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Year: 1875

The address of the anti Tammany DemOc-
racy was yarously commented yesterday by the poll
tcians. BY the antTammauy leaders II was declared
10 be sincere and emphatic expression Of their nten-
tons for the future. They proposed to make war on
Tammany until their claims to be recognized as repre-
sentjng large portion of the Democracy OF this city
were allowed.


Francis NJ Bixby eenatoT-elect from the With Dis
ric said that the members OF the antTammany organ
zaon proposed to strengthen their committee III dis
trcs where II proven To be weak at the recent eec
ton and TO make II effective In every way There
would be no cessation in the warfare on Tanmary
Hall until that organization ceased TO exist. Inc
Democratic party of this city should be represented the
same manner as is in the country and not be underline
control of few who dictate what nominations shall
be made throughout the city. The address was IN
tended as warning TO the Democrats IN the state that
the antiTammany Organization does not propose to sub
NIT 10 the same treatment it received from the Demo-
cratic state Convention this year II such treatment IS
repeated the antiTammany Democrats VIII call another
Convention and run opposition state ticket Ihey
propose 10 elect delegates to the National Convention
and TO the Democratic State Convention next year.


James OBen said that the organization was stronger
than before the election. The Committee soon TO be
chosen wonld comprise the best Democrats in every
Assembly district The election had shown in what dls-
trics the organization weak and better men woud
be given the control Of the district comnteesn them
Similar views were expressed Dy other ahtI-lahi"h!


The prominent Tammany men declared that the
add weak The fact was cNl-
dent that the anti-rammany organization was
powerless to effect anything unless combination
was made with the Republicans. There were
several causes which contributed 10 hlnmanys deieat
al the recent election which would not probably exist
next FAN The greater part Of the votes OF mechanics
and aborcrs was cast against the Tanlnay ucAet pc
cause of the reduction in lah0rers' Much prtu
dice was excited also, because Of the cry OF one man
power" MOrrissey claiming 10 be the champion OF the
yorgngman caused very serious detection III the lNh
senatorial District. of the Tdnmany strongholds
heretofore As the threat of running an opposition
Democratic state ticket in the antiIammany dele


ate were NOT awarded seats IN the Convention TINS was
believed TO he in good part bluster. Tie Convention
would have to choose between the regular organization
yhose ticket even last election suffering under
the disadvantages mentioned, had received between
80 900 and 10000 votes, and the organization which


had shown its willingness defeat the Democratic ticket
by combining with the Republicans.
Year: 1875

and towards of both parties the men who never ex-
pertinent in the direction of purity, that any man
who goes into the business OF reform in this State
must look for party bankruptcy and personal de-
struction the result But there was majority OF
fifteen thousand on the right side. And that was
pretty big "but" for the Canal Ring. D. l.
Year: 1875

AN IDEA FOR CHiCAGo.-T | c Burmese have reduced the science of divorce to a much finer and simpler manner than as pfactlsed by their Western brethren. lp Burmah when two persons desire to unite the marriage knot, they don't resort to divorce lawyers, courts, judges and other expcn sivc articles, but proceed in the following touching manner: They respectively light two candles and shutting up their hut or resi- dence, sit down and wait until they are burned. The ono whose candle burns out first quietly gets up at once and leaves the house forever, taking nothing but the clothes he or she may have on at the time; everything else becom- ing the absolute property of the other party.
Year: 1875

No farmer should be without turnips, and the more he has the better. In England. the turnip crop is only second to that of wheat. Cattle, sheep and swine are fed throughout the ycur on roots in preference to grain, at less than onc-third the cost. Throughout the continent of Eu- rope every farmer prepares his crop of beets and turnips, as we do for wheat or tobacco, and no man is reckoned skilled in hus- bandry until his pits and barns have an ample supply of these ar ticles to carry his stock through the winter months.

 In America, owing to the cheap ness of grain, particularly Indian corn or maize, we have not given duo attention to root crops of any kind, and farmer who has q few square yards of turnips for family use and to produce salad in the spring imagines that he has done well.

 Time and economy in farming will change these customs, and teach our people that the cheap est food for stock are the roots that grow in the ground-such as rutabagas, turnips, chufas, beet artichokes, etc.

