l l .lillLilIlil.l Q g “THE FARMER IS or MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPRO VED.” VOLUME 8,—NO. ll. WHOLE NO. l39. 2 [Printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Co.] SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH., JUNE 1, 1882. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL EXPIRE WITH THIS.. Intel-ed at the Post Office at Kalamazoo as Second Class matter. @112 dicing: %isitm: (EIVLABGED) Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT FIFTY GENTS PER ANNUM, Eleven Copies for 85.00. J. T. COBB, Editor and Manager, To whom all communications should be addressed, at Schoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter. Money Order. or Draft. This Edition 8,000. INDEX 'ro"rnIs NUMBER. Oid Farm House—Be Content—-Marketing Wool- Root Culture—Arkansas Fruit Farm—The Currant Worm—Care of Young Turkeys—Talks on Poul- try, No. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l The Printing Press-—Remarks of Mr. Thomas Kin- sella—Prosperity and Success of Our Grange- Freight Charges at Home-—-Self-Control in Society —The Dangers of Ignorance, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Forest Grange, No. 362-Vincennes Grange, No. 221 —Secret Societies—Burns Grange, N o. l60-—Syn- opsis of an Address delivered by E. Eshbaugh, Lecturer of the National Grange—Advertisements —-Railroad Time-Tables, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 Royalty Robbers are Likely to get a Set-Back—No Patent Applied For—The Detroit Free Press and What it Knows About Farming—Religion and Politics in the Grange-—Law Machinery . . . . . . . . 4 Editorial Notes—National Grange P. of H.——Depart- ment of A.griculture—The Press Room of the N. Y. World—-Michigan Crop Reports, May 1, 1882- Vrsrroa Receipts continued—-Resolution—Expla- nation-Notice of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Shall We Live again ?—Wishing Others to be Happy —National Prosperity — Turn your Face to the Light—About a Carpet, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Political O|utlook—The Kaiser and the Little Maid—Literary Style-Suggestions-—Stones—Muck The Reaper Death—Advertisements, . . . . . . . . .. 7 Advertisements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Officers National Grange. Masrnn-J. J. WOODMAN,. . .Paw Paw, Michigan. 0vnn.snns.—PUT. DARDEN, . . . . . . . . . . .Mississippi. LnoruaEa—I-IENRY ESHBAUGH, .... ..Missouri. 8‘.l'1lWABD—A. J. VAUGHN, . . . . . . . . . . ..Mississippi. Assr. SrEwsEn—-WILLIAM SIMS, . . . . . . ..Kansas. CEAPLAIN—S. H. ELLIS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio. TBEASUBEB.—F. M. McDOWELL,......New York. 8ll0nETABY—WM. M. IRELAND, Washington, D.C. GATE-KEEPEB—0. DINWIDDIE, . . . . . . . ..Indiana. ClIn:as—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, . . . . . . ..Michigan. PoxoIn—-MRS. PUT. DARDEN, .... ..Mississippi.' !‘r.oaA—MRS. I. W. NICHOLSON,.. .New Jersey. Lu)! Assn. STEWARD—MRS. WM. SIMS, Kansas. Executive committee- D. WYATT AIKEN, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..South Carolina. E. JAMES, ............................. ..Indiana. W. G. WAYNE, .................... ..New York. Officers Michigan state Grange. M.—-C. G. LUCE. ........................ ..Gilead. 0.—A. N. WOODRUFF, ............. ..Watervliet. S.—S. A. TOOKER, .................... A. B.—A. E. GREEN, ............... . .Farm.ington. L.--CHARLES E. MICKLEY . . . . . . . . . . ..Thurber. C.—SALMON STEEL, . . . . . . .Fra.nkfort, Benzie Co. '.l'.—S. F. BROWN, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Schoolcra.ft. Slo.-—-J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft. G. K.—ELIJAH BARTLETT, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dryden. Cln3s.——Mas. A. S. STANNARD, ........ . .Lowell. Poxoiu.—Mas. H. D. PLATT, ......... . .Ypsilanti. Pnon.L.—Mas. A N. VVO0DRU'FF,.. ..Watervliet. L. A. S.—Mas. A. E. GREEN, ....... . .Farmington. Executive committee. ' J’. Q. A. BURBINGTON, Chairman, .... ..'I‘uscola. J’. WEBSTER CHILDS, .............. . .Ypsilanti. II‘. M. HOLLOWAY,.... .Hillsdale. THOMAS MARS, ............... . . Berries Center. WM. SATTERLEE, ............... . .Birmingham. THOS. F. MOORE, ..................... ..Adria.n. J. G RAMSDELL ................. . .Traverse City. 0. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, ............ ..Ex-ofiicio. State Business Agent. THOMAS MASON, ................. . .Chicago, I11. 630, W. HILL ......................... ..Det-roit. General Deputfl JOHN HOLBROOK.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lansing. Special Lecturers. 1'Iws. 2!‘. Moore, ............. . .Adrian, Lenawee Co. I. L. Stevens. ............. ..Psrrv, Shiawassee Co. Mrs. 8. Steele, .............. ..Manton, Wexford 00. Andrew Campbell. ..... ..Ypsi.la.nti, Wsshtenaw 00. J’. W. Wing .......... ..Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. diwinllnal’ inulmnl. THE OLD FARM-HOUSE. Out in the meadow the farm-house lies, Old and gray, and fronting the west. Many a swallow thither flies Twittering under the evening skies, In the old chimney building her nest. Ah, how the sounds make our poor hearts swell! Send them again on an eager quest; Bid the sweet winds of heaven tell Those who have loved so long and well, To come again to the dear old nest. When the gray evening, cool and still. Hashes the brain and heart to rest, Memory comes with a joyous thrill. Brings the [young children back at will, Calls them a home to the gray old nest. Patient we wait till the golden morn Rise on our weariness half confessed; Till, with the chill and darkness gone, Hope shall arise from another dawn, And a new day to the sad o!d nest. Sobn shall we see the eager east Bright with the Day Star at heaven’s behest ; Soon, from the bondage of clay released, Rise to the palace, the King s own feast, Birds of flight from the last year's nest. -—Ph Lladelph in Times. BE CONTENT. Clover-top sighed when the wind sang sweet, Drop ing the thistle-down at her feet. “ Oh, rllear me! Never a day Can I roam at will, but ever alway In this tiresome meadow must wearily stay.” Thistle-down floated, then sank unto rest, Only to rise at the breeze’: behest, Hither and yon on the wings of the air, Tired little sprite, so dainty and fair. “ Oh, to just stop,” she sighed, “anywhere.” Honey-bees swanned to thistle and clover- Sweet little ones. Over and over A work-a-day song they cheerily sing : “ Look up. dear hearts, and what the days bring Bless God for it all—yes, everything !” Marketing Wool. Bro. 0obb:—-I desire to call the atten- tion of the Patrons of the State to the fact that the time is near at hand when our wool crop will be ready for market, and the com- mittee appointed by the State Grange, at its session in 1880, and reappointed in 1881, con- sisting of H. Shipman, of Grand Ledge, A. C. Glidden, of Paw Paw, and Geo. W. Van Aken, of Coldwater, have been diligently at work preparing the way to continue this grand co-operation work which gave such general satisfaction last year. THE PLAN is to ship to Fenno & Manning, of Boston, who give the best recommendations from banks and business houses in Boston as to their ability to do as they agree, which are entirely satisfactory to your committee. Order sacks of Fenno & Manning, where fifty or more are needed. For less numbers order of H. Shipman, Grand Ledge. The business is to be done substantially as last year, and for the same price; except Fenno & Manning charge one-half cent per pound more, making 2; cts. per pound, be- cause of the great amount of work in hand- ling so many small lots. We trust each Grange will take active measures at once by appointing an active. energetic member to Work up this co-opera- tion business in the locality of each Grange, joining together through the County Gran- gee where practicable, shipping our wool to the best market in the world, and where it is sold on its merits, giving each his just due, and thereby avoiding the jockeying and dishonest tricks of many of the local dealers. Any information or assistance will be given by either member of the commit- tee when called for. Patrons, your committee are full in the faith that you will second our efforts in this work of reform by prompt, vigorous work, ridding yourselves of the necessity of sub- ‘mining to the unfair system to which you have so long been subjected. All except the very heavy wools, such as cannot be properly washed in the water at the temperature when we usually wash, should be washed to realize the most dollars and cents, as the sales are now conducted. H. SHIPMAN, Chairman State Committee. Grand Ledge, May 13, 1882. A BARREL of plaster should be kept in a handy place in every stable and manure cellar. Where this is used constantly, there will be freedom from the usual strong odor of stables and fermenting manure, and a saving of valuable material which would otherwise escape. . . " ' ~ Rool Culture. Bro. Cobb.-—I said in my article on root culture, a few weeks ago, that in due time I would tell when and how to plant, tend and secure. So here goes. If you have followed my instructions up to this time and kept your ground well harrowed and free from weeds. keep it so up to the 1st to the 10th of July, then cultivate as deep as you can with- out disturbing the manure whlch you plow- ed under. Smooth the surface. For this purpose I use two slabs about eight feet long, placed horizontally, about eight inches apart, with the round side down, held in place by spiking on two pieces of 2x4 scant- ling with the ends projecting on one side say 15 or 18 inches, to hitch a team. Draw this over the ground and it will leave it perfectly smooth. There are two objects in this: one is to enable you to run your hand seed drill straight and true; the other is to enable you to cultivate without throwing dirt and lumps onto the small plants. Drill in perfectly straight rows three feet apart, if you cultivate with a horse; if not, two or two and one half feet will do. The object in having the rows perfectly straight is that you may set your cultivator just to fill the space between the rows. Call for the Swedish turnip or rutabaga when buying the seed. As soon as they are up so as to be plainly seen, pull out so that no two plants stand together, and run through with the cultivator very lightly. They will within a very few days be large enough to thin out to the proper space, say 10 to 12 inches apart; just before the tops become too large to work font the cultivator down still deeper, and 3, are done until harvest. y To harvest, take a b}‘;ar',; hoe and clip the top, dropping it between two rows; then takes potatoe hook 2+.ud pull two rows of turnips into one, win... is ,very easily done in case you hoe no di;.t around the bags, which you must be careful not to do, as it will not grow one-half its size, Put in pits, cover with dry straw pretty thick, and cover with earth not over six inches. Put a round slick three or four inches in diameter in the top of the pit, and when covered pack the dirt around the stick and take it out, leaving a space for ventila- tion, Leave this open until cold, freezing weather, and then throw over it a forkful of manure or anything to close the vent hole. Any man who strictly follows the direc- tions I have given, and fails of a good and very cheap crop, can publish me through the GRANGE Vrsrroaas a humbug, and I won’t talk back. J. R. HENDRYX, Lect. Hamilton Grange, N o. 335. Arkansas Fruit Farm.—A Letter from Emmons Buell of Kalamazoo. On my return from Arkadelphia, by the kind invitation of Col. E. H. Chamberlain, I went to his place, which is about two miles out of Little Rock, nearly north, sit- uated on the top of Fort Hil1—so-called by reason of two forts having been erected dur- ing the late war on this hill—snd is about 240 feet above the Arkansas river, thus af- fording a fine view of Little Rock and the mountain peaks along, up and bordering the valley of the Arkansas river; and away in the blue distance stands boldly up the lofty peaks of old Mount Maumette. .But I was going to tell you of this fruit place. The place consists of two hundred acres. The house and buildings are situated nearly in the center, and as the place has a slight descent from this point, a good view is had of the whole farm. Eighty acres improved and set to fruit trees as follows: 6,000 peach, one-half in bearing; will all be of bearing age next year. 800 apples in bearing; 400 pears, and as fine young trees as I ever saw. The Bartletts are blighting some—no other variety showing any blight. 