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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24
THE FARMERS SEVENTY YEARS.

Ali there he Is, lad. at the plow;
He beats the bows for work,
Aud whatsoever the task might be,
None ever saw him shirk.
Aud he eau laugh, too, I'LL his eyes
Run DER with IN rthful tears.
And sing full many All old.time song,
In spite OF seventy years.
''Good morning friendsl tits twelve O'Clock ;
Time Tor a half hour S rest;'i
And farmer John took out his lunch
And ate II with "A ZesL
"A harder task II is" said he,
Than following up the steers,
Or including fences, far. for Iue
To ieel my seventy years.
"You ask me WHY | feel so Young.
Pm sure, friends, | can't tell.
But think IL is ms good wife's fault,
Who kept me up so we'll;
For women such "a. she. are scarce
l. In this poor vale OF tears;
NShe's given me love, and hope, and strength.
For more than forty years.
-And then nv bows have all done well,
AS far as they have gone,
And that thing warns al old mans blood,
And helps him up and on;
Nv girls have never caused a pang,
r raised up anxious fears;
Then wonder not that | feel young
Aud hale AT seventy years.
SWIM don't my good boys do my work
Aud let me ait and resti
All, friends, that wouldn't do for me;
j like INV own way best.
They have their dutv; | have mine,
And TIL the end appears,
mean to smell the soil, my friends"
Said the man OF seventy years
-HarUOrI Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24
HI USE OF a /
Why No Well-RcguIated Farm
should be without Them.

should be Without Them.
The many advantages from having
scales on the farm suitable for weighing
grain and the stock are not often enough
considered. 1t is too commonly the
custom to sell both by guessing at
the weight, and where an experienced
person Is the purchaser, the farmer is
often at n decided %disadvant age. Be-
sides the use 90 which scales may be
put when making sales of hay. grain
and stock. they are useful to the stock
man in showing him whether his an
imals are gaining or losing flesh. BY
frequently weighing the stock he can
tell whether he is making money or
losing it. A pound shrunk is a pound
lost because whether the animal is be-
ing fattened for market or IS young
and being grown for sale later. every
pound put on during the summer has
been produced by food that possessed a
value in dollars and cents. To replace
q pound that has been lost by the an
imal will cost as much TO put it on tho
first place, and more still # this is done
during cold weather. and the cost in
one case is just SO much lost With the
Sthltf IL GOOiI cOOh w NNCtl llllltu
whether the flesh put on during the
summer vas being wasted in the win
ter, or whether ii was being increased
thus returning n profit for the food con-
sumed.
S%hrinkage in farm animals may 90 on
day bv day so slowly that it is not APP
parent to those who see the stock con-
s%tantlr. but the scales would show his
at once. The animals on the arm
should be kept tor the profit they can be
made to return. and IL they do not
gain constantly the whole year through
thew are not likely to prove profitable
to the owner.
As has been frequently mentioned
heretofore. there is no gain but n loss.
in So keeping toe that they simply
hold there w during the winter. COM
ing out in the spring no heavier than
when taken up in the fall. In such a
case the winters food has been wasted
and the labor of caring for the stock
besides.
The number may show that all the
animals are there, hut il the weight
has not been increased what is there to
compensate for the grain and hay that
the barn shows have been consumedp
IL is only by constant growth that pro-
fit can be realized. AMI il seems strange
that this fact is not more generally APP
preciated and acted upon. The scales
would show what weight OF food had
been consumed and what weight of
flesh there was left TO represent its
value. -Natio"dt Lice Stock Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24
A SPARROW SAVED HIM,
A Mnn Who WINS Deferred From sui
! by the Song of n Bird.

