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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31
Eindicating Honor, Through
Murder.

The late duel between Col. E. B.
G. Cash and an aged and peaceable
citizen, Col. w. NJ. Shannon. at
Charleston, S. c., has created deep
sensation, even IN chivalric South
| Carolina. OF all the wicked frauds
| that have ever turned the heads Of
men, the so called "Code OF Hon
or" is the most abominable and
senseless.
This insane infatuation of sham
honor forced a venerable and be-
loved citizen, against his will. and in
a quarrel not of his own making, to
stand up and be assassinated by a
hot headed planter. 1t has made
mul derers of O'Connell, Andrew
Jackson, Thomas II. Benton, and
scores of the worlds greatest sages
and philanthopists. 1t lost to this
country Alexander Hamilton, the
brightest Statesman of his dav. 1t
has set up to the sword and bullet
such heads as Fox, Sheridan, Pitt,
Granttan, Curran, Henry Clay, and
hundreds of others which the world
could i'll afford to lose.
Yet what good has ever come of
this rash and profligate wager of
immortal souls? What has it ever
settled? Did ever the fatal bullet
probe the right of an issue, or is it a
messenger of murder, pure and SIM
pie? How utterly preposterous to
suppose that gentleman's honor
can be vindicated by Strengthening
his neighbour!
The only preteXt ever invented to
Justify duelling is, that the parties
are thereby put on the same level as
regards physical ability. This how
ever, is futile, since it shifts the basis
to that of skill and nerve, which are
as much beyond the control Of the
individual as bodily strength.
The first duel evry fought in New
England, in 1921, was met with a
verv fitting response by the author
ties. The two parties having failed
to murder each other were sentenc-
ed to be tied by the neck and heels
together, for "a hours, and the SEN
tence was partly executed. A pork
and beans bred Yankee having been
handed the card of honor by fasti-
dious German student, in a beer
garden, seized the upstart by the
throat, pulled him over the table
and gave him a sound thrashing on
the spot, thus avoiding the necessity
of unwinding long ball of redtape.
With the prudent cunning that
always exempts despots, it will be
noticed that the code of honor does
not include monarchs and princes
of the blood. This is the most la
mentable feature of the humbug OF
of honor, through murder. If the
autocrat of Russia and the sacred
Emperor of China could only be
compelled to settle their disputes by
a personal encounter, instead of fore
ing thousands of innocent and dis.
Interested men upon the field OF
carnage, duelling might become
an immense life saving machine.
Depotism is however, too cunning to
to be caught in this trap.
1t is to be hoped that stop VIII
ere long be put TO this aristocrahc
remnant of barbarity, by treating the
participants exactly like all other
murderers. If disputes cannot be
settled by reason and arbitration
then they had better go unsettled
AS for honor, it is all on side OF the
man who refuses to set up his head
on equal terms with one whom lie
views as base and infamous scoun-
drel.-IyiSh World.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

The places at which Worthy
Master Darden will address the
farmers in the different counties are
not announced in his list of appoint
ments. This matter will doubtless
be arranged BY the County Deputy.
We respectfully request each De
putty to send us the places selected
for the meetings in his county at
the earliest moment.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

IS successful because he will nor
purchase anything that cannot De
disposed of at profit. The farmers
can, to very large extent, follow
his example. Why shall we toll ana ne,
labor to make production that VIII
not pay us a profit 1t must be
that we do it to enable Longfeliow $
poem,
~ see amid the fields Of Ayr
a nlownan who, in foul or fair,
Sings at his task"
If the American farmers would
organize in the Grange and do Tor
their vocation what | have given as
the method by which trade is made
profitable annual profit would GER
taiulv reward their labor.
I will endeavor to follow this brle'
letter the following week and con
trast the farmer with the transpor'
tation monopoly. Your friend,
V. E. PIoLLET.
Wysox, Pa, July 10.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

but it teaches them to teach
children. so that these, as tber .nelr
up and take rank in conduct;ns' grow
affairs of life, may graduaIIv Tie
and more become able to COM more
those of the so-called sleanaI with
fession," who now neither toh pro-
spin, yet array themselves g. no
profits derived from the labor ron
the industrial classes, withontIaI Of
ing themselves. All this the Gr ~oof'
is doing and will continue 70 e
The Grange, therefore is not da No.
Nor is it dying.-Journal of 4@ pG
culture. l.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

