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f THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN[
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The City of Blood.^'
Text: "Our bones ara scattered th?
EKprave'3 mouth, as when oaf outteth aad
^ leaveth wood upon the earth. Bat mine
eyes nre unto Thee, 0, God, the Lord !"?
Psalms cxli., 7.
^ TVi/%?n.fc T?n-n mw ronrf thlq tnxt from the
A J V ? ?*?'V
* Bible, I read it as cut by chisel into the pe
destal of a cross beneath which lie many of
B the massacred at Cawnpur, India. To show
you what Hindooism and Mohammedanism
really are, where they have fall swing, and
not as they represent themselves in a
"parliament cf religions," and to demon^stra^to
what extent of cruelty and abom
Ination human nature may go when fully let
K loose, and to illustrate the hardening proAces?
of Bin, and to remind you how our
glorious Christianity may utter its triumph
over death and the grave, I preash this my
second sermon in the round the world series,
W and I shall speak of "The City of Blood," or
ft Cawnpur, India.
Two hours aad ten minutes after its
W occurrence Joseph Lee, of the Shropshire
[ Regiment of foot, rode in upon the UawnL
pur massacre. He was the first man I met
nt Cawnpur. I wanted to hear the story
V from some one who had been here in 1857
and with his own eye9 gazed upon the
^slaughtered heaps of humanity. I could
^Ki&rdly watt until the horses were put to the
^ urlage, and Mr. Lee. seated with us,
^Hputed for the soene, the story of whioh
Snakes tame in contrast all Modoo and
^^Ihoctaw butcheries.
r It seems that all the worst passions of the
century were to be impersonated by one
man, and he Nana Sahib, and our escort at
Cacnpur, Joseph Lee, knew the man perk
eonally. Unfortunately there is no cor*
B roct picture of Nana Sahib in existence. The
p pictures of him published in the books of
F Europe and America and familiar to us all
R are an amusing mistake. This is the fact in
regard to them: A lawyer of England was
called to India for the purpose of tie reading
the case of a native who had been charged
.. -'with fraud. The attorney came and so
skillfully managed the case of his client that
the client paid him enormously for his
services, and he went back to England, taking
with blm a picture of his Indian client.
After awhile the mutiny in India broke out,
and Nana Sahib was mentioned as the
obampion villain of the whole affair, and the
f newspapers of England wanted a picture ot
him and to interview some one on Indian
affairs who had recently been in India.
Among others the journalists called upon
this lawyer, lately returned. The only picture
he had brought from India was a picture
of his client, the man charged with
1 fraud. The attorney gave this picture to the
Journal as a specimen of the way the Hindoos
dress, and forthwith that picture was
used, either by mistake or intentionally, for
Nana Sahib. The English lawyer said he
lived in dread that his client would somo
day see the use mode of his picture, and It
was not until the death ot his Hindoo ollent
that the*lawyer divulged the facts. Perhaps
it was never intended that the face of suoh a
k demon should be preserved amid human
At records. I said tp our escort. "Mr. Lee,
r mna ativ T>acnliarltv in Nana Sahib's
appearance?" fhe reply was: "Nothing
' very peculiar. Ho was a dull, lazy, cowardly,
sensual mas, brought up to do nothing
and wonted to continue on tne same scale to
lo nothing.
(From what Mr. Lee told mo and from all
I oould learn In India, Nana Sahib ordered
the massacre In that city from sheer revenge. .
His father abdicated the throne, and the
English paid blm annually a pension ot
1400,000. Wnen the father died, the English
Government declined to pay the same
pension to the son, Nana Sahib, but the poor
l fellow was not in any suffering fiom lack of
I funds. His father left him $90,000 in gold.
ornaments, 9500.000 In jewels, 9800,000 in
A bonds and other resources amounting to at
g least 91,500,000. But the poor young man
Bfras not satisfied, and the Cawnpur massa pre
was his revenge. General Wheeler, the
^ taglishman who had command of this city,
Valtbough often warned, oould not see that
Ihe sepoys were planning for his destruc
Ption. and that of all bis regiments ana au
the Europeans in Cawnpur.
Mr. Lee explained all this to me by the
fact that General Wheeler had married a nak
tive, and he naturally took her story and
L thought there was no peril. But the time
P lor the proclamation from Nana Sahib had
K, come, and such a document went forth as
before had seen the light of day. I
Hgiv9 only nn extract ISr
"As by the Iclndness of God, and the good
I fortune of the emperor, all the Christians
| who were at Pelhi, Poo nab, Sattara and
other places, and even those 5000 European
soldiers who Went in disguise into the'forLmer
city and were discovered, are destroyed
and sent to hell by the pious and sagacious
| troops who are firm to their religion, and as
I they have all been conquered by the present
^government, and as no traoe of them is-left
Kn these places, it is the duty of all the sub ecta
and servants of the government to re^fc>tce
at the dellghttul Intelligence and carry
HBd their respective work with comfort and
BHue. As by the bounty of the glorious Al^Biighty
and the ehemy destroying fortune of
ijBxo emperor, the yellow lacea ana narrow
minded people bare been sent to hell, and
Cawnpur has been conquered, it la necessary
that all the subjects an<l landowners
and government servants should be as
obedient to the present government as they
have been to the former one that it is the
Incumbent duty ot all the peasants and
landed proprietors of every district to rejoice
at the thought that the Christians have
been sent to hell, and both the Hindoo and
Mohammedan religions have been confirmed,
and that they should, as usual, be obedient
to the authorities of the government and
never suffer any complaint against them elves
to reach to the ears of the higher authority."
'
"Mr. Lee, what is this?" I said to our escort
as the carriage halted by an embankment.
"Here," he said, "is the intrenohment
where the Christians of Cawnpur took
refuge." It is the remains of a wall which
at the time of tha mutlnv was only four feet
high, behind which, with no shelter from
" the sun, the heat at 130 degrees, 44U men,
660 women and children dwelt nearly a
month. A handful of flour and ?plit peas
was the dally ration, and onlyttfo wells near
by, the one In which they burled their dead,
because they had no titno to bury them in
Che earth, and the other well the focus on
Which the artillery ot the enemy played, so
that it wa^ a choice .between death by thirst
Land death by bullet or shell. Ten thousand
grafting Hindoos outside this frail wall and
1000 suffering, dying people inside. In addition
to the army of the Hindoos and
Moslems, and invisible army of sickness
swooped down upon them. Some went raving
mad under exposure. Others dropped
under apolwcy. A starving, mutilated,
' favored, sunsiruck, ghastly group waiting
Jo die! Why did not the heathen dash down
those mud walls and the 10,000 annihilate
Hkhe now less than 1000? It was because they
^Boe.med supernaturally defended.
