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“TH.E FARMER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE I/‘ARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.”

SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH., JANUARY 15, 1882.

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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.

The Lightning Rod Dispenser—Breeding Ewes and
their Management——Report of Committee on Mar-
keting Wool—Holsteins . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Report of Committee on Ti-ansportation— Report of
Committee on Patent Rights—Tiie Singer’s Alms
—How to Keep the Boys hnd Girls on the Farm-
The Railroad Commissioner Again, . . . . . . . 2

From a Three Rivers Banker—Protection from Pat-
ent Swindlers—'I‘he Farmers’ Alliance in Nebraska
— Liberty or Slavery——The Commissson House of
Thomas Mason—Grange Supplies—Rai1road Time-
Tables, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The GRANGE Visiron for l882——The Driven Well-
Acknowledgement of Subscriptions — Patrons’
Business Houses——-0zone—Honor to Whom Honor
is Due—For One Dollar—Detroit, Grand Traverse
and Milwaukee Railroad-—The Great Salt Lake 4

The Working Man—To the Friends of Education—-
A meeting of Cass County Grange, N o. 20—Ionia
County Grange Meeting—Attending to Business-
Report of the Committee on Trans ortation of the
New York Board of Trade and ransportation—-
Notices of Meeticgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

An Inquiry—-Make Childhood Sweet—A Bad Match
—Home Influence—Bring Ye All the 'I‘ithes into
the Storehouse — Don’t Worry — “All along the
Line ”—More Infringements— Grange Enterprise
in Kansas-—A Swindler of Patrons under the Garb
and Cloak of a Patron— Not in a Grange Meeting
for a Year —Whitney Grange, No. 154-—Keene
Grange, No. 270——From Florida, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

“ Dawn into Pants ”—“ Sunflower "—A Sto of the
Olden Time-The Men who Succeed—'!.l¥he Ver-
monter Coming—Sister Bristol Coming—Grown—
Lecturer’s Document of National Grange P. of H.
-—Driven Wells—How the Work Must be Done-
The Stuff We Eat—The Reaper Death, . . . . . . . . 7

Officers National Grange.

MAs1'xa—J'. J. WOODMAN,. . .Paw Paw, Michigan.
0vaasimii—PUT. DARDEN, ......... . .Mississippi.
LncT'U'BEB.—HENRY ESHBAUGH, . . . . ..Missouri.
S-rnwA.s.n—-A. J. VAUGHN, . . . . . . . . . . ..Misaissippi.
Assr. STEWABD—WlLLIA.M SIMS, . . . . . . ..Kansas.
Ciu.ru.m—S. H. ELLIS, ................. ..omo'.
Tnassuaxa-F. M. McDOWELL,......New York.
8IOBETABY—WM. M. IRELAND, Washington, D.C.
GA'.l'B-KElIPEB-- O. DINWIDDIE, . . . . . . . . . Indiana.
Cxnas—M1-IS. J. J. WOODMAN, ...... ..Michi'gan.
Po:I:o1u—MRS. PUT. DARDEN, . . . . ..Mississippi.
FnonL—MRS. I. W. NICHOLSON,...New Jersey.
I-cor Ass-r. Srn.wsai;~—MRs. WM. SIMS, Kansas.

Executive committee-

D. WYATT AIKEN, .... .. .. .. . . . .South Carolina.
H. JAMES, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IndiB.na.
W. G. WAYNE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..New York.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

M.—C. G. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Gilead.
O.—A. N. WOODRUFF, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Watervliet.
CHARLES E. MICKLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Thurber.
S.—S. A. TO0KER,....  . ... ....  ..Lansing.
A. S.—A. E. GREEN, ......... . . . . . .. .Farmington.
0.—SALMON STEEL,., . . . . . .Frankfort, Benzie Co.
T.—S. F. BBOWN,... " ........... ..Bchoolcraft.
8lo.—-J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft.
G. K.—ELIJAH BARTLETT, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dryden.
OI3i:s.—Mns. A. S. STANNABD, ........ ..Lowell.
PoxoxA.—-Mas. H. D. PLATT, ......... . .Ypsilanti.
Fnoiu.—Mns. A N. WOODB.UFF,. . . .Watervliet.
L. A. 8.—M.izs. A. E. GREEN, ....... . .Farniington.

Executive committee.

1. Q. A. BUBEINGTON, Chairman, .... ..Tnscola.
J’. WEBSTER CHILDS, .............. ..Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, .............. . . . . . . .Hillsdale.
THOMAS MARS, ............... . . Berriea Center.
WM. SATTEBLEE,....  ....  .Birmingham.

THUS. F. MOOB-E,.......................Adrian.
J’. G BAMSDELL .......... ..~ ..... . .Traverss City.
C. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, ............ ..Ex-ofiicio.

State Business Agent.

-rnoius MASON, .... .. .. ' _
eno. w. imi. ......................... ..Dstroit.

Special Lecturers.

s Steele,
Andrew Osnpboii. ..... ..Ypanuti. 00-
J. W. W ..... ..... ..Ann Arbor, Wuiitensw Co.
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THE LIGHTNING -ROD DISPENSER.

BY WILL CARLTON.

A great railroad smash reminds me in an under-ham
ded way,

Of a lightning-rod dispenser that came down on me
one day; ’

Oiled to _order in his motions—sanctimonious in his
mien-

Hands as white as any baby's, and a face unns.t’ral

clean;

Not a wrinkle had his raiment, teeth and linen glit-

tered white,

And his new-constructed neck-tie was an interestin’
sight-—-

Which I almost wish a razor had made red that
white-skinned throat,

And that new-constructed necktie had composed a
hangman’s knot,

Ere he brought his sleek-trimmed carcass for my wo-
man folks to see,

And his buzz-saw tongue a-runnin’ for to gouge a
a gash on me!

Still I couldn’t help_but like him—as I fear I al’ays
must,

The gold 0’ my own doctrines, in a fellow-heap 0'
dust;

For I saw that my opinions. when I fired ’em round
by round,

Brought back an answerin’ volley of a mighty simi-
lar sound.

I touched him on religion, and the joys my heart had

known,
And I found that he had very similar notions of his

own.

I told him of the doubtings that made sad my boy-
hood years,

Why, he’d laid awake till morning with that same
old breed of fears;

I pointed up the pathway that I hoped to Heaven to

go.

He was on that very ladder, only just a round belowl

Our politics was difierent, and at first he galled and
winced;

But I arg’ed him so able, he was very soon con-
vinced;

And ’twas gettin’ tow’rd the middle of a hungry
Summer day,

There was dinner on the table, and I asked him,
would he stay? ,

And he sat him down among us-—everlasting trim
and neat-

And he asked a short crisp blessing, almost good
enough to eat,

Then he fixed upon the mercies of our Everlasting
Friend.

Till he gi’n the Lord Almighty a good first-class re-
commend;

And for full an hour we listened to that sugar-coated

scamp,
Talkin' like a blessed angel——-eatin' like a blasted
tramp.

My wife—she liked the stranger, smiling on him,
warm and sweet;

(It al’ays flatters women when their guests are on
the eat!)

And he hinted that some ladies never lose their
youthful charms,

And caressed her yearlin' baby and received it in his

arms.
My sons and daughters liked him——!or he had pro-
gressive views,
And he chewed the cud o’ fancy, and gi’n down the
latest news,
And couldn’t help but like him—as I fear I al’ays
must,
The gold of my own doctrines in a fellow-heap of
dust.

He was chiselin’ desolation through a piece of apple-

is,

When line paused and gazed, upon us, with a tear in
his ofi-eye,

And said, ‘*0 happy familyl—your joys they make
me sad! I

They all the time remind me of the dear ones once
I hadl

A babe as sweet as this one, a wife almost as fair;

A limp rrirl with ringlets-—like that one over there.

But had I not neglected the means within my way,

Then they -igit still be living, and loving me to-
(lay.

One night there came a tempest; the thunder peals
were dire; _

The clouds that marched above us were shooting
bolts of tire; '

In my own house I lying, was thinking to my blame,

How little I had guarded against those bolts of flame,

When crashl through roof and ceiling the deadly
lightning cleft,

And killed my wife and children, and only I was left!

Since then afar I've wandered, and naught for life
have cared,

Save to save others’ loved ones whose lives have yet
been spared;

Since then it. is my mission where’er by sorrow
tossed,

To sell to worthy people good lightning-rods at cost.

With sure and strong protection I'll clothe your
buildings o'er;

’Twill cost you twenty dollars (perhaps a trifle more;

Whatever else it comes to. at lowest price I'll put;

You simply sign a contract to pay so much per foot.)

I signed it! while my family, all approvin’ stood
about;

The villian dropped a tear on’t but he didn't blot it
out!

That self-same day with wagons came some rascals
great and small;

They hopped upon my buildlngs just as if they owned
them all‘ -

_ They hewed ’ein and they hacked ’em-ag’in my load

desires-

They trimmed ’em of with gswgaws, and they bound
‘em down with wires;

They hacked 'em and they hewed ’em, and they
hewed and hacked ‘em still,

And every precious minute kep’ a runnin up the bill.

To find my soft-spoke neighbor, did I rave and rush

. run, _ .,
He was snppin’ with a neighbor, just a few miles
arther on. _
“ Do ‘you think,” I loudlylshoutedmthat I need a mile
0' wire?

Fortossve each separate hey-cock out o’ heaven’:
consumin’ firs?

.

Did you think to keep my buildin’s out 0’ some un-
certain harm,

I was goin’ to deed you over all the balance of my
farm?

He silenced me with silence in a ver little while,

And theiiltrotted out the contract wi a reassuring
smi e;

And for half an hour explained it, with exasper-
atin’ skill,

While his myrmurduvns kep' probably a-runnin’ up
in bil .

He held me to that contract with a firmness queer
to see;

’Twas the very first occasion he had disagreed with
pl

in ..
And for that ‘ere thunderstory, ere the rascal finally
wen

t, ‘
I paid two hundred dollars, if I paid a single cent.
And if any lightning-roddist wants a dinner-dia-

logue

With the restaurant department of an enterprisin’
dog,

Let him set his mouth a runnin’ just inside my out-
side gate;

And I’ll bet two hundred dollars that he don't have
long to wait.

Breeding Ewes and their Management.

As a source of profit there is no one
branch of industry that pays better than a
good flock of breeding ewes, if properly
managed. By the term good flock we would
be understood good not in number, but in
quality as an essential.

It is immaterial what breed the farmer
adopts as his base to work from. There are
certain positive characteristics in each,
which if wanting in any great degree will
cause failure in proportion to the defects
existing in his flock, hence profits will be
diminished.

That these defects may be seen more dis-
tinctly, we mention some of the points es-
sential to a good breeding ewe of any breed,
and which, if properly observed in selecting
a foundation on which to build w.J_:. seldom
disappoint. ’Let it be understood here that
we are not writing to instruct the fancy
sheep breeders of the State, but for the in-
terests of the farmers who keep sheep on
their farms, looking to the wool and in-
crease on the wool and mutton for their
profit.

As essential for a good foundation we
should regard quality of wool, form and
constitution, as three points not to be over-
looked. To be more particular-a fine wool
sheep should produce a yearly well washed
fleece, weighing from eight to ten pounds,
of even fibre, not less than two inches in
length as it lays in the fleece, with a clean
pink or tinge of straw color, free from wax
or yellow gum. It should have a fine, even
crimp, capable of expanding three inches
without breaking. In form the ewe should
be long-bodied, straight top and bottom, me-
dium slope of hips, small, well capped head,
level neck and shoulders, medium length of
legs, with good length of wool, extending
as low as the hock and knee joints ; a plain
surface, except around the neck, where a
few folds are admissible.

This class of ewes, which will grade as
three fourths or seven-eighths merinos, cut-
ting mostly X or XX wool, averaging 100
lbs in weight before shearing, and showing
good constitutions by being free from goiter,
thick in the shoulder, straight on the sides,
upright head, a clean velvety ear, and broad
between the fore legs——make our model for a
fine wool ewe. Our models for the other
two classes vary but little from the fine
wools. Wrinkles or folds are not admissi-
ble ln either class. Their average weight at
two years should be 150 lbs. Great stress
should be put upon points showing consti-
tution, as by nature they lack some of the
protection furnished the fine wools to with-
stand the changeable climate of Michigan.

Our purpose in sheep husbandry is to pro-
duce the largest per cent in profits from the
capital invested. Hence it will be seen
that the two different classes run in differ-
ent channels to reach the flnal result. With
the fine wools we study to produce wool
and lambs for wool, mutton being a second-
ary purpose for the clearing of!‘ of surplus.
With the middle and long wools early mut-
ton and much of it, is the leading factor,
wool the secondary consideration.

With our flocks thus established, or in
line leading to that standard it is of the
highest importance that we make no mis-
take in the management of the same, and
by this we mean the whole flock: whatever
will affect our profits at the end of the year.

First in value in the management of the
flock is the quality of the increase. This by
proper crossing may be made to bring quite
an advance per cent in valueover the foun-
datien stock, whether for wool or mutton, or
both. Hence the ‘importance of much

judgment in the selection of the male. He
should be very full and strong in every
point where your flock shows deficiency,
especially free from goiter. If he has asoft,
silky ewe’s fleece on him reject him, as his
produce will fail to reach the parent stock.
If deficient in points of constitution reject
him; it don’t pay to have sickly lambs
dropped. Avoid cheap bucks to breed from.
If they must be raised and sold, let them go
to Texas, away from Michigan winters.

With a buck to your liking use him mer-
cifully with your flock‘ by tending him
until he has passed through once; then you
can let him with them if you choose.

The critical period now commences with
the ewes, and it requires the best judgment
of the flock-master to chrry them through
the next six months without losing a heavy
per cent of his lambs. If we would avoid
this loss, let us study the habits of the flock
a little. They are a roving group of ani-
mals: from early morn until twilight they
are on a move, cropping a little here alittle
yonder, and unless forced to the shade by a
burning sun, will travel their runs over sev-
eral times a day. We, in love for our dumb
subjects, have built them barns of the ap-
proved kind for winter; we put them in
and keep them in, perhaps with a small
yard added, all of the next six months, gen-
erally on dry feed, and in many instances
without water. Is it any wonder that
whole flocks become diseased under such
treatment ‘P As a result, fever is developed
in the system, the wool stops growing, some
of it is cast off‘; nor is this all,-—the unborn
progeny partake of every ill afflicting the
mother. At birth it will develop in goiter,
or enfeebled vitality, which-flickers, for a
moment and than dies. ‘Ne asl?!*'-‘f there
can be any other cause assigned for this
mortality in lambs, which reached 50 per
cent last year. Is it not the result of dis-
obeying a plain physical law of nature? If
so, and we do not doubt it, the quicker we
obey, conform our practice to the teachings
of Hygeine in the management of our
flocks the quicker and more lasting will be
our profits.

It is not so much in the particular kind of
feed you would give sheep as in the manner
of giving it. They like variety and that
often, in small quantities. Roots are desir-
able as a change if you have them. Shelled
com is good both for wool and lambs, if you
will exercise your flock thoroughly every
day. Good clover hay will fatten and make
a flock stupid without exercise. It is a good
wool producer. Timothy hay is poor food
for sheep: not he good as bright straw—the
stiffness of the stalk, the file surface of the
leaf and seed ball irritate the stomach,
developing in stretches or general lassitude.
No better food than bright cornstalks has
been found for one of the feeds for each day
in fall and winter.

We now come to the period when lambs
begin to drop, where extra care and watch-
fulnees comes in. If you have had care and
method exercised in wintering up to this
time, don't change your course further than
to see that your barn has no strong drafts
for cold air. Let your lambs drop with the
flock. After a day or so remove them with

the mothers to other warm quarters. Get
the mothers to a little grass as soon as urac-
ticable, giving them agood feed of oats or
roots twice a day. If your flock are fine
wools April is agood month for the lambs
to drop; if mutton sheep or long wools, two
months earlier.

I have bred sheep for twenty five years.
When I have followed this method careful-
ly it has always been attended with fine
results. When I have been negligent in
any particular, the results have been dis-
asterous just in proportion to my negligence.

Hillsdale, Jan. 3, 1882.

Report of Committee on Marketing Wool, Made at
rihe Late Session of the State Grange.

Worthy Master and Brother Patrons .-

The special committee appointed at the
session of the State Grange in December,
1880. to carry out the proposition set forth
in the following preamble and resolution
adopted by that meeting, to-wit:

Wnzsnass, One of the great and growing interests
of our State is the production of wool, and in view
of the fact that this product furnishes a large reve-
nue to the common carriers of the State and country;
and,
WEEBRA8, We believe it to be for the best inter-
ests of the wool growers of our State, to so combine
our efforts as to secure the best possible rates of
freiqht, and a uniform system of sale; therefore, _

Resolved, That this State Grange appoint a Special
Committee, whose duty it shall be to perfect such a
system as shall carry out the plans, herein set_ forth
present the following report :-— V

The committee appointed were H. Ship-
man, A. C. Glldden and Geo. W. VanAken.

The first meeting of the committee was
held in the cloak room adjoining this ball,
during the session of the Grange. After an
exchange of views as to the best plans to
pursue, it was agreed that the committee
should divide into sub-committees of one
each to work up the interest in his part of
the State as best he could ; that each mem-
ber should correspond with houses previous-
ly shipped to, and any others thought best,
for the purpose of selecting the firm who
would handle our wool the cheapest, and
whose commercial standing and recommen-
dations for honest dealing were such, as to
warrant the committee in recommending
them to the Patrons as safe parties to handle
our wool.

After an extended correspondence,
the committee met at Kalamazoo on the
18th of March, 1881, and a careful review of
the correspondence and facts obtained were
bad, and the conclusion reached that Fenno
& Manning, of Boston, were the preferable
parties to sell our wools, as past experi-
ence in handling our wools, and the general
satisfaction given, as well as their commer-
cial standing. and the very favorable recom-
mendations from Boston banks as to their
honesty and integrity, all uended to show.

Your committee have labored diligently,
and with a determination to make a success
of this co-operative effort, so far as possible,
with the many obstacles to be overcome in
such an undertaking.

THE RESULT on THE EFFORT.

Fenno & Manning report to the commit-
tee that they have received 225,000 ounds
of wool from Michigan Patrons an farm-
ers through this effort this year, as against
less than half that amount last year.

This has been eflfected, notwithstanding
the combined efforts of many local dealers
to belie and misrepresent the facts, for the
purpose of intimi sting those who thought
of shipping, that they could continue as
leeches upon our industry.

Our experience shows that the effort made
by your committee to ship, did actually in-
crease the price of wool in man localities
from 3 to 5 cents per pound, bile this
amount of saving is not so large  make
us rich, it has paid well for _ £118‘ uabor and
expense incurred, by the knowled e ained
of the class of wool most desirab e n the
general markets, and the most acceptable
manger in preparing it.

Your committee are full in the faith that
this cooperative effort is a step in the right
direction, and should be prosecuted with
vigor in the future, that we may reap the
fullest possible reward for our labor.

Respectfully submitted,

H. SHIPMAN,

A. C. GLIDDEN,

Geo. W. VAN AKEN,
Committee.

Holsteins.

It is an established fact that the " Hol-
steins,” famous in their native country for
hundreds of years for their milk and butter
producing qualities, are fast becoming the
popular dairy stock of America.

Beautiful in form and color; large without
being coarse; preeminently adapted to the
dairy, yet easily fattened,—they lack none
of the beef producing qualities claimed for
other large cattle.

These cattle are comparatively unknown
in America, yet the few hundred that are
here are scattered from the broad Atlantic
to the golden shores of the Pacific, from the
rugged shores of Maine to the sunny clinic
of Florida, showing conclusively that this
broad expanse of country has become
thoroughly awakened to the magnitude of
its dairy interests, and the necessity of de-
veloping a class of dairy cattle of the largest
milk producing qualities.

Michigan, alive to her interests in this,
as in every other respect, is proudly con-
scious that, through the energy and enter-
prise of some of her sons, she can display a
fine showing of thoroughbred Holstein
cattle. Of these, We wish to speak particu-
larly of those owned by Mr. W. K. Sexton,
of Howell, Livingston Co., who has recently
added to the fine herd, purchased last spring
by B. B. Lord, of Sinclairville, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y., a direct importation of several
head from Holland. That these are of the
best will be readily believed when it is
known that his instructions to his a ent
were to purchase first-class stock rega less
at price, as no other would be accepted by

im.

Mr. Sexton’s iinportations are each wor-
thy of a separate history, but want of space
forbids. and we will only particularize the
four-year old cow “Jacobina,” from the cel-
ebrated “Dornhos” strain, well known in
Holland for the man prizes taken by them
at their large cattle s ows - and the yearling
heifer " Flora,” a beauti ul prize animal.
Many diplomas were exhibited by her own-
ers, in her native country, that had been
taken by her near relatives.

Mr. Sexton is also owner of the far-famed
“ Chautauqua Girl,” imported by Mr. Lord,
whose record of 85 lbs. in a single day has
never been e ualed the first year after lin-
portation. er record for the month of
June, 1881, of 2,400 pounds, has never, to our
knowledge. been exceeded by any cow.

As his agent is making his yearly impor-
tations, Mr. Sexton will be able.to 11] all
orders, and he invites inspection of his
stock at his stock farm, three miles south of
Howell, Mich. He intends, making no
reserve, but offers each and every one of his
cattle for sale, to select from.—HicMgan
Farmer


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GRANGE YESEEQRQ

JANUARY 15, 1882.

Report of committee on Transportation.