200 wild goose- plum; 4 acres of grapes in bearing, consisting of Ives, Concord, Delaware, Catawba, and a few other varieties. ‘ The vines have made a good growth, have a healthy look, and are well loaded with fine bunches of grapes. Strawberries are cultivated to some extent and have been shipping to St. Louis since April l5th——about closed out at this time- have netted twenty-five cents per quart. The peaches are now beginning to ripen, and will soon begin to ship to St. Louis and Chicago. The plums will be ripe soon, and the Ives grapes the first of July, and the other grapes will follow in succession. Most of the fruits go north fora market be- fore fruits there come in season. If any northern man has a desire to come here and enjoy this mild climate and engage in the fruit culture, he will find plenty of hills similar to this that can be had cheaply in their wild condition. It froze but little here last winter; ice did not form over half an inch. Wild fruits are very abundant, especially blackberries and whortleberrles, which will be ripe soon. Shall try and enjoy the peaches whilst I am here, for probably shall have to wait sometime for them to ripen after I get home. As I leave here this bright’ morning the beauty and attractive scenery of this place make me wish I could linger here still longer. Fraternally, EMMONS BUELL. Little Rock, May 22, 1882. The Currant Worm. \Vhen this enemy of both the current and goosberry bush first made its appearance in the Western States, its habits were so little known that it often destroyed most of the foliage on the bushes, before discovered, and many thought that the worms hatched out, and grew to full size in three or four days ; but careful observation disclosed the fact. that the reason they had been supposed to grow so quick was because the small worms (for several days, nearly a week) kept hid in the centre of the bushes, where they could eat unseen and also be protected from the hot sun. Careless observers looked only on the outside of the bushes, and seeing no worms, supposed they were not hatched. After the habits of the worms become known they are easily discovered by open- ing the bushes and looking into the centre. When the Worms are first hatched very small pin holes will be discovered in the leaves. As the worms grow larger they eat more and more of the leaf, and at the same time approach the outside leaves of the bush- es. When near the outside they are large enough to make clean work. About this time their appearance may be looked for, and as soon as discovered, measures should be taken to destroy them. The easiest to apply, and perhaps the most effectual, is hellebore sifted on the centre of the bush ; it requires but a very small quantity to accom- plish the work. Air slacked lime, if it touches the worm, will kill it, so will ashes and even dry dirt. The worm being cov- ered with a sticky substance, anything dry and fine sifted on him will kill him; but as it is important to kill all of the first crop, that there may be no second, and as the lime, ashes or dry dirt will do no injury ex- cept it strikes the worm, many will escape ; usually enough to secure a good second crop; it is therefore best to destroy the first cm with hellebore, which is very likely to ma e clean work; so that if a second crop comes they must come from worms raised on some neighbor’s bushes. where the battle against the first crop has not been fought successfully. When all cultivators of currants and gooseberry bushes will attend toil: in sea- son, and kill all of the first crop, we shall be very likely to get rid of the est. Every cultivator of these fruits shoul feel it to be his bounden duty to either cut his bushes down or take especial pains to kill all of the worms ; when this is done the country will soon be rid of a very troublesome enemy. A WISE APPROPRIATION.——The sum of $10,000 a year for five consecutive years, has been appropriated by the Northern Pacific directors, for the planting of trees along the track of their road through Dakota. The plan of doing this contem- plates, in addition to a live and durable snow fence formed by closely planted trees, the cultivation of timber in a wide planta- tion, from which in future years supplies for the track can betaken.——-The New North- west. - REMEDY FOR LIcE.—A. 0. Austin, Wis- consin, says: “ If farmers will steep Quassia chips, making the liquid strong, and with the use of a sponge give the animal a thor- ough wetting, they will find the remedy effectual, safe and cheap, always selecting a warm, leasant day for making the applica- tion. he chips will cost about 12 cents a pound.” ._____._2____._____ ARTIFICIAL batching of eggs was prac- ticed from time immemorial in China, In- dia and Egypt. It is still practiced in the latter country, where incubators are in use, of a capacity of -10,000 to 80,000 eggs. The country people furnish the eggs. receiving, at the expiration of 21 days, 200 chickens for every 300 eggs. To KEEP hen-houses clear of lice, clean out once a week; and then dust with air- slaked lime, and put kerosene on the roost- ing poles. The lice cannot breed in this dust, and the kerosene drives them from the bodies of the fowls. If this is strictly carried out, you will clean your house. I lose none by sickness, and roup is a stranger with me. My hens are laying splendidly, and I have all the music I want.—C’or. Poultry World. Care of Young Turkeys. Young turkeys when first hatched are quite tender and should have the best of care. When hatched under 9. hen they should be placed in a good coop situated on a dry plot, for dampness injures them. They should be fed mostly on curd made from sour milk; give them milk to drink. They should not be fed on cornmeal until at least a month old, and then it should be scalded : in fact it should be scalded when fed to any kind of young birds. When the hen-turkey comes off with her young, they should be looked after, fed and kept out of the wet grass. F. w. Yes, Old Poultry, I will answer the call, if as you say, it means me. I live on a farm and raises few turkeys. Have raised mostly white ones, but am trying the bronze this year. I set the eggs under hens if it is early, then my turkeys will lay more eggs -, but if I have no hens that will set, as is generally the case, I let the turkey set, and take the little ones, when about two or three days old, and put them with a hen that has chicks to raise. The little ones are very tender, but I seldom lose one, as I coop the hens near the house, where I can care for them. I always feed on sour milk slight- ly scalded, mixed with bread crumbs or Graham flour. Indian meal will nearly al- ways kill them. I let them run where they please after they are three or four weeks old; they are such devourers of insects that I think them very profitable. Mas. E. D. Launanrsox. Orleans, May :21, 1882. Having had some experience in raising turkeys, would say that we have tried several different kinds and tin’: the Bronze the best, both for being hardy and 71-1-Ht for market. Prefer the turkey hen fox «-mug the eggs under. If Iuse a r.~uz~.1‘mou has I take out the turkeys soon as I can, and feed them on bread crumbs soaked in water, as soon as I put them in the coop. Then heat sour milk, pour it over corn meal (which cooks it) and then feed that, as the curd makes them grow too fast for their limbs. Had some one year that I fed on curd, and their legs turned out and over so they could not walk and they died; lost nearly all that year; have fed meal and curd since, and they grow very fast, and I have not lost any. Raised twenty last year; ten were batched in August, and we real- ized $l.00 apiece for them dressed. We sent to Ada, Kent County for ours. Three hen turkeys weighed twenty pounds each, and the gobbler thirty pounds. Are raising all pure Bronze this year. VVill wait and seQ what others write, before we add more. Yours truly, DELIA DURKEE.‘ Portage. May, 1882. Talks on Poultry, No. 8. CARE or YOUNG TURKEYS. Although this is a seasonable time for this topic, so many other things are also seasonable just now that it has prevented a heartier response to the invitation of last issue. Be sure and let us hear from you whenever convenient. The subject of tur- keys will be more generally discussed during the holidays, when the turks come brown and smoking from the oven, stuffed with bread they didn’t eat, seasoned with sage‘ or oysters. One farmer we know had at least one each week during the winter season; all of which is proper. If there is a class who should live on the topmost shelf it is the Michigan Grangers. VVith proper knowledge of turkey habits and success in raising, it is a luxury within easy reach of every farmer. Considering the busy season, those who have answered the invitation place readers under special obligations to them. Their concise statements have covered the ground so well as to leave us little to say, more than a couple of hints. In setting any eggs from which we are particularly anxious for the best results we divide the eggs among two or three hens, adding enough commoner eggs to make out a small setting, This reduces the risk to the minimum. In raising turkeys we rear them among chicks, which wonts them to domestic life, and makes them easier to feed and care for. Grand View Farm. OLD POULTRY. Kalamazoo. . THE importation of potatoes into the United States for the 12 months ending Feb. 28,1882,l_1as been the largest ever known, amounting in value to $438,461. rnn ensues vssiron. 1 JUNE 1, 1882. diummimiitatiuns. THE PRINTING PRESS. Hearts of iron and fingers of steel, Clamp and lever, and cog and wheel, Chink and clatter, and rattle and din, The long night out, and the long night in—— \Voe and weal to-morrow Y Feathers to fall with the weight of the dew, Pang-5 to sarlden the long life through, Roses and thorns to fly on their way, And thoughts of the year and the waifs of a day- Hope and love and sorrow I Fiends, that grin with demon joy, Delight with humans to caper and toy, Every clamp on the molten bed Is a dream, it hope, a promise dead—- A chill to pulse forever! The days and months and years go by, Till the prophet angel leaves the sky For the murky room and the rattling wheel, It's click and cog, and touch of steel, It's band and steam and lever I And side by side in the rolling press. To crush, to cheer, to curse, to bless, The angel and demon ever wait, Shaking the very doors of state. And thrilling through the nation I Hark, how the monster throbs and groans, Creaking his iron nerves and bones ; What to him is the pain or please, Joy from the land or death from the seas, High or lowly station P Out of the misty halls below Hither and thither the white wings go-— Tears that pressed shall tickle for aye, Pains that never and never can die In all time’: rolling surges Y Pressman ! see that thy reins are well - Every turn of that press shall tell- It may be woe and it may be weal. Who can say how far the wheel Into the future surges? ——Amm. Remarks of Mr. Thomas Kinsella. Delivered at the Anti-Monopoly meeting at Albany, April 26. - Mr. Chairman and Fellow-(}itizens.-—Per- mit me first of all to congratulate the leaders in the Anti-Monopoly cause on the success which has already attended their efforts. The corporations of this State do not feel at all so comfortable as they did a year or two ago. There is a great change in the political situation already, and 9. great change for the better. I am told that many of our friends here to-day are giving a great deal of consideration to this question :—How shall the Railroad Commission be appointed? There was no such ( uestion before the rec ple two years ago. . uch was the power of the corporations then, they dared to make it known that they owned a majority of the legislature, and that majority contemptuous- ly rejected the popular demand for a Rail- road Commission. That so much has been accomplished is due to the bold and patriotic men who have organized the Anti-Monopoly movement, and who have been so persistent and self—sacrificing in promulgating its prin- ciples among the people. It takes a bold man to challenge the en- mity of the corporate interests of our time. If he is a business man, the corporations may ruin him; if he is a professional man, -_t.l1.e_y may bar his way to professional ad- vancement ; if he is a public man, honorably ambitious, he carries his political life in his hands from the moment he antagonizes the influences the corporations wield in a bun- dred ways. The people alone can battle with them with entire impunity and with a certainty of success. The people are with this movement, and those who are with the people have nothing to fear. Let me say here, and at the outset, there is nothing you can do to-day that will please the corpora- tions of this State so much as to divide here, to be turbulent, to be at enmity each with the other. Let us resolve to disappoint them in the outcome of our deliberations. I do not care how this proposed Railroad Com- mission may be appointed; the obtaining of the commission is a great gain. If I had to say what should be done with the commis- sion bill by the Senate, under the existing circumstances, I would rather it was de- feated; I want to meet the issue now. [Ap- plause.] ~ The concentrated power of the corpora- tions has been lodged in the Senate for m years; they have abandoned the Assemb y. In the language of the lobby, “There is no business being done there.” If the corpo- rations of the State desire to meet the issue now by defeating the bill before the Senate. we are ready to meet them. [Applause] I am one of those who believe that there is a good deal more in this cause than many who are engaged in it seem to think. It is to me the fight of 1860 over again ; it is the fight for equal rights and individual man- hood in this country, and all other questions are subordinate to this one great question : Have free institutions been bequeathed to us in vain ? [Applause] The forms of our Government may remain just as they are, but if the spirit in which they were created is sufi‘ered to depart, the rule of the people will have ended. [Applause ] Thomas ‘Jefferson, after taking the great part he did in the formation of the federal government, believed that the noble work he had set before himself had only just commenced. He went back to his native Virginia and resolved to make that a truly Democratic- Republican commonwealth, and he would have wholly succeeded by providing for the abolition of negro slavery but for the blind- ness and folly of the class to which he be- longed. In the written constitution of Vir- ginia, formulated by Jefferson, it was de creed that if any man there desired to found a family by entailing his estate in _his fami- ly, Virginia was no place _for him. [Ap- plause.] The man who desired to establish an aristocracy by bequeathing his landed estate to his eldest son—to the injustice of his other children ——for him there was no place in Virginia. The man who could not trust the people to support the churches and the ministers of whatever branch of the Christian church they chose to believe in, found himself in antagonism to the polity of Virginia. _ The abolition of the law of entail and of primogeniture—the disseverance of the un- ion of the church and the state-—was the work of Jefferson in Virginia, and, not less than the immortal Declaration of Inde- pendence, these are the pillars upon which rests the fame of the man who believed be- yond allthings else in the people, and in «party, or for part the equal rights of men. It is said on high authority that all things else a man has he will give for his life. The man who won liberty for this country, and the men who in our own day imperilled their lives upon a hundred battlefields rather than have one bulwark of liberty stricken down, in the destruction of the union of the States-—these men believed that liberty was worth more than their lives; is it too much to claim that freedom is worth the sacrifice that a man may make, who in order to make it permanent and sure, shall sacrifice any chance he may have of amassing a fortune of a hundred millions, which he can by no possibility secure by honest labor or by justi- fiable means? [Applause] We all desire to leave our children in a better position in life than we were in when life opened to us. Is there any intelligent freeman who would not rather insure for his children and for their descendants the blessings of free- dom——the fair field and no favor in the bat- tle of life, which free government guaran- tees-than to secure for one of his children the possibility of amassing a fortune of a hundred millions, which he can never earn honestly and which he is not likely to use with any real advantage either to himself or to anybody else. [Applause] Icame to this Conference mainly to say this : I am a friend of incorporated capital. I hold that man to be a public enemy who would incite unjust war upon it. The best friends of capital are the men who will protect capital from itself when necessary— protect it from the temptation which besets its possessor—to the end that they shall be enabled to protect it from those who would infringe upon its rights unjustly. Ours is a new country still. We have not inherited vast accumulated'wealth. The whole gen- ius of our Government is opposed to the . amassing of great" individual fortunes. If we would have those great enterprises and undertakings necessary for the development of our great country, we must co-operate together, we must incorporate our individu- al means to that end, and hence justice to corporations is essential to our country’s greatness and growth. I hold that man to be a true friend of capital who is in favor of honest management on the part of corpora- tions, and in order that it may be honest, we favor having the daylight shine upon their books and their accounts every hour in the day, and this is what the proposed Railroad Commission means, so far as the railroad corporations of our State are concerned. [Applause] _ More direct supervision over the railroads by the State has come to be as essential for the protection of the weak railroad corpo- rations of the State from the strong, rich and aggressive corporations, as it is for the protection of individuals. If protection is not secured for the weaker corporations, the stronger ones will crush them and swallow them up, and the natural order of things will be reversed in the survival of the un- fittest. [Applause] Capitol does not in anything differ greatly from .labor. The honest capitalists want security most of all, and those who labor need most of all permanent employment. and assurance that all they earn is their own—that it is not taken away from them in unjust exactions, either on the part of the Government or the corporations it creates. So I hold that we who are for fair dealing are the best friends of honest investment. I am not here to make war on capital. I am here to encourage honest investment and to advocate methods in shaping our laws so that no family in one or two generations shall possess one or two hundred millions of the wealth of this country. It cannot be honestly earned by any man, or by two generations of one family, and if our Gov- ernment was conducted in the spirit in which it was created, it would not be possi- ble at all. The existence of this Convention is proof conclusive that both parties have been unfaithful to the purposes of the people, and that the Democratic party has been the most unfaithful of all, because it has no excuse for infidelity. I have spent the best years of my life in its service; I have agreat attachment for it; nay, I have a lingering hope that it will match its platform with our platform and purpose,——but I say here, I am prepared to follow the principles enun- ciated in the platform you adopted at Utica, and I do not care where those principles lead me. [Applause] A word in conclusion : Many of us meet here for the first time. There are not the habits and attachments of association among us that enter into conventions of the regular parties. We must be patient and tolerant with each other. We must conduct our bus- iness in order, and to that end there must be that democratic subordination to authority which will lift up and dignify all our pro- ceedings. To my mind, this is the greatest cause which it is possible for free men to engage in. It has been wisely and aptly said that if the people fail there is no remedy any- where else. There is no class to ap cal to. Against the encroachments of the ing in the olden times they had the barons, and the king against the barons. The people in time contrived to hold their own as between both. Here we have trusted all and staked all upon the people. There is no court of high appeal—there is no reserved strength, under God, to fall back on. If free govern- ment fails in this land—if the people here cannot protect themselves in their rights,- the years of free government on the earth are numbered. [Loud applause.] It has been said that we have no basis for a political action—-that our move- ment is based on ne idea. It is not true, but if it were, it is a. noble idea--the equality of man——the right of every man to the larg- est possible share of what he earns-—of what he produces. The intellectual and manly men of the country will rally around it; the men who believe in freedom will support it, whether they be opulent or needy, and it will find its invincible defenders in the men Who are the bone and sinew of this country — whose heads are enlarged and embrowned by hon- est labor. and who ask no more than that labor shall not be robbed of its fair reward, whether outside the law or under the color of laws designed to greatly enrich the few and to greatly impoverish the many. [Loud applause.] . HON. Dorman B. Eaton lectured in Chi- cago lately on civil-service reform. It was a free lecture and yet there were not a hundred persons present. People in Amer- ice are just now too busy and too prosper- ous to concern themselves very much about good government, and it is just possible they may only wake from their apathy 9. little too late. Prosperity and Success of Our Grange. Brothers and Sisters, I would like to bring to our minds some of the great responsibili- ties that in myjudgment rest upon us as‘ agriculturalists and laborers of the present day. Pause for a moment, if you please, and take into consideration the great and mighty monopolies that are forming and maturing and coiling the chain of oppres- sion closer and closer every year around our quiet and happy homes. Take for instance the matter of transportation, when five or six of the great railroad kings are uniting and pooling their interests, thus preventing all competition in freight and passenger rates; thus placing us as producers and man- ufacturers and consumers entirely under their control. They may dictate to us and we will be obliged to acquiesce. Still some of our railroad corporations claim that they are making butasmall per cent on their capital invested, and our worthy Governor in his proclamation to the Senate and House of Representatives set forth that we had some roads in Michigan that were barely paying expenses. Now this may be a fact on some of our branch roads; they may not be paying a very big per cent on the capital they claim they have invested. But do we all fully understand the very nice way they have of meeting and nominally increasing their capital stock without any correspond- ing increase in values? In order to more fully explain this I will refer to a part of the report of the committee on transportation at our last session of the State Grange. From the report of the Rail- road Commissioner from this State we learn that at the close of the year 1879 there were in Michigan 3,565 miles of railroad, with a_ cost estimated by the railroads at $154,426.- 728.89, at an average cost per mile in the State of ‘$55,149, when, after a careful in- vestigation, it is evident that the actual cost of these roads was below $20,000 per mile, and the total cost for the State not more than $73,054,800; the debt carried by these organizations is $l54,777,469.13, the greater part of which represents no capital actually invested in the roads. In addition to this is a capital stock of $150,749,164.27, which rep- resents little or no money actually paid to- wards the construction of the roads. The sum of stocks and debts of the roads of our State make 9. sum of more than $300,000,000, an amount which is no doubt more than four times their actual cost. Yet railroad men complain of hard times, and say their roads do not pay unless excess of earnings over expenses is a fair interest on both stocks and debt, an enormous interest, say 32 per cent on actual cost. Now these are stub- born facts, taken from Railroad Commis- sioner’s books. Still on our statutes there is no law found to pr9~'-"cut them from meeting at any time and nominally increasing their stock without any corresponding increase in value. ‘ It will be admitted by all thoughtful men that there are few or no graver ques- tions before us in the immediate future than of the regulation of railroads and the pre- vention of dangerous monopolies; and it is through our Grange organization that we may by united efibrt and thorough co-opera- tion do very much towards eradicating these great and growing evils. I think some of us should take more time to read and study up these questions, discuss them in our Grange,ai1d try and understand them as they are. How forcible was this brought to my mind a short time since while listening to an address from our Worthy Master of the National Grange, when he was giving us a history of his travels through the different nations of the Old VVorld. In all of them with but one exception the farmers were but mere surfs and tenants, a very small per cent of the population representing the Wealth of the country. And the same ele- ment that reduced millions to poverty in the Old World is at Work to-day in our free and independent America; and as the Grange is the first organization that has ever been knowmfor the protection of farmers in the history of the World we consider that it is the imperative duty of every true farmer to join with us in the elevation of our calling and the producing of a better manhood and brotherhood amongst ourselves. And for this purpose should we all labor as true Pa- trons, remembering that we all have a duty to do, be it ever so small. Some will say, What can I do? I can’t write an essay; nor can I speak in public. Now, how can we tell until we try. Who knows but that we may have some ideas of great value to some of our Brothers and Sisters if we would but only express them! In my judgment this is our greatest failing. We have not de- manded our rights and equal representation in our State legislatures and balls of Con- gress; we have been content to stay at home and labor from early till late, allowing some of these very smooth-tongued shysters and politicians to do our thinking and legislat- ing for us. Now we should demand our equal repre- sentations, and when we go to the poils to deposit our ballots we should lay aside all party prejudice and vote for men that will best represent our interest; then and not till then shall we be able to accomplish all that in right and equity belongs to us. It has long been a maxim with philosophers that those who think most govern those who toil. So will it ever be until we learn to think and govern for ourselves. And we should - look well to our educational interests, so ed- ucating our sons and daughters that they may be qualified to ably fill all positions in society; remembering the old maxim that in knowledge is power. And the position that the farmer will occupy in coming years will largely depend upon the intelligence and enterprise which his education inspires. Now, Brothers and Sisters, believing all this to be true, let us strive as we meet here in our Grange home from time to time, to make our meetings both pleasant and in- structive—-for this is our home; here we may exchange thoughts on matters that most in- terest us as agriculturists. And let us en- deavor to make our Grange home so pleasant and attractive that all farmers and their families will be so well pleased with the pre- cepts that our Order teaches that they can in no wise stay outside the gate. And let us set a sharp watch over our words and actions and live as members of one family in our Grange, so that we may not say or do any- thing to offend a Brother or Sister of our Order. And may envy, jealousy or hatred never enter our peaceful enclosure. ' GEORGE D. PRAY, Master Windsor Grange, No. 619. Freight Charges'at Home. Bro. Cobb.