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ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
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ATORNEYS AT LAW,
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ST. PAUL MINN.
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Stearns and adjoining counties. ap 10.
DR. V. FELL,
Homeopathic Physician!
AND DENTIST,
Clearwater,
Minnesota.
Tl5n20-72
E. K. JAQUES,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Resenberger Block.
BAINT CLOUD. MINNESOTA-
D. H. SELBY,
—AGENT—
Singer Sewing Machines.
Needles, Oil, Taekers, Bafflers and other
findings constantly on hand.
Office in 5. Tobej's book-store.
ST. CLOUD MINN.
C. SCHULTEN,
DRUGGIST
and
PHARMACEUTIST,
S Ittinx*.
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ed day or night.
CHAS. S. WEBER, M. D.,
HOMEOPAIHIC PHYSICIAN,
8T CLOUD, MINN
Office on St. Qermain street, 3d dooreast
of Catholic Church.
ST.CLOUD
Homeopathic Pharmacy.
H1BI0IIB GIBBS 1KB BOOKS,
in thefanuly and for thetreatment
of
HORSES, CATTLE
and otheriomestio animals
References—
C. 8. WEBER.
LeROY GROUT,
AND SURVEYOR,
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
Taxes of non-residents attended to
promptly.
Speoial attention giren to Land examina
tion.
P.L.OREQOR1 St Cloud.
H. C. BURBANK, do.
J. C. BURBANK, St Paul.
H. TROTT, ST. P.sP.B. R. do.
Office with P. L. Gregory, Washington
avenue. aprStf
P. METST & SON,
MERCHANT TAILORS
Shop opposite the Kelly House,
WASHINGTON AVBNUB,
ST. CLOUD, MINH.
n40-ly
W. HENDERSON.
Dealerinand Manufaotnrer of
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers
tGf* Custom work done inthe beststyle
Repairingneatly and promptly done.
Washingtn avenue, next door to Meter
oths Clothiaf store n4
O. E. GARRISON,
Civil Engineer & Architect,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Hating had twenty-two years' experi
ence—tweWe in Government surveying—I
hope to give satisfaction in all branohes of
Engineering.
Pine and other Lands entered and taxes
paid for Non-residents, and full descrip
tion given from personal examination.
Office and residence near the. Episcopal
Church.
Mapa of Stearns County for sale.
tST NOTARY PUBLIC.
O. O. HINES,
JPAINTER!
.'s-»H'A
Bias
Shop on Washington Avenue,
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
Vl3nl6
VOL. XVI.
BANE O SAINT CLOUD
Does a
General Banking,liehairs, and
k-tata Bulneu.
JAS. A. BILL,
J. Q. SMITH,
President.
St. Olond, April 2,1868.
Cashier.
BANKING HOUSE
—or—
THOS. C. MoCLURE,
SAINT CLOUD. WNNMOTA.
GENERAL BANKINO BUSINESS BONE.
JUST PUBLISHED!
STRAUSS' WALTZES
arranged as
VIOLIN SOLOS.
A»k tkv E it
Paper Copy sent, post-paid, for $1.50 in
boards, $2
Address,
J. L. PETER8,
S99 Broadway, N. T.
SANCER-FEST.
(The Singing Festival.)
A Collection Glee*, a Song*, Cho
ruses, etc. or
MALE VOICES.
Sample oopies mailed, post-paid, for $1.50
$15 per dosen.
Address, J. L. PETERS,
699 Broadway, N. T.
FAIRY VOICES.
A New Music Book for Bay Schools.
Send 60 cents, and we will mail a sample
copy, April 1st.
Address, J. L. PETERS,
69S Bradway, N. T.
F. E TOZIER,
PAINTER & GLAZIER,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
ORDERS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
Satisfaction given, or no eharge.
T. J. BONHAM,
Practical Tinsmith and Dealer la
I 1 W A E
Parties in need of Guttering, Spouting,
any kind of Job Work will find it te
their advantage to give me a call as I
make this woork a specialty. n43:
M. BECKER.
BOO AND SHOEMAKER.
Boots, Shoes and Gaiters
Made in the lateststyle and of the best
stock. Oeod fits warranted. Quality of
work guaranteed.
EASTERN WORK always on hand for
sale aheap.
ALSO LEATHER ANB FINDINGS
{Shopon St .0ermainstreet, nextdoorte
Book Store.
If YOU WANT SOME OF
THS
BEST LANDS
in
STEARNS COUNTY,
AT
CHEAP RATES,
Address
a in IT.
