flu _ :_u‘:__.___,,_<__, .-...:- --: -.-.«v-.- ‘ »»- " ‘ * ..._‘__.__ H ~.. -...-.. ‘ -...-J-. ‘ ,,,..._,,...-. - “ THE FARJIIER IS OF JIIORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARJII, AND SIIOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.” VOLUME 8,—NO. 9. WHOLE NO. 137. E [Printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Co.] SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.,i MAY 1, 1882. i YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 2 VVILL EXPIRE WITH 'l‘HlS.. Entered at the Post Office at Kalamazoo as Second Class matter. din dialogs itlisilm Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, 3 AT FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, Eleven Copies for $5.00. J. T. COBB, Editor and Manager, To whom all communications should be addressed, It Schoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter. Money Order. or Draft. niscsaiu..I‘é;e6o;’ INDEX TO THIS NUMBER. Saving Mother-—The Future of Agriculture— ori- College News—Talks on Poultry, No. 6 . . . . . . . . l The Harvest Feast—-Patent Laws —Our Education — Representation in the State Grange-—Home Sur- roundings of the 'Furn1er—English Sympathy. . 2 The Grange in Missouri--Union Grunge Meeting-- From a.Member of Weston G:ange——From Deca- tur Grange—-Tnlmudge Grange-—Glass Creek Grange, No. 42-’——Honesty in Ofiice—Advertise- mente. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arbor Day—Technical1ty in Ln.w—-Our Highways and their Management-To Remitters—The State Capitol Engraving——"Honor to whom Honor is due” 4 Right of Stock in the Highway—Michigan Crop re- port April 1, 188’.l——A General Deputy——Incorpo- ration of Grange‘.-1--Visitor 1'eceiptsr—concinued— Notices of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bowing Seed——Workers——I-Iow can we Help each ot.her~About Representation—Gossip—-A Cruhsed .Esthete—-More Practical Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . 6 A Stranger in the Pew—From Sweet Bria.r—Little Hannah's Dres.m——The Reign o‘f Monop)oly——A Call for Cash~—Daughters—The Reaper, eath—— Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . .,....., . . . . .: . . . . . .. 7 Advertisements, .......... ......... as Officers National c range. nusrss—3. J. WO0DMAN,. . .Paw Paw, Michigan. 0vxnsnnn—PUT. DARDEN, ......... . .Mississippi. Ls.c'runsn—-HENRY ESHBAUGH, .... ..Missouri. 8’!lWABD—-—A. J. VAUGHN, .......... ..Mississippi. Assr. STRWABD—W1LLIAM SIMS, . . . . . . ..Kansa.s. Gn.u>I..un—S. H. ELLIS, .......... ..... ..Ohio. 'l‘a.nA.som:n—F. M. MCDOWELL, .... ..New York. Sncnn-rAav——WM. M. IRELAND, Washington, D.C. Gar:-Km-.rnn—O. DINWIDDIE, ....... "Indiana. Cums-MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, ...... ..Michigan. Poxons—MRS. PUT. DARDEN, .... ..Mississippi. Fx.on—-MRS. I. W. NICHOLSON,...New Jersey. LADY Assr. Smwsnn-MRS. WM. SIMS, Kansas. Executive Committee- D. WYATT AIKEN, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..South Carolina. H. JAMES,..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Indiana.. W. G. WAYNE,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..New York. Officers Michigan State Grange. K.—C. G. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gilead. 0.—-L N. WOODRUFF, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Waterviiet. 8.—S. A. TOOKER, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... "Lansing. A. 8.~—A. E. (.}REEN,.... .. .. .... .....Farmington. L.—CEAB.LES E. MICKLEY . . . . . . . . . . ..Thurber. 0.—-«SALMON STEEL, ..... . .Fra.nkfort, Benzie Co. T.—8. F. BROWN, ................ ....Schoolcraft. 8no.—-J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcra.ft. G. K.——EI.I.JAH BARTLETT, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dryden. OIBEe.—-Mas. A. S. STANNARD, . . . . . . . . ..Luwell. Polo)u.—M.s.s. H. D. PLATT, . . . . . . . . . . .Ypsilanti. Fiona.-—ML3& A N. WOODRUFF,.. ..Wat.ervliet. L. A. 8.——M.Bs. A. E. GREEN... .. .... .I“a.nnington. Executive committee- 1. Q. A. BURRINGTON. Chairman, .... --’1‘usc<>1a~ J. WEBSTER CHILDS, .............. ..Ypsilanti. 2. ll. HOLLOWAY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hillsdaie. THOMAS MARS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berrien Center. WM. 8ATTEBLEE,.. ...... ... . . . . ..Birmingham. ‘1‘KOS.F. J. G B.AMSDELL...................Tra.verseOity. 0. G. LUCE, J. T. OOBB, ............ ..Ex-oflicio. State Business Agent. THOMAS mason, ..... llL cm. W. HILL ----------------- -----~----D°“°“’~ General Deputy. JOHN HOLBBOOK ..... ............ "Lansing. ..__. special Lecturers. _—_ Then. E’. Moore... ... ........ ..A.dris.n, Lenawee Co. g_-L 3tavens...:............PerrY, Shiawasaee Co. 'xn_ g_ Stegle, .............. ..Mar-don, Wexiord Co. ‘ndraw QfimDb°lL_______Ypgilanh, Washtenaw C0. J w_ wins __________ "Ann Arbor, Washtenaw 00. am; new advertisement of R. M. Bellin- ger on eigth page- ilriculiulal Eemimul. O SAVING MOTHER. The farmer sat in his easy chair, Between the fireside and lamplight’s glare ; His face was ruddy, and full and fair His three small boys in the chimney nook Conncd the lines of a picture book ; His wife, the pride of his home and heart, Baked the biscuits and made the tart ; Laid the table and steeped the tea, Dcftly, swiftly, silently, Tired and weary, and worn and faint, She bore her trials without complaint, Like many another household ssint— Content, all selfish bliss above In the patient ministry of love. At last, between the clouds of smoke That wrcathed his lips, the husband spoke. “There's taxes to raise, an’ interest to pay, And ef there should come a rainy day, 'l'would be mighty handy I’m bound to say T’ have somthin’ put by. For folks must die, An’ there’s funeral fiills, and gravestuns to buy—-- Enough to swamp a man, putty nigh ; B .sides. there’s Edward and Dick and Joe To be provided for when we go. So ’f I were you, l’ll tell you what I'd do, I'd be be sav’n of wood as ever I could — Extra fire don't do any good—— I'd be savin' of soap an‘ suvin’ of ile. Anl run up sune candles once in a while ; I'd be rather sparin‘ of coffee an’ tea, For sugar is high, And all to buy, And cider is good enough for me. I'd be kind 0’ careful about my clo’es. And look out sharp how the money goes—— Glcwgaws is careless; naiur‘ knows ; Extra Trimrnin’ ’S the bane of women. “I'd sell the best of the cheese and honey, And eggs is as good, nigh about ’s the money ; And as to the carpet you wanted new—— I guess we can make the old one do; And as for the washer and sewing machine Them smooth tongued agents so pesky mean You'd better get rid of ‘em slick and clean. What do they know about wonan’s work E‘ Do they calkilate women were born to shirk P” Dick and and Edward and little Joe Sat in the corner in a row. They saw the patient mother go On ceaseless errands to and fro. They saw that her form was bent and thin, Her temples grey, her cheeks sunk in, They saw the quiver of her lip and chin- And then with a. warmth he could not smother, Outspoke the youngest, frailest brother: “You talk of saviu’ wood and lie, An’ tea and sugar all the while, But you never talk of savin’ mother!” The Future of Agriculture. I remember to have heard it said that of all the pursuits which engage the attention of mankind. agriculture has made the least progress. Now if this be true, it behooves us, as intelligent men and women, to look about us and discover, if possible, the cause and a remedy. Mechanical ingenuity and skill have done wonderful things for us. in the way of im- plements and machinery, but not one whit have they educated us in the intricacies of that science which treats of the needs of every plant we cultivate. No man is master of his business until he is familiar with every detail which pertains to it. If a. man is a bungler in carpentry, do we engage h‘m to build our homes? If he is an unskillful mason, do we employ him to construct our walls? Most emphatically no! Until he becomes familiar with the me- chanical principles which are necessary to make good durable structures, he would starve at his trade. Mother earth is the only source from which a bungler can gain a livelihood. And even she refuses to respond when the necessary ingredients of vegetable growth are exhausted. Much study and profitless experiments have been employed to restore fertility to the soil, of which ignorance has robbed it. You can scarcely take up an ag- ricultural book or paper that does not con- tain one or more articles upon the subject of exhausted soils, and how to reclaim them; each one bestriding a hobby of his own cre- ation, with which he is immediately satis- fied, if his readers are not. Hardly one of them can explain the first principle of the chemical combinations which are necessary to the vigorous growth of our grains, and grasses. Some enthusiasts aver, that green clover is the fertilizer that will restore the lost energies of nature, and cause her to’ yield once more her bountiful harvests. Others advocate, no less earnestly, the use of different manures, such as barn yard com- posts, phosphates, salt, plaster, etc. And the claims of these elements _are not to be lightly set aside, for if intelligently applied, they are effective and bring forth the best results. I do not wish to be understood that agri- culture has not taken some steps toward a higher degree of excellence; she has taken many, and grand ones too; but in the world’s to-morrow we want her to stand abreast of all the greatest achievements of man. It is God's favorite vocation vouchsafed to us, and should be honored as such. We want the world to feel its power. \Ve want our government to be guided by its influence. \Ve want to see it recognized as the peer of all the caliings of earth. There is nothing unreasonable in these wants, and they shoulci be granted us, and nothing stands in the way of such a desira- ble consummation but our own s-'liortsight— edness. \Ve fail to make the most of our opportu- nities. Men in other walks of life bend all their energies of heart and brain to the ac- complisbmentof their desires. They force the whole world to yield tribute to the inter- ests they seek to maintain ; they lay siege to the doors of our legislative hall: to further their schemes, and by every artifice of the human mind, by every force which may be made available, push themselves and their projer,-ts into the world's notice. \’l'hat do we, my friends? Siatislicians tell us we are fifty two per cent. of the population of this fair land, and yet we are the least of all the forces which control the destinies of this mighty Re- public. In the great world’s to-morrow are we to be “like dumb, driven cattle,” or shall we turn “ heroes in the strife,” and assert our riglit to be sovereigns? \Ve wrong our- selves and our cause,‘ when we encourage our brightest and most gifted sons and daughters to seek other occupations. Why should we not rather set forth the claims of agriculture in so bright a light, that they will be won to choose it as the most. agreea- able of all pursuits? It gives me pain, my friends, to see the noblest of our young men and women, turning their backs upon their rural homes, to plunge into the gidy vortex of our crowded cities. It is to such as they that we should look to lift agriculture out of the depths of ignorance, and place it on a level with the profoundest sciences known to man. One great source of the discontent,preva- lent among our young people, lies in the fact that work, work is the burden of the husbandman’s song from morning until night. How many boys do we find through- out the country whose rounded shoulders and horny hands speak of too much work and too severe toil. Can you wonder, that the boy looks with envy upon his city friend, who seems to have so much of leisure, and so little of the heavy burdens of life? 0! fathers and mothers, do not lay such grievous lc-ads upon the tender young should- ers, if you would have them follow the em- ployment you love so Well. l’repare them for the battle of life by giving them as lib- eral an education as you can possibly afford. Cultivate in their young minds a taste‘ for rural pursuits, by initiating them into the details of business, and the mysteries of agricultural science. Their powers of‘ judg- ment and discnimination should be frequent- exercised, that they may early form the habit of planning, as well as executing the operations of the farm. It is my opinion, that if every father would make a confidential friend, as well as co-worker of his son, instead of driving him to the field like a slave, there would be less of ,fleeing to the cities, as places of refuge from the gelling bondage of the farm. 1 have several instances in ~my recollection of men whose boyhood and youth were one complete treadmill of toil ; whose education- al advantages consisted of now and then a day in the winter district school, when the father had nothing else for them to do. Now, my friends, do you believe that such a meagre mental culture as this will ever ennoble orvelevate the science of agricul- ture ? There is no question that mind is the motive power that shall push agriculture forward to the honorable position we so much desire to see her ass'ume. Brute force may sow seed, reap crops, and perform the various mechanical operations, but mind must direct and plan it all. Naught but a cultured intellect can ever search out the profound mysteries of the vegetable world, ascertain its needs, and apply the requisites. If this be true, I as- sume that we of to-day are the moulders of to-morrow; and if we would have that mor- rows’ sun rise in pfosperity, and set in glory, we must make use of the means req- uisile to secure so desirable an end. My brother Patrons, there is another and very important feature to be considered in the future of agriculture, and that may be summed up in one word—po]iLics. Now, it is not my intention to consume time with a lengthy political argument, but I wish to say that, with the intelligent use of the ballot, farmers might greatly mitigate many of the evils of which they complain. Hold- ing, as they do, that powerful weapon in their grasp, they should make monopoly 2. humble suitor at their feet, and official knavery a scorned thing of the-past. 'l‘lie time has come when principle instead of party must be our mainspring of action, if we would ever be free from the powers that cmhrall us. You would consider it the act of a madman to place a knife in the hand of a deadly enemy, but how much better do you, who vote year after year with those parties who are entirely subservient to the interest of your oppressors? Ah, my friends, party tips are strong and dangerous, and we should refuse our support to any man or set of men whose public acts show them to be antagonistic to the general good. If we truly love our country and feel in our heart of hearts a deep interest in her welfare, we should frown down the false sycophan is who come bidding for our suffrages. Let us teach them by our stern political rectitude that principles and not men are the school- masters of our actions, and if they would enjoy ofiices of public trust they must for- get the latter and heed the former. It is a sad sight indeed, to see, in such a government as ours, cut-throats and plund- erers occupying places in public confidence, committing deeds of dishonor which should cause every honest man to blush for shame. And yet, year after year, we allow ourselves with childlike credulity to be led to the polls, there to deposit our humble consent to more knavery, and to deeper and more disgraceful breaches of public faith. You, my brethren, will probably admit all this to be true, but at the same time you will say, \Ve cannot help it: there is nothing to be done. What! Shall the creator say to the thing created, Thou art my master? Away with such a miserable subterfuge! we can help it; we can make those pigmy gods, sitting on the throne of state, quake with fear at our righteous indignation. Then “why longer bug to our breast the delusive phantom of hope” that our party will cor- rect the evils under which we suffer, when, we know that that party is controlled by political charletam-.' Let us, my brethren, do our own thinking, and then act with a hardy sense of justice which will give credit to ourselves and safety to our country. A. D. STEVENS. Plymouth, Mich. Agricultural College News. From the Lansing Republican. The State Board of Agriculture held a meeting at the College recently, Franklin Wells, G. VV. Phillips. '1‘. D. Dewey, H. G. Reynolds and Pres. T. C. Abbot were in attendance. The principal business related to repairs and small improvements needed on the various college buildings. It was de- cided to put a new roof on the College hall. Prof. Johnson was authorized to purchase for the farm ten additional miich cows. Acommittee was appointed to consider the feasibility of starting at some future time machine shops, and opening a course in practical mechanics in connection with the course in agriculture. A committee was appointed to consider the question of instruction in military art, and if possible to secure an instructor from the war department. The degree of M. S. was conferred on John P. Finley, class of ’73, now a sergeant in the U. S. Signal corps at Washington, for proficiency in science of meteorology. This degree was never bestowed on a more wor- thy person than Mr. Finley. He entered the signal service as a private in 1877. While in the training school at Fort Whipple. his qualifications were such as to attract .the notice of the principal officers of his corps. After finishing at the training school he was sent at once to Philadelphia, and short- ly afterward to the general office at Wash- ington, where he has been ever since. In 1880 he was sent. west to investigate the cause of certain tornadoes. The report of this investigation the war department has seen fit to issue in a separate volume, ele- gantly printed and illustrated. For the past year Mr. Finley has had charge of the editorial work of the weekly bulletin issu- ed by the service. It has been the custom for some time past to select the speakers for commencement; b lot, from the whole senior class. The fo - lowing have been drawn to speak at the next commencement: 0. W. Crossman, K Benton Harbor; E. A, Murphy, Lyons; T. F. l\li|lspaugh,1\'cw York; E. N. Ball, Hamburiz; C. B. Plumnier, South Haven; J. F. Evert. Moore Park; J. M. Hollings- tworth, Ridge Farm, Ill; J. H. Irish, Pon- lac. Considerable under-draining will be done the coming year. The farm department will tile 9. portion of what was formerly the tam- arack swamp of No. 1;’. The horticultural department has in process ofconstruction an eight-inch drain to remove the surface water from the lawn north of Wells’ ball. This latter drain is needed, as very much of tlib water that gathers in that hollow passes down the steam pipes, and interferes with the healing of \Vells’ hall and the chemical laboratory. After that drain is completed, the nnsigrhtiy brick work around the man- lli)l("lilllll1l portion of the lawn will be re- moved. Drains are also being coustI‘u('te(l L0 carr;; the water from the cellar of the new barn. l"r.',-f. Kedzic has purchased some fine in- strulncnts for lllU:ii':i.llOll in chemical phys- ics, among which we notice a fine sine-roid barometer and a portable anemometer. Talks on Poultry, No. 6. in-:i'A1uiNo AND (‘Al{l'EN’1‘liRl.\'(i. If you intend building a new hen house, send to the I’ou/try World, Hartford, Uonn., for some back numbers containing illustrated plans and specifications for buildings, runs, etc. You will receive: many hints well worlh the ten cents per number. For the spring repairing, some suggestions may be in order. A poultry house should be protected from the north or west. storms by trees or buildings; the roof should slope only one way—towal'd the south, and have in the roof a double window which may be covered by a board shutter when necessary; it should be tight for winter and for fumi- gating, making proper allowances for ventil- ation iu summer; it should be divided into at least two rooms with ahallway, and be particular that each room is well lighted; some prefer a ground floor, otherwise keep the floor sanded ; keep the inside thoroughly whitewashed, and have a padlock for the door if anyone in the neighborhood borrows chickens. Roasts should be built at one end of a room independent of the sides of the build- ing, and should slant considerably, well littered underneath. The ends of the roosts should be square; prepare the planks on which they rest so that the ends of the roosts will fit into them, then nail a strip over the planks covering the ends of the ronsts. By these schemes lice will not get into the cracks of the Wall, and roosts are readily removed. If you have Asiatic or heavy fowls build roosts about three feet high around the sides of the room like the frame for a picket fence. About a dozen nests may be built side by side about a couple of feet from the floor with 9. plain board front, and nothing upon which the hens may roost. Entrances to the nests should be large enough, and the edge upon which the hen alights toenter the nest may be whittled to a blunt edge, so she will not be particular about lingering there to be-foul the nest. The board covering the back of the nest slopes considerably and is fastened with leather straps or hinges to form a lid or cover, and opens all the nests to view for egg-gathering. Many use cheese boxes or half barrels for nests putting them around in odd places all over the premises. This suits the hen, and we never found it any great inconvenience. Try the following fence for parks, runs or garden: Nail a wide board to firmly- driven stakes, and from the inside of the enclosure nail ceiling laths their own width apart with three shingle nails in each lath, first having sharpened the top of each lath. \Ve have had two in use two years. A fowl will never fly over anything without first alighting upon something. For a coop of the ordinary triangle style make the sides which are usually slatted with boards, and one of the slanting sides with laths. Sink the lath side in sufiicient- ly to allow a board covering similar to the other slanting side. In pleasant weather the lath side of the coop may be turned toward the sun, and the board covering the lath side, being fastened on with leather hinges may be thrown over the other slanting board. If you want something rain and rat proof, close the coop and place upon a platform. Grand View Farnn} OLD POULTRY. Kalamazoo. A best sugar manufactory is to be started at York, Pa. Agricultw-al_ Dep’t continued on page 5. -2 3,215 2 __._._m_ dnmmuniratiuxc. ._______?__ THE HARVEST FEAST. JOHN E. WAGGONEB. Gathered around the festal board Matron and maid, and patrons, all Offering thanks to our gracious Lord For his goodly gifts be they great or small. Happy though toilworn; careworn yet free, In union and harmony, here we meet Lords of creation o’er land and sea, Yet giving a welcome to all we greet. Gathered as brothers and sisters should, Joined in a band of union strong, Toiling in honor, as all men could VVere they toiling for right, instead of wrong Gathering strength, with each day of toil, Gathering sunshine on our way, Delving deep in the mellow soil Sowing and gathering day by day. Gathering in for the poor and rich, Gathering in for the bond and free, Yes, gathering the same for those than which Hath never gathered for you nor me. As the Master giveth us day by day, Sunshine to warm the mellow ground,- So let us ever in that same good way, Doing our duty always be found. The winter has past, and the spring has come, The genial showers are warming the earth. So we've been gathering one by one, To cheer the heart with joy and mirth, And Flora. will soon, at the Master’s call, Come forth in her beauty pure and true, And say to us kindly, one and all, Be to others, dear Patrons, as I am to you. As the blooming tree at Pomona’s birth So let us ever and ever be found Grand and noble as mother earth We the tillers of the ground. _ As the tree beareth fruit that is pure and good, So should we all in worth excel, ‘ Doing as brothers and sisters should Whatever we do, doing it well. The summer cometh, and Ce’res comes forth In her beautiful crown of gold. The praise due her for her goodness and worth, In language can scarcely be told. But we’ll thank the great Master as Patrons true, For the love he beareth us all. We'll kneel at the shrine, and our pledges renew, And we’ll rise at the Master's call. Then cometh the autumn, the harvest is past, Then cometh the feast, for the harvest is o’er, And the gleaners can rest from their toil at last, Giving joy to their hearts, and strength evermore. The bonds that doth join us, no more may we sever, But grow stronger each day as in union we meet. Let us cling to our union ne'er break it, no never, Till in union we meet our great Master to greet. J onesville, April, 1882. Patent Laws. Bro. Cobb.