Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1874 — Page 7

A Few Hints to Patrons.

tXff.'JrW: Jennings, of Denison, Tex., Master of Bois de-sAte Grange, No. 4, makes some valuable suggestions to the Order in a recent number of the Denison Heice, as follows: The organization 'of the Patrons of Husbandry in this State begins to assume a magnitude truly gigantic, and its benefits and value to our farmers are being appreciated, yet we find but few who can inform you wherein they are, or expect to be, aided by their connection with the Order. They*have gone through the ceremonial, have been initiated, received the degrees, and are acknowledged Patrons, yet they have not given the least thought what to do to aid in diffusing knowledge, or what they expect from the Grange as a return for their investment. A few words on this theme would be apropos, and as a Patron I will give them my views and throw down the gauntlet inside or outside of the Grange, and they may take exceptions thereto. It is the duty of every Patron to know all that can be learned and to communicat e all that he knows which would enlighten, instruct or benefit his co-workers in the Grange. It is his 4uty to report the amount of land in cultivation, the prospects of crops, the condition of his neighborhood, his experience with certain kinds of implements and seeds’ the plan of grafting the best kind of fruit, the result of his experience in cultivating, his theory of breeding and keeping stock, the best kinds of stock for this country, his experience with hogs and the best breeds for this climate, his remedies for disease in stock, poultry, bees; in fact, to make the Grange a school of instruction, thereby increasing the interest in its labors. * Some may say, how are we to gather this knowledge? I will say that no farmer who takes interest enough in the organization to become a member thereof but has some idea that would be new to others and they would soon take pleasure in imparting the same to the less enlightened brother and sister. The sisters can give their expe rience 'in butter and cheese making, in their arrangements of household affairs, bread making, keeping both house and out-door plants, their system of preserving, making pickles and everything instructive and interesting: The younger persons liavc an im-portant-part to take in the Grange, if they will only take hold and exercise it. The proper sphere for them is to arrange and beautify the Grange, decorate it with fragrant flowers —emblems of purity—prepare the feasts and picnics, attend to the music, and make the Grange a place of delight for older members; we will then have taken the first step toward fill ing the mission for which we are created. We are all more or less dependent creatures; to help one another and to make life’s burden light is one of the ends we have in view. We want more and better reading in our homes-; we -should encourage agricultural papers; we cannot over-estimate the valuable information gleaned from their, perusal. Our State agricultural papers are very limited, ami we should strive to get the best. As Patrons let us have more knowledge and try to dispense it liberally, and all will be well with our Order.

A Fair Statement.

Hon. Schuyler Golfax delivered an interesting address before the Colorado Agricultural Society, at Denver, from which we clip the following paragraph in regard to the railroad issue, which, says the TVidw'siwa/ Aa'c, presents the main points with a terseness and force that must carry conviction to all impartial readers: “iJuquestionqbly there are railroad rights as well as railroad wrongs. While condemning, therefore, any unwise or oppressive legislation toward those who have been engaged in the great and beneficent work of internal improvements, yet, wherever there is a power or a combination of powers that looms up and startles us with its vastness and its demands, it is a power that by wise "legislation you have a right, and it is a duty as well, judiciously to restrain. Recognizing fully and frankly their usefulness in developing the resources of the nation and opening vast areas to settlement, and conceding+he equitable right of their stockliolders to remunerative divitlemka on the actual cost ot construction, still, they-must understand-that they are to be, and must be, common carriers for.all on common grounds, and at equitable rates, without favoritism’ or unjust discrimination in business between places, and people and companies. Chartered by legislative authority as public highways, and compelled, in construction, to use that most important element of State sovereignty, the right of eminent domain, by which a railroad can be run against your will over your homestead Or your children’s graves on the payment >of appraised compensation, which is justifiable on account of the great public service expected, it is absurd jo say that the -same legislative authority* is powerless to prevent a company it has itself created from absolutely defeating that end at will by becoming an oppression instead of a benefit to the people. And, as turnpikes, bridges and ferries are public works, though their ownership is private, and as their rates of toll can be controlled by tjm legislative authority* if excessive, it is hard to understand why other corporations, chartered by similar legislative authority, can claim to become higher and more potential than their creator, as to exactly similar charges. For, as has been .30 unanswerably asked, if the miller who grinds wheat can be limited by legislation as to his tolls, why cannot the railroad which brings the wheat to his mill to be ground? 1 ’

Farmers’ Prices.

