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temher t the Jill!: olM at e!i ; and
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Oregon City, Oregon.
"Viil praelice in a!i tiie Court s of 1 h"
t.it-. !j..-eial atteiit ion iveii to eases m
I.'ie I', s. l.auU litici- at Oregon City.
laiirlSTJ-tf.
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ATTORfJEY-AT-LAV,
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OFFICE Over Pone's Tin Store, Main
street. JlmarT Ml.
A. KOLTWER
X 0 T A li Y P U li L I C.
ENTERPRISE OFFICE.
(IHKIiO.V CITY.
JOIIX 31. IJAt'OX,
JMPORTFr. AND nKAT.F.U jfZf?
in lrfxks. statiouey, IVrtum
r ry. etc.. etc. iawnvr,y
Oregon C'ij, OrtTii.
67"At Chnrman vV: Vv'ciner's oKl stand,
,atcly occupied by S. Ackeman, Main st.
W. II. lIKillFIKLI).
T:tallUlted ilnrv ' 1 1, at the old Maj'd,
3i;iiu otrnt, Owr.on City, OrcroiL
An assortment of Wat hs, Jewel
' t'. and Seth Tiivmas' "eii:lit Clocks
all of which n,-c warranted to be as
represented,
enairiier lion
Iyep:iiriiiil ilone on short not ice, are..'
anklui for past patronage.
NEW YORK HOTEL.
(Ueutfchos tiafthaus.)
- n- 17 Front street, Opposite the Mail
Steamship Lunuing,
POKTLAM). ofiKGOX.
MOTHFOS, J. WILKEXS, Proprietors.
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TKACHIN'C; Il IIJI.IC SCHOOL.
Ki-rhty little urchins
Coining through tho door,
Pushing, cioNvomg, making
. tremendous roar.
Why don't yon keep quiet ?
Can't yoiiinind the rule?
l;l:ss me! this is pleasant,
Keeping puhlic'xchool.
Kighty little pilgrims
On tiie road to fame !
If they fail to reach it,
Who will be to Maine?
Iliirh and lowly stations,
liirds of every feather,
On a common level
yere are brought together.
Dirty little faces,
Loving little hearts,
Eves brimful of mischief,
Skilled in all the arts,
Thai's a precious darling !
What are von about?
"May I pass the water?"
' Please, may I go out ?"
Pools and shoes are shullling.
Slates and books are rattling.
And ill the corner yonder
Two pugilists are battling!
Others ciuling didoes.
What a botheration!
No wonder we grow crusty,
From ueh association.
Anxious parent drops in,
.t ert ly to inquire
Why his olive t tranches
Do not shoot higher.
Says he wants his children
To mind their p's ami q's.
An I hopes their brilliant talent
Will not be abused.
Spelling, reading, writing.
Putting up the young ones,
Fannin.r, scolding, lighting.
Spurring on the dumb ones ;
Gymnasts, vocal music!
11 iw the heart rejoices
Wh m tiie singer comes
To cultivate the voices.
Institute attending,
Mak ng out reports.
Giving object lessons.
I 'la.-.. u i li !.- of :dl soi ts ;
Heading dessert at ions.
Feebler 1 ;Kc a fool
Oh. th- untold bles-in-JT
Of keeping public school.
Getting a Jury in New Orleans.
Whilst the jury in the case against
Melvin Cohen ami Charles II.
iJailey, charged" with assault with in
lent to nr.m'er the usurping Gov
ernor of Louisiana was being im
panneled in Carrol I Ion, Thomas Hen
derson, colored, testified that he was
horn in " the State oi the North,"
the year that " the great hattle hail
lOi n fought by General .Jackson."
iloing interrogated by counsel for
the defense, v.itii'.,s said lie did not
know "whether the General was
Stonewall .Tack.ion or Washington."
It was " the mini who fought in the
battle of the North."
aid Smith, colored, evidently
sixtv or seventy years old, swore
that he was only forty-seven. He
testified that he Lad " heard of the
shooting the General of the city,
lie did not know his name.'"
Harrison Shields, colored, testified
that he h:-.d li ved in Carroll ton for
the last f.nr years. He had. voted at
tho last election, but did not know
for whom he had voted. The ticket
he had given to him.
Henry Golover, colored, testified
that lie did not recollect his age.
lie did not know who was Governor
of the State.
Isaac Washington, colored, testi
fied that he wa s a member of the
church, but did not know to what
church he belonged. He did not
know there was a Governor.