Worthy Master, Brother and Sister Pa-
trons.-—
_ Your Committee on Transportation real-
ize at least in a measure the magnitude and
importance of the subject committed to
them. Itisa subject which involves not
only the value of the homes of at least
three-fourths of the population of this
State who are directly or indirectly engaged
in the pursuit of Agriculture, but includes
the questions Which have been agitating
the minds of the Agriculturists regarding
the onerous, excessive and exorbitant rates
of freight collected by railroad companies.
The discriminations frequently made
by corporations owning and controlling a
continuous line of road between competing
points, frequently charging two or three
times as much for the same class of freight
and in same quantities at non-competing
points, and that over a very much shorter
distance of the road; the non-uniformity
of rates as between individuals living and
shipping "from the same point; the irreg-
ular. uncertain and sudden fluctuations of
tax levied for the same business; the over-
looking of value, cost or risk on products
to be gransported but fixing a basis of
charges by taking all the article exported
will bear, are questions which affect not
the agriculturists alone but the entire in-
dustrial interests of the State. We feel
the potency of the remark of the Worthy
Master of the National Grange in his com-
munication, where he says “the profits of
the farms, many of which had already
been mortgaged to build the roads, were be-
ing absorbed by exorbitant freight and
storage charges in some instances exceeding
the article itself,” then after showing us that
the agitation for the correction of this
great and growing evil originated in the
ubordinate Grange, and the influences
they brought to bear upon the Legislatures
of some of our States, and their persistent
efforts in obtaining a decision from the
Supreme Court of the United States to the
effect that even when legal authority had
granted the Company the right to fix their
own rates, still subsequent enactments to
restrain them within limits was no viola-
tion of the original contract. He says. “ We
next appealed to the Congress of the United
States, the only body having power under
the constitution to re ulate commerce be-
tween the States, and emanded an investi-
gation of our grievances, and, if found to be
well grounded the enactment of the neces-
sary statutory remedies.” In compliance
with this request, in 1874 the Senate ap-
pointed a special Committee on Transporta-
tion to the Seaboard composed of the follow-
ing able statesmen and prominent leaders
in the great political parties of the country :
Senator Wm. Windom, Rep. (Minn.;)
John Sherman, (Rep.) Ohio; Roscoe Conk-
ling, (Rep.) N. Y.; H. G. Davis, (Dem.)
West Va.; T. M. Norwood, (Dem.) Ga.;
J. W. Johnson, (Dem.) Va.; John H.
Mitchell. (Rep.) Oregon and S. B. Conover,
(Rep.) Fla. After devoting several months
to an examination of the subject they made
a very able and exhaustive report to the
Senate in which they declare: “In the mat-
ter of taxation there are today four men
representing the four great trunk lines be-
tween C ago, and New York, who possess,
and who do not unfrequently
were which the Congress of the United
tates would not venture to exert. ~‘ They
may at any time and for reasons satisfactory
to themselves by a single stroke of the pen,
reduce the value of roperty in this coun-
try by hundreds of millions of dollars ; and
that by combination and consolidation
these colossal organizations were daily be-
coming stronger and more imperious.”
“They also affirmed that Congress had full
power over inter state commerce and could
therefore remedy these abuses.”
Notwithstanding the lapse of time since
1874 and the numerous petitions forwarded
to Congress at each and every session, from
every part of the Nation, relative to the
abuses of these great and mighty corpora-
tions which are the creations of law, and as
such, should be subject to the same power,-
et your committee on transportation at
this last (9th) session of the National
Grange, of whom Bros. J. H. Brigham, of
Ohio, and W. A. Armstrong, of N. Y., are
members, both of whom have done icono-
clastic work for the good of this Order and
gained the confidence and esteem of their
Fellow-Patrons throughout this State, tell
us “these corporations, emboldened by suc-_
cess, challenge restraint while they fortify
in possession every point not already im-
pregnable.” They say today as last year
they are “intrenched in the several State
Capitals, domiciled in the central citadel.
Confident and strong, they sway the com-
merce of a continent and dominate its in-
dustries with cold neglect of the golden
rule, that is the vitalizing spirit of free
government; and with cynical contempt of
the common honesty and homely virtues
that support the structure of civil liberties.
A power within the State accelerating in
growth, licensed by its own inordinate
reed, usurpingas desire advances, limit-
Fess in audacity,—how long will it be before
the State itself will bea supplicant to its
creature that lays lustful hands upon the
shreds of authority yet preserved, swaggers
in every precinct of the legislative domain,
with its mammon defiles the ermine, and
has towering scorn for the people and es-

~ pecial contempt for the class that suffers

most by its cruel exactions—-farmers ? ”

One of the amendments to the constitu-
tion of this State adopted by the legisla-
ture, and approved by the people in 1870,
to-wit: Sec. 2. Article 19, reads as follows:
“No railroad corporation shall consolidate
its stock, pro erty, or franchise with an
other railroa corporation owning a para -
lel or competing line, and in no case shall
an consolidation take place except upon
public notice iven of at least sixty days
to all stockhol ers in such manner as shall
be provided by’ law.” It would evidently
seem to have been the intention of our
law=makers and the people in the enact-
ment and ratification of this amendment

' to protect themselves in a measure, at least,

from the abuses of monopolies in excessive
and exorbitant rates through competition,
but the system‘ of pooling and making a
common treasury from which these roads
draw pro. rata according to the allotment
of capital, by the terms of the combination,
brings us to realize the truthfulness of one
well versed and high in authority in rail-

~ road manipulations, “that where combina-

ti is poss'bl . titlon is impossible.”
Olnthis pooling ;y)sll;‘eI:i Chief Commissioner
Fink, who has entire charge, says, “when
the people understand the subject better

exercise ‘

they will either by the force of public opin-
ion or through local enactments, compel
railroad managers to work the railroads of
this country, in harmony with each other,
and prevent selfish railroad companies from
endeavoring to gain some advantage over
each other, and from standing in the way
of the proper management of the roads in
the interest of the public.”

It is the agricultural industries of the
States in this great nation that supply by
far the greater portion of products which
go to make up the commerce which freight
the railroads, the inland waters and the
seas; which keep in motion the machinery
of the various manufactories, mills and
workshops in our land; which finds em-
ployment for the building up of all, both
great and small cities and villages; in fact
which developed this wilderness, which but
a few years since was reported by the gov-
ernment surveyors as one vast morass or
swamp, habitable only by reptiles, wild
beasts and-occasionally a red man of the
forest, into one of the greatest permanent
revenue bearing districts of which this na-
tion can boast. It is the push, pluck, de-
termination and never-tiring zeal of the
agriculturist which has rendered it possible
to erect this stately edifice for the preserva-

.tion of our property and the enactment of

necessary laws to preserve and “perpetuate
a free republic as an inheritance for gener-
ations yet unborn.”

The farm statistics gathered yearly by
the Secretary of State, showing as they do
our tens of millions of bushels of wheat,
corn, oats, barley, peas and potatoes, to-
gether with a yearly gathering of a million
tons of hay with which to nurture and ma-
ture our live stock, to supply the markets
of the needy, to say nothing of our vast
dairy, fruit and other products of industry
bears conclusive evidence of our great in-
terest in railroads which to day are the
great thoroughfares of commerce upon
which we chiefly rely. Our Worthy Mas-
ter of the State Grange in his annual ad-
dress in speaking of the powerful agency
of railroads in advancing our civilization
says, “a great railroad man asks by way of
a crushing argument, What would the
farmer do without the railroads? We cer-
tainly would have a slow journey through
life. But then, what would the railroads
do without the farmer?” Your committee
believe there was a time when the agricul-
turists of the country existed without rail-
roads, although we freely confess our “mu-
tual dependence,” and, since the inaugura-
tion of our modern and more rapid trans-
mission of thought and exchange of pro-
ducts, that intelligence, culture and pros-
perity, the prime motive powers underly-
ing the objects of this Order, have been
more widely and rapidly disseminated
among the masses. Give us the protection
which certainly in a “government of the
people, for the people, and by the people,”
our numbers and the importance of our av-
ocations would entitle us to, and we will
have in this age of genius and mechanism
amore equal distribution of wealth among
those who created it. If petitions and
prayers will no longer move in our behalf
those occupying the high and responsible
positions or seats in our congressional and
legislative halls, I know nothing better
than to thllow the advise given by our Com-
mittee on Transportation of the National
Grange, viz .- “Let us exert the force inher-
ent in our numbers, direct this through the
ballot-box in such a manner that every leg-
islature, State and National, shall refiect
the will of the people, and all their inter-
ests, _rather than of corporotions. Secure
in these bodies, due representation of the
chief industry of the land. Let farmers
organize in utter disregard of the restraints
that political parties impose, and let them
keep steadily in view the governing pur-
pose to purge the body politic of the venali—
ties that handicap material progress. They
may co operate with all persons and all as-
sociations that work in the interest of free
and enlightened administration ofjustice,
but for themselves they must move for the
protection of natural rights against the
monstrous greed of corporate power, that
riots in the chaos of principles overturned
and confused by its wanton assumptions.
They must invoke order, law, grace and
justice for all, lest revolution intervene, to
clear away with rude hand the web of tyr-
anny that now fetters industry and retards
development.”

RICH. Moom-:,
J. M. PETERS,
JOHN MCNETT,
JONATHAN JOHNSON,
0. M. SYKES,
L. RINALDT.

Com.

Report of Committee on Patent Rights.

To the Ofiicers and Members of the Slate

Grange of Michigan .-

Your committee upon Patent Rights hav-
ing had the several matters placed before
them by this Grange, under careful review,
as well as the resolution recently intro-
duced into the Senate of the United States,
by the Hon. Senator Thos. W. Ferry, of
this State, proposing important changes in
our present Patent Laws; and, also, the
text of the bill relating to the same, as re-
ported in the public prints introduced into
the House of Representatives by the Hon.
J. C. Burrows, one of the Representatives
of this State, would respectfully report
upon the same, as follows :-

That the ‘full and exhaustive report of
your committee last year, upon Patent
Rights, referred to us in the address of
the Worthy Master, covering so com-
pletely, as it does, the entire grounds of
our complaints, growing out of the many
defects in our statutes, and the construc-
tions of the courts upon the same, would
seem to leave but little for this committee
to do, further than to reiterate and to re-
aflflrm the action of the last year's session.
But, as new developments are constantly
opening up, and cases of new prosecution
are continually arising, and harassments
to the people are multiplying to an extent
so alarming as to well cause a condition of
consternation among us, your committee
would ask for increased vigilance upon the
part of this State Grange and, if possible,
amore vigorous action. The prosecutions
that have already arisen under the claims
of the “slide gate” men, the “driven well,”

the "clover huller” and the “barbed wire’’ ’

patentees, and the vast sums collected under
threats of prosecutions only give us a fore-
taste of what we ma expect in the future,
and are but the prelfninary skirmishin of
the great battle, which, unless ave is
surely upon us. Nearly every farm imple-

ment is covered by from one to a dozen
patents. The vehiclesvin which we ride
are most of them protected by the same
laws; the appliances for protecting our
fruits from insect depredations and prepar-
ing them for market are included in the
same lists. The products of the dairy are
no exceptions to the rule. If we enter the
household we find there the same condi-
tion of facts; upon our warming. our cook-
ing, our eating, our washing and our dress-
ing conveniences, the ominous word “pat-
ent is written everywhere, and not content
with this it follows us to our couch and pat-
ents the bed upon which we sleep, and then,
still further, to add a last sacrilege to our ex-
istence it fastens itself upon our burial case
and stamps its afiix even there.

Without enumerating, there is hardly an
industry known to our civilization that is
exempt from prey, through the operation of
our present pernicious patent laws, and con-
structions of the courts. And when con-
scienceless patentees and their assigns, and
their more unscrupulous agents, encouraged
and flushed by a few favorable court decis-
ions under our present system, shall com-
mence suit all along the line, boundless,
ubiquitous, everywhere; searching every
industry and grasping every convenience
of life, we shall then possibly realize the
magnitude of the contest in which we are
engaged. With the principle of patents
we wage no war. It is a privilege that is
justly granted by the constitution of the
United States that inventors of useful ma-
chinery and other devices, and their
assignees, may be protected in the product
of their brains, the same as in other prop-
erty_ rights; but, we find in the constitu-
tion no special privilege which will enable
them to trample upon the rights of others
or to harass them by vex-atious law-suits.
Granting to others, all the privileges of our
freeinstitutions, and seeking not to limit
them in the enjoyment of their legitimate
or constitutional rights, we claim mos: em-
phatically, and will push it to the farthest ex-
treme of possibilities, through the enlight-
enment of public sentiment, through the
courts, through the halls of legislation, and,
as a dernier ressort, through the ballot-
boxes. This rinciple that the laws shall
deal out, to alrlalike, an equality of protec-
tion; and that the courts without influence
from political machinery, or monopoly or
venality, in the purity of its ermine, shall
administer “equal and exact justice to all.”
And, as a partial furtherance of these
views, we would recommend for re-affirma-
tion and re-adoption the following resolu-
tions, being the same as were adopted by
this State Grange at its last annual session :

“Resolved, That our Senators and Repre-

sentatives in Congress be, and are hereby .

requested to procure such an amendment of
the patent law as shall exempt from prose-
cution all persons who have purchased and
used, or may hereafter purchase and use,
patented articles without actual personal
notice of the claims of the patentee or his
assigns.

Resolved further, That in the opinion of

this Grange, any person, company, as:socia~ '

tion, or corporation, should have the right
to manufacture, use, and sell for use, any
patented artigle, on payment to the patentee
or his as igns of a reasonable percentage of
_its mark cvalue, which percentage should
be fixed by law.

“Resolved, That the Secretary of this
Grange be instructed to send printed circu-
lars to the Secretary of each Subordinate
Grange in the State, asking them to send to
him the names of all persons within the
territorial jurisdiction of his Grange, who
have been celled upon to pay a royalty for
the use of any patented article, after the
same was in use by such person ; the name,
article used, its value, and the amount de-
manded as a royalty; and, if settled, the
amount paid; or, if litigated, the amount of
judgment and cost recovered : that the infor-
mation thus obtained be compiled in con-
venient form for reference, and forwarded
to our several Senators and members of Con-
gress, that they may show to the lawmak-
ing powers of the Nation the abuses that
are practiced under the present law.

“Resolved, That our Secretary be instruct-
ed to requesta like action on the part of the
Secretaries of all the other State Granges,
in order that by a full exposition of the
swiudling practices now perpetrated under
the protection of law, Congress may be con-
vinced that justice demands the change in
the patent laws which we now propose.”

In regard to the resolution offered by
Hon. T. W. Ferry, in the Senate of the
United States, Dec. 5, 1881, and which reads
as follows :—

“Reeolved, That the Committee on Patents
hereby is instructed to consider and report,
by bill or otherwise, such proposed legisla-
tion as shall effectually protect all innocent
purchasers and users of any device, inven-
tion. or article, patented under the laws of
the United States, from payment of, or obli-
gation to pay, any royalty for such purchase
or u »e of any patented article abandoned to
public or general use by the inventor or
patentee thereof. or from the payment of
any royalty for such purchase or use of any
patented article whatever, unless claim
therefor shall formally be made or presented
by the inventor or patentee to the purchaser
or user of the same within two years after
such purchase or first use of the device or
article so claimed to have been duly pat-
ented ”—

"We would recommend the following resolu-
1on:——

Reaolved, That, while we are willing to
believe that the honorable Senator, in offer-
ing his resolution, was sincere in the con-
viction that a law framed in accordance
therewith would fully meet all the require-
ments of the case,——yet we fail to see where-
in it would give us that complete protection
which we ask; and relying upon that confi-
dence which should always exist between
the representative and his constituency, we
respectfully request him to so modify its
provisions as to make it in accordance with
our views as set forth in the first of the
foregoing resolutions, 'to which we would
respectfully ask him to refer.

In regard to the bill introduced Dec. 8,
1881, in the House of Representatives by
the Hon. J. C. Burrows, one of the members
of Congress from this State, and which
reads as follows :-

“ To amend Revised Statutes so as to read
as follows: Damages for infringements of
any patent may be recovered by action on
the case in the name of any party, either
patentee, assignee, or grantee. But no par-
ty in any such transaction shall recover
damages for the use of any patented article
when it shall appear in the trial that the
defendant in such action purchased such

article for a valuable consideration, in open
market and without knowledge that the
same was patented.”
We would recommend action as follows :——
Resolved, That while we consider it a step
in the right direction, it is only a step, and
falls short of what we expect and demand.
What we want is a law, clear, simple and
unequivocal that will protect innocent pur-
chasers in the use of articles patented with-
out subjecting them to interminable delays
oflaw and enormous expenses, and which
will make the manufacturers and vendors
alone liable for infringement. _
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
be instructed to draft, or cause to be drafted,
a bill in accoi dance with the views as ex-
pressed in this report as is embodied in the
first resolution.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
T. R. HARRISON,
M. '1‘. CARLTON,
O. K. WHITE,
H. S. BOOTH,
WM. PENNY,
SAMUEL STAUFFER,
F. MENIL.

dzuntmnniratiunr.

THE S|NGER’S ALMS.

In Lyons, in the mart of that French town,
Years since, a woman leading a fair child,
Craved a small aims of one who. walking down
The thoroughfares, caught the child's glance,
and smiled
To see behind its eyes a noble soul,
He paused, but found he had no coin to dole.

His guardian angel warned him not to lose
This chance of pearl to do another good ;
So as he waited sorry to refuse
The asked for penny, there aside he stood,
And with his hat held as by limb the nest,
He covered his kind face, and sang his best.

The sky was blue above, and all the lane

Of commercerwhore the singer stood was filled,
And many paused, and listened, paused again,

To hear the voice that through and through

them thrilled.

I think the guardian angel helped along
That cry for pity woven in a song.

The singer stood within the beggars there,

Before a church. and overhead the spire,
A slim perpetual finger in the air,

Held toward heaven, land of the heart's desire,
As though an angel, pointing up, had said,
Yonder a crown awaits this singer's head."

The hat of its stamped brood was emptied soon
Into the woman’s lap, who, drenched with tears
Her kiss upon the hand of help. ’Twas noon,
,And noon in her glad heart drove forth her
fears,
The singer pleased, passed on. and softly thought,
“Men will not know by whom this deed was
wrought."

But when at night he came upon the stage,

Cheer after cheer went up from that wide throng
And flowers rained on him. Nothing could as-

suage

The tumult of the welcome, save the song
That for the beggar he had sung that day,
Vvhile standing in the city's busy way.

Oh, cramped and narrow is the man who lives
Only for self, and pawns his years away
For gold, nor knows the joy a good deed gives;
But feels his heart shrink slowly. day by day,
And dies at last, his bond of fate outrun ;
N 0 high aim sought, no worthy action done.

But hrimmed with molten brightness like a star,
And broad and open as the sea or sky,

The generous heart. Its kind deeds shine afar,
And glow in gold in God’s great book on high,

And he who does what good he can each day,

Makes smooth and green, and strews with flowers

his wav.

How to Keep the Boys and Girls on the Farm.

First try and make it one of the pleas-
antest and most desirable places to live. To
accomplish this let every member of the
family after arriving at an age to enable
them to do so, have an interest in so plan
ning and arranging it. Then let the boys,
as they arrive at that age that renders it
necessary that they begin to learn how to
make a living for themselves, cultivate a
portion of the land, and have the product
of the same, to market and use the pro-
ceeds as their own, then allow them with
the money to purchase and keep stock. This
will soon enable them to provide for them-
selves, and make them feel independent of
parents, and dependentupon themselves for
supplying all their own wants, and as a
general thing will teach them to economize
and do away with a good many imaginary
wants that they would call upon father to
supply, if he controlled all their labor and
supplied them. It is natural for every per-
son to feel a desire to call things mine or
ours, and unless they have some interest of
their own, either in the stock, or a portion
of the land to cultivate, they are apt to feel
discontented and want to leave home and
seek some other employment.

The writer when a boy was encouraged
in this way until he had accumulated quite
a little sum by commencing with poultry,
then a pig, then cultivating a piece of
land, when all was taken from him to help
an older brother, who was struggling to
gain a profession. This so dampened his ar-
dor as to discourage any further attempt to
own anything in his own name until after
leaving home.

Never do anything calculated to discour-
age youthful ambition, that it is possible to
avoid, if that ambition is in the direction of
laying a foundation for future prosperity.

The girls as soon as old enough should
help mother in all her domestic affairs, and
where there is a number in the family as
soon as a good district school education has
been obtained, let the oldest learn how to
cut and make her own dresses, this will
enable her to impart the same to her sisters.

Then alternate the_ different kinds Qf
housework so that all in turn will have
learned how to keep a house of their own

when they get one.

Encourage them to take an interest in

the stock, and poultry, by giving them

the surplus butter, eggs and poultry
tosell, to enable them to buy those little

extra articles that mother dont think they
need because she did well enough without
them when she was a girl. But all mothers
don’t realize the great increase in our wants
between then and now. _

Encourage them to look after the fruit
and vegetable garden and give them a share
of the surplus to market after the family
has been supplied, and above all induce
them to cultivate flowers and evergreens
in the front yard and around the house.
Nothing will attract more attention, and be
so indicative of a happy home as a well-
trimmed grass plat, with evergreens and
flowers about the dwelling. To improve
the mind and to find out what is going on
in the world‘, let a half dozen or more fami-
lies select some central house for meetings,
let each subscribe'for a different newspaper,
magazine or book and after reading them
through take them to this central place and
exchange with one another. In this way
each can be supplied with all the reading
matter they want at little expense.

Young men are too apt to think that they
will get rich much faster in trade or specu-
lating in stock, real estate or produce, than
by farming, but if an equal number will
compare notes when old age overtakes them
they will find those who followed farming
through life much the best ofl‘. Being situ-

‘ated where they can labor little or much as

inclination and ability serves them, they
are more likely to enjoy themselves in the
decline of life by residing on their own
broad acres, with the stock and the crops
growing and increasing in value, thereby
realizing that they leave something real for
those who depended on them through life.
Many in other avocations leave their fami-
lies with many bank shares, which the Ex-
ecutor finds the Cashier has stolen from the
bank, and the heirs are called upon to help
pay the depositors. H. B,
___L_____________
The Railroad commissioner Again.

Bro. Cobb .-—In this article I do not wish
to find fault with our Railroad Commission-
er, for I know him to be one of the most
pleasant and genial men to be met with, and
believe he is performing his duties better
than nine-tenths of those in similar posi-
tions. ButI wish to call the attention of
the people to their own faults.

Mr. Williams says: “He is not to forget
that while he is paid by the State for his
services, the railroad companies also pay a
very heavy amount into the treasury of the
State, amounting in 1880 to $525,000, and
for the last fiscal year to the sum of $618,-
934.82, and which sum all goes into the
school fund.”

Now when any corporation wish to show
what tax they pay, they always deal in
aggregates, never showing what per cent.
it is, or what relation it bears to the tax of
other property. Now what are the facts ? In
looking at the valuation of the taxable prop-
erty of this State as fixed by the State Board
of Equalization, and then at the total taxa-
tion levied for all purposes, we find that
it amounts to over two per cent. So that
every man that owns $100 in bank stock,
farms, houses, lands or mechanical industry,
pays in Michigan over $2 taxes. But under
our present system of specific taxation tele-
graph property in Michigan pays 23 cents
on the $100. The street railroad property
pays 25 cents on the $100. Other railroads
27 cents on the $100. Taking their own
valuation for a basis, and for many years the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad,
reported to the Commissioner of Railroads,
the valuation of their road in Michigan to
be about $17,000,000. Yet for all those years
they reported their road to the Auditor Gen-
eral for taxation at a valuation of $4,733,240.
And the big-hearted, noble Governor Bag-
ley, in 1877 recommended to the Legislature
that all property be put on an equality, that
each should bear its just proportion of the
burdens of taxation. Did they do it ? No.
Why should they listen to the recommenda-
tions of a Governor? they could feel right
in their pockets, in the shape of a railroad
pass, a more substantial reason for not
meddling with other folk’s business,and they
behaved themselves so satisfactorily to the
railroads that the next summer they gave
them, with the State oflicers and members
of the press a free ride to the Upper Penin-
sula, and this was only a repetition of what
they did in 1875. When our Railroad Com-
mlssioner took charge of the excursion, the
track was cleared, nothing was allowed to
delay the train, and stopped at night where
the accommodations were the best, and
everything made to run so smoothly and all
were so well satisfied with the Railroad Com-
missioner that they gave him a vote, of
thanks and presented him with a cane that
was ornamented with some rare products of
the rich mines of the Upper Peninsula.

