WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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PATRONS PLATFORM,
A vnis delivered by the W. D. P., John S.
iRozarib, atn picnic July 4, 1875, on John
sou Creek, Cowlitz county, W. T.
Declaration of Purposes
I'RKAMDLB.
Profoundly Impressed with th truth that
ttio National UrarjRO of the United Stales
should (letltiltnly proclaim to the the world
Its Rener 1 ohjvctf, we hereby urmnluiniiily
rrrjHke this Declaration of Purposus of tho
ifntrons of llusbaudry.
(ii:nerai, owners.
United by the strong mid faithful tie of
agriculture, we mutually resoUe to labor for
the Kod of our order, nur country, aud man
kind. We heartily Indorse the motto: "In
essentials, unity; In non-ssentlal, liberty;
iu all things charity."
srEcinc owners.
We shall endeavor to advance our caue
by laboring to accomplish the following ob
jects:
To develop a better and higher manhood
and womanhood, among ourselves; to en
hanoe the comforts and attractions of homes,
. and strengthen our attachments to our pur
suits; to foster mutual understanding and
. co-operatloM to maintain, involate our laws,
and to emulate each other in labor to hasten
the good time coining; to reduce our expen
ses, both Individual and corporate; to buy
less and produce more, in order to make our
Jarms self-sustaining; to diversify our crops,
aud crop no more than wo can cultivate; to
condense the weight of our exports, st-lllng
less In the bubel, and more on hoof and in
fleece; less iu lint, and moro in warp and
woof; to systematize our work, and calculate
intelligently ou probabilities; to diecDunton-
- ancatue credit system, and every other sys
tem, the mortgage system, the fashion ays-
tern, and every other system lending to
, prodigality ana bankruptcy.
We propose meeting together, talking to
, get her, working together, buying together,
tkelllng tagether, aud In general acting to
gether for our mutual protection and ad
vancement, bh occasion may require; we
, shall avoid litigation as much as possible by
.arbitration in the Grauge; we shall constant
ly strive to secure entire harmony, good will,
vital brotherhood ainoog ourselves, and to
.make our order perpetual ; we shall earnestly
eudeavor to suppress personal, local, sec
tional aud national prejudices, all unhealthy
rivalry, all sallUh ambition. Faithful ad
iierence to these principles will insure our
mental, moral, social, and material advance
ment. BUSINESS RELATIONS.
For our business interests, we desire to
bring producers and consumers, farmers and
manufactures into the most direct and
friendly relations possible. Hence we must
dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not
that we are unfriendly with them, but we do
not need them. Their surplus and their ex
notion diminish onr profits. We wage no
aggressive war-fare against any other inter
ests whatever. On the contrary, all our acts,
and all our efforts, so far as business Is con
cerned, are not only for the benefit of the
firoduoer and consumer, but also for all other
nteresta that tend to bring these two parties
into speedy and economical contact. Henoe
we hold that transportation companies nf
every kind are necessary to bur success, that
their Interests are intimately connected with
our interests, and harmonious aotion is
mutually advantageous, keeping in view the
first sentence in nur declaration of principles
of action that, "Individual happiness de
pends upon general prosperity." We shall
therefore advocate for every State the Increase
in every practicable way, of all facilities for
transporting oheaply to the seaboard, or be
tween home producers and consumers, all
the productions of our country. We adopt
it as our fixed purpose to "open out the
channels in natures great arteries, that the
life-blood of commerce may flow freely."
We are not enemies of railroads, navigable,
and navlgailng canals, nor of any corpora
tion that will advance our Industrial Interests,
nor of any laboring classes. In our noble
Order there la no commuuism, no agrarian
ism. We aro opposed to such spirit and
management of any corporation or enterprise
as lends to oppress the people, and rob them
of their just profits. We are not enemlos to
capital, but we oppose the tyranny of mo-1
nopolles. We long to see tLe antagonism be
tween capital and labor removed by common
consent, and by an eullgbteued statesman
ship worthy of the nineteenth century. We
are opposed to excessive salaries, high rates
of Interest, and exorbitant per cent profits
in trade. They greatly increase our burdens,
.and do not bear a proper proortiou to the
profits of producers. We desire only self
protection and the protection of every true
interest of our land by legitimate transac
tions, legitimate trade, and legitimate profits.