There is no reason why the farmer should not get nearer the price paid by the consumer than he has been getting—there is no reason why he should allow all the profits of his business to go to agents, anA he get really less than his crops cost. Who wonders farmers are poor, that their stock is indifferent, their houses weather-worn, their fields impoverished—when they are continually selling their products at a price actually below the Cost of production? Why should JEQt the farmer get an actual profit of fifty oents a bushel on his beans, ten cents a pound on his poultry, five centsA dozen on his eggs, instead of selling them below cost? If farmers sell potatoes for forty cents a bushel which' oost fifty cents to raise, and for which they should get Sixty-—who wonders that they complain of hard limes?, Now, is not a reform in this matter possible and practicable? Why may not the farmers of,a neighborhood reckon up what amount of what kinds of products they will have for sale this fall, ascertain its price in she leading markets and send this direct

to market, through a trusty agent of their own selection? Is anything to hinder? We know of large and independent farmers who so far as they and their products are concerned regulate the prices them selves. They have a large crop of apples or a good clip of wool to dispose of, and sell directly to consumers or manufacturers, getting, always, the top price. Buyers know this and keep away from such men—but they have become independent by just such a course as this, and, having become so, they are able to keep so. They dictate terms; they say what they will take; they never ask “what will you give?” sfow what one man can do'who has a large surplus of one product to dispose of a dozen farmers, acting through one of their number, may do, "in the selling of their crops. And we believe it possible for some plan to be put into execution this fall that shall inaugurate anew and better method of marketing the products of the farm Let our readers canvass this matter, and send us their views upon it, that through our columns the opinion of others may be obtained and a better market system adopted.— Maine Farmer.

Not To Be Laughed At.

Those who laugh at the Patrons of Husbandry, and affect to believe that they are an insignificant power in the land, will do well to study the statistics of the Order furnishedby our Washington correspondent. It seems that there are in all 20,788 Granges in the United States. lowa has the largest number of any State —2,000. Indiana comes next with 1,991, and Illinois can boast of 1,-51-3. It would therefore appear that there are at least three-quarters of a million of voters belonging to the Order, and in every State in the Union they doubtless hold the balance of power between the two parties. If they should choose to act 'in a body on political questions they could be absolutely the dictators of the nation. It will not do, therefore, to regard the Order lightly.— Chicago Times.

Does Sickness Pay?

Any sane person would, of course, say “no.” Then,a large .proportion of our neighbors must be insane, if we may judge by their actions; for they do the very things that induce disease day after day. and year after year, groaning over various aches and pains, giving a week or a month now and then tp the tedious necessities of sickness, and paying heavy doctors’ bills every year. All this, as a matter of course, is mainly the result of ignorance. I mean ignorance in respect to the bodies we‘inhabit, and the laws of our Maker with regard to their growth and health.: Many persons, who are learned enough in ancient languages and in general information about all sorts of things outside themselves, have no sort of knowledge as to living so as to be comfortable f rom day to day, getting the best use of their powers, and escaping disease and premature decay and death. Whole families of “ cultivated” people live daily in such a way as to ruin their health, and so destroy the power of using and-enjoying the culture they have acquired. Then they employ a doctor to cure them, but go on tearing down what they are paying him heavily for trying to build up. Does it pay? My late neighbor, forjinstance: she is a woman of uncommon ability as a housekeeper. 'She scorns the idea of stopping to rest, and,is proud of her ability to do more and harder, work than any of her neighbors. She ridicules those w T ho refuse to eat anything that tastes good for. the reason that it is injurious to their health. Nothing ever hurts her, according to her own story. But this woman has severe fits of sickness every year, and the list of her .ailments is truly astonishing. Last'ye&r she paid over one hundred dollars to her doctors —money that she worked hard to earn -when well enough to do so.. Last month she still laughed at the idea of taking care of her health, but she was then under the doctor’s care, and was sending away to procure expensive medicines. It was .a little five-year-old girl who set me upon this train of thought to-day. She said of a former playmate: “ Huldah used to be always eating candy or sugar and bread. How much candy she used toeat!" y “ And she is a poor, sick child,” I answered. “ Yes, she always had the tooth-ache, or the stomach-ache, or something.” We all remembered how much and how helplessly she used to cry sometimes, how pale she usually looked, how small she remained, while some of her playmates, more wisely fed and clothed and lodged, <vcnt on outgrowing her. Little five-year-old declared it didn’t pay to eat candy, which only tasted good in the mouth for a few minutes, and then suffer so much to pay for it. Yet she is not such an unchildish child as to refuse the next stick of candy,offered her. However, she will bring it to mamma, if she does as aly ays heretofore, and accept it in half-inch lengths at her meals, dividing with others When it is dealt out to her. And, though you may laugh, I really believe that a child fed so moderately upon such concentrated sweets gets more enjoyment out of them than one ■who eats twenty times.ns much in quantity.^" —~ It pays a good dead better to take a little rest, and to try a little fasting, perhaps, when the body begins to complain fit weariness and discomfort (did you ever notice that tfie word disease is simply dis-ease, or not-eaxe?), than to stagger on with foolish bravado, and have to lie by in pain and weakness for weeks and months when these follies have piled up high enough to bring about the crash. It pays in dollars am!cents to avoid doctors’ bills by avoiding sickness. Our little family cannot boast of robust constitutions, or of the most healthy habits in all respects—if we should wish to do such foolish boasting —but we often rejoice that we are able to escape severe illnesses and that we have found no necessity for a doctor’s care or doctor’s bills for several years past, and that no medicines, beyond care in the adjustment of our diet, exercise, rest, clothing, and cleanliness, ever seem needed or get used by us. Some sickness we must expect until sanitary conditions are allowed to each —until we are all wise enough to see the inter-dependence of each and all. Then we can work together and clear up this present “ vale of tears" so that it may be a very pleasant and comfortable home for us while we wear our robes of flesh—and for 6ueli glorious consummation I hope I work no less cheerfully because “it may be,” as you say, “millions and millions of years hence.”— Faith Rochester, in American AaricuLturint. t - j —A bushel of wheat weighing sixty pounds contains 500,000 kernels. '

