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VOLUME I.
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Judge Thompson's Speech to the Grangers,
at the Court-House in Los Angeles,
on Thursday. December 4th.
Patrontf Matron*, Ladies and Gen
tlemen :
Are there no dynamic antagonisms
iv the inanimate world? Is perfect
harmony the universal law? Do all
the elements above, around and be
neath us act in platonic unl.ty? The
lightnings that rend the cloud and
play fantastically on the mountain top
leave death and desolation wherever
they strike! The storm that sweeps
along the earth in all the pomp and
majesty of resistlelss power, levels
forests and breaks up the waters of the
great deep! The thundering of the
volcano as it belches forth its molten
lava, is but the battke shout of warring
forces! The earthquake shakes the
foundations of the universe and di
vides In twain the crust on which we
tread! The breath of the pestilence
poisons the pure air and carries with
it disease and death! In the animate
but irrational world we find also irrec
oncilable antagonisms. Descending
into the depths of the sea, we behold
a ceaseless, exterminating tribal war
between the races which inhabit its
deep waters! If we enter the forest we
see the lion devouring the lamb; the
leopard the kid, and so on through a
thousand forms of animate and inani
mate creation, this violent untamable
development of opposing forces ' 'holds
high carnival."
What must be said of the crowning
f;lory of Gods handy-work? created a
Ittle lower than the angels, endowed
with a mind as immortal as hh» Crea
tor, and given dominion over the
beasts of the field, the fowls of the air
aud the fishes ofthe sea. The sun, the
moon and the stars, the air and the
earth with all its teeming wealth,
luxury and beauty, were all made to
minister to his mental and physical
wants. Verily his is a royal birth—a
princely heritage as vast and varied as
it is grand, as it is sublime mi ts struct
ure! j
In the domain of actual want—in
nil the realms of fancy, there is noth
ing to supply. All is generously
granted from the bread that serves
hunger and the plain fabric that
shields the body from the blasts of
winter, to the silken tissue that robes
royalty and the nparkling jewel that
glitters in the coronet! What more
could be desired? What more Is need
ful to develop his manhood and guide
him on In his noble missson? And
yet, with all this wealth at his com
mand, and with this kingly dominion,
he is not at peace with himself, or
with the world!
Ever since labor was imposed as a
condition of life, the earth has been
full of violence and oppression. From
the day when Cain was branded as a
murderer, the earth has been the theatre
of plunder, rapine and bloodshed.
Ambition and avarice have held high
court and their victims are counted by
millions.
What man would have been iv the
absence ofjthat hated decree—what he
would have been if the earth hod
yielded her riches without his touch,
may not now be considered; but surely
the law of labor has not been cheer
fully and loyally obeyed. Never was a
sovereign law so unpopular—never one
so often, so skillfully and so persistent
ly evaded!
The curse, not alone of our people
hut all others is, an inordinate thirst
for wealth. And so great is that thirst
that men set at utter defiance every
well known and well established law
governing legitimate trades and voca
tions. Reasonable gains in lawful en
terprise, affording a just compensation
for skill, time and capital da not satis
fy. The process is too slow. Specula
tions are entered upon, schemes are
concocted and combinations formed
by which large wealth is to be quickly
acquired without regard to public or
private rights and interests. The
manrler of its acquisition seems to be a
matter altogether subordinate to its
attainment.
The man is to be honored who accu
mulates a fortune, however large, by
honest industry and keen foresight.
That is the lawful right of every one.
And he is to be honored still more if
lie use the wealth thus acquired not to
gratify his sensual appetites, but in a
broad, generous benevolence that
' reaches the poor, the ignorant and the
unfortunate. But how many such
have we?
It must be confessed that there is a
charm about wealth which captivates
and often enslaves. All races civilized
and uncivilized, have a morbid appe
tite for display. The barbarian grati
fies his lofty ambition by a ring in the
nose; his more elevated brother pre
fers it on his finger. Wealth gratifies
the vanities for which we have a
weakness. It dresses in purple and
tine linen—it fares sumptuously every
day—it Is resplendent with jewels—lt
rolls in princely equipages—lt sits at
ease on velvet cushions—with stately
aim it strides marble balls—it is gazed
at by the multitude—with its wand it
commands willing and servile
obedience, and it causes many a sigh
in vain for the luxuries and exemption
from toll, it affords. It rejects the
poor, however honest, faithful and
true and draws to it the votaries of
fashion and pleasure however false
undunworthy!
Go to crowded cities and witness its
gorgeous proportions, in the parks,
thoroughfares, theatres and other
public places; and you are enchanted.
