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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The very able letters of that pa
triot farmer, Worthy Master w.
H. Person, of Upton county, Tenn,
have attracted the attention of our
most intelligent readers from Geor-
gia to Texas. He writes clearly
and forcibly, and from the stand
point of patriot, upon great prac-
teal questions that are receiving
unusual attention from the intelli-
gent classes that gain their living
by honest labor upon the farm and
in the workshop, and thousands of
farmers bid him God speed in his
work. Such leaders as Bro. Person,
earnest and fearless, are
the kind that the farmers have al
ways needed, and the Grange is
rapidly developing them wherever
the organization is in a healthy
condition.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
The Clement Ats..,

The following is an an," sat
letter to the Harden Man., "a
ing Company: ''tp
", Wrs y! N. c, March ;.
Dear Sir Your favor 81 It
February, received and cont. % d
ted. The Clement atta cPbn,sni' no
success. | have been runninn ' 5 !.
for the past two yearsConr 2 two
paying IS per cent on the %,,l j
menD. | am busy all the t;rO ,uVea
ing orders for machines. and md pI''
ing up mills. The attacbm.ss,.a san
simple and durable. The caa
of our machine is $50 bounds 1 pST
10 yarn per day, and requires - s., 40
or eight women and children !,
average of 40 cents per dav, Al
/ would not advise any
buv second hand MACHINE re I
will assist you in placing yonr ~,
free of charge, but for nv serr;l
in coming, or for competent -.
to be by me sent to set up and ~
a machine, | will charge exneD.'
and S. per day. If you want
start this fall, you have no finn.
lose as the shops are all fila
with orders, and it will ~
from four to six months to oe, q
machinery after the order is n
placed three orders last week -.
of them was for $4,000 war.
of machinery. | have just receiy..
three more to place next week /
is an easy matter to make ons j.
these mills pay e or 90 per cent =
the investment. | have often bs..
asked what yield we get from !,
given amount of seed cotton, that.
order to answer inteligently i
weighed out the seed cotton eve,
morning and the yarn at night +.
four weeks in succession. wbiS
proved a..result OF 3I2 pounds offr
class yarn to the 1000 pounds d
seed cotton, and in addition to tI1
had s. worth of waste each Oar
Which / sold readily for cash. n
| believe that in asshort time IA.
bulk of the cotton in the south VII
pass through this process, and ID
same will render our people M
prosperous and independent peont
on the globe. The north and ea1
roll in wealth out of the manufa,I
ture of cotton and It is strange ID
me thpt our people should doubt ID
paying for one moment. | am,
G. T. HARDIN
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Buy what you want of your
selves, pay ready money to your
selves; get your goods at your own
wholesale, and don't dibble away
your profits.
TRUE cooperation is the most
comprehensive scheme of benev.
olence ever attempted, and one that
rest on true basis-that of sclfkelb
and mmtualhelb.
81 will buy my goods where l
can get them the cheapest" is a
poor expression for a co-operator.
Stand by your own house and make
it so good that other houses cannot
compete with it.
IN cooperation, the combination
of members replacing the monopoly
of the few, will still secure that ag.
gregation of capital in large masses,
which is necessary for the full exer-
else of its force.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The farmers of this section are
daily hauling wagon loads of corn
from the depot to theil farms. This
corn was brought from the West,
and our farmers pay the high rates
of freight and the middlemen's prof
its for handling it. There must be
some radical defect in our system of
farming when corn has to be
brought to us from so great a dis
lance. Will not our farmers give
this matter their serious considera-
zion before they complete their ar
engagements for this years crops?
All the indications point to an i'm
mense cotton crop this year-cer-
tainly not less than 1000, 900 bales
and the price must necessarily
rule at low figure, not higher than
7 or s cents, and what is bad for
farmers who raise cotton at the ex-
pense of corn the price of bacon
tends rather to increase as the price
of cotton falls. The all cotton pol
icy is simply ruinous.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
TENNESSEE STATE GRANGE
Circular Letter OF the Worthy
Master