Baptized With Fire—A Very Singular Case of Lightning.

Amanda Plumer is the name of a young colored girl who litres in the suburbs of this city. She takes in washing and docs general work. During the storm of last Saturday evening she started to take home a washing which she had that day done up for a family livingin the eastern part of the town. The thunder and lightning v. ere raging furiously, and the girl hurried on with her bundle, but when within about fifty yards of her destination she was struck to the earth by a streak of lightning, and would probably have lain there some time had not Mr. Jacob Clinton, a farmer who lives some five miles east of here, found her as he was returning home and brought her back to town. Proper restoratives were at once applied and under their influence she soon revived. On examination of her person it was found that she was not dangerously injured, though the fiery element had miraculously dealt with her. The bolt struck her on the head, imbedding the hair-pins which she wore in the scalp, burning her fair coat of wool from the crown of her headjo the back of her neck, then spreading over her breast and shoulders, burning her steel corset and underclothing into bullet wadding. The molten liquid passed down her body into her shoes and stockings, bursting them into shreds, nothing being left but the heels and soles. Her body was burnt in several places, the skin torn about the ankles and several of her toes being charred so much that the skin burst. It was a strange and fearful shock, and- it is almost miraculous that she escaped with her life. The girl is rapidly recovering from her injuries, but will ever be a little shaky on the subject of thunder and lightoi ng.— Rolla (Mo.) Herald.

The Austrian Arctic Expedition.

The New York Tribune of the Bth contains a letter from Hamburg, giving an account of the reception bf the returned Austrian Arctic explorers. At a meeting of the Geographical Society, Capt. Weyprecht, the leader of the expedition, related the story of the voyage. He told how they sailed from Bremen, and first encountered ice, and how they struggled with it. —In the autumn of" 1872 they were firmly inclosed and frozen in. At one time they had thirty feet of ice under the keel, and were in a region of intense cold. They drifted slowly though not with regularity, and perfectly helpless. No power of steam or sails could do anything against the ice of the North, and they were quite at its mercy. The summer brought them no release. They made excursions with sledges, and discovered land hitherto unknown, which they christened Franz Josef’s Land, in honor of their Emperor. When Lieut. Payer returned to the ship from his last expedition it was necessary to consider the question of abandoning the Tegethoff. The ship was firmly blocked in the ice, and was lurching so much that it became necessary to shore her up with §pars. There was no prospect of an escape, and no prospect that by remaining longer they could accomplish much muse. Besides, the loss of the ship was quite probable in the crushing and heaving of the ice; and if this should happen in the winter, the, destruction of the entire party was inevitable. So it was decided to return to Europe, and on the 20th of last May they left the ship with boats drawn upon .sledges, The way was terrible; they had to break down hummocks with axes and picks so as to make a road for the sledges, and there were frequently days when they did not make a nautical mile in twentyfour hours. Sometimes they oeuld not stand, and were forced to craw Lover the rough way, and as they approached broken water they found there ice which would not support them standing and where they were again forced to crawl. Several days after leaving the ship a part of them returned to get a smaller boat. They found everything safe in the vessel, and Capt. Weyprecht thinks it not impossible that she may yet be recovered. Through the broken watenthey made their way with many hardships, and at last reached open water. Once on the sea, they made the " best of their way southward, rowing by relays at the rate of about forty miles ,a day. They were picked up by a Russian fishing smack and treated with every kindness. Lieut. Payer spoke of his discovery of Franz Josef’s Land, which he describes as very rough, with a reddish-gray beach showing through the snow, and with mountains of various heights up to 3,000 or -1,000 feet.