Truly ft looks magnificent; but within
It is a charnel house, filled with dead
mens bones. In long procession,
march the Major General who earned
his commission by service in the po
litical field, and whose gallant exploits
amid shot and shell, the historian has
failed to record; but who nevertheless
weakened the enemy by stealing his
cotton and appropriating the proceeds
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to himself; the stately railroad
magnate, who counts his' wealth by
millions laboriously earned in railroad
construction with government hands
and money; then commissaries,
sutlers, government contractors, shod
dy manufacturers, senators and repre
sentatives, governors and treasurers;
custom officers and city and county
officials; stock brokers, and specula
tors; hulls and bears all in regal splen
dor and more than regal vanity, flaunt
ing their ill gotten gains in the face of
a staring multitude! Such imposing
exhibitions have ruined thousands of
young men just entering life. Dazzled
by the splendor around him, he sees
but little use In delving Into the earth
iv search of treasure, or of eutering
the work-shop to build up a fortune by
the slow process of accretfon,and boldly
nnd recklessly strikes out into wild,
irregular paths and mils, as nearly all
fail. Like the gambler at monte or
faros, he sees tbe golden treasure
almost within his grasp, reaches forth
with desperate energy and —falls. The
treasure is still there—that tempting
Kile of golden eagles, no farther from
im than before, ho grasps again and
fall*. Time and time again he renews
the effort and so often fails, until his
brain reels under the tension and he
is swept away In the surging current.
This infernal lust for wealth—for
vain and empty pageantry—for ease
and luxury, spares neither age nor sex
and rushes thousands year by year in
to the great maelstrom into which
whole nations and peoples have been
drawn nnd forever swallowed up.
It is difficult to bring the mind to
the indulgence of the hope that the
time will ever come when men will
universally regard labor as the noblest
employment of life, and wealth only
desirable when honestly acquired, and
valuable only for the substantial com
forts it affords and for the good to be
accomplished by its use.
Go where you Will In the old world
and the new; glitter and glare, lux
ury and licence, immorality and
crime, idleness and contempt for hon
est labor, meet you at every turn with
a boldness and dash difficult of com
prehension.
Young men and young women
should always be taught that the only
true way of life and only path to hon
orable success la constant, energetic,
cheerful toil in whatever station or voca
tion their lot may be cast. All are born
to work, if not to fortune. If riches
come of faithful labor they may be
enjoyed and used in the fear of God
and with the blessing of mankind.
But if, after the battle of life is over,
fortune (has been Invoked in vain,
the thread worn and wasted mantle
may be cast off without regret, and
the soul pass away as the hero goes
down with his ship after a gallant,
though fruitless struggle for the vic
tory.
To my mind the world does not af
ford an example so worthy of monu
mental honors as that of the man who
bravely, patiently and cheerfully
passes through a long life of toil, priv
ation and pitiless poverty. Calmly,
trustfully he meets the summons to rest
from his labors, and enters the dark
valley with a conscience clear of crime
and a soul free from the stain of op
pression. He is more than a soldier—
lie is a conquerer over combined
powers that have slain the most re
nowned generals and vanquished tiie
mightest armies!
Since the days of the Patriarchs, I
recall no period in the world's history
when the cultivation of the soil wasuni
versally regarded as the noblest occu
cupation of life, except in which the
renowned Cincinnatus was called from
the plow to the salvation of Rome.
Then it was honored as it should be
honored everywhere always, because
it is the primary interest and the
great life-giving strand to commerce,
to mechanism, to manfactories and
to aggregate greatness*, wealth and
power. Without it every rill, every
stream, every fountain of prosperity
would dry up, and the whole world
would return to tribal and nomadic
life.
It peoples countries, it cultivates and
brings forth from the soil untold
wealth; ltbuildscities,withmagnlflcent
palaces, and enriches them; it sustains
towns and builds them up into cities;
it causes railroads to be constructed to
carry away its surplus wealth; at its
call ships float on the ocean and
steamers on the rivers; on its arm the
government rests in security,
for it wields the sword as
well as the plow. All this
and much more does lt do, and yet "it
is patient, slow to anger, long suffer
ing." The crowning glory is, that ln
its pursuit, the generous soil gives up
its wealth without ringing a
tear from tbe widow and fatherless,
not a sigh from the poor and helpless;
not a protest from any living soul.
Wealth thus acquired is the usury of
labor—the tribute of munificent nature
to a faithful lover.