Another colored, juror said the
" IVesident was the man who had
been shot at."
Another stat--d with great candor
that he lived on lied river, but came
occasionally to Carollton where he
had registered as a voter."
These jurors were of course chal
lenged by tho defense and ordered
to stand aside, after they had been
taken by the State.
Messrs. John Sfraider and Geo.
Clo.-Ice, native of Germany natural
ized in the parish, Thomas Ij. Pres
ton, a native American, belonging
to ono of our most respectable fami
lies, were peremptorily challenged
by the prosecution. A1'f Orleans
Pv'upoir.
A certain French baron whose sci
entiiic taste led him to collect the
skulls of celebrated persons, one day
received a vit from a man with
whom he was accustomed to deal.
' What do you bring me here?
asked the baron, as the nnv slowly
unwrapped a carefully enveloped
package.
' ' The skull of Shakspearo."
" Impossible!"
-"I sjieak the truth, monsieur le
baron. Here is proof of what I say,"
said the dealer, producing some pa
pers. "But." replied the baron, drawing
aside the drapery which concealed
his own singular collection, " I al
ready possess that skull."
He must have been a rogue who
sold you that," was the remark of
the honest dealer.
" Who was it, monsieur?"
Your father." said the baron in a
mild tone; lie sold it to me about
twenty-nine years ago."
The broker was for a moment dis
concerted, then exclaimed with vi
vacity. " I comprehend. Be good enough
to observe the small dimensions of
the skull on your shelf. Bemark
the narrow occiput, the undeveloped
forehead, where intelligence is still
mute. It is of Shakspeare eertainlv,
but of Shakspeare as a child about
twelve or fourteen years old; where
as this is that of Shakspeare when he
had attained a certain ago and had
become the great genius of which
England is so justly proud."
The baron bought the second
head.
There is a good deal of sound w is-
dorn in the suggestion of the farmer;
" If you want your boy to stay at
home, don't bear to hard on the
grindstone when he turns the crank.'
At the Confessioal.
Ve commend the following, from
a late number of tiie New York Tri
bune, to the especial attention of the
dominant party who now too late-
Jioiu up tneir nami.s before the peo
ple ami cry "Peccavi:"
If resolutions were anvtire1- but
resolutions, and speeches anything
but speeches, the proceedings of the
Maine Pa-publican State- Convention
at Bangor on Thursday would be
really quite worth while. The Hon.
Eugene Hale, member of Congress
from the Eastern District, took occa
sion to say, upon taking the chair of
the Convention, that he was "tired
and sick of some of the carpet bag
governments;" that the General Gwf
ernment ought to interfere in Louis
iana, where President Grant's brother-in-law
is the chief figure in polities
and the State is run by the Federal
Administration, and that the people
there ought to be allowed & free and
unbiased election. He also denounc
ed in the severest terms the salary
grab, and said the llepublican party
must secure its repeal. This from a
gentleman who on the stump last
year sustained the Administration
because it had reconstructed the
Southern States and given theia
good government, and urged the
claims of his party to public confi
dence because it was honest and pure,
is significant either ot terrible retro
gression on the part of the Adminis
tration and party which is improba
ble or of a a or.dert'al eye opening
on the part of Mr. Hale, which is
Avell, people do sometimes see clearer
when they are not running for of'ice.
The Convention adopted resolutions
which were elevated in tone and
sr mewhat slashing in character.
With entire unanimity it was resolv
ed that rigid economy in State and
national ati'airs was imperatively de
manded: that taxation should be re
duced; ' that tiie Credit Mobilim-
! business was disgraceful, and that
j the salary grab v. as infamous, "es
i pecially its retroactive feature," and
a gross violation ot the pledges of
the last National Convention;" and
they ''demand the immediate and
unconditional repeal of an act so dis
graceful to Congress and odious to
the people." This from g nth-men
who Let year boasted that the gov
ernment was never admhiislt red so
so economical! v
am
I hoi;.:.;t!
that taxation had been reduced, and
who how led them: Ives hoarse and
pulled their cheeks to bursting- in
indignant denunciation of the Credit
Mobilier slanders, and who asserted
everywhere that the national honor
demaded tiie retention in power -i
the party which was then and is now
administering all departments of the
Government is. upon 1 1 : r whole,
encouraging. Last year they were
patting themselves on tho back and
saying to the country, "Me- big In
gin.' This year they are confessing
they have erred and strayed, and that
there is no health in them. There
I are times and occasions. This is a
good year for confession.
