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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
New Orleans Grain Trad.

The shipment of 10000 BUSH.
of spring wheat which was o.
from ST. Paul to Glasgow gay,6,
utmost satisfaction to the shiupr
The grain was loaded in St Paul.
a barge of the St. L. & N. o. Inn,
portation Company and passed S
Louis on the 18th of June reacis
New Orleans six days later, MAXIM
the journey through the hottestpr
of the year. When it is considsr.
that the distance transported /
barge without rehandling was 10;
miles and no i'll effect was discovf
ed in the grain when it resrts
New Orleans. No one will Que,
ton but what it is the beginning
very large trade that will falb
the same route.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

creased our stock to $40 shares and
hope very soon to be able to trans
act our own business as a Grange.
Doubtless you begin to think that
| am not going to say anything of
Worthy Master Darden and the 9th
of August at Sloan. Although it
rained most of the day before and
an occasional shower that day, by
IL o'clock the house was filled to
it's utmost capacity, quite number
standing in the doors and some ont
side at which time Worthy Master
Darden was introduced to his audi
ence, when he proceeded at once in
his easy, able and eloquent style ID
deliver one of the most instructive
speeches it has been my good for
tune to hear, setting forth the prin-
ciples and objects of our Order with
such force, and yet with such child
like simplicity, that the most simple
might not err therein and the en-
thusiasm of the most obdurate
might be warmed up, in fact he
held his hearers spell bound, as it
were, for two hours and ten min :
utes. 1t really appears that such
an argument would be sufficient to
reclaim the backslidden convict sim
ners and convert all the mourners.
We really think that it's influence
will be felt far and near tor some
time to come, and will be as bread
cast upon the waters, to be gather
ed up many days hence, bringing
forth much fruit, even an hundred
fold; in short, he fully portrayed
the expressions and burdens heaped
upon his class by moDopolies and
professional politicians, and by a
false business system, with an elo-
queDce that touched the minds and
hearts of many farmers who were
uniformed, and regarded the
Grange, to say the least OF it, with
utter indifference and now appre
ciate the services of this leader and
the necessity of organization for
self protection. The crowd was then
invited to the grove, where the
ladies of the surrounding country
had prepared a sumptuous repast
of an abundance of good things so
essential to satisfy the appetite of
the inner man, and right here We
desire to tender our most sincere
thanks to those ladies helping to
give this dinner who are not men,
bers of the Grange. God bless the
women, what would we do without
them? Some old bachelor might
answer this question, but we will
not take the responsibility. Well
| deem it useless to tell you how,
or in what, We hungry fellows dis
patched that part OF our duty, to
which but very few ever refuse to
do ample justice; everything passed
off quietly, not cross word heard
during the entire proceedings, all
we'll satisfied except one man, who
had fallen from the stage some sine
since and had not as yet rubbed all
the sand out of his eyes. He could
not see how we were to do without
the Agricultural Lien law. He
may have money to loan, or he
might have been to the ''Pint" shop.
But enough for this time. We say
God speed the Grange.
FraternalIy, RoBT. HARDY.
Sloan, Aug. ~.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Too f,0uufy.

Editor Patron. Please give no.
tice in THE PATRON that Worthy
Master Rose, of the State Grange,
will meet with us at Union Grange,
1906, Lee county, on the fourth Sat,
urdav of this month, at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, for the purpose of dedicating our
hall. A special invitation is exten,
ded to ali Patrons, and general
invitation to the people at large, to
be present and cooperate with US
in welcoming him. Fraternally,
GRABEL HUCKABY, Secy.
Browns Mill, Aug. Io.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

"Bnt," says a crooked fnancier of
to day, I'VE do business differently.
We force a local tax on farmers to
build a railroad contrary to all con-
stitutional law. We issue bonds
in aid" We take pains after awhile
to depreciate our own bonds in the
market. We buy up the deprecia-
ted bonds at low figure. We run
our road and make it efficient. Our
bonds are now worth more than par
value, and, if we sell them we can
make more money on the sale than
the first cost of the railway" Here
some Granger with provoking
good memory enquiries, ''What has
become of the money voted from
''local taxi" Answer-"Gone where
the woodbine twineth. "-Ex.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
The farmers of Iowa are

