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“PPOCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
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MOORE’S RGBAL WE 
tainly grow our own tea, rice, sugar, indigo, 
flax, hemp, jute. And if the manufacturable 
material is furnished, in sufficient quantity and 
’ with sufficient regularity. It will be manufac¬ 
tured. The unemployed labor In this country 
to day ought to be utilized in just such work, 
t' e forget, that the demand of modern society 
is for varied products. True, the people must 
be fed ; bill because tboy require bread,cheese, 
butter and meat, it does not follow that unlim¬ 
ited production of these articles will yield the 
producers compensation. If farmers learn how 
to produce what ia least produced here and 
imported most they need not abandon farming 
as unprolltablc. 
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THANKSGIVING. 
We are not of those who believe in special 
days of thanksgiving. We regard them as, in a 
certain sense, farcical, We believe In thankful- 
noss in every-day gratitude and in the works 
which are the fruits of devout thanksgiving. 
We respect the spirit with which Thanksgiving 
Day was inaugurated. We have no objection 
loan annual Thanksgiving Day now as a day 
of rest, re-union and Joy—as a day in which 
grateful humane, fraternal, Joyous and thank¬ 
ful emotions predominate. Hut we believe in 
a continual thanksgiving. Wo believe there is 
always more reason to rejoice and be thankful 
every day Mian to complain. No one suffer* so 
much that he or she may not suffer more—at 
least few do. It is far better to cultivate thank¬ 
fulness than to nurse depression. Thanksgiv¬ 
ing Day Is at hand. Lot those who w ait upon 
it think of the joys that are theirs in compar- i 
Ison with i be sorrows that might be. Ld wor- < 
ship be born of thankfulness. Hut let no one •' 
suppose that one day of thanksgiving, in which i 
all of thankfulness is concentrated, is at all 1 
worthy of men and Christians. Let us give < 
thanks daily. t 
as they can from 10,000 acres. By dosing our 
doors to them, it would tend to spread a false 
impressKin, that is, to show that, we were afraid 
that we were beat. Beside*, we have dissatisfled 
people in ( an&da who will go somewhere, and 
they might just as well be fished up by those 
who tend to make our exhibitions attractive as 
t« go to Texas or any other part where the in¬ 
habitants <}o not think us wort h reciprocating 
with, W hat. would become of our breeders of 
purfr-brod stock were the Americans to shut us 
out rrom their exhibitions and their markets, 
.lust. look at the honors we have gained in Bos- 
ton the present year at. the Great International 
Exhibition of bruit. It has fairly astonished 
the Americans themselves, still there has never 
been one word said by them ns to ahull ing ns 
out. Nebraska will not be able to gain such 
honors in a hundred years as we gained from 
the Americans this season. Avdtv with the 
it A’ f looping people In darkness ; away w ith 
all nttemp* at serfdom. If our farmers, farrn- 
BO “ a °r emigrants coTet the. broad acres of 
1 Is advantages and tlisadvan- 
& ^them go ; In fact, the first attempt to 
■hock Miem would be the best way to drive 
them from our country. We are not in chains 
or iotnl darkness, 
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" Going Too Fn*t."—A friend of ours talking 
of the panic said: “ W e have been going alto- 
gel her too fast; we, as a people, ueed just, the 
lesson we are learning and are likely to learn 
before the panic Is over.” He said truly. Wo 
have been going entirely too fast. We are the 
most wasteful arid extravagant nation on the 
footstool. We Ignore economy in little things. 
