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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-01

Post-ofice Department. The Superinteu.
dent OF the money system suggests
that 1t would be we'll to retain In the hands
Of the Asslstant Treasurer for the opera.
lions Of the service = sum equal to the
amount Of Oh unpaid money orders during
aperiod Of i've years next preceding the
commencement Of each fiscal year. 1t rare.
lyhappens that smonsy. orler more than
Ave years. old 10 presented for payment. II
deemed expedient, ia the interest Of payees
- moneysorders, longer period, for ex-
ample seven or ten wears, might be, fixed BY
Congress. during which the amount Of any
money order you'd be payable to the own.
q thereof. and beyond which the amount
ofall orders unpaid would accrue to the
United States. " tsitis aQm
Il s.sAkhough tbs mouey. order fulHlls every
reasonable expectation 81 RENTER and pages
Where the amount sent u considerable, .
strong and growing demand has arisen since
the withdrawal Of fractional currency from
ctfcthation for some device ~ which
iAAoants uhdet I've dollars1 could be trans.
snit1ad BY mail - less cost than q present. I
desire r. call special attention to, the plan
Proposed hy the Superintendeut for the
transmission OF sums less than i've dollars
BY means bi "a order Of anew form. to be
termed "postal. order, ''sAAfwhick tho writ
snappatsatSea Ind tlesadvice, which Il the
sAtef e1aneut etsxeenss - we'll q ofsss.'
saFity, arc TO fhes dlspensed with, 50 thlt
these orders maj. be issued more exp ,di.
siously and q cheaper rates than money
erders,O - 80
/. TilE 9fAR.RoUrR sERyrcE, ETC. 4
= 16S P6ttmastef Genera Il q tho opiniotT
skagss thel eSaif3 kas fasched ti.ss stage III
tAseWo8rSs jof ~ material dsvslopmsnt
Nhsre ~ h1fort puGhe to 10 made 70 bring
tee credit AID debit sidssf Of the Depart
ment's balance sheet nearer together. All
o. nearly all the long and expensive Star.
routes have been supeTssded By railroad
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
Excellent Talk.


The Worthy Overseer of the
Pennsylvania State Grange presents
the following excellent thoughts in
the Farmers Friend:
"The officers of the Subordinate
and Pomona Oranges throughout
the State are mostly installed for
the present year. Unto all such we
would say:
'Do you recollect the solemn OBJ
legation you have taken to perform
all the duties appertaining to the
office so far as is in your power until
your successor is duly installed?
''Trace back the trouble of your
Nation, States, counties and town
ships and you will find them caused
mainly by defaulting officers; those
who disregarded the solemn obliga-
tions they took before entering upon
official duties. In our community
and the various relations of life
what vast amount of suffering and
wrong are inflicted by disregard
of bargains, contracts, pledges and
promises.
LET the officials of our Subor-
dinate, County and State Oranges
take lesson of wisdom and shun
the pit that other officials have fall
len into. Do not be stumbling blocks
to your organization, but redeem
your promise, fill your chair and
perform the duties of your office,
which will be strong incentive to
encourage dormant members. Our
arguments are not theoretical, but
practical in every sense. We know
the Master of Subordinate Grange
who served three years and did not
miss meeting. His successor, the
present Master, travels seven and
one half miles to each meeting, and
is not found wanting in duty, which
together with prompt attendance
and efficacy of the Secretary and
Treasurer, made this Grange a sue
cess and enabled them to build a
beautiful hall and furnish it in good
style and fill the store room with
goods for its members, all of which
are paid for, and the members con
tinue to hear from the outer gate;
knock and it shall be opened unto
you
"Not only the feathered songstei
of the grove, but the larger fowls OF
the air select their leaders to guide
them away from pending troubles te
fairer and brighter lands, which
they never fail to do. Is it not pos
sible for officers, leaders of Oranges
to be as the birds in leading, pilot
ing, urging or instructing our broth
ers and sisters over the rougf
ground and uncultivated fields tt
| the sunny paths that lead to th'
promised land?"
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

