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with guano to order; vessel to Master.
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GommsrsiaI.
sAVANNAH IARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEW
GavsSzAH. January ~, 1881, 4 p. \

sEA IsLASDs.-The market was quiet and
unchanged, with no sales reported We quote:
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ARRIVED Up FROM BELOW SATURDAY.
Steamship desmond (Br), Bait. Middles.
borough, Eng. to dischsrge-Jas West s. Co.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
Farming Down South.

REPLY TO GEORGE n. GILMER.
Editor Patron. In your issue Of
May 18th see from letter Bro. GIN.
Gilmer, in which he criticises a let
ter of mine written to the /o7va
Homestead, in which he says, 81
am wofully ignorant or wofully
malignant | am certain of nv
ignorance; but l am not malignant.
l love my people, and would not do
them harm; but sometimes it is ne
ceasary to say hard things to arouse
people.
Now, Bro. Gilmer, you have
stated some things in your letter,
which ! do not think you can prove,
or if you can then you can do what
no planter | have ever see can do,
and l hope you will take it in good
part if | show the readers of THE
PATRON some inaccuracies in your
statement.
| will say, live in a country that
is as good cotton land as there is in
the South. l have planted cotton
for 20 wears; have made II bales Of
cotton and go bushels of corn TO
the hand; and on an acre of fancy
cotton / once made $50 Tbs. of lint
cotton: ! have gathered 900 bush
els of corn from II acres of land,
and my neighbors are as good farm
ers as there are in the South. | have
studied farming in the South and in
the North for 40 years, and think |
know something about it. | will
make calculation of the compare
tive cost of raising cotton and corn
and will only charge the crop with
the labor necessary to cultivate and
gather the crop, as the teams and
plows will cost about the same in
both cases; and will say that the
profits a farmer makes is the differ
ence between what it cost to raise
his crop and what it sells for.
| stated that one hand can cult
vate 40 acres of corn. | will further
say, that with little help to thin
corn and a good year, good hand
can cultivate 90 acres IN corn.
| have two boys, * and II years
old, who have broken up 100 acres
Of land, cleared off the stalks and
have planted s. acres in corn, and
will put the balance in corn and
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
Why the sOuth Plants so suuch
cotton.
REPLY TO GEO. n. GILMER.

REPLY TO GEO. \. GILMER.
Editor Patron l notice, Brother
Gilmer, your questions propounded
to me through THE PATRON, and
although they have no bearing on
the subject upon which my letter
was written. still | will ans wer them.
Barney Lillard has spent 40 long,
weary as cotton planter, and not
one of the parlor kind but in the field
behind the hoe gang, and he knows
whereof he writes. The ante bel
Ium planter was nice gentleman
and spent his money like nabob,
but he was not good money ma
ker; he has passed away, and the
world will never see his equal
again Bro. Gilmer asks:
I. If in ''ante belum times the big cot
ton planter worked for glory, and not for
money" how did it come about that the
bigger crops of cotton he made the richer
he got?
| did not know that this was the
fact. and | know the contrary to be
the fact Twenty five years ago we
had Georgia planter who only
made 6 bales per hand ard plenty
of meat and corn to sell, yet his
neighbors made 10 to II bales to the
hand The Georgia planter had
money to loan and never asked for
any advance on his crop, but each
and every neighbor he had was in
debt.
What was it that induced 1.-The smiles
of the factor" and the investment of his
money on patron who was making such
big crops of cotton that they would be sure
to break him:
The factor made Is to b per cent
on all money be loaned to the plan
ter and was sure that the latter had
negroes enough to pay the debt.
The ante bellum cotton producers
were not the richest people in the
world; in the river bottoms, men
who owned large gangs of negroes
had very large plantations and were
very few in each county, but all this
wealth was made by increase in ne
groes, not by making cotton. 1t was
estimated that making cotton paid
3 per cent, and the increase of ne
groes per cent.
AS to 4th and 9Th questions, ! say
| don't know.
AS to 9th question: Spectators
bought them at a heavy discount,
and relied on a Radical Congress
and bayonets to force the South to
pay them.
| 7. Why is it that those bonds OF the cot
ton growing States are about on par in
he market with those of the grain grow
States?
/ lid not know that they were,
but | suppose they think that they
can buy up enough Legislators like
those in Tennessee who voted to
pay 50 per cent more than was
asked. They are cheap now-that
is, Legislators.
Your 8th question asks whv the
South has increased so fast There
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
NEW ORLEANS MARRIOTT,
OFFICE OF
Fhe southwestern Cooperative
Association. 4. of H..
New ORLEANS. Nav 90

