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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

If there is ANYTHING in precedent
or analogy. the ,farner is the corner
stone of society: for tfre primal man
date to man was, ''Replenish the
earth and subdue it." and. in all
ages. the tilIers. of the sc;l have
been not only the most numerous
but the most imports class of the
population. 1t is a truth that all
other classes of men are merely con-
venient, and not necessary. In the
early stages of civilization, he per-
formed all the labor in every depart
ment of life. The other vocations
come as middle steps-bridges to
make transit easier. if we may be
allowed that illustration.
But the farmer has permitted
some other. people to pass him in
the race. so far as intellectual i'm
provement is concerned, and if is
not at all complimentary to him
that he permits. oftentimes, the
most useless of all men. the CROSS
roads politician. to direct his affairs
and lead him about as if by the nose.
The true position of the farmer is
at the head not at the rear of the
column. He furnishes the food.
clothing. ammunition and trans
portation for the army, as well as
about three fourths of the soldiers.
In this country nearly, ifnot quite,
that proportion of The whole people
live directly-on farms. Fhe far.
mers. if combined as class could
carry everv general election; could
have majority in Congress. in
every State Legislature, and one Of
their own number in every county
office outside of the large cities.
But the farmer is not in the lead.
VIII every one who reads this ask
himself WHY that is true? The an
swer is verv rear and simple. Far
mers, as rule. neglect their own
and childrens' education. Every
farmers family may havea few books
and newspapers. Ttere is not a
man or woman anywhere. speaking
in general terms, that can not find
an hour a day on an average 70
read or listen to reading. Every
farmer ought TO keep his family
supplied with reading matter, both
standard and current, and keep
himself wellposted in all important
affairs. Every farmer ought to
know how to call a public meeting
TO order, and to address it jntelli.
gently after it is organized.
We will refer often to this subject
for il isvital. Tho farmer will new
er command his proner position un-
til he trains himself better intellect.
uallv and socially. This paper will
aim to HELM him in that respect
every week:-Kausas .Fa-rzer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
FROM TEXAS.
Caldwell e4s1M&y.

Editor. Patson,.- On yestsfday.
yApF;lssa, Charity dranga.-s6S. in
this konnfy held its regular pneet-
ing af Clhrks' Chappel, 4 beiAR De
firsf tifpesthsy have had qqorlm
lpresef1k since December, ! 8SfAf.
Ter goin q Through the regular order
Of business, Bro. L. e. Rogers aslked'
that the nficle il the last PATRoN
OF HusBANDRv on The Power of
the Press. Del read. After its being
read sbv the NWorthy Secretary,
Hugh Clark, BroA Rogers made I
strong appeal to Ahe membersaip
present in behalf Of on, f6rangeI
papers, whch>was ably suppafted
by Past Mister W. a. Clark. fhe
result was clnl, Of five, out OF
eight sneinber prevent. and prom
ise OF two othersA that they would
subscrihe soon. This was once !
trong and vigorous Grange, aud
to-day has 46 members names on
its roll book. At oneltiene through
Past Easter w. "A. Clark, about 70
members of this Grange were sub
scribers to THE PATRON and from
some cans failed to renew or keep
up their subscription. and to day,
sogfar | can learn,sBro.E.C, Rogers,
.is4ttfe only sneruher that is taking
The PArRoy, add would it(be pre-
sumptuous to suppose tina this is the
-cause-of tfre-fukewarm condition of
their Granges | am fully satisfied
that the masses of the farmers can
only he reached through the press
and by living speakers, both of
which would be better than either
the one or the other.
We nave five working Oranges
in this county, and i shiak sthatsthe
membership. will ne increased
largely in the next few months. Ne
are expecting Bro. A. NJ Keliar
to fill two appointments in this
county during the first week in
May next.
The crop outlook in this county
was never better at this season of
the year. land there is large in
crease of acreage in corn, wheat,
and oats, and 'e;s in CO ton.
Wishing you and THE PATRON
much success | am yours,
Fraternally, II M. DAuGHERTY.
Prairie Lea, April IS.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

