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Year: 1874

In the busy pursuits Of life don't
forget the finer sensibilities of our ma
ture, but guard them as we would the
more choice varieties of our fower-gar-
dens, for they really stand in the same
relation to the unfoldment of our inner
lives that the former does to we'll
regulated home; wealth of beauty
and refinement, that plants us high
above the landmarks Of the brute world,
and its cold uaterialism. G.


Last weeks issue of the ADVANCE,
broug ht with it criticism upon some
Of the writer's of the Western Union
and the ADVANCE, under the signature
Of "Western Farmer" To begin with
person assuming to criticise from hon.
est motives, should not be afraid to
throw up his colors, then we shall be
able to decide whether it is in conse-
quence ofpolicy, interest, or for the gen.
eral good Of the person or parties so
criticised.


We maintain, that in the discussion
Of these questions of business interests,
that there is no necessity for crawling
behind a barricade Of secrecy to shoot
off our little pop guns Of sentiment that
can be better felt and understood under
open fire.


I don't understand that we have anv
axes to grind, no policy of self to vim
dicate, no interest of an extortionate
nature to subserve, no proselyting to do,
but simply the adjustment of work and
compensation that is the question at
issue, and one of no mean proportion.


While we deprecate the carelessness
of some farmers in the use and exposure
Of machinery, We fail to see where that
has a point Of vital interest in the
pros and cons" of this question.
We have had some experience in
"Western Life, and have found that
after purchasing tools necessary q, con-
duct the business Of an ordinary farm,
that there is usually not upch kft to
purchase material for cove1 especially
if there were many thrde per cent.
notes given.


We rather surmise that the business
of the "Western Farmer" is not strict.
ly agricultural, still it may be possible
that he is one of those forgiving spirits
that one occasionally finds amid the
haunts of life. We have one in on,
minds eye, neighbor of ours, who
thinks that high protective tariff is
the only salvation Of a country, and he
is farmer At that. J


There is no department Of interests
that 60 to make up the sum total Of the
public and private enterprises Of our
business economy, that il 80 poorly paid
tor the amount Of capital and labor in
vested as the Agricultural interest.


Economy and retrenchment are con.
tinuslly thrust into the face of the farm.
er, is reasons Why times are alw.ys
hard with him. All Of those little
pleasures that We find necessary for rest,
culture OF refinement, must be foreve,
worshiped from the ide.l standpoint
To bring them into practice involves an
expenditure Of funds that is not in
keeping with our avooation, so We
shuttle ae along, giving our life with it's re-
sources to the building up of = class in
community p'n''i'y that =, ! lh.ye grester "c.paci
y" for the enjoyment Of good thing.
Year: 1874

Nellie had been much alone since her ill
ness even the companionship of Mrs. Dex-
ter, kind and gentle as she had always
been, was irksome to her. She liked best
TO sit in her chamber, her hands idly fold
ed in her lap, looking dreamily out upon
the children playing in the little park op-
site the house. or watching the fountain
as it cast up its glittering clouds of spray.
She had been very i'll, but was now rapidly
recovering, though the buoyancy of spirit
which had made her lovely was gone she
looked like the shadow of her former self,
and her voice was fast falling into that
dreary monotone of suffering which is so
painful.


Without possessing the genius which
was 1.-The fatal endowment of her sister,
Nellie was highly gifted girl, cursed with
that peculiarly sensitive organization
which had wrought half the misery of
Catharine's life. She had remained child
longer than the young are apt to do, and
the events of the past weeks had forced
her on to maturity Of thought and pur-
pose which brought with it its own wretch
edness.


Once Mr.. James alluded to the subject,
but she checked him, and when he spoke
of the redress which she must claim, and
made her understand the legal rights which
he intended to seek, her anguish was such
that he had not again ventured to recur to
it. But his will was immovable, aad he
determined not to be baked Of the full
measure Of his vengeance though he
trampled her heart down to obtain it, even
as he had crushed that of the woman
against whom he had sworn a hate so dead
ly and so lasting.


Nellie was alone one day, Mrs. Dexter
had gone upon some business to their
house in the country, place to which
Nellie would not return, thinking Of it
only with an added pang, and Mr.. James
was also absent.


