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Year: 1874

DR.. Hall writes: We commit
the monStrous error Of plunglng
into ice-watcr every morning, then
scrub ri! the skin off with horse
/ huir brush ora course board towel:
sit down TO breakfast Of oatmeal
saw,!u>t line of Il tablespoonful
! of " heat and two berries, and
make Il supper on catnIp-:ea: then
be put through L Russian bath OF
five hundred degrees sleep under
IN open window when the ther-
m0mcter is at zero: wear long
hair: dress wnmeu in pantaloons !;
make all ourproperty over TO them,
and then sit down in the kitchen
corner and nurse the baby, and
when it is asleep wash up the tea
things, and 60 to bed at nine
o'clock to be "out Of the way"
What will become Of US men :?
Surely we have fallen on evil
times. A better and truer mode
Of life is to have plenty Of every
thing good TO eat and drink, which
imDarts nourish hment and strength,
and as much Of it as You want.
The idea Of getting up from the
table hungry is unnatural and alb
surd and hurttul-quite as much
so as getting up in the morning
before your sleep is out, on the
mischievous principle that "carIy
to rise, makes man healthy,
wealthy, and wise"


Early rising, in civilized society,
always tends to shorten life
Early rising ofitself never did any
good. Many a farmers boy has
been made an invalid for life for
being made to get up at daylight,
before his sleep was out. Many a
young girl has been stunted in
body and mind and constitution
by being made to get up before
the system has had its full rest.
All who are growing, all who
work hard, and all weakly per-
sons should not get up until they
feel as if they would be more com
Portable to get up than to remain
in bed; this is the only true meas
ure of sufficiency Of rest and sleep.
Any one who gets up in the morn
ing feeling as if he "would give
| .-.L:.- 49, ~. .->-l.l" - -~>-~:--
| in bed & while longer, does vlo-
lence to his own nature, and will
always suffer from it-not imme-
diately, it may be, but certainly IN
latter years: by the cumulative Ill
effects Of the most unwise practice
In any given case, the person who
gets up in the morning before he
is fully rested will lack just that
much of the energy requisite fol
the days pursuit.


As a people, we do not get
enough sleep; we do not get
enough rest, we will net take time
for these things: hence our ner'
vousncss, our Instability, our hasty
temper,.,and the premature giving
out Of the stamina Of life. Halt
Of US are old at threc-score, the
very time q man ought to be IN
his mental, moral and physical
prime. Half Of our wives, cspe
ciaIly in the farming districts, die
long before their time because they
do not get rest and sleep proper
toned to their labor. Nine times
out of ten it would be better foi
all parties if the farmer should get
up and light the fires and prepare
breakfast for his wife, she coming di
rectIy from her toilet to the break
fast table, because it almost Away:
happens that she has to remain "
to set things right long after the
husband mas gone to bed, wher
really he has nothing to do after
supper but to 60 to bed. This /:
monstrously cruel imposition or
wives and mothers.
Year: 1874


lite in its religious profession, re-
plies to the question Of = CORES
pondent: is the habit Of novel
reading sinful ?" as follows:


The objects had in view are
First, to obtain information. Sec
ond, to be awakened to reflection
and Investigation. Third, to be
warned against evil; and strength
ened in the love OF that which is
good. Fourth. to form and culti-
vate a correct taste-to minister
to the love of the beautiful. 1t is
evident, at a glance, that novels if
allowable at all, cannot properly
form the staple Of our reading, as
they cannot minister to the more
imporlantends sought. Novels do
not convey information; neither is
it their prime object to awaken re-
fection and investigation. They
may warn against evil and encour-
age goodness, and they may aid
US to cultivate a pure literary
taste. They are chiefly valuable
when valuable at all-delinea-
tions Of character, and for anmask-
vices, or crimes Of theage. We can
no more condemn all novels, there
fore, than we can recommend all
| books that are not novels. A thing
may be as valuable on a page Of
fiction, when true to nature, as
when furnished on the historic
page as true in fact. The lessons
taught in the parallels of Jesus
are as valuable rs if they had
been conveyed in u homily, and
great deal more pleasant to
study.