We print in another colunnn an
article from the New Orleaps
Times Democrat on subject that
is of great mportaaee to The costsn
producers ofths south. Thatfhefe
IS gfeat loss inIthe rressnt system
of handling cotton BY the pre- heers'
isnnquestionahay true batthe prop:
81 fen,edyisnot snegested by either
! tho Tsmes. Democrat or MA. kinson.
The latter suggsats tbat<a different
system Of ginning and baling cotton
should be adopted snd recommends
the. esta6fisbmentof iarge cinneries
at centrplp points and decreasing the
size -ofsthe haies to one or two hum
bred pounds. By this system, Mr..
Atkinson claimssthat the producers
would save at least 500, 1000, 900 on
each crop.
The true remedy for the defects
in the present system of ginning
and baling cotton is the ESTABLISH
ment of small Clement Attachment
factories and converting the seed
cotton directly into yarns: This
would not only save, the great loss
occasione.l bv' the. Expensive and
imperfect system Of ginning and
baling now pracficed, amounting to
$6o,ooo,ooo on each erops but it
would save all the expenses of
transporting, storing, COMPRISING,
selling. etc, which the producers
pay, and which amounts to consid-
erably more than 1000, 900, while
the value of the crop would be
doubled.
Mr.. Atkinson is resident of New.
England and naturally anxious that
his section should retain it's manu-
featuring supremacy. His plan to
improve the system of ginning
and handling the cotton on the
farm is put forward simply to di~
vert the attention of the farmers
from the more important question
of adopting a system to manufac-.
ture their cotton into yarns. 1t
would seem that journals published
in the Cotton States would lend
influence to any movement that
would tend to retain in our sec
ton all the profits of handing and
manufaeting the cotton crop where
it is produced; but the. city pa
pers are not favorable to The Glenn
ent Attachment system because
the commission merchants and
other city classes realize such i'm
merse profits by handling cotton
in the raw form, and it is this con
sideration which induces them to
give prominence tothe absurd sug-
gestion of Mr. Atkinson.
The article from the Times Dem
ocrat gives strong arguments for
the establishment of Clement At
tachment factories by farmers in
the Cotton States, and we beg them
to give it their attention.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

The people and all legitimate 10
terests of the country have felt the
Money Power. That corrupt and
dangerous power is now demand.
ing of Congress further lease of
life, prolongation of their privi-
leges that are moro. to be dreaded
by the toiling millions than the
combined power of the railway and
other monopolies. The charters of
large number of the National
banks will soon expire and Con-
gress will undoubtedly recharter
them unless the people shall act
promptlyragainst it, Petitions pro-
testing against the recharter of
these banks should 60 up from
every town and neighborhood
throughout the country. Down
with the National banks! should be
the motto of every man in America
who. gains his living by honest
labor.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
The Kansas State Grange has is

The kansas State Orange mas IS
sued a paper on Education, propos-
ing that the usual course of the
public schools be abriged in an in
telligent manner, and that the time
saved be devoted to such practical
instruction as shall give children a
taste for agriculture, love of ma
ture. and a sense of the dignity of
farming life The paper truly a
serts that the instruction now given
in the schools is superficial and mar
row. and that the employment of
snch a method Us that in use at
Quincy would be time and mind
saving Improvement.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

its "reminiscences sweet.~and ever
holdsAmost sacred the ~pe1nory Of
theIoId homestead
Have we not been in bouses
where eyery thing was an exact
pattefsi Of nestnessa Bot We saw
a scToul on the. mstron'sI fsce that.
wac : poor adornu1ent, we thought.
Could She nave mingled ! little
while with us, she would rave told
AS how tired she was, how~mucH'
trouble she had,and never. a mo-
ment's comfort, and was about
tired of living. | feel sorry for
such women, they makelticnselves
miserable and every oneabout them :
And some men are no bette
They get up before dav and com
mences working and finding fault
and Ieepit up until night. Thev
come to the house with frowns
ontheir faces aud look around 10 see
Il any thing i out Of place, or If
dinner is on the wav. It may be
they look out into the front yard.
and if perchance their wives or
daughters have made fiowersshed
they intimate that they had better
be doing something useful Oh.
horrors! deliver me from such .
home. think such men, of little
account in this world: they are
found among that class who never
have time for any thing: they have
no time TO attend the Grange. no
time to receive COMPANY. no time
to visit their friends, no time to read
a paper, especially Grange paper.
They are waiting for a time that
may never come, for life is very
uncertain. But | am DEPRESSING,
and You. will perceive that~I know
but little of adornments; but / do
know that in order to have pleasant,
happy homes we must cultivate the
sweet flowers of charity. love, vir.-
tue and cheerfulness. These are
neither ANIMALS, perennials or bier
mails, but are eternal. Every person
can possess a full stock of these
precious flowers. We should pros
vide our homes with all the good
this Grange, and for her my cares
and tolls shall be given, till cares
and tolls are DER. -
Do not deem me enthusiastic, but
| would that many of my neighbors
and countrymen were enthused.
O, do arouse from your lethargv,
you see uotyour danger The be
som Of destruction win Sceftainly
swoop you if you do not work at
the oars. Take hold and he ycou1
ageous. There is work for vou;
there is work for us ALL "Work
till the last beam fadeth," so that
we may grow stronger in union
every yeaT Nav the efofts of the.
Grange be crowned with 4 glori-
Gus success. Patrons, let us awake
to sleep no more. If we remain
dormant, we are lost. Ponder and
be wise. Teach your children and
YOUR children's children to love the
grand Order of Patrons of Hus-
bandry. ~
Last but not least. we should do
our duty TO all. To ourselves we
owe the Improvement, of our OPP
portunities. the increase Of knowi
edge and the cultivation. of all our
social and religious eniovments; to
our neighbors, to love them as we
love ourselves; to God, to love and
fear Him and keep His command
ments. Nothing but the faithful
performance of these duties will in
sure perfect content in this life and
adorn our homes. = r
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

