ISSUED

 EXECUTIVE

Michigan State

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VOL. 2.

SCHOOLCRAFT, APRIL, 1876.

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Grange, P. of H.

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COMMITTEE 

No. 1.

THE GRANGE VISITOR,
Is l’wbli.gIu:(I .'ilm.£Io.t_:/.

lnvariably in Advance.

  :¥(?i?I?,M’‘_N’ : }Puhlisl|ing Comrnitlee.

All communications should be addressed to
J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

Remittances should be by Registered Letter,
Money Order or Draft

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IT IS not the purpose of the Executive Com-
mittee in continuing the publication of the
VISITOR, by direction of the State Grange, to
Lleviaf_e_from the course first marked out in Feb-
ruary last, which was to furnish the most direct,
complete and cheapest medium of communica-
tion between the oflicers and members of the
Order throughout the State.

We hope Masters and Secretaries will not
fail to call the attention of members to every
matter of general interest, which appears in
the Vrsrron.

Communications on any subject, calculated
to promote the good of the Order, are solicited.

@" For Grange Supplies kept by the Secretary,
see “ Lrsr or SUPPLIES” on seventh page.

Ofllcers Michigan State Grange.

M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - - Paw Paw.
O.—P. W. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh.
L.-~—C. L. VVHITNEY, - — Muskegon.
S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac,

A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia.

C.——A. M. FITCH, - - — Albion.
SEc.—J. T. COBB, — - - Schoolcraft.
T.—-S. F. BROWN, - - — H

G. K.——A. E. STRONG, - - Vicksburg.
CERES.--MRS. N. CHILSON, Battle Creek.

POMONA—MES. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLoRA——MB.s. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw l3’a.w.
L. A. S.—M1zs. W. H. MATTISON, Ionin.

Executive committee.

J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Chairm’n, Ypsilanti.
F- M- HOLLOWAY: - - Jonesville.
GEO. “L WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceans. Co.
SAMUEL LANGDON, Bowen Sta.t’u. Kent Co.

C- G'- I-UCE. - - Gilead, Branch Co,
3- 13- JEFFRES. - Okemos, Ingham 00.
W. A. WALES - - Disco, Macomb 00.

J, J. WOODMAN, J. r. cons, - Ex. Ofiicio.

state Business Agent.
J. Ii. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph 00.

Deputies.
C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskogori.
P. W. ADAMS, ‘ Lenaweeuo. “ Tecumseh.
W. 0. SMITH, Osceola “ “ l‘r;Lpo_

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America’s greatest philosopher has

 told us,’ that “a penny saved is a
AT THIRTY CENTS PER. ANNUM,

penny made.” Any one who will an-
alyze this precept will see that it is
practically true, and yet our class, so

‘economical in many things, do not

properly appreciate this precept. A
majority of us will higgle over a few
dollars in the purchase of an article,
(which is all right ; in fact, essential);
but after obtaining it we lose many
dollars by negligence or carelessness,
which would not be the case if the
economy used in saving was equal to
that in procuring. This practice is
observable in everything connected
with the farm, whether it relates to
the fencing, the stock or" implements,
the care of stock, the cultivation of
the crops, the expenditure of labor,
the management of the land, or the

disposition of’ the surplus products. ;

The cause of this is, that a. part of
our education in economy has been
neglected. We have from time im-
memorable been educated in one-
sided economy. VVe are accustomed
to deny ourselves enjoyments which
others demand as comforts, and to in»
crease our productions; but the econ-
omy in disposing of our surplus is not
fully understood by the average farm-
er. He does not understand, or
rather, appreciate the fact that if, in
disposing of his surplus. he manages
to get in exchange double the amount
of others’ products, he has practically
increased his own products one hun-
dred-fold. Yet such is the fact.

This would appear plainly to all,
did not money enter as a factor into
all exchanges of products. We are
accustomed to exchange for money,
which we use to buy other products
with.v Hence, when 9. farmer gets
$1.50 per bushel for wheat, where he
had previously obtained $1.00, he
thinks his wheat crop pays much bet-
ter than formerly, which is not the
case, provided other things (of which
he buys) have advanced in price the

same as his wheat. We should accus- ;

tom ourselves, therefore, to calculate

the value of our products by the
. amount of others’ products that ours

will exchange for, since this is the
correct and only true basis. VVere
we to do this, we should begin to
study economy in all its bearings.
With money as 3. factor, however, we
are apt to overlook the relation that
other products bear to money also.
In this way we may deceive ourselves,
and while obtaining more in money,

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we consume for what we prorluce. In
fact, this is just what we do. \Vc
imagine that when our produce is
converted into cash that we have no
further interest in the 1natter—our
use for economy ends with the trans-
action. This one—sided economy we
have practiced until others have be-
come rich and we poor, though we
labor harder and more intelligently.
We have increased our productions
until they cease to l:e remunerative
(as we term it) ; which means that the
products which We consume in pro-
ducing cannot be replaced in value
by our products without depreciating
the value of our labor, etc. Any in-
crease on our part will only widen the
gap, unless corresponding changes
are made in those things we buy or
consume.

VVe must therefore look to the other
sidcmzzf the question, ‘and consider‘
that surplus products are produced
and interchanged for consumption ;
that the quickest and cheapest Way to
the consumer will yield the best re-
turns to the producer. We must see
to it that consumers get our products,
and that We get theirs in exchange at
rates that will yield us as much profit
on our capital and labor involved as
they receive, and further, that no un-
necessary costs or expenses be borne
in the process of exchanging. When
We understand this side of farm econ-
omy, We will then perceive and apprc—
ciate the benefits conferred by the
Grange organization. \Ve have saved
untold millions, and added to the val-
ue of farm products  much as one
hundred per cent, in some instances.
Take the sewing machine, for instance.
One hundred bushels of wheat, at one
dollar per bushel, would exchange for
a hundred dollar sewing machine.
Now fifty bushels of Wheat at the
same price, will exchange for the same
machine. Here. so far as the two pro-
ducts are concerned, the result to the
farmer is the same as though the
Grange had instructed him how to
double his yield of wheat. So with
everything else that farmers consume
——they have saved in lowering prices
for farm supplies from ten to fifty per
cent., which, as shown above, is equal
to an increase of ihrni production to
that extent.

The Inembership should consider
this point, as it presentsthe strongest
featlu'e in our business eflorts. . Had
we,incrca.sed our productions to this
extent, the civilized world would have
landed the Grzmge to the skies as the

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saw; for other classes than the farm-
ers would have derived the bulk Of
the’ benefits, and large cities, etc., in-
stead of improved farms, would re-
sult therefrom; but when the same re-
sult has been obtained by the Grange,
for the exclusive benefit of the farm-
ers, no one appears to care that the
farmer should know it. We must
therefore learn it ourselves, as we are
fast doing. VVe will then appreciate

the Grange, and give it credit for se- 1

curing to the farmer more than it‘ it
had taught him to increase his yield
in produce twenty ‘per cent. per an-
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Tut: Granges in Ohio seem deter- ‘

mined to let the country know that
farmers can do something besides
farming. for they have taken steps to
establish another supply house at
Marietta. Capital $20,000, in shares
of 35, members limited to twenty
shares.

SPEAKING of capital, the Executive
Committee of the Ohio State Grange
placed in the hands of the State
Agent $5,000—$500 more than he
needed. With that amount—that is,
$4,500~lie transacted a business last
year of nearly $1,000,000, turning
over the original capital two hundred

The Education of our Dailglh
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Brother and Sister Patrons :—
There has been much written and
spoken concerning the education of

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VVHIcH SHALL RULE — NINE-
TENTHS or. ONE-TENTlI.——AbOut oiie-
half of our population belong to the
farming class. About one quarter of
our population belong to the ine-
chanic class. And about fifteen per

our sons. while our daughters seem 1 cent of om, population are 1ab0,.e,.s

to have been forgotten. NOWI am

of the opinion that our
need to be as well educated as our

sons. If we were all rich, it would

, But the majority of us are poor, or
l in moderate circumstances, and have
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i ionable boarding school, or female
, college. Yet I think that we might
2 devise some plan, by which We Could

that afforded by our public schools.
I will suggest a plan whereby we
might lesson the expense of their ed-
ucation, hoping some good sister will
perfect it, or give us a better.
this:

fit up one room for a school or reci-
tation room ; then procure a lady of
refined education to act as principal,
governess and teacher. As farmers’
girls all know how to work, (or should
know.) let them do the cooking,
chamber and house work. This they
can do, and have time for six hours

times, or nearly four times a Week, at

a cost of not more than one-half per ‘

study each day. Let three or four
girls do the kitchen work one week,

cent, to the members of the order in 1, and three 01' f011P the sweeping and
that State. chamber Work. On Saturday they

has developed in this country more
speakers and active parliamentaries
than any, school or

power there is in the order, if used 1
to an advantage.