But as it is not the chief end of
reading to crafty the imagina-
tion or please the fancy, novel
reading must hold a subordinate
; place. AS a literary recreation,
as pleasant change from severe
mental toll, as pleasant and not
useless way Of spending an odd
hour not otherwise devoted, as a
| pleasant treaty to an ovcrtaskcd
student or a relief TO q morbid
state of mind, it may be desirable
occasionally 20 read a good novel.
But when this becomes the chief
object Of attention, it absorbs time
from more valuable purposes, ener-
Yates the mental powers, units
for severe study, and emascuiates
the whole intellectual and moral
nature.


The Waverly novels are; in the
judgment of competent critics,
much better and every way freer
from objections than most works
of fiction. About once year, it
may be: one Of the Waverly movies
might be read by almost anybody
for the benefit Of mental rccrea-
ton. But to have novels lying
about the house, to be read by
children at will. is about as bad as
having whiskey about the house
to be drank by them at wiIl-es-
! pccially such trashy books as most
popular novels are. AS to the pro
portion Of time to be allotted to
novel reading we know nothing
better than the hint in Pauls &C,
vice to Timothy about wine -
"Take littIe," just a little.
Year: 1874

The following tricks oflegerdermain
will be studied with interest by these
in search Of new freside amusements.
They are quite simple:


THE MAGIC STICK. .s.-- 50


To do this trick properly you viii
need pearl handled knife, and a stout
hardwood stick, some two inches in
length. Sharpen the two ends of the
stick and then try to crush it endways,
either between your hands or by sit
ting upon it. This, to the astonish-
ment Of the company, you will find it
impossible to do. The better to de-
ceive them, keep a perfectly calm
countenance.
THE FOUR JACKS.


Select pack of cards with plain
white back. Take out the jacks and
burn them to ashes. Now sEuHe the
cards quickly, and, holding them up
in the left hand, give them a sharp
rap, with the face down, and defy the
company to find the jacks. You will
have them completely fooled.


THE CABLE TRICK.


Take piece of tarred rope, which
EQ!e4 E9n nav SIT 55d aaet
iu length, cut it carefully with a sharp
knife, and then try to chew the ends
together.


THE MAGIC EGG.
Put twelve fresh eggs carefully into
green worsted bag. Hold the bag
up at arms length in view of the COM
pany; then swing rapidly about the
head, and tc puzzle them still more,
take care to strike it two or three
times against the door post. Then
ask the company whether they will
have them boiled or scrambled or fried.
1t will make No difference to you
which they choose.


THE FLYING HEN.


Select'a large, we'll fed hen-the
color is immaterial, though black is
best ; place her in sitting posture
on smooth surface; then place over
her pasteboard box eighteen by thir-
ty inches. Pound smartly on the top
with bone handled table knife for
three minutes, and ther suddenly raise
it. when the hen will Immediately fly
away. This trick can be performed
by any person Of average intelligence,
who gives his whole mind to it.
Year: 1874

JOB PRINTING.
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Plain and Fancy


PLAIN AND FANCY
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PLAIN AND FANCY
. JOB PRINTING
JOB PRINTING
JOB PRINTING


JOB PRINTING


JOB PRINTING


Printing in Colorsl |
PRINTING IN CoLoRs


PRINTING IN CoLoRs


PRINTING IN CoLoRs


PRINTING IN CoLoRs
Year: 1874

THE increased demand for money, ro-
ticed yesterday, has become sufficiently
strong 10 cause q hardening in rates and
to an increased independence on the part
OF the banks. We do not understand
this to indicate purpose TO deal hardly
with customers, but simply to so place
their money as to secure good returns
and prompt and sure payment. With
the banks responsible" borrower must
be something more than one having pro-
perty sufficient to pay his debts-he must
be prompt Where this is not the case


and trouble and irritation eHsue, banks
are careful about neRotiAdDg4a second
loan. To be Irresponsible" means quite
as often to be prompt, as anything clse-
Ptttsburgh Gazette cfyesterdaE rET
Year: 1874

