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Year: 1873

This company of veterans held a very
pleasant reunion on Saturday last at Farm
ington. We did not receive their report in
time to print it in full, and have only space
for the resolutions adopted upon that occa-
sion, which were as follows:


Resolyed, That it is with deep regret that
we notice the apparent want OF interest in
the reunion on the part of those members
who reside within easy reaching of this
place, as manifested by their absence upon
this occasion.


Resolred, That such as are unavoidably
absent should have sent us word by letter
or otherwise.


Resoiued, That we still look forward en-
Enthusiastically to the great reunion Of 1875,
and to that end we hereby deposit one dollar
each with the treasurer Of the executive
committee, to detray the expenses Of that
occasion as contemplated in the resolution
OF last year, and that we earnestly eXhort
our comrades who have not done SO to send
on their dollar without delay.


Resolrcd, That the executive committee
be authorized TO invest all moneys received
for this purpose at not less than l2 per
cent. per annum.


Resolved, That the next reunion be held
at Pennington on the 7th and Sth of De-
cember: 1874.


Resolved, That the thanks of the company
are hereby rendered to the ladies whose in
terest in the reunion was of that good, prac-
teal, old fashioned kind which being in
terpreted means a tirst-c!uss dinner, also to
the proprietor Of the Bigelow Hotel whose
careful attention contributed SO largely to
our enjoyment while under his roof.
Resolred, That these resolutions. and the
proceedings Of this reunion be published
| in THE GRANGE ADVANCE
Year: 1873

B@~ On looking through the various
stocks of goods kept in Red Wing we find
an endless variety, and safely say, that the
stocks and stores of Red Wing, are not
second to any in this or any other State
In visiting the various institutions we are
greatly surprised to find such an endless
variety in any one store as we find at
A. J. CLARK'S new store corner of Bush
and Third streets. 1t would seem almost
impossible to call for anything in the Drug,
Grocery, or Fancy Goods line and be dis
appointed in not getting it. We also found
Dr. &. W. Boutwell, in charge Of the Medi-
cal department., with everything on hand
to attend to the wants of such as are in need
Of medicines. We ecan safely say there is no
more complete store in the State than this
It will pay you to 60 and examine goods
are sold very reasonable.
Year: 1873

We hereby challenge the Editorial fra
ternity Of the entire globe. Hold, gentle
men, don't pull off your coats or slap your
editorial fists and recklessly threaten to
annihilate US on the first round You mis-
take us, that is not what we meant. What
we were going to say is, that we challenge
the entire fraternity to produce an instance
of an editor receiving a basket containing
twenty different varieties Of delicious cake,
Such basket did we receive on Monday
last, from the ladies of the Vasa Grange.
An now, gentlemen, you smack your lips
instead of your fists, and wish you were
on The GRANGE ADVANCE. You also per-
ceive now that we are not in fighting
mood-who would be after disposing of
such basket full without leaving crumb :?


The following little note, which came with
the basket. tells the whole story:


VAsA, Dec. lst, 1873


Compliments Of the ladies of the Vasa
Grange, to THE GRANGE ADVANCE and its
editors.


Ladies of Vasa Grange, accept our low
est bow, our best wishes and our sincerest
thanks for your delicious gift, but still
more for your kind remembrance Of US.
Year: 1873

The questions of the County Business
Agent. Of Insurance, and other matters left
over from the last meeting, will have to be
considered


Let US turn out and make this Council q
success. B. B. HERBERT, Sec
Year: 1873

Said the wind to the lamp in the lighthouse


tower


"Come out and play with me
Thou shalt light my path in tho midnight


hour,


Alone DER the stormy sea-"
He whistled in vain DER the raging foam,
And wooed-hut no answer came,
While safe and bright in its lofty home
Burnt the coy and steadfast flame.
"Come away, come away-thou art prisoner


there


While others revel free
My soft caresses eOmc merrily share
Come out and play with me-"
~ may not he lured from my eyrie above
To light thee DER billow or foam;
Much peril sec in thy boisterOus love,
Much safety to me in my home.
lie toyed with the lattice so softly-As


sweet


As the zephyr of evening his breath,
Till he laid the full warmth of his love at


her feet,


And she yielded to ireedDm-and death.
Oh, msiGens the lamp in that lighthouse


tower


Has ne'er out Of darkness arisen
Beware Of the perilous love Of an hour,
Or the feeling that home is prison..
Year: 1873