Rut all cannot and should not be
cultivators of the soil. Pursuits must
be diversified. We must have labor
ers, mechanics, 'manufacturers, mer
chants and all forms of labor, mental
and physical by which wealth may be
evolved, mankind elevated, morally,
intellectually and physically. The
law of comity demands that all these
interests should be in complete har
mony, and all mutual aids. But that
law is not obeyed. The great strug
gle of capital is, to swallow up the
profits and more than the profits
whenever possible, of all other inter
ests. Agriculture, the primary and
most important of all, Is made to car
ry burdens such as are imposed on no
other interest
Never aggressive, always submis
sive, it is compelled to pay tribute to
the manufacturer, the merchant, the
banker and the public carrior.
It receives no adequate legislation to
promote and protect it; while it pays
directly and indirectly the bulk of tho
taxes for the Bupport of the Govern
ment, National, State, County, City
and Town. The farmer never escapes
a full assessment of his property for
purposes of taxation. His broad acres
and their increase are in view; while
that of the banker, the merchant and
the speculator Is never reported at
one-half its real value.
I know a man In the city of Los An
geles worth more than $20,000 In solvent
curltles, who does not pay one cent of
tax. More than two hundred millions
of the wealthjof California escapes tax
ation. It is easy to see where the bur
den falls.
The taxes annually paid in the Uni
ted State in the shape of tariff exac
tions. National, State, County, City
and Town taxes, cannot fall short of
LOS ANGELES, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMDER 5, 1873.
six hundred niillion dollars—about as
much as the whole circulation medium
of tho country. Of this vast amount
tho farmers pay directly and indirect
ly it is safe to say, at least two-thirds;
and this immense strain on their re
sources has been homo with wonder
ful patience!
We have an immense national debt,
and many of the States are staggering
almost to bankruptcy under the
weight of their burdens. Counties,
cities and towns all over the Union
are carrying more indebtedness than
they are"well aide to meet; taxes are
high; produce low, and a crisis at
hand, tlie end of which no man can
foretell. Add to all that the fact that
thousands and thousands of poor lahor
eru are thrown out of employment on
the thresh-hold of winter, with gaunt
starvation staring them in the face,
and we have a sat! picture before us.
In the winter of 1866-7 in the great
city of London—the focal point of im
mense wealth and luxury—l dally
came In contact with many laboring
men appealing for work or bread.
Right within the shadow of the walls
of Buckingham Palace, where the
Queen mother lives in regal splendor;
women and children daily died of
starvation, while royal dogs fattened
on crumbs that fell from the Imperial
table.
God grant that our poor may pass
through the present ordeal with less
suffering and with more charity from
the full handed.
Hitherto the people have been too
trustful of their public men. What
ever may be thought of their political
principles prior to 1862, we hud, as a
rule, honest, faithful public servants.
Then there were no individual colossal
fortunes made out of government jobs,
or in legitimate business. Political
platforms were not "sounding brass
and tinkling symbols." Great con
tests were for principles of administra
tion—not solely for the loaves and the
fishes.
The war brought many of our worst
men into prominence; and with devil
ish ingenuity, under the guise of pa
triotisin they grew fat while the na
tion was in the throes of mortal agony.
And they have fastened themselves
like barnacles on the public sendee.
How well they succeeded, let ruinous
tariffs, railroad rings, whisky rings,
Indian Bureau rings, fishery rings,
Freedman Bureau rings, und a hun
dred other rings answer the question.
These parasitical combinations are
not much to be wondered at after all,
since the love of money and of power,
the world over, displays itself the
more prominently when calamities be
fal a people and great perils threaten
the very life of a nation.
Patrons, have I spoken too plainly?
Are the evils around us too trifling to
escape discussion? Is this the time to
take refuge behind party breastworks,
and still cling to dead issues and dead
carcases? \V hile we are this day cele
brating the anniversary of our order,
does it not become us, nay more, is it
not our solemn duty as citizens of good
heritage, to ask ourselves the question
what our duties are and how we may
discharge them, in these "troublous
times?"
Our order Is young in years; but
already strong. It is not for us to play
the braggart; but we may justly re
joice in the marvellous success
achieved in so short a time. We are
organized from Maine to Oregon; from
the frozen region of the north to the
Gulf of Mexico. Conscious of our in
tegrity; firmly persuaded that both
justice and policy conspire to com
mend us to the good will of mankind,
we have no hesitation in declaring to
the world the platform on which we
stand.
Ours is a class order, composed of
members who are engaged in the dif
ferent branches of agriculture, and of
those who are identified in interest
and hearty sympathy with that indus
try. It excludes such as are not em
phatically its friends. Formed solely
to promote that interest by whatever
lawful means deemed best "to subserve
the ends to be attained, it would be
suicidal to admit an element Into our
midst essentially at war with us.