New ORLEANS, May a, 1881.
COITON-Firm. Coed ordinary, sac.
low middling, 935c; middling, 1os5c. o"
Ne7v Orleans Futures: Tune 70 -.
July, 1o.47; August, 10. e.
bAGGlNG'-Dull, Dom. lutte. ~ lbs.
I2c.; ? lbs, 1896; arrow ties, $1.65 per
bundle. r.
Ss1oFFEE-Good, ra94@r3c.; prime,
FLot R--Fancy, $6.7s; choice. $61s;
family niE $5.z5; treble, $5.25. per brl.
NESS PORK-SIS per brl.
DRY SALT Shoulders.
614c-, packed.
BAcoN-shoulders, ne; c. r. sides,
LARD-Refined, in tierces, 112i@12L
IN kegs and hf brls, Il &c; buckets, IL &c
SUGAR-Choice open kettle. 73I(aSc.
yellow clarified, 94@9c. off white, oI5c.
LASSES-Strictly prime, acc;
prime. 400.
RICE-Prime, SIC; choice, &c.
MACKEREL-No. I, bbls $6.75; half
$375; qrs., $500, kits, 75c.;
CATTLE-Gnod fat, Soo@35; fair fat,
SIS@25; scalawags, $1o0I2.
COAL O1L-In bbls, 2oc.; cans, 24@
25c.
CoRN-white, Csc: yellow, 6oc.;
mixed. soc.
COW PEAS-s2. 5o@2 60 for clvy;
S2.2 5@2.4o for mixed
HAY-Prime, SAGA; choice, $24
T. ton.
SALT-Coarse, 81 os; fine, $I45.
DRY GOODS-Brown cottons 81. 515
@o1e; bleached. 5@7c., do. A, ga @Sc.;
bleached, 61a @Ioc.; Lonsdale, 8H
Osnaburgs, 9la@Ioc.; standard prints,
c.; checks and stripes, Z az c.; ne
gro Plaids and stripes, 6@916c.; Tickings,
7 @22c.; Drills, @S c.;Denims, S
@I5c.; leans, Case.
SHOES-Men's brogans, $r.os01 40.
mems boots, $2D4; women's shoes, Socm
$I.I5; childrens' shoes, 55c@ 81.
t. ]. CARVER,
General MANAGER
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
Deputy Lecturers.
ARKANSAS.
GENERAL DEPUTIES.

GENERAL DEPUTIES.
John I. Jones, Lexington, Phillips county.
c. E. TObey, Atkins. Pope county.
IL. V. Underwood, Kings Mills, Sharpe co
J. P. Fondren, Marble, Madison county.
COUNTY DEPUTIES.
r. E. CLANCY, Arkansas Post, Arkansas co.
Jas. II. Machen, Charlottesville, Calhoun co.
Henry SHIRLEY, Van Buren,, Crawford co.
R. W. Steele, Ozark, Franklin county.
r. A. Childress, CIR 4ham, Independence CO..
Gilbert Hudson, Marble, Madison county.
DID. Spurlock, Kings Mills, Sharpe county.
r. Iigginbotham, Texarkana, Miller co.
j. R. Raughton, Benton county.
GSs- We want some one to act as Deputy in
each county, men who will work to build up
our Order, and we ask The members of the Or
der in each county to recommend some person
for the position. J. V. SCOTT,
Secretary of the Arkansas State Grange.
Texarkana, May 90 1881.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

