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Year: 1874

According to the Hastings Gazette, about
$4,000 worth of building improvements
measures the material progress of this city
for 1873.


How are you off for weather at Red
Wing? At Hastings we are longing for
winter. Our teamsters want to haul wood.
Our merchants want to sell their warm
overcloths and our loafers-well they want
to chop (?) Oh for winter


The Budget wants to ask question of
Law. 1t is this. When you store wheat in
grain elevator on any of our railroads,
have you the right to pay storage and take
it out: The circumstances which give rise
to the question are as follows: Two persons
in this city, owning farms in Castle Rock
and vicinity, had their wheat stored in the
Castle Rock elevator, and feeling that they
could dispose Of it better in Hastings, sent
an order to the Agent to deliver wheat to
certain parties for transportation here.
Said parties presented their orders but
were informed by him that *tthe rules Of
the Company forbade his delivering it to
them, that it must either be sold to the
R. r. Co. or transported over their road.
No such understanding was had, nor was
there any knowledge on the part Of the
wheat owners that such rule existed. This
looks like monopoly to us. Please give us
a, little legal advice on the subject.


A notorious burglary took place here last
Friday night. An auction store that had
been running day and night for two or
three weeks was entered by back window.
The light had been cut out and the burg
lars then reached in with tool and drew
the nails which held the sash down, when
their way was clear to enter They took
the show case, ladened with jewelry, into
back room where, by the aid of lamp,
they were enabled to help themselves with
out fear or molestation. The auctioneer
says they took about 500 worth of jew elry,
but it strikes us thst $500 worth Of brass
would make a pretty heavy load for the
robbers. No clue yet as to the perpetrators.


Came too late to answer this week, will
answer question in next issue.
Year: 1874

.~ On looking through the various
stocks of goods kept in Red Wing we find
an endless variety, and safely say, that the
stocks and stores of Red Wing, are not
second to any in this or any other State.
In visiting the various institutions we ara
greatly surprised to find such an endless
variety IN any one store as we find at
A. }. CLARK'S new store corner Of Bush
and Third streets. 1t would seem almost
impossible to call for anything in the Drug,
Grocery, or Fancy Goods line and be dis
appointed in not getting it. We also found
Dr. G. W. Boutwell, in charge of the Medi-
cal department.: with everything on hand
to attend to the wants Of such as are in need
OF medicines. We ecan safely say there ia, No
more complete store in the State than this.
1t will pay you to 60 and examine goods
are sold very reasonable.
Year: 1874

The following in the New York World of
Dec. 26th, reads very much like portions of
the article entitled An Old Farmer on the
Sltuation,' published in our issue of Nov.
~. Wonder if the World has been reading
1e" lessons from the ADVANCE At any
rate what this Western farmer thinks is
worth reading:


Western farmer has come to a very
sensible conclusion as to the means to be
adopted to increase the price of farm prod
ucts TO paying figures. Wheat, beef, and
pork are too low in the market to be profit
aole 10 the producer. He urges that farm
ers must 40 as manufacturers do-diminish
supply "seed down one-third of our land
Immediately; practice economy buv less
supert1ultles and luxuries; do our own
work: manufacture ourselves more Of tha
common articles needed on the farm. nav
our debts as soon as possible and keen out ~
debt 0@<' u


This Western farmer has got a good deal
of good sense evidently. At least he takes =
practical and sensible view of the situation.
The chief kernel Of gold in his advice to his
brethren. however, is to keep out of debt"
Hard times scarcely ever affect any farmer
who is not in debt. In debt, with mort
gage on his farm and store bills to pay, he
Is one OF the most-to- be- -pitied creatures in
the world. He thus becomes the slave Of
all other classes but out of debt he is one
of the most independent and should be one
OF the most complacent and the happiest of
human beings
Year: 1874

WHEAT in the Red Wing market
brought as high as $1.06 in this market
yesterday; Red Wing has first class
Touring mill in operation Wonder if this
has anything to do with it. Somebody evi-
IDENTIFY wants wheat.
Year: 1874

CANNON FALLS had lively time last
week in the way of festivals and parties.
On Monday evening the scaudinavians had
q ball: On Wednesday night the band gave
a festival and dance, and then they had q
grand ball New Years night.
Year: 1874