The Executive Committee of the State
Grange of Wisconsin has issued an ad-
dress to the Patrons of that State in
which they urge them to beware Of the
attempts of the railroads to corrupt the
ballot box at the coming election, and
next winter undo all that was done last
winter. The committee remind the


Patrons that the State and National
Oranges have both declared for ''cheap
transportation and that it is the
fixed purpose Of the Order to 'sopen
out the channels of natures great ar
teries that the life blood of commerce
may flow freely The address further
says. I'VE have declared that we are not
the enemies Of railroads, but we are op-
posed to such spirit and management of
any corporations or enterprises as tends
to oppress the people and rob them Of
their just profits" They also declare
I'VE desire only self-protection, and the
protection of every true interest Of our
land by Legitimate transactions, 'legit-
innate trade, and legitimate profits. .
We take from the address the follow
ing extract;


"If it be possible by corrupt means
to repeal law, how much longer will
we wait to see laws enacted through the
same means in the interests Of the or
ganized power which corrupts. and in
reality confer "vested rights, which
shall eventually absorb all other rights ]!
''The times look ominous in this di-
rection. 1iore than aught else may the
toiling masses dread as their most dire
full enemy the corrupt use of the power
possessed by aggregated capital. It
means for them oppression. servitude
indirect but none the less CALLING: want.
misery, anarchy. and finally frantic and
bloody revolution.


The Patrons Of Husbandry have it
in their power to check the aggressive
power of organized capital. and the day
is at hand in Wisconsin which calls for
the exercise Of it.
Year: 1874

The organ Of the Monopolists, the
Farmers Union, is again pouring poi
son into the ears of the farmers of Min
nesota. Fortunately the ''leprous dis
tlment," drawn from the alembic of
President Drake, is so diluted by Aber-
nethy's natural flow of dish-water, that
it will simply disease and not destroy
the victim.


In the last number of his paper he
says:


"The West needs money 1t should in
vite foreign capital to come IN, to aid in the
development of the vast tracts OF territory
yet unsettled, and we should be careful not
to have our acts misconstrued on the part of
those who hold the purse strings.
The West needs prosperity more than
it needs money; for money does not
always mean prosperity. In 1857 one
could borrow all the money he wanted
at three per cent. a month and 1858
and 1859 saw the State swept as by the
bosom of destruction.


In Wall street. New York, money is
now piled up in immense heaps, waiting
for borrowers at four per cent. per an
mum. and finding none; while thousands
of laboring men are without work and
almost without food and the chief of
police, Matsell, has had to put on a
large force Of armed police, in Wall
street at the request Of the bankers
and money brokers, to guard their
money heaps from the mob. Here
money and starvation are brought face
to face, and revolvers and clubs alone
can keep peace between them. Why
ism Abernethy there, to convince these
starving mechanics that money being
plenty their stomachs are therefore
Unnecessarily; and that the craving
they feel is simply an illusion.
l. What the farmer of Mime
sofa wants is not chance
to borrow some one else's
money, but to prevent some one else
from stealing his money. His land. mis-
muscles, his intelligence. will give him
prosperity. if unjust laws do not grind
him to the earth.


Neither do we want any more ''vast
tracts of territory. settled until that
which is settled is rendered prosperous
The best guarantee for the growth of
the frontier is the prosperity of the
country behind it. We want no pau
pers in Dakota Territory competing
with paupers in Minnesota, all miser-
able together.


And, says Abernethy, We must be
careful not to have our acts miscon-
strued on the part of those who hold
the purse strings More of the same


beggarly. Abernethian spirit We must
come up cringing to ''the men that hold
Year: 1874


lection.


Human happiness is the acme Of earthly
ambition. In,diUidual Happiness depends
upon GENERAL PROSPERITY.


From the address Of the Master of the
National Grange, Master Adams of Iowa, de-
ivered at the last National Grange meeting
at St. Louis, January, 1874:


"Article xii. also demands most serious
consideration to definitely decide what in
depreciation shall be put upon the word
political" ! am gratihed that our members
are substantially a unit in the opinion that
the Order should not in any sense become a
political party. But at the same time, there
are questions most fundamentally affecting
our material interests 1chich can onLy Le
reached through legislation--It seems I'M
PERATIvE that such questions should BE dis
such questions were political in the meaning
Of the Constitution! The questions OF
TRANSPORTATION, TAXATION, FINANCE, COR
RUPTION IN PUBLIC PLACES 1rere such as come
home to the cOnsciences and pockets of our
members, and they wish to know whether
they will be denied the privilege of can
vassing them on the ground of politics.