She sat for long time in her chamber,
and at length descended to the floor below,
wandering about the vast apartments like
some desolate spirit doomed to keep that
unquiet vigil. At last her strength be-
gan to fail, and she sat down in the library
which her guardian usually occupied as
his study. She looked idly around for
something with which to occupy herself,
and was at length attracted by quaint old
cabinet at the farther end of the room.


She went up to 1t, and with the childish
curiosity of recent illness, opened the
numerous doors and drawers, without ever
thinking that there could be anything i'm
proper in her aimless researches. AT length
she reached compartment which was
locked, but the key, apparently from
thoughtlessness, had been left in the lock.
She unlocked It, and found an antique
casket of tarnished silver curiously
wrought and Of singular form. She took
it out with an exclamation of pleasure, and,
Year: 1874

-- xE Archdeacon Woods, Of New
Westminster, says: I" should question
the validity Of marriage celebrated by
me in private house, unless in case Of
absolute necessity, and I should, under
oil circumstances, question the validity
Of such marriage celebrated at any hour
than between eight and twelve in the
forenoon" It would seem to the ordi-
nary mind that the Archdeacon is strug-
Cling through the world under the great
disadvantage of being, a fool.
Year: 1874

Can man ride at the same time two
horses, each going in an opposite direc-
tron2 If be can be ought to be qualified
for the position Of a :" Mutual Friend"
of two parties who are IN deadly antag-
anism.l r1ze7
Year: 1874

If our ncighbor thinks we want to un-
justly accuse any official or attempt to cover
What we said Of the District Attorney was
not said because he is Republican. but
just TO remind him that many cases are
taken before the Grand Jury and held over
for trial, that if submitted to an examination
befJre Justice, would never reach court,
nor incur any additional expense. Again,
we have no apologies to offer for the Super
visors, on account of the funds running
short, nor do we believe they would thank
us il We bad, simply because we would be
doing what is not needed. If they were to
blame, we stand more ready to say so than
our monopoly neighbor, which is full Of
blunders itself. All the reason that can be
given for the money running short, is simply
that there was not enough. A good one, is
it not? Neither the argus, nor any other
falsi6er, dare assert that this Board has
been extravagant, for everybody knows
better.
Year: 1874

The address delivered by NJ M. Estce at
the State Fair, was mainly devoted to the
subject Of irrigation, matter which for some
years has engaged the most serious attention
Of California farmers. The subject was dealt
with very ably in all its branches, and this
address, the efforts of an able man, that are
fully worthy Of him, gives into the hands Of
California farmers, document that at this
time is Of more than ordinary moment. 1t
shows at great length what has been done
elsewhere, and by comparison points out
what may be done here. We will not at
tempt a synopsis, but will suggest that every
farmer read the address at length.
Year: 1874

SENATOR SCuuRz made great speech at
St. Louis, last Thursday night, on the affairs
at the South. and politics generally. He
thought the passage and enforcement of the
Civil Rights Bill would be the worst thing
that could befall the people of the South,
either white or black, as it would have the
effect Of shutting out the public school
system altogether, and thus while attempt
ing aid TO one class, would damage all.
Year: 1874

THE Republicans Of New York, have re-
nominated General Dix for Governor.
Tilden is the Democratic nominee for the
same office. The latter is very able man,
and will be hard to beat
Year: 1874

rHE 4irgus man appears to have white
wash on the brain. A friend to our right
suggests a coat of stft.soap, and then run
through p,tent Washing Machine he saw
at the State Fair. Thus cleansed. he thinks
the Argus man might pass for u third grade
Pike Countyan.
Year: 1874

PEAL HAIR.


Another large arrival of


CHOICE FEEN CH 81 AIR
At GREEN'S NOTION HOUSE AND HAIR


GOODS MANUFACT0RY.
The best goods for the lesst money, Prices
for the coming season have been reduced, SO that
Real Hair Goods are now within the reach OF
anv one ap8
Year: 1874

Sharon.

