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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
GOOD WORK.

Prof. Allison is doing good work.
During his last trip, in December, he
spoke at fifteen places, and formed
ten new alliances, and revived three
that were defunct. At Montevideo
twelve new members were added to
the existing alliance and at Apple
ton sixteen. The sentiment is spread
ing like wild-tire. Douglas Co. is
pretty well organized, but there is
still much to do: Elbow Lake, Grant
County, as without an Alliance.
but Mr.. Allison organized one with
twenty nine charter members. At
Alexandria the movement is wonder
full. Not less than two hundred
farmers attended the meeting, and
three other places in the county have
applied for meetings. The meeting
at Glenwood, Pope county, was large
and enthusiastic. Prof. Allison has
more than thirty applications for
speeches during the month. He will
make thorough canvass of the up
per Red River valley. The great ork
is moving on with wonderful rapid
ity. We have now nearly seven
hundred alliances; and Secretary
Haigh is issuing an average of three
charters every day. We will soon
have those thousand alliances.
Mr.. c. Proeschel, u staunch Alliance
man, was elected president of the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
A Modest Wish.

a sMO0e0C W180s
II fairy would give me wish, do you know what
wish should make?
''For your lover No, my darling, oh no! There
you make al egregious mistake
Your love is thing Of the moment, which never
could live nor could last
And would leave me a wreck on the shore, when.
the might Of your passion had passed
'For fortune:'' All, mol What IS wealth. but IN
crease Of ones burden of care!
And want not to add to my own, for lam cey..
tain that have my share.
"For famey'' That is worse. It IS naught but the
empty sound Of name
Which makes you a target for fools and O mark
for the finger Of blame
What is that! 'Give # up!' Why, my darling
your denseness excites me TO mirth,
Il q fairy would give me a wish, should quietly
wish for the Garth.
Wilson z Walsh in Time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
THE WAR FEELING.

An old soldier writes us:
81 have read and thought much up
on the unfortunate condition of the
farmers and laborers OF our land,
and am in every way, in sympathy
with them, and am as earnest in it
as ever was in anything, mot ex-
cepting my strong feeling during the
rebellion.;'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
Sank Center Avalanche:

Hon. l. Donnelly will address a
meeting of the Farmers Alliance in
this city Jan. %, 1890, at o'clock
p. m. All are earnestly requested to
be present. He will also speak at
Paynesville on the 23rd and at Be-
grade on the oath.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

eff q government contracted a debt
with certain amount of money in
circulation. and then contracted the
money volume before the debt is paid
it is the most heinous crime a govern
ment could commit against the peo-
ple.-Abraham Lincoln.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
A Matter Of Limitation.

II can't sec why don't succeed" excaim-
ed Faintheart to Cynicus. II try for all arr
worth"
perhaps" responded Cynicus, 'you have
named the reason. philadelphia Press
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
Why He Gave Cp.

Husband-Here is that pin money, dear,
that refused you this morning.
Wife--Thank you; 1 thought your con-
science would prick you.-Kearney Enter
prise.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
1t Is expected that Alliances will
soon be organized at Nc Cauleyville |
and Campbell in Wilkins county.

