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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04
Walker Station, Jan. I'd.
The following is an extract from

The following is an extract from
a letter of Worthy Master Esh.
baugh, of the Missouri State Grange,
to the Journal of Agriculture:
am in receipt of a number of let
ters making inquiries in relation
to the Lecture Bureau of Ohio, ma
ny supposing because it is called
the National Lecture Bureauf
that it emanated from the National
Grange, as is controlled by that body,
and Its expenditures paid by them,
| will say in answer to these in
quiries, that it is not a creature of
the National Grange" 1t is
private enterprise, originated in the
State of Ohio, and is managed and
controlled by those interested; the
National Grange claims no control
over it whatever, and pays no part
of the expenditures.
am also in receipt of many letters
from this and other States, in ref
erence to the Agricultural Depart
ment of the National Government,
and as to what the Commissioner
is doing in the interest of agricul-
ture, etc. Evidently farmers are
missing the advantages received
from the department few years
ago, in the distribution of reports,
books, documents and seed, which
are now discontinued. Time will
not at this writing permit me to go
into details concerning this depart
ment, hence | will content myself
for the present in simply endeavor-
ing, in measure, to answer the in
quiries of a general correspondence.
Congress last year, in making ap-
preparations for the printing of
these agricultural documents, enac-
ted in the law proviso that in
the distribution from this depart.
ment that the members of Con-
gress are to have sixtyper cent, the
u. S. Senate, tzventy-jfvc per cent,
and the commissioner of agricul-
ture only fifteen per cent. The fif-
teen per cent. allotted to the Com
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

The power of the Grange is max
ing itself felt throughout the entire
country, carrying CONSERVATION to
corrupt corporations and oppressive
monopolies and warnings to legisla-
tive bodies that must be needed A
bill making the Agricultural De-
partment an Executive Department
will undoubtedly pass the Lower
House of Congress at this session,
and though it may fail in the Senate
now it will eventually become law.
When the politicians find out that
the Grangers are in earnest in their
demands they, like Capt. SCOTS
coon, ''come right down.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

We will print in our next issue
highly interesting letter from Wor-
fhy Master Harwcll, of the Ten
neSsee State Grange, on the subject
OF agricultural education, and the
address of ". II Toothaker, Pres
ldent of the Johnson County c.
operative Association, Kansas,
whose Grange store at OIathe in
that State has won a National repu-
tatlon. These documents should
be read in every Grange in the
country.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

The professional politicians in
this State are already at their game
shaping, or trying to shape, legisia-
ton to promote their personal inte-
rests. They want to induce the
Legislature to reduce the number of
Representatives from I2o to 100.
They well know, and the fact has
been fully established in the politi-
cal history of this country, that the
smaller State Legislature the more
readily it can be controlled by out
side influences. While the farmers
should demand the abolition of all
useless offices ard a sweeping reduc-
ton of salaries, they should favor an
increase in the number of Represen-
tatives'in the Legislature rather than
a decrease. We hope the Grange
element in the Mississippi Legisla-
ture will look well into the antece-
dents of the men who are urging
this reduction of Representatives
and watch closely the influences
that may be brought to bear to carry
out the scheme.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

We shall give considerable atten-
ton this year to the Work aud pro-
grcss Of the Grange in our native
State-Alabama-and we hope that
The PATRON will receive such a
support over there as will make it
a powerful and influential advocate.
otthe cause. We hope to give full
reports of Worthy Master Harris
sons campaign.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Tho condition and outcome of the
present cotton crop, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, are not only a
matter of general interest to the
public but of the greatest import
to the mercantile world in the pros
pcctive rise or fall OF values. The re-
ports have been so conflicting, and
the actual information so meager
that the dry goods world as we'll as
the bulls and bears, await with sus
pense the positive news by which to
shape their business. Mr.. John B.
Laftte, of New Orleans, has STAR
tied the mercantile world by his
changes of ws-trom a crop of
100000 to one of 5, $4,000 or less,
for the present year, based, as he
says, on such evidence that he could
not refuse to accept it. He says
the relative positions of the two
seasons were to December 31st:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Worthy Lcturer A. n. Edwards,
'ne able and eloquent Lecturer Of
Ihe Texas SAFE Grange: will visit
cooke county about the 18th inst.
ana spend several days among the
oranges in that county. He and
mat stannch Grange leader in
cooke, Worthy Master o s. West /,
Will do good work when they start
out.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04
To.al crop.........6,6o5,7so $500.


