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Year: 1874

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think you need some one after you
with sharp stick I have looked
your last issue through two or three
times to find notice Of the time and
place Of the next Council; searching
thus far has been unavailing, and as the
time is near at hand I hope to see in the
next ADVANCE full exposition of the
text" Where and when will the Council
be held"


1t is of the greatest Importance that
every Grange should be posted in this
respect, in order to elect their delegates
In season, and make such other arrange
ments for attendance as they may think
proper; let every Patron remember that
the gates Of the Council are open to all
tour-degree members, and that in multi
tude Of counsel there is safety. Come
and let us reason together Questions
of vital Importance will be up for careful
and candid consideration our County
Agent will tell you what he can do for
you; the Fourth Of July will be up, and
our County Fair come in for hearing.


Now, Mr.. Editor, if it is worth while
to be Patron, it is worth while to be a
good one. Let us make no halfway
work in this matter; the tide is setting
towards us, and we shall win if constant


Let us discard the old " I can't" and
engrave on our banners I WILL" and
soon We will find relief coming, aiding
US to throw off every species of impo-
sition, monopoly and agrarianism that is
so lavishly heaped on the broad shoulders
Of the farmers.


Whole nations are now suffering from
the combination Of capital, the holders
OF which say "you shan't," and this
brought upon the laboring classes, by the
too constant use Of that infamous q
can't" where there is will there is q
way.


If we have rights, let us quit ourselves
like men and maintain them. "He that
would be free must first strike the blow
Now, brethren, have we not made
brick long enough? =? Everything
indicates that our task masters will. il
possible, compel us to gather our own
straw, adding still greater burdens, and
very soon they will be ready to jump on
themselves, and when fairly seated we
will find they will be hard to throw.
UNCLE TOM.
Year: 1874

I, is not to sweep the house, and make
the bed, and darn the socks and cook the
meals, chiefly that a man wants wife. II
this is all he needs, hired help can do il
cheaper than wife. If this is all, when a
young man calls to see a lady, send him
into the pantry TO taste the bread and cakes
she has made; send him to inspect the
uoedlework and bed making; or put a
broom into her hands and send him to wit.
ness its use. Such things are important,
aud the wise young man will think Of them


But what the true man most wants OF o
true wife is her companonship, sympathy
courage and love- The way of life has
many dreary places in it, and man needs q
companion to 20 with him. A man is
sometimes overtaken with misfortunes; he
meets with failure and defeat trials and
temptations beset him; and he needs one
to stand by and sympathize. He has
some stern battles to fight with poverty
with enemies and with sin; and he needs Q
woman that while he puts his arm around
her and feels that he has something to fight
for, will help him fight; that will put her
lips to his ear and whisper words of coun
sell, and her hand to his heart and impart
new Inspirations. All through life
through storm and through sunshine, con
tlict and victory, through adverse and favor,
ing scenes, man needs woman's love. The
heart yearns for it, A sisters or a mother;
love will hardly supply the need.


Yet many seek for nothing further thar
success in housework. Justly enough
half of these get nothing more; the Other
half, surprised above measure, have gotter
more than they sought. Their wives sur
prise them by bringing a nobler idea oil
marriage, and disclosing treasury of cour
age, sympathy and love.
Year: 1874

% what blessing is Sunday, inter
posed between the waves of worldly business
like the divine path ofthe Israelites through
Jordan! There is nothing in which would
advise you to be more strictly conscientious
than in keeping the Sabbath holy. cat
truly declare that to me the Sabbath has
been invaluable. = WRJerforee.
Year: 1874

It is simply astonishing how soon young
children pick up slang words, vile words
profaue words, and attach to them mean
ings 1t is equally surprising how in.
stinctiycly they conceal all this knowledge
from their parents, and while the mother
thinks her little girl a model Of innocence
and purity, her neighbors may know that
such is very far from being the case