II Is expected that Alliances will
soon be organized at Nc Cauleyville
and Campbell in Wilkins county.
Steps are being taken to organize
an alliance at Tracy, Lyon county.
There is a strong feeling among the
farmers of that neighborhood in IA
vor of such move.
Hon. j. 0. Barrett, OF Browns VAL
ley, a very able man and steadfast
advocate of popular rights, has been
appointed deputy lecturer of Big
Stone county. He will go at the
work with his accustomed energy
and every township in that county
will soon have it's Alliance; then
will follow a county alliance, and the
farmers will be ready for business.
Acorrespondent from Lyon county
writes us that their alliance was des-
troyed through the influence of Hon.
John Lind, NC. Can this bepossible ?
What interest has Mr.. Lind in fight
ing the Alliance? If this is true the
state Alliance should know it.
A great Alliance meeting is to be
held at the Court House in Breckin-
ridge on Saturday the list inst, at
l O'Clock p. m. Gen. James II. Baker,
Deputy Lecturer OF the I'd Congress
sional District is expected to address
the meeting. Turn out and hear the
eloquent orator and farmer.
An Alliance was organized January
LIST at the farm house of Hon. E.
Mattson, near Breckenridge. Mr..
Mattson has been appointed Deputy
Lecturer for Wilkin county, and pro-
poses to organize every township in
the county, not already possessed OF
an Alliance.
NJ. Cutler, Esq, of Sumter, Mcleod
county, writes us, under date of the
I'd inst.
| Hon. w. p. Christensen, eX-state
Senator, of Olivia, Renville county,
writes us that they will have 200
members in their alliance before the
end OF the month. Mr.. Christensen
is a farmer and a tremendous worker
and if he puts his shoulder to the
wheel he will make things move in his
part of the county.
The following letter is reprinted
because it is the tenor OF all we have
received:
The Toilers in Nebraska.
Editor Monitor:
In response to your inquiry, Chow
are the toilers here?" / reply: their
condition is all the word 'deplorable'
implies
Within three and one-half miles OF
my home there are thirty quarter
sections mortgaged and abandoned.
The people are discouraged; no
energy nor enterprise in the country
the county bonded, part of the pre-
cincts bonded, school districts ditto
and villages likewise; railroad taxes
low, the farmers taxes high; rates
on railroads high, produce low and
manufactured articles two prices. In
nearly everything the conditions are
contrary to what they should be.
Produce is plentiful but money is
scarce and people are suffering for
the necessaries and comforts of life.
These are facts.
Many of us are fighting by the
peaceable process at hand; but gen
orally, so far, we have not done any
good.
l shall remain in the harness for
life, or until the basic principles OF
our organization are realized. Let
us not despair, but stand to our guns
as long as we are able. Glad to see
the cause growing. RoB'T WILBERT.
Mabelo, Nebraska.
THE WAR FEELING.
/ 4 I
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Correspondence continued rom sth page.

DEAR SIR:-Enclosed please find
81. The GREAT WEST is a good pa
per, and the best one l ever read.
You are bound to succeed.
WILLIAM ME1NBURG.
Chippewa County.
A QUESTION FROM RENvILLE co.
At a meeting of our Alliance held
today the question arose as to adj
hitting merchants and machine
agents and one-horse politicians in
general. We wish for information.
Now what is your opinion?
Respectfully, JAMES HANNA.
Pres't Hector Alliance.
In reply we will say to our friends
OF the Hector Alliance that in order
to become a member of the Farmers
Alliance it is necessaryto be an opera
tive farmer or engaged in exclusively
Alliance work. If a man is a mer-
chant and an operative farmer also,
there is no existing law which will
prevent his becoming a member. The
time may come within a year or two
when Minnesota Alliances will be up
on common ground with the fedora
ted organizations. Then secret work
may be introduced and no man be-
come a member until voted in.
A GOOD WORD FROM OTTER TAIL CO.
Your favor of the 31st should have
been answered, but for the fact that
l have been holding back to report
the organization of our Alliance
Will say now that by electing under
signed Pres, E. A. Simpson, Vice
President; T. Bjorkland, Sec
and Ole Christensen, Treasurer.
While we are still waiting for
DR.. Fish, we are already to take
hold and work when some body
shows us the way.
Our Co. Alliance has been in years
past one of the best in the state, but
l do wish that's good man would
come up here and rattle the dry
bones, we have a very intelligent
class OF farmers in the County, as q
class, but they have become dis
couraged and stampeded. They are
awake now and all it wants is some
body with ability to organize us and
we will be as good as new, again.
Yours fraternally,
W. BRANDBoRG.
Otter Tail Co.
Alliances were organized by DR..
Fish last week at three points in
Otter Tail county. The meetings
were all crowded, except at Perham.
Fully a hundred farmers came to
Perham, on a stormy day, to at
tend the meeting. At II o'clock
twenty farmers we're asked, Coming
up to the meeting?' Eyes sir, that's
what Pm here for" ETC., was the an
swer. But a village is a. poor placeto
hold a meeting. In two hours just
eleven persons occupied the hall, in
Guiding a lawyer, doctor and Edi-
tor Dawson!
The local merchants are opposed
to the Alliance-the silliest and most
destructive attitude community
could stand in. Well, there's one
satisfaction-when the farmer gets
poor the local merchant finds the
Sheriff as soon as the farmer does.
At Luce an alliance was organized,
with the following officers:
Pres, Vim. McGrand, ST.; Secy.,
P. J. Murphy; Treas, Jas. Hendry.
Next week we will publish some in
teresting matter about Luce as Il.
R. station.
At Lake Sybil a big crowd turned
out, and the following temporary or
ganization was effected:
Pres, John E. Seals; Secy, E.
Bangle; Treas, Albert Seals.
At German twp. school house,
near Mr.. s. Rasmusson's: Pres,
John Emerson; Secy. S. Rasmussen;
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
Tie Knew the Size.