The receipts up to January 1st
had been running so closely to-
gether that he and others hesita-
tod to accept the rapid decline in
receipts for this spring. But the
most careful inquiries have con-
vinced him that not over X per
cent of the crop is unmarketed, but
as he says, "to Keep on the safe con-
servative side, ho takes 20 per cent,
which all admit to be none too
high, prod ucing, net, the above
comparisons and shortage for this
year. Mr.. Lafittc says the Harry
Frank and steamer Choteau, the
two largest boats in the trade,
which ran last year until May,
have laid up; the receipts by the
Jackson railroad are rapidly de.
creasing, three out of five boats on
the Tombigbee river have been
withdrawn, and every where the
same unmistakable signs and evi
dence of exhaustion make certain
that the above estimate is within
the line of safe conclusion, if not too
high as stated above. In a con-
densed form, this gives the result
of most careful and reliable i'm
vestigation and statement OF facts
yet made, and from present ap-
poarances will, as be says. be too
high al estimate. for the close of the
season.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Thousands of Patrons in Texas
look to this journal for particulars
OF Worthy Master Roses move-
monts. His addresses that appear
ln our columns are thus promptly
and generally circulated throngh~
out the State. A mum Der OF leads
Ing Patrons in that State have
written to us rece ntIy expressing
Their qualification at seeing hi- list
oi appointments in our columns.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

The Langley cotton mill, at Augusta,
Ga, has just declared semi annual divi-
dend of Is1s per cent, making the amount
paid the stockholders during the year *
per cent There are few surer or better
paying investments than cotton mill in
the Cotton States.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Gov. Hagood of South Carolina, has ap-
proved the new stock law in South Caro-
lima, concerning which there has been so
much discussion lately, and which is given
as the cause of the negro exodus from that
State He claims that the new law will
save the farmers of South Carolina $1,,7oo,-
900 year, which is double the amount
levied by the State and counties.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Hopkins County (TexAs) Co
operative s,ore sold Sc, 1000 worth OF
sOoos during the quarter ending
'"uary 81, and declared a divi-
'ena OF u per cent.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

ine Oranges OF Morgan county,
n'a'' are succeeding finely with
'"elr cooperative stores. Their
"'Ht move will be TO establish a
N'emeniAliacbmebt cotton factory.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Let me make the money of country
and will make its laws, its institutions,
its political and almost its religious life.
Give me the power to make the money oil
a country, and I care not who casts the
ballots so far as political effect is con-
cerued.-ScRakoy Vest of Missouri.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

The Canadian Press Association is urg-
ing the Government to abolish all postage
on newspapers.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

J. '. SCOTT, Master of the State GRANGE
Texarkana
Texas
A. NJ. kELLAR, of the State Grange Ex-
ecutive Committee, Tempe, Bell Co.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04
Total expenses per ear,.......Sao,ooC

Total expenses per Fcdi '...'.''''''' P-o'OOe
The amount of net profits would
be $4,000, in this one branch of
business, which the farmers and
working people might divide among
themselves every year. The other
branches of business mentioned
might also be taken hold of by tho
consumers, and carried on with the
like profit and advantage.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Guiteau will be hung Juno sd.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04
Branch Offices Of
The Patron Of HuSbQRdry"
Alabaui n.
ArA2n SASf

WM. JAS. JOHNSON, Secretary The State
Grange, Choctaw Corner, Cla ke Co.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

y stores, etc, as above, having in
vested in the articles aFoVe
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04

Balance net gain on the co oper-
ative plan per year in the items OF
cost, as above specified $4,000.
Estimating the sales of groceries
and provisions in this village at
$780, 900 per year, the gross profits
on this amount, it is seen, would be
about so, 900.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-04
$ts {}atron of Rusban'lrp.

COLUMBUS, MISS
saturday. February 4. 1872
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-11
A Michigander on Legal Phraseology.

