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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

my goods and wares cheaper than
some one else? And what is the
consequence? Why, it is universal
decentralization, and almost total
breach of confidence of man in man,
and short weights and measures.
Why, my dear people, as it is now
having no packing house of our
own and being obliged to go to the
packers as they exist, | can not
have every barrel Of meat or meal
unpacked and weighed, and what
has happened? A customer states
that one barrel of pork weighed only
152 lbs, and meal short one-half
oarrel to barrel by measure AM
other says: My bacon has lost too
much in weight" Another says:
MY -four is not up to the brand" "
Now the only remedy we have
under existing facts, and we have
to take facts as they are, is for every
one of you to help US correct such
impositlons There are honest men
in our midst; in seIf-defence, help
us find who are not honest, by mott
Tying rs of all such shortages, that
We may shun their mills and their
houses of whatever kind. 1t is only
by trying that we can find who to de
pend upon, Shortages of at kind
enable men to advertise and send
out circulars courting trade upon
the ground of selling cheaper. You
can see how they can cell cheaper
per pound, or barrol, or bushel;
but the pounds, or barrels, or BUSH
els are not there when the goods
come. as in the cases | have men
toned. l am not hero speCulating,
and therefore can not make up for
these shortages. But heip IN catch
the man, that [ may turn away
from him The only way ! can gel
at the reclamation is for you to
send back the article, with positive
proof that it was short on arrival at
it's destination and had not been
opened. II it has been opened, then
do not receive it but hold the car
rier responsible.
Evory day is employed in some
way here in the interest of custom
crs. We now have decidedly bet
ter grade Of wagon than our first
arrangement offered, at little more
money; but [ am sure cheaper
wagon for the money. 1t is worth
s45 so for the p in. thimbl- skein;
the other S42 50 clothing all prices,
from sol ii suit to 800 and upward;
shoes from IS cents to 81, So and
upward; hats from so cents TO 81
and upwards, &c Sond your or
ders to WIN MAXWELL.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
Death Of President Garfield.

The death of President Garfield
has caused the deepest sadness to
prevail throughout the country-all
hearts are united in a common sor-
row. Just as the people had been
assured by his manful resistance to
the spirit that had involved the
country in such disgraceful person
alities, and had begun to see the
light of purity once more irradiate
political life, the hand of the assassin
laid him low. The throng of eighty
thousand persons which pas ed
through the Capitol to look upon
his dead body as it lay in state attes-
ted the profound respect which he
had awakened as the representative
man of the nation. That the hearts
Of the entire people beat as one was
shown in the universal sympathy
manifested for his sufferings and the
hope that hoped to the last.
We could have no better guaran-
tee for the stability of our institu-
tions than the spirit that has been
displayed throughout this sad affair.
The American people are a loyal
and united people-the one disinte-
grating element having been forever
DESTROYED with the destruction of
negro slavery. And what about the
immediate future? Will President
Arthur realize that his position lifts
him high and clear above party and
personal lines, and that he goes into
history, his record warning or an
inspiration? If the power is in him,
he will. If he is wise and strong,
he will carry out the policy of Pres
ident Garfield and wrest from the
people their regard. Let us hope
that the revelations made during
those eighty days have taken the
bitter heat out of contending fac
tions, and lifted the nation upon a
hi.aer plane. Let US also remem-
Der that the price of liberty is eter-
nal vigilance, and that we are to
guard against the overwhelming
strength of imperious natures who
NAV control the high offices of the
land.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
farmers Friend,

From the beginning of creation,
when God said, LET there be light,
and there was light" until now
there has been a strong desire in
many for more light, physically,
morally and mentally, upon the
knotty questions of life. Physicians
alone and in cliniques are studying
the intricacies of the human body,
its network of veins, its teiegraphic
combinations of nerves and its gol
den engine, propelling the blood
lets of life, in order to shed brighter
light on the true cause OF disease,
and the proper remedies to be adop-
ted in saving a physical form from
a physical death.
Ministers and moratists through
out the civilized portion of the earth
are eagerly seeking the dusty tones
of ancient literature, the intricate
Ian guage of foreign embassies and
their own inspiration from an On
nicious God for an out beaming
light upon the sacred labor of giving
the true knowledge of Christ to
others, and gaining a richer foun-
tain of spiritual strength for item
selves.
Scientists and philanthropists are
developing daily the great resources
Of the human mind, its possibilities
and endowments; whilst they are
endeavoring to concentrate its high
est powers to the focIsts of true
knowledge, thus gaining grander
sunlight OF mental strength than
vet attained that the human iatelli-
ge ,ce may grasp more and more
clearly the wonders Of Divinity ere
entering upon the realities and
beauties of ialmort atty.
:sMore light! more light!' is the
watch word of the nineteenth cen
tury.
And vet amid this almost over
whelming maelstrom of scientific
| research, the earnest e d,orts to sheC
light mentally and oorally upor
the minds and hearts of the human
race from the gulpits the press ant
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
Number II.