the opiates that have been admins
tered to them. The present agita-
ton of the important subject of the
controlling power exercised by these
monopolies over the affairs of this
country has called up the uncom-
promising resolve not to cease the
agitation until they are brought
back to their original condition
the servants of the people and not
their masters. The fre-bell of the
night has been sounded; the people
are preparing for the fray. The
small cloud that appeared at first
coming out of the sea is increasing,
and will in time culminate into
desolating tempest. Then will be
hushed into hopeless silence the
language of these corporations, ''is
not this the great Babylon that we
have built" and will forever wipe
out the triumphant language of Ca-.
sar, which, in their intoxication,
they have adopted-''1 came, l saw,
| conquered. ."-Farmers Friend.
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
Where the Work Needs to be
Done.

The more | travel and meet with
the Oranges, and talk with persons
outside, the more do become con-
vinced that the great, the important
work that lays before the Grange,is
the work of making the meetings of
the Grange profitable and interest
ing. @
We may scold our members about
not attending, but they will not at
tend unless they find some gain from
attending. We may preach to the
world outside, the value and impor-
tance of the Grange till we are
weary, but unless they see that the
Grange is profitable, and valued by
those who already belong to it, they
will be in no haste to throw in their
lot with us.
The work must begin at home,
that is in each subordinate Grange,
and if we can get them revived the
good work will spread outside.
Then let each member and each
officer of the Grange put their wits
to work to devise ways and means
for improving the meetings. Let
each one consider,-"What can |
do towards increasing the interest
at the next meeting" Let the lee
turer of the Subordinate Grange be
stir himself, get out of the old ruts,
and see what can be done to make
pleasant meetings.
In every Grange program should
be adopted,-if not for the year at
least from meeting to meeting.
Don't come to the field of work and
then begin to calculate, ''what shall
we do to day?" but have the whole
plan studied out and announced at
the previous meeting
Study to have variety. Discuss
corn and potatoes part of the time
but not all the time. Encourage
the young members to come with
recitations or declamations, or to
bring some article they have read
which has pleased them and which
they can reead to the Grange
Don't hold your meetings SO late
that at the close every one will want
to rush off home, but let there be
time for little meeting and talking
and social handshaking. l am a
great believer in handshaking, and
always fear something wrong in the
Grange where the members do not
shake hands at meeting and parting
Brethren, let US begin at the
fou ndation and make our first granc
success right in the Subordinate
Grange. Fraternally,
r. S. ToMPsoN,
Lecturer Ohio State Grange.
Springfield, Ohio, June s, 1881
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
Worthy Master Darden Again in
the Field

1t will be seen from his list of
appointments elsewhere that the
gallant leader of the Grange in
Mississippi, Worthy Master Darden,
will resume his canvass of the State
on Tuesday next He will doubtless
visit every county in the northern
part of the State, and the leading
Patrons in those counties should at
once take steps to arouse the people
and prepare to give him a reception
worthy of the grand cause he so
ably and fearlessly and faithfully
represents.
Let the active Oranges and the
leading farmers throughout the
State adoptmeasures at once to sus-
tain Worthy Master Darden and
give form and force to his noble
efforts in their behalf, which earnest
and enthusiastic action on their part
only can do, and there will be such
an outpouring of the farmers, such
a rallying to their organization, as
was never before witnessed since
the advent of the Grange. The
masses are ready for a general for
ward movement, and it only remains
tor the leaders to be prompt and
earnest at this juncture, to give the
Orange an impetus that will make
its power and progress irresistible
Patrons and Oranges, now is the
time for action. Let every one do
his full duty, and the farmers of our
great State will soon be rejoicing in
the good time coming" which can
only be realized through the success
of the Grange
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

