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Year: 1879

Editor Patron: 81 .ar.t-.r ..r.-...


None of us seem to realise fnlly the i'm
portance of the position we occupy, not
only to ourselves, but towards our common
country We are all ready to admit that
the principles upon which our institution
is founded are correct, and if carried out
as was intended by its organizers, would
bring to us the best results. But unfortu-
nately for us and the. country, we have up
to the present been satisfied to announce
to the world that 7oe are GraneerS. -..t....


While we meet in our respective halls,
and have good time socially, we are not
prepared to point to any great advance
ment we have made in the direction of
the general prosperity for which it was
intended. 1t is 0isi6Ly plain that there is
a great error somewhere. Let us try to
find and correct it. We look around us,
and see but little advancement in the fif-
teen wears since the war. To correct, we
must cooperate and systematic, and see
that everything is worked in its proper
place. y.lsfss .fsgv r-...


The first principle of our organization
is, to utilize our every available means and
strength. How can this be done?


We favorably begin when we adopt the
old adage, which says, sin unity there is
strength" A house divided against itself
can not stand Unity and cooperation,
is the first step that will mark our own
ward march to general prosperity.
Without this, we can do nothing. With
out this, all our efforts are vain and fruit
less, and will fall to us still born. hss'r1s


In all professions of life Except ours
we see men of their respective occupa-
tions linked together, as with a chain,
blending their iron wills and best jndg,
n1ents in securing to the profession the
best fruits of their labors. eGT


Wecan not well afford to stand still and
give ourselves up to this sleep of lethargy
We must advance, or lose what little we
have gained. Let us, as band of broth
ers, unite heart and hand, and with de
termination that knows no such word as
fail, march boldly to the front, and know
ing, contend for our rights, and by the
blessing of God dare to maintain them.


Fraternally, w. S. TAYLOR.


Memphis, July 8. a9slH
Year: 1879

One of the most stable and profitable in
duStrles IN the future, says the Rural New
Yorker, will be the raising of sheep, and
the production of mutton and wool One
of the conditions which will insure this is
the fraternal relations which exist between
the wool growers and the manufacturers.
The united action of these interests can
doubtless succeed in regulating congress
sional action SO that no unjust or destruc-
tive legislation will be had in regard to
either branch, which might not be the
case If the wool growers and wooden man
utacturers should each go their own way,
and not unite to promote the general well
| fare. Last year, when the committee on
ways and means undertook to annul the
tariff law, the representatives of these in
terests met and agreed in the most ha:-
monlous spirit to oppose any change so
Tar as the Woolen interests are concerned
and succeeded in convincing congress of
the wisdom of their wishes; and no doubt
their influence did more than that of anv
other, and perhaps more than that of all
other, interests in defeating the bill report
ed by the committee. Those engaged in
Woolen interests may take courage from
these facts. a


In connection with this favorable &C
ton of congress, the establishment of new
lines of steamers, to run in conjunction
with the great trunk lines of railroads to
Great Britain for freighting live stock,
opens up an almost unlimited market for
all the surplus mutton we can produce
The American farmer should be able to
send it to Europe and undersell both the
farmer of Great Britain and the continent.
The whole country east of the prairies is
being impoverished in the productive
ability of the soil, and needs the replen-
ishment which sheep husbandry and stall
feeding can best supply. This system of
farming has made England garden, and
is the most wholesome and natural pana-
cea for our depleted and worn-out lands
Shall we avail ourselves of the opportuni-
ties now presented, and so favorable for
entering upon new system of husband
ry, or let the blessing brought to our doors
pass by unheeded?
Year: 1879

Ob1cadl Notice.


This number of "THE PATRON OF
HUsBANDRY" is mailed to each working
Grange in Tennessee by order of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the State Grange of
Tennessee. Secretaries will please have
the articles in this column read ta their
respective Granges-especially the ad-
dress of Worthy Master Harwell.


The progress of the Order in Tennessee
will be noted in this paper from time to
time, and when official communications
are inserted, the Executive Committee
will order copy to be mailed to each Sub
ordinate Grange in the State.