Clerk lat Lisss's)-What size shoe ma,lams
Customer-Four and half
Clerk TO himself-One half Of four is two
James, bring some number sixes.-Dstroit
News
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

Hold on-we're looking through
COmstock s record about the year
lSS5-State Legislature.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
What Drove Him from Home.

Columbus once owned Corsican blood
hound. No wonder he found it necessary to
discover a new world -Munsey's Weekly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
Uncomplimentary and Unscientific

Uncomplimentary and UnscientiAc.
Caller (patronizingly to Boston 5-year-old,
That's beautiful sailor suit you are wear
ing. Jamesy. Il makes you look like regu-
lar little salt
Jamesy indignantly Mamma, this per-
son says resemble small quantity of chic
ride OF sodirm.-Chicago News.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

T. C. Wilkin, National Organizer,
now working in Oregon, writes us for
figures in relation to the production
OF grain and prices therefor for the
past ten years. We publish some
facts in this issue in response-in
another article.
| We have the grain statistics and
figures for twenty years, every
months quotations, in this Office
and only wait to put them in shape
for publication. A large array OF
such figures were given in the issue
which sat down on the Bird Island
Bubble.
Secretary Joseph Wessbecher, of
the Waconia Alliance, writes us a
very complimentary letter-which
we will answer in person in a
few days. He requests on the part
OF the alliance, the publication OF the
letter, as follows:
DEAR SIR:
By request Of the Carver County
Farmers Alliance request you if pos
sible to visit, and honor our general
meeting with your presence. We
think you are the best posted speaker
and worker on Alliance matters.
There are some farmers here a little
backward in believing, and joining;
but such men as you explaining their
interests would do Il great deal of
good to them, and the Alliance in
general. Please be so kind as to
comply with our request and be
present on Monday, the Both day OF
January, 1890, at Waconia City
Hall at - o'clock. Ample accom-
mediation for your convenience is
made. We are expecting full house
and big club for the GREAT WEST.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH WEssBECHER.
Secretary.
We wish to extend our thanks to
Mr.. Griffith, OF Luce, Mr.. Henry
Plowman, OF Lake Sybil, and Mr..
S. Rasmussen, of Gorham twp, Of
ter Tail County, for their kindness
on the late trip.
We also spent an exceedingly pleas
antevening with Editor Dawson and
family at Perham.
MAPLE BUSH ALLIANCE.
We have an extended report of the
meeting Of the Maple Bush Alliance
this week sent us by H. D. Diamond,
Esq, Secy., in which the Hail Insur-
ance work received attention from
the state president. Too crowded
this week for long report.
Among the letters pertaining to
the last annual meeting is one which
positively AYERS that not only were
alliances represented which were not
in existence, but that the Secretary
at that time, Eric Olson) was shut
out of the committee on credentials
SO that no scrutiny could take place.
Mr.. Olson will give us a history of
this matter.
Insurance at Actual Cost.
The Alliance Hail and Cyclone Mu-
tual Insurance Company was organ
lied in 1889 and returned to policy
holders $5,416 out OF total bust.
ness of $13, 900, and then paid every
loss in full.
The company is prepared to do
large amount of business in 1890,
and want good active Alliance men
in every part Of the State to act as
agents.
We have also a system of Life
Insurance on the mutual plan which
affords it's members very desirable
opportunity for protection, and we
expect in the near future to have in
connection with the above features,
Fire Insurance department which will
also be a great saving to our mem
bers.
For information regarding terms,
territory, &C., address,
J. J. FURLoNG. Secretary,
Austin, Mimi.
The Great Humbug.
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Spain Versus Staten Island.