PATRIONSIANBV POLITICS.~—Whlle it '

is a notorious fact, that as an organ-
ization of Granges, we eschew poli-
tics, it is nevertheless true, that each
individual member possesses and is
entitled to exercise all the political
rights as to any other citizen. Be-
ing a Patron of Husbandry the duty
of exercising this right is more im-
perative than if they were not mem-
here, because the laws ol our govern-
ment control our interests, and it is
through these laws that the evils we
complain of, in many respects, must
be corrected There is the necessity

combination of ,
colleges ever started in any country. 
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THE order of Patrons of Husbandry  could an Sweep’ dust’ and set things

to rights

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ueation they could get at an ordina-
ry boarding school; for it isa sad

' play the piano. Then they only play
the tune, without producing any mu-
sic. They are schooled in such a
manner as to wholly unfit them for a
farmer’s wife, and are worth little

else than to be used for a parlor or- -

nament. If our girls do the work at
school, they will not be afraid to do
it when they return home. Of all the
accomplishments a girl can have,
housewifery is the most beautiful.—

 Add to it refinement and education, 5

1 and We have at once the real ,ady__a  tice and common sense goveyging mm

‘1 lady whom any young farmer would

then, for us, as citizens, to educate , be proud to marry, and happy to call

ourselves in political economy; to
exercise upon all occasions the rights
conferred upon us; to use all fair and
honorable means to secure the elec-
tion of those who are friendly to the

agricultural interests of our country.

We do not advocate the election of a 1

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‘Iduring the process_

person simply because he is a Patron,
but we do advocate the election of
those who are friendly to our princi-
ples, believing that they will tend to
promote the interest of mankind: We
conceive, therefore, that prior to any
election we should never let an op-
portunity pass to afliliate with those,
and those alone, who will render us
service. We should also use all due
diligence to discover the proper man
for the proper place and make an ef-
fort to secure his election —-Neln-aska.
Palrwn.

his wife. Brother and sister Patrons,
let us try and perfect a plan whereby
We can give our girls a better educa-

i tion, and at less cost, than our pre- -

3 sent boarding school system.
:, Fraternally,
' BENJ. 1*‘. S'.rA‘Uciii;N.

Feb. 17, 1876.

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1 A GRANGE co- operative stdi=e in
Howard county Ind., started with a,
capital Pf 51,000, paid up, each
Grange in the county voting directly
out of its treasury fifty dollars. The

daughters .

I am led to believe that 1
such a school, if rightly managed,‘
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who make" their living by their mus-
cle. Has any one ever asked him-
self how much legislation ‘is done by
this ninety per cent. of our popula-
tion? It is a patient fact that they

be an easy matter to educate both.—-— 1 have scarcely any influence in mm.

national legislation? The truth is, the
legislation of the country is shaped
and controlled by less than one tenth
of‘ the population. It is made in the
interest of capital, instead of the in-
terest of the peopl -. And this is the
reason there is so much .~u!i'ering-
among the industral classes to-day.
There has never been such a canoe“.
tration of capital going on a~'- within
the past few years, and a conce1itm-

It is 1 tion of capital brings a concentration
Let enough farmers join and l of political and law-making power.
rent, or build, a suitable house, and  Capital has got the people within its

toils Can they release themselves L’
This is an important question. This
must form a political issue. lf unc-

ltenth of the people are to goxern

nine-tenths, and make them subscr-
vient to their peculiar interests, it is
tiuie we were awakened to the fact.
It can do no harm to bestow a little
thought upon this lIl'itvl.8I'.——~—[t)Ila“fl[
WI/7‘lrI'.

A COMMERCIAL l’.ii=nu 0:»: Tin-2

GRA1\*cE.—The Milwaukee Jom-ual of

Commrrce thus speaks of the Grange:
“The grange movement is broad

- enoueh to achie 1e . - -~.~
to the welfare of the ‘ ° \ Permanent mace” ‘

Pretended friends may mislead, and

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farmers home, more than all the ed , abuse It for a time, but they cmnfi

stop it. It is rapidly teaching the
farmers and middlemen their respect-

fact that the majority of boarding - - ; _ . . .
school misses forget how to do house i lljleigutggig-11$‘, HES: 

lwork’ and know lime else than to whether politicians or corporations

to know their place. It is helping to
determine what is just between all
parties The association of men
against the association of dollars is
entirely in accordance with the laws
of political economy. \Vhatever this
grange association attempts in up-
position to those laws will surely fail.
VVe believe in the grange, and believe
there is a code, called “political coni-
oniy,” of unwritten principles of ju~'-

in their relations to one another ’

TREASURY DEPAltT.\IEN’1‘ \\'niTi:—
\\'ASII.—The receipt for xvliitewzisliing
sent out by the Lighthouse Board 0:‘
the Treasury Department has been
found by experience to answer on

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as oil paint, and is much cheaper.

1 Slake a half bushel of unslacked liine

Strain it. and
add a peck or salt, dissolved in warm
W3-t9_1'3 three pounds of ground rice
P11}? in boiling water and boiled to a
thin paste; one-halt' pound powdered
Spanish whiting, and a pound of Clear

whole business was under th d‘ a- I - -
ofaboard, which selected we aiie-:53 E glllue dissolved in warm Water; mix
g . 1 ese well together, and let the 11112:-

In a little less than one year they re- ' ture stand foi 1 1
' severa ( ays.

Keep

port a bpsinelss of over $30,000 and a 1 the wash thus prenared in a kettle 0,.

saw ‘ t _ - . ' -

the1I;<;I'1§1eaeX;:::e‘3gagegeginpéz vmile portable furnace, and when used Put
J9 an it on as hot as possible with either

Painters’ or whitewash hrnslies.

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.1. .1. WOODMAN, 7 — - — C PAW pAw, 

[Incorporation of Granges. 

Every subordinate Grange th-at !
owns a hall or other property of 
value should incorporate under the
General Law of the State, in order to
secure to each member of the Grange
his just rights, and equal proportion
of his investment in the common
stock, or property belonging to the
Grange. The title to real estate, is
v.-sted in the person or persons, or cor-
poration named in the article of con-
veyance. Hence it’ a Grange owns a
hall, it should have a title to the plat
of land upon which it stands; and if
not incorporated, the title must be
vested in some individual, or com-
mittee, selected by the Grange for
that purpose, which is not always
satisfactory to the Grange, or safe for
those who have invested their money.

After a Grange has become incor-
porated, the tttle to all property
owned by the Grange should be vested
in the Grange ; then every member in
good standim: becomes a stock-holder,
or joint owner in all the property of
the Grange. “ An incorporated
Grange may sue and be sued, con-
tract and be contracted with, and
may purchase, take, receive, own and
hold real and personal estate, and the
same or any part thereof, grant, sell,
mortgage. lease, and convey at
pleasure.” The property of the Grange
will be liable for the debts of the
Grange, and the members will be in-
dividually liable, to the amount of,
their interest in the property.

An inc irporated Grange, “ may
create a capital stock ” for business
purposes “and divide the same into
convenient shares, and make all such
rules and regulations in respect to
the same; and the management there-
of and for the collection of assess-
ments and calls upon -such shares as
may be expedient.”

HOW TO INCORPORATE.