-—I notice in the Saturday Post and Tribune a short article giving the rates of freights on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. for the years 1870 and 1881. The writer, as I understand him, makes the average cost of freight per mile a “little less than two-thirds of a cent,” and closes by saying that “these are figures worth study- ing by those who denounce the extortions of the railroads.” Now, I don’t know how it is on the road of which he speaks, but judging from local freights on the road here, it would seem that people who have to pay for short distances have some reason to complain. The regular rates from Pontiac to Detroit have been $16.00 per car of ten tons~a dis- tance of 25 miles——about 6% cents per ton per mile. I had an occasion a short time since to get the rates to a village only seven miles distant, from Saginaw to Pontiac, and also to Birmingham. I found that they charged $7.00 more per car of ten tons to take it to the latter place, which would be at the rate of ten. cents per ton per mile, and that too without any change. Now, Mr. Editor, it seems to me that if those great trunk lines can carry freight at an average of less than two—thirds of a cent per ton per mile, the people who are obliged to pay from 6 to 10 cents forthe same service have some reason to complain at the extor- tions of the railroads. Yours truly, AN OAKLAND Co. FARMER. Pontiac, May 15, 1882, “ Now, as to politics in the Grange. There can be none of a partisan character, and so far as I am concerned. although al- ways considered rather an extreme ‘straight out Democrat,’ I have endeavored to do no act and say no word that would have the slightest semblance of political partiality in my intercourse with the members of the Order, officially or otherwise, and I feel con- fident that such members as belong to other political parties will sustain me in this as- sertion. Some, even in the Order, may not be aware that even in South Carolina there are Republicans and Greenbackers, as well as Democrats, in the Grange, and some of the most efiicient Masters and ofiicers of some of the strongest and most flourishing Granges are of the two first named. In other states the editors of Grange organs are divided among the various parties. My views as to politics in the Grange are to dis- cuss anything and everything of benefit or interest to the Order or the people, but to do it strictly as Patrons, and not as either Dem- ocrats, Republicans or Greenbackers, and when a conclusion is reached, that is deemed wise, true and just, then let each and all go to their political party meetings and work and insist that said party shall act and aid in carrying such conclusion out. On this ground I stand in the National Grange and in the State Grange.—Hon. James M. Lips- comb, South Carolina. A SIMPLE and efi'ec-tive remedy for re- moving the pain of wounds caused by burns or scalds, is a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda in either plain or camphorated water. To apply the reme- dy, all that is necessary is, to cut a piece of- lint or old soft rag, or even thick blotting paper of a size suflicient to cover the burned or scalled parts, and to keep it constantly well wetted with the sodiac lotion, so as to keep it from drying. By this means it usu- ally happens, that all pain ceases in from a quarter to half an hour, or even in much less time. When the main part of a limb, such as the hand and forearm or the foot and leg, has been burned, it is best, when practicable, to plunge the part at once into a tub or pail, or other convenientvessel filled with the soda lotion, and to keep it there until the pain subsides; or the limb may be swathed or encircled with a surgeon’s cot- ton bandage previously soaked in the satu- rated solution, and kept constantly wetted with it; the relief being usually immedi- ate, provided the solution be saturated and cold.—~1l[ed_i'cal Practitioner. For the benefit of those unacquainted with scientific terms, we would explain that bicarbonate of soda is the common cooking soda, and to make a saturated solution is to add the soda to the camphorated water till it will dissolve no more.—Fa1-mers’ Review. THE Supreme Court of Iowa holds that the statute authorizin cities and towns to vote tax-aid to railroa cannot be construed to authorize more than one such tax. This will affect a good many new railroad projects in the state, and on the whole will be welcomed by the public. Sell-Control in Society. Never show that you feel a slight. This is worldly-wise as well as Christian. for no one but a mean person will put a slight on another, and such a person always pro- foundly respects the person who is uncen- scinu-1 of his feeble spite. Never resent pub- licly a lack of courtesy; it is in the worst taste. \Vhat you do privately about drop- ping siicb an acquaintance must be left to yourself. To a person of noble mind, the contests of society must ever seem poor and Sp1ll‘lf)1]S'_8.S they think of these narrow enmities and low political manoeuvres; but we know that they exist and that we must» meet tllelll. Temper, detraction. and small spite areasvulgar on a turkey carpet and in a palace as they could be in uteiieineut house, and worse, for the educated contestants know better. But that they exist we know as well as we know that the dipiberia rages. VVe must only reflect pliilosopliically that it takes all sorts of people to make a world; that there are good people, rank and file; that there is a valiant army ands. noble navy; that there are also pirates who will board the best ships, and tmilors in every army ; and ill.‘i.t we must be ready for them all; and that if we live in a crowd, we must propitiate that Crowd. Never show a factions or peremptory irritability in small things. Be patient, if a friend keeps you waiting. Bear as long as you can heat or a draft, rather than make others uiicoinfrirtable. ‘Do not be fussy about your supposed rights; yield a disputed point of precedence. All society is made up of these concession.-i; they are your unnumbered friends in the long run. We are not always wrong when we quar- rel, biit if we meet our deadliest foe at a friend's house we are bound to treat him with perfect civility. That is neutral ground. Never, by word or look, disturb your hostess. And, in all honesty. cultivate a graceful salutation, not too familiar, in a crowd. Do not kiss your friend in a crowd ; be grave and decorous always. Burke said that man- ners were more important than laws. “ Manners are what vex or soothe, comfort or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensi- ble operation, like the air we breathe.” The Dangers of Ignorance. _()ii<—-1-:1iii1otj1idg+= i'i'o1n 1111- brii-I’ il('(‘U1llli.\ gl\'l'll \\'lll(‘ll are tlw }ll‘('I'lSt‘ (':lllS(‘ts‘ of Sll(‘ll (ll5:l>‘lt‘l‘.~i, but llll'l'1‘ is l'(‘il.\’<>ll to lwlivw that igiioi.':1i1c1-. in pl‘0llllt‘: lb.-11 in:111y p1-rsoiis have only :1 \':1gii1- kiiowlr-dg1= of lllil‘0-gl}’(‘t‘l'lll(‘, (tzllllloi. rccogiii’/.c it when tln-y see it, :1iid are not ll(‘.1[1l:lllll(‘tl with line \';1i'iou.~< fornls iii Wlll('ll it is ('.1)lll[)Ullllll('(l, 01‘ with llll‘ pr-<;uli;11' (l:lIlgt‘l‘S of luuulliiig it mi":-l1-.s‘sl_v. I\'itro-rly- 1-1.-i'iIio itself is :1 (l('ll.\'l‘, ycl1owi.s1i liquid, nit, in ()1‘tl1'I‘ to diiniiiisli tlui-rlaiiigeis:1tt1-iidiiig its USP, line groiiinl llll1‘..‘l, s:1\\'1lii>'t. or Stlllll‘ .~:iin- llzll‘1)<1\\'ll(-_‘l'ls szitiirzili-d with it,:1ndil11istlie \'2|.l'l(illS blasting-pow1I1-rs known zisslyiiiiiiiitc, Illl<‘il-p(i\\'(lt‘.1',illlzlllll, i‘cii11-int-it,1-ti-., :ll‘(5 foi'i1i- ed. Tl1(‘St‘ coiiipoiiiids 1-.111 bu c:1sil_v t1':1iis- pnrtml with ('Ulll]):ll'2lll\'t’ .s':1l'1-ly. ll11t1li1- iii- ti'o-glycerine easily (ll‘:lWS(1il' froin the pow- der and oozes froni :lll_\' 1-ii-\'i<:c iii the H-ssel lll\Vlll(flllll€('0lllp1lllll1‘ to mill the box tighter oi‘ ()[)t’ll it fore-x:1iiiii1:1tioi1.tin-i'c will be :1 dis:1sti'o1is t*..\I[)l().‘4l(lll. S1-\’<-i':1l ll:l\'t‘ oc- C1ll‘l‘(‘(l in the past _ve;1i‘s lll this w:1)'. Tbi- vii-.tii11s, kin-w, no doubt, that iiiti'o—gl,vv1-i'iiie. 01‘ the coiiipoiiiirls, 11i:1_\' be 1-xploded by :1 blow ((‘UIlt:l(:i. with lire is not iiec-«lI'1il,), but tlicy did iiotsiispw-ttl1:1t ibc i1i112('ll4)i1l miii‘.~'i-Z’ Sim-l_\', workiiicii. cs- p1'1'i:1ll\' “ i‘:1w li:1ii1l.s',”' in vstzilvlisliiiie-11s wl1ei'<- these-, things are 11s+.-1l, Sllnllltl be systei1i:1tic:1l- ly iiisti'ii1-tell in :1d\':11i1-1-,:1i11l the coiirts are now t‘llf()l'(flllg‘ this prim-ipk-..——Im. 5 mi; V Ar. All:-gun ___ _--_ ‘J 17 " 0 U5 “ 8 ‘.0 “ At. Kalamazoo __,l0 15 “ 7 05 “ II 40 “ Ar. Sclioolcruft ,lo 50 7 41% ‘ I I 40 1:; Ar. Three Rive >1118 “ 812 ‘ 2 45 “ A1‘. White Pigeon- II 45 “ 8 40 “ 4 50 ‘ Ar. Toledo ________ __ 5 as 1» u 2 -L5 All Ar. Cleveland - I010 “ 7 O5 “ ‘_ Ar. Buffalo ___________________ -_ 3 55 Am 1 10 1>x‘___,___ GOING NORTH. N Y ll: RN 1 A l lllx It M‘ExpresEgW“y Fr’ Le. Bufialn _- __ ‘I2 45 PM 12 35 AM __-_,____ Ar. Cleveland 7 35 “ 7 00 “ _______ Ar. TDledo___ I2 01 AM 10 50 “ Ar. White Pigeon- Ar. Three Rivers ___.. Ar. Schoolcraft . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ _ -_ 658 “ . 428 “ .1210.-3 Ar. Kalamazoo- _- 730 “ ’ 500 “ § 140 “ Ar.Allegan .-_- __ 840 “ l 605 “ 420 " Grand Rapids..- -_l10o0 H 1 720 " . 310 H All trainslconnbct at White Pigeon with trains on main line. A. G. AMSDEN, Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo. Corrected Time-Table—lllay 14, 1882. TEA INS WEST. ~ ""T\i}Tii1;"1f6| 'fi5f"f7=;éi£E'z ME‘ STATIONS. Express. , Express. fltxpress, ’ l-‘reign t, _ V ____ ,_ _1‘l_<7-3; _1j3.4_. _No.,6., No.32. Le. Port Huron ________ __l 5 00 All 7 30 AM 4 25 PM,_ __ H 13,13, any ; 317 -- ______ __-_____ . H Lapeer_ : 645 H I‘ 910 H ; 857"?‘ C_____"_' H Flint i730“ .945“*94o-it “ Durand--- I 835 H lie 21 H ' H nmaing__- 958 H (1140 « 1 “ Charlotte .......... -_;1l0 40 “ 12 17 PI 12 13 All-‘ -._ “ Battle Creek" '1I50 I‘ 7 130 H ‘= 130 “ roan H Vicksburg _- 1245 mi 222 H ' 2 21 “ 945 H “ Schoolcraft__. 100 “ i 233 H r 233 “ 1025 H “Oassopolis l55"l322“‘.’.23“l155i>u -* South Beiid: , 242 H ; 408 H I 407 H E 430 H H Valparaiso---" 423 H , 540 H l 550 “ woo ‘- Ar Chicago ____________ _; 685 “ I‘ 745 ‘f I 800 “ §______ TRAINS EAST. }Mail and Atlantic] Night ' Way Szurious. ,Expreaa. Express.'Express.& Freight. Vl7p:1_. ‘I70. 3. _ No.5. ha. 33. Ar.C‘hl .550 All 515?§g9oox='s Le. Valparaiso _:11 so " 745 H 1121 H H South Bend i 107 pm 917 H l i 12 AM « Gassepelis ' _-_= 155 H -1000 * 205 H u schoojcmfi """" __l 257 “ 1o 43 “ 257 H 4- vamp.“ 2:" K 310 H 10 59 H 310 ‘- H Battle Creek 1 405 H 12 01 H 405 “ “ Charlotte I505 ~ 104 “ 507 H “ Lansing __ ‘£546 " 1147 " 550 H “Durand- -l7i5H 307 “ 719 “ H riint_-_I: l 815 “ l 850 H s 35 H H Lapeer __- __,__ 857 H 426 “ 9 10 H H inlay city__ -_.___, 924 H -. _______ __ Ar. Pars Huron-________}10-10 H 600 " 1035 H All trains run by Chicago time. Sunday. G20. B. Rluvns, Tnfllc Manager. For information as to Agent, Bcboolcr-aft, Mich. All trains daily except 8. R. O.u.uwA!. . General Superintendent. rates, lpply to E. P. Keary, Lou’ 4 THE GRANGE VESITO-E. JUNE 1, 1882. filitmfitfiflgt «iiiisitm. SCHOOLCRAFT. - — — — JUNE 1. Single copy, six months, _________ -__. 25 Single copy, one year, ............ -- 50 Eleven copies, one year -_____-___--_-_ 5 00 To ten trial subscribers for three months we will send the VISITOR for-_--__-__-_-$1 00 Address, J. T. COBB, Schoolcraft, Mich. Sample copies free to any address. §eeofan’s fiwolmeil. J.T.CoBB, - - - - Scnoorcrurr. ROYALTY ROBBERS ARE LIKELY TO GET A SET- BACK. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, That no action for damages or pro- ceedingin equity shall be sustained, nor shall the party he hel liable under sections 4919 or 4921 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the use of any patented article or device, when it shall appear on the trial that the defendant in such action or proceeding purchased said article for a valuable consideration in the open market. This bill passed the House of Representa- tives on the 14th of March by the very de- cisive vote of 155 yeas to 48 hays, 87 not vot- ing. We hope the dodgers who live in ag- ricultural districts will be called to account by their constituents. What the Senate will do with this bill remains to be seen, but what the people will do with any Senator who votes against this righteous measure of protection, it is not difiicult to conjecture. Early in the existence of the Order it took decided and definite action upon this sub- ject. The Worthy Master of the Michigan State Grange has annually in his address to that representative body called attention to the importance of legislative protection and petitions have been repeatedly presented to Congress praying for the needed legisla- tion. One of the standing committees .of the Michigan State Grange has been upon Patent Rights. This committee has made some very able reports. The National Grange has also taken definite action on this question. In fact, such action has been general wherever the Order had a foothold. This force has been strengthened and aided by those outside who, feeling or seeing the iniquitous practices allowable under the law, have lent their aid for its amendment. But we will not deprive the royalty collector himself of a share of the credit of bringing this matter to a head. These fellows under- took to carry on such an immense business, and obtained judicial decisions that so out- raged equity that whole States became alarmed, and Congressmen began to take in the situation. That the members from Michigan have done their duty in this mat- ter, and done jt well, there is no sort of doubt. An effort was made by Mr. Caswell, chairman of the Committee on Patents, on the 29th of April, to have the rules suspend- ed and pass this bill. This effort was promptly sustained by Mr. Burrows of this State, and several other Representatives, but an objection of Hewitt of New York, de- feated the attempt at that time. The friends of the measure were, however, vigilant, and when a favorable opportunity was again presented brought the question to a decisive vote. When a suspension of the rules is asked for, in order to put upon its passage any bill in advance of its regular order, but fifteen minutes is allowed the friends of the meas- ure to present arguments in its favor, and the same time may be used by those who oppose it. The chairman in this instance very properly gave Mr. Burrows, who had first introduced the bill, a part of this time. Other members were ready, and would have urged by argument its passage, but of course could not be heard. We give place to the brief clinching argu- ment of Representative Burrows, of the Fourth district, which we find in the Con- gressvional Record of May 16: MR. Bnnaows, of Michigan. Mr. Speak- er, the brief time allowed for debate upon this motion to suspend the rules and pass this bill is wholly inadequate to permit a re- cital of the outrages which this measure is , intended to remedy, much less to reply to the numerous criticisms urged against it. This is the second effort to bring this matter to the deliberative consideration of this House, and it is:a little remarkable that, whenever it is sought to give protection to the innocent purchasers and users of patent- ed articles, there are always some gentlemen to be found prolific of objections, to prevent, it‘ ssible, the passage of any measure for re ef. Another peculiarity is, that these same gentlemen have no suggestions to make by which their objections may be overcome. They simple abound in criti- cisms. Even now, when certain modifications are proposed by the friends of the measure, to avoid antagonisms and make‘ it conform if possible, to the views of its opponents, even this is objected to, and the conclusion is forced upon us that it is the purpose to pre- vent if possible all legislation whatever upon this subject. Now, sir, what I desire, what the people of the State which I have the honor in part to represent demand, what the farmers of this whole country insist_u _n, is that the purchasers of a patented artrc e in good faith for a full consideration and in the open market shall be protected from the bands of patent-right lnquisitors which in- fest the country and plunder our people. I demand for the purchaser in good faith of the barb-wire fence, the drive-well, the Bird- sell clover-huller, and the hundred other ar- ticles necessary to the farmers of the great West, that they shall be exempt from the unjust persecutions to which they are now subjected. I ask to embody in my remarks some well authenticated instances of out- rages to which the people of my district and State have been subjected. Mr. Burrows here read from our last an- nual report to the State Grange the follow- ing compilation of statements of Secretaries of subordinate Granges. The facts narrated had come to their knowledge from personal acquaintance with the injured parties, and were reported to this office in answer to an inquiry issued by order of the State Grange: S. L. Bently, of Eaton Rapids, reported that on the Birdsell clover-huller the following persons in that vicinity paid royalt on a huller valued at 3450: W. S. Smith, W. H. ord, J. Horner, Delos Smith, and James Boi-abeck—the fee demanded and paid being 8100 by each. On circular-saw guide, valued at_$50, $50 was de- manded of R. Perrin. and 845 was paid. From H. Griffith and J. M. Allyn the same amount was do manded and the same paid. From Fred Spicer $50 was demanded and the case litigated, and a judgment of 891.50 rendered with costs. For circular-saw dogs with attachments, valued at 875, from Frcd Spicer 850 was demanded and 340 paid. The same demand was made of J. M. Allyn and H. Griffith for the same device, and same pay- ment made. W. A. Luman, of Elsie, writes that on a Glen & Hall clover-thrasher, valued at 8260 when new, nine years after purchase a royalty of $125 was demanded which, with the expense of two hundred miles travel and attorney fee, he paid. He also reports that from W. H. Davidson, for a Wooster huller valued at 8280, aroyalty of 3125 was demanded and judgment ob- tained. George Davidson had the same experience. J Buesenger, A. E. Rockold, M. S. Hamilton, and E. Thompson aid the $125 royalty demanded for using at Glen At all clover-huller. B. B. Davis, of Fowlerville, reports that from Os- car D. Weller, on a clover-huller valued at 8400, a royalty of 8100 was demanded and paid. From J. R. Dart «In Co., for use of head-block valued at 8125, a royalty of $100 was demanded. It remains un- settled David Connell re orts that Jeremiah Ramsefy, of , on Monterey, used a ci er-strainer made by himsel which he paid aroyalty to one J. D. Hampton, of Detroit, of 320. Henry Hawle and Burt Oak reports that from William W. Tea for using several cider-press racks, valued at $12, that to his certain knowledge had been in use thirty years, one dollar for each ten was paid as to alty to avoid litigation. A much larger sum was emanded. J. M. Failing, of Tekonsha, got an old Birdsell huller in a trade, calling it worth 8100; never run it an hour; was sued for infringement, and refusing to pay the royalty of $100 demanded, learned at a cost of $417 that the United States district court for the eastern district of Michigan knew more of the value of a patent than he did, and we came very near adding the disrespectful remark—less of equity. Joseph Willett, of Ingham County, was made to pay a royalty of 8200 on the guide and arbor of a saw bought five years before, and valued at $75. ls- aac S. P. Pound paid John C. Birdsell 8100 for in- fringement of patent on clover-huller bought by him in 1871. From Henry Kline, of Nottawa, $100 royalty was demanded and pay on account of use of clover- huller. From Joseph Dean, of Colon, for clover-huller, a ro alty of 3100 was demanded and 850 paid. he case of Mr. Dean was one of peculiar hardship. After using the machine long enough to earn 840, his arm was caught in the machinery and he was crip- pled for life. Selling the machine afterward, the purchaser was sued for royalty, and at the end of a suit found that his education in patent law had cost him $500. In behalf of Mr. Birdsell or his agent it should not be forgotten that on account of the ov- erty and crippled condition of Mr. Dean his liability was discounted fifty per cent. We have summarized the reports we have received and only ask in conclusion, Shall owners and users of patent articles always remain the victims of these unrighteous patent laws that have so long protected by the aid of the courts a class of rascals who find this a safer way to get something for nothing than the plan adopted by the road agent of Colorado ? These hard and convincing facts were em- phasized by our determined Representa- tive in the following earnest and truthful words, to which more would doubtless have been added if restricted time had not shut him off. These are samples of the persecutions to which the farmers are subjected. In some instances the vender and the owner of the patent seems to be in collusion. For instance, a set of men go through the count with wagon-loads of gates and dis- pose 0 them to the farmers, who pay a full consideration, and have no knowledge that they are patented, and after they are set up and in daily use another set of men scour the country and notify the purchasers’ of these gates that the hinge or some other por- tion of it is patented, and that they are the owners of such patent, and thereupon a de- mand is made for five, ten, or twenty dol- lars’ damages for infringement, and if pay- ment is refused suit is threatened in the United States court. To avoid this they fre- quently submit to outrageous cxaction ; and so, under threat of judicial inquisition, our people are being plundered without stint or mercy. I hope this measure will receive the prompt approval of this House, that the people who purchase patented articles in the open market in good faith and for a full con- sideration, shall not be hunted down by these insatiate vampires. [Great applause.] Here the hammer fell.] he question was taken, and there were-— yeas, 155; nays, 48; not voting. 87. So (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed. NO PATENT APPLIED FOR. About a year ago we learned how to stop the unpleasant rattle of a loose spoke in a buggy wheel, and give strength to the wheel as well. Turn the wheel until the loose spoke is perpendicular above the hub, then with a piece of board or stick about two inches shorter than the spoke for a fulcrum, with a lever strain up the rim of the wheel all you dare. (With a short hitch there is a chance for leverage enough to break the wheel.) Pull the spoke from the rim and, if there is any tenon left, out all ofi‘ but about an eighth of an inch. Now fit as thick a leath- er washer on to the end of the spoke as you can force with the spoke into position. Remove your lover, trim with a sharp knife any projections of the leather washer outside the spoke. and your ten minutes’ work will be likely to give you a strong wheel and last all summer. Try it. I have with success. —ED. THE DETROIT FREE PRESS AND WHAT IT KNOWS ABOUT FARMING. We find an editorial article in a late num- ber of the Free Press that deserves notice, as it shows up the narrow notions of the writer on the subject he has taken in band. From this city editor we learn that ex- Commissioner Le Duc was the “ distin- guished theoretic tiller of the soil” who originated the “vagarie of creating an Ag- ricultural Department with its head in the Cabinet.” We also learn that no one else sincerely believed in it except Le Duc, and “his belief was attributed to extend the raising business by raising himself as well as tea and sorghum.” Though Le Duc was set aside at the close of the administration that appointed him, for a wonder, the “va- garie” did not disappear, and the Free Press has discovered that congressmen. had taken into their heads to please the farmers by this little move, and catch their votes. Farmers being very numerous “cast a good many votes; their wishes, or what are believed to be their wishes, are of great weight with congressmen; and if they should ask in earnest for an act of Congress prohibiting rain in the haying season, or abolishing drought, or the potato bug, they would prob- ably get it.” So says the Free Press. This is highly complimentary to the farm- ers on whom it largely depends for its own support. The Free Press man insists that “farmers don’t care a penny about the pro- posed change, and if they do there is no semblance of an excuse for making it.” About half a column is devoted to this stu- pid sort of giving itself away. The appointment of Gen. Le Duc as Com- missioner of Agriculture, when made, was a disappointment to the intelligent farmers of the country, for the reason that he was not known as in any way identified with prac- tical agriculture, and that military prefix to his name awakened a suspicion of unfit- ness that found almost universal expression from the agricultural press of the country. But his personal application to the duties of his office, in marked contrast to the course pursued by his predecessors, had at the end of his first year’s service made him very acceptable to the farmers of the country, and the succeeding administration was peti- tioned by many farmers to retain Commis- missioner Le Duc, very much preferring to take the chances of results with him