-—I see in GRANGE VISITOR of March 15th, an article from Mr. Hiller, on “Patent Laws”, also in March let an article on the same subject from Bro. J. J. Wood- man, with copies of resolutions and bill of- fered by Senator Ferry and Congressman Burrows, with explanations, suggestions, etc. Now do any of these or the amend- ments suggested come up to the stand point that we want. Do they come up to the reso- lutions passed by the National Grange in 1880, and the petitions signed by thousands of citizens, Patrons and others. As I un- derstood the petition circulated was to so amend the “Patent Laws” that the manu- facturer and vendor alone were responsible to the patentee for infringements, thus re—- lieve the user free from prosecution for roy- alty. Now, Mr. H. gives the patentee two years to sell his wares and collect royalty and calls that fair to all parties and reasona- ble protection to the purchaser. But it does not look to me like protection from the infernal scamp “walking up and down, and to and fro in the earth.” This term is not applied in general to the inventor but to the second party, the swindler, that cares not for the benefit he may do, but for the dis- honest pelf he can secure. By Bro. Woodman’s suggestions we would be forced to prove that we did not get the article for less than t-he value, which an oily mouthed lawyer might impress a jury to the contrary, providing you paid three times the cost of the article. ~ Is there any one who paid $65 and up- wards for a sewing machine that will say it was nota good investment when the cost was from $7.50 to $15.00 or $22.50, but the price paid for the privilege to use it was enormous, and why should not other patents be governed by the same law. Let us ask for what we want, as it should cost no more to have the law read what it means than one that implies what it means with a chance for a lawsuit to get an understand- ing of terms. Fraternally Yours, J. W. DICKERMAN. Solon, Leelenaw Co., Mich., Mar. 29th. TOTAL population at’ the United States, 50,155,783; total population 10 years of age and over who cannot read, 4.923.451; per- cen tage of total population who cannot read, _ - to o ulation 10 years of age and (!iv8e2i°’wht(?lc:i)nrI1’ot write, 239,958: percentage of total opulation who cannot write, 12.44; total white population of the United States, 43 402,970; total white population 10 years of age and over who cannot write, 3,019,080; percentage of total white population who cannot write, 6.96. Total colored population of the United States, 6,752,813; total colored population 10 years of age and over who cannot write 3,220,878; percentage of total c0101-ed popu ation who cannot write, 47.70. TEE GRANGE VISITOR. MAY 1, 1882. Our Education. The following is in reply to an article published in the Vrsrroa of January 15, from Prof. Isaac L. Case, of Tennessee, upon the subject of education. VVe are farmers and have obtained our education in the con-mcn schools, and have just enough to feel the want of more, but have added a good .deal to our store of knowledge by reading the periodicals of to-day, and particularly those pertaining to our calling. And our advice to any young man, whether his occupation is to be farmer, mechanic, or day laborer, is to get a good, sound, practical education: this combined with honesty and morality is the most es- sential qualification of success, and with thesea young man may aspire to the highest position occupied by an American citizen. The school tax in Michigan amounts to one- quarter to one-half the whole tax, and yet there is not one in a hundred would be willing to do with less school privileges and pay less tax. The educated young man makes better hired help, is more competent, more trusty, more desirous to save his money, therefore puts in better time ; while the ignorant man is heedless. careless of your interests, prodigal of his time, aspires to nothing higher than a beer-guzzling saloon crowd, where he spends all his money whilst young, and after he is mar- ried he has nothing to commence with, and is ever trying some plan to get into debt to you, and if he succeeds will leave you in the midst of your work. Therefore, such questions to a citizen of Michigan seems unnecessary we have so thoroughly answered it by our educational institutions, and a. university standing first among the institutions of learning in the U S. The first to start an agricultural college, which is fast gaining popularity among our people; this, coupled with our system of free education, makes Michigan one of the most prosperous and happy States in the Union; with charitable and reformatory institutions unsurpassed; shows that our educational system has exercised it;-x benign influence on the heart as well as the head. Nothing shows the intelligence of our people more than to say that our State is practically out of debt, and carrying about a million and a half in her treasury con- stantly. And yet we feel that education is not as universal or as high a. standard as it should be. Much of the future prosperity and welfare of the State and Nation depends upon the education of her people. “ Education is the gathering in of such information as may improve us intellectual- ly, and lead us to a better and more correct understanding of all questions pertaining to our interests? to agriculture and its science, the customs of trade, the laws of supply and demand, the questions of political economy, and the affairs of government. With these questions properly understood, we become better farmers, more useful citizens, exert- ing greater influence socially, politically, and morally.” We shall never attain to the highest type of freemen until every citizen shall have education sufiicient to intelligently weigh every question of political economy that arises, and virtue and independence enough to vote their convictions. And should we ever be so blessed, the occupation of political knaves will be gone, corruption will be hurled down from high places, and legalized robbery by class legis- lation for the benefit of rich corporations will cease, and then we shall step forth free and equal, as our constitution declares us to be. ' WM. HULL, Chr. Com. Representation in the State Grange. As Brother David Woodman has made two replies to my article‘ on the above sub- ject, and as no one offers to help me, I shall have to fight the battle alone, but I shall be short and do not care to write again on this topic. The main drift of my brother’s re- plies against the present basis of representa- tion in the State Grange is‘ that the State Grange is composed of a favored class, that it is anti-republican and aristocratic and contrary to the principles of equity as set forth in the Declaration of Purposes. I difl“er widely with my brother as to the spirit of our Grange laws. I know of no institution in which all the members enjoy a broader equality and unrestricted liberal- ity than in our noble Order. Even alady may attain the highest honors, and fill any position in the State and National Grange. The By-Laws say that “the membership of the Michigan State Grange shall consist of all the Masters and Past Masters of Subor- dinate Granges of the State, and their wives who are Matrons.” Now, this membership is made up by fair and honest election in the Subordinate Granges once a year in which every member has the right to vote, and every brother and sister is eligible to a seat in the State Grange, even boys and girls only fourteen years of age. Can anything be fairer? Was there ever an institution more liberal with its members? And will my brother tell me where the aristocracy comes in ? But the brother seems to think that in selecting delegates to represent us in the State Grange we should not confine our choice to; the members of that body, but take 4th degree members wherever we can find them. Suppose the legal voters in Van Buren county should meet in convention to nominate a representation in the State legis- lature,‘ and some person should get up and make a motion that the convention select a representative from Kalamazoo county, as by so doing a more competent person could be found to represent them, how quick my brother would jump to his feet and de- nounce the measure as anti-republican. In selecting members to represent us in the State Grange we do not make them mem- bers of that body by so doing, for they have been elected members before, but we simply designate which of the members shall speak for our rights and do our voting. But the brother says: “ Why are the great mass of Patrons deprived of this inal- ienable right which is granted to the most humble citizen of this republic?” VVhat right, my brother ‘.’——the right to vote in the State Grange‘? No member of our Order, not ever a minor, is deprived of that right-. There jsa little kink in this question that the brother seems not to notice. In sending men to the legislature we vote for them but once, and often make a mistake and would gladly recall our vote when we learn the true inwardness of the man we voted for. In selecting delegrates to the State Grange we have two chances for selection. In the first place we select the best members we have in the Subordinate Grange to be mem- bers of the State Grange; and then we make another selection from among those chosen ones for delegates to represent our interests. Did you ever hear of anything so fair and so commendable‘? My brother, this is more than republican; it shows the onward progressive march of our noble Order. Brother Woodman speaks of some men that want large salaries and little work, but he could not possibly mean the members of the State Grange whose salaries they have fixed themselves at $1.50 per day even if they have to pay $2.00 a day for first-class board. He likens the State Grange in some res- pects to legislative bodies “who cling to their oflice with a death like grip, and are not likely to enact any laws to lessen their chance for re-election.” In support of this statement he refers to the Grange session of 1880, at which numerous petitions were received on this question, and the com- mittee to whom they were referred reported favorably on them. yet these petitions, “signed by hundreds of good Patrons, were laid on the table.” I remember the circum- stance very well, and no member on that floor had more influence in settling that vexed question than David’s own brother, the Worthy Master of the National Grange. He stated the case so fairly and showed so clearly that any person was better fitted for delegate after having one year’s experience in the Master’s ofiice, and having learned the parliamentary rules and usages of the Order, that when the vote was taken it was almost unanimous, and I supposed the question was forever settled, and came home and told the people so. The brother says that the ofiice should seek the man and no the man the oflice, but can he believe that the ofiice would be more likely to find a competent man among those who never had any experience than it would among those who had fitted them- seves for the position by study and practice? I (night write a great deal ‘more, but I have written enough to show Where I stand, and at the next meeting of the State Grange Brother Woodman may look for me, whether I am a delegate or not, so that he cannot say that I have written this article because I “was anxious for office.” COURTLAND HILL. Home Surroundings of the Farmer. An essay written by Sydney Rector, a deaf mute and a member of Benton Harbor Grange. It was writ- ten for and read at a Farmers’ Institute held at Coloma Feb., 24, 1882, and its publication was re- quested by the Institute. There is no position or profession in life more honored, dignified. and independent than that of the farmer's. He is as free as the mountain air and lord of all he surveys. The farmer feeds and clothes not only him- self and family but the inhabitants of the earth. Without him they would soon be slumbering in their graves. “ Man builds his castles far and high Wherever river runneth by ; Great cities rise in every land, Great churches show the builder's hand Great arches, monuments and towers, Fair palaces and pleasing bowers. Great work is done, be it here or there, And well man worketh everywhere: But work or rest; whate’er befall, The farmer he must feed them all." As long as the farmer supports and’ pro- tects the governments and its laws he is not harrassed by fear of his rights being usurped or his property being taken away so long as he does not raise that obnoxious of all crops or weeds, mortgages, or nurse and pet its accompaniments, debts, spendthrlft-ness, etc. By comparing our present condition with those of any past decades it is plain to see that we enjoy better privileges, material, and political advantages than our ancestors ever did, even now in this blessed country than many are in monarchial ones. Does not the pen, prpss, and the telegraph tell us of many foreigners suffering from being trampled upon by the iron heel of oppres- sion in all its severity and that they flee to this land of the free to escape it. Instead of emigration being on the decrease it is on the increase year in and year out. Still, are our rights and privileges respect- ed as much as we wish them to be. Look rround and see. Politicians ignore us or use us as tools in their hands for their own self-aggrandizeme -: monopolies fatten up- on us and middlemen live at our expense. To whom does the blame belong? To our shame and humiliation, to a large extent, the farmers. Shall we sit down, mourn and regret it ? .Nay, thanks to our constitution- al rights We have the satisfaction of know- ing that we can remedy it if only we will. VVe constitute a larger majority ofthe voters than all other classes of citizens combined and can get men to represent us in thelegis- lative hells, both state and national, to make and enact laws in our favor. That can be done if only we will no longer listen to the lies, harangues, and exaggerations of our political enemies who pretend to be our friends, but are only wolves in sheep's cloth- ing. Always let our motto be, " United we stand, divided we fall,” and “Eternal vigil- ence” our watchword. Thanks to the Granges, the Farmers’ Alli- ances and other societies we are glad that our voices are already being heard in legisla- tive halls; that our wrongs are being reme- 'died slowly but surely ; that we are being feared by politicians, hated by monopolies, and detested by iniddlemen. Already have We heard some monopoly fall down with a crack, crash, groan and curse. Are we on the right track? Shall we keep up the fightunceasingly to the bitter end till our government is as it was originally intended to be, for the people and by the people. Is farming any harder than any other profession ? Is it drudgery ? It is true that at certain seasons We have to work pretty hard, but should it act as a damper upon our love for farming? It requires brains, an active and thoughtful mind, and a knowl- edge of the soil more than hard work to make a farm of a high productive standard. A poor and ignorant hand can ruin a farm in a short time. “ It is not work that kills men, it is worry; work is healthy; you can- not put more on a man than he can bear. It is not the revolution that destroys the macine but the friction. Fear creates acids ; but love and trust are sweetjuices.” But why do not the boys and girls stay on the farm ‘Z Simply because we do not give home its due care and attentionas it deserves from our hands, neither now do we, we are sorry to say, allow the children to enjoy the rights and privileges that naturally belong to them. Is it any wonder they should try to throw off the shackles of slavery to seek freer occupations. Please do not insinuate from the above or what is to be said hereafter that it means all of us, but alas it is too true with many. The home should be built substantially with as much architectural display as one’s means will allow, having in view comfort and convenience. Do not pay as much at- tention and care to the building as to neg- lect the surroundings, for a home with a bare and unattractive lawn and with every- thing in a dilapidated condition would look like one isolated from the society of the beautiful. Trees, plants, flowers, shrub- bery, vines, etc., add much to the embellish- ment of a place if artistically arranged and set in their proper places. Any one can plant them. Maples, fruit, and nut bearing trees make good ornaments and grateful shade if selected with care. Each and every one will pay for their keeping in yielding sugar, fruits, and nuts. Besides being orna- mental they act as wind breakers. protect- ing the house from the severest storms. In setting them out do not overlook the feelings and wishes of the other members of the family. If one has a favorite window do not under any circumstances set anything in the way to obstruct the view. Would not rustic works scattered here and there in their appropriate places increase its beauty, rustic chairs, benches, flower tables, stands, hanging baskets, and other innumerable small things which an active and energetic mind could invent and could easily be made by anyone possessing natural tastes and some mechanical skill, out of bark, branches, twigs and roots. Winter is the favorable time to procure them in the woods and swamps. them. Professional carpenters are seldom good hands at this kind of work. They square and plane the choicest rough and choicest crooked roots and branches until their beauty is gone. Should not the inside of a house be adorn- ed, made pleasant and home-like? If one’s means will allow have the walls ornamented with pictures, portraits, and any other orna- mental things that would add to its attrac- tiveness. The furniture, in fact the whole outfit of the house, should be kept in neat- ness in order to make home pleasant. Here woman reigns, the mother, wife, and sister, and it depends upon them to make home as it should be, yet should men be ashamed to help do some household work, especially the heavier part of it ? Above all, do not neglect to furnish the family with the books, newspapes, magazines, etc., of the best kind. They are indispensible. In books we have friends for every mood, comforters for every sorrow, and a glorious company of immor- tals. They help pass away our leisure mo- ments pleasantly and profitable, and are company in hours of solitude, mitigating our daily cares and vexations. Respect the rights and privileges of the children. Do not take away anything that rightfully belongs to them without their consent, unless it be for their own good. Allow them as much pleasure as is reason- able. Do not put any restraint upon their elastic limbs, for they like to run, romp, Any one might enjoy making. jump, play, and turn soniersaults. You, mothers, do not forget that you were once girls. Allow the girls as much liberty as the boys, running, climbing, horse-back riding. etc., for that will convert their pale cheeks into rosy and healthy looking ones. You, grown-up people, especially parents, do not forget your childhood and think it beneath your dignity to participate in all the chil- dren’s fun and play, even to go so far down as on all fours to play bear, for it. will do you good to hear «them laugh and shout and to see them happy. Do all you can to make childhood pleasant, yet do not neglect to teach them in the way they should go so that they will be a blessing instead of a curse. But what is a beautiful home if the cardinal virtues are not practiced there ‘I Drunkenness, cross words, scolding, fault- finding, blows, quarreling and the like are enough to blast the highest ideas ofa beauti- ful home. Is it any wonder that children of refined sense do not like to stay there, but are forced to because they have no other place to stay. it is better by far to live in the most humble log cabin than in the most magnificunt mansion or palace where contention and strife reign supreme. “Can wealth give happiness P Look around and see What gay distress, what splendid misery.” \Vho could but help liking a family that is refined, courteous, thoughtful and possess all the virtues necessary, yea indispensible, to make a happy home. Such a home “ Is the resort 01' love and joy, of peace and plenty, Supporting and supported, polished friends And dear relations mingle into bliss.” “Even the glare and glitter of a court, the splendor of 9. palace, and the pomp and glory of a throne, yield in this power of conferring happiness todomestic worth and virtues." Be thoughtful and kind to each other for “more hearts pine away in secret anguish from want of kindness from those who should be their comfort than any other ca- lamity in life.” Wherever one sows good services, sweet remembrances will grow from them, and “It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart and In body and in soul can bind." No one can be too careful of his or her words or deeds, for, “Alas, how easily things go wrong; A word too much, or a kiss too long, And there falleth a mist and a blinding rain, And life is never the same again.” If farmers will make their homes what they really should be, and they themselves sociable and pleasant there would be less of boys and girls leaving the farm and homes, or ifthe inevitable time should come when they are forced by unavoidable circum- stances to leave it to seek his or her fortune elsewhere in this wide, wide world it would be with tears and regrets. They would come again the very first opportunity they get, even if it be but for a moment, for what is a true, loving, contiding, and sympathetic mother and a kind, lenient and unselfish father compared to all the world. In conclusion, my friends, let us strive to make our homes and the life there as happy as is possible, so that when, one by one they are gone or called away to a. better or fairer world there will be nothing left to sting our memory for an unkind word unspoken or an unkind deed undone. Do not put off till some other time, for procrastination is dan- gererous. There is a Quaker motto worthy to be imitated in our lives by us all, “I ex- pect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow human being, let me do it now, let me not defer nor neglect it. for I shall not pass this way again.” Watervliet, April 5, 1882. English Sympathy. A fortnight ago there was advertised in large print in the White Chapel (or “ Five Points”) quarter of London, a stereoptican lecture on “America.” A penny gave ad- mission to a rough building with rougher seats, whereathousand or more from the humble classes had gathered. The lecturer in the darkened room took his audience with him on a trip from‘New York up the Hud- son thence across to Niagara Falls, and then to Washington, illustrating each pointof in- terest with views on the canvass. Sudden- ly, while describing the capitol at Washing- ton, he flashed upon the screen a icture of the statue of Abraham Lincoln. here was a momentary hush, then the first applause of the evening came forth like a burst of thunder. A more impressive scene followed when, without a word of announcement, the face of Garfield appeared on the screen. The crowd knew it instantly. They rose to their feet and gave it roar after roar of wel- come, outburst succeeding outburst, so that after several minutes the lecturer could scarcely proceed. The scene was one to be recalled fora lifetime—the dusky room, the swaying audience, the swelling plaudits, and this gathering from the very sink of London paying its tribute to our two mar- tyrs. "How sharply,” writes a witness of the scene to the New York Evening Post, "it carried memory back to the dark days of the civil strife, when these humble men were with us, and England's proudest against us! How it emphasized that more recent sympathy which went out to us from both England’s highest and lowest when our second martyr fell, sufferin so long, and died! This was no formal emonstration, no prearranged saluting'of flags at York- town or Westminster, but a sincere and spontaneous burst of feeling from men who had no motive save to speak their hearts." The toad, though ugly and often despised, is the gardener’s friend. In France they are bought by the dozen, large prices being paid for them, to be placed in the garden. .‘- .g _V .»:: -:1-4'-° *"’“"""‘ " MAY 1, 1882. ®Ht1.*t$]I1iIIIl2Iilte- The Grange in Missouri. Bro. Cobb.