EDUCATION.
We shall advance the cause nf education
among ourselves and for our children, by all
just means within our power. We especially
advocate for our agricultural and industrial
colleges that practical agriculture, domestic
science, and all the arts which adorn the
home, be taught in their courses of study.
Tin: a it ami n not fartisan.
We emphatically and sincerely assert the
oft. repeated truth taught in our organic law,
that the Orange, National, State or Subordi
nate, is not a political or party organization.
No Grange, If true to its obligation, can dis
cuss political, or religious questions, nor call
political conventions, nor nominate candid
ates, nor even discus their merits In Its
meetings. Yet the principle we teach un
derlie all true politics, all true statesmanship,
and, If properly carried out, will tend to
purify the whole political atmosphere of our
.country. On the contrary, it Is right for
every member to do all In his power legiti
mately to influence for good the action of any
political party to wblob be belongs. It la his
.duty to do all he can in bla own party to put
.down bribery, corruption, and trickery, to
see that, none but competent faithful, and
honest men, who 'will unflinchingly stand ,
by onr industrial interests, are nominated
for all positions of trust, and to have carried
out the prinolpla which should always char
acterize every Patron, that the office should
eek the man aud not the man theoffloe. We
acknowledge ton broad prinoiple that differ
ence of opinion Is no crime, and hold that,
"progress toward truth ia made by difference
of opinion " while the fault Ilea in bitterness
of controversy. We desire a proper equality,
efioity and fairness; protection for the weak,
restraint upon the strong; la short, Justly
distributed burdens, and justly distributed
powers. These are American Ideas, the very
essence of American Independence, and to
advocate the oontrary ia unworthy of the
sons and daughters of oar American Republic.
We cherish tha belief that asstionallsm Is,
and of right should be dead and burled with
the past.- Our work is for the present and
and future. In our agricultural brotherhood
and its purposes we shall recognize no north,
no south, no east, no west. It is reserved by
every Patron, as the right of a free man, to
affiliate with any party that will best carry
out his principles.
OUT-BIDE CO-OI'ERATION,
Ours being peculiarly a farmer's institution ,
we cannot admit all to our ranks. Many are
excluded by the nature of our organization,
not because they are professional men, or
artisans, or laboiers, but because they have
not a sufficient direct Interest In tilling the
soil, or iimy have some interests iu conflict
with our purpoxts, cut wo uppeul to all good
citizen; fur their cordial co-operation to assist
iu our effort toward rpform. that nn inn v
eventually remove fro ii our midst tl'e l.it
vestige of tyranny and corruption. We hall
the general dosire fur fraternal harmony,
equitable compromises, and earnest co-oper-anon,
as an omen of our future success.
CONCLUSION.
It shall bean abiding principle with us to
relieve any of our oppressed and suffering
bro herhood by any means at ourcommand;
list, but not least, we proclaim it among our
purposes to inculcate a proper appreciation
of the abilltlpx and sphere nf women, as is
indicated by adm'ttlng her to membership
and position in our order. Imploring the
continued assistance of our Divine Master
to guide us in our work we here pledge our
selves to faithful and harmonious labor for
all future lime, to return by our united ef
forts to the wisdom, lustioe, fraternity, and
political purity of our forefathers.
The Tam,et Chimney in- the
Worm. The tallest chimney in the
world is the Tou'tuenu chimney, Glas
gow, Scotland. It was built by Kobert
Corbett of Glasgow, for Joseph Town-
send of Crawford Street Chemical
Works. The total height from founda
tion to top of coping is 4(S feet, and
from ground line to pummit, 151 feet;
the outside diameter at foundation be
ing 50 feet, at ground surface 32 feet.
and at top of coping 12 feet 8 inches.
The number of bricks u-ed in the erec
tion was as follows: common bricks in
chimney, 1,1 42,5:52 ; composition and
fire-bricks for inside coup, 157,-KJS; com
mon bricks for Hues, etc., 100,000; total,
i,4U0,uw. xne weight or bricks at 0
tons per 1,000, is equal to 7,000 tons.
