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Year: 1874

TRENTON, Wis, April 10th.
Editor Grange Advancc


DEAR SIR II like to write for your
paper, and I hope all the young folks
will write. As I was reading your pa
per last night [ saw letter from Katie
Bell Denman I noticed she was about
my age, that she went to school in Min
nesota City, and that they had very
nice school house, and I thought I would
like to know what she studied. would
like to have her tell me in her next let
ter, and then when I write again I will
tell her what I study. I see Danelia
Saunders is the only one that has COM
piled with your request in sending her
picture. 1 have only one picture and
ma and pa wants to keep it, but I am 60
ing to have some more taken and then
l will send one. Ma and pa belong to
the Trenton Grange.


Yours, very respectfully,


NELLIE H. MORGAN.
Year: 1874

FEArHERsroNH, Goodhue County,


April 9Th, 1874.


DEAR EDITOR II have seen 50
many letters from the young people
thought I would write a few lines too.
Pa takes this paper he gets one every
week. / live in Featherstone, twelve
miles fraap ryaap Red Wing. I go to the
white school house at Mr.. Burley's.
We are a going to have a new brick one
this summer. We live in a pleasant
grove, one mile from the school house.
We are going to have new house this
summer. We are going to build in a
grove near the road. I have two broth
ers and three sisters. I have been very
busy this week for our girl went away
and got married. I am ten years old.
I forgot to tell you how old I was at
first. I am afraid you will not print
this but if you do will try to do better
the next time. So good bye, sir.


CYNTHE A. HUTCHINSON.
Year: 1874

The sovereigns of industry
seem to be increasing with great
rapidity in some of the States.
They have recently held a State
Convention in Ohio, at which were
representatives from 100 councils
with membership Of 10000. The
objects of the new organization
are stated in brief to be "To effect
a saving in purchases and to raise
the mental and moral standard of
the productive workers of the coun.
try"
Year: 1874

Proceeding south and up the river
from the falls, us far as the lake would
extend, We find at its head chance for
another dam Of six feet or more in
height, with flow back three fourt!ls of
mile, makiug the fourth water power
described. The fifth is two and a half
miles from Cannon falls, a mile from
this point, and is now occupied by
Messrs. Archibald l. Wilcox.


\ permanent stone dam raises the
water twelve feet, the chuunel below
having recently been dccpened two and
a half or three feet, on which is one of
mills, the building and arrangements Of
which We're made without regard to ex-
pense, and is indeed IL mill unrivalied
in its convenience and capacity for busi-
ness.


Retracing our steps: We now find
ourselves again at the junction Of the
Little with the Big Cannon river.
Proceeding up the Cannon river. we
come to another superior water power
(the sixth J.. with smooth rock river bed
and banks Of suitable height for dam
Of twelve feet about sixty rods above
the Junction Of the Cannon river. Here
both banks are nearly level, affording
elevated sites for mills on both siles OF
the river. This is the best mill site on
the Big Cannon river within the plot
ting OF the towns addition, and as vet
both the addition and water power is
unimproved and awaiting development.


Forty rods west in straight line, al
though by course of the river, twice as
far we come to the seventh water pow
er just outside the plotting of the Can
non Falls addition. Here the banks
are low and level, and river wide, with
smooth bottom and banks of rock, af-
fording a natural fall Of four and Il half
feet III twenty feet of river; called
Hale's Falls.


The land here is level on either bank.
covered with from three to four feet of
soil, requiring a dam but four and
half feet hig h with ample room for
waste water. On the left or south bank,
the side on which the company's ad-
dition is plotted, is a depression in the
ock under the soil in a straight line
toward said addition like canal, into
which the soil has washed, which ex-
tends about fifteen rods with corres-
ponding depression running parallel with
the first, a natural mill race where the
water would run into and could find the
river as many rods below, after leaving
the canal on the bank. The fall thus
obtained would be fourteen or fifteen
feet. Mills on this site would stand
ten or fifteen rods from the river, and
close to the plotted addition, = This is
altogether the safest, most elevated and
commanding waterpower on the Big
Cannon river near the town, and could
be carried by canal opposite the
towns addition. No freshet would dam
age mills situated on this site, and q
canal could be easily covered in front Of
the mills, as we'll as the race below and
none seen within fifteen rods from the
site.