Another way to make the farm pay is
TO systematize labor. / often see farmers
whose work reminds me Of the manner
in which some of the supervisors of our
highways work on the roads. They
dump ono seraper of earth in one place
another somewhere else. and SO on, leav-
ing the road in much worse fix than when
they found IL. So with some farmers.
They inmr into one ioh to-day. to-mor-
row thew are al something else, and at the
end of the vent they find themselves. their
farms, stock and implements worse off
than at the beginning We must have
we'll matured plans and work up to them
If we would succeed rs. g. Wilborn. Z
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
CALDWELL County.

Editor Patron. /, too, was much
enc uraged when I read the letter
of Bro. B. E~Ship in The PATRON
Or the Sth ult., and since | see. his
views, as expressed in said letter,
So ably seconded in letter from
Sister E. A. Rogers, of New Ter
sey, in THE PATRON of the 28th of
April, Fam much more encouraged,
flor Irnow see dnmistakable signs
of cooperation in thought and &C.
ton in eur noble Order, and that
its members are beginning to speak
out and call upon the oppressed
down,trodden sons of toll to arouse
from their long slumber and assert
their manhood at the ballot box,
and vote for men that are identified
with the interest of the agricultural
classes for all offices Of trust or
profit in the United States, irrespec
tive of party and regardless of corr
rupt and scheming politicians.
IF every farmer in this country
would speak and act as suggested
by Bro. Ship and Sister Rogers, it
would not be long before class leg
islation would be among the things
of the past and there would be no
reason to fear it in the future. To
reach that point, we must organize,
educate and CO operate. To do this
we must sustain our Grange papers,
and put living speakers among the
masses of the farmers.
Wishing that THE PATRoN.could
be read by every farmer in this
great State of Texas, | am, yours,
Fraternally, H M. DAUGHERTr.
Prairie. Lea, May 9.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