Is it q crime to hold office? just now
every disappointed and embittered news
paper editor, who has failed to be sap
preciated" in one party OF another, Is
going about dcclaiming in loud tones
against the awful iniquity of holding
office. Not one Of the pure minded who
are making such an ado about the mat
ter but would gladly accept anything IN
the shape of an Office, from constable
to Chief Justice; but as the stupid peo-
pie never could and never will discern
their qualifications they take their re-
yenge out in railing against those who,
more fortunate in character and ability
than themselves, are able to secure due
recognition at the hands of the people.
Had these writer's any influence, their
example would be pernicious i'll that 1t
teaches that to hold Office is disreputa-
BILE whereas, it is and should be mark
of esteem and confidence, and, to Ger
tain extent, a certificate of standing and
ability.


1t will probably be some time before
the city, the State, and the nation will
be able to get along without ofiice-hoid-
ers. 1t should be the aim of the peo-
pie to always secure the best and most
deserving, and as rule this is done. 1t
is done as often, too, by the present ad-
ministra,ion as ever before, and as often
as by the people themselves when they,
and not the President, have chosen them.
Indeed, We have nothing among Federal
Office holders TO compare with the New
York and Brooklyn defalcations, and
the many similar cases among the nu-
merous solllcerselccted by ythe people show
us that the latter are a5 frequently de-
ceived as the former Nor do the dis
honest men in charge OF public affairs
outnumber, in proportion, those IN pri-
yatc business. The fact is, Appearances
are deceptive, and We. are all liable to
imposition. The men, however, who
are elected or appointed to public posi-
tions are generally above the average,
both MS regards reputation and standing.
They should be so, for they are the ones
chosen from among the many, and are
generally recognized as possessing char
acter and fitness for the places for which
they are selected. One would think,
from the remarks of several journalists,
however, that the possession OF an Office
was a badge of dishonor, forever bar
ring the possessor from participation IN
public affairs. 1t is time this idiotic
twaddle about ollicc-holders ceased.
The time has not yet come that man
forfeits the confidence of the people,
and becomes an outlaw, because he Is
thought well enough Of by his fellow
citizens or by high public functionarlesS
to be chosen to a place of honor and
emOlument.- .-Erchange
Year: 1873

Teheran once more basks in the sun
shine of royalty. That charming man,
the Shah, has returned. The people
turned ont en- naasse to welcome him
home. They would not dare do other
wise. If the sovereign should take a
"miff" he might soothe his perturbed
temper by general raid on his sub
iects. His authority is absolute and
his character aespicable to the ex-
treme. The show of goodwill toward
him brought him out in brief speech
Wherein he told the crowd that the OBJ
isct of his visit was to introduce into
Persia European customs, ideas ana
methods, SO far as they were real I'M
provements. He had nothing to say
about Reuter- and his concession.
Year: 1873

The confidence of the European press
in the stability of our financial condl-
ton is one of the most cheering features
of the present trouble. They are agreed
upon all hands that the country is III a
most prosperous condition, and that the
excitement is the result only of spon-
taneous effort to throw off the excres-
cences of our rapid growth.
Year: 1873

erful weapons in the hands of the peo


pie, through the press, to overthrow
the dynasty that now defes while it


rides them. If Pennsylvania could


only be redeemed between this and the


next general election, the good effect


would be felt all over the country.


No more such grossly fraudulent re.


suits as those of last Fall could be an


nounced in any State Of the Union.