Worthy Master Darden will prob
ably be accompanied during his
canvass by Bro. T. ]. Carver, the
General Manager of the South
western Cooperative Association
at New Orleans, who will doubtless
discuss the subject of cooperation,
which he does with great clearness
and force; indeed, Bro. Carver is
thoroughly posted in the practical
working of the co operative system
and he can present the question SO
clearly that all can understand it
His management of the affairs OF
the Association IS giving complete
satisfaction to both officers and pa
irons, and the latter are counted BY
hundreds from Minnesota to Florida
and from Ohio to Texas We hope
to have the pleasure of welcoming
I Bro. Carver to this county at ar
early day.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

ed in England, we call attention 10
the following return made to Parlia-
ment in 1879:
No of societies in operation........ l'-oi
No. of members. .....................55l 1904
Funds invested, share capital. $27,439,79oo
Funds invested, loan capital.... 5'3oo'325
Total investment. .........S3e'ooo'
Total sales, wholesale and re-
tail...................$I oo,o7o,oo5
Total profits. ....-..........-......' 9'35o'5oo
Total retail distribution, sales 77.o45,5oo
Total retail distribu n, profits o.4o9'525
The per centage of profit on the
amount invested in the wholesale
and retail business equaled twenty,
EIGHT per cent, and these profits have
gone to the benefit of workingmen
and their families.
The workingmen of this country
are no less intelligent or energetic
than those of England. Both have
wrongs to right and grievances to
redress: but while the former hope
to find relief through some sort OF
political machinery or governmental
action, the latter, with firm rell'
ance on their own efforts, are attain
ing to higher and better condition
lust what cooperation is doing fo1
the operatives of England it is capa.
BILE of doing for the workingmen OF
the United States. We commend
the system to the earnest consldera
ton of the more intelligent and
thoughtful among our industrial
classes.-Frauk ZeSLie'S illustrated
NezvSbaber.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

We send extra copies of this issue
OF The PATRON to the County Dep
uties of Warren, Yazoo and Talla-
hatchie. They are requested to
distribute them promptly through
out their respective counties. The
object of this is to give Worthy
Master Darden's appointments
timely and general circulation.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

Mr.. EQEfOr. 1 on lIllnk inc ldi III
ers must save the country. Alas! II
they were only able to exert even a
salutary influence. | can't see, Mr..
Editor. that there is any hope. The
political tricksters have such tight
hold on the ropes and wires, and
know so well how to pull them, that
the supplemented yeomanry of the
land easily become mere tools-and
| fear, often willing dupes-to be
used by them to retain their hold on
place and power. 1t is a sad and
sickening sight: but if you will trav-
ell around little, you will see farm
ers lending themselves willingly to
these monstrous wretches in human
form, to do with them literally as
they please.
1t did my heart good to hear you
raise the war cry, but when L
thought of what would come of it,
nv heart sank within me.
You denounce political tricksters
and Justly characterize them; but
Mr. Editor, the question recurs.
where is the remedy? You say in
the farmers; but l feel constrained
to say the farmers are unequal to
the task. The crack of the party
lash is more powerful than mans
honest convictions in many cases;
and the credulity and ignorance of
that class entirely units them for
the unequal contest with men I'M
accustomed to fair dealing, and who
make trickery a profession.
True, there are great and noble
souls among the farming class, men
of giant intellects, who if placed at
the helm, would guide the Ship of
State safely through the troubled
waters, and anchor her securely in
the harbor of peace and prosperity.
But such men shrink from a foul
deed. They cannot if they would,
and would not if they could, resort
to fraud and trickery to secure even
a laudable end. How a contest be
tween such men, could they be in
duced to enter it, and the class you
have described, would terminate, is
not hard to be foretold by any one
who has witnessed the doings of
these men for the last dozen years.
Then, my dear sir, what is the use
for you and me to waste our time in
this fruitless effort to bring back
our country to its former purity, and
restore our Nations lost honor?
| have seen enough to satisfy me:
but | am willing to fight again and
again, though time and again | have
been beaten; beaten SO badly that !
hardly knew that | had made
fight.
| am willing to admit that our
want of strength is due to the want
of organization. But let us try to
organize, as we once did here, and
you will see that they will
manage to prevent even that
To succeed in our fight against
rings and monopolies, it is nee
essary that we organize; but be-
fore we can do this, the people will
have to be educated to feel the ne
cessity of it. But who is to do this?
The natural answer would seem to
be, the Agricultural journals. But
how can the agricultural press &C
complish this great task unless it can
get the ear of the people? And
how can this be done? Let him
who can, answer | am sure | can
not. When one thinks of the num-
Der of such journals that have been
literally starved to death by the gen
erous farmers of Mississippi, he ma
turally wonders where is there any
hope for such people-C. Meter
Oflle in .SOuthnrn L. S. journal.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

The professional politicians will
seek to gain little prominence and
thereby increase their chances for
the offices under the Hancock ad-
ministration by getting up an ex-
citing canvass. The farmers and
laboring classes ought not to permit
themselves to be made tools of in
this way by the politicians. There
is no occasion for the usual public
meetings. The Presidential ques-
ton is virtually settled, at least in
the South where nine tenths of the
white people will vote for Hancock.
The sensible Patron of Husbandry
will ignore the politicians this year.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31

The professional politicians and
the polite. Il press will do their ut
most to make The Presidential can
vass an exciting o.. mere is no
necessity for exciteme. nj the farm
ers should keep cool, "A, ID let the
politicians do the fussing,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31
From Worthy Master PiOleft OF
the PENNSYLVANIA State Grange.