a Cabinet position, he felt justified
in dodging the vote, and he does
not appear on record on either side
of the question. The balance of
the entire delegation in Congress
from his State all voted against the
Proposition This was doubtless
agreeable to the politicians and cor
porations who then labored that
Massachusetts might be recognized
for her faithfulness to the powers
that control party. Evidently in
terest and principle, as well as the
united voice of hundreds of thou
sands of the best farmers in the
land, were ignored to crafty the
greed of partisanism, and to comply
with the wishes of monopolist cor
porations. r-
While we see nothing at present
to encourage the belief of any ad-
vancement in the Agricultural De-
partment that will be of advantage
to the farmers, (for the causes that
contributed so largely to a change
are working adversely TO the far
mers' interesD, still we hope that
the new Commissioner may strive
to do even as well as his predeces-
sor. If he succeeds in doing this,
let us give him our hearty support,
in every effort for good. But, should
he fail, we will have a right to CON
denim the errors committed by max
ing the change.
We are not writing for the pur-
pose of faultfinding, nor with a
view of shaping anything politi-
cally, but for the purpose of getting
the matter before the members of
our Order, and the farmers gener-
ally, that they may see how their
interests are managed when placed
in the hands of partisans and party
combinations. Education is one
of the fundamental principles of our
| Order, and we must so educate the
people that they may understand
| the causes that contribute to agri-
cultural burdens. When understood
let US seek to remove them. Patrons,
these reverses are but grand oppor-
tunities to test our faith and our
love for the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry. They teach US the
great necessity of our organization,
and the Importance of earnest and
presevering efforts in our own be-
half. | firmly believe that these
Set-6acks, (for such they seem to
some), are elements for good. They
are instrumentalities that will unite
the farmers more closely, and lead
them to greater CO. operative efforts
for relief from injustice. Then, let
US accept these reverses with hum
BILE submission, as reproof to us
for our acts, in permitting our own
chosen servants to become our die
tatorial masters. lust as soon as
farmers fully realize the true condi-
ton of affairs, and see how they
and their interests are made sub
servient to everything else, they will
then surely apply the necessary
remedy.
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
for subordinate Gran
geS for July. 1851.

Question I3.-How to best pre-
serve summer fruits and vegetables
for winter use?
SMeyestiOnS.-Best method, con-
sidering health and economy. How
best to preserve their flavor? What
temperature keeps it best and long
est? Our worthy sisters should take
a deep interest in this question.
2ues. I4.-Transportation: how
does it affect the farmers?
SMe.-Agriculture furnishes SO
per cent. of inland commerce On
every dollar of extortionate rates
farmers pay So cents. A railroad
may cost 100000. Reasonable
dividends on this amount for profits
would be right. But corporations
add by adulterated stock-"zvater-
ed"-from 40 to 100 per cent, then
claim dividends, say, on ST. 100000,
instead of $1,000, 900 Hence we
pay $3.50 for 500 worth of ser
vices. Consolidated capital in the
hands of corporations is used to op-
press agriculture and all other indus
try. Profits on agriculture are re-
dnced to the average of about one
per cent. per annum on capital and
labor; while corporations make
from Is to so, and even 100 per
cent. How unjustly is the great
wealth produced by the farmers dis
tributed. H. EsHBAUGH,
Lecturer of the National Grange.
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

The politicians and their press of
uls State are swapping and snarl-
ing at each other about the offices
al terrible rate. The question of
me fitness of these aspirants will
doubtless be determined as usual
by the political press and the county
''Wn rings, without any reference
u the matter to the people. In
Iacf, the game Of these professional
Pohticlans is to prevent the people
giving any expression to their SEN
uments, for they know full well
mat the people don't want them,
Sno this will be done by the simple
means OF packing the county and
0Iate conventions. 1t has been seri-
ouSly proposed to heal up the divi-
SONS between the politicians by par
ceiling out the offices among them
III advance, and this arrangement is
proposed without any regard what
ever to the sentiments or wishes of
the people.
VIII this state of affairs continue
III Mississippi alwayss Will the
people allow themselves to be used
'y the politicians and their press as
mere puppets forever, that this OF
mat politician may enjoy the power
and emoluments of office? If they
10 then they ought not to com
PLAIN when their rights and in
'e'e'ts are ignored or trampled upor
0y oily tongued politicians whe
promise everything before election
"Sa forget every thing after
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
Natchez Democrat.