Each Grange, however, is urged to sub
scribe for at least one copy, that the Order
may at all times be posted in the current
Grange news of the day.


]. H. CURREY,


Secretary Tennessee State Grange
Year: 1879

From experiments made by Pettenho-
fer in munich, Bavaria, on feeding sheep
it was found that more than one half of
the organic substances of the food was
lost directly or indirectly the respiration;
while not one per cent ofit was absorbed
by the growth of new wool.
Year: 1879

WE feel extremely sorry for the
Olympia transcript" man. Our
letter to him was not begging off,
one, but to see if he had in his heart
one spark of manhood that would
respond to demand for JUSTICE. 1t
seems we were mistaken in our sur
mise, and that he is even less gentle
manly than we had supposed. Why
don't you publish our letter, Gum 2?
Who is the individual that "started
for Port Townsend few days ago,
expecting to take charge of the AR
GUS ?" This is the first intimation
we have bad that anything of the kind
would take place. Tell us who he
is, pray, and all about it. Did Bro.
Gum really have any foundation for
such statement, or was he merely
trying to lie out of his former asser-
tion upon which we cornered him {
Out with it, Transcript" or you
may be branded again. Before W.
"went for" Gum on account of his
meanness, the transcript" pro.
nounced the ARGUS "ths leading
Republican paper in Washington
Territory;" now it denouncss US in
its most virulent style. There seem.
to be no use whatever in trying tc
hold it accountable for its rash asser.
tions, and we are forced to regard il
very much as u decent man would 8
drunken hummer. Talk sense
Gum, and be man, and then you'll
be respected.
Year: 1879

WEsTorER, VA, November -, 1879.


Editors Of The Dispatch: | observed in a
recent issue OF you paper communication
from Colonel knight, in which he expresses
his surprise at having heard in Richmond
since our late Fair a report to the effect
that 5000 OF the funds Of the Society had
been used in payment of the expenses OF
the Executive Committee at its meeting last
August at the White Sulphur Springs. l
am satisfied that our secretary was actuated
bv the best intention, but / do not think
there was any occasion for the notice which
he took Of the rumor. The officers Of the
Society know very we'll that they have no
RIGHT to use the money OF the Society for
such purposes, and being high-toned gen.
tlemen, can afford to let all such reports
pass unnoticed; and l think / can add, from
\ knowledge of the material which constt-
tutes the Board with which have acted, II
resolution looking to the payment OF their
expenses had at any time been offered in a
general meeting OF the Society it weuld
not have received the vote of one member
of the committee, and if it had been passed
doubt whether single member OF the or
sanization would have cared to retain bis
place. A. II. DREwRT, President


Virginia State Agricultural Society.
Year: 1879

SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.


Pain in the right side. under the edge Of the ribs,
Increases on pressure; sometimes the pain is III the
eft side; the patient is rarely able 10 lie the left
side; sometimes the pain Is felt under the shoulder
blade and it frequently extends to the top Of the
shoulder, and Is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
ism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss
of annette aud sickness; the bowels in general
costive sometimes alternative with lax the head is
troubled with pain. accompanied with Il dull heavy
sensation in the back part. There IS generally
considerable loss of memory, accompanied with
painful sensation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A srgnI, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant The patient complains
of WEAKNESS ard debility; he is easily startled. his
Get arc cold or burning, a2d he complains Of 4
prlckly sensation of the skim his spirits are low :
and although he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon Up
roritue enough TO try H. Ia fact he dstrsts every
remedy. Several OF the above symptoms attend the
disease but cases have occurred where few Of
hem existed, yet examination Of the body after
death has shown the LIVER TO have beeE extensive
V dcranged
Year: 1879

Miss NELSON.-1lr. Ford's travelling
agent called at this office Saturday and eX-
hlbited letter from that gentleman, writ
ten before any public complaint had been
made about the change OF programme. say
ing that Miss Nelson would not play Juliet
her first night here, and therefore Twelfth
Night was to be substituted.
Year: 1879

CONSTIPATION.


