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Year: 1874

WEEDS ON THE ROAD SDE.-;
There is 4 law in New York, We
believe, that requires every road-mas
ter to see that the weeds along the
roadside in the district over which he
has juisdiction are cut twice year
that is twice during the season Of
growth. In some road districts and
by some road-masters this duty is
performed faithfully +; but by q large
majority no attention is paid to it.


Every good farmer is interested in
the faithful enforcement of this law
because the roadsides are great weed
breeders and disseminators, unless
they are carefully kept clean in the
manner described. The question Of
the tidy appearance of the road-sides
is a secondary consideration. 1t is
not probable that the law originated
in the motive of tidiness, but as an
economical measure-a means Of
protecting careful farmers from care.
lessness or slovenliness of untidy
neighbors.


Attention is therefore called to the
fact that every road masters warrant
does or should contain this as one Of
his specified duties and that if he
does not discharge it he should be
complained Of to the road commits.
sioners Of the town.-[N. Y. World.


A similar law to to the above in this
State would not be bad thing. Now
is a good time to look into l.
Year: 1874

1t never pays to fret and growl,
When fortune seems our foe
The better bred will look ahead,
And strike the braver blow,


For luck is work.


And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,


But yield the play,


And clear the way,
That better men have room.
1t never pays to wreck tho health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.


An humble lot,


n cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,


For station high,


That wealth will buy,
Not oft contentment brings.
1t never pays blunt refrain,
Well worthy Of a song,
For age and youth must learn the truth,
That nothing pays that's wrong,
The good and pure


Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,


While what is right


In Heavens sight
IL always sure to bless.
Year: 1874

A Detroit gentleman who pur-
chased box ofpeaches at the Cent
raj market, the other day, looked
ed around for boy who would carry
them home, and presently he found a
ragged lad seated on a bench eating
the last remnant of a pear. The man
asked him if he wouldn't like to earn
ten cents by carrying the box to such
a number and street, and the boy
promptly replied that he wouldn't.
"Why p queried the man. "Why p
echoed the boy, "because dad died the
other day and now I'm ahead Of the
family, and how'd I look luggin'
peaches round p
Year: 1874

Some four hundred females will
be thrown out Of employment by the
transfer of the printing of the internal
revenue stamps from the Printing
Bureau in the U. S. Treasury to q
private concern in New York. The
government has the presses, machin-
cry, material and skilled employees
for doing the work, and ought to be
able to do it cheaper than those who
must necessarily derive profit from
it. The expressage on the stamps
when printed, from New York to
Washington, is no inconsiderab1e
item, and this is saved by having the
work done in the Treasury. When
the stamps were printed by private
parties before the country was flooded
with well executed counterfeits, but
this has not been the case since the
work has been done by the govern
ment. None of the officers in charge
of the Printing Bureau appear to
know why the change has been made,
but it is safe to say that some inter
mediary parties have found profit in
it. Congress when it meets should
enquire into the matter.
Year: 1874

GA great lamentation of how men
have fallen in morals is an everyday
occurrence. | consider man is now as
GOOD and q little better then he even
was before in intellect and moral con,
ditions. That all men have plenty of
animal brains we will admit, but not
near as much nor are they as active as
they used to be in our forefathors


That intellect and morals are gaining
and ascending all must admit. 1t IS


no criterion because some Of our men
in high station have shown breach OF
trust. We know how they get into


office most of them by sharpness in
trade, and when they got this wealth
it was easy to buy up the votes of the
dishonest, and gull the fools. When
a man gets wealth and puts on a good
appearance, we are foolish enough to
think he is a respectable man. Prop
erty covers multitude of sins, but
where, on the other hand, IS man


every way worthy for the highest pub
lie trust, but, forsooth, has not grab,
bed very big share of this worlds
goods you do not shower fat offices
on him no, he is not thought respec,
table enough. Verify we are a curl
ous race. Men that we know to be
dishonest all their lifetime, that have


been directly and indirectly stealing
from their fellow-men, we put into
places where they can carry 1t on on a
grander scale and when it turns out
that they have been practicing in
their old line, we make q great TODD
and lament on the fall Of man IT II
Such men luxuriate and give full play
to their animal faculties, supposing
that wealth is going to do everything
for them; but in the latter part of
their lives they find out great mis-
take, They find out that property, il
it is not used for a good purpose, i.
nothing more than bubble; prick it.


and it bursts, and carries them as vic
tins into general destruction. y Mr.


