smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

IN anOther column we PRINT certain
resolutions of Fountain Brook Grange
on the subject Of this article. We print
them because it is intimated in the reso-
lutions that some man or men favor po-
litical discussion in the oranges. We
confess that we have never seen or heard
of a man or woman who was in favor of
violating the constitution by discussing
political questions in the grange, but we
take it that Fountain Brook Grange has,
.and therefore print their resolutions.


The great question as we understand
it is, what are, and what are not, politi.
cal questions s. This question being de-
termined all are, or should be, agreed to
exclude the former. But it is very diff
ticult thing to fix the line Of demarka-
tion. A question that was political last
year may not be this year, or one that
is political this year may not be next.
There was time when the question Of
slavery was the greatest political ques-
tion before the people, but to day no
grange would be considered as violating
the rule by discussing the question Of
slavery, or favoring its abolition in
Cuba and South America. There was a
time when the question of tariff was
political question but it is not now. The
great political parties are no longer d.
>vided on this question. Democrats and
Republicans are alike found on both
sides of it, and so Of hundred others
that we might point out.


But there are many othe rs that it i
mot so easy to determine. For instance
we are told by some that it is not prop-
er to discuss and denounce the taking
and keeping of the salary grab. We
think otherwise. Some will think that
the currency question should not be
discussed, because it is POLITICAL; others
will think differently; and so we might
go on.


How, then, are we to determine
whether question is or is not within
the prohibition! Without undertaking
to fully answer this question we will say
that it will be found q safe rule to ex-
clude every question that is calculated
to stir up strife and bad feeling, and to
destroy the harmony Of the Grange.
Whenever any question arises that
sthreatens to destroy the unity and good
feeling Of the Grange, let it be instantly
expelled. No matter how imports tant it
may be, it is of a thousand times more
Importance that peace and fraternal re.
.lations should be maintained.


Political and religious questions are
forbidden simply because they are apt
ito engender strife and bad feeling. Any
question that will produce the same re.
suit is within the spirit Of the constitu.
tional provision. we are 80 disposed
we shall IS able to find plenty Of sub.
:.jects TO discuss that will b 5edifyinr
and instructive without st the same
time ,tendeng TO produce ~rang-
Year: 1874

The attention Of all thoughtful men
has been arrested by the action of the
Republican Convention at Owatonna on
the 18th inst, in nominating the Hon.
Mark H. Dunnell as the Republican
candidate for Congress from the First
District. We had supposed there was not
a man in the district, however humble
and unknown, who had not better
chance for that nomination than Mr..
Dunnell. We believed firmly that no
man who was tainted with the salary
grab, or had ever touched one of the un-
holy, Judas Iscariot pieces of silver Civ
en- by that infamous measure could ever
get vote in any convention for any
office whatever. And yet already,
while the storm Of indignation aroused
by the measure has scarcely begun
to lull, here is man who
publicly proclaims that he was illegally,
constitutionally and morally author
lied" to take and keep the back pay
money for which he had given neither
labor nor time, and who says that if he
had given it back, II should have con-
sidered that I was guilty Of an act of
degradation from which I recoil." This
man is nominated as the candidate Of
the Republican party of the First Con-
gressional District Of our own State.


We can neither express our surprise
or our grief. 1t would seem that what
the people denounce by their voices one
day, they will sustain by their votes
the next. Is it possible that after all
we have heard against this back pay
steal, that nevertheless the people
are going to send the salary grabbers
all back to Congresse If SO, we confess
there is but little hope for reform, and
the outlook is gloomy.