tient suffering, drop out by the way-
side of existence, and are laid in
graves as parcel of ashes, with a
few tears from those in duty bond
to weep, and are forgotten.
We may cultivate the missionary
spirit" spoken Of by Sister Bowman
most assiduously y, yet how can our
dim light penetrate the Businesses
of the lives of such women? How
can we shed one ray Of hope over
their pathway
Many of our farmers are no bet
ter, only they have the pure air Of
out door life and the changes inci>
dent to their business to break the
monotony somewhat. But they do
not study cause and effect enough.
Many of them "choose darkness
rather than light, because their
deeds are evil, and they don't want
to know it either. They are too
selfish, too penurious, too ignorant
and too Indifferent to their wives
and childrcns' welfare and happi~
ness, to even try 10 secure higher
degree of health, and make more
bright their earthly homes.
Too many of them in the lower
ranks of society are resigned to los
ing a wife every twelve or fifteen
years. and those who do not die
then soon outlive their usefulness,
and often are made to feel il too.
One writer saYs-"There is no
use in putting up the motto, God
Bless our Homo, if the fayhor is Ii
rough old bear, and the spirit of
discourtesy and ruduncss is taught
5v the parents to the children, and
by the older to the yo"rgcr " How
! can we bring the ligbl ot missions
ary spirit to Nsni3e cnrctuuily in
these household. OF anjform ignor-
ance and indiffereh .? Ssstes Bow
man suggests IT, Dah winning
the youth of the, ueglect!uI, un-
needing Patrons into ,ho folds OF
the Grange; then and there 10 inn
press their minds with the iunda-
mental ideas of progress and educa-
ton, hoping in time to see glorl-
Gus change in their homes and sur
roundings. But can this thing be
brought about when so many chill
dren cannot be won into The Church,
or Sabbath, sch either? How
shall we induce them, when a few
wears older. to eate- the gates OF Sc
cret Order'
For many children are "chps
from the old block" in disregarding
and despising moral obligations, and
their eyes are holden in seeing any
thing desirable in new ideas or a
good character.
We realize, however, feeling OF
deep satisfaction in looking abroad
over the country to see so many OF
the youth of the land far superior
in character, as well as moral and
mental calibre, to their parents; and
if it should continue thus for a few
wears, we are not sure but it will
prove to be the future light along
the shore to save our farmers from
ignorance and shipwreck.
Let us strive earnestly, brother
and sister Patrons, to let our light
so shine in the interest OF the
Grange, that our influence may ex-
tend its power from home to home
until all shall unite in saying
God bless our Grange to-day and
forever! Mrs. Nj. H. FRANCE.
East Rush, Pa.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24


Think of the value of a w eekly
journal devoted exclusively to the
interests of your Order and of your
class, and through the columns OF
which the members of the Order IN
different States have free and ready
communication. The work OF a
Grange in Georgia, the establish
ment Of a cooperative store ID
Texas, a public Grange meeting In
Mississippi, may be promptly an-
nouneed through the columns OF
The PATRON, and within week 1t
will be read by from twenty to
forty thousand memb bers OF the Or
der from Florida to Arkansas and
from South Carolina to Texas. Get
your friends to subscribe, and you
will increase its efficiency as me-
dunn of communication between
the Patrons of these widely sePara-
ted sections.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

We are in earnest about getting
up the best Weekly in the South
one that will be a credit to our sec
ton and to our Order. To do this
we must have a circulation of twon-
ty-fve thousand, and we take the
first step to-day towards getting
that number by sending an extra
copy of the spaper to each of our
subscribers and appealing to them
to secure an additional subscriber.
Let each one do this within thirty
days, and we will at1once take the
next step-enlarge the paper to
thirty-two columns and improve
its editorial and mechanical de-
partments fully one hundred per
cent.
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The Grange Work i'm uiss;ss,nns