When within 5 feet of completion, the
chimney was struck by a gale from the
northeast, which caused It to sway 7
feet 9 inches off the perpendicular, and
it stood several feet less in height than
before it swayed. To bring back the
shaft to its true vertical position, ",nw
ingback" had to be resorted to, which
was performed by Mr. Townsend'sown
men, ten working in relays, four at a
time sawing, and two pouring water on
the saws. The work was done from the
Inside on the original scaffolding, which
had not been removed. Holes were
first punched through the sides to ad
mit the saws, which were wrought al
ternately in each direction at the same
joint on the side opposite the inclina
tion, so that the chimney was brought
back iu a slightly oscillating manner.
This was done at twelve different
heights, and the men discovered when
they were gaining by the saws get
ting tightened by the superincumbent
weight. Scientific American.
An Alarming Evil. One of the
saddest and most alarming evils among
us, is the want of parental discipline,
and the lawless spirit resulting from it
among the youth of our land.
American children generally govern
their parents. When they got beyond
the period of infancy they almost im
mediately become young ladies and
gentlemen. Boys and girls are genei
ally, to a very slight extent, under the
oversight of their parents. Not unfre
quently they are sent into the streets
that mothers may not be troubk d with
them, and such boys very quickly ac
quire all the accomplishments which
belong to young gentlemen of the pe
riod. The girls walk the streets array
ed in the fashion of the day; and read
the illustrated newspapers, aud, before
they enter upon womanhood, often
have their mituU corrupted with falie
views of life, and imaginations excited
by images ruinous to mind and heart.
Why, with such an education as our
young people generally obtain, need
one be surprised at the dissipation of
our young men, aud the fast habits of
some of our young women? The evil
seeds that are being spwn every day in
our streets must be expected to take root
and in duo time spring up and bear
deadly fruit Has not the time come
for parents to watch more closely the
impressions, for time and eternity, be
ing daily made upon the minds of their
children.
Amkiucan Rii'm: Siiootino. The
exploits of our American rlflo team in
Ireland, which have done them so much
honor among sportsmen, and in which
we as a nation have felt honorablo pride,
have excited an ambition to develop
the skill of our countrymen in the ac
complishment of being a good shot
Irish papers attempted to take off a lit
tle of the lustre of victory by saying
that our team came from a nation uni
versally accustomed to the use of fire
arms; but while this is true of a large
amount of our mountainous and pioneer
population, the majority of men in the
manufacturing states, in the old agri
cultural regions, and iu our cities and
towns, know but little of skill with the
f;un. Gon. Woodward, at the meet
ngof the National Rifle Association
recently proposed that the association
shall provide for a centennial inter
state contest, in which the selected
sharp-shooters of each of the thirty
eight States of the Union shall com
pete. 8houId a practical plan be adopt
ed, say? a paper, and an invitation to
the riflemen of the country be sent out,
there can le no doubt that State asso
ciations will be formed in most of the
States, and that an encounter of steady
nerves and eyes will ensue such as the
world has never before witnessed.
American Studv of the Classic.
Latin and Greek are doled out at
American colleges in doses. Reading,
as it is known in Europoan universities
that is, sitting down to study an au
thor, and to read all there is of him, is
unheard of hero. Horace and Homer
are simply exercises accompanying
Zurapt and lladley. The teachers,
though I suppose very good scholars,
have as a rule no literary aptitude for
any task higher thau the exposition of
the grammar. There aro certainly suc
cessful teachers iu other departments
In this country. I may here say that it
is my belief that New Yorkers have in
a number of the departments of Colum
bia Collego better teaching than can be I
found elsewhere in this country. Any
man wno tins over sat under tno instruc
tion of Professor Nairne, for instance,
knows that there is such a thing as
good teaching, knows what can be ac
complished by a teacher who is nt once
learned, able and enthusiastic. Hut I
doubt if there is u teacher of thoclassics
in an American college who has the
enthusiastic attention of his students.
There aro many reasons why this
should be, and but a small share of the
blame can be laid at the doors' of the
1'rofessors. But this much of blame nt
least ran be laid at the doors of many
of them, that they cannot understand
English poetry, and, of course, they
cannot understand Greek poetry.
John Arbucklet Scribnerfor August.