The farmers of Iowa are organ.
izing against another monopoly
the "barbed- wire monopoly" They
held convention some months ago
and the Governor of the State pre-
sided. A committee was appointed
to wait on the owner of the patent
barbed wire fence and see if it was
not possible to obtain some COM
promise with him, and resulted in
failure. A Farmers Anti Barb. wire
Fence Association has been organ
lied in Iowa with capital of $780,
900, and the whole question will be
thoroughly fought in and out of the
courts. It is charged that late judi
cial decisions were obtained through
fraud. There are said to be more
than 100000 persons interested in
the movement in Iowa.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Montgomery new cotton factor
will be in operation by the first !
November. 1t will run 1900 spin
dies, 100 looms, and give empq
ment to y hands. 1t will cOnunl
five bales Of cotton per day, if n
only in day time; if run at night
will consume double that amour
and will employ double the numh
of hands.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Sooner or later, friends, the time
for folded hands will come to us all.
Whether or not We cease from bur-
ry and worry now, we shall one day
shut our eyes upon it and lie still,
untroubIed by the stir and fret OF
things ABOUT US, why not take COM
fort as we go on? You, proud moth
er of a beautiful, active boy, of what
use will it be to you to remember
how exquisitely fine was his raj
ment, how daintily spread his bed,
and how costly and profuse his toys?
What the child needs is mothering,
brooding, tender resting on your
heart, and be needs it every step of
the way from babyhood to man
hood. Take the comfort of your
opportunities, never mind though
the dress be coarse and the food
plain, and the playthings few, but
answer the questions, tell the stories,
spare the half hour at bed time, and
be merry and gay, confidential and
sympathetic with your boy. And
you, whose graceful young daughter
is just blushing ont into the bloom
and freshness of a wondrousIy fair
womanliness, do not be so occupied
with your ambition for her advance
ment in life that you let her ways
and your own fall apart. Why does
she visit here and there, and receive
visitors from this and that home.
and you scarcely know the people
by sight? You are losing precious
hours, and the comfort you ought
to take is flying fast on these wings
Of time that are never overtaken.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Mr.. James S. Grinnell, writing in
the Springfield Republican of bells
on sheep as protection against
dogs, gives this illustrative expert
ence:
"a good farmer in Leyden, who
keeps about dozen excellent South.
down ewes, always belled, was
grieved and surprised one morning
to find that dogs had raided his
flock, killed two, mangled others,
and scattered the rest. On collect
ing his little flock into the yard, af-
ter days search he found that the
tongue was lost from the bell. This
was replaced, and never since have
his sheep been worried. The ex-
pertinent is so simple and cheap
that it is worth trying"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
OFFICE OF
The Southwestern Cooperative
Association, II. of H,


Association, p. of H,
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. Il, 1881.
COTTON-Ordinary &c.; good ordi-
nary, Ioc.; low middling, Io7sc; mid
ding, II7sc.; good middling, 12ssc.
New Orleans Futures: August 1896;
Sept. II.o3; Oct. 10 81; Nov. 1899.
Nezv York Futures: Aug. 100; Sept.
II.2I; Oct. 1871; Nov. 1856.
Net receipts at this port since Sept. Ist,
I,5o4,9I2 bales; same time last year,
I,4S3,I46
eipts at all ports since Sept. 1st,
5,736,77o; same time last year, 1917 ,264.
BAGGING, etc.-Bagging, "a TBS,
Io34c.; lbs, ME; IA lbs. I214c.
Irvine, nc. u ID; Arrow tie, $r.65 p
bundle.
COFFEE-Prime, 1319c.; good, I3c.;
fair, I214c.
FLOUR--Medium $625; family ,$6.75;
choice, $500.
MESS PORK-$I9 per Dbl.
BACON-C sides, II38c.; CT MIC.
LARD-1234c. z tb.
SUGAR-Whites,, o78c.; yellow calri-
fed, o38c.; gray clarified, oc.
MOLAS SES-Louisiana molasses dull.
Common, 2o@23c.; fair, $50 3oc.; prime,
tOO' NY ANCHIiCiy NAOldSSCS Is quOIcu dl
3oc for common, SAC for fair, 37c for
prime, and 4oc for choice. In ordering in
small quantities higher prices must be Paid
RICE-Prime, &c; choice, 614@1a1sc.
MACKEREL-No. I, bbls. $3.50, half
S.; qrs., S3.1o, kits, 81
CORN-White, zoe; mixed, 6sc.
SALT-Coarse, 81 90; fine, $I.3s.
CATTLE-Grass fed from $12 to SIS
per head.
CORN MEAL-$3 25@3 50 per Dbl,
Grits, 81 per Dbl.
DRY GOODS-Prints: Ashland shirt
ings, &C.; Harmony, 6Ac.; Aliens fan
cies, &c.
Darks: Spragul's fancies, 61ac.; Amer
lean fancies, 615c.; simpsons fancies, &C.
Cottons, bleached: Lonsdale, 60 inches
81 @1oc.; Rosebud, SO inches, o1ac.; Com
monwealth, q yard, SC.
Cottons, Brown: Pinewood, 60 inches,
31a@8c.; Natchez, SO inches, 634@7c.; do.
Matches, 6@71ac.
Osnaburgs: Prattville, OF oI@915c.;
Lane, OF 9h@91ac.; Augusta plaids,
@9c; Tuscaloosa plaids, $1,000,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
T.e successsul Farmer.

