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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

per acre; and they nave rnu power 70 ad-
vance the rate to fifty cents instead of five,
and did advance it fifteen cents during the
past season. One of the railroad kings
Mr.. Vanderbilt) has purchased, in the
name of corporation, over 100000 acres
of land in body, in the State of Colora-
do; while another railroad king Mr.. Jay
Gould) has used portion of the millions
which he has gathered in by an advance
in rates, in purchasing State Legislatures,
being successful to the extent of securing
four; and paid attorneys of the railroad
corporations are now. in Washington and
have appeared before the committee to
whom was referred the Reagan Bill, urg-
ing its defeat in committee and prepared,
if we may Judge by the past, to buy up
Congress if necessary to accomplish their
nefgrious object.
By donations made, taxes voted and
stock taken by parties residing upon the
line ofa proposed road, the road-bed is
built by mortgage given upon the road
| bed; the rolling stock is purchased by the
foreclosure of the mortgage; the original
stockholder is cheated out of his inves-
ment, and himself together with his neigh
bors robbed of the profit upon their sur
| plus productions by the pooling of the
earning, of the road they have built for
others with those of the line it was expec-
ted to compete with; and the money thus
stolen from them is used to rob them of
their suffrages through the purchase of
| their chosen Representatives and the
/ bribery of courts of Justice
"A railroad magnate, attended by serv-
| ants in uniform, rides in state in special
car,which is indeed palace, for period
of eight consecutive days without passing
| the point where upon all questions relat-
| ing to the transportation of the products
| of the country his word. ceases to be a law.
He meets with other magnates in secret
conclave to decide upon what amount of
| the products of their farms and manufac-
tories shall be left to the producers of
wealth: and coming out of that secret
conclave insultingly tells the people that
the action of himself and his associates
will only be made public as it shall be
| developed in the execution of the policy
adopted by the roads.
| To levy t1ebute; to dictate laws; to re-
move and appoint the judiciary; to exalt
and enrich their friends at the expense OF
the general public; to ride in state attend
| edby liveried servants, and to spit upon
those whom they have robbed, was once
regarded as the divine right of tyrants,
but to submit to such wrongs and indig-
mites was never regarded ia any ofAe,
klieAt than as the a6iecf servifnde of slaves
Have the American people the courage
to regain their liberties! or have they
grown too cowardly to assert their rights
in the face of an insolent and overbearing
set of thieves, who, having robbed them
of their earnings and stolen their suffrages
now seek to perpetuate their power by
seizing possession of the soil of the coun
E try and erecting an aristocracy of wealtl
: from whose select circle shall in futur
come the governing classes.
They have not too much time in whicl
D to ask and answer the quest on.
Indianapolis, Z. c. PosT.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20
The Patron of Husbandry..
W. H. wORTHINGToN, EDITOR.
MISS, MARCH 20, 1850.

Our esteemed correspondent who
writes from Memphis touches subject to
which we have for years given consider
|abIe attention in our columns. The diver
|sifcation of farm work in the South is an
important question, and We have never
permitted an opportunity to pass to urge
In tupon the attention Of our readers. When
we commenced advocating the establish
ment of Clement Attachment factories as
far back as 1874, we were convinced that
1.-The natural and the best effect of that sys-
tenn would be to compel our farmers to di-
yersify their crops. The Grange has had
direct and powerful Influence in many
sections of the Cotton States in exposing
the suicidal policy of relying upon single
CROP and thousands have been induced to
abandon that ruinous system. Hundreds
of farms in this State have been made to
support their owners by the change, and
the Importation of corn and bacon from
the West has steadily decreased. But there
is much vet to be done in this direction
and the timely and forcible letter of oul
correspondent should have the serious
consideration of every farmer in our sec.
4 tiOn
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20
Z E. COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, MARCH 20, !