Above on the river bank three-quar-
ters Of q mile, we come to the celebrated
spring known as the Parks Spring,
which rushes from the south bank and
tumbles in rapid descent fifteen feet
into the river, and affords an excellent
three horse water power, which was so
used three years since, to run the card
ing machine Of S. Hale, now at River
Falls, Wis.
Year: 1874

The ex-queens of France
and Spain find no more use for
their jewelry, and are to offer them
for sale. When the crowns and
jewels of royalty get on the auction
block, it is good sign for the peo-
pie.
Year: 1874

The frst line Of Grey's Elegy,


"The eurfew tolls the knell Of parting day, :
has made the word csgfs0 familiar 70 every
English-speaking boy and girl. The word
Is formed Of two French words, courre fen
or eoHvrfr .fsu (coyer fire, and came into
use when William the Norman, the irsI
monarch Of England, made law that all
fires should be extingaished at the sound
Of the evening bell.


To many hearts in the old country that
cherish its traditions, the acurfewH recalls
a story Of loves devotion.


In the time Of Cromwell young sol.
der, for some offence, was condemned "a
die, aud the time of his death was fixed
"at the ringing Of the curfew." Naturally
such doom would be fearful and bitter 70
one in the years Of his hope and prime,
but to this unhappy youth death was
doubly terrible, since he was soon 70 have
been married to beautiful young lady
whom he had long loved.


The lady who loved him ardently in
return, had used her utmost efforts "a
avert his fate, pleading with the judges,
and even with Cromwell himself, but all in
vain. In her despair, she tried to bribe
the old the sexton to ring the bell, but she
found that impossible. The hour drew
near for the execution. The preparations
were completed. The officers Of the law
brought forth the prisoner, and waited
white the sun was setting, for the signal
from the distant bell-tower.


To the wonder Of everybody, it did moi
ring Only one person at that moment
knew why The poor girl, half wild with
the thought Of her lovers peril, had rushed
unseen up the winding stairs, and climbed
the ladder into the belfry loft and seized
the tongue Of the bell.


The old sexton was in his place, prompt
to the fatal moment He threw hi,
weight upon the rope and the bell obedienl
to his practiced haiid reeled and swung Il
and fro 10 the tower. But the brave girl
kept her hold, and no sound issued from
its metallic lips.


Again aud again the sexton drew th.
rope, but with desperate strength the
young heroine held on. Every movement
made her position more fearful ever,
sway Of the bells huge weight threatened
70 fling her through the high tower win.
dow but she would not let go.


At last the sexton wen, away. Old ant
deaf he had not noticed that the curiev
gave no peal. The brave girl descended
from the belfry, wounded and trembling
She hurried from the church to the plac,
ofexecution. Cromwell himself was there
and was just sending to demand why the
bell was silent. She saw him


sand her brow,
Lately white with sickening horror, glows viii
hope and courage now;


At hisfeet she told herstory, showed her hand
all bruised and torn,


And her sweet young face still haggard with In,
anguish it had worn,


Touched his heartwith sudden pity, lit his eye
with misty light
Year: 1874

A GOOD floor manager--A broom.


CHESS for four is German innova-
ton.


TIE -daine chance-rThe thermometer
below zero.


WHAT is the keynote of good breeding? {?
B natural.


ELECTRIC belles-Female telegraph
operators.


A BAD habit to get into-A coat that is
not paid for.


ALL overskirts are now made with a
diagonal point in front


NEW YORK claims one drinking saloon
to every 1870 of its population.


THE attempt to weave zephyr W 2 steds
of heir-looms has proved failure.


A LITTLE old maid says that the small
est women look hopefully to Hymen.


A GUNsMrTH's shop is like chicken
pie, because ii contains fowlin' pieces.


WHY is hog good mathematician
Because he is good on a square root"


ALREADY many of the retail stores in
New York display spring and summer
goods.


PARTIES going over the ocean should be
warmly clothed. The steamers are always
cOaled.