 Now every farmer can be sue cessful in raising turnips who will only use the proper precautions in sowing his seed. The old say ing that .'tnsni.s will not grow for any man who has not q scold ing wife" may be true in one sense, that is, a "scolding wife has energy to force lazy husband to go to work and sow his seed-- power, which, unfortunately, tco many excellent wives have to eln ploy or starve. But the difficulty with many persons is that the "put ofr' policy keeps the seed out of the ground so long. Tnrnips should, in the State of Kentucky, be always sown ill July, or at any rate by the 10th of August. The old North Carolina rule, ''sow your seed on the 2Ist of July, you'll have turnips wet or dry,

 is practically correct, and when the ground is well cultivated be forehand, and thoroughly pulyer- ized, and good seed, mixed half summer and half winter turnips, and sown ill due season on new land or richly-manured old land, you need have no fears of a good crop for fall and winter use, with salad enough next spring for yourself and all the lazy neigh bors.-Louisville Ledger.
Year: 1875



 While alluding to Irish pota- toes, 1 will call attention to the planting of a second crop for fail and winter use. We all know here that it is very difficult to keep over the first spring crop of pota toes through the summer, so as to be good for winter use. If the crop is dug when riEe, say in June or July, those that do not rot or shriyel begin to put out shoots early in the winter, and soon become unfit for the table. If allowed to remain in the ground they become hard and watery, and and never soften in cook ing. By planting q second crop (say from middle of July to mid dle of Angust) so as to get a l-stand by the lst of September, We have ample time in this latitude before the frost to raise large and well-matured crop. But the difficulty in securing q good stand, is in getting the buds to germinat ate. This, after twenty five or thirty years experience, l still find uncertain, Ifplanted at the beginning of q hot or dry spell of weather, they will almost certainly iail. Otherwise they will generally grow. l have found the Early Rose aud the Early Goodrich both germinate readily for second crop, especially the latter. A good plan is, in harvesting the crop, after the vines are well matured and declining, to select those intended for seed for second Crop and spread them out in an airy and shady place. This treatment causes a chemical change in the substance of the tuber which stimulates the buds and makes them more excitable.

 It is usually recommended to ! plant the tubers whole for the sec ond crop. My experience is against this. Ihave tried myself and have also seen others try the experiment. of planting cut and uncut potatoes together, side by side and at the same time, with such decided success in favor ol cut potatoes, that l cannot doubt that cutting rather tends to excite the buds and promotes theil growth.

 I Potatoes grown as q second crop keep well through the win 1 ter, and are fully as good for the table as those we receive from the North. They may be harvested or left in the ground, to be dug as they are wanted. Fix.
Year: 1875

Tie New Orleans Republican, does not like the movement inau- gurated at Marshall, and the proceedings at Banquet Hall in that town on the i7th to raise q fund to present to Jefferson Da- wis a homestead. When tho peo- pie of Harrison county hears the news of the Republicans displeas- ure doubtless they will be very melancholy. Will the Republi can be appeased if Harrison county will raise a fund and present Grant with a five gallon jug of rot gut whisky?
Year: 1875



 TIE IRON TRArE.--The stagna- ted condition ofthe iron trade IS partially accounted for by the New York Herald upon the fact that iron never wears out. "Oid railroad iron cracks, breaks and becomes worthless for use, but IS straightway sent to tine furnace to be reconstructed into new and better rails than before. Very little iron is wasted, as even an old horse shoe found in the road is hoarded up and reformed by the cross roads blacksmith into another and better horse shoe A St. Louis paper gives another aud more sufficient reason for this depression in the iron market It is because ''the world has giy. en up railroad building for the present."
Year: 1875

A printers devil says his lot is hard one; at his boarding house they charged him with all the pie they CAN'T find, and at the office his employer charges him with all the pi they DO find.
Year: 1875

The idea of the existence of balm in Gilead is simply q popu. lar error and halucination; other wise some enterprising agent would have contracted tor the ad- vertisement of that specific at the lowest rates long ago.
Year: 1875

