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Year: 1873

To live simply, to master and control


our expenditure, is a sore need in all


classes. The influences which surround us,


the habits which We fall into as second


nature, all sway US in the same direction.


Every family and every class seems to have


caught hold of the skirts Of the one above


it, and to be desperately holding on. Well,


as Mr.. Goodwin Smith says, the best thing


they can do is to let go-the only thing, in.


deed, which will give themselves any com.


fort or make their lives Of real use iu their


generation. The moment they will do so,


aud begin resolutcly to live without regard


to what their neighbor on the right spends
on carriages, or their neighbor on the lell


in upholstery, they will find themselves


rich for all good purposes. From that mo-
ment it can no longer be said Of Us with


truth, that we dare not trust our wits to
make our houses pleasant to our friends.
and so we buy ice creams. And this most
needed Of all reforms is just the one which
every soul Of Us can carry through for him.
self or herself We cannot sweep our
whole streets. No doubt But every one
Of US eau sweep our own door step, and il
he will do it quietly and regularly, anon
bis right and left hand neighbors follow, aud


before long the whole street Is swept And
in this way, and by this means, can almost
all those social tanges which we have been
glancing at casually, this evening, be set
right Simple living To it even thet
great household question, at once the most
ridiculous and the most harrassing Of so-
oial troubles, will in the end yield will be-
gin at once to look not wholly insoluble
and hopeless. Speaking Of this sore ques.
tion in the Nation the other day, one of the
wittiest Of American essaysts took up the
cudgels for Bridget against her numerous
accusers. My good friends he urged,
" what else have you any right to look for?
The things which American life and man
ners preach to her are not patience, sober.
taithfulness, diligence and hon.
esty; but self-assertion discomfort, hatred
Of superiority of all kinds, and eagerness
of physical enjoyment ;" aud the words
come home, fear, with singular force to us
also in those days Let US hope
that the pictures Of the good-coming time
which he goes on to draw may prove true
for us also. Whenever the sound of the
new gospel which is to win the nations back
to the ancient and noble ways is heard in
the land, it is fair to expect that it will not
find her ears wholly closed and that when
the altar of duty again set up by her en-
ployers, she will lay on it attractive beef
steaks, potatoes done to turn, make liba-
tions of soup, display remarkable fertility
in sweets, an extreme fondness for washing,
and learn to grow old in one family"
Year: 1873

"Oh for more prayer | had an odd
illustration Of its power, the other day, in
Italy. In the hotels there, there are little
ivory buttons in the wall upon which you
put your finger. They communicate with
electric wires which ring the bells down
stairs. A friend came in to take tea with
us, and put my finger on the button, but
nobody came. did it again; still nobody
came. Now said my friend, will put
you up to a wrinkle-keep your finger on
the button. lfyou only just put it on, it
rings the bell but if you keep your finger
on, the bell will keep ringing down stairs.
Well, l did so, but even then the waiter
did not come. At length my friend said.
We have couple of bedrooms here
will 60 into one, and your friend can go
into the other; let us ring all three bells,
and then we shall fetch up all the walters
in the hotel So We put our fingers on the
three buttons, and kept them there, and, |
warrant you, the passage was soon full of
walters tumbling over one another. They
thought the whole house must be on FIRE
We simply explained that, as the ringing of
one bell did not do, we thought we would
ring all three and found it capital plan I;
but if they would only come more quickly
another time, we would do it no more
Every time a man prays he rings great
bell in heaven! If two Of you agree at
touching anything concerning the kingdom,
it shall be done unto you. There is no re-
sisting it. If every man and woman here
would begin to put their fingers upon the
bell the electric communication between
earth and heaven, it would awake the very
angels, and bring them down, with untold
blessings, upon the church and upon the
world"
Year: 1873