Post Office Box 2234,
vlS-n Naw YOBS
E O O I A N
BILLIARD HALL!
Having leased and fitted np in first-class
style this popular and conveniently located
Billiard Hall, would ask a oall from his
friends and the public He has the most
approved
BILLIARD TABLES
in use. They are of the "Biunswiok"
make, and give the best satisfaction te
players. His bar is supplied with the
choicest
WIRES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
Corner of Washington avenue and St.
Germain street, opposite the Central House,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
vital
C..F& W.Powell
Dealers in all kinds of
SHELF AND HEAVY
HARDWARE,
Iron, Nails, Glass,
BLACKSMITH TOOLS,
Agricultural Implements,
GENUINE
MOLINE PLOWS.
MINNEAPOLIS PLOWS.
TIH, COPPER ft SHEET-IRON WARE.
Burbank ft Powell's Block, St. Germain
street.
vl4-n86
5UT1C1C TO CREDITORS
In the matter of the estate ot Haaey W. Allen
deeeassd.
Notice Is hereby given that the Jndgs of the Pro
bate Court of Btearn* county ha* fixed upon the first
Monday of each and every month far the next six
months,end the Probate offlce in said county, as the
times and plsee when and where he will receive,
"*•/'.*nd *d'*1,8t
a
claims of all persons against
said deceased, aud that six months have been limit
Vm"
for
cndltors to present their claims
against said esUts.
Dated the 80th day of June, 1873.
I UlyS-ftW B. H. AIWOOD, Sxecutor.
MINNEAPOLIS.
ThsnamssgWta In this column are those of the
lavajcat and most reliable houses In their sev
erellineeof bailees* in Minneapolis.
1
BaalMinneapolis
Bag
A O
JB\ W A I
suooissoa TO
BULLARD & MILLER,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Cotton and Paper Flour
Sacks, Burlaps,
—AND—
C3-ROO"E.R*"Y- BA.C3-S.
36 'Washington Avenue,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
I N N E A O I S
A E WORKS.
G. W. HERRICK,
Dealer in
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MARBLE,
^ro-N-TTJvninisrTs
HEAD STONES AND
MANTLES.
Nicollet St., Betwee 3d a 4U»,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Work set np in St. Cloud and vicinity
without Extra charge.
vl4m4«-lv
BARNARD & CLARE,
Furniture Manufacturers
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
The sabseribers beg leave to annoonoe to
their many patrons ana Mends that their
aew Factory is new in operation and thi
tkey are prepared to fill ell orders for
First Class Furniture!
PROMPTLY. AT LOW PRICES.
A new price list will be issued tothe trade
about the first of July, and speoial efforts
will be made to make their establishment
Headquarters for the Dealers throughout
the Northwest.
FINE CUSTOM WORK RONE TO ORDER.
BARNARD & GLARE.
Factory 4ih Street, East side. Warerooms
6 Centre Block. v!4n48
BOND'S RESTAURANT
AND
EUROPEAN HOTEL
I S N O W O E N
NO. 18 WASHINGTON AVENUE
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
M. GASPABD'S
A E E E A
The undersigned has taken the Hall on
St. Germain street, near the oorner of
Jefferson avenue, and has fitted it up in
flrst-olass style. His friends will always
find the best qualities of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Fresh Beer Constantly on Tap.
Give him a oall.
M, GASPARD.
St. Cloud. May 1,1872.
J. W. METZROTH
Has removed his
Clothing Store,
'•rrosna THIOBHTRAI. HODS*.
MEZROTR'S IS THE PLACE.
A large stook of th eflnest
CAS8IMBRES,
BROADCLOTHS,
and all kinds
Gent's Furnishing Goods
always on hand.
MT* METZROTH-fflS THE PLAGE I
GENTLEMEN'S SU1T&
made at
in the latest
HEW YORM LORDON IHD PARIS STYLES
PIONEER WAGON SHOP
EC. W W A
Manufacturer of
FARM AND FREIGHT WAGONS,
LIGHT WAGONS, BUGGIES
Speoial attention paid to REPAIRING
H. W. WEART
Lake Street rear of Montgomery & West'
E A A E I
GOETTEN & TROSSEN
Offer to the public, at Hoepner's old stand,
on St. Germain street, everything in the
line ofMEAT, ineluding,
SVeeala a
&> ix
is $ a 8 a a
a &
at as reasonable rates aa any stand in ths
oity.