One little fiedgling, when reading at
home, hit upon the Indictment of Gui-
teau." He was earnestly studying 1t
for while, but seemed quite perplexed.
"Pa," he cried out at once, ~ cannot
make out this hard ease; it certainly is
not written in Englishp' "You are
right, my boy responded the old
Michigander, Il it is not English, though
it contains some English words. It is a
language that dates from the time when
man was emerging from gorilladom into
the most primary stages of humanity.
At first, in some way or. other, our GO
Observation-Disclosures got an idea
into his head; then said idea began to
pinch, prick, itch, scratch, tweeze, twist
and knock, then and there, our afore-
said gorilla great great grandfather 8
brain, until aforesaid pinching. prick
ing, itching, scratching, tweezing, twist
ing and knocking idea assumed then
and there, the form of Gorillace, which
is the name of aforesaid remarkable an
cient language. And although the En-
glish people in general have abandoned
said Gorillace, still there are some that
find it to their advantage to use it to
this day. It is wonderfully adapted to
confuse witnesses and jurymen, and
many black-coated and black-souled
murderer has escaped the gallows by
means of it. "-Jou1aal Of Education.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-11
THE GUILELESS BOY

soul,
And that is why it makes me sad to have to
carry coal,
10 set the Office stove aglow and make the
And garner all the ashes with an ancient tur-
Keys wing.
Each day Ihave to sweep the floor, and beat
the dusty mat,
And run about and pay the checks and curry
And fetch the MONDAY can of beer, and trim
the greasy lamps,
Address the yellow envelopes, and lick the
postage stamps.
The man who pays me glides around with high
falutin pomp,
And if l walk across the room he tells me not
to romp;
And casts on me tyrannic frowns if I but sing
or speak,
And all the shekels receive is dollars two per
week.
My driver is horsey swell and wears dia-
mond pin,
An ulster checked, and he is up in all the ways
of sin; ~
And lay his utmost ducat on ,straddle or a
straight. E=ss+t '.'t'
Ii have ic n9th ing! on my hands, that man will
Go forth and see nay lady love and ask her if
she's weli!' ---.--s. ~ - t@a
Or else have to fold my arms and sit upon
stool, tit..t
AND look just like the little boy who loves his
Sunday-scheol. s. ki1' 't.t r.
= tf'.att' =. 't--.a.- r. 't.Estt ~
nave TO brush his 'overcoat ere thought of
home he wooes, fi'ti's 2tskH .'.
ana With'a feather buster bang his pantaloons
and shoes; --.-.t..sl t.s# w "
And with his daily marketing have 10 home
ward hop, " -1s''3-s- T ,sss'Lfg
while foam the cabbage and the beet above
the ba5kettOp. tate ttsR
~, ,.Fi sst,t .. gaTf. +tsT+
IN, give me back the happy days, the days l
used to know, - = g.'3a . -..IPL
W men doWnbeside old SINNERS mill used to
,, fishing go; es,{sgef. z at.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-11
DOUBTFUL ACQUAINTANCEs.

1T is very remarkable said m,
uncle, as MIR. Gregory left the room.
1t is very mysterious" said Lily
with strong emphasis on the adVerb.
tTo me,' observed an elderly lady
boarder, sit appears to be something
worse than mysterious; and Withou
making any assertions, / would at leas
caution you, my dear, against an,
closer intimacy with one who seems 81
often to be possessed of information il
manner of which there is no conceiva
BILE natural explanation.
cit reminds me most" said the Rev
Mr.. Briggs, '.of certain cases, undoubt
eddy well authenticated, in which the
existence of the so-called second sight
has been demonstrated in very singu
lar Manner
And" added my uncle, although
many of the professors Of spiritualisn
have been proved imposters, it by nc
means follows, that all ... E
Yes, yes,n'' broke in our lady friend
''but we all know that people once had
dealings with familiar spirits, and ]
never could find any proof that this kind
of thing has ever ceased, and therefore,
as / said before, / very strongly caution
you''-s sft.# III
flush cried several voices; ehere
he comes.n sTss Is
My uncle, my cousin Lily and were
staying at b boarding house at the sea-
side, and among somewhat numerous
company was q certair Nj. GregViSEs
We had made his acquaintance ON the
night Of our arrival, III . rather comicdl
manner. He was passing our room Jus
rs Lily was calling to- me, in a lone q
Woeful despair, that she had broken the
KEY in the lock, and could not get OUT
Through the key-hole he had Yolun-
teered his services as an amateur lock-
picker, and released us from our inl2
prisonment. i. Il
This introduction had served quite as
well as q much more formal one would
have done to inaugurate what promised
to be a pleasant seaside acquaintance.
Now on first sight he certainly present
ed very little appearance OF being sus-
picious or dangerous character. He
was q young man Of some twenty-five
wears Of age, with q bright, frank exS
Sression, and q CLEAN of mischief in his
ewes. He was exceedingly intelligent
and well-informed, and though rathe
retiring in the mixed company OF oui
establishments, could, we discovered
sing well, read well and talk well
Without intrudirg himself upon us, ne
had made himself very agreeable TO r.
two girls. and we had aHmised that he
was . young professio na 9 man s sn,
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-11