ic appeals to push forward the work and
stand by the glorious principles of the
great farmers organization until success
crowned their efforts. There were others
in the prime and vigor of mature man
hood, with here and there a scattering
gray hair in temple or beard. who spoke
with power, vigor, force and effect. There
were others still fresh from the fields of
labor, in the youthful vigor of life, whose
tongues were more eloquent than is often
heard in the forum or at the bar, and who
spoke with an ease and grace, and with
such effect as can only be brought about
by the severest training. This is the work
of the Grange. Coming in contact the
one with the other in the Grange halls, an
amount of oflafent.ta has been develop
ed which to many is really astonishing.
To one and all of these good brothers,
and others who were not present, but
who have place in our Order, we would
say, "let your light SO shine that others
beholding it will be induced to come into
the Order and aid in the great work in
which we are engaged"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20
THE POWER OF MoNoPOLIEs.

L L w
Where laws of entail and primogeni-
ture or others of like tendency do not exist,
the large estates that are occasionally gath
cred together by some fortunate sPecula-
tor or unscrupulous manipulator of stocks
and markets, are almost sure to be scat
tered in second generation by being divi
ded at the death of their possessor, among
his numerous relatives or squandered by
the favorite to whom they are left by a
"last will and testament" vs vu,
The government of England rests upon
an aristocracy ofwealth, made permanent
by laws of entail and primogeniture; laws
by which the landed estate of the father
descends to the eldest son, without the
power to ALLEVIATE or transfer, except
within prescribed limits, the property in
herited. -
The result of this system is the title
deeds to the soil of the entire kingdom in
the hands of few men. Hundreds of
thousands of acres of land in the posses
sion of one man, and hundreds of thous-
ands of men without an acre; the one liv
ing riotously upon the rental of lands
which his hands till not; the hundreds of
thousands srarving because they have no
lands to till. ~.s44s IS vsres
Laws of entail and primogeniture were
Justly regarded by the founders Of our
Republic as hostile to free government,
and wherever such laws had found a
place upon the statute books of any State
they were expunged after the close of the
war of che Revolution as being dangerous
to the liberties of the people because OF
their tendency to build up an aristocracy
ofwealth by perpetuatingth title to realty
IN the line of descent in families; and even
up to the present hour law courts have
shown an aversion to, and fear of, any
| laws whose tendency was to prevent the
easy transfer of real estate aud the equa
| right of all heirs of the same blood to in
herit equally But while rejecting the
laws which perpetuate the title. of realty
| in the family, we have adoped those
which perpetuate the life of the one te
whom the deed is first given. - -.
| Corporations have the right of perpet
ual succession and hence never die. A
member of a corporation, or all the mem
bers, may die or give place to others bu
the corporation live on the same, ane
there is lacking but the laws of entail t
assure beyond peradventute the ,perpe
tuity of estates in realty, and this lack
. overbalaneed in favor of certain corpora
tlons by the powers given them whicl
are refused to the individual, even unde
a system enforced with the undisgulse
purpose of maintaining an aristocracy
wealth. ---~-~--4~
/ Railroad corporations are permitted
take private property and appropriate
the use of the corporation.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

bined, and much of this loss is irreparabl
It was supposed that we might all ha1
learned lesson from the experience I
last year, to be wise enough to let eontei
ton and discord alone, But in this we al
disappointed, for the same elements en-
ployed last year are again brought into US
and errors are circulated concerning til
business arrangement of the Order I'D
the present year. The anxiety to circulat
this erroneous idea is so great that man
of the late delegates are written to upo
the subject for the purpose of securin
their influence in opposition to the inteI
est and progress of the Order. Sue
work can have no good, In it but muc|
harm. tits of a selfish character and fd
selfish purposes. The sooner we al
taught to teach and practice fraternal RI
lations toward each other instead of per-
odical strife and mischief, the better fd
the fraternity. -.r.-..
Y on have the same agents and agenc
that you have had for years past with n
change, except the purchasing agency
placed upon a different basis, relievin
the State Grange from the risk and rt
sponsibility that they have heretofol
carried; it is the same agency, manage
to your interest as much as in the pas
and it is for you to say whether you wi
support it or whether you will allow your
selves to be led into error. 1t would 1
unwise to givein a public communicate
like this, the particulars of any priva
arrangement concerning the business a
fairs of our Order. Suffice it to say th'
the business arrangements are legitima
and upon sound basis, and the very be
that could have been made or entere
into at the time. Reports to the contrai
Notwithstanding -.
I trust that the educational work in IL
Subordinate Oranges has made sufficiei
progress that members will not allo
themselves to be misled by any scheme
device calculted to interfere with the
best interest, or to hinder the progress
our Order.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