Symptoms ok IlYDROinoniA.-Long
experience of dogs and close observa
tion of them, have brought me to con
clude that the disease does not come on
suddenly but gradually, and that there
is no great difticulty in detecting it.
For instance, when a dog is seen to be
restless and avoids light by seeking to
hide in dark corners; whon he courts
solitude aud rubs its nose and lips with
its paws, and twists its mouth as If a
fish-bone were fixed In its jaws; when
it barks frequently, without proper
cause, and gnaws its chain and kennel;
when it snaps at the air and imaginary
enemies; when its mouth, lips and eyes
are inflamed, atid ropy saliva hangs
about the tongue and teeth; when it
has a vacant, sullen look, and howls
mournfully, there can be then no doubt
that the premonitory symptons of rab
ies have set in, and that it is time- to
take precautions accordingly. Of
course the breed and natural disposi
tion or temper of the animal have a
good deal to do with the precise symp
tons that show in each case. Land and
Water.
JStAto Street,
JOHN HUGHES,
.. m cfctloxuL, OrcEon.
-DIIALER IN
GROCERIES AND
BHfl
ttSP
PROVISIONS,
K
AND
TUBE COLORS, PICTURE CANVAS,
Artists' Materials of all Kinds,
Wall Paper and Window Shades,
Salt, Grain, and Peed
lame, Hair, Nails, and Shingles.
rjaletn, August K, 1874.
dAwtl
JOHN W. GILBERT,
Oommorolol arlroot, JEJciloxxx, Oregon,
MANUFACTURER AND IUPOllTKH OK
PORTLAND HARBOR CHARGES.
Pilotage and Towage in and out oyer the
Bar at the moudi of the Columbia, up to 12
teet, $8 per fool; for each additional foot, ( 10
this is each way, in and out.
Pilotage from Astoria, up and down,! per
foot each way.
Towage from Astoria to Portland Is made
by private bargain, but ranges from $"' to
$Z0O both up and down.
Dunnage, $1214 t M.
Stevedore charges are claimed to bo les
than in San Francisco.
Wharf charges none.
Fresh water charges none.
Wharf charges tor Discharging Ballast
Arranged by special contract of parties
themselves.
The River Is at its lowest stage la October
and the fore part of November; and then
vessels can safely load at Portland to l." feet,
and at Rainier, on the Columbia river, 2
Feet deeper, and at Astoria 7 feet deeper.
Notice to Patrons.
The PoM Offlce address of 8. P. Lee, Treasurer of
the Sute Grange of Oregon, Is champed from Oregon
City to Portland. Express package v, HI also be for
warded to Portland.
To Breeders of Sheep.
MR. OEORGB HAMMOND, of Middle
bury, Pernio 1 1. whona name Ueo tamlliur iimone
tlit rinckmaetur? of this country at the most ruuecet.
ful producer of flue wool Mock, and who it employed
In the laont exttuclt purchase of wool, and oataof
Buck end Eur, upon thU coaet, ha been upend! nj;
a wet-kauumi.' us .mj I lime completed with hlman
arrangement to recoho and pell to FlockMatei In
Oregon and Iclnttveir h nlmal a they ma desire,
to bedelhered in rort'und, rifllem. Dh1K. and tlfo
where, to suit convenience. Where partle dtiMroiin
of purchaeiustare pteed for moiier, but are found,
ampl'Mlme will be ?Uen nud ever accommodation
granted, with, usual interest.
An com muni cat ion or enquiries will be promptly
aueu'ered by artdreflti
THOS. J9 TiAJJQ,
)14tf Salem O reeo h.
W. WKXTHKRJTORD,
J, W. WIATH1B4PORD.
Weatherford & Co..
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
DRUGS, PAINTS,
OILS, CLASS,
Patent Medicines.
CHEMICALS.
JE erfumery
TOILET GOODS,
Etc, etc
PURE.WINEsTnd LIQUORS,
For Medicinal purposet.
Medicines Compounded, and
Prescriptions Filled.
Weatherford & Co.
Kavt-v
Commercial street. ftALKOT.
Notice.