Only with regularity of the bowels can perfect
health enjoyed. If the constipation is Of recent
date a sinsle dose Of TUFTS PILLS will suffice,
but II it has become habitual one pill should be
taken every night. gradually lesSenlng the fire.
quency Of the dose until regular daily movement
Is obtained, which will soon follow.
Year: 1879

The SUNDAY LAW just made by the North
Carolina legislature provides against the load
Ing OF fretghts and the running OF trains on the
sabbath between sunrise ana sundoWn It does
not apply to mail trains.
Year: 1879

A ST. LOUIS NEGRO WOMAN. arraigned la a
police court for asSaulting her husband proved
that he had made a miniature coffin and IN
mode of cOnsigning her to the devil. She argued
that such an outrage justified her In chastislng
him.
Year: 1879

"How much more you do for your
than for YOURSELF" said we to
the father one day. Yes" he SAID,
"and do you want to know the reason?
When | was boy on the old hillside
farm, l worked like slave. l was
scantly fed on food that I could not rel
ish. was poorly clad, though my
father was a we'll to-do farmer, and
meant to do right by his children. He
was not conciously unkind; but he save.
ed money for rs mt the expense of our
bodies and souls. | never knew but ono
happy day till l was sixteen years old,
and ran away, and that was'the day my
mother let me go fishing, and got such
II berating from my father for her hardi-
hood in doing the Kindness that I hated
him from that hour until L was tree,
and old enough to know that he meant
well. But, as l lived that hard life, /
said to my. self, and here the eyes of
the stern vissged lawyer filed with
moisture THAT, if ever | became a
man and had children of my own, moth
ing should be two good for them-they
should have good times that 1 hunger
ed for and missed"
Year: 1879

Don't be afraid of little fun at home
good people! Don't shut up your
house least the sun should fade your
carpets, and your hearts, lest a hearty
laugh shake down some of the musty
old cobwebs there. If You want to ruin
your sons, let them think that al! mirth
and sociaIenioyment must be left atthe
threshliold without. when they come
home at night. When once ut home is
regarded as only place to eat and
drink and sleep in, the work is begun
that ends in gambling houses and reck-
less degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation some where; il
they do not find it at their own hearth
stones, they will seek it at some other
aud perhaps less profitable place. There,
fore, let the fire burn brightly at night,
and make the homestead delightful
with all those little arts that parents 80
we'll understand. Don't repress the
buoyant spirits of your children. Hall
an hour of merriment around the lamp
and freight of home blots ont the
remembrance of many a care and an
noyauce during the day: aud the best
safeguard they can take with them into
the world is unseen influence of Q
bright little home sanctum,
Year: 1879

It is a critical moment in the life and
clothing of a man when he gets down
on his knees to look under the sofa for
a ball of zephyr that n lady friend has
dropped. 1t is possible that he may be
able to accomplish this and recover his
perpendicular with nothing more seri
.ons than very red face and a general
sense of having done something for
which he should be sent from the room.
But in nine cases out of ten he never
fully recovers the good opinion of him
self that he possessed before he under
took the recovery of that ball. 1t is al


lays inst beyond his reach, and in II
moment of weakness he drops on his
vest and commences to work himself
under the sofa by series OF acrobatic
feats that wonld have won him an en-
core on the stage. He is 80 intent upon
the recovery of the ball that he qnite
forgets his appearance until he is re-
minded by suppressed litter from
one of the ladies'. Then he realizes the
situation and commences to back out.
OF course his coat is worked up over
his head, and he feels a. cold streak
creep up his. back he pronouuces a ben-
ediction on the man who invented an
open-back shirt. He is also painfully
conscious that about two inches of red
flannel drawers are visible between the
tops of his boots and the bottom of his
trousers. This has the effect of pro-
ducing more internal profanity and still
more violent struggles to back out, dur
ing winch one suspender breaks and his
collar button comes out. When he
fiually delivers himself and stands up
in the middle of the room, you would
not recognize in that red faced, wild>
eyed man standing there holding his
clothes together with one hand thy
ing to smooth down his hair with the
other, the smiling, genteel ladies man