We do not work if w e cum help it; if wo do we 
w ork that wo may spend more than we can get 
without work : but w e do not work if we can 
get what we want without It. As a people we 
know scarcely anything about the first princi¬ 
ples or economy. In cooking, eating, drinking, 
clothing ourselves, conducting our farms, work¬ 
shops, stores, See., w e may economize whore it 
is not economy to do so, and neglect to econo¬ 
mize where wo ought to. Self-denial I* one of 
the great lessons we lave to learn. Whatever 
teaches us to do it w ill, in the end, bo a mercy 1 
Labor Bureau of Castle Garden and the manner 
in which immigrants are protected. He sug¬ 
gests. also, the establishment of an Emigrant 
Home which shall combine cleanliness and 
comfort with protection, whereby the newly 
arrived immigrants who may be compelled to 
wait in New York for employment or transpor¬ 
tation West, may have a home without resort¬ 
ing to the swindling boarding houses which 
exist in the city. The suggestion is a good one. 
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Give H ork—Our advice to our readers to give 
work and pay for it, rather than money or any 
equivalent as charity, is meeting with com¬ 
mendation. To give as charity without exact¬ 
ing compensation, I* to attack tho self respect 
<>f men who value it, ami to encourage pauper¬ 
ism in those who have no self respect. If any 
| man or woman applies to you for help, set him 
or her at work to pay for what you may be wil¬ 
ling to give gratuitously. If any man haswork 
to be done let him give employment to those 
who are willing to do it, even though he <dves 
such nothing but their board. 
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Brighter Prospect,. The latest news from 
the manufacturing towns of Now England, 
indicate better times and more work than a 
week ago It. was fearod would be furnished. 
Gold continues to arrive to pay for our prod¬ 
ucts. Currency is beginning to move. We can¬ 
not yet determine to what extent this relief is 
tube given, but certainly matters look better 
than ten days ago. But there is, we think and 
hope, an end of kite-flying; what Is done will 
not lie speculative, hut Decause tliorc is a de- 
maud for doing it. 
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Klr.e Penr* Iteeeived.-A liberal package of 
most excellent pears has been received from 
Messrs. Ellwangkk& Rakry, Rochester, N. Y., 
the well-known nursery men. Those gentlemen 
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SATUR DAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1878. 
ARBITRATION AGAIN. 
We cannot forbear again calling attention to 
the advantages of arbitration among farmers. 
We have in our mind a man who has spent 
more than three t hotisand dollars in “ going to 
Jaw ” during the past ten years. He need not 
have spent more than one-huiidrcth part of 
that sum and yet would have been just as justly 
dealt with-perhaps more so. lie not only 
spent that amount, but he caused others to 
spend an equal or perhaps greater amount, 
besides the loss of time involved to himself 
and others. 'J hero arc doubtless many men 
who have spent more than be has and as un¬ 
necessarily. it is often disgraceful that two 
men shouid not be able to settle a dispute be¬ 
tween themselves without going to law; but 
where tin;re ia an honest difference of opinion 
as to what is equity it is safer and wiser to re¬ 
sort to arbitrat ion rather Hum law. 
The loss to farmers throughout the country 
in consequence of resort to legal forms in the 
adjustment, of disputes would almost pay the 
local taxes in any township—In some more 
than pay them. It is one of the healthful 
omens of the times, and one of the features of 
the Order of Patrons of Husbandry we can cor¬ 
dially commend, that some of their Granges 
incorporate into their Constitutions a clause 
by which a member who signs it pledges him- 
self to refer njj disputes between members to 
arbitrators and abide their decision. Wherever 
such a clause has been incorporated it has been 
respected and the result is the law business has 
depreciated and the lawyer’s occupation is , 
gone. Nil matter what It costa to become a | 
Patron of Husbandry, a beiligorent farmer can , 
better afford to pay the fee, sign and abide by t 
such a pledge than to retain his freedom to go i 
to law when.he chooses. It would be a good f 
plan to circulate such a pledge arooug farmers f 
in every neighborhood whore there are no c 
Granges, or among those who do not choose to v 
become Patrons where there are. Such a pledge b 
would be almost as effective in prevent ing dis¬ 
putes as in adjusting them equitably. Beside 
it will go far to make men more equitable in 
their judgment—to take sober second thoughts ? 
before acting, and hence enable them to act V 
more discreetly and less impulsively and in- & 
temperately, m 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Tin* American Homological Society, it has 
been announced, is to meet in Chicago in 1875. 
