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How the Old Love Triumphed.

In the Nineteenth Ward lives a good and
honest citizen who is blessed, among other
things, with a family of four bright girls
About six years ago one of them was courted
by promising young man, the sonof aneigh-
Dor. The young man was moderately suggest
i've in his attentions for about four years.
Then he went West, and the courtship was
carried on by the slow and unsatisfactory me-
dunn of the mails. The parents of the maid
en- began to think that the young man who
went West was too slow and entirely indcfi-
mite. So match was arranged between the
neglected lass and well-to-do merchant of
Moosic. Under his eourtship affairs pro-
crossed swimmingly, and last Wednesday was
arranged for the wedding the trousseau was
purchased, the arrangements all made, and
the prospects OF happy time were de-
lightfully imminent. Moreover the Moosie
young man had secured a home for his expect
ant bride, and had it nicely furnished Mean
time, the lover in the West was appraised of
the condition of things here, and hurried to
Scranton. He saw the young lady, and so
ardently did he press his suit upon the basis
of prior claim that he induced her to become
his bride, and they were wed at the house of a
relative of the groom. Next day the Moosic
young man caIne on to claim his BRIDE and
learned to his great chagrin that she was an
others. Justly indignant at this treatment,
he reproached the father The father. of
course, was a cold comforter but, pointing to
his three remaining daughters, who sat in the
room, he said: tThere are three Others of my
daughters you can take your pick. This is
the best can do'' The Moosic young man
saw the force of his prospective father-in-law's
remark, and, taking him at his word selected
the youngest of the three, and they were wed.
-Scra,sto" (Pa) Republican.
Contempt should be the best con-
cealed OF our sentiments.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
FROM ALABAMA.
Clarke Comfy.

Editor Patron: l send you this
day for publication the proceedings
of the Alabama State Grange.
Please insert the proceedings to-
gether with the Masters address
in the same number. We are going
to work in Alabama; let Mississippi
look to her laurels; Worthy Master
Harrison takes the field this year.
With Harrison on the stump and
THE PATRON by the hearth, the
Grange lamp will shine from every
nook in Alabama. Faithfully and
fraternally, VIM. AS. JOHNSON,
Sec'y Alabama State Grange
Choctaw Corner, Jan. II.
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10 District and County Com
mftteemen,

The law enacted at the last
session of the State Grange reads:
"The dues of all Oranges now dor
mant be RENTED, provided they
reorganize by the first day of Ian
uary, 1882, and pay the Lecturers
organization fee" We believe that
It was an oversight of the State
Grange in not saying August in
stead of January. You are hereby
instructed to proceed as before
until the first day of August, stating
to each Grange YOU reorganize that
they will be subject to the action of
the next State Grange. Only those
that were dormant on the 18th of
January, 1851, come within the pur-
view Of the law. A. J. ROSE.
Master of Texas State Grange.
Salado, ian. 20.
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TEXAS.
Circular Of Worthy Master Rose

To Patrons of Husbdndyy in Teras:
You will Zee from my list of app
pointments in THE PATRON what /
expect of you along the line. [ ask
that each Com itteeman, District
Lecturer, and all concerned, see
that their part of the work is not
neglected. These meetings will
prove beneficial in proportion to our
efforts. 1t is the duty of all to sos
to this. Some must direct ! want
to see all these, and no Master, Sec
rotary or Committeeman should be
absent. | want to see you. These
meetings are Grange meetings, for
instruction and counsel We must
have better understanding of our
duties. We must have plans and
carry them out. We should have a
better understanding of these plans.
In other words, we must all have the
harness on right; many have pulled
right out of the harness because il
was on wrong. If all who call them
selves Patrons were acting Grange
principles, wei would soon see our
halls crowded, new halls built and
old ones extended.
want to meet every Agent and
officer of the Cooperative Associa-
tons in reach of these meetings
Patrons, let us awake, arouse to &C.
ton. The Grange is the best school
that has ever been instituted for the
farmer. Grinding monopolies are
rapidly winding us in the web that
will be hard to break. The Grange
is the peoples friend; its principles
are just, and their enforcement will
prove blessing to our country.
have much to say to you. You can
at any time know where l am from
my appointments. | leave the rest
with you. l shall try to be on time
if the train is. These meetings
should all begin at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
and early candle light
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TEXAS.
Appointments Of Wor,h,
A. j. Rose, of the STATE a. asls