The people owe it to themselves to
stand by this reform in the libel law,
for it gives them rights and powers out
of which they have been tricked by


the most corrupt legislation recorded.
There are other reforms launched by
the Convention, relating to the Exec
utive Office and its functions, to spe-
cial legislation, to numerical increase
Of each branch of the Legislature, and
to the residence Of voters previous to
offering their suffrage all of which
are known to be strenuously opposed
by the powerful Philadelphia rings,
where the fight for reform is to be des-
perate and protracted.-BoSton Post.
Year: 1873

1t is very rarely, indeed, man
leaves his wife in bed asleep and slips
softly into the kitchen to surprise her
by putting polish on the cook stove.
When he does do it is an event of
some Importance in the family history,
and the way he does it affords materi-
al for edifying reflection for days at a
time. He first moistens the backing
by filling the saucer to the brim with
water. Some Of this he spills on his
pants, but generally manages to get
the greater part of it on the carpet
Then he grasps the brush firmly in his
right hand and setting the saucer on
the floor where it is handy to step in,
he goes to work, and for the next
fifteen minutes a most astounding
complication Of noises proceeds from
that kitchen. There is the whisk Of
the brush as it glides over the smooth
places, and then sharp rap as it
comes in contact with an unexpected
angle There is a sort OF Kissing
noise made by himself, and which in
dcates that the stove is occupying his
entire attention. And that is OCCASION
ally relieved by sundry exclamations
which may or may not have reference
to the work in hand-such as "Ouch!'
"C-h-r-i.s-t o,p-h-e-r = I" Merciful
heaven" "Thunder and tightening"
and the like. The final noise is a
snap of something like crockery,
which is slightly mixed with proper
proportion of pure English, and about
this time the sharer of his joys and
sorrows makes her appearance in the
picturesque attire woman always as
sumes at that hour-corsets and hoop
skirts predominating and the spec
tacle her eyes fall upon is astonishing
to the farthest extreme. The stove
appears in a halfdress uniform of
backing and ashes, and seems to be
taking a lively interest in the whole
affair, while the man Of the house, ap-
parently nveted to the spot, stands
there in his shirt-sleeves, staring with
all his might at spot in the carpet,
and vairly endeavoring to compre-
hend bow it all happened, while
patches of agreeable luster illuminate
his face and shirt-front, and stove
backing and raw spots equally di-
vide possession of his hands. He has
skinned every knuckle on both hands,
and broken the saucer by stepping
into it, and got the ashes into the
carpet, and snapped the handle from
the brush. She takes it all in at
glance, and with true womanly SYM
pathy, says, "Well, l hope you are
satisfied now." And the expression
of his face attests more eloquently
than words that he is.-Dan. Ne,Os.
Year: 1873

On Tuesday and Wednesday last
Col. Fred Grant, son of the President,
laid over at Yankton to take in the
beauties and sights Of that promising
young city, Yankton is especially
noted for the number of its people
within its limits whose undisputed
boast is that they can stow away more
whiskey and show less indications of
their cargo than the residents of any
other town on the Missouri river of
three times the number Of inhabitants.
Thinking that Col. Grants visit would
be fitting opportunity to display
their special prowess, they organized
a scheme to get the Colonel drunk.
Everything seemed propitious for the
accomplishment of their projects the
Colonel drank and they drank; they
toasted each other, and drank and
toasted each other, and although they
drank often, they drank sparingly, but
the fact that the Colonel was apparent
ly falling into their trap so readily
overcame them, and they hastened the
steady repetition of the drinks, and it
was not long before the oldest war
horses Of Bacchus in Yankton began
to show signs Of weakness in the
knees and a general limberness of the
body. But strange to relate, the in
Vulnerable drinks indulged in by the
eldest son of the President seemed to
have as little effect on him, as water
on ducks back. At three o'clock on
" ednesday morning the billiard hall
and adjacent passages in the Mer-
chants Hotel were strewn with the
wrecks of dozen men whose powers
Of endurance hadnever before been so
terribly tested and signally failed.
When the last man had fallen from his
post, and lay in promiscuous helpless
ness at the feet of their conquerer, the
son of the President called on Major
P. II. Howard, the presiding genius of
the Merchants Hotel billiard hall, for
a gin sling and q cigar, casually re-
marking that he believed he would re-
tire, but he was sorry his Yankton
friends had so easily allowed good
whiskey and his society to 50 quickly
overcome them. In peace or war, mid
the rumble of cannon or jingle Of
glasses, the Grant family retain their
prestige and preserve their fame.-,Si-
our City Times.
Year: 1873