We claim no power or censorship
over the religious or political con
science of any man in or out of the or
der. On the contrary, we encourage
independence of thought in all tne
great vital questions concerning which
every one has an interest.
We believe agriculture is the pri
mary and leading Interest: that as
governments are instituted to secure
the people in the enjoyment of all
those rights essential to their prosper
ity and happiness, that government
which fails to foster and protect, in
every proper way, Its leading as well
as its subordinate interests, Is false to
its duty.
While we have our own welfare to sub
serve, we do not propose to wage war on
any other class, business or enterprise.
We cordially recognize the right of cap
italin all its ramifications, to lust accre
tions; we extend to it a cordial greet
ing and welcome It to honest enter
prize and liberal success.
We believe that agriculture has been
and is, the victim of capital; that
capital has combined to control the
price of produce without regard to the
law of supply and demand, for pur
poses of enormous gains; that it has
combined to control and does control
all the natural and artificial channels
of commerce and imposes unreason
able charges for transportation; we be
lieve that capital has combined to
control legislation, both of the general
and State governments, by wddch the
people have been plundered of their
public lands and public treasure; by
which legislative jobs have been pro
cured through corrupt influences and
the people's resources depleted; that it
has combined to procure laws and
court decisions to free itself from just
taxation for the support of the govern
ment; that it has controlled and cor
rupted political parties and almost all
of our public men; that through its
long continued control in politics and
government, the body has become
"wounds and bruises and putrifylng
sores," We believe that through the
machinations of capital and its allies,
the public burdens of the people, and
especially the farmers, have been
enormously increased, and their labor
rendered unremUnerative.
We believe it was and is its settled
fiurpose through every means within
ts grasp, to crush out all competitive
in trade and commerce, and build
itself up into a power beyond political
control. We hold that' the exercise
of such power not only impoverishes
the farmer, the laborer and mechanic,
but U dangerous to if not destruction
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of their liberties. To sustain this in
dictment we need no argument or
proofs. The facts are self-evident.
Capitalists indeed, and politicians of
easy virtue, teHf us that wo are
crusading against capital—that there
is nothing wrong. Ah! "doth the
wild ass bray whejj he has grass? Or
loveth the ox his fodder?" When
men are rapidly accumulating wealth
and building themselves up into a
moneyed aristocracy, they are not swift
to complain of the wrongs and injuries
under which other interests are suf
fering, especially if those wrongs and
injuries are inflicted by their own
hands.
We demand legislation and congres
sional enactments in the interest of
agriculture and labor. Capital is a
power capable of taking care of itself:
labor is not, but dependent on capital.
As the object of law and government
is, to shield the weak from tbe strong,
we insist that Tt. is the dtsty of the
law making power to restrain the ag
gressive force of all proper legislation,
and protect the weaker from unjust
exactions.
We are utterly opposed to monopo
lies and insist on such legislation as
will, at least control them within rea
sonable limits. We are paying enor
mous tribute to railways, steamships
and river carriers; tribute out of all
proportion to the actual cost of their
construction and maintainance. We
believe they are of right subject to leg
islative control. It is difficult to un
derstand how they can exercise one of
the highest powers of sovereignty, and
still be private corporations. The Fed
eral Constitution prohibits the taking
of private property for any but pub
lic purposes. A corporation existing for
public purposes, capable of divesting
you of your property against yourwill,
and which draws its sustenance from
the public, should be held to be for all
purposes, a public corporation and a
creature of law, and under, not above
the laws.
We mean business and intend to
do our own in our own way as far as
possible and profitable, and do it at
' the least possible expense.
Our kind friends at San Francisco
who as middlemen, have made their
twenty thousand dollars per year In
handling produce, without Investing
a dollar capital, may retire on the
fortune already accumulated. We in
tend to sell*at the highest price and
buy what we must have at the lowest.
Thut is the way all good business men
do, and it is right for the farmer to do
it. We said that the farmers of lowa
saved more than a million dollars the,
first year after the inauguration of the
system, in the purchase of implements
and supplies. Enormous profits are
made by agents in the sale of machin
ery of one kind and another, and if the
farmer can save from twenty to thirty
five per cent, by buying of first hands,
it is his right and duty to do so.