Now as long as we return these same men,
or those like them, to our Legislature, we
may expect no change. But if we should
get men there who believe all property should
hear an equal proportion of the burdens of
taxation, and should enact laws for that pur-
pose, then railroads in Michigan instead of
paying $500,000 or $600,000, would pay over
$2,000,000, and then if all went into the
school fund, we could give all our children a
college education. WM. HULL.
Center-ville, Dec. 26, 1881.


£3’

JANUARY 15, 1882.

TEE GRANGE VESETQE.

3

From a Three Rivers’ Banker._

[Though evidently not intended for pub-
lication, we venture to present the follow-
ing letter from Hon. E. S. Moore, President
of the First National Bank of Three Rivers,
as it has some strong points well worthy of
consideration. Mr. Moore is agentlemen of
ripe age and large experience as afarmer as
well asbanker, and in commercial pursuits;
and now in the evening of his days looks
out upon his native land from the stand-

point of a citizen whose love of country is -

above every other consideration.—Ep.]

Mr J. T. Cobb.-—I enclose you pay for the
VISITOR for the year 1882.

I take your paper to encourage a paper de-
voted to the interests, not only of the far-
mer, but to the welfare of the people gen-
erally. I take three political papers repre-
senting the Republican, Democratic, and
National parties, and one Independent, and
I hold your paper as being more independ-
ent and free from party bias and ready to
speak out against abuses and disorders of
the times than any paper I take. Although
it is not a political paper, yet your readers
have an intense interest in good govern-
ment, and as the “price of liberty is eternal
vigilance,” they must watch. The various
political parties with their papers are all the
time in a party strife making one side white
and the other side black, while there is not
much choice in either side as to that.

The two great parties are about alike in
this, and I hope for the time when we shall
see independent votes enough to correct this
evil of party strife, and when the people
will send men to Congress who will go for
the right, and oppose the wrong wherever
found ; and where shall we look for change
in this bitterness and strife, if not among
the farmers? Let them come to the rescue.
They are about one-half of all the voters in
the U. S. and they scarcely-_. have a repre-
sentative of one-tenth.

Monopolies are controlling the country
you know. The railroad,-.and moneyed
power make the laws and then trample
upon them at will.

The agricultural interests pay these abuses
in indirect taxes, on protection laws to man-
ufacturing, transportation, and patent right
frauds, and if the producers and laborers
don’t hold the country by their independent
votes, by sending true men to Congress,
and holding them true to the best interests
of the people, more than to party—the gov-
ernment for the people, and by the people
will be a farce. Yours Truly,

E. S. Moons.

THREE RIVERS, Miclt, Dec. 28th, 1881.

 

Protection From Patent Swindlers.

I am a reader of the GRANGE VISI-roR,and
now write a word for it on account of the
good results likely to be produced among
Grangers and farmers who are not Gran-
gers. All are just now feeling so well, that
a word of thanks to the GRANGE VISITOR
seems in order. ,

The stand taken by the VISITOR in re-
gard to patent right swindlers, who have
for years imposed upon the farming com-
munity by collecting royalties and threat-
ening suits in U. S. court, has saved the
farmers of the State a large amount of mon-
ey. Heretofore, these unjust demands have
often been paid as the easiest and cheapest
way out.

Your course in the driven-well claim
has made you many friends outside
the Grange as well as among members of
the Order. We think the agitation will be
productive of good by giving us an amended
law that will protect innocent purchasers of
common articles. The present law leaves
all exposed to pay some sharper on a trum-
ped up claim, or pay a larger sum to defend
our rights.

The bill that meets with favor among
the people, is the one introduced by our
own Congressman, Hon. J. C. Burrows.
His bill strikes right at the root of the evil,
making it impossible to collect royalty for
articles purchased in the open market by
an innocent purchaser for a valuable con-
sideration. Bills giving certain time to bring
suits, say one, two, or three years would
be of but little use as a remedy. If Mr.
Burrows’ pushes his bill so it becomes a
law he will have done us good service,
and himself credit. His course in this
matter thus far gives great sotisfaction.
Encourage the passage of the Burrows’
1,111, 0. A. W.

GALESBURG, Dec. 29th, 1881.

 

The Farmers’ Alliance in Nebraska.

Being a constant reader of your valua-
ble paper and much pleased with the stand
it has taken for right and justice for the
farmer, especially for the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, I thought if you had room to spare
in your columns I would tell my old Mich-
igan friends what we are doing for our pro-
tection against the centralization of capital
and monopolies of all kinds which operate
to make the few immensely rich at the ex-
pense of the many.

The Grange in Nebraska is nearly dead.
I do not know of any grange that is still
holding meetings, yet there may be some
in other parts of the State.

We have another organization here,
which is gaining strength very fast, called
the Farmers’ Alliance. Michigan is justly
proud of being the banner Grange State,

while Nebraska boasts of taking the lead in
the Alliance movement, having over three
hundred Alliances: Kansas iollows next
with over two hundred and fifty.

Many counties have organized county A1-
liances, enabling local organizations to work
more effectually than they can do without
them.

Several counties put an Alliance ticket in
the field and carried the entire ticket in
most of the counties and a part in the
others.

We have a State Alliance well organized,
which will hold a special meeting Jan. 25th,
1882, for the purpose of adopting measures
for our organization through every county
in the State-to institute an organizing com-
mittee for the State, one member for each
county, to work in connection with the Ex-
ecutive commlttee—-to discuss and adopt
measures by which precinct organization
may be made more general, thorough and
systematic—and to generally solidify,
strengthen and harmonize the Alliance
throughout the State. Thus you see we
“mean business” and are bound to work
till the farmers are so far able to control the
legislature of the State by the aid of the
laboring classes, whose interests are almost
identical with the farmers, as to protect
their own interests.

The task the Alliance has set for itself is
a severe one. It is to secure the election of
a legislature which will enact just laws and
enforce the provisions of the State consti-
tution in regard to corporations, the State
constitution declares that the State shall
have power to control corporations that are
chartered by the State, (such as railroad
charters etc.,) to secure the election of rep-
resentatives in Congress and a U. S. sena-
tor who will be faithful servants of the peo-
ple of their Slate, instead of attorneys for a
railroad corporation, and the election of
State ofiicers in full sympathy with the peo-
ple on the great subject of transportation.

That all this and even more can be ac-
complished by thorough organization, the
events of the past election have fully de-
monstrated, and we hope and expect to be
able to control the elections next fall instead
of their being controlled by railroad ofiicials
and professional oifice-seekers.

A brother Granger made enquiry through
the VISITOR, how the members of the
Grange were to become organized that they
might work together at the polls, where
they must expect to do a part of their great
work.

I have been anxiously waiting for a solu-
tion of this question by some of the broth-
ers of the Order, through the columns of the
VISITOR, but as yet have seen none.

I wish to suggest a way which might be
acceptable and prove very effectual in the
end.

The Farmers’ Alliance is working in part
for the same objects of reform for which the
Grange is working, and as both Orders are
composed of farmers, I believe they might
work very harmoniously together. As the
discussion of politics is forbidden in the
Grange, perhaps the members of the Grange

might do more efiicient work and become
more thoroughly organized, politically, by
forming a Farmers’ Alliance in every
district in which a Grange is held, com-
posed of those members of the Grange who
are so inclined, and as many others as they
can induce to join.

Many farmers will join the Alliance who
will not join the Grange. It costs nothing
to obtain a charter to organize an Alliance,
and only ten cents per year for dues to the
U. S. Alliance, per capita. This is a trifling
amount, and the people who object to join-
ing the Grange because it costs so much,
cannot have that for an excuse for not join-
ing the Alliance. Others object to joining
the Grange because it is a secret Order. This
objection is removed in the Alliance, as it
is not a secret Order, its meetings being free
to all usually; they may hold secret meet-
ings if they choose but it is not customary
to do so.

There are a few Alliances in Michigan
now, but not enough to have much influ-
enceasyet. I hope they will continue to
organize more Alliances, and try to keep
pace with sister prairie States, all of which
are becoming very enthusiastic over the
Alliance movement. ‘If any wish to know
more about the Alliance movement and
its objects, they can obtain all the informa-
tion they wish by addressing the lVestern
Rural, 155 & 157 Dearborn Street, Chicago,
II]. E. E. CAMPBELL,

Sec. Saline Co. Alliance, Crete, Neb.

Liberty or Slavery.

O-Ir Revolutionary fathers bequeathed to
us the blessings of liberty, and we are so
confident of our inheritance that we forget
that “Eternal vigilance is the price of lib-
erty.” The slavery that was abolished by
proclamation of Abraham Lincoln was the
only one that was ever ba 1 upon the
color of its victims. Force has been the ba-
sis among barbarians. but in civilized na-
tions extreme wealth in the hands of the
few and consequent extreme poverty of the
masses, have been the basis of all the sla-
veries in the world’s history. It was a slow
and gradual process by which the land, and
finally the wife and children of the plebe-
ian became the property of the patriclan.
But modern means for transferring the
property of the masses into the pockets of

individuals have kept pace with railroad
and telegraph facilities. We travel now at
almost lightning speed. Americans will
not be allowed a thousand years nor a bun-
dred years to answer the question at the
head of this article.

Doubtless it was this thought that
prompted the Past Lecturer of the National
Grange to suggest that Subordinate Grange-s
forego the discussion of dog laws and pro-
duction, and attend to the weightier mat-
ters of the law, the causes that threaten to
undermine the foundation of our liberties.
Doubtless it was this thought that prompted
the Worthy Master of the national Grange
to exclaim : “The time may come—and may
God speed it—when the farmer, the me-
chanic, the laborer and the business man,
arm in arm, will march up to the polls, and
cast the ballot—”

“Which shall fall as silently as falls the snowflake
on the sod,

To execute the freeman’s will as lightning does the
will of God.”

Brother Cobb, I wish to make this ar-
ticle intensely practical and suggestive.
There is point in what our prohibition
friends say: “It is blasphemy to pray for
temperance and then vote for intemper-
ance.”

Has it ever occurred to my brother Pat-
ron that it involves an inconsistency, to say
the least, to talk antimonopoly in Grange
sessions, and ‘vote for monopoly at elec-
tions?

The brother will answer: “There is no
antimonopoly party; one is obliged to
choose between the two old monopoly par-
ties.” That is precisely the difiiculty that
we all want to see removed. Where there
is a will (here is a way.

It would be folly, nay, it would be down-
right stupidity to continue ten years longer
to tear down by our ballots what we are
striving to build up by our Grange teach-
ings and by our petitions. It is very prop-
erly contrary to our organic law to devote
Grunge sessions to political action or to pro-
moting the schemes of ofiice-seekers or
demagogues. But this does not release us
from our political duties the rest of the
Week, any more than the non-sectarian
character of the Grange releases the good
Patron from his Sabbath devotions; and
fidelity requires that our political action,
when taken, shall be in accordance with
Grange principles. This should be the Pat-
ron’s test of political parties and political
principles. If a Patron cannot demonstrate
that the principles of his political party are
in accordance with Grange principles, he
should be looking around for Master Wood-
ma.n’s new political party. Brother Wood-
man has seen and deplored the political and
social degradation of the masses of Europe,
and he warns us that there is danger of the
same conditions here. There, it is no un-
common sight to see a woman yoked with
an ox to do the plowing. That is a double
team, and the owner would feel insulted to
he called a one horse farmer. American
women are sublimely indifferent to politics,
which may be all right, but it sorely tries
our patience to see so many men afliicted
with the same sublimity. Our antagonist,
the new slave power, is never indifferent;
he isa monopolist, "an Erie man all the
time.” Will we never learn a. lesson from
him, and learn to be anti-monopolists all
the time? Will we continue to fritter away
our strength by party divisions, and wear
the yoke of the new task master, the aris-
tocracy of wealth; or, will we, by concen-
trated effort and united political action,
thro wet!‘ the yoke and

“Be "ot like dumb, driven cattle,
Be like heroes in the strife?”

Nine-tenths of all the farmers, mechan-
ics, laborers and business men are Anti-mo-
nopolists. This is the issue of the hour.
Let us have an Antimonopoly party. All
we have to do is to say it shall be and it will
be. Let us do three things, namely: agi-
tate, agitate, AGITATE. Circulate, for the
signatures of the people, declarations of
our wish for the organization of a political
anti-monopoly party, or sign those that
are already in circulation, and let us never
cease to labor till all the “Erie men,” upon
the one side, and all the people, upon the
other, shall be assigned their proper places
in the monopoly and the anti-monopoly
parties—the two great political parties of
the near future. Then let us count noses
instead of weighingmoney bags, which is
the present passion.

Then, after the people had taken the teeth
and nails out of the monster monopolies,
they could turn their attention to the lesser
ones; such, for instance, as the monopoly
whereby fifty thousand lawyers, more or
less, do all the legislating for, and dispense
all the justice (injustice) to fifty million
people. along with this monopoly will go
all -those ancient, queer and ridiculous law
phrases, such as “appurtenances thereunto
belonging,” “hereditaments aforesaid,”
“and further this deponent saith not” &c.,
&c. Such outlandish jargon is used to con-
vey the impression that legal lore is entirely
beyond the comprehension of ordinary mor-
tals. It will be remembered only to be
laughed at. like the knights and the wind-
mills of Don Quixote.

The two dominant political parties strive
to perpetuate the issues that were living
ones in the days of Jackson and Lincoln.
It is an impossible task; they live only to
oppose each other, for there is nothing left
tothem but the dear old names. New is-

sues require the giving up of old names.
VVho mourns now for the loss of the
names Whig and Federal? I am aware
that the greenbacker claims that the Na-
tional party has always been an anti-mo-
nopoly party; more so even than the far-
famed N. Y. anti-monopoly league; for he
says, that protests very faintly, if at all,
against the establishment of a privileged
class, who alone the government guaran-
teesshall receive interest on one hundred
and ninety dollars for every one hundred
invested; and shall have as absolute con-
trol over the circulating medium of the
country as the learned quack, with his lit-
tle lancet, had over the circulating medium
in the veins of the father of his country.

‘It will require a struggle to enable this
man to give up the name national green-
back, and yet he will do it if he can find a
name that is more comprehensive, that
promisesto unite and concentrate all the
forces of anti-monopoly. For the prohibi-
tionist to give up the name prohibition will
be as hard as to bury the dear form of a be-
loved and only child. And yet he will give
it up, at least for a season, when he sees
that the danger is imminent that we may
have no country, in which to prohibit: any
crime.

Surely when men can make such sacri-
fices as,these, the members of the dominant
parties ought to be able to sacrifice such eu-
phonious namesas stalwart and half-breed
republican and democracy and reform.

The good Patron, who may happen to be-
long to one of the dominant parties, should
remember that there are as good and true
Patrons who are nationals or prohibition-
ists as there are in any party. He should
never allow party prejudice to betray him
into saying, “all that the prohibitionist
wants is free whiskey,” or, “all that the
greenbacker wants is worthless money, and
an unlimited amountof it;” and he should
leave to his party organ the unpatriotic
work of comparing the greenback to con-
federate script, French assignats and John
Law’s money.

The anti-monopoly movement is the peo-
ples’ movement. There is danger that am-
bitious, unscrupulous and disappointed
leaders, among the old line monopolists,
will don the anti-monopoly robe, and make
the very word odious to honest but unthink-
ing men. The people should forestall such
leaders and give them to understand that
they must take back seats, or quit decent

' company entirely.

Did Washington consult Lord Howe be-
fore he massed and moved his army 2’ Shall
we consult the Erie man before we mass
and move? If we are wise in our political
organization we shall achieve a speedy and
bloodless victory.

Let the peoplels party be named thisr—and
nothing In0re—-ANTI-MONOPOLY, “By this
sign conquer.” PA1-non.

FARMINGTON, Mich. Dec, 31, 1881.

The commission House of Thomas Mason.

[The following communication explains
itself, and if the figures prove anything,
they prove that the business experience and
pluck of Bro. Mason have overcome all diffi-
culties. There is no guess work about it.
The commission house of Thomas Mason is
a fixed fact that it would be well for those
to remember who have articles that are
wanted in the Chicago market. The relia-
bility and industry of Bro. Mason are un-
questioned, and his business should contin-
uetoincrease until in his line his house
stands second to none in the great city of
Chicago.—ED.]

Bro. Cobb, DEAR SIB AND BROTHER :—I
give you some facts and figures that you
may publish if disposed: I commenced
business at this agency May 15, 1878, with a
capital of $500.00. The first year, ending
December 31, I did a business to the amount
of $30,607.40; the second year, $43,997.00;
third year, $68,295.90; fourth and last year,
$79,691.49. Car loads of cattle or grain are

' not included.

I should say that this agency was not
established with a view of accumulating
profits, but rather that each consignment
should realize to the shipper its full market
value. This is the leading principle that
animates it and so far has successfully over-
come all obstacles and placed this house in
the front ranks with the old established
houses. The shipper to this agency rapidly
learns, first, that his goods will be sold strict-
ly on their merits; that he can rely on get-
ting the highest market rates on day of sale,
apd last, though not least, that he is abso-
lutely sure to get his pay, and promptly.
Over 100 commission houses have gone up
since I have been here, each time with
from $2,000 to $150,000 of farmers’ money.

This agency was not opened for a priv-
ileged few, but the organizers being true
Patrons, have endeavored, so far as human‘
foresight is able, to protect the interests of
all Patrons and shippers who may have
dealings with this agency, from any State
or Territory.

I would add that my system for buying
goods on orders is to keep no stock on hand,
but buy as ordered, fresh and new goods at
lowest possible prices, to which a per ‘cent.
isadded to cover time employed. Orders
must be accompanied with cash somewhere
near the amount of the order—balance to be
paid on receipt of bi1l.t0ur motto is, “Pay
as you go; ” therefore this agency will

always be self-sustaining, having no debts
and being no tax to either State Granges-or
individual members except so far as they use
it. Having been actively engaged over 2.5
years in commercial business, I feel compe-
tent to take care of all business the Order
may at any time favor me with.
Fraternally yours,
Tnos. MASON,
Bus. Manager N. VV. Produce Ex. Ass’n.
Chicago, Jan. 3, 1882.

AN experimental shipment of ten tons
of beef has just been made from San An-
tonio, Texas, to New York. by rail in re-
frigerator cars, to be shipped thence to
France. If the experiment proves success-
ful, ié: is intended to follow with larger ship-
men s. -

isms use or sorrnrs

Kept in the office of the Secretary of the

MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,

And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Order,
over the seal of <1 Subordinate G-range, and the
signature of its Matter or Secretary.

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, er hundred, . . . . . . .. 76
Blank Book, ledger ruled, or Secretary to keep

accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Ex ress paid), . . . . . . . . .. 1 00
Order Book, containing 108 Orders on the Trees-

urer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Receipt Book, containing 100 Recei ts from
Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, we lbound, . 50

 

 

Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . . . . . . . 60
A plications for Membership, per 100,. . . . . .  . 60
embership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies 10c,
per doz.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75
By-Laws, bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . .. 20
“ G-lad Echoes,” with music, Single copy 15 cts.
per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .  1 80
Rituals, single copy, 25
“ rerdoz-......... ........ .. 2 40
“ for Fifth Degree, for Pomona Granges,
per copy.‘ ...................... .. . ....... . . 10
Blank “Articles of Association” for the Incorpo-
ration of Subordinate Grangss, with Copy of
Charter, all complete, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100, . . . . . . . . 40
Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 5c.; per
hundred, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law. . . . . 50
II it (I It (I 
rocco Tuck,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address of J. J. Woodman before the Nation-
al Grange——per dozen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Address of 'I‘hos. K. Beecher-—per dozen . . . . . . 10
Digest of Laws and Rulings, . . . _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 40

Address. J. '1‘. COBB,
SEC’Y Mien. Sm-rn Gamma,
SCHOOLCRAFT , MICE

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TIME-TABLE—MAY 9, 1880.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR‘.

JANUARY 15, 1332.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR FOR 1882.

The growth of the VISITOR has been
steady and constant since its first issue in
April, 1875, until this time. It is perhaps
not too much to say that this growth must
have been based upon its real merits, for at
no time have special inducements been
offered to enlarge its list and multiply its
readers.

Those who have had faith in the benefi-
cent work of the Order have been its friends
and by their voluntary work has our sub-
scription list been increased. Upon such do
we still rely to labor to enlarge its sphere of
usefulness, according to their faith in its
value to the Order, and the agricultural class
that it is especially designed to benefit.

We do not like to occupy space in forcing
upon the attention of our readers the claims
of the VISISOR. But identified as we have
been with its management since its first
issue in April, 1875, we feel that we shall be
pardoned if we urge its claims upon the
members of the Order, and ask them to ex-
plain to their neighbors and friends the
general character of the paper, and the in-
dependent stand it has uniformily taken in
behalf of the interests of the people.

This is the season of the year most favor-
able for Grange work. Farmers have more
leisure to read, to talk, to visit, and plan
for future work. If we do not make large
additions to our list during the winter, we
shall not during the year. Renewals and
new subscribers have been coming in since
Jan. 1st, at the rate of one hundred per day,
and while we are thankful for these we
cannot forget what is so generally conceded
by the hundreds of good Patrons in the
State that the good Of the Order demands
more and more readers of the VISITOR. Nor
need we limit its benefits to the Order, for
we get no stronger words of commendation
than come to us from those outside the gate.
There is no one thing of which we are more
confident. If those who understand and
appreciate the educational character of the
work the VISITOR is doing in this State, will
each devote a little time to the work of in-
troducing the VISITOR to their fellow-farm-
ers who are yet unacquainted with it, our
list before the first of April will reach the
point of our ambition,

10,000.
Shall that work be done ?

To any one taking an interest in this work
we are always ready to send a package for
use in canvassing. Please send us names
of those to whom ’vou desire us to send a
sample copy of the VISITOR. Terms as
heretofore.

Single copy, six months, ............ -- 25
Single copy, one year, ____________ -- 50
Eleven copies, one year ............ __ 5 00
To ten trial subscribers for three months we

will send the VIsIToR for .......... -_$1 00

Sample copies free to any address.
Address, J. T. COBB, Schoolcraft, Mich.

