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Year: 1874

Many persons think that if they
have one variety of each kind of
fruit, that is enough. This is a mis-


take, and one who thus plants will


not experience half the pleasure


which comes from selecting proper
proportion of early and late sorts.


Blackberries and raspberries can be
enjoyed for some weeks longer, if
early and late varieties are set out


Winter is the proper time to lay out
this work, and by carefully reading
and comparing the statements OF the
best authorities, one can, with plOp-
er soil, plant with good prospects Of
success. There are many works upon
the different small fruits, and all con-
tain something of interest as well as
value to the fruit Trees which
have been trained as cordons, ought
to be safe from cattle, and in the case
Of apricots and peaches will be all the
better if little protection is given
during the winter. Grape vines may
be prunei at any time when the
weather is not too cold. At the
Sonth, the work of preparing the
soil, and in some places planting, can
be carried on, but at the North, little
outside work can be done at this
season of the year.
Year: 1874

Hogs often show great intelligence
and aptitude to learn. A forester
had Chinese pig which followed him
like a dog, came at call and ran up
and down stairs. II learned to bow
end perform several tricks. 1t was
very expert in hunting mushrooms;
and, when told TO keep watch, it
would remain at IFS post until called
away. When It's owner said 81 am
going TO Kill you,' it would lie down
on it's back and stretch out its legs.


When Louis N. was sick, in order
TO relieve the sadness of his mind, a
noblemsn thought of teaching a pig
to dance end bringing it before him.
1t was Lot long before The pig could
hop about very well TO the sound of a
hagpipe; they then dressed it with
coat, pantaloons, necktie, hat, sword,
eic.,-in short, all that the court gen.
tlemen Of the time were accustomed
TO wear, and introduced it into the
presence of the king. The animal
bowed, danced and followed all Or
ders in the most artistic manner until,
getting tired, it became so awkward
that the king roared with laugAter,tc
the delight of his courtiers.


An English gentleman carefully
trained a bog for hunting. Slug, for
SO the hog was called, was very fond
OF the chase and was ever on the alert
when the huntsmen were preparing tc
start, but the dogs could not endure
its company and their owner wasnevel
able to make use of both at the sam,
time. Slug would scent bird from
a great distance, and would dig in tn,
earth to show where it had been
When the birds hoped, it followed
like dog.


Hogs have been trained for draueht
A countryman was in the habit O
going to ST. Alban's market in a smal
cart drawn by four hogs; anothe
country man won a wager that hi
hog would csrry him on lis back fou
miles IL one hour. These facts ar
cited TO show that the hog is a NOR
intelligent animal than We give hir
credit for. However, every kind
hearted person will disprOve OF teact
ing dumb creatures to perform tricks
For our own part,we take no pleasur
in seeing dancing bears and spellin
pigs; for the process of training draw
so deeply on our sympathy that W
look upon everything OF the kind 8
the torturing of animals.
Year: 1874

The following directions are in
dorsed by The Manufacturer and
Builder: Choose some of the most
powerful buds of the fogers you


would preserve-such as are late IN
blowing and ready to open; cut them
off with pair of scissors, leaving to
each, if possible, piece of the stem
three inches long. Cover the stem
Immediately with sealiDg-wax; and
when the buds are little shrunk and
wrinkled, wrap each CT them up sep
arately in a piece of paper, perfectly
clean and dry, and put them in a dry
box or drawer, and they will keep
without corrupting. In winter, of
any other time, when you would have
the flowers bloom, take the buds at
night and cut off the end of the stem
sealed with wax, and put them into
water into which little nitTe or salt
has been difrused, and the next day
you will have the pleasure OF seeing
the buds open and expand themselves
and the flowers display their most
Iovely colors and breathe their agree
able odors.
Year: 1874

NEVER put particle of soap near
your silver, if you would have it Ie
tain its original luster. When it wants
polish take piece OF soft leather and
whiting, snd rub hard. The propri-
etor of one of the oldest establish
ments in Philadelphia says that house
keepers ruin their silver by washing
it In soap suds, as it makes it look like
pewter.
Year: 1874

