Year: 1878

Cooperation must bSgin in thought. 1t
is Of no use to mark ittout as engine;.ys do
a line of travel and try to switch thisgreat
order into it at least not until its members
have tried the shortct lines leadh'y from
their farms to sheir neighbors. 1t is a.aaz-
ing that these intcEnational cooperative
trade schemes should be p. csscd to the no
tice of farmers, who have not yet made the
slightest effort to cooperate in business af-
fairs at home. Whatever good might at,
tend the successful working of these grand
schemes, it is blind confidence Sin un-
proved theory that.leads good men to sup
pose that radical chaages may be wrought
'insates abits. OF a class of .peppl&e eoutnsa2
of the most conservatives meHfSs 8 df Soci:
ety. except by those graduations which per-
tried all along the way. The grange itself
is cooperative, but not necessarily for the
purpose of business gains. Whenever and
wherever it has been used solely for such
gain, it has fallen to decay, for it has had
shifting foundation. The first needs of the
order arc the strengthening Of social ties.
the development of confidence, mental cul-
turc, and the consequent elevation of man
hood and womanhood, which, after all, is
the grand object. AS means for the at
tainment of these objects, the grange is
worthy institution. When it is diverted
from them, to promote any scheme, it must
fail of its true purpose. If the National
Grange will study the situation, it must see
that it will not be wise to step far beyond
the ioplc. If it can devise the means to
solidity the order SO that it will become
power in directing the affairs of the country,
that will do more for the general welfare,
than to divert all the trade profits of the
year into the pockets of men already too
mcrcenary to allow thought to stray from
the everlasting themc--material gains-to
try its powers in affairs which concern ALL
Under Il form of government that rests on
the intelligence OF the people as its only
security, there must be an obligation on the
part Of the people to cultivate Intelligence.
Especially docs this obligation rest upon
farmers who have property rights at.staic.
Already, because of their iuattcntion to
this plain requirement., they arc oppressed
by unjust burdens. While they cannot
make the grange 4 political power, they
can use it as the means by which to fit them
selves for intelligent action in public matter.
This will bring more good to them and to
all the industrial classes than they can get
through grand trade schemes spread over
two continents. Meantime, co-oparation so
begun and faithfully continued will reach
numbcrl2ss ways by which gratifying profits
may come, without disturbing any interests
of society; and the grange, by reaching only
after what is attainable, and getting it, will
come to be regarded as a respectable factor
in the public welfarc-7He HusJandnun.


Coon ADvICE.-Govcrno Vance, at tn :
Weldon Fair gave his hearers some very
sound advice. He said the late war had
taught tn, South several important lessons,
which he proceeded to specify. One of
them was, that cotton is not king, but that
meat and bread are, and he urged tho im
portancc not only of producing enough of
these for home use, but also Of engaging in
manufactures. ave must not rely upon
the north," he said, "f6r our wheel hubs
and axe handles, our buggy shafts, and
every mechanical and domestic article we
use, but must get to making those articles
for ourselves"


Another lesson was, that the Southern
people should not depend altogether upon
negro labor, but must go to work for them
selves. He drew picture Of half dozen
white men "sitting around q store door,
whiting white pine and cursing the negro
because he won't work." and in contrast
with this he pointed to the happiness and in
dependence OF a family who arc not
ashamed, nor afraid, nor too lazy to do their
own work" This is good wholesome talk
and its utterance by Democratic Governor
of Southern state shows now great a
change the war and its concomitant events
have really wrought. Let those good pco-
pic Of the North who feel that the South
cannot be trusted tc get along without the
special supervision Of tic. Federal Govern
mcnt take courage from this evidence of
progress. The reform which springs from
the midst Of a people, and has its origin in
their own expanding ideas and improving
sentiments, is infinitely more substantial
than any which could be imposed by an ex-
terror force .NatJrccSJoro Enquirer.


BEEF SMoTuEEED DowN.-Two, three,
or four hours before dinner, (accordng to
the size Of your piece of mcat.) put tho
beef into boiling water, and keep it boiling
gently until it is cooked very tender By
this time the water i'm the kettle sbould