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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

make yourself the inspector of words and
the supervisor of carbuncles, and the com
missioner for street cutters, and the holder
of stakes for dog fight At your family
table allow no detraction; teach your chill
dren to speak we'll of others. Show them
the difference between bee and wasp
the one gathering honey. the other thrust
ing sting. 1t would be good thing to
have book in all households where the
ISLANDERS retailed there might be recalled,
with the name of slanderer. Then the vile
business would cease.
"Let me charge you, my friends to make
rigLt and holy use of the tongue. 1t is
loose at one end and can wag either way,
but is fastened at the other end TO the floor
of the mouth, and that makes you respon-
sible for the way it wags. If you whisper,
whisper good-encourageme to the fallen
and hope to be lost While 1 speak hun.
dreds are whispering their last uttersnces.
When that last moment comes TO you and
me as come it soon WILL may it be found
that we did our best to serve Christ, not on
ly with hand and heart, but with tongue
So that the shadows that fall around our
dying pillow shall not be the evening twi-
light of gathering night. but the morning
twilight of an everlasting day"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

and the abuse of franchises granted
by law, fabulous fortunes are sud
denly accumulated while the masses
Of the people are impoverished.
To correct these abus es and re-
strain corporate power, Legislative
authority is invoked just and eaui-
table laws should be enacted that
will protect popular rights without
doing violence to individual or COR
porate interests.
Railroad commissioner should be
appointed by the Federal and State
Governments to see that these laws
are enforced The purpose Of the
law and the endeavor OF all good
citizens should be to avoid antago.
n;sms and harmonize the interests
"t all departments of the business OF
the country We believe these OBJ
jects would be substantially secured
by the Reagan bill, and We there
urged it's adoption with such force
and arguments as we could COM
mand, but all arguments and ap-
peals fell upon leaden ears.
The Committee were nearly solid
in the railroad interest, q majority
of whom were stockholders in, or
attorneys for, those corporations.
But we do not despair of ultimate
success in railroad transportation
reform. The sense of public justice
will not always slum Der, and when
fully aroused the people will surely
provide remedy for pub ic wrongs
and a protection for popular rights.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
CO-Operax xiOn.

The co operative stores through
the South that were established
d are conducted on the Rochdale
n are coming up fully to the ex-
|;tatiOns of those interested in
ir success. We have yet to hear
the first failure of such an enter
Sc. We do hear occasionally,
Eever, OF failures of cooperative
res, but in every instance the
lse of the failure was that the
|neipIes and rules of the Roch
f. system, as recommended by
National Grange, were ignored
openly violated. Where Man
FRS sell or credit or give advan
res to the larger buyers at the
Pense Of the smaller ones, the
res have either failed or are
F'iEg unsatisfactory. Some
Fes the stores are placed in the
hdS OF merchants, who are. as a
|e, opposed to the system, and the
ure Of such stores is about as
|tain a9 that night will follow
;. We have heard. of quite a
|mber Of such arrangements, and
some instances the stores were
oniy closed up in a short time
the money Of the stockholders
5 lost, When Patrons put them
yes in the power of merchants
this way, they deserve no SYM
ny if they lose, but the damage
not merely personal and local;
co operative system and the
|aDge itself in an entire sectior
lnjuriOusly affected.
ne success of cooperation under
|ange auspices is of such vital
Portance that no Cooperative
Eoclation should depart a hairs
adth from the true cooperative
IN. Let this grand business sys-
l. which is so simple, 80 fair, so
Ectcal and so efficient fer all the
poses of selling and buying, be
tFoyed, and the last nope of the
ing millions to protect them
YES from the rapacitv and tyr
y OF organized capital would be
T. 1t is for these reasons that no
|elhgent Cooperative Associa
F should permit any violation OF
plain principles and rules Of the
|ihdaie system in the manage
|nt OF their business enterprises.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
Conversation Carried On Tn rec
Thousand Five hundred Miles.