1t is said that there is a boy in
Concord, N. H., who can repeat the
multiplication table backwards, and he
is only nine years old. We know
that boy. We were never in Concord
but we know him. We lived next
door to that boy when we were boy,
and it is not so long but that we re-
member him distinctly. He always
went to bed at eight o'clock and had a
slight cough. He brushed his hair
back of his ears, and carried a store
handkerchief, and when he played
marbles it was to win. He always got
home from school before we did, and
employed the interval in detailing to
his mother the "belting" that boy
next door was getting. And indeed
we were getting it, but there was no
special interest in it for other folks.
He was the model boy, the boy our
parents use to point to and speak of in
tones of mingled admiration and re-
gret, while uniting us for sitting on
anything harder than poultice. He
never ran away from school, nor stole
money; but he use to throw mud on
old people when they wernt looking,
and unselfshly throw the credit on us.
And then to see that boy come round
with jam on his bread! that was the
last feather-that was the climax to
all the sorrows our young heart knew.
We could have willingly forgiven ev-
erything else, but that jam upset us.
1t went right down into our heart of
hearts, and it rankles there yet. 1t
sent us into the house bawling for jam
and getting it, but not on our bread.


We remember that with ghastly dis
tinctness.-Dan6ury Ne,cs.
Year: 1873

"Open the windows and let in the sum-"
Cheerily thus the poem did rum
But where have read it, Or how long ago,
Or what the next line Is, I'm sure dent know I;
But often have thought, rs 1 called it to mind,
The advice it contained was both needful and


kind
And think 'twould be well, in more place


than one.
To ''open the shutters and let in the SUM-
Those one-idea Christians, both foreign and


near,
Who think that religion is sombre and drear,
Who wear long face, and love sad voice,
And think it is wicked to laugh and rejoice
Whose hearts are shut out of Gods beauty so


tight
That they're covered with midew and wasted


with blight
Would find their enjoyment had only begun,
If they'd open the shutters and let in the sun.
The young man whose talents by nature are


fine,
Who is wasting them idly on euchre and wine,
Who has seed rich and plenteous sown in his


heart.
Where the weeds are abundant, preventing


their start
Would find, if he'd pile up the rubbish around,
And cut down the weeds that oershadow the


ground,
Buds, blossoms and fruit would appear one by


one.
AS he opened the shutters and let in the sun
There are some idle women, both youthful and


old,
Whose hearts are imprisoned in fashions


strong hold
Whose thoughts range no deeper or loftier than
A love of bonnet, Or duck of a fan.
would they could see with one glance of the


eye,
All the woe, want, and misery of the earth


sweeping by;
l thinks new light on their spirits would dawn,
AS they opened the shutters and let in the sun.
Now, if l have stolen some poets fine verse,
And clothed it in garments that make it look


worse,
really am sorry, but do not see how
The poet can help it, or either, now;
My muse wouldn't wait while | searched DER


and DER
For the poem read such long time before,
OF whose numerous lines remember but one
"Open the shutters and let in the SUM-"
Year: 1873




men, which appears in regular success
sion in the Fat Contributors Satur.
day Night The following is a sam
pie.


EMINENT WOMEN-LOT S WIFE.


Mrs. Lot was chiefly remarkable in
history as a woman who turned into a
pillar Of salt. Women turn into salt
nova days, but it is sat and battery
This misfortune overlook her while
fleeing from the doomed city of So
dom in company with Mr.. Lot and lots
Of little Lots. She was required not
to look back, lut true to the instincts
OF her sex she did Tell a woman she
must not do thing and she is very
apt to do it. She probably met some
woman going to Sodom to see the fire
works and couldn't resist the feminine
impulse to turn and see what they had
on. Lots of wives would have done
as Lots wife did. Enforce such an or
dinance now and pillars of salt would
stand so thick on the street pedestar-
ianism would become impossible, and
Syracuse saltworks be abandoned.
Lot seems to have pushed right along
as though nothing had happened.


But what did he want of a salt wife
when 1t is so easy to get fresh one?


How long Mrs. L. remained a stand
ing advertisement of the salt business
we do not know. No mention of her
subsequent career is anywhere to be
found.