10 this suggestion the National
Grange replied as follows in their


NATIONAL PLATFORM


eve emphatically and sincerely assert the
Oft repeated truth taught in our organic law
that the Grange, National, State or Subor-
dinate, IS not a political or party organiza-
ton. No Grange, is true to its obligations.
can discuss political or religious questions,
nor call political conventions, nor nominate
candidates, nor even discuss their merits in
its meetings


Yet the PRINCIPLES WE TEACH UNDERLlE ALL
TRUE POLITICS, ALL TRUE STATESMANsHIP, and
if properly carried out will tend to purify the
whole political atmosphere of our country
For we seek the greatest good to the greatest
number


We must always bear in mind that no one,
by becoming Patron of Husbandry, gives
up that inalienable right and duty which be-
longs to every American citizen, to take q
proper interest in the politics Of his country"
1--WE propose meeting together, TALKING
TOGETHER, and generally ACTING TOGETH-
Err, for our mutual protection and advance
ment"


1--WE are opposed to any such spirit and
management Of any corporation or enter
prise as tend to oppress the people and rob
them of their just profits


'We are opposed to excessive salaries and
high rates Of interest"
Year: 1874

1--WE are told through the public
journals that in the event of any fur
ther aggressive movement against capi-
tai i'll the West, the East is prepared to
resort to very extreme measures against
the States so influenced, both as a
means Of self-protection and retalia-
ton


s'And again, that the result of the
Wisconsin law, if enforced, will be that
the corporations will buy up legisla
tors


"Patrons it is now time that we
each Of us give heed more particularly
to those declared purposes of the Or
der which refer to our duty as Ameri-
can citizens, and see to it in the COM
ing struggle that none but competent.
faithful and honest men who will un-
fiinchingly stand by our industrial in
terests, are nominated for positions OF
trust, and thereby do all in his power
legitimately to influence for good the
action of any political party to which
he belongs.


The suggestion Of making candidates
show their hands before election,wheth-
cr they are for or against the people, is
a good one. 1t would have saved much
trouble if it had been adopted generally.
years ago. 1t prevents the sly and
tricky politicians from selling out the
people. The people have votes the
corporations have money. The tricky
politicians want both, and when they
get them the people are the cheated
party:


Your Committee would also add a
word in favor Of the practice already
inaugurated by the Order, Of requiring
public answers to questions publicly
put to candidates as to their opinions
upon the subjects they are likely to be
required to act upon. This is espe.
cially important upon the coming occa-
sion, but it should be adopted as the
settled policy and practice of the Order
to make these public inquiries Of public
officers at any and all times, while
they occupy public positions. .
Year: 1874

Then 10 side with truth is noble, when we
share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and it's


prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses, while the
coward stands aside,
Doubling in his abject spirit till the Lord is
crucifed
Year: 1874

From the Constitution OF the National


Grange.
THE ULTIMATE OBJECT OF THIS ORGANIzA-
TION IS FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION AND PRO
lection.


Human happiness is the acme Of earthly
ambition. Individual happiness depends
upon GENERAL PROSPERITY.
Year: 1874

New FREIGHT RATEs.--The absentee rail-
road grandees who disobey laws and bid the
people defiance, assembled at Saratoga a few
days ago and turned the screw still tighter
on the surplus crops OF the farmers OF Wis
consin, Minnesota, Northern Iowa and Hill
nois. The additional charge we understand
is about a cent bushel on wheat. We have
heard the increase estimated as high as 8
million, or million and a half dollars, that
it will cost to market the farmers crop this
year. and this in defiance of the laws of one
Of the States. Is it not time the States
tested their titles with the roads, and had
the question settled whether they have any
rights left or not Chiesgo Industrial Age.