We cannot yet believe that the peo-
pie of the first district have made this
nomination. 1t surely must have been
the work Of the politicians-the men
who have shared in the spoils. But
even if this be so, why have the people
permitted it? Are they so dead to
their own interests that they still al
low themselves to be run. and voted by
wire pullers and tricksters! If yea,
then let us hear no more about the peo-
pie being down.trodden and oppressed.
Let us hear no more abou tunjust and par
tial legislation or political corruption,
for if the people will make no effort to
prevent it they are not worthy of any.
thing better. ''Who would be free,
himself must strike the blow


But if the people of that district have
been negligent to their own interests we
still hope that they will now have their
eyes opened and that they will instant
ly arise and grid themselves for the
fight. Place in nomination some man
whose skirts are clean, whose character
is bed rock, and whose integrity is un-
impeachable, and then turn out and
support him to man. This is no
question of politics or political parties.
1t is question of principle, and of vital
Importance, and one upon which the
oranges have spoken both inside and
outside of the grange. We cannot be-
lieve that they are ready to swallow
their own denunciations, and the man
they have denounced. If not, let them
see to it that no salary grabber shall
again darken the doors of Congress
from the first district of Minnesota.
Year: 1874

DIssAT1sF1RD MARINERs.-John Foley and
Charles Bishop were arraigned before the
Police Court yesterday charged with being
deserters from the brig John Williamson,
now in this port. The captain of the brig
said he had engaged them in New York, and
as soon as they reached here they took up
their baggage and left. Bishop stated that
he was bired as cook, but he found the pro-
visions of such character that they were not
fit to eat, and the cooking utensils In such q
condition that it was impossible to keep his
fire going, and the crew were al complain
ing of the quality and quantity OF the food.
He was only allowed six pounds OF meat Tor
nine men, and the captain grumbled at that.
Other witnesses fatty contradicted Ibis state
ment. The accused were committed to await
the sailing Of the brig. !.


Two other members of the crew are yet
1t large, but the police are on the lookout
n them. III.
Year: 1874




The other night at Truckee, Cal, two


young men, visiting the same young


lady, tried to "freeZe each other out, .


OF in other words, to see which would


stay the longest. It appears that this is


q common amusement at Truckee, and


though pleasant to the young men, is


somewhat expensive and annoying to


the old folks. The Republican tells the


story as follows: .. ~.


The heads of the family left the
young people alone at the proper hour
and retired, apparently for the purpose
OF rest and slumber. About midnight
the young lady expressed a desire to
step out on the porch to see the moon
and get the fresh air, and of course
both of the "freezers" followed. The
door was closed after them. While
moon and star gazing, the man of the
fOdse steps unObserVed into the parlor
and distributes liberal supply of shoe
makers wax ON two of the seats of the
cane bottOmed chairs-those that the
men had vacated. This wax was of the
right consistency to serve the purpose
i'll this case. The young lady on the
porch, who was i'll the secret, soon found
an excuse for returning with her ad-
m1rers. The young men sank down
again into the reserved seats,p and
each redoubled his efforts to please the
damsel, annoy his fellow, and keep
aw.ake. About an hour passed in this
way, by which time the wax aided by
the warmth pressed down upon it, had
become thoroughly amalgamated with
the shoddy of the pants-in fact, the
cane bottoms of the chairs, the wax
and the DantalOOns became sort of
inseperabe trinity. The time for the
crisis was close at hand. 1t came.
Each one of the bachelors found him-
self glued to his seat, and no amount
of pulling and tugging effected a re-
lease. 1t they arose the chairs followed.
At first they tried to look upon the mat
ter as a joke, and after full half hours
struggle to free themselves from their
embarrassing predicaments they began
to think they had got into a serious
scrape. The lady suggested that they
build up rouslng fire in the stove, and
then each man backing up as near the
heat as possible, "melt the darned
stuff Off" as she said. This method
was tried, but didn't work, as, with the
chairs fastened to them, they couldn't
get near enough the fire. After they
had sweat in the heated room for about
an hour to no purpose, the wax retain
ing its relentless grip and connection,
they saw no other way out of their
awkward dilemma except to engage in
a surgical operation. It was getting
along towards morning, and daylight
was ear at hand. Thew realized that
whatever was to be done must be done
gu 'ckly. Their jack knives were
brought into reduisition, and in d few
minutes each fellow was relieved from
his uncomfortable position. They left
the young lady and the house in hasty
and unceremonious manner, with a cane
patch ON the rear of their unmention-
ables about the size of full moon.
Freeze out games are not as popular as
they were.
Year: 1874