eide by the song of n Bird.
Among the early Inhabitants of Buck
field was one Granville Maxim, a man
of marked ability, but of eccentric
hab IS He early manifested an early
love for music, and. for that day, was
said to have acquired a very thorough
knowledge of its principals. He was
an eminent composer. and author of
the most popular melodies of that day,
which are now known as continentals,
and by long and continued use have be-
come so firmly establ shed in the
hearts OF not only the people of this
Stale, but throughout this Union, rs to
render their authors name almost a
household word.
In early life. as tradition tell us, he
met with a very serious disappoint-
ment in love. Tired of life aud dis
gusted wth the world. he one morning
took a stout rope and wandered into
the deep forest between Owls Head
and Streaked Mountain with the fix ed
purpose of putting an end to his ex-
i%stence. He continued his way till he
came to n deserted logging camp,
where he a down to rest and think
the matter over. On the old howell sat
n lone sparrow uttering her lament at
the disturb ng of her nest by some
ruthless marauder. He sat for n long
time listening to the plaintiff song of
the bereaved bird. At last he thought
TO leave some memento which might
chance to meet the eyes of his lady
love 4, and i'm some measure remiud her
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24
Of his sufferlngs. Going To a birch
tree he removed a piece Of bark. on
which he wrote the following lines:

NillCh hC WlOlc lhO III hhNos
AS on some lonely building top,
The sparrow tells her moan,
Far from the tents Of JOY aud hope
I'll sit aud grieve alone,
He then commenced to wr te a plain
tive melody of most exquisite sweet
ness in the minor scale, justly betting
the language. When he had finished
this he had become so interested in his
work he began to afix the other parts.
and his whole m nd aud energies SEEM
ed wrapped in the work before him.
Evening had begun to cast It's shad-
ows over the valley ere h $ task was
completed. While the whole was adj
justed to his liking, his lively magma
ton. to his indefinite delight pictured
the glorious harmony which must
arise from his subject when performed
bv his competent choir. His love OF
life returned. and his idea Of suicide
vanished. Throwing his rope into the
adjacent bushes he fastened homeward
and became IA very popular and useful
man. -LeWiSt0n Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24

The last good-by is spoken, the last
X IS given and with streaming eyes and
breathing heart Josephine watched the
white winged ship as it bore her below
ed swiftly from sight.
Come. nv Oh it," spoke the calm
voice OF Mr.. Graham IN her ear. ''Do
not grieve for the inevitable; think
how soon two years will pass. then will
come happiness. and when you get
long loving letters they wi DO a con-
ISOLATION. So cheer up, look unhappi-
ness bravely in the face and she will
quickly flee"
Winter with her snowy robe and
glittering frost jewels covered the bare
earth with a spotless mantle and
crowned the trees with many colored
gems. New York tv was alive with
gayety, and in the elegant mansion Of
the wealthy h%eiress. pretty Josephine
Leslie. night after night was heard the
sound OF mirth. music and the melody
of girl sh vo ces.
Mr.. Graham seemed ten year
younger than In the past summer, and
all his %sternness had vanished. He
courted society. gave and accepted in
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
AN ART EXHIBITION.

The BANNER is in receipt of a cir
cular issued by the Van Dyke Arr
Club of San Antonio, calling the at
tention of the professional and anna
teur artists of the state to the fact
that its second annual exhibition
will be held in the Alamo City, com
mencing April End, and continuing
open one week. The following arti-
cles will be admitted free of tax and
entered for competition: Paintings
in oil, water colors, pastels, crayons,
etchings, china, ceramics, clayoids,
sculpture of any order proper for a
public audience, carvings in wood or
metal, repousse, embroideries, tapes
tries, lace-works and all kinds CT
fancy needle work. Arrangements
have been made to secure perfect
fairness in the award Of prizes, and
articles loaned or entered for compe-
tition will receive pains-taking care
and attention. No professional work,
however, will be received for compe-
tition, but if desired will be offered
for sale. Contributions or letters of
should be addressed to the
business manager. The Van Dyke
Art Club is composed of a number
of the most refined and leading So
ciety ladies of San Antonio, and is
the only organization of the kind in
the state. As to the value of such
an institution it is entirely unneces-
sary to say aught. All people pos
sessed of true refinement and educa-
lion readily recognize its eleyating
influence and its potency as factor
Of civilization, in encouraging and
stimulating taste for the sublime and
beautiful. Brennan and Washing
ton county possess as good talent,
both amateur and professional, as
there is in the state, while Prof. Nc
Ardle, of Independence, as teacher
Of art is unequaled. And, therefore,
The BANNER trusts that they will lend
shese noble ladies their assistance
md help to make of the exhibition
more than a mere local affair.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
A PATHETIC STORY.