o'e, "i the State Crane
February 70. N. M. Thornfdn "ont,,
Grimes county, Saturday Fat
]. Gooch. Anderson. w. ~. h
Steep Hollow Grange Bravo
Monday Feb. 20. ]. w. Barrors STouu,
Willow Hole, Madison CONT 10 norysa
day,12: c. B. Hollis, Willow y i v edne
J. Leon county. Feb. 23and =, 'ig 5,
Mailman, Jewett. JonnR
,s GAer SSst county, Feb. a.
Smith county, Feb. ~. WIZ
Troup. JohnsOp
Haliville, Harrison county. Feb .
w. A. Smith, Hallville. o. D.
Marion county. March I and
R. Biggs, Kelleyville. T. DflI
Cass county. March and =.
Simmons, Lanier. James y
= Bowie county, March and
Tisdale. Dolby Springs. 4 g
Red River county, March p
Holt. Walker Station. l. G.
Franklin and Titus count;e. NJ
and 10. E. ]. Killinssworth. Gr, ,,pTn'0aq
Hopkins county. March n ana ma, N'ct
I.C, Dial, Sulphur Springs. 8 /
Hunt county, March IA and r.
| Rains county, March Is. T. b Tbo-
Emory. - mona
| Weems. u AZ
| VanZandt county, March IS ~.
Asa Williams, Canton. "-
Kaufman county, March 81 an, ;.
B. Gillespie, Forney. -
b Mesquite. Dallas county. M,,a
W II Johnson, Mesquite.
ELS county, March "a. Tohn NJ r
| son, Red Oak. ~ ".
Navarro county, March * =
Pritchard, Angus. a d
Freestone county, March 18th
l-Odom, Fairfield. ... ID
| LiWestope. county, March IS :.
| Rosco, Thornton. J"'
Robertson county, March 90 G. D
Dolton. orf dos .Is ''H
Saiado, Jan. 10, 1882.
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eSGUsANO."
Stan q lard Fertilizer aud to''o'
Seed Meal Exchanged for COW
seed on most Liberal terms"
COLUMBUS OIL MlLLS'

Out of the many unsolicited testilloI I
ais in our possession showing the Va'u' !,
the Standard Fertilizers manufacture
us last season, we select the following
/ LEBANON SETTLEMENT
IS miles east of Columbus, MIS-
Columbus OIL Nils, C0lHm6Hs, MIS-. .,-,
Dear Sirs: 1t gives me great pl5 ,.,s,.
to inform you that am more than p;' '.,,i
with the resultsof your Fertilizer. .no,
200 pounds TO the acre and II i,aS am,
than doubled the crop. | used aiso ~, ~.
Guano. and while am satisfied th@. ,,s
that will pay to use, vet made a oous N
fourth more with that / bought o.
than l did with the imported OuSuo -
intend to use it more extensively h'A
son, and l wish / could afford 10 vs. nsct
much of it as would like. Very rep
fully, a. 6. EAoLLI
81 Master Lowndes County Or""s
JAM a#
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