Brother Thomas: On the first
page of Harber'S lagasiue for Au-
gust there is a poem from Henry w:
Longfellow, entitled "Robt. Burns,
two stanzas of which | quote:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31
The Farmers and the Politicians.

Wysox, Pa, July 10.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22

The haying season is now near at hand
and work on the farm from this date will
continue brisk until the growing crop is har-
vested, threshed and safely garnered. Hay
making should be all completed before the
grain ripens, for this will be late and it will
require lively work to get through with it
in good season. Farmers should get their
machines in proper repair and secure crew
Of hands that no time may be lost wher the
fields are ready tor the sickle. In haying it
will be found economy to store it in the barn
from the field. Those who have not barns
should stack where they intend to teed. The
stacking of hay Oh the meadow and then
having to haul it to the stables in winter, is
no economy OF labor. and this every farmer
must practice il he succeeds.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22

have great deal Of room until they are OF
good frying size. In fact it would be about
rs safe to keep one thousand chickens to.
gether until they become of frying size, as
it would be to keep one hundred adult
fowls together. There are also other great
advantages in selling as soon as possible ai-
ter they become Of marketable size, one Of
which is you run no risk of their dying on
you as you do ii you hold them until tho
following winter or spring. Even If there
was no risk Of their dying, there is much
more profit in selling at two and half or
three months old at 81 per dozen than there
is in keeping them until they are eight to
ten months old and selling at So per dozen.
Chickens consume but very little food Until
they become of frying size. III fact thev
Will consume no more during the first ten
months Of their lives than they will per,
month after that age. So, if it costs 5Oc.,
per dozen to produce chickens ten weeks
old, it will cost $2.5O per dozen to produce
them six months old.
The markets are seldom overstocked with
strictly first-slass poultry, except during
the pork packing season, during which time
about all the turkeys and geese are market
ed also.
Poultry raisers, investigate this matter.
and sell At a time that you will be most like
~ to realize 4 good profit.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22

cordng to the directions gwen above. Keep
the inner pot full Of water all the time, but
do not water the slips directly. III about
six weeks your slips will have fine roots,
and can be potted. A hand glass always
hastens the process ofrootlng, and enables
you to take advantage of the sunshine, but
if you are not provided with one, be careful
to keep your plants in tile shade until they
show certain signs of independence Of life.
Roses need very rich soil to bring them
to perfection, thriving best in mixture of
well rotted manure, sand, and garden loan.
and to stint them Of nourishment il indeed
poor economy.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22

ter at the time OF blooming; therefore that
is the proper time fer cutting, where intend
ed for feeding for profit. Grasses left after
this stage Of growth lose in the quantity of
sacharine matter and starch, while indigesti-
BILE matter (woody tibre) is formed.
The hest method of curing hay is mat
ter to be learned only by experience. If
ticiently dried so that it will not heat and
become mouldy. Grass cut when there is
no dew, or other extraneous moisture OH it,
may be put in air-1ight packages lmnedi-
ately, and it will keep without any farther
drying ormjury.
Grass made into hay in such manner as
to retain the most possible OF all its natural
juices, makes the richest and best hay. In
order to do this it should be exposed to the
sun as little as possible, as bright. clear
sun is very apt TO burn, and thus reduce
quality. Hay made in tile shade comes the
nearest to natural grass but this is inprac~
ticable. The nearest approach is either to
cure i'll the cock, with hay caps, or by con-
slant, frequent stirring with the tedder;
thus curing in the air more. and summing
small portions only. One days curing is
sufficient, provided the air is dry and dry
ing where the grass is dry when cut, and
does not yield over two and one-half tons OF
dry hay to the acre. II to be lett out over
night, it should be raked and put into cocks
while yet warm, before amy dew begins to
| fall in the afternoon. The time when moist
ure begins 10 collect in the afternoon is ear
ller than most persons are aware of; there
fore it's best to be in season.--Cor. Country
Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22