IF anything were wanting to encour-
age the building of cotton factories in
the South, it would be found in the
fact that all those which have been
built and managed properly, have been
found very profitable. There seems
never to be a glut of manufactured
goods upon the market The Natchez
Cotton Mills, we understand, have an
order for all the goods they can manu-
facture in six months, and refused an
engagement for all they could make in
twelve months. The whole machinery
of the mill is engaged on special class
of goods, under a profitable contract
for six months, and we do not doubt
that if the capacity of the mill had
been several times greater than 1t is
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
Water Against Rail.

The statement that a single ''tow"
of barges en- route from St. Louis to
New Orleans carries ten thousand
tons Of grain will disgust trunk road
managers, but it will affict in great
er degree the business men of New
York; for while the railroad mag
mates can recoup themselves by
speculation in their own securities,
the man of business makes money
only by legitimate barter and sale.
When it is understood abroad that
immense quantities of grain are
moving toward New Orleans there
will be no lack of steamers and sail
ing vessels to carry cargoes to Eu-
rope, and as wheat can be placed
on the levee at New Orleans at half
the transportation charges that
would await it if it came to New
York by rail the Crescent City can
snap its fingers at New York taunts
until our canal facilities are so en-
larged that inland water transporta-
ton is equal to the greatest possible
demand. The very stupid men who
are sent from the rural districts to
Albany to look after the interests of
the State can not be too prompt in
recognizing the fact that if their
own counties taxes are to be re-
duced by laying extra burdens upon
this city it is necessary TO do all
possible to prevent the volume of
business being reduced here by a
Southern city ti:2+ thrives largely
| because country legislators have not
sense enough to look to the health
of the goose that lays the golden
egg,-N, r. Herald,
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

Queen Victoria began the forty-fifth
wear of her reigh over the British En-
pire last Monday. This period has
been surpassed by only four English
rulers: three of them were kings and
one oueen-Elizabeth. Should Queen
Victoria live until the 25th of the com
ing October she will have reigned ex-
aetly the same length of time as her
famous feminine predecessor
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

Oranges in Mississippi. you have
theapPointments of Worthy Master
Darden in this issue of THE PA
IRON. When you perfect your ar
rangements to receive him, send us
your programme for publication.
The places at which he will speak
IN each county will doubtless be
selected by the County Deputies,
and should be published as soon as
possible.
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

Little Elm Grange, Llano coun-
ty, Texas, has just been re-organ-
lied and gone to work with a de-
termined will to be successful in
the future,
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, JUNE a5 1881.

now, their goods would all have been
taken under the same or similar con-
tracts.
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

the public, either with voice or pen, he
does SO with great clearness and force.
His manners are extremely pleasant and
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

own press. Uutn tncy 40 tnls,
they can never keep MP with the
s,,;r;t ~ tha timas and meintain
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

,rss.s ......ss..ss uySP anu 20 IeeI
adc was secured, another half million
vas to be paid; and similar payments were
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

be reairy successful,
chief objects of the m
ch;ef business of the n
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

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have been tried. In 1872 commission
of seven engineers of the United States
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25
sses uss abutments, to allow further in

til compression. The arches are com
The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

aulrst or our pubic men WHO IaVS
expressed friendship and respect
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-24
an Enthu.instic Mnhoneite.

The Greenville CTenn.) Ne'U Era al
ludes to the triumph of Malone and
compares the issue made IN Virginia to
the situation of parties in Tennessee.
Though 4 Republican paper, the NctC
Fra is not for the 1908 settlement. 1t
says:
If the voters OF this State were al
lowed to express choice on the ques-
ton of paying the enormous fraudu-
lent burden imposed upon US, or re-
adjusting and paying what is proper
and right, they would show the proud
despots and their supple tools, the poor
dupes of the Legislature, how the mat
ter stands.
It is an outrage that should not be
tolerated, that we should be forced to
pay such an enormous amount, for
which we have not received one far
thing by way of compensation or re-
muneration.-It is provoking to think
of it,
The advocates of this outrageous
measure dare not tell the people it is
honest or right, they cannot do 1t and
tell the truth.
Let the people have a voice in the
matter, as they have had in Virginia,
and consign the Internal infamy to
eternal oblivion.
We would pay what is just and
right, but anything more, never.
Hurrah for Malone.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-24
PeruYians as SaYages.