To the Delegates to the State Grange.
We trust those who have been
elected delegates to the State
Grange of Tennessee to meet in
August, and who may hereafter be
elected, will at once report their
election to the Secretary. The ses-
sion will be an important one, and
every delegate should thoroughly
prepare himself for the duties that
may devolve upon him. There has
been no more favorable time than
the present for forward movement.
Both from observation and the in
formation we get through our cor
respondence, the friends of the Or
der in Tennessee are every where
ready for action. Let us realize this
and meet in force in McMinnville
on the 18th of August next. It
would be to our advantage, and
surely facilitate the work before us,
for the delegates elect to correspond
with each other, and with the Wor-
thy Master and Secretary, that we
may obtain a correct knowledge of
the situation, and by comparison
of views, more wisely adjust our
plans for the accomplishment of our
objects. Bndeed, nothing so much
distinguishes the capable and eff
cient representative as a proper
preparation for the duties of his Of
flee. T. B. HARwELL,
Master of the State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Captain Eads' Ship Railway over
the Isthmus is becoming one of the
most interesting questions of the
day. The distinguished protector
Of it is now on his way to Mexico,
and after visiting Vera Cruz, where
he will inspect the harbor, and the
City of Mexico, he will go to the
lsthmus of Tehauntepec where sew
eral surveying parties are now sur
veying the route. The Ship Railway
will be built in few years, and its
effect upon the agricultural interests
of this country will be simply in
calcu'able. We design at an early
day to give our readers full de-
scription of the Ship Railway, &C
companied by wood engravings
illustrating the manner in which
the transporting of ships will be
operated. Capt. Eads is the first
engineer of the age, and one of the
most useful men of this or any other
country. His Jetties at the mouth
of the Mississippi river, that cost
saving the people of the Mississippi
the Government but $4,000, are
Valley $4,000, 900 annually.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

We rejoice that the Order is
gradually getting rid of the old
Grange Agency system. Our expe
rience with these Agencies satisfied
us long ago that the system was
not in accord with the principles
of the Order. These Agents never
gave any important support to the
Grange press-and we will here
mention our experience with two
of these so-called Grange Agencies
in St. Louis. In October last we
visited that city to solicit little
advertising patronage, and we knew
1t could be secured only through the
personal influence of these agents.
We called on A. M. Child and VIM.
M. Price & Co. and requested them
to advertise at least to a limited ex-
tent in THE PATRON and assist us in
soliciting advertisements from man
ufacturers, ETC., with whom they
transacted their large business, but
they would do neither. 1t would
have taken but little effort on the
part of these so-called GRANGE
Agents to secure all the advertising
patronage we needed in that city.
As THE PATRON is the only strictly
Grange paper in the South, mem
bers of the Order can readily un-
derstand the amount of interest
these Agents take in the general
welfare of the Order. But the
Agency system is wrong in prin-
ciPle and bad in practice: away
with it.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Great fear is expressed thai = =.
Lien law be repealed the a. 81
tural interest will suffer. NO 4
need be apprehended. Ever I'm
mer of industrious and irugai ..
and of known personal non La
will get as much credit a. RI RI
fairly and justly entitled , TO-
indolent, thriftless and dlsr ,gor
class will be forced to go 10 '"
All the labor will then moi y o,,s
penced in the production oil , .Y
but a portion of it will be ~
to making home supPiies' nd
change can possibly Prov ,,e.s
damaging than that OF the
lien law.-Lire Stock J)HrH~
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
By net sale 10000 pounds cotton