Never before has there been SO
successful canvass of the State by
a Grange leader as that which Wor-
thy Master Darden will complete on
the Sth prox. Scores of dormant
Oranges have been revived and re-
organ zed and most Of them are al
ready stronger in numbers and more
earnest in spirit than ever, and most
ifnot all of the active Oranges in the
counties he visited, from the south
west corner of the State to the Ten
nesSee line, have received large ac-
Cessions to their ranks. His zeal
and eloquence. his patriotic devo-
ton to the cause, and his fearless
advocacy of its principles and pur-
poses before friend and foe. have
touched the hearts and minds of the
masses, and made them realize in all
their length and breadth the deep
significance of organization and the
utter weakness of any class in all
the departments of life that fail 70
combine and work together intelli-
gently. He has fully aroused them
from that lethargy into which many
had fallen, and wherever we turn
We see the farmers rallying to the
Grange with an enthusiasm never
before witnessed in our State.
Worthy Master Darden's speech
es not only revived the dropping
spirits of the masses, many of whom
from ignorance of the great work
that has been going on throughout
the country, had lost hope and be
lleved that the boast of the enemy
that "the Grange is dead" was in
deed true, but he made an, i'm
preston that will be lasting. His
earnest appeals to his fellow toilers,
his exposures of the wrongs and op-
pressions heaped upon them by
other classes that are organized, aud
MS denunciation of the corrupt prac-
uceS OF politicians and political par
ties, will have fruition in the com
pact organization of the farmers and
IN their united demand for equality
and justice in political and business
affairs. Not day passes that we
do not receive letters telling how
we'll and faithfully this patriot leader
has obeyed the instructions of the
State Grange to go out among the
people and revive and build up the
Order throughout the State. Dor
mant Oranges are still being reor-
ganlzed, and the active ones receiv-
ing accessions to their membership.
In this county three dormant Gran
geS have been reorganized and one
OF them now has a membership
OF over seventy, and the County
orange has just been reorganized
with most efficient set of officers
Ibis is the work that has been done
IN nearly all he counties visited by
the Worthy Master.
The following is an extract fron
letter from Worthy Lecturer w
X. Love, of Choctaw county, Miss
1t is similar in sentiment TO a mum
Der received from other counts:
during the week:
Last January our Grange wa
lett with but fifteen members; now
we number forty, and more arr
Coming every meeting. | think By
fHe last Of the year we will numbel
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

Many of our best leaders in Geor-
gia. Texas and this State say that
the prosperity of the Order in their
respective sections is due in q great
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

degree to the circulation of THE
PATRON among their members, and
these leaders are active workers
in spreading the light.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

Grant and Conkling will be the
ruling spirits in Arthur's admini'tra-
tion-s'the power behind the throne
greater than the throne itself.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
THE GRANGE CAMPAIGN EN
MISSISSIPPI.


Will address the members of the Order
and the public generally at the following
times and places:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
Warren Comfy,

Oak Ridge, Wednesday, Oct. 9TH.
Cincinnatus Grange Hall, Thursday.
Oct Sth.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

eI,Is, sssss& ', sssss Pssesss.aEsS ssse FscHc 20
the public, either with voice or pen, he
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

Yen cnanner a ieet deep and 200 feet /
Aic was secured. another half million |
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

years vaTl plaIIs 70 a-eOll' P1lsll 1llss
have been tried. In 1872 a commission
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
COOPERATION.
From Past Master WIN. naxwell,
President OF the Southwestern
cooperative Association.

OFFICE ST. LOUIS BRANCH OF THE S.
w. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION,
ST Louis, Sept. Al.
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LOGAE .BREVIIiES.

The fast lrain 10 tho Grecubricr White Sui.
rhur Springs over Tho Virginia Midland Rail
way las boon taken off.
SIMON King and Dick Basl, both cooroi ,wnro
laed this afternoon by Juslic, Thompson for
throwing stones on the slroeIs.
All Tho employees of tho Virginia Midland
Hallway Company in this city wero paid off yes,
to-day.
A marriage license WAS issued 10 WASHINGTON
Yesterday 10 Walter uclIop, OF that city, md
Carlo NJ. Jackson, OF Fairfax county, Va.
T'.o "SooisbIu" in tho lecture room of tho
HapIist church will 10 continued this evening,
ard al who attend will be excluded hearty
aoIcomc.
The ocst Wind which snt ia yesterday contin.
u"d 10 day, causing tide which overll owed
many CT tho old whsrves on Tho river front. Tho
W"H'h@r ha4 been warmer than yesterday, the
lncrcEr? III tho thorn )mctor registering $50.
i'rc b!'d5 arn ecarco. but sora arc being nlaueh
lef'd ~ iho hu7drods !ho high grades of tho
past ic~ DIS RE splendid for tho Gunners.
CNp:. Keys. who piIoted tho bark Lot.ic
Stewart TO l'rl0t lookout, says that Kelly, Tho
FcscI'nua sailor on that vessel did not got his
r"'f, upon Which he iGtendod TO escape, over
hoari; dat VII! Tho exception of discovering
Ihn n!!ri'ti Oh tho part of Kelly to csospo,
cvor'i''i"s; nussCd of quietly and pleasantly on
H." Vrslrl
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A PLEASANT AFFAIR.-A number Of the
members of the Old Dominion Boat Club. with
their lady friends, went, in tho pleasure barge
OF the club, on pcoic, Wednesday afternoon
to Fort Foolr. where most enjoyable time va;
spent. The hlrge crew of tho o. ID. Club s
low days ago rowed from Fort Foote to thi:
o!ty, dlsatce of two and half miles. 10 les
tnan twenty minutes. which is considered yer,
good time;
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E&MTs5sZ :sE.s
s. J. BURGESS 6 Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
r. Il II II I L I FIT =
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