The good farmer cultivates fore-
thought His plans are not made tor
a single year. He looks over his
farm. divides the arabic land into
about six equal parts, one-half OF
which is devoted to grass and the
other to the plow, as each shall take
its turn. Every year he raises about
so many acres of corn, so many
acres of wheat, so through all his
crops. He keeps just about the
same amount of stock, and of each
about the same, whether it be cat
tie. sheep, horses or hogs. Steadily
he pursues the even tenor of his
way Having once laid his plans
with care and forethought, he closely
pursues with systematic order the
plan adopted.
No matter whether wheat brings
* cents a bushel or $I.75. No mat
ter whether wool brings thirty-one
or fifty cents per pound. No mat
ter whether cheese brings six or
thirteen cents at wholesale. No
matter whether live hogs bring
three or eight cents per pound.
Thus he continues year after year,
all the time studying to improve
the productions of his farm, and
thus increases in capacity to pro-
duce little more of each of the diff
ferent articles he rases for sale. But
no single one is dropped from the
list that he may raise more of some
thing else without long considera-
ton and sufficient reason. If any,
thing he may have for sale is very
low in price, he konws at once that
the great pendulum of equilibrium
has swung away from it. He also
knows that it will surely swing
back again sooner than he can
change his rotation, even if he wan
ted to, which he does not.
He is accurate in all his affairs.
He knows just how he stands.
Knows who he owes and who owes
him, what it is for and when it is
due He also knows just how he
expects to meet every claim against
him, has calculated accurately the
matter before he incurred the debt,
and with prompt payments thus in
a few months making his work as
good as his written bond. More
than this he knows by his accurate
and full diary condensed into yearly
statements, what each succeeding
year has produced him. He knows
what the average price of every ar
ticle he raises for sale has been in
his market town for all the years
since be has had produce to sell. If
he has an article for sale and the
price is long way below the average,
he holds the same until the pendu-
lum swings back again.
If the price is fully up to the av-
erage he does not wait for the ex-
pectation of getting the very highest
cent that will be paid just before
the pendulum falls back again. He
sells at the highest current price,
knowing that once the highest price
is reached, stagnation and fall so
quickly succeeds that not one in a
hundred men can be the lucky man
to get the highest price paid. Thus
his average gains will compare with
the best. Slowly it may be, but
surely he is getting rich, and all the
time living better than many of the
kings of Mammon. While he sleeps
his crops and his animals grow.
Panics can not ruin him. AS it has
taken time to acquire his riches, he
generally knows now to keep them,
while the merchant or manufac-
turer may be rich to-day and poor
tomorrow and not from any fault
of his own.-Edyin ID. PierSon.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
WORTHY MASTER DARDEN,
Of the State Grange.

vi the state orange,
Will address the members of the Order
and farmers generally at the following
times and places:
Chickasaw county, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, August 23d and 24th.
Calhoun county, Friday and Saturday,
August 10Th and 18th.
Lafayette county, Tuesday and We'd
resday, August goth and 3Ist.
Marshall county, Sept. I'd and sd.
DeSoto county, Sept. 9th and 9TH.
Tate county, Sept. 9th and 10th.
Pamela county, Sept. 9Th and 18th.
Tallahatchie county, Sept. 10Th and 18th
Yalobusha county, Sept. Goth and 2Ist.
Montgomery county, Sept. 23d and 24th.
Carroll comfy, Sept. 18th and 18th.
Holmes county, Sept. 3Ist and Oct. 1st.
Yazoo county, Oct. 4th and 5th.
Warren county, Oct. 9TH and Sth.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
Remarks.