1st. The Grange should at a reg-
ular meeting resolve that at a subse-
quent meeting, the question of incor-
porating the Grange will be con-
sidered, and voted upon. General
notice should be given, and all mem-
bers requested to be present, and
take part in the discussion, so that all
may fttlly understand, and learn the
benefits of incorporating. A Resolu-
tion should be adopted to incorpo-
rate, and the Master and Secretary in-
structed to procure blank forms from
the Secretary of the State Grange for
that purpose.

Znd. The blanks in the form should
be filled, and the names and places of
residence of the thirteen or more
members who are to become the in-
corporators, inserted. The blank
Charter shou d be filled so as to cor-
respond with the Charter of’ the
Grange.

3rd. The thirteen or more incor-
porators whose names have been in-
serted, should all go before a Notary
Public, or Justice of the Peace, sign
and acknowledge the same under the
same date. ‘

-lth The articles of incorporation
should be recorded in the otfiee of

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the County Clerk of the County
in which the place of meeting and
business oflice of the corporation is
located; also in the Roll Book of the
Grange, and the original articles de-
posited with the Master of the Grange,
tor safe keeping.

5th. Other members of the Grange,
whose names are not upon the orig-
inal articles of association, should now
sign the same upon the roll book ;
and will thus be entitled to vote at
the first meeting of the Corporation,
for the election of officers and adop
tion of By-Laws.

6th. At the first meeting of the
Incorporated Grange, provided for in
the Articles of Association,——which
should be at a regular meeting of the
Grange, due notice of the same having
been given—the incorporators, and all
who have signed the articles on the
roll book, should proceed to elect the
officers of the Grange to be the ojicers
of the Curpm'utfo)t, during the un-
expired term of their offices, or until
the next annual meeting of the Grange
for the election of officers. The ofiicers
elected at the next annual meeting, as
provided in the By-Laws, will be the
oflicers of the Incorporated Grange.
At this first meeting the By-Laws of
the G range should he adopted as the
By Laws of the Corporation.

7th. The Secretary of the Subor.
dinate Grange shall, within ten days
after the incorporation of such Grange,
certify to the fact and date of such in-
corpoaation, and forward such certifi-
cate to the Secretary of the State
Grange.

General Rules on lmmv and
Usage.

(eoxrmnnn FROM MARCH NUMBER.)
POMONA GRANGES.

 Masters and Past Masters and
their wivesvwho are matrons, being
members in good standing in sub-
ordinate Granges in the County or
District, on filing a petition in due
form, accompanied by the member-
ship fee, shall be entitled to the de-
gates and membership in a Pomona
Grange.

36. Fourth Degree members in
good standing in a subordinate Grange
in the County or District, “ on filing
a petition setting forth their election
by the subordinate Grange to which
they belong, and accompanied by the
fee of membership, shall, when duly
elected to membership, be entitled to
receive the degree of Pomona, and its
benefits. No member shall be re-
ceived except by ballot, and three
negative votes shall reject.”

37. “ The Secretary of the Po-
mona Grange shall report quarterly to
the Secretary of the State Grange, at
and for the same time Secretaries of
subordinate Granges are required to
report; which report shall show the
membership of the Grange, condition
ot"the treasury, and give such informa-
tion in regard to business done. stock,
crops, implements, etc., as may be
called for by the State Grange. Such
report should be made promptly and
With as much exactness as possible,
and be certified to by the Master and
Secretary.”

-38. The Pomona Granges being new
a component part of the organization
of Patrons of Husbandry, it it both

desirable and necessary that a record
of this branch of the organization he
kept in the office ofthe Secretary of the
State Grange

Secretaries of Pomona Granges who
have not already done so, should at
once report to the Secretary of the
State Grange-

1st. The (late of organization.

2d The names and address of the
Master, Secretary and Business Agent;
first elected,

3d. The (late of annual meeting.

4th. The names and address of the
Master, Secretary and Business Agent
elected for 1876."

Pan-one of Michigan.

Our brethren in the counties of Lake
and Manistee are in need of aid.
They have settled in this new portion
of our State, and are by honest indus-
try endeavoring to make for them-
selves comfortable homes. They had
cleared away the forest, and planted
the ground, which promised an abun-
dant yield; and all looked forward
with joy to the coming harvest. But
alas, they were doomed to disappoint-
ment. The early frosts of last an-
tumu destroyed their crops, and blast-
ed all their hopes. They are now
without seed for spring planting; and
in many instances, without suitable
food for their families.

I am confident this appeal to you in
the more favored portions of our State,
will not be in vain. The Master of
each Subordinate Grange should pre-
sent this subject to his Grange at its
next meeting, and give all who are
able and Willing, the privilege of ex-
ercising this most christian virtue, of
“giving to the needy.” By so doing
they will send joy to many despond-
ent hearts, and find their reward" in the
consciousness of having relieved their
“ brethren in distress,” and in the
truth of the declaration, that “ it is
more blessed to give than to receive.

Read Brother Whitney’s letter in
another column, and act accordingly.

J. J. WOODMAN.

“I'r turns out that the arrange-

ments inaugurated by the Patrons of

Husbandry for their Centennial En-
cumpment will furnish almost the only
plan yet proposed for visiting the
great Exposition with any degree of
economy or comfort The rates to
and from the gr-ounds—only fifteen
cents both ways, or ten cents one way
—are much lower than any other ar-
rangement proposes, and the charge
of fifty cents for lodging and fit_'t.y
cents for each meal is fully fifty per
cent. cheaper than that proposed in
the city. A Philadelphia correspond-
ent of the New York Times writes:
‘ The Grangers may have hay seed in
their lock:-, but they certainly have
brains under their hair. When the
Grangers of Pennsylvania met in
solemn State convention and discussed
the question of accommodation and
prices within the city, they came to
the conclusion that things were likely
to be dearer than.would suit either
the pockets or the wishes of a true
agriculturist. "It may be observed
that the farmers in all lands holds on
to his money with an exceedingly
hard grip, because he really earns it
by the sweat of his brow.’ ”

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_ Frcm the Farmer's Friend.
The line of Pomona G1-anges.

Of what use are Pomona. Granges ?
writes a Patroness. We answer:

1. To unite subordinate Granges
in a county into a more solid, com-
pact body ;a thing impossible without
a county organization.

:2. To enable Patrons from different
parts of a county to become better
acquainted one with another.

 To increase confidence among
members of the order. Men always
have more confidence in honest men
they have met ; and so with ladies.

5. To co—operate more success-
fully. A whole Grange may require
only one threshing machine; at this
rate the fifteen Granges in a county
would require fifteen. If fifteen were
ordered at one time, there is a greater
reduction in price and freight. So in
thousands of other articles.

5. The Pomona Grange is a good
drill ground. Farmers who learn to
talk at home, can try their hand one
step higher in the Pomona.

(5. Pomona Granges are admirable
places for the cxemplification of the
unwritten work. It saves the ex-
pense to the State Grange of having
some one regularly visit the subor-
dinate Graiiges to instruct them in
our private workings.

7. A well ordered Pomona Grange
makes better and more active subor-
dinate Granges.

8. Pomona Granges, properly con-
ducted, infuse new life and energy
into all who attend them.

9. They aid Patrons and Grranges
in selling products to advantage.

10. They impart valuable iiiforina- ,

tion how to buy and how to sell.

11. A good Pomona Grange, well
under way. can expose any humbugs
that exist within their jurisdiction.

12. Pomonas can easily and quickly
resolve themselves into horse-thief
detective associations, and prove as
effective, if not more so than any
other horse-thief detective body.

13. Pomona Granges can arrange
for live stock sales more successfully
and profitably than subordinate
tlranges.

14. By the use of blackboards they
can advertise more extensively and
satisfactorily what Patrons want to
buy or have to Sell.

15. They enable the ladies to be-
come more widely acquainted, and in-
crease tee blessings of sociability im-
mensely among the fair sex.