Give them a oall and see for yourselves.
St. Cloudi Feb. 4th, 1878. vl6-n
PURE LAKE ICE I
We are prepared to supply families, ho
tels, saloons, etc, with pure
XI-A.B:E I E
in any desired quantity. Ice will be de
livered every day at your door. Leave or
ders with
n47-tf DORR ft MARSHALL.
Cheap Carpet Hall of the
State.
Larg StoeK Constantl on Hanel.
ST. PAUL.
The name* glren in thi* column are thote of the
largest and most reliable honi** In their
••YwalUne* of bulneMln Bt.Pan!.
a
DAIRY GOODS OF ALL KINDS.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue.
MERRELL RYDER,
Manufacturer and Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in Fancy' Furs,
O E S A N O A S
Commission Dealer
.' For thesale and purchase of
FTJRS, ROBE8, SKINS, HIDES, GAME,
A &c, &o.
No. S3 Jackso Street, St. a
vl5nl9tf
O A S A
STRONG &ANDERSON
Manufacturersand Dealersin
Garpets.Oil-Gloths, Mattings, Curtain Ma,
erials, Upholstery Goods, Wall Paper
Bedding, Window Shades, Feathers, &o
No* a 4 Street.
ST PA.UL. MINNESOTA
QUINBT & HALLOWELL,
a to and it
62, 64, 65 and Robert Street,
8T. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
vl4n47-ly
Polloc^Donaiason&0£ilen
Importers of
CROCKERY AND FRENCH CHINA.
a in W it China
Gold a China
UNITED
CUTTERS, SLEDS, &oJ
All work made from the very best mate
rial, and fully warranted. Prices reason
able. Parties needing anything in myline
will do well to give me a oall.
Decorated China
Sold insets or separately.
Fine Glaeeware, Table Cutlery Plated Ware.
109 Street, St. a
maySO-lr
ST. CLOUD
MARBLE WORKS
JOSEPH HERSGHBACH.
DEALER in-
Monuments & Gravestones
Alto, Contractor for all kinds of
Stone Cutting to Order.
St. Germain street—two doors east of the
Catholic church. n27
A. C. BEVAN,
Sigpn a O a
a a in
—ALSO—
Grainer, Marnier, Decorator and Fin
inner.
St. CLOUD, Tl6n2 MINN.
C. BRIDGMAN,
Dealer in
IMI IB E IR,
at the Mills, Lower St. Cloud
St. Cloud Quadrille Band
The undersigned will furnish first-olass
musio for Balls. Special attention giren to
supplying private parties, with from two to
UTO pieces, as may.be desired.
Charges reasonable.
GEO. E. PULLER.
St. Cloud, Sept. 7th. 1871.
STATES DISTRICT COURT
—DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA—ss.
The undersigned hereby gives notiee of
his appointment as Assignee of Charles H.
Kauffmann, of St. Cloud, in the County of
Stearns and State of Minnesota, within
said District, who has been adjudged a
bankrupt upon petition of oreditors, by the
District Court of said District.
All persons indebted to said bankrupt by
note, account or otherwise, are requested
to make immediate payment.
STRAFED
3. MATHIES
83treet, Paul, Minnesota
NATHAN F. BARNES,
of St. Cloud, Assignee.
July 7th, 1878. 3w
N O I E
Notiee is hereby given that the under
signed has been designated as Assignee of
Peter J. Limperiob, who has assigned for
the benefit of his oreditors.
All persons indebted to said Limperich
are notified to moke immediate payment
to N. F. BARNES,
ST. CLOUD. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1873.
Assignee.
Baled, St. Cloud, Minn., July 6,1873.
julylO-Sw
E S A
from Maine Prairie, about the
first of May a RED STEER, three years
old, large, white spotted, with large horns.
A liberal reward will be paid for the return
of the animal to F. Kimball, at Maine
Prairie, or te the undersigned at St. Cloud.
JOHN RILEY.
St. Cloud, May 26,1878. may29-af
FOR SALE.
JL O-OOX) &J±Ett&
five miles this side of New Munich. For
sale cheap and on easy terms. lnquire,.of
JOHNVANDERSLUIS,
un26-2m St. Cloud, Minn.
ALL
ORDERS FOU
_.
JOB PRINTING
PROMPTLY FILLED
AT THIS OFFICE,
WHAT IS LGTE?
BT^BOaSM H. MVBPAT.
"What i* LOT*f the maiden asked.