Therefore it is not possible for the mother
to cultivate too great an intimacy with the
child. She should have the juvenile heart
spread out before her as a mirror, reflect
ing every thought, every feeling, every pas.
sion of the child Thus she will be able
judiciousy to administer autidotes to vice
and build up safeguards to virtue. Girls
are as a general rule brought up in ignor-
ance Of very much which it concerns them
to know. Many young lady dances on
the verge Of precipice, not knowing her
danger, and many fall from virtue because
their mothers had not the courage to warn
them Of the pitfalls in their pathway


and the steps leading thitherward. The
love Of purity, like the love Of fame, grow:
by what it feeds, and dies if it have moi
suitable nutriment. The girl and boy who
have steadily held up before their eyes al
ideal Of high and pure womanhood and
manhood, who are taught from carly child


hood that their bodies and their souls are
alike sacred to purity, will hardly fail tC
realize in maturity, the highest wishes o.
their parents in these respects. Heroic
virtue is never the result Of ignorance in q
man or woman. We who know the shoali
along the entrance to mature life, should
build light houses on sunken reefs, plan


buoys in dangerous places, and build life
boats for the rescue Of the shipwrecked.
Year: 1874




sisters.


NEW York, Oct. l4.-To-day the Epis-
copal Convention went into session with
closed doors. TO consider the certificates of
the candidates for the bishoprics of WiscOn-
sin and Illinois. When the members
came out from the secret session. for lunch,
no information could be cleaned from them,
other than that long and WOrdy discus
sion had taken place over petition, which
has been forwarded to the convention from
Chicago, in relation to the confirmation of
Bishop Simpson, of Illinois. When the
delegates had retired again, all representa-
tiveS of the press were excluded, and even
the missionary delegates were refused ad-
mission. At o'clock the session ended,
but no information could he obtained, 9TH
er than that the secret session would be
continued tomorrow, after religious ser
vi 'eS. as no conclusion had yet been ar
rived at.


DeaeOnesses.


The committee appointed to consider the
prOpriety of reviving the order of deacOness,
after giving the subject careful cnnsidera-
tion, recommend the passage Of the follow
ing canon:


1. Women Of devout character and proved
fitness may be set apart by any bishop of
the church for the work of a deacOnesS or
sister, according TO any form as shall he
authorized by the bishop Of any diocese.


2. The duties proper TO deaconess or
sister, are declared to be the care of our
Lords poor and sick, the education of the
young, the instruction Of the neglected,
and work Of moral reformation.


,. No woman shall be set apart 70 the
work of deaconess or sister until she
shall be twenty-five years old, unless the
bishop. for special reasons, shall deem it
CNpedient to admit the candidate al an
earlier age. in no case less than twenty-one
years. 1t being further provided that no
woman shall be set apart until showing
that she is a regular communicant in good
standing in the church The bishop shall
also satisfy himself that the applicant has
had an adequate preparation for her work,
both technical and religious. which prepara-
ton shall Lave covered period of at least
one year.


4. No deaconess or sister shall work
in a diocese without the express authority,
in writing, Of the Bishop of that diocese.


5. A deacOness or sister may, at any
time, resign her office TO the ecclesiastical
authority, from which she received it, but
no deaconess or sister, having once given
I'D her commission, shall be reappointed,
unless, in the judgment OF the Bishop SAID
resignation was for weighty cause.


6. 4 deacOneSS or sister may he trans
ferred from one diocese tOanother by letters
dismissing, upon request from the Bishop
of the diocese 10 which she is transferred.


4. The const tuition and rules for the
home government of any community OF
deaconesseS, or sisters shall have the sane
tion of the Bishop of the diocese in which
such community exists. All books Of de
yotion and foTmularies Of worship used in
such community, shall have like sanction
and shall be in harmony with the usaees OF
this country and the principles of he book
Of Common Prayer.
Year: 1874

Was the name of an undertaken ever
seen in the lists of bankrupts ? We have
never found patent caskets in any sche-
dule Of assets exhibited by an assignee
Farmers are sold out. Brokers break.
Companies collapse. Governments become
in.olvent But the fashionable undertaken
flourishes, and is never brought to grief,
except in professional way. The dealers
in metallic cases are unffacted by financial
panics.