Seriously, however, this passing of
resolutions that bind no ono, and that
meau nothing, that never hurt any
body and are not intended to, the mer
est bloat of political rhetoric, blank
cartridge's of denunciation, empty,
windy and pheisphorcsceiit; and all
this worse than meaningless cant of
politicians who sit by patiently when
salary gratis are going through Con
gress, and get red in the face months
afterward discus ung it In tore their
constituents all this business is to
honest people? who believe in tilings,
simply exasperating. Tho misgov
ernmentand robbery are bad enough,
but w hen such preaching mid rolling
up of eyes are added to it, it becomes
intolerable. These Convention peo
ple know well enough that tho Presi
dent desired the passage of tiie salary
grab bill, and signed it eagerly as
soon as it was submitted to kirn.
They knew tho party was responsible
for all the wrongs and shameful
transactions which, with so much
parade of virtue and platform si rut
ting, they affect to condemn but
they did not dare to speak above
their breath about either President
or party. Its for political consump
tion, all iliis affectation of indignant
virtue, and for nothing else. Its
party work for party purposes that's
all. Perhaps any other party would
do the same. Tho abstract wrong is
easy to condemn; the concrete sinner
especially if he has a handful of
post oilices and colleetorships is a
different thing. And yet we are glad
these people are sorry, if its only at
being caught. What we do protest
against is their deluding themselves
Avith the idea that they are fooling
anvbody. There's been too much of
it."
Does Gr.AXT I) kink Too Mcc ii?
The Chicago Adrance, a Woman Suf
frage paper, edited by a "woman
which has all along professed the
most unqualified admiration for
Gen. Grant, puts this question in a
recent issue, and then proceeds to
answer it as follows:
There can be no impropriety in
mentioning Avhat every one notices
at once Avho looks into his face for
the first time for several years, that
his bad habits are making their mark
on our President. The ever present
cigar and the occasional stimulants,
Avhose natural effects may have been
somewhere neutralized by the active
out-door experience of the army, are
telling on him in the sedentary life
of the "White House. Such self
indulerenee is fatal to that clear
headed, pure blooded condition
which he oavcs it to his high office to
maintain; and it is the right of every
citizen to speak of it and protest
asrainst it.
Boxes, it is said, goA-ern the world
the cartridge-box, the ballot-bos,
the jury-box, and last, though not
' least, the bonnet -box.
Oar Ccmiucrcc with China.
The alleged motive for ratifying
the Burlingame treaty, says an ex
change, Avas that it Avould greatly
increase our commerce with China,
and enable us, to a large extent, to
share in supplying her markets Avith
products now obtained from Great
Britain. Information recently given
to the "English journals by the Sec
retary of the British Legation at
Pekiu throws much light on the
commerce of China Avith foreign na
tions. The total imports and ox
ports in LS7'! Ave re si!:!0,0.jO,0(0. Of
this amount Great Britain and her
dependencies shared ST!'8,0(M).0( 0.
Avhile in the same --ev the United
Sfates had Sl8.000,0fi, or about one
half the trade of China Avith British
India.
England has been able to main
tain a treaty of commerce Avith Chi
na without agreeing to receive .as
free immigrants into her dependen
cies the laborers avIio are held to !
perform service in foreign countries
under contracts made in China for
the benefit of her Mandarins. Great
Britain allows her colonics the right
of local self-government, in several
particulars necessary to their well
being, to a greater extent than can
lie enjoyed by the States of the
American Union under the exercise
of the treaty-making power by the
Federal Government. The people
ed' Australia have regulated the terms
on v.liieh Chinamen may Avork in
their mines, or follow business pur
suits in towns or cities. They make
discriminations in favor of Avhire
laborers ami imposts a tax so as to
bring the Mongolians, Avho consume
but little in value, to a point Avhere
the State derives the profit of their
cheaper labor by withholding so
much from the companies Avorking
them.
In this Slate such a course Avas
pursued for several years, under an
Act called the Fore-ign Miner's Li
cense Law, but the sheriif oi
ono of the counties, Avho attempted
to enforce it, was lined by a Federal
Courl. after a conviction based upon
an indictmtmt found against him, for
disregarding tho Congressional Act.