you a fair price for h,.,
much money could you maj Gov
Ii any of your neighbor,
like to bet $500 that rosI Would
can't cultivate well 40 to 9 so MAJ
corn, send his name to Re- acre, re-
Ellington, and | will try a., Wo'
some one who will take the e" ~ bid
This | know is a poor ara wager
but still it is a good way : sounent
things sometimes. Fraternsne tIe
Oakley. Ark. ]. II. My
p. 81 neglected to saw ~,
cents net is more than co,,oa "' 10
brought for several wears 'Yu na'
the crop of 1879; and lbs t'e '
net average of this cron Vim YIN Ge
about 7 cents per pound. Will Il
is now selling to cotton plan,err.' W.T.
my section az IS cents, cash onS /, Z
on cTedit. If this crop should iu u
out 1000, 900 or 100000 baI a Pa,
cotton, Thea the average nr;o VIZ 9.
cotton will be 4 cents; or if viii q
qure 20 pounds of cotton 70 !" =
for I bushel Of corn. Can tbsI RI
of one man make enough cotton !,
that price to feed one horse f. 4 !
months? NJ
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

i And after the lifeless body was
placed in the coffin and the funeral
Grafton was being delivered, por-
traying in living celors the virtues
and the blessings of the deceased,
while the friends of the departed
were shedding bitter tears, weeping
that their beloved Benefactress was
gone to return to them no more, and
the bells of the city were tolling the
death knell of the Goddess of hu-
man rights. some one of the by-
ISLANDERS observed a certain twitch
ing of the nerves of the supposed
lifeless copse, who announced with
great ioy the resuscitation which
was taking place. Then those tears
of sorrow were dried into JOY, and
the glad tidings spread like light
from the electric fire, being carried
from friend to friend and borne on
every breeze, that the supposed
dead was alive again. And, as |
hope, to die no more.
So with you, my comrades, in
this conflict for our rights, if you
think the battle is lost, that gold,
like the spider, has spun a web that
secures you in its meshes; appoint
the fuaeral and let Liberty for the
messes have a decent interment and
a becoming funeral ovation. Re
gufescat in pace.
But if you think otherwise, let
me say to you, as we go to our Ag-
ricultural Councils, Come, thou,
and GO with u.s." and great good
will result to you and to me,-for
there is strength in unity.
We need your help to devise some
plan by which this dreadful doom
of slavery for us and our children
is to be averted. If we fail to do
our duty III this crisis, we must suf-
fer The consequence.
But if we, the non actors in the
contest, were the only sufferers, we
might bear it. Our children, the
innocents of the land and the I'M
born millions, are to be the burden
bearers when we have left the stage
of action.
And as interminable, so it is be-
coming universal, for this contest is
not confined to this country, but its
benign influence has extended
throughout Europe and makes
tyrants and despots quake on their
crazy thrones.
Patriots and benefactors of the
human family, armed with right and
justice, use deadly missiles to free
the thrones of modern Caesars.
And for these noble acts God
will reward the Brutus. Their
names will be more enduring than
the brass or stone that may be erect
ed to commemorate the name of the
vile intruder on human rights,
Their names will be embalmed in
the memories and hearts of the pa
triots, and sung in verse by the
bards of future ages.
Thus with halo of glory around
their names will they be honored
while the slain demon will be for
gotten. and the brass commemo-
rating his name will have moulded
to dust. Regiment bobuH.
Hoping THE PATRON will teach
the people how they may rule, and
thus become an important factor, I
will close
Fraternally, w. H. Person.
Nav *.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
TEX A..

COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN.
III. n. G. Bentley and Il. c. Dial, Sulphur
Springs, Hopkins county.
J. I. COrcoran, Duck Creek, Dallas county.
DR.. w. A. Smith, Hallville, Harrison CO.
W. M. Blalock and 4. A. Mantius, Marshall
Harrison county.
A. N, Kelar, Birdsdale, Bell county.
C.. A. Coleman, Palo Alto, Bell county.
b. E. Ship OenavilIe, Bell county.
John NJ. Carson, Red Oak, Ellis county.
John A. Forbes, Florence, Williamson CO.
Robert Hanna, Old Round Rock, 4"
William Erwin, Paris, Lamar county
W. W. Sayler and S. F. McBurney, Tampa
sas, Lampasas county.
g. w. Martin, Rockwell, Rockwell county
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
Terrible Disaster.

LONDON, Ontario, May 24.-This
evening at 6 o'clock the steamer Vic
toria, with over 600 excursionists on
board, was returning from Spring
Bank, and when near the curve of the
railroad bridge, one mile below the
city, the boat suddenly collapsed like
an egg-shell and became total wreck,
level with the waters edge. All the
passengers were instantly plunged into
the stream, more than half of them
being under the debris The total loss
will aggregate 115.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
Education OF Farmers,

Shall farmer be only a machine d?
Some people in talking and wri-
ting about agricultural education
show that in their minds they think
Of him only as a part Of the appara
tus, one of the machines, for making
the earth produce vegetables and
animals. The only education for
him, which they talk of, except to
denounce, is that which is limited
to this one object.
Shall farmer be first a man ?
a rational creature, fit to be Gods
vicegerent in dominion over the
ear h and its powers and products;
and, second, a follower of noble
occupation for an honorable liveli
hood? 1t was evidently ordained
that a very large part Of mankind
should be agriculturists; and yet
all the high endownents that crown
and adorn humanity were not with
held. We can not believe they
were aimlessly conferred. The at
tributes that are to outlast time and
are beyond the requirements of
times accidents are of first import
ance. The intellect is doing noble
work in guiding the productive
powers Of the earth to higher effici-
ency; but it is degrading it to sup
pose this is its only office and to
limit its activities to this object. The
intellectual faculties, the emotions,
affections and desires, the will, that
constitutes man in the image of
God and fit him to be immortal
these should not be subordinated to
the object of making machine of
the highest efficiency in producing
bushels per acre or improved ami
mails. Thatinnumerable host which
by the very order and constitution
of the world must always be en-
gagged in agriculture should have
every facility for the fullest devel-
epment of every faculty that gives
man pre- eminence.
But, can they avail themselves of
these extended facilities? Alas
that SO many from their circum-
stances can not Yet the means
should exist for those who can use
them. Those who are discouragino
the higher education of the farnino
classes their education as men and
women because they are first Of all
and above all human (Which is
greater than any vocation), who
would limit agricultural education
to the production of agricultural
machines rather than truly educated
men engaged in these
men are the very worst counselors
that farmers can have.
What are the effects of this de-
crying or disparagement of the
highest education for farmers by
those who assume to speak or write
for their class? First, so far as
these persons are supposed to be
representative, their calling and
class are lowered in the estimation
of thoughtful persons. Second. so
far as they have influence. and so
far as their efforts succeed, thev
drive the very best material, the
most intelligent, active and capable
young men from farming into other
pursuits. No vocation can com
mand public favor, and successfully
invite the ablest youth to its ranks,
that does not honor the broadest
and highest culture of man as man
as well as ample education in its
own science and art.-Farmers'
Friend.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
the ..Boo.sa" Tar .rhe Patron.