Whether she opened refreshment
stand and catered to the curious crowd
who tlocked to see the ruins of the
faded cities of the plain-became a
caterpillar, as it were-we are unable
to say. A woman who could turn in
to pillar of salt ought to be able to
turn her hand to almost anything. If
she had anything of the yankee about
her she would have rented little
room (shall we say salt rheum) and
gone into the show business. She
would have been a great card and
made a good deal more than her salt.
Relics of Sodom, Gomorrah, Chicago,
Boston, etc, would have sold well TO
tourists, although they would be com
PEELED to take the histories of them
with grain of salt. Mrs. L. could
have retired after few years with a
handsome competency for, of course
every nickle she took would be salted
down.


She would have been a well-preserv-
ed woman to a good old age, and con-
tented with her lot. no doubt, although
Lot don't seem to have been very well
contented with her. Growing rich
Year: 1873

from her exhibiting herself as the Salt
woman, and having invested her funds
judiciously in corner lots, greedy ad-
venturers would attempt to corner
Lots wife, casting lots who should
have her.


The case of this unfortunate wo-
man, turned into apillar of salt, was
very sad one. In fact it was about
as sad a pillar-case rs we know of.
Year: 1873

Mix the above in equal parts: dose
ten to thirty drops. In plain terms,
take equal parts tincture of opium,
red pepper, rheubarb, peppermint, and
camphor, and mix them for use. In
case of diarrhp take dose of ten to
twenty drops in three or four teaspoon
fuls of water. No one who has this
by him and takes it in time will ever
have the cholera. We commend it to
our Western friends, and hope that the
receipt will be widely published.
Even when no cholera is anticipated
it is an excellent remedy for ordinary
summer complaint.
Year: 1873

More than forty years ago, when it
was found that prevention for the
Asiatic cholera was easier than cure,
the learned doctors of both hemi-
spheres drew up prescription, which
was published (for working people) in
the New York San, and took the name
of "1he SEN Cholera mixture" Our
contemporary never lent its name to a
better article. We have seen it in con-
slant use for nearly two score years,
and found it to be the best remedy for
looseness of the bowels ever yet de-
vised. 1t is to be commended for sew
eral reasons 1t is not to be mixed
with liquor and therefore will not be
used as an alcoholic beverage. Its in
gradients are well known among all
the common people, and it will have
no prejudice to combat; each of the
materials is in equal proportion to the
others, and it may, therefore, be COM
pounded without professional skill
aud as the dose is so very small, it
may be carried in tiny phial in the
waistcoat pocket, and be always at
hand. 1t is:
Year: 1873

LNURS AND WHERE TO BUY THEM.


il New York ladies of the better classes who par
tcuar about the garments they wear, and always
find the places where choice goods be pur-
G. SHAYNE CO., importers Of seal skins and
facturers OF fine Flrs, corner Of Broadway and
Tenth street opposite Stewards This firm. al
though ha wing recently commenced business York
has attained the reputation OF having the finest urs to be
found in the city, and recognized the leading fash
onabe resort for reliable and elegant urs Their goods
made from selected skins which were taken in the
when fur Is strictly prime, and thoroughly de-
odorzed and properly dressed before being made
mens that every article is perfect in particular


the best Of and looked very well when purchased;
but after being used short time the moths got m them,
and the fur turned light and soon became worthless.
The reason the moths got in them was from neglect
care, but because the skins prop
erly cured and dressed before being used. When
iurs made from poorly dressed skins the
and the fleece will be peculiarly attractive to moths.
There great many such furs sold every by
dealers who know no more about the goods they
selling than the customers who buy The dealers have
they bought them Tnc goods generally picked
auction cheap and sold cheap. All the dealer
for is the profit All the customer at the time
is TO buy cheap. Panic Panic Il They forget that the
best Is the cheapest particularly in fnrs and that good
goods be purchased at the price of poor To
reliable and durable furs be sure that you get
those made from skins properly dressed before being
made into garments Better. pay fair price for re.


liable and durable goods and be assured they good
than buy inferior goods bccanss they appear cheap.


which wil give satisfaction, rather than self Trashy
goods simply TO get the name OF being cheap. They
have, however, in consequence of the severe times
marked down their goods TO q very small margin
purchase reliable and elegant goods al actual
gains