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Year: 1873

If the U. S. Senate defeat the bill
reducing salaries, which the House will
soon pass, it would probably not be an
unmixed evil. 1t would doubtless Sc
cure change in the membership of
that body, and if majority of the Re-
publicans could be changed in three
years we should hope the new men
would not bestow their highest hopors
upon shameless Matt. Carpenter.


Among the many burdens of this
weary age, the tax upon our credulity
is not the easiest borne, when we are
asked to continue our confidence in
such 81 as Harlan, Pomeroy, Carpenter,
Coltax, and Howard. OF course there
will be dishonest public men. OF
course there will be dissolute men, in
public as in private life. But the Re-
publican party ought to be able to dis
Pense with the services of men who
nave become generally reputed to be
dishonest or dissolute.-Goodhue Coum-
W Republican.
Year: 1873

From the Indiana Granger.


The gallery Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington was intended
to accommodate the citizens who de-
sired to sit and look at and listen to
the proceedings of the Congressman be-
low. Heretofore the whole of this GAL
lery has been generously accorded to
the people for It's purpose with the ex-
ception Of a small portion rallied off op-
posite the Speakers chair for the exclu-
sive use Of the diplomatic bodies in
Washington. But now there is rallied
off large portion Of this, the peoples
gallery, for the erclusive use of the
families of the representatives, and two
pomatuned and obsequious funkies
guard the entrances to this aristocratic
quarter with jealous care, rigidly exclud-
ing theretrom all, Of whatever condi-
tion, who may apply for admission. un-
less they belong to the families atore-
said: This is simply another step to-
ward the creation Of an exclusive and
aristocratic class in the national capital
an out.cropping of the effort of the
privileged classes to hold themselves
aloof from the republican element in
our country, and shun contact with so.
called plebian blood. The people every
where should frown down all such at
tempts to initiate the exclusiveness of
the privileged classes of the monrachies
Of the old world. The safety of the na-
tion and the success Of our effort to es-
tablish republican government on this
continent, require the total abandonment
Of all such tomfoolery and nonsense.
Tear down those symbols of lordly su-
periority, and let US again throw open
the galleries Of the House, built by the
people for the use Of the peoples reprs-
sentatives. and servants, to their use
without class distinction. All parts Of
that gallery should be free to the plain
est farmer or hardest working mechanic
in our land, should he apply for admis-
sion to it that he might sit on its mar
row. uncomfortable benches and look
down upon its representatives in the
luxurious and highly ornamented box
below.
Year: 1873

vlnced that the existence and nernot,.
tlon OF republican form Of government
depends upon the general intelligence
and morality of the people.


.. 1t proposes to fight the hydra
headed monster MONOPOLY in what
ever shape, or form, or place it may be
found. No class privileges, no class
legislation but equality before the law
in all respects is its motto.


7. Finally, it proposes to work
faithfully and work INCREASINGLY for the
advancement and up-building of the or
der OF the Patrons of Husbandry, to use
every means at its command to increase
the interest and zeal of every individu-
al member, to furnish them with all the
latest news pertaining to the order
throughout the country, to give them
all the latest and best agricultural news,
to post them concerning every humbug
that We can discover in the land. to fur-
nish them with new songs and music
appropriate for regular meetings. and in
short to be the livest most energetic
and spiciest agricultural paper publish
ed.
Year: 1873

Breed your own sheep.


Dressed wheat will kill horse.


Don't purchase stock at fairs and mar
kets.


Don't let your cattle Or sheep roam at
large.


Mouldy hay, unless steamed, will kill
horses.


Charcoal is said to be an excellent fer
tilizer.


Animals, like men, look for their food
at stated periods.


East winds are said to be very hard
on all kinds of stock.


An English farmer lost nine horses
from eating pea straw.


Shelter, ventilation and air are abso-
lutely necessary for stock.


The amount Of weeds in Ireland is
said to be national disgrace.


A small farmer is soon broken up if
he IS unfortunate with his horses


Farm machines should not be placed
where fowls can get access to them.


Cold water, when horses are heated,
often produce Aatulence and death.


The price of butter and eggs is gradu-
ally growing higher throughout the
country.


No salt should be left in contact with
tools of any kind, nor old salt sacks thrown
over them.