The friends OF THE PATRON are work
ing finely, as will be seen by the following
list of those who have sent in clubs, and
several of these have sent IN two or three
three clubs each. The paper is now in a
better position than ever, and if all its
will work for it, is circulation vii. soon
be equal to that OF the leading Journals OF
the South:
Worthy Steward w. NJ. Blalock, of the
Texas State Grange, Marshall
c. B. Turnipseed, Walden, Miss.
R. a. Bell, Pontotoc county. Miss.
M. Shackleford, Montgomery CO., Ala.
]. w. Ratliff, Lee county, Texas.
A. F. league, Lee county, Texas.
r. H. Payne. Clay county, Miss,
J. w. Evans, Calhoun county, Ark.
ID. G. Pool, Milan county, Texas.
J. NJ. Finley. Scott county, Miss.
!. s. Dodd. Campbell county, Ga.
Worthy Steward J. B. Bailey, Mississip-
pi State Grange.
L. Moore, ST., Williamson co., Texas.
]. w Singleton, Ellis county, Texas.
ID. ellis, Jamestown, Ga.
J. l. iiciiONdN y iilOil t)dt ISL, La.
t. ]. Edwards. Lee county, Texas.
ID. A. Burleson. Morgan county, Ala.
5. P. Barlow, McNairy county, Tenn.
/. c. Woodward. Winston county, Miss.
w. l.. Woods, Yalobusha county. Miss.
5. p. Barlow, McNairy CO., Tenn.
9. w. Gill, Lafayette CO.. Miss.
O. II, Thompson. Calhoun CO., Ark.
]. |. Burlington, Fulton CO., Ga.
]. d. Brown, Ebert CO., Ga.
r. E. Chapman, Newton CO., Miss
E. L. Spinks, Lauderdale CO., Miss.
Asa Weems, Wood CO., Texas.
]. f. Walker, Burnet CO., Texas.
J. /. COrcoran. Dallas CO., Texas.
@. w White, Freestone CO., Texas.
]. ID. tGunnells, Banks CO., Ga
K. Nj Carruth, Pike co Miss.
Sims Greek Grange. Lampasas CO., Tex.
F. A. Howell, Holmes CO., Miss,
Z. G. Milestone, Wilkinson CO.. Miss.
Lexington Grange, Lee CO., Texas.
w. B. Barnett, Madison county, Miss.
]. P. Shrous, ir., jackson parish, La,
J, IL. Allen, Calhoun county, Miss.
w. d. Couch, Chickasaw county, Miss,
w. E. Bradley, Monroe CO.. Miss.
]. w. Langley, Pa ella county, Texas.
J. w. Grain, MONTAGUE county, Texas.
J. a. Thornton, Pamela county, Miss.
A, S. Darlington VI lbile county, Ala.
w. H. Tate. Hardeman county, Tenn.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

We regret that Col. T. J. Stevens,
who has for several years conducted
with marked ability the editorial
department of that sterling journal,
the Spirit Of Kavsas, has severed
his connection with that paper. He
gave the Grange an earnest and eff
fective support. We extend to him
our best wishes, and to his success
sors, Messrs. Moody and Davis,
who give promise of great efficiency
in their new field of labor.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
A. B.,
~ ID's
"He lived" "He died"

''He lived" "He died.
Yet that unuseful lie and unknown
man were blessings to Adams race
and temple in which the spirit of
God might dwell, when compared
to the thousands of degenerate sons
of Adam who never in all their lives
had thought only to Cypress their
fellow man.
To the faithful and worthy Pa
iron, we would say. remember the
Arkansas emigrants of 1897, who
were going to California, but who
were persuaded by one John D.
Lee, Mormon to give up their arms
to the Mormons under promise that
they would be protected from the
Indians.
But when disarmed, you remem-
Der their fate, viz: entire extermi-
nation.
Thus learn by their sad expert
ence not to disarm yourselves bv
abandoning your Grange. but meet
in your councils and confer one
with another how to meet the en-
envy; and at all times meeting
Greek with Grecian fire.
But should you disarln yourselves
by disbanding your organization.
YOU may expect the like treatment
from these Mormon-like enemies.
Should your efforts seem futile
and your labors in vain, and no
good resulting from your meetings,
so far as you can see, hence the fu-
ture wrapped in darkness and
doubt, let me refer you to the ex-
mi to which the patriots of
Ella century were reduced.
10 dark and gloomy TO those
\ lstlan humanitarians the polit-
ical sky appeared, when it seemed
that Liberty was dead, and nothing
but the shackles of English oppres-
sion was their portion in this life.
there WAS an announcement made
that Liberty would be buried in
B on on November I, 1863.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