EDITOR OF THE SOUTH-There is per-


haps no better method Of judging of the
future than by the past, and by the ex-


perience of those persons who for years


nave been engaged in settling emigrants
in the West. From this the people of
the South may learn the means that have
had SO salutary an effect in the eompe-
ting section, and reject such as have
proved abortive. Most of the people


who arrive upon our shores, atthe points


of debarkatiOn have but very little mon


ey, and this they have struggled for


years to accumulate. Consequently they


value it far more than do the Americans


their earnings, or than they do them


selves after living among us for time


and becoming accustomed to American


habits and extravaganza. For this reas-


ON, until few of them have been in


duced, to locate in the Southern States
and test their availability in climate,


soil, ETC., little can be done in the way
of immigration.


Now the question arises, what mode
of procedure will best accelerate this
movement, and we have our answer in
the experience of the great lines of rail-
road and land companies that have sue


ceeded in peopling the vast prairies of
the West with hardy, thrifty, indus
trial population. In the first place, every
county in the South should have it's I'm
migration Association, the members of
which should put apo 'tion of their land
into pool, and set the price as cheap as
lands can be purchased for in the West.
When this is done money should be con-
tributed to defray the expense of news
papers and pamphlets, published in the
different languages and distributed all
over Europe, descriptive of the location
and its advantages, so that the emigrant,
before he leaves his home, has at least
partial knowledge of the South, and has
his mind made up to go thither. Then
there should be agents upon the other
side of the ocean, to induce Immigrants
to take passage ON those lines that will
land them at some southern port, where
they should be received as they are at
New York and other No thern points,
by the agents of the railroad companies,
and at reduced rates be transported to
their destination. Great care should be
taken that nothing except what is liter
ally true should be written or spoken,
or the least deception practiced; and
when few individuals have been salts
factoriIy located, the arrival Of the bal
ance will be question of time, as let
ters to friends, the growing popularity
of the section, and the efforts of intend
ing settlers, aided by those who have
found the venture a prosperous one, will
effect the rest, s S,
Year: 1874

As You Sow So WILL You REAP
The man who undertakes to live IHO
lives will find that he is living buj one,
and that that one is a life of deception.
Cause will be true to their effects. That
which you SOW you will reap. If you
live to the flesh, to the passions, to the
corrupt inchnatOns, you may depend
upon it that the fruit which is in store
for you will be that which belongs to
these things. There can be no doubt as
to what your harvest will be, II you
think that after your days business is
done you can shut the blinds and carry
on your orgies in secret with your evil
companions if you think you can serve
the devil by night and then go forth
and look like a sweet and virtuOus young
does not drink, nor gamble, nor commit
any vice, then the devil has his halter
ABOUT your neck, and he leads you the
stupidest fool of all the crowd. You
deceive nobody but yourself. There is
an expression in the eye that tells stories.
Passions stain clear through. 4 man
might as well expect to take nitrate of
silVer-WhOse nature is to turn him to
a lead color-and not have the doctor
know it, as to expect that he can form
evil habits and pursue misehievOus
courses and not have it known. 1t does
not need sheriff to search out and re-
veal the kind of life that you are living.
Every law of God in nature is an officer
after you. 1t does not require court,
judge and jury, to try and condemn you.
All nature is a courtroom, and every
principle thereof is part of that court
which tries and condemns you. Do you
think that there can be sucn a monstrous
misadiustment of affairs as that you can
do the work of the devil and have the
remuneration OF an angel
Year: 1874

THE WAY TO PRODUCE LARGE MEL oNs
AND SQUAsHEs.-All such vegetables
require a rich soil. A small shovelful
Of the fine and rich manure beneath the
stable floor, if put in hill, will operate
like magic. If you want tt" beat all the
neighbors," dig holes two feet square
and one foot deep in the garden, fill
them up nine inches with manure and
stamp it down we'll, and ON this set a
box one foot square and nine inches
high. Then fill up six inches of the box
with lOamy soil, and on this plant the
seed, ten to twelve seeds in a hill. Over
the box put glass, then bank up around
the frame to the top with manure. 1t
is well to have the south side of the box
an inch or two lowest, SO that the rays
of the sun may strike the glass more
directly. Ii there is prospect of frost
or cold nights after plants come up cover
them under the glass with newspapers,
and also sheet.over the glass. When
plants get an inch or so high thin out to
three plants in a hill; and when they
start to run nip off the ends of the vines
to make them grow strong and stocky.
It is good practice, also, after a vine
has run four or five feet, to turn the
ends around towards the hills, as run
ners are not inclined to grow towards
the rOots.--[N. Y Herald.
Year: 1874