But from a recent communication from Mr. 
Arthur Bryant we learn that whether it 
meets there or not, “will depend upon the lib¬ 
erality and enterprise of Individuals, and prin¬ 
cipally upon the interest taken in it by the cit¬ 
izens of Chicago" in other words; “if the 
needful arrangements for thy accommodation 
of the American Homological Society are ma.’e 
in proper season, its session in 1875 will be held 
in Chicago—ot herwise not." Our own experi¬ 
ence in such matters, In Chicago, justify us in 
saying that the men in that city who may take 
the burthen of preparation (or the reception of 
and hospitality to such a Society upon them, I 
unless things have changed, arc plucky. Chi¬ 
cago ought to be hospitable to the American 
Homological Society. Its citizens can afford to 
I by. It Is one of the best and largest fruit mar¬ 
ket* in the country. But the few men whonill 
be likely to bear the burthen and responsibility 
there- that is, those whose relations to the 
American Homological Society and it* members 
will make them desire to do so—ought not. to 
be expected to assume what will bo demanded 
of them. This is our opinion resulting from a 
“ fc,lmv feeling." If things have changed since 
“our time ’’ there, we are glad of it. 
to us, no matter how severe tho discipline may h!lVe n wa Y <if never forgetting their friends 
be - _^_ that is ver Y gratifying—to their friends at least. 
The Effect of Hard Times is being felt on our 
markets—so our reporters tell us. Especially 
in this the case with butter and cheese. The 
lower,grades of butter are accumulating in 
large quantities; and this is affecting the price 
of best qualities. Tho usual fall speculations 
in t his class of produce are proving very unsat¬ 
isfactory—at least to the speculators, but con¬ 
sumers do not complain. It should be remem¬ 
bered however that thousands of families who 
heretofore consumed these grades of better 
cannot now afford to purchase ft at any price. 
Carpenters, and other classes of mechanics, 
witli kits of tools in their bands—respectable 
and well-dressed men-are traveling from’ 
house to house in this city soliciting small and 
odd jobs of work about the house, whereby 
they may obtain bread for their families. It 
has come to this so early in the season and be¬ 
fore tho winter sets in, It. Is no wonder, there¬ 
fore, t hat the produce which enters into daily 
consumption in thousands of families goes 
without a market. This state of things must 
be looked in the face. 
Be Hopeful—There is reason to be hopeful, 
notwithstanding the depressed condition of 
affair*. There should bo want of confidence in 
fictitious enterprises. There shouid be a close 
scrutiny of all securities, and of all schemes 
nut before the public to secure Investments 
from the people. But the country has all the 
elements of prosperity. It ha* abundant re- 
Hoiiiees. There i* really no reason for depres- 
slon except such as grows out of tho discovery 
that fictitious value* arc fictitious—that certain 
schemes, fostered and endorsed by men of I 
financial repute, are as hollow as a vacuum pan 
and possess as little substance. It I* a good 
Hung to conn; down to hard-pan, no matter 
how much temporary suffering may ensue. 
The American people possess all the clement* 
"t rapid recovery. There Is substantial foun¬ 
dation f >r prosperity if we only build on that 
foundation. Let u* try to do it—get down to 
the rock, and build from that, and be sure to 
build w -11, There is reason for hopefulness. 
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Grange* of Patron* of Husbandry in the 
l nited State# -u.i I asiodn.-Mr. Kelly, Secre¬ 
tary of the Rational Grange of Pa trons of Hus¬ 
bandry, reported, on the 18th of October, the 
following as the n.-inber of subordinate Gran¬ 
ges in the country; 
ArkaSv.v.'.v.v.v.Y.Y; j££ Dfin,ru .« 
Inatana':.'!.' iw Heu nsyiYii'n ia, 7.‘..’ 
srV!“«... HB & 0llUj Gatollna.tvi I ; 
10.1 ?at . 
•ventacky.. 