Is it because burying is a steady, un-
fuctuating trade, or is it that there is Il
wider margin Of profits in collins than iii
other merchandise? ? They ought, as ne
cessities Of life, or, rather, Of death, t.
be, like other necessities, cheap. But
dose not the cost Of modern sarcophagus,
walnut OF metallic, rank among the luxuriers?
There is a growing inquiry whether this
peculiar kind Of joiners' work Is not rated
much above the usual cabinet prices.


People pay funeral bills without word.
To hesitate at Il single item is counted u
sign Of an ignobe spirit, and to squabble
over the price Of coffin would entail a
disgrace upon children's children In other
purchases men examine the goods and hear
the prices. They pass from shop to shop
and buy only at the best bargains But
who has the heart to inquire the cost of
the coffin that must receive the first born
of your boyhood's friend, far less TO haggle
over the price put on it by the maker.
The day of mourning is not a time to pass
from street to street comparing these sad
forms Of polished wood, and setting the
price Of one against the other.


There are many households III fair condi-
ton that can i'll afford To lose the head of
the family, and find that the burial expenses
cut deeply into years income. Not to
have fitting funeral equipment, such as
the fashion Of the day requires, argues in
the public mind ignorant or unworthy
motives, and to yield to the full tax of
modern mortuary upholstery is severe
pressure upon persons Of even not very
limited means.


We shall hail the day with pleasure
when the mode Of sepulchcr Shall be
simple, and the laying Of the dead in the
earth viii not heavily burden the living.
When dust to dust" is so expensive, is
it amy wonder that the cremationists have
received countenance, when they offer, at
triiiing outlay and in the old classic
fashion, to turn ''ashes ~


Whoever will inaugrate movement
against expensive funerals will be bene-
flctor 1t viii be a Ceristian charity for
the churches to begin a crusade against
the cost of collins
Year: 1874

and could not look an honest man in the
face. Now it was out, he could make a
clean breast of it, which he did.


The court, upon learning the facts in
the case, released the young clerk, and
arrested the red culprit, to whom was
dealt the full rigor of the law During
the year the swindling was going on,
$4,000 worth of goods were shipped to-
this receiver in Jersey City, and the trial
further brought to light the fact that the
same man had several other places where he
received goods, from clerks whom he had
similarly entrapped. 1t is said, that the
amount Of robbery going on in this way, is
almost incalculable. The defaultcrs who
swindle by the SJ00,00O worth are general
ly discovered, if they are not punished, but
1t seems almost impossible to stop the
peculation, which has nearly arrived at the
dignity Of fine art
Year: 1874

been made to produce ninety pounds per
day


The cow gave birth to male calf a
month or two since As a matter or fact
it is stated that all her calves have been
males. The cow is ten years old, and we
should say her color is not very unlike that
Of the celebrated white coat belonging to
the late Horace Greeley. She is not do
INC as well this season as she did last year.
for the grass is less nutritious, and still she
is now averaging her eighty pounds of milk
per day. She is MIXED three times a dav,
and fills two pals at a milking. OF course
she is an object of great curiosity, and is visi-
ted by persons residing in all parts of the
country, The General AYERS that he is
GLAD to see all such, for his statements APP
pear so much like eXaggcration that he is
relieved when he can show them the cow
She is robust looking animal and evident
ly relishes her food and enjoys life As
an evidence of her capacity General Hun
gerford stated that she alone supplied the
boarding house connected with the Hun
gcrford Collegiate Institute with milk dur
ing the entire term.


There are those who would like to pos
sess the animal and have written the Gen
eral to ascertain his price for her-Senator
Fenton among the number But her
owner does not care to sell. He values
her at So, ,000, and would prefer to keep
her than to part with her even at those
high figures. We presume he thinks it
something to be able able to say that he
owns the most extraordinary mixer i'll the
world or of which there is any record.
Year: 1874

dozen lashes from each ship. Boatswains'
mates do your duty ?


The strokes of the lash fell heavily, and
at what to me seemed long intervals Ga
minute between each at least) The very
first brought blood the sufferer restrained
his utterance till about the fifth or sixth !;
but then the pent up agency had vent in a
shrek, enough to rend heart of stone.