than a new man in that department. We do not see anything either wise or witty in the sneers of the Free Press at the ex-Commissioner, or its fllngs at the farm- ers, who, it has assumed, do not want the Agricultural Department raised to a Cabi- net position. About all the comfort the farmers who patronise the Free Press can get out of its article is the assurance “ that they don’t want the change at all, and if they do they don’t know why.” The Free Press hastily jumped at conclu- sions. The farmers of the country have petitioned Congress for several years at each session to do the very thing which the House has just done, and individual mem- bers from agricultural districts have been charged by their constituents to make a move in this direction. The Free Press does not seem to have found out that more than fifty per cent. of the fifty millions of people in this country belong to the agricultural class, and that, in the nature of the case, their vast and diversified interests are inca- pable of that concentration of power and influence which other industries possess, that can and do concentrate wealth in a comparatively few localities and cover but a small per cent. of the population. These can on short notice provide what- ever influence can be made available to pro- tect or advance their own interests. It is notorious that in the national legislature the farmer has not been represented either in person, or in fact by men of other profes- sions. This vast interest—uhderlylng all others-—so varied in kind, in climatic fea- tures, and so imperfectly developed, has been left mainlyto the tender mercies of lawyers and politicians, who have used it mainly to advance personal objects, or fur- ther other interests. Agriculture has had no adequate recognition except in taffy talk —-never by the government in a comprehen- sive, business way in all the years of its ex- istence. The present move, which the Free Press ridicules in such a cheerful vein, was initia- ted by the Patrons of Husbandry--the first well organized body of farmers, covering in its objects and purposes the whole field of advancement in agricultural science and im- provement of the agricultural class. What has now been done is a preliminary step to results that will, we trust, not only confer decided benefits upon the farmers of the country, but upon other classes whose business success is so largely dependent upon agricultural prosperity. The Free Press is reputed an enterprising newspaper. We are much mistaken if it adds to its reputation anywhere by such ar- ticles as the one to which we have referred. Its shallow reasoning is fairly sampled by this reference to the effect of the proposed change. It says, “ The change of the Agri- cultural Bureau to a Department would not dignity it. It could only dignity the chief of the bureau, and if he were Le Duo, or some equally gifted humbug. it could not even do that." If this brilliant declaration had any force whatever, it would apply to any other executive department quite as well. Our contemporary is behind the times and without excuse. It will not utter this kind of nonsense when it is a little older and has given this subject some considera- tion. If it does not willingly learn the fact it will be compelled to understand that the farmers not only want, but are determined to have recognition. RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE GRANGE. “To have a communication from VVashte- naw county with a request for publication, with which request we should comply and then present our objections, but for the length of the article. We do not feel justl- fied in using such an amount of space for the presentation of the political opinions of a brother Granger. These opinions may be sound and correct, but so long as very considerable numbers of Patrons entertain widely different views from those expressed by our correspondent, and so long as the constitution of the Order declares in such decided terms against the introduction of religious and political ques- tions, and so long as we have a very dis- tinct recollection of the damaging results to Granges that disregarded this constitutional restriction,—-we say, that so long as these facts are before us, we shall not depart from the course we have heretofore pursued. To assume, as our friend does, that Patrons will think alike upon those disputed questions of public policy that enter into and make up the difference, real and supposed; that exists between the several political parties, is no more reasonable than to expect that we shall all believe in immersion, or some other dogma of Christian faith; and the history of no religious body in the past ages of the world furnishes much encouragement in that direction. From our standpoint this brother is too impatient of delay. The Order is not nu- merically as strong as it was five years ago, but in real power and influence it is incom- parably stronger. It has become solidified —is thinking less about saving ten per cent in trade, and more about the educational ad- vantages which the Order provides for all its members—less about capturing new mem- bers, and more about its power to influence legislators toward the correction of wrongs and evils of the existence of which we are all agreed. That as an Order we have already accom- plished much good is conceded by intelli- gent men everywhere. And we are not re- stricted to the narrow horizon of our own neighborhood for results, but see from the legislative department of the government itself a promise of some substantial return for the persistent efforts put forth by the Order. These are not surniises but accom- lished facts. VVe do not intend to lose sight of the fact that we are publishing a Grange paper for Patrons, and not only for Patrons, but for all citizens who are willing to become better posted by reading its pages, as to the pur- poses of the Order,—-what it has accomplish- ed and what it is now doing. And while there must, in the nature of the case, be some good people as well as some small poll- ticians, who think we trespass beyond the line of prudence, in touching upon the rights, privileges and duties of the citizen in his political relations, we are quite well sat- isfied that our course hitherto has had the approval of the most clear-headed and influ- ential members of the Order wherever the VISITOR has been read. To those of our friends who have thought us too fast, as well as to those who have thought us too slow, we desire to say that the past indicates our future course, and we hope to make that future so consistent as not to alienate any who are more radical than we are on the one hand, or more con- servative on the other. LAW MACHINERY. To many of our readers it will not be a matter of surprise when we say that we have ceased to have any real, genuine respect for the science, art, trade, trick, or whatever it may be called, of administering law, in the name of and for the purpose of vindicating justice. We were led to this line of reflec- tion by picking up a paper in which was a part of the trial of Mrs. Barnard for the al- leged killing of Mrs. Curtiss, in Lapeer, some two years ago. Everybody in the State was familiar with the history of the case. There was no deep plot, no inextrica- ble complications, nothing about the case that should have prevented its coming to trial within sixty days. The prisoner was either guilty or innocent, and how the inter- vention of more than a year with the unusual privilege of bail when committed for murder, could aid in developing the facts as they were, no live man can tell. On the contrary, it needs neither argument nor illustration to convince any one that, with the lapse of time, facts, falsehoods and conjectures, by the aid of a brace of lawyers on each side of a case, become so well sand- wiched or hashed up together, that neither judge nor jury were entirely sure which is which. All our life we have heard of swindlers and frauds, but not until within the last few years did we come to understand that the machinery for the administration of law and dispensing justice was but little more than astupendous swindle itself, venerable with age and clothed with the thinnest dra- pery to hide its pretentious shams. OUR little town has had a spring fair. Its name-—-“ The Schooleraft Driving Park As- sociation ”—indicates something of its pur- pose. VVell, the horses were there, the sul- keys, the jockeys and the horse men of va- rious grades down to the small boy with his cigar stub. \Ve did not stop at the close to ask whether it was a success financially or not. Of that no matter. Horses and driv- ing were not all the fair by any means. There was a splendid show of horse-rakes, mowers, reapers, and a half-dozen makes of reapers with binding attachments, ready to take the field, with the aid of a man and team, and soon leave it with the harvest nicely secured in the sheaf. Then there were traction engines, huge’ fellows. of two makes, that rushed around forward and back, to the right and left, here and there, fast or slow, under such prompt, ready control that it seems almost safe to say they have been brought to a con- dition of perfection. The Show of plows was small, but of spring-tooth harrows on wheels there was a great variety, some with seeding attach- ments and some without. Of the, to us, new things under the sun, there was an Ohio implement with triangu- lar plate teeth attached to a centre-jointed, winged barrow frame, by loops passed through aperpendicular hole in the frame and keyed straight or at any desired angle to the draft. The thing looked as though it might do good work and become a popu- lar tool. The next new thing was the method of handling the atmospheric washer, that has found favor wherever known. It is a sort of inverted tin pan, and has been used in couples with sundry devices and has given satisfaction. This principle has been har- nessed up in a neat way that seems likely to become the washing machine for general use. The manufacturers tell their own story on our last page. The weather was favorable and, as we un- derstood, the agents of harvesting machines did a good business. \Ve expect to visit the implement trial at Grand Rapids, on June 6th, and shall be glad to meet our Patron friends there. We shall be ready and quite willing to take the names of subscribers to the VISITOR, and, if aided by our friends, hope to carry home a $100 or so. obtained in this way. ___._________________ WE have not published a list of delinquent Granges for some time. Receipts have been good, as there were considerable additions to the membership in very many Granges. But in looking over our books we find that quite a number of Secretaries have been re- miss, and we now give the numbers of the several Granges that are delinquent in re- ports and payment of dues for the quarter ending March 31, 1882. Brother Secretaries, we ask you to respond promptly to this call. Prove by attention to this duty that you are worthy of the trust reposed in you by the members of your Grange who elected you to serve them for the current year. For the quarter ending March 31, 1882: 6, 10, 26, 36. 33, 42, 43. 55, 61, 33, 87, 39, 92, 96, 113. 114, 115, 118, 137, 151, 154, 162, 163, 172, 175, 182, 189, 191, 194, 200, 220, 228, 241, 248, 253, 262, 286, 289, 293, 298, 320, ~325, 332, 339, 340, 376, 381, 390, 393, 395, 396, 415, 417, 421, 427, 430, 438, 441, 458, 461, 471, 492, 503, 513, 514, 554, 556, 566, 589, 600, 603, 631, 634. 635, 642. The following are delinquent for the quarters ending Dec. 31, 1881, and March 31, 1882: 202, 203, 326, 343, 345, 385, 401, 624. And these are delinquent for the quarters ending Sept. 30 and Dec. 31, 1881, and also for the quarter ending March 31, 1882: 514, 574. To Wrroii IT IVIAY CONCERN, and that means the 20,000 Patrons of Michigan.