MyNanrf Sahib resolved to celebrate an anBalversary.
The 23 I of Juae, 1857. would be
tuu years since tne Dattle or Flassy, when,
Httnder Lord Olive, India surrendered to
England. That day the last EuroDean in
Bfeawnpur wasto be slaughtered. Other on^fcveraaries
have been celebrated with wine.
^htfs whs to be celebrated with blood. Other
^Hmiveraarios have been adorned with gar^wnris.
This with drawn swords. Others
j^Kvo been kept with songs. This with exeB^B&tlons.
Others with the dance of the gay.
^Hhls with the dance of deitb. The inrantry
^Hkd cavalry and artillery of Nana Sahib made
|H|that day one grand assault, but the few
d?j6I the English and Scotch put to flight
Hindoo timers. The courage of the
F ends broke against that mud wall as the
^graves ot the sea against a lighthouse. The
J^kivalry horses returned full run without
I^Reirrlders. Th* Lord loo1'"' nnr froni th?
heavens, and on that anniversary aay gave
the victory to His people.
Mtpirerefore Nana Sahib must try some
^Hher plan. Standing In a field not far from
H&i9 lntrenohment or the English was a
^KiativeChristian woman, Jaoobee byname,
^Eolding high up In her hand a letter. It
Bras evidently a communication from the
Hflnamv. and General Wheeler ordered the
ioman brought in. She banded him a proved
treaty. It General Wheeler and his
en would give up their weapons, Nana
failv would conduct thom into safety,
le^' could march out unmolested, the men,
Lmen and children. They could go down
-morrow to the Granges, where they
oold find boats to take them in peace to
There was some opposition to signing
is treaty, bat General Wheeler's wife told
>!. '
Si ' '
' film he could trust the natives, and bo he
signed the treaty. There was greatjoy In
the lntr^nchment that night. Without
molestation they went out and got plenty of
water to drink an3 water for a good wash.
The hunger and thirst and exposure from
the consuming sun, with the thermometer
from 120 to 143, would cease. Mothers ro{oiced
at the prospect of saving their children.
The young ladies of the intrenchment
would escape the wild beasts In human
form. On the morrow, true to the promise,
carts were ready to transport those who
were too much exhausted to walk.
"Get into the carriage," said Mr. Lee,
"and we will ride to the banks of the
Ganges, for which the liberated combatants
and non-combatants started from this place."
On our way Mr. Lee pointed out a monument
oyer the burial place which was opened
for General Wheeler's Intrenchment, the
well Into which every night the dead had
been dropped. Around It Is a curious
memorial. There are Ave crosses, one at
eaoh corner of the garden and one at the
centre, from which inscription I to-day read
my text. Riding on wo came to the Memorial
Church built to the memory of those
fallen in Cawnpur. The walls are covered
with tablets and epitaphs. I copied two or
three of the inscriptions: "These are they
who come out of great tribulations also.
"The dead shall be raised incorruptible
also, "In the world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer. I have overcome the
world;" also, "The Lord gave. The Lord
hath taken awayalso, "Come unto Me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden."
"Get into the carriage," said Mr. Lee. and
we rode on to the Ganges and got out at a
Hindoo temDle standing on the' banks.
<(>TAH* " oil') W?? T ?tU<M?. {a A ?\1b/ia a
xiv/Wy aaiu iUi. jjouj uu& -v 10 iuu j/iaw *v
which General Wheeler and his people came
under the escort of Nana Sahib." I went
down the steps to the margin of the river.
Down these steps went General Wheeler and
the men, women and children under his
care. Taey stood on one side of the step3,
and Nana Sahib and his stuff stood on the
other side. As the women were getting into
the boats Nana Sahib objeoted that only the
aged and infirm women and children should
go on board the boats. The young and attractive
women were kept oat. Twentyeight
boats were filled with men, women and
children an-1 floated out into the river. Each
boat contained ten armed natives. Then
three boats fastened together were brought
up. and General Wheeler and his staff got In.
Although orders were g?ren to start, the
three boats were somehow detained. At this
juncture a boy of twelve years of age hoisted
on the top of the Hindoo temple on the
banks two flags, a Hindoo anl a Mohammedan
flasr, at which signal the boatmen and
armed natives jumped from the boat3 and
Bwam tor the shore, and from innumerable
guns the natives on the bank fired on the
boats, end masked batteries above and below
roared with destruction, and the boats sank
with their precious cargo, and all went down
save three strong swimmers, who got to the
opposite shore. Those who struggled out
nearby were dashed to death. Nana Sahib
and his staff with their Bwords slashed to
Eleces General Wheeler and his staff, who
ad not got well away from the shore.
I said that the youog and attractive women
were not allowed to get into the boats.
These were marched away under the guard
of tho sepoys.
"Which way?" I Inquired "I will show
you," said Mr. Lee. Again we took seats in i
the carriage and started lor the olimax ot
desperation and diabolism. Now we are on
the way to a summer house, called-the as
sembly rooms, which had been built for reoreation
and pleasure. It had two rooms,
each twenty-nine by ten, and some windowlees
closets, and here were imprisoned 206
Helpless people, it was to oecome tae prison
of these women and children. Some of
these sepoys got permission ot Nana Sahib
to take one or more of these ladies to their i
own place on the promise the/ shonld be ,
brought back to the summer garden next i
morning. A daughter of General Wheeler ,
was so taken and did not return. She after- j
ward married the Mohammedan who had
taken her to his tent. Some sepoys amused <
themselves by thrusting children through j
with bayonets and holding them up before
their mothers In the summer house. Ail the
doors closed and the sepoys standing guard,
the crowded women and children waited ;
their doom for eighteen days and nights ]
amid slokness and flies and stench anl 1
starvation.