At the end of the first instament of a
dozen lashes, the victims back was one
mass Of lacerated flesh and blood and over
this spread blanket, which, we were as
sured, was stepped i'll vinegar and brine, as
some said to augment the suffering, as
others contended, to prevent notification


"The boats now all fell into line, each
towing the one next behind her at an in
terval of about boats length apart, and
the last having the launch with the prisoner
in tow, all pulling against stiff head wind
to the shi p next in order to windward /;
occupying from fifteen to twenty minutes.


Here the same horrible scene was re
peated, and so onward till about ten or
twelve ships had been visited, there being
six or eight more to 90 to when the victim
having several times tainted, and his voice
ceased to give forth either shrieks or groans,
he was reported by the surgeon to be IN
capable Of bearing any further infiction,
and was ordered to be rowed ashore to the
hospital, before reaching which he was
discovered to be dead and some declared
that he had received the last heavy lashes
on his body after the spirit had quilted its
earthly tenement"


Before the feet sailed Mr.. Buckingham
deserted, and was fortunate enough to
escape re-capture, and its consequent repeti-
ton of this disgusting aud disgraceful scene,
with himself for the principal actor.
Year: 1874

Many instances have been given by
travellers Of the affection shown by the
Arabian horses toward their masters and
much also has been written to prove their
sagacity, as to make one believe, at times
that they must be endued with an instinct
which approaches nearly, if not quite, to
the reasoning faculty Of human being
Be this as it may, we very much doubt if
among the feats narrated Of the horses of
the East, any can be found that exceeds in
affectionate devotion the following incident
which was told us a few days since by the
soldier to whom it occurred The nara
tor is young Irishman. and, like many
others Of his nation, joined, shortly after
his arrival in America, Sheridans brigade
1t was in one Of those forced marches,
when they had driven back the enemy, and
had been iii the saddle for several consccu-
tive days and nights that this trooper avail
cd himself Of Il temporary halt to slip from
his saddle and stretch himself upon the
turf-his horse, meanwhile, browsing in
the immediate neighborhood. He had
slept for some little time when he was sud
denly awakened by the frantic paving of
his horse at his side Fatigued By his
long ride he did not rouse at once. but lay
in that partially conscious state which so
frequently attends great physical prostra-
ton. Soon, however, the faithful animal
perceiying that Its efforts had failed to ac-
complish their object, licked his face
and placing his mouth close to his ear ut
tered q loud snort. Now thoroughly
awake, he sprang up, and as the horse
turned for him to mount, he saw for the
first time that his comrades had all disap-
peared, and that the enemy were coming
down upon him at full gallop Once
mounted the faithful beast bore him with
the speed of the wind safely from the dan
ger, and soon placed him among his COM
panions. Thus" he added, with emotion,
''the noble fellow saved me from captivity,
and perhaps from death.


Can there be found on record a more
beautiful example of aiIectionate devotion
on the part of dumb brute for his master
than this Undoubtedly similar examples
have occurred during the late European
and our own civil wars which viii forever
be buried in oblivion Would that they
might be brought to light if their narra-
ton could in any degree mitigate the
cruelty to which the horse-notwthStand-
ing the efforts of Mr.. Bergh--is constant
ly subjected, especially in our large cities,
where many Of the drivers are more brutal
than the beasts they have in Charge Cor.
Of ". T. EUeninq Post.
Year: 1874

Says the New York correspondent Of the
Buffalo Express: Not long ago IA young
man, clerk in shipping house in this
city, became acquainted with one Of those
telnptcrs. The clerk belonged to most
excellent family, had been well brought up,
and no one thought him capable Of doing a
dishonest deed. His tempter was also a


young man, and one Of unusual graces of
manner and person. One day he got his
victim to ship lot of goods to his address,
in Jersey City, and DESTROYED the receipt.
They sold the goods and shared the pro
ceeds of the sale, The man who had been
tempted, felt the stings Of Conscience and
when his friend asked him to do the deed


again. he refused. But it was of no use.
The friend told him if he did not do as
he was bid, he would expose him Any
thing rather than that He DESTROYED
another and another, and for a whole year
kept up this system of peculation. He
never received a cent of the guilt money
after the first transaction, for the sharper
had him IN his power, and merely used him


