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Year: 1879

What the democratic party ought
to do now, if reports reaching here are
<0rrcct, h to alter its course as to the
political ~Sentest now going on in
Maine. The fight is not between ''saft"
and ''hard" moIicy men, but really
between the conservative people of the
State and the Blainc-Hamlin radical
party. The result of last year, if re-
pcated, can but have an important
effect in other States. Liberal contri-
buttons of money, and the sending of
able speakers to that State, by the
Conservative men of the country, to
meet the necessities created by the
extraordinary canvass being made by
the other side. AT least, aid should
not be given to the other party, as
now, it seems, is being done.


There are few facts which it viii
be well to remember in connection
with the coming political contests.


1st. The Democratic party has, at
the recent session of Congress, demon
strated its devotion 70 free elections
and fair juries. 1t has done this at an
apparent peril Of loosing support in
several States.


I'd. The Republican party, apparent
ly for immediate gain, and certainly
not as a matter of principle, has at the
same time voted for and spoken for
military and civil interference at the
polls and prescription in the jury-box.


Men will and should remember
these two facts. When the occasion
comes they will show that they appre-
ciatc the full force of them.


The sending of Secretary Sherman
to Maine indicates not so much a
desire to make him Presidential can
didate as to make the financial issue a
prominent question in the coming
campaign. What the willy Secretary
himself may think the effect will be
on his own fortunes is another matter.
But the radical idea is, while pushing
the sectional issues as far as seems
iudicious, to make considerable fight
on the finances.


Those who have called the next
meeting of the National Banking As
sociation, to meet at Saratoga on the
9th, 7th and 9Th of August, have
wisely determined to ask the attend
ance of persons connected with State
Banks, Savings Banks, and other
financial institutions, as well as of
representatives of commercial and
other branches of business. The meet
ing will be large and can hardly fail
Of important results.


Among the Second-Licutenants to
be appointed from civil life are sons of
Generals Fremont, Ord and Ruckcr.
Only three appointments are made
from the South. There were over a
thousand applications for the thirty
seven vacant places.


DoN
Year: 1879

The shadow of the mountain falls athwart
the lowly plain,
And the shadow Of the clOudlet hangs
above the mountains head
And the highest hearts and lowest wear the
shadow Of some pain,
And the smile is scarcely fitted ere the
anguished tear is shed.
For no eyes have there been ever without a
weary tear,
And those lips cannot he human which
have never heaved q sigh;
For without the dreary winter there has
never been year,
And the tempests hide their terrOrs in the
calmest summer sky.
So this dreary life is passlng-and we move
amid its maze,
And we grope along together, half in
darkness, half in light;
And our hearts are often hardened by the
mysteries of our ways,
Which are never all in shadow and never
wholly bright.



And our dim eyes ask beacon and our
weary feet guide,
And our hearts Of allnfe's mysteries seek
the meaning and the key;
And cross CLEANS DER our pathway, on it
hangs thV Qrucified,
And Ne answers all our yeaNAipgs by the
whisper, "Follow Me-" ~
Year: 1879

Derrick Dodd, tells the following good
story


1t was a sad looking tramp, with panied
expression of face, that entered a Sutter
street barroom the other day holding in his
hand a small battered red canister. Look
at this he said sorrowfully. Il went into
gun shop and begged for something to eat,
and the mean man handed me this can of
powder. lie said 1 could go shooting-a
starving man go shooting Just think of
it,


well, mizzle ? retorted the bar-keeper,
who had just set up four fancy drinks for
row of customers,


Il pledge you my word, said the vagrant,
holding the can within an inch of the open
stove Pm 50 miserable Pve almost mind
to blow myself up


Dare you to do it, said one of the by
ISLANDERS, winking at the crowd,


The wretched party gave sad, lingering
look at the poured-out liquor, as that he
might meier behold again, and tossed in the
eau.


| lhe yell that the whole crowd gave as they
started for the other side of the street was
heard on Telegraph Hill. When they filed
in about ten minutes after the empty can
did not explode, there were lour empty
glasses on the-counter, the lunch table was
an empty mockery, and the till looked like
a savings bank on the day after really
large deposit.-SlH Francisco Post
Year: 1879