By net sale 10000 pounds cotton
at IOc........ commandments, 900. 90
By changes in the amount pro-
duced, and lower price, it will read
lily be seen how the profits are cut
down. if not entirely swept away.
For instance sight cents per pound
for cotton would reduce the profits
to $500, leaving only 500 profits
on one-horse farm. The same
would result by falling off from
1000 to 500 pounds per acre. Six
hundred pounds per acre, even at
ten cents, would bring the farm in
debt. So also would 500 pounds at
eight cents for lint cotton.
The average product in this coun-
ty is about 600 pounds seed cotton
per acre, SO that those who only
make an average, or less, sustain
losses in farming, and only those
who make 1000 pounds or more
make any money. But some will
say these figures are not correct
Then make youa own figuring this
yearly actual transactions on your
own farm. Let every farmer do this,
and he will see where the profits
and losses come in, and will be en-
abled to increase the one and guard
against the other Charleston
NezOS.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The strong, practical letters of
Past Master Maxwell, of Tennessee,
increases in interest. His friends,
and they number thousands all over
the country, are watching his great
work in the cause Of the Grange
and cooperation with great interest
and will give him their earnest sup
port. The Southwestern Cooper
ative Association, under the able
management of Bro. T. 7. Carver,
is opening up bright future for
the farmers of the South and of the
Mississippi Valley, and the Whole
sale Supply House now being es
tablished in the city of St. Louis
under the auspices Of the AS
sociation on the Rochdale plan
completes the system. With these
great cooperative business centres
under Roadway, cooperative stores
and individual farmers in the South
will be able to transact their entire
business on the cooperative system,
and that means the saving of tens
of thousands of dollars annually.
Oranges and Cooperative stores
in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee, as well as this State, will
find it to their interest to deal di
rectly with the Wholesale Supply
House at St. Louis for Western
produce, and with the Southwest
crn Association at New Orleans for
sugar, molasses, coffee, etc
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Clement Attachment cotton fac
tories are going p.all over the Cot
ton States. BY next winter, scores
of them will be in operation. Those
in operation now are paying from
IS to As per cent on the capital in
vested. We print in another col
umn letter from the proprietor of
one of these mills in North Carroll
ma, Mr.. Harden, which will be found
interesting.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The proprietor of New York's
greatest newspaper, the Hearakd, is
never happy unless he can astonish
the publishing world with the most
startling facts of its business pros
perity. In its last Sunday edition
-sextuple sheet-it contained 4,o2o
classified advertisements-occupy-
ing more than one hundred columns.
1t took 20 tons of white paper to
print the great edition on the 7
double perfecting presses, several
of which have folders at ched,
and one of which cuts, pas and
folds the sheet as fast as prin,ed, at
the rate of 10000 per hour. 1t
took seven tons of type metal to
cast the 1876 stereotype plates for
the presses. Some idea of the con-
centration of labor and the perfec-
ton of organization needed may be
judged from the fact that upward
of o plates per hour have to be
moulded, cast and finished in the
stereotype department to get the
enormous edition off in season to
catch the early mails. The Herald
shrewdly said these statistics fore
shadow heavy Spring trade.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Those who can afford to q
sheep can better afford to 90 !, i !
perly than to continue on IN ln'
way of using common SCRUB !
upon the same kind of ewes. .
breeding is almost as bao a.
breeding at all, for instead Of 70
improving and approaching p,
of blood, the flock annually oe'V'
weaker and of less value I"
owner.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

COOPERATION helps the rich and
the poor alike, in proportion as
each devotes himself and his capital
TO its advancement
Co OPERATION deals with pro-
duction and exchange-those mat.
tiers of cuisines" which directly
affect mems interest.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The Clement Attachment cote n
factory at Tuscumbia, Ala, is com
Pleted ano in operation. All these
factories are paying from p to 40
per cent net profit, and giving COM
plete satisfaction.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Leached Is hes are an Ell
application on poor grds' =
They may be spread now o. ;tls
spring, as early as Possw
would be we'll to run hai'os
tn or spots and sow sour [ 1
gr ced. Apply twenty y br,I
bus per acre, or even &c"
will DC useful
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
w hat it Costs.

How few of our farmers know
what it costs to make cotton. Not
one in hundred keeps any partic-
ular account, even in general way,
and scarcely any against individual
farms, fields or parcels of land.
There is one fact that all will ad-
nit, and that is that much of the
land planted does not pay the ex-
penses incurred. Many lose sight
of the fact that in costs as much, or
n little more, to cultivate poor land
as it does to cultivate goad land.
To illustrate how farm account
may be kept we give the following,
which is very near the average:
A. IN ACCOUNT WITH THIRTY ACRES.
To interest on value, $500 q per
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Many horses are dying in New
York this season from cerebro-spi-
nal meningitis.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

ALL YOU need to do to make CO.
operation certain is to hold together.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

A. IN ACCOUNT WITH THIRTY ACRES
To interest on value, 5000 & per
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-25
TOBACCO AS A MATCH MAKER.