One of the most prominent features
of our order is, the material aid which
it affords to all within its pale. That
feature extends not merely to business
affairs, but to all the essential rela
tions of life, so far as it is possible and
prudent to extend it. In sickness and
in health, in poverty and distress, the
hand of a kindly brotherhood is al
ways ready to succor ami to help. We
not only inculcate brotherly love as a
duty imposed by our order as well as
by the higher law of the great Creator,
but we aim to cultivate closer ana
more intimate social intercourse, by
which each and all may be made hap
pier, wiser and better. One of the
greatest evils of these busy, money
making times is, .that we shut our
selves up in ourselves, and give our
time and thoughts to our business to
the utter neglect of all else. It is our
duty, and should be our pleasure, to
know each other better, and cultivate
more assiduously those social ameni
ties which always afford pleasure and
add a charm, without which life is
comparatively cheerless. I believe if
men generally knew more of each oth
er, if they could see more of the work
ings of the human heart, they would
find less to censure and more to ad
mire and love.
Another and, probably the most lm
. portant duty imposed by the very na
ture and purpose of our order is to ele
vate all that comes within its reach.
"Knowledge is power" in all the
varied pursuits of life, from the hum
blest to the most exalted, and he who
possesses it may be cast down, but can
not utterly fall. Ignorance is the curse
of the world; it is the willing tool of
the demagogue, the blind victim of
avarice, the hand-maiden of super
stition, the bloody sacrifice on the al
tar of ambition. Of its bones lt has
reared a thousand monuments to com
memorate the genius of Hannibal* and
Coesars and Bonapartes. Through all
the ages it has toiled on and on, in
poverty and degradation; and on it
as on solid walls, thrones have been
established to reign and rule wiih iron
hand over the yielding millions! It
licks the hand that smites it; it robes
its oppressors In costly raimentjand
surfeits them with riches and earthly
honors. It bends the neck to receive
the yoke, and toils on, and ever with
the patience of the ox which only
knoweth his master's crib.
It knows nothing of the great world
without—ofthe bright, glowing lights
just beyond the bonier, into which, if
It could find the way through the
darkness and gloom, it would be trans
formed into a beautiful image before
which angels would fall down and wor
ship.
Such Is a brief, though imperfect,
picture of ignorance. What can we
do to dispel it? Let lt be our aim to
cultivate our minds, to train ourselves
to habits of thought, the better to dis
charge the great trusts reposed in us,
as co-guardians of our rights, liberties
and independence.
Let us not forget our children. We
shall soon pass away, and they must
occupy our places and assume and dis
charge the grave responsibilities rest
ing on every citizen. Whatever may
be our lot, whether we be poor or rich,
let us never neglect the education of
the young minds committed to our
care. Besides giving them th? bene
fit of our excellent public school sys
tem and such further education as
you may choose, never forget to give
them such training at home, by word
and example, as will cause them to
shun, as they would shun the poison
of the asp, the crying evils that threat
en us with moral death. Teach them
that labor guided by intelligence, is
the most honorable of vocations; that
kindness, charity and brotherly love
are three great elements in human
life thnt have their reward here, and
whose fruits bloom throughout eter
nity.
And now Patrons, Matrons and
friends allow me to close with one
more remark. We desire to be at peace
with all mankind. We make no san
guinary war on any other class, voca
tion or iuterest. We earnestly desire
to see all others prosper on just and
equitable principles. It is our purpose
to aid all enterprises that promise good
to the public at large, to the extent of
our ability. Home mechanics, and
home manufactories are interests not to,
be neglected. They build up towns
aud cities, and cities afford us mar
kets for our surplus productions, while
they furnish us the merchandize we
consume and the various implements
of husbandry with which we prosecute
our industry.
Let the mechanic know we are his
friends, and the poor laborer that our
prosperity is his and his ours. But let
it also be known that agriculture must
have its just reward; that the oppres
sions of monopolies must be abolished;
that all classes of community must
yield their just tribute to the public
burdens; that official corruptions must
cease and honest, faithful, capable
men fill public stations.
If to secure these just demands, we
are compelled to fight, let us form in
solid column and enter the field like
brave men determined on victory!
Armed with the sword of truth, victory
will come as surely as God smiles on
the just.
And who shall measure the length
and breadth, the height and deptli of
such a victory! When agriculture
shall be emancipated in the new world
and labor shall be freed from the fetters
that bind its limbs; when all opposing
forces shall be vanquished, the voice of
the song of trumph will be borne on
the breeze of the morning away oyer
the waters of the great deep to the
toiling millions of the old world.
"Clothed and in their right mind" like
the giant armed with spear and hel
met, they too will march forth to vic
tory and conquest!
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CORNER OF
Alameda and First Streets.
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PERRY, WOODWORTH & CO,
LUMRER YARDS
AND PLANING MILLS.
NO. re COMMERCIAL ST.