The maple sugar DAYS have coma, the
sweetest of the year, when little cakes, and
big ones, too, are sold so awfully dear We
sec the sugar in big brown cakes in some
windows and Ia straw colored cakes in 9th
er windows, and the proprietors Of the
first assure us that the deep brown color is
proof Of its genuineness, and the proprie-
tors of the second say they wouldn't keep
the brown article on any consideration. The
sign in tho shop windows raises suspicion
Genuine maple sugar" This naturally
suggests that some other place keeps maple
sugar that is not genuine. Maple sugar
warranted pure Then there must be quail
tiles not strictly pure Happily, however,
none OF this stuff is kept in Detroit as can
easily be proven by the signs in the win
dows. Every storekeeper in the city will at
once acknowledge that he keeps only the
pure article Many simple persons think,
mised by the name, perhaps, that maple SUI
gar is made from maple trees ia some maa-
ncr or other, but whether the trees are
grown up or not they are not exactly GER
tain. In olden times il must be aduitted
that maple sugar did have its origin in una
pie sap but modern science has made gi-
gantc strides in advance Of these crude old


fashioned ways of our ancestors. At this
time Of the year q long time ago sort of V
was cut on the naples about four feet from
the ground. An upward blow from an AK
under the Y cut a cash in which was iu-
serted the wooden spout, aud then into the
wooden troughs, or perhaps buckets, stcali-
" dripped the sweet ile-blood of the maple.
Then the boy came along with the sled gen
| orally drawn by oxen, who made frantic en-
deayors to drink the sap as they passed the
brimming troughs On the sled was a bar
| rel, which when filled, was taken to the
camp where seethed the steaming caldrous
over the slierce fire. Here the barrel was
| emptied into the large tank which supplied
the big open iron kettles suspended over
the fire. Then came the sugar-of And
with it came the reighboring young men
and maideus to assist 10 eating the rapidly
forming sugar. The sugar-oR was always
a big time. There was great deal of sweet
| talk INDUCED in, of course. If there was still


some snow left it was very useful The thick
boiled sugar was ladled out and poured not
into the cool snow. The result was a waxy


substance that had a sort of remote relations
| ship to the tati'y they give US nowadays
1t was sweeter than sister and stuck closer
than a brother when it got goou reliable
| bold in persons mouth. These were the
good old times when maple sugar sold for


five cents a pound, before we got into the
| improved method of manufacturing it from


brown West India sugar and Lake Huron


sand. However, we still respect the maple
sugar season, and don't dust off t., cake


and bring them to the light Of day except in


early spring, when genuine maple sugar is


made.-Detr0H Free Press
Year: 1879

Beware of evil habits. Easily learned,
they are tue most difficult to overcome. At
first, slender as the spiders most attenuated
threa1,' they chicken round us into, cords by
which are bound iuto most utter helpless
ness. No slavery for one moment can be
compared to that Of the man who is the SER
want OF ms lu'ts aud victim of pernicious
habits Withstand beginnings, therefore,


y Hear the confession of one
of the finest Of the English essayests who un-
happily knew from experience only too we'll
the degradation which he cries to you outof
his depths: the waters have gone over me.
But out Of the black depths, could L be
heard, | would cry out to all those who have
ser foot in the perlous flood. Gould the
youth to whom the flavor of his first wine is
delicious as the opening scenes of life, or
the entering upon some newly discovered
paradise, look into my desoation, and be
made to understand what a dreary thing it
is when a man shalt feel himself going
down precipice with open eyes and pas
sive will; to see his destruction and have no
power to stop it,and yet to feel it all the way
emanating from himself; to perceive all
goodness emptied out of him, and yet not
to be able to fix q time when it was other
wise to bear out the pteous spectacle of
his own sef-ruin; could he see my feversh
eye, feverish with last nights drinking, and
feverishly looking for this nights repetition
of the folly; could be feel the body of death
out of which l cry daily with feebler and
feeber outcry to be delivered, it were enough
to make him dash the sparkling beverage to
the earth in all the pride of its mantling
temprtion,'


Alasl poor Lamb may thy words to-day
Year: 1879

People generally suppose that there is
no danger to be appzehended from light
ming until there have been sharp reports
of thunder quickly following the flash,
and Indicating near explosion Of the
electric fluid.