Purchasing a Horse.

A lthough it may not be necessary that a person should be perfectly acquainted with the mechanical structure of the horse’s frame, according to the laws of nature, to render him a good judge of a horse, yet, fortunately for such as have them to sell, vast numbers of persons purchase horses from very slight experience of them, regardless of the proverb of “ He hath a good judgment who doth not rely On his own.” Tnere is also another proverb prevalent, we believe, in Spain, which well applies here: “He that would buy a mule without a fault must not buy one at all;” and, although faultless horses may be as rare-asd’ault-less drivers of them, we will offer a few hints to a person in the act of purchasing one, addressing him in the colloquial style. - First, bear in mind the uses for which you intend the horse. Secondly, until you try him, it is hard to say what a horse will do. following indices may induce you to try him: If he appears well-bred, with a loose, bright skin, which may be called his complexion, observe that bis hair does not stand hollow from the skin, particularly about the poll of his neck. If you find him standing over a good deal of ground,it is, a sure sign that be has got length where it ought to be; not in the back, but from the obliquity of his shoulders.' and the arm being set on at the extreme ppint of which so much c jntributiSto the act of extern!.m of the she parts;; • ’ Next examine minutely his thighs and ; hocks, being especially careful to observe i the position of the point of the hock bone. : Above all things avoid a short or an overt stopped horse. This latter v Trb m Tiedng : too heavy for his legs, wilP’seldom last many years. As for the minor points, common observation alone is wanting. Have his head placed in such a situation as will enable you to satisfy yourself that he has perfectly organized.eyes, free ’from incipient cataract, sometimes rather difficult to be detected; and as for his age, there are but two ways of satisfying yourself on that point.*" By his teeth till about eight years old; afterward by the state of his legs, which are, in fact, the best test of his value, the best proof of what he has done and the sure source of

speculation as to what he may hereaftii be expected to do. Observe, also, his joints, that no material injury has been done to them by blows, strains, etc., and that they are strong. But the purchaser of a horse must not trust to his eye. Neither must he be satisfied with him, how well soever he may go upon a good road. It is the peculiar excellence of going well through dirt that renders a horse valuable for most purposes; and no man can assure himself that a horse has this peculiar excellence until he puts him to the test. The best method of doing it is this: Put him along at a good pace, with a slack rein, upon a good road, letting him find himself all at once upon that which is soft and holding. If, on quitting the former, he cringes more than might be expected, and shortens his stroke much, look for a better horse, as this one will be going in distress when other horses are going comparatively at their ease. Horses possess gradations of excellence in this qualification more than in any other, but in it consists the swznmwm bonum in a good horse; inasmuch as, ■whatever may be his other good qualities, they are all useless when the acting parts are, from this cause, deep ground, easily over-fatigued. With regard to his wind he must not judge hastily of that in a horse not in work. Should he not perceive anything like whistling in his respiration when he puts him along at a quick pace, and his chest is capacious and deep, and his head well set on, he is not to reject him in case he appears blown by a short gallop. Condition and work will rectify that; but many a good horse has been rejected on this account by personsnot taking into consideration the state of his bodily condition in a trial of this nature. The price of the horse varies with the times, and, no doubt, is as much regulated by the price of wheat as the loaf of bread is. But first-rate horses in all ages of the world have ever produced good, and even extravagant, prices.— Prairie Farmer.

Child Life in Shakerdom.