 Mud and politics seem to be the only

 universal topics of interest in town at pres

 ent. and to my mind they are very happily associated, for what the exact issues are, upon which the coming election centers, except the loaves and fishes, and what ben eft is to accrue to the material prosperity of the country by the success of either one of the present political factions, is just about as clear as mud, and again it is a time-honored custom with opposing par ties to occupy the time just previous to election day in the exhilerating pastime of throwing mud at each other, and as this innocent amusement is not to be omitted in the present campaign,i it must be a source of great eradication to the belligerents that nature has provided them with so in- exhaustible supply of ammunition. Now to the minor matters of interest. MT, Ralph Woodward, who sold his farm in the northwestern part of the town during the past winter, has recently purchased the of Mrs. Platt Smith in this village and takes possession immediately. The Malleable works have been bought by MT. Prayer and partner of Coxsackis, N. Y, who, l understand, propose to start the works at once. We all rejoice at this bit of good tidings, for we sadly need manu- factories in our vicinity to give tone and Vigor to business of all kinds. ALPHA.
Year: 1874

l

 The snow is all gone from the noun

 tains, the mud drying rapidly, it is really

 spring. .....April lst is coming all too soon

 for the many who dread moving time, and

 especially for those who are unable to

 secure tenements the demand for which

 was never greater in this locality. The

 opening of the quarrles have brought in a great number of inhabitants and the com

 panY as yet have erected no houses, conse-

 quently every house is filled to overfowlng and rents correspondingly high.... The

 place occupied by the Daboll family for

 many years has been sold, greatly to the regret of their numerous friends. ..... One night last week Dr. A. A. Wright while in

 attendance upon patient fell through a trap door into the cellar and broke his leg, it is feared that his recovery may take long time, as the same limb was broken years ago and has been lame eyer since. The Dr. is greatly missed, we think it best for the people of Canaan to keep we'll if possible. We sincerely hope Dr. Welch will avoid trap doors, for we've no idea what would become of the invalids were he to go and do likewise, Dr. Smith being all so unable to attend upon the sick. having been on the sick list himself for the last three weeks......The upper furnace is stopped for repairs. A new hearth is to be laid and much of the wood is 10 be taken down and rebuilt. ..... Measles are making the children flying visit, and anxious mammas are carefully guarding the little ones from what must come some day, but which they are not quite ready for now... It is rumored that there is to be an effort made to remove the Congregational church to North Canaan. Should it be done, it is to be hoped that the stove pipe projecting from oyer the center door will sustain no injury. Such piece of unique and beau tiful ornamentation ought to be regarded with religious care It is said the question of moving the church was agitated many years ago, but it seems to have been left where the fathers built it, and we presume it will still remain. It doesn't seem as if if were needed at North Canaan, as they have three churches already, and none of them filled unless it is the Catholic church. L.
Year: 1874

Chester Pike broke his leg in Concord and was carried homo. His wife was frightened, and ill running to meet him fell over dog, breaking her arm. Now, if we conld only find out what happened 10 the dog.
Year: 1874

FoI pure grit and long continued patience you ought to go to Toledo. A young lady in that town has sent ll6 pieces of poetry to newspaper, and though all have been rejected, she is struggling with another.
Year: 1874

The original system of building railways in this country was to raise money by the sale of stock. When further capital was required bonds were issued which were made first lien upon the entire property of the road. These bonds were readily taken, and no matter how much stock of the company issuing them might depreci ate, the interest upon them was promptly paid, and they maintained their value Thus during the darkest days of Erie the preferred bonds of the company sold at 95, while the stock was down to 8 point which made the honest stockholder feel that Its possession was rather burden than otherwise.

 But of late years we have devised new system of railway building. Instead of raising money by the sale of stock, bonds have been issued at the start, and the road built with their proceeds, while the stock has been allotted to promoters at nomi- nal price. It has thus resulted that the men who furnished the money to build a railway had nothing to do with it's manage ment, while the men who really controlled it had paid practically nothing to secure that privilege.

 So strong was the popular faith ln bonds until within late period that second and third mortgage bonds were often issued to provide money to be wasted by misman- agement; or in cases where the latter class of bonds did not sell readily they were taken up by the prominent officers of the road, who thus added speculation in their own securities to the land speculations which were often the real motive of rail- way building.