All the nervousness, embarrassment and
febrile excitement attendant upon "pop-
ping the question in highly civilized coun.
tries are avoided by the young men of the
Tchulian Tartar variety DESTROYS to marry,
whose simple and discreet custom it is to
ascertain their chances of success or failure
in matrimonial enterprise by the following
proceeding The Tchulian Celebs in search
of wife having filed brand new pipe
with fragrant tobacco, stealthily enters the
dwelling of the fair one upon whom ne has
bestowed his affections, deposits the pipe
upon a conspicuous article of furniture, and
retires on tiptoe TO some convenient hid.
ing place in the neighborhood, local
etiquette requiring that he should ex-
ecute this stragetic movement apparent
iy undetected by the damsel of his
choice or any member of her family.
Presently he returns without further af-
fectation of secrecy, and looks into the
apartment in casual sort of way. A
single glance at the pipe he left behind
him enables him to learn the fate of his
proposal. II it has been smoked, he goes
forth an accepted and exultlnt bride
groom if not, the offer of his hand and
heart has been irrevocably rejected as not
even worth puff of tobacco. By this
ingenious expedient the pain and humilia.
ton of verbal refusal and fruitless plead.
ings are spared to luckless wooers, and
Tartar maidens are saved from importuni-
ties justly regarded as peculiarly trying to
female sensibilisy. The pipe, considered
as matrimonial ambassador, has at least
this to recommend it-that it may be
relied upon to commit no breach of conf
dence if its mission proves successful.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-25
SWEDISH SPIRIT.

The following story is told as an instance
of Carl (Johan of Sweden) XIV.'s spirit
A Russian man.of,w war was seen passing
the fort of Waxholm en- route fer Stock
holm without having given the customary
salute. The orders of the fort comman
dant were distinct that in a case like this
two warnings were to be given. The first,
that of firing ball in the rear Of the vessel.
If this was unheeded, another was to be
sent in advance of It's bow. In case both
warnings were disregarded, ball was to
be sent into the most vulnerable part of
the ship. In the present instance both
warnings had been given without response,
and the commandant, young, beardless
Lieutenant, though shaking in his boots,
cried out to the cannonier, "Do you see
the wheel-house?"
dyes"
"Send ball into it, in Gods name p
This had effect With crushed wheel
house, the Russian stopped perforce. A
moment later two boats were seen setting
out for Stockholm ore with the fright
ened young commandment in it from Wax
holm, aud one from the disabled man. Of
war, each rowing with utmost speed in
hope of reaching the royal presence first.
The Swede arrived just enough in advance
to obtain the first audience. He gasped
out his story.
We'll, said the King, sit seems she
wouldn't salute, and you fred 2"
Eyes"
Where did you hit herr"
3'Oh, your Majesty, be gracious !"
Did you hit the wheel house,"
s'Ye-es."
GOOD You're major"
The Russian was permitted TO rebuild
its wheel in Stockholm. Harper's Maya
zine.
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ALASKA.
Aayices from the Far North.