—We have the following from Bro. Whitney, which all can understand. Everybody knows the value of early arrangements, and should heed this call. “NATIONAL LECTURE BUREAU. “Michigan Patrons who desire to secure lectures for the autumn and winter months, would do well to at once write the National Lecture Bureau, P. of H., and at once make the necessary arrahgemen ts. Orders are coming in rapidly. One letter recently or- dered 20 lectures. Shall Michigan be behind in this work‘? Apply at once. Address, National Lecture Bureau, care American Grange Bulletin, 148 West Fourth St., Cin- cinnati, 0. SINCE writing our article referring to the Free Press we received a copy of the Con- gressional Record, in which we find the speech of Congressman Lacey of the Third District. We should be glad to give the speech entire. Its comprehensive history of the Agricultural Department, showing the support it has received from the Govern- ment, should be read by every progressive farmer. The honorable gentleman has not only presented the facts of history, but clear. ly comprehends the situation, and is in in- telllgent sympathy with the 25,000,000 of our people who are identified with agricul. ture. We received, too late for this issue, the speech on this subject of John T. Rich of the Seventh District, one of the very few farmers who have a seat in Congress. In our next issue we shall favor our readers with at least a part of it. JUNE 1, 1882. TEE GRANGE VISITOR. ~ THE STATE CAPITOL ENGRAVING. We have sent several dozen lithographs of the State Capitol to those entitled to them by virtue of having sent us five or more names of subscribers and $2.50, since our offer in the VISITOR of M arch 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 VVITHDRAVVN THIS Is MADE A STANDING oI=I«‘ER—I-‘IVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS FOR ONE YEAR WILL ENTITLE THE PER- soN sENnING_I:s THE NAMES AND $2.50 To A SPLENDID LITHOGRAPH or THE STATE CAPITOL or MICHIGAN, SIZE or SHEET 22x28 INCHES. THOSE of our friends who were at the State Grange last December will remember the unanimous refusal of that body to listen to a proposition from Bro, Luce to resign the ofiice of Master. Although the Grange consented to his retiring from active field work on account of the delicate health of his wife, yet he has taken several trips from home in the interest of the Order since the session. We know that it will interest our people to learn of her health. We are sorry to re- port that from that time to this she has al- ternated between temporary improvement and the other condition bordering on the verge of the grave. These changes have occurred several times and either condition. is liable to be reached at almost any time. The last report we had from Bro. Luce, was of a very discouraging tone. His care for his wife required his constant presence, and he can give but snatches of his time to the work of the Grange. We know and feel that he and his afiiicted wife have the sym- pathy of the brothers and sisters of the Or- der wherever they are known, and to this we can only add the hope that health and brighter days are somewhere in the future in store for our afilicted friends. WE learn from Hon. H. G. Wells, Presi- dent of the State Board of Agricuiture, that at alate session of the Board it was deter- mined to invite the Executive Committees of the following State societies to meet with the State Board of Agriculture at the State Capitol on the occasion of the annual meet- ing of the State Pioneers Society, on the 7th day of June: The State Agricultural Society, the State Grange, and the State Pomological Society. We understand that these several societies are expected to visit the Agricul- tural College and farm the following day. From the array of distinguished names that we find on the program, this pioneer meet- ing promises to be one of more than usual importance. As Michigan has been our home for more than half a century and we have personal knowledge of pioneer life we mean to be present and shall perhaps make report in the next number of the VISITOR of what we see and hear. JUST as we go to press, we learn that the Chicago and West Michigan, the G. R. dz I. and the L.S. & M. S. railroads will take pas- sengers at two cents per mile each way, to thellmplement trial of the West Michigan Farmer’s club at Grand Rapids, on the 6th of June. Tickets good for 5th, 6th and 7th. It is likely that on the L. S. dz M. S. the re- duced rate will be secured by obtaining a certificate from the secretary, which pre- sented to the ticket agent of this road at Grand Rapids will entitle the holder to a return ticket at one cent per mile. In what way the reduced rate will be reached on the other roads we cannot say. On the G. R. & I. the arrangement covers all stations from Vicksburg to Plainwell. On the L. S. & M. S. from Three Rivers to Allegan inclu- sive. It seems likely that it will be an impor- tant trial, we did not get the program in time for publication. HAVING a little business near White Pig- eon last week that detained us for the night, we soon learned that the Grange was in ses- sion at their hall. We very naturally grav- itated to the spot and found a goodly num- ber of members engaged in the very laudable work of adding to their number by initia- tion. Worthy Master Dickinson is a good working Patron, and the Grange is evident- ly in a fine condition. We spent the eve- ning very pleasantly, and hope to enjoy a like visit again some other day. SOME one has sent us the May number of the Breeders’ Journal, a monthly of sixty pages published at Beecher, Ill. A cursory glance at its pages discloses at least as one of its purposes, to establish the claims of Her- ford cattle against all comers. We shall put this copy into the hands of a critical stock man, and hope to hear from him on the subject to which this pamphlet is devoted. SOME time ago we gave notice that Bro. Mickley would take the field about the first of June. Soon after that announcement was made he had another backset, and though now improving, he is still not able to serve the Order. We hope to be able soon to make a more favorable report. BY the courtesy of the State Department we are in receipt of "Farm Statistics of Michigan of 1880-2.” It is a valuable compi- ation of statistical history, and deserves a careful examination b the farmers and all others interested in t e productions of the State and in its development. National Grange ol the Patrons oi Husbandry. MASTER'S OFFICE, } Paw Paw, Mic-h., May 15, 1882. The following call for a National Arbitra- tion Convention is to give form to the "Peace Policy,” or rather, VVar-avoiding Policy, recommended by our late and la- mented President Garfield; and will be heartily endorsed by every peace-loving cit- izen, and especially by those who have chairs made vacant by our own civil war: The National Arbitration League of the United States of America, being profoundly impressed with the vital importance of, and absolute necessity for, an International Court of Arbitration, and believing that the Congress of the American nations, as proposed by our late President, James A. Garfield, and the invitations prepared by ex-Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, and sent to the governments by President Arthur, as well as the larger proposition to include all the nations of the world, as said to be contemplated by the latter, are move- ments in that direction, and deserve the ap- probation and support of the American peo- ple: Therefore, The National Arbitration League hereby propose 3 Convention to be held in VVash- ington, D. C., on the 30th and 31st of May, 1882, for the purpose of discussing the gene ral subject of arbitration, and to emphasize the views of the people of this country who believe in its principles, and desire them to take form and character in an International Court of Arbitration. . A cordial invitation is extended to all peace societies and religious organizations to send delegates; and all persons not so con- nected, who favor the settlement of difficul- ties, disputes, and claims between nations by the pacific means of arbitration, are also invited. Eminent and able speakers will address the Convention. FRED. P. STANTON, Pres. Isaac T. GIBSON, Sec’y pro tem. Box 0, Washington, D. C. As the principles enunciated in the above call, and the objects aimed to be accomplish- ed by the Convention, are in harmony with the purposes and teachings of our Order, I deem it important that the National Grange should be represented in the Convention ; and in compliance with the invitation con- tained in the call, I have appointed the Hon. D. VVyatt Aiken, Hon. Wm. Saunders, Dr. John Trimble, Hon. J. R. Thompson and Hon. Wm. M. Ireland, delegates to the Convention, with full authority to represent the National Grange of the Patrons of Hus- bandry. J. J. WOODMAN, Master. Depgrimeni of Agriculture. Speech of Hon. Henry W. Lord. of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 10, 1882. The House having under consideration the bill (H. R. No. 4429) to enlarge the powers and dutges of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Lord B31. 2 MR. SPEAKER: It goes far to persuade and convince me of the propriety of the bill before us when I contemplate the extent and commanding power of the sources from which it emanates. _ It may be regarded as an axiom in politics that those who own a country will govern it. The agriculturists of the United States are so largely the owners of the soil, that if they shall with substantial agreement de- mand in their interests an oificer in the Cab- inet, I feel bound as a legislator to accept the demand asan instruction, and in answer thereto proceed only to assure myself that in the preparation of the act the wisest ar- rangement as to details shall be adopted to carry into effect the measure proposed. It is the constitutionally imposed duty of the President to recommend from time to time to the two Houses of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. Members of the Cabinet are recognized by the constitution as advisers of the Presi- dent whenever he shall desire to consult them, and in public estimation they are held to be in close consultation with the Executive on all matters of serious concern. The meaning of the word cabinet, in this sense, implies such conference between the parties to it as is bad in the closet. The members of the Cabinet are, therefore, advisers of the President as to what meas- ures he shall recommend to Congress, repre- sentatives to which come here to so large an extent from the agricultural districts under instructions emphasized at the ballot-box, where, as stated by my colleague from Michigan, Mr. Rich. the voice of the farm- er is mainly heard on questions of govern- ment, he being as a rule adverse to lobby and associated ring instrumentalities to aid in his political purposes. Owning so large a part of the country as the farmer does; producing, as he does, more than three-fourths of all the property that is moved for commercial purposes on our rail and water ways; polling votes in number immensely in excess of those of any other class of citizens that can be indi- cated by industrial classification, and of course with an interest in the country pro- portioned to numbers and products and own- ership, it appears not only exactly just but eminently appropriate that he should desire a counselor especially near the person of the President in cabinet and close consultation. If, for instance, the President is about to recommend to Congress the consideration of a new treaty with some foreign power, it will evidently involve questions of com- merce in which the farmer will not only have a general interest as a citizen, but a special interest proportioned to the extent to which his particular proprietorship and in- dustry may be involved. If it shall be some new scheme of finance having to do with banking and currency, and the medium of exchange that shall be the measure of and afford means to market the farmer’s crops and other products, he certainly wants an advocate in the closet. Any question of general policy concerning the public lands will rofoundly interest him in behalf of his c ildren and other- wise. If the President were to contemplate war, as in an extreme case may be supposable, the farming class, which contributes so largely to form armies and to feed them, would be no more than fairly treated if it, through an especial representative, should have its interests considered in original Cab- inet deliberations. Mr. Speaker, I was glad to see proposed and adopted an amendment to the bill be- fore us providing that the secretary of agri- culture should be an experienced and prac- tical agriculturist. It is not easy, perhaps, to define precisely what should be the limit of legislation in this direction. It might not be well to in- sist that a secretary of war should in all ca- ses be a soldier, or the secretary of the navy necessarily be a seaman; yet a provision like that in this bill is of value as suggesting at least some idea of the general fitness of things in this respect, which has been fre- quently lost sight of by this government En making appointments to important of- ces. It may be assumed that an experienced and practical farmer is not therefore, that is in consequence of such qualifications, a suit- able man to appoint to the supreme bench ; and it may be assumed that a learned and accomplished lawyer might not in conse- quence of such qualities beasuitable man for secretary of agriculture; because the at- tainments in the one service are not espe- cially adapted to the other, yet we have seen within a few years ministers represent- ing this country in three or four principal courts in Europe at the same time, who had simpl ' attained to eminence and had ac- quire reputation in literature as poets or historians—persons who were not in any sense what we call men of affairs, yet sent out to negotiate in regard to the great busi- ness interests of the nation as they might be affected, and always are affected, by its relations to foreign powers; men who had no more training approximately fitting them for diplomatic duties than either the farmer in the case supposed had for the Supreme Court, or the lawyer in the case supposed for secretary of agriculture. The Press_Room oi the New York World. From the Daily Graphic. The press room in the basement is admir- ably arranged and thoroughly equipped. It is the full size of the building, lofty and airy, and devised, like all the other departments of the paper, to save steps and seconds. The forms come rapidly down from the compos- ing room, and each page when it descends is brushed and oiled. A dampened sheet of paper about as thick as ordinary blotting pa- per is laid upon its face and thoroughly and uniformly beaten into every depression