 This false system is now on the eve of collapse. Many of our roads have failed 10 pay the interest on their preferred bonds. In the case of the Midland road, in New York state, $2,OOO, 900 of such bonds are held by Germans, and these have deter mined to press their rights and compel foreclosure and sale of the road. A simi- lar course is contemplated by the German bondholders of the Kansas Pacific road. and many other defaulting roads will doubt less find their bondholders bent upon se- curing justice.

 An effort is making by the railway man agers to protect themselves by placing sec ond and third mortgages on an equality with first mortgages. This attempt, which IS manifest infringement of the obligation ot contracts, will not be successful. The bondholders will enforce their rights, and the whole vicious system by which the men who build the railways neither own nor control them will come to an end.
Year: 1874

THE New Orleans Times of Thursday
has an article on the Raising and Spin
ming of Cotton in which it contrasts
the profits made by raising and spinning
cotton, setting forth many indisputable
facts going to show that we must diver
sify our industries and become more
thoroughly seli-susosining than We have
ever yet been. Reliance on q single
crop has .ended 10 impOverish our plant
ers. Let US so increase the number OF
our rLSterial resources that the failure OF
a single interest may not be followed by
after ruin, as raising cotton is the great
Interest Of the south, and as the crop OF
asst year was raised for the worlds beue-
fit at loss to the producers of over thirty
millions Of dollars, it may be interesting
to turn from the culture of the fleece to
the spinning thereof. Fall River,
Massachusetts, is at present an import
ant and prosperous manufacturing
center. Dividends of one hundred and
forty per cent. have been declared in
one year, ana the stock OF bank doing
the business for the mills exclusively,
quadrupled in ten years. These facts
are indicadveOf extraordinary successes,
and show a vast difference between the
profits Of spinning and raising cotton,
and force upon cur attention the ques-
ton, IF the profit of manufacturing cot
ton is so great at Fall River, why should
1t not be as great or greater, here in
the south, where the staple is a domestic
product, and motive power in unlimited
quantities. is lying idle?" They have
tested the matter in Georgia to their
great dvantage- Let us, in other por-
tons Of the south, devote some of the
muscle hitherto used in raising cotton
TO its conversion into textile fabrics. In
that direction lies our prosperity.
Year: 1874

The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected in different parts of North America and
Europe furnishing, by this broad field of opera
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.l
Year: 1874

A SERMON IN A PARAGRAPH-Pres
dent Porter, of Yale College, gave the
following advice to the students of that in
stitution the other day:


Young men, you are the architects Of
your own fortune Rely on your own
strength of body and soul. Take for your
guiding star self-rcliance. Subscribe on
your banner, " Luck is fool Pluck is
hero.' Don't take too much advice-keep
at your helm and steer your own ship, and
remember that the great art of command
ing is to take fair share of the work
Think well of yourself. Strike out
Assume your own position. Put potatoes
in cart, over rough road, and the small
ones go to the bottom. Rise above the
envious and jealous. Fire above the mark
you intend to hit. Energy, invincible
determination, with right motive, are
the levers that move the world. Don't
drink Don't chew. Don't smoke
Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't read
novels. Don't marry until you can sup
port wife. Be in earnest. Be self-re-
liant. Be generous. BE civil. Read
the papers. Advertise your business. =
Make money and Go good with it. Love
your God and fellow men, Love truth
and virtue. Love your country and obey
its laws"
Year: 1874

SHORTEN AND DEEPEN THE FURRow.-
At the present time the average crop of
wheat per acre in Great Britain. ON a soil
cultivated for years, is about double that
produced on comparatively new soil in
Ohio Why is this? Simply because
the British are educated men, and apply
their work wisely. They endeavor by
every means in their power to enrich
their land, and in return it enriches them.
Why do not our American famers do tho
same, instead of laboring to double the
number of their acres, and thereby double
their crops. Many farmers never think
Of digging ten inches into the soil, unless
they are in search of lump of gold If
every farmer would plow his land deeper,
he would soon find that it would pay bet
ter than digging for gold.