Hon'iny Breakfast Drops.-Mix three table
spoontuls OF beiied ho,ainy, and two of rice
A"ur; dissolve one tablespoonful OF butter
IN one gill of milk, and pour them together,
adding Il little salt. Add flour enough to
roll into cakes, which form with your bis
cut cutter. and bake III 4 hot oveh.
Surprise Rotts.--ln the evening make ND
about IA quart OF flour into the dough, ex-
actly the same as for light rolls. In The
morning make them into rolls, putting in
the middle OF each Il piece OF sausage ;I,eat
about The size Of n walnut. Bake as amy
other rolls and they are excellent.
Fried Saratoga Potatoes.--rhe following
is all there 5 OF the cooks secret for pro-
ducng those world-renowned potatoes sery-
ed at Moon's Lake House, Saratoga Springs,
every sulnmer: Peel good sized potatoes,
and slice them as evenly as possible; drop
them into ice water. Have kettle of hard,
as for tried cakes, aud very hot. Put few
at time into a towel. shake them about to
dry them, and then drop into the hot lard.
Stir them occasionally, and when of a light
brown take them out with SKINNER. III
properly done, they will not be at all greasy
but crisp without and mealy within.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-07-22
CUTTING AND CURING HAY,

With the practical man the time for cut
ting grass for hay involves two important
questions, which are, when to cut to secure
the greatest amount Of nutriment, and when
to do it with the least harm to the after
growth. In regard 70 the first question
there is a difference Of opinion and practice,
but there is a growing tendency to cutting
rs soon as, or before, the grass attains to
full bloom. Careful observaDt feeders say
that animals do much better in in every
way. on early cut hay, and this agrees with
my experience and observation with regard
to cattle. Horses will do on ripper hay bet
ter than cattle. for the reason that they are
not ruminants, suppose. There is great
difference OF opinion in regard to the time
when timothy contains the most nourish-
ment some contending that it contains
most when in full bloom, while others claim
that it is most nutritious when the seed is
fully grown, and begins to shell !; and to
those who have fed it only in this stage,
their stock certainly look as if it were good
enough. But the weight Of testimony ap.
pears to be in favor of cutting timothy as
soon as in full blossom, and this is support
ed by chemical analyses which have been
made but we find that timothy which
stands to ripen its seeds does not run out'
so soon as that cut before the seed Is formed
because the seed falls and receeds the
ground. AS general rule, all grasses con-
tain the greatest amount of nutriment mat
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lhg. consist Of white ash, European lurch.
oiack walnut, butternut, hickory, black
cherry, Scotch, Austrian and white pine.
Norway spruce, red cedar, and the Ameri-
can arbor vitae. Many of these kinds of
trees are rapid growers and orna,n en- tai, and
the wood is of great value for economic
uses.
The first cost of the plants and seeds of
these trees is higher than the cost OF cotton
wood, white willow and other soft wooded
trees, while the cost of the preparation OF
the soil. planting and subsequent care and
cultivation is the same as the hard wood
trees, but it must be remembered that the
wood OF the cheaper class Of trees is Of but
little value except for fuel. On the other
hand. the products of the hard wooded and
evergreen.trees are indispensable in the arts
and manufactures, and will always be in de-
mand at remunerative prices, increasing IN
value year by year in proportion to the con-
sumptivc demand Of an increasing popula-
ton; hence it is not unreasonable to sup
pose that the present and prospective value
of such plantation would exceed that of
the soft wooded plantation by at least three
Or tour hundred per cent.
In consequence Of the destruction OF the
forests, and the rapid settlement OF tile tree
less plains, the problem Of what material is
the best, the most permanent and cheap
closures of agricultural lands becomes i'm
portant.
Barbcd wire fences have been introduced
but are objected to by some as being dam
gerous. their use resulting in the loss Of
much valuable stock, and as being too ex-
pensive to be generally adopted by the av-
erage western farmer.
South OF the torty-second parallel, the
Usage orange hedges have generally been
planted, and when properly treated, prove
to be really effective, but the Usage being
too tender to endure a more northern limit
we are confined to more hardy species,
which consists of honey locust, buckthorn
and the barberry. The honey locust is Il
valuable timber tree. but by pruning and
s'lcarihg can be made into All effective hedge
il any locality south OF the forty fifth par
allel, especially where the plants are grown
from seed procured from trees growing
north of the torty-second parallel. The
buckthorn is known to endure the vigorous
climate of Canada, and will no doubt thrive
as lar nortl, as HudSon's Bay. The barber
ry beng a shrub, requires but little, if any.
shearing, and can, with proper planting,
care and cultivation, be made into hedge
imperbous to all kinds of stock within five
to six years from date of planting, which
will endure for the period of three to five
at a cost OF twenty to thirty
five cents per rod at the date of planting, -
Fl. NJ. Thompson. i,s Trade Bulletin.