IT is said that a solution Of two
thirds OF pound of CASTLE soap to a
gallon of water laid On a damp wall
as wash, and next day followed By
another wash OF alum water-two
ounces dissolved in a gallon--will
cure the inconvenience and prevent
any further recurrence of it. It is so
simple a thing that housekeepers
troubled with damp places in their
dwellings will be glad to try it for
themselves
Year: 1874

A new mode of washing linen ha:
been introduced and adopted in Ger
many. The operation consists in dis
solving two pounds of soap in about
three gallons of water as, hot as the
hand can bear, and adding to this one
tablespoonful OF turpentine and three
of liquid ammonia; the mixture musi
then be well stirred, and tie liner
STEPPED in it for two or three hours
taking care to cover up the vesse
which contains them as nearly her
m etically as possible. The clothe:
are afterward washed out and rinsed
in the usual way. The soap and
water may be reheated and used 6
second time, but in that case half 2
tablespoonful of turpentine and q
tablespoonful of ammonia must be
added. The process is said to cause
a great economy of time, labor and
fuel.
Year: 1874

CLEANING COAT CoLLARs.-Take q
piece of ammonia stone carbonate of
ammonia) the sizs OF q walnut and
put it il a cap of warm water. When
dissolved, take piece of clean fan
mel and dip it into the solution and
rab the collar two or three times with
it. It will also remove the glossy
appearance along the seams and upon
the elbows.
Year: 1874

FgoIeston SAYS of Gen. Lee in /" A
Rebels RecOiIeeticns :" &c saw him
for the Iast time during the war at Ame


liza Court HOuse, IN the midst of the
final retreat, and I shall never forget
the heart broken expression his face
wore. OF the still sadder tones of his
voice as be gave me the instructions I
had come to ask The army was in ut
ter confusion. It was already evident
that We were being beaten back upon
James river, and could never hope to
reach the Roanoke, on which stream
alone there might be a possibility Of
making a stand. Gen. Sheridan wBs
harrassiu9 our broken columns at every
step. snd destroying us piscemeal.
Worse than all, Gen. Lee had been de-
serted by the terrified government in
the very moment of his supreme need,
and the food had been snatehed from
the mouths Of the fanaished troops (as
is more fully explained in another chap
teri, that the fight OF the president and
his followers might be haEtened. The
load put thus upon Lees shoulders was
a verv heavy one for 80 conscientious a


man as he 10 bear and knowing, as
every soutberner dos, his habit Of tax


ing upon himself all blame for whatever
went GHETs VIC GauEQb MOMAEE tLhH HE
was sinking under the burden. His
face was still calm, as II always was,
but his carriage was no longer erect, as
his soldiers had been used TO see If.
The troubles of those last days had al
ready plouRhed great burrows in his
forehead. His eyes we're red as If with
weeping; his cheeks sunken and hag-
gard his face coIorIess. No one who
looked upon him then as he stood there,
IN full view OF the disastrous end, can
ever forget the intense agony written
upon his features. And yet he was
calm, self-possessed, and deliberate.
Failure and the sufEerings OF his men
erieved him sorely, but they could not
dsunt him, and his moral greatness was
never more manifest than during those
last terrible days. Even IN the final
correspondeDee with Gen. Grant, Lse's
naniiness and courage and ability 70
endure lie on the surface, and it is not
the least honorable thing in Gen Grants
history that he showed himself capable
of appreeiating the character OF this
manly fOeman as he did when he re
turned Lees surrendered sword with
the remark that he knew Of no, one SC
worthy as its o gneE 70 wear 1t,
Year: 1874

been found using these articles, one of
whom confessed that he kept two bank
accounts The companies will have to
try again-ingrsined or confirmed dis
honesty is hard to beat. When, more
over, men with two or three aliases are
found as conductors on the New York
Third-avenue road, it is q pretty coed
sign that there is something wrong.
Year: 1874

A man in Iowa was brought before a
Justice of the Peace, charged with kiss
Ing young lady, "by force aud vio-
lence and against her will.n The young
lady, who was very handsome, gave her
testimony in q modest, straightforward
manner, after which his honor gave the
ioLowing decision: ''rhe Court in this
case sympathiZes with the defendant,
and will therefore discharge him with
out nnei Imprisonment or reprimaud.
because the Court, while this case has
oeen In progress, has been Obliged TO
hold on to both arms Of his chair in
order to keep from kissing the COM
plalnant himself
Year: 1874