RELATIONS TO OTHER LINEs-A NEW DEPOT AT BCF-


FAJo.


Extraordinary efforts are making by the Erie
Railway Company 10 obtain business and extend their
traffic Heretofore much OF their business has been neg
lecied particularly the local passenger and freight tra
hc. John n. Abbott the General Passenger Agent has
increased the accommodations for local travel and as
consequence the business has largely increased The
latest movement promises to be an important
one. inasmuch as it will result in prof
stable working arrangement with the Great
Western and Canada Southern Railroads OF Canada
and probably with the BuIlo, New York and Philadel
phia the Buffo and jamestown, and the Grand Trunk
OF Canada Some days ago, the Right Hon. Hugh Child
ers NJ p President of the Great Western Railroad Of
Canada accompanied by John n. Abbott, General Pas
senger Agent and r. c. Var General Freight Agent, OF
the Erie Railway Joseph Price. General Manager and
w K Muir superintendent OF the Great Western Rail
road made excursion around the harb0r TO examine
the terminal facilities OF the port. Mr Childers has
been recently elected President and made this tour in
order TO ascertain the facilities OF the NewYork roads,
80 that be could compare them with his and intro
duce improvements which might be necessary to
extend and develop his own property He seemed
much impressed with the magnitude Of the enterprises
and took especial interest in the manner Of handling
petroleum Immediately after his tour he left the city
10 inspect his railroad During his visit here there
considerable discussion TO the relations between
the two companies. II is intended TO construct
depot al Buffalo which will accommodate the Erie, the
Great Western OF Canada and probably the Buff .lo
Eew-YOrk and Philadelphia, Buffalo and jamestown
and the Grand Trunk Of Canada II the several rail-
roads agree it 70 proposed 10 erect building which will
be TO Buffalo what the Grand Central is to New.York
Reciprocal freight and traffic relations have been en-
tered into between the Erie and Great Western freight
and beng run by the Ere over the latter
line far as Chicago
Year: 1874

Dispatches from Chicago, intimatng the early
OF the companies, are probaly the re-


suit OF the Of the Underwriters Of this city The
Executive Committee Of the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters held a meeting Thursday TO complete
some business left unfinished the meeting in Boston
during the previous week. special committee was
Year: 1874

4 correspondent of the Vlcksburg
Herald gives an account of a new in
vention now i'll practical operation in
Mountain Cotton Mills, near Bolton
Station, on the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad, which, if it proves to be
all that is represented, must have a
more important elltcC upon the produc-
ton and manufacture of cotton than
even Whitney's cotton gin has had. 1t
does away with the ordinary process of
ginning, converting the cotton just as it
is taken from the field into thread of
superior quality. 1t costs only $3.50,
and it attached to the ordinary card
stand. It is said that specimen of
thread made by this machine have been
sent to nearly all the northern manu-.
facturers, and have been pronounced
stronger and more lustrous than that
spun by the ordinary mothod. It is
claimed that thread spun by this
means will sustain fully one-third more
weight than thread of equal size made
of cotton that has passed through the
processes of compression aud cOmpli-
Gated machinery of common cotton
mills. The great Importance of the in
vention, however, consists in the fact
that by it's chcapness and simplicity it
may be introduced i9to common use,
the natural result of which will be to
transfer the whole work of cotton spin
ming from manufactures to the cotton
fields, thus eirecting great saving in
the cost of packing and transportation,
and in other expenses.
Year: 1874