We tit) not think England, who is as
anxious to maintain her treaty stip
ulations as Ave are. Avoald pass an
act f Parliament sobjecting to line
and imprisonment the oiheials of any
of her dependencies who enforced a
law n.iaile by their Itx-al legislators
taxing' coolies. And the policy the.
Australian colonies have followed in
imposing discriminating" taxes on the
Chinamen, ha;; had its mten.ic d ct
fect in diminishim tin h- arrival at
Melbourne, Sidin v and other ports.
Our
mercc
Avith China is tri
1'ing compared
ivith that of Great
anie count rv. For
Britain
.ith the
tht
.ir o;
; s v-i
ir,'r June
HO. 1ST 1, our
'; our total
i:uoovs ver
' S!-l-.7r')."
exports, .--'7
T
'. !:;."., of
av!i icil th-M-o
was in gold bullion Sl 14,K'.1 ; gold
coin, :T.:;.")7,:.:S 1? a.nd silver bullion,
sl, 'J'17,071. or a total of specie Si, -7'J'.
I, .".'.; quicksilver, SUl.'.lbO, leav
ing for general merchandise about
S-J,."f0,(i(t'd only, the greater portion
id' which was required by American
and foreign shipping in Chinese
ports. T. maintain that trade the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company are
paid annually one million of dollars,
which is more than all the duties
will amount to, collectable under the
present tariff. The condition of that
trade may be thus summed up: We
import from China in merchandise,
Avliich is paid in gold or silver, di
rectly or indirectly, and to carry on
that trade we have stipulated to "per
mit the importalion of all the Mon
golians, Avho, under the false name
of free emigrants, can induce the
Chinese Compani"s to import them
and. to work them in competition Avith
our laboring classes, The policy of
Great Britain has enabled her to
maintain commercial relations Avith
the Celestial Empire without flood
ing her colonies Avith coolies. We
had better abandon our self-laudation
and rudeaveir to imitate
John Bull's sensible manner of deal
ing Avith the Chinese problem.
Coviyd not Bizrcsn the Favoti.
On one occasion. Sir Robert V.'al
poie Avantod to carry a question in
the House of Commons, to which he
knew there A-euhl be great opposi
tion, and Avhieh Avas disliked by
some ot his dependents. As he Avas
passing through the Court of Be
quests, he met a member of the con
trary party, Avhose avarice he imag
ined avou Id not reject a large, bribe.
He took him aside, and said, " Sivh
a question comes on this day; give
me your vote, and here is a bank
bill "of .C2,00!," which he put into
his hand. The member made him
this answer: " Sir Robert, you have
lately served some of my particular
friends; and Avhen my Avife was last
at court, the king Avas very gracious
to her, Avhieh must have happened at
your instance. I should, therefore,
think myself very ungrateful put
ting the'bank bill in his pocket if I
were to refuse the favor you are iioav
pleased to ask me."
Tiie Neehs of tiie YVest. Under
the above heading Coleman's Rural
World defines the wants of the West
exactly thus:
. " There seems to be but one opin
ion on this subject, and that is, that
more manufactories of all kinds are
needed in the West, especially those
of agricultural implements. We
want more skilled and unskilled la
borers, who are not farmers but
mechanics to consume our surplus
products. One of the evident wants
of the time is, to make capital more
active and useful to the agricultural
community, and tliis can only be
done by taking it out of bonds
and merchandise and using it in the
erection of machinery that Avill give
employment to at least two-thirds of
the prosent army of mkldkmen.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TTA'TUTTR.TTY OTT HALTF OPMTA -
i:o.XTiTi"Tin: am) preamble of the
PATRONS UF MSB.UDRY.
issgi:i
II v tsii: X.VTIOXAI,
GHAXGi:.
T 11 E A M BEE.
Human happiness is the acme of
earthly ambition. Individual hap
piness depends upon general pros
perity. The prosperity of the nation is in
proportion to the value of its produc
tions. The soil is the source from Avhence
Ave derive all that constitutes wealth;
Avithout it Ave Avould have no agricul
ture, no manufactures, no commerce.
Of all the material gilts of the Crea
tor, the various productions of the
vegetable Avorl.l are of the lirst im
portance. The art of agriculture is
the parent and precursor of all arts,
and its products the foundation of
all Avealth.
The productions of the earth are
subject to the iniluence of natural
laAvs, invariably and indisputable;
the amount produced will conse
quently be in proportion to the in
telligence of the producer, and suc
cess Avill depend upon his knowledge
of the action of these hues, and the
proper application of their principles.