as tool Finally, the clerk 5 dishonesty
was discovered, and he Was brought to trial.
lie appeared to ind relief in his arrest, and
said that anything was better than the
agony Of suspense that lie had been in for
the past year that he was ashamed to go
home TO his mother and sisters at night,
Year: 1874

a correspondent writes After fighting
them eight years, | learned from girl
who had served as chambermaid in a large
boarding house, that bugs could be entire
ly cXterminated for all time. | immedia-
tely followed her directions, which was to
take grease that was melted out Of salt
pork, to melt it, and to keep it melted (the'
vessel can be kept in a pan of coals), and
to put it with the feather end of quill in
every place where [ could find bug. 1t
is necessary to see that the bed cords are.
entirely free from the pests, and will war
rant there will be no more trouble. 1t is
more that thirty years since bug has been
seen in my house
Year: 1874

A petrifed ring dove has been found in
Reading, and the Times describes it thus I:
The form of the body, head and neck are
well preserved. The place where the eyes
were can even be noted. 1t is in sitting
posture, half reclining on the right side,
much compressed in the middle of the body,
and the head turned to one side. The
ring round his neck is plainly discerniblc.
and there can be no mistaking it"
Year: 1874

4 Chester man can smokes a cigar until
1t is entirely consumed, without emitting
any smoke from his month or nose, can
follow this feat by eating hearty meal,
and afterwards emit all the smoke of the
cigar through his nostrils The Neecs says
90
Year: 1874

\ large deposit of white clay such as is
used in the manufacture of ofqueensware,
has just been discovered near Hacketts-
town, New Jersey. The only other known
deposit of this clay in the country is at
Trenton.
Year: 1874

The well-known fact that in the VIII ole
of N Orthern Europe all butter, without
exception is salted Immediately on
its production, while in the Southern
countries none but the most inferior


butter is either sold or used salted,


led to the investigation of the effect
of the salt by Martini. This inelu-
ded analysis of salted and unsalted
butter by Prof Miller, and the con.
clusiOn was reached that the salt is
advantageous to both the consumer
and producer. The weight of the
butter does not seem to be increased
by the salt, since the weight of the
liquid worked out about equals that
of the salt added. The butter so
treated is also found to be but little if
any richer in fat, but to keep better
and longer, not only on account of
the anticeptic property of the salt,


but because it is also partially freed
from casein and milk-sugar, the two
ingredients which, in the presence of
water, impart the tendency to de-
composition. The salt also renders
the working Of the butter easier, ap-
parently, by partially reducing the
adhesion between the casein and
milk-sugar and fatty particles, thus
facilitating the removal of the former,
just as salt added to poor milk will
cause it to filter more rapidly, while
casein and milk-sugar pass into the
filtrate, some casein remaining with
the fat on the filter. The preference
for unsalted butter in some countries,
Martina attributes entirely to un-
founded prejudice
Year: 1874

The Springfield Republican relates
a curious story Of the way in which
q dumb man in Massachusetts recent
ly reco ered his voice. He lost il
about 4 wear ago, while recovering
from an attack of cerebro-spinal men,
ingitis, but few mornings ago he
was awakened about four O'Clock by
a sense Of oppression and faintness.
He became conscious enough to un-
derstand that gas was escaping from
coal stove, and that he would soon
die unless he could get to fresh air;
so, after many falls and tnmbles. he
gained the outside door, when he
tainted, but was soon aroused by the
tapping and tugging of a faithful
Newfoundland dog. Then the thought
came to him that his wife and child
were in the house, and though he
had not spoken for months, he called
loudly for help, his cries, united with
the howls the dog now set up, soon
rousing a neighbor, to whom he told
his troubles, and again tainted and
was insensible for two hours On
recovering he was unable to talk,
but the doctor, on hearing the case,
caught the idea and ordered him to
visit the gas-house and breathe the
air in the puriiiing room. After
spending an hour and half there
he could talk in q whisper, and has
since steadily regained the perfect
use of his voice.