One OF the principal features Of Tho
middle ages is the recognition of the
fact that Christianity assigned to woman
a new place in the social order of the
world very diiferelt from what it had
been before. The deep respect accorded
by that epoch to woman could not but
exercise most powerful and beneficial
Influence on humanity; for when man,
confident il his physical force, rejgns
alone, we can never expect TO see real
human culture develop itself. There
now arose Il new kind of worship of the
Beautiful, and of female beauty in par
ticular, and that in higher and more
refined sense than hal been the case
with the uon-Christian world. The
Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabians
hud bestowed praise on woman, as nee
essary to their happiness, but they
treated her only as an inferior, and even
as a slave. The Christian world set be-
fore itself new ideal. What man now
strives for is, that the lady whose aitec
tlOns he endeavors to win should recOg-
ni2e his personal worth that she should
prefer him to other suitors that she
should love him because she honors and
esteems him. Such demand is based
upon the supposition that man consid-
ers woman as his equal nay, that he
looks up to her as superior being the
endeayor he makes TO deserve the favor
of her he loves, and to become worthy
of her, reacts on his own conduct. Love
raises him above all that is common and
vulgar; it becomes with him the main
spring of every noble action; he can
henceforth neither do or say anything
of which he would feel ashamed before
her. The Teutonic nations especially
seized the full significance of this lofty
conception of woman and of her place
in life with them love was nothing but
the spontaneous homage of strength to
beauty; they introduced new social
usagos and more elevated system of
ethics among the inhabitants of South
ern Europe, and at the same time, com
municated to them that reverential re-
spect which raises woman, though nat
uralIy weak, above the common level Of
humanity.
Year: 1874

A correspondent who has been to the
British museum writes: L" Full of
strange speculations and sober thoughts
| paused at last before tho case con-
tanning the mummy o; Egypt's royal
hirt, Cleopatra. The soft light of The
English twilight was falling through
the dingy windows and chasing long
shadows around the cases and into the
dark corners. The sight-seers lad eX-
hlusted themselves and withdrawn and
the apartment was deserted and silent
as the tombs, and | was all alone with
my reveries and the dead. Before me
was the short, dumpy figure of the
queen, the flash of whose eye and the
witchcry Of whose smile had intoxicated
the mighty Caesar and unnerved the
brawny arm of Marc Antony. She was
wrapped thousand times in linen bands
and seemed bundled up to keep the
cold air ont. On the outer covering
was IL portrait of the woman as she ap-


cared in life. The colors were nearly
as bright as when put there. The
cheeks were full aud rosy, the hair dark
as the ravens wing, and there was a
look of ineffable grace in the face,
blushing with an expression that be-
spoke Knowledge of her beauty and
power as woman rather than that Of
queen. There were the charm y
before me that had seduced score Of
lovers, and the lips that it was delir-
ium to kiss. / stood there, and thought
and thought until thinking became a
burden and the gloom of my feelings
warned me from the spot. But a
strange fascination held me there to
hold communion with this awful thing. "
Year: 1874




The general railway share market to-day was
eonalv active with thar of yesterday and the vol
nme of business was about up to the usual average
AT the beginning, with the doleful weather, which
was enough to produce dependency, prices were
only indierently well supported 30 far as the gen
eral list was concerned But the Union Pacific
stock once more came TO the rescue and. backed mp
by the smart investment demand for all its securi-
ties together with the fact that as result OF the
funding operations Of the last few weeks, something
less than a million Incomes remain TO be ex-
changed into Sinking Funds, found confident
buyers, who run it up at once TO the
highest price yet made in the campaign The con-
spicaous strength here displayed extended TO the
other shares, though IN a less appreciabe degree.
Pacific Mail was uncertain, and the alleged diseord
m the management made operators cautious IN ap-
preaching it, Nevertheless fair trade was driven
in it, as well as in Western Union, though in the
Year: 1874

The money market has been quiet and easy as
usua and rates on call were and per cent, prime
discounts selling at to Z. The Treasurer at wash
inpton received $4,000 National bank notes Tor
redemption


Government bonds Lave been fairly active and
steady to firm in tone. We annex closing quota