PURPLE is one of the most fashionable
colors of the season, and is seen in almost
every material.


GERMAN immigration to the South is
subject seriously discussed and generally
encouraged by the planters.


MORE than half million lives are now
insured by the two hundred and odd CON-
panies engaged in that business.


FOURTEEN People in One Room
Three Sick, One Dead and All Starving"
is heading in the Atlanta (Ga) Herald.


A BUFFALO Alderman told policeman,
who accoste1 him, to mind his business.
The policeman obeyed, and locked him
up.


COFFEE is higher in gold than ever
known in this country before, but burnt
beans is a cheerful food and cheap as
ever.


PROF. PRoCToR has killed the man in
the moon, for he demonstrates that there
is no atmosphere on the moon and no life
there.
Year: 1874

During the late session Of the Board Of
Supervisors, petitions were presented by
Sup'r SilyiS for license for three persons in
his town to sell liquor. \ motion was
made to refer these petitions to a commit
tee, whcreupon Sap'r Siyis withdrew
them.


The clerk, in makingup the proceedings,
made no report of this fact, as he should
have done, and the petitioners were leftin the
dark as to what became OF their petitions,
except as they learned by inquiry of their
supervisor. An entry should have been
made by the clerk of their presentation
and then the petitioners would have been
informed of the fact through the papers.


The clerk could find time to inject side
remarks of the Chairman into the proceed
Jugs. which had no business on the record
but neglected to note this matter, which
really was a matter of record, and should
have been noticed.


The petitions will probably be presented
again at the September term.
Year: 1874

Mr. Boutwell, yesterday addressed the Senate
upon the subject of finances. He opposed any
increase in the volume Of the currency, and at
the same time opposed any reduction of it. He
stated that it had been The custom for long
time for the banks of New York to pay interest
on deposits that practice had attracted the
paper currency to that city. There was inaa-
ton and speculation, followed by disaster and
ruin and be considered general imitation OF
tie currency Of the county would be followed
by like results. He thought that the 1Bsue
Of the 81, ,00o,0 ought never to have been
questioned. and hoped that the matter would
now be- determined. The Treasury Department.
in using part of it, had acted on the idea that
it could be used whenever there Was necessity
for it. though it was to be retired when the e1i-
gency had passed.; He did not understand that
the Department was to add the 944 000, 900 to
the volume Of currency, the amount of which to
be kept in circulation be understood to be 1885,
000.000. He opposed the plan Of 3 currency
convertible into bonds, and did not consider epe-
Gle payments possible.
Year: 1874

There is q good deal OF talk about bringing
producers and consumers together. but there is
little hope OF uniting them On the tariff, what
ever may be the result in regard to the trans
ets OF iron and steel met yesterday in Boston,
and formed an association to obtain the reduc-
ton Of the duties on iron and steel. At the last
meeting Of tha American Iron and Steel Associa-
ton {producers) Congress Was asked to increase
these duties
Year: 1874

longer exerted than Ill the circumstances Of tho
case demand.


He does not, it is true, make it VIII measure,
but lie fiuds no authority for making Treasury
notes q 1egal-tender save in some pressing
emergency OF the nation, when soH-preaerTa-
tion oyerrides all other considerations. 1t is
true that since these decisions were announced
there have been additional changes in the
Court. Chief-Justice Chase and Justice Nelson
have deceased, and their places have been tiled
By others; nevertheless the argument OF al the
Judges who affirmed the constitutionality OF the
Legal-Tendor oct as to past contracts remains,
that such proceeding is warranted only in the
presence OF war, or some great national ezlgen-
cy, where all private rights yield to the necessi-
ty OF preserving the life and existence OF the na~
tion. It il therefore h matter as near certainty
as anything eau be assumed to be certainty IN
jurisprudence, that the Supreme cou1t would
deny the conetitutionality OF q new Lee
cal-Tendor act At time when the country Is IN
a condition Of profound peace, and when there
ls no difficulty in the Government raising sufti-
cient revenue by taxea or by 1oan.