Bickley's letter in the Wolverine Citi.
Year: 1874

Mr.. Rowland in pulling down an.
old house in Oxford, n. H., that had
been vacated some eight years, found
in taking up the the kitchen floor q
portion that had the appearance of
having been cut out, and after remov-
ing it found the sleepers had been
hewed, apparently to let something
large through, and after digging a
short distance found large coarse
box containing skeleton. From all
appearances it was of a man about
forty years old. Nothing remains of
the clothing but large brass buttons.
Quite an interest is felt in the matter.
Year: 1874

Steep your Rye in hot water, until
it swells, then let it dry and toast it
as you would Coffee, when it is to be
ground and boiled as usual, and it
makes a beverage much more whole
some than the imported Coffee, and
which very little practice will rend-
er more agreeable. The price of one
pound of foreign Coffee has furnished
the writer's family with Rye enough
to supply them tor three months
less sugar is requisite and when
cream is not to be had, boiled milk is
very good. 1t is needless to show how
much would be saved to the country
by thus resorting to the domestic
article and it is recommended to
those with whom the expense is not
considered an object, to set an ex,
ample worthy of imitation. Foreign
Coffee disagrees with many persons
who have little idea of it and Rye
has in all cases been found perfectly
harmless. S.
Year: 1874

We will not attempt to describe
Richards feelings as he read this
heartless note. But in the years that
followed, when seated by the wife
whose worth became more apparent
to him year by year, and surrounded
by the children by which their love
had been crowned and perfected, he
looked back upon it as the most fort,
innate event of his life.


We will leave the reader to imag-
inc Helen Cartoons chagrin and NOR
ti6cation when she learned that the
tew hundreds that Richard had had
In the broken bank were mere tribe
compared to the wealth that was still
his.


Still hunting for a rich husband,
she stands small chance of getting
any.


With the beauty fading that was
her only charm, the men fight shy of
her ; it being the general opinion that
she would not only 'make the poor
est kind of a wife for a poor man."
but tor any one.
Year: 1874

Appearing in q Nashville paper, whether
original Herewith or not, and credited to Que
j. Bateman Smith, is q tremendous romance
OF facts in Fayetteville, from which the ap-
pended chaste descriptions of the lovers con
cerned may be tastetully quoted:


lie was young, he was fair, and he parted
his hair, like the average beau, in the middle
he was proud, he was bold, but the truth must
be told, he played like fend on the fiddle.
But, aside from this vice, he was everything
nice, aud his heart was SO loving and tender,
that he always turned pale when he trod on
the tail of the cat lying down by the fender
lie cerked IN the store, and the way that he
tore OFT calico, jeans, and brown sheeting
would have tickled calf and make the brute
laugh In the face of quarterly meeting He
cut quite a dash with a darling moustache
which he learned to adore and to cherish for
one girl had said, while she dropped her proud
head, that 'twOuld kill her to see the thing
perish. On Sunday he ID search the straight
road to the church, unheedng the voice of the
sc0rner and demu:ey he sat, like a young
tabby cat, with the saints in the far amen cor
ner. Ho sang like bird, and his sweet voice
was heard fairly tuging away at long meter
and wo speak but the truth when we say that
this youth could outsing hungry mosquito.