1t is authoritatively stated that Hon.
John C. New will be sent to succeed Foster
at st. Petersburg.
THE death is announced of William
Harrison Ainsworth, the English novelist,
g. G. CLAY, ex-United States Sena-
tor, is dead.
TESTIMONY in the following contested
election cases has been prepared and sent to
the printer by the Chairman of the House
Committee on Elections: Gillett VS.. Hern-
don, Strshach VS.. Herbert, MADISON VS.
Oates, Smith VS.. Shelley, Bisbee VS.. Finley,
Anderson VS.. Reed, Buchanan VS.. Manning,
Lynch VS.. Chalmers, Lee VS.. Richardson,
Mackey VS.. O'Connor and Smalls VS.. Till
man.
THE President will send special
message to Congress pointing out the neces-
sity for immediate legislation looking to the
suppression of small -pox.
THE President has nominated Samuel
C. Parks, of New Mexico, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming,
and Joseph Bell, of New York, to be Asso-
ciate Justice OF the Supreme Court OF New
Mexico.
Mr.. DONAvAN, attorney for Mr. Frost
in the FROST Sessinzhaus contest case, has
died protest against the dispositions being
regarded as evidence. Also, a protest
against receiving transcript of record of
the United States Court, which had never
been offered in evidence, but was placed in
the dispositions as if it had been.
GEN. j. z. JOHNSTON publishes the
following explanatory card:
When the article headed "Gen. Johnston's
Narrative" appeared in the Philadelphia
Press of December Is. wrote to the editor
that TIE conversation on which it was evil
IDENTIFY founded was not an interview" and
the article was so inaccurate that would not
undertake to correct it. This was
published by him promptly. AS that
article appears to be treated in the South
as accurate. and l am charged with hav-
ing accused Mr.. Davis of appropriating the
Confederate funds carried through North
Carolina, wish to deny the charge. I did
not use the language imputed to me- What /
did say was that the President ought TO have
accounted fGT that money. 1t is a we'll
countries that those having the disposal of
public funds shall account for them. What !
said on that occasion was in accidental
conversation with one whom L con-
sidered much above the class OF interviewers.
Therefore had no fear of the publication of
what l might say, and said good deal that
nothing would induce me to say for publica-
ton, especially ssn the subject Of the funds at
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
THE rrrz JOHN PORTER CASE.
General Porter's Appeal I'm His Own Behalf
General Grants Recent Letter to the
President.

General Porter,s Appeal I'm His Own Behalf
General Grants Recent Letter TO the
President.
The following correspondence, OF general in
terest, has recently been made public;
GEsRnAE PoRTEH's ArPEAI,T TO THE PREsIphNT'
Nav York, December 70, 1881.
To the President Washington, ID. c.:
SIR: respectfully represent that, In Jann-
airy, 1859, by oourt-marttnl, WIS most unJustly
declared guilty of charges against me- ana sen sen
fenced To be oashiered and forever alsquL y.
fed from holding any olHce of trust or prom.
under the Government of the United states.
From tho PRONUNCIATION of tho verdict OF .hdts
court have p rotessea my te i iistSe Of the
sentence, and, presenting sustaining eyidence,
have from time to time urged renenrlhg. IL
1878 the President, in order TO be fully 1nIormeu
of the facts of tho case and to be enabled to ACT
adyisedly upon my application for rene1, aIr
pointed board OF army officers TO examine iIIo
the merits of the cas>, ard report what action,
II any, In their opinion, justice required
should be taken on my application. Inat
Board, after thorough examination into the
facts of the case, vindieated me In every re-
spect, and reported that, in their opinion, JUS
tice required at the hands of the President
such action as may be necessary to annul and
set aside the fad ngs and sentence of the court
martial, and restore me to the positions OF
which that sentence deprived me-such resto-
ration to take effect from the date of dismissal
from the service. And now respectfully ana
urgently represent that the sentence IS
continuing sentence, and 80 long as it exists 1t
Is Within the reach and under the con-
troll OF the Executive power; that, harsh
and burdensome originally, and lasting
or reasons, subject for consideration
and action of the Executive, now that II is
proved to have been rounded in error and 10
be UNJUST and / respectfully ask You, II con-
yineed of the justice of the recommendation
of the Advisory Board, to annul and set aside
the findings and sentence of the court-martfaI
and nominate me TO the Senate for the restora-
ton of my rank in the army under the act or
Congress of 1868, allowing that mode OF redress
of the wrong committed by the court-martal.
And this | ask not merely in Justice to me and
those most dear to me, but in Justice TO the
army to which belonged, and which has ever
henored and trusted me. Very respectfully
yours, FITZ JOHN PoRTER.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
ITO PLANTERS.
Encouraged by the results OF the
DARD FERTILIZEK
"GTT ANO,"