Such is not the case. Two little girls
were killed in the upper part of the city
by the same bolt. There had been but
ono report of thunder before, and that
from distance. The little girls were
frightened and ran under tree. The
very next discharge from the clouds de
sccnded the tree and instantly killed both
of them.


When the celebrated James Otis, of
Massachusetts, the great orator of the
Revolution, was killed, 1t is said that but
single bolt fell from the clouds during
the shower. He had often expressed a
wish for sudden death, and had re-
marked that whenever his time should
come, he should prefer to be struck dead,
instantaneously, by lightning. One day
he was standing in his front door watch
ing small cloud which had arisen from
which rain drops had begun to tall. There
was single flash and he lay lifeless on
the floor, in accordance with his often
expressed preference.


1t is not safe at any time during a
thunder shower to stand by an open win,
dow Or door, or to take shelter under a
trec.~-Lez1ger
Year: 1879

"And therefore, will the Lord wait that he
may be gracious unto you. Blessed are they
that wait for him"-Isa Ez1: Is.
You are weary of the waiting,
For the time is passing slowly,
And the blessings that you long for are delayed


From day to day;


And although you know your Father,
You do not trust Him wholly
There are tones of disappointment in your


voices while you pray.
You arc weary of Gods waiting,
His answer tarry longer
Than in your impatient cagcrncss you ere have


understood.


You know that He is loving,
But it seems if love were stronger,


veal the sought-for good.
Oh, like to wilful children,


Who with active hands are trying
To put away the discipline of patience and of


pain!


Who the unripe fruit would gather,
And who spend the time In crying
For immediate gifts and pleasures though with


them be smaller gain!
Oh, like impatient children,
You would hasten the tomorrow,
And deem that you arc ready for the good that


it may bring!


God deigns to give the reason
Why He keeps you yet in sorrow,
1Auu AoAue DdSA 1IOiu aA your CF4V1HS HilJy y


wished-for precious thing.
He waits to be more gracious
In his manifold revcalings
Of his wondrous loving kindness and His


tender fatherh0od;


He would have the blessing richer,
And more perfect make the healings,
And more costly the great treasures Hc is


keeping for your good.
And blessed arc the patient,
Who can trust Him In their sadness,
And, though He still may tarry, can calmly


wait for Him;


For He, their faith rewarding,
Shall crown them with His gladncss,
And their garden shall be perfect though it


comes when day is dim.
His grace is worth the waiting!
Oh, though the day be drcary,
And the land is full of sorrow, be confident and


strong;


He who knows the time Of blessing
Wait on aud be not weary,
For soon His wondrous mercy shall fill your


heart with song.
Year: 1879




The faster and more gentle COW is
MIXED, the greater will he the amount
given. Slow mixers always gradually
dry up COW, and for the reassn that if
the milk he not drawn about as fast as it
is given down it will subsequently be
withheld, and that withheld, IS as mat
ter of course what is known as the strip
pings, in fact, the upper surface of milk
in the udder. Many mixers draw the
milk with strong downward pull, in
fact with jerk. This should never bc
allowed; it irritates the COW, and often
Injuries the bag Fill the teat and with
a firm pressure Of the last three fingers
empty it, drawing slightly on the tcat
and udder at the same time; SO proceed
alternately with each hand until the milk
supply is exhausted. Many mixers get
the habit of slow milking because steady,
firm, quick milking tires the fingers and
wrists. until by practice the muscles get
used to the work. Until this use be-
comes natural the Individual should only
milk such number as they can without
severe cramping of the hands; what arc
MIXED should be MIXED fast, increasing
the number until at last there is no tir-
ing whatever. Five minutes is the time
that should be allowed for milking COW.
There is another thing we'll worthy of be-
ing remembered. Cows should be milk
ed as nearly at given hour morning and
evening as possible, since undue disten-
tcntion Of the udder is always injurious.
Year: 1879

Patrons, read the following from the pen
of J. H. Stahl, writer in the Grange
Bulletin:


''The Grange has indirectly benefited
every farmer in the United States The
influence of the Grange does not stop
with its members, but affects every one
that tills the ground A Grange in a neigh
borhood is a lump of leaven, that perme-
ates the whole mass, and whose workings
are felt from center to rim of its little sur
rounding world The Grange has created
lively competition among farmers every
where, not for the greatest number ofacres,
the most work or the most money, but for
that honor and happiness that belongs to
agricultural life when properly enjoyed.
There is hustle, a vim, liveliness in the
country that was not there before the in
stitution of the Grange ..a.l-s.5 5"


"There is one thing not often mention
ed in which the Grange will elevate the
farmer, and that politically. Not that the
Grange should, or ever will, become a
political organization, or that it shall par
ticularly notice political issues, but indi-
rectly it will elevate the standing of the
farmer in politics. Farmers DO not receive
that consideration in legislative halls that
their numbers entitle them to, for the rea-
son that they are not represented there.
There are but 10 farmers in Congress, 3
of whom are Grangers, AS a natural re-
suit, railroads, stock -jobbers and gold
brokers receive more benefit from legisla-
ton than farmers Now the Grange will
remedy this by sending men to Congress
who, if not farmers, will be in full sympa-
thv with them.--It will do this by giving
the farmer selfrelionce and self command
progressive spirit and a true conception
of his importance in the world and Of the
representation to which he is entitled.
Thus it will be seen that this part of the
Oranges work will be indirect, but inn
portant nevertheless. By making the ag,
riculturist better farmer, it will make
him better man and citizen"
Year: 1879

We take great pleasure in presenting
in this issue of THE PATRON a splendidly
executed portrait of Past Master VIM.
Maxwell, of the Tennessee State Grange
-one of the ablest, most earnest and ac-
tive leaders in our grand organization.


Past Master Maxwell was one of the
first in Tennessee to enlist under the ban
ner of the Grange, and his patriotic zeal
in the cause and peculiar fitness as lead
er soon attracted the attention of the Pa
irons of Tennessee, who placed him at the
Year: 1879

The Grange is on the eve of general
revival throughout the entire country.
The leading men Of the Order, who are
the deepest thinkers and the most success
full farmers in the land, are determined
that there shall be forward movement
all along the line, and they are preparing
for the great work before them with a
zeal and unity of purpose that will give
speedy form and force to their efforts. The
enemies of the Order who imagined and
and hoped that the Grange had died out
because there is less noise in its operations,
will soon have their delusions fully dis
nelled The Grange was not designed
merely for temporary purpose; it is and
must necessarily be fixed institution in
this country, and the farmer who thinks
otherwise is worse than simpleton.
Year: 1879

Members of the Order in Tennessee
and indeed, in all the States, should give
special attention to the stirring address of
Worthy Master Harwell, of the Tennessee
State Grange, which appears in this issue
of THE PATRON. That address should be
read before every Subordinate Grange in
the State, and where there is no Grange
in neighborhooi, the farmers should be
called together and hear it read. Every
Secretary in Tennessee receiving this num-
Der of The PATRON, should make it his
special business to bring Worthy Master
Harwel's address to the immediate atten-
ton of his Grange and the farmers of his
neighborhood.


The members of the Order in Tennessee
have in the prompt circulation of this ad
dress, an illustration of the importance of
subscribing for THE PATRON. 1t will give
them full return for the small sum they
pay for it. Next month, the Secretary of
the State Grange will have the ''Tennes-
see Department. of The PATRON well
supplied with letters and official pa
pers of special importance to the Patrons
and farmers of the State. Subscribe in
time --.....
Year: 1879