with a stiff brush. Over it a second sheet is spread :and also beaten into it. The page, still on its table and covered with this ma- trix, is rolled to the drying press, where it is covered with blankets heated by steam and brought under apowerful screw pres- sure to dry it. The surface of the matrix having been prepared with a powder to aid the fiow of the metal, it goes to the casting box, where the molten metal is poured into it and astereotype plate is obtained. This is cooled, trimmed first on a cutting cylin- der, then by a saw, and afterwards by hand with a chisel. It is finally shaved to the re- quisite thickness to be fitted to the plate cylinder of the press. In about eleven min- utes from the time the type came down stairs the slab of metal, almost too hot for the hand to touch, has gone to the press, its fifteen fellows following it at intervals to be measured literally by seconds only. The process of hardening the paper matrix, so as to do away with the use of plaster, is em- ployed at the World ofiice, and at only one other establishment in the world. It saves five or six minutes’ time, to say nothing of a superior plate. Previously the paper, which comes in webs from two miles to four miles and a half long, has been run from one wheel or core to another over a water cylin- der. This moistens it thoroughly at the rate of from eight to fifteen miles an hour, and the dampened roll is swung by a powerful crane into position over the first impression cylinder of the Hoe Perfecting Press. The two machines are distinguished as the “North” and “South.” The readers will find their signatures “N" or “S” hid- den in the back fold of the paper on which the World is printed. They are the most complete ever built by Messrs. R. Hoe & (Jo. and contain several unique improvements. It would take too much space to describe them or the machines at length, but it may be briefly said that each press is about 25 feet long and 51: feet wide, varying in height fron15 to 7 feet. The plates having been clamped on the type cylinder and the end of the half ton roll of paper drawn down into the press, the machines started. On goes the web over a roller which takes out all the creases against a cylinder which prints the first, third, sixth and eighth pages, then over a large cylinder and against another, where it receives the impression of the re- maining four ages. At the cutting cylin- der a serrated nife divides the sheet partly, and then a series of tapes grip it, tear it loose and carry it up to still another cylin- der. Here paste is applied, and the second sheet (1, 8, 2, 7,) overtakes the other half, is pasted to it, passed on to the folding knives, and finally shot out a complete copy of the World, folded into one-fourth size if for the carriers and into one-eighth size if for the mails. There is no thunderous rattle or clang, but a long, steady hum, as the great paper serpent unwinds, becomes dark with ink, falls apart into sections which chase each other ove: the cylinders and through a quarter of a mile of tape systems, which whisk and turn under the folding blades and come forth one-half pushed out edge- wise as if by a piston stroke, and one-half flung down fiat. The web seems to revolve slowly, yet if it were to tear and a brake did not instantly stop it, a mile of paper would bury the press as under a snow drift ere its momentum had been checked. The eye cannot follow and count the delivery of the sheets in two streams of different volume; but the press keeps tally and records that it is throwing off more than four papers a sec- ond—500 a minute from the two machines. These are sent up stairs in great sheaves to be wrapped and sent across to the mail in sacks, or hurried up town and over the river in the neat delivery wagons, or handed in stacks to the carriers and newsboys waiting outside. WE had a large part of the speech of Hon. E. S. Lacy, of the Third district, on the bill to advance the head of the agricultural de- partment to a cabinet position, set up for this number but in “making up” found it necessary to leave it out, but it is good and has keeping qualiies. Our readers will flqgl it in the next number of the VISITOR. — D. Michigan crop Report, May I, 1882. For this report returns have been received from 938 correspondents, representing 696 townships. Five hundred and ninety-five of these returns are from 405 townships in the southern four tiers of counties. The reports show that wheat was injured in all parts of the State by the cold, dry weather during the month of April. That on clay soil suffered severely. The acreage winter-killed in the southern four tiers of counties, and also in the entire State, is ten per cent. of the acreage sowed. The condi- tion of wheat not winterkilled is estimated to be 42 per cent. better in the southern four tiers of counties, and 33 per cent. better in the entire State, than on the first of May, 1881. - The condition of clover on the first day of May was not as promising as on the first of April. Thirty-eight per cent., or nearly two fifths of the acreage in the southern four tiers of counties, and 32 per cent., or nearly two—thirds of the total acreage in the State, is reported winter-killed. The condi- tion of clover not winter-killed is, in the southern four tiers. 12 per cent., and in the State 9 per cent., below the condition May 1, 1881. The figures given in the table indicate that the outlook for apples and peaches is fa- vorable; but many of the correspondents express fear that the severe freeze on May 1st had injured, and, in some localities, possibly ruined, peaches. Cattle and sheep are reported to be in bet- ter condition than one year ago. Reports have been received of the quanti- ty of wheat marketed by farmers during the month of April at 3-18 elevators and mills. Of these 285 are in the southern four tiers of counties, which is six-tenths of the whole number of elevators and mills in these coun- ties. The total number of bushels reported marketed is 971,490, of which 2-14,553 bush- els were marketed in the first or southern tier of counties, 285,277 bushels in the second tier, 195,590 bushels in the third tier, 212,- 731 bushels in the fourth tier, and 33,339 bushels in the counties north of the south- ern four tiers. At 48 elevators and mills, or 1-1 per cent. of the whole number from which reports have been received, there was no wheat marketed during the month. At 203 elevators and mills the quantity of wheat marketed was 691,882 bushels, which is nearly one and eight-tenths times the quan- tity marketed at the same places during the month of March. Condition of Wheat and Clover, and condition (as regards flesh) of Cattle and Sheep, May 1, 1582, compared with May 1, 1881. =7 -:5 2 0 -:1 in 1:. 34° 12 :-1 :9 $2 2: E: :2 as e - I a. :2 d = 3 as 5: ‘:1 .: :.:‘ 3 5- .1 9...; so so 3 5 5 5 5 a’ 5 a 5 2-: 2-; 15- a 8 : Q? 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MAY. . 12.—M BWelcher,$1.50; J M Peters, 2.00. 13.—W B Cutting, 2.00; E J Goodwin, 8.00. 15.—H W Hillyard, 1.30; C P Farr 1.00. 16.—L Simmons, 1.50; D K Charles, 2.00; Lydia Evans, 1.00. 17.—J P Madden, 1.00; John Wells, 3.00. 20.—Louis Reinoldt, 1.00; O N Jenkins, 1.00. 23.——H Shipman, 10 00; S R Lewis, 1.00. 24.—W A Webster, 1. 50; Warren Haven, 1.00; W B Langley. 1.35. 27.—A W Miller, 1.00; Theo Bathy, 1.00; John T Rich, 1.00. ON our second page is a column and a half of lively reading matter. We refer to the remarks of Thomas Kinsella, at the anti- monopoly meeting in Albany. Do not fail to read that speech. It is earnest and able, as well as sound, temperate and judicious. Resolutions. Bro. Oobb.-—Batt1e Creek Grange, No. 66, requests the publication of the following preamble and resolution : WHEREAS, Nathaniel Chilson and wife, who have been leading members of this Grange since it was first organized, and who have been foremost in every good work for its advancement and for the prosperity of the Order, have recently severed their connection with this Grange and removed to Dakota, therefore. Resolved, That after so many years of pleasant association, we part with feelings of regret and sadness; that their absence leavesa void in this Grange not easily filled ; that it is some slight satisfaction to know that our loss will be others’ gain ; and that we believe they will still continue to labor for the good of the Order in their new 10- cality. HE1\'R\' ANDRUS, D. CAISE, DAVID YOUNG, Committee. Battle Creek, May 20, 1882.] Explanation. Editor Grange Visitor.-—The resolution in the VISITOR of May 15th, signed three stars, allow me to amend as follows: strike out “one third” and insert “one half.” It looks as though the Granger (I take it for granted he is one) has only been partial- ly converted to the grand doctrine of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, viz: the equality of the sexes before the law. .1. S. Clear Creek, Ill., May 20, 1882. Bro. Cobb.-—You will find inclosed sub- scription to VISITOR. Send to Jackson VVilllams, North Star. Gratiot Co., Mich. I banter most every one I see to take the VISITOR, and if the name Grange was taken ofi' and Farmer substituted, there wouldn't be so many afraid of it. But I am glad the name is as it is. No. 371 is gaining every meeting. There are four new applications, and prospects of yet more are good. Fraternally, S. L. LITT . North Star, May 22, 1882. LE NOTICES OF MEETINGS. The next meeting of Kent County Grange will be held on the fair rrounds at Grand Rapids on the 14th of une at 10 o’clock A. M. An interesting program has been arranged for the meeting and an open ses- sion will be thezorder of the afternoon, to be addressed by some one of our good talkers from abroad. There will be a special meeting of Oakland County Pomona Grange at Milford Grange hall, on Tuesday, June 8th, at 10 o’clock A. M. Public meeting at 2 o'clock P. M. Will use the programme prepared at the April meeting, which was not held on account of sickness. HIRAM ANDREWS, Master. Orion, May 15, 1882. The Girard Grange will entertain the Po- mona Grange of Branch County at their hall in the village of Girard, on Tuesday, the 6th day of June next, commencing at10 o’clock A. M. A very interesting series of papers will be presented. The afternoon session will be an open one. Members of the Order are_cordially invited. Farmers and their friends are also cordially invited to the afternoon session. _ H. D. PESSELL, Lecturer. Quincy, May 17, 1882. The next regular meeting of Ingham Co. Pomona Grange will be held at the hall of Bunker Hill Grange at Fitchburg, on Fri- day, June 9, commencing at 10 o’clock A. M. All fourth degree members are cordially in- vited to attend. At 1:30 P. M. the meeting will be open to the public, to which all are invited. The following is the program for the occasion 2- Music and prayer. Quotations from the book of nature. M. Etchells. The home of taste. Helen Havens. Select Reading. Mrs. John Miller. What I don’t believe. James Wheaton. Can our present method of examining school teachers be improved ‘.7 Frank Hav- ens. C. L. Randall. P. Muck as a fertilizer. Unfinished work. Sister A. E. Longyear. Does it pay to raise wheat for less than one dollar per bushel ? W. D. Longyear. C. M. WOODLAND, Sec’y. The quarterly meeting of of the D. dc B. C. Council P. of H. will be held at the hall of Rochester Grange Thursday. Jun 1, 1882, commencing at 11 o’clock A. M. he pro- gram is as follows:— Opening of Council. Appointment of committee on credentials. Presentation of accounts. Unfinished business. New business. Reports of committees. Music. Basket lunch—'I‘ea and coffee free. AFTERNOON sEssIoN. Music. Address of welcome by Joshua Van Housan of Rochester. Response by the Master of the Council. Music. A volunteer talk by the Lecturer, Mrs. L. A. Pearsall, of Disco. Song by the oldest Granger in Michigan, Mr. Bose, of Washington. Reading of the Grange paper by the edit- ress, Mrs. Barwise, of Rochester. How much education is needful for the farmer and his family? Carr Clark, Orion. Music. Suggestions for the cod of the Order. Mr. J. H. Haines, Mrs. elen Hall, J. M. Norton, J. J. Snook, E. H. Cassidy, and John Lesiter. All fourth degree members are cordially invited to attend. Members will lease bear in mind that contributions to tge Grange paper are desired by the editress, Mrs. Bar- wise, of Rochester. C. K. CARPENTER, Master. . JEROME G. NOBLE, Secretary, CLEAN up all rubbish about yards and buildings, and remove manure heaps—hav- ing all possible materials for compost gath- ered and utilized. 2 .,.__ .. .- ..._‘....__I.as: . '...,.~. fivyx_ ,... .4 THE GRANGE VISITOR. JUNE 1, 1882. atliea’ fiqpaqtmeqt. SHALL WE LIVE AGAIN? Written for the Patron, and read before Temescal Grange, California, at its regular meeting, August 6, 1881. O Horatio, I have been troubled with a thought So weird and full of mental doubt That in its grasp my soul is shrivelled up, And all my frosting locks are set on end. Like a lone sailor Sounding the depths of an unknown sea, With lead and line too light and short To reach the solid bottom, I have in vain endeavored To probe the depths of eternity. Hope has hung her shining mantle On the crumbling brink of death, And beckons me to seek the truth, Wrapped in doubt and mystery beyond. At times I seem a wonder to myself, And with anxious heart I feel aroun-1 For evidence of