A short time since a brilliant and much
admired lady in this city, who had been suf-
fering for some time with a trouble of the
eyes, was led to fear speedy change for
the worse, and Immediately consulted her
physician. An examination discovered a
sudden and fatal failing in the optic nerve,
and the information was impaired as gen.
tly as possible, that the patient could not
retain her sight more than few days at
most, and was liable TO be totally deprived
Of it at any moment The eaiilicted mother
returned to her room, quietly made such
arrangements as would occur to one about
to make such dark journey of life, and
then had her two little children, attired in
their brightest and sweetest costumes,
brought before her; and so, with their lit.
tie faces lifted to hers, and tears gathering
for some great misfortune that they hardly
realized, the light faded out Of the moth
er's eyes, leaving an inefaceable picture
of those dearest TO her on earth--a memo
ry of bright faces that will console her 10
many dark aour.-Cooington, ny, Jour-
nal.
Year: 1873

The Overland Monthly, in an article il
regard to the Apache Indians, says;


There is no duty more binding on the
Apache warrior, or more willingly per-
formed, than that of pleasing and providing
for his mother. The longest life does not
release him from the duty of obedience and
respect to her. For her, all else must give
place; she takes the precedence Of all
other relations her wants are paramount
to those of self or wife or child. If she
commands it, even an enemy is spared for
the time; though, when she is out of sight,
vengeance again takes its course


What lesson these remorseess savages
teach us on this subject of regard for our
mothers
Year: 1873

Being Christian is not being fault.
less it is not being in a state in which
you will not stumble nor fall it is being
in that state in which you recognize the
hatefulness of sin and seek to overcome it.
Taking the soil, uncultivated as it is, and
putting in the right kind of seed, and Civ
ing it the right tillage, and then waiting
patiently for the harvest-that is what
makes you one of Christs husbandmen.
Year: 1873

AN Arab was asked by traveller how
he knew that there was God. Fixing his
dark eye on the man, who seemed to doubt
the being of God he met bis question with
another; How do know whether it was
man or a camel that passed my tent last
night And are not the footprints Of the
Creator the footprints of Godf"
Year: 1873

A New York correspondent writes.
have been told by a prominent job print
er that half of the presses are running
on this kind of work. While literature
generally is dull, this style maintains its
full rate. Its evident that such read
ing must weaken and degrade the mind
prOdigiously. and indeed il is found that
lovers of dime novels can read little else.
A gentleman Of fine literary taste ro-
marked that the youthful mind Of the
country is threatened with idiocy. "Had
l." said he, "been fed on such trash
while young. would have been an i'm
beetle" The effect Of early reading
for good or evils beyond estimate.
know a man, who, when boy, was in a
place where almost the only reading he
could get-next to the bible-was "Ad-
disons Spectator" He read Il many
times and became imbued with its style
and sentiments, which gave him an
abiding culture and elevation. Suppose
that instead Of this be had read. "Lan-
tsrn-faoed Bob" Smallpox Dave,
Fighting Nat" Clumsy FOO.." OF
"LOng-leggod joe" These names have
taken from the publishers list and they
challenge admiration. The latter is ma
king money, but ittsat the expense Of
the mental vigor Of the public. The
sale of these tales never was greater than
at present and recently a flaming hand
bhl has been sent 70 svsry postmaster 10
attract attention.
Year: 1873

Mr.. <. B. Arnold, in his annual address
at the late session of the American Dairy
mems Association, in speaking Of ripe
cheese, thus stated the way to judge OF
its quality and some of the changes
which take place in its proper ripening


An expert can distinguish the different
conditions OF cheese at glance; but con-
sumers are not generally experts.
Their acquaintance with the characteris-
tics of cheese is so slight that but few are
able to distinguish the good from the
poor, and they purchase, If they buy at
all, just what happens to be set before
them. 1t is not easy to make this dis
elimination with words. Experience and
observation must be the only true guides


The extremes of maturity and immatu
rity may be easy enough to define, but 1t
would be rs difficult to describe the inter-
mediate stages as it would be to state the
precise time when an apple Is ripe. But
I will name some of the external indica-
tiOns of fitness or unfitness for use. The
proper stage of ripeness is characterized
by total want of elasticity when pressed
with the finger. The cheese feels as If
breaking under the finger, and the dent
remains; has salvy and oily appearance
when mashed between the thumb and
finger; drying and cracking readily when
exposed to the air q harsh and dry ap-
pearance in the trier, and want of fat
and disinclination to melt when masti-
Gated. 1t is not enough that cheese is soft
or free from Objectionable fiavors. 1t
must have its caseine changed and its
tough curd nature broken down so as to
dissolve easily. Cheese that dries rapidly
on being cut may always be relied on as
not having yielded up its curdy nature to
the cheesy fermentation, and Is subject to
the charge of difficult digestion. The wa
ter in curd is feebly retained-most Of 1t
mechanically held in minute cavities;
while in ripe cheese it enters into chem.
ical union with the new products formed
by the more complete fermentation, and
contributes to the buttery appearance of
ripe cheese, and hence does not evaporate
so readily.
Year: 1873