Keep constantly on hand a full assortment
of LUMBER, DOORS, SASH, MOULDINGS,
BLINDS, TURNED AND SAWED WORK.
All kinds of mill work done to order. oc2
GRIFFITH, LYNCH & CO.
DEALERS IN LUMRER.
CORN«R FIRST AND AIAMEDA STS.
Mill Work of all Kinds.
—HITCH AS—
DOORS, BASH, BLINDS, ETC., KTC.
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LOS ANGELES SODA WORKS,
No. IS ALISO STREET.
HENRY W. STOLL, Proprietor.
Supplies Bar Rooms and private fami
lies with the purest and best
SODA A.VB SARSAPARILLA,
Delivered to any part of the city. lno2-lm
n .
Eight Mile House.
MRS. DONALDSON, OF THE
Eight Mile House, Cowango Pass, an
nounces that she will receive a few gentlemen
to board. No pains will be spared to add to
their comforts, with facilities for going and
coirUng from the city. pcSI-tf
P. WILSON,
SHAVING SALOON,
Next Sen to Soyea * tiatea,
A NO OWOSJTE THE HERALD
4% UUV*. Ci.-nn Towels kept on hand.
Gents' clothing cleaned and repaired. Cash
or work paid for east off clothing. dOltn
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MISCELLANEOUS.
REPUBLIC
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF 4 lIICAUO. ILLINOIS.
Cash Capital, . 81,000,000
Branrbea ln all theKtateaof the I'nion.
HAVING NOW COMPLETED
the organization of our
I*»eifio J3i"&iieli,
We take pleasure in announcing that our Pa
cific Coast Stockholders have elected the fol
lowing well-known citizens as otlicers of our
PACIFIC BRANCH:
J*resittent:
OLIVKK .ELDHIDGF.
Vive-Presidents:
THOS. A. BALL, WM. It. WHEATON
A. L GURNEY Secretary pro tern
JAS. T. BO VP Attorney
THOS. BROWN Treasurer
CHAS. BI'RRRLI Medical Examiner
Executive Committee:
OLIVER ELDRIDGE, JOS. A. DONOHOE,
JAS. T. BOYD. GEO. W. BEAVER,
CHAS. BURRELL. THOS. BELL,
E. 11. PERRIN.
Directors:
OLIVER ELDREPGE,LELAND STAN FORD
GEO. W. BEAVER, THOS. BROWN,
N. G. KITTLE; C. CHRISTIANSEN,
JOHN F. MILLER, THOS. H. SELBY,
JAN. T. BOYD, R. F. MORROW,
C. I. BRENHAM, S. F. BITTER WORTH
M. D. SWEENY, GEO. H. WHEATON,
L FRIEDLANDER, WM. BTRLING,
A. BLACK. THOS. A. BALL,
lOS. A. DONOHOE, WM. R. WHEATON,
THOS. BELL. E. B. PERRIN,
C. T. RYLAND, WM. L. DICKENSON
WM. S. LADT).
THE
REPUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Was chartered by special act of the Legisla
ture of the State of Illinois, and commenced
doing business in July, 1870, making It now
Just three years old. Its plan of orguni?ation
was to have
$3,000,000 Capital Stock,
with twenty per cent, paid ln.anil the balance
subject to call. With BRANCH ORGANIZA
TIONS of stockholders iv the lending business
centers of the country, composed of tne best
business men—thus making a Company of
National extent and prestige, and yet a
HOXE COMPANY AT EACH BRANCH.
The Company at Oils date hns policies In
force coveritaj over $25,000,000 of risks, with an
annual Income of over
$11,000,000,
ALL ASSETS OF PACIFIC BRANCH IN
VESTED ON THIS {'OAST.
Capital Stock of Pacific Branch,
over * 300,000 00
Invested in Mortgages on Real Es
tate in California during the hist
four months, over IOO.COO 00
828 Policies Issued at Pacific Branch
during same period, insuring 1,242,160 00
<'ha nre* for Insurance 25 per Cent.
Less thnn Mntnal Companion.
THIS RKPTTILIC
Does not borrow THE CAPITAL of Policy
holders on PROMISES to return the same at
some INDEFINITE future period and CALL
IT A DIVIDEND.
In presenting the claimß of TIIK REPUB
LIC to the patronage of the people of this
Coast, we shall at all times aim to be gov
erned by sound business considerations, and a
due regard for the rights and merits of com
peting companies.
OFFICE OF THE PACIFIC BRANCH,
NO. 317 CALIFORNIA STREET,
Below Sansome Street.