THE DRIVEN WELL.

Since our last number no new develop-
ments have come to the surface of special
interest except it may be the fact that the
denial of the application for an injunction
by Judge Withey was couched in such
terms, and accompanied by such explana-
tory remarks as to be considered of such im-
portance by the applicant as to justify the
printing in pamphlet form of the opinions
of the judge, a copy of which I received
with a circular from Henry A. Harrison, of
Lansing.

Mr. Harrison by the same mail also favor-
ed us with a collection of the judicial opin-
ions delivered by several district judges.

.To all of which we answer that the cour-
tesy of the bench, as we have previously
shown, demands that subsequent Ilotlalurm
should follow the lead of the first decision
given in the case. That additional umtlmony
goes for nothing. .

If the gentleman who marmgod thesis-
fense for the Assulelatlmn In Northern
Indiana in the case brought before Judge
Gresham is reliable, than we can have
little hope of a favorable decision until
such decision is reached before the mart of
last resort.

That gentleman stated publicly before not
less than fifty people who were listening to
his statement of the case at 8 public meet-

ing held in Kalamazoo that Judge Gres-
ham refused to hear or examine evidence of
previous use that was offered, but declared
that previous decisions of District Courts
must be respected and followed. This evi-
dence must go to the Supreme Court of the
United States for final determination.

We need only add that evidence of pre-
vious use before Mr. Green claims to have
conceived the idea, is being accumulated
and will, we believe, establish beyond a
doubt, the important fact that Mr. Green
was not the inventor of driven wells.

We are not advised as to when a hearing
on the merits of the case will be had before
Judge Withey, but shall be able to state ad-
ditional facts in regard to this matter in the
next issue, as we shall meet Bro. Platt with-
in a week.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.

In order to save the labor and expense of
sending individual receipts for money re-
ceived as subscriptions for the VISITOR, we
have determined upon acknowledging the
receipt of all such moneys—in sums of one
dollar or more——through the columns of the
VISITOR.

We shall, as heretofore, be glad to receive
single subscriptions, but there are so many
of these that it will take too much space to
acknowledge all here. We commence with
the fiscal year—-December 1, 1881.

DECEMBER.
3——Wm Post. $3.00; Geo Marten, $2.00; Wm
Penny, $2 40; A K Burson, $1.00.

5—S A Hunt, $1.00; J B Christy, $1.10.

6——Mrs S Kimberly, $1.00; H W Hillyard,

$1.00; W M Andrews, $100; J F Payea,
$1.50; H E Patch, $1.00; Wm. Colyar, $5.00;
VVm B Langley. $2.50.

7-B 0 Dell, $2.00.

9——R E Perry, $1.50; Eva M Wilcox, $5.00.
10—G A Peters, $2.00; H Shipman, $3.00.
12—Wm Burton, $2.00.
13—John Benjamin, $1.00; H E Wightman,

$1.00.

14—Giles E Strong. $1.00; G W Andrews,
$2 00; John Moor, $1.00.

l5—Samuel Wolfe, $1.00; E E Leland, $6.50.

17—H Gilbert, $5.00; Lorin Richmond, $5.00;
Wm Colyar, $5.00.

19-—Levi Nash, $7.00: C L Whitney, $2.00.

20—G 0 Merriam, $10 00; Riley Rice, $1.00;
H D Chapman, $7 00

21—Amasa Wilcox, $1.00; John M DeWitt,
$1.00; H Hlllyard, $2.50; Mrs Julia White,
$6.50; A M Dobbeldare, $1.00; Mrs S Kim-

.herly, $1.25.
22-—Milo Vannetter, $5.00.

23—D W Sias, 2.50; '1‘ Grover, $1.00; Samfl
Mars, $4.00; J W Whitney, $1.00; S Healy,
$1.00; J S Hayes, $5.00.

24—W D Cochran, $1.00; Chas W Wilde,
$5.00; Mrs Flora Moore. $1.00; A Rogers,
$1.10; D Handshaw, $1.00; F G Pray, $1.00.

26—H S Fisk, $4 50; VV H Mattison. $3 00:
H C Bradshaw, $500; J F Goss, $1.00; H
Bradshaw, $5 50; Mrs S E Peck, $1.50; G
W. Leland, $2.00.

27—JOhn Klingersmilh, $1.00; A B Knapp,
$2 25; Dr Chase, $1.00; Geo W Andrews,
$1 00; D A McCain, $100; Nathan Stew-
ard, $1.00; S H Mallory. $6.50.

28—G H Barker, $5.00; S A Nichols, $5.75.

29-0 Y Runyon. $5.50; N Adams, $4.00; C
M Richardson, $5.00: Alonzo Potter, $5 50;
Henry Shultes, $1.50; R Keeler, $6 00;
John S Conant, $1 00; Mrs Helen Finch,
$5 50; F Moorman, $1.00; J M Wilcox,
$3 00; M Buell, $1.00; Jo-eph Burgess.
1.00; Wm Colyar, $3 00; Wm Langley, $1.

30—A M Kocher, $2.50; Mrs E Wells, $10 50;
JW R.osebrook.$1 00; Thos. D Smith,$5 00;
AMcKelsey,$5.00; L H WoOdwOrth,$6 00.

31—W Carpenter, $5.00; R M Shafer, $1 50;
W" R Kirby, $150: J H Catton, $350;
Wm Haslet, $10.00; Mrs E J Martin,

$4.50.
JANUARY.

2—JOhn Carmer, $2 00; N D Emmons.$1 00;
A S Gardner, $2 50; A G Warner, $7.10;
E S Dart, $550; Sam'l Morey, $5.00; A
Keys, $1.00; E D Milner, $2 00.

3—J as Gowle, $3.00; Amos King, $5 00;
S D Keys, 5 00; C M Slayton, $10 00; G A
Bishop, $1.00; G S O'Brien, $1 50; J J
Hendershott, $3 50; J P Howell, $5 00; J
A Courtright, $4 50; W Milliman, $4 00;
Mary Yauney, $400; J A Marsh, $5 00;
H A Carr, $5.00; E Starkweather. $1.50;
W C Pratt, $1.00; E C Newman, $2.00; A
Luther, $6.60; Chas Buttrick, $5.00.

4—E H Bancroft, $3 00; Geo Aplin, $2.00;
J H Parks, $600; C L Miner, $2 00; Geo
HProwdley, $6,00; B J Wiley, $550; J
Woodhull, $2.50; A P Talmage, $6.00; Ma-
ry Shattuck, $3 00; H B Hoaglaud, $8 00;
D H Travel‘, 1.00; D K Charles, $1240;
A J Leonardson, $2.00; H Hawley, 6.50;
I N Brooks, $6.75.

5-Wm Mather, $9 00; Jas Anderson,$-5 50 ;
Peter Wilson,$2.00; A J Smith, $1 60; A
B Grant, $2,011; Hiram Andrews, $7 50;
Sam’l Langdon, $4 50; Mrs A McNstI,
$1 00; L W Brown, $2.75; ML Squier,
$3 50; S V R Earl, $5.50; G R C Adams,
$2.50.

6—R E Perry, $5.00; A S Gardner, $4 00;
O L Horton, $5 00; G W Rudd, $6 00; J
S Briggs, $1.00; H N Anderson, $5.50; C
J St. John, $1.00.

7-—Harvey Blackman,$3 50; M B McAlpine
$8.10; R H Vose, $2.00; Z N Robinson,
$7.50; L N Watson, $4 50; Mrs C A Trav-
is, $2 00; C Thompson, $4 75; John VViebe,
$2 50; A F Johnson, $4 00; H A Greeniey,
$100; A Lampman, $6.70; S G. Leland,
$6.00‘; C W Buttons, $5.50.

9—(l () Merriam, $7.65; '1‘ E Cooney. $1 00;
C E Stearns, $2.00; E B Congdon, $5 50 ;
J C Noble, $5.00; D H English, $12.50; A
H Rice. $1.60; ws Simons, $1 .50; w D.
Smith. $5.00; A McKelsey, $1.60; S L
Bentley, $11.50; M F Fredenburg, $1.00.

I0--VV H Cook, $3 00; Samuel Morey. $1 00;
Arthur Sharp, $1.50; Geo Fuller, $5 00; L
’l‘hornpson, 81 00; G A Dockeray, $10 00;
'1‘ M Sheriff’, $1.00; Wm Crampton, $2.50;
G H Wlghtman, 8200; Mrs J A Pope,
82.50.

11-Ross Brown, $5 50; W C Howell, $8.60;
C Goodnoe, 85 20; D Fitzgerald, $5.00;
E Chappell, $3 50; Warren Hasen, $2.50
J D Studley, 85.60; T J Shoemaker, $2.00-
M K Bosworth. :2 50; A J Reed, $1.00; I
A Hall, 81.00; S Rossman, $8.10.

«:0

12—S H Mallory, $3.00; W P Whitney,
$1.00; Horace Baldwin. $7 00; AJ Warner,
$1.00: W T Tillotson, 3100; Mrs A Gran-
ger, $500; E M Morrice, $2 50; Henry
Gee. $3 50; E Foster, $1.50; H A Stone,
$1.00; E Bartlett, $1.50; P L Pierce, $1.00.

PATRONS’ BUSINESS HOUSES.

On our third page is a report from Bro.
Thomas Mason, manager of the only Pa-
tron’s commission house in Chicago. After
sending that article to the printer I received
the following summary of the business done
by Bro. Albert Stegeman, agent of the Pa-
trons’ store at Allegan.

For the information of those of our readers
not posted, we mention what we understand
to be the fact, that all goods are sold at an
advance of four per cent. above actual cost;
that to none but Patrons are goods sold, and
those who purchase a time “ permit” to
trade; and that no credit is given to any
one.

These figures dispose of some disputed
points and prove conclusively that ready
pay and acapable business man for manager,
who has the confidence of all who are invi-
ted to co-operate, are the essential conditions
of success. We do not propose to enlarge
uron this subject and only add what
perhaps, half the Patrons of the State will
read and forget in an hour, that is, that the
Order in this State has not only done much
in the way of educating the farmers of the
State, developing individuals and improving
the agricultural class, but to those who are
disposed to use these advantages it has made
large provision for securing those financial
benefits which through co-operation have
been so Often promised.

The Patrons of Michigan can Order almost
everything they need of Bro. Thos. Mason,
Chicago; Geo. W. Hill, Detroit; or Albert
Stegeman, Allegan : from a needle to a wag-
on, and get their goods at a small advance
On the wholesale price. You who are with-
out expericnce, try it.

ANNUAL sTATEIIII~INT—PATRONs’ STORE OF
ALLEGAN.
Bro. Cobb :—-I send you a brief statement
of our business for the year 1881, which is
as follows :

The Gross Sales of Merchandise . . . . . . . . . .1-47,417.49

Amount of Produce Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,179 89

Making a total of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156,597.38

An increase over 1880 of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31,390.50

Our income for the year was . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,052.54

hxpenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,417.44

Leaving a Balance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,635.10

Out Of this the annual interest is to be paid, and
the remainder added to our sinking fund.

Yours, etc.,
A. BTEGEMAN, Agent.

OZONE.

After the Ozone advertisement'had ap-
peared a second time in the VISITOR, we re-
ceived from several quaiters enquiries about
it, and also clippings from papers giving the
opinions of some chemists as to its value.
As it was pronounced a fraud by very good
authority, we decided at Once to set it out.
When we accepted it, we thought it had a
suspicious look, but as the Husbandrnan,
which claims to be very careful to know of
the reliability of its advertisements was car-
rying the advertisement of this Ozone we
accepted it, not however, without some mis-
givings that the advertisement was poor
goods. Our readers will bear witness that
we have not been sold very Often in this
advertising business.

BETWEEN the compositor and the proof-
reader, which in this instance means the
edltor,is a mistake of one figure in our article
on the drive well in the last VIsITOR. In
asking for evidence of previous use the date
given, January 1, 1872, should have been
Jan. 1, 1862. We have, and can produce in
court proof of two wells having been driven
within ten miles of our Oifice prior to that
date, and we believe that a score or more
may be found in this State of equal early
date, and those are what we want. We ex-
pect if this matter ever gets to the Supreme
Court of the United States that priority of
use will be established in several States, and
that the evidence there produced Will not be
encumbered with the precedence of previous
decisions.

ON our last page is a cut of the barn floor
horse power, sold by Smith & Woodard, of
Kalamazoo. VVhen our attention was first
called to this new power, we thought it
might be a good thing, and when we took a
good look at it we felt sure luat it was the
very power that we used to want years ago
when we were doing our Own farming.
Simple, light and portable it makes nearly
worthless those piles of cogged cast iron that
we used to tug away at in handling, because

-we had nothing better. This power can be

set up in the barn, used and then laid away
in a few minutes by one man until wanted.

FOR the Agricultural Department of the
VISITOR, we have a couple of articles that
we expected would appear in this number,
one on Fattening Cattle, from a farmer
whose opinion is based on a large experi-
ence, not only in this, but in other branches
of farming. We hope to keep this depart-
ment well snpplied with articles from practi-
cal farmers, and if their opinions and experi-
ence does not coincide with each Other, there
will beopportunjty for such comparison as
will bring out valuable facts. By a conflict
of opinions and ideas the truth is reached.

Woodard La.ke,__._-----__..-

HONOR T0 WHOM HONOR IS DUE.

We received during the State Grange Ses-
sion at Lansing, from sundry persons $107.-
50 for renewals and new subscribers to the
VIsITOR. Of this amount $3465 was paid
us by Bro. W. E. West, a young member of
Capitol Grange, who as a canvasser is a de-
cided success. If every Grange had such
an active worker to canvass for the VISITOR
we should have the 10,000 subscribers we
want before the first of February.

 

FOR ONE DOLLAR.

We want a few thousand trial subscribers
for three months, 10 for $1.00.

Not to make money but to advertise the
VISITOR among our brother farmers.

We Want individuals to send us a DOLLAR
with ten names.

We want Granges to send us $1.00 with
ten names.

And, again——we want this duplicatedas
often as the industry and ambition of
friends of the VISITOR can find names and
dimes to make it $2.00 for twenty names. ‘

Now is the most favorable time of the
year to get subscribers, and with a deter-
mined effort on the part of our friends the
next edition of the VISITOR will be

10.000.

Shall we have it?

 

DETROIT, GRAND HAVEN AND MILWAUKEE R. R.

Since returning from the last session of
the State Grange we have had several let-
ters from parties who held our certificates
of attendance at the Ninth session of the
State Grange, and in returning home pre-
sented the certificate to the agent at Durand,
and were refused return tickets at the rate
of one cent per mile as agreed upon with
Mr. T. Tandy, the general passenger agent
of the road. We notified the general agent
of this fact, and he furnished us with cor-
respondence showing it was simply a mis-
take or Oversight and that the general Oflice
was in no way at fault, and that no inequal-
ity or wrong may he suffered, Offered to re-
fund to all parties the excess charged any
persons who paid full fare on their return
from the State Grange at Lansing, from
Durand. The excess paid can be recovered
by sending my certificate Of attendance to
T. Tandy, General passenger agent, D. G.
H. d: M. R. R., Detroit.

EACH fortnight brings to light more

Grange halls in Michigan. We add 11 to.

our list since last issue. You see we don’t
intend to stop until we know just how many
Granges Own halls in Michigan and their
value. Who next ?

     
 
   
  
   
  
  
   
 
  
  

 

 

NAME OF ORANGE. No. S1I5‘EL‘I"F VALUE.
Acme, ________ __ 269 24x40 800
Ada, --_.- 205 18x14 500
Allen, _-_ 78 24x44 500
Allendale, _--_.. _________ __ 421 22x40 700
Alpine,____ 3-18 30x50 1,500
Alton, .-__- 63-1 20x40
Balnbridge, 80 32x64 1,800
Banner, _._- 640 24x50 ________ __
Baltimore, ______________ __ 472 20x40
Bee Hive, ____ 158 22x50 750
Bengal, _____ __ 22.5 24x40 000
Berlin Ccnter,- 27.2 28x-l0 1,500
Berrlen Center, 14 26x60 1,-100
Bedford, ______ __ ” 20x45 1,000
Brighton, __________________ _. 3.36 .... _- 500
Bowne Center,. 219 23x44 800
Bunker Hill,. 269 24x48 1,100
Bnshnell,--_-- 437 2-1x60 600
Byron, ____ -_ 73 $2150 1,200
Capitol, __-_ 540 20x40 1,000
Cascade, _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . . _ _- 63 22x48 600
Charity, _-.[.I__.1.-B. 417  ________ _-

pr g ‘X
Central, {wing _ 220 “K30 } 800
Center, __________ -- 298 30x46 ........ __
Centcrville, -_-____-_ ____ -_ 76 18x42 1,000
Cheshire Banner,_ 520 22x40 600
Chippewa, _ 517 20x31‘ 500
Conway, 11-} 20x50 600
Courtland 563 21x56 600
Crystal,_ __-_ 441 24x40 550
I)-anby ____-___ ____ _- 185 20x 10 400
De Witt, ____ __ - 459 ................ --
Ellena, ______- _ 350 20x42 800
I-Ir-sley Center, _ 54-I 20x40 210
Evergreen, ...... .- - 380 2-ix-15 300
Essex, ________ --
Eureka, ____________________ __ 1 24x50 1,500
........ _- 700
18x30 -------- __
22x40 550
16x31 ........ __
20x30 800
16x40 300
24x60 ____ _-
28x60 1,000
25x4-1 1,000
Griswold Center,_ 56-1 24x40 300
Groveland, _________________ __ 4-I3 -1-1x30 1,500
Hamilton, _ 355 24x48 1,000
Harmony 337 26x46 760
H Orne, --- 129 20x40 500
Horn _____ -_ 188 22x36 400
Independence, ............ -- 275 26x56 550
Keene, _ . _ _ _ _ _ . . . . _- 270 ..... -. 1.200
______ __ 1,000
16x2-1 ____ _-
24x50 800
26x50 800
22x40 700
25x50 1,200
24x50 1,000
20x40 200
20x40 _______ __
22x56 2,000
18x10 600
2-1x50 1,200
23x62 1,000
21x44 750
25x60 1,200
26x50 1,-I00
2.1x-I6 . 1,000
25x60 ......... __
32x60 800
24x40 600
18x33 300
24x:
mg l 1-200
21x50 1,500
24x45 600
24x60 1,200
18x40 600
18x40 400
South Lowell, _ 22x42 600
South Riley, 456
Stockbrldge, .............. -- 7 20350 400
Trent, ' 30x60 1,800
Trowbrldge, 26x60 1,400
II On, ___ mx30 300
Vlrgennes 2-1x48 1.000
Watson, ---- 24x52 8...:_.
Waverly, _-___.___..___._--_- 26x45 1,500
Wheatlan ,_-_ 24x50 600
West Handy 20x30 450
eston, -..- 26x60 3,000
Willow, -__. 22x50 900
neyv e, -- -....--_- ,
¥i1r:<tisor,-m....—-- ——-- _. 20x36 -1.--
W h 1 12x40 365
24x44 800

SOME complaints have reached us that
the mailing of the VISITOR was not well
done. and that in some instances the paper
failed to reach subscribers altogether. We
are satisfied that the complaint was well
founded. Tojustify is the firstimpulse with
every human being when charged with de-
linquency, and we rise to explain. Six
months ago we turned Over the mailing of
the paper to the Kalamazoo Publishing Com-
pany, who print it. As the Kalamazoo post-
ofiice is in the same building, we thought
this would save both labor and time,
This company have undertaken to get the
work of folding and mailing done with cheap
help, and have overdone it. We think the
little set-to we had with the manager since
the last issue will correct this cause of com-
plaint. In short we guarantee better work
in this department, as we are determined to
have what we pay for.

WE have a reply on our table to “No. 22"
in the last VISITOR. Referring the matter
to the “Good of the Order” we concluded
not to publish it. ‘Veil meaning people
don’t see thingsjust alike, and as in this in-
stance these are all well meaning people,
that perhaps for the time being feel inclined
to say what they think is true, yet we hold
that the truth should be suppressed some-
times. The only enquiry with us is this:
\Vhat were the motives of the parties, and
if pronounced not bad, with malice afore-
thought, then drop the whole thing and go
on our way rejoicing.

THE National Lecture Bureau is prepared
to furnish first-class lecturers to Pomona or
Subordinate Granges, for a very reasonable
sum, $10, and it‘seems to us to be particu-
larly within the province of the Pomona
Grange to employ lecturers, not to talk to
strong Granges, but to aid in stimulating
the weak and restoring the dormant to life
and action. See Bro. Whitney's endorse-
ment of Sister Bristol on the 7th page of
this ‘paper, and do not let her leave the
State until other engagements call her
away.

 

READ acall from Tennessee on our fifth
page. Here is an opening for short answers
or long ones, and we hope Prof. Case will
get answers from the level headed. practical,
common-sense people of Michigan in such
numbers as will prove to him and to those
Southern people that he is striving to bene-
fit, that the success of the common peopleof
the North as contrasted with the common
people of the South is largely due to their
common school education. Write to Prof.
Case.

   

A LINE from Bro. VVhitney tells us that
Bro. Mickley returned from the State
Grange, a little the worse for wear, and is
not yet able to respond to calls for work in
the lecture field. We are sorry for this, as
there is work to be done, and Bro. Mickley
when in health isjust the man to do it. As

he can’t respond to calls just yet, we shall
have to issue a large edition Of the VISITOR
as the next best thing that can be ordered.

WE have not given much attention to
clubbing the VISITOR with other papers,
but we shall be glad to receive at any time
$2 00 forthe VISITOR, the Cincinnati Grange
Bulletin and the I/ittle G1-angrr. The price

of a single subscription to each is $0.50, $1.50, V

and $0.50, in all $2 50. There is no danger
of Patrons buying too much Grange litera-
ture. Send for all these papers.
____._____a___._______

WE have taken from the Michigan Farmer
a very favorable notice of the Holstein stock
of Bro. Sexton of Howell of which we know
nothing. We only know that Brother and
Sister Sexton are among the most active

Patrons in the State, and sometime we mean
to see both them and their stock right where
they live.

 

WE have a few copies of the VISITOR of
1881 bound that can be had on application at
cost, 75 cents for binding, to which add for
express charge to deliver, 25 cents.

The Great Salt Lake.