Th*n I wrote these word, of truth
"When the brain lightly tasked.
LOT,** a pawlon In onr youth.
"When w* enter manhood'* race,
Grasp th* honors of onr time,
Find them empty, worthless, bass,—
LOTS'* a solace in our prims.
"When our hair* are blanched by year,,
Pain and fears onr thoughts "engage
Still it glisten* through our tear*,—
Love'* a habit In our age."
Leant the maiden on my chair.
Stayed my hand with playful strife,
Shook her sunny silken hair,—
"Love," she whispered, "is our life
MORMONISM.
AN OUTLINE OF ITS
HISTORY.
Polygamists and Anti
Polygamists.
THE IOWA BRANCH.
REMOVAL TO MINNESOTA IN 1865.
Matters of Belief In Spiritual and
Temporal Affairs.
"ERROR S CORRKCTED TRUTHS
PRKSKlfTKO."
Editor St. Cloud Journal.
In order to gratify the wishes of
some of oor friends, and also that the
people at largo may be better informed
relative to onr views in the manage
ment of anr temporal affairs, I deem
it advisable to write a brief outlioe of
some of the moves and regulations
which we, of late, have adopted,as well
as some of the reasons for oor so doing.
Misrepresentations are already in circu
lation oonoerning us, whether designed
ly or otherwise, I know net. However
the ease may be, I wish to correct the
public mind by stating matters of fact
as they really exist with us as a com
munity.
First, noticing some bt the causes of
our standing aloof from the Salt Lake
Church. I am aware that public
opinion, especially where prejudice ex
ists, ranks all who are celled Mormons
in one general elass of fanatics, let
them be in whatever land they may.
However unjust this may be, we can
not help it. In the spring of 1846 the
Mormons were expelled from the State
of Illinois Under stress of arms. Not
knowing what better we could do, we
followed on en masse as far as to the
Missouri river, and orossed over to the
Nebraska side. Preparations were
made by some for raising crops others
went to Missouri to work, in order to
procure the necessaries of life while a
small oompany of pioneers prooeeded
on their journey to Salt Lake. In the
meantime opportunities were presented
for a more minute investigation of some
of the doctrinal points held by tho
church. Finding that thev did not har
monize with the law and order of God
we could not endorse them as principles
of salvation, right or righteousness.
Thereupon we changed our course, re
turning back to the southwestern part
of the State of Iowa, and selected a lo
cation in Fremont county, where a
ohuroh was reorganised under the su
pervision of Alpheus Cutler, and under
more wholesome principles. Things
moved on smoothly until August, 1884,
when our leader, Alpheus Cutler, was
taken away by death. Some divisions
arose relative to the rights of authori
ty the church became measurably
broken up, and it was thought advis
able to sell our farms and remove to
Minnesota. Arrangements were made
accordingly, and on the first day of
June, 1865, we started on our journey,
arriving at Clitherall Lake, Otter Tail
county, on the.last day of July, 1865,
where we met with a few of our breth
ren and their families, who had been
sent the fall previous to hunt a looatien
for our little colony. Soon after our
arrival the ohuroh was again reorganised
with some seventy members, with a
view of acting upon principles of equity
and righteousness before God. and with
all mankind so far as we have to do.
This church has since been- incorpor
ated agreeably to the statute laws of
the State of Minnesota, under the name
and title o* "The Chureh of Jesus
Christ." Other organisations of the
Mormon people are known under the
name and title of "The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints."
I will now return to the subjeot first
presented. As before stated, public
opinion classes all who are called Mor
mons on one general level. This might
do in ease all who were practicing the
same things, and it only required the
name to make the Christian. But
Christ says,
MNot
every one that saith,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king
dom of heaven, but he that doeth the
will of my Father who is in heaven.*'
Thus it is the doer of His will that
makes the Christian, not the name.
Finding the law broken by the old
church, and not wishing to follow on
in the same way and thereby oome un
der the the same condemnation, we,
in order to extrioate ourselves and
stand justified before God, found it ex
pedient to be more particular in observ
ing the whole law given to the ohuroh.
But those who are opposed to the prin
ciples on whioh we are endeavoring to
tot, say that we are requiring more of the
people than Christ and His Apostles
did in their day that our movements
are unjust and contrary to the laws and
commandments of God, and that our
ohuroh is only a trap to swindle the
people out of their*property. This last
point I will notice again in its place.
But what are those principles 7 In
brief, they are principles of equality,
both in spiritual and temporal things.