17. Pomona Grranges teach, in its
truest and most expressive sense, the
lesson of rnusnvnnaucn.

IN a week or two we expect to pub-
lish a fine picture of the Centennial
Encampment. Persons desiring extra
copies of the issue of the 1"urmer’s
Friend, containing the illustration,
should order at once, as the number
printed will be limited. Price 3 cents
per copy, postage prepaid.

.-The facade building of the Centen-
nial Encampment will be 480 feet long,
by 48 feet wide, two stories high,
with _liandsome outside finish. The
first floor will be occupied by the
offices of the association. The tele-
graph, express, baggage, railroad,
ticket, news, and post oflices will also
be located on this floor. ’l he second

 

story will be used for bed rooms-
The entire building is now in the
course of construction,_ and Will be
under roof by the 20th inst-

gepsrtment.

T §c:r2tari_i’s

J. T. COBB, - - - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

 
   

Ofiicers and members of S_ubordinate.Granges
in corresponding with this ofiqey W111 Please
always give the Number of their Grange-

Wn send this, the first number of
the Second Volume of the VISITOR to
all our friends who have taken it from
its first issue one year ago, as The Cw'rcu-
lar of the Executive Committee.

We hope these friends will not allow

us to drop their names from our list,

as we wish to send the Visiroa to them
another year for 30 cents each, in

advance.

Plaster Again.

Its Drawbacks—Cli:ui:e 0| Firm—Pres-
eiit Condition at the Mili——Future
Prospects for Success.

The plaster question comes to the
front again in this month’s issue of the
VISITOR. Within the last month we
have answered scores of letters upon
this subject, and visited Grandvillc
twice, and am now ready to report the
present state of the business.

In the March number we indicated
the difficulties which Mr. Weston had

to contend with, and the cause of his ,

f.iilure to supply plaster as agreed.

He commenced operations too late 

first strata of plaster reached. taken
out, ground and shipped prior to the
5th inst. Mr. Weston expected to
get into the lower strata by the mid-
dle of February, but in that he failed,
except with a drill, which determined
its thickness in a half dozen places

When I was there on the 12th, the
day of his transfer to Day & Taylor,
the intermediate strata of sandstone
and shale was mostly quarried out of
the opened pit, and it appeared cer-
tain that the lower strata would be
opened by Monday, the 17 th inst.
The parties now in possession assured
me that the business of mining and
grinding should be pushed night and
day the rest of this month, or as long
as the spring demand continues.

Of course this will do but little to-
ward supplying the orders on file, but
we believe the business is now in such
shape that the “ Grange Plaster Mill”
will soon secure the confidence of its
friends and command respectful treat-
ment from its enemies.

The Grand Rapids Plaster Associa-
tion, organized in Nov. 1874, with a
lawyer for its president, composed of
several business gentlemen, represent-
ing a capital of $1,000,000, started in
business as an Association on the as-
sumption that farmcrs as a class,
could not be trusted even when organ-
ized for business purposes, and though
farmers were the only people who had
any use for the product (except stuc-
co) of these manufacturers, yet to do
business safely with them there must
needs be intermediate agents.

The venerable president of the as-
sociation made several labored efforts

in the season to make a success of this 5 to PFOVG that Plaste-1' W35 W01‘th '00 the

cnterprise—liad not sufficient availa-
ble means to prosecute it independent-
ly, and evidently no stone has been left
untnriicd that the Plaster Association
could move, that would impede his
business and damage his credit. Bro.
Weston is a sanguine, hopeful sort of
a man, and has struggled hard to per-

iform all that he proniised—but he

became so heavily loaded that he has
been compelled to give up the busi-
ness just as he had reached that point

1 where the great burden of the expense
l of building and furnishing a mill and

developing his plaster bed had been
incurred. .

I Ie has sold 40 acres of land where
his plaster mill stands and all fixtures
that pertain to the business, to Day
& Taylor, of Jenisonville. This firm
undertake to carry out the arrange-
ment of the Executive Committee
with Mr. VVeston, and will, as far as
the season will permit.

The Circumstances seem to require
that a full explanation should be made
that no blame should rest where it
does not belong.

The plaster bed which Mr. Weston
has been developing consists of two
strata—the first fourteen feet below
the surface, is about 5 feet thick- be-
low this is a strata of sand-rock, and
shale 5% feet, and then a bed of plas-
ter 12-} feet in thickness. Mr. Weston
last fall commenced stripping (as the
plastermen term it,) to reach this first

. strata. This is a slow, tedious, and ex.

pensive job.

The excavation made is about .50
by 100 feet. This body of earth and
rock was hauled off by teams and the

farmer at least $100.00 per ton, and

-‘ that we should not therefore object to

paying $4.00 per ton for it at the
mills, and whatever profit their agents
might require of us. He pettifogged
this point until he seemed to believe

it himself, and being a lawyer and of

course able to give‘ advice, we were
kindly supplied with his opinions at
less than legal rates.

It has never been claimed by any
member of the Association, that to
mine and prepare plaster for ship-
ment, cost more than $2.25 per ton,
and the remaining $1.75, it is alleged,
is no more than a fair profit on their
investment.

’lhis is perhaps true, but, unfortu-
nately, for their own statements,
there is four times as much capital
invested in the business as is re-
qtiired by the district or country de-
pendent on Grand Rapids and vicinity
for its iupply ; and the price was
fixed with reference to making the
farmers of Michiganpay interest on
this large amount of dead capital.
The price, however, was not the real
cause of difference. The Granges
and Patrons of Michigan would to-
day have been ordering plaster of the
Association, and paying $4.00 per ton
without complaint, if the Association
had not discriminated against us, and
refused to recognize or fill any orders
for plaster from any Grange or
County Council without such order
was accompanied with. the money.
buch refusal followed an agreement-
oii the part of the Association to deal
with Patrons on the same terms as
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that before the Association was formed,
any Grange or Council ever failed to
pay for plaster as soon as received.
Everything was done on our part to
induce the Association to treat our
organization fairly and justly, but to
no purpose. The Association ‘had
foolishly determined to array itself
against its own customers, and it has
done it.

We have not time to give in detail
the history of this “Plaster war” be-
tween the association and the Patrons
of Michigan. But to show what
business men will do that haven’t
now got a lawyer for a president, I
must refer to a circular distributed
lately by the Association.

The first one I saw, was sent to me
by the Sec’y of the Association, and
is headed “Plaster as a Fertilizer.”
It is without date or paternity. Noth-
ing on its face to show by whom is-
sued or where from It is got up on
the patent medicine plan, and is sim-
ply a collection of opinions favorable
to the use of plaster. \Ve have no
disposition to quarrel with the face
of this circular. Secretary Bates, in
sending to me, kindly suggested that
I should print this circular in the
VISITOR.

I have since received the same cir-
cular, but not from Mr. Bates this
time, with a little article printed on
the back of it, from the pen of some
friend of the poor Granger.

The writer, in his haste to get his
statement in circulation, forgot to sign
his name, and we are left Wholly to
conjecture who this friend is. His
date is Grand Rapids. Mm-cli 22, 1876,
and he goes on in iniorin us that
“dealers and consumers of land plaster
being anxious to know the condition
of the plaster quarry of Mr. Weston,”
the writer visited Grandville to ascer-
tain the facts.” In this‘ statement
there is one truth, probably two—that
dealers and consumers are anxious to
know about this matter of Weston’s,
was true. If the other statement, that
the writer visited “the plaster quarry
of Mr. VVeston”’ is also true, it is a
pity that all the truth he did tell is
found in this first paragraph. We
are coolly informed that it is 26 feet
to the first strata of plaster—that the
quality is poor “largely composed of
foreign matter not valuable as a fertil-
izcr”——that there is a -‘ supposed layer
of plaster” below the shale and sand-
stone—that from his knowledge of
mining, Mr. Weston cannot compete
with other manufacturers, and that
last of all “ he was told that Mr. Wes-
ton had a contract with the Grangers
of the State to deliver plaster at $3.00
per ton at his mill” and -‘that Mr.
Cobb had advised Mr. V-Vcston that
they would allow him an extra half
dollar per ton on all he can ship this
spring.”.