A wonderful feat, even for this
age of wonderful things was per
formed over the line Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company q
few days ago, says the Kansas City
Journal, at which time President
W. B Strong, of the AtcEison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, talked
by te egraph from Boston with c.
G. Wheeler, general manager of the
company at Guyamas, on the Gulf
of California, distance of about
$500 miles, The circuit, it is claim
ed by telegraph experts, was one
OF the longest ever undertaken in
America during daylight, aud was
from Boston to Chicago, thence to
Kansas City and Pueblo, Colorado,
from which point the wire ran
south to ancient Santa Fe, New
Mexico, the home of the fire wor-
shipping Pueblos, and thence to
Benson 10 the southern portion of
Arizona. At Benson the wire led
south across the line into old Mex
ico, through Sonora to Guaymas, on
the Gulf of California, where some
day line OF rail will also connect
with Chihuahua. At Guaymas,
General Manoger Wheeler and par
ty, who few hours before bad
driven silver spike into a mshog-
any tie, completing the line of the
Santa Fe road from Kansas City to
the Pacific ocean. were in waiting,
and about II O'Clock, by Pacific
coast time, the announcement was
made that Boston was 90. k
Tick tick-tlck tick" clicked the
little instrument beneath the tele.
grapher's hand at Guaymas; "tick-
tick-tick- tick" though very family,
spoke the instrurent as the sound
passed through the Kansas City
office, and the same instant it was
heard in Boston. In less than five
seconds came the reply from Bos-
ton, where President Strong was
in waiting. The answer being
heard in Guaymas, the two chief
executive officers of the longest con-
tinuous line of railway in the world
under one management talked with
each other, rec swing and sending
congratuiatory messages over the
completion of the road, one with
the Atlantic Ocean at his feet, and
the other on shore washed by the
Pacific, $500 miles away. At the
stations between the two points, in
States and Territories through
which the wires passed, operators
listened at the instruments for the
first sound, and when at last the
circuit was in good working order,
all that was being said was heard
at different points as the sound
passed over the wires. The feat
was one which operators from one
end of the country to the other
watched ith interest, and, at the
conclusion of five hours test, they
might truly have said, one to an,
other, "What hath God wrought
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
good of the Order can best be sub.

Sood OF the Order can best be SUBJ
served by such change.
A measure was introduced and
considered to change the present
style of regalia to a rosette ana
badge, which tailed in its passage
by a large vote. Subordinate
Oranges may use any material they
wish for regal'a-silk, velvet, nan
keen or anything else-but it must
be the same in color and style as
provided by the present regula-
tons.
The tariff question also received
some ventilation, and is made q
subject for discussion in the future.
This is certainly one of the impor-
tant questions affecting the Ameri-
can people, and it is right that i,
should be we'll understood. But il
is usually consid red from a per
sonal and partisan standpoint, and
as this can not, and never will solve
the problem, there is no advantage
in considering It in this way, as il
only has tendency to create wider
differences and leading to greater
confusion, and accomplishes but lit.
tie, if any, good. In order to make
its consideration of value, it mus,
be considered from non- -partissr
standpoint; seifishness must be en-
tirely ignor. d, prejudice must bt
laid aside, justice and equity to al
classes, the greatest good to the
greatest number are the onl,
ground upon which the question
will ever be justly arranged INT.
we can consider it from this stand
point, unbiased by former opinion.
and earlier teachings. we accom-
plish nothing.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

January next there will be 20
les with Democratic Governors.
greatest number in any pre-
Us year was "a in 1878.
here are now 90 iron furnaces in
hama The Birmingham Age
that within a radius of so miles
birmingham there is enough iron
supply thousand furnaces for
|housand years.
Edison is now building a 40-ton
etrlc locomotive, designed to haul
ordinary train of cars at speed
PO miles an hour, and which it Is
ended to put into actual operation
|hnglaud. The engine viii be OF
horse power. The current is
en- from the rails and transferred
brushes 10 the conductors lead
TO the motors.
he Cincinnati Gazette says:
There is a saloon 10 thss city for
~ 81 men, women and children.
'hung five persons TO a ;amliy,
re Is saloon TO every II fami-
/. This great army OF salooa
spers are engaged in filing the
@Rs, hospitals and asylums,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
Number I.
Education of Boys for the Pa, N


Prof. Geo. e. Morrow favors the
public with very sensible remarks
on the education of boys for the
farm The subjoined extract taken
from the National Farmer may be
read with profit:
ain educating boy for the work
of the farmer we must not forget
that be needs training. develop
ment, as well as to acquire knowi-
edge. There is a disposition to no.
dervalue study tor any other pur-
pose than the acquisition ofso.csllsd
practical knowledge. A man needs
to know how to make use Of facts he
learns as we'll as to learn facts; much
study, in school and out of it, may
be of great value, even though il do
bear directly on the line .. work
proposed. The beginning of sn ed.
ucstion for a boy expected to be.
come farmer need not be different
from those for boy expected TO be-
come merchant, lawyer, or .
minister. In each case q good foun.
dation for the special education
should be first laid. The discipline
gained and the knowledge acquired
in a good public school will be alike
valuable to either. The more OF this
foundation education the better. So
far as school work is concerned,
better by far give boy good gen.
eral education, without any direct
reference to agriculture, than at
tempt to crowd an unframed mind.
with rules of practice in farming.
There are those who think edu-
cation for the farmer should consist
solely in his acquiring skill in the
labors of the farm. Manual skill is
of much Importance, and il re must
choose between this and broader
intelligence as a preparation for
farming, we will choose the latter.
The average American farm er is not
so skilful plowman as is the Eng
lish or Scotch farm iaborer, vhs
has done little but plow all his work
ing life. But the American is much
better fitted to take charge OF farm.
He would sooner learn to do good
blowing with new kind of piow
and in different soil from that with
which he has been accustomed.
A good general education, and
especially a good education in the
sciences on which agriculture is
largely based, need not tend to draw
the boy or young man away from
the farm. If farmers boy learns
something OF the origin and compe-
sition of the soil, of the structure
and mode of growth of the plants
and animals around him; il he learn
that able, scholarly men OF this ana
other countries make these things
their chief study, he will be less lia-
BILE to think of these things as sim
ply tn ; causes of round Of drudg-
cry to him. If he become somewhat
informed as to the history and pres
ent condition of agriculture In
many lands, he will probably be
more, not the less, interested in 1t.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
Tha Anricnltural Department at