TkTOTICE IS IIEKBY"GivKK THAT MARY J.
i-1 Lonif hat beii apiolnt! by the County Conrt of
Marlon county, Orerou.Adtnlulitratrlx of the otate
of Humphrey Lone, dceaed, late of ld Marlon
county, and all penxn having; claim airitnat uld
utte are hereby rmulrrd to pietrnt them to Iter
!th the proper loutner within l months from
thldale,at theoitlco orBolse A Willi, In Salem, In
saldroamv, MAltVJ, LONU,
talem, Oreion, .Tuly Mil. 1C5. Admlnt.iratrfr.
11..1-K A Willi., AU'yi fur tho Adm'x. (
B
DR. E. Y.'CafASB,
UEVKT Lt.Col., Ute Burgeon U.S. Volunteer,
urnce, jjarnurc diock.su kuii. telf
OFFERS A SUPERIOR LIIIB OF OOODi, CONSISTING UP
S. X. Boiler's
INFANTS' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES,
Cray Brothers' Splendid-Fitting Goodsr
French Cid, Serjfo, and Goat
BUTTON BOOTS AND BALMORALS.
ALEXIS SHOES, FOR MEN AND BOYS.
A FULL LINE OF TIRRELL'S ROOTS,
The Celebrated Hetsorae Gaiter for $6.50 other Houses charge $8' anl $9.
Also, a magnificent line of Goods from the most celebrated San
Francisco Factories. I claim to have the LEADING- LINES of
the WORLD, aad can TOP ALL OTHERS in Style, Quality, and
Price. My Stock of
Xjietl3.eir etJOLCL Slioe Flxidlxxsm
IS COMPLETE, CONSISTING OK
Oak and Hemlock Sole, Harness, Skirting, ficlting, and Lace leathers.
INDIAN -TANNED BUCKSKIN, FOE &L0VE-MAKER&
BaT I have tho exclusive stile of tho colehnUoil Brooklyn: Hnrness and Skirt
ing Leather, warranted to be freo from brands and cut and not to break h
benciinr, which I oiler at San Francisco prices, with freight added.
Thanking tho public for generous patronage in the past, I hope, by strict aft
tention to business and fair trading, to merit a continutvnee of ctifttoav jyT
JSEMtl3.t 3
The Improved '.KTNA"
in a noiseless Shuttle Dook
BtltohSewlrJK Machine, us
ing a Straight Needle. It
has been manufactured and
extensively used In New
York city for over ten years
and lias always been held
in great favor on account of
its extreme siniKllclty, du
rability, and wide raniie of
work as a Family Machine,
and no person who has be
come the owner of one, bu
yet been found willing to
relinquish his KTNA for
auy other, where all kf mln
are so well known. Ytt
our mechanical experts
have been able to iiihVio
some valuable improve
ments, and we now prcsxnt
to the publlo the IMFHOV
K.I) ;UTNA, with the nontl-
IMPROVED
3Mr:gomjaog-
dence Inspired by experi
ence that It combines the
good qualities nf all Ma
ohrnes, and will' meet the
wants of every family, no
matter for wbnt work It is
reiulrd. Tho construction
Is Much tlmt it oaiinot get:
out of order, and no ma
chinist is required to keep
It in-order, 'the operation..
Is ho simple that no lessons
are required by a new op
erator. With eiiHih machine
wo deliver printed instruc
tions, and ly reading the
sanwuny exporiunced op
erator is oiiablod to-opentte-on
the Machine. We, there--fcir,
nsk the public to try
the ILTNA, well knowing:
Hi it tliu v 111 iloildo on tn mer
it, uhli h nrt. Slinpllutv, llt'uti
ty, riilltj.iiuj lima'-illij.
i.SOIlta 'XXT'n.'xX'toci. In every town In tho State, In whom a ltli"nii;dtecout tvlil lieRivrn.
Machine nolrt ou la'talliuen'a or ou notes. A liberal Ulccount will he muile lor ui"h
MSfSer.dfor c'liularn, &c. I.. Bl. IMKMIKHt
JolWf HA Thlnl Btreet, l'OKTI.AND. Or., ARi-nt for 1'folllc C'oant,
wYVf
FURKTI TTJttJEZ
STORE.