EDGAR A. W T t
with S. H. Slaught. Real Estate Agent. 73
Main strict, Los Angeles,
LOCAL AGLNT.
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Louis Wartenberg,
Jj\\ST EXPRESS
AND PASSENGER LINE
TO ANAHEI3I.
Through in Three Hours and a Half!
FARE AT RED!CCD BATES.
ma. Leaves Los Angeles daily at 2 P. JL
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JOSEPH BRESON,
SAMPLE ROOMS,
OPPOSITE L. S. HOTEL, MAIN ST.
Tho purest WINES, the choicest CIGARS
and the best FANCY DRINKS concocted
south of San Francisco.
ifcß" Tern pie Block, next to Wells, Cargo m
Company's office. no2-liulp
CITY LAUNDRY,
NINTH STREET, BETWEEN
Grasshopper and Grlftln strict.
LOS ANGELES.
Gentlemen's, HOTEL AND DASKTAURANT
WASHING done on reasonable terms.
PEARL BUTTONS sewed on, and ordinary
MENDING done. Washing called for and de
livered, FREE OF CHARGE.
«** Order slate at Broderiek's Book Store.
noMmlp .1. s. O'NEIL
The Napa Gang Plow.
TO THE FARMERS OF LOS
Angeles County; We call your attention
jo the new IMPROVED GANG PLOW, pa
tented by D. A. Manuel, of Napa, nnd adopted
by the Granges of this State. The points of
superiority arc: Lightness of draft, lt being a
centre draft; a castor wheel ln the rear, which
makes lt turn in a space sufficient to accom
modatelts length; lt has a falling pole and
can, by sliding, be adjusted to the driver's
w 'gilt, and rem »vcs all pressure from the
hones' necks. We only ask farmers to call
1 nd -xamlne lor themselves.
t.ol HELLMAN, HAAS A CO.
National Restaurant
C corner of commercial
J and Wilmington streets, Los Angeles.
We rum tub THE BEST TWENT Y-FTV E
CENT MEALS of any restaurant in town.
Wholesome food, good cooking, nnd a clean
and airy dining room, has made this restau
rant a favorite. LINDNER 4 BOTTCHER.
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NUMBER 55
LINES OF TftAVEL.
LOsTaNGELES &~SAN PEDRO
RAILROAD.
ON 'AND AFTER >,OV. 1, 1873,
train.-, will run as (oUoWft, Waving
WILJHXGTON-7M"i A. M.'nnd 1 P. M.
LOS ANGELES—Iit A. M. and :,: 16 p. M.
Except OB dnys of steamers' bi.,,al end di
part lire, when trains will n:u lo «.>:.nei .-•(.
steamer.
Passengers for San Frsneisoo and son Diet- •
will leave Lor .Vngeles by tne II JL train,
cnuncctltMt at Wilmington v.itl* the Compa
ny's steamer.
**»• First-class passenger cfß* will can ngn
larly.
No Charge lor to MerehaniN in
the Country.
JOHN iIILNER, Agent at io- Am
oc2ll E. E. HEffPT,.- 1 .
PACIFIC MAILJTEAMSHIP CO.
NCTIEDIT.E FOB I»E<'EMBF.R. 1573.
THE STEAMER^
& v
For Nantn Rarhnrn. Nasi Pedro. Ann
helm LaudiiiK cite] Son Die
Kerive Sm-. Arrive Sr») fjSßre Sett Arrive fan
Francisco. Feitro. i'<<if. Franc to.
Dec 1 Dec 3 Dec i .
Dec ii Dec 14 Dec |7 l)er lit
Dec 2? Dec 2i M Dcc £ >.• 31
•miAsiKTt Moiroxoo, capt. «;. fi. notlass.
Dec...'.... fllDee K'Dec !l
Dec 181 Dec 20|l)ec r , Uae '- •
Dec nfJan > Jan *|3ee ti
NTKAMKR ORIZ AHA, ( AIT. ti. T. TOIIVSTON.
The .Mohongo will nJaocMl EM s - " Rlmei n
nnd San Luis Obispo, Bill hikes no 1,-clght for
Ban Simeon.
STEAMKR <;il'S\ ,
For San Dlcgo and all way ports, carrying
OILS, ACIDS, POWDER, etc., nol iillowed to
be carried on passenger steamer-, will leave
San Frnnelseo DECEMBER 30.
Freight on OILS, to San Pedro, € cent •,
case.
FOR NEW YORK VIA PANAMA,
Steamers leave Sun Francisco December
4th nnd 28th, and call at Ban Diejro, Maiatlan,
Jlanzanillo and Acapulco.