The greatest complaints heard are in
regard to the latter. Bat we belifve
it right and according to the will of
(iod that His people should be one or
in other words, equal in temporal
things that one man should not pos
sess that which is above another, ex
cept as their different ocoupatioos may
require it. Wo believe the revelations
and word of God given through the
Prophet Joseph Smith to be true, and
of the same validity as the word of God
through the ancient Prophets. Thus
we resort to the laws and command
ments given through him for a portion
of our church government, rules and
regulations, all agreeing in principles
preoisely with the doctrine of Christ
contained in the Testament scripture.
In the laws given to the church the
people are required to be one, or equal
in temporal things. Agents or Bishops
are to attend .to this business under the
direction of the Presidency or High
Council, and agreeably to the laws and
oMPmandments of God. In view of
these facts and for the purpose of
understanding more fully how to car
ry these matters into effect it was
deemed advisable to investigate every
item in its place aod make our arrange
ments aeoordingly. Whereupon the
High Council assembled, some twenty*
four in number, ail having an opportun
ity t» give their views and vote in fa
vor of or against what was proposed. Af
ter due consideration, decisions were
made, and sanctioned by a unanimous
vote of both Council and Church, where
upon steps were taken to equalize the
people in temporal things. First, by ap
praising all property in the hands of the
ohuroh as near to its real value as possi
ble (our lands not included), after which
distribution was made as every one had
need, setting oft a steward ship fully
sufficient for the support of each family
in all their different occupations and
supplying all their necessary wants.
All the surplus properties was cast into
the storehouse to become the common
property of the whole churoh, to be
held by the Trustees in trust, to be
used for building houses of worship,
supplying the wants of the needy, and
canceling our debts, in or out side of
the ohuroh, or for any necessary ex
penditures'wbioh might oecur. But
no property should be taken, or apprais
ed, or disposed of without the consent
of the lawful owners thereof, all things
beiog done by common consent and
according to just and holy principles,
every man esteeming his brother's in
terest as his own, and leaving no room
for deception, swindling:, or dishonesty
of any kind to be practiced on an na
suspeoting people. Etch maa holds
his own homestead, but as some claims
are all timber and others prairie, all
are allowed to till as much land as
they can properly manage, either on
their own claim or on another man's,
providing it is first agreed upon by the
body or parties concerned. None are
required or compelled to go into this
arrangement unwillingly ample time
being given for all to investigate every
point and compare with the law and
word of God. Further, we consider it
advisable in times of adversity to live
a little closer but in times of prosper
ity we enjoy more abundantly ot tem
poral things. These rules are observed
in order to keep within the limits of
our means, and have wDerewith to
meet all our engagements outside oi
our society. Thus all, both ministers
and members, share alike as the Gospel
rule requires. We aro aloo required to
have all our garments made plainly and
by our own hands thus doing away
with pride in all its forms and the fol
lowing of the unnecessary fashions of
the world. We oelieve that pride is
an evil and should be done away with
and we would adopt a uniformity of
dress, if our circumstances would permit
us so to do, yet all can live at about
the same expense. Our interests are
all thrown together in this light, eaoh
esteeming his brother's welfare as his
own, bearing one another's burdens, as
the Gospel requires yet every one act
ing his own 8tewardship,and eating out
of his own flour barrel and managing
his own ooncerns in view of the rules
before mentioned. Every individual,
has aright to let his wants be known,
so all ean be properly supplied, if his
wants are just and there are sufficient
means in store to supply suoh wants.
Thus a people can become one or equal
in temporal things.
I would be glad to take a careful sur
vey of Scriptural proof upon the princi
ples ot oneness or equality, but it cov
ers too broad a ground to be given in
this short article, and I ean only refer
to a very few passages. In Acts ii, 44,
45 we read that all that believed were
together and bad all things common
and sold their possessions and goods
and parted them as every man had
need, being in number about three
thousand souls, and (42d verse) contin
ued in the Apostles' doctrine, Aots iv.
32, 34, 35, S7, read as follows: And
the multitude ot them that believed
were of one heart and one soul, neither
said any of them aught of the things
which he possessed was his own but
had all things common. Neither were
there any among them that lacked, for
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as many as were possessors of lands or
houses sold them and brought the price
ot the things that were sold, and laid
them at the Apostles' feet, and distri
bution was made unto every man ac
cording as be had need. Having aeld
it brought the money and laid it at
the Apostles' feet. Chapter v. shows
the danger of hypocrisy in these things,
as in the case of Ananias and wife.