An association that will publish and
circulate such stuff as this, it is fair to
presume are responsible for the ex-
travagant and false reports that are
being circulated throughout the State
with regard to Mr. Weston—the losses
the Granges have sustained by send-
ing him money, and all that sort of
thing.

That Mr. Weston has filled but a
small part of the orders received is
true, but that any Patron has sent

him money for plaster and will lose it
is quite as untrue, and is of a piece
with another statement that Mr. \Ves-
tou had “contracted to furnish the
Grangers with 100,000 tons of plaster,”
an amount greater than has been
manufactured and sold in the Grand
River Valley in three years.

We do not advise those of our
friends who cannot get plaster 011
their orders on file in this ofliee, to go

5 without entirely, but trust in Provi-

dence for a wet season and buy spar-
ingly. \\'c think next year you can
depend on getting all you want from
“The Granger Plaster Mill.”

ABOUT every fourth letter from
Secretaries, gives me notice that I
did not send but sia; bltmlrs for quar-
terly reports. This is supposed to be
a mistake on my part. Not so— six
covers my official term, and I did not
presume to furnish for my successor
blanks, on their face returnable to me.

Some enquiry is made for blanks
for Treasurer's reports. The March
VISITOR gave notice that those were
discontinued—-none have been dis-
tributed this year. VVith blanks for
Secretary’s use we send blank bonds
for Secretaries and Treasurers of Sul)~
ordinate Granges.

Sec 1, Art 10, Constitution Na-
tional Grange, requires 'lrea.surers of
Subordinate Uranges to give a bond,
and the Code of By Laws for Subor-
dinate Granges, approved by the
State Grange at its last session, re-
quires Seerctaries also to execute a
bond.

As the blanks have been furnished
at the expense of the State Grange,
we hope the constitutional require-
ment will not be disregarded.

THE By-Laws of State Grange were
not in print in time to send a copy
with blanks to Secretaries as intend-
ed. We now have on hand a good
supply, got up in good shape, of the
Constitution of National Grange, By-
Laws of State Grange, and the Codes
of By-Laws for Pomona and Subor-
dinate Granges, recommended by the
State Grange, bound in a little pam-
phlet of 34 pages. Price 30 cents
All Granges should order. '

THE Grangers’ Bank of California
does not rest for its support upon the
shoulders of a few large capitalists,
who in such cases almost always run
a bank for speculative purposes, and
generally for their own individual
gain; but it has been founded upon
the widely divided capital of the
“bone and sinew” of the State, some
1,600 of whom have come up and
pledged their names and money in aid
of afinancial institution which shall
be as bread as the State, and‘ which
shall be so conducted as to grow with
its growth, and strengthen with its
strength, until it shall equal any oth-
er banking institution on the Pacific
coast. The future of the Grangers’
Bank is now as well assured as any-
thing in the future, subject to human
control, can well become. It is no
longer an experiment, but is well out
on the high tide of successlul pros-
perity. We can freely recommend it
to the confidence of Patrons and all
others who desire to do business with

a banking institution founded and
conducted upon correct banking prin-
eiples—-the good of the stockholders
community at large, rather than of
the little ring of managers who con-
trol its business.— Pacific Rural P/-r.»-.-.

I §e::tnrcr'5 gepattmntt.

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— nusxneox.

Duties of Oflicers.
( CONTINUED.)

In the last number the types made-
me say something I of course did not.
mean. It should read “ If you can‘!
say, the.”

A word or two further to the VV.
M. The Ritual, Constitution and By-
Laws of the State Grange, the By-Laws
and Decisions of the National Grange
and By-Laws of your own Grange not
in conflict with the former, are law, and
should be well and thoroughly known
and understood by you, that you may
not only know the mere letter but the
whole spiritof them in all their bear-
ings. All these have been provided
you without cost, and you have no ex-
cuse for not using them in your own
action, and teaching them to a‘l your
officers and members.

The other works Ihave named while
they are not absvluzc law. are good
authority and the usages of the Order
in many of the States, and will aid
greatly to understand the laws and
usages of the Order.

Worthy Master, can your work be
too well done ‘? Then don't fear you
will know it too well. The influence
you will exert will be in proportion to
your knowledge, and manner in the
discharge of your own duty. You are
a lesson to be more or less learned
and imitated by those near you. You
are their leader and guide.

You should take an active part in
arranging the room for meetings; in
seeing that it is tidy and attractive,
assisting in decorating, and in a way to
interest every member.

You should be prompt in opening
the Grange at the appointed hour, and
then allow no time to waste during
sessions, yet giving needed recess.

Arrange with the Secretary and
others to have the labors of each ses-
sion executed in quick succession. In-
struct each oflicer or committee to be
prompt, not in open Grange, but In a
private talk.

Insist that all the services of the
Ritual shall be well done, every prayer
said in due reverence, and every charge
ut.tered- with feeling and impressive-
ness.

All this, my dear Brothers, and
many more things that I would but
cannot write, but which will suggest
themselves to you, should be before
you and your constant study.

wournr ovnnsnnns,
To you I now come, although had 1
time and space, I should have visited
the Secretary next. Your first duty is
the heartiest and most cheerful support
of the Master in all his duties, ever
ready to take his place if absent, and
of course‘ equally able to fill his vacant

chair and do all the Grange expect of

him. Then you too should study and
learn all th..t you can of the Order,

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and thus be ready to act as .\l:\i‘1’l‘lill{ if
required.

If the \V. M. is not on hand at the
hour of meeting. it _is your duty, alter
a brief delay, (l0 minutes say. or more

6 is if H.

iceived, please call a special one-. and

‘ forwardfall you can and promptly.

if you know the Master will not be ,

present) to take the Master’s position
and, calling the meeting to order, fill
the vacancies and proceed to the
business of the ineeting.

You have another duty. To be
ready to discharge all required of you
in the presence of the Master as Over-
seer proper. You too should be
prompt in attendance to assist the V_V.
M. in having the room and all pertain-
ing to the comfort of members and the
success of the meetings, put in the
best possible condition for use.

Seek to have all salutations rendered
with dignity and manly bearing. Give
your charges with earnestness, showing
that they come from the heart, not the
lips merely. In short, do all things
well, and in time, remembering that
“ «u,~hare1-.er is ICON/L ¢l«2:'ng at all, is worth
zIm.'n_«/ we?/."

Mt'siusnox, April 11, 1876.
To Me Wm~l71_1/ Brothers and S4.'sters of
the Granges in Sou(.’u:rn, Ceiif-rul and

Eastern A1 i'chi1/arz, (rlreeifng :

The frost of June last, added to the
severe one ofSept. 19th, almost entirely
destroyed the crops of portions of
Manistee and Lake Counties. Iwas
in the vicinity in June and saw the
wheat and other crops laid waste.
The September frost visited us here
sharp enough to give us a realizing
sense of the losses of our brother Pat-
rons in these two Counties.

Some members of eight Granges

until the logs reach market in June,
or later. ’

Now, Brothers and Sisters, we have
had good crops and an abundunce—let
us send of what we have to our needy
Brothers, so\ving the seeds of Charity
which they may plant with hope of a
harvest.

These Brothers need oats, barley,
millet, spring rye, buckwheat, clover
and timothy, field peas, seed corn.
Money also can be given to buy if we
do not send enough, and also to pay
the freights. I am trying to arra.nge
for freight free upon the railroads and
boats, but hardly expect to do so at
this late hour in time. ,

'l‘hese seeds are needed at once.
’\Vill not each Grange lay this before
their niembers, and collecting seed and
money, forward it to me at Muskegon,
where those going to Manistee will be
shipped by boa t-—the only way to reach
them, and there to Lake County by
rail or boat as may be best f’

In case any surplus of any one
article or more being received this is
the best of markets to sell and with
the money purchase those things lack-
me.

‘An receipts will be acknowledged
by card and in the e columns. so that
you may know from whence contri-
butions are rcceiverl, and also where
they are sent.

If your regiilar nieeting does not
come within a week after this is re-

In behalf of these needy Patrons, I
remain, Fraternally your Brother,
C. L. VVIIITNEY,

Lecturer and General Deputy.