who stopped down to pick up that ball
of zephyr moment before.
Year: 1879

We have so gradually grown mp to
the point of resumption, that now when
it Is au accomplished fact. the public
can scarcely realize that no stupenduous
an event, one SO full of interest to every
man, woman and child in the broad
land, has actually occurred. The Hat
tering results of our export trade has
been the most important factor in
bringing about this state Of things, and
should it continue in anything like its
present proportions for the ensning
years, all fear of our ability to perman-
emily maintain specie payments can be
dismissed.


The rapidity with which the Govern
msnt four per cent. loan is replacing
the old six per cent. bonds furnishes
gratifying evidence of the nations
credit, and the confidence resulting
from the re>establishment of a fixed
standard Of value will make itself felt
in all branches OF trade and manufac,
lures. The nation is once more on the
highw,y of prosperity, and the future
is full OF encouraging signs.
Year: 1879

A COUPLE OF Irishmen, thinking to
combine pleasure with profit by doing
q little unlicensed traffcking in liquor
ON the D Derby Day, bought small jar
of whisky and started for EPSON.
Knowing that they would want drop
themselves Ou the way, it was agreed
that neither should drink without pay
ing. They had not travelled far .on the
road when one drank glass and paid
his partner threepence; he followed
suit and handed the money back again.
1t was dusty, toilsome journey, and
on reaching the Downs they were dumb.
founded by discovering the whisky
was all gone. and that. although they
had honestly paid for every dram. they
had only threepence between them at
the dual result VI their speculation.
Year: 1879

SEVEN hundred man are employed to
keep clean the streets of Berlin, but
during January the number was in
creased by one thousand and seven
hundred III order to clear away the
snow. In that month one hundred
thousand cart loads OF snow were car-
ried of. yet many of the streets were
blocked. In six weeks the Street Clsan-
ing Department had cost the city over
35)O0).
Year: 1879

with the acts of the Yazoo Democratic


mob. They propose to carry the Presi-
dental election by bulldozing and
fraud at the South and by wholesale


bribery and ballot-box stuffing at the
North. They have opened their pre-
liminary campaign in Ohio on this
plan. 1t is confidently stated that Til
den has engaged to purchase the cleo
tlon of General Ewing. 1t would seem
that 70 great political party, for the
second tilne in the history of the coun-
try, deliberately proposes to buy and
force its way to supreme power-to buy
and ballot-box-stuff its way at the
North, and force and Shoot its way at
the Southl We call the attention of the
people of the country to this startling
fact. What will free government be
worth when its control shall have been
secured by such meansP We ask the
question in all seriousness.


How long is the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution likely to stand
as bar against the payment of Rebel
pensions, Rebel claims and the Rebel
debt after the Demo-Confed alliance
shall have obtained power to reorganiZe
the Supreme Courtp Is it likely to be
less scrupulous about accomplishing its
purposes through the Supreme Court
than it is through the agency of mobs
at the Chicago Tribune
Year: 1879




A few Democratic newspapers and
speakers, after much rumination, have
ventured to comment on the latest de-
velopmeat of the Mississippi plan"
But it is evident from the tone of their
observations that these tardy and re-
luctant critics do not comprehend the
enormity of the offense which they af-
feet to condemn. They are not so much
moved by the moral aspect of Missis-
sippi bulldozing, as by its unfortunate
political influence. Originally, "the
Mississippi plan" contemplated the sup
preston of the colored vote by violent
and, if necessary, even bloody means
When it was found that there were
white men voting with and leading the
free blacks, it became obligatory to in
clude these in the general prescription.
1t was thought a very unnatural thing
that white men should consort with ne
groes to the extent of voting the same
ticket which they did, and of instruct
ing them in the new duties of citizen
ship. 1t was only right that the ne
groes should be prevented from voting
in their ignorance-anignorance which
was evinced by their voting the Repub-
lican ticket; but it was necessary for the
safety OF society that their volunteer
leaders should be terrorized and sup
pressed. These latter were dangerous
agents engaged in sowing the seeds of
death and disease. They were treated
as the Abolitionists of ante-war times
were treated, and for the same reason.
Their presence threatened the safety of
the State.