Manufactured and sold by us Ia. anu
we have increased our facilities 70 ' ,.rgs
facture this Fertilizer on much ss1t
scale than heretofore, and offer lHs s1rtiic
on most liberal terms. For further pa
ulars apply at ,,11Is.
Our Fertilizer is put up for conSe .npiint
of farmers in Ioofb sacks. None sanss.
except bearing our trade marx ,SlIog
P, A P, JahA'
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Greensboro. That part Of the conversation
was in connection with the subject of the APP
plication twice made by me. that D. part OF
that money should be paid TO the army then
ceived no real pay for many months.
The possibility of duel between Rep
resentative Blackburn and Gen. Burbridge
is remote.
THE first official act of Postmaster.
General Howe was the appointment of his
son as Chief Clerk.
DIsAFFECTED New York Tammany.
ties have organized an Anti Kelly General
Committee.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

Senator Joseph E. Brown wants
each Senator to have a clerk, with
a salary of ST 400 per annum, to be
paid by the Government. That
would be putting on good deal of
style at the Governments expense.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE recent tragedy in Ashland, KY,
having excited intense indignation and
threats Of lynchfng, the steamer Meuntain
Girl was chartered to convey the prisoners
from Catlettsburg to Maysvi1le. While
making steam, the train from Ashland
rolled in with about 800 determined regu-
lators on board. The Sheriff, with guard
Of ten men, by an adroit movement, took the
prisoners from the Jail to the wharf. AS soon
as the crowd beheld the prisoners they
started down the bank with loud yells of in
dignation, gathering arms and missiles
ready for an assault. The Sheriff, seeing
the mob descending, boarded the ferryboat
with his party and turned her down stream.
The mob took possession of the Mountain
Girl and commenced a determined chase.
The steamer not yet having sufficient pres
sure, soon fell behind, but subsequently
she got in shape and commenced gaining
rapidly on the slow going ferry, and in a
short time approached SO closely that
capture seemed imminent; but
fortunately the Mountain Bey, faster
boat, appeared on the seene on her regular
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

The House of Representatives OF
Mississippi has passed a bill in
structing our Senators and Repre-
sentative in Congress to vote to
make the Commissioner of Agricul,
ture Cabinet officer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

j-t LAKE CITY. FLORIDA.
z Mr.. Editor: We have tested he Pairt
they are all that is claimed, Mr.. Ingr.
soil, the proprietor, is energetic and
prompt in all business relations, and hl
done much to adorn the homes Of fatmen
throughout the country. Those who pa.
tronize him will not lose money. Frae.
nally, w. II. WILSON,
Master State Grange
Sec advertisement En-
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The Tombigby river was higher
this week than ever before known.
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fls I}atte,. Of Ansbandtg.
PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:
One Dollar per annum.

Six months, 60 cents; Three months, 35c
Postage free. Money should be sent n
registered letter o, by F. o. money order.
Address. w. H. WoRrH1NGfoN,
Columbus, Mississippi.
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Railroad Building in 1881.

The Railway Age of recent date gives the
following statistics of railway construction
during last year:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

rice, y7Isoo.
e Every Machine is furnished with q
Hemmer Braider Ouilter etc
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

20 not be long coming. send your sub
9iPtions to +. j Carver as heretofore.
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makes thread of all numbsrs,zrA~- Neeny,
FIFTY PER CENT GTR0NGEh
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product, eoo pounds of yarns
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Contempt should be the best con-
cealed of our sentiments.
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be added brokerage, exchange, wasys
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
a Transition Period.

The death of Ralph Waldo Emerson, phi
losopher and poet, following so swiftly upon
that of Longfellow, once more reminds US
that our race of intellectual giants is rapidly
becoming extinct. One may count on his
fingers the great men who remain. The
school of New England thought, of which
Hawthorne, Longfellow, Thoreau, Holmes,
Whittier, Lowell, Alcott, Sumner, and Emer-
son will always be the most illustrious
exponents, seems at last to be losing its pro-
ductive power, and although its influence
will long be felt in American literature, its
glory is departing. Mrs. Stoves description
of New England as the hotbed of American
culture is no longer true, and the time is
coming when its literary eminence will lie
altogether in the past. 1t could not well be
otherwise. The last quarter of century
has witnessed as wonderful change in the
structure of New England society as has
taken place in the character of our western
civilization. Manufactures have trans
formed, not only the face of the country,
but the disposition of the people, and the
influx of foreigners has had very marked
effect in modifying the existing conditions
of life We do not mean to say that there
has been any positive decrease of culture,
but simply that the sources of original
thought seem to have been exhausted, and
positivism, which was always the distin-
gushing trait of New England character,
given place to indifferentism. The new
generation of writers lacks the vigor, the
aggressiveness, and the virility of the old,
and one instinctively feels that what has
been gained in style and polish but par
tally compensates for the loss of original
ideas.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