1t don't pay to farm unless you pillow
the ground deep and give it suoh manurcs
as it requires farmers had better sell off
one-half of their farms and apply the pro-
ceeds thereof to the other half. They
would thereby put the balance in condi-
ton to produce large crops. This is bet
ter than buying double the number Of
acres they already have, paying large
taxes on the same and getting nothing for
their labor, as is generally the case on
too large farms and with shallow plow-
ing.
Year: 1874

Few of us ever stop to think how old
the Bible is. Yet the scriptures are be-
lieved by candid critics to contain the
most ancient forms of truth now known to
men. With the aid of chronological ia
bles, any one may easily make profitable
comparisons between the antiquity of its
books and that of other writings and
events. The Scriptures contain the only
authentic history Of the world before the
food. We find in the Pentateuch one or
two stanzas of poetry composed in the
antediluvian world. The Hebrew statutes
we're enacted thousand years before
Justinian reformed the Roman jurispru-
dcncs. In the Bible we have the record
of chartered rights secured to the people
more than two thousand years before the
Manga Charta. What sensation would
be produced if the first chapter of Genesis
should appear for the first time in one Of
the newspapers tomorrow Yet there
can be no doubt that that chapter contains
the Oldest writing, twenty-five hundred
years before the invention of printing
Nenophon's record If the conversation of
Socrates, in his Memorabilia, seems an
old book to US, yet the books Of the Old
Testament are older than they. AS to
the book of Job, its age is beyond cen-
lecture. Those who make it as modern as
they can are compelled to place its origin at
least one thousand years before Homer
When Priam was king of Troy, Job was
in remote antiquity. The name of Alex
ander has no modern sound for US, yet
when Alexander invaded Syria, the book
of Job might have been read before him
as the work of an author more time honor
ed than the name of Alexander is now
The writings of Confucius are modern
when compared with most of the Bible !;
and the most that the Hindoos can justly
claim for their sacred books the Vsdas,
is that they were written five hundred
years after the death of Moses The
Koran is book fresh from the press COM
pared with the Scriptures.
Year: 1874

HINTS FOR STACKING HAY.-Make your
stacks long and narrow, as the hay will
cure better, and there is less danger Of
its becoming musty than when built in
the usual circling form; besides it will be
easier bailing. The press can be moved
easier than you can pitch from the rear of
wide stack. In bslding, unload on
different sections of the stack, which will
allow the air to circulate through each
load before it is settled down by another
being placed upon it. About three gal
Ions of salt thrown into load of hay will
preserve its sweetness. Three quarts are
considered by some hay farmers to be suf-
6cent for an ordinary load. 1t might be
well for Colorado farmers to remember
these small hints, as the time for hay cut
ting, curing and gathering. is near at hand.
Fortunately, hay making in Colorado is
not attended by so many perils as it is in
the States, and with even ordinary care,
it may be cured and placed in keeping
order, either in barn or stack. Still, if
thing is worth doing at all. it is worth
doing we'll, and our farmers should. in all
kinds of work, practice according to this
rule, and thereby be the gamers. s.-Colo-
rddo Agriculturist.
Year: 1874

Sometimes, when we are not quiet as
we should be, We are filed with fear on
account of our soul poverty What a
poor thing am; how little grace l have;
how weak in prayer; how slow in SER
vice; how frequently depressed how
easily tossed TO and fro. How shall |
hope to hold on to the end, Here is the
answer to til shall be anointed with
fresh OIL" I am poor, but shall re-
ccive my daily pension I am weak, and
l have no strength in reserve, but my
strength is laid up in God.-.Spugeon.
Year: 1874

Murmer at nothing; if our ills are ir-
reparable, it is ungrateful; if remsdless
it is vain; Christian builds his fortitude
on better foundation than stoicism; he
is pleased with everything that happens,
because he knows it could not happen un-
less it had first pleased God, and that
which plcases Him must be the best. He
is assured that no new thing can befall
him, and that he is in the hands of a
Father who will prove him with no afflic-
ton that resignation cannot conquer, or
that death cannot cure.-Collon.