The New York Sun says that the present indications are plain that Edwin D. Morgan is to have the votes of New York in the Ma. tional Convention which will be held next year to select republi. can candidate for the presidency.
Year: 1875

AS TOLD BY THE SUFFERER HIMSELF.
left my New England home in my
boyhood. As kissed my mother good
bye she put her hands on either side OF
my cheeks and said: You are pure
now, my son ever keep your soul sweet
and clean and never touch glass of in
toxicating liquor" The pledge / then
made to her kept under strong tempt
| ations, and in circumstances that severe
ly tried my good resolutions. Serving
through the war | came out with a
cough that threatened quick consump-
ton. My physician recommended cod
liver oil and whiskey. | took the pre-
scription. The former cured me of one
disease +; the latter brought on one of a
deeper and deadlier nature Yet / was
not conscious of it, till, one day friend
reused me with the words, Major you
must be careful. You are bringing dis
grace to your family l was shocked
and resolved that this should never be
said of me again but still pursued the
evil way.


A little elater, my brother repeated the
warning, and pledged him that ! would
heed his kindly words. That pledge
was broken. / had delightful home,
was blessed with wife and children, and
to her wifely pleadings again said I'll
drink no more, and went out to disgrace
the name she bore.


One morning, as l passed the open
door ofmy daughters room, | saw her on
bended knees, and heard her sweet voice
crying out: "Oh, God, spare my father,
and save him from drunkards grave y
Then and there | vowed before God that
| would never drink again. | was
drunk before night A little later,
was summond to see loved sister who
was sick. / hastened to her bedside
only to find in q darkened room her
dead body. AS / leaned over that mar
BILE form, and my tears fell upon her
cold cheeks, then, with clasped hands,
alone with the dead, / told my God that
the cup would never again soil my lips.
In three days was as bad as ever AT
last, in a fit of desperation, | sent for my
father and mother to visit my home, Sc
curing for them palace car, making
the journey as pleasant as possible.
They came to my charming home to
meet their drunkard son. The dear
mother begged and prayed with and for
me, that my lost purity might be re
stored.


After their return, with the echo of
of her agonizing petitions sounding in
my ears, said: +" will once more take
the pledge, and if broken now, / will go
to the Pacific coast. leaving wife and
children, to hide myself where they shall
Year: 1875

Last night about half-past 10 fire
was discovered in Kegan's corral, on
the West side of Spring street, between
First and Second, which burned up
most of his sheds and the stables of
the Overland stage. A small frame
house in the rear of the lots was also
burned down. The property belonged
to Louis Roeder.
Year: 1875

At 10 O'Clock A. NJ, TO nominate candidates for
the Assembly and for county offices, to be
supported by the Independent voters Of said
county at the coming election.


The apportionment of delegates is based on
the vote Of 1878. Delegates will be elected by
ballot, and all residents of the county are
qualified TO vote at the elections hereinafter
called who are in hearty sympathy with the
reform movement and who will pledge them
selves TO support the Peoples Independent
Party in the approaching county election.


Elections for Delegates to said Convention
will be held in the several voting places on
Year: 1875

With this number the GRANGE
ADVANCE enters upon its third year,
and, we are happy to say, under cir
cumstances which give us good rea-
son to hope that its future will be
more prosperous and useful than its
past. 1t has now the largest list of
subscribers of any paper in this
State, outside of St. Paul, and, with
a gentlemanly and energetic agent,
Mr.. W. ]. Crandall, constantly in
the field, we hope to double this in
a few months time. AS the patron
age increases, we intend to improve
the paper, until it shall equal any
similar publication in the country,
and we ask our readers to be patient,
until we are able to do better, with
the best that we can do under ex-
lstlng circumstances.


The ADVANCE was started for the
purpose of advancing the interests
of the working-classes and contrib
uting to the growth of the Order Of
Patrons of Husbandry. 1t has nev.
er been, is not now, and never will
be run in the interest of any politi-
cal party or clique, but will endeav-
or to discuss fully and fairly all po-
litical questions, invariably advocat-
ing that policy which common-sense
and sound reason leads US to believe
will best conduce to further the well
fare of the entire people. 1t will be
fearless in expressing its opinions,
always desiring t. be right, but al,
ways remembering the liability of
humanity to err, and, therefore,
standing ready to receive and be
benefited by instruction cleaned
from every accessible source.