We are cautious as a general thing in
forecasting the cotton market. Nothing
is more uncertain. But as to the present
month, we are confident the market Will
not decline, and therefore advise all our
patrons to ship what they can get ready,
even in one bale lots if they can get no
more. September will be lower, in our
Judgment, by nearly a cent. | will add here
the comparative prices of middling at the
different Southern ports: New Orleans,
ia; Mobile, III; Galveston, II38; Sa-
vannah, 1I18; Memphis, II1a; Charles
ton, III. Thus it will be seen that New
Orlta ans is he mother market. .---.
To Occasional Correspondents.
From this date no attention will be given
to correspondents mot customers making
inquiries on various subjects unless accom-
panied with SC. stamps We have inqui-
ries within the last few days about cord
wood, hoop poles, slaves, and various other
matters, without any stamps, and in the
majo ity of cases without any results. We
beg to remind our friends that to respond
to these inquiries requires much walking
and no little time; on one of these expedi-
tons in June sunstroke was almost in
CURED. 1t will not be extravagant to state
that since the Inauguration of our Asso-
citation, hundreds of dollars have been ex-
pended in this way. If our friends of the
class above stated want information on
subjects for their own benefit, send the
stamps. FraternalIy,
T. ]. CARVER,
General Manager,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
Newton County.

Editor Patron. We have good
news for you and your readers from
the Banner County of Mississippi.
God has blessed us with health and
seasons, so that our crops will be "A
full average unless some unforeseen
calamity befalls it. The worms in
some places are stripping the cotton
and will make the yield short where
they eat it up early.
| believe our citizens are more
contented and prosperous than they
have been for years and remain so
if our burthens are made lighter, if
not old Newton will join those that
are determined to throw off the un-
just burthens that they now have to
bear, one more trial is all that we
will give our masters to relieve US.
If there is not substantial relief the
people will make bold, united eff
fort and will succeed in at least
changing of leaders. The laboring
class are reading and investigating
the causes that are expressing them,
the town-rings are losing control of
the country people, and demagogues
can not influence the masses as they
could a few years ago. Men are
learning to read for themselves and
there are getting to be host of
farmers that can explain to crowd
intelligently many things that it
used to be supposed that no one
but lawyer could do, and they are
listening to them with an earnest
ness that but few of the tramp poll
ticians can command, and manv go
to hear them that do not attend the
political gatherings.
have been waiting and looking
for some one to give you our Grange
news but have seen nothing from
this county recently.
The County Grange meeting at
Centerville was the biggest thing OF
the kind ever held in Mississippi.
We did not expect Bros. Darden
and Maxwell, but we did expect
Bros. Wilson and Macarthur and
we were disappointed in their not
coming. We were not only sur
prised but agreeably astonished at
the speeches of some of the young
men around observation-disclosures
sons.
Bros. McLemore and Rev, of
Lauderdale, were present, and both
did some sound, solid talking in re-
gard to the fiourishing condition of
the Order in their section and the
grand future prospects of farmers
and the Grange.
Worthy Master J. B. Bailey and
Sister Bailey had heavy RESPONSE
bilities resting upon them and they
performed them promptly and eff
Gently, being sustained by band of
as noble brothers and sisters as ever
graced Grange hall.
On the 10th inst. Pine Forrest
and Bethel Oranges had a union
pic mic, one mile west of Newton
Station, many friends were present.
A profitable day it was to the work
ing people; speeches were made by
old and young, and happy day it
was for all.
On the 18th inst. | was at Golden
Grove, Neshoba county. We met a
goodly number of true Patrons and
they wish to go to work in earnest
to build up the Order. I did more
talking that day than l ever did in
one day before. Several of these
good Patrons made little talk in
the interest of the Order, among
them Bro. VIM. Price. We urged
them to subscribe for THE PATRON.
Bro. Price had a few names, and
he will endeavor to get more.
They also appointed committee
to take stock for a cooperative
store.
Fraternally, HAMILToNCooPER.
Centerville, Aug. Il.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Hon. Thomas ]. G
, ,;lan An Me- p, in replying its g q
Grange Picnic of present Al
Sucks Grove near august ID
I'm these days of e crls city ~
general decay of nnbI N
know of no organizat; vnle nOfsD
culated to hold in chem .l Deter d
age which is threate adTrt Il, Il. d
country, than the Patrssn.ah Inc VIII.
t Iand r r.. Representing a an Of n!
all al other ,1 interests rest a uSG = VII
sis OF all material as well well Is Il. /
and individual prosper T,,i sSa
regard 1t as the chief We ", na
against IS, eneroachments Of ouIN,t
II lies The day is not far dist, 'ueao p
people of this country wbs, S 70 4
shall be permitted to rule Le's ,s D.
sons who manipulate the bon as p
stocks or be ruled BY tb UOnd' !,
agricultural interest properlu ', 4
lied and disciplined is H. s's 70 Sfp
that can be relied upon in s Uaig .
test. Success attend il" '''O G.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