The butohers came out exhausted, think- <
ing they had done their wprk, and the doors I
were closed, but when they were again i
opened three women and three boys were ]
still alive. All these were soon dispatched, 1
and not a Christian or European was left ia 1
Cawnpur. The murderers were paid fifty
cents for eaoh lady slain. The Mohammedan
assassins dragged by the hair the dead
bodies out of the summer house and threw
them into a well, by which I stood with such
feelings as you cannot Imagine. Bat after
the mutilated bodies had been thrown into
well the reoord of the scene remained in
hieroglyphics of crimson on the floor and
wall of tne slaughter house. An eyewitness
says that as ho walked in the blood was shoe
deep, and on this blood were tufts of hair,
pieces of muslin, broken combs, fragments
of pinafores, children's straw hats, a cardcase
containing a curl, with the inscription,
"Ned's hair, with lovea few leaves of an
Episcopal prayer book; also a book entitled
"Preparation lor Deatha Bible on the fly
leaf on which was written, "For darling
mamma, from her affectionate daughter,
Isabella Blair," both one who presented
It and the one to whom it was presented departed
forever.
Then Nana Sahib heard that Havelook
was coming, and his name was a terror to
the sepoys. Lest the women anl children
ImnrtannMl in th? ?nmm?r housfl. op nMnm. i
bly rooms, should be liberated, he ordernd ,
that their throats should be cut. The offl- |
cers were commanded to do the wort and
attempted it, bat failed because the law ot caate
would not allow the Hindoo to hold
the victims while they were being slain.
Then 100 men were ordered to fire tarough
the windows, but they fired over the heads
of the Imprisoned ones, and only a few were
killed. Then Nana Sabib was in a rage and
ordered professional butchers from among
the lowest of the stypsiea to go at.the work.
Five ot them, with hatchets and swords and
knives,began the work, but three ot them
collapsed and fainted under the ghastliness,
and it was left to two butchere to complete
tbe slaughter. The struggle, the sharp cut,
the blinding blow, tbe cleaving through
scalp and skull, tbe begging for life, the
death aeony ot hour arter hour, the tangled
limbs ot the corpses, the piled up deud?
: only God and those who were inside the*
summer house can ever know.
I said: "Mr. Lee, I have hear 1 that indelicate
things were found written on the
walls." He answered: "No, but these poor
creatures wrote in charcoal and scratched
on the wall the story ot the bru:allties they
naa sunerea. When
the English and Scotch troops came
upon the scene, their wrath was so great
itbat General Nelll had the bntchers arrested,
and before being shot compelled them to
wipe up part of the floor of this Dlace ol
1 massacre, this being the worst of their punishment,
for there is nothing that a Hindoo
.so hates as to touch blood.
| When Havelock cauae upon the scene, he
bad this order annulled. The well was now
not only lull of human bodies, but corpses
; piled onthe outside. The soldiers weca for
. many hours engaged in covering the dead.
It was about S o'cloefcln tne evening wnen.
I came upon this place in Cawnpur. The
building in which the massoore took place
has been torn down, and a garden of exquisite
and fragrant flowers surrounds the
scene. Mr. Lee pointed out to us some
seventy mounds containing bodies or portions
of bodies of those not thrown into the
well. A soldier stands on guard to keep the
foliage and flowers from being ruthleAsly
pulled. I asked a soldier if I might take a
rose as a memento, and ho handed me a
cluster of roses, red and white, both colors
suggestive to me?the red typical of the carnage
there enacted, and the white for the
purity of tbo3e who from that spot asoended.
But of coarse the most absorbing interest
concentrated at the well, Into wnioh hundreds
of women and children were flung or
lowered. A circular wall of white marble
Incloses this well. The wall Is about twenty
feet high. Inside this wall there is a marble
pavement. I paced It and found it fiftyseven
Daces around. In tho center of this
Inclosure and Immediately above the well of
the dead is a sculptured angel of resurrection,
with Illumined face, and two palm
branches, meaning victory. This angel is
looking down toward the slumberers beneath,
but the two wings suggest the rising
of the last day. Mighty consolation in marble!
They went down under the hatchets of
the sepoys. They shall come up under the
trumpet that shall wake the dead. I felt
weak and all a-tremble as I stood reading
these words on the stone that covers the
well: "Saored to the perpetual memory of
a great company of Christian people, ohlefly
women and children, cruelly massacred
near this spot by the rebel, Nana Sahib, and
thrown, the dying with th? dead, Into the
well beneath on the 15th day of July, 1857."
On the arch of the mausoleum were cut the
words, "These are they who came out of
great tribulation."
The sun was sinking beneath the horizon
as I came down the seven or eight steps of
that place o! aepulcher, and I bethought
myself: "No emperor, unless it was Napolleon,
ever had more glories around hi3 plllow
of dust, and no queen, unless it were
the one of Taj Mahal, had reared for her
grander cenotaph than crowns the resting
places of the martyrs of Cawnpur. But
where rest the bones of tno Herod of the
nineteenth century, Nana Sahib? Two men
sent out to find the whereabouts of the
daughter of General Wheeler tracked Nana
Sahib during a week's ride into the wildordesfl,
and they were told that for awhile
after the mutiny Nana SaMD set up a intia
pomp in the jungles. Among a few thouaad
Hindoos and Mohammedans he took for him*
selt the only two tents the neighbors had,
while they lived la the rain and mud. Nana
8ahib, with one servant carrying an umbrella,
would go every day to bathe, and
people woold go and sttire. For some
reason, after awhile he forsook even
that small attention, and disappeared
among the ravines of the
Himalayan Mountains. He took with
him In his flight that which he always took
with him?a ruby of vast value. He wore it
as some wear an amulet. He wore it as
some wear a life preserver. He wore it on
his bosom. The Hindoo palest told him as
-g as he wore that rubv his fortunes would
be good, but both the ruby and the prince
who wore It have vanished. Not a treasure
on the outside of the bosom, but a treasure
Inside the heart, is the best protection. Solomon,
who had jubles In the hilt of swords,
and rubles Jn the lip of the tankards, ana
rubies In his crown, declared that which
Nana Sahib did not find out In time, "Wisdom
is better than rubles." When the
forests of India are cleared by the axes of another
civilization, the lost ruby of this Cawnpur
monster may be picked up and be
hr.mchr back aeain to b'.aze among the
world's jewel?. But who shall refilalrn for
decent sepulture the remains of Nana Sahro?