While this process of elimination was
going on in the South; the Democratic
leaders of public opinion in the North
met the charge of bulldozing in vari-
Gus different ways. At first they de-
MED that there was any such violence
employed to coerce the black or white
Republicans as had been alleged. The
whole subject was treated with
ridicule. The slightest reference to
the outrages of Southern bulldozers
was met with sarcasms relating to 'the
bloody Shirt as an emblem of the al
legged imaginary terrors of the Demo-
cratic plan of campaign. When con-
fronted with facts which even the local
Democratic authorities could not keep
out of sight, North and South agreed
that there were brutal and dangerous
negroes, who had only suffered a just
punishment for their crimes. To be
sure, they had been irregularly executed,
but the popular feeling could not be re-
strained. 1t was we'll known that the
men who had been killed or driven out
of the country were the leaders of a SER
vile insurrection; they were organizing
a conspiracy which had for its object
the plunder and eXtirpation of the
whites, who had taken time by the fore
lock and had anticipated their would-be
destroyers. This pretext has been SO
commonly employed in the South,
where the Mississippi plan" is pop
ular, that disinterested people at dis
tance naturally look for negro mas
sacre Immediately after hearing of an
Year: 1879

We have been reminded that the
priAciple of State rights has been in
voked for the protection of liberty more
than once, and that our statement of the
contrary was too sweeping, as it GER
tainly was. The fact, however, remains
that the distinctive State-rights party
was the party of slavery and disunion,
and that the cry is now raised again by
those who count upon fraud and vio-
lence TO carry elections, and upon so
great scale that it is a matter of Ma
tional Importance. The Springfield Re-
publican thinks that to call attention to
an immense electoral wrong, which in
wolves possible civil commissions, is to
show an anxious desire to help the stall
wart plan of sectional campaign. If
the statement of such wrong be un-
true, the Republican very properly dep
recates its repetition. But if it be true,
it ought to be emphasized, whether it
helps the stalwart plan or any other.
A sectional campaign resulting from
suppression of the cOlored vote would
be one for which "the North would
be in no sense responsible. Such a cam
paign arising from such cause would
be deplorable But it would be much
more deplorable if sensible men, seeing
such a situation, should play that it did
not exist, because to recognize it, and
to deal with it by an appeal to the coun-
try, might be called stalwart pro-
gramme. That such is the situation is
incontestable, and it is not to be dis
missed with the remark that there are
always irregularities at the polls. We
| Is,a a Il
to us by a Southern Union man, in
which he says that he gives money to
stuff the ballot boxes, and that he does
it in self-defense. Sir George Camp
bell, in his White G'sd Black in The
United States, says that he was in the
South during the elections of 1873. He
describes the cheating in detail as prac-
ticed in South Carolina. There
was no concealment. and no pre-
tense that anything but fraud
was intended; and he states that
there was matter enough within his
own knowledge to have vitiated such
elections in England hundred times
over. The result was, he adds, that
''South Carolina returns solid Demo-
cratic representation to the next Con-
gress." The question raised by such
elections Sir George frankly admits to
be whether the amendment of the
United States Constitution securing
equal electoral rights to the blacks is
really to be enforced, or whether it may
be set aside in practice by the action OF
individual States" is, in fact, the set
Element at the end of the war to be
maintained or surrenderedP'


Sir George is not a stalwart shaker Of
bloody shirts, but an exceedingly sensi'
BILE and shrewd observer, who sees the
situation without party spirit or sec
tional prejudice, and his testimony is OF
the highest value. 1t is precisely the
situation that he describes which keeps
alive the sectional aspect of politics


and which renews the discussion OF
State rights. The Louisville Courier
Journal, with the amusing truculenct
of the old fire-eating epoch, remarks in
effect that the condition-of-the-negrC
question is not National question