-—Since I last wrote to the VISITOR, nearly two ye rs ago, I have had some observation and experience in this partof the country with regard to its re- sources. But first, I would say that the Patrons are becoming more interested in the cause and aroused to the importance and necessity of more thorough co—operation. A number of our Granges had become dormant and others were only able to live. The county Grange had ceased to exist only but in name. But at the time of the annual election of officers in the Subordinate Granges a proposition was made that the County Grange be revived. Accordingly a notice was published for a meeting of the representatives of the several Granges in the county to meet and endeavor to reorgan- ize it which was held on the 13th of January. A sufiicient number convened at that time and proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, after which the Grange adjourned to meet again on the 30th of Janu- ary for the installation of its officers, but in consequence of a snow storm, the only one we have had during the winter, and the bad state of the roads, but a portion of the officers met, but enough to have'a Grange meeting, and since that time it has been held monthly. At the last meeting there was a good attendance, and a marked degree of interest in the cause. The reports from working Granges showed that they were now in good working order, and that har- mony existed throughout their ranks. The dormant Granges were looked after by the appointment of a committee of one with the aid of such members as he might call to his assistance, to labor with such Granges, and endeavor to revive them. Those outside the gates are realizing the necessity of organization to resist and en- deavor to counteract the burdens that are being imposed upon them by some of the other pursuits of life. What the farmer has to sell has to pay to the dealers and railroads from 50 to 100 per cent before it reaches the consumer ; and, on the other hand, what he has to buy goes through a process of per- centage which leaves him only a small com- pensation for his labor. However, Ithink the farmers are thinking more about their interests than heretofore. To illustrate: we raised but very little corn last year, but a fair crop of wheat. Corn is now shipped here from southern Kansas, and this is almost a direct route to St. Louis, but still it is being sold for from 12 to 15 cents a bushel higher than the market price in St. Louis; while on the other hand, wheat has been selling here from 20 to 25 cents per bushel less than in St. Louis; consequently, when the farmers have exchanged their wheat for corn there has been a large profit retained by the‘ deal- er upon both. These are not exceptional cases, as other articles pay a still greater tribute. Last season was a peculiar one, being in- tensely hot and dry through July and August, and to add to our calamity, the chintz bugs came to take what the heat and dry weather had failed in doing; conse- quently corn and vegetables were a very short crop, unless it was where they were put in very early in the spring and well tended. Rains come about the first of September and gave us a very fine month for sow- ing wheat, and those that availed themselves of that opportunity now have a very fine prospect for a good crop; but as September is rather early here for seeding and many prefer October and waited for that time it became so wet that they did not sow until the last of the month or the first of Novem- ber. Much of the late sowing has been injured by the changes of weather during the winter. Wheat, taken as a whole, looks well, and that sown early has furnished a large amount of pasturage for light stock through the winter, and has helped very much in getting through the winter, and bringing stock through in better condition than usual. It has been very wet since last September until within a short time, but notwithstanding the heavy and frequent rains there has been a great deal of farm work done. Oats are sown and mostly up; this week a majority of the corn will be planted, quite a good deal was planted last week, and some will be planted as late as the first of May. There will not be many potatoes planted, in consequence of seed being so scare and high, being $2.00 and over per bushel. The winter was very mild, some rough weather through March but not very cold, hence fruit is making an early start. Peaches were in bloom a week ago, and apples are now in full bloom; also small fruits, all of which now give the appearance of abundant crops. As fav as the health of the people the last year_ is concerned I think I never knew a year when there was so little sickness or so few deaths as in the community in which I live. This county is not only healthy with a delightful climate, but has all the re- sources that any one could desire who is willing to work to develop them. An abundance of timber and stone on the sur- TEE GRANGE VISETQBQ face, with fine living springs of clear, soft water, and as fine streams both large and small as can be found in any country, and plenty of mineral wealth under the surface waiting to be brought forth by the miner’s pick.. Lands plenty and cheap both im- proved and unimproved, with good schools and church privilegesas could be expected in any new country. By being a little negligent in sending for the GRANGE Vrsrron I missed the January and February 1st numbers, and somehow I cannot seem to make up the loss of them. I feel that our Grange papers are doinga great work. The Journal of Agriculture of St. Louis is having a very extensive circula- tion in our midst. There has been a num- ber of clubs raised in our county, and it is doing a good work for the Grange as well as for the farmers. The GRANGE Vrsrroa comes to me with a more familiar face than any of the farm papers, and while it would suit me to have it a weekly VISITOR, I am satisfied to receive its semi-monthly calls. I hope it may prosper until it can become a weekly VISITOR to all of its patrons. If any of your readers wish to learn any- thing more definite with regard to this part of the country than they can learn from a newspaper article I will answer any inquiry that may be made. Fraternally, April 10, 18_82. H. D. VVEGE, Master Lacledc Co. Grange, 310. Union Grange Meeting. According to previous arrangements the hall of Springville Grange was thrown open for the reception of Rome and Wood- stock Granges in Union meeting. The day was very fine, affording fine opportunity for farmers to carry forward the work just com- menced, consequently the attendance was small. only two putting in an appearance from Woodstock Grange, and none from Rome; notwithstanding, a good time was enjoyed by all present, and the following program was carried out to the edification of all present: Call to order by the Master, Samuel Morey; song of ‘welcome, followed by prayer. The Master delivered an excel- lent address of welcome, which was followed by singing; then a recitation by Sister E. A. Taylor was attentively listened to, which was followed by a selection from Mrs. Sam- uel Morey. The singing of a quartet led by E. A. Taylor was listened to with much interest. This was followed by a selection read by Mrs. J. B. Maxwell, carrying the thoughts of the listener to home interests. This was followed by another quartet con- ducted by M. Reed, after which dinner was announced and all repaired to the well load- ed table the contents of which had all been prepared by the wives and daughters of the “horny handed sons of toll.” After the appetites of all present had been satisfied the Master’s gavel again called to order and after appropriate singing a gener- al interchange of thoughts was engaged in, some of which I will in brief here enumer- ate. N. Kinney said. “What is it that keeps up an interest in the Grange‘? out to its meetings, or is it staying at home. Religious meetings are sustained by their coming together often. If a church wished to create an extra or more general interest they would have extra meetings. As a Grange we have got to come together and unite our efforts in order to create a general interest in this work.” Mr. Reed said, “We read of some church- es of which some members have telephonic connection therewith whereby they are en- abled to recline on a couch at home and listen to the discourse.” He didn’t know but some members of the Grange would have to do the same that they might know of the doings of the Grange. He thought the Grange was an instructor and benefit to all belonging and that we could be benfited by meeting together. E. A. Taylor said, “When I think of the monopolies that abound, and then that this is the only organization whereby farmers can combat them, and in cases had been able to do so I think we have been benefit- ted and could be more if we could only get our neighbors to come out with us.” A representative of Woodstock Grange said he liked to be a Granger and had al- ways helped to sustain the Grange. It had been a benefit to him not only in dollars and cents but in many other ways. He said he was thankful for this reception. Bro.VVooden : This is the only organization where farmers can come together and ex- change views. That it was his duty to at tend the Grange and would if his age would permit. He said, “Don’t stay away from the Grange because you think there will be no one there. The farmer should awake to his own interest.” ’ Mrs. Marlatt said it had been some time since she had attended the Grange but could see an intellectual advancement. Mr. Aldrich then gave his experience as to rotation of crops. He said, in the first place I take sod ground; draw all the manure I can plow under. Do not plow too deep and plant to corn. Next spring plow a little deeper and sow to oats; in the fall plow a little deeper still and sow to wheat. The result is I get three pretty good crops. Had learnedagreat deal about farming in the last twenty years and expected to learn a great deal more in the next 100 years, and thus closed a very pleasant and profitable day for Springfield Grange. - J. E. Gmns, Salfy. Is it coming’ From a Member of Weston Grange. Brother and Sister Patrons .--As it was impossible for me to meet with you, to- night, and take part in the exercises, I promised our Worthy Secretary that I would write an essay. but I find that mov- ing and writing essays don’t work well together, so I will call this a letter, and tell you all that I hope to feel at home here, and that the hardest part of moving was to leave our beautiful Grange home, and the brothers and sisters that have always treated me in such a way that I have no feelings but those of regret at parting with them. The memory of the kindness and courtesy extended to me while a co-worker ‘with you will always bea source of unalloy- ed pleasure. Here in my new home I will live over the pleasant memories of the meetings we so much enjoyed together. And now, my sisters, allow me a word of encouragement from the past. When I was at Lansing attending the session of the State Grange I made some new acquaint- ances with members of -distant Granges, and one of the first questions exchanged was, "To what Grange do you belong?” and it was with a degree of pride that I answered, “VVeston Grange,” and heard in reply; “VVe have heard of your Grange; you have the banner Grange, and have heard that the sisters in your Grange were great workers, that you never fail in your undertakings, that success crowned your labors for the library ; we have heard of the manner in which you raised the means to procure it, and of the faithful work of your Worthy ‘Master, Brother G. B. Horton," and many more compliments that I have not time to tell, and I sincerely hope I shall never hear any other report of my Grange home. If_[ cannot work with you I shall feel an interest in you, so that favorable re- ports from VVeston Grange will always aflord me great pleasure. To the sister whom the Master shall appoint to fill my place let me say, be ever faithful, my sister, and when you give the beautiful words of instruction to the laborer, Guard well the golden grain, may he feel that. he has taken a step in advancement that he never will regret. And now, my brothers and sisters, I shall be glad to give you all a cordial welcome to my new home whenever in the near or more distant future it is possible and agreeable for you to come. ' Mas. H. M. TALFORD. Medina, March 18, 1882. From Decalur Grange. Bro. Cobb, SIR:—At a regular meeting of our Grange the resolution adopted by the State Grange at its last session, holding our members in Congress responsible for their actions in amending the patent right laws, was unanimously concurred in, and a re- quest for its publication in the GRANGE VISITOR was adopted. VVe hope all of the Subordinate Granges and County Granges in this and other States will do likewise, and then stand firmy by their action in the matter. If our congressmen think that the farm- ers of Michigan are dozing, they will be brought to understand that they are hugely mistaken, and that if we can’t all go to Congress, we can and will vote. Brother farmers everywhere. let us wake up, and ‘let us ever keep a watchful eye on our public servants, for such they are. The farmers of these United States possess as much brains, and many of them vastly more common sense than many of our legislators and officials who are raised to high positions by the wire-pulling politicians and monop- olies that in a great measure control the machinery of our Government. If these few thoughts are worthy a place in our much-valued paper, you may give them a place. E. Howe, Sec. Decatur Grange, No. 344. Tallmadge Grange. - Bro. Cobb.-—-Tallmadge Grange, No. 639, held their second anniversary April 8. I do not think the readers of the VISITOR have ever made our acquaintance so to show them how well we are prospering I will give as brief as possible our report of the past two years. Tallmadge Grange was organized April 9, 1881, with 62 charter members. Since then 58 havejoined our ranks. Our losses have been but six, three by death and three by dimit, leaving us a total membership of 84, 41 sisters and 43 brothers in good standing. Our afternoon session was public, and as we were disappointed in obtaining a speaker we were very pleasantly entertained by our brothers and sisters with essays and select reading, elivened by music by the choir, making the meeting profitable and enter- taining. All hoped there might be more as enjoyable. C. K. GILL, Sec,y. Berlin, Mich. 9 ANOTHER monopoly has arisen under the fostering care of our patent laws. This time a monopoly is an adulterant. The “ Nation- al Confectionery Company” claims patents on the use of glucose in candies, and demands payment of royalties on all the glucose u-ed by the confectioners in the past, amounting to $10,000.000 or more, and a royalty of 2} cent a pound for the future. This will be rough on the candy men and dishonest sugar “re- finers,” but the public will perhaps be bene- fited, as the confectioners say they will not use the glucose under such conditions. Glass Creek Grange, No. 425. Brother Cobb .-—Our Grange is having regular meetings every week with a full at- tendance, and a good interest is being kept up by various literary exercises. Have con- ferred the 4th degree on 14 candidates dur- ing the last quarter. Have new 41 mem- bers in all, would have had 47 had we not dimitted six who have joined Union Grange, a newly organized Grange located at Podunk Corners,_about three miles east of us. They were good working members and our Grange felt their loss. but they are doing noble work in the new Grange, therefore we cannot complain. Since last January Glass Creek Grange has erected a new hall 20x40, two stories in height, and have held their meet- ings there although it is not quite completed. No Grange can tell what they can do till they have once tried. W. H. Orrs, Sec’y. April 15, 1882. Honesty in Office. Last week Friday, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Mr. Allen, a mem- ber from Linn, stated that to his personal knowledge the lobby of the Boston & Maine railroad had that ‘morning offered to a mem- of the House a yearly pass if he would change his vote on a certain bill then pend- ing. An investigation was immediately or- dered. On the same day the grand jury of Frank- lin county, Ohio, returned indictments against two members of the Ohio House of Repr_esentatives for accepting bribes from lobbyists interested in certain canal scliemcs. On the following day a man was arrested in New Jersey for attemptingto bribeal\'ew Jersey Assemblyman in the interest of a company which desired to pass the infam- ous “Senate bill, 167,” which proposed to make such extensive grants to certain rail- roads- It seems a little singular that three differ- ent States should thus be almost simulta- neously announced as aiihcted by attempts to bribe legislators; but the singularity con- sists only in the simultaneous announce- ment. The fact of attemped bribery, and of successful bribery, too, in the interest of rail- roads and other great monopolies, long ago became so common that the people have become accustomed to it, and until lately have manifested a great disposition to over- look such delinquencies on the part of their representatives if the honorable gentlemen were only sound partisans, but a change is coming ; and here and there many men are beginning to think that they should worship party less and look to their own and the country’s interests more. One great factor in producing this mush- needed change is the organization known as Patrons of I-Iusbandry, an organization which is professedly non-political and really non-partisan, but being composed of think- ing men and women, engaged in consider- ing live topics of national importance, can- not possibly avoid being really political in the true and proper sense, without relaxing into nothingness. Merely as one instance we mention the following:—— Some months ago a. bill looking to a cer- tain control of railroads in Ohio was framed, and presented in the State Senate by Senator J. H. Brigham, a member of the State Grange. The bill was endorsed by the Grange organization, which caused numer- ous petitions in its favor to be circulated, signed, and submitted to the Senate. The Grange Bulletin gives the result: “After a protracted fight, in which the railroad lobby brought their best powers to bear,” the bill was defeated by vote of 13 to 18. The Bul- letin publishes the names of the Senators, with their votes, and significantly says: “ The constituents of the Senators voting nay are now to examine the motives govern- ing these votes, and hold them to astrict ac- countability ; ” and though we do not belong to the organization, yet a residence of some years in Ohio has given us means of know- ing that these are not idle words. The Grange is probably the largest and strongest, but is by no means the only or- ganization of voters who are beginning to look at politics and politicians with non- partisan eyes, who are trying to study the situation as intelligent citizens ought to study it, and who, when they have made up their minds in any given case, will vote ac cordingly, with votes that tell. The Ameri can 1 eople are a large body, and large bodies move slowly; but they do move. The two great political parties which have so long dominated this country are disintegrating, falling to pieces for lack of principles, being held together now mainly by the possibilities ofofiice. There will come a recrystallization; and when it comes, one vital tenet of the successful party of the future will be purity in public affairs. The politicians will smile and hold to their old doctrine that the people are fools, made to be ridden and bamboozled; but they will yet see their mistake. The country is beginning to recover from that degradation of moral tone and sentiment which always follows a great war; and when it has fully recovered, honesty will again be considered the first qualfication of a candi- date for ofiic-e— Washington World. IT is a notorious fact that the New York Central Railroad presented a bill against the Erie Railroad for $35,000 as its share of legis- lative expenses at Albany during asingle session. Monopilies, instead of serving the people, rob them. A car load of milk can be shipped from this city to St. Louis or Chicago and back again for less than the price charged for bringing it thirty miles to the metropolis. In this way $100,000,000 annually are taken from the pockets of the milk producers and consumers within 100 miles of this city. In like manner they rob the people 0 the price of coal and kero- sene.—New Yor ~ paper. One soon learns to distinguish between thejournalist who is a gentleman and the mere newsgatherer who is unscrupulous as it is possible for him to be. Now, there are plenty of journalists to whom I would as soon impart a secret as to any gentleman who is not connected with a paper. I know they would keep it invio- late and would treat me fairly. These are the men who make their mark in journal- ism, as they would make it in any walk in life in which merit and honor are requisite. —J. A. Garfield. 3 MASSACIIUSPZTTS farmers have may not have as good a soil as Western farmers, but they are looking after their own interests. The Franklin Farmers’ Club recently pae- sed resolutions sharply calling legislators’ at- tention to the needs of Massachusetts farm- ers, and “such legislation as may be for their benefit without prejudice to the inter- ests ofothers, such as shortening the legisla- tive sessions, the adulteration of various kinds of food, just regulations controlling the rates of transportation on railways, the establishment of an experiment station, the proper support of the Agricultural College, and such additional legislation as may promote sheep husbandry,” etc. And steps were taken to bring all farmers’ clubs in the State into line on these questions. PRIGE LIST 0‘? SUPPES ‘ Kept in the office of the Secretary ofthe MICHIGAN STATE GRAN GE, Ami sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Order, over the seal of a Subordinate G-range, and the signature of its Master or Secretary. Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . . . 76 Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 00 Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . . . . .. l 00 Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the Treas- urer, w1'1:h stub, well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound, 50 Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . . . . . . . 60‘ A plications for Membership, per 100, _ . _ , , _ _ _ ,_ 50' Iigambership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . _ . _ . . . _ , , . _ 60 Withdrawal Cards, pct doz._. . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ ._ . _ 25 By—La(v1vs of the State Grange, single copies me, or oz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘lb By?-Laws, bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 “ GladdEchoes," with music, Single copy l5 cts. per oz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 80 Rituals, single copy,...... .. .. ‘Z5 " per d0z., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ 2 so “ for Fifth Degree, for Pomona Grntigce-. per copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ll’ Blank “Articles of Association" for the Incorpo- ration oi Subordinate Granger. with Copy of Charter, all complete, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100, . . . . . . . . 40 Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 50.: per hundred, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 American Manual of Parliamentary Law. . . . . 50 A4 4. .. H .. (M0_ rocco Tuck,) . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 00 Address of J. J. Woodman before the Nation- al Grange-—per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 Address of Thos. K. Beecher—per dozen . . . . . . 10 Digest of Laws and Rulings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Address, J. T. COBB, Snow Mien. Sure (issues, SCHUOLCRAFI‘, MICE 1\dIICI-IIG-A1\'l' CENTRAL R. E. l)l€l'AK'I‘L'RE OF TIL-\I.\'S Fkoli KALAMAZOO. TIME-'l'Al}l.l‘l —-- MAY fl, 1881', VVESTWARU. A(‘l.!0IIlI‘ll0lllIll0D leaves ________________________ __ “ urrivos, ___ Local Passenger ___________________________ __ Evening Express ____________________________ __ Pacific I-Jxpress. Mail ____________ __ Day Expre.-es,---__- EASTWARIJ. Night Express ________ __ Accommodation lC'i|Vt"u‘, .. nrrives,___- Mail Day Exprt--:-4, ................................. _-. ____ .-i 1 38 New York Express, .__ ___________ --j 7 46 Atlantic Express, .................................. ., lo '55 New York, Atlantic and Pacific EX[Il‘(‘SHl‘5 and Local Passen- ger daily. All other trains daily cxccpl Sunday. H. B. Li-:nr.um, Gen filanager, Detroit. I-I. C. Bnnwx, A-s‘t Gen. Supt, Jackson. llsrmr C. Wrzv-moirra, (l. P. At T. A., Chicago. L S.&LJ-S.R.R. KALAMAZOO DIVISION 'l‘nn-; TABLE. (Time l5 minutes faster than Kai-ama-zoo.) GOING l~’()UTH. vrscnysa. ""- l-lxpress, Ex & Mlwfly Fr‘ 1.Z,’ommi Rapids _____ _; ........ -- stuuia 4 sip]; 500“ Ar.Allegan ___- _ so 17 1 3305 u 1» 310 " Ar. Kalamazoo_ .110 I5 “ v 7 05 Ar. Schoolcratt- -‘10 all “ 1 7 43 Ar. Three R.ivers__ ll 18 ‘ is l‘.: Ar White Pigeon ........... ..— J11 45 “ , 3 40 Ar, Toledo ______________________ -1 5 35 P X. 2 45 Ar. Cleveland .. 10 L0 “ 4 7 05 Ar. Bufllilu _ _ . _ . . _ . . __ 3 55 AII| I 10 GOING ,NOR'I‘II. I'""N’Y& B‘N i 4: 2 "' lax .1: .\i,sxprcsg:W‘*3 F‘- Le. Builulo '___’ _;12 45 pm .12 35 in __ Ar. Cleveland 7 35 " ‘ 7 00 “ .. ’Ar. 'I.‘0ledo___- 1201 AM‘l050 “ l- * 6 Ar. White Pigeon- oo -* . 3 35 ms; 8 45'}: Ar. Three Rivers _______ __ -l 628 “ 4 q ‘* ,1000 " Ar.Schoolcraft___ 658 1 gr-Hg»! Ar. Kalamazoo- -‘ 3 ‘ Al_.A”egzm _ u I 605 u 420 u Grdndrfigepitrlflu W >/g 1 7 £5 j-720'»u l o All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains on main line. A. G. AMSDIN, Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo. CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Corrected 'I‘imo-Table-January 31, 1882, WESTWAED. '7 '”"”" "W flay"! Nighrtf-’I7l(iI1—t—w“_‘-— su-nous, lExpress.lExpress.lExpress. Awcgngd‘ N ,;7_.V_g._fa,. 1 No.4. i No.76.’ - - ”« 1"..'_’13a:.“u'.'.P.?u _________ __i 7 00 Is‘ 7 00 pm 4 15 ml- u 0“ 710“!-125“ u u _ .. ‘5 -- ’ 332 -- “ l 900 H l 940 “ u “ .1121 - “ PM ill 57 =t “ . 1 20 “ Vicksburg- “ i ‘Z 25 " Schoolcraft_ ’ “ ' ‘J35 ' “ Cassopolis__ “ l 326 ‘ “ South Bend--- “ 4% “ Valparaiso ..--_ ' “ 5 55 Ar. Chicago ........... -- “ 3 20 EASTWARD. Day 1 Night PtI-lur’ni , l , . Accxn d, snrioxs. lE:§p;e;s.,E§gr«;sa.g A§v:)m5d. N°_ 21. , ' '_'. ...'.,.,__,,: ,1, . .§irT(§lilz§x§;o-__:::: .... --§ 8 10 AM 3 30 Pfll Le. Valparaiso--- _.10 35 “ ll 00 “ ‘ -‘ scum Bend ‘[12 20 PM-I2 50 AM " Cassepolis _ l 1 20 " j 1 47“ “ Schoolcraft 2 15 “ 235 “ “ Vicksburg -_- i 226 “ | 250 “ “ Battle Creek --- : 350 “ l 400 “ “ 'CI|&l'l0tt8 __-- 505 “ 1 508 “ “ Lansing- 5 545 “ . 550 “ “ Durand 7 10 “ . 725 " “ Flint--_.. 815 “ 1 885 “ “ Lapeer _ 905 "1910 “ “ Imlay City_..._- --- 932 “ 987 “ H G. T.Junctiou-- __.l1o 33 -‘ [10 223 3 logo : .___ Ar. Port Huron ___-__-.__l1040 “ -1030 10 J5 -...._. All trains run by Chicago time. All trains daily SE99‘ Sunday. GEO. B. Reeves, 8. B. CALLAWAY. Tramc Manager. General Superintendent. For information as. to rates, apply to E. P. Keary, local Agent, S-choolcraft, Mich. - .,._ ,. ,_ ...._._ .._,... .4-.—-u -3;-— -‘<, -_-'- 'u' ,. _. 4 TEE GBANGE VESZTOE9 MAY 1, 1882. iiieiaiiriiiefic SCHOOLCRAFT. — — — — §cnhm.1.’s fionimnl Scaoorcnarr. 