Ask the vultures! Ask the reptiles! Ask
the jackals! Ask the midnight Himalayas (
Much criticism has been made of Sir
Henry Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell because
of the exterminating work they did
with these sepoys. Indeed it was awlul. My
escort, Mr. Lee, has told me tnat he saw the
sepoys fastened to the mouths of cannon,
and then the guns would firs, and for a few
seconds there would be nothing but smoKe,
aDd as the smoke began to lift fragments of
flesh would be found flying through the air.
You may do your own criticism. I here exEress
no opinion. There can be no doubt,
owever, that that mode of finally treating
the sepoys broke the back of the mutiny.
The Hindoos fourd that the Europeans
could play at ti * same game which
the Asiatics badstarted. The plot
was organized for the murder of
all the Europeans and Americans In
India. Under Its knives and bludgeons
A P?oaK??av)anlom if a ffloHflM
aiuuiiuau & ?voyjbWfe<(>uu)wu ?vw? -? 0
missionaries, Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. MacMullln, Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Jobnson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman.
The work of slaughter had been begun in
all directions on an appalling scale, and the
commanders of the English army made up
their iplnds that this was the best way.
The Blaolc Hole prison has been torn
down, but a stone pavement twenty feet by
twenty Indicates the ground covered by the
Srison The building had two small winows,
and was Intended for two or three
prisoners. These natives of India orowded
Into that one room of twenty feat feet by
twenty feet l4$Europeans. The midsummer
heat, the suffooation, the trampling of one
npon another, the groaning and shrieking
and begging and praying of all, are matters
of history. The sepoys that night held lights
to the small windows and moolced the sufferers.
Then all the sounds ceasei. That
night of June 20, 1766, passed, and 128
corpses woro ibkou uui. vui; inoui;-kuiw
people of the 146 were alive, and they had
to be palled oat from ander the corpses.
Sirs. Carey, who survived, was takes by the
Indian nabob into his harem and. kept a
prisoner six years. Lnoknow In 1857 was
only an eoho of Calcutta in 1756. Daring the
mutiny of whloh I have been speaking natives
who bad been in the servloe of Europeans
and well treated by them, an<1 with no
oause of offense, would, at the call of the
mutineers, and without any compunction,
stab to death the fathers and mothers of the
tiousehold and dash out the brains of the
children. These natives are at peace now,
but give them a chance, and tbey will reBnact
the scenes of 1756 aM 1857. They look
upon the English as cor . irors and themselves
as conquered. The matjy of 1857
occurred because the British Government
ivas too lenient and put in places of trust
ind in command of forts too many of the
natives.
I call upon England to stop the present attempt
to palliate the natives by allowing
ham frt hnlrl nnalflrtna of frnaf T nm Tin
alarmist, but the only way these Asiatics caa
be kept from another mutiny Is to put them
out or power, and I say beware, or the Lucknow
and Cawnpur and Delhi martyrdom",
over which the hemispheres have wept, will
be eclipsed by the Luoknow and Cawnpur
and Delhi martrydoms yet to be enacted. I
speak of what I have seen and heard. I give
the opinion of every intelligent Englishman
and Sootchman and Irishman and American
whom 1 met in India. Prevention is better
than cure. I do not Bay it i3 better that
England rule in India. I say nothing against
the right of India to rule herself, but I do
say that the moment the native population of
India think t&ere is a possibility of driving
back Europeans from India they,will make the
attempt, and that they have enough cruelties
for the time suppressed, whicn, if let
loose, would submerge with carnaga everything
from Calcutta to Bombay and from the
Himalayas to Coromandel.
Now, my friends, go home, after what I
have said, to see tne beauties of the Mohammedanism
and Hindoolsm wnioh many
think it will be well to have introduced into
America, and to dwell upon what natural
evolution will do where it has had its unhindered
way for thousands of years, and to
think upon the wonders of martyrdom for
Christ's sake, and to pray more earnest
prayers for the missionaries, and to contribute
more largely for the world'a evaugelization,
and to be more assured than ever
that the overthrow of the idolatries of Nations
is such a stupendous work that noth
iu{? uut nu omuipoieui uuu turoutja tue
gospel of Jesus Christ can ever achieve It.
Amen?
Hawaii Has a Thanksgiving Day.
The Thanksgiving proclamation of th?
Hawaii Republic, brought by the last mail,
adopts not only the United States custom,
but selects the same day. On November 20
President Dole, through the Minister of the
Interior, Mr. King, Issued the following
proclamation:
"in view of the special protection and
cars which an overruling Providence ha3
vouchsafed to our country and the people
during the past year, whereby wo nave had
exemption from pestilence, civil disorder and
other public disaster; have experienced
large progress in the development of our
institutions of government; and have been
blessed with abundant crops and due recompense
for the labor of hand and brain, I,
S&ndford B. Dole, President of the Republic
of Hawaii, recommend that Tnursday, the
39th of this present month of November, be
Bet apart as a ?;ay of national thanksgiving
to Almighty God for the blessings of the past
and the promise of the future, and of prayer
' Wta fa vnr "
iur IUU UUUUUUauvu VI UIP tufv*.
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser In
commenting editorially upon the announcement
of this distinctly American holiday,
said:
' "The President of the republic issues today
the first Thanksgiving proclamation under
the new form of govdrnment. The
young republic follows its great sister across
the ocean in perpetuating here the custom of
devoting especially one day in the year for
the public acknowledgment ot the many
blessings received by the people In material
prosperiiy and spiritual growtn."
Foreign Return Postal Card.
Postmaster-General Bissell has received
from the Postofflce Department of France a
request for an arrangement with this country
of a return postal card system as now
used in this country. It is intended to secure
replies as now used here. Mr. Bissell
will consider whether the advantages to b#
derived are sufficient to warrant extension
to foreign countries.
Cost of the House of Representatives.
The tf port of James Kerr, Clerk of the
House of Representatives, shows that lor
the year ending June 30, 1894, the salaries ot
members and other expenses of the House
amounted to $980,380, of whioh total
039 was for the hire ox member*' olerka.
RELIGIOUS HEADING.
CONDUCT TESTED BY FRAYEB.