PATRONS OF IIUSBANDRY.

Public Installation of Oflicers‘ of “_’ol-
verine Grange No. 404. all 5“ C131?“
A Speech by J. Webster Childs.

On January 28th, the people ofSt
Clair city and vicinity gathered at
the City Hall in St. Clair to witness
the installation of oflicers. Great
preparations had been made for this
ceremonious occasion.
of the stairs leading to the hall, short
evergreen trees were planted on each
step, from the bottom to the top. The
hall looked grandly picturesque, with
its rural decorations. Evei-greens
were festooned everywhere; wreaths,
mottos, and implements of husbandry,
fashioned with evergreens and flow-
ers, were placed conspicuously on the
walls. Bundles of grains, tastefully
arranged, were here and there inter-
spersed among the evergreens, and in
their yellow richness gave a mellow
beauty to the scene. From the {our
posts that form a square near the
center of the room, long loops of
evergreens were attached and woven
together so as to form a canopy over-
head. Suspended from these posts
were bundles of ripe corn, in their
golden fatness, suggesting plenty to
the “tillers of the soil,” at least. Cab-
bages, with their full, hard heads,
were stately reposing in social neigh-
borhood to the corn. The tables were

2 loaded with grains, fruits and flowers,

3 tastefully arranged, showing the in-
are without seed to plant this Spring, :
and the want of snow has prevented 5
their earning anything during the 3
winter, or ifcarned, cannot be received ‘

, somebody is accountable !

3 citizens occupied the other.

dustry of Ceres, Pomona, and Flora.
As I looked around upon the artistic-
ally arranged decorations, I was sur-
prised to see birds flitting (?) among
the evergreens; but as if conscious
of the dignity of the occasion, they
did not intrude songs, but waited
quietly until they were invited, which
did not occur during the evening—an
unpardonable oversight for which
Squirrels
were there, too, watching their op-
portunity to get a mouthful of the
luscious, golden corn.

In one corner of the room, elevated
so all could see him, sat an owl sol-
emnly watching th e proceedings.
Seats were arranged on each side of
the hall, fronting a large space which
was left unseated reaching from the
door to the platform.

The Patrons were seated on one
side, clothed with their ,1-egalia, and
’l'he in-
stallation ceremonies took place in
the large open space in the center of
the room. Mr. Henry Jenks per-
formed these ceremonies with great
dignity. Perfect stillness reigned
throughout the building during the
exercise. The interest manifested by
both Patrons and citizens, and the
able manner in which the ceremo-
nies were conducted by Mr. Jenks,
rendered the same most imposing.
Music by the Patrons was discoursed
With great .(::el.lll) to the singers.
They sang of the sweet scented clo-
ver; of yellow waving grain; of rich
mellowiug fruits and Heaven painted
flowers;

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Of singing birds, and laughing streanis,
That haunt the Farrner’s holy dreams,

And cheer him while /22 makes the ling/.
With their glad, ceaseless roundelay.

They sang of toil, and care, and pain ;

Of harden’d hands, and aching limbs ;

And then the “reapers” joyful strain.

Re-echo’d in the “Harvest Hvmns.”

The following are the newly elect-
ed ofiicers :

Master—Greorge VV.HCarlcton

Overseer——Wm. D. art.

Lecturer—-James Powrie.

Steward—John Brakeman

Asst. Steward-—Josepli li. Johnson.

Chaplain-—Henry D. Boynton.

'l‘reasurer—-Andrew Husel.

Seeretary—-Horace N. Hammond.

Gate Keeper——Richard Clarke.

Ceres—Mrs. Wm. D. Hart.

Pomona—-Mrs Ellen Slyfield.

Flora—Miss Cora Cornell.

Lady Asst. Steward—- M iss Ida Ham-
niond.

At the close of the installation ser-
vices, Geo. W. Carleton (the newly
installed Master) introduced Ilon. .l.
Webster Childs. who then addressed
the audience on the necessity for,
and object of the Grange. After al-
luding to the beautifully decorated
hall. the speaker proceeded to his
subject, by remarking that some peo-
ple might think the impresdsive cere-
mony we had just witnesse "‘ a mere
novelty,” whereas there was “ a spirit
in it.” Society could not exist with
out organization. Some objected to
this organization on account of its
secrecy. Secrecy existed in every
department of life—even in the home.

He said there was no secrets con-
nectetdwitphthis plrgtanidzation rleficppp
in ge tin roug e oor. a I
is chi'isti3an in its character. The
farmers needed an organization. The
Grange is a blessing to their rural
homes; it affords social interchange
of thought, and recreation, The
farmers and their families must be-
come educated; comparing ex cri-
ences helped to educate. '1he f§rin-
ers, he said. must educate the farm-
ers. He eloquently urged that the
farmers’ rural homes should be made
attractive to their sons and daugh-
ters; books and papers should be
purchased for them; they should be
taught the dignity of labor,—fai-ni
labor, kitchen work, he asserted, was
honei-able ; and if only the moral and
educated were employed, the social
inequality of misses and “help" would
be done away with. He remarked
upon the oppreesed condition of the
kitchen girl, “kept ignorant.” “It is
contrary to the spirit of America,” he
said. He pitied those who left their
rural homes to seek employment in
the cities. “ The green fields, the
birds and flowers, lead the mind to
God.” f lie sgited the rise and prog-
ress o t e ranore. It is eicrht or
ten years old, heo said, but HDOC till
within two or three years had it
amounted to anything; now there are
one and a half million members. The
progress was wonderful! there had
been no help from the press; the
press could not live without the far-
mers’ support; the farmers should
support the press; they could not do
wiiliout the intelligence that papers
afford. Farmers should be Geolo-

gists, Botanists and Chemists, he said.
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accrue from a knowledge of these
sciences. Mr Ghilds spoke one hour
and a half. I have endeavored to
give only the most interesting por-
tions of this lecture, but fear I have
failed to do him justice. His manner
and language was earnest, and at
times enthusiastic, with a very little
sprinkling of humor. He had a large
and highly appreciative audience.
The farmers were there in goodly
numbers, notwithstanding the mud,
and the darkness cf the night. The
evening‘s entertainment closed with
singing. MRS. M. H. C.-\RLE'l‘0.\’.

The Granges in Texas are in :1 ll’lO:t:
fiourisliing condition, and with a few
exizeptioiis, are used as shools, debat-

ing societies, and .~ocial re unions for '

iieigliliois and ii-ien«ls, where all teach
and learn, and ti el called upon to give
their expericiice for the general good.

Qatnnnuiiciifialis.

I-IOLLY, Mich., March 2.’), 1876.
J. '1‘. COBB, Sec’y:

Dem‘ Sir: At a regular meeting of Holly
Grange No. ‘lit, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted 2

VVHEREAS, It is the sense of this Grange, that
the fundamental principal, “ That all mankind
were created free and equal,” and

WHEREAS, We believe in the golden rule.
“ That we do unto others as we would be done
by.” Therefore

Resolved, That Holly Grange No. 244, do
hereby release all persons residing within our

jurisdiction and that each and every person so

residing, wishing to join the Grange organiza-
tion are at liberty to join where it is most
convenient, or where they may prefer, and we
respectfully ask other Granges to extend the
some courtesy to us.

_-liul furtlier be it Resolved, Our Secretary
is hereby instructed to send a copy of these res-
olutions to all contiguous Granges, and a. copy
to the GRANGE Vrsrron for publication.

D. K. DIVINE,

HARRISON Smrrn,

J. H. WENDALL,
Committee.

L1voN1A, Wayne Co., March 27, 1876.

VVORTILY BROTHER : Please to send me the
VISITOR from Jan. 1st, and oblige.

VVe are building a. hall, have the frame up,
and expect to have it tinishetl in four weeks for
Livonia Grange 263. Rather dull Grange mat-
ters, but some of us are determined to make a.
success of our grunge home. Weghave perse-
vered under many difficulties, till we are sure of
a. hall 201742 feet. Yours Fraternally,

ALEX. TIN]-IAM.