A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: As the result of con-
siderably inquiry, and of my own ex-
perience, think that a yield of ten
bushels per acre will give half a ton of
straw. q yield of twenty bushels per
acre about 1,500 pounds of straw, and
thirty bushels per acre. one ton of straw.
As q rule the larger tho yield Of any
grain the smaller the proportion OF
straw that is required for bushel.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-10-28
JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, OCT 1882
SILENT GRIEES.

There are sighs unheaved, there are tears
unwept;
There are lutes unstrung, there are harps
unswept;
There are griefs unknown, there are
thoughts untold;
There al hearts that beat warm when they
seem but cold:
There are loves unlost when they seem so
dead;
There are wounds unseen that have often
For the soul feels most when in silence
deep
1t lives unheard as the winds in their sleep.
There are sorrows very dark that o'ercloud
our way,
And that shade the heart in our life's glad
There are joys unfelt, there are hopes un-
There are pledges hushed, there are vows
unSaid;
There are flowers dead among the spring
leaves,
There are treasures lost among the golden
sheayes;
There are memories sweet, and we love
them well,
But the eye grows dim as their current
swelis..
There are friendships gone like the dews
of morn;
There are smiles now turned TO the coldest
ScOrn;
There are dreams we loved IL the days
gone by,
When the sun was warm and so bright our
sky,
That are past like spray on the oceans
breast
When the storm has cease1 and her waters
And the heart grows sad that It's loves
have fled,
That Its hopes are gone ard its garlands
dead.
There are scenes we knew that are faded
There are gathered wreaths and shaded
brow;
There are songs unsung that we loved TO
When the heart was fresh and its pleas
urcs near;
There are footsteps hid in the sands OF
time;
There are voices stillcd in this earthly
cline,
But the echoes come from the boundless
shore
That lies beyond in the vast eyermorc.
There are prayers we breathe for the ones
we love
Whilst we linger here from our home
above,
Yet we smile to think that our griefs will
cease
And our hearts rejoice in an endless peace,
Far away, above the ethereal blue,
Where each soul is glad and each heart Is
true,
We will live In love, and her radiant beam
viii inspire the soul with Il heavenly
dream.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-10-28
Books and Stationery.

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DOW SHADES, MUSICAL INSTRU-
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ct Knives, GOLD PENS AND PENCILS,
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w. /. HAYS & son,
2 Doors below the Baldwin House, Ha.
gerstown, Md.
Jan. 10, 1881. 1y
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-10-28
Beechcr Surprises His Brethren
He WrTIDRAws From The CoNGREGA-
TIoNAL AssocIATIoS-WHAr He
BELIEVES AND WHAT HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE.