The Agricultural Department at
Washington reports the shortage
of hogs in the greatest hog produ.
cino States as follows: In Ken
tuckv the shortage as compared
with last yeari is 15 per cent; Ohio,
20: Indiana. u; 1llincis. a: lows,
81 Missouri. 90; Karlsss, 8: also .
small decrease in the Southern and
Middle States. AS the supply Of
hog products will have a great in.
Auence on the future price of beef
The reported scarcity of hogs would
indicate high prices fof ali kinds u
meat for the next twelve msnths.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
Worthy Master H. Eshb augh. OF
the Missouri State Grange, ON
National 6 range Proceed tngs.
Journal OF Agricult

Being in receipt of many requests
to give an account of the w ork done
at the recent session of the n ational
Grange, in our last weeks article
we promised to do so in this com
munication. 1t is but right that
members should inquire cf their SER
wants what they are doing. Masters
of State Oranges are not privileged
characters by anv means, but the
servants of the Subordinate Gran
ges j., their respective States, and
they should give au account of their
stewardship, SO that members may
know how the work is d ne by
these whom they have selectcd d to
serve them in the capacity cf Mas
ter. Ii is also necessary that The
work shall be known, so that mem
bers and Subordinate Oranges can
shape their local work in harmony
with the general work.
1t has always been a pleasure TO
me to bring everything of interest
before the mem bership in TIE State,
hence most cheerfully comply with
the request in giving at least syn
opsis of that part of the work in
which the Order in Missouri is most
interested, and ask for careful ex-
animation of the proceedings of the
session of the National Grange.
When published (which will be
done and the work distributed at an
early day to every Subordinate
Grange in the State that reported to
the Secretary of the State Grange
during last year, | will say thai,
when they are distributed We will
call attention to the facr, so that
members may know when 10 call
upon the Secretaries for them.
AS has been previously stated,
there were 81 States represented IN
the National @ inge in Novem Der,
| 1882; IL States were represented
each by one delegate and Io bv two
delegates each, the voting member
ship being 81. A const tutional
amendment was adopted, which
will be submitted to the State Gran
ges for ratification or rejection, Civ
| ING Sabordina te and State Oranges
the right to elect delegate for rep
resenta,ion from f urth degree
members in case the Master cannot
| attend
In accordance with Instructions
passed by Missouri State Grange at
the October session, | introduced q
memorial with a resolution 10 the
effect that the Constitution be SO
changed as TO give State Oranges
the right t. suspend snnuai sessions
in the event of an epidemic, failure
of crops, or any emergency that
might arise to make such suspen-
! sion of greater good to the Order.
| The memorial and resolu ion were
referred to tne proper committee
but were defeated.
An effort is to be made by State
Oranges petitioning the United
States Senate to pass the bill r.
king the Commissioner of Ag
ture. Secretary of Agricultup
a position in the Bresidenr
j net. Petitions will be sent
ordinate Oranges for sig
and then 70. warded to the
of this State.
/ An order was also
ersi in ia its charactelf
| Oranges authority d
| Sulsrd nate Grsr.
stricting rules, ir
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

WINoNA, MISS, Dsc. 2I,-Ex-
Gov. B. G. Humphreys died very
suddenly yesterday at bis residence
in Leffore county. His remains
will be taken to Port Gibson. He
was a distinguished General in the
late war, and was expelled from tho
Governors office in 1865 at tho
point of Federal bayonets. The sol
diers of Humphreys brigade and
every other Confederate will regret
TO hear this sad news.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

An Illinois farmer gives the fol-
lowing directions for curing CALLED
shoulders on horses, and says it is
infallible: Take leather and burn
into a crisp; rub the same on the
CALLED part. A few applications
will effect a cure. A new work
horse received several gals and q
few applications made them a.
sound as if never injured.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
COLUMBUS, MISS
saturday December 23. 1882.