a COOP LEssoN.-The Grangers
throughout the South are very generally
agitating the question of mixed agricul-
ture tor those States. They argue that
the farmers there should plant more grain,
raise more stock, cultivate less cotton and
do more to encourage manufactures in
that portion of the country. The Ken
lucky Patrons are urging more general
cultivation of tobacco in that State. Pa
irons are everywhere learning that mixed
agriculture pays best, affords more luxu-
ries and better living.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

Quite mania has taken hold of many
fruit growers of west Texas in regard to
raising of oranges. Orange culture in
west Texas exists no longer in theory, but
bears the certuinty of demonstration.
There are persons in various portions of
west Texas, most noticeably in Victoria
county, who have trees that bear large
crops of oranges every year. These trees
were raised from the seed, and require to
be eight or ten years old befote they
commence bearing. BY grating it is said
fruit can be obtained in two or three
wears
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

our enemies count largely upon the ex-
cltement of the Presidential canvass to
uIaw the minds of farmers from the
orange They well know that there are
Ho loes SO dangerous as those within the
sa'es, and there is no form of opposition
"hch the true men of the Order dread
81 much as that which proceeds from the
apathy and indifference of members. Are
.iiefe any Patrons so blind to their best
INTERESTS as to permit their minds and
hearts to be drawn from their great de-
:'"SiVe organization by the arts of schem-
,"g demagogues2 Political affairs ought
~ nave due consideration from the farmer
e'1sS' but they should never be permitted
~ Supercede the Grange in their thoughts
'or moment. Farmers should never lose
she OF the fact that no matter how favor.
"Oie political affairs may become for office.
eeNerS' 1t could not compensate the pro
Gucers of the country for the loss of the
Grange. p
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

The leaders of the Grange in Ohio and
Kentucky are actively at work. Worthy
Master Brigham of Ohio is making a
splendid canvass, and is actively assisted
by a number of able and eloquent Patrons
in all parts of the State. Worthy Secretary
!, c. Carter of the Kentucky State Grange,
is addressing large crowds of farmers al
most daily.
Mississippi will be heard from next.
When Worthy Master Darden takes the
field, his work will be seen and felt
throughout the entire Southwest.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

1t is said of Northern Texas that the
tillers of the soil there make more provis
ions than they have any use for, always
have corn and meat for sale, and their
cotton and cattle crops come in as clear
profit. They are rapidly growing wealthy,
and in less than fifteen years from now,
North Texas will be as prosperous as the
blue grass region of Kentucky ever was
in its palmiest days.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

,ba ne cotton manufacturing capacity of
ths s country could be safely doubled, if
sae.s .e means of rapid distribution of manu-
IT, Tsles to all parts of the earth existed.
~ e country now makes up into cloth on
y 1or, 400 900 bales of its raw cotton. 1t ex-
psau. p1s from 100000 to 100000 bales an.
,'"n S ana this large surplus might be
il U- manufactured here as anywhere, and,
IN tact, should be.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

1t IS the Grange that is giving new life
10 our industries and commerce, by teach
ing men the value and effectiveness of CO.
Operatlon-that the different parts of soci-
ely are as separate parts of an intricate
piece of mechanism, of which none can
De spared-each is necessary to the other
N the successful working of the whole.
intelligent cooperation is its watchword
-disenthrallment from ignorance, vice
ana despotism, in all its forms, its aim
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