One feature of the paper which
had been sadly neglected for several
months by our predecessor, and
which it will require considerable
time for us to restore, is the publ
cation of grange news of the State.
If we could afford it, we would hire
correspondents to send us intelli-
gence of this character, but as that
is out of the question, we ask it as
especial favor that members of the
Order generally will keep us ad-
vised Of what transpires, in their
respective neighborhoods, that pos
sesses general interest. 1t IS no:
necessary to write long letters. A
few lines, giving the news, is all tha,
is asked. We intend to spare nc
expense that we are able to meet tc
make the ADVANCE useful and de-
sirable newspaper to Patrons anc
every body else, and to effect this
we desire to increase our corps o
correspondents until it shall extend
throughout the State.


One thing should be borne in
mind by those who patronize us: we
are advocating the cause of those
who are least able to pay for thu
service we render. We have nc
Year: 1875

A London correspondent of the New
York Herald gives the following psrticu
lars as to how the North Pole is to be
reached


When the steamer Alert will have
travelled as far northward as she can
possibly go, six sledges will be started in
the direction OF the long looked Tor goal
Five of these sledges will contain eight
men each, and the remaining one twelve.
Food and other necessares for forty
days subsistence will be taken along
During the first FIVE days the large sledge
will supply all the others with provisions
and at the end of that time depot will
be established at which the large sledge
will deposit all its rations except what
will suffice to maintain them during their
return to the ship The five sledges will
continue the trip northward for an.
other five days, when second depot
will be established, rations deposited
there and another OF the sledges
return. The four sledges continue
the journey, and at the expiration Of
five more days sledge turns back and
but three proceed. Thus the party i,
diminished to- the extent of one sledgt
alone which is left to proceed, having OF
board its original supply of days rationS
In each case the returning sledge picks
up provisions enough at each depot tC
last until it must return, whether tht
grand discovery be then made or not
If an open sea be encountered by thI
explorers two boats mounted on sledges
will be brought into requistion. They
are rugged with masts and sails, and car
be made use of, with favorable wind
in relieving the strain upon the dogs
The most dreaded obstacle in the way o
sledging parties will be the gaunt pola
bear y . In the spring the Dis
covery will continue the exploration o
Greenland's northern coast Hall
tomb will be visited and dispatches vii
be left at the entrance Of Smiths Sound
If no news of the Alert be obtained b,
the Discovery in 1876 another effort viii
be made to obtain tidings in 1877. !
failure to get news that year will ind
cate that the Alert has travelled home
ward by the east coast of Greenland.
Year: 1875

friends OF mine who went to Bagneres de
Bigorre and Cauterets inform me that
they lived very well there for 81 day,
which included everything but carriage
and horse hire. The season does notap-
pear to have been a very brilliant one at
any Of the watering places, for those
who have returned within day. or two
candidly confess that they were afflicted
with ennui during their entire stay This
is mainly owing to the mannerisms that
the "hiEhlifeurs" have introduced into
their summer amusements, which are
simply insufferablc to opeople of common
sense.
Year: 1875

Chicago has a way of initiating New
York or Boston in pretty much every
thing that she does. The employees oI
the Chicago journals who earn their
bread by the sweat of their scissors, call
themselves mail-readers; a stupid and
meaningless afeciation, copied from the
namby.pamby Eastern newspapers
Western men should be Western men
and such of them as are connected with
the Western press should be the last tC
ape the language or the manners Of the
soft and degenerate East.
Year: 1875