We are receiving the copy of tho
of the recent annual
sion of the Mississippi State
ange, and expect to publish them
full in our next issue. The work
this session Will be interesting to
irons throughout the South.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

ATexas paper describes an 5000
acre ranch in that State entirely de-
voted to the breeding of ponies for
children. The breeding stock con.
sists of seven Shetland stations and
fo1ty-five mares, all thoroughbred,
and 400 small spotted pony mares.
These little ponies range over the
piairies like sheep and are descr bed
as very gentle.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

We are indebted to Worthy
ster Deadwyler, of the Geor-
State Grange, for a copy OF
annual address, which is an
e and interesting document. We
1 publish the address in full as
n as the copy of the proceedings
Eches us.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23

There is often in many towns
and counties great complaints about
the administration of the local
laws. In more than one State the
old system of constructing and re
pairing the common roads which
has been in vogue with only slight
changes, such as the process OF "ev-
olution" imperceptibiy bring about,
ever since the early settlement OF
the country, had completely broken
down; and people are demanding
new laws, as though the whole
matter could be remedied by q
statute. A species of @dry rot" has
fallen in many regions upon the
public school system, and favorits
ism 10 the complement OF Inefficient
teachers has brought it into con-
| tempt, ln some of the Western
States county officers manage to
retain their places for whole de
cade, often longer; and it is gencr~
ally among these classes of office
holders that defalcati0ns and en-
bezzlements occur We have had
in our State many defauling County
Treasurers, and in every instance
the fallen man has been long-too
long-in office. In townships much
OF the business is loosely done, and
records are kept in shape to be
practically worthless. Little rings
| iasten themselves upon towns and
CO : mites for the purpose of tax
consumption" and jealousy and
discomfort become rife among the
people. And these evils go on from
year to year, with little prospect of
any change.
In my opinion, these results come
largely from the inattention of lar
mers to the caucuses and primary
meetings. They have fallen into
habit of looking upon these meet
liz with something akin to con-
tempt, or they occur at busy sea
son of the year. And many ab
sent themselves because of feeling
that they would be powerless to OF
feet changes, influence results OF
remedy evils.
And many, doubtless most, o!
these troubles arising from bad
local control would very speedily
vanish il the farmers would turn
out in a body at tho primary meet-
ings or caucuses. In the majority
of counties, in fact, except those
which contain large cities, the3 far
mers can control every nomination,
if they will set to work in good
earnest. They can, and ought to
L"run" their own townships. L.
they were only out in masse upon
such occasions, and would thor
oughly discuss the character and
| qualifications of those who want or
viii accept the offices, no town or
county need long be badly govern
ed No public school need be given
over to "dry rot" from official ia
voritism in the choice of teachers
/ The farmers owe it to themselves
! to every consideration of seltre
spect rs tn. most important class
| of people in the United States, as
we'll as to the cause of good gov
| ernment and economy in the ion
portant matter of taxation, tina.
they interest themselves in all
these primary meetings. Thorough
discussion of bota msn and meas
ures is the best means of arriving al
the right action in all matters per-
tanning 10 government of the peo
pie, by the people and for the peo
lple. Certainly, the farmers should
ar ignore the primaries and
So the Pennsylvania Dutch
@1he man to come ground
Nhnw to vote. | IN
he farmer is governed
thy and indifference
~~ice complain o.
atlt of bis
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JUDGE TRUNKEY, of the United States
Supreme Court, has decided that railroad
company must honor its tickets, whosoever
sells them, and that therefore the ticket en-
titles the holder to the rights of passenger
between points named. This opinion re-
verses the Judgment of the lower court,
and lays down the law in an interesting way
upon one phase of the ticket -scalping busi-
ness.
Ex-Governor RAMSEY, of the Utah
Commission, states that the leading polyga-
mists offered to make no atteispt to vote,
and have kept their word. The Mormons
can carry the elections by large majorities,
and will probably nominate Mayor Kane, OF
Salt Lake, for delegate to Congress. The
effect of the Edmunds law will be the Grad
ication from politics OF all the able and
wealthy men of the Mormon church.
THE Presbyterians of Philadelphia,
Pa, think the use of instruments of music
is destructive OF the harmony OF worship
among the churches.
In accordance with the requirements
of the river and harbor bill, the Secretary OF
War has awarded the contract to the lowest
responsible bidders for the levee work on
the Lower Mississippi.
The long continued drought has
ruined the crops of Central America, and
now dangerous fever RACES along the coast.
Cholutcay, Honduras, is being decimated-
Izalco, in San Salvador, continues in erup-
tion.
Rev. &. B. SIMoNs, Baptist minister
of Greenbush, N. Y, charged with writing
love letters to young lady of his congrega.
ton, has resigned.
STEWARDS dry-goods house in New
York has closed its doors forever. Judge
Hilton states that the widow has been re-
ceiying rental of $2OO,000 per annum from
the Tenih street building, and it Is to be di'
rided up to pay more.