Marriand.;’ ; *3vi%mi“h;;;;;:.*•' it/steuhin r , you PA cit >' <1lla P bought a farm 
Masbuchutietts.. ti West Vireinii. “* i’ n Steuben < o. t with art orchard of about 
. W WGionsfu J ::V.. J " bich he recently tapped for oldw' 
5J SSSRi“.'. ate Colorado.. . rh H’ JW not run Cider very wmlV an 1 m ’ 
~ - ** VIIUU ..Ill 
•>.*) Tennessee .... i«’ 
27 Texas. V; 
^& c J5 K, . m '.'..'.7" 2 . 
’ RURAL BREVITIES. 
I The American Institute Fair closes Nov. 15. 
> ',. ,K 1 V KIXO il ire 086,1 in Maine as fertiil- 
‘ zers of mcabow lands. OUMI 
. . ^t^>niDA has another resource—lions • for it 
1 is said they succeed there. nops , tor it 
Nisw Jersey Is soon to organize a State 
Grange of Patrons of Husbandry. 
Thf. Connecticut State Board of Agriculture 
DoSl7-%. W 0ter ,nC0tlnK at Meridem, Conn., 
li i u intimated t hat the surplus w)i 6 *tfc cron 
in tho Massachusetts Agricultural College. 
A NEW York State Grange of Patron* of 
Husbandry was organized at Syracuse Nov. ( 5 — 
master, and Otk 
Spkaglk, Loekport, {secretary. 
It is said thousand* of acres of cranberries 
have been destroyed by frost in Wisconsin We 
teifni 1 SrVeiV *’U f w iscousin reader* will 
tell us whether the .statement is true* 
Robert Toombs say* that Georgia farmers 
give a* an excuse for buying Northern hav that 
jrass will not grow there, when it is known to 
oe a fact that during t he growing season everv 
!rnrbTi ) ? 1 i ul * uifl * ''ild, white ouS black, able to 
! work i* laboring hard to kill grass. 
f l ,rai,nT‘i ( , l S Mre beI, . ,jr canned In the South 
roi the Northern market—so it is said We 
shoubnibe T e , (, '° ,h8 V’ i,n,,fid f *ftichokes, and 
sn juld like some one to Inform us who Liivm 
them ; if any one doc*, why ? We cannot eon 
artidibked. ° rb ' eni poople necd bu > fanned 
Af ..cue.. ■ bey did not run eider very win and he In 
M ssourP'. ^Sa*o» ...V.V.V.V::: A ;| oii ;od nt a neighbor What tbe matter was - afe 
Nebraska:./> that neighbor a new - hatmTt 
“ SHALL WE ABANDON FARMING 7 ” 
“If one cause of our difficulties is over pro¬ 
duction, do you recommend any proportion of 
farmers to abandon farming? " No, we do not 
—except such men as are losing money by farm¬ 
ing every year they pursue it as a business. 