I nAVB PURCH8KD THK KNTIKK
Intercut of Mewm. Yeaton & Lotighary in
the Furniture Biore on the w ext Bide of
Commercial Street, Salcru,
and "hall keep ou hand a (IKtiKlUL AH
80KTMENT of gooda for tho retail trade.
FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY
Parlor & Chamber Setn,
BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES,
ROCKERS, &C,
fly the et or single piece.
Repairing and Jobbing
DONK IN THE 1IE8T MANNISH,
And at reasonable price, an I am a practical workman
JOHN CRAY.
Halcm, July 14, !ST5.y
HARNESS.
f
HAVING PUHCHA8KU THK INTEREST OF
Mr. Watklnda In tha old MUhllhd houu in the
tbore Hue. the attention of la comuiunltj 1 call4
to the atock of
on hand, which It offered at greatly redaced ratoa.
SADDLES AND BRIDLE8
At lowest Onager pilcea.
Hardware, Whips, Robes, etc,
To ault overyliody.
R. H. DEARBORN.
Kalem. Feb. It, U(i.
wtfd
CHEMEKETA HOTEL,
SALMI, OHBOOS.
TIII8 IS TUK FINKhT IIOTKL NOKTII OF
ban Franclaro, contalnluf; 1VI room, In ault or
(Ingle, and fltteu up with ail modern Improvement.
Oniulbu to aud I'raaa the Hotel, tree.
Home open all night.
TIION. khith, - Proprietor,
(Formerly of tuu Empire Hotel, The DallA.)
Mrw. Dr. J. Ford
GIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DllKAHEa
Known a Female IVeakueas.
Offlcejcoroer oj Court and Capitol etr'xli, SALEM,
Orcsoc, aoibtf
Greenbacks at Par !
S. FIUEDMAN,
Aitdioncer, and Commission Merchant.
rptlR GRASSHOPPERS HAVE UECOMK A I1UR
X den, and luno devaxtAtod the groin fields Eiixt,
anil people are now flicking to thlngixulty land whore
wkott plenty and greenback carc, and. In honor
of thin great Immigration, I, S. Frleduwui, wilt rccchc
U.S.Lega! Tenders at Par
at lay alex mom iu Executive Uloit .Air all gooda..
My r-tock on hand ceimleU of a cplend-U assortment of
ILOTIIINO, Ot'iitfr' KurnUhliig Ooodn. Staple Dry
(too le, Faury Oooitx. Notions, lcihbvnn oriel I.ace.
Salt and Jewelry, Nuilnanil IlutNi'.Hfttisuiid Tobacco.
Juat from the Hurt, aud price to suit nil.
BootH and Sliocs, CSroccrleM,.
Crockery and Glassware,.
Salem Blankets, Flannels, and Cloth,
Table Lliiva, Napkin, Towelsv.
All tbese goods will he sold
Cheaper at 8. Fried mastis
FOR GREENBACKS
Than at any other house In Sakrn for GrOlacX S.
Bring all your Oreenbacks. They are worth.
One Hundred Gents on the DoUbr
FR.EDMAN'8.
In connection with this it
The Salem Drug Store,
IN IIUKU1 or
Mr. T. C. SMITH.
A proMlcil Dni(.','Ut, who will compound all yuur
difficult prescriptions or nhafnarcntlrnl preparations
corrorily, from the 1'UHRST IllllJUtV. having Just
receied a Hue and well-selwted stock it
DrttKft, C'tieiMlcalM, and Toilet
Artlclm.
If jou have anything Hat vou can't get pat up any
wlwre else, brim; It along. Wo r;iiarai4tosallifactlon.
Currency will lie received at par for everything -copt
book accounts, which mntt 1m loin, at isual.
leUtf
8. TBIEDMAN,
Auction aud Cominliwlon Merchant.
Final Settlement.
NOTICE IS HEIUiUY GIVEN TO ALI WHOM
It way comern, that tho underslLiied has had
Bled In tho County (Joint of Marlon touuty, Oregon,
lertlual account, as administratrix of the ustatu or
Paul IMrst, deceased, and said Cam t lias fix id August
7ih, 1H7S, at IU o'clock a. m., for hearliiK objection
tlwreto. t'INfJAUCLLA U.RST.
Sakui.Julj Otb, Wi-wt, Ailmjuletralrlx,