Thus the ancient saints and Apostles,
as well as the Saviour through all Ilis
ministry, set forth a principle of equal
ity in temporal things. This you can
find by a careful examination of the
Scriptures upon this subject.
But to return to the old church.
Through all their changes we find a
gradual falling away from the strict
laws and oommands of God, but they
did not break the laws of the land to
any extent until after they had settled
in Nauvoo, Hancock count), Illinois.
Having many times suffered unjustly at
the hands of their enemies, some gave
way to a spirit of retaliation, breaking
both the laws of the land and the laws
of God. Although Joseph Smith and
others did all in their power to oause a
reform, yet it was all to no purpose with
the transgresssors. In this instance
the people at large had some just oause
of oomplaint, which has caused much
more prejudice to exist than otherwise
would have existed. In oonsequenoe
of these and other evils the church
finally became a rejected people as a
body but not as individuals, because all
those who had kept the law were not
rejected, but maintained the right to
continue its organization even until the
present. We hold no fellowship with
the old church nor other factions of it,
although it has been reported that we
praotioe polygamy secretly in what are
called our quorum meetings. This is
a base slander on this people. There
is not one word of truth in it. Would
it look reasonable that a people or in
dividuals who had left the old churoh
because of their evil practices should
indulge in the same wrong doings
Our meeting house has two apartments,
an upper and lower story. The latter
is for preaching exhortation, singing,
praying, oounsils, etc, while the up
per room is more particularly for hold
ing our solemn assemblies and secret
prayers in conformity to the sixth
chapter of Mathew, which please read.
We are not responsible for what other
churches have done or may do hereaf
ter. We stand alone, yet with open
hearts, open doors and open books,
read for an investigation of any of our
religious views or exercises, not how
ever for debate, but for interchanging
ideas in order to gain light.
I have only given a bare synopsis of
the matters above referred to, merely
noticing some of the principles of our
faith upon the order of equality, the
doctrines of Christ and Apostles. Abun
dant proof might be educed had I
space. But it is sufficient to know
that in every nation they that fear God
and work righteousness are all accept
ed of Him. I am aware that the princi
ples we set forth are not very enticing
to the natural mind, but to the mind
of the spiritual beholder are compara
tively easy, and we feel a perfect resig
nation to the will of God in all things.
If we take the ancient worthies as ex
amples ot the Christian warfare, pa
tient and suffering, sacrificing all eaith
ly things in order to gain their eternal
salvation, oan we expeot it on much
easier terms?
"Shall we t%/arried to the skies,
Onflowerybeds of esse,
While others fight to win ths prize.
And tail through bloody seas t"
Lest 1 intrude upon the columns of
THE JOURNAL, I will now close, sub
mitting the above to the perusal of our
friends and neighbors, hoping they will
candidly weigh all matters and apply
the Gospel rule, then judge and tell us
whether a prinoiple of equality would
be just or unjust among any ohuroh or
people professing to be Christ's ohuroh.
W E E E BREAD IS PRODUCED,
The export and freight of western
grain, about which so much has been
said, inyolves some elementary facts
which have been overlooked io the dis
cussion of the question. Twenty
States of the Union do not produce
their own bread, and only ton are in a
condition to export grain with any
advantage. The five States of the old
northwest, the four States of Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas, oan
export largely, and so oan California,
of wheat. Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, Eentuoky and Tennessee oan
export a little. These ten States have
to supply New Tork and New Jersey,
also the seven cotton States, not one
0
whioh eould live without the west.
The south raises .cotton while the
west feeds it, aod the large surplus
of western production goes to England
and Europe. Yet the enormous in
crease of the crop of grain during the
past few years has brought the farm
er little or no increase of money, on
acoount ot over-production and the
want ot an increasing market. The
greatest increase in the ratio of exports
to Europe is found in animal products
—pork, lard, beef, butter and cheese—
Indian oorn in other forms. The ex
port of the contracted product, this
year, thus far, has been immense, and
farmers are beginning to learn that the
older a country is the fewer animals it
keeps. We now export nearly half
the ebeese made in the United States.
—Boston Globe,
NO. 3.