we arc now prepared TO supply the trade with
any brand OF Fertilizer desired. We have boon
engaged in tho manufacture Of Fertilizers for
some Time paat, and wo claim that our facilities
tor making cheap and excellent Fertilizer are
unsurpassed. We have Works on tho Chess,
peake Bay, whore we catch the Hsh from which
we get The Ammonia, making the ish scrap cost
us less than five were compelled to 90 on the
market and buy it. The analysis end proper
mechanical condition Of every ton of our Fer
tli'z'r is excellent 1t being perfectly dry and
mo- Pnro Fish and Bone are our basip, and we
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slo c"l" !oat tHHs ito.hi1E can 10 moro ratma-
Eens to tho s9:l. No assert, upon reports re-
calYid 81! over iho country, that Farmers have
mover b2e': better p!cs3oi w.lt Fartilz,r than
with c&F3. va make spoeiat brands of man.
ufos io1 Corn, Whoa:, Tobacco and Cotton, and
cell all OF Gu: goods CT Tho loves! peicss We
slso sell Inc iu'a Fish and Bono alono when
parties des'fo It. Wo have reputation on our
goods, snd intend to retain it; therefore shall AL
low nothing to go from our daars hu. that which
VIC know to DO excellent
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VIZ A. JOHNSON e co,

VIZ A. JOuNHoN & GO.
WHOLESALE GROUERS.
ehHEha GO&Ml5SiON MERCHANJH,
And Dealers in
hlh KINDS OF LIQUORS.
lisvo on hand GlESuH s *, xxx, xxx
and tURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET
S Il ne, . AONQGKhA WHISTLES; also BAk.
WHlSklkS. 20 which thoY invite the attention
OF the trade. '''' "''o--''0'i
orders from tho country for morch sndiso shsl
receive prompt attention,
S SS1aa Of Flour. GrAin .A --".,J
hgic5t market prices md prompt reiurne.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal Dis,,
AleSaldr!a, vs., scplI
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Oar buyer. Mr., ilc7iy Schwe!z. il 6! PRES
mi IN New ok ard 10 SenJirg from day to
iHY 81 HEd cheap goods. Among i!iam Gre
ihe ch5an' ST I'D Gloves ever sen. Come and
-m'nC ipr Aons.lf Ask Tor The 4O,. kid
Cove. |, FIcuEERO.
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Is 4rsEisCSS Siuii,

h"t 80 ih;t any flond; if you could SEQ tho
siromH hna'!ay, blooming mon, women and
children that hnvo been rSlaed from, beds OF sick
hr"3, tniieficG and almost death, by the use Of
'!cr Eaters, you would ssy "Glo,icus and in.
V.iuDblo rom edY. O-PNiladELnEin prEsS
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PURSES III RACKS 81, OC0.