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 .......... --$l 00 Address, J. T. COBB, Schoolcraft, Mich. Sample copies free to any address. ARBOR DAY. The day after our last number went to press we received the proclamation of Gov. Jerome, designating Thursday, April 27, as ARBOR DAY, and recommending. in obe- dience to a resolution adopted by the Legis- lature of 1881, which invites the “ attention of the people of the State to the importance of planting trees for ornament, protection and shade,” that the designated day be gen- erally observed throughout the State. We think it needs but little argument to show the wisdom of this suggestion, and we set this down as about the most sensible work done -by the Legislature during its long, dreary session. The destruction of the timber of our Coun- ty, oftentimes in a vandal manner, is a mat- ter that to deplore is not to arrest. The average citizen is indifferent to results that have no direct and immediate bearing on his present business. What he wants is a dollar now, or soon, and he takes little or no thought as to the climatic effect of denuding a country of its timber. The future health, comfort, or prosperity of the people of an- other generation is of no sort of consequence, and does not renter into his calculation as it should, or as it well might from the stand- point which he occupies of a real business selfishness. It has occurred to me, and I have said very many times within the last two years, that I can see how I could have earned $100 a day, and perhaps $500, at a time of life when to have earned one dollar for each of 30 consecutive days would have been a de- gree of prosperity that would have made me giddy. If 40 years ago I had planted a wal- nut in every fence corner of line fences and of division fences that were likely to remain permanent, and perhaps devoted two or three acres of a point of land or out of the way place to the cultivation of walnuts in the same manner as we cultivate our corn, for say a couple of years, we should to- day have had a fortune within our grasp that would have equalled, we have no doubt, from one to five hundred dollars a day for every day’s work expended in their care and cultivation. men in southern Michigan, who have con- trol of farms large or small, who have the good practical sense to do what they have to do well, but what might plant the seeds of a like prosperity by giving this subject of tree planting and culture a little attention. Vile have named the walnut for the reason that in our part of the State it is not only very hardy but a rapid grower, and, so far as we know, is not subject to serious injury from the ravages of any enemies. Walnut is now, and no doubt always will be, a valuable timber, even when we use pa- per for floors, for wainscoating and a thous- and uses now demanding wood. Before this sheet is seen by our readers, the ARBOR DAY of 1882 will have passed, and we hope will have been largely improved by the good people of our State. Though the winter was mild, the spring seems dis- posed to splice it out and waft its icy breath into her very lap, and give those who neglected the duty of ARBOR DAY more time to set still another tree. Though too late for the proclamation, we are not too late to make suggestions to those who have or may still set trees. The experience and observation of many years has satisfied us that either we do not know how to set out trees, or else three- fourths of those who set trees do not know how to do the work so as to afford a reason- able chance for the tree to live and flourish. We are having special reference to the set- ting of trees by the roadside or on unplowed ground. It seems to have escaped the observation of many people, and we may perhaps say most people, that sod ground or hard ground by the roadside dries out much sooner than mellow ground. Most people seem to think when a hole has been dug sufficiently large to receive all the roots without cramp- ing, and they are covered with good mellow earth, that enough has been done to call the job well done. ' That may require the moving of a bushel of earth, which, when returned to its place, might retain moisture enough to supply the tree during the first summer, if there was a liberal rainfall. But if the season is dry, .the sod or hard ground soon dries out and rapidly absorbs the moisture from the limit- ed supply surrounding the roots of the tree, and for want of necessary moisture it dies outright, or stands without much growth, a And there are now few young‘ monument of the folly of the owner, who sees but learns not. The ground, where a tree is to be set, should be thoroughly and deeply pulverized not less than six feet square before the tree is set, and if this was not done when the tree was set it will pay much better to spade up the ground several feet around the tree right away, before the ground dries out this spring, than to pull up a dead handspike next spring and repeat the trial. After a tree has been well set a liberal mulch should be applied of half rotted straw, if it can be had; and bya liberal sup- ply we mean that a good two horse load should be used in mulching about eight trees. A couple of forkfulls that the hens will scratch over a red square in a week is too thin to be called a mulch. Saw dust is sometimes used for a mulch. We have heard it objected to as having a bad effect upon the soil. As we are without observa- tion or experience we express no opinion as to its value. If it has no deleterious effect, it is certainly a very desirable article to use, as it retains moisture and lasts well. But no farmer can have an excuse that he has no material that he can mulch with. Some- thing can be found, if- nothing nearer, he should go to the woods and get forest leaves, and keep them from blowing away by weighting with earth, stone or rubbish of some sort. In any country subject to drought mulching may be set down as essential, ex- cept where ground is cultivated, and there it is often of advantage. a We know of no business that the old max- im, “ What is worth doing at all is worth do- ing well,” applies to with more force than to the work specially assigned to ARBOR DAY. TECHNICALITY IN LAW. WASHINGTON, April 22.——Judge Wilie granted the motion to quash the indict- ment in the case of Rendell, indicted in connection with star route frauds, on the ground that the defendant, being indicted under the name of M. C. Rendell, instead of his full name Montford C. Rendell, is not properly described in the indictment. This little item appears in the news col- umn of a county paper claiming to be the leading paper of VVestern Michigan. Of course not a word of comment precedes or follows it. There is no special reason why there should. Items of this sort are com- mon and do not attract attention. The at- torney of this man Rendell may have de- vised this way of escape for his client. But of this no matter as that is legitimate legal practice in this country. But there are two points in this item to which we call atten- tion. First, the fact—that a trifling irregu- larity is of more importance with the judge of a judicial tribunal of the “Greatest Country on earth” than the cause of justice for which this tribunal was established and is maintained at the expense of the people who are thus doubly defrauded. This mat- ter attracts no attention for it is sustained and made a part of a universal usage of the courts of all grades in this country. Of the guilt or innocence of this man Berdell this question has nothing to do. The general public believe a whole lot of those fellows have been stealing from the government, and in this instance the judicial department is practically conspiring aiding and abetting the business of defraud- ing the government. If some poor devil in Washington steals an old pair of boots the court will probably not stop to enquire whether the full name of the culprit ap- pears in the complaint. Or if his Honor, Judge Wilie should find out that his man “Friday” had pawned a horse blanket from the stable of the learned judge, would he hunt up the family record of his servant be- fore making a complaint, or would his man Tom be brought before a police justice and convicted on evidence just as easily as though the full baptismal name of Thomas D. Murphy was clearly written in the com- plaint. , _We are free to say that to interpose such a paltry pretext between a citizen charged with a high crime is an insult to the gov- ernment of which the Judge is a paid ofl:l- cer. It is an insult to the common sense of common men and these practices are as quicksands underlying ahd undermining the foundations of the government estab- lished by our fathers. How long will the citizen respect law or its administrators in the face of such judical decisions. Here are seeds of communism and their growth is assured by judicial and legal culture. The other point to which we call atten- tion is the fact that the newspapers of the country publish an item of this kind asa matter of news without one word of con- demnation. It is received as a matter of course. Here is a man that has perhaps de- frauded the government out of money enough to buy one quarter of the coun- try newspapers in our great state, and because his full name -is not in the indict- ment, without objection or protest on the part of the press, he is allowed to turn to good account his past experience in rascality by a technicality too paltry to command the respect of the most verdant and confiding simpleton who yields obedience to the laws of the land. The usages of courts are absurdly ridicu- lous and farcial as well as contemptibly out- rageous and have been these manyfyears and will continue to be so long as the press yields a ready acquiescence to this fcriminal L foolishness—this partnership in rascality on the part of these tribunals. The press is ready to cry out against pet- ty delinquencies and sanction the convic- tion and punishment of trivial offenses com- mitted by the poor and defenseless, but when ajudge of a United States Court be- comes aparty by indirection to a big steal no objection is heard from any quarter. Done in the name of law—justice is com- manded to be silent—by order of the court, a high-toned rascal stalks abroad with un- sullied reputation and the attorney who discovers that an i was not dotted or at crossed in the name of the respondentas ir. appears in the indictment, is a first class criminal lawyer, and commands a small for- tune for clearing a rich rascal from the gen- tle terrors of the law. VVe deplore this abandonment on the part of the press of its duty to the people from whom it draws its support. In this the press is as false to its duty as is the culprit to common honesty, or the learnedjudge to a decent regard to the de- mands of justice. The bar and the courts of the country, by the rules and usages which have been adopted and govern their action, are a standing reproach to our boasted civilization and a formal mockery of thatjustice which vindicates the rights of those who appeal to her tribunal. Until the press demands the application of some common sense to the administration of law, we shall not have it; but on the other hand we shall have a communism that in the near future is likely to set aside with rude hands the ridiculous farce ofjudicial form, which, drawing its support from the people, gives in return the nothingness of form, and the wickedness of fraud. OUR HIGHWAYS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. As the season of the year for road-making is at hand we deem it opportune to present the following clipping, which was written by one who knows what he is talking about. We trust it will not only be read by overseers and commissioners of liiglnvays, but by farmers and people who travel on liighmiys or con- tribute to road-making or repair by money or labor, There seems to be it surprising amount of both carelessness and ignorance on the part of the people in regard to this road business, and it strikes us the first con- dition will be one-half‘ removed when the second is overcome. Every Subordiimte and County (jrzuige in the State should spend 2:. part, at least one-half hour of one nn-sting each month until December next, talking about matters relating to roads. Every tax- payer should know exactly what the laws of the State are that relate to highways. Most men know but a ve'ry little about this mat- ter, and only a very few who know more than u very little. Let me suggest that (lrunges devolve this duty of becoming thoroughly posted on high- way law upon some intelligent member, and that this committee be called upon from time to time to explain all its provisions. Such committee would be very much aided by que.-stions f'rom members, the amswers to which at the next meeting he would be pre- pared to give. A general interest in the sub- ject will be followed not only by more exact knowledge of legal requirements but by more judicious work. We are oftensurprised at the crude notions that some men entertain. "l‘was but the other day at town meeting we were discussing the subject with a farmer who has been traveling roads nearly as long as we have and he insisted that the best way to treat roads was to let them alone, or, at most, when rough scrape them a little and let them go, and we failed to convince him that the most important thing to do in road making and repairs was to first provide for the escape of the water that by rain or snow fall gets on the roadway. Scraping is one of the methods to secure this object but requires some preparatory work, and that work should be done with some system, In a very level country like some parts of Michigan merely to scrape a road to make it smooth is childish treatment of an important business. In our part of the State the gravel, stone, or shale referred to in the article we give cannot be obtain ed and the roads must be made of the material present in the roadway. If that is sand and sand only, a good road cannot be made with the material at hand. Something else must be procured, and what that something shall be can only be deter- mined by knowing what good material can be got most conveniently at reasonable cost. But on any land that will pack when dry or nearly so, a good road may be maintained nearly all the time by first making a good broad oval surface, and then by frequent at- tention in keeping it in good repair. And this may require a little work every month ‘ in the year. Every read much used when once made and compacted by time and use. requires scraping after every considerable rain. Ruts should be unknown even on an all dirt roads except in a long wet time and in the spring as the frost comes out of the ground. As soon as the surface of a roadbed is wet the excess that falls will at once seek the gutters if the road is in good repair, and if there is no surplus water present there can be no great depth of mud. A farmer should feel as ashamed of mud holes and a generally bad road alongside his own premises, or we might say on his own premises, for the as he should be of half plowed or half culti- vated land. Every public spirited citizen should give more attention to the condition ofthe roads and do something to cultivate public sentiment. And it is obviously the duty of every Grange to give this subject more attention. VVe commend this article to the attention of all who travel outside of their own door- yards. One of the greatest disadvantages of our beautiful Michigan is her poor roads. At least four months in the year our roads are simply mud drives——and almost impassible, and not fit for heavy teaming one-half the balance of the year. And there is no neces- sity of this. Highways are something that everybody is interested in and they should receive proper attention. The defects most prominent are roadbeds rounded up so that teams necessarily pass on the summit and cut the way into rufs and ridges. The first heavy rain produces mud holes and broken surface. Efforts to escape them only make matters worse, and as a consequence the road becomes nearly impas- sible. Each year the same remedy is a plied —a quantity of dirt plowed and scrape from the ditches and ridged u on the driveway. The body of the road ecomes from six inches to two feet higher in the center than at the sides. Except in the best of weather there is never good driving. The "path master” is generally a busy farmer or some one’s hired man changed annually and se- lected with no idea to fitness. He orders out his neighbors, each one as ignorant as him- self of what to do, plows, digs, scrapes, until the tax is worked out and stops. no matter in what shape the work is left. This is our road “system” and it is as bad as it can be. In many cases it would be better to let the roads entirely alone. The roadbeds are generally too narrow. The consequence is the same as when too high-necessarily rutting. The driveway should be 15 or :30 feet in width, with a slight slope or roll. Such a load will not be so rapidly graded at first, but in the end will pay. Let it be well set in gravel or .-shale, and it will need but very slight repairs in ten years. It will be good in all weathers. The path-master’s work should be to nose that small breaches are promptly repaired and the grade kept. In building a countiy road, of course, the first requirement is good drainage. without which no material will endure. This, un- fortunately, is the least considered of all matters by the “path-master” system. Good, clean gutters should be established, discharging readily into acreek or reservoir. Gutters with no outlet simply receive the water and hold it until it is evaporated or sinks into the soil. In this way our country roads become very frequently a source of malaria and sickness. This community is especially poisoned by roadway stagnant pools. The second requirement is gravel er shale, or broken stone, not less than 10 or 12 inch- es in thickness. A road once carefully made of this material can be easily kept in repair by the present annual system of taxation or labor. There will be few ruts or holes, if the roadway is of sufficient width and inclina- tion, and drainage. _ Let it be understood that all labor is thrown away that is not used to make a roadbed thoroughly every way. If slighted in any particular nothing will result but mud, ruts, or misery. Stone, gravel, or shale must all be used with understanding to make it of any more value than clay. The wear of bad roads is estimated to de- mand from two to five times the horse pow- er ofa reasonably good road. So the farmer really pays in wagon wear and horse wear far more per year than he would if sub- ject to a road tax sufiicient to secure a first class road-bed. It is, therefore a matter of policy to improve, and to do it so thoroughly that the work will endure. The chief wear of farm life is not on the farm but on the road. Mud and and dust are equally injuri- ous to horses, harness, and vehicles.-Na.s-h- ville News. T0 REMITTERS. We are in receipt of money in small amounts almost every day in the yeai, and the way in which it is sent illustrates the dzfierence there is in folks. Occasionly a person will send us ten or fifteen dollars by mail, perhaps 300 miles, and not even reg- ister the letter. The next letter we Open will have a Money Order for fifty cents bought in a neighboring town. and this class of cases are frequent. To our experience these are extremes of carelessness and can- tion, and as is generally true with extremes should be avoided. We always associate the idea of per cent. and hazzard with the business of remitting, and of the several means in use employ the cheapest when safety is secured. There is really very little money lost by transmission through the mails, ‘and we-feel disposed to take the chances of sending any sum less than $2.00 for short distances at our own risk, rather than pay any percentage for se- curity to any body. To pay more for security than a year’s in- terest on the money we never thought we could afford, without the hazzard was in- creased by long distances. To pay ten cents for a Money Order of fifty cents, equalling 20 per cent., is a higher rate than any Gran- ger can afford, or should pay. In the absence of the convenient scrip of former days, we receive postage stamps for fractional parts of a dollar. In this way we get far more than is required for oflice use, and have to find a market for the excess. But we don’t object to this kind of payment from a remitter who sends a small sum. We object most strenuously to receiving stamps in excess of one dollar in one remit- tance. We frequently get a half dollar in silver, which requires double postage that the send- er does not always pay. The express companies have lately adopt- ed a new scheme of low rates for remitting small sums, which is intended to‘ absorb roadway is his and covered by his title deed, its share of the Money Order business now done by govern ment. The government rate is too high, and we are glad that the express companies have taken hold of it. The Postal Money Order plan is agood one, convenient and safe, but to charge ten cents for a fifty cent order is too much, and the express comp nies will drive govern- ment to adopt a mgre reasonable rate. We don’t write this to encourage the send- ing of postage stamps, for, as we have said, we get an excess—have to sell about $150. of stamps every year. But we are willing to take stamps from any remitter who has the courage to take the chances of loss (and we know they are very small) to the amount of fifty cents, rather than that he should pay twenty per cent. for the security furnished by a Money Order. THE STATE CAPITOL ENGRAVING. \Ve have sent several dozen lithographs of the State Capitol to those entitled to them by virtue of having sent us live or more names of subscribers and $2.50, since our offer in the Visrrou of March 15th. If we have neglected to send to any person entitled to this fine engraving we shall promptly forward it on receipt of notice. UNTIL wrrunaawx THIS IS MADE A srixxnixo osrsit—i-‘Iva NEW sunsouraans roa one YEAR WILL n.v'rn‘Le run run- sox 5l:}Nl)lN(i- US run NAMES AND $2.50 TO A Sl’LENl)IlJ LI’l‘l{1)GRAl’lI 01*‘ THE Sl‘ATl.-I CAPITOL ()1-' Ml<_s1{1(}A_\" SIZE 0,.- surzsr 22x28 Ixcrrns. "_HONOR T0 WHOM HONOR IS DUE." This heading preceded a short address found on the seventh page of the Vrsrrog of April 15, and then credited to Sister M. A. Lessiter. VVe have just received acard from her disclaiming the authorship, and expressing great surprise at the statement that she was the author. She informs us that Brother Chester M. Slayton was the author, and that she sent it to us for publi- cation. We are glad to make the correction, and as this is all the amends we can make, we shall not stop to enquire whether the fault was with us, or the compositor. We hope to avoid making any more of the same sort. W1-: have a complaint intended for publica- tion from 21 brother who, in place of his name, signs “ The llll’.‘\'p0l'lt‘ll(‘,t3d l’a1'ine1'.” As his communication is without date or mum.-, we can only answer in this nnmncr. llis complaint is that the older farmers of the flrauxge to which he belongs take no pains to instruct the younger members, but are only intent on making money. Possibly our correspondent does not do Iris part fully. l’crh-ups if he would push his inquiries a lit.- t1e,he might get posted from the very per- sons of whom he complains. We advise him to miss any proper question at :1. proper time, and the clianci-s are luorc than even that he will be i'airly:u1swercd. And this very move may not only benefit him, but also many oth- er i11en1l)ers' of the Ul'ztllL’.