1t is thought that agriculture must
look to steam instead of horses, for cheap
and effective culture.


Illinoisans wishing to emigrate, con-
slider whether it is best to go west or
east to grow up with the country.


Turnips contain 80 per cent. of water
and are clearly unsuited to form in the
breeding animal a well-developed lamb,
calf or pig.


Every barn in Chester and Lancaster
counties, Pennsylvania, is cow-palace
with swell front, luxurious portico and
dormer windows in the front.


1t appears unreasonable to cause a
horse, after a hard days work, to walk
about for hours to crop his food; it
should be prepared and brought to him.


A barrel of potatoes costs as much
labor now as it did one hundred years
ago, but the artisan produces a tool with
one hundredth part of the labor need
ed century since.


When you put boy to work on a
farm don't give him an old hoe, fork
with a broken tine, round edged ak,
and then expect him to do more work
than hired hand That course dis
gusts him with farm life.


In the fall reapers, mowers and drills
should be taken apart and cleaned, each
bolt dipped in melted tallow and then
replaced. Every portion of wood should
be covered with a good coat of paint, if
not already so protected.
Year: 1873

The New York Graphic tells US that
money is drug in the market -
There is a possibility that more curren-
cy has been temporarily collected in
New York than there is any legitimate
use for. In that event, we may look
for quick return of ante-panic activity
and prosperity throug ghout the country.
Much too large share Of the accumula-
ted wealth of the Union is held in New
York, and the currency which repre-
sents wealth naturally gravitates thither.
But, when profitable employment cannot
be found in or near the city for the
money, it naturally seeks investment
elsewhere: and it is only then that cur
rency becomes abundant at the West,
industrial enterprises flourish, and the
operations Of trade are stimulated to
healthful activity. A freshet of cur
rency in the business channels Of the
great money centre necessarily leads to
an overflow, and the irrigating current
is poured back upon the interior. The
experiences of the panic will not encour-
age lavish investments in stock specula-
tion and in this we have an additional
assurance that there will be liberal
outflow Of the surplus funds now idle in
New York, which will find safe and
profitable employment in developing the
resources and stimulating the prosperi-
ty OF the country at large. The Graph
les news is decidedly good.-Evening
Post.
Year: 1873

AA'' WIG Aolio"AnS


1.-The people have the remedy in their
own hands, and they propose to apply it
vigorously they will show to those who
nave taken and kept the back-pay of the
last session, and to those who keep the
forward pay Of this session, that they can
punish such acts at the polls. Buffoone-
~ may triumph in Congress, but it will
avail 2; nothing before an outraged and in
suited people. The salary business will
be settled at the ballot-box in 1874"
Year: 1873

PRINTING AND PROGRESS.


The history of printing is the his
tory of our modern civilization.
The world hardly realizes to-day
what it owes to this wonderful art.
We are so accustomed to see news
papers everywhere, and find them
multiplied from day to day with
such amazing rapidi,y, that we rare
ly trouble ourselves to think what
was the condition of society before
they had an existence. We turn to
our libraries and find books multi
plying by the thousand every year,
on every conceivable subject, and
such is the driving spirit Of this
printing age, that none but the anti
quarian stops to inquire how the
world lot along when every book
was printed with pen, and
what now costs only dollar then
involved the labor of copyist for
from three to six months. Then
learning was the wealth of the few,
and ignorance the possession of the
many. That was the age of dark
ness, superstition, prejudice, ca
price, cruelty and dcspotism. Then
the few not only ruled, but they only
were capable of ruling. Then re-
ligion dwelt in cloistcrs and tenn
pies, and doled out its pittance of
comfort to the ignorant devotee who
sought its shrine, and who was un-
able to discern the true from the
false, the human from the divine.
But the discovery of printing, like
the dawning Of the sun, chased the
darkness of that mental and moral
night away, and now full-orbed,
seems ushering in the high noon of
intellectual light. How gradually
but certainly the change from dawn
to day came on! The reformation Of
Luthcr-the discovery of America
the Revolution of Cromwcll-thc
outgrowth of free principlcs-,hc
spread of education-until to-day
dcspotism is seeking everywhere to
prolong its power by concessions to
popular rights. Bismark commends
Imperialism to Germany with a grant
of municipal rights. France can
only be cheated of liberty by the
juggler's art. Spain is rocking in
the agonics Of freedoms parturi-
ton. England has all the liberty
consistent with crown, and Amer
ica, thank God! stands redeemed
from the last vcstige of oppression,
presenting the sublime spectacle of
a Republic in reality as we'll as in
name!