Ihoro will slso be ssck and barrel rsces. This is
Tho only county fair held in the State for 1884, and
tho socn!y is making every effort to secure com.
ple!e success A handsome and c0mmOdous
grand stand and Presidents stand will be COM
pletod by the fsir. Hon. James q. Blaine will
be present during tho fair and doliver an address.
Extra trains will run Oh tho w. s. D. Il. K. the
second, third anu fourth days of tho fair from
Washington and Alexandria and return the
same day. Ususl reduction OF faro on the rail
road for thoso attending Tia fair. aug12-wGwd
or, NESTS MARX FL BhSK KITS received
- % to-day by
an2l7 j. 9. MILBURN.
It1S BONES SCOTCH HERRING ius. re.
suSl7 &c. MILBURN.
- TOMS COMMISSIONERS. sssorlod sjz,s, in
- store and for sale al lowest market rates.
augiS Jas. +. CARLIN S, SONS.
ytOBBIN'S ELECTRIC SOAP received to.
~ day and for sale by
aug27 j. G. MILBURN
- CHESTS 90 cent GUNPOWDER TEA
] - coed, received to-day by
nuS2O j. G. MILBURN.
EeRIME SUGAR CURED SHOULDER
Z and Breakfast Pieces Just received by
aug27 ). q. MlhBURN.
| "A TLANTlU SEA SALT, producing a real
IL sea wntnr bsth price sc per box; for sale
iby [auG5l JANNEY &c 90.
GTOVE PlPE RECEIVERS, various sizos,
~ just received by
I mh2l j. q. MILBURN.
9NUUUMBEH PICK LES. prima, for sslo by
~ aug20 j. q. MILBUKN.
SpklME ChEESE just received by
| 4 su2l7 j @. MILBUR N
AFXTRA FINK GUNPOWDER TEA re.
a. ceived to dsv By [igl3 j. o. MlLBURN.
kWHITE WINE VINKG for sale by
w sop6 j. y. MILBUkN
Dbl CRUSHED WHEAT received to dny
\ ~ lsel6l D. g. M1LBURM.
GlNGER prime, received 10 day
~ and lor sale by [sep5l j. u. MlLBURN.
EpRlME NKW LEMONS tor sale at
Il aug j. q. MILBURN'S.
fGTR!CThI PURE CIDER VINKGA fol-
~ ssIn by lsel I'll j. q Mill IL
HTORN GIFTS. fresh ground, received TO-DAY
~ by au9zO }. q. MILBURN.
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IGUAN MATTERS.

Itc Heather Probabilities. Sept. IL. 1855.
EoE The M'cdlo Atlantic 5t@ios partly c.cu3y
weather With local cana. c2as TO south Y.in3s.
and customary or hi3he. barometer gul .o,npc.-
Aura ''
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SluHS IN THE HEAVEN-PERILCUS TINES
hhsAb.-Some OF the colored people OF the
cl!y arc mEch exercised oyer sis0n en 0ii
o2oieQ woman named N0rtop, living on North
Onlon street, has been favored with. and Wh;c.;
- declared to DO an omen Of troubicu5 tinos
Old Mrs. Norton has passed her throc scoro
ano ten years, end mover 10 her lifo hiss sho
been permitted to look upon such magnificent
s,cno as that sho SAW on Sunday night last.
She says che was sitting 10 her door, on the
night named, "musloG, whom suddenly tho
Ky became Illuminated with STRANGE Light;
then from out of the east C .u,o mon, 10 s:;ininy
array. marching. Tx, solditrJ two and trso
abreast, followed by charlota Gi fire, n!tnched to
winch were horses OF lire. like those seon by
ELISHA. when On tho banks OF tho jordan
EJah was taken from him 10 wiiflwind.
Lake Elisha, too. the Old woman, whan sl,o be-
held the Inco. and the chsiiOis and tho horses.
was constrained 10 cxcsim. Tho chariot Of
Israel and The hoTscmcn thereof When told
by tho reporter that sho VAS dreaming, sho
declared With emphasis that sl,o WIS not. and
said that she not UnIy saw the s;-ange ard k?eu-
iul heavenly scano hCrs,ii, but that she called
Homc OF hcr neighbors, who also Witnessed thu
celestial army, which was travelling directly
West. Tho husband OF tho OLD Woman. who IL
shoemaker, cOrrobOrates his w.io' story, and
says he viewed tho grand array from fishing
Hhoro down Tho river. Tho affair LIS been,
aud still is being discussed aniorg tho coored
people. mon and women, around tho wharyes
and those who beIlcvo tho report OF tho old
woman confidently expect sou!o wanderful thing
to happen. Some CjnLcn1 tho eisn, II ken IN
connection With tho two C)mnIs tiat haYo re-
Gently made their appGaTsIcl in tho sky, and
tho large, brilliant meteor whic! 2aa4,d over
this city, going Forth, q lev nights ngo, is
token OF war and pcrilous times 10 tho noar
future; others believe tho manifestation il
presago OF tho coming of Tho son al Nao. and
quote from tho Bible. to tubsani;sto their
theory, tho following: "F1r o. tho l;.bip;pq
oomo,h out of the, East a%d shinclh cynn unto
tho West; 50 shall also tao con,iag Of tho Son
OF Man b."