Miss We're de Vere-Only think, Nj. Tunley,
they have custom in Spain that when one
admires anything the owner Immediately
presents him with it,
Mr.. Tumley (desperately)-I admire your
hand very much, Miss We're de We're.
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Tumley, but we
are not in Spain; we are en- Staten Is!and.-
Time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
In :, Eowery Restaurant.

Customer-This is vegetable soup. I or.
dered chicken.
Waiter examining the soup)-Dat's 80, sir;
my mistake. fought dem celery tops wus-
feathers.-Lifo
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

DEAR SIR :-Enclosed please find
81. The GREAT WEST is a good pa
per, and the best one l ever read.
You are bound to succeed.
WILLIAM MEINBURG.
Chippewa County.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

Mr.. c. Proeschel, u staunch Alliance
man, was elected president of the
Mower Co. Alliance last week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

We wish to extend our thanks to
Mr.. Griffith, OF Luce, Mr.. Henry
Plowman, OF Lake Sybil, and Mr..
S. Rasmussen, of Gorham twp, Of
ter Tail County, for their kindness
on the late trip.
We also spent an exceedingly pleas
antevening with Editor Dawson and
family at Perham.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

NJ. Cutler, Esq, of Sumter, Mcleod
county, writes us, under date of the
I'd inst.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
AN IDEAL SMALL BOY.
Did Such a Young One as This Ever
Breathe i'm Our Country?

Did Such Young One as This Ever
Breathe in Our Country?,
Johnny (aged six years, brother to
Amelia)-My sister, Mr.. Spoonee, will
be up directly. She is now engaged in
washing supper dishes.
Mr.. Spoonee-I thought young ladies
left that business for their mothers to
attend to.
Johnny-Some young ladies who think
only of their own ease may leave such
work for their mothers, but Amelia
never does. She never permits mother
to do any thing which she can do her.
self. / don't think ever saw young
lady who kept herself so busy about the
house. Really, think she is never so
happy as when at work.
Mr.. Spoonee-Tell me, Johnny, does
she ever say any thing about me?
Johnny-She frequently speaks of you
as gentleman whom no woman could
help esteeming highly. You know she
has many suitors, but never, she says,
until she saw you, did she experience
any thing approaching to love.
Mr.. Spoonee-0f course; she knows
that my fortune is ample, and
Johnny-Excuse me, sir, but while,
of course, she is not insensible to the
advantages of wealth, she has repeated
ly said that when she weds it will be
because of the love she bears the man
who asks her hand.
MIR Spoonee-Come, Johnny, do you
| think She would have me?
Johnny-i can't say positively, sir |
know she thinks we'll of you. Indeed,
| am sure she can not fail of recogniz-
ing your worth But there is Mr..
Quick who has pressed his suit very in
dustriously for some time, and if may
be allowed to make suggestion, |
should advise you to propose as quickly
as possible. You will excuse me now,
Mr.. Spoonee. hear Amelia on the
stairs, and it might be embarrassing for
you to meet in my presence. Good even
ing, sir-Boston Transcript
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
MARY ANN,s BABY.


High up at garret window, whether in shine
or rain,
Day by day baby sits, its face against the
pane,
And lift be sun or shadow, and II it be calm or
blow,
The mother goes to her labor out into the world
below;
Yet she turns to look at the window, her hard
face working with love,
AS she catches sight of her darling, set high In
the easement above;
And the wizened face Of the baby, the baby
that seldom cries,
is puckered up in queer amaze as she looks a,
the earth and Skies
Poor Mary Ann In the scalding suds she drops
her scalding tears;
Those drops express the bitterness pent up for
many years.
She wrings the costly fa5rics-ah how her heart
was wrungl
1t seems SO very, very long since she was bright
and young;
or all she had, Of all she hoped, nothing to her
remains
But the pinched half-famishcd baby looking
through the window-p -panes.
AT thought of it her tears are dried, her grief is
put away;
A Joy inspires her aching heart, she can't be
sad to-day.
Life takes soft and tender hue, hope blooms
and bears again.
The smiles light up her care-worn face, she
sings a low refrain.
OF all the gifts God gave her, OF all He let her
keep,
lis the baby in the window, now fallen fast
asleep!
Emma M. johnson, in Housekceper's Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
TIE WAYS OF WOMEN.
They Arc Decidedly Contradictory
These Statements Are True.