She was young, she was fair, and she scram-
bled her hair like the average belle of the city
she was proud but not bold, yet the truth
must be told that the way she chewed wax
was pity. But aside from this vice. she was
everything nice, and the world much applauded
her hustle; and the Fayetteville boys, being
calmed by the noise, walked miles just t.
hear the thing rustic. She cut quite swell
did this wax x-chewing belle, and the mon flock
ed in armies to meet her; but she gave them
the shirk, for she loved the young clerk who
sang like a hungry mosquito. So she hemmeo
and she hawed, and she sighed and she chawed
until her heart and jaws were both broken
then she walked by his store, while he stood
at the door awaiting some amative token. She
raised up her eyes with pretty surprise, anC
tried to enact the proud scOrner; but to tel
the plain truth she just 0ri'laed at the youth
who loved the devout amen corner.
Year: 1874

Victor Hugo is deeply in love with the
United States, and one minute out of every
hour, when he is awake, is devoted to talking
about this country, the other fity-nine min-
utes being devoted to talk about himself
Year: 1874

The peach-growers Of this section, as a class,
are intelligent and we'll educated men, as it is
very evident that no such business as peach
growing could be conducted by any but inteli-
gent men. Sometimes they find that their
commission merchants do not understand this,
and look upon the peach-growsrs as country
pumpkins" and treat them accordingly. A
few years since quite a number OF the most
extensive and most intelligent of the growers
concluded to send their fruit to a certain COM
mission man; but at the end of the season
there was some discrepancy, growing out of
the loss of baskets, and some of the growers
waited on the commission merchant-who is a
very worthy man, and pretty generally esteemed
as honest-and it was soon found that the diff


Guilty arose from imperfect book keeping.
However, this did not satisfy the commission
merchant, and he wrote to his agent that he
did not propose to be instructed in the manage


ment of his business by lot of ingnOrant
countrymen. This letter fell into the hands OF
one of the parties who Immediately took
some copies of it and posted them around the
country, and that ended the commission mer-
chants business in that section. AS the lead


ing one of these Ignorant countrymen" was
Deaware's Representative in Congress, the
Deawareans did not like it.-Ne,O York Times.
Year: 1874

THE San PART OF SUMMERS LIFE.-Can a
man pass the age OF sixty without woman
steps over his line of life, to bless or blast
The part which wife played in the existence
OF Charles Sumner was a sad one. 1t might
not be dragged to view now but for the
woman S own act. Only two or three days
ago his divorced wife made application,
through her attorneys, for privilege to marry
again. The divorce was of Summers seeking,
and BY the Massachusetts, law she coudn'
take a second husband while the first lived,
without special permission from the courts
Sumner went to his death cheered by no wo-
manly word ; no wifely prayers His pillow
was smoothed by the highest of the land, and
the men whom a country hOnors stood by and
groaned in spirit as no passed away. And
the woman who had been his wife, whom he
put away on account of incompatibity, was
at that time wondering how long it would be
ere the court would hear and decide the peti.
tion which should give her to the arms of a
younger man. Can anybody die without max
ing somebody glad.
Year: 1874

The strike among the windowglass
blowers against the reduction Of wages,
which has been going on for sometime, d
now at an end and the manufacturers will
resume in q short time.


ROLLING MILLS AND FURNACES REsUM-


III NG. - w


The rolling mills and furnaces In this
vicinity are now In full operation running
full turns day and night.


TERRrEIc FURNACE RxPLosIoH.


An explosion occurred at Dunbar Fur.
mace, fifty miles from this city, on last
Thursday. One Of the tuyeres had beer
leaking for some days, and on this day q
new one was put il, but 1t did not operate
Satislactorily. When an examination was
being made terrific explosion took place
killing one man and blowing his head q
distance Of twenty ieet from the body
The receiver was blown to pieces and the
roof Of the casting house blown entirely
of. Pieces Of the recalYer were blown
nearly a quarter Of mile.
Year: 1874

Governor Kellogg has received the fol-
lowing letter from Congressman Morey, in
which some important suggestions are
made concerning the action Of the board of
liquidation in providing for the settlement
of past due interest The suggestions made
by General Morey are well worth their
attention:


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


Washington, D. c., May u, 1874.
Governor ". P. Kellogg, Chairman Board of Liuui-


datiOn, State of Louisiana:


SIR notice in the official journal a
statement from you that, on and after july
1, 1874, the board will be prepared to ex-
change old bonds for new, and at the same
time pay the interest due January l, 1874
As the act under the provisions of which
this exchange is effected was, either inten.
tionall or by accident, left very vague, in
consequence of which gross injustice has
already been done, by the want of any pro-
vision making proper discrimination be.
tween the Elk, seven and eight per cent
bonds of the State. Allow me to suggest
that tor the good name of the State, as
we'll as in Justice to all parties
affected, and to prevent the suspicion
of deliberate unfairness of action which
would, abroad as we'll as at home, throw a
cloud upon the honesty of intention ON the
part Of those having the financial honor of
equity should be applied in the absence of
statute provision, in dealing with the hold
ers of all classes of our bonds. Now as you
are aware, some Of our bonds have coupons
due on the first Of January, others have
coupons which have earned two, three or
four (or even more) months of interest on
the first of January, 1874 Now to pay in
cash the coupons fully earned sand to pay
those partially earned in some other way
would be manifestly unjust. 1t is true,
owing to a recent great disaster that taxes
to the credit of the ''past due interest fund.-
may not have been collected to an amount
sufficient to pay all interest now, but let all
be put on the same basis and let warrants
or certificates be issued for such portions OF
the coupons partially earned but not due
in January, 1874, which certificates shall be
paid out Of the first money coming into the
treasury to the credit of that fund. In this
way no distinction will be made. and during
the year the certificates will all fully be re-
tired by the collection of back interest. Thus
tar your efforts in behalf of the honor of the
State, while at the same time you have
sought to relieve an overtaxed people, have
been appreciated as fast as your action was
properly understood, and l am glad to be
able to say that abroad as we'll as at home
you are beginning to receive the credit
properly your due for the sagacious financial
policy you have pursued. 1t is for this
reason present to you the equities las
consider rhem) OF the matter of whichsI
have written, having but the slightest per
sonal interest in the question, but realizing
to the fullest extent in the present exag-
gerated sensitiveness of capital, the necessi
ty for the practice of the broadcast equity
by your board in its dealing with the public
to the end that the confidence now felt in
your financial administration may not be
weakened. Yours truly,


ERANE NOPEy
Year: 1874

A petrified rattlesnake, 80 perfect that six rat
ties were distinctly visible, was recently found
in q block Of marble Mt Burlington.


An aurist is going around the country lectar-
ing on the cultivation Of the ear. He does not
say when 10 the best time to pull II.
Year: 1874

May The 1th, 1874.
To The Editor:


DEAR EDITOR ii ment to write Last
week but was so busy. planted part
of acre Of poalos Last week and number
of other garden seeds also owne one
goose And she has seven goslins on the
frset of May was to a May day party
there was % Of US it was not a very fine
Day But we injoyd our selves very Mutch
and Met at the grange hall and we had
good time Miss haty stone was chosen for
our queen think she looked like little
farey that we sometimes reade about when
they placed the crown upon her he'd. we
have good sundy school Now Mr. stone is
our father is Building a
Bridge a few Mlese from home And The
rest of the family are in Bed. l Must fin
ish this shorte Letter for it is after 10
o clock, good Night kinde Editor


LILLE NJ. BOUSTEAD.
Year: 1874

We give a limited space in our COL
umns from communications for children
and young writer's. We do so to encor-
age them first to think, and mex to write
and print their thonghts. We are com.
PEELED, however, to give some instructions
IN this matter. Before writing be sure
and have something to say. Tell US
about your stock, about your crops,
about your chickens, ducks, turkeys &c.,
about your fruit trees about the sue
cess of your schools, about the health
otyour neighborhood whether you have
too much or too little rain for your
crops


You see there are plenty Of subjects
to write about that will be of general
interest to all readers.