PALO, Ionia Co. Mich, April 13, l87li.
ME. I T. COBB, Sec'y, Sclioolcraft, Mich.
\VoR'rHY 1330.: The convention held at

\Vood ward Lake Grange Hall on the 31st ult., i
for the purpose of trying to perfect some ad- 
vantageous plan of co-operation in buying and 3
selling for Patrons, developed considerable in- '

terest in this matter. The principal good ac-
complished was to set the Patrons present to
thinking, so that by the next meeting which is
to be at Orange Grange Hall, in connection
with the County Council, on the 26th prox.,
they will be ready to work intelligently. The
“ Rochdale Plan,” the rules for the manage-
ment of which, are to be found in the proceed-
ings ot the i"ationa.l Grange, and GRANGE
VISITOR for March, was the most prominent,
and I think the only plan that covers tne whole
field of both buying and selling. Now, if the
subordinate Granges in the county will take
hold of the matter and discuss its merits and
instruct their delegates to the Council to sup-

port the “ Roclidale Plan, Ionia County will i
add one more to the five huiiilreil stores already 1'
in operation in the United States, on that plan. 3

Fmtrei-iiall Yours,
GIDEON N 0121..

. And his dying words are ringing,“ Ever strive to act

. THEY tire nuns to lu-ep and Cl|L'I‘l:’ll, as we count them

, has seen fit to suddenly remove by death our
; worthy Bi-other Homer A. Gray, therefore,

OBITUARY. l

Resolved, That We as members of Ansterlitz

‘ Grange extend our united sympathy to the be-

The following resolutions were adopted at a. ’
meeting of condolence on the death of Bro.
Calvin Thompson, Master of VVhite Swan
Grange. No. 426, which occurred at his res-
idence in the township of Courtland. County of
Kent, State of Michigan, March 23rd, 187:3.

WHEREAS, Death has entered our circle and i
Grange, and taken from our roll book the name i
of our Worthy Master and esteemed Brother, [
Calvin Thompson, therefore I

Resolved, That by the death of our brother, 
Calvin Thompson, VVhite Swan Grunge has lost *
a worthy member, the community an early '
settler and an honored and respected citizen.

Resolved, That we tender to our bereaved and
widowed Sister and other relatives of the de-
ceased. our heartfelt sympathy in this their j
hour of afliiction and reavement.

Resolved, That our all be draped in mourn-
ing for the space of ninety days.

Resolved, '.l‘l1a.t a copy of these resolutions he =
presented to the widow of the deceased, and a ‘.
copy be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for pub- ,
lication. O. McAR'rnUB, Sec‘_\,-'.

The following poem was composed and read ‘
by Sister M. J. Kutz on the death of brother
Thompson :

Brothers, Sisters, Patrons, in inomoria we nu-1-r.
In honor 0!" our brother, whose outward going feet
Have borne liiiu far beyond us, to the higher plains of '
life f
To labor with the angels, where lovc‘s harvest fields are -‘
rife. E

reaved family of our deceased brother who have
thus suddenly been bereft of a dutiful and
affectionate son and kind and watchful brother.
Resolved, That while we mournfully deplore
our loss, we humbly bow in submission, ac-
knowledging the hand of our Great Creator.
Resolved, That these resolutions_ be spread

, upon the records of this Grange, and a copy

presented to the family of the deceased, also

« published in the GRANGE Visrroa and Rockford

Ii'e_t/istcr.
]i’esnlI:e(l. That our Grange hull he draped in

I mourning three months.

M. B Hixic, Master.
D. C. FI.F.TC]{I‘3R, Secy.

MALL or Pon'rE.R GRANGE, No. 4127, ;
March 27, 1876. \j
V\"nEitEAs, On the second inst, Death ‘ re-
moved from our midst ii beloved Sister, who was
endeared to us by her high moral qv.iu.lit.ics :i.n«l
amiable disposition, therefore
Resolved, By the Patrons of Porter Grange

' No. 427, that in the death of Sister Francis

llolloway, our society has lost an appreciated
member, the church an efiicient helper, and the

, coinmiiiiity a useful and esteemed citizen. Fall-

ing thus early, her death has cut short ii. life of
usefulness, and cast ii gloom over her frionzls

, who had known her but to love her.

Rcsolvorl, That we deeply sympathize with
the bereft husband and family in this their
hour of afilictioii.

Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be

i furnished to the soi-rowing brother and be

We have met in sa.l conilolcncr, with those who li gr-r

yetr

In the dear home where our brotlier, with his wife and
children met,

Bat. our work seems unavniling, for our l143t\l'tS:ll'C rcry
SOTG

They fcebly speak our sympathy, they ran «lo nothing i
H1011‘. 

But we fold our sistazr, in our tender arms of love,

And point her weary footsteps to the sunny home above, .

We can tell his stricken children, as they how their hi-ads
in tears,

We are weeping, weeping, with (you, for his many
blighted yti-ll‘rl. ‘

l

I am looking on you Patrons, and you each are in your 1

place,

But our Master's chair is vacaiit. and we miss his
pleasant face,

And stern rAc'rs impress upon us, he will never come
again

While we meet and part us Patrons, in the busy haunts
of men.

We have known how full of kindness was his great and
noble heart,

How he stroveas friend and Patron, to perform each
manly part,

nri ht,"
If we had them Worthy Patrons, we might live thorn in
our might.

We shall listen for his coming, and shall almost think
we heal-|
His footsteps on tnc stairway, and his voice of pleasant

cheer,
For these walls have heard so olien, that they seem to
answer still
To me falling of his mallet, and the echo of his will.

But, Potions, we shall hear him, and shall sec him
never more,

Till we go to labor with liim,on the Great Eternal Shore,

But the worms that he has spoken, and the deeds that
he has done,

one by one.

.‘ May we wrratli his naunc with garlands with good zlvctls '
} Blank Orders for use of Granges or Pur-

we perform,

As we labor in the sunshine, and are headless of the
storm.

May we earn a place beside him, when the gates shall
open wide X

And we hear the .\laslei"s gnvil, rullin,r_; Iis hcyoml tho ,
tidi-

0AK1~‘lEl.D, Zllarcli .".l, ism.

\VnEnEAs, The Great Master of life has seen :
fit to remove by death, our Sister, Marietta Gil- .
mer, which occurred at her residence in Scipio, 3
Hillsdale Co., Michigan. on the 8th day of
March, 1876, in the midst of her usefulness as
an active and energetic Sister and Officer of our
Grange, therefore

ResI)l1;v(l, That we as a Grange deeply lament
the death, and most earnestly tender our
sympathies to the family and friends who
mourn her loss.

Resolved, That to our sorrow stricken Brother,
whose pathway is thus darkened by the uii- i
welcome clouds of grief and affliction, we as a ‘
Grange would extend the fraternal hand of true ,
sympathy. '

Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the GRANGE VISITOR, and that our hall be
draped in mourning for 60 days.

At a meeting of Austcrlitz Grange No. 64,
held at their hall April lst, 1876, the following-
preanihle and resolutions were adopted 2

WHERJ-‘.As, The (’l'l'Efl-i. Creator of the universe

printed in the GRANGE Visrroii.
E. 0. LONG, Sec’y.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES
Kept in the otiicc of the Secretary of
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,

And sent out Free of Charge, on Receipt qf

Cash Order, aver t/2c seal of u .\‘ubo'rdz'n.al«:
Grange, and U16 si_¢7mtfu7‘e of its Jlasle-r or
Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551 ‘la
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Record Books, (Express paid),. . . . . 1
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . .
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . .
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Applications for Membership, per 100,... .
Membership Cards, per 109, . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Withdrawal Cards, perdoz., . . . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrated Visiting or Traveling Cards,
each, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . .
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Granges, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Singing Books, with music, flexible cover,
per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rituals, single copy,.
“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Applications for M embershipin Po-
mona Granges, furnished free on appli-
cation.

chasing Agents, per doz., l0 cts, per 100,
Blank “Articles of Association” for the

Incorporation of Subordinate Granges

with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . .
Blank Bonds for Secretary and 'l‘rea.surer,

each,perset, . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . 
Manual of Jurisprudence and Co-operation,

by A. B. Smedly, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-

mer, Cloth, 60 ct.‘~'., Moracco with tuck, . 1 00

Address, J. T, COBB,
Si-:c’r Mien. STATE GRANGE,
SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.

oidi Paw Paw Nursery!
A. (J. GLIDDEN, Prop . Paw Paxv.