The Pittsfield (Mass.) Eacjle says that children placed with the Shakers at Lebanon are indentured to Benjamin Gates, or some authority, until they •“ become of age,” he agreeing in the papersto provide them food, clothing, etc. They are then placed in the “ children’s order,” under the charge of a sister designated to care for them, and she commences at once to instill into their minds the. glories of the creed. In their management never a blow is struck. Refractory ones are punished by being laid flat upon the floor, face down. When they have been kept thus prostrate for a length of time, they are taken up and “talked to,” the enormity of their offenses pointed out, and are exhorted to behave better in the future. Those from eight to a dozen years of age “go to confession” every Saturday, and “ own up” (or are supposed to) to the little sins of the week that have escaped the notice of their guardians. And as they receive special approval after an apparentlyvery full confession, they early learn to conjure up quite enormous stories, knowing that they “ gull” their confessors into a deeper belief in their pretense. “ Now don’t you feel better after confessing all that?” asks the ancient virgin who has heard the story. “ Yea, yea,” says the little miss, and tipping a wink to her companions she walks out as sedately as a spinster of seventy. Another mode of punishment is to put the youngster, into a large sack, tying it lightly around the neck. Should the child refuse to get into the bag it is drawn over the refractory one, and then, head, feet and all enveloped, he or she is left to repent of offensive disobedience. The children are sent to school four months each year —the boys in the winter and the girls in the summer. Coeducation hasn’t the slightest support there. The girls and boys must not converse together. If they happen to meet, and if a roguish youngster is bold enough to break the silence with some pretty maiden, the maiden must be deaf and dumb to him. “ Isn’t there some boy here that you are just a little fonder of than the others?” is a standing question in the confessional. The reply always is “ nay,” and the blind old goodies believe it I Porter, Me., prides itself because ithas already had ice almost thick enough to skate on.

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Dr. J. Walker’s California Vinepar Bitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the lower ranges ot the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, “What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters!” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinkgar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific. Altera, tire, and Anti-Bilious. r. h. McDonald & co.. Druggists and Gen. Agte., San Francisco. California, •nd cor. of Washington and Chariton Sts.. N. Y. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Music Books For Schools. AMERICAN School Music Readers In 3 books. By L. 0. Emerson and W. S. Tildzn. In Book I, which is for Primary Schools, we have a 3 years’ course of study, very plainly laid out, with abundant directions to teachers, and a large number of sweet songs, for the little ones to sing by rote and by note. Price 35 cents. In Book 11, the course above indicated is continued, and becomes a little more theoretic. The book Is fitted for the use of the younger scholars in Grammar Schools. Price 50 cents. In Book 111, part-singing Is introduced, and the ear is trainad to harmonic Binging. For Higher Classes in Grammar Schools. Price 50 cents. The music in these charming and useful books was selected and arranged by the practiced hand of Mr. L. 0. Emerson, and the theoretic part has been well tested by Mr. Tilden before placing In the readers. For High Schools, nothing succeeds the above Beaders better than “ THE HOUR OF SINGING,” [151.00] already in extensive use. If that has been used, try “ CHOICE TRIOS,” [»U»J a collection of the best 3-part music. The new Singing School Book, “THE SONG MONARCH,” [75 cts.] is attracting general attention as one of the Best Books ever made for Hinging Schools. The above books sent postpaid on receipt of retail price. OLIVER DITSON & CO, CHAS. H. DITSON i CO, Boston. 711 Broadway. N. Y.

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Young Men desiring to fit themselves for business will be interested to know that H. B. Bryant's Chicago Business College is the largest institution of the kind in America. Three months’ tuition, with all the advantages of this great business training-school, costs but 135; six months «60, and one year 4100. Mr. H. B. Bryant, the original founder of the chain of colleges, has withdrawn as a partner from all the schools of the chain in order to give his whole time to building up in Chicago an Institution far in advance of any business school heretofore in existence in this country, and this purpose is being rapidly accomplished. The terms are put at alow rate, being based upon a large matronage. Circulars have been prepared giving tne curriculurn of study, which will be sent on application to

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Livingstone Is Dead I For 30 years »iillions have intently watched hfs FEni nous vet heroic'btkvgo.les. and crand trit jii'iis; and how they ettgeriy desire the Complete Life-History of this tcwW-fenmcned hero and benefactor, which unfolds also the curiosities and wealth of a wild and wonderful country. We publish just that history from his birth to Jus burial. Abie ready. 'l.W)aoejil< wanted quickly. One agent sold 184 find Kixdayt; another.- 19ti first week. For particulars address H. A. W. Blackburn, 170 Griswold street. Detroit, Mir ii.

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Every intelligent person is aware that a large amount of money is wasted and thrown away everv year in Clothing Silk. Laces, Kid Gloves, etc., which become soiled with Grease, Paint, Tar, ete., and are laid aside not half worn. There is no longer any exr Case for tins fearful waste, as fragrant? SAPOLIENB Will clean all kinds of Clothing, Silks, Laces, Kid Gloves, etc., etc. It removes Paint, Grease and Tar instantly, and without the least injury to the finest fabric. Makes Old Clothes Look Like Mewl SOLD BY AGENTS AND DRUGGISTS. Agents Wanted. All orders promptly filled by W. W. HALLOCK? GENERAL WESTERN AGEXT, 77 & 79 Jackson street, Chicago, Hl.

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