Hence, kntiwle-dge is the founda
tion of happiness.
The ultimate object of this organi
zation is for mutual instruction and
protection, to lighten labor by diffus
ing a knoAvledgo of its aims and pur
poses, expand the mind by tracing
the beautiful huvs the Groat Creator
has established in tho Universe, and
to enlarge our views of Creative Avis
dom and power.
To those who read it aright, histo
ry proves that in all ages society is
fragmentary, and .successful results
of general Avc-lfaro can be secured
only by general effort. Unity of ac
tion cannot be acquired without dis
cipline, and discipline cannot be en
forced Avithout significant organiza
tion: hence avo have a ceremony of
initiation Avhieh binds us in mutual
fraternity as with a band of iron; but
although its inlhtonee is so powerful,
its application is as gentle as that of
the silken thread that binds a Avreath
of lloAver.
The Patrons of Husbandry consist
of the following:
ORG ANIZATION.
st noiiDT.vxr. ;i;ani;es.
t"ir.'-f 1)rp-rc: Laborer,
(male,)
(male,)
(male.)
Maid, (female. )
frrcnud Dtyr-'o; Cultivator,
Shepherdess, (female.)
'third .'''re: Harvester,
Gleaner. ( female. )
En rrili ': : litis! a: i d ni an ( m ale )
Matron, (female.)
STATE CiT.ANOE.
V'.ph I h-ff ,''': Pomona, (Hope.)
Composed 'f Masters and Past
Makers ef Subordinate Granges, avjio
are entitled, t.-' cif':io, to the Fifth
IVgrce.
national oi;a:ge COUNCIL.
Si.rh 7 ".- Flora, (charity.)
Composed of Masters and Past
Masters of State Granges, who nre
entiled, r.r mjirioAo the Sixth Degree,
and meet annually. They constitute
the National Grange..
SENATE.
Serad'i 7),ysre: Cores, (Faith.)
Composed of members of the Coun
cil a1h have served one year therein,
w ho. after the expiration of their first
year's service in the Council, are en
titled, c.c titirio. to the ScAenth De
gree, to be conferred at the next or
any subsequent session of the Nation
al Grange. All Aho have thus attain
ed to this degree are thereafter
members of the Senate, and entitled
to seats and votes therein.
All acts and resolutions originate
in the Council, (Sixth Degree,) sub
ject to tho approval or rejection of
Senate, (Seventh Degree.)
The Suboidinate Granges in tho
District of Columbia elect on joint
ballot, once in two years, a delegate
tt represent said Granges in the Na
tional Grange. He must be either a
Master or a Fast Master, and, on
receiving the degrees, ranks the same
as a representative of a State G range.
The Senate of the National G range,
having the power, may confer De
grees of the Order Avhieh they have
received upon such persons as they
may deem Avorthy, and may delegate
that power, except as to the Seventh
and last Degree, to one of their
number, to be used for the purpose
of establishing the Order in such
paitsof the United States Avhere it
does not now exist; but the Degree
of Ceres or Pemet-r shall not bo con
ferred, unless in open Senate, at an
annual ineeting.
CONSTITUTION.
AKTICLE I.
(hjieers.
Section 1. The oilicers of a Grange,
either National, State or Subordinate, i
consist of and rank as folloAvs: Mas- j
ter, Overseer, Lecturer. Stew
ard, Assistant Steward, Chaplain,
Treasurer, Secretary, Gatekeep
er, Ceres, Pomona, Flora, and
Ladv Assistant Steward. It is their
duty to see that the laws of the Or
der are carried out.
Sec. 2. llor Chosen. In the sub
ordinate Grange they shall be chosen
annually; in the State (J range once
in two years. and in the
National Grange once in five years.
All elections to be by ballot.
Yacancies by death or resignation
to le tilled at a special election at the
next regular meeting thereof officers
so chosen to serve until the annual
meeting.
Sec. li. The Master of the Nation
al G range may appoint Lecturers to
to visit State and Subordinate
Granges for the good of the Order,
and Deputies to organize Granges
where no State Grange exists.
AKTICEE II.
Meetings.
1. Subordinate Granges
Secxion
shall meet once each month, and
may hold intermediate meetings as
may be deemed necessary for the
good of the Order. Where it is con
venient, weekly meetings are to be
held expressly for lectures and dis
cussions xqon agricultural topics.
All business meetings are confined to
the Fourth Degree.
Sec. 2. State Granges shall meet
annually at such time and place as
the Grange shall from year to year
determine.
Sec. o. National Grange shall
meet annually on the first Wednesday
following the first Monday in Jan
uary, at such place as may be deter
mined upon by a majority of the
members, and they may adjourn from
time to time as a two-thirds vote on
joint ballot may decide.
AKTICLE III.
The National Grange, at its annual
session, shall frame.ametid, or repeal
such laws as the good of the Order
may require, but a tw o-thirds vote in
each branch shall be required to
pass or repeal a law. All laAvs of
State and Subordinate Granges must
conform to this Constitution and the
laws adopted by the National Grange.
AKTICLE IV.
Ritual.
The Ritual adopted by the Nation
al Grange shall be used'in all Subor
dinate Granges, and any desired
alteration in the same must be sub
mitted to and receive the sanction of
the National Grange.
AKTICLE v.
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Any person interested in agricultur
al pursuits, of the age of sixteen
years, (female.) and eighteen years,
(male,) duly proposed, elect and
complying Avith the rules and regula
tions of the Order, is entitled to
membership and the benefit of the
degrees taken. Eery application
mu.-t be accompanied by the fee of
membership. If rejected the money
Avill be refunded. Applications must
be certified 1 members and balloted
for at a subsequent meeting. It shall
require three negative votes to reject
an applicant.
AKTICLE AT.
Pee for Membersliip.
The minimum price for member
ship for males in a Subordinate
Grange shall lo five dollars for the
four degrees. For males, the mini
mum to be established by the Nation
al Grange. The rates shall be two
dollars for the first degree, one for
the second, one for the third, and
one for the fourth. For females, tifty
cents for each degree. All applica
tions are received by the Secretary,
Avho shall pay the money to
the Treasurer, taking a receipt
for the same.
AKTICLE VII.
JtL'.t'.f.
Section 1. The minimum of regu
lar monthly dues shall be ten cents
from each member, and each Grange
may othewise regulate its oavii elnes.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of each
Subordinate Grange shall report
quarterly, to the State Grange the
names and age of each of all persons
initiated or passed to higher de
grees. Sec. 2. The Treasurer of each
Subordinate Grange shall report
quarterly, and pay to the Treasurer
of his State Grange the sum of tAven-ty-rive
cents for each degree confer
red on males, and tAvelve-and-one-half
cents for each female, during
that quarter. Also the annual due
of twenty-live cents for each member,
in quarterly instalments, except in
the District of Columbia, where all
payments be made direct to the Na
tional Grange.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of each State
Grange shall report quarterly to the
Secretary of the National Grange
tho membership in his State, and the
degrees conferred during the quar
ter.' Sec. 5. The Treasurer of each
State (J range shall pay to the Treas
urer of the National (J range, in quar
terly installments, the annual due of
ten "cents for each member in his
State.
Sec. C. Payments in all Granges
shall bo made to the Secretary, avIio
shall pay the amount to the Treasur
er, taking his receipt for the same.
AKTICLE VIII.
Jleserred Etuid.
All donations or receipts from
fairs or any source other than than
membership fees, by either Subor
dinate or State Granges, shall not
be subject to any tax by the National
Grange.
AKTICLE IX
Requirements.
Section 1. Reports from subor
dinate Granges relative to crops, im
plements, stock, or any other mat
ters called for by the National
Grange, must be certified to 1a' the
Master and Secretary, and under
seal of the Grange giving the same.
Sec. 2. All printed matter on
whatever subject, and all informa
tion issued by the national or State
to subordinate Granges, shall be
made known to the members Avithout
unnecessary delay.
Sec. 3. If any brothers or sisters
of the Order fall sick, it shall be the
duty of the Patrons to Aisit them,
and see that they are well provided
with all things needful. (This may
be done by a committee regularly
appointed.)
Sec. -4. Any member found guilty
of Avanton cruelty to animals shall
be expelled from the Order.
Sec. 3. The oflicers of Subordin
ate Granges shall le on the alert in
deA ising means bv which the inter
ests of the whole Order may be ad
vanced ; but no plan of Avork shall
be adopted by State or Subordinate
Granges without first submitting it
to, and receiving the tanctioc of the
National Grange.
ARTICLE X.
Charters and Pi.yettsations.
Secticn 1. All charters and dis
pensations are issued direct from tho
National Grange.
Sec. 2. Nine persons, haA ing re
ceived the four Subordinate Degrees,
may receive a dispensation to organ
ize a Subordinate Grange.
Sec. 3. Applications for charters
or dispensations must be signed by
the persons applying for the same,
and accompanied by the fee of fifteen
dollars.
Sec. 4. Nine Subordinate Gran
ges Avorking in a State can apply for
authority to m-ganize a State Grange.
Sec. 5. When State Granges are
organized, dispensations Avill be re,
placed by charters, issued Avithout
further fee.
Sec. C. All charters must pass
through the State Granges for record,
and receive the seal and official sig
natures of the same.
Sec. 7. No Grange shall confer
more than tAvo degree's at the same
meeting unless by virtue of adispen-.
sat ion. O
Sec. 8. Afte.r a State or Territo
rial Grange is organized, all appli
cations for charters must pass
through tho same and be approved
hy the Master and Se-crctary.
AKTICLE xi. G
Tred ti) crs.
The Treasurers of the National,
State, and Sube-rdinate Granges shall
give bonds, to be approved by tho
oilicers of their respective Granges.
They shall make annual reports of
all receipts and disbursements of
their respective Granges. Those of
the National and State Granges shall
be transmitted to all State arid Sub
ordinate Granges.
In all Granges bills must be ap
proved by the Master, and counter
signed by the Secretary, beforo tho
Treasurer can pay the same.
Hard to Kill.
It is a faA-orite delusion of tho
Radical press that the Democratic
party is dead; and this idea has been
so often promulgated during the past
ten years that many honest people
have got to believe it true, and think '
the organization ought to quietly
submit to inhumation. It makes no
ditt'erenee that it indicates vitality
and power by polling a million or so
of votes, it is still insisted that it is
really dead, and its maniiestations of
poAver are merely A isitations from tho
spirit Avorld. So thoroughly are
these Badical people determined that
it shall be dead, that they lurvo
seized upon and attempted to appro
priate its estate, which is uoav par
aded in all their reform platforms in
communities Avhere a pretense of
honesty and reform must be set up
to Avheedlc the people. They pro
nounce against subsidies and mon
opolies, back-pay steals, Credit Mo
bilier frauds, the squandering of the
public domain, and other Radical
Avrongs Avhieh luwo worn out tho
long-suffering patience of the people
filching Democratic garments Aith
Avhieh to conceal their Badical de
formity. This is done because it is
claimed that the name of Democrat
is odious to the people, hoAvever
much they may become convinced
of the soundness of Democratic
principles. This arises from bigot
ed prejudice, begot by Radical slan
der and misrepresentation. In tho
language of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
" if there are'Bepublieans who dis
liking the party and wishing its
OAcrtliroAV, are yet so full of preju
dice that they can't act with those
Avhom they formerly combatted as
Democrats, because they don't likG
the name or its remiscences, they
certainly are neither Avise nor liberal.
Having so much party bigotry them
selves they are not in a good coneli
tion to conquer it in others. The
Democracy are perfectly Avilling to
co-operate Avith Bepublican reform
ers. They Avill ever, as they did in
PS72, put them in the lead, backing,
them up Avith all their strength, but
further than that they Avill not go,
and it is idle to talk about it. "YVo
rather suspect that the Democratic
parry Avill be in existence and voting
its tickets long after this gene-ration
has passed away. It is one of tho
hardest parties to kill that Ave eAer
heard of, and so those who want a
new party Avill find out."
.
Another Man Wanted. Old
Farmer Pettingill went into his
house one day and caught John, tho
hired man, hugging Mrs. P.
The farmer said nothing, and went
into the field.
After dinner he wanted John for
something, but John Avas not to bo
found.
He Aent at last into John's room,
where the latter was on his knees
packing his trunk.
"What's the matter John?" said.
P.
" Oh, nothing," re-plied John.
" What are you packing yovrr
trunk for?"
" I'm going aA-av."
" Going away! What
going aAvav for?"
are you
"O, you know," answered John.
" No, I don't know," rejoined P.
" come, give me the reason of your
sudden desire to go aAvay."
"Well," meekly answered John,
" you know what you caught me
doing this forenoon!"
" O, pshaw!" laughed Tettingill,
" do not be so foolish. If you and
I cant hug the old woman enough
I'll hire another man."
The Pittsburg girl has sent back
those two barges of coal, which her
father gave her for a bridal present,
and says she guesses she can make it
hot enough for "hubby" without any
outside help.
Many men of many minds; many
birds of manv kinds.
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