FOR CHINA AND JAP.'N.
Steamers leave San Francl-co DECEMEET?
Ist and 16th.
Through Rills of I.udlngsigncrt, nn-'fir.
tickets sold to all ports on IheSau Djego rout<
to New York, Europe, Mexico and 6011 th
America, at San Francisco Unit! latos.
PASSAGE^
To New York, cabin M 0
To New York, steerage ~ 0s
To San Francisco, enhln
To San Francisco, steeMge S
Cabin plans at agent's office. For passage
"PPly to H. SIcLELLAN,
not Agent for Los Angelas County.
1 AGENCY OF THE
Hamburg, Bremen and Steitcn
Mail Steamship Companies.
BEING APPOINTED AGENT OF
the above Mail Steamship Cciui nines
for the Southern Coast, I am preoared to fur
nish THROUGH PASSAGE TICKETS by any
of those lines of steamers,
To and from Europe,
tojNew York and Bah Eranclsco at the lowi si
rates. Also {jive MONEY POSTAL ORDERS
to all paits Of
Germany, Switzerland. Austria, France
Eiitflanil. Sweden. Norway
ami Denmark.
Which will be delivered to the receiver free of
charge, at their respective houses, in anj part
Of Europe.
Also, gives DRAFTS on any pur! of Europe
in sums to suit.
Collections made in any Part of
Europe.
Forparticulars, apply to
H. FLEISHMAN, Bel hi I'nion store,
oc2tf.it> AgenNn UwAnseles.
.wntEr.-r,..,.,
EDUCATIONAL.
LAWLOR INSTITUTE
ICS Mn|ii Street. %mv Va^eles.
THE SEVENTH SEMI-ANNt r AL
Session of this t
WE2L,IO <J 'V I>.\ Hi li OOL,
in which girls and bojßl DPOeive ji rSKFUL, ,
i'K.\« TifAi, a n no <-o v, pi.ktk English Education,
commenced i»h MONDAY, AuOUST 11, ! '
TERMS PEK MOSTII:
English studies, Inelmlln'g tbe ordinary
school Branclies, and Pouhle-Eiitiy
Bfiok-Kccplng nnd Algebra .'•
Primary Geography, Second and Third
Readers 4 en
Chart mid Primer Clause* "• ;.>■
X X T It A ».
Latin, PhoneticHkort-hawd and Gcons
ctry, per moqth Ji! 0<)
Competent Teachers of Draxiing, Painting,
and the Modern Lfingitagcs, will beconue -d
With the Institution.
For further particular*, apply in t':
signed, nt the School Bnlldfng.
nosml W._B. LAWI <>it. Pi'iasipal.
FRENCH and SPANISsi LESSORS
IN THE FRENCH
and Spanish, languages will be glvi n to clu^s.-.
or In i«-ivate, ehmmclicttig on
WEDXF.HDAY. OCTOBffn », IB7S.
tktSih qf TctrtoN j
Private lessons ! Kloach
Twenty lessons IS 00
Lessons to any number <>t pupil-,
over live, for one month,tntvi les
sons every week, each pupil '-' ir'
French and Spanish'Selim.! for chili! en ev
ery day iSaturdnys excepted) il ' ' ; oVi. ,j P.
M. TITTIGN, per month. :.
For furtlier nartioulani, Iriqulro tn No. 107
Main street. Tmnslation of Kkhsck, Span
fHlt AM) ENBMSH. F. V. C. UK MONDKA.V
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ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE,
LOS ANGELKS4.
CONDUCTED~RY THE PRIESTS
ol tlie Congregation of tho Mission.
DEGREES' CONFERRED, and th" most
complete Education given. No more b itutl
ftilly situated spot in the whole ol s nth
California. Apply by lettdV, or pl. v, ::..; •
REV. J. MoulLLi C.
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PELICAN SALOOjJ,
Sprint/ Strf' t. opposite the VoA Office.
Dave mainThas retirf:d
from the Judicial contesl. in order tod.
vote his lime U> more classical pursuits.
Floating down the stream of life_j>lacidly,
with iiura•>headed old GEORGE DAKIN, they
will In conjunction prepare- the tuiowlng
nifty drinks:
The Alamairooßler,
The Pereoonroot,
The Nipratoiihsrtirix.
The Bria Around the Cornt-r.
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The CHOICEST WINKS, LIQUOR* AND
CIGARS always on hand. n.^-ini
I. B. FERGUSON S
QOMMTSSIOy HOUSE
Is the Exeluslve Couiaaission Hume to
"* go to lor Every tliluyf You Want.
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