Do you tell me that republics ex-
listed before, and point me to Greece
and Rome? | answer that in
a Republic where the masses were
ignorant, and the chief glory was
conquest-where free men willingly
shed their blood to enslave others,
and held labor to be degrading
there the people were exactly
Year: 1873

ing. In this respect his relatio
to the public are much the same
those of an important civil Office
and hence both the editor al
official should manifest the q
cumspection, the prudence the cd
for appearances, and the feeling Z
responsibility, which are essent
to preserve good reputc, and
exert a wholesome influence up
society. The greatest danger viii
threatens our free institutions,
this day, is the fact that this
sponsibility is ignored, and that
public sense OF dishonor and d
grace is being undermined by t
RIGHTEOUSNESS of the press, AZ
licentiousness in office.
OUR DUTY AND GLORY.


Gentlemen, let us help to ma
the press better. Let us guard
from the crime of destroying m
and women-from pouring -poisc
around the root of the tree of
erty. Let us learn to regard
work as sacred trust-that as
have the ear of humanity, which
listening night and morning to cat
the lesson which we shall utter,-
will do our best to purify the SOU
of the worlds knowledgc,-to p
tect the morals of society,-to elev I
the standard Of the public thoug
and thus glorify our art, magn
our profession, enhance the put
veal, and contribute to our on
permanent prosperity.
PROFESSIONAL BROTHERHOOD.
Finally, in the spirit Of 7,
gathering. counsel concord amo
the brotherhood of the press. E,
latlon and competition are desira
nay, indispensable; but in all
striving after a higher standard
editorial and mechanical excelle
let it be borne in mind that
union there is strength" let
stand by each other in demand
such concessions as our profess
merits, from the community,
from the State, and such ackno
edgments as personal worth
capability have right to ask.
us not turn and rend each other
the benefit of lesser men, and me
er interests; but cultivate
amenities not merely of social
Of newspaper intercourse,-and {
as the field of our work widens,
we rise to higher plane, as we g,
strong in the exercise Of our
powers, inspired by our lofty s
sion, we shall fill the highest m,
ure ST usefulness, and be enti
to the need of benefactors Of n
kind.
Year: 1873

M. Pres. and Gent, men Of the Press:


In rising to address you on this
occasion, though profoundly sensi-
bic of the honor, / need hardly
assure you that my first impulse is
to shrink from the execution Of the
task. A recent conner among you,
and known to but few personally, l
realize that my position is one of
peculiar embarrassment, and that
| cannot expect to have the sympa-
thy which more intimate acquain-
tance would accord to me. Add to
this the consciousness that every
appropriate theme has already been
presented, at your annual gather
ings and elsewhere, more ably than
l can hope to equal, and aware that
I stand before the most critical Of
audiences, how can | hope to inter
est you even for the passing hour?
What can l say, that has not already
been said, calculated to advance the
interests Of our noble profession
to increase its powcr--to contrib
ute to its success-to elevate its
intellectual, Moral, and artistic
standard, and to add to its influence
and usefulness? How can l aid in
leading its members into higher
and broader paths-point out to
them the means and conditions Of
successful etfort--guard them
against the false lights and dccept-
i've temptations which lure estray,
and inspire them with nobler and
loftier aims? These are the ques-
tions that meet me at the threshold;
and when | think Of the far-rcach-
ing power of the press-of the I'M
mense interests committed to its
charge, and ofthe Importance which
even the country press of great
State plays in the grand in
tellectual programme OF the age, |
am overwhelmed with the magni-
tude of the subject, and lost amid
the mazes Of suggestions which
come up on every side to ''point the
moral and adorn the tale" If what
l say may seem too trite, or too fee
ble-if the selection of topics shall
prove unfortunate, or their treat
ment uninteresting-I can only
throw myself upon the generous for
bearancc of my editorial breth-
ren, who know how to appreciate
the absorbing and exhausting de-
mands of daily paper, and who
are accustomed to invent excuses
for the benefit of writers having
far less claims upon their magma
nimity.
Year: 1873