‘t‘,. Evlncc :1. spirit of energy and somebody will respond. This brother has not been :1. di_lligent reader of the Visrrou, or he woultl not lmve av;-mm on both sides of his shect, he would lmve dale-d it when he colnxncuccnl and signed his ualno when he closed. We hope he will do better next time. There is room for improvement. Fnom Bro. Frank \Vilde of (joopersville, We have a circular covering his poultry business. Our readers will remember the advertisemnt of Bro. VVilde which run through the summer of 1861. He is a relia- ble young man who has taken to this chick- en business and is dealing in but two kinds —Plymouth Rocks and Partridge Cochins. The poultry business when attended to well, we believe, is a very much better business than is generally supposed. The average farmer keeps chickens, but their treatment and management might properly be label- led, “general neglect.” Anyone disposed to invest in this line we think can rely on Bro. Wilde. A BRIEF letter of late date from A. Smith, of Croton Grange, Newago County, gives an encouraging account of the condition of that and the neighboring Grange of Ensley Cen- tre. A joint meeting of the two Granges was held early in April, and proved very sat- isfactory to all present. An excelleet pro- gramme was carried out. The Grange has made a good campaign during the winter of 1882, as our returns for the quarter ending March 31st are showing. Wn find in the Iiusbandman of late date a letter from Brother Alonzo Sessions which we copy. We are glad to know that he is still able to aid by his careful observation and long experience in determining questions of a practical nature that relate to the chos- en profession of his life. We have some- times been favored with letters from Brother Sessions, and we know our readers will be glad to again see something from his pen. WE have had several enquiries in regard to incorporation of Granges and the liability of individual members. To answer these. we republish an article from Worthy Mas- ter Woodman, found in the April number of the second volume of the VISITOR. DON"1‘ fail to read and heed the sensible article of A. D. Stevens, of Plymouth, on our first page. We want to hear often from him and such as he. MAY 1, 1882. Agricultural Drp’t Continued from 1st page. Right of Stock in the Highway. DECATUR, Van Buren Co., Mic-h., April 17, 1882. Mr. J. T. Cobb :—I enclose you an article on the Right of Stock in the Highway which I had published in the Decatur Re- publ-t’c-art for local reasons. I should like to have it published in the GRANGE VISITOR as it will reach or be read by more farmers than any Other paper. The farmers are the ones that need posting up on this stock question :- This is a question that is at present excit- ing much interest and discussion, especially in the older settled portions of our State. Many neighborhoods have already restrained stock from running at large, and others are contemplating it in the near future. It would therefore seem to be, not only an act of policy. but also a matter of simplejustice that all arties interested should possessa more de nite and correct knowledge of the rights involved in this question. Most per- sons are really supposed to be amenable to reason, consequently when their und~r- standings are once thoroughly convinced become more submissive and will therefore more readily acquiesce in acceptinga radical change that affects adversely a supposed legal right, when once convinced that it could never have had an actual existence. From the lapse of time since the introduc- tion of this practice, the impression has obtained among a large class who have been accustomed to turning their stock into the highway at pleasure, that they were simply exercising a legal right to do so, and to deprive them of this supposed right in a sudden and peremptory manner without any previous preparation, will perhaps tend to excite their animosity and make things generally unpleasant. If there can be anything done to relieve this necessary pro- cess of reform of the friction which it will otherwise occasion, even in a small degree, it will certainly pay to try it. But should this fail in producing the result sought, we will simply have performed an act of justice and courtesy, and in facing the after conse- quences we shall feel strengthened by the conviction that we have also performed a necessary duty. It may be justas well in the beginning for all parties interested to understand that this old backwoods pioneer practice that has so long outlived its usefulness and the neces- sity that called it into existence cannot much longer be tolerated. Its doom is in- evitable and its duration is only a question of time, intelligence and civilization. In order to ob-ain a correct understanding of the true relationship that the public sus- tains to the highway, it is very important to know the extent of its right in it, and in what it consists. This explanation can be comprised in a very few words. It consists in nothing more than the right of way or the right to travel it. We have most con- vincing reasons for the assertion that there are many persons who have not taken this limited view of. the right or’ the public in it. Many, in fact claim that the road is public property, and hence their right to use it in any manner not specially prohibited by the law-making power. But when we com- mence to reason upon this right. and reflect upon the special object for which the high- way was really designed and the exception- al manner in which it was obtained it must appear obvious to every candid, unpreju- diced person that the one right to travel it clearly embraces the single interest to which the public can possibly lay any legal claim. From the universally acknowledged public necessity of higluvays originated the clause contained in the constitution empowering the government to enter upon, take and use private property for public purposes. No correct interpretation of this clause can be constructed in any manner that will deprive the private individual whose prop- erty is thus taken for public use of his owner- ship in it, but merely asserts its absolute right to use private property for this pur- pose. It is seen that in every real estate transfer there is an unconditional acknowl- edgement. that proprietorship rests with the individual. When a farm is sold every acre that the deed originally called for is includ- ed, and the same is true in the assessment of taxes. Not an acre is excepted because it is in the road. It sometimes happens that a road ceases to be necessary and in conse- quence is vacated. In such cases the pro- prietors of the land embraced in this high- way assume control over it just as absolute as though the road had never existed. From these incontrovertable facts just adduced it cannot be otherwise than per- fectly clear to the understanding that the highway so far as ownership is concerned is private property and as such is sacred from any meddlesome interference by our legisla- tors in legalizing its use as a public stock pasture. We believe, however, that they did perpetrate some such folly as this a few years back by an enactment authorizing the supervisors to regulate this stock question. But it was just about as sensible as to authorize them to regulate the weather, for they would have just about as much real power in the one case as the other. It mere- ly shows how little even men of their grade of intelligence had studied this question, and how poorly they were prepared to com- prehend and limit their power over it. The tenure upon which this old practice of pasturing the highway rests is clearly nothing more than a simple privilege which in the first place was accorded by universal consent, and has since been continued by implied consent. Resting upon a mere question, then of course it can be revoked at will. (The Supreme court has already decided that road fences are not a legal necessity. The way therefore is open for doing away with a practice that does serious injustice to the land owner and is no positive benefit to anyone. It casts a grave reflec- tion upon our progress in adopting improved methods of stock-grazing and breeding, and upon our advancement in intelligence and civilization. N. D. THOMAS. Michigan Crop Report, April 1, 1882. For this report returns have been received from 928 correspondents, representing 680 townships. Six hundred and one of these returns are from 412 townships in the south- ern four tiers of counties. _ _ - The growing wheat in Michigan suffered little or no injury during the month of March. According to the estimates, six . room: of the acreage sown last fall has ‘gen winter killed. The crop in the south- TEE ern four tiers of counties promises -17 per cent better, and in the entire State 38 per cent better. than on the first of April, 1881. The condition of clover is not so promis- ing. Twenty-nine per cent of the entire acreage in clover meadows and clover pas- tures ls re, orted winter killed, and the con- dition of that portion not winter-killed is four per cent below the condition one year ago. The prospects for apples and peaches are faxorable. Cattle and sheep throughout the State are generally in good condition. The mortality among breeding ewes and lambs, with few exceptions, is reported no greater than usual. The mortality among swine is re- ported greater than usual by 37 correspond- ents. Cholera is given as the cause in Branch. Cass, Ionia, Lenawee, Monroe, Oakland, St. Joseph, and Wexford counties. Two correspondents in Kalairiazoo county state that there are fewer cases of cholera than one year ago. Reports have been received of the quanti- ty of wheat marketed by farmers during the month of March at 29-1 elevators and mills. Of these 231 are in the southern four tiers of counties, which is nearly one half of the whole nu111ber of el-vators and mills in these counties. The total number of bushels reported marketed is 448,155 of which 151,552 bushels were marketed in the first or southern tier of counties, 133,035 bushels in the second tier, 65,723 bushels in the third tier, 71,873 bushels in the fourth tier, and 25,072 bushels in the counties north of the southern four tiers. At -17 ele- vators and mills, or 16 per cent of the whole number from which reports have been re- ceived, there was no wheat marketed dur- ing the month. At ‘.430 elevators and mills the quantity of wheat marketed was 420,247 bushels, which is 27 per cent of the quanti- ty m».o.1'ket1.-d at the same places during the months of January and February. REPORTS FROM 01111-33 STATES. The Indiana crop report '-or April shows that the acreage of wheat in that State is about ‘two per cent greater than in 1881, and that the condition is about 11 per cent better than “9. fair average condition of any year at this date." A state ment received from the Department of Agriculture at \Vashi1.=g.on shows that in the seven States producing a surplus of corn —viz: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis- souri, Kansas and Nebraska—there were, on March 20, 174 321,290 bushels of corn on hand, against 388,408,662 bushels on March 20, 1881, and that in the same States there were 35,662,040 bushels of wheat on hand, against 64,393,953 bushels on March 20, 1881. Mr. J. L. Dodge, the statistician, closes his report as follows: “Assuniiug these results as representing approximately the grain in the hands of fariners, there is still a quantity in the hands of grain dealers in country and city, a considerable portion of which may be traced in commercial records of stocks on hand. “The consumption of wheat during the four remaining months, for over 14.000000 people of these States, would be about :11,- 000,000 bushels, some of which will be sup- plied from Ilour already manufactured. In five of these States very little seed will be required for spring Wheat. In Iowa and Nebraska, spring wheat States, and for a small area of spring wheat in, the others, about 8,000,000 bushels Will be needed for seed, leaving :.’.8,000,000 bushels for consump- tion and market, nearly half of which may possibly be spared as a surplus. There is also a small surplus in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and on the Pacific coast.” Condition of Wheat and Clover, and condition (as regards flesh) of cattle and sheep, April 1, 1:382, compared with April 1, 1882. 1 l l l 4 l | .o I 1 1: 4, l :1 3: 3;: 2” !: Q»:-3 ~g-E . 0 E53 : 1 i 5:‘: _, w , w 35 1-:_=,>Sd "::ca §,°_,_, ‘ii’._, ‘;=3 »:;°;U‘5 ‘ZE°i"n We 5... l2‘5;l:_ ‘;.‘¢:5l:L;§«-5,~1.:‘:. *0 *. Liza ;.~. "—*==;=’==: ‘ ''*:-| : ':a-'l‘*~°’l‘’E~ STAN-‘ L-'=;g:~_-l“-. .-:-11-5:-’ :03 ’—‘—*z:’-5”’? 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As announced in the last Visiroa, Brother John Holbrook. of Lansing, has been ap- pointed a General Deputy for the State, and he is now prepared to take the field and labor for the good of the Order. In presenting Brother Holbrook to the patrons of Michigan as a General Deputy, a few words in regard to him and the duties he assumes seem to be ap- propriate. He has accepted the trust at our earnest soli- citation. He has occupied the position of Mas- ter of Capitol Grange, one of the largest and most flourishing in the State, for two years, is now Master of Ingham County Grange, is young, of robust constitution, pleasing ad- dress. a genuine farmer and devoted to the besfinterests of the Order. His appointment is not intended to interfere with the labors of the Worthy Lecturer or any of the other faithful workers in the field. Nor with the several Speciul Deputies or their work. He will come in as additional force to aid in the good work. If those who desire as- sistance from the State Grunge will write to me at once they can now be supplied. May and June are good months for field labor. Of course he can not respond to all calls at once, but we would like to have.applicatio11s filed as soon as. practicable, so that judicious ar- rangements can be made. The intention is to devote much time to the weak and dormant Granges——to organize and re-organize. The work is progressing finely in the State. Six new Granges .have been organized since the first of March. More are to follow. I appeal to the faithful few in the new counties to now let your wants be known. By this we do not mean to exclude the older settled counties. In some of these we hope to have calls for Missionary work. This is es- pecially true of J acxson, Cass. Monroe and Genessee. We earnestly hope that Jackson County may be sufliciently aroused to elect Delegates to the next State Grange; will be glad toreceive calls for help from there to this end. C. G. LUCE, Master State Grange. Incorporation of Granges. Every subordinate Grange that owns a hall or other property of value should incor- porate under the General Law of the State, in order to secure to each member of the Grange hisjust rights, and equal proportion of his investment in the common stock, or properly belonging to the Grange. The title to real estate, is vested in the person or persons, or corporation named in the article of conveyance. Hence if a Grange owns a hall, it should have a title to the plat of land upon which it stands; and if not incorpor- ated. the title must be vested in some indi- vidual, or committee, selected by the Grange for that purpose, which is not always satis factory to the Grange, or safe for those who have invested their rnoney. After a Grange has become incorporated, the title to all property owned by the Grange should be vested in the Grange; then every member in good standing becomes a stockholder, or joint owner in all the prop- erty of the Grange. "An incorporated Grange may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and may purchase, take receive, own and hold real and personal es- fate, and the saine or any part thereof, grant, sell, mortgage, lease, and convey at pleasure.” The property of the Grange will be liable for the debts of the Grange, and the members will be individually liable to the amount of their interest in the prop- erty. An incorporated Grange, “may cre- ate a capital stock” for business purposes “and divide the same into convenient shares, and make all such rules and regula- tions in respect to the same; and the man- agement thereof and for the collection of as- sessments and calls upon such shares as may be expedient.” HOW‘ ’1‘O INCOR.PORA'l‘E. 1st‘ The Grange should at a regular meeting resolve that at a subsequent meet- ing, the question of incorporating the Grange will be considered, and voted upon. General notice should be given, and all members requested to be present, and take part in the discussion, so that all may fully understand, and learn the benefits of incor- porating. A resolution should be adopted to incorporate, and the Master and Secreta- ry instructed to procure blank forms from the Secretary of the State Grange for that purpose. 2nd. The blanks in the form should be filled, and the names and places of resi- dence of the thirteen or more members who are to become the incorporators, inserted. 'l‘he blank Charter should be filled so as to correspond with the Charter of the Grange. 3rd. The thirteen or more incorporators whose names have been inserted. should all go before a Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace, sign and acknowledge the same un- der the same date. 4th. Thearticles of incorporation should be recorded in the office of the County Clerk ing and business oflice of the corporation is located; also in the roll book of the Grange. and the original articles deposited with the Master of the Grange for safe keeping. 5th. Other members of the Grange whose names are not upon the original ar- ticles of association, should now sign the same upon the roll book; and will thus be entitled to vote at the first meeting of the Corporation, for the election of officers and adoption of By Laws. At the first meeting of the Incorporated Grange, provided for in the Articles of As- sociation,—-which should be at a regular meeting of the Grange. due notice of the same having ‘been given—the incorporators. and all who have signed the articles on the roll book, should proceed to elect the ofllcers of the Grange to be the ofiicers of the corpo- ration, during the unexpired term of their offices, or until the next annual meeting of the Grange for the election of officers. The officers elected at the next annual meeting, as provided in the By-Laws, will be the ofllcers of the Incorporated Grange. At this first meeting the By-Laws of the of the county in which the place of meet- - Grange should be adopted as the By Ilaws of the Corporation. ‘ 7th. The Secretary of the Subordinate Grange shall, within ten days after the in- corporation of such Grange, certify to the fact and date of such incorporation, and for- ward such certificate to the Secretary of the State Grange. Iosu. Mich.. April 5, 1552. Meadows and pastures in this section and more or less through all the state, I am told, are in a sorry condition. A white grub with 11 red head, the offspring and precursor of the May beetle, I suppose, ravaged among the grass roots continuously from June to Novem- ber, iuded and encouraged by long-continued dry weather until the sod was dead. dry and loose, while the earth under it was light. open and loose, like a sponge. At the time, clover secnied to suffer less than other glasses. but it made a sickly growth, if any. and the wet, open winter, has I judge, finished most of it. I did suppose that J uue grass had come to stay, and that we could rely upon that when other grasses failed, but my confidence in that is shaken, when I see hogs roll up the sod by the acre, It seems to be a well established fact that the grubs and drouth combined, are too much for it, If grass goes, the basis of my farming is gone, and I must associate with weeds or leave, What shall I do? I have no desire to grow or feed grubs——is there any practicable way to get rid of them? Or is there any kind of grass that will grdw and sup. ply nutritive food for animals in spite of them? There is some reason to hope that the frcquent rains of winter and spring have not agree With. them, but the wonderful ten- acity of life displayed by the whole class of devouring insects, and the never-failing promptness of their work, dis- courages trust in such hope. Many of our best pasttures are not in a condition to culti. vate, and we can not plow and seed all our land every year, but I did not propose to give up and yield possession without an effort. Consequently when the rain came in Septem- her we commenced to sow grass seed, and have continued to sow diiring fammble weather each month since, and are sowing yet on still days. During the fall we used the harrow in re-seeding, but since then have sown on the surface, in each case taking the chance of losing both seed and labor. The seeds used are orchard and rye grass, timothy, clover, Caine’s evergreen (or meadow oat grass), June and foul meadow, adapting the mixture to soil and condition, the two last-named being used on reclaimed swamp and pasture. Clover and timothy are good enough ‘where they endure and there are frequent ruins, but with us they do not last. we are disappointed, and must renew the seeding too often, I had a field where timothy and clover were sown badly and balks were left. The next spring orchard grass seed was sown on the balks and last year the clover and timothy were gone, while the orchard grass had spread and got possession of the field. This grass has been watched with care to ascgftgiu its character and qualities, and it can be said that it grew last year when nearly all other grasses, including J tine grass, were dry. the fire pent through it. burned it down to the ground and it grow again, and the lambs cropped its daily growth. On the first of NovemberI visited the Coll- egn farm, at Manhattan, Kansas, and saw 01-. chard grass growing green, strong and vigorous, with the college herd feeding on it in the same field where Jnne grass had dried up In the long continued drouth of last season. I saw no other green grass west of the Mississippi. I ordered some of D. Caine‘s evergreen grass seed to test it, and it was sown last spring with timothy and clover seed mixed on out ground. All came up well. but in August only the evergreen grass survived; not a spear of timothy or clover was left while the ever- green grass remained and appeared to be do- lug well. This led to a visit to Mr. Caine, at his home at Battle Creek, to enable me to judge of the quality and promise of the grass with a view to further trial. I found Mr. Came a very agreeable man, and saw the grass on his farm and vicinity in all conditions, from closely cropped pasture to mature hay ripened for seed. I ordered more seed of Mr. C. for myself and for the Kansas Agricultural college, and expect it will prove hardy and useful as a forage plant. Prof. Beal says the proper mime 101‘ it is "meadow oat grass.” I am told by a very good neighbor that my pvrrennial rye grass seed is the seed of quack grass, and that the Agricultural department has sent out large quantities of quack grass seed labeled“Per, rye grasss seed.” Perhaps he is correct, butl will be pleased to take my chances on any grass that will furnish a supply of good sweet pasture and stay. The information I can give is. perhaps, of no value. My object in writing is to get informa- tion regarding the best seeds to use and the best methods in the contingency that exists. I think Mr. Hoffman has made a trial of orchard grass, and among the many practical men in the Club, are those, no doubt, who can give valuable information as to the best grasses and the best methods. If we could control the rain fell the problem would be easy, but we can not, and we must, so far as possible, prepare our farms for the extremes of drouth that seem to be more frequent and severe of late. Anonzo Snsslons. VISITOR RECEIPTS (CONTINUED). APRIL. 14-—Mrs M Benjamine, $2.00; M B Averill 1.00; J C DeCou. 2.00. 15—P H Nye, $3.50; G O Merriam, 1.00; Andy McKelvey, 1.75. 17—H W Tuttle, $1.00; J F Owen, 1.50; T. L White, 1.00; Geo Fuller, 1.50. , 18-0 A Lamb, 1.00; S H Mallory. 1.00; Z C Durkee, 2.50; W C Howell, 1.50; Sam’] VVolfe, 1.75; I L Ross, 1.00. 19—BJ Wiley. 2.00; G B Horton, 2.00; H Andrews, 3.50; L Plowman, 2.50; I H Gibbs,1.00; N Bidwell, 1-00. 20-13 H Farrar, 2.00; W H Soap, 1.50. 22-—DHRanney, 1.50; S A Betts, 1.67; S Bradley, 1.50; Abbie Olds, 1.00; C Good- noe, 1.60. 24—Lydia Evans, 1.20; J S Briggs, 1.00. 25—Mrs G W Wnodwr-rth, 1.50; W O Cook, 9.50; P R Masou,1.00; T J Tann, 1.00; C P Farr, 1 00; G A Cummings, 1.00. 26-Henry Gee, 2.50. 17—A D Finch, 3.00; Jared Smith, 1.00. 7 ANOTHER royalty leech has fastened him- self on the country and asks 47§c on every tilting and turning seat now in use in tens of thousands of school-rooms. 9 VVI-1 find a letter U/11 our table signed T. P. Barnum. The writer neglected to give his post ofllce or the name or number of the Grange to which he belonged. V‘Ve are therefore unable to answer his inquiriesas we should be glad to, if he had made it pos- sible for us to do so.--Ed. AN agricultural implement trial will be held at Grand Rapids, June 6, under the auspices of the \Vest Michigan Farmers’ Club. All manufacturers of farmers’ imple- ments are invited to participate. Address: F. M. CARROLL, Set-‘y W. Mich. Farmers’ Club, Grand Rapids, Mich. T111-1 number of varieties of insects is vastly greater than than that of any other living creatures. The oak supports 450 species of insects; and 200 are found in the pine. Humboldt in 18-1!) calculated that be- tween 150,000 and 170,000 species are pre- served in collections, but recent estimates place the present nutnber at about 750,000 species. W1-2 often hear that such and such a one is a good farmer. How is good farming to be tested? Certainly not by the raising of one or two good crop.-.-. He is a good fa1',mer who uniformly increases the aggregate product of his farm from year to year. The surest, truest test ofgood farming is a con- stantly increasing production of the soil. CANADA has become more emphatically a dairy country than the United States. With a population of 5,000,000 they manufac- ture annually 60,000,000 pounds of cheese, equal to" 12 pounds per capita, while we, with 50,000,000. make 300,000,000, or 6 pounds per capita. With a population not exceed- ing one-tenth of ours, their exports of but- ter are about one half as great as ours. NOTICES OF MEETINGS. The next regular meeting of the Newav 0 County Pomona Grange No. 11 will be he (1 with Ashland Grange No.5l5, on April 30th and 3lstof May, commencing on Tuesday at 2 P. M., at which time the new ball of the Ashlund Grange will be dedicated, and apub- lic address delivered by the Worthy Master, after which the following essays and topics sor discussion will be introduced: “The Duty of Furiners as Citizens,” D. D. Hoppick, followed by L. lteindolt. The best methods of cultivating and curing Clover hay, L. E. Wright; followed by T. H. Stuart. What is the Grange doing to elevate the Farmers’ Wives and Daughters; and what are THEY doing for the Grange? Essay by Mrs Wm. Hillman, followed ltiiv Mrs. S. V. Walker. Lessons in Natural 1story——'I‘l1e “Dead Beat,” and the “Moss-Back,’ Essay by M. W. Scott. How do Monopolics tax the farmer? Essay. by‘ Wllks Stuart, followed by Wm. VV. Carter. Health and F.irmer's l1omcs—Essay by Lewis Bush; followed by T. Taylor. What is the Grange ‘.9 Essay by Mary Stuart. Stumping, reclaiming and cultivation of pine lands. Wm. Hillman and Andrew Flynn. North America, Essay by Mrs. M. W. Scott. How can we dispose of our beef, pork and mutton to the best advantage ? S. V. Walker and N. McCu.lli1m. What are the facilities for mental and social culture without the grunge? Essay by Mrs. James Mallory. This program will be enlivened with singing and music under the direction of J. B. Smith, assisted by Miss Mary Stewart, organist. The:-e exercises will all be public, and we cordially and earnestly invite the farmers of Newavgo and adjoining counties to attend the meeting, and join with us in the examination and discussion of these questions for mental, social, moral and financial improvement. MELVIN W. Soon‘, Lecturer County Grange. The regular quarterly meeting of Kalama- County Grange will be held with Texas Grange, No. 171. at their hall, on Thursday, June 1st. Program of the day: The meeting will be called to order at ten o'clock sharp. Essay——Preparation and Application of Ma- nures. A. Fankboner. Breeding and Raising Horses, E. A. Strong. Recess for dinner. AFTERNOON. Reports from subordinate Granges. Conferring of the Fifth Degree. Essay by Mrs. Nathan Pike, essayest to se- lect her own subject. Present and ,Future of the Farmer. Z. O. Durkee. Review of Grange Work. S. F. Brown. What Kind of Stock Shall We Keep on Our Small Farms, A. Haas. Fourth Degree members are cordially invit- ed to attend and participate in the discussions which will follow the presentation of these sev- eral subjects. The next meeting of the Branch County Pomona Grunge. will be held on Tuesday, the 2nd of May, 1882, at ten o'clock A. M. The following program will be carried out: Meet- ing called to order and opened in due form. Reports of subordinate Granges, and con- ferring fifth degree. Afternoon .Se.m'on—Qiies- tion: What-constitutes a “Monopoly?” Is a monopoly always an evil? If not, under what circumstances is it obj actionable ? Brother 11. H. George. Goldwater; essay: Insects injur- ious to vegetation, Brother Fisher, Sherwood Grange; essay by Sister .1. 