Editor Patron: Although We
are not doing as much for our noble
cause as we desire or necessity de-
mands, we have some untiring
workers whose whole soul, mind
and bodies are in the work. The
writer attended a meeting of Harri-
son Grange some week or ten days
past, and though only a monthly
meeting we had full house. We
had the silver headed grand moth
ers, mothers and fathers, and host
of the youth of both sexes, with
cheerful hearts and smiling faces
to encourage the husbandman who
had been laboring through the
week, and though they had come
up with tired limbs. the soul-stirring
voices of the ladies, Mingled with
the notes of fine organ, made all
forget they were tired. We worked
in all the degrees in the evening, and
after partaking of bountiful sup.
per, set in the hall, prepared by
the good sisters who know how to
fix up good things for the inner
man, we then held Pomona
meeting and conferred the degrees
on quite number.
Harrison Grange is alive to the
interest of our cause, they meet
twice month, have cooperative
store doing a thriving business, a
Grange school under their hall and
have just bought new organ for
the use of their hall and school.
1t was paid for mainly by the in
dustry and skill of the sisters in
holding sociables, and inviting the
Young and old to come out and en-
Joy themselves. All these praise
worthy works are encouraging and
causing the young, middle-aged
and the old of the country around
to knock at their gates for admis.
sion.
Permit me to say to the Oranges
every where to encourage the ladies
to Join the Grange and to make
special arrangements and convent
ences for them to attend every
meeting. Do not say to your wives
and daughters when the time comes
for your meeting, "You can't go
to day, l am too busy with the
stock If your business is SO
pressing that you can't GO, send
them and let the ladies hold the
meeting. We owe much of our
prosperity in the Grange to the
presence and labors of the ladies'.
When women takes hold of the
wheel it will turn Then let us all
help her to take hold and then help
her to turn. / wish / could say as
many good things about Maple
Springs Grange. But we cherish
the fond hope that in the near flu
turel we may be able to send out
cheering reports. We have some
good workers, and are taking in
some new members and some back
sliders at nearly every meeting and
have missed but few meetings in
five or six years. Our brethren
and sisters are being, educated in
Grange literature, and we have or
ganized cooperative association,
but the droath last year has caused
us 70 delay the commencement of
business until we make a crop, and
until then we are clubbing our or
ders and sending them to Rogers,
Carver. and Maxwell.
Hoping that before many moons
we may De able to send out bright
and soul-stirring report from Ma
pie Springs Grange and that THE
PATRON OF HUsBANDRY may be
scattered over the country by the
thousands, am. yours, with strong
hopes for the Grange,
Fraterpally, w. A. SMITH.
Maple Springs. Nav 6.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

The Agricultural bill is now be.
fore the Senate, and it will have in
Senator George, of this State. an
able and earnest advocate The
farmers of Mississippi may well he
proud of such true and fearless
representative of their interests as
Senator George and Representative
bluldrow,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20


Enemies-Another Nut for the Cincin.
natl Commercial to Crack
Cincinnati Marine Journal.
The facts we lpresented in last
weeks issue relating the condition
OF the ietty channel has brought Mr.
Murat Halstead, orthe Cincinnati
Commercial, to a~high degree of
~feTmentation, as it were, and this
fact is attributed to his sympathy for
the victims of the Pond liquor L.
cense Bill, who are in a greater
state of ferment than the liquor
they fetal Over a5half column Of
the C5nmeycfdFs Harnrn6nitionr Is
wasted in a weak epdeayor to pen
citrate cor bplwark of facts. which
compel Mr. AHalstead to admit that
the channel is improved, but, still
governed by his unreasonable and
unreasonng FantipathyF to, Capt
Eads and his. jettyf inproy ement I
Re casts around for, on imaginary
ea1sexo wlsiehito attribute the i'm
provement, and, incredible as IT
may seem, he credits the agreat
Suction dredge"swith the improve
ment, which, to use his own wo ds
instead of scoping the shiny and
sticky deposits of the river, and
scraping it out bv the cart load at
a time, down goes the steam sucker.
the boat has load Of the mud ina
few minutes. and hurrying TO deep
water drops it"
The dignified Mr.. Murat III alstesd
must certainly have ruffied his tenn
per and soiled his linen in attemp-
ting to crawl through this small
'shole," and can not but lose pres
tige with his readers in treating
them as suckers" If Mr.. Hal
stead can demonstrate how it is
possible for sucker" to deepen
in a few weeks the channel
through the jetties three feet, yes,
evear enc foot, we Will give, him
our valuable time and attention
T , still further illustrate the con-
dition of the lefty channel, and the
confidence placed in Capt Eads'
plan by leading agents and ship
owners of New Orleans, who can
not well be sucked IN on any pre-
text whatever" we'publish the fol
lowing letter from I. IL @. Forwood
of New Orleans. whose line of
steamers make New Orleans a ter
minus.
New ORLEANS. April IS, 1882.
To the Editor of the Marine Journal:
Yours of nth received. None
of our steamers load as deep as Is
feet. The deepest draught steam
ers in our line. the Australian, the
Californian and the caribbean have
gone through the jetties many times,
drawing "a feet Q to s inches. We
believe a steamer of IS feet draught,
if in charge of good pilot, can he
safely put through the jetties, but
no vessel drawing over 25 feet 6
inches has ever left this port. Re-
specially, T. &c. FoRwooD.
We trust that Mr. Hqlstead. when
he reads this, will reflect and pom
der, and instead of attributing to a
mud "sucker" the credit of deep
enine the ietty-ehanHel-te depth
of IS feet. 'acquiesee in s.the inevita-a
bic and acknowledge that ethers are
better qualified to Judge of the
character'and extent of the work eff
fected blythe jetties. and that when
indisputable evidence is offered by
those most interested and in close
proximity to the jetties, it is poor
policy for any man no matter how
fsereat" he may be considered. 10
attempt to bring it into disrepute.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