The abolition of the free pass system
Tor members of the legislature by the Ill
inois Legislature has already had good
went home two or three times week,
making very little stay In Springfield,
have arranged for board there six or
seven days a week for the present win
ter. II IS cheaper to pay board than
railroad fares.
Year: 1874

Everybody is fond of giving advice,
and the following may be read with
both profit and pleasure: Buy in the
cheapest market. Sell in the dearest.
The number Of children your next-door
neighbor may have is nothing to you.
The plumber you have yourself is.
Year: 1874

THE Prince of Wales made a little
speech at the Royal Academy dinner
the other day,-a speech kindly and
grammatical, but little more. Plunge
the most clever and excellent prince of
royalty into the literary and artistic
element, and he is nearly alwavs''
Portable or intensely
Said tho late A.


tnJ.;-. ....cOm
Year: 1874

augurate new dispensation in public af-
fairs. If that dispensation is not at hand,
as far as new party name is concerned,
we confidently look for reform under the
old name, and even that will serve as q
new dispensation. The President has ap-
pointed to Office many men of known bad
character; has retained others whose un-
worthiness was made manifest after ap-
polntment measures for party aggrandize-
ment have been pushed through selfshly {;
political corruption has been winked at or
condoned by those in power; resolutions
compromising the Sabbath and Temperance
questions have been incorporated into
National and State Republican platforms;
the religious sentiment Of the nation which
was more potent than gunpowder in war
or clamor in politics to keep the Republi-
can party in power, has been so thoroughly
outraged, that for two years or more NOR
al revolt has been imminent.
Year: 1874

ADVANCE and one to the Owatonna Journal


The Chicago Pilot (Roman Catho-
lic) comes out in the following true and
strong manner on the subject of CON-
pulsory education


Our boys are, in a number of instances.
appalling to contemplate, social pests, pre-
paratory to becoming political nuisances
and criminals Of every grade and
description. Why is this the case? Be-
cause those very boys at very early age,
during school hours, are not legally re-
strained from roaming the streets and
visiting drinking and billiard saloons,
gambling g-hells, and evey den of evil in
great and populous city.


If all the journals of the country
would talk up in the same manner a.
public sentiment might be created that
would work reform.


THE "TH1NKING SCHOOL. Very
appropriately does writer in the New
Jersey Granger call the Grange a
thinking school," That is the idea
that lays at the bottom of the Patrons
creed, and is made prominent at the
very entrance Of the "gate" and at
every step of the initiation in every de-
gree, yet how many after they are once
inside of the Order remember the
teaching! Every Patron should be a
thinker, every Grange a place for
thinking, and for making the best
thoughts known. Every member
should think before going to the Grange,
think while there the Grange is
in session, and after the Grange has ad-
journed. This thinking should not be
Of how to obtain some petty Office or
position in the Order, but of how to make
eacht4 eeting useful, make each tell
tor the benefit of some one each . nroo
Year: 1874

Although disappointed in not
getting the man of our choice to
make the race for Congress in this
District, yet we are very well salts
fed with the result. Hon. B. T.
Claypool is a gentleman of culture
and unquestionable ability, and his
powerful voice and strong argument
have been heard all over this county
again and again. His long and sue
cessful practice of the law has given
him large insight into human
nature, and general acquaintance
with the people of our district. He
is man of large business expert
ence, and being a general observer
and close reader. he is thoroughly
posted on the business wants of our
country. He has always been pos
sessed of a considerable amount Of
ambition, and he has ever made it
his aim to be thoroughly posted up
on oil the affairs OF our country, and
to day there is no question that in
terests us as a people but he is ac-
quainted with and maintains decid-
ed views upon. From conversations
which we have had with him, we
believe him to be in perfect sympa-
| thy with the people who are in any
way oppressed and in his heart he is
ready to do what he can for their
relief In word, we believe he
would make us a true representative
and as such shall labor to secure his
election.