0 Pierce, Cold- water Grange; Let the farmer's motto be, Ex- celsior, he hopes to attain what should be his true position; essay by Sister J. G. Parkhurst, subject, The advantages of City and Country life compared in forming of character. and habits of usefulness. Continuation of Brother Pessell’s travels in the old world. Music to be interspersed by Coldwater Grange. Patrons do not forget your baskets for a pic-nio din- ner. All members are cordiallglly invited. .D. PESSELL. The regular meeting of the Livingston Co. Council'wil1 be held at Oak Grove Grange Hall, Tuesday, May 2. Sisters Younglone and Crout will furnish essays relating to education. Brother Merrithew an essay entitled. “Plant- ing Trees along the Highway," and Brother Welcker one entitled “Some Lessons of.Ve 6- table and Animal Physiology.” Music will form an important part of the program. . W. H Snares. Secretary. TEE GRANGE VESEEQR9 MAY 1, 1882. atlies’ flrpaqtment. SOWlNG SEED. BY HES. G. W. WHITE. ' ‘What shall I be?’ a pretty urchin said, As on his mother's knee he leaned his head, With some faint stirring of a future plan; ‘What shall I be when I shall be a man?’ My child,’ the mother smiled, ‘I cannot tell, One cannot guess the future very well; But high or low, or rich or poor, you can Be a splendid temperance man.‘ A flash of wonder lit the hazel eyes, Uphfted to her own in swift surprise: You mean I must not drink, it is a sin; Well, if I musn’t couldn’t I begin, Even as little as I am to-day, To be ‘splendid temperance man‘ in play? She clasped him in the gladness of her joy And whispered, Yes, my dear, my precious boy. | It was not long ago, counted by days; But could you see his earnest serious gaze, As oftentimes beside his mother's chair, He talks of drunkards with a childish air, And with his loving, rosy lips apart, He vows that he will never break her heart, And seals the vow with kisses, you would say, He is a temperance boy and not in play. I think some day a noble man will stand. And lift unto the world a warning hand, 1 think that he will paint with vivid tongue The sorrow that a million hearts hath wrung; And this I know, whatever else may be, He learned his lesson at his mother’s knee, And whatsoever may befall life's plan, That temperance boy will make a temperance man 0, mothers, in the sweetness of your home, Remember that your boy will sometime roam, That he will wander from your tender care, And where he cannot hear your voice in prayer; And now before shall come that hour of woe, Train him to walk as you would have him go, And by and by the harvest you shall scan Will be a brave, God-fearing temperance man. — Geneva Times. I presume this rambling article will not interest all the readers of the VISITOR, yet I do know that some of the sentiments ex- pressed in it will meet a response in the heart of others. The woman’s foreign missionary society held a convention in our city two weeks ago. Mrs. York,‘ presided admirably with 9. strict attention to parliamentary rules. She had a good program to work to. She knew who her co workers were, and how much force she had in reserve. Essays full of rich earnest thought, impromptu right to the point, and the experience of returned missionary women and prospective ones added much to the interest of the conven- tion. ' Years ago if an organization called 9. meeting of its members, it was expected a man would preside because it was generally thought that a woman did not know enough, neither had self- command enough to fill the office of president of a convention. A man was elected secretary, and a minister must be on hand to do the praying. Buta very great change has come over the minds of the people. Since the crusade, the Grange and missionary societies have been organized, woman has come to the front, gained confi- dence in herself and the right, and advan- tage has been conceded her‘ to fill any ofiice in a convention, and the men take the back seats and look on admiringly. In no land is woman held in such high esteem, so highly favored. or granted such precedence as in America. Many persons now-a-days are clamoring for so~called “Woman’s Rights,” and claim that if they are not allowed the ballot or to enter the political arena they are wronged. I am not going to give my opinion on this phase of the subject at present, but will say that there are certain inalienable rights im- planted in woman’s better nature which no law can withhold or man take away——that of being an intelligent, refined, temperance, Christian woman, an earnest worker in every good cause, a blessing to her family, the world, and even to herself. Many per- sons say, I have no timeto do work outside my own-household. To such I would say, you have all the time there is, and if prop- erly managed, and all gathered up and not frittered away on useless things, you will find time to do much for others. Love of ease and love of self is one great hindering cause. How many listless persons there are who live hap hazard lives and condole themselves witn the imaginary idea that they have no influence, that there is no work for them to do; but when the great “harvest time” comes and the ingatherlng of fruit, it will be said of them, “Nothing but leaves.” ' - These are glorious days in which to live, days of grand possibilities and opportuni- ties, and yet great responsibilities follow in their wake, for “unto whom much is given much will be required.” Oftentimes we look at others and‘ admire their intelligence. refinement and manner, their brilliant talents all burnished for the contest between right and wrong, and we are apt to think and sometimes say, ‘'0, if I had their talents, their self-possession, I would write, and talk and work for the cause of humanity. But, sisters, we do not know of their- sleepless nights, their con- flict of mind, we do not know of their dread of unjust criticism, or of the sneers and slurs hurled at them, we do not know how they have wrestled and prayed for victory over opposing forces. It is all hid beneath a calm exterior only obtained by persistent effort. Mrs. J. F. Willing said: “In former years 1 I was only a bundle of crooked sticks, and if there is the least bit of straightness about me now, I owe it all to the missionary society, cultivating a love for others, and working for others.” MYRA. How can we Help each other. This question often arises in our mind, and the advantage of co-operation and unity of thought and purpose seems the best an- swer. Laborers are wanted who feel that to ele- vate humanity would compensate for ear- nest effort. ‘ It is a conceded fact that in all ages but few are leaders, and but for the enlightened and progressive minds society would be sta- tionary. Theory and practice should bear a close relationship on the broad platform of reality, for the most harmonious relations in life are produced by the broadest ideas of tolerance and liberty of opinion. The intention of the Grange is to educate men and women intoa higher condition of life, and to bring about much needed re- forms, we should work together to emanci- pate the laboring class from the oppression forced upon them by circumstances. Rings and monopolies are formed all over the land and the laboring class pay tribute. We have quietly submitted long enough and now should demand our rights, partisanship should not influence, but the earnest effort of all should be for the high- est good of humanity. When we want laws to benefit the agri- cultural class, we must send men to con- gress whose interests are identical with ours, and note. professional man whose main ob- ject is self aggrandizement and greed. The farming community who are taxed so heavfiy to support the government, surely ought to have a voice in its control. Aggiculturlsts as a class have borne insult and injury until forbearance has ceased to be a virtue, a part of it was merited perhaps, for though a man is a farmer, and is doing his own work, it is not necessary he should be ignorant and clownish. Education and culture would elevate and ennoble him as much in his working clothes as though he was of leisure habits and wore broadcloth. Farmers have allowed them- selves to be swindled and cheated by sharp- ers and deadbeats, until to be called a farmer was a suflicient guarantee that we could be fleeced with impunity, and receive con- tempt and ridicule from a certain part of the community who prided themselves on their superior position and ability. You can scarcely pick up a newsparer (ex- cept our Grange papers) without finding more or less slurs about country people. It seems strange that the agricultural class could so long remain indifferent to the position they occupied in society, but the Grange brought with it a new era of thought, we began to see ourselves as others saw us, and were soon convinced that our rights as farmers should be respected as much as though we pursued some other vo- cation. - The Grange first taught the farmer he could be a business man, that he could think and act for himself to his own advantage, and the result is the elevation of the farin- ing class to a higher plane of respectability and dignity. ' The financial feature of the Grange isa grand success, and yet the social feature is of far greater value. To the farmer’s wife it has been the bright oasis in the desert of her life, isolated from society by force of circumstances, and over- worked from the same cause, it is not strange that she feels a dread of mingling in the so- ciety of those who have leisure and opportu- for mental culture and self improvement. Her diflidence naturally causes her to shrink from comparison, for it is only by study and self culture the mind is developed. Many farmers‘ wives think they have not tim'e to spare for mental improvement, they must work, forever work; they feel as though guilty of idleness if they spend a short time to examine the latest paper. Habits are hard to change and it requires an effort to get out of the old groove; often it is the wive’s fault that she is but little better than aservant, asa general rule most husbands would rather their wives spent more time in reading and thought to brighten up their mental faculties, though they should neglect some imagined duty, for the companionship of people who understand and appreciate our noblest thoughts and highest aspira- tions is indeed a blessing. Woman’s mission should be ever to elevate ‘and inspire by her own pure and upright conduct a nobleness of character in those who surround her. An interchange of ideas is beneficial and the opportunity the Grange affords to the farmer's family for so- cial improvementlis truly a pleasure. The Grange is the only organization that has al- lowed woman a position on an equality with her brother man, and her jnfluence is al- ready felt. The presence of a pure-minded noble woman in any company, is indicative of respectability and order, the comparison between our Grange sessions and our town meetings, and elections is sufficient proof. The women of to-day are taking more in- terest in matters of public concern than at any previous time, and when they have the right of suffrage we shall expect political reform and national economy and a change of laws that make it a necessary requisite for every person to be able to read and write if they take part in making the laws of our country, for in order to vote intelligently it is necessary to know something about the party we vote with, to understand at least to some extent, the principles embodied in the platform upon which the party stands, and we expect many more reformatory measures will be adopted when women have the elective franchise. If we would helpeach other there should be a unity of purpose and the ready hand of sympathy ever extended, greatly adds to the sum of human happiness. We catch inspiration and power from the cheerful presence of friends. Then let us as patrons act from principle and work for the eleva- tion of mankind and prove to the world that the success of an organization of farmers is among the possibilities of this country. ” Mas. S. D. ROCKWELL. Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Mich. About Represenlaiion——Gossip. Bro. J. T. Cbbb :—-To mention all the good things in the GRANGE VISITOR would take too much time and space, but I wish here to endorse every word, I think, of D. Wood- man's "Representation in the State Grange,” published in the issue of April 1, and ask all who do not remember it to read it again. Two years ago, when my husband and myself were in the State Grange as repre- sentatives from VVayne county, petition after petition. to the number of 20 or 30 came in, asking equality of representation ; that any fourth-degree member, in good standing, should be eligible to membership. We took like petitions from our own Grange and from the county Grange, the majority favoring the fourth-degree members,—“Hus- bandman and his wife who is a Matron.” I offered a resolution that an equal number of sisters, as now, be sent, but that they be chosen on their own merits, not on the mer- its of their husbands (thereby proving, what the organization claims, equality of woman within its gates), which called out an insult to the Order from a prominent member of the State Grange, the last man, from his own connection with and duties in the Or- der, who should have offered it, and the only rude or offensive word I heard uttered in all the social and business relations of that busy week. There is no more impropriety in men or women going to the State Grange without their wives or husbands than in going to their own Grange, to church or to a neigh- bor’s; no more in going as delegates than in going as visitors. There is no law against a brother delegate taking his wife who is not a delegate, or vice versa. And here would come in a portion of the advantage of indi- vidual representation, as it would bring in more visitors, which help greatly to make the sessions interesting. In many cases where the expense of two, as visitors, would be more than the former’s income could well meet, and man and wife both stay at home because neither is willing to go and leave the other, both would go if one were sent as delegate, thus virtually doubling the strength of the State Grange. ' Brother Hill casts a deep slur on all Mas- ters and Past Masters, who are themselves eligible to the State Grange, by saying, “These objections [to present eligibility] come invariably from those—” etc. Does he mean to say that no Master or Past Mas- ter goes for equality of representation in the Grange? that caste is the basis of this organization, and that Mastership of itself creates aristocratic prerogatives? If so, Down with the Grange! and let farmers or- ganize a society in which there is no privi- leged class, where worth is the one grand element of election. But the brother is certainly mistaken ; the 20, 30 or more members who presented these petitions to the State Grange of 1880, were Masters, or their wives who’ were eligible. Those who worked so earnestly for this equality were those same delegates, and I. believe the ma- jority of the Masters in this State, to-day, are in favor of this equality, and that the people have no fears of sending brothers or sisters to the State Grange singly, and never will have till that institution become cor- rupted by exclusive privileges ! Whatever of inequality has been incor- porated in the organization of this noble Order is being uprooted in our Subordinate Granges and will be gradually eliminated from the letter of the law. The vigor and prosperity of the Order will derend on its purity and equality. Sister Sexton speaks of Sister Bristol, as all feel who heard her. Sister Bristol writes April 2d: “God bless you for your letter and the flattering notice in the Michigan papers.”—“As I desire the welfare of society I begin at the foundation.”-—“ I lead such a busy life I can only write postal cards.” The meeting of VVayne County Pomona Grange, held at Plymouth Grange hall the 31st ult., was one _of our very best sessions. The hall was densely packed, and nearly every Grange in the county was represented, and reports from Subordinate Granges were never better. Visiting friends from Oakland county and Farmington Granges added to h e pleasure and interest of the meeting. Brother and Sister Green were, as always, most welcome guests. Saturday evening, the 8th inst., Farming- ton Grange held an Easter feast, and some 20 guests from Redford Grange and quite a number from Livonia were given most hearty welcome. The feast was more than sumptuous—was elegant; the hall commo- dious and well furnished; the choir one of the best. and the oflicers, from the Master down, in thorough drill. Of course such a Grange (I08.-3 its work promptly and in or- der, making it a pleasure to members and visitors to go there. No one leaves it with- out wishing to return. No Grange makes a greater mistake than to think they can succeed, and go through the ceremonies of the Order in a loose, slip-shod manner. Redford Grange, No. 36?, again votes to put» the GRANGE VISITOR into every Grange family, making. I think, 34 copies. Their motto is, Support the Vrsrron and it will strengthen you. This 'Grange gives its annual sugar party the 15th inst- Fraternally, Mas. E. P. F. BRADNER. A Crushed Estheie. A few months ago, says the The Lockport Union. the daughter of an East Lockport man, who had grown comfortably well off in the small grocery line, was sent away to a “female college,” and recently she arrived home for the holiday vacation. The old man was in attendance at the depot when the train arrived, with the old horse and the delivery wagon to convey his daughter and her trunk to the house. When the train stopped, a. bewitching array of dry goods and wide—brirnmed hat dashed from the car and flung itselfinto the elderly par- ty's arms. “Why. you superlative pa!” she ex- claimed, “I’m so utterly glad to see you.” The old man was somewhat unnerved by the greeting, but he recognized the seal- skin cloak in his grip as the identical piece of property he had paid for with the bay mare. and he sort of squat it up in his arms and planted akiss where it would do the most good with a report that sounded above the noise of the depot. In a briefspace of time the trunk and the attendant baggage were loaded into the wagon, which was soon bumping over the hubbles home. “Pa, dear,” said the young miss, survey- ing the team with a critical eye, “do you consider this quite excessively beyond?” “Hey ?” returned the old man, with a puzzled air, “quite excessively beyond what?” “Oh, no pa; you don’t understand me,” the daughter explained. “I mean this wagon and horse. Do you think-they are soulful? Do you think they could be stud- ied apart in thelight of a symphony, or even a simple poem. and appear as intensely ut- ter to one on returning home as one could express?” The old man twisted uneasily in ‘ his seat and muttered something about he believed it used to be used for an express before he bought it to deliver pork in, but the conver- sation appeared .0 be traveling in such a lonesome direction that he pitched the horse a resounding crack on the rotunda and the severe jolling over the frozen ground prevented further remarks. “Oh, there is that lovely and consummate ma!” screamed the returned collegiate as they drew up at the door, and presently she was lost in the embrace of a motherly wo- man in spectacles. “Well, Maria,” said the old man at the supper table, as he nipped a piece of butter off the lump with his own knife “and how’d you like your school?” “Well, there. pa, now you’re shou-I mean, I consider it far too beyond,” replied the «laughter. “It is unquenchably ineffa- ble. ‘The girls are so sumptuously stunning ———I mean grand—~so intense. And then the parties, the balls, the ride-s—oh the past weeks have been one sublime harmony.” “I ’spose so—I ’spose so,” nervously as- sented the old man, as he reached for his third cup——“half full”——but how about your books——readin’, writin’, grammar, rule o’ three—how about them?” “Pa, don’t!” exclaimed the daughter, re- proachfully; “the rule of three! grammar! It is French, and music, and painting, and the divine in art that have made my school life the boss—-I mean, that have rendered my school life one unbroken flow of rythmic bliss--incomparably and exquisitely all but.” The grocery man and his wife looked help- lessly at each other across the table. After a lonesome pause the old lady said: “How do you like the biscuit, Maria?” “They are too utter for anything.” gushed the accomplished young lady, “and this plum preserves is simply a poem in itself.” The old man rose abruptly from the table and went out of the room, rubbing his head in a dazed and benumbed manner, and the mass convention was dissolved. That night he and his wife sat alone by the stove until a late hour, and at the breakfast table the next morning he rapped smartly on the plate with the handle of his knife, and re- marked: “Maria, me an’ your mother have been talkin’ the thing over, and we’ve come to the conclusion that this boardin’ school business is too utterly all but too much non- sense. Me and her consider that we haven’t lived sixty odd consummate years for the purpose of raisin’ a curiosity, an‘ there’s going to be a stop put to this unquenchable foolishness. Now, after youv’e finished eatin’ that poem of fried sausage an’ that symphony of twisted doughnut, you take an’ dust upstairs in less ’an two seconds an’ peel off that fancy gown an put on a kali- ker, an’ then come down here an’ help your mother wash dishes. I Want it distinctly understood that there ain't goin’ to be no more rythmic foolishness in this house, so long’s your superlative pa an’ your lovely and consummate ma’s runnin’ the ranch. You hear me, Maria?” ’ JUDGE Baxter, of the United States Cir- cuit Court, made a remark in an opinion recently rendered in Tennessee, that should be used as a text by every professor of law in the country. I-Ie said that his observa- tions in the courts for forty-one years led him to believe that at least one-half of the litigation that troubles the courts arises from the misadvice of counsel.—San Bemardino Judge. - . Buckwheat bran is used largely toadulter- ate ground black pepper. More Practical Suggestions. Many times when reading the experience of housekeepers in the columns of the HUS- BANDMAN, I am gratified to see the spirit of rogress emenating from sources that have ong been traveling the same round, com- paratively, in which the man was found claiming the course to be right to put a stone in one end of the bag to ballance the corn in the other, as his grandfather used to do when he put the bag thus filled across his horse to go to mill. And while I accept the general improvements given, I sometimes want to go a little farther, when I know certain ways of doing things to have proved economical in the expenditure of time and means, yet productive of the comfort and happiness sought, for which we spend the hours, days, weeks, months and years of our oft too fleeting existence. First, I want to go back to an article in the same paper some months since, which I thought to say amen to then; but procrasti- nated,—fearing,-—until now the author may not read the encouragement I wish to give- the name has passed from my memory. She, in substance, stated, that washings dried in a good sun, look sufficiently well without blueing. I step in advance of that: Some years ago, when I was a long time sick, unable to do my work as usual, and could get no help, I was necessitated to strike out into a differ- ent path from the accustomed so called good housekeeping, of which I claimed my share of pride. I made an experiment in washing first. The day before I expected to wash I put tlre clothes most soiled in a boiler of cold water with soap and salsoda for a good suds, on the back of the stove to warm and boil if they would; the rest of the clothes I placed in atub of warm suds of soap and sal-soda. In the morning I washed them all through one suds, then put them back in the machine and poured scalding water over thcm——no ~‘oap,——rinsed in one water after, without blueing, and dried; for, ‘it made a few less steps, saved a few pennies, and, being unable to perform my family duties, economy was quite an essential fea- ture in the dail round. My washings looked so well, I ave ever since pursued the course, except there arefsome garments I feel especially particularly about, when I use indigo in the scalding water and chem- ical bluing in the rinsing. If the muslin be bleached, I ask no whiter clothes; and to the sisters who are ready to denounce such a stretch of innovation on a long cherished custom, I would like to show some of the garments laid away for extra occasions. The water is soft. and for many years I have used sal--xoda—0r washing soda I think it is sometimes called—in proportion. per» haps, of a third of a cup to a pail of water, and know it neither tenders nor yellows the fabric, as some persons claim; instead, it has much to do in preserving the whiteness, to secure which, many sacrifice a deal of time and strength. This course making washing easier and be- ing quicker acmmpli-xhed than the as.-cus- tomed way of boiling clothes, housekeepers escape one of the most excitable toilsome days which the wheel of time rolls weekly round for their acceptance, and the family is saved many features of the most disagreeable of all days in the usual routine of business—- the washing day. Wisdom points to the nece.