Four barrels Of water of the Great‘ Salt
lake will leave, after evaporation, nearly
a barrel of salt. The lake was discoverd in
the year 1820, and no Outlet from it has yet
been ascertained. Four or five large streams
em ty themselves into it, and the fact of its
stil retaining its saline properties seems to
point to the conclusion that there exists
some secret bed of saline deposit Over which
the waters flow, and that thus they continue
salt —for, though the lake may be the residue
of an immense sea which once covered the
whole of this region, yet by its continuin
so salt with the amount of fresh water poure
into it daily, the idea Of the existence of some
such deposit from which it receives its supply
seems to be only too probable. For the past
fifteen years, until] last year, the lake has
been gradually rising; but in 1879 it receded
two or three feet—a most unusual occurrence

—owing to the exceptionally warm weather. '

There are no fish in the lake. but myriads
of small flies cover its surface. The bony-
ancy of the water is so great that it is not at
all an easy matter to drown in it. The
entire length of the Salt Lake is .85 miles,
and its breadth 45 miles. Compared with
the Dead Sea, the Great Salt Lake is longer
by 43 miles and broader by 35 miles.

Mr. Editor, DEAR SIR :--I am glad to say
that the Patrons’ Ingersoll Liquid Paint is
all that it claims. We of our Grange shall
use it altogether in the future. It is cheap,
pure and glossy. Fraternally,

Branch 00.. Mich. P. W. STRANY.

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JANUARY 15. 1882.

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THE WORKING-MAN.
The noblest men I know on earth.
Are men whose hands are brown with toil,
Who, backed by no ancestral groves,
Hew down the wood and till the soil,
And win therebya prouder name
Than follows king or warrior’s fame.

The working men, whate’er the task,
Who carve the stone or bear the hod,
They bear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal of God:
And worthier are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds  a coronet.

God bless the noble working men.
Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines, who build the ships,
And drive the commerce of the main-
God bless them. for their toiling hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.

To the Friends of Education.

DURHAMVILLE, Lauderdale Co., Tenn.,
January 7th, 1882.
Editor Grange Visitor,-

DEAR SIR :—A few days since the Master
of your State Grange had the kindness to
send me a copy of your paper, and I am so
well pleased with it that I send you 25 cents
forasix months’ subscription. I like the
stand the writers in it take On education.

I enclose a circular, asking for informa-
tion in regard to educational matters, which
I have been sending to the farmers at the
north who employ hired labor—and many
of them are giving their experience. I shall
have this information published in all the
papers in the south that will do so. A man
from your section would be astonished at
the crude ideas the majority of the people
here have on the subject of education. I
wish to collect as correct information as
possible in regard to its value, from those
who have had a good opportunity tojudge.

I desire to obtain expression from the
members of the Grange in your State, in
regard to the difference, if there is any, be-
tween educated hired laborers and unedu-
cated ones.

To illustrate: If a man had no children
to educate, but hired laborers to do his
work, would an educated laborer be of
enough more benefit to him, to pay him for
the taxes he would pay to give the laborer a
good common school education ?

Will you assist me in obtaining this infor-
mation, by publishing the questions and
calling the attention of those interested
in the subject, to it. I would like to have
as general expression on the subject as pos-
sible. Answer through the VISITOR, Or ad-
dress me direct.

CIRCULAR.

I am in pursuit of knowledge under dim-
culties and wish your assistance. I desire
to obtain proof that an educated farmer, me-
chanic, or laborer can make more money
and live a happier life than an uneducated
one. I have been teaching here many years,
and know that public schools can not be
established outside of the cities, unless more
definite information in regard to the value
Of an education to the laboring classes is
disseminated.

The people of the South are dependent al-
most entirely upon the cultivation of the
soil for their support. The South may be
truthfully called “a great country neigh-
bOrhOod._” Only one in twenty five of the
population of the Cotton States live in cities
of more than 10,000 inhabitants, and many
of these are supported almost wholly by
taxes levied in some shape upon the farmer.
The farmers are not only the wealth-pro-
ducers of this section of the country, but
they are the voters, who, it not educated,
will control the future destiny of the whole
country. Their children need a thorough
practical education; yet, as a class. they" are
the most skeptical in regard to the benefits
that an education will bring to them.

Very many of the people think, that if a
boy who has to work for a living, knows
how to read a little, and can calculate the
price of a bale of cotton, it is all the educa-
tion that he needs, and that beyond this,
“ book learning” will be of little Or no ben-
efit to him.

I make some extracts from communica-
tions written by a successful and influential
farmer, in regard to the education of the la
boring classes. They were published in a
paper that has a large circulation and great
influence. They supply the kind of argu
ments that the opponents to education desire,
and the majority of the people are too ready
to believe them, because facts can not be
obtained here to prove them untrue.

This writer says: “It can’t be proved
that a liberal education scattered broad-cast
over the land makes a people better or hap-
pier. Too much schooling makes young
people proud and lazy, and unfils them for
the common troubles and hardships of life.

“Educated boys, as a general thing, are
of ‘no count’; they won't work in the fields
or in the workshops; they are too stuck up,
or too lazy, so they take a profession or ‘lazel
’round.”’ “People are getting a little too
smart already, and I reckon we had not bet-
ter encourage too much learning.”

"It is no part or business of the State to
The system of free
public schools does more harm than good in
the long run. There is too much free edu-
cation in this country, and I am glad some
of the strong men are writing and talking
about it.” '

“ Education is not so big a thing as some
of our people think; we are spoiling hund-
reds of young men who would have made

good, useful, working boys in the fields and

in the workshops.”

I wish to prove, if possible, by the actual
experience of the educated farmer, mechan-
ic, laborer, that these assertions are not cor-
rect. I wish to prove that a good common
school education does make a man better off
in every respect, let his occupation be what
it may. Will those who read this circular
be kind enough to answer any or all of the
followln questions, or hand it_ to some
friend w 0 will vs the information desir-
ed. Ido not w h to tax the patience of

TEE GRANGE VZSETOR.

any one. but would be pleased to have as
full particulars as possible:
QUESTIONS.

1. Your occupation ?

2. How long did you attend school before
you were fourteen years Of age; how long
after fourteen ?

3. Do you wish you had spent more or less
time at school?

4. Did you read any books while not at-
tending school? Do you think the habit of
reading books and periodicals relating to
your business beneficial?

5. What advice would you give to a boy
who intends to be a farmer Or work at some
trade, in regard to obtaining an education ‘I
If he had the opportunity to attend a good
school, how much Of his time would you ad-
vise him to spend at school, and what branch-
es do you think would be most beneficial
for him to pursue‘?

6. What, in your opinion, are the most es-
sential qualifications to make a man success-
ful in your occupation ?

7. Would you be willing to make your
home in a State or a community where you
would not have the opportunity to give your
children asgood an education as you have
received ?

8. What is the amount of school tax you
pay on $100 worth of property ? VVOuld you
be willing to pay a smaller tax and deprive
your children of the advantage of an educa-
tion in proportion as the tax is diminished ?

9. If you employ hired labor do you ob-
serve any difference in the skill, aptitude or
amount of work performed by the educated
and uneducated laborer? In what does this
difierence consist, and can its value be esti-
mated ?

Any other information you can give in re-
gard to the benefits an education confers will
be thankfully received.

IsAAc L. CASE, A.M.,
Principal of I-Iatchie Academy.

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A Meeting of Cass County Grange, No. 20.

Mr. J. T. Cobb :—Cass County Pomona
Grange, NO. 20, organized about five years
ago, held their annual meeting at GOodwin’s
hall, Cassopolis, Jan. 4, 1882, for the purpose
of electing and installing officers for the en-
suing year.

The new year finds the Grange in a pros-
perous condition, with about 100 members
working in various ways for the good of
themselves and the people at large, discus-
sing the matter of taxation, transportation,
organization, and many other ations, some
of which are education, cultivation, patent
gates, drive wells, barb wire, patent rights,
and our rights.

The forenoon was spent in settling up
the acounts of the old year, and arranging
for the new one. A recess was given Of two
hours. In the meantime the sisters of the
Order spread a bountiful repast, of which
we all partook. The afternoon was occupied
in electing the following officers :—-

Master, Abram Miller; Overseer, R. J.
Dixon ; Lecturer, Gideon Hebron ; Steward,
Joseph Patterson ; Assistant Steward, M. E.
Peck; Chaplain, Jerome Wood; Gatekeeper,
Joel Moore; Treasurer, John Barber; Sec-
rotary, John Ritter; Pomona, Mrs. R. J.
Dixon; Ceres,Mrs. Rob’t Wiley; Flora, Mrs.
Joel Moore; Lady Assistant Steward, Miss
Arminda Lybrook.

An evening session was held, at which
time the oflicers were installed.

It is the desire of the Pomona Grange
that all fourth-degree members of Subordi-
nate Granges in good standing should join
the Pomona Grange and give themselves a
double opportunity to do good.

JOHN BARBER.

Edwsrdsburg, Jan. 9, 1882.

loniacounly Grange Meeting.

Bro. Cobb :—-The annual meeting of Ionia
County Grange was held at Ionia under
charge of Ionia Grange on Dec. 23d and
24th. A large attendance and more than or-
dinary interest was manifested by those
present. Hon. A. M. Willett was elected
Master, Wm. H. Mattison, Overseer; A. W.
Sherwood, Lecturer, and E. R. Williams,
Secretary.

IONIA. Mich. Jan 2d, 1882.

Attending to Business.

COLOMA, Jan. 6th, 82.

J. T. Cobb.--—Find enclosed Secretary's
quarterly report for quarter ending Dec 31.
1881, also, post office order for an;-mint due.
You will see thatwe have gained in num-
bers rapidly for the past year, due mostly to
the VISITOR and to a Farmers’ Institute held
in Our ball last winter. We have during
the last three -months purchased a village
lot adjoining our hall and erected a barn
26x60 feet, so we still advance. I think
nearly fifty copies of the VISITOR have been
ordered from our post-ofiice. I also like
Bro. Whitney's suggestion relating to sub-
ordinate Lecturer’s address, and hereafter
add to the reports of otficers as mails, that of
Lecturer. One year ago we reported 31 mem-
be-rs—today we report 64. Can you beat
that? Fraternally,

Mas. HELEN FINCH.
Home Grange, No. 188.

INFORMATION concerning the rights ofthe
people and the nature of corporations and
their subjection to the civil power has been
spread broadcast the past year. More has
been done in 1881 to spread a knowledge of
the truth in these matters. than in the ten
years preceding. If we have not yet se-
cured-the legislative relief needed, we have
at least laid the foundation for it.

Reporl of the Committee on Railway Transportation
of the New York Board of Trade
and Transportation.

The committee report that no legislation
to remedy the abuses of railroad manage-
ment is likely to pass the present Legisla
ture of New York. The bill providing a
Board of Railroad Commi.-sioners in this
State, similar to that of Massachusetts, pas-
sed the assembly by a vote of 74 to 33. It
then went to the Senate, where it was held
by the railroad committee of that body. A
majority of its members were elected in the
railroad interests, and the railroad commit-
tee was arranged Lo their satisfaction, with
Senator Wagner, president of the Vander-
bilt Drawing-Room Car company, as its
chairman. This cause, in which the public
have a vital interest, is being tried by a
packed jury, and before a judge who
has a pecuniary interest in its being
adversely decided. The killing of so
reasonable and conservative a bill as that
establishing a Board of Railroad Commis-
sioners, shows that l.he management of the
New York Central Railroad is not willing to
submit to any supervision or regulation in
the interest of the public. On the other
hand, President Jewett of the Erie road has
met the question in quite a ilifi‘erent spirit.
In a recent letter he irankly admits the ex-
istence of evils which should be remedied,
and favors a supervision by railroad com-
missioners, which he thinks would be bene-
ficial in establishing better relations between
the railroads and the public. Your vom-
mittee do not hesitate to say that if the sub-
ject of the relations of railroads to the public
could be approached in this spirit, there
would, in the opinion ofyour committee. be
but little trouble in adjusting them upon an
equitable basis, and we need hardly state
that your committee would labor strenuous-
ly to secure the railroads in the full posses
sion of their rights, as it has to enforce a
proper observance of their duties.

When, however, plain statements of fact
are met with flat denials, and familiar prin-
ciples of right and justice are evaded by
sophistical argument, it only remains to
continue the agitation until the public are
sufficiently educated to elect representives
who are not creatures of the railroads, and
who will protect the public rights.

The chief points at issue are :—-

blst. Are rates for transportation reason-
a le?

2d. DO railroads flx their charges upon
that basis of fair and impartial treatment to
all persons and places which the public have
a right to expect from common carriers?

3d. Are the great corporate interests of the
country responsible for the corruption of our
elections, our legislation, and our courts,
which has become a matter of grave public
concern '2

The two first questions railroad men gen-
erally answer in the afiirmative, and the
third one in the negative.

As regards the first, railroad men point to
the steady decline in charges as a clinching
argument in their favor, but they keep care-
fully in the background the fact that they are
performing a public function; that the people
who conferred the franchise are partners
in the benefits of steam roads; that the com-
mon law as interpretedover and Over again
by the courts, declares that the present own-
ers of these highways are only entitled to
a reasonable return upon the capital actual-
ly paid in by stock and bond holders; that
"reasonable” has been frequently defined as
not exceeding ten per cent; that for the
purpose of getting more, a practice has been
habitually resorted to, which the present
Attorney General of this State recently
termed “ a fruitful source of robbery and
fraud,” and that by such practices fortunes
are accumulated in a day greater than those
which ordinarily result from a lifetime of
successful business effort.

They neglect to state that steel rails. more
powerful engines and improved freight cars,
with labor-saving inventions in nearly every
department of railroad management, togeth
er with the increased business resulting from
increased population, have reduced the cost
of transportion to an amount so fabulously
small that railroad experts are themselves
astonished at the result attained,and both on
the principles Of the highway and of the
patent law, all these advantages, in excess of
a reasonable return to the capital invested,
belong to the public. The accumulation of
wealth by individuals in the railroad busi-
ness, at the rate of millions per year, is a
standing refutation of the assertion that the
public are receiving their full share in the
enormous advantages of the steam roads, and
the fact cannot be too prominently kept in
view that the public are entitled to all the
advantages resulting from these inventions,
after the capital actually put into them has
been reasonably compensated. This is the
view taken by the highest legal authorities
in the land, and probably accounts for the
strenuous efforts now being made by the
great monopolies to get control of the law-
making and law-interpreting power.

The chief methods by which the public is
thus cheated, are by the various forms of
stock watering, from the Credit Mobilier
Construction company to the bold assertion
that the property can earn a larger percent-
age than the public are likely to contemplate
with equanimity, and hence the stock
should be increased, so that a pretext may
be had for maintaining an unnecessarily
high tariff‘ of charges. Of the first method,
the construction companies of the Pacific
railroads were examples, followed by a chain
of others, from that time to the present,
some of the later examples being those of
the New York elevated railroads and the
American Union Telegraph. As an illus-
tration of how this method of stock-water-
ing is managed, the following. from the
Daily Graphic Of March 18, 1881, may be
of interest:—

“The Central Construction Company is
now paying at its office, No. 80 Broadway, a
final dividend in Western Union Telegraph
Company new stock at par, Of 150 per cent
on the $5,000,000 of subscriptions made last
year for the construction of the American
Union lines. With the previous dividend of
150 per cent in American Union stock, this
gives to the subscribers the equivalent Of 300
per cent in a new Western Union stock at
par on their investment. This was the first
of the construction companies established
by J. Gould, and whose subscriptions have
been so eagerly sought after by the wiser
class of investors. The others are said to
promise to pay fully as well as this.”

THE SECOND POINT.

Do railroads fix their charges upon that
basis of fair and impartial treatment to all
persons and places which the public have
the right to expect from common carriers‘?

The Hepburn committee pronounced these
charges “fully proven ;" that the statement
of the President of the Central Pacific rail-
road, that no such discrimination existed
upon the roads with which he is connected,
has been disproven on the floor of Congress
by exhibits of freight bills; that they are
going on to day, to a greater or less extent,
allover this country, generally with the ef»
feet to favor the large shipper, and thus
throw the enormous influence of the carrier
into the scale to make the rich richer, and
keep the poor man from rising—concentrat-
ing slowly but surely the business of the
country in a few hands, to the detriment, as
your committee believe, of the public good.
Even now there are signs of a new commer
cial Cl'l-lls, the direct result of certain classes
having too much money. thus fostering a
spirit of reckless speculation, which must
reach and injure every legitimate industry.

THE THIRD POINT.

Are the great. corporate interests of the
country responsible for the corruption of
our elections, our legislation and our courts,
which has become a matter of grave public
concern ? If your committee were to make
such statements upon their own responsibil-
ity as areju-itified by existing facts, it might
naturally be thought that its members had,
through undue zeal or deep feeling, been led
to overstate the case, and we therefore sim-
ply append the following recent utterances,
Official and otherwise, by eminent men,
upon this subject: _

Governor Gray, of Indiana, in a message
to the legislature of that State, in January
last, said:

“In my judgment the republic can not
live long in the atmosphere which now sur-
rounds the ballot box. Moneyed corpora-
tions, to secure favorable legislation for
themselves, are taking an active part in
elections by furnishing large sums of money
to corrupt the voter and purchase special
privileges from the government. If money
can control the decision at the ballot-box, it
will not be long until it can control its ex-
istence.”

The Attorney-General in the State of New
York, in commenting upon an extraordin-
ary proceeding in the Supreme Court, June
3d, 1881, to thwart proceedings instituted by
the State to protect the public interests, in
the case of the New York elevated railroads,
stated that he was-

“Amazed now at the power that corpora-
tions seem to have to embarrass necessary
legal proceedings taken against them ; that
the increase of the influence of corporations
in this country, and their ability to thwart
the supervisory proceedings taken against
them by the public authorities to prevent
great monopolies or to subject them to prop-
er restraints, are among the lIl0:lJ alarming
characteristics Of the time, and constitute a
danger to which all the people must be
aroused before long, if we would preserve
our free institutions.”

The third semi-annual report of the Rail-
road Commissioners of the State of Georgia,
submitted May 1, 1881, says:—

“The moral and social consequences of
these corrupt-ions are even worse than the
political; they are simply appalling. We
contemplate them with anxiety and dismay.
The demoralization is worse than that of
war—as fraud is meaner than force, and
trickery than violence. Aside from their
Own corruptlons, the operators aim directly
at the corruption of the press and the gov-
ernment.” * * * “ Worse even than a
purifying storm is this malaria in the air,
which poisons all the body politic, and cor-
rupts the youth of the country by present-
ing the highest prizes of society to its most
unscrupulous and unworthy members.”

On January 27, 1880, Mr. Gowen, then
president of the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad, in an argument before the Com-
mittee on Commerce of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States, in Washing-
ton, said :—

“ I have heard the counsel of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company, standing in the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, threaten
that court with the displeasure of his clients
if it decided against them, and all the blood
in my body tingled with shame at the hu-
miliating spectacle."

The New York Times, under date of May
19, 1881, in an article regarding the encroach-
ments of corporate power, says :—-

“ It is not only absorbing to itself the

‘fruits Of labor and the gains of trade, and

piling up wealth in the hands Of the few,
but it is controlling legislation and endeav-
oring to sway the decisions of courts in its
own interest. We are now at a stage of the
contest where the people may vindicate
their authority, and place these corporations
under the regulation of law.”

Additional evidence might be submitted,
but your committee believe that this is suf-
ficient to indicate the impending danger,
no; only to the producing and commercial
interests Of the country, but also to its po-
litical and moral welfare. If the principles
upon which our government is founded are
not mere abstract theories, it is time that the
people were stirring to maintain them. The
Juggernaut of monopoly seems at present
to be rolling on and crushing everything in
its path, but your committee have faith that
the awakened patriotism of the American
people will yet be able to block its wheels.

F. B. THURBER,

H. K. MILLER,
CHARLES WATROUS,
L. M. BATES,

FRANCIS BAKER,

Committee.

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

The annual meeting of the Livingston
county council will be held in Howell
Grange Hall Tuesday Feb. 7th. '-

The election of oflicers occurs at that
time. An interesting programme for the
day has been prepared, consisting of dinner,
music, essays, &c.

’ MRS. W. K. SEXTON, Sec.
Livingston Co. Council.

Van Buren county Grange will hold its
regular quarterly session at Porter Grange
hall, February 2d, 1882. A good programme
may be expected. Let all Patrons within
convenient distance attend.

C.‘ B. CHARLES, Sec.

Bangor, Jan. 2d, ’82.

The following is the order of exercises for
the special meeting of Cass county Pomona
Grange, to be held at Silver Creek Grange
hall on the first day of Feb., A. D. 1882,
commencing at 1 o'clock P. M. .

lst. Calling to order at 1 o’clock.
2d. Prayer by Cha lain.
3d. Music by the choir.

5

4th. Lecture by Gideon Hebron, Of
Porter.

5th. Benefits of Association, by Thos.
Mars, of Berrien Centre.

EVENING SESSION.

Subjec-t,—-What are the Obligations of the
Pomona Grange to the Subordinate?—Mrs.
O. M. Sykes, Of Keeler.

2d. Good of the Order, by Levi Sparks
of Buchanan.

The evening session will be open to the
public. The query-box will be resorted to at
intervals during each session.

By order of committee on programme.

R. J. DICKSON, Chair" n.

The following is the programme of the
Farmers’ Institutes to be held in Berrien
county.

FOR BUCHANAN, JAN. 21.

How to harvest and secure the various
crops with a view to economy and safety.-
Norman N ims.

HOW to best prepare the various products
of the farm for market.-0. C. Spaulding.

What is the most equitable method of
taxation?——Thomas Mars.

Money tax Or labor tax for the improve-
ment Of highways,—R. V. Clark.

Township fairs, 128. County fairs,—G. W.
Reese.

Sociability of farmers’ families,-—Mrs. C.
O. R. Barnard.

Farmers’ Institute at Pearl Grange hall,
Jan. 25th.

lst. Why should farmers organize?—Nor-
man Nims.

‘.’.d. A poem by J. H. Rogers.

3d. The best breed of cattle for our cli-
mate,——Edward Marsh.

4th. The improvement Of our
higliway.-i,—Erastus Murphy.

5th. The duties of farmers relative to
home adornments,-—Thomas Mars.

W. J. JONES,
Sec. of county committee.

public

FOR DAYTON FARMERS‘ INSTITUTE, JAN. 28.

VVhy are agricultural profits so small
com pared with other investrneutr-?——Levi
Sparks.

The duties Of farmers relative to home sur-
roundings?——0. C. Spaulding.

What is the most equitable method of tax-
ation?—Burns Helinick.

Money tax or labor tax for the improve-
ment of highwa_vs,—G. N. Parketon.

The social position of the farmers’ family,
what it is, and what it should be.—Mrs. Sa-
rah Howe.

The annual meeting of Vvestern Pomona
Grange, No. 19, Will be held at the hall of
Ottawa Grange, No. 30, in Ottawa\county,
on Thursday and Friday the 26th and 27th
inst., for the election of officers and for the
transaction Of such business as may come
before the meeting. The following is the
Order of business for _tlie Occasion.