Be sure and look out the words and
spell correctly. This week the waste
basket received several letters from this
fault mainly. If we trimmed up the
letters the writer would sail under false
colors, and our effort to encourage edu-
cation would fail of its object. We are
pleased to learn from our young friends,
but We want them to think as we'll as
write. Suppose the little 9 year old
girl takes her dictionary and writes her
letter all over. looking out every word,
and see how many mistakes in spelling
she can find. No better way to improve
the youthful mind.
Year: 1874

MAPRL FARM, May 7th, 1874.
Mr.. Editor, Grange Advance:


have red your paper sevrel times and
are interested in it and hope that every
girl and boy is the same we have q pretty
good time hear there is singing school hear
we have good teacher hear we like him
very much his name is Mr.. Noel we have
learned quite good deal am years old
CESS must stop now if you publish this
letter will write again good bye Mr. Edi-
tor with respect farmers Daughter.
Year: 1874

14We have devoted this column to our
young in order to interest and improve
them, and we hope that the boys and girls
who write for The GRANGE ADVANCE will
try to see how nicely they can write, and
how much better they can write each time.
Remember that the boys and girls of to-
day will soon be the men and women of our
country, and in their hands will be the
farms, the homes, the schools, the interests
and welfare Of the State and Nation.
Year: 1874




If you are gaining little BY little,
every day, be content. Are your ex-
penses less than your income, so that,
though it be little by little you
are yet constantly accumulating,
aud growing richer and richer every
day? Be content; so far IS concerns
mOhey, you are doing we'll.


Are you gaining knowledge every
day? Though 1t be little BY little,
the. aggregate Of the accumulation,
where no day is permitted,tO-pass
without adding something to the
stock, viii be surprising to yourself
Solomon did not become the Wisest
man in the world in minute. Little
by little-neYer emitting to learn
something, even for single day
always studying a little between the
time Of rising up in the morning
and lying down at night; this is the
way TO accumulate q full storehouse
Of knowledge.


Finally. are you daily improving
in character? Be not discouraged
because it is little by little. The best
of men fall far short Of what they
themselves would wish to be. It is
something, it is much, II you keen
your good resolutions better to-day
than you did yesterday, better this
week than you did last, better this
year than you did last year. Strive
to be perfect, but do not become dis
heartened SO long as you are .ap.
preaching nearer and nearer to the
high standard at which you aim.


Little by little fortunes are aecum-
ulated; little by little character and
reputation are achieved.
Year: 1874

A correspondent Of the Western
Rural says:-I have raised mine in
this manner for three years, 1 plant
two or three seeds in each hilIabout
the usual time Of setting out cab
bage. The weather and ground is
then warm and they come quickly.
When large enough TO transplant /
remove all but one, transplanting in
to such hills as have been DESTROYED
by cut worms. cultivate and hoe
twice thoroughly, and then keep the
hills clean and mellow. They should
be hoed every few days during the
season OF tending the different veg
etables Of the garden.
Year: 1874

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE Persons at a
distance desiring information from this point can
address me. If the subject does not require much
Investigation few postage stamps viii be suffi-
cient remuneration.
Year: 1874

Everybody is wondering why the BAZAAR
az selling their goods SO cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and Sum
iner goods TO make room for the immense
stock of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive
Year: 1874

OuR INDIAN PRoTEGEs are uneasy, and, true
to their traditional policy, think that the sea-
son is propitious for their accustomed scalp
ing, numbering and thieving raids The
bounty of the government has enabled the
noble red man to get safely over the last win
ter when SO many hundred families in New
York were brought to the verge of starvation
without costing Uncle Sam even thought
Now the dusky cutthroats begin to assert their
rights, and the telegraph assures us that a
general uneasiness exists among the tribes on
the frontier. Occasional reports are given of
raids on defenceless settlers by the pets of the
government The only remedy against such
annual atrocities is to give our boys in blue
on the frontier plenary powers, and to keep a
strong force always at General Sheridan's dis
posa The arguments in favor of civilizing
the Indians, when caught red-handed in the
act Of murder, are about as logical as those of
Mr. Bergh in favor of rabid dogs and amnesty
to all animals.
Year: 1874

IT Is RUMoRED THAT MAYOR HAvEMEYER in
tends to reappoint the two Police Commits
sioners who pretended to resign the offices
from which they had been removed by the
action of the law consequent upon their con-
viction for misdemeanor. We hope that il
the Mayor has entertained any such intention
he will be restrained from carrying it out by
respect for his own good name. The re-
appointment to Office Of the convicted Com
missioners would be an outrage Oh the good
sense of the community. 1t is the duty OF
the chief magistrate to show an example Of
respect for the law.