In conclusion, we would say to
every true Republican in Franklin
county, put on the armor at once !;
let the work begin. Principles are
at stake remember, and no true man
will let any prejudice rise above
principle. The foe of the greatest
and best party that has ever guard
ed the interests of our beloved
country, comes into the field pro
Tossing entire confidence in their
mans ability to win the day, and
they will make a desperate effort
towards success. But we have only
to stick to the principles that have
done so much to make our nation
the foremost among the nations o1
the earth, to maintain our position
and come off victorious Then let
no man falter or hesitate at the be-
ginning, because you did not gel
the man of your first choice. but
wheel at once into the ranks, dc
your duty, and B. f. Claypool viii


carry tie old Republican banner
safely through the campaign


Brookville American.
Year: 1874

The Democracy declared in their
platform that the Baxter law has
proven failure" declaration which
every man Of common intelligence
knows is falsehood. Is law a fail
ure which reduces the number of sa-
looms in the State, from over 1000 to
about fourteen hundred, and in many
communities, shuts up every saloon?
Where Democracy is in the ascend
ent, and its leaders counsel total dis
regard of the provisions of the law,
they may justly declare it failure If
it is failure, why do we find the free
whisky men everywhere favoring a
license law, which will cost them hun
dreds of dollars for license unless it is
that they expect it will contain fewer
restrictions upon intemperance, and
afford greater profits in the traffic
Vincennes Times.


True, Mr.. Times, every word of it;
for there's not day nor scarcely an
hour transpiring in our whisky cursed
city, that our salary-grabbing Mayor
fails to wink at the violations of the
law. We have not the least doubt,
knowing as he does that whisky con-
stitutes the stiffening in the spinal
column of the Democratic party, as
THE leader of it in our city, he never
fails to counsel a total disregard oi
the provisions of the law" in order to
make it failure" here, so as to con
form with the declaration in the Plat
form quoted by the Times, and thus
PROVE to the world that the Baxter
Law" does no good.
Year: 1874

In the midst of the bloody conflict
brought about by and through one of
the most potent agents of the Demo-
cratic party-slavery-the Democra-
tic National Convention met, and SOL
emnly resolved that " the war was
failure" and thereupon almost every
member of the 'unterrified Democracy
throughout the land, went to work,
and, in every conceivable way that
their ingenuity could devise, endeav-
ored to bring about a failure" by
causing many of the "boys in blue" to
desert, etc.. but, thank God, we had
a Lincoln and Grant at the helm, and
host of patriotic hearts to back
them, and the internal Vaccinations
of the Democratic party were brought
to naught-peace was conquered-the
Union preserved, and we became that
which the immortal Declaration of
Independence proclaimed we were as
people: FREE AND INDEPENDENT"


Now, in the midst ofa war on drunk
enness, and all the evils flowing from
the drunkard manufactures through
out the land, this same Democratic
party meet in convention at Indianapo-
lis. and, for the purpose Of propping
up another of its efficient party agents
and twin brother to slavery-liquor
selling and drinking-solemnly re-
solve that the Baxter Bill has PROV
ed failure !" using the same language
nearly indentical with its National
Convention in 1864, regarding the war
for the Union and against that other
HUMAN slavery! Thereupon, the par.
ty hacks thro' out the State-the lead
ers-return home and do everything
in their power to bring about total
failure in that law, so as to prove their
words good! We trust their efforts
will be brought to naught in this
moral warfare in like manner with the
war they pronounced failure in 1864,
and that our State may ere long be
freed from this "gall of bitterness -
(the liquor traffic. and " the bonds of
iniquity," by which many of our peo-
pie are bound, may be shaken of,
wholly and forever!
Year: 1874