-sity of women laying aside needless labor, and cultivating the mind preparatory to the great work now looming up in the notdistant future; not in the laundry department alone may the change properly be made, and here is where the second innovation came. When I so far recovered as to begin to think about my housekeeping I was yet too weak to use a broom, carpet sweepers were not then in vogue, so with wing and dust- pan I removed the loose dirr, with a damp cloth I wiped the dust from the carpet, and a dry one served to remove it from the furni- ture instead of winging it off to settle right back again—thi:-I course kept home comfort- able, rooms looking tidy, and I did not keep overdoing by trying to perform that which I was not able to do. I still practice this course because I know it to be economi- cal in two ways: first, my strength is kept in reserve for a better purpose——second, a carpet looking quite respectable, would have hardly a shred left by this time had 1' con- tinued to use the broom as formerly, and one who has never tried ii, would be sur- prised at the appearance of relief given to a room, where the dust is wiped from the fur- niture without sweeping. It is duty to one’s self where circumstan- ces present nothing but to continue this treadmill round of household duties to the end of life, that we simplify many ways of doing things, and thus make for ourselves a way out of this dull routine; for there is needed much missionary work, even in our midst, and everyone can do something. Having spoken of chemical bluing it may be well for me to give the recipe, as I pro pare my own bluing by compounding: One ounce good Prussian blue with ounce oxalic acld (some use half an ounce of this), one quart of rain water, shake and let stand for use. To test the quality drop a little of the Prussian blue in water, if it instantly spreads like a cloud of smoke through the water it is good; if it remains in grains. coloring the water but little, it is not fit for this purpose. This is beautiful to color blue in carpets-— dilute for any desired shade—requires no washing after it is dry. Some blue in a carpet colored in this way has been in wear several years and not theleast tendered. Common lye soap may not do good work in the manner of washing I have described. I have never tried it and fearing some one may fail for that reason, I will give the recipe for soap I have used over twenty years, and it isas good for calicos as hard soap, always a jelly when cold, consequent- ly not economical for careless persons. Three gallons of rain water ; thrc. e pounds of bar soap ;—-I use the best—two pounds of sal soda; one ounce of gum ammonia. Dis- solve the soap, then add the other ingredi- ents; then all is dissolved and cooled, (not cold). pu! away for use. Half-barrel or keg. according to quantity made, is suitable to keep in. In answer to the query what shall be done with all the accumulated grease and. scraps if I don’t make soap ? Will say they can be exchanged at the soap factories for hard soap; and ashes are better for the land in compost before leaching.—Husbandman. IT Is stated that during the fourty-four years of Queen _Victoria’s reign the salaries and perquisites paid to her and her family amount to $5,000,000 a year, or $220,000,000. ,. _ freshed. On MAY 1, 1882. Euutlqz’ fiejzantment. A STRANGER IN THE PEW. BY MARY E. DODGE. Poor little Bessie! She tossed back her curls, though she is often the sweetest of girls, This was something she couldn't and wouldn't en- dure; ’Twae the meanest, most impolite act, she was sure, And; thing, she declared, that she never would 0. To go to church where one didn’t belong, Then walk down the aisle like the best in the throng, And seat one's self plump in another one’s pew. flumph! Didn't her father own his, out and out, And didn't they fill it up full, just about, When mama and papa, and herself and the boys. Were seated? And didn't their boots make a noise In moving along to make room for a stranger? And wasn't it cool, with the brazenest face, To expect at each hymn pa would find the place (If Ben di;in't or Bob, but there wasn't much dan- get‘) With such feeling at heart, and their print on her he er Last Sunday our Bessie hitched out of her “place” To make room for a girl, very shabby and thin, Who had stood in the aisle till mamma asked her in. The poor little thing tried her best not to crowd: And Bessie, forgetting, soon had the mishap To slip from her drowsiness into a nap, From which she awakened by crying aloud. Poor Bessie sat upright, with checks all aflame At sleeping in church, and we felt for her shame: But t'was strange at the close of the service to see Our Bessie, new gentle as gentle could be, Take the hand of the shabby young girl in the pew And walk, with her out of the church with a smile That shone through the tears in her eyes all the w ile, And brightened her face with a radiance new. “Good-by.”d whispered Bessie at parting," and min Our pew’s forty-five, with a pillar behind." Then she stole to her mother: “Oh, mother I dreamed Such a curious dream! 'Twa:_l no wonder I screamed. I thought I was sitting in church in this dress, With a girl like a beggar-child right in our pew- We were sitting alone on the seat, just we too— And I felt more ashamed than you ever could guess; . “When, all in a moment, the music grew loud, And on it came floating a beautiful crowd; They were angels, I knew, for they joined in the song, And all of them seemed in the church to belong. Slowly and brightly they sailed through the air; The rays from the windows streamed crimson and blue And lit them in turn as their forms glided through; I could feel their soft robes passing over my hair. “One came to my side. Very sadly she said, “There's a stranger in here.’ I lifted my head, And looked at the poor shabby girl with disdain. “Tis not she,’ said the angel; ‘the haughty and vain Are the strangers at church. She is humble and true.’ Then I cried out aloud, and the minister spoke, And just as they floated away I awoke, And there eat that dear little girl in our pew!" From Sweet Briar. Aunt Nina—I intended to answer your call in the last issue, but was unable to do so. I am very glad to see the cousins come forward and give their opinion so freely. If Mr Cobb would only allow us his grave- yard, how nice it would be; or at least omit the epitaphs, with all reverence to the dead, and that would allow room for one more to speak. I agree with “Hickory” upon attending places of alnuselnents. For I fear it is as he says, there is too often a face between us and the book. Young people are so romantic; if they at- tend the theater, opera, or a lecture, instead of paying attention to the stage their eyes roam around, and if they happen to meet another pair of eyes of the opposite sex, they are both pretty apt to be what we call ‘struck.” Please excuse me “Wil1" if I take excep- tions to something you said. I do not mean to be a critic, though you have accused me as being such. You say Carlyle was not so’ particular about his intellectual food, but . that he would masticate Thackery’s novels. Why, Thackery is Carlyle’s equal. His novels are not simply to amuse, he has some object, which he places under the garb of a romance to bring it more directly under the notice of the reading public. The Rev. E. P. Roe writes novels in the place of his sermons, and they are read by the most highly educated too. His simllees are beau- tiful, and all his language shows a purity of thought which is found in few novelists. There is scarcely one out of fifty who can readafew chapters of a good novel, and then lay it aside, dismissing it from their minds, and resume studying, feeling re- the contrary. they will be repeating, mechanically, their French verbs, while they wonder if the here will really die, or the heroine will discover her mistake. He who can banish at will, all thought detrimental to his studies, hasa wonderful control over his mind. I know little of what young men read: but the novel loving school gir1_prefers such writers as Augusta Evans, Miss Muloch, Bradden, Oliphant, Eggleson, Reade and even Bronte. They do not seem to crave for Goethe, Bulwer, Elliot and Hugo. Catch them reading for recreation, D’Israeli, Lamb, Franklin, Irving, Sidney Smith, or ‘even Cervantees “Don Quixote.” It would notbe such an injury if they would read such authors, but they prefer the lighter sort, and will read them. So I say, give all novels a wide berth, while attending school. You can read them in vacation if you like and when you need something to refresh your weary intellect, read some of DeWitt Talmage’B sermons; see what he says of fictitious literature, in his sermon called “American Plague Spot,” in the volume en- titled “Sports that Kill,” Then there are plenty of short sketches, by eminent wri- ters; poetry in abundance, from Thornton, Chaucer, Cowper, Addison, Pope, Gold smith. Milton and Shakspeare if you please, to the poets of our present century. And then there are the newspapers; look over the political news of the day; girls as well as boys should inform themselves as to what our government omcers are doing, for we may vote sometime, and it would never do to be ignorant. We should feel rather green if sollle one should ask us who takes the Vice President’s place, now Arthur is Pres- ident, and not be able to tell. Ifor one do know that it is hurtful to read novels while attending school. We will not die of hard study without them. If we should so wish. there are other things which will make us forget that “Life is real life is earnest.” S\VEl-1'1‘ BRIAR. This letter from Sweet Briar having mis- carried did not reach us in time for publica- tion in the last VISITOR. As she proposed the subject we all want to hear what she has to say even if the time has expired for wri- ting on this subject. The letter from “Pretty by Night” came too late. Will she not try and be more punctual‘? The same is true of the letter “from R. J. M.,” and the name was not signed. Will “Will” please send name and ad dress? AUNT .Nl-NA. Lillie Hannah’s Dream. W Dear Aunt 1V2'na :—I am glad to find that there is still some one interested in the Youth’s Department. We did not receive our number for February 1st. of the VIS- ITOR, so missed “Aunt Nina’s” introduc- tion. Do you object to ‘nom de plumes"? Aunt Locksie does. You may be sure we do not want you to leave us. but we cannot blame Uncle Nine llluch, when we think how we neglected him. I thank Lina for her interesting letter. I feel much better acquainted with Crawford county than be- fore. Our school teacher has got up a school paper, with heading, Terms of Subscrip- tion, advertising rates, and different depart- ments, to learn us how a paper is prepared for printing. Our teacher is editor and the scholars contributors. I send you my contri- bution (which was for the children’s col- umn) you may give it a place in the VISITOR if you think it worthy. From your affectionate niece, SUNFLOWER. I think all of you have heard of little Hannahs Adams, at her grandfathers. One morning when Hannah came down stairs rather earlier than usual, she found Grand- pa sitting on a bench outside the kitchen door, with some large, ripe sunflower heads by his side busily engaged in shelling out the seeds. “Oh! Grandpa,” she exclaimed, “what are those queer things, and what are you going to do?” I am going to feed the chickens.” “Yes, but what are these?” Why they are sunflowers gone to seed didn’t you ever see one before.” No indeed, why are they called sunflowers?” “Because they always turn toward the sun. In the mom!- ing their faces are toward the east and and at night toward the west.” How odd—is there anything else to tell about them.” Not now, only the seeds are’ good for chick- ens. The plant is rather handsome don’t you want some seeds to plant in your back yard at home. Ask your papa to dig upa place for you, plant the seed, and get Brid- get to pour her washing ends on it once a week.” “Thank you Grandpa that will be nice.” When Hannah went home she took the seed, and did as her Grandfather had said, and sure enough she had some plants that grew finely, and they were a great pleasure to ‘the city child, who eagerly watched to see whether the flowers turned to the sun. She talked and teased so nluch about them that her mother told her she should have to ask Grandpa not to give her any more seeds. One night Hannah dreamed about her sunflower, she dreamed that it was morning, and that she had gone down stairs to see if they had their faces turned toward the sun, when to her surprise she saw them all grouped together around what looked like a door down into the ground. “What are you all doing,” she said surprised to find them moving about like people. “Waiting for you” they re- plied, “let us go down quickly, or it will be too late.” “On coming closer, Hannah saw that there was a flight of steps below the door lighted by torches held by brilliant Gladiolus, who bent their heads as she passed. The steps led down for quite a dis- tance, when they came to a door guarded by two dandelions; on seeing the sunflowers, the dandelions immediately opened the door, and let them pass through into a bean- tiful hall well lighted. On the way down no one had spoken, but on entering the hall Hannah could not repress an exclamation of delight. On the opposite side of the hall there was a throne of pure white, trimmed with green, but instead of the rose being seated upon it as queen, the sunflower sat upon the throne, while the Rose and the lily waited ‘upon her! The hall was filled with a merry company of callas, tuber- roses and other aristocratic plants but the greater part consisted of hollyhocks, tiger lilies, manigolds and the like, although the violets and mlgnonette were not excluded; run cnagriepn VESET_:O;$ all were in holiday attire and formed a beau- tiful picture. After they had paid their respects to the queen, Hannah was pre- sented, and received with great favor, the queen giving he-ra seat by her side. Just then the music sounded for a dance and the company formed lll couples. The queen danced with the pride of the garden, but Hannah was for once, satisfied with being a wall flower. After dancing till they were tired, they passed into the refreshment roonl where they were fed with such dain- ties as “mold broth" rainwater and dew which were not at all to Hannah’s liking. All then returned to the dancing hall, but found to their dismay, that their greatest enemy was there, and all the flowers hur- ried on their wraps, and hastened home by different ways. Hannah herself returned the way she came but the stairs were dark now, for even the gladioles had run away at the approach of jack frost. As she neared the entrance the light was so bright, that it almost dazzled her. She was about to step out into the yard, when she heard, “come little daughter time to get up” and she awoke to find her mother bending over her, and and the sun shining full in her face. As soon as she was dressed, she ran down into the yard, to see if the sunflowers were still in their places, (of course they were,) and when she questioned them if they would take her again, they only nodded their heads. She half expects they will and looks every morning to see if the door is not open, but she has never found it open yet. Do you think she ever will? The Reign of Monopoly. The two most powerful and oppressive monopoly rings in this country are, as has been shown in our former articles, the bank and the railroad corporations. These fur- nish striking illustrations of how good in- stitutions may be perverted, through sel- fishness, until the evil predominates over the good. Banks of deposit, exchange, and discount are indispensable to business in its present state. - Railroads are a necessity to the demands of travel and transportation. But certain men of great wealth and rare business tal- ent, have, through personal enterprise and ambition, and by combinations with other men of the same sort, monopolized the stock. and got control of the great trunk-lines of railroads and many of their branches. They manage them in their own selfish interest: whereas, being public highways, railroads should be built and run in the interest of the public. We have already seen that they are built at the expense of the public, by the proceeds of land subsidies, etc. How it hap- pens that private individuals and corpora- tions obtain control and monopolize the profits, is what the people do not understand, but would like to find out. It is our pur- pose to at least furnish some hints bearing upon this dark subject. Railroads are usually built in advance of any urgent demand for such highways. Certain men of avaricious and speculative turn of mind, form a ring under the corpor- ate name of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, for example. These men hold a meeting and elect themselves to ofiice. One is made president, another vice-president. another superintendent, etc., etc. They ask Congress for a charter, which simply means permission to build and operate the road. This obtained, they ask for a subsidy, to as- sist in the construction of their proposed road. By urging the advantages to the whole country, and especially to the section through which it is to pass, they succeed in getting a bill‘ through Congress, and signed by the President of the United States, set- ting apart each alternate section of land ly- ing within twenty miles of the proposed railway. This board of railway officers, who have not invested a dollar, save what they have spent in lobbying their pet scheme through Congress and who as individuals are prob- ably bankrupts, are as a corporation worth a quarter of a million, with almost unlimited possibilities for speculation before them. The next thing to do, is to ouild the road. Beg pardon, if you think so you are totally ignorant of railroad financiering. Oh no. The next_ thing they have to do, is to issue say 500 shares of stock, representing $1,000 each. The next move is to advertise this stock in all the influential newspapers, es- pecially the leading religious newspapers, and sell it to all who are sufiiciently verdant to buy it. They say in their advertise- ments, and the editors whose papers get their patronage repeat it, editorially, that this stock can now be had for fifty cents on the dollar, and that without any doubt whatev- er, it will go up to five hundred per cent. above par in a very short time. Men who have cut their financial eye teeth don't in- vest. But in all parts of the country, are industrious and frugal men and women, who have saved up during a life time, from one to five or ten thousand dollars. They desire to double or quadruple their fortune. They are assured by the oflicers of this rail- road company, who of course are honorable men, else how did they get elected to such responsible positions, that here is achance to get rich without any trouble at all. The editor of their paper who never told a lie in his life, endorses the scheme unqualifiedly. They invest. For each $1,000 they get a -beautifully engraved piece of paper, which looks for all the world like a Government bond. These victims watch the stock quo- tations. They are in daily expectation of finding themselves rich. There isaslight advance in the stocks of their road. If they have not already put all their mone in they make haste to do so. If they have they tell their friends about it, and get them to invest. Finally the stock is all taken. The company are now in funds. The road is surveyed, and work is begun. Years pass. The funds become exhausted. The road is not one-fourth completed. , It don’t pay running expenses as far as it is completed. The company fails. The stock tumbles to almost nothing. Now a very curious thing happens. A short time ago this ring were poor as individuals. but rich as a corporation. Now they are rich as individuals but bankrupt as a corporation. As a corporation they sold this stock at 50 cents to the dollar. As individuals they 9 now buy itat five or ten cents to the dollar. The company is reorganized ; the same oili- cere are re-elected. They are now. not only officers but owners of the road. They own not only the stock of the road, but the im- mense body of land wllicn the Government gave the road. They sell this laml at large prices, on long time, with interest at seven to ten per cent. They build the road, equip it. and find themselves owners, not only of this vast public highway, but with $100,000,- 00 or more ofcash, mortgage notes and un- sold land besides. The railroad is their property. ofcourse they have the right to manage it for their own benefit. The fact that the people built it, or rather paid for building, does not give them any rights which this corporation is boulld to respect. The company fix the rates of travel and transportation for passengers and freight. We have ill this article given substantial- ly, a true history of all our great railroads. VVe don’t think the plan is the correct one. A Call for Cash. The visit of Mr. Cllarles Callahan of Chi- cago to St. Paul and Minneapolis the 93d was, it is understood, for the purpose of demand ing of the Minneapolis harvester works in the name of C. H. McCormick of Chicago, Norman (L Thompson and Helen A. Gor- ham of Rockford, Ills, a royalty of 3210 upon each twine binding harvester that said company has made or will make. This claim is based upon the patents which, after several years of controversy in the patent office, were in 1880 granted to Marquis L. Gorhaln. of Rockford. and it is claimed by the parties who demand the royalty that they own and control ail the patents relating to the automatic binding of the bundles of grain. The Minneapolis Harvester works, the William Deering Company, of Chicago, the Champion Reaper Company, of Spring- field, Ohio, the Esterly Harvester company, of Vi/hitewater, and all others that are using twine-binders made under Appleby patents are to he proceeded against by the parties controlling the Gorhanl patent. The attor- neys who have been engaged by the Mc- Cormick faction are George Harding of Philadelphia, E. N. Dickerson of New York, M. D. Leggett of Cleveland, 0., and Parkinson Ar Parkinson of Cincinnati.- Chicago Times, Mar. 24. Daughters. Tllcrczlre fcw grezltcl' nlistukcs t-lulu the prevailing disposition illllollp,‘ people in llliddle-clues of life to bring up their daugllters aslillc ladies, lleglcctillg useful knowledge for showy uccolllplishlllellts. The notions. it has been justly observed, which girls thus educated acquire of their illlportzulce, is ill inverse ratio to their true value. With just enough of fzlslliollable relillenlellt to disqual- ify them for the duties of their ]ll‘(l]>(:l' sta- tion, and rellder them ridiculous ill ll lligller slllerc—wllat are such fine ladies lit for? othing but to be kept like wax iigures lll u glass case. Woe to the man who is linked to one of them! if half the time and llloucy wasted on music, dallcing and embroidery were employed lll tcacllillg d:lllglltel's the Ilse- ful arts of lnzlkillp: sllirts and lllclldillg stock- ings and managing llousellold zlffalirs, their real qualifications as coming wives and .motllers would be lllCl‘€2l.SP(l four-fold.—E:c. THE REAPER, DEATH. SCOTT-Died Feb. 14, l882, Bro. MILO Soorr, aged 34, a member of Trowbridge Grange, No. 296. Suitable resolutions of sympathy and respect were adopted by the Grange. TWEADLE.-—Died in the township of Elmwood, Michigan, Feb. 6, 1882, Miss ANN ELLA TWEADLE, aged 24 years, a member of Empire Grange, N o. 374. Our young sister—a flower in full bloom, a joy to her parents, beloved by all——her brothers and sisters of the Grange mourn as those who cannot be com- forted. E. c. D. NASH.—Died at her home in the township of Mott- ville, St. Joseph county, March 27, Sister CAROLINE NASH, a. charter member of Mottville Grange, No. 237. This great afiliction called forth from Mott- ville Grange an earnest expression of the esteem in which this departed sister was held by her fellow members, and of their deep sympathy for the mourning family. It was ordered that the hall be draped for 90 days, and the action of the Grange be- colne a permanent record of our sorrow. NEWMAN.—Died at_his—home in Milford, Oak- land Co., E. C. Nawxax, the Worthy Master of Milford Grange, No. 377. The Grange of which he was the honored head, at a meeting held April 15, adopted a preamble and resolutions expressive of their great oss and their sym ath for the family of our deceased brother, and or ere the sfile spread on its journal as a lasting record of their fraternal regard. VANBLARCUM-Died Feb. 8. Sister IDA VAN- nnaacox, a member of Girard Grange, No. 136. At the early age of 24 our beloved sister has been called from the Grange of earth by the Divine Master to the great Grange above. Suitable resolu- tions were adopted by the Grange, ordered spread upon its records, and a copy sent to the widowed mother. Yes, we miss her, sadly miss her. And we drop the falling tear ; But we hope again to meet her, When our work is finished here. THOMAS.—Josaru S. Tnolus, our respected friend, our honored brother, at the ripe age of 62, has fallen —he is dead. A good man has completed a well-spent life and, in obedience to the mandate of nature's God, has gone forward to enjoy the reward of a life of well- doing. It is but natural and right that our great sorrow should be the measure of our great loss. Our love and great appreciation of the excellence of his mental and moral qualities must not blind us to the simple, obvious truth that our brother has accomplish- ed most worthily the mission of life, and dying be- queathed the rich legacy to his family and to us, of an untarnished record, an unblemished name. Is not this enough to assuage our present sorrow and stimu- late our_determination to emulate his virtues? That we have a permanent record of our regard for the dead and a lasting proof of our fraternal sympathy for our widowed sister and her family it was ordered by Schoolcraft Grange, No. 8, that its hall be draped in mourning for sixty days, that this memorial trib- ute be spread upon its records, and a copy be present- ed to the family of our deceased brother. Schoolcraft, April 1, 1882. SYLVESTER.—Death has for the third time an- tered Mount Tabor Grange, each time having visited the same family; first, the father; next the mother, and now the son, J aces Svnvxsrnn, after along and ainful afiiiction. crossed death's river March 29, I882, aged 19 years. Mount Tabor, No. 43, at its last regular meeting adopted suitable resolutions of re- spect for the departed. Aiabasiine Is the only preparation based on the proper 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- meut that llardens with age, and every ad- ditional coat strengthens tlle 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 one coat will produce better work than can be done with one coat of any other pre aration on the same surface. For ea c by paint dealers everywhere. Send for circular containing the twelve beautiful tints. Manufactured only by AL- ABASTINE (lo. M. B. CHURCH, Manager, juyl-tf. Grand Rapids, Mich. HEADQUARTERS FOR LAND PLASTEB LOREN DAY, Grandviiie, Mich., Is prepared to furnish LAND PLASTER, fresh ground, at contract prices, made with the Executive Committee of the State Grange. A large stock on hand of pure, finely-ground LAND PLASTER, Send me your Orders direct. janl—ly LOREN DAY. Fisln’s Amer'ic:Irn Dlrnnlal of PARLIAMENTARY LAW Is the cheapest and best. The subject is made so plain that every Citizen or Society member should ave a copy. Circular of commendation free. Price by mail pre- paid; cloth, 50 cents; leather tucks, $1.00. Poe stamps received. Addrc.