They Arc Decidedly Contradictory II
These Statements Are True.
The average woman stays in the house
on pleasant days and visits twenty-three
stores in an afternoon when the winds
speed has to be taken with lightning
rod.
She will rail for twenty-five years
against the barbarous fashion of boring
the ears, and then she will punch holes
in her ear lobes with darning needle
if there is ghost of chance of getting
pair of diamond earrings.
She will take two hours to dress and
run back into the house three times if
she is going over TO Minnies to spend
the afternoon; and the next day, when
she has a sudden chance to go to San.
Francisco, she will pack toothbrush
and her purse in her pocket, button her
cloak and gloves on the street-car, and
be at the station three-quarters Of an
hour ahead of the train.
She spills coffee on the clean table,
cloth and smiles sweetly-when there is
company; and then she glares like a
healthy demon if William Henry lays
the carving knife on the table when
they are alone.
She carefully mends rent quarter
of an inch long in her gloves, and goes
for days with tear two feet long in her
petticoat.
She will put sealskin buttons on a
plush sacque, and expects the whole
world to believe that it is real fur.
She can hold forty-seven pins in her
mouth and give an order to the grocery
boy that will fill the market baskets
and milk pail.
She laughs because the Smith girls
wear old-fashioned bonnets, and cries
because she knows of some poor boy
who can't afford a winter overcoat.
She will arrange a silk scarf over a
picture frame until a mans eye will
bulge out with admiration, but she can't
tie plain, ordinary necktie to save her
life.
She will walk up street in the rain to
save street-car fare, and then she will
give quarter of dollar to the first
| beggar she meets.
She will go over every carpet in tho
house with damp cloth and brush,
and then go down town with black
spot on her nose.
She will give good course Of lectures
upon the history, general appearance
and people of the Roman empire, and
then she would get lost if she tried to
go from Buffalo to Attica without an es-
cort.
She will read an essay on our inhuman
treatment of the red man. and then she
locks the door if she sees ssssafrss
vender coming in at the side gate.
She will fry beefsteak and expect the
man of her choice to eat it
She is altogether lovable creature
and she knows it-Bufalo Express
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
CONQUERED HIMSELF.
A Valuable Lesson Learned in Five Min
utes or Less.


utes or Less.
$50 you wish to learn Christian
science" said teacher of that doc
trine" to lank fellow that had applied
for tuition.
Eyes, sir What are your terms?''
give dollars for three lessons"
"All right, I'll take the first lesson
right now"
The teacher then began to lay down
the principles Of the science" "You
must first learn" said he, ''to conquer
self"
"All right" the pupil answered.
'You must exterminate every human
desire; must give yourself up to the
ruling of your spirit instead of yield
ing to single impulse of the body.
"All right" the student agreed.
Well" the teacher one day re-
marked when the term had been COM
pleted, 81 think that you are now pre-
pared to graduate with honors."
"All right; much obliged"
"But have you not forgotten some
thing?" the teacher asked when the
student had started out
mo, reckon not"
"Yes, you have forgotten to pay me
the five dollars"
''Oh, you see, had a strong desire to
pay you-a very strong desire of the
flesh. as it were, but have succeeded in
conquering all that sort of thing Sc
long. g."-Arkansaw Traveller.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
ITEMS FOR WOMEN.

MRS. Cross, niece of John Bright, is
conspicuous in women's rights move
.ments in England. Miss Helen Glad
stone is another English friend of the
movement.
LONDON UNIVERSITY has now on its
rolls seven lady masters of art, 147
bachelors Of art, two doctors Of science,
81 bachelors of science and eight ladies
helding medical and surgical degrees.
THE New York Working-Women's
Protective Union, during its quarter
century of life, has prosecuted twelve
thousand persons who did not pay their
working-women; saved the women s41,-
600, and furnished three hundred thou
sand women with employment or assist
ance.
ARETURS has just been issued show
ing that 412. $40 English ladies are enti.
tied to vote in county council contests,
this number including e5,1e1 women
voters in London alone. In municipal
elections the total number of ladies en-.
titled to vote in the boroughs Of Eng
land and Wales Is ssA t4S