In the abstract, farming is dignified
occupation, and in proportion as it bor-
rows from science it becomes more digni-
fed. So far as the casual observer can
see, it combines more of what is desirable
than does any other pursuit. While it
promises no brilliant reward, it insures
steady, reliable, and sufficient return for
the capital and labor invested in it.
1t promises sure provision for old age,
and it secures the owneship of visible
property. Indeed, look at it and argre
about it as we may, it is not easy to see
why it is not the best occupation for a
wholesome and intelligent man."
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20
Number 4.
INFLUENTIAL FARMERS.

The only way that farmers can become
intelligent, influential, progressive men, is
to read, listen, and reflect. They must
keep their eyes and ears open. They must
acquire knowledge, as other professional
men do. They must have friendly discus
sious with their neighbols. They must at
tond the Grange meetings, and do all they
can to advance the interests of the Order.
They must attend debating societies and
other public gatherings, and take part in
the proceedings. If they have informa-
ton, they can make it available. From
nothing, nothing can come. 1t is only
fro,n well-stored minds that valuable in
formation can be derived. All men who
aspire to. become public men, should re-
member this. All farmers, therefore, who
wish to aid in the upbuilding of their
class, however good their intentions may
be, will fail withot large. intellectual re-
sources. These they must acquire before
they can be of great service.-Es.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

There are large number of strong
Oranges in Alabama actively at work, and
1t will require but little effort to restore
the Order in that State to its former
strength. We hope to hear from the Off
GERS of the State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

, Education and Cooperation under
Grange auspices are most sanguinely ex-
pected:to be the potent levers that will
develop the resources of the State of
Georgia. With these prominent features
of the Grange properly nurtured, the re-
sources of any State are bound to develop
profitably, while the elevating and enno-
bling of her sons and daughters of toll are
accomplishments that cannot otherwise so
readily accrue
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

Too many Patrons have supposed that
dinate societies or lodges and an aggre-
gate membership greater than any other
social order, no difficulty would be expe-
rienced in carrying out any well devised
plan of cooperation to promote the inter
est of farmers. There has been no more
difficult task for Patrons than this. Far
mers have become welded to their modes
of business, and are the last men in the
for another, however plausible. In this,
as in other respects, the few must take the
lead, and demonstrate the wisdom of their
cause by success. The hesitating and in
different will soon follow.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

The Georgia Commissioner of Agricul-
ture urges the farmer of that State to
plant less cotton and pay more attention to
wool growing, as it costs no more to pro-
puce pound of the latter than pound
of the former, while wool sells for three
times as much as cotton. He also advo-
cate destruction of the 100000 dogs in the
State, which annually consume enough
food to supply 10000, laboring men,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

fo,,-. = ? = p
=, tuI 20 represent American agriculture.
= = worthy of note that this appoinfmenf
- nude on The ,aEitod solicifafian flf fIlc
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

Railroad corporations are permitted to
take private property and appropriate to
the use of the corporation.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

He speaks clear and fiaently
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20

one) had done. and that tke problem
would s. solved before The Gloss of Eiik
nineteenth century on the sissn af Justice
With these ideas prominent OF his mind
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-06-23
Sorghum Sugar.