WALwoRTH has been found guilty of
numbering his father in the second degree.
There ought TO be some law now by which
people could be hanged in the second
degree-hanged by the feet, for instance
instead of by the neck; in which case,
Heaven have mercy on their solesl"
Year: 1873

To DRIVE AWAY ANTs.-If they are
married aunts, borrow some money from
their husbands. II they are single, let
'em take care Of the baby for the after
noon, while your wife goes to q matinee.
Year: 1873

The instrumental part by Miss Graham was most
ably rendered, as all who know her ability would
be led to anticipate, while Prof. Raymond won
golden opinions from all for the tact and ability
displayed in organizing and 80 nearly perfecting,
in so short time, so many difficult choruses out
of material thrown together for the first time One
unusual feature of the chorus was sixteen tenor
voices on the first day of the session. The soprano
was also strong throughout, and the base steadily
grew to the end of the session, while the alto,
perhaps less srohg than the other parts, quite
creditable. All we're enthusiastic in their praises
of the hospitality of the citizens of Zumbrota and
the crowded house they gave at the closing con-
cert crowned the whole financial success. Here


after the County Association will be looked for
ward to as an era of musical progress. Near the
close Of the session constitution was adopted.
Year: 1873

ing Door or worthless article, and In many other
ways do they have the advantage of the buyer:


And add to all l.these the fact that all this money
is taken out Of the State drained from our soil and
sent to build up eastern monopolsts and is it any
wonder that farmers feel hard times that the coun-
try is becoming poorer. If our soil were mex
haustible the process might be continued forever,
but just as sure soil is exhaustible surely
with the present system will this country be i'm
poverished r.,


And yet with all these facts staring the farmers
in the face, it is charged against them by men
struggling to build up home manufactures, that
the farmers will buy of foreign in preference to
home manufacturers. The great Teacher when
upon the earth had occasion to reprove the Jews
for their folly in rejecting and killing the prophets
and enunciated the truth humliating to them and
to all other people that "A prophet is not without
honor except in his own country


1t seems that if this charge against the farmers
be true, they have run into the same folly Of the
ancient Jews dsregarding home enterprise,
and layishing their money where it can
never to return them. Now there can be
no greater folly than this, and we hope
our farmers are not guilty of the folly and if they
are we most earnestly hope that Patrons will labor
u1Ost earnestly ~ COEreCt tue wrong ana make all
such charges false.


Farmers NAV talk of forcing transportation COM
panies and manufacturers to terms but thev will
never come to terms so long as the farmer is in
their power, but let the farmer commence to sup
ply himself and then and only then will their
masters relent. This can only be done by building
manufactures at every favorable point in the west
There is scarcely an agricultural county in the
State but that buys eonugh of new machinery and
pays for repairs enough to support large agricu-
tural machine shop, and there are great many
points in the State much better adapted for the
carrying on of such shops than many of the places
further east where such shoo are located.


Such shops can only be built by men uniting
their capital to build them, and if there is any
work peculiarly appropriate to the oranges of the
P. Of H. it is just this. The organization Of the
Patrons gives all the advantage in the world for
the carrying on of such an enterprise. By the es
tabl1shing of such mandatory, the Patrons
could have their machinery at first cost. with no
profit to middle mer. By the establishing of such
the producers of the different kinds of products
are brought nearer together, fair exchange is
made possible. Better markets are crea'ed, the
mechanic gets better paid for his work and the
one half Of his expenses for farm implements.
With so much to be gained will not some one COM
mence moving in this matter?
Year: 1873