A young man, son of one of the most respectable
and wealthy inhabitants of Pennsylvania,
was converted to Christ. His
father was a violent opposor of religion and
endeavored by various methods to banish
serious impressions from his mind, but in
vain. The work of the Holy Ghost coMldnot
be undone. While the father was employing
every means to dissuade his son from serving
God, a ball was announced in the village. He
compelled his son to attend. The merry party
assembled in the lighted hall. Beauty, wealth
and fashion were there; all that was gay and
alluring of the world was there. Joy beamed
in every countenance and gladness swelled in
every heart. The young convert was urged
to lead the dance. As the happy circle took
their places upon the floor, and the
cotillon was about to commence, the
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V U11 LI LLUlil llliua Ul? OJUJ UOUVWUTTUitAf
and said, "Let us pray!" Tha assembly
was silent with astonishment; the hall be
came still as the grave. Prayer in the ballroom
was a strange incongruity to all. To
supplicate the Divine blessing upon the merry
dance, appeared to the most worldly a bold
trifling with God himself. Although the
young man did not intend to invoke the
blessing of God upon the dance, but upon the
souls of his cay companions, yet it doubtless
seemed to them like opening the ball with a
prayer. The fact shows that there are objects
which we cannot guiltlessly commend to God
in prayer, and places in which prayer seems
a dreadful mockery. The truth may be variously
illustrated.
A Christian trader is engaged in scattering
abroad the light, pernicious literature of the
age.. Thousands of minds have been fatally
poisoned by its contaminating influence thousands
more have been unfitted by it for serious
thought It has often nullified the pungent
truths of the gospel; it ha^ been an imposing
barrier to the progress of the church.
Now, can he invoke the divine blessing to
rest upon his pursuit? Can he carry contaminating
novels in the arms of his prayer to
the mercy-seat? Can he aSk God to smile
upon the sale of books which multiply the
enemies of religion? He dare not commend
his business to the notice of God.
It is a winter's evening, and there is an innocent,
social gathering in the village. The
church and the world are alike represented.
None are there for the purpose of moral
wrong; and the moments ny apace, wnue yec
nothing occurs to alarm the Christian's conscience.
At length the table is sprend, and
the worldly begin to shuffle the printed
cards. Shall the disciple of Christ participate
in the amusement? No gamblers are
there; the game is all for pleasure; it seems
innocent But when the Christian regards
the influence and tendency of such amusement,
dare he invoke the Divine blessing
upon it? Let him propose to pray, and quick
as thought, the company lose their relish for
the game.
Send the theatre going disciple to his
closet. The evening has arrived, and he has
resolved to go. He has seen the flaming placard,
and his interest is all aroused to witness
the play. Can he cheerfully and conscientiously
seek the favor of God as he goes
to the amusement??Not he. The thought of
bowing before the Most High, to seek his
presence as he visits such a place, chills his
very soul. He may go with 6uch worldiness
as to have no thought of God or personal responsibility
; but he dare not go thither from
his closet. A gulf as deep and wide' as that
which yawns between Lazarus and Dives,
seoarates the closet from the theatre.
4a If tKo vauHflf. nf InfnrlitftHntF
drinks? Sometimes we find htm in tie
church of Christ. Does he dream of co a.mending
his destructive parsuit to Alm^hty
God! What horror would seize our touis to
hear him supplicate Jehovah to give him
success in his misery-making business, to increase
his trade and multiply his customers,
as the means of a livlihood! For such an
object it is solemn mockery to pray.
ABE TOD SATISFIED?
As I was passing through one of the obscure
streets of the city, my attention was arrested
by a noise at the door of a house,
who3e red curtains at the window and green
screen at the entrance intimated that here
you mignt step In and get drunk, without being
seen by decent people without A man
of poverty-stnjck appearance, was disputing
with the bar-keeper, and as he staggered
away he said 'are you satisfied'" 'Yes,' returned
the other contemptuously, 'I am satisfied.
There had probably been some altercation
about the score marked against the poor'
wretch, and his last cent had gone to settle
it. As I walked home, I could not forget
the looks and words of the inebriate.
Satisfied,' I thought, and then I followed
him to liis home, and pictured tho
scene. The toil-worn, heartsick wife, the
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rti^K^'U, iiuiiger unucu uunuiou, iuv
comfortless hovel?all seemed to ask the rumseller
'are you satisfiedV Then I followe d
on a little while and taw the end, the delirium,
the convulsion, the hoipital, the death
pane, the rough box, the hasty burial, the
drunkard's grave?all seemed to cry out to
the rumseller,'are you satisfied?' I followed
in my thought still farther. I heard the deep
waillngs of a woe-worn spirit. They seemed
to pierce through the earth, and ask the rumseller,
'are you satisfied?' Still onward I
looked. I saw the hopeless agony, the reproachful
gesture, with which a despairing
wretch pointed to another trembling one. as
ever at long interval*, he asked the rumseller
ns they passed the eternal prison house, 'are
you satisfied?'?New York Observer.
THE BELIEVEB'S CROWN.
"Choose you whom you will serve"?but
with all do not forget to count the intrinsic
worth of that choice; for everything depends
upon it.
Knar Henr rpftder. what is vour Hftniqlnn?
We have read of one who said: "I have
counted all things but loss, that I may win
Christ; nor in t" s pursuit do I count my life
dear."
Long and hard was the struggle for this
self-sacrificing hero of the cross; but in the
end he could say: "I have fought the good
fight of faith, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith, and hence there is laid
up for me a crown of glory, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge will give to me in that
day."
Well, all things considered, I had rather be
the poorest believer, than the greatest
monarch. How small a thing may effect the
overturning of the greatest kingdom on
earth. J3uttho believer is heir to a crown and
a kingdom that cannot be shaken. The
heavens may be rolled together as a scroll,
the earth melt with fervent beat, and flee
from the presence of the approaching
Saviour; but let me posse s that kingdom
which cannot be moved?that inheritance
which is incorruptible, undeflled and fadeth
not away.?Church Advocatc.
TA9T TRIALS TO BE REMEMBERED.