In the local columns of yesterdays
paper story was told which is cal
culated to bring tears to the eyes of
the sympathetic and to cause blush
of shame at the thought that such
a thing could have transpired in a
civilized, christian community. The
BANNER alludes to the death of the
poor and unfortunate woman on
Market street. Coming to this place
with he1 husband eight months ago
as utter strangers, they are ignored
and left to themselves, and what lit
tie solsce they are privileged to en-
joy is in the privacy of their own
narrow and squalid apartments, af-
ter the ceaseless toiling and druid
gerry of the day is done. They are
given wide berth with the whole
world to themselves and are denied
kind words and encouragement from
the selfish, busy hive about them.
Finally the wife takes sick and dies.
No one visits her during her illness,
and even the physician who leaves
her only few moments before she
breathes her last, who well knows
that the grim reaper is nigh, and
knows her surroundings and circum-
stances in which zhe is placed, goes
away without informing anyone of
her condition. Night afternight the
lonely watcher at her bed-the hus-
band-is compelled to sit up and min
lister to her until her life slowly GIBBS
away, and then' Too poor to hire
anyone to dig the grave or to give
her decent burial, he leaves the
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09

corpse after sitting up with al
night, locks the door, and ld Ing
his only companion and frienr he
had in the world with death to kaer
her company, borrows spade and
goes to the potters' field to dig the
grave. Accidentally, OF by Divine
Providence, maybe, some kind wo-
men learn of the fact, and, dress and
lay the body out for burial.
1t is a disgrace that thing of this
kind should ever have occurred in this
community, and there are some fea-
lures about it, which show careless
ness, apathy, want of feeling and an
Indifference on the part of certain
persons to degree that is totally in
defensible and grossly reprehensi-
bic, which go to prove that it is
mans inhumanity to man that makes
countless millions mourn. The BAN
NER is aware that there are as good
men and women in this community
as there are anywhere, but this Incl
dent shows the need of organized
charity. We are aware that the diff
ferent churches in the city dole out
charity to members of their own
focks; but there are often needy
people who are members of no
church, and what is wanted is organ
lied charity, broad and comprehen7
sive-a kind of charity without
which all things become as sounding
brass and tinkleing cymbals.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
encouraged by the law and develop

encouraged by the law and develop
ed enormously; there is not one Of
them but actually does or would EN-
ploy pauper labor under contract,
and not content with paying starry
ing wages, this rapacity and greed
is still further developed, as evi-
denced by the formation of "trusts'
and combines" The Chicago Tri-
bune, stalwart republican paper
among the stalwarts of the most
stalwart sort, cites one instance of
how labor is protected, which will
answer for all. The saline works of
Michigan turn out yearly product
which sells for nearly two and half
millions, of which scant fourth is
paid out in wages at the pauper
price of $3.50 per week, while the
material cost practically nothing and
the fuel is obtained at the same
easy rate. They are run in connec-
ton with the lumber mills, and the
saw dust and refuse from them fur
nish all that is wanted to drive the
machinery. The profit realized on
each barrel of salt is about twice the
cost of production into the finished
state. And yet with war tariff of
so per cent the employees receive only
an average of $3.50 per week, and
what is more aggravating, they are
nearly all foreigners. Only "a few
are wanted, and in order to |
enable this infant saline industry of
to realize one hundred per
cent on the dollar and to pay it's
foreign employees the magnificent
stipend of $3.50 week, the laborers
in other employments throughout
The country must pay tax of so
per cent for the salt that goes into
heir daily bread.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
HOW LABOR rs PROTECTED.

From the hypocritical cant used
by the advocates and champions of
the protected monopoies and PAM
pered interests, one would naturally
be led to infer that the only reason
that they are allowed to exist at all
is to give employment to poor peo-
pie at princely wages and to save
them from the degradation of hav-
ing to compete with the poor trash
and pauper labor of Europe for a
bare living and maintenance. But
lying pretense goes for naught when
the mask of hypocrisy is torn aside
and the deception is laid bare by
the facts, as it can be easily done.
While, in the unprotected pursuits
of life, the profits Ct the employer
have been reduced to a minimum by
organized labor, and while in many
cases he, although furnishing all the
capital in the business, has been re-
dueed to the position of merely az
equal partner, by the system of
proft-sharing, the wealthy corpora
tons and capitalistic monopolists
who are backed by the robber tariff
and who do an entirely safe business
are not satisfied to rob and plumber
to the extent that the law allows
them; their rapacity and greed is
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
HOLLOW HYPOCRISY.