If Congress has the right unda
the Constitution TO issue PaEl
money, it was given to them to %
used by themselves, not TO be oet'
gated to individuals or corporations
/ wish all money of the nahOn
whether gold, silver, copper OF p
per, issued by the government any
baised not upon coin or other mon
ey, but upon the credit and re 50 u
ces of the country.-Andre" ia"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Can you keep secret?" said
Mr.. Middlerib; impressively looking
at his wife. Indeed l can" she
exclaimed eagerly, running across
the room that she might cling to
to the lappels Of his coat while she
listened. lyon can de a great deal
more than | can, then. / mover
could remember one long enough
to tell it," She didn't say word
but all through his breakfast that
morning, he kept wandering why
the sugar tasted so much of salt,
and how under the sun that his
stake got so full of sand. But he
knew enough, or at least, he
thought he knew enough not to ask.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
The twelve months a.l.

The twelve months end;
80, 1851, were the most rer,l N|
in the history of the coun,rn
matter of exports and y, "a .
During that time the VAIN upon
merchandise amounted ~ u y .
3I9,473 and the value of the wy NH
of merchandise was s64s. 20, P ~
the former amount being5 y y
than in any precedi g wear y;
astonishing to note how the -. ~
trade has increased during II. : 7 ~
ten years. The chief of tbe b.i'
of statistics calls attention = ~ 4
fact that while the value Of Il. {
ports of merchandise in "a
amounted to $442, s2o,17S, in ~ u
year 1881 they reached BOO, -, y
473, being more than double 4 SS \
last decade. These figures sns,'
volumes for the increasing trad, !
this country, and bespeaf stp,s
ly-increasing prosperity that Is ",
crafty ng and satisfactory.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

To increase a mans desires ~. ~
things that are good and useful . ~, ,
which have, at the same tlms MA
substantial and permanent "s I.rc
producing power, and to . Uo.s
those desires up, as nearly as pU
BILE, to the full measure OF Ms . !. n,
ity to crafty them honestly, = he,
greatest blessing that can be O'
slowed upon him.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Cooperation is the friend Of ed'
cation-it organizes Oranges g
cures reading rooms and llbran''
where the members can be supplied
with healthy litererature; It igi
nishes facilities for education in ID
higher branches of science, art an
literature.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Two farmers named Banister and
Grace, living near Utica N. Y, are
having lawsuit over a line fence,
The disputed ground is estimated
to be worth about three dollars. and
SO tar the lawyers and court expen.
ses amount to three thousand dol
lars. Where the light of our order
sheds its rays, farmers on Grange
principles are settling hundreds of
such cases peaceable and quietly by
arbitration. No doubt this case will
be settled as soon as the money is
exhausted.-Ex.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Cooperative enterpri'e-.,.oo meal
cessful-will promote eoon rr;eysn.
reforms, redress economic ,ssral re-
ces; produce subsidiary n If uni.
suits; will usher in a reighn ..SSstitutc
verssl brotherhood; will suO''
universal compensation
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

In speaking of the railroad wal !. :
rates a railroad item READS a. y. ~
lows: "There is a very genera y.
sire for an increase OF rates NV y
that the wheat crop is READY " !,
moved" The farmers have raS.'
the crops and must now sIOl D.. " "
the tax laid upon their produces "
their master.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Cooperation is the friend of DO
litical reform, because the Co-oper-
ative system teaches the people the
best kind of Government-namelv
self-government, or how to estab.
lish complete sovereignty over
themselves. When this reform Is
accomplished then purity in politics
will be easily reached.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Farmers need to be u n.saIt
through cooperation, that "a an..u ol
may be produced where the nyer the
interest takes the preceden' oo over
special interest that precedenss';n It
the special interest included :"
which is its due.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Good stock is one Of the requ u i
of successful farming, and !, any !o..
us have not as yet reached una .. suf.
clusion, it will pay us to oeV .;Or Of
ficient time to the examirlauOnc In.
the subject to make such a 'O"'
sion inevitable.