Last week we promised our subscribers an arti-
Gle on the subject of The prospects of higher
price for wheat. Instead of that we give the fol-
lowing CLEANED from German paper Of wide cir
ulation in Europe which contains facts
far more conclusive than any thing else that we
could present. III the first place very small
crop Of rye has been harvested on the continent,
and that has affected the whole grain market.
Rye Is the most important of grain, because no
other is consumed to so great an extent, and with
the exception of Russia and few small provinces
on the lower Danube middling crop of rye has
not been received in any country. The wheat crop
Is also so small that two important wheat export
ing countries, France and Hungaria, must them
selves import wheat this season. France will this
year need ut least from 1S to 20 millions of bushels
England alone is going to give a normal or in 9th.
er words an average wheat crop, that is to say il
will under all circumsta tances have to import from
thirteen to fourteen million quarters of wheat and
flour. And as to Italy and the Netherlands, the
exports and imports of the two countries will
about balance.


The harvest in Russia and Poland leaves
better result, but these countries will not be
able to export as mucn this year during the pre-
vious year. Especially in the south of Russia il
the crop very poor. In the countries of the lower
Danube, the wheat crop is quite good, bat there
was very small corn crup and this will prevent
the export Of any wheat. AS to Germany the whea,
crop this year will be sufficient to supply home ne
cessities, but if We wish to keep the wheat the
prices must be raised, especially in the cities or
the coast, otherwise the wheat will be exported


All these circumstances have since the end O
the summer occasioned rise in the prices O
grain, the like ofwhlch we have not seen in man,
year. and heavy imports from the United States
is the only thing that can have sufficient intlu
ence Oh the European grain market to relieve i
from the critical situation in which it has at pres
ent fallen.
Year: 1873

GooDHUE COUNTY MUSICAL AssoclA-
71ok.-The first meeting Of this society closed a
very successful session at Zumbrota with grand
concert last Thursday evening. The session COM
menced on Tuesday morning. under the leader
ership Of Prof Raymond Of this city, Miss Matte
Graham Of this place presiding At the piano. The
music practiced and the choruses given at the
closing concert were mostly selections from the
best authors and known % classical music y The
number Of singers enrolled was sixty-hve, or about
ton more than were enrolled at the last State AS
sociation at st. Paul. From those in attendance
We learn that from the inception to the close every
thing passed of most heartily and harmoniously
Year: 1873

At the late meeting Of the County Council p of
H. of Goodhue county, the subject of home man
ufactories was incidentally touched upon. The
question is one not new but one which deserves
much more attention in the west than it is now re-
ceiving, more attention of practical kind,
that bears fruits in results.


Nearly all the machinery used in this State is
manufactured out of the State In most in
stances this machinery is manufactured at inland
towns in other States and has to be shipped hun
dreds Of miles by railroad with freights at extor-
tionate rates. The farmers are compelled to have
this machinery, and to obtain it, they forced to
pay down to the grasping transportation eompan-
les these extortionate freights Take the one ar
ticle of threshing machines, in one year alone,
= county buying five hundred machines is
compelled on these to pay freight Of five thous-
and dollars Take all the other machinery and
implements Of the farm and the fteights amount
to untold thousands. Yet this money goes to
build up the very monopolies against which the
farmers are struggling 1t is like impoverishing
ourselves to give aid and comfort to our enemies
In time of war; There is another bad feature about
this transportation business, the shipper, under
the present arrangement not paying these frolghts
is not particularly interested in obt aiming low
rates. One man ships and another one foots the
bill men generally prefer to have the opportu-
nifty to make their own contracts for
what they are compelled to pay, otherwise
there is too much opportunity of collusion and
cheating Yet this 10 not the worst feature, there
must be agents at both ends Of the route, one set
to attend TO the shipping and the other to attend
to the rsceiving, selling and collecting, and all
these must be paid fancy prices, adding for their
services, which in many instances are almost NOM
inal, from thirty to hfty and even : hundred per
cent to the entire cost Of the machinery, and the
farmer ID compelled to foot the bill. The trouble
BY no means stops here, the manufacturer must
charge extra to cover loss and risk in shipping,
the manufacturers living ct great distances from
customers and near to each other can the moro
easily combine 70 AZ fancy prices on their goods,
ana they cannot Be % easily reached when furnish.
Year: 1873

EDITORIAL NOTES.