We think we speak the judgment of the
best men Of all parties, when we say that
no feature of the Presidents Policy has
given such proofs of its wisdom and
Christian sense as his management of the
Indians. The new system inaugurated by
President Grant has been long enough
tried to show that it is not only righteous,


but that it is safest and best. 1t has been
subjected to unforeseen trials; circum-
stances have arisen which furnished favor
able opportunity to its enemies to prove
its worthlessness. And yet this system by
its abundant fruits is already vindicating
itself as not only eminently Just and hu-


name in respect to the Indians, but as su-


premely wise and safe as respects the


trontiersmen. The report of the Peace


Commissioners, which has just been SUBJ


mitted to the President, puts the matter


beyond all doubt From this report it ap.
pears that the Indians, to very general
extent, are peaceable, that among many
tribes there is an earnest desire to possess
themselves of all the appliances Of civili-
zation. Many of them are urgently ask
ing for the schools and churches which
have been promised them. Those tribes
which have been most refractory are now
desirous to enter into the benefits Of the
government reservation and agencies.
The cases of murder and of other viola
ton of law have been generally lessened.
The telegraphic reports of the hostilities
of the Indians have been manufactured
| by those who would be most benefited by
such an actual state Of things.


1t is fact, now generally known. that
the so-called Florida war. for the extermi
nation of the miserable Seminoles, was
originated and kept in progress by white
men, to whom the expenditures incident
to army operations would be sure to bring
money. The same purpose rules many OF
the wild, lawless unprincipled men of the
western horder The system Of their OPP
erations is plain enough. The peace policy
of the administration must be provoked
by some white mans outrage, into some
act Of retaliation; or some such act must
be imputed to them without any ground
for its existence. The air must be filed
with war and rumors of war. A great
army must be put on the war-path. That


will be the harvest season for contractors
and canp-followers. We trust however.
that the good people have seen enough OF
this wicked game, and that however much
they may be disunited in respect to other


measures of the government, they will
stand as one man for the maintenance OF
the Presidents Indian policy Watchman
and Reflector.
Year: 1875

Taken in full doses on retiring for the night, it
will be found TO exert the most powerful influence
on the organs of circulation and perspiraton. Per
spration tlows from every part of the body, glow
OF heat extends from head to foot, every muscle and
GJre is relaxed, and in state Of the most crafty
ing repose, while pain, soreness of the bones and
muscles disappear, and the poor sufferer in state
Of mind at once composed and happy, sinks into a
refreshing sleep, lasting until morning, from which
he awakens a new man. mild dose before break.
fast and another before going ont for the day. will
ureyent his taking more cold.
Year: 1875

Lovers do the cooling before mar
riage, and tradesmen do the billing
after it.


A philosopher has discovered
that men don't object to be over
rated except by assessors.


Now is a good time to buy ther-
mometers. They are lower than
they have been since last spring.


There is nothing that will so sap
the levity out of man as sitting
down on damp spot with thin
pants.


A petrifed negro was lately
found in garret over law Office
in village in Mississippi. 1t was
supposed that he undertook to
study law, and became absorbed in
Blackstone.


A couple of fellows who were
pretty thoroughly soaked with bad
whisky got into the gutter After
foundering for some time one of
them said, Let's go to another
house; this hotel leaks.


One morning Pat was taking
down the shutters, when a brother
Irishman was passing. why are
you taking down the shutters,
Pat ?" said he. To let out the
dark, to be sure" was the reply.


Reading the great Spurgeon's
declaration that ga cigar is thing
to thank God for" Liberty street
school-boy bought a cigar. He
was afterwards seen hanging over a
fence, but he was not giving
thanks.


Prudent Mother Don't look at
Professor Won Bungs SO, Dora dear,
or people will think you are in love
with him." Dora (who is incon-
solable for the loss of her darling
poodle can't help it, ma; he
is the exact image of poor Mopsy"


A good story is told of recent
smashup' on Western railroad.
A gentlemen who, in coming from
Baltimore to Rock Island, had met
with four accidents, was on this oc-
casion in the car that was COM
pletely turned over. Making his
way through window and gaining
an upright position, he looked
around him and coolly inquired:
What station do you call this?"
Year: 1875

We find the following account
Of a new invention in the Memphis
Avalanche


"This little machine is as near o
chicken as human skill can make
1t. Il is covered with feathers,
with perfect head, legs and wings.
1t is soft to the touch, and the legs
aud wings are flexible and placed
in positions similar to those of a
genuine chicken, and when set
upon o perch the deception cannot
be discovered, even by an expert.
Inside of the automaton Is placed
a torpedo, which cxplodcs If taken
by the legs or struck with any
force. Hearing Of this ingenious