Il zzf@
which will convene the first Tues
day ii. August at Bolton, Bell co. !
III. G. DIAL, Master.
Z. Snlphur Springs, April 2o.
Resolutions.
SULPHUR SPRINGS GRANGE HALL,
HoPKINs COUNTY, TEXAS.
Resolped, That Sulphur Springs
Grange, 1896, P. of H., tender their
undivided thanks to Senator, Coke,
Of Texas, for his able and instruc-
tive speech in the Senate of the
Lated States against high pro-.
tective tariff, and in favor of a tariff
for revenue
ReSoIved, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished The PA
RIOS or HusRANDRY for publica
stion, and copy be forwarded to
Senator Coke.
Respectfully submitted.
r. ID. PRocroR, Sec'y.
Sulphur Springs, April 81.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
Hnrkins a,onnfx

Masters of Subordinate Oranges
of Hopkins county. Texas, are re-
quested to meet at SULPHUR Springs
the first Saturday in June to elect
delegates to the Texas State Grange,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20

The stand ofcorn in the prairies in Mis-.
sissipi is the finest SEEN in many years.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
The LallIeS.

Some Fnrther Facts 10 Confound Their
Misunderstanding Nut for the Cincin.
matt Commercial to Crack.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-10-28

BY virtue of writ of feri sacias
from tue honorable the aforesaid court,
bearing date June u, 1852, and to me
directed, 4 will proceed to sell at public
auction, at the u.or of the Courthouse.
n the town Ct Covington, parish and
State aforesaid, on SATURDAY. the 4th
lay Of November, 1882, between legal sale
uours, the following described property,
to-wIt:
A certain section of land, containing
six hundred and forty acres, lying AMI
being 81 uated In the parish OF st. Tam
many, ia this State, fronting on Lake
Poutchartrain, between the Tcnefun TIA
river and Bayou CastaIng, together with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon situated. and all the advantages
tn-rruuto belonging or in anywise APP
pertaining, being the same property
which was acquired BY Armand Marigny
10, purchase from the heirs OF Ano,
Richardson, by act before LIman Briggs,
then Parish Judge and ex-oficio notary
public II and for the parish of st. Tam
many, up,ler date of Jure IL, 1886.
Seized In the above entitled suit.
Terms of sale -rhe above described
property hrving been offered for cash.
and faiIiLg to bring two-thirds of the
appraised value, as the law directs, it is
now reoff-red tor sale on n credit oil
twelve mouths. for what i. will bring,
the purchaser giving bond. with APP
proved security, and mortgage retain
ed on the property to secure the pay
ment of the same.
W. b. Cook, Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-10-28

sions for making said sales, which must
be paid in lawful money The property
shall be offered for not less than the total
amount of all the taxes, licenses. inter-
est (Which interest is fixed under this
act at the rate of eight per cent per an
mum from the date said taxes became
due. all other penalties being remItted,)
expenses and costs due thereon on the
first day of Januaay, 1851, and the costs
of the sale under this act.
The title to tie property purchased
shall be complete
PaE.sh OF st. Tammany, Sept. %, 1852.
w. B. COOK,
Sheriff AMI ex-otficio tax collector.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-10-28
A Difficult Problem Solved.

The desire for stimnlants is be-
coming monstrous evil. and how
to overcome it is u serious ques-
ton with refnrmers. Parker Gln
ger Ionle fairly solres the difficult
problem. it invigorates body anu
mind without Intoxicating, and has
brought health and happiness 10
many desolate homes -Enguirer.
See other column.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-10-28
LAND OFFICE, NEw ORLEANS, La, !
Sept. 81, 1882.

Notice is hereby given thatth follow
ing named settler has filed notice of
us intention &c make final proof in
supper. of his claim, and that said
proof will De made before the judge
or clerk of the court, at Covington,
La, on the 3d oil November, 1852, viz:
William NJ. Nautilus, homestead No
1852, for the west half of the southwest
quarter of section "a, township south
range lu east, st. Helena meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land. viz:
j. VI. Core, john ii. Thompson, VIM.
Jordan and ]. NJ. Allison, of st. Tam
many parish, LIZ.
sep3U st GEO. BALDEY, Register.