The remembrance of our past troubles and
of the impressions which they produced,
should recall to our minds what we then intended
to do, and what we have forgotten to
do. Let us turn over the book of our lives:
we are fond of reading many books; but no
book next to the Bible will do us so much
good as reading the history of the dispensations
of Providence in our own particular
cases. "Thou shalt remember all the way
which the Lord thy God bath led thee, to
Erove thee and to know what was in thy
eart" Let us particularly dwell on the
pa*es of distress, and on the special deliverance
afforded us; these are to be gratefully
remembered.?Cecil.
, ^'hpn a church is full of side-shows to
raise cash, it is a sure evidence that most of
its members do not believe in God with their
money.?! Jam's Horn.
One reason why some men swear is because
it does not tiike any courage or manliness
to do it ?Ham's Horn.
Twenty Times a Mother.
Mrs. William Stoen, who, with her husband,
lives on Colbert avenue extension, Oil
City, Penn., recently gave birth to her
twentieth child. Mrs. Steen is only thirtyeight
years old.
The oldest child is twenty-one years and
there have been no twins and triplets in the
family.
Stamp Sales Indicate Prosperity.
Twelve million postage stamps are used
every day by the inhabitants ot the United
States to conduct thoir correspondence.
There has been a noticeable increase in the
weight of the mails in the last two months,
whioh is taken as a sign of returning pros'
perity.
. SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOE
DECEMBER 30.
Review of the Fourth Quarter?Scripture
Reading, Isaiah xlll., 1-9?
Golden Text: Heb. xllL,
8?Commentary.
Lesson L?Jesas at Nazareth (Luke !v.,
16-80). Golden Text, Heb. *11., 25. "See
that ye refuse not Him that speaketh." As
we see Jesus reading from the prophecy of
[sat&h In the synagogue In His own town
and proclaiming that those words were fulailea
In Him we remember His words to the
iwo with whom He walked to Emmaus and
believe Him surely to have been the one of
rxrhnm Mnaen anil thft nronheta did Write.
Dor hearts would say with Nathanael: "Thou
irt the Son of God. Thou art the King of
tarael."
Lmson II.?The Draft of Fishes (Lute v.,
HI). Golden Text, Mark 1., 17, "Come ye
ifter Me, and I will make you to become
3?hers of men." See Him feeding bunsry
iooIb with the bread of life which never
perlsheth, and then in a moment giving the
weary toilers for that which perlsheth such
m abundance as they had not dreamed of,
tnd for which they had tolled all night in
rain, then testing them by the command.
"Follow Me."
Lesson III.?a 8abbath in Capernaum
(Mark 1., 21-34). Golden Text, Mark i.. 22,
I "He taught them as one that had authority
and not as the scribes." On Sabbath day
j jnd weekday He is ever doing good, healing
bodies and souls and utterly forgetful of
. Himself. Healing the sick and preaching
the word is His constant occupation, in all
ihlnga glorifying God and honoring that
word which is forever settled in heaven.
I Lessor IV.?A Paralvtic Healed (Mark if.,
1-12). Golden Text, Mark ii., 10, "The Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins."
Again He Is preaching the word, and the
service is interrupted by a sick man being
let down through the root. Jesus is never
upset or put about by any emergency. He
commends the faith of the foar frlepds by
attending to the sick man. First He goes to
the root of the master and forgives his sins;
then He heals his body also and sends him
away, carrying the bed which had carried
him Thoro nr? mnnv pftsea of naralvsis to
day which would be healed it brought to
Jesus. The hands and feet and eyes and
voioes that He could give life to if allowed
flret forgive their sins?bring them all to
Him.
I Lesbos V.?Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath
(Mark ii.. 23-28. and 1U., 1-5). Golden Text,
Mark 11., 28, "The Son ot Man is Lord also
of the Sabbath." He Allowed His disciples
, to pluck and eat corn on the Sabbath day,
| and in the synagogue heals a withered hand.
| The Pharisees are grieved, and He would
; show them that not the mere bard letter of
the word 13 to be observed, but the real
spirit of it Sacrifices, although commanded,
may become an abomination, for He will
j have meroy and not sacrjfice (Isa. 1., 13, 14;
j Hos. vL, 6). God Is ever seeking man's hap[
|>iness and true welfare and to that end has
: set apart His special day that man may be
: free to enjoy God.
Lxsson VL?The Twelvo Chosen (Mark
1 111^6-19). Golden Text, John xv., 16, "I
have ohoaen you and ordained you that ye
should go and bring forth fruit." He will
j have men to represent Him here while He
' is absent, as prophets, priests and kings
represented Him he/ore He came, but with a
different object. Alter a night or prayer ne
calls unto Him some from all His disciples,
| whom He would have to be with Him, and
whom He might send forth in His name to
witness unto Him.
Lxssoir VII.?The Sermon on the Plain
(Luke vi., 20-31). Golden Text, Luke vi.t
81, "As ye woald that men should do to you,
do yoa also to them likewise." We cannot
say that these laws and principles of the
kingdom ore very fully acted oct now, but
the Kingdom has not come yst. If, however,
I we are children of the kindom, or, perhaps
i more oorreotly, join theirs with the kiags,
and, therefore, already in the kingdom by
faith, we should manifest these principles in
' our lives. We cannot do it, but Christ in us
. can.
Lesson TIIL?Opposition to Christ (Mark
! 11L, 22-85). Golden Text, John I., 11, "He
: came unto His own. and His own received
> Him not." Here we have on the one band
! the hatred and opposition of His enemies,
j who acoused Him of being in league with
| the devil, and on the other His wondrous
i love, promising forgiveness to even those
who talked against him, if they would but
turn to him, and assuring them that they
might becometo him as brother and sister.
Lesson IX? Christ's Testimony to John
j (Luke vii, 24-35). Golden Text, Luke vi!.,
i ;27, "Behold, I send my messenger before
: thy face." The people followed John, and
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many believed ana were oapuzoj, out ii?
religious rulers were the great hlnderers. It
is even so to-day. The people are hungry
'for the bread of life and receive it eagerly
from any vessel that is cleaned by the precious
blood, but the religious leader* actually protest
against the word of God taken in its
simplicity and object to those who, like
(John, seek nothing for themselves., but live
to proclaim the coming one. Heed not
earth's great ones who go against the Book,
but let us study to show ourselves approved
unto God and earnestly covet to be great in
the sight of the Lord (II Tim. il., 15; Luke
i.. 15).