The editor should ever bear III
mind that he is u public man. There
is a tendency, as we become wonted
to the position, to treat it like any
other calling, and not to attach to
it any peculiar responsibility.-But
the editor stands out into the public
gaze. He is constantly revealing
the strong and weak points of his
mind and character. Everybody
knows him-all arc Watching his
course, public and private his
habits, his associations, his bear
Year: 1873

We take pleasure in informing our read.
ers that Dr. D. Warren Brickall has been ap.
pointed professor of obstetrics II Bellevue
Hospital Medical College in New York city,
and will depart hence to enter upon his
new field of labor in few weeks. DR..
Brickell has been for sOme time promi-
nen,ly before the public as manager Of the
New Orleans Picayuae This paper has.
under his management. been open to the
gravest criticism, but, that aside, he is a
very competent physician and surgeon, and
will, we trust, become valuable accession
to the eminent faculty Of the famous insti-
tuition to which he becomes attached. We
con gratulate the doctor that he is going
into a country where there is no outcry
against carpet -baggers and among people
who esteem talent and rectltude, no matter
from what part Of the world they come.
AS for New Orleans. its people will lose an
affable gentleman, warm hearted friend
and talented physician, but one whose
political sentiments may well be spared.
We trust, however, that II the III metropolitan
city to which he i. going his ideas in this
regard will become materially enlarged and
!beralized. We sincere " commend the doc
tor to the kind consideration ot our New
York friends.
Year: 1873

II CUHIcSpOuucuOtut 1IOlu Luc lulSIlOE
writes the St. Louis Globe as follows:


Oranges are numerous and well organ
lied, and from what can learn they intend
letting the railroads east of st. Louis alone,
and ignoring them and their charges alto
gether. One of the best informed farmers
tel ne they are going to have a voice in
the nominatinn for Congress, and not only
voice, but controlling one. and| are
going to send their man TO Congress with
but one line of instructions, Und that is to
labor increasingly for the immediate COM
mencement of work on the canal connect
ing the Mississippi river with a good harbor
in the Gulf. and the only one that appears
at all feasible. is the st. Philip canal, below
New Orleans.


The head of prominent grange says that
if the representative Of this district lodges
the question in any way, or fails to have the
bill brought before Congress immediately
on its Assem- bling he will be hung before he
is in the county twenty four hours, should
he ever have the courage to return. They
mean business, are perfectly satisfied with
the railroad charges from here to st. Louis,
and cay they never want grain of wheat
or corn to cross the Mississippi river. They
all say it would be at least fifteen cents per
bushel in their favor on the present corn
crop could the same be sent direct to
European markets. Down-the-river circu-
lars are to be sent to other oranges, urging
them TO work to this great end first, and then
turn their attention to buying their goods
cheaper. All seem to feel the great oppres-
sion Of the freight rates East from St.
Louis, but they all know they can not sue.
cessfully fight the roads. so they take the
wise course. and go in for natures great
route. Politics are entirely ignOred-they
want nothing to do with any old party.
The new party is now "The Mississippi
river route for our grain" ''Politicians
take care of themselves: We are going to do
the same, and woe to the man or party
tina: stands in our way
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette writes "In the spring of 1867 / hung
four large gates. The posts were six by
eight inches square, and were put in the
ground two and one-half feet The post
that hung the gate to was put down first
and the gate then hung. | then set the
other post so as to let the gate shut inside
the post, against two pins driven in the
post, one foot from the top and bottom of
the gate. Then | put a one inch pin
through the head of the gate, putting the
pin through the gate the same way the
gate shuts, and extending through four
inches, with the point of the pin elevated
one inch. This pin was thus arranged so
as to slip over the top pin in the post, with
sufficient bearing to take out the spring
of gate. In this way, when shut, the gate
is supported by both posts. The gate is
made of lumber, bars one inch thick, four
or five inches wide, and eleven feet long.
take for the two heel pieces lumber one
inch thick, four inches wide, and four
feet ten inches long. / also take TWO
pieces two inches wide for the head OF
the gate, that are set back three feet from
the head of the gate then put brace
on both sides, running from the top OF the
center unright Stats to the bottom OF the
heel nieces. all being firmly bolted to-
oether The latch or bolt three and one
half feet long), is placed on the top OF the
third or fourth bar. A mortise is cut IN
the post for the bolt or latch to slide IN
The above four. gates were hung IN the
spring of 1867. They stand as firm today
as they did the day hung them.