The ultimate object-as a general
rule-in the formation of political
parties, is success through the power
Of majorities. A party organized with
any other object in view, is neither a
benefit to the country nor to those
concerned, and is to often the offspring
of mere spirit of perverseness. A
great people cannot organize political
parties, and in such organizations,
carry out the particular views Of indi


viduals. While people may differ in
opinions, yet the public welfare dc


mands that they be not over tenacious,
for it is only through sacrifice and
compromise that a generalization of
principles can be effected. Visions
and speculations cannot be regarded
by the governing power. In govern
ment like ours there are so many ends
to be accomplished, so many interests
to subserve, so many opinions and
judgments to consult, that it is well
nigh impossible for political party
to be just and succeed, and, yet no
party can afford to be unjust. The
true theory of a political party in
power should be to protect the inter
est of the public, taken as a whole; in
doing this it will protect all its parts
that deserve protection. The farmer
the mechanic and the banker, all have
rights that must be regarded, and these
rights are relative and dependent
One cannot be fostered and protected
and the others neglected, for the pros
perity of the Nation depends upon tn,
existence Of all. Glass Legislation il
always unjust and fraught with dan
/ ger. The preferment of particula


class can only be at the expense o
others, and will always, as it ought
meet with determined opposition; la,
eivers should not be respectors o
persons." The farmer and the me
chanic cannot array themselves agains
the capitalist with any profit to them
selves, neither can the capitalist af
ford to array himself against the in
dustrial classes, for the relations ar
so intimate and dependent, that on
cannot spare the friendship of tn
other, and he is a bad counselo
who would create, or encourag
strife between them. The part
that endeayors to harmonic all
by protecting all, commands the re
spect of the people. In this, as i


other countries, it is usual for certai


classes to associate themselves t.


gether in leagues and unions. This


natural enough, for among the men


bers of every trade and profession a
| affinity exists, naturally springing o,
Year: 1874

Vi community VI lDteIeSts. ioO ionS
as the objects of such associations are
confined to the development of the
various arts and industries, they are
laudable and praisworthy, and should


be encouraged, but when they go be-
yond this, and seek to manipulate and
control political matters, then they
cannot be commended. The forma-
tion of political party in the interest
of particular class must be recogniz-
ed as dangerous in its tendencies. Ii
such party should be successful in
getting control OF the law making pow
er, it may be inferred that it would
legislate in the especial interest of
that class - and the result would
be the establishment of a favor.
itism at the expense, and to the detri-
ment of others. Such course would
be justly condemned. No political
party can meet with permanent sue
cess, that takes the field in the inter-
est of particular trade or profession,
and the reason is obvions enough,
there are many trades and professions
in this country, and the preferment of
one is the persecution of others. That
party can alone succeed that compre-
hends the interests of all and excludes
none. The farmer can we'll say to the
law maker, the prosperity of the ma
tion in measure depends upon me,
therefore demand your impartial pro
tection; but he cannot say, my inter-
ests are paramount to all others, there
fore prefer me-. All are interested in
the success and prosperity of the agri.
cultural classes, so are the agricultural
classes equally interested in the sue
cess and welfare of the arts and scien-
ces. The farmer and the mechanic
are nearly related, and experience has
proven, that the relations between
them, are not the proper subjects of
legislation. These relations must ad :
just themselves, and the legislator can
no more regulate and control them,
than he can regulate and control the
supply and demand in an article of
commerce. Corruption and abuse are
the proper subjects of legislative re-
straint. If legislation goes beyond this
it will result in injury. Success in the
industrial and commercial pursuits of
the country is beyond the control OF
written laws. These pursuits have "a
law unto themselves" as unyielding
and nnchangable as a principle in ma
ture, and the wise legislator will not
attempt to interfere Herewith. Art
and industry may be encouraged and
facilities afforded by legislation, but
their success and prosperity depend
upon the unyielding laws of supply
and demand. This subject is impor-
tant, and is engaging much attention
at this time on account of the extraor.
dinary organizations and combination:
now being formed in this country. As
/ to the object of some of these organi


cations. and the proper method of ac


complishing the ends desired, I viii


have something to say in future let


ter. UNUs.
Year: 1874

The address of the Congressional
Republican Executive Committee
shows that the ordinary expenditures
of the Government-thati is, excluding
the interest on the national debt and
other expenses directly resulting from
the rebellion-have been reduced to a
less amount than during the last year
of Democratic rule, under Buchanan
in 1860. And yet the truly independ-
ent Commercial complacently observes
that this manifesto fails to account
satisfactorily for the vast increase of
the Government expenditures under
the present Administration! And
the truly independent" says good
deal more in this connection equally
intelligent and impartial Iti is great
thing to be truly independent!-Cin-
cinnati Times.