Taking up the suggestion of thu
New York Sun, which was referred
to in these columns several days ago
that the United States government
go out of the discreditable liquol
traffic and leave it to the severa
states of the union to impose an in
ternal revenue tax, the Atlanta Con
stitution, paper that is deeply steep
ed in the heresy of protection and
which is joining in with its whole
heart and soul with the republican
party in its efforts at making an
unconstitutional raid on the public
treasury in order to dissipate by I'M
fair, devious and unlawful methods
the surplus SO as to afford some JUS
LITIGATION for continuing the robber
tariff system, favors the imposition
of an increased state and local inter
nal revenue tax provided the feder-
al internal revenue system is abolish
ed) for the support and maintenance
of aged and disabled confederate sol
diers in their declining days, About
half of the population of Atlanta and
a large portion Of other towns and
in the rural districts of that state as
well as a large portion of the popula-
of otherSouthern states is composed
of people from the North, who
sought their fortunes in this section
since the war, and any proposition
to make them and their children pay
for the support of men who fought
to break up the union which they de-
Tended, to many would seem to be
unfair and unreasonable-not to say
unlawful. But that is neither here
nor there and has nothing to dowith
the case, except to expose thehypoc-
risy, duplicity, insincerity and cant
of the bloody-shirt republicans.
While, as suggested, many will ques-
ton the right and fairness of the
southern states to impose the tax
even democrats and ex-
confederates, the Philadelphia Press,
a strong protection and bitter repub
Iican sheet, jumps at the proposition
and says that it would be both ''hu-
name and practical. This leads the
Boston Herald, a Cleveland mug
Hump republican journal of emmi-
lent responsibility, to observe that
While it is not disposed to deny the
of the act that shall pen
non brave men who have been in
ured in what they deemed the call
If duty" yet it is the first public
made for the pensioning {
# rebel soldiers, after all the charges &
# the bloody-shirt crowd that if the {
democrats gained power they would {
'ension Confederate soldiers. The I
Herald adds, that ''the hollowness t
nd hypocrisy of this anti-rebel cry l
) being demonstrated even more ex- 1
licitly than we expected" In their i
pasmodic efforts to save themselves j
rom the fate in store for them as S
urely written as the handwriting on i
he wall, and in their desperate eff s
orts at grasping onto any PROPOSE Ii
ION that will afford them an excuse a
or higher tariff and yet be able to t
ling to what little stock in trade is v
1T them by wave of the bloody |,
hirt, the G. o. p. presents pitiable !,
spect before the country.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
THAT EXPERIMENTAL
STATION.