The unfaithful man is more untrue
to himself than to any one else. Ev-
ry promise which he breaks, every
trust which he dishonors, every re-
sponsibility which he throws off,
every rightful labor which he shirks,
weakens the force of the inner law,
destroys his frmness, impairs his
energy, hardens his conscience, and
renders him not free man but a
slave. In being unfaithful to his
own nature, IN trying to secure some
paltry qualification, he has lost the
richest treasure of his life.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

The Tennessee State Grange will
meet at McMinnville in August
next.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04
CT. LOUIS BRANCH
~ OF THE
Southwestern CO-ope-
ratlVe Association,
DR.. VIM. MAXWELL, President,
Oh North Fifth street.
~. Louis, FKO,
ST. LOUIS, ADriI 81 ISS

+ ST. LOUIS, April 20, 1851.
Our WHOLESALE PROVISION
STORE is now open in this city, office as
above.
one THOuSan9 Shares have been sub
scribed and paid in. With this sum, 5000.
we begin the new enterprise.
AS soon as 5000 more is paid in we will
open in New Orleans.
We shall need a capital of 10000 to op-
crate both establishments 1t is only for
the brotherhood to will it, and the amount
will not be long coming. Send your sub
scriPtions to t. ]. Carver as heretofore.
All orders and communications intend
ed for st. Louis must be addressed to DR..
Maxwell as above. He will be assisted by
Bro. Ben. Folkes, late of Warren county.
Miss. WIN. MAXWELL. Pres't
T. ]. CARVER, Gen1 Manager.
TTNO THE WRITING PUBLIC, GREET
4 ING: For 30 cents will be forwarded to
any address upon application. JOHNSON,S
SECRET ALPHABET, with Key to it {copv
righted) for secret writing. Any one can learn
t" write and read from the Alphabet by the
Key. Send post Office orders for Alphabet. OF
sc stamp for samle writing to
W. J. JOHNSON, Inventor,
Lock box l3|, Columbus, Miss.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-04

Cooperation under Grange aus
pices is steadily growing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-09
Strange Fear Of Wind. {

There isatyoung man diving few
miles from Americus who, we are, in
formed is terribly frightened whenever
the wind blows hard. neighbor of
his tells that ifrequently, when aplowing
and q, heavy breeze springs up, he has
seen him leave the plow, and, running
toa stump, throw his arms aroundsit
and hide bis, head as q near the earth as,
possible until the wind subsidies. One
night last week the young man jumped
from his bed while asleep, ran out on
the front veranda of his house and grab
bing one Of the posts, stayed there for
an hour or two, when some .one hap
pening to go out found him fast asleep
and nearly frozen. 3 He said when
awakened that.he was dreaming that a
terrible storm was sweeping away trees,
fences, etc, and he was greatly fright
ened. His people cannot account for
his strange fear of wind. .-Ansericus
(Ga.) Republican. H8 Hsld AZ sspi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-09

A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from Staunton, Va,
relates the following: 'The most won
derful feat of memory recollect of was
displayed by Blind Tom ON the stage
while giving a concert here recently.
Twenty-one years ago-in 1S60-Prof.
E. L. Ide, music teacher at the Wes-
leyan Female Seminary here, attended
one of TOMS concerts at Frederick,
Md, and to test the genius of the boy
played a German waltz, then but little
known and made some little changes of
his own in playing it. Tom played it
off at once correctly. The other night
Professor Ide went on the stage and
asked Tom what was the name of the
hall in which he played in Frederick in
1860. Tom without hesitation gave the
name of the hall. He was then asked
who played for him, and he said Pro-
fessor 1de. He was then asked to re-
peat the piece that had been played for
him there, and sitting down at the
piano he accurately gave it as he had
heard it from Professor Ide twenty-one
years ago, note for note. including the
change made by the Professor at that
time.n