Mrs. SERA WILBUR, of Greeley, COL,
Year: 1873

Old and Nelo, for November, has q
readable article upon Money, placed like
an exclamation point after several articles
written from the standpoint of the Labor
Reformer, the Banker and the Manufac.
turer, which may be considered as the
view of the subject from an editorial and
! transcendental point "of observation" The
article being written by the editor, Rev.
Edward E. Hale, may be said to embody
the Religious aspect of the subject also.
| We extract:


Money treat money, today, within the
business world, as whole) is gold or sill
yer. Nothing else is real money every-
aohere.


Currency is a convenient name for that
money, or that substitute for it, which
ttOlcs, like currents, throughout the coInmu.
nifty, within single nation, and serves to
transact the daily business of exchanging
all sorts of values within that nation.
Money, therefore, is the currency of the
world, by this definition.


The name money is usually applied,
for shortness, both to specie and to bank
notes-that is, to currency also; and the
practice has caused confusion in some
minds, where it is found that bank.notes
and specie are equally reckoned money.


Paper money will serve exactly the pur-
poses of specie only on one condition.
that The holder Of it can get specie for it
on demand. This condition is subject to
notifications. Patriotism has served in
stead of gold for time, but has never
prevented paper from becoming worth
less in little while, if specie could not
be had for it. Mutual confidence is far
less efficient than patriotism. An agree
ment may be imagined by all the people
that there need not be any gold at all in the
United States; but that "scrip" like our
present paper small change, and bills like
our ''greenbacks," should be used as they
are now, but without any prospect or pur-
pose of gold ever being asked or given
for them. But this is only an imagina-
ton, because no approach to unanimity,
II even majority, could, as things are,
be secured for it. And secondly, 1t is a
melancholy fact, that men have not so
much faith in each others honesty, or
wisdom either, as would be necessary to
support such plan.


The reasons why gold and silver are
chosen for money are plain; they have
the qualities for II, namely: beauty and
usefulness, divisibility and consolidabil
lty without change of quality, incorrupti-
bility, costliness, and steadiness of value.
Diamond cannot be suitably divided and
united, and is not useful enough. Iron is
too cheap and too corruptible. Plat.
mum is not useful enough, because it is so
unmanageable, and it is not beautiful
enough. And so on about absolutely
everything except gold and silver Find
another article having similar Qualities,
and you will. qssuredly have another ma
terial for specie currency. The main
basis Of the value of real money is the in
trinsic value of the material as merehand-
ise. Coming is an authorization or en-
Ldorsement, which is supposed TO certify
Year: 1873

The new law recently passed is one tc
prevent extortion and unjust discrimina-
ton in the rates charged for the trans
portation of passengers and freights on
railroads in that State. This law repeals
the one passed in 1871, and is undoubt-
edly a great improvement ON that one,
so far as justice to the people along the


lines of the roads is concerned. 1t is in
fact good long stride in the right di-
rection. 1t is of course expected that
the railway companies will contest every
inch of ground, and appeal to the supreme
court for decisions in the hope that some
defects may be found in the law, so it
can be set aside It is no easy matter to
undo in one, two or five years, legislative
enactments favorable to the railway in
terests, that have been enacted during
the past fifteen or twenty years. That
part of the law which provides for the
appointment of three commissioners to
establish equitable rates OF freight is open
to the grave objection OF placing too much
power in their hands. Should they be
faithful and honest in thedischarge of their
duties the. present law viii undoubtedly
prove great blessing to the farmers Of
Illinois. World. asi graHst
Year: 1873

CANNTNG CoRN.-Shave the corn
from the cob, fill tin cans as full as YOU
can with corn, then pour in cold water
until even full, make small hole in the
cover and solder on the cover, place the
cans in a boiler with cold water about
half the height Of the can, place the
boiler on the stove, let them boil four
hours, then remove them from the boiler.
and drop little solder on the hole in the
cover. | canned mine this way last year,
and they were as white and tender as
when picked.