The monarchial party in France to
save time have their slate all filed out for
their next cabinet in case the French
crown is thrust upon Count Chambord
at the opening Of the National Assembly.
They will all accept.


Theirs, however, has little sponge with
which to wipe out their fine figures. He is
to publicly advocate the prolongation the
term of President, McMahon, and draw off
the support of the left center from the
Monsrchists, thus letting the gas out of
their monarchial balloon. "There is many
. slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" will
probably be adopted by the Count as his
maxim if Thiers' succeed.


Gen. Moriones succeeded in killing
more Carlists in an engagement at Navarro
than he had killed Of his own troops and
has great victory. He had to do some
lively running himself on the 9th inst 1t
is tit for tat. At Cartagena the Carlists
did not succeed in a sortie against the be-
seiging army, but they are to be invested
and hombarded by water. The fight goes
on with rather dark prospect for the
Carlists just at present.


An opportunity is however being given
for somebody to make themselves glorious
1t is wonderful how much glory men have
won in this world since the days of Nim-
rod, the mighty hunter, (robber) by kill
ing one another.


Il is also wonderful to think when a
Nation, or people, get wrong into their
government or their society, how difficult
it is, and how much of time and hard blows
it takes to get that wrong righted. And
those who are working for reform in the
New World need not be discouraged if they
do not see all abuses righted in day. So
ciety is progressing, but that progress is
like ascending a mountain by winding,
slowly rising path, crossed by deep valleys.
The traveller is some of the time going
down hill but it is the only way up the
mountain for all that, and the longer he
travels the nearer he gets to the top.


Marshal Bazaine is indicted and being
tried in France for plotting the restoration
Of the Empire instead of fighting his coun-
try's enemies. He pleads "not guilty"
to the charge. Whatever may be the proof
to the charge in his case, it would be we'll
for the world if he were the only man who
had neglected duty to forward some pet
measure of his own or to advance his own
personal interests. Will men ever learn
to place duty first? Will men ever quit
plotting for crowns or selling themselves
and their souls for Office and power?


Count Chambord has crouched down
At Hainault in Belgium, from whence he is
supposed to be watching France with some
Of the philant thropic or philomouseio emotions
of cat watching mouse. A feeling
somewhat similar to that Of a railroad king,
who has laid all the wires for shrinking the
the stocks in and is about to gulp down
some coveted rival road
Year: 1873

There have been indications for
some time, and from various quar-
ters, that wool is going to advance
in price. The demand appears to
be heavy in England, and this af-
fects our own market. We have
watched the sheep and wool bust
ness for several years, during which
time there were several panics,shee
being butchered for their pelts and
talloE; but Immediately after their
prices rose, and then every sheep
was saved. Meanwhile, those VINO
kept on steadily and sold at the 60
ing prices have done well; while
those who held wool over a year or
80 thereafter were well paid. The
truth is, there is no better business,
year after Ye9r, than that Of sheep
husbandry, and for the reason that
the increase of our population is so
constant and great as to keep up a
steady demand for all kinds Of wool
en- fabircs. As it has been in the
past so it is quite certain to be in
the future, and those who have
sheep may safely get more. But let
not inexperienced men rush IN, for
complete knowledge is required and
constant attention. The best way
to get good flock Of sheep is to
raise them, because there are few
chances to buy such sheep as will
pay to keep, unless at a high price.
He who has good sheep knows it as
well as anybody else, and, as a gen
eral thing, if he offers to sell sheep
they will be culls. A beginner
should buy few good American
Merinos, say from twenty to fifty,
and if they are really good, that is,
young and free from disease, there is
more increase and money in them
than in flock of 500 culls, old, ,scsb-
by, and otherwise unsound. In fact,
such sheep are not worth the feed
required 10 winter them, and the
best use to make of them is to send
them to the butcher, if that is al
loWable. By commencing with q
few sheep painstaking man can
learn how to manage them as fast as
they grow, being like some school
teachers, who learn as fast SIS their
scholars do. 1t viii take from three
to five years to learn the sheep ousi-
ness, and by that time the flock
should be Of respectable size.