A Peruvian correspondent OF
New York journal, gives the follow
ing terrible account of the treatment
given the Chinese coolies in that
country. The picture is sufficiently
terrible in its outlines:
When passing through planta-
ton have had the bars of a movable
gate taken down by a man who could
not rise from the ground, and who, on
my questioning him, answered that
he had been severely injured a short
time before, that he had lost the use
of the lower part of the body, and
that, as the doctor had said lie had
only a short time to live, he had been
carried to this gateway to see that the
bars were kept constantly in position
to prevent cattle straying through
them. Death was in the mans face
when 1 spoke to him, yet from the
manner in which he spoke one could
see he took this inhuman. treatment
as a matter of course, and that long
subsection had taught him to believe
that such a sentiment as human SYM
pathy has no existence. Another man
l once saw have penknifc driven re-
peatedly into his back between the
blade bones, while his elbows were
so tightly drawn together behind that
his chest bones appeared to be burst
ing through his skin. Only the other
day ten men who had been kidnapped
in Lima and carried to a plantation
in the north attempted to effect their
escape. They were recaptured, car
ried back, treated most inhumanly on
the journey, and then laid down on
the ground and flOgged until their
bodies bore little semblance to hui
manity; the last and most degrading
and disgusting cruelty of all, the over
seers drove their heavy rOweled spurs
into the bleeding bodies until TO the
gashes of the lash were added the
spur gals, which in civilized countries
the law considers cruelty and pun
ishes as such when inflicted or ami
mails. 1 could fill pages of describing
horrors of a similar nature There
are thousands of these contracted la
bOrers, who are slaves i'll reality, scat
tered throughout Peru. They are in
the hands of hard and merciless task
masters, and can not see why the
officers on the foreign fleets on this
coast, assisted by competent Chinese
Interpreters, should not be commits
stoned to hold an examination and
liberAte the men who are held by
force. Of course their owners. would
carry many of them off into the inter
Tor, and merchants who hold mort
cages on the properties would put
every obstruction in the way of the
truth being discovered; but good
would result, while the vast number
of the halt and manned of them who
would be met with and reported up
on, would prove the disastrous effects
of starvation, Overwork and torture
on the human frame. 1 believe the
Cmllians would gIadlyb coo Jerate
/ in such inquiry, either within or be-
yond their lines, while the scattered
/ Peruvian B1OHtOReTO bands would not
/ dream of offering resistance. All ma.
/ tions have combined and determined
I to treat slave-dealers as pirates, and
/ the principle is carried into practice
on the African coast. There Is ne
| reason why similar salutary lesson
/ should not be taught here. God
/ knows it is required.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-24

Eovingtou, which viii soon be com
pleted. There is q gap between Gov
ington and Union City OF forty miles,
which is soon to be finished. The
line viii then extend further on, from
Union City TO Paducah. At this place
valuable connections will be made. =
The errors we note are, ID The road
is in operation TO Covington, and will
soon be beyond. % The line already
extends from Trimble Station via.
Union City 10 Paducah.
The great bridge to be built over
Lake POmtchaltrain by the New Or
leans and North Eastern Railroad Co,
will be one of the most stupendOus
works ever performed in this vicinity,
and worthy of the enterprise and cap
ital Of the syndicate owing the rail-
road. On the completion Of this work
and the entry of The railroad into the
city, tie grand project of a Union
depot so ably urged by our contem-
pOraries should be carried out. Such
depot in the General portion of the
city would add greatly to the n
venience Of passengers, and would
bring New Orleans one step nearer to
being to the South what New York Is
to the NOrth.-Ne'U Orleans Ledger.