
ING read szno understood can it b.
possible that any should continue t
weaken in the work that has pro
4 crossed SO steadfastly that the worl'
, stands aghast as it contemplates tn
result? Should there be such, a
, the farmers daughter pointed
says, 'they will justly merit the rid
icule which they have suffered i
: the past for their ignorance"
We quote another gem from thl
essay:
} ave know that we are often SUI
S rounded with most trying circun
S stances; and trivial things thu
S come to annoy us seem to gain II
Y creased power until we are temple
' to falter on the way. We kno'
s that sometimes there is SO much fe
S busy hands to do, there are so man
hard duties devolving upon tn
tired father, it seems like asking to
e much to require him to hitch u
t the horses and drive to the Grang
It But when we get there we feel pal
r for the extra exertion required. II
e meeting of sisters and brothe
S whose hearts we know are true,
u whom we may look for synpath
the bright faces and cheerful ton
of friends we have learned to priz
enlivens and refreshes and gives I
) strength for the duties that folio
o on the morrow"
e Patrons and Matrons, do not d
a ceive yourselves. Herein you CT
d pluck grains of solid comfort wht
7, the germs of dormancy are about
r. take root in your hearts. Spa
S, yourselves theIpangs of such wea
y Inessess in your lifework. Be m,
e and women in the most "trying Ct
y cumstances" and allow not "trivi
$ thinnsn 70 annoy Won and gain "i
It creased power" In the Gran;
1t you have a proud inheritance to b
y queath to your posterity. Act n
lie the part of towards now when t
IS zenith of success and glory is with
IS your grasp. Read again the chez
as ing words of our gifted farme
lie daughter, and then firmly resol
lie that you will never allow indifft
to jeopardize the blessings ;
IN ready vouchsafed to you throuI
y the Grange.-Farmer's Friend.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

81 look upon the Grange as bo-
dy from which there is nothing to
spare. 1t is true, the master is the
head, but what is head without a
body? Simply nothing. The head
must have brains to direct the body,
have eyes to see and ears to hear.
The body must have heart, lungs,
hands and feet, and great many
other things to make it complete
body. When the rest of the body
is complete then the head or mas
ter, can perform his part. But let
any portion of the body be absent
and he is cripple. Let us all try
to do our parts as a portion of the
body, so there will be no jar, always
bearing in mind that the honor is
not so great in the place we hold as
in the way we fill that place. The
honor is in ourselves and not in the
office "
The above we extract from San
essay read before Dry Valley
Grange, No. II2o, Mo-, by Mrs
Sallie c. Wood, Lecturer and pub
lished in the Journal Of Agricmi
tire. The paragraph quoted cannot
be misconstrued. The worthy lady
lecturer has conveyed to us lesson
that is well worth constant study BY
every Patron and Matron. Her com
parison of the Grange with body
possessed of every human faculty
cannot fail to impress all connected
with the Order as eminently appro
pirate. IF all Patrons and Matron.
would but feel the same individual
interest in the Grange there neee
be no fears of death and decay o
the organic body.