when, from one cause or another, they are
taken to Congress rs to a court of last resort
Yet, vexatious and lamentable as this delay
is, it is Of small moment compared with that
which exists in the Pension Bureau, for in
the former case it is unavoidable, while in
the latter it is caused solely by the lack of a
sufficient clerical force to properly transact
the business of the office. 1t is not to be
expected of congressional committeeman
when composed of such patient, patriotic,
and persevering members as make up the
House Committee on Invalid Pensions at
the present session of Congress - that it
should be able to dispose of any considerable
number of claims during the session, for, of
necessity, the time at its command is limited
and it cannot delegate the work to others.
But the case is different in the Pension Bu-
reau, where the rate at which applications
are disposed of depends simply on the size of
the force employed to examine them. We
can tolerate delay in the first instance, but
not in the latter, because, as we have said,
one cannot be avoided and the other can.
We put it squarely to the members of the
present Congress whether it is just to our
ex-soldiers or creditable to the Government
to permit two hundred and seventy thousand
pension claims that have never received
even preliminary examination to accumu-
late in the Pension Bureau and thereby de-
prive as many thousand families of the sup
port to which they are entitled under the
terms Of the contract which Congress itself
made with the men who rislled their lives
for the Union? No other Department of the
Government and no other class of legal
claims have been so shamefully neglected,
and yet, if any be entitled to precedence in
consideration, surely it is the very interests
that have been thus ignored 1t is impOssi-
BILE not to grow indignant at the contempla-
tion of this state of things, for the Treasury
is full to overlowing and the consideration
of expense cannot be set up in justification
Of the niggardly treatment which the Pen
sion Bureau has received at the hands of
Congress. If, as there now seems to be good
reason for believing, provision will be made
in one of the appropriation bills, shortly to
be reported, for the necessary increase in
the clerical force Of the Pension Office, let us
hope that Congress will have the manliness
to insist upon its adoption with the least
possible delay.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

IT HAS been suggested that it would be a
pleasant innovation on the customs of Dec
Grafton Day to plant Towering ANNALS on
the graves of our dead heroes instead OF
strewing their mounds with perishable BIOS
SONS, so that the floral bloom may last the
whole summer long. There is sense and
poetry in the suggestion, but why should
its adoption involve the abandonment of the
present beautiful ceremonial? Surely no
consideration of expense need prevent the
combination of the two, for the generous
hands that contribute the flowers would be
glad also to aid in carrying out this plan of
permanent decoration. Each Post might
select portion of the cemetery as it's special
territory, and doubtless friendly competi-
ton would soon spring up between them in
this new mode of decoration that would be
attended by excellent results.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
Let Us Have Fair Play.

The Friday evening session Of the House
of Representatives is devoted solely to the
consideration Of private pension bills. AS a
rule, they are for the relief of persons whose
applications have been rejected by the Pen
sion Bureau On some generally
either because they have not been able to
furnish all the evidence required by law
for the establishment of their claim, or be-
cause there is no general law applicable to
their cases. The bills are first considered in
Committee of the Whole and it is usual to
call for the reading of the Pension Commit
tees report in each case, which generally
recapitulates the evidence upon which the re-
port is based, and gives the reasons which the
committee had for reporting it with favor
able or adverse recommendation, as the case
may be. We have from time to time quoted
from the Congressional Record to show what
hardships have attended the endeavors of
deserving soldiers to procure the relief due
them from the Government, and we might
fill column after column with the pathetic
stories which are incidentally brought to light
by the investigation of this class of claims.
They all illustrate, with more or less clear
ness, the suffering to which applicants are
subjected by the grievous delay which at
tends the adjudication Of pension claims