-s, J. '1‘. COBB, Schoolcraft, or (} E(). T. YVIH I-I. (Mention this paper.) Rocllasrlca, N. Y. 'A.VANDENBERG, MANUFACTURER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Dream-:3 IN HARNESS, WHIPS, BLANKBTS, TRUNKS, &c., 92 Dlonroe Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICK. I take pleasure in presentingto your favorable con- sideration my CASH PRICE LIST of Harness Work ~—I-IAND MADE—all of my own manufacture, and also to return thanks for the liberal patronage I have received from the different Granges throughout Mich- igan. I shall do in the future as ill the past—furnish the best goods for the least money. Farm Harness, White Trimmed Breeching, Round Lines, Snaps, Rum Straps, and spread rings, complete, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "829 G0 The same without Breeching, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 00 “ “ with flat Lines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 00 “ “ “ “ “ without breeching,.. 25 (X3 Double Light Buggy Harness, white trimmed, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825 to 30 00 The same, Nickle Trinlmed, from . . . . . .835 to 60 00 Single Buggy Harness, with round lines, white trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 00 Same with flat lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00 Nickle Trimmed, . . . . . . .815, $16, 818, 820 and 25 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 all orders to Yours very respectfully, A. VANDENBERG, 92 MONROE Sraasr. Gnaxn Rarme. FENNO a/Mauumc, Wflfll COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 117 Federal Bt., Boston. Consignments Soliciied and Cash Advances lads. inn I Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the most popular ricul- tural and family paper published. This widely circula- ted paper,now in its sixth volume,is published weekly, and sent to subscribers at 81.50 a year including postage. Every number contains 8 pages, 40 col- umns of practical agricultural alld family reading matter, including full reports of the West Mic ‘ Farmers’ Club, of which it is the official organ. he publishers offer for the next thirty days to send on receipt of 82.00 THE WORLD for one year and a copy of “Our Farmer’s Account Book,” containing 212 pages on fine Ledger paper. a comprehensive sys- tem of book keeping adapted to the wants of practi- cal farmers everywhere. Over 80,000 of these books have been sold within the last year, and in many in- stances farmers have paid itinerant book agents as high as three dollars for them. Every farmer should have one of these account books, but we advise them to send direct to the AGRICULTURAL Wonnn, Grand Rapids, Micl1., and receive the account book and T31 Wonrn for one year for less than the book costs alone. Tm; Worth!) and Grange Visitor one year, and the account book, $2.50. Don't fail to mention this paper when writing. Address, F. M. CARROLL, Publishers, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. German Horse and Cow Powders. This wder has been in use for many years. It is large y used by the farmers of Pennsylvania, and the Patrons of that State have bought over 100.0% pounds through their urchasing agents. Its compo- sition is no secret. The receipt is on every box and 5-pound package. It is made b Dr. L. Oberholtzefs Sons it Co.,_Phoenixvi.lle, Pa. t keeps stock healthy and in good condition. It helps to digest and assimi- late the food. Horses will do more work, with less food while using it. Cows will give more milk and be in better condition. It keeps poultry healthy, and increases the production of eggs. It is also of t is value to them when moltinig. sold at the lowest wholesale rice by R. . JAMES, Kannuzoo, GEO. W. ILL .2 C0., 80 Woonnnrnon 812, Da- -raorr, THOS. MASON, 181 Wu-an S12, Cmcaoo, and ALBERT STEGEMAN, ALLEGAN. Put up in 60-lb. boxes (loose), price Elem‘ Cnzcrs per lb., 30-lb. boxes (of 6 5—lb. packages, Tun Cams per ‘lb. ours vmes. A Leadingvarierles in largesuppiy. Warranted true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated NEW WHITE GRAPE» PRENTISS Send stamp for Price and Descriptive List-. Also Trees, Small Fruits, etc 1'. s. uusiunn, Fredonia, II. I. nov. 1-yl. ‘ 7"’ D-or ,-22::-r,;-I 8 , TEE GRANGE VESE'E.CRi. MAY 1, 1882. MR. HENRY E. ALVORD remarks that the so-called “ fancy farmers” are generally worthy of respect»; they take risks and carry on costly experiments often of lasting benefit to agriculture. and even their tail- ures are of practical value. ALPENA Co., Mich., Mr. Editor.--—I used, on my house, five years ago, some of the “ Ingersoll Li uid Rubber Paint.” Today it looks well. be next year I painted a new barn with other paint. It is badly faded and most chipped ofl' Yours respectfully, G. H. RIZER. [See advertisement-En] OFFICF OF R. M. BELLINGEB, MANUFACTURER OF THE Teasdale Steam Fruit& Vegetable EVAPORATOR, To the Farmers and Fruit Growers of Lenawee, B.':1‘rien, Cr1.9a, Hm Buren, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Calhoun, Branch, Hillsdale, Juckami, Was/itemzw, Monroe, and Wayne Counties, in the State of llzclzigan, and Lucas and Williams in the State of Ohio, and the entire State of California .- I want you to look at the Teasdale Steam Fruit and Vegetable Evaporator, Patented October 26, 1880. I want you to see its rtability, its cheapness, its economy of time and uel. in fact I want you to see its perfect and easy adaptibility to the end in viewathat is to place within the reach of every man the most efficacious means of saving and marketing profitably that part of the products of his orchard and garden which has heretofore gone to waste. Fruit evaporated by this process is Never Burned or Scorched, Is always clean, -white and free from dirt or dust, and in keeping qualities is absolutely unrivalled, so that it can be solely kept without injury to meet the best and highest prices. Come and see by far the BEST, THE SAFEST, THE CHEAPEST AND THE MOST ECONOMICAL MACHINE in the line of Evliporators ever offered in this or any other market. superiority over all other Evaioralurs. 1st. The immense amount of drying capacity for the amount of room used. 2d. There is no possibility of burning, brpwning, or otherwise damaging fruit b ' the drying process. 3d. No experts are require to run the Evapora- tor; any man with ordinary intelligence can learn all there is to it in an hour. 4th. It takes only two hours to dry apples with this evaporator, while it requires six hours to dry with the hot air process. 5th. Wuen drying frames are placed in the drying chambers they need not be removed until fruit is dried, for each frame, as can be seen, has a. drying chamber by itself, consequently moisture cannot rise and dampen the fruit in upper part of dryer. And the idea of hauling innumerable drying frames up and down through a tower 40 to 60 feet high is en- tirely done away with. And no more danger of loss by fire than in burning a. cook stove, which fact alone is largely in favor of our machine, for the average life of a hot air concern is not to exceed two years. There are many more points of excellence which we have not room here to mention. We have three sizes in stock. First size, 6 to 8 bushels per day ; this size can be used on any cook stove. Second size from 20 to 25) bushels. Third size, from 40 to :30 bushels. All except the smallest are wholly Constructed of Galvanized I ran -—a material that never ru-ts, making it it rig that will last a lite time. Apples evaporated by this pro- cess have no smell or taste of sulphur when dried. All contemplating getting evaporatois I would ad- vise them to order at once, as the demand will be so great that later in the season it will be diflicult to fill orders. All cash orders will receive prompt at- tention. Agents wanted in every township and County in the State of California. Address all cor- respondence to R. M. BELLINGER, Blisslield, Michigan. TESTIMONIALS 3 To the Public. The undersigned were present at the oflice of R. M. Bellinger, Blissfield, Michigan, on Monday, April 3d, and witnessed the TEASDALE STEAM FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EVAPORATOR in full opera tion, The cleanliness, economy and dispatch with which it accomplished dessication and drying of fruits astonished and delighted us. Two hours with mod- erate heat was amply sufiicient to acfcomplish the work. It seems to us no farmer or fruit raiser should be without one. The pecularity of its construction renders it impossible to scorch or burn the fruit, and the product is therefore always reliable and saleable at a large per cent. above that of any other hot air evaporator with which we are acquainted. Its cheap- ness, lightness, and portability brings it in the reach of every one and a little experience in its‘ working will, in our opinion, soon render it indispensible in every family. 0 E Rowland, M D, H J Sheldon, Wm A Clark, George L Hoxsie, A K.-apt‘, Dayton Parker, M I), gem 3; Peace, W G Donaldson. 3 wood, L E McFarland, A F Williams, Hon J Carp:-utur, I Kemberliug, ProfD A Hammond. w H Drew, J B Clement. Mayor, W D McCann, J P, H D Ellis, bunker, Wm E Rodgers, George _Hall, J F Bliven, A D EH13. Herb Hathaway, Chas H Beugita c M Elna, M H Cogswoll, Supervisor. Geo B Carpenter, J L CHIPGDWF. P W Harris, W M Corilel. Walter Furmau, C II Gillani, G W Bliveu. fiflihe above list comprises some ot the most influential and solid men of Southern Michigan. Orricn Taurus Mason, Faun nu) Paonucr: Mi-:uou.u«‘r, Caruso. Ill. January 31, 1882. R. M. BILLINGRB, Esq.:—Your favor in relation to Pie-Plant, Apples, Sweet Corn, &c., at hand. In reply would say, the ap- ples received that were preserved by your evaporator, command the very highest market price, being of a uniform light color and well dried. The sweet corn cannot be surpassed in ap- pearance or keeping qualities, or in its cooking qualities. The evaporated pie-plant is something new, and ,from its ap- pearance should judge it is destined to till a place among our preserved vegetables ofas much importance as the sweet corn or tomatoes, for the pie-plant can now be kept in stock equally as well with either, and vi ith its flavor unimpaired. I can as- sure you II will give me pleasure tosell all the goods you can get preserved by your process, as it will be impossible to over- stock the market with goods of this quality. THOMAS MASON. Business Agent Michigan State Grange. Comma, December 6, I881. R. M. Bni.LxNGss.:——We cheerfully state that the Tzasnshx Faun Evaronnos left with us by you is all that need be wish- ed 101' the fruit farmer to save surplus fruit. Have sold my apples evaporated by this process for )6 cents per pound on baud cars this lesson. Yours. A. D. FINC MRS. A. D. FINCH. Sec’y Grange, No. 188. Our prices on all evaporator: from 50 to 100 per cent. less than any hot air evaporator. No farm im- plement will pay its cost so quickl nor so many times in a. season. Always ready, an the_da.ily wast- ing of fruit suggesting its use and reminding us. It is not what we make, but what we save that accumu- lates wealth. N_ B —C'an/1 paid for Pte-Plant, Bldflk Raspber- ries, Sweet Corn, Apples._Hubbard Squash, Pump- kim, and Green Save, dclwered at Bmcfield, Lena- oee Co. Mich. fifi .9. c m: 15: CREAMER & BUTTER COOLER W, _n. _._. .. A combination that will produce an even grade Butter. winter and N0 quired. Saves two-thirds the labor. ‘ It its cost twice the first season. A RESPONSI- BLE AGENT where an Agent is not of summer. Ice re- will save wanted located. Correspondence solicited. Send for C15- CULARS and Paics-Lisr. MCCALL & DUNCAN, Schoolcraft, Mich. G. W. Hunt, Mattawan, Van Buren County. W. P. Herd, Lowell, Kent County. A. H. Smith, Sparta, “ “ Charles E. Thornton, Rockford, Kent County. Charles Pittman. Middleville, Barry County. A. Stegeman, Allegan, Allegan County. D. P. Newton, Watson, " “ Simeon Staring, Ganges, “ “ E. J. McNaughton, Cooperville, Ottawa County. Gutelius Snyder, Three Rivers, St. Joseph “ Williams at Hartshom. Owosso, Shiawassec County. 0. C. Spaulding. Royalton, Berrien County. P. W. Watts. Chelsea. West Wasbtenaw County. John Wiebe, Bear Lake, Mauistce County. J. A. Mont-agu, Niles, Berrien County. Sears it Messenger, Cassopolis, Cass County. John I-Iofiman, Homer, Calhoun Co. John Adams, Marshall, “ Wattles at Wood, Battle Creek, Calhoun 00. J. R. Brayton, Bellville. W'ayne Co. 8. Andrews, Howell, I1lVlI1,'.’,HtOIl Co. A B. Cooley, Romeo, N. W'. Maccmb Cu. H. H. Freeman, Lenox, N. E. Macomb Co. D. I. Duntou, Lapeer, Lapeer Co. \.\. AGENTSr ‘ B. J. Wily. Mottville, St. Joseph County. l G. M. Gardner, Litchfield, Hillsdsle County. 3 J. A Johnson. Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County. H. C Call, Glass River, Shiawassee County. Win. .5. Palmer, Lansing. Irigbam County. VVilliu.m Spalding, Hoytville, Eaton County. Union VVind Mill Co., Albion, Jackson County. The Bird Wind Mill Co., Kalamazoo. Kal’zoo 00. Charles North, Trent, Muskegon and Newaygo Co. 1 Nathan VVinslow, Williamstown, Ingham County. 1 C. H. Eames, Grand Blanc, S. E. Genesee Co. John Grose, Moore};-ark, St. Joseph Co. T. H. R.ss it Co., Dowagiac, Cass County. S. N. Thomas, Decatur, Van Bureu County. VVm. C. Wooley', Elsie, Clinton and Gintiot Co's. Adams & Rue, Galesburg, Kalamazoo County. F. L. Elms, Charlotte, Eaton Co. J. W. Itcssman, Mariette, Sanilac Co. Staut A Ingcldsby, Pontiac, Oakland Co. Dunnam & Sou, Hudson, Lenawee Co. Siayton & Sun, Tecumseh, Lenawee Co. Wilcox Bros, Adrian, Lenawee Co. A Chandler (S; Sou. Cc-ldwater, Branch Co. FOR SALE. The MICHIGAN STATE Aouicurruaan COLLEGE oi- fcrs for sale at reasonable prices Three Yearling Short-Horn BULLS ‘ Of approved breeding and from dams of good mllk- ing qualities. Also A FEW COWS AND HEIFERS. All stock registered in American Short-Horn Herd Book. Call on or Address : SAMUEL JOHNSON, AGRICULTURAL Connacs, Lansing, Mich. THE 5 - TON WAGON SCALES. ARE SOLD FOR 360. All Iron and Steel. Sold on trial——freight paid by us——no money asked till tested and found satisfac- tory. All sizes manufactured. 15Lua.r4t JONES OF BINGIIAMPTON, Blnghampton. N. Y. Sand for Circulars and further particulars. Paw Paw, Mich, May 18th, 1878. Jonas or Bmamxrox: 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, Fratarnally, J. J. WOODMAN. {Signed} 3 in-—1y'r Garden, Flower and Field EEEIJE, 3 OF EVERY VARIETY. BOXES UP ASSORTED PUPPIES furnished SRANGSS Varieties not used to be returned. WHITE RUSSIAN OATS. Special Prices to Patrons on Application. NEW onocrinr PRICE LIST NOW nmov. BEND FOR IT. GEORGE W. HILL, 80 Woodbridge St., West, Feb.lt.f DETROIT, MICH. .:.;..“.; ’IiIIiE«:AB1<3ST!” THE STODDARD CHURN. The most popular Churn on the market. No floats or dashers inside. The cov- or removed in an instant, and replaced as quickly. Cork packing. that never leaks. The highest award, a SILVER MEDAL, at Philadelphia, 1880, at the largest exhibition of DairyAppara.tus ever made in this country, after an actual test with the lead- . ing Churn: manufactured. — ~ ' - HIGHEST AWARDS at the leading fairs in 1881. Eionr Srzns made, with or without pulleys, agdesired. Agent: Wanted. § Send tor Circulafs to the manufacturers. MOSELEY as STODDARD M’F’G G0., Poultncy, Vermont. JOHN PB.ES'l‘0N, Pmusamr, M108-. _ Lmm-.5; Agent for Kent County. GRANGE HORSE mi. We manfacture a lirsi-class Horse Net at Charlotte, Michigan, and olier at prices as follows :- Full Size Bcdy, Neck, and Ear tips of 16-thread twine, by the dozen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 81.10 Same as above made of 20-thread twine, each. 1.2:’) Body nets to the hames, each. . . . . .. .. . .. 75 Ear tips, by the doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.40 When express charges exceed one dollar per doz. the excess can be charged to me. Sixty da s time given on orders under seal of a Grange, an 5 per cent discount oif for cash with the order. Annaxssz JOSEPH SI-IAVV. Charlotte, Dlich. secs FOR HATGHING!l FROM CHOICE White Leghorn Fowls. From breeding pens, 82.50 per 13. From general flock, 13 for 75 cents, 26 for $1.25, 52 for 82.00. Shipped in baskets, and warranted pure and fresh in all cases. Black Java, American Sebright and White Leg- horns chicks after September 1st. Also Scotch Terrier dogs and Fitch Ferrets. Three-cent stamps taken for amounts under $1.00. Terms cash with the order. No circulars. Write for what is wanted. ‘ Address, ‘ CHAS, P. ADAMS, aprl5,5t Grand Rapids, Mich. PATENTS. LUCIUS C. WEST. Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent Causes. Trade Marks, Copyrights, Assignments, Caveats, and Mechanical Drawings. Circulars free. 16 Portage street. KALAMAZOO, MICH. aprltf L I F E INSURANCE FOR PATRONS. o—— The Patrons’ liilnciely of Michigan WAS OBHANIZEII IN DECEMBER, 1880, to give the Patrons of Michigan an opportunity to belong to a HUME INSTITUTION OF LIFE IIISURANCE that they could control. As its name indicates, it is FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR ORDER AND FOR THEM ONLY. “ Its Annual Meetings occur at the same time and place as the annual session of the State Grange. This feature was for the express purpose of provid- ing for a large representation of the members of the Society at its most important meeting of the year, when its ofiicers are elected. and without special notice any amendment to the laws and rules govern- ing the Society may be made. The MUTUAL run adopted by this Society pro- vides that an Assessment shall be made ON LY when a member dies, and the amount of that as- sessment is tixed when a person becomes a member, and cannot beincreased at any subsequent period. This assessment is graduated according to age, which is an important and listinctive feature of this Socie- ty——one which should commend it to the favorable consideration of Patrons. If there are reasons why people should from time to time pay a. small sum from their income or their earnings, in order to secure to those dependent on them in an hour of need a sum suflicient to bridge over the expenses and wants incident to that most trying period of life, those reasons hold good when applied to the Patrons of our State. Applications for membership may be made to JAMES COOK, J. W. EWING, Adrian. Eaton Rapids. ELIJAH BARTLETT, Wu. B. LANGLEY, Dryden. Centreville. B. C. CARPENTER, GEO. W. EWING, Lansing. Mas. C. K. CARPENTER, C.‘ L. WHITNEY. Orion. Cincinnati. J. T. COBB, ‘ A. E. GREEN, Sthoolci-aft. _ Walled Lake. or to Local Agents they may appoint. '- For By-Laws and Circulars apply to either WM. B. LANGLEY, Pres’t, Dr J. T. COBB, Sec’y, Centrevllle, tebltf Schoolcraft, Mich. THE COUNTRY SHOULD EXAMPNE THE New Combined Spring Tooth Sulky Harrow C‘-L'L'l‘I \’ATOR AND SIIEDER. all kinds ot grain and grass seeds. structed in two sections. either of which working indepenrlently of each other, semi is of ve-r_v light draft, easily first premium and diplomas wherever exhi Send for Circulars. I WOW “A T N if Mu n ufacture. s nfln Paint. The only 1'0 ,,-,p'rorr1-rller, llzetun, 'u'Iu'«-h desl)'u_I/ all lir:-re.-(I frvighf paid to any ed until delivered. All smut frrv 1?:-trutiful Color strucfinns how any our l'AI.\'T H’()ltK.'9', NEW Cu rd 0 (‘(1 Pl YORK THOMAS General Commis ’ ly and satisfactorily‘. ' rank at once as ONE OF THE VERY The PAINT g/er.9oIl’a Li into that. do or furnek of ollu-r Paints (I:-pot in the countrr/. Pain! users should Paint. 1\I anufnctured by THE WOLVERINE HARROW AND -SEEDER COMPANY. KaiumrI7.oo_ - mughggnn, As a combined machine. it stands on- rivalled in excellence, doing the work 01 :1 Harrow and Seed Sower most thorough- It has taken high BEST IMPLI-Il\lF.l\"l‘S FOR THE USES DESIC-i\'I~ID l~‘.V}£R INVENTED. Sows Harrow does not trail or clog. is con- can be mi.-‘ed or lowered by the driver, rig the tteth at any required depth. It worked by one pair of horses. and has received the bited LORE. 'ZO BIXB I’, Se("y. ORKS. ,_: q_uiri Rubber ‘: 1y mm'.~t or salt ‘ burning coal, l’rirr'.« low, ((1-- Ko ra.-4h rrqu€r- wr-i!a~ and luu-o-, itsrl/', with in- _, ess, 1‘ATlrO.V'.S’ MASON, sion Merchant, f the Paint ,, Arldr " - 181 South Water Street, CHICAGO, BUSINESS AGENT MICE Rocpoeflully Iollolh IGAN STATE GRANGE, _ Oonolgrunonh cl FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BUTTER, EGGS. WOOL, HOPS, POULTRY, GAME, VEAL, Ginsu Seed. Raw Fuzz, Iiides, Polio, Taalcw. Goa. -0 IOIDEII AIEIT oi the I. W. Pll DIICE EXCHANGE ASSOCIATIOI. Ghartorod Fob. I3lh. I871. To Patrons Ind BII|p|IOI"s.-—This is the only Commission Home in Chicago organ- Ild and controlled by the Patron: of Husbandry. hi. Security for Payment to Shippers. The chief aim of this Agency in : Ind. To obtain the Highest Market. price tor goods received, quality oonnldaul. 3111. Quick Sale: and Prompt Payment. Shlpporo hi all States will receive equal ben being under Bonds for the taltlitul performance 0 This Agency will nll Orders for any goods in must accompany the order for near the amount r -R-—o-Q oms of this management, the Business lamp: t the same. this market, at lowest possible rate; Cash cquired ; balance to be paid on receipt of bill THOMAS HABON, Business Manager. ILLEKIT REPORTS, STENOILB And SHIPPING TAGS lent on application. Ornamental and Shade Trees. ‘CEO. TAYLOR A SON. at their Nursriis on Portage street, are o£t"ering for sale at very low rates, a. large stock oi Evergreen and Ornamen- tal Trees, shade treea. fruit trees, grapevines, straw- berry plants, etc.; 25,000 Norway spruce for hedges, from one to three feet high (transplanted trees) at 85 to $15 per 100. A tine stock oi large evergreens at proportionate price. Nursery located on Portage street, Kalamazoo, near the old fair grounds. aprl-IL Grange Seal Sto|en—Caution-Imposter. Some one, to me unknown, entered the apartment where the seal of the Knickerbocker Grange was kept and stole impressions of said seal on sheets of paper. and one E. A. Quarterman has been using said sheets of paper with the stolen impressions on, signing himself, “ Yours fraternally," when he was not even a P. of H. The letters and seal are gener- ally used to get lists of names from Secretaries of State Granges, and to iinposea. paint. on Patrons under the idea that they are buying the celebrated Ingersoll Ready Mixed Paint All Masters, Over- sears, Lecturers. Secretaries of P. of H are requested to read this letter to their Grange, that this imposter may be known. Fraternally. 0. R. INGERSOLL, Master Knickerbocker Grange. GRANGE JEWELS, Oi Every Description, for STATE, COUNTY, AND SUBORDINATE GRA. NGE S, DEPUTIES AND PAST‘ MASTERS. The Best and Cheapest ever manufactured for the Order of Patrons of Husbandry‘. For Price List address R. H I-IOMAS, Sec’y State Grange, P. of H., Mochanicsburg, Cumb. Co.. Pa. 16feb4t——4mlst of m aprlétf 33$-1: se‘a§'¢T§ 25.*.'.‘.°." Inj NEWS’ EXCURSIONS From Detroit to the Sea, Via Grand Trunk B. R. and St. Lawrence River Steamers, through the THOUSAND ISLANDS and FAMOUS RAPIDS, to MONTREAL, WHITE MOUNTAINS. and SEA SHORE at PORTLAND, 312.. near Boston ; thence back to Detroit, via Quebec, Niagara Falls and Builalo, will leave Detroit July 5, 20 Jr 27. 3' $20.00 for the round trip oi'over2,000 miles. E‘ Special trains on the G. T. R. R., and special steamers on the St. Lawrence River. Q'Each tour personally conducted by W. H. Bnnnuv, omie Dz-rxor-r Evinnzm Nswa. E"All tickets good to September 3d. 3‘ Sand 3-cent stamp for circular. Q‘A superb new ll ustrated Guide Book.wlt.h descriptions and lnioi-matlon, over 40 maps en- grave especiallv for this edition, and 3 perfect of an oil painting. in 10 colors, or Glen Ellis ta ta (near Glen House) for the ma: page ofcover, will be sent to any address {or30ccnt.s. Address»- W.fl: B.EEABl.EY.0fliceDetroit. Evening News. . CIDER PRESS, (hand and power) GRATER, Elevaios, elly Pam, Sorghum Mills, Circular Saw Mills. ll Cider Mill Supplies. Illustrated Catalogue fr-:2. Addmss C. G. I'.IARIP'l'0N Detroit. Mich. lmybtlstem EGGS P R HATOHING. and White Loghl,-rns and H C. UNDERWOOD, Kalamazoo, Mich. Langshans, Brown Pekin Ducks. lfimarét 1Vloseley’s Cabinet Creamery MAI\'UFAC‘l‘U RED BY MOSELEY 3; POULT lh ET. STODDARD MTG C0.. vn.iunoi\"r. A very neat, com- pact. well furnished and successful dairy utensil. It is a. Coiuusrx suconss in the dairy, and has won important awards when ex- hibited in competi- tion w i t in other Creamcrics. Be- ceiving the highest award at the New England Agricul- ' ‘ tural Society for the past three consecutive years; also at the Penn- sylvania State Fair. 1580, where the decision was mareaftera thorough test, in which milk, ice and results were carefully weighed and note-o; and at New York. Ohio, and Michigan State Fairs, and at many other fairs at different times. rL'We invite the public to give MOSEL}lY’S CABI- NET CREAMERY a careful examination. as we believe it will meet with favor with those who wish to purchase a. device to raise cream by the cooling process, combined with s Refrigerator. The lower part of all sizes answers the purpose of cooling cham- ber. $’ For Agencies address the manufacturers. JOB N PRESTON , Pleasant. Mich... lmar-6t Agent for Kent County. 'Ffi:E “Alii..éL'ni:Azo.o BUSINESS * COLLEGE and r’///7.;/;\/2 /.A’/? I N s T l T U T E , Ofiers superior advantages to young Men and Women who wish to qualify for business. Sand for Journal giving particulars. W. F. ,F,’{l,[f§’0Il/8. Presi. \ k.. A F 5 \ Write to Kalamazoo Publishing Co. for esti- mates on Printing, Bind- ing, and Blank Books.