FRUIT TRE ES, VINES, PLANTS,
AND EV ERG REENS.

‘Send for Price List of home grown, well root-
en, warranted stock, for Spring setting.

 M l.:l'.l'.l.i‘§‘i.l'.'-HS l 
figgntfi/P'uRicHAsiNe AGENTS
;§ne,é:nni_c.h_ :_..._N E W_ _Y0 R__K.- _

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

WjQNES,'  1=zEnz:o*<7.e.1. : CD
or‘  The Original Wholesale
8 ' N G HQM T O N ’l GRANGE SUPPLY HOUSE

 

l£XI<lCU'l‘IVE CO;VIMI'l"l‘E}C,
N}.-JVV Yon]; STATE GRANU1-Z.
To l’u(rm1.s':

We are person.-illy acquainted with ]‘1i;w.\P.D ‘

V. JON}-IS, gem-,rally known as JONES oi Bing-
hamton, President of the Jones Scale \Vorlcs of
Bingliamton, N. Y., and are somewhat familiar
with the Scales manufactured by him. and
know they are repiued to be first clztss.

From our knowledge of him and them, we

say freely to the Order of Patrons of Husbandry =

that it is our opinion that he is worthy of their

confidence and will make good all representa- ‘

tions made by him.
He was one of the first to make concessions
in prices to the Order, and never to our knowl-

edge, has failed to deal fairly with them.
VVM. G. WAYNE. Chairman,

JOHN 0. DONNELL, Sec’y,
L. H. BISHOP,

€Ex' Com" ; wants of tho Farming‘ community.

CHICAGO.

JOBBFJI. IN

G DRY GOODS,

CL0l'l'HlNG,l

Hiilziis. ll CA PS,f
ir7iiiJ,i§I\Il{lsl.ll I
I V A Li S E S,

I 3..., Etc.

  

Havug removed to our New House,
227 ch 3231 VVAEASE AVENUE,

l VV1th a floor surface equal to about 1% acres, we are now better than ever Preparad to Sustain

war. A. ARMSTRONG, Sec. NY. State Grange ,

Ex-Oflicio Member Executive Com. 1

We also refer to Bro. J. H. Gardner, Michi- 
gan State Agent, who has had one of our Stock l
Scales in use several years and through whom .

Scales may be ordered, or direct to us. Send. for 3

free Price List and Discounts to Patrons,
JONES of Blnghamton, N. Y.

GASI-I SALES

 

BUGGIES OF ALL KINDS.
ALL Worn: WARRANTED. i@”Send for prices.

ARTHUR WOOD,
37 Waterloo St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

P...
H

HOLD! Do not buy Jewels of any kind,

out— cheapest, handsomest and very best.
DOLTON BROTHERS,
‘.714 N. Fifth Street. ST. LOUIS, M0.

The Pa.t1§n’s_—Pocket

COMPANION.
Is endorsed by the prominent men of the Order
throughout the U. S. as
“A LITTLE GEFJIVI,”

“ The book for our Order-,”—“ most excellent.”
__u work of much merit,”— “great service to the

Order,”—“valuable little work,”—-“meets a. long *

felt want.” «kc. &c- _
Gmnges or Clubs supplied at reduced rates.

Pi-ioe.si.oo Morroco, Gilt; 6013 Cloth. 

send for descriptive circular. Apply to .l. '1'.
; . 5 _ State Grange, or to
‘Ow’ Fay _R. W CARROLL a co.,

i Whitney Sewing Machien.

our Wide-Spread reputation as the Originators of the system of Direct Dealing with 
Consumer at Wiioiesale Prices. We are not purchasing Agents. but 0W" and carry 111
our Mammoth House all the classes of goods quoted by us. Our Goods are Aslapteil to the
We are Endorsed by the Executive Oflu-ers of every

State Grange from Pennsylvania to Oregon. . _
Price Lists, with Full Instructions, sent Frcc upon application.
Please Call and see us, when in the city.

MONTGOMERY WARD viz. 00.,

227’ :16 229 VVaba.sh Avenlie.

  GRANGE SEALS!

We are furnishing SEALS in BEST LEVER
‘ PRESS, at $3.00, 84.00 or $5.00 Each.

l Eng-raving done by lVo2-kmcn of Large

w .‘«.‘«‘:o7.~,u

  

TIIE PIONEER JIIACI-IINE,

To recognize and adopt the Grange Plan of
bringing the CONSUMER and PRODUCER in
close business relations—dispensing with ex-
pensive agencies—and giving the purchaser the
benefit of wholesale prices.

We have pleasure in saying that the most
prominent members ‘of the Order have heartily
approved and recommended our plan, while
State, County and Grange Committees have ex-
amined, tested and approved, and warmly com-
mended the high character and excellence of
the Whitney Machine. Vlfe have already sup-
plied thousands of Patrons with the Machines,
which are giving unqualified satisfaction.

l MACHINES SENT TO PATRONS

ON 20 DAYS TRIAL.
For Price List and Information address your
State or County Purchasing Agents, or
THE VVKITNEY MF’G 00.,
CHICAGO. ILL.

Lane‘ Manufacturing Co.,

before you get a. sample of our new desigu—-just ‘

NO. I39 VVEST JEFFERSON ST._.

:LOUISVILLE. xy_,

Dealers in

Regalia, Jewels,
STAFF MOUNTINGS,

WREATHS FOR LADY OFFICERS, BAN-
NERS. BIBLES. CUSHING’S MANUAL,
ALL KINDS or GRANGE BLANKS,
GRANGE LETTER AND NOTE

PAPER. '

Materials for regalia by the yard or piece,
Golden Sickle brand of unbleached cotton,
Seal s I*‘urn'£sh¢-d from $2.8 0 Plain,
to $7.00 lL'I(lb0'I'(II(‘.
n;§“Please send for Price List, as every :ii-ti.

Publishers, Cincinnati, 0, 1 cle is furnished at the lowest price,

 J. J. Murphy,

Experience.

Our $3.00 Seal has a fine design of Plow,
Sheaf of Wheat, &c. The higher priced Seals
are a little arger, with more engraving.

We pre—pay Express Charges on 84.00 and

$5.00 Seals.
T. J. (JROVVE & 00.,
75 Mormon STREET, TOLEDO, OHIO.

anal of Jurisprudence
and cu-operation of the .0? 

By A. B. Smedley, Master of Iowa State Grange,
Published by Geo. Wm. Jones office of Pa.tron’s
Helper, Des Moines, Iowa. 200 pages, bound in
cloth. By mail, postage prepaid, 31,25 per copy:
by express or freight, in packages of five - or
more, $1.00 per eopy. Deputies and Masters
are_earnestly requested to call the attention of
their respective Granges to this hook. Send for
prospectus. Sold by J. T. COBB. State See.

A. J. THOMPSON Sr 00.,

:~‘»uL-cessors to THOMPSON & BENSON,

GENERAL

y COMMISSION

MERCHANTS,
192 So. Water Street,
CHICAGO.

REFERENCES:
(_‘/ashier,
First National Bank, \Voodstock.

5 H11”, l’atterson 6: Co., Union Stock Yards,

. H. '1‘. Ellott
; Sm.-ricer" ])n_y, ])o,.s‘
; ll’§*i'n_i_nii $(fll:tll'llt‘T, (l:lSl|l<'l‘.

UlllC“("0.
_& ("-(1., (,‘hi(~.'igo. . B
Monies, lu\\':1.

(jcrinaii Nut. Bunk, Cliicugo.

, I“ “~ Kllliltlla “’i>?~. H_t‘ut,,u Purchasing Art.

Milwaukee. ‘was,

 

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