The Scientific American asks !:
"Why should child not be taught to
write and draw with both hands? The
very natural echo is, 'WhyY The
human body can be educated to do
almost anything. Men have written
with their toes and done all sorts of
things with their teeth and yet since
the creation of man that intelligent
animal seems to have regarded the left
hand as sort of tender to the right.
In fact, the left hand is the LATEST
member of the human body. When
the right is scribbling away for bare
life the left looks on placidly; keeps
down the paper with its fingers and
shows its rings. In truth, the only
things in which it seems tc excel, ex-
cept when occasionally helping its big
brother in an Indifferent sort of way,
consist in hitting from the shoulder in
a prize fight, and in using fork to ad
vantage, The left hand is too pretty
to do any work. Ladies show off Its
lines of beauty while delicately resting
their lovely chins upon its fingers. Let
poor fellow have his right hand shot
away, and then just see what the left
can do! In a woa1erfully short space
of time it can button. a coat, write a
letter and do things which. in its palmy
days, it never dreamt of. By all means
educate the left hand, and if it will no
work make it. There is nothing il
the world to hinder man writing tive
letters at once, like Ristori in Queer
Elizabeth, and keeping up an anima
ted conversation with his unruly mem
Der at the time. The left hand wa
given TO man to do its business in life
Just as much as its twin brother IL
boots. At present it is kind o
loafer, doing the gentle pressure busi
ness in love affairs, and having all tn
fun. We are down on left hands, ant
strongly recommend that they be pu
to school"
Year: 1874

1t is not at all strange that the
Grange movement should meet with
opposition. An enterprise is hardly
worth the name of reform if it does
not have this. Gov. Carpenter, OF
Iowa, addressing last fall convention
of Patrons, told them they must ez-
pect opposition; that they had money
and talent arrayed against them. but
that Notwithstanding this they must go
right on, trusting to the business OF
their cause and the necessity that rest
ed upon them. That if they would
do all this impediments would be
swept away, and the oppressor would
be left at his toll-gate with free road
around il, on which the Patrons would
go singing because of free road to
market and fair return for their pro-
ducts. All great reforms in church
and state have had to overcome great
opposition, and the labor reform against
the expressions of capitalists will not
be an exception. But it it presses on
wisely and perseveringly it will in the
end reap the appropriate fruits. HoR.
George Stephenson was opposed by the
aristOeracy of England when he at
tempted to get leave of parliament to
lay the first railroad track on her
sacred soil. why, it would frighten
every thing to wildness; the birdswould
leave the island the cows would dry
up, and the hens would cease to lay;
the land would be ruined, and the
whole order of things would be broken
up" When Mr.. Stephenson was pre-
senting his claims before parliament
he was sneered at. One member said,
We'll, Mr.. Stephenson, see how alb
surd your idea is. Suppose it were
possible for you to run your carriage
thirty miles an hour on straight rails,
so that It could not get of-what if a
COW got on the track and you could not
turn out for herr" We'll, my lord,
said Stephenson, ''it would be bad for
the cow" So all reforms have met i'm.
pediments. but they must get out OF
the way or it will be bad for them
ORio Farmer.
Year: 1874

Nowhere have we chanced upon
better or more pertinent plaint against
the sea than Charles Dudley Warner
thus makes in his -Saunterings:''


"a square yard of solid ground il
worth miles of the pitching, turbulent
stuff. Its inability to stand still for
one second is the plague of it. To
lie on deck when the sun shines. and
swing up and down, while the waves
run hither and thither, and toss their
white caps, is all well enough; to lie
in your narrow berth and roll from
side to side all night long; to walk up
hill TO your state-roOm door, and, when
you get there, fnd you have got to the
bottom of the hill, and opening the
door is like lifting up trap door in
the floor; to deliberately start for some
object, and before you know it, to be
flung against it like bag of sand to
attempt to sit down on your sofa, and
find you are sitting up, to slip and slide
and grasp at everything within reach,
and to meet everybody leaning aud
walking on \ slant, as if heavy winds
were blowing, and the laws Of gravita-
ton were reversed to lie in your berth
and hear all the dishes on the cabin
table go sousing of against the wall in
a general smash; to sit at table hold
ing your soup plate with one hand, and
watching for a chance to dip your
spoon in when it comes high tide on
your side Of the dish; TO vigilantly
watch the lurch of the heavy dishes
while holding your glass and your plate
and your knife and fork, and not to
notice it when Brown, who sits near
you, gets the swash Of gravy from the
roast beef dish on his ight-colored
pantaloous, and see the look of dismay
that only Brown can assume on such
an occasion; to see Mrs, Brown ad-
vance to the table, suddenly stop and
hesitate, two walters rush ut her, with
whom she struggles wildly, only to 60
down in heap with them in the OPP
posite corner; to see her partially re
cover, but only to shoot back again
through her state-rOom door, and be
seen no more all this is quite pleas.
ant and refreshing if you are tired OF
land, but you get quite enough OF this
in couple Of weeks"
Year: 1874