CHlJLDRsfilf SBBJT WKS S
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
An ingenious effort for the benefit of
the destitute children of the city is the
"placing out system," wbieh has been
oarried out by the Children's Aid So
ciety during the last twenty yean with
such remarkable success. The society
early saw the immense benefit in tak
ing advantage of the peculiar economi
cal condition of this country in treat
ing questions of pauperism. They at
once recognized the fact, and resolved
to make use in their plans of the end
less demand for children's labor in the
western country. The housekeeping
life of a western farmer is somewhat
peculiar. The servants of the house
hold must be members of the family,
and be treated more or less as equals.
It is not convenient nor agreeable for
a western matron to have a rude Eu
ropean peasant at the same table and
in the same room with the family.
She prefers a child whom she can
train up in her own way. A child'8
labor is needed for a thousand things
on a western farm. Children, too, are
valued and thought much of. The
same opportunity is given to working
children as to all other children.
They share fully in the active and in
spiring western life. They are mould
ed by the social tone around them,
and they grow up under the very best
circumstances which ean surround a
poor boy or girl. No treatment which
man eould devise could possibly be so
beneficial to the laboring children of
this city as that offered by western
farms* Moreover a child's place at the
table in our rural households is of
small account. Of food there is enough
and an abundance. Generosity, and
especially toward children, is the rule
in our western districts. This benevo
lent association, taking advantage of
these groat facts, easily made arrange
ments for scattering such little workers
of the city that were friendless and
homeless all through the western coun
try. Western agents are employed
who travel through remote farming
districts, and discover where there is
an especial call for children's labor.
An arrangement is then made with the
leading citizens of the village to re
ceive a little detaohment of these
homeless children of the great oity.
On a given day in New York the
ragged and dirty little ones are gather
ed to a central office from the streets
and lanes, from the industrial schools
and lodging-houses of the society, are
cleaned and dressed, and sent away,
under eharge of an experienced agent,
to seek "a new home in the west"
When they arrive in the village a
great public meeting is held, and a
committee of citizens formed to decide
on the applications. Farmers come
in from twenty to twenty-five miles
round/lookine for the "model boy"
who shall do the light work of the
farm and aid the wife in her endless
household labor
seek for children
those that are lost
C. WHITTwa.
Clitherall, Minn., July 16th, 1873.
rrrr-~?r
childless mothers
that shall replace
housekeepers look
for girls to train up mechanics seek
for boys for their trades and kind
hearted men, with comfortable homes
and plenty of children, think it is
their duty to do something for the or
phans who have no fair chance in the
great oity. Thus in a few hours the
little coloBy is plaoed in comfortable
homes. Subsequently, if changes
should be necessary, the committee re
place the ohildren, or the agent revisits
the village, while a steady correspond
ence is kept up by the central office
with the employers. In this way
something like 25,000 boys and girls
have been plaoed in country homes
during the past twenty years. Nearly
3,000 a year are now sent forth by the
society. Great numbers of these chil
dren have acquired property, or have
grown up to positions of influence and
respectability.—Harper's Magazine
for August.
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W I S E O N S E
Wo warn the farmers to beware of
these utterly useless and exceedingly
slippery allies, the politicians, for as
certain as they are permitted to control
the movement, just so oertain is that
movement doomed to defeat. No pos
sible good ean oome of an allianoe
with thoroughly selfish and unscrupu
lous men, seeking nothing but their
own advantage. Their presence is suf
ficient to frighten away thousands ot
honest people who might otherwise
help to achieve the desired success.
Let the farmers find their ohiefs among
themselves manage their own affairs
in their own way, and keep on the
baok seats those zealous outsiders who
have so suddenly been converted to
the oreed agricultural.—St. Louis Re
publican.
—"The oommonest man, who has
his ounoe of sense or feeling, is con
scious of the difference between a love
ly, delioate woman end a coarse one.
Even a dog feels difference in their
presence. The man may be no better
able than the dog to explain the in
fluence of the more refined beauty on
him, but he feels it."—-Georgt Eliot.
—I like to read about Moaess best, in
the Old Testament. He carried a hard
business well through, and died when
other folks were going to reap the
fruits a man must have oourage to
look at his lite so, and think what'll
come of it after he's dead and gone.
A good, solid bit o' work lasts if it's
only laying a floor down, somebody's
the better for it's being done well, be
sides the man as does it.—-George
Eliot.
BAD HEWS FBOH TEXAS.
Indians Murdering Settlers a
in Mtoek—Munkacrc at the Moore
a
Bandera Correspondence of the San An.
tenia Herald.