Opening Grange at 10 o'clock, A. M. on
first day.

Reports of Sub Granges and officers.

Election of Officers at 2 o'clock, P. M.

Conferring 5th degree in the evening.

Installation of officers in forenoon of sec-
ond day.

The remainder of the session will be de-
voted to the discussion of subjects of general
interest.

All members of the Order are cordially
invited to attend.

W. F. KELLY, Sec.

BERLIN, Ottawa Co. Jan. 10th, '82.

The Patrons Of Livingston county will
hold a Farmers’ Institutein the Court House,
Howell, Thursday, February 2d. The pro-
gramme will be as follows:

THURSDAY morning, 10 o’clock.

Music. Prayer by Rev. James Lewis.

Address Of welcome,—Bro. J. B. Thurbur,
Master Livingston Co. Council.

b Response.—Bro. J. W. Wing, Ann Ar-
or.

The benefits to be derived from Farmers’
Institutes,—Bro. Wm. Ball.

Profits in selling washed and unwashed
wool cOmpared,—BrO. W. H. Sexton.

THURSDAY afternoon, 2 o’clock.

Music. Prayer—by Rev. T. M. Slianafelt.

Lessons ih plant life illustrated,—Bro. W.
J. Beal, Agricultural college.

Subject not annOunced,—Sister Meyers.

Profits of Corn and Wheat culture com-
pared,——-Bro. Charles Fishbeck. _

Subjugation of Marshes,——BrO. Theodore
Welcher.

THURsDAY evening, 7 o’clock.

Prayer—by Rev. A. J. Bigelow,

Music. The necessity of cooperative or-
ganization among farmers, to protect them-
selves from Patent Right Swindlers,—Bro.
James Harper.

Our Common Schools,——Bro. P. T. Gill.

National Prosperity.—-Mrs. W. K. Sexton.

The second lecture in the series esiab-
lished by the National Lecture Bureau, will
be given in Brighton, by Bro. Franklin,
Jan. 31st. The third, by Bro. A. B. Smith,
in Fowlerville. sometime in February, and
the fourth by Sister Bristol, also in Febru-
ar , at Howell. '

{Vs cordially invite all Patrons in adia-
cent counties to come and enjoy these meet-
ings with us, and as they occur in the same
month as Our annual meeting, and institute,
the best thing you can do is to come Janu-
ary 31st, and stay over through February.

Bro. Thompson's lecture in Howell, the
first of the course, was just grand, and we
are already reaping the benefits of it in the
accession of new members.

MRS. W. K. SEXTON.

The regular meeting of Oceana Pomona
Grange. No. 23, will be held at Shelby, Jan-
25, 1882, commencing at -10 :30 A. ii., at
which time will Occur the election Of olflccrs.

GEO. C. MYERS, Sec’y.

Arrangements have been made to hold
the next meeting of Shiawassee Pomona
Grange, No. 31, at Morrice, on Saturday,
Jan. 21, 1882. The program, as far as pre-
pared, is an excellent one, and as this is our
flrst meeting at Morr/ice, let us all turn out
and go prepared to do permanent stood in
that vicinity. All fourth-degree members
are earnestly invited to attend and take part
in the exercises. Fraternally yours,

J. C. STONE, Sec.
- Laingsburg, Mich., Jan. 11.

St. Joseph count Pomona Grange, No. 4,
will holda s cial, meetingpat Centreville
Grange hall, eb. 2, 1882, for the purpose of
installing oflieers and transacting such oth-
er business as may comebefore the meeting.

8. H. ANGEVINE, Sec. pro. tem.

 

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AN moumv.

BY FLORENCE LEISENING.

Tell me, ye happy birds,
That far above us soar,
Is there no spot on earth,
“ Where peace reigns evermore?
3N0 lone, secluded spot
From scandal ever free,
Where, free from gossip’s tongue
The mind at rest may be ?
The joyous wanderer alights below,
Just for a moment, as it answers,—No I

Tell me, thou sun so bright,
Shin’st thou not on some spot
Where gladness reigns supreme,
And sorrows are forgot?
Whre friends may find the joy
That peace of mind can give;
Where friendship holds the fort
And scandal cannot live ?
Then to west the sun retired in eve
And a voice in pitying sadness answered,——No !

Tell me, my secret heart,
Is there no place of peace,
Free from the world's cold scorn,
Where slandering tongues will cease;
Where friendship ever lives,
No more by wrongs oppressed;
Where sorrow finds relief,
And troubled souls may rest 1’
Hark, the reply, it spoke in accents low,———
ldake for thyself that place by bidding gossips go.,
Hudson, Dec. 26, 1881

MAKE CHILDHOOD SWEET.

Wait not till the littie hands are at rest
Ere you fill them full of flowers;

Wait not for the crowning tuberose
To make sweet the last sad hours;

But while in the busy household band,

Your darlings still need your guiding hand
Oh, fill their lives with sweetness!

Wait not till the little hearts are still
For the loving look and phrase;

But while you gentle chide a fault
The good deed kindly praise.

The word you speak upon the bier

Falls sweeter on the living ear,
Oh fill young lives with sweetness!

Ah, what are the kisses on clay-cold lips
To the rosy mouth we press

When our wee one flies to her mother's arms
For loves tenders-st caress;

Let never a worldly bauble kee

Your heart from the joy each gay should reap,
Circling your lives with sweetness.

Give thanks each mom for the sturdy boys,
Give thanks for the fairy girls;

With a dower of wealth like this at home,
Could you rifle the earth for pearls?

Wait not for death to gem love’s crown,

But daily shower life’s blessings down,
And fill your hearts with sweetness.

Remember the homes where the light has fled,
Where the rose has faded away;

And the love that glows in youthful hearts,
Oh, cherish it while you may!

And make your home a garden of flowers,

When joy shall bloom through childhood’s hours
And fill your lives with sweetness.

A BAD MATCH.

A maid, as by court records doth appear,

Whom fifty thousand dollars made so dear,

Unto her waiting lover sternly said:

“ Forego the weed before we go to wed;

For smoke, take flame; I'll be that flame’s bright
fanner;

To have your Anna, give up your Havana.”

The wretch, when thus she brought him to the
scratch,

Lit his cigar and threw away the match.

Home Influence.

With what kind of an influence shall we
surround our homes? As I look into your
faces to-day, brothers and sisters, I feel
assured that these words fall not on the ears
of the careless, indolent and unheeding, but
present themselves to the hearts and lives
of those who are constantly, yes, daily and

hourly busy with the cares and burdens of

life, and ever on the alert to grasp any and

every idea that will be for the good of their

families or the surrounding community.
But are we not too busy with these cares

and this hard labor ? Ought we not to pause

and ask ourselves what kind of an influence
we are exerting over those with whom we

have to do, whether it be for good or for evil?
For a few moments let our thoughts go
back to our childhood’s home. Do we not

find there those hallowed and precious in-
fluences which have followed us and clus-

tered around and kept us from many evil
ways as we passed along the journey of life?
Truly those influences were precious to us
then; they are as dear to us now as the
memories of our parents, who long since
Those in-
Our
influence will live long after we have
Shall it be of a high and

passed from the shores of time.
fluence remain. So it will be with us.

ceased to breathe.
elevating character, or low and debasing?

How eagerly the‘c.hildren look to the

parents for an example! And by this exam-

ple they are to a greater or less extent guid-

ed. Some have said, and perhaps truly,

that the mother exerts the greater influence

over the c hlldren. In some cases this is true,

especially when the children are small, put
as they gr ow in years, their minds growing

with their bodies, the influence of both

parents should be equal, and this influence
should be of the right kind. If the father is
upright, ho nest, and just in all things,' true

to himself, his neighbors, his children, and
his God; and the mother gentle, kind, and
loving, yet flrm and patient, think you not
the influence will be pure and good? But
if the father is profane, dishonest, and per-
haps intem perate; and the mother unkind,

nnloving, and over-indulgent, what will be

the result? Much, perhaps, that is wrong,
and nothing right.

How important those influences which fix
the habits and mould the character and des-
tinies of those who are soon to become actors
in the great drama of this life. On both
parents alike rest the duties and responsi-
bilities of training aright those little immor-
tals which are given them, perhaps only for
a few days or years at most, then to be trans-
planted, if rightly cultured here, to their
heavenly home. If the influences of their
earthly homes are to be carried with them
to their heavenly, how important that it
be good and true!

As children grow to more mature years
there should be an influence exerted over
them that will be as a shield against all the
temptations which an evil world and bad
companions can throw around them.

How are we to do this? It’s not an easy
task, and yet not so hard as at the first it
might seem. It can be done by gentle
though firm perseverance in controlling
them, by loving words and cheerful smiles,
by striving to make home as happy and
attractive as other homes around them. It
is an old but very true saying, “ Line upon
line, and precept upon precept; here a lit-
tle, there a little,” alway some bit of advice
or counsel, some word of reproof or encour-
agement.

Home influence should be one of love and

freedom, not of harsh discord or restraint.’

Picture to yourselves a happy family, and
you will find no fear there; there is no
needless fault finding or harsh words, but if
need bea gentle rebuke with a ready and
lovin g forgiveness.

Pardon me if I am wrong, but I think the
father is too apt to be harsh and reserved
with the children, especially towards the
boys. You know he is sometimes styled the
lord of creation, and some have such an in-
born love of controling and carrying out their
notions that they forfeit the respect and
obedience of their sons, and throw away the
peerless gift of a daughter’s love. VVhat is
the consequence? Childhood is robbed of
its gladnes, youth of its brightness, and an
opportunity lost for laying the foundation of
a noble, generous character.

The influence of our homes does
not stop there, but is felt through-
out the neighborhood. Our neighbors
know whether everything is right with
us or not. Whether we will or no we are
continually showing to those around us of
our inner life,which life goes to the making
of the outer life or character. We cannot be
too cautious of our words and works, all of
which have a bearing on the community.

It follows the children daily to school, and
if we succeed in keeping them from falling
an easy prey to bad habits, bad morals, and
the associations of evil and wicked compan-
ions, will not this recompense us for all our
striving and toiling? But this will not-be all
the reward which will be ours to enjoy. We
will have the blessed assurance that we have
done our duty, the result of which shall be
made known to us in the far away future
when we shall be called _home from our
labors. This influence is felt largely in the
church. As members of the urch we are
judged by our home life, by our everyday
life, more than by a loud or great profession.

In a greater or less extent we carry this
with us into the Grange, and as we call the
Grange our home then the influence which
is there diffused is home influence. If so,
how important that every act, every word,
and all our intercourse with each other be of
the right character.

The influence which goes out from the
many Gran ges of our happy America should
be and it will be of lasting benefit to our be-
loved country if each one of its members
strive to do well his part, remembering
thatall things must be done with the ap-
proval of our great Master above.

Mas. L. F. BALDWIN.
Berrien Springs, Jan., 1882.

Bring Ye all the Tiihes into the Storehouse.

[An essay by Mrs. D. R. Holly, read in
Laingsburg Grange, No 228, Dec. 10, 1881.]
The ant and the bee, in their efforts to

sustain life, gather themselves into col-

onies, families or societies. And thus
we see them putting forth every effort
of which they are capable, using their
united strength in order to gather in store
suflicient food for each approaching winter.
But the busy bees, by their united efibrts,
furnish not only themselves with bread and
honey, but furnish millions of the human
family with their delicious sweet. And
they supply our markets with tons of wax,
of which the human family could illy afford
to do without. The bees are also very sys-
tematic in their labors. They have their
oflicers from the queen or mother bee, down
to the common laborers. And perfect har-
mony prevails throughout each entire colo-
ny. Their beginnings are small; but as
each little bee gathers his mite, and as all
gather daily al of their tithes into the
storehouse, the results are enormous.

Thus we have an example set before the

enquiring mind, not only of faithful perse-

verance, but of co operative industry.

Somewhat over three hundred years ago, a
small company of European people, tired of
the oppression of monarchial government,
and possessed also with a love of adventure,

started on their journey west in search of a

free home. And as on all know they

moored their bark on ew England’s rock-
bound coast. There, also, they itched
their tents, each one happy in the t ought
that they were free. Not free to act accord-
ing to their own individual selfish purposes,
but toact co-operatively, to bring all their
tithes into the storehouse : to erect for them-
selves a government wherein the peofple
might rule. After struggling along a ew

years they began to prosper and desired to
change their lproduct for foreign goods, but
here a difficu ty arose. They soon found that
they were not free, that Old England had
never loosed from them her death-like grip,
but imposed grievous duties upon all goods
imported at their ports, at the same time
giving them no power to represent them

selves in parliament.

They soon began to murmur, not because
ofthe duties imposed, but because of taxa-
tion without representation. This created a
spirit of rebellion, and you who are acquaint-
ed with American history know very well
the results that followed, how that at the
point of the bayonet they established a free
government wherein the people might rule,
and wherein the people for a number of
years did rule, until a strong party spirit be
gan to prevail with high aspirations for
political power, and men soon began to form
themselves into political rings, and to sacri-
fice their money, their honor, and their prin-
ciples in order to obtain as lucrative an oflice
as lay within their power to reach. Yea, as
political rings, they brought all their tithes
into the storehouse, and in nearly every
case by being united they have accomplished
their object. Thus they have carried things
with a high band until the have not only
sacrificed their honor an principles, but
they have sacrificially sold the government,
yea, they have sold the labors of America's
toiling millions.

The old rings have continued to increase
in power until they have become giant mo
nopolies. They began first by buying rep-
resentatives in our legislatures, then our
representatives in Congress, then our high
otficials en masse. And now, sire, they have
bought our government. The bankers and
railroad kings have already such a firm grip
upon the reins of our government that they
are fast driving her to destruction.

They tell us that we are a free people ; but,
Patrons, wherein are we free when the
monopolies have encircled us with the dark
pall of oppression like a winding sheet‘?
Is there no redress for these wrongs, or shall
we suppress them by lying supinely on our
backs and hugging the grinning skeletons
of our old political I:a.rties until our enemies,
the monopolists, have bound us hand and
foot? Brother and sister Patrons, we shall
never find redress for these wrongs save at
the ballot box. The time has now come when
we should lay all partisan feelings aside and
let professional men and all of the giant
monopolists know that we are in earnest in
this matter, and that we mean to be united
in striving to elect representatives to Con-
gress and our Legislatures that will repre-
sent the agricultural and laboring classes ac-
cording to our numbers, and that will enact
such laws for our protection that will give
us an equal chance with other classes. And
now as we hold the balance of power let us
use it unitedly. Did I say unitedly ‘.7
Would to God that we might. Our brothers
may if they would, but the sisters, who are
ever subject to taxation without representa-
tion,—alas, is our case hopeless? Shall it nev-
er be granted unto us to put our shoulders to
the wheel with ballot in hand and help our
brothers remove the giant curse of intemper-
ance that so darkens our land ? Perhaps it
would not be right, perhaps notjust, but I
fail to see the reason why. And now, friend
Patrons, shall we not imitate the little bee,
and by each one adding his mite, and by all
gathering their tithes into the store-house,
we may not only furnish ourselves with food,
but we may perhaps afford some good to
those brothers and sisters who have never
yet entered our quiet enclosures.

Don’t Worry.

A young lady in this city has charge of a
large house full of lodgers, has an invalid
mother to look after, and that usual plague
of American housekeepers, 'a “girl,” to
worry her; yet this lady never speaks a
fretful, sharp or angry word, and never
complains. She skips about the house like
a light-hearted child, with a pleasant word,
smile or joke for every one. She does her
own and her mother’s dressmaking; she
sets moments for fancy work and reading ;
she is busy from one end of the day to the
other. I asked her the other day,——-

“ What time do you get up in the morn-
ing?”

"Oh, about six or half-past. I used to
rise at half-past five.”

“And you keep going from that time in
the morning till you go to bed at night,
Always doing something! You must be
strong.” . (She's a little bit of a woman.)

“Yes," she said, “ I am strong. There
seems no limit to my strength.”

“And you never worry,” I said.

“No,” she answered, “ I think that’s it.
I never do worry. I think that's why I’m
so strong-—why I don’t wear out.”

She never scolds. I was speaking to her
one day about a “help” who could not be
trusted to do a single thing properly with-
out Watching, and hardly then ; whose
word could not be relied on ; and whom she
had taken the greatest pains with, showing
her over and over, and week after week,
how to do things. I think I said :

“I couldn’t have patience with her. I
know I should scold.”

She_said :

“ I never scold a girl. I won’t allow
myself to get into the way of scolding. If I
can’t get a girl to do things without scold-
ing, I will do without one, and do the work
myself.”

Perhaps you say:

“Well, she can. Probably she has a nat-
urally sweet temper. I could not do so.”

Perhaps not. But I think her patience
and gentleness and bright spirit are mat-
ters of principle with her.

Any one that has lived in a boarding-
house, even without any ofits care, must
know how constantly there are things to
try the patience of the host-tempered wom-
an in the world. This one, that one, and the
other are coming with this and that com-
plaint. You are called upon at all hours.
People are coming and going,—sometimes
forgetting to pay their rent. Ellen will not
sweep behind the wash-stands, or under
the bureaus, without you stand and watch
her. In fact. there are a thousand and one
things to worry you, and put you out of pa-
tience.

If you let yourself begin to worry, the
habit will creep upon you. If you let
yourself “scold” a “wee bit,”_ you will,
before you know, he in the habit of fret-
ting and fussing and scolding all the time

I wish all tired housekeeers could try my
friend’s methods of not_ worrying, and see
how much strength they would save them-
selves; see how much easier the wheels of
life would turn, how much pleasanter a place

the world would be to dwell in.

Things will go wrong, and things will
happen that are unpleasant as long as the
wor d turns round. We cannot help
them, or Ifwe can, it is by making the best
of them and not worrying.— Watchman.

djurreapuntlenrr. A

"All Along the Line.”

Brother Cobb .-—There are two copies of
the VISITOR taken in our Grange, We are
rejoiced to hear that Patrons in Michigan
are doing so well ; the VISITOR a success;
money accumulating in the State Grange
treasury; membcrhips increasing; and so
united in combatting swindlers, I only won-
der that your State does not do more at co-
operative purchasing. Why cannot the four
or five States contiguous to Chicago embark
in a. wholesale supply house as the Patrons
about Cincinnati are doing? There ought to
unit-V enough among Patrons everywhere to
safely embark in the purchase and sale of
their supplies on the Rochdale plan. There
is much competition now amongst retailers,
but they are organizing their forces, have
already commenced in Chicago. They ex-
pect to regulate prices and to force whole-
sale men to sell to none but the trade. Then
what will we do ? Might as well commence
now to learn to do our own business.

Our little Grange has in the last four
years done a business of over $12,000, mostly

-with our State Agent, with less than tcn

dollars worth of loss, with all our inexperi-
ence, and all done at a cost of less than three
per cent. over cost, whereas our retail mer-
chants would have averaged 12 to 14 per
cent., and if they fail to make money it is
on account or poor judgment in order-
ing goods and trusting irresponsible parties.

I think if State Granges would look more
carefully to the selection of purchasing
A gents and see that the members have facili-
ties for ordering first class goods at strictly
wholesale rates that we should soon build up
a very profitable system of cooperative
purchasing, ventures that will not only
profit the members but the whole farming
community.

VVe are buying all our yarns and woolens
direct from the factory at Williamsport, Pa.,
and are much pleased with them. An extra
common yarn costing less than 80 cents per
pound. Our Agent is handling all our oil,
snow white, at 16 cents per gallon, good
hominy at 8-}; pounds for 25 cents, parlor
matches at 55 cents per gross, choice Rio
Coffee at 16.} cents per hundred, finest teas at
65 ((3 70 cents, fine Valencia raisins at 11
cents. etc., etc. We save a round profit on
stoves, carpets, etc.

It is our experience that if farmers can be
kept from town they make much better
Grangers. Apropos—Where Patrons start
a supply house let it be away from a village,
and any bright farmer’s sou can successfully
run a co-operative‘ store, let him start in a
small way at first and go slow until helearns
the business, and then let the Patrons buy
in as large lots as possible and for cash. The
advantages of farmers handling their own
supplies is, first, it learns them much of the
laws of trade; second, will save enough to
build halls, to run and make the Grange
attractive; third, to get bettergoods; fourth,
to extend the influence of the fraternity
0 utside the Gates, and gain friends by giving
outsiders some of the advantages ; fifth,
makes much better Patrons by keeping
farmers away from town ; sixth, keeps the
children away from the vitiating influences
of villages; seventh, adds much to making
the farmer feel independent.

The Order in the State of Illinois is not
doing as well as in your State. State Grange
funds having been lost by incompetent offi-
cers,and the State Grange Master in Congress
two years, State Lecturers writers instead of
talkers, altogether have caused us to fall
behind some of our sister States, but we are
holding our own manfully and do not feel
like “ Texas” in a late number of the VISI-
TOR, like giving up because they don't send
us “ aid from abroad.” Fraternally,

H. K. SMITH.

Clear Creek, Ill.. Dec. 26, 1881.

More Infringements.

Bro. Cqbb.-—Another patent right swin-
dler, Messrs. Weiler & Millick, of Albany,
N. Y., demand of George & Tweedalle,
Constantine, Mich., ten thousand dollars
as infringement on a horse rake tooth which
they have been manufacturing for the last
15 years, and paying an annual royalty
to Eberly & Hauck, of Mechanicsburg,
Penn. The prosecutor offers to settle for
$500, defenlant refuses and suit has been
brought.

Grange Enterprise in Kansas.

The co-operative store of Johnson County,
Kansas, started about five years ago with
a capital of about eight hundred‘ dollars,
which has been continually increasing. It
has paid 10 per cent. per annum on all its
capital stock. Paid every expense and di-
vided in net profits during this time a little
over thirty-five thousand dollars as rebate
to Patrons trading at the store. If there is
any cooperative store that can beat that,
let us hear from it through the VISITOR

Fraternally, « -
SAM’L J. BARNARD.

A Swindler of Patrons under the Garb and Cloak of
a Patron.

Bro. Cobb.-——In August last a man giving
his name as Charles Allen, of “Home
Grange, No. 216, State of Illinois," gave to
one of our brothers in this State the sign of
distress and stood the test showing him to
be a Patron or at least one in possession of
all that was necessary to appehr as one, and
was furnished $7.00 in cash to enable him
to get home with, agreeing to send the
money back the next week. It never came
to the brothers. He gave the name of his
Master as John Good, and Secretary as,
Wm. Lee, both of Grand Junction, near
Chicago, Ill. It is no doubt, from all ap-
pearances, that he was an impostor, and as
all such should be posted for the benefit of
brother Patrons, who are liable to be swin-
died by him or others of his stamp, this
statement is made. Respectfully,

M. F. CARLTON.

Not in a Grange Meeting for a Year.