NOG COuGSuJ WILL CudThcUer1ZlQg
p the A. & NJ. College as dude mill
/ tary institution, with poking fun al
g Gov. Ireland's lone bull, and with
E trying to magnify the recent trouble
: at the college growing out of the
INSTRUMENTATION ola few of the stu.
dents, the enemies of the college
) have broken out in fresh place, and
), the Austin correspondent of the Gal
weston News sends that paper dis
patch attacking the experimental
station, which is full of malice, wilful
misrepresentation, falsehood and ridi-
culous and unwarrantable assump-
ton 1t states that Texas is the
first to organize the experimental
station under the act of congress,
that it is subject to the control of the
federal commissioner, that it will
cause a kick in the agricultural de-
partment, and that contention over
the "windfall" in the way of increas-
ed salaries to teachers SIS suspected
to be the principal cause of recent
troubles down there" &c. The state
ment that the directors of the Texas
A. & NJ. college are the first to Or
game an experimental station is
false, but a venial assertion, and may
be forgiven. The act does not pro-
vide that the station is to be organ
lied subject to the approval OF the
federal commissioner of agriculture,
as the Austin correspondent asserts.
All that that officer has to do with
the whole matter will be foundin Sec
ton 3 of the act as follows: "That |
in order to secure as far as practica
bic uniformity of methods and re-
suits of the work of said station, it
shall be the duty of the United
States commissioner of agriculture
to furnish forms as far as practicable,
for the tabulation of results of inyes-
tigation OF experiments; to indicate
from time to time such lines of in
quiry as to him shall seem most i'm
portant; and in general, to furnish
such advice and assistance as will
best promote the purposes of this
act" An annual report is required
to be made to the governor, copy
of which must be sent to each sta {
ton, to the commissioner of agri- i
culture and to the secretary of the 1
treasury. The plan was formulated s
with the plans adopted at Cornell ,
university, Mississippi A. & NJ. col !
lege and other agricultural colleges t
before the board, and will be pub I
ished as soon as it has been submit /
ed to the director of the station and +
BOARD Of control formed under it. q
The action of the board of directors I
n the appropriation of the money a
appears of record in its minutes, and h
there has been any misappropria- t
ion the press as the public censor f
nay point them out, but it is sug- il
rested that this be done advisedly b
nd kindly, with no intend to do in A
ury, and with a knowledge of the o
hings whereof it speaks. How the c
ecent case of discipline at the college Il
or characterization among the stu Il
Tents can be traced to the appropria- a
ion of this money passes compre S,
tension. A singular fact is to be S,
loted here, and that is that these ii
Inkind and untrue criticisms, pro- il
eeding either from ignorance or vii O
illness, should have come from the 81
apital of the state, the seat of the b
nain university. t.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09
A. & n COLLEGE TROUBLE.

\ Periodically certain interested par
ties are wont to make attacks Oh
this institution, and the recent slight
disturbance among the students leads
the Fort Worth Gazette, usually SC
fair and just in its criticisms, to
characterize it as "dude military
institution where uniformed officers
strut around" The cause of the
trouble was only such as is common
to class organizations in schools and
colleges, and in this instance arose
over a mere matter of military
etiquette. The first class is larger
than usual this year (which shows
the growing popularity of the col
lege) and is not composed entirely
of officers as it ordinarily has been.
As is well known, the discipline is
military, and an officer of the day is
detailed every day. 1t is considered
as matter of instruction in military
tactics to have the cadets discharge
such duty, and the faculty determin-
ed that the entire first class, officers
as well as privates, should be assign
ed as officers of the day. The act of
congress in providing for the endow-
ment of A. & III. colleges requires
that the interest of the fund shall be
used inyiolably for the support and
maintenance of at least one college
in each state where the leading OBJ
ject shall be, without excluding other
scientific and classical studies and
military tactics, to teach
such branches of learning as are re-
lated to agricultural and mechanical
arts &c. SO it will be seen that in order
to comply with the conditions upon
which the endowment of the col
lege was accepted, it is necessary to
include military tactics in the course
of study. But in keeping with the
spirit of the law the military is sub
ordinated to the agricultural and
mechanical departments. A candid
and fair examination of the course
of study adopted and pursued will
show this to be the fact beyond con-
troversy. Whether it is wise to
have military tactics taught in the
schools is not question for debate.
AS Sir Roger de Coverly was wont
to say, much might be said on both
sides, but probably more in favor of
it. Discipline alone with corps of
nearly 200 young men thrown to-
gether in barracks apart from the re-
influence of family or fe-
male society renders it invaluable.
Visiting the college, farmers aud
will find the leading OBJ
iects In the instruction that their
sons are receiving, to be the teach
ing of such branches as are related
to agriculture and mechanic arts.
Not only are they taught to analyze
the different soils, to tell what they
contain and what they will grow
best, engineering sufficient for i1ri-
CATION and drainage; but a great
deal besides that the intelligent
farmer aad mechanic should know.
To the farmer the BANNER would
say, visit the college, and the militia
ry bugbear with which its enemies
would Brighten you will cease to an
noy you any more than a nursery
tale.
Az avnboDoa eays fhat Dallas hoo
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09

An exchange says that Dallas has
the only colored library in the state.
What kind of a library is thati
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-09

IT was thought that the factional
troubles among the democrats in
Louisiana had been healed, but the
Times-Democrat in an editorial of
some length grievously complains
that the state executive committee
has been made up of and thrown in
to the hands of the New Orleans
ward bosses.