On last Sunday evening, the 6th
inst., the red fiends committed a horri
ble massacre about thirteen miles from
the town of Bandera, on the Medina
river. Joseph Moore and his family
were in their wagon, going to visit a
neighbor a few miles distant, when
they were suddenly attacked by six
or eight Indians, and Moore and his
wife were instantly killed and three
of their children mortally wounded.
One little boy of ten summers made
his escape by jumping out of the
wagon and running to the woods. The
bodies of the murdered victims were
found that night by a neighbor who
was returning home from town, but
were not examined until the next
day.
A party of citizens started io pur
suit ot the 'Indians oi Monday morn
ing, and hope they will bring back
some scalps if they have to croes the
Bio Grande.
ft Moore was the eon of the old lady
who was killed a few months since by
the same villains.
If our government^ does not soon
take steps to prevent such blood-thirsty
fiend* from staining our frontier with
the blood of onr citizens, we will have
to abandon our beautiful homes and
mountain scenery, and fall back to tho
interior for protection.
Respectfully yours,
J. B. LANGFORD.
A letter to Mr. Edward Stevens,
dated July 8th, in addition to particu
lars contained in the above letter, has
the following:
"The scouts from here turned out on
Monday morning, and will, we hope,
come up with the scoundrels. A man
has been killed on the Hondo by the
same party. Horses have been stolen
within two miles of Bandera during
the last few nights."
E HABIT OP READING.
"I have no time to read," is the com
mon complaint, and especially of wo
men, whose occupations are such as to
prevent continuous book perusal. They
seem to think, because they cannot de
vote as much attention to books as they
are compelled to devote to their avoca
tions, that they cannot read anything.
But this is a great mistake. It isn't
th9 books we finish at a sitting which
always do us the mest good. Those we
devour in the odd moments, half a doz
en pages at & time, often give
ud more satisfaction, and arc more
thoroughly digested than those we
make a particular effort to read. The
men who have made their mark in
the world have generally been the
men who have in boyhood formed the
habit of reading at every available mo
ment, whether for five minutes or five
hours.
It is the habit cf reading rather
than the time at our command that
helps us on the road to learning. Many
of the most cultivated persons, whose
names have been famous as students,have
given only two or three hours a day to
their books. If we make use ofspare min
utes in the midst of our work, and read a
little, if but a page or a paragraph, we
shall find oar brains quickened and our
toil lightened by just so much increas
ed satisfaction as the book gives us.
Nothing help3 along the monotonous
daily round so much as fresh and strik
ing thoughts, to be considered while
our hands are busy. A new idea from
a new volume is like oil which redu
ces the friction of the maehmery of
life. What we remember from brief
glimpses into books often serves as a
stimulus to action, and becomes one of
the most precious deposits in the treas
ury of our recollection. All knowledge
is made up of small parts, which would
seem insignificant in themselves, but
which, taken together, are valuable
weapons for the mind and substantial
armor for the soul. "Read anything
continuously," says Dr. Johnson, "and
you will be learned." The odd minutes
whioh we are inclined to waste, if care
fully availed of for instruction, will, in
tho long run, make golden hours and
golden days that we shall be ever thank
ful for.—"Home and Society Scrib
ner'sfor August.
—A Western newspaper has said
that if the Southern States could ''to
morrow have the most auspioious op
portunity conceivable offered tbem of
vindicating the Lost Cause, not a single
musket would be fired in its name."
Of this remark the New Orleans limes
says that its truth "no reasoning mind
can doubt," and adds: "The 'Lost
Cause' was the cause of slavery—there
was no desire at the heart of secession
to destroy the Union, but singly to pre
serve its vital institution, in the de
struction of which they only saw gloom}
and misery and death. The storm has
broken and raged, and is spent, and
the elements are subsided into calm.
No change, as to slavery, is any more
sought now than then. There is not a
man in the South who is a man, that
would any more, to-day, have slavery
restored than the North would."
—The rural editor of the St. Louis
Democrat has discovered an inseot that
will destroy the potato-bug. The new
bug bores into the potato and strategi
cally lays in wait for the other bug.—
The discoverer's attention has been
directed to this, as the potato still suf
fers, but he has asyet made no response.
He is supposed to be chasing after an
other bug that will destroy the bug
that destroys the potato bug.
—A Milwaukee boat club has adopt
ed a light uniform, described as a
handkerchief around the head and one
suspender.
—A Western editor insists that he
wrote the word "trousseau" plain as
pikestaff in connection with certain
bridal presents. The printer however
vulgarly put it "trousers."
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