Bro. Cobb :——I have not been to a Grange
meeting in over a year, but I feel just as
much interest in the Order as I did when I
was where I could attend every week. I
still hold my membership and intend to
hang on, if I do not see a live Granger in
the next five years. Once there were
Granges all around here, but they were
dead before I came. I meet numbers of
men who were members, and they all say
that the Grange is all right, and they were
sorryto have it die but could not help it.
They owned a hall here, but it was sold and
turned into a feed store. I like the
VISITOR very much, and send 50 cents for
next year. If any Patron should come this
way, I shall be glad to have him call.

Yours for the right,
A. Form, M. D.

MILLBROOK, Mecosta Co.Dec. 31st.

Whitney Grange, No. 154.

Mi‘. Cbbb .--—Watson has a Grange, No.
154, and a Grange hall, which with the
ground and sheds cost $1,500, and don’t you
forget it. I have looked for a mention of
our hall in the VISI’I‘OR for a long time and
“ mourned because I found it not,” but ex-
pect to see it hereafter.

Bro. Stegeman in Allegan is doing a busi-
ness of about $125,000 in a year, and the
Watson Grange helped largely to start the
store. I am a Charter member of our
Grange and I traveled on foot from house to
house in the fall of 1873 until I got 20 men
and ten women enlisted, and then sent for
Bro. Thos. Buckout and organized what is
now a large Grange. I was Secretary for
the first 13 months, and have held no office
since. My hobby is temperance.

J. B. ALEXANDER.

Watson, Dec. 19, 1881.

Keene Grange. No. 270.

Bro. Cobb.-—Thinking that perhaps you
would like to know how our Grange was
doing, as well as the size and worth of our
hall, I write you, to say we are in a flourish-
ing coudition. Have just finished a class of
six, and have three petitions before the
house, with quite an interesting excitement
in regard to the Grange among outsiders.
Our members have but one driven well, but
we have pledged ourselves for $20 if needed
to flght the royalty hunters with; though
we are not much exposed on this, we may
be on something else. Our Grange is living
for itself, and in order to do this, it must
live for all. I expect when I make my
quarterly report to send in a large list of
readers for the VISITOR, thirteen already
secured. We have just painted our hall,
built a cistern and put up eave troughs, at a
cost of $75, which improves our looks very
much. Respectfully and Fraternally,

J. H. PARKS,
Secretary Keene Grange, No. 270.
Saranac, Dec. 19, 1881.

From Florida.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-——Last week I sent you
a pamphlet describing Sumpter Co., Florida.
I will now tell you of my experience. I
arrived here eight weeks ago, and about the
middle of November I planted some corn
which has tasseled out, also some peas that
are now full grown with pods and still blos-
soming. Potatoes are large enough to hoe,
tomatoes in bloom. Oats sown 12 days ago
look quite green, as does clover and timothy
sown about the same time. A sod of June
grass brought from home is growing quite
green, although it looked very dry when it
arrived. The weather is just delightful.
There have been two or three rainy nights,
and to-day it has rained nearly all the time,
the rest of the time was fine weather with
the heat as high as 84° some days, and one
night almost down to freezing—35°.

Oranges are a line crop. The town of
Leesburg is filled with loads of them every
day. They sell to packers at from $1.25@
$1.50 per hundred by the load, always count-
ed.

Enclosed find 50 cents for the VISITOR. for
I must hear from my old friends and broth-
ers through its columns. We have no
Grange here, but we have a fruit growers
association which is nearly as good.

E. T. PIPER.

Leesburg, Fla., Dec. 10, 1881.


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JANUARY 15, 1332.

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, Eartha’ fiepaqtnent.

“DAWN INTO PANTS."

BY HELEN OSBOBN.

Dam Uxrmz, I wites oo a letter,
An’ I wants it wed to my aunts,
I've dot some old hi news to tell oo ;
I've dust been an’ dawn into pants,

I fints ’at I loots awfir jolly,
So muts lite a little bid man;

Ma says it's a drate piece of folly,
Pa laughs dust as hard as he tan.

S’e says: “ Oh! oh, my baby is lost l "
An’ tates on fwom mornin' til night,

S’e tints I t’ould allwis wear dwesses,
I s’pose; but I touldn't—not twite.

I've dave ‘note my dolls to ze heathen,
An’ ze barbers tut off my turls.

You ’ud hardly know it was me then,
Who once was so muts like ze dirh.

I've tut up my sashes for horse wains,
An’ twaded my s’ippers for boots ;
I doesn't wear any more wufiies,
But on’y nice gen'lemen’s suits.

Fee cheers for ze pants 'ats so splendid
’At mates 'ittle fotes dro so fast ;
' M pettitote days is all ended,
Iis ‘‘ one of ze boys” at last.

An’ 'ats why I wites this epissell,
My velly dear untle an‘ and aunts;
Tell tousin I'm learnin to whistle,
It's a way totes have who wear pants.
Yours fwaternally,
Brnmr.

P. S.
Pwitty soon I sal do into bizness,
An’ mates lots of stamps, I desses,
An’ zen I'll marrwy a nice ’ittle dirl,
An’ div her all my old dwesses.
-N. Y. Independent.

“ Sunflower.”

Dear Uncle Mne.-—As your young folks’
column does not seem to be overcrowded I
thought there might be room for me.

Sweet Briar, you live nearly the other side
of the garden, but I am glad you are not
outside the Gates. I think you are mistak-
en about Our Little Grangers being for the
babies, for I am sure that Aunt Locksie
would publish the letters from the older
ones if they would only write. I think this
writing letters would be a great advantage
tons if each one would endeavor to write
something instructive. Our teacher has
each member of the class in geography write
all they can learn about one of the principal
cities of the country we are studying about,
each one having a different city, in the form
of an essay. Of course every one wants
theirs to be the best and so try to find out
all they can about their city, then they hear
the others read and learn about them also.

Now if we could do some such way, not
perhaps about cities, but about great men or
some historical event, or anything of some
profit or pleasure to know, I think our let-
ters would be both instructive and interest-
ing.

You will find enclosed an original story
written for a school composition. If you
think it worth publishing I shall be pleased
to see it in print.

From your affectionate niece,

Jan. 2, 1882. SUNFLOWER.

A Story of the Olden Tlme.

Little Hannah Adams was sitting on her
grandfather's knee in front of the old-fash-
ioned fire-place, while grandma and mamma
washed the supper dishes and tidied up the
room before sitting down to along evening's
work of sewing and knitting. Little Han-
nah lived in the city and was visiting at
grandpa’s with her father and mother. She

. was named Hannah because grandpa Adams

said he didn't want any of his descendants to
have one of these new fangled sentimental
names such as “ Tlnnie,” and “Linnie.”
He wanted her to have a good, sensible
name like her grandmother's, so she was
christened " Hannah,” and I am glad to
say she had sense enough not to be ashamed
of her name. '

But I began with Hannah on grandpa's
knee. Of course her first plea was, “ Han-
nah wants to hear a story."

“ She does, eh 1 How is grandpa to help
that ‘.’ ”

“ By telling her one, of course.”

“ What shall it be about ?"

“ 0, about what you used to do when you
were a boy.”

" Well, when I was a boy there used to
be quite a family of us, but they are all gone
now except me. Harry was the last. He
died in California. But this isn't telling
youastory, is it, pet,” said grandpa. sud-
denly recollecting himself, “ I will tell you
how we planned for a day, and how our
plans failed.” Just then Uncle John and
Hannah's father came in from the finished

, chores, and after getting a pan of rosy

veheeked apples, sat down by the bright fire
as interested in the coming story as Hannah
herself. “ I remember jgt how the room
looked,” continued grandpa. “ The great
fire-place with its roaring fire, for it was a
cold night in the middle of November. In
fact the room looked much as it does to-
night. It looked much the same except that
there was a room full of merry girls ~ and
boys. There was eleven of us in all. six
boys and five girls. Then there was father
and mother, my grandfather, two hired girls,
and three hired men, for we had a large dairy
and -farm to feed and clothe so many. You
know all our wearing apparel was made at
home, even to our boots and shoes. One
woman was employed most of the time in

spinning wool in summer and flax in win--
ter.” '

“ Oh grandpa!” interrupted Hannah.
“ P‘ tell about how the flax was prepar-
ed for weaving, and why don't people raise
it now ? It must have grown easily, or
everybody could not have had such chests of
linen."

“ Yes, we always calculated the seed paid
for raising to make linseed oil from. The
flax isa handsome plant, growing 2} feet
high, and has a small blue blossom. It is
pulled in the fall, and I used to think it
back aching work spreading itover the fields
in thin layers to rot the woody part of the
fibre from it. It had to be watched to see
when it was right, for it must not lie too
long, or the fibre would be spoiled. Some-
times we had three or four acres covered.
When first pulled it was taken to the barn
and one of us boys took a handful of stalks
at one time and whipped the tops over a
large stone to separate the seed pods before
spreading. After it was again gathered the
first thing done was to break the woody por-
tion in a machine made for the purpose. and
these pieces, called ‘ shives' must.be shook
out from the fibre, which was done by strik-
ing it over the edge ofa board with a wood-
en knife called a ‘swingle.' It was then
taken to a coarse hatchel, and the first fibre
drawn being coarse was called ‘swingle tow,’
then we took it to the house where a finer
hatchel was used and, this last hatcheling
was generally done by the spinner.”

“ Thank you, grandpa, now I want the
story."

“ Father had said when he came in from
chores, ‘It looks as though it would show
before to-morrow night; we shall have to
work lively to get things fixed right before
it comes. I want Zach and Amos to do the
milking to-morrow, and Abel and Zeke can
hitch up the oxen and get that but’nut for
Phebe to color the cloth for the meeting
clothes. Sally must look to the dye tub to
see if I must get any more indigo to color the
girls’ plaids.’ And mother, you are go-
ing to dip those candles, ain't you.’ ‘ My
mother had been busy showing my
little sister Jemima how to bind off the heel
of her first long stocking. She now looked
up and exclaimed, ‘Abijah, have you forgot
to-morrow’s Sabba' day!’ Father stared a
minute and then said, ‘ Why-—why—so
)tis.l H

“ Grandpa,” said Hannah, “ I did not
know as anyone ever forgot when Sunday
came in the olden time.”

"Not often, dear, I guess, but father was
what people called amaster hand for work."

The Men who Succeed.

The great difference among men, of all
callings, is energy of character or the want
of it. Given the same amount of learning
and integrity, and the same opportunities,
and energy will make one man a conqueror.
The want of it will see the other a failure.
Dead beats are all men without force. They
had as good a chance as any of their compan-
ions. Others went ahead and carried off priz-
es, while they were lying by the wayside
dispirited and despondent. It takes nerve,
vim, perseverance, patient continuance in
well-doing, to win a great prize. And the
young man who goes into a profession with-
out this pluck aud force will not earn salt for
his porridge. He will drag along through
life with the help of his friends, getting
some credit with them for being a well-
meaning man, in delicate health and un-
lucky. The real trouble is, he lacks energy.
All the learning in the world will not qual-
ify a man for usefulness. It requires push,
stamina, vigor, courage, resolution, will,
determination—in one word, energy.—N.
Y. Observer.

FROM EX-LECTURER WHITNEY.

The Vermonler Coming.

Bro. A. B. Franklin, the VVorthy Master
of the Vermont State Grange, will visit
Michigan under the auspices ofthe National
Lecture Bureau, P. of H., beginning in
Lenawee county, Jan. 27, at Weston Grange.
He will be at White Lake Grange, Oakland
Co., Jan. 28; Wayne Co., VVillow Grange,
Jan. 30; Brighton, Livingston Co., Jan. 31;
Lansing, Ingham Qo., Feb. 1, and will prob-
ably visit Ottawa county Feb. 2, and may
stop in another county. ‘

 

Sister Bristol coming.

Sister Augusta Cooper Bristol, of New
Jersey, has been secured by the Lecture
Bureau fora special initial course of lectures,
and will begin near Cincinnati on the 25th
inst., and will reach Michigan about the
middle of February and will make seven or
eight points in Michigan, all of which will
be duly announced hereafter. Remember
Sister Bristol is the equal of any lady lec-
turing in the United States. It will pay to
go some distance to hear this talented lady.
Go and hear all and induce all outsiders to
go and do likewise. Advertise all thor-
oughly and in every practical way.

Grown.

Our Little G‘-rangers has come out as an-
nounced, in double its original size. It is a
handsome gift to make any little girl or boy.
The December number has letters to Aunt
Locksie from girls and boys of sixteen dif-
ferent States.

The price of the paper alone is hereafter to
be rrrrv cnwrs, but witlfthe Grange Bul-
letin it comes free or the two for $1.60. You
can get the Cincinnati Grange Bulletin
($1.60), Our Little Grangers (60 cts.), and the

GRANGE VISITOR (50 cts.), all three one year
for $2.00; or the GRANGE VISITOR and Our
Little Grangers for $1.00.—Just even change.
Address either paper, inclosing the above.

Leclurer’s Document of National Grange P. of H.
SUBJECTS FOR SUBORDINATE GRANGES FOR
FEBRUARY.

Ques. 3-—How to co operate successfully ?

rSug.—Unite in every effort in advancing
the principles of our Order and the interests
of our class. Work together in the mission-
ary field for recruits. Think, read, and talk
about the Grange, its principles and objects,
with your families and neighbors. Let each
member go to the Grange meetings. fully
determined to learn and to teach; partici-
pate in the educational exercises and discus-
sions of Grange questions. In this way you
co-operate to educate and educate to co-oper-
ate. This method of co operation will as-
sure the success of the social and educa-
tional features, and then the financial
benefits are only a question of time. By
these co-operative efforts you will build up
the prosperity of your Grange and fully es-
tablish its permanency; and when it is so
established and co operation continued, it
will prove of tenfold more value to the
members and their families than a like
amount of time. effort, and means invested
in any other enterprise.

Ques. 4—How can we make farm opera-
tions most successful?

;Sug.—Systematize all farm work; then
have family and all help co-operate in
carrying the system into execution. Con-
sider the kind of crops best adapted to your
soil and climate, and the most salable in
your markets, consider at home and discuss
in the Grange meetings how to accomplish
most and to the best advantage with the
least expense and labor; how much hard
work and muscle force can be saved
by the proper exercise of brain power
in arranging farm. fences, "and fields,
and in cultivating and harvesting; how to
care for stock and crops while growing, to
obtain the best results; and when, where
and in What condition to market (your prod-
uct. This subject, well considere so as to
be properly understood, would save much
hard labor, produce better crops, return
larger profits, and leave results much more
satisfactory.

MARCH.

Qwes. 5—What agricultural organization
is of most importance to farmers?

Sag. —Local agricultural organizations
have only a local value and interest. State
organizations have value only to certain
ends and in certain directions. Nation-
al agricultural associations and agricul-
tural congresses may accomplish certain
objects in certain ways. But none of these
Will ever relieve the farmers from hearing
burdens of injustice, nor elevate them as a
class. he organization of the Patrons of
Husbandry is the only organization, through
its work in the Grange, that will ever se-
cure justice to the farmers, and elevate
them to their rightful position. The Grange
is therefore the all-important organization
for the farmers, and they must sustain and
stand by its pure principles. Does not the
farmer who has forsaken the Grange, and
those who have not identified themselves
with the Order, demonstrate by their own
acts of selfish isolation that they are not
capable of self government? Hence they
submit to the yoke of bondage placed upon
them by their masters.

Ques.—-The duty of Patrons.

Sug.—The Grange is the only organization
which promises any hope of relief to farm-
ers. Our principles made a success. will
relieve the farmers from injustice and de-
pression, secure their rights, the rewards of
their own labor, and the profits of invest-
ment. It requires all the farmers to accom-
plish an object so great and noble. Mem-
bers should labor faithfully to make every
Grange a success. Labor with those outside
the gates, convince them of error, and se-
cure their afiiliation with the Order. Our
Grange and our success will be just what we

make it. Fraternally,
H. Esnnanorr.
, Lecturer National Grange.
Driven Wells.

From the Cass County Republican.

Having read a number of times in the
Republican regarding the pending suit of
N. W. Green against parties using a drive
well, I have donated a considerable time to
looking up patents of that class, and have
come to the conclusion that N. W. Green is
not the first inventor or patentee of a driven
well. I will give a few of the existing facts
of the case, which prove a long prior knowl-
edge of the art to the patent to N.W. Green.

Nelson W. Green obtained a patent for
constructing artesian wells, Jan. 14, 1868.
The claim explains the nature of the inven-
tion, and reads as follows: “ The herein
described process of sinking wells where no
rock is to be penetrated, viz., by driving or
forcing down a rod to and into the water
underground, and withdrawing it and in-

_ serting a tube in its place to draw the water

through, substantially as herein described."

Ifinda patent issued to Byron Mudge,
Cortlandville, N. Y., made of sinking wells,
dated October 24, 1865. This patent was is-
sued over three years before Mr. Green's.
The nature of the invention patented by Mr.
Mudge is given as follows : “ This invention
consists in driving a pointed rod of iron or
steel perpendicularly into the ground, with-
drawing the rod, and inserting a pipe of
nearly equal size in its place, which com-
pletes the well.” You will observe that the
process is identical with that of N. W.
Green's. Byron Mudge’s claim reads as
follows: (Please observe how'nearly ident-
ical the wordings are with the claim above
given to N. W. Green's claim,) “The
process or mode of constructing or sinking
wells, where no rock is to be drilled, viz.:_
driving arod down to and into the water
underground, withdrawing it and inserting
a pipe in its place, substantially as herein
described.” Does it not prove beyond a
question that Byron Mud e’s patent is
identical with that to N. . Green, and
also that Byron Mudge is the rior patentee
more than three years before  W. Green ?

More than three years from the date of
Mr. Green's patent, he obtained a reissue of
it, having found that the iron bar claimed
in his original patent could be dispensed
with by simply driving the pipe itself into
the ground, thus forming its own passage-
way. The claim in his reissue, dated May
9, 1871, reads as follows: “The rooess of
constructing wells by driving or orcing an
instrument into the ground until it is pro-

jected into the water, without removing the
earth upward as is in boring.” This claim
is intended to cover the driving of a ipe,
should the iron bar be dispensed with,w ich
is a part of his original patent.

But I find a patent issued to Thomas
Dutton and Thomas Maguire, Point Jarvis,
N. Y. (Pipe or Tubes for Wells), Oct. 10,
1865. This patent is prior to the patents
issued to Byron Mudge, and N. W. Green.
And in describing how wells are formed
in using their piping, I find the following:
“This invention relates to that class of
pipes commonly used in connection with
pumps for obtaining water or other fluids
from the earth, the passage for the tube
through the soil being made by a bar pre-
viously forced down into the earth, of a
diameter equal to that of the tube; when
the passage is made through rock, boring
tools are employed; in some instances the
forcing bar or boring tools are dispensed
with, the pipe or tube being forced down
through the soil, thus making its own
passage.” Nearly seven years before Mr.
Green's reissue, Dntton and Maguire state
that it was common to drive an iron bar
down, to form a passage for 9. pi e, and also
that it was commonly known t at the bar
could be dispensed with, and the pipes
themselves driven or forced down through
the soil, thus making their own passage.
This last process Mr. Green has a patent for
in his reissue of 1871. Does not the state-
ment of Dutton and Maguire prove that N.
W. Green is not the first inventor of the
process claimed by him, for which he is now
suing for a royalty?

I will state that I find fourteen patents on
drive wells, all prior to N. W. Green's. I
will state further that I am not employed by
any one in this matter, nor am I using a
driven well. I have simply made a state-
ment of the facts as I find them, for the
benefit of the public, who may be interested
personally in the matter; and as I hate op-
pression in any form, believing the royalty
exacted by N. W. Green to be unjust, I ad-
vise all who can to contribute in defending
the pending suits and thus vindicate their
rights. I am: respectfully,

Roscon B. VVHEELER.

Dowagiac, Mich.

How the Work must be Done.-

The question is sometimes asked “ How
are Patrons to accomplish all they aim to
accomplish, without going into politics? ”
" For instance," say they who make the en-
quiry, “how is our Order so do anything
toward reforming the government so long as
it takes no part in the nomination and elec-
tion of ofilcials?” The question and illus-
tration indicate a partial misapprehension
of the real objects of our organization. There
is a confusion of the direct and indirect
aims of the Grange. The Grange was not
founded for the express and immediate
purpose of bringing about governmental
reform and retrenchment. It was, however,
founded for certain purposes which, once
accomplished, will tend to produce political
improvement. “The principles which we
teach underlie all true politics, all true
statesmanship; and if properly carried out
will tend to purify the Whole political at-
mosphere of our country."

What, for example, will be the effect on
the country generally of our efforts to bring
the producer and consumer nearer together?
If we work together harmoniously and
faithfully there will come a time when
nearly every farmer will be a member of
the Order, and when nearly every member
will buy whatever he needs directly from
the manufacturer and will sell whatever he
has to sell directly to the consumer. There
will then be thrown out of employment a
large class of men who now live by convey-
ing commodities from the producer to the
manufacturer, and from the manufacturer
to the consumer. Finding their present
occupation becoming unprofitable, they will
be driven into productive enterprises, and
the production of the country will be in-
creased. The capital which they now em-
ploy in buying goods will then be employed
in producing them. By this change the
whole community will be benefited. Yet
the immediate object of the Order, in en-
deavoring to efl'ect it, is simply to benefit
farmers.

Again, we as members of the Grange
agree to discountenance the credit system;
and our arrangements for direct trade our
agencies supply houses and cooperative
stores, are intended to comply with this
agreement. What will be the result to the
whole community if every Patron becomes
fixed in the habit of paying cash for all that
he buys and demanding cash for all that he
sells? The immediate result will be that
those from whom he buys for cash will be
themselves enabled to buy for cash, and
those to whom he sells for cash will be
themselves com elled to sell for cash. The
cash system will) be more generally em loy-
ed, not only by Patrons, but by mere ants
and manufacturers also. A remoter effect
will be a lessened extravagance in living and
an increased honesty in business. Our pub-
lic life as well as our private life will be
purified, for the extravagance and corrup-
tion now so common among ofiicials are but
the result of the prevalanoe of the same
evils among individuals. A wide spread
adoption of the cash system will purge soci-
ety and thus rurify the government. A
hi her tone will pervade the people; they
will demand greater skill and greater faith-
fulness from one another and from those
whom they shall call to rule over them.
And there will be a larger opportunity for
selecting as our rulers men wise and upright.
But, while we may reasonably hope for these
grand results from the abolition of the credit
system among farmers, the Grange calls
upon us to buy and sell for cash because by
so doing we may greatly benefit our-
selves.