Minnesota's share of this little steal
will be about $25O,O0O. A quarter of
million taken out of our people by
one turn of the screw. And, the lead.
ing Republican paper of the State, says
we have no right to prevent them; and
the Republican Legislature passes Law
which is tizzle and fraud, and then
they ask the suffering people to keep
them and their damnable Rings still in
power. Will they do it
Year: 1874

When we consider that less than one
third ut the area OF the United States, and
lcss than a fifth Of the entire domain OF the
United States, is mapped into farms, and
remember that OF this farm area only one
fourth is titled or moved; and when we
further reflect that the average yield per
acre could be doubled if the many could be
brought np to the plane of the few in the
practice of intensive cuIture-thrn we begin
30 realize what numbers our country is
capable Of feeding, and what waste OF toll
and effort comes from neglect Of The econo-
mic lessous taught by the statistics of
scientific agriculture. We now know that
eur wheat occupies an area less than the
surface of South Carolina, and if the yield
should equal that Of England, half of that
acreage should easily suffice. We know of
our national crop, corn, which grows from
Oregon to Florida, and yearly waves over
broader field than all the cereals beside,
that it might produce it's amplest stores
within the boundaries of Virginia. The
potato crop wond grow in Delaware,
though yielding less than a hundred bushels
per acre; the barley for brewing needs
less than q half dozen counties, and tobacco,
sufficient to glut our own and European
markets, grows Oh an area twenty miles
square.
Year: 1874

Charcoal for CdtNe.-Charcoal pulver-
lied and mixed with water is now highly
recommended as all agent for relieving
cattle suffering from any arrangement
of the stomach, such as bloat or bowen,
&c. This should be remembered. There
is no doubt of it's efficacy. if an abun-
dance of concurrent testimony can be relied
upon


F1utenng Culres.-A sensible practical
farmer say that he has often noticed that
calves would thrive better on milk that is
not rich in butter than on what is common
ly called very rich milk. The nutritive Gle
ments of milk reside chiefly in the casino. If
you have COW that gives particularly rich
milk and one that gives quantity poorer
in butter, it is better to feed on milk of the
latter. The calf will thrive better, and you
will get more butter from the milk of the
first COW.


2He Ideal Mich Cow-The characteristics
of good milch cow must be irrespective Of
breeds, in a general sense. Milk is created
from the blood and the vital energies which
make blood-that is the Indispensable con-
dition. The good nilch cow must have a
welldeveloped chest, a healthy digestive
apparatus, tie mamillary glands must be
perfect, and the uLelcr must be soft and
pliablc, elastic as a piece of India rubber to
the touch, whether the bag is tul orempty.
Year: 1874

The Western Farmer claims Spring
wheat to be of greater value and excellence
than Fall wheat, and explains it in this
way. According to DIR. Bellows, wheat
consists of wheat, gluten, albnmen, starch,
sugar, gum, fat, fiber and minerals. There
is less water in spring wheat than in winter,
and this is the reason that the -four absorbs
more water when mixed. The remainder
Of the constituents are of more compact ma
ture than those Of winter wheat. Now the
latter containing more moisture, it is softer,
and will not granulate in grinding, but
will fat.cn ont, the middlings will be soft
and woolIy. and incapable of purifying like
the middIings of spring wheat. Therefore
the new process Of using the middlings is
practicable with the one and not with the
other. 1t is q conceded fact that spring
wheat -four remains sweet and moist when
mixed into bread much longer than winter.
Year: 1874

As previously announced, having now closed out
our Family Groceries, we will direct our attention
in future exclusively to the Cotton business


In taking leave of our many patrons in the Gro
Gerry business, we beg leave to return them our
grateful acknowledgements for the very liberal
share Of patronage they have extended to us fer so
many years


In our Gotten dealings we trust that our pleasant
intercourse wi.h our friends will be continued and
extended. and we assure them that we shall al
ways endeavor to merit and receive their patronage
We shall always be in the market prepared to
pay highest rates for Cotton.


Shipping and filling orders on commission shall
receive our prompt and faithful attention


STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
Aug a. 1874.