RULES FOR POoR FARMISG.-One
of the roads to poor farming Is well
travelled but not generally aeknowl-
edged-invest all your capital for land
and 90 in debt for more. Hire money
at a heavy interest to run the farm (;
have very little faith in farming and
always be ready to sell out buy the
cheapest and poorest kind of stock and
farming machinery, feed poor grain
and hay to your stock, and you Will
have less repairs to make on your
riekety fences and farm machinery,
as fine horses and fat stock make sad
havoc with the old wagon, plow, cart
and fences. Use the oil Of hickory,
whenever your oxen need strength; il
is cheaper than high feeding and keeps
the hair lively and pounds out the
grubs. Never waste time by setting
out fruit or shade trees, as leaves rot
ting around place make it unhealthy.
Sell the best calves, lambs and shOtes
to the butchers. as they will bring a
little more, and the thin aud poor
ones will do we'll enough to keep.
Year: 1874

A METAPHYSICAL VIEw.-An Ar
kansas local soliloquizes thus: Some
of our exchanges are publishing as a
curious item statement to the effect
that a horse in Iowa pulled the plug
out of bunghole of barrel. We do
not see anything extraordinary In the
occurrence. Now, if the horse had
pulled the barrel out of the bunghole
and slaked his thirst with the plug. or
if the barrel had pulled the buDghole
out of the plug and slaked its thirst
with the horse, or if the plug had pull,
ed the horse out of the barrel and
slaked its thirst with the bunghole, OF
if the bunghole had pulled the thirst
out of the horse and slaked the, plug
with the barrel, or if the barrel had
pulled the horse out of the bunghole
and plugged its thirst with slake, il
might be worth while to make some
fuss over il"
Year: 1874

We paid a visit to the city Of Clarks-
vile, Tennessee, last week. We were
much pleased with the city, which is
certainly one of the finest and most
prosperous, of its population, to be
found in any State. The merchants
and business men of Clarksville, are
large minded, liberal spirited class
of men. They understand the value
of advertising, and put their business
before the people through the columns
of their own ably and admirably con-
Quoted papers-the CHRONICLE and
Tobacco Leaf. A review of the col
umns of the Witness this week will
show the liberal spirit of the Clarks-
vile merchants and their earnest offers
to the people of Todd county to in
crease trade. We feel satisfied that
our citizens will find trip to Clarks-
vile not only exceedingly pleasant but
absolutely profitable. We learned
from almost every merchant with
whom we conversed, that the old trade
of Todd county to that city is being
rapidly resumed and increased. These
communities are old neighbors and
good friends. They can, and should
be, mutually of service to one another
in trade and traffic, and we trust the
friendly spirit now existing between
these people will continue and mature
into still larger mutual benefits.


Clarksville has practical advantage
from the Cumberland river, to furnish
cheap goods-chesper than railroads
can furnish. Then there is a great
deal of wealth in the city, and the
schools, churches, and order of the pop
ulation, render it one of the most de
sirable localities for residence in th'
whole Southwest all these fact
must tell still more powerfully upor
the improvement and future prosperit!
of one of the neatest, loveliest ant
most healthful little cities in the land
Elkton (Ky.) Witness, ApriI9.
Year: 1874

AN old bachelor has been deferred
from committing matrimony in the
following way: Thinking over the
subject, and particularly the expenses
Of maintaining a family, he set the ia
bic in his lonely abode with plates for
himself and imaginary wife and
children. He then sat down to dine,
and as often as he helped himself to
food he put the same quantity on each
of the other plates, and surveyed the
prospect, at the same time computing
the cost. He is still bachelor.
Year: 1874

EXERCISING COLTs.-To begin with
let it he remarked that colts need a great
deal of exercise. By nature they were
made for rapid movement. Like young
birds, they develop in motion. MANY
most promising youngsters are fatally
checked in the development of their
powers by lack of needed exercise in
their second and third year. Ihold that
a colt needs great deal of exercise mot
to the halter, which is good for nothing
bnt to sweat out lazy groom, but sharp.
quick exercise, in the taking of which
every muscle is brought into play, every
joint tested, and every vein, however
small, swelled taut with rapid blood, az
is the case when allowed the liberty of
hill and plain, and to follow the prompt
ings OF nature.-[Murray's Perfect
Horse,
Year: 1874

A correspondent of the New 1ork
Tribune cures wens on his cattle as fol-
lows: Take half pint of soft soap and
dry yslacked lime in powder, mix them
somewhat thicker than common white
wash, take piece of shingle, or some
thing similar, and rub in the mixture
we'll for four or five times once q day,
or in as many mornings; let it heal of
itself, and by that time the wen is off,
and your cow will lose neither milk nor
flesh under the treatment. There is no
patent right to this; it ia free to all who
may SEQ fit to use it.
Year: 1874

A painter being asked to estimate the
cost of painting a certain house, drew
forth pencil and paper, and made the
following calculation: "a nOught is a
nought: three into five twice you can't
I'll paint your house for fifty dollars"
Year: 1874

According to the census there are only
two men in America who make
speciality of the manufacture of hand
organs, and yet they still live and are
free from the fea1 of assassination.
Year: 1874

deserted by all except his bob tailed
dog, his life went slowly out as the shad-
Ows of the setting sun crept over tho
front stOOp of Darling's grocery" is the
way they express themselves in Georgia.
Year: 1874

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his line, to his


LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
Of everything belonging to the Drug Business
Physicians. Country Merchants and Planters.
orders solicited


Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours Of the day or night.