The act limiting the issue OF legal-tender
notes to 940O, 1000. 900 has, Of cour6e, no other
binding force than the pledge Of the national
honor. It is to bo hoped that this consideration
has nat wholly lost its force with the American
people, The imperious necessities OF war, to
which so much has been conceded, no longer
exist; conditions have changed, and there can
be nothing at this time so conducive to national
credit and to the perpetuity OF national exist
ence as u firm adherence to the plighted faith OF
the Government. made at q time when it "as
anvi1oned with the perils Of civil war. But,
whether this consideration prevails or not, the
iulationista have high vail and deep ditch
to climb over in the Supreme Court. and they
cannot fail to take that obstacle into considers
tiDn-
Year: 1874

a1y. He has proved himself to be a little worse
than Capron The Japan Herald Says the gen.
tleman is capable OF drinking more liquor and
talking more nonsense in q given timo than
any man existing. Unfortunately. lie holds
q contract for a term OF three years. While tho
Japanese have to pa3 him they have nevertne-
less dispensed with his services, and employed
two English lawyers who are competent for the
work. It may be very handy arrangement for
the State Department to use japan as an
asylum for incapables, but the practice is one
which will do no credit to us as nation, and
may sooner or later involve us in a manner
which will work 1naterial harm to the country.
The Japanese are not fools, ia shown BY the
ease with which they discovered the real status
Of aesHrs. capron nnd Smith, and if the Govern
mont wishcs to lose what influence it already has
in japan, 4 few more Caprons and Smiths cent
over thero will undoubtedly accomplish that
result.
Year: 1874

Congress is pointedly requested by the Wis
eonsin Senate to submit to the people an amend
1nent to the United States Constitution forbid
ding any Conrgess to increase it's own salaries
Year: 1874

Although the fall and winter season of music
presents little variety outside the opera, yet
the quality is so good that one may be inclined
to accept the paucity of the material without
a murmur. We are assured OF the presence of
Thomas orchestra, which alone is sufficient
guarantee Of the highest standard of music
and as that ndefatigable director is in con-
stant receipt of strange and interesting manu-
scripts from Germany there is every reason
to expect that the programmes of his SYM
phony concerts this winter will contain gems
of inestimable value. The Philharmonic
Society has been recently reorganized and
placed on sounder musical basis than ever.
and the new Oratorio Society will likely be
heard in some OF those sublime works left to
us by Handel, Bach. Haydn and Mendelssohn.
Miss Kellogg has assembled around her an
English opera company of rare merit, but her
efforts will be confined to the provinces until
the Italian opera season is over in this city.
The Di Murska Concert Troupe is the only
organization of the kind as yet announced for
the season, although numerous little parties
may be expected to spling up as the season
progresses. Unlike the dramatic managers
who generally complete their arrangements
for the entire season before the opening of
their houses, the musical entrepreneurs are
often Obliged to depend upon the uncertain
ties OF negotiations with great artists in
Europe, which are sometime, concluded in
the middle Of the season. The Italian Onera
Company Is now complete, and the promise of
the production of such works as ssrhe Flvino
Dutchman,' by Wagner; 'Ruy Bias" by
Marchetti 'Romeo and Juliet" bv Gounod
and the Missa di Requiem, by Verdi, will
create much interest in it. The French
optra bo,4e is already at the height of its sea-
son at the Lyceum Theatre, and will have as
musical successor the same kind of enter
tainment in English. 1t is pity that our
German singing societies, some of which are
composed of the best musical material. sbould
absent themselves so persistently from public
entertainments. Grand concerts. in which
;he best choral works might be given. would
lend additional lustre to the musical season
and would make those societies more popular
The military bands attached to certain repi
ments Of the State National Guard will ESSAY
a series of concerts at their respective
armories, but as yet their arrangements are in
chaotic state. Such is the musical prospect
at the present date, but the unexpected arrival
of some European celebrity (and an event of
this kind is not at all unlikely may alter ma
teraly the arrangements Of some OF the man
agers
Year: 1874

quitting verdict of Plymouth church Every


Congregational clergyman of the country will
anxiously examine the evidence with feeling