Mr.. G. NJ. Schwarz, Edwardsville, Illinois,
is one of the foremost and most successful
manufacturers Of sugar from Amber cane.
He writes as follows to the Rural New
Yorker: al send you two samples of Early
Amber sugar, which have been draining
out to-day on hand centrifugal. 1t drains
very readily in about two minutes. The
sample on top was not boiled for sugar, but
only for table syrup, at two hundred and
twenty-eight degrees density, and will yield
only about two pounds Of sugar per gallon.
The other sample at the bottom OF the box
was boiled dense, as for sugar, at two humid
red and thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit, and
turns out about FIVE pounds per gallon both
were boiled in the open fire-pan. The pro-
cess is the one that has already been pub
lished in the Rural New Yorker (similar to
that of Professor Collier) l feel now per-
fectly sure of success, and am about enlarg-
ing my works with the assistance of two
other gentlemen of large experience. | do
not advise any one without the necessary
experience to invest heavily in the business,
for he would fail unless syrup was aimed at
This would probably turn out small per
centage of sugar without injury to the
syrup" The Rural editor says "The sam
pie that had been boiled at density of two
hundred and thirty-two degrees was de
cidedly the lighter in color and the sweeter
Both were of excellent quality and will com
pare favorably with sugar from the southern
cane"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-06-23

Van Nostrand with answers TO his questions,
and also send him samples of the sand as 1t
occurs in their own sugar. These questions
were addressed to us personally, but as we
have no sugar place we pass them over TO
those who read this department and are able
to answer them in whole or in part 1t is
well for farmers to encourage such investi-
cations by those engaged in chemical studies,
and perhaps some valuable information may
thus be elected. But we would suggest that
the best way for chemists to get at the facts
of the case is to work season or two at
sugar.making, and make their studies in
connection with their work. This is much
more practical than studying the subject at
arms length and getting the facts at second
hand. Quite number Of chemists have
analysed the sand, and it has been variously
reported to consist Of phosphate, oxalate and
malate of lime. That the base is lime they
all agree so far as we have seen, and there
is no difficulty in supposing that the combin-
ing acid varies with varying circumstances.
It is held in solution in the sap until in
boiling certain concentration is reached,
when it is precipitated. The proper degree
Of concentration seems to be well understood
by our best sugar.makers, at least in regard
to their own sap, and they are generally able
to settle out nearly all the sand before su-
CARING off. There is decided difference in
the amount of sand in different seasons, as
well as on different soils, and also between
first and second growth trees on the same
soil, according to the reports of experienced
makers
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-06-23
eMeiv AdpsrfisemenfS.
Read and Reflect!
The Kidneys.


The name Of double glands having for their
office the secretion Of urine They resemble
French Bean, their average length being from
four to four and one-half inches; breadth two
inches, thickness one inch. They are Of a brown
ish color hattened from before backwards and
grooved on the interior border for the great veS-
sells. They are made up OF masses oil minute
blood vessels, urnferous tubes, cells OF spher-
oldal and protecting form, nerves, arteries, veins
all mbedded in interlacing fibers, the whole COW
cred by thin, firm transparent cellular envelope
They are by all odds the most important organs
OF the human frame; saving and excepting the
eye, the most delicate; yet receive the least at
tention and are the most abused. The kidneys
are subject to an infinite variety OF dangerous and
painful discusses, az well Of many OF minor
character, and with little attention given to the
after. It IL these lttle "AcorDs" that grow and
flourish, and eliminate in the big Trees, named
Brghts Disease, Diabetes, Scrofula, Dropsy,
Gravel, and kindred ailments. 1t is almost i'm
possible to note and name separately thesymptoms
of diseases OF the kidneys. The different dis
eases are preceded by different SYMPTOMS. II any
notice dull, heavy pain in the small Of the back,
II there is numbness in the thighs, II retention
of urine is apparent, II nausea and vomiting is at
hand, positive conclusion can be arrived at that
something is wrong with the kidneys. That one
half OF physical disorders that human beings are
afflicted with arise from imperfect action OF the
kidneys, ia settled truth, and that these disor-
ders might be prevented by using Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure and In connection there
with Warmers Safe Pills. is equally true. Thou
sands Of people, including prominent physicians,
scientists and divines who have known OF its
wonderful powers, enthusiastically endorse and
recommend IT, 1t Is for sale by all druggists, and
every one should keep constantly on hand this
conoueror of disease,