The highest aim of the Order is to educate
the farming classes. It strives to induce
farmers to make for themselves pleasant
homes,where they may live usefully, happi-
ly, virtuously. It seeks to do this by inspir-
ing in them a taste for trees and flowers and
pictures and books. And it strives to excite
in farmers a higher professional ambition;
a desire to learn all that can be learned con-
cerning their calling, from books and by
practice; an endeavor to do their work in
the best possible manner, with the best

ossible results. And, finally it strives to
fead them to read more and become better
informed in all useful knowledge. Can the
success of these efforts become anything but
a blessin tothe whole country and to all
classes 0 society? If the farms throughout
the land were well improved and thoroughly
tilled, if farmers’ homes were convenient
and pleasant and tasteful, if tarmers were

all men of integrity and intelligence, they
would be as prominent in society as they
could desire to be, and all other classes
would be better off. Yet the Grange labors
to bring about this change with a view to
the farmer's welfare alone.

The fact is, therefore, that the Grange
works simply for the private benefit of
farmers. It is not laboring for the general
welfare at all. The good that will result to
the community from the success of the Or-
der is purely incidental.——E.tchange.

The Stuff We Eat.

From the essay, before quoted, on “ The Adultera.
tion of Food."

A new article of butter and cheese has
recently made its appearance in Western
markets, containing from 50 to 75 per cent.
of hog’s lard. The ChicagoTribune of Nov.
17, 1880, states that 15 factories in that city
are now engaged in its manufacture, and
that one article used in making the cheese
will eat through the oak barrels in which it
is kept. Concerning its effects on the hu-
man stomach, I have, thus far, no evidence.

THE REMEDY.

How can those of us who prefer to eat
butter and cheese made from the milk of the
cow be protected against oleomargarine?

Require every seller of that article to keep
a sign on his stall or store, “ Oleomargarine
products sold here,” and to put on every
firkin, box, package, and cheese the word
“ Oleomargarine."

I would go further. and require every ho-
tel, restaurant and boarding-house keeper
to stamp or label every lump of this article
he puts on his tables “ Oleomargarine.”
Then let honest health oflicers frequently
ascertain what fats these factories are using,
and keep honest chemists at work analyzing
and reporting results in the papers, with
names of manufacturers.

It may be said that there are not enough
honest chemists in the country who are not
already in the pay of one or more of these
great corporations. Then offer inducements
to trained chemists in Germany and other
countries to come here. and at once take
measures to increase the number of students
in our schools of chemistry. VVe can afford
to pay higher prices than are usuallv paid
in Germany and other countries. We can
better afford to pay very high prices than to
have our markets filied with poisonous and
dangerously adulterated foods.

THE POWER OF GLUCOSE AND 0LEOMAR-
GARINE.

That we may rightly understand the pow-
er which those who attack these articles
have to encounter, I think it proper to say
that their manufacturers, by simply adding
one centa pound to the price of their pro-
ducts, can raise annually a fighting fund of
probably not less than $5,000,000—enough
probably to pay an annual salary of $10,000
each to every prominent chemist in the
country who can he enlisted in their behalf,
and then have more than $4,000,000 per
annum left to be used in other ways. It is
a gigantic power, able to retain chemists
and health officers and some portion of the
public press, and make it exceedingly un-
comfortable for those who attack it. But
there is a greater power, namely, the Amer-
ican people, who are every day liable to eat
these products.

I hold in my hand a pamphlet just print-
ed in New York City, evidently intended to
be put before Congress, in which I am as-
sured that glucose is harmless. You will
doubtless be assured, in ways and by means
I cannot anticipate, that all these articles
are harmless. I shall not deny that each of
them can be made, in a chemistfs office, at
some cost, to be practically harmless; but so
long as men are willing to get rich by sacri-
ficing the health of their fellows, and can
get rich faster by using, at times and places
where discovery seems improbable, poison-
ous and dangerous articles, so long shall we
have the same state of things here which
existed in England when Tennyson wrote:
“ The spirit of murder lurks in the very
means of life.”

If the power of dishonest, combined cap-
ital has become so omnipotent that these
great crimes cannot be stopped here, as they
have been to a great extent in England. and
the people of this country cannot be protect-
ed, then republican government is a failure.

WHAT I WANT.

In conclusion, what would I have Con-
gress do ? '

Appoint a committee or commission to
probe these things to the bottom. and. vote
an appropriation large enough to do it. In_
their appointment I would let politics have
no consideration, and would appoint no
man that either glucose or oleomargarine
can buy even with four and a half millions of
dollars. I would employ no chemist or mic-
roscopist who has been regularly employed
by the rest corporations selling these pro-
ducts. % would permit no chemist or micro-
scopist to make known his appointment or
the results found to any but the committee
or commission. I would have great care
taken in obtaining the samples to be ana-
lyzed. If American chemists should not
agree, then I would have samples taken to
and analyzed by chemists in other countries.

IT is said that a piece of zinc placed on
the live coals in a hot stove will effectually
clean out a stovepipe, the vapor produced
carrying off the soot by chemical decom-
position. It has also been shown that a can

of kerosene placed on the coals will effect- .

nally clean out the stove.

THE following, from an exchange, is
true to the letter: “ The most unfortunate
day in the_ career of any young. man is the
day on which he fancies there is some bet-
ter way to make money than to earn it: for
from that feeling springs the many extra-
vagant and visionary plans which are_1n-
dnlged in for the purpose of gaining a live-
lihood without labor.”

THE REAPER, DEATH.

VOOBHEES.—A Worthy Brother has taken a
dimit from Keystone Grange, to return to us no more
forever.

By the death of _Bro. R. S. Vooanxns society has
lost a useful citizen and our Grange a valuable
member; therefore _

Resolved, That this brief tribute tothe memory of
our esteemed brother be spread on the records of the
Grange, and a copy t to the Game: Vxsrron for
publication. War. 0. Borsroan.

Has. Sam Borsroao,
I. D. Bwaaronn, _
Committee.

 

 


A la: a stock
‘ LAND I’LASTER.

ran ensues visinoa.

JANUARY 15, 1882.

Alahsstine

Is the only preparation based on the
Pmpfir principles to constitute a durable
finish for walls, as it is not held on the wall
with glue, etc., to decay, but is a Stone Ce-
ment that hardens with age, and every ad-
ditional coat strengthens the wall. Is ready
for use by adding hot water, and easily ap-
plied by anyone. _

Fifty cents’ worth of ALABASTINE will
cover 50 square yards of average wall with
two coats: and tmecoat will produce better
work than can be done with one coat of any
other preparation on the same surface.

For sale by paint dealers everywhere.
Send for circular containin the twelve
beautiful tints. Manufactured only by AI.-
ABASTINE Co.

M. B. CHURCH, Manager,
juyifi. Grand Rapids, Mich.

HEADQUARTERS FOR LAND PLASTEB.

LOREN DAY,
Grandvllle, Mlch.,

Is prepared to furnish LAND PLASTER, fresh
und, at contract prices, made with the Executive
mmittee of the State Grange.

on hand of pure, finely-ground

Send me your Orders direct.

janl—ly LOBEN DAY.

Fish’s American Manual of

PARLIAMENTARY LAW

Is the cheapest and best. The subject is made so
lain that every Citizen or Society member should
ave a copy.

Circular of commendation free. Price by mail pre-
paid; cloth, 50 cents; leather tucks, 81.00. Postage
stamps received. Address,.J. T. Cons, Schoolcraft, or

(4 E0. T. FISH.

(Mention this paper.) Rocnssrna, N. Y.

A. VANDEN BERG,

MAN U-FACTURER,
Wnonnssma AND RETAIL Dasnas nu

HARNESS, WHIPS, BLANKBTS, TRUNKS, 816.,

92 Monroe Street.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

I take pleasure in presentingto your favorable con-
sideration niy CASH PRICE LIST of Harness Work
—H.AND MADE——all of my own manufacture. and
also to return thanks for the liberal patronage I have
received from the different Granges throughout Mich-
' . I shall do in the future as in the past-—furnish
ige best goods for the least money. ‘
Farm Harness, White Trimmed Breeching,

Round Lines, Snaps, Rum Straps, and
spread rings, complete, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..829 00
The same without Breeching, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 00

“ “ with flat Lines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 00

“ “ “ “ “ without breeching,. . 25 00
Double Light Buggy Harness, white trimmed,

from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825 to 30 00
The same, Nickle Trimmed,f.rom .... "836 to 60 00
Single Buggy Harness, with round lines, white

trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 00
Same with list lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00
Nickle Trimmed, . . . . . . .816, C16, 818, 820 and 26 00

ALL ORDERS RECEIVED UNDER SEAL OF
THE GRANGE
will be shipped at once, and may be returned at my
expense if not entirely satisfactory.
Address allorders to
Yours very respectfully,

A. VANDENBERG,
92 Monica S-raxsr. GRAND RAPIDS.

FENNO G. MANNING,

Wfllll IIUMMISSIUN MERCHANTS,

117 Federal St... Boston.
consignments solicited and cash Advances Made.

" lllll ulcmousmn 6'
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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AGRI-
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CHEAPEST PA-IEH PUBLISHED!

Many of the ableet farmers and writers of. Western
Michigan are regular contributors to the World and
Homestead. The series of articles now , on-
titled “ Farmers’ Relation to Law,” being_ an 8 I13-
tive treatise of the law of highways, titles, fences,
drainage, estrays. patent-rights, etc.. etc., are well
worth five times the subscription price of the paper.

The Grange interests and Grange news form a
special feature, and are at all times fully represented.

The Home Department is in the hands of a prac-
tical housekeeper, aud is carefully and ably con-
ducted.

Its market reports are fuller and more_re1iable
than can be found in any other paper published In
Western Michigan. .

TERMS.—8l.5O per year ; trial trip (three months)
for 25 cents (eight three-cent stamps). _

Subscriptions can commence at any time. Send
stamp for sample copies. Address,

F. M. CARROLL All Co.,
26 Guru. Sraxm. Gaum RAPIDS. K108

N. B.—The Agricultural World and GRANGE VI!-
rroa both one year for 81.50.

German Horse and Cow Powders.

This powder has been in use for many years. It
is largely used by the farmers of Pennsylvania, and
the Patrons of that State haye bought over 100,000
pounds through their purchas_ing_agents. Its compo-
sition is no secret. The receipt is on every box and
5-pound package. It is made by Dr. L. Oberholtzer’s
Sons .2 Co., Phoenixviile, Pa. t keeps stock healthy
and in good condition. It helps to digest andassmii-
late the food. Horses will -do_ more work, with less
food while using  Cows will give more milk and
be in better condition. It keeps poultry healthy, and
increases the production of . _ It is also of great
value to them when moltiri. t is sold at the lowest
wholesale rice b R. JAMES, oo,
(mo, W1 2 0., 80 Woonsamon S-r.. Dn-
1-aorr, THOS. MASON. 181 WATER S1-., Cincsoo,
and ALBERT S'1.'.EGl_EMAN, ALLEGAN. Put up in
60-11:. boxes (loose), pi-ica‘Emnr Cams per 1b., 30-lb.
boxes (of 6 6-lb. packages, Tux Cnirrs per lb. .

our ullESfl°Tll‘-‘ sEllY
E"=:.<.:=..'*¢‘i'.i*:*.:i‘1"Ef".-f.*;“"° *"
7“ “”i'‘'-*'‘'?..'i''.*'.1=''°..:.*:.°:'..."?.‘.’.......

ATRONS’

MANUFACTURERS OF

lngersulls Pure Beady—rnixed Paints.

Send for Color-card and Prices.

A C no: la
CREAMER & BUTTER COOLER

A combination that will
produce an even grade
of Butter, winter and
No
quired. Saves two-thirds
the labor. It will save
its cost twice the first
season. A RESPONSI-
BLE AGENT wanted

Where an Agent is not

summer. Ice re-

located. Correspondence‘
solicited. Send for CIR-

CULABS and PRICE-LIST.

MCCALL & DUNC

AGENTS:

G. W. Hunt, Mattawan, Va'n Buren County.
W. P. Herd, Lowell, Kent County.

A. H. Smith, Sparta, “ N

Charles E. Thornton. Rockford, Kent County.
Charles Pittman. Middieville, Barry County.
A. Stegeman, Allegan, Allegan County.

D. P. Newton, Watson, *‘ 4‘

Simeon Staring, Ganges,
E. J._McNaughton, Cooperville, Ottawa County.
Gutelius Snyder, Three Rivers, St. Joseph “

S1:-.:1=;_x>s :

Sr. Lswsazzca Snap Gsnnnss.
I will send free by mail for 60 cents in stamps
or specie the following

LIST OF SEEDS,
Worth One Dollar and thirty-five Cents :—
1 oz. Blood Turnip Beet, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Price,
1 oz. White Belgian Carrot, . . . . . . . . . . "
1 oz. Nutmeg Musk Melon, .......... ..
1 oz. Large Red Onion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 oz. Student Parsnip, . . . . . . . . . . ..
1 oz. Early Conqueror Tomato, . . . .
1 oz. Purple-Top Turnip, . . . . . . . . . . ..
1 packet New Hybrid Tomato,
“ St. Lawrence,”

H u

10 cts.

Also, I will send free for 25
Assorted Vegetable Seeds; for 30 cents I will
send 15 packets Flower Seeds, Assorted Annuals;
or the two lots for 50 cts.-, or the three lots for 85 cts.

This offer will hold good only during the months
of December and January. Seeds are the growth of
1881: if not satisfactory, I will refund the money.

Address,

VV. VV. VANSTON, Seed-G-rower,
Mallorytown P. 0.,
decl5-4t Ontario, Canada.

ran 5} TON

WAGON SCALES.

ARE SOLD FOR. 360.

8
cents, 12 packets

All Iron and Steel. Sold on trial—freight paid by
us——no money asked till tested and found satisfac-
tory. All sizes manufactured.

JONES OF BINGIIAMPTON,
Binghampton. N. Y.
Send for Circulars and further particulars.

PAW Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1878.
Jonas or Bmonurronz -

My Scales give entire satisfaction. I have subject-
ed it to the most severe tests and find it not only
correct in weighing large or small amounts, but
perfectly reliable.

Yours, Fraternally,

J. J. WOODMAN.
3 in-—1yr

TEE EALAMAZOO

[Signed]

 .i' ' ’

N.

COLLEGE. 9%?

@<>

INSTITUTE,

Ofiers superior advantages to young Men-and Women ‘

who wish to qualify for business. Sendfior Journal
giving particulars.

w; F. PARSONS, Pres};

GRAPE VINES.

'1lLcedl Varltl llerge l.Wrrawd
tAnie to naijge. ‘ Preice-s lgw. Al.s‘l>!,’lihye celdbrailed

NEW WHITE GRAPE.

PRENTISS

Send stamp mm and Descriptive List-. Also
'|‘1oq,Bsnal1 . e . , ~
T. 8. HUBBARD. Fredonm. N. Y.

P

V.

Schoolraft, Mich.

B. J. Wily. Mottville, St. Joseph County.

G, M. Gardner, Litchfield, Hillsdale County.

J. A. Johnson, Vicksbur , Kalamazoo County.
George Baker, Buchanan, Berrien County.

H. C. Call, Glass River, Shiawassee County.
Wm. S. Palmer, Lansing. Ingham County.
William Spalding, Hoytville, Eaton County.
Union Wind Mill Co., Albion, Jackson County.
The Bird Wind Mill Co., Kalamazoo, Kal’zoo Co.

The LEVER

Is the largest, ablest, spiciest, most outspoken
Family Temperance Paper ever published in
the State, and is second to none now
published on the Continent.

TEE LEVER

Is Independent, Non Sectarian, Aggressive.
aim is to instruct its readers. It does not
revel in the filthy details of vice.
Subscription Price only 81.50 per annum.
g’SAMPLES Finis. Address,

VANFLEET Gt NOLL.
266 Woodward Ave., Daraoir, Mien.

Its

decl5.3t

—- OFFICE OF---

GEORGE W. HILL,

80 Woodbrtdge .St., West,

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 7, 1881.

DEAR SIR :—-I have decided to make every
Grange the following offer, which will give
each family represented an opportunity or
saving a considerable amount on their gro-
ceries, and at the same time will be little or
no trouble to the Secretary to transact the
business.

I will send to any Grange, upon receipt of
order with SEAL, the articles named in sub-
joined list, and if goods are not lower in
price than at home stores, and not in EVERY
RESPECT perfectly satisfactory they may be
returned at MY expense of freight BOTH
WAYS.

My cases are made and arranged ex-
pressly for the purpose; goods cannot get
damaged, or mixed; lids have hinges, and
screwed down, the whole is a complete little
GROCERY STORE ; prices guaranteed two
weeks. Don’t be confined to the list if any-
thing else is wanted, but I do want the case
to go out complete. I am trying to solve the
problem of how I can supply each Grange
with their goods — especially Groceries — at
the lowest prices, with the least expense to
myself and least troub.e to the Secretary. so
that it will be to our mutual advantage. I
think I have hit on the right plan, but may
have to make some changes. If you ever
expect to be benefited pecuniarily, accept
my offer and try my plan long enough for
me to get it into practical order. .

ORDER NO. ONE. ‘
l2lbs. Best Jap. Tea in 2lb Pkgs, 45¢ .... . . ....85 40
24 “ Best Bio Coffee in 4 “ “ 160 . . . . . . . . . . 3 84
6 “ Gloss Starch 1 “
6 “ Corn Starch 1 “
12 “ Good Soap 1 “
12 “ Baking Powder 2 “
12 “ Cream Tartar, 2 “
6 “ Ground Pepper 1 "
6 “ Ground Ginger 1 “
3, er Nutmeg i it

Total, ..................... .. 822 08
Empty cases to be returned very soon.
LAMP CHI MN EYS ARE PACKED SIX
DOZEN IN A CASE.
Size "0”—smallest—40c. per doc, or 82 40 per case.
4. ii1"__medium_45c n u it 32 70 u u
H u2"_]a_rgB _6o° u u  60 u 41
Sold by the case only.
1 Bushel Baskets, ................. ..82 00 per dos.

OYSTERS IN_ CANS AND BULK.
ROGER'S PLATED WARE.
SCALES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SALT.

I will furnish Salt for stock and fertilizing pur-
poses. in‘ nuns, on board cars at Bay City, at 84 60
per ton, in car lots of 12 to 15 tone, which is equiv-
alent to 83 cents per barrel.

Freight rates to your station on application.

Everything in the Line of Merchandise
Purchased tor Patrons.
Observe the following changes in Price: from my
last Ligt: mu 8“ 

S and Molasses,.about to per . a vance
a.'Lil’.. " 46 to 60¢ per box "

It
II
It
It
at
I‘ II II

ml:
Fine-cut Tobacco, . . .
Smoking “ . . .

4| DOVER STREET.

nov.1-yl. _

Soc of all kiuds...'.
Bee¥Fs.nii1y Crackers ‘lie pe
Oetlbfl

. and Me lorbarrel.

AIN T

we: PAY FRElGl~l'l‘,‘:t

filtfiléilllfil" Beltlfiiilflifii
Only ‘Paint that will resist water or
l1101Sti'8.I1'. 

OFFICE,

NEW YORK.

HIISBANDS -—o;»O -mm-— WIVES!
MOTHERS ox» meme DAUGHTERS!

SHOULD [NOW 0!

DR. R. PENGELLY’S “WOMAN'S FRIEND,” IMPROVED!

It is a SOVEREIGN REMEDY foi-

Those Complaints (they need no naming) peculiar to VVOMEN. YOUNG or OLD, NOT A CUR E-
ALL, Clazmin to annihilate Jaundice, Diabetes. Bright’s Disease, Gravel, and everything else which
afflicts MEN VEN MORE THAN WOMEN.

It works in ONE LINE and in that line It excels.

The tender, Nervous Girl, the anxious, ezpectant
Mother, the overburdened Housewife. the Matron,

passing the critical change, are all guarded, soothed and
sustained by its Gentle Influence. It is tbe prescription of an experienced Physician, perfected during I
life-long practice, and its nine years of public record, in 30 different States, have proved it rightly named —
A FRIEND INDEED TO WOMAN. The good words of those who use it are its best advertisement.
An 8-ounce (81.00) bottle, or a 20-ounce (82.00) bottle sent on receipt of price, express prepaid, also
references and testimonials, on application to ’
R. PBZNGELLY 8: CO..
KALAMAZOO. MICH. (Foaimanv or PLAINWILL.)
‘ Sold by Druggisu generally and Lady Agents. Svvltt & Dodds, and I-‘an-and, Wuliaml
cb Co., Detroit. Morrison. Plunnner & (.70.. C1liC8-20-

EVERY FARMER IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD EXAMINE THE

New Combined Spring Tooth Sulky Harrow

CULTI VATOR AND SEEDER.

Manufact.ured by

was sonar: 8: scnnsrns SULKY
ssnnow AND sssnsn conrsm.

Kalamazoo, - Michigan.

As a combined machine. it stands un-
rivalled in excellence, doing the work of
a Harrow and Seed Sower most thorough-
ly and satisfactorily. It has taken high

‘ rank at once as ONE OF THE VERY
BEST IMPLEMENTS FOR THE USES
DESIGNED EVER-INVENTED. Sows
Harrow does not trail, and is of lighter
It received first premium and diplomas

all kinds of grain and grass seeds. The
draft than any other Harrow in the market.
wherever shown in 1880.

THOMAS MASON,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,

181 South Water Street, CHICAGO,
BUSINESS AGENT OF MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,

Respectfully solicits Consignments of

BUTTER, EGGS, WOOL, HOPS, POULTRY, GAM E
RAW FURS, HIDES, FELTS, TALLOW, etc.

BONDED AGENT of the NonrizlOwnléffinnlirsonnoniflxonsncs ASSOCIATION,
Chartered Feb. l3th, i877. /

To Patrons and Shipper-s;—Tliis is the only Commission House in Chicago organized and
controlled by the Patrons of Husbandry. The chief aim of this Agency is :

lst, Security for Payment to Shippers.

2d, To obtain the Highest Market Price for goods received, quality considered.
3d, Quick Sales and Prompt Payment.

Shippers in all States will receive equal benefits of this management, the Business Manager being
under Buhflu 101' the faithful performance of the same.

This Agency will fill Orders for any goods in this market, at lowest possible rates. Cash must accom-
pany the order for near the amount required : balance to be paid on receipt of bill.

THOMAS MASON, Business Manager.
MARKET REPORTS, STENCILS and SI-lIP—PlNG TAGS sent on Appllcistlon.

POULTRY BULLETIN.

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Good, Live, Interesting, Valuable Reading.

(paper of the sort, you want the Bulletin, If you keep Poultry or
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FRUITS. VEGETABLES,
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who has feed to cut, corn to shell, or anything one or two horses can do. Agents wanted. Send for
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