denomination. If any considerable number
of them shall be of opinion that Mr. Beechers S
defence is not satisfactory new council will
be called and he will be put on formal trial
The sentiment of Plymouth church will weigh
nothing against the evidence; and it is clearly
within the authority of the religious denomina-
tion which ordained him and commissioned
him to preach to revoke his credentials
and degrade him from the minis
try If Plymouth church should. choose
to uphold him after that It cannot efface the
indelible disgrace which will have been
brought upon his name. However weak
may be the authority and loose the discipline
of the Congregational denomination it is at
least equal to cashisring clergyman whom it
commissioned and Withdrawing its fellowship
from church that maintains such clergy
man In its pulpit In trial before council
of ministers Mr.. Beecher will not be per-
mitted to select his own judges, and an
aequittal, If the council should acquit him,
will have some moral value.


But whatever may be the ultimate result
OF this investigation, when transferred to an
impartial tribunal not selected by the accused,
the lesson as to clerical intercourse and pas
toral visits must remain the same. The new
code which ought to be adopted is as neces-
sary for the security and protection of inno-
cence as for the prevention of guilt. For the
same reason that virtuous woman, .whose
character exempts her from all suspicion,
would avoid the indecorum of allowing
gentleman in her bedchamber with the door
closed, pious and faithful clergymen should
favor code of manners which would insure
their profession against the possibility of false
accusations.
Year: 1874

OuR LONDON LEITER. letter Of our
London correspondent will be found full of
Interesting gossip about men and events. The
proposed royal residence in Ireland, the
Farewell dinner to Mr. Stanley previous to his
departure on his new African expedition, and
hhe efforts made by the cable monopolsts to
gobble up the new cable company, are all
touched upon. Although London is supposed
H. be deserted at this season there can be no
hearth of interesting topics in that human
hive.
Year: 1874

Mr. MouLToN's card to the public puts q
different color upon his part in the riot of
Friday night He says that he knew he
lwas to be misrepresented in the report of the
committee in regard to the cross-examination,
and attended the meeting to justify himself in
Ahe opinion of the congregation, of which he
6s a member
Year: 1874

new spirit of American journalism. Here is
the greatest OF living travellers. one of the best
OF modern writer's and the leading Arctic
explorer of the time, uniting in friendly
rivalry to describe an event which is only i'm
portant because of its historical and moral
significance. This duty they have discharged
not as scientific men nor as mere authors OF
books, but as journalists, and journalism de-
mands peculiar faculties of readiness and
energy which ars not always found united
with eminence in science and art.
Year: 1874

ling and strife. Under any
rule that might Be adopted
much would still have to be left to the
discretion Of the Grange. We can con-
ceive of circumstances under which it
would be perfectly legitimate to discuss
the merits of the candidates of the
different parties within the Grange, but
this could very rarely occur.


If we shall make peace and unity of
action the polestar of all our efforts
we shall meet but little practical diff
Guilty in these troublesome questions. So
mote it be.
Year: 1874

WHEREAS, The question of political
discussion in the Grange is receiving
support enough to call for
clear expression of sentiment
from all loyal oranges, and whereas a
division of opinion on the subject among
law.abiding Patrons seems to US i'm.
possible.


Therefore resolved, That in our
Grange capacity we will not lend our.
selves to any political party or faction,
but will engage in those pleasures and
discharge those duties for which the
Order was alone created.


Resolved further, That we hold it to
be the duty of every Patron to be we'll
informed on the leading issues of the
day, and to exercise his right of suf-
frage in such manner as he believes
most likely to fulfill the mission of the
Order, but this is duty to be per-
formed outside the gates.


Resolved further, That there are sew.
eral reasons why We believe it to be un-
wise and inexpedient to discuss these
questions in Grange, foremost and suf:
ficient Of which is that the law forbids
it. And further


Resolved, That we look with suspicion
upon the motives Of those who advocate
the violation of law for political profit,
and that he who would subvert the order
to his personal gain or aggrandizement is
a traitor, worthy of ignominious defeat
and expulsion from the Order; and
finally


Resolved, That at all times and under
all circumstances, in the matter of obe-
dience to the law, as in all things else,
We will chew to the line, let the chips
fall where they may"


Unanimously adopted July II, 1874.


FIVE, TWENTY EIGHT.