Lesson X.?Christ Teaching by Parables
(Luke viii., 4-15). Golden Text, Luke vi'i.,
11, "The seed is tbe word of God." The
threads running through this quarter's les- j
sons seem to be, The words and works of I
Christ, the common people gladly hearing,
the leaders of the people* opposing and
blaspheming.
Lessen XL?The Twelve Sent Forth
/Math, x., 5-16). Golden Text, Math, x., 7,
l"As ye go, proaoh, saying, The kingdom of
heaven Is ot hand." The one thing for the 1
disciple of Christ to give special heed to Is |
[obedience, or, as in Isa. i., 19, to be "willing
and obedient." He who sends us forth
makes Himself responsible for oar food and
raiment, so we are to have no care about
(that. We have only to go in His name and
tell the good news, proving by our lives that
it has indeed been and is good news to us.
' Lesson XII ?The Prince of Peace (a
Christmas lesson), Isa. lx., 2-7. Golder.
Text, Isa. ix., 7. "Of the increase of His
government ana peace there shall be no
end." This is the kingdom long foretold
which in the last lesson the apostles
preached to the Jews as at hand, the kingdom
which shall have Jesus for Its king,
sitting on David's throne at Jerusalem, from
whence He shall reign as king over all the
earth. Israel and Judah sh?.U dwell safely
in their own land, a hoi)* people, and all
nations shall be blessed through them (Jer.
iii., 17; xxiii., 5, 6 ; Isa. lx., 1-3). The practical
part tor as is to let Jesus now have the
government of all our affairs,jmd in quiet
ness of mind live to matte mm Known.? ;
Lesson Helper.
Wheat Feeding to Cattle.
A special report on the feeding 0!
wheat to cattle has just been issued from
the Agricultural Department, Washington,
as follows:
Tho returns from the correspondents of th<
statistical division ol the Department ol
Agriculture relative to the amounts of wheat
fed to stock estimate the quantity alreadj
fed?that is to say, up to October 30?16.030,000
bushels, and the estimated amount
to be fed 29,273,000 bushels, making a total
of 75,303,000 bushels.
These figures on wheat feeding are merely
the meagre estimates irom those States
wherein corrnjpondents have complied witt
tUO re%j UC3L Ul IUO t/opuinuuuv,
be taken as anything more than an attempt
at approximation of the total feeling o
wheat irom present supply. The severity
and length ot the winter will necessarily
influence the Hnal iladings upon this question.
Indians Beggared by Gambling.
About a month ago a party of forty or fifty
Spokane and Calispel Indians visited their
friends, the Kootenais, on the Kootenai reservation
in Washington State. Their ostensible
purpose was trade, and their real object
gambling. They did up the Kootenais
brown, and after a stay of some three weeks
left for home, taking with them almost
everything the Kootenais possessed. All the
winter supplies of the Kootenais are gone,
and most of them have lost even their blankets,
and are in a pitiful plight at the beginning
of the winter. So serious is their plight
that they are even asking lor work in order
to live through the winter.
Armenians in .Uasauchusetts.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, who has takeD
a deep interest in the Armenians who* have
come to thi3 country, says that in Massachusetts
alone there are now 2000 Armenians.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
"WHEAT FOB HORSES.
The feeding of wheat to horses, as
might have bee a easily believed, has
not been found desirable. The grain
of wheat is especially rich in gluten, a
substance that becomes as tough and
insoluble in tne stomacn, unless n is
cooked, as leather. Thus, when horses
are fed on the whole grain of wheat,
it is not digested for this reason. If
wheat is fed at all, it should be coarsely
ground and then mixed with finely
cut straw, so that the grain is divided
in the stomach and intestines, and is
acted upon in an effective manner by
the digestive fluids. The horse is the
most exacting of all animals in this respect,
and the necessary precautions
should be taken. ?New York Times.
AN EXCELLENT DBINKING TANK.
The illustration of a drinking tank
is from M. K. Barnum, Nebraska. It
is simple, cheap and easily cleaned.
It is a tin box, about two inches, deep
and a foot square, having a detachable
cover, with the corners of the covei
cut away to permit the chicks to
drink. The portions cut out may be
small, so as to prevent chicks from
getting in the water, but with such a
shallow tank they cannot drown at all
events. The cover also keeps the dirt
out, and prevents evaporation of the
water. Mr. Barnum states that there
is no patent on it, and he sends it as a
gift to our readers. A larger and
deeper tank on the same design may
be used for fowls. The plan may also
be adapted to a tight wooden box if
desired.?Farm and Fireside.
"WINTER MUXiCHING OP SrRAWBEBBIES.
As plants grow until freezing weather
seta in, mulching must be delayed
until the ground is frozen sufficiently
to hold up a loaded wagon. With a
wide-tired vehicle there is less danger
of injuring the crowns. Any kind of
straw may be used. That most free
from weed or grass seeds is best.
3table manure is good where the land
Deeds enriching, but it must not be
placed directly on the plants. Marsh
bay is most desirable, but any straw
Dr ooarse litter will answer.
The object of mulching strawberries
in autumn is to prevent rapid thawing.
When once frozen the frost
should come out very gradually. If
the ground is merely shaded this object
will be accomplished. To oonserve
moisture in the spring until
after the berries are picked, apply the
mulch thiokly between the rows. Put
a little light chaff direotly on the
plants. Bake off this chaff when
growth begins. As freezing and
thawing is not rapid or frequent in
December, mulching may often be
Jelayed even to the latter part of Janaary.?American
Agriculturist.
EXSUiAGE NOT A COMPLETE FOOD.
Ensilage alone is not an economical
food, as it is deficient in the starchy
matter, and has so much water in it
that a cow must eat 100 pounds of it
to get enough nutriment to live upon.
For in 100 pounds of it there are only
Iwenty-two pounds of dry matter, of
which one-fourth is not digestible.