S1TkA, November 14th.-The mail steamer
arrived last evening on time. Everything is
very dull. The weather is very cold, with
six inches Of snow ON the streets Every
body is making preparations for very cold
winter.
Since the departure Of the United States
steamer Wachusetts for northern ports The
Collector, W. G. Norris. Is trying to assume
authority over the citizens, and Il Captain
Glass does not ratntn soon the honorable Col
lector is likely to get into trouble on account
of his oficious and overbearing ways.
HARRISBURG, November 1Sth.-The steam
er California arrived last night in very
heavy snow-storm. Since the last trip of the
California there has been considerable rain,
which gave the placer miners good run.
Last week it started in showing, and has
showed more or less ever since. On the 18Th
instant the thermometer went down to pa I,
and the cold weather has drawn all the min
ers into winter quarters.
Mr.. Depont has his quartz mill erected on
the Takou Union mine, and it is working
splsndidly. The boys feel jubilant over this,
as it is the first mill in this mining camp.
On the 10th, Mr.. Collin McPhaei, miner,
while cutting timber. was caught by falling
tree, and had his neck broken. This is the
frat death of white person since the camp
started. On the following day a similar aeci-
dent caused the death OF an Indian.
FoRT WRASsELL, November 20th.-The
steamship California arrived on the 18th inst,
and landed the mails. She steamed along
side the Wachusetts, which vessel has been
bers several days waiting for her, and loaded
100 tons of coal. The Wachusetts will leave
here on the DIST for Chilcat and the mines.
J. S. Oakford, the newly-appointed Dep
uty Collector, has made it very lively
for the whisky smugglers, who have so
long infested this place. He captured q
large canoe load of whisky last week.
It was in charge of three men, named
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THE TWO NAvIEs.

The London Standard observes that the
United States Government seems to be
drifting into trouble with Chile, and init.
mates that in the event of quarrel we
shall be obliged to submit, inasmuch as our
"phantom navy cannot compete with
that of Chile. It may be that the motive
of the English journal in its remarks is i'll
natured, but the gist of what it says is,
unfortunately, only too true. 1t must be
admitted that we have in our navy no ves-
sci or vessels which could hold the SEA for
half an hour against the Chilean ironclads,
supposing the latter to be properly manned
and skillfully handled. The Chileans have
naval artillery which would drive any of
our men. of-war off the field, if it did not
sink them. It is therefore very literally
true that we cannot venture to quarrel with
Chile, and that if we should become in
volved in any difficulty with that petty
power, it would be necessary for US to eat
humble pie. This is one of the iuconveni-
ences OF not possessing an effective navy,
and We must make up our minds to endure
the humiliation 60 long as we cannot bring
ourselves to bear the necessary expense of
building navy which can maintain the
dignity of the republic both at home and
abroad
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-25
III MEMoREAM.

I'm THE MIDST OF OUR DEEPEST AFFLIC.
4 ton, coming to Us through the departure of cur
dearly beloved pastor, pre- cmnently good man,
and g an able minister CT the Gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ" man who fearlessly declared all
the counsel of God (" and was g pure from the blood
OF all men," We the smtten flock, left without
shepherd, and now assembled at the church, and at
the sacred altar at which our dear pastor died while
administering to us the Bread OF Life, ard while
warning sinners to be reconcled to God DESIRE and
do hereby resolve TO bow to the viii that is always
followed by the acts of His "good pleasure"
We do sympathIze with our bereft sister and
daughter, and shall ever comfort them in their
grief We commend them to God, and to the Word
of His grace, which IS able to keep them, and to
give them an inheritance among ali them which are
sanctified''
Resolved, That we tender vote Of grateful thanks
to the members of the Pastoral Association who
tended the funeral OF the deceased in body and who
took such noble and Christian part in the impress
siye obseques Of the occasion, making use OF we'll
chosen words by which they pronounced an apes
trophe upon the character and to the memory of
our fallen hero by which we have great reason to
feel ourselves honored
Resolved, That we further thank all of the friends
and acquaintance of the afflicted family for aiding
US in every arrangement that graced The burial
SERVICE and added trophies OF respect to the sacred
memory of the departed.
The afflicted family join us in thanking personal
friends for the material service given from the time
of his sudden death TO his impressive burial, and
especially TO Mr.. William Wise, who gave US beau
tfu section in his burial lot in winch to Law the
mortal remains of the now s.-inted man of God.
Resolved That these resolutions be published in
the RECORD UNION and the Bee.
Adopted at regular meeting of the Class in their
Church,, corner Fourteenth and X streets, Novenl-
Der %, 1ss1. d. SHUCK, Chairman
Secretary. Il. u.