CLAUDIUs MAYO,


Pharmaceutist.
Year: 1874

tail OF the CANINE put her foot squarely upon
tho cofee-pot, and strong pull seat the dog IN
one direction and his tin armor in another All
well at Iast accounts, but many have called to
view tue r.1ips,
Year: 1874

STURGEON ON SMOKING MIR. Spurgeou writes
TO the London Telegraph in reply to some stric-
lures on certain remarks of his in defence of
smoking, and says:


demur altogether, and most positively, TO
the statement that TO smoke tobacco is in itself
sin. 1t may become so, as any other indiffer-
eut action may, but as an action it Is no sin.
Together with hundreds of thousands of my
fellow Christians, have smoked, and with
them am under the condemnation of living in
habitual sin, if certain accusers are to be be-
lieved. As would not knowingly live even in
the smallest violation of the law of God, and
sin in the trangression of the law, l will not
own :N to sin when am not conscious Of it. There
is growing up in society Pharisaic system
which adds to the commands of God the pre-
ceptS of men; to that system will not Yield
for an hour. The preservation of my liberty
may bring upon me the upbraidings of many
of the good, and the sneers of the self-right-
eous; but shall endure both with serenity, 80
God. ''e 'e'' " my '0"'''e"'e Oe'0''


The expression smoking to the glory of
Cod standing alone has an i'll sound, and do
not justify it; but in the sense in which l en-
ployed it l still stand to it. No Christian should
do anything in which he cannot glorfy God
and this may be done, according to scripture in
eating aud drinking and the common actions of
life. When have found nteuse paiu relieved,
weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing
sleep obtained by cigar, 1 have felt grateful to
God and have blessed His name; this is what
meant, and by no means did use sacred words
trifingy. If through smoking had wasted
an hour of my time-I had stinted my gifts TO
the poor-I had rendered my mind less vigor
ous-I trust should see my fault and turn
from it; but he who charges me with these
things shall have no answer but my forgive
ness.


am told that my open avowal will lessen my
influence, and my reply is that il have gained
any influence through being thought different
from what am, have no wish to retain it. 1
will do nothing upon the sly, and nothing about
which have a doubt. am most sorry that
prominence has been given to what seems to
me so small a matter and the last thing in my
thoughts would have been the mention of it
from the pulpit but was placed in such po-
sition that 1 must either by my silence plead
guilty to living in sin, or else bring down upon
my unfortunate self the fierce rebukes of the
anti-tobacco advocates by speaking out honest
ly. 1 chose the latter: aud although am now
the target for these worthy brethren, would
sooner endure their severest censures than
sneaki1gly do what could not Justify, and
earn immunity from their criticism by tamely
submitting to be charged with sin in an action
which my conscience allows.
Year: 1874




Why will the editor of the Portland Press
persist in making the editor of the Bangor
Whig so unhappy? None know better than he
does, that the reelection of Senator Hamiin is
a foregone conclusion and the pure cussedness
with which he terriies the Bangor Whig with
the countenancing a bolt, and the serious man
ner with which it is received, would be deplora
Bile, were it not at the same time so laughable.
The animus of the articles in the Press is so
patent that it is strange the Whig does not see
it. If they were written in sober earnest, then
the singing rebnkes of the latter would be
well enough, but We are much mistaken, if
these same solemn phlipicS are not received in
the sanctum Of the Press with the sonorous
cachinnatiOns for which its editor is so disting
uished.


To be sure, the quotation from the Adver-
tiser was fragrant sin, and its perpetrator
begged pardon of the whole Republican press
Of the state. 1t was perfectly proper for the
Whig, in the name of outraged Republican
Representatives and Senators elect, to demand
a categorical answer as to the intent with
which the act was done. This Demand has
been made once, twice, thrice, and still the
Press evades. AS the organ of the Re-
publicans OF Hancock County. we echo
the following demand, 'Do you or do you
not, Mr.. Editor of the Press, standing high
in the councils of the Republican party,
aud high on the roll of its state committee in-
tend, on the night of the first Wednesday of
January, to hang yourself on the lamp-post
standing ON the corner Of Exchange and Fore
Streets, PortlandY' 1t is useless for you to
wrap yourself in your mantle of dignity aud re-
fuse to be cxtechized. This answer, an out
ragged party must have. 1t is due to them, for
my? See the Commercial, and Argus, and
Post, and World, and Perbam's friends. Will
you not speak when you think of the aching
hearts on the Penobscot?