The digestible matter has about two
pounds of protein, or matters that go
to make flesh; six pounds of carboniceous
matters, that go to support the
inimal heat, and not quite half a
pound of fat, while an animal of 1000
pounds must have fully two and onelialf
pounds of the first, twelve and
jne-half pounds of the second, and
nearly half a pound of fat. Thus the
annilage is deficient in the heat-forming
substances, and it will need some
addition of starchy matter, such as
middlings, to complete it. But 100
pounds of food of any one kind, except
it be of the best pasture grasses,
is too much, and especially of ensilage,
which is by no means desirable for the
sole nutrition of an animal. Thus it
is better to give one-half this quantity,
or fifty pounds, or even forty of it,
and make up the rest of dry fodder, as
clover hay, with sufficient grain food
to make the even ration. With forty
pounds of ensilage and ten of hay,
adding four pounds of cornmeal and
the same of bran, or the equivalent of
any of the oil meals or the gluten
meals for these, will make a full ration
for a cow giving a pound of butter
a day.?New York Times.
hai;gd?'g a stable door.
In windy climates some other way of
hanging the stable door than swinging
it on hinges is greatly desired. A
device to do this is shown in the engraving
from a sketch by J. L. Townsend,
of Utah, and can be made from
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SECURELl HCNO STABLE DOOR.
the following descriptioa : For a doorway
three by eight feet, make a batten
door in the usual manner, weigh
it, and procure two square sash
weights that together will just balance
the door, or make the door to
balance the weights. Purchase about
eight yards of sash cord and two large
sash pulleys. Place in position a
frame made of two by eight inch plank
having the pulleys near the top, and
fit the door so that it will elide up
and down without wearing the cord.
Fasten the sash cords to the bottom of
the door near the batten. On each
side of the door fasten to the frame
strips of inch square piecee to hold
the door in position. The weights
may slide up and down on each side
of the frame, which may project out
far enough for the purpose, or be
boxed in to protect them and the cord
from the weather. This method costs
less than the common overhead hangers,
is very durable, can be used for
doors or uhutters, and any farmer who
is handy with tools can easily put it
into practice.?American Agriculturist.
HOW A MTJLCH ACTS.
The value of a mnlch is only partially
appreciated by Americans, and
there is a wide field for development
in using mulches of all kinds, thinks
A. B. Barrett We obtain our ideas
of mulches from the prairies and forests,
where nature forms her own
mulch. The decaying leaves and
stems soon form a mass on the surface,
which prevents the soil from
losing much of its moisture. This
leaf mold and accumulation of vege
table matter acts as a protecting
covering for the soil, and it will be
found around the trees in every for*
est, and around the roots of wild
grasses on every meadow. In imitating
nature, as she works in the field
and forest, we adopted the artificial
mulch around our fruit trees, and
found that it worked to their advantage.
A mulch, besides retaining the
moisture in the soil, also secures a
more uniform temperature and adds
considerable plant food to it. The
nature cf the mulch is an important
1 part of the work. Flat stones may be
1 used around trees, forming a permanent
mulch, but their 'action is merely
mechanical. It retains the moisture
and temperature of the soil, but it
adds nothing to it. Sawdust is but
little better, but straw and new-mown
lawn grass form rich mulches that add
plant food to the soil.
The exact change which takes place
in the soil when a covering is placed
over the surface is not generally understood.
Some chemical change
takes place, and the soil is enriched
for a time. In some of the gardens of
France the benefit derived from shading
a portion of the soil is understood
and carried out successfully. Tiles
cover tho strawberry beds, with holes
made through them here and there lot
the vines to crow out of. Flower
gardens are likewise covered with tiles
or cement, leaving no part of the soil
exposed except where the plants come
through. Expert horticulturists there
find this method of great advantage.
In a lesa expensive way parchment
paper can be used for covering the
garden soil. Brown paper dipped in
sulphuric acid should be used for this
purpose, as it is then made tough and
waterproof. In times of drought this
mulch acts splendidly. It retains the
water, accelerates the growth of the
plants, and keeps down the weeds.
More experiment with mulches will in
time make gardening much easier and
more profitable. The parchment '
paper mulcn, however, for small
places is the simplest, cheapest and
most effectual that has yet been experimented
with.?New England
Farmer.
fabji and gabten notes.
Ventilate the frait cellar. '
Let the strawberry patch be thoroughly
frozen over before mulching.
A warm blanket on the horse will
save more than its cost in feed during
one season.
Wagon grease costs but little, and
is hardly any trouble to put on. Remember
this at all times.
Don't forget that fall plowing
sometimes saves a great deal of labor
in the spring, when time is precious.
Let the poultry have access to the
manure pile when the ground is frozen,
so that they may scratch and not become
over fat.
If you have a lot of old mongrel
roosters running around, kill them as
soon as convenient, as they are of no
value as breeders.
Do you raise calves from your best
cows only. If your best cows make
810 a year more than your poorest
cows this is five per cent, interest ou
8200.
The .feeding and milking of the
batter cow operates just as the training
and racing of the horse. It tends tu
fix the performing habit?and heredity
tends powerfully to transmit all fixed
habits.
Feed the fowls whole corn at night
if you wish, but in the morning lei
them have wheat, oats, bran or corn
meal, mixed wun tae scraps itum vu?
table; mix to a stiff dough with water
or milk.
When the real cold weather comes,
keep the horse's bridle in the kitchen
by the stove. This will be appreciated
by the animal, as it will overcome the
necessity of having to take a cold bit
in his mouth.
The Alabama State Farmers' Institute
and Agricultural Society at their
late meeting recommended that the
farmers of that Stite reduce their cotton
acreage twenty per cent, and grow
diversified crops.
Cottonseod meal fed to excess will
injure the flavor of butter just as linseed
meal in excess will injure the
grain and flavor. The wise way is to
mix the different foods so as to secure
the best flavor, grain and hardness.
Fowls are creatures of habit in the
strictest sense, and when once they
form a habit, such as egg-eating, .
feather-pulling, or eating to excess,
they will continue the fault as long ai
they have opportunities for so doing.
Every farmer is, or ought to be, interested
in protecting his own
products, and every pound of buttei
properly made and sold at a fair
valuation, is a paying factor in the
interest of every other butter maker.
It would be well to remember that
during the long winter evenings yon
can occupy your time profitably bj
reflecting upon the mistakes of lasl
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SGJISOD, UI1U ueviamx DUIUO uicauo kjj
which you can overcome them in the
future.
The time has fully come when the
dairy interests of the country c*q best
be subserved by a united and harmonious
working together of all who
are in any degree connected therewith,
and in no way can the best interests
of each individual dairyman
be better promoted than by becoming
a member of hia State Dairy Association.