Monday, at the meeting OF tie Con
gregational association, composed OF
Brooklyn and New York churches, held
at the Park congregational church,
Brooklyn, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
addressed the association, occupying
over two and halt hours, giving his
reasons for differing with the churches
represented there n matters Of faith.
lie closed 10y Announcing his withdraw
al from .he association The statement
caused much surprise. lie said be could
not afford especially, to put the associa-
ton in such position that they were
obliged TO defend him. Mr.. Beecher
explained that he made this expo
stion in order TO meet the loose
general representations and mlsrep-
resentatious in respect to what he
believed and taught. The whole
view OF God which was laid down
in the confession OF faith OF the West
Minister school in relation TO the decrces
and in relation 10 the whole process and
operation of divine grsce-Mr. Beecher
held this view o. Gods character TO
stand over against the representation Of
God as made by the Lord Jesus Christ,
as frighrtn gorgon stood over against
the head of an Apollo in the heathen
mythology. lie rejected the doctrine
OF mans moral physical inability TO
obey the laws of God, also the represep-
tations of future punishment which were
gross and physical and made from the
seusuous Roman school. Suffering he
held, would not be bodily, but mental,
according to the laws Of moral sensibil-
ity and all the affections; not machine
OF sulphur and fire, deluge Of devils
and all manner of annoyance. lie re-
garded also the whole doctrine Of orig
inal sin as bad in the fall of Adam, as a
barbarc, that is, as the conception Of
men as yet ignorant--unedncated on
this subject. lie accepted without
analysis the Trinity. He believed 10
Providence who overrules human life
by thorough natural laws. Christ was
infinite with Infinite limits, and in tax
ing bis place as man he became sub
ject 10 the laws of time, space and mat
ter. Mr. Beecher believes fully, enthus-
iasticaliy without a break or single line
of tremulous alteration in the divinity
ot Christ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-10-28
,ybat pr. Talmagc Believes.

DIR. Talmage began his Friday even
ing lecture 10 the Brooklyn Tabernacle
last week, with farewell to Judge
Nilsson. He then announced his ap'
proval of Beechel's 8 action in resigning
from the association of which he was a
member, aud thus, according to the
Hsraids report, told his congregation
WHAT DIR. TALMAGE RELIEVES.
But people all over the country, IN
the Church and out CT the Church, are
now telling what toey believeand what
they do not believe, so suppose my
turn has come to tell what | believe.
can tell you in five minutes. believe
in God, the good, the kind, the loving,
the Just, the independent, the omn'po-
tent. believe in Jesus Christ, with
heart large enough TO take the whole
race in his compassion, and perhaps
other worlds, for do not know but.
that lie has done as much tor other
spheres as He has done tor ours. i be-
lieve in the Holy Ghos', woo'ng'
coaxing, elevalirg, sublima,ing. purl'
fyiug, gracious personage-gentle as
the dove that symbolzed him at tho
baptism and yet as intense as the hery
tongues which covered the heads OF the
Disciples at the Pen.icost. lbelleve III
soul, immortal, winged tor eternal
fight, and having for a choice whether
that flight shall be upward or downard.
| believe in Heaven built on SO vast
scale that there is room Tor all sngel,
hood, all manhood, all womanhood, all
childhood, aud not monopoly tor a
few, but twelve gates for all. ! believe
in perdition, the abode OF those who
ale soul suicides, for God pushes no man
off the precipice He jumps of.
believe in baptism, the water beau
tiiully symbolic of cleansing OF tho
soul, whether the bright liquid drop
from a wooden cup, as when in holy
rite Covenauters OF Scotland sprlnkled
their children among the highlands, or
whether the candidate have the whole
Jordan roll over him. believe in the
Kings banquet. commonly called the
Lords Supper, and welcome to thetabie
all who acknowledge allegiance 70 Him
of whose atonement the blood OF tho
grape is parabollc. | believe In tho
Bible, from lid to lid, inspired, not al
ways as a precept, but sometimes us
history, the sacred writers no more ap.
proving some OF the conduct described
in the Bible than Macaulay approves oil
the conduct in England described in
his history, yet the best book ever writ
ten by pen or printed by type--ihe
foundation Of happy homes aud good
goyernments-;he book from which
most other good books have been beat
en- out, as one little piece OF gold may
be beaten into gold foil of almost illimi-
tabl. extension. believe in the broth.
erhood OF mau-all of one blood, oil
having the same rights, all made in the
| image OF God, and that he who insults
a man, however obscure, strikes 10 tho
face of his Maker. These cardinal
truths | have been preaching for TWEEN
ty.fve wears, and have no prospect OF
changing.
DR.. 1'aImage said, 10 closing, that he
liked the kind OF. people the old-fash-
ioned religion makes. lie liked the
way they lived and he liked the way
they died. ... ...