The way that the worlds work is car
ried on is by enterprising, thrifty, ener-
getic men, who allow no opportunity to
escape Them who keep up with the spirit
and demands of the times, and with deter
mined zeal, which no obstacle can check
nor disaster dampen, work to the accom-
plishment of their purposes. To illustrate
how these men work, we cite an instance
of recent occurrence in this city: A num-
Der or lawyers, merchants and capitalists,
feeling the necessity of daily newspaper
for the expression of their views and the
consolidation of their forces for the more
effective working of their plans, raised in
little while over $4,000, which they will
increase to $1,000. They are practical,
worldly-wise men, who know that the in
vestment will pay, and promptly contrib
uted, each man his quota. They know
the power of the press, and recognize that
to carry out their plans, to succeed in their
efforts, the press was needed as their
agent But the farmers, who need more
than any other class of men public jour
ldIS .ueNOleU TO InelT interests, keeping
them thoroughly informed in all that per-
tains to their life work and defending
them from the aggressions of other classes,
neglect their papers and leave them to
struggle and scuffle for bare existence.
Is it that the farmers do not recognize the
power of the press-that it is the most po


tent influence of the age? What is the
natter? THE PATRON has a large and
growing circulation throughout the South
west but considering the interests and the
immense body of farmers it represents, its
circulation should be ten times larger than
it is If the farmers were as thoroughly
alive to their interests and as determined
on success as are the merchants and poll
tcians, they would rally to the support of
THE PATRON with an earnest enthusiasm.
Every Grange throughout the Southwest
would send in its clubs and sustain the
paper in a manner commensurate with the
aims and purposes of the Order. Will not
the farmers bestir themselves, and no
longer let the other departments of human
industry outstrip them in the race?
Year: 1879

The Clement Attachment is steadily
working its way upon the attention of the
farmers of the Cotton States, and is at
tracing considerable attention in many
localities For the farmers of our section.
it is the greatest invention of the age.
Year: 1879

THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT.
Unless the statement made about an in
genious machine in use in North and
South Carolina are greatly exaggerated,
the future growth of the South on the line
of a healthful industrial progress is assured
beyond all question. The Clement Attach
ment is the name of new invention in
cotton manufacture. The model MIL op-
Grated on the new plan is that of Strib-
bling, young and enterprising mechanic
at Westminster, 5. {.
There are six of these mills in operation
two in South Carolina, three in North
Carolina, and one at Corinth, Miss The
success of the mills in operation, various
descriptions of the process, and figures of
actual operations, leave no room to doubt
the success attained. The ''new process"
| is simply the converting seed cotton direct
| into yarn. 1t is to make every farmer a
manufacturer, or to establish a yarn fac
| tory from seed cotton in every neighbor-
| hood.


The value of this invention to the South
is to be measured by the effect it has to
| give the profits of cotton raising and man


ufacture to the South to build up an in
dustrial population, diversified industry,
high farming If it is what is claimed for
it, this result will follow. Cotton will be
as largely produced as now, but one acre
will be made to do the work of two, and


no man will dare to impoverish the soil as


under slavery. The existence of large


laboring population, free and well paid


will make raising breadstuffs and diversi-


fed crops remunerative. We have the


soil for an immense production outside oi


cotton as wellas for an even larger return


of the staple under proper systym ofin-


dustry and of culture. h
Year: 1879

IL


The Rural messenger says: s'To i'm
prove your soils, your fruits, your breeds
of cattle is all very good. But it generally
happens that when farmer fails to i'm
prove himself nothing improves around
him. He rusts, and his buildings decay;
all becomes worse, and his profession suf-
fers in the public estimation. An igno-
rant farmer is a disgrace to his profession,
just as an ignorant minister, an ignorant
lawyer, an ignorant doctor, or an igno-
rant, rarrow-minded merchant is a dis
grace to his We do not say that the far
mer should know all the professional men
know Every man to his trade But he
should know his business as well as they
know theirs; and in order to do this he
has much to learn beyond what fell to him
by being born on farm, or will come to
him, of course by being brought up far


n1er.vN is
Year: 1879

An informal meeting of number Of
leading merchants was held few even
ings since, and among other matters
discussed was the Drummer law" II
wus the universal sentiment of those
present that any repeal OF the statute
should be opposed, and that vigorously.
The intrusion OF horde Of peddlers.
selling by sample or soliciting orders
was regarded as an evil resulting in un-
just competition. an ouerous tax upon
the business men Of Eureka. As in oil
instances the expenses OF the travellers
are charged np on the goods sold, tho
result is III increase la the cost both
to the merchant aud his customer
Leader.