What we urge is the diversifying of products— 
the growing of more flax, hemp, roots, barley, 
rye, broom corn, peppermint, herbs of various 
kinds, etc., iu proportion to the amount of 
cereals grown. Grow more of what we import 
most. of. Our resources are adequate to the 
production of nearly everything we consume 
that is produced from the soil. We can cer¬ 
Americans at fannda Exhibitions. — Some 
Nebraska Lund Company tried to get the priv¬ 
ilege of exhibiting cereals, plants, fruits, woods, 
Ac., at the Hamilton, Out., Exhibition but were 
excluded been use “ the majority of the Hoard 
of Directors." the Farmers' Advocate says, 
•• were of the opinion that the Exhibition would 
be Injurious to us to some extent," The Advo¬ 
cate very sensibly adds: 
M e admit it might,, but the advantages of free 
trade, free intercourse and the spread of in¬ 
formation would be better for us and ourcoun- 
try. This ts our opinion, and we think the 
Hamilton Board acted wrong iu thus attemnt- 
\ n SJr p ft 80k t .i K ' l ' |,r, ‘ nd °f information and 
good feeling. «u contend that it slrnwa the 
.ii.I.ortarioo or our country when exhibitors 
attend and make large displays from such dis- 
tfn,!= P o^ t 1 * ' Ne ,b« ls,,a - We want, good exiiibi- 
Wc h’.-o 1 nnfn?, h ° p m ? Lj *l'em attractive, 
iv e had nothing to fear from the samples of 
grain sent ; we saw none of them, excepting 
com, equal to our own. As for their wood we 
can show about ten times as much, and nearly 
ten times as much from the growth of one acre 
Nebraska.“•”, 7 , 7 ” ;; » 
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Plowing in Politicians.—This j s what the 
Secretary of the National Grange of. Patrons of 
Husbandry proposes to do with the ’politician* 
who may get into the Order for political pur¬ 
poses. He says:—“The Order fi/ia strength 
enough to run without the aid of any congres¬ 
sional or other government nuiec*, and we 
don't solicit either of them or coallitons of any 
kind. The order started out with the idea that 
the farmers can maintain an organizstlon of 
their own. We have done wel) for six years, 
without any contamination, and I venture to 
say if any politicians get. into our Order with 
the intention of securing office, thej will go. 
plowed in so deep that Gabriel’s trump will 
never resurrect 1 hem." 
William Saunders Tor Commissioner of Agri- 
culture.—Some time since we took occasion to 
speak our mind fraoly and frankly concerning 
the merits of men who had been named to us 
as candidates for the position of Commissioner 
of Agriculture, Among other*, Mr. William 
Saundkus, present Superintendent of the Ex¬ 
perimental Gardens at Washington, waB named. 
Hi* friends have thought proper^to assert that 
| lie has never been and is not a candilnte for 
that position; we are therefore clad to give 
him credit for good sense in this matter as we 
know he has good sense in respect to other 
things. 
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Mr. Joseph Arch and the Castle Garden 
Labor Bureau. Mr. Arch, In a letter to the 
Commissioners of Immigration, commends the 
I anythjRgabout it. bb0F “ nWr hat " ut t o 
At Mlanu.s, Conn., il is asserted, an enteroris- 
J frogf e for e riie n N»v 9 ^taried a frog pond to raise 
nog a tor the New York market. If farmers 
a '?* 10 F 1 '""' plenty of frogs knew what 
, a delmacy they are. they would both encourage 
; ly on theJr U tabieL“ d haV ° theul mora freque.i t- 
Wn see it. asserted in some of the agricultural 
eSOTJSjt th ® auihoe erop is a failure in New 
loikState^ Our observation in the eastern 
cnt t ,.nnI' ! C o especla I ly. leads u* to a differ¬ 
ent conclusion. \\ e have nut seen a quince tri e 
that was not well loaded. In what part of the 
State have they failed ? 1 u,e 
t *^^ V}- T a ® ron 5 ,°f Husbandry proiioge 
t? i 56 1tb eir creed by import ing handsome 
feJ , a P, i' V 'bousand of the industrious and 
beautiful girls who are out of employment in 
^^. and n ®^bborhood, could become the 
ra7Vl?-! e * peLd able Patrons of Husbandrv in 
^-,-ornhu n would be both a blessing to them 
ana to -he unmarried Californians. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
Hure is Hie genlua, and blest as it is rare which 
can create additional sources u amusement and In¬ 
struction for tbe minds oi cbUdren. The effort to 
teach Natural History by the mow Game of Birds 
called Avtlude is every way sueoowoful. This game 
is highly commended. Rent, post -paid, on receipt of 
<5 cents, by West & Lta, Worcestci, Mass. 
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The Best ’ Elastic TitW* in the World is 
sold by Pomeroy & Co., 7Jt Broadway. N. y. f or 
three dollars. Write to them tor foil particulars’. 
Surgical Elastic Stockings for enlarged veins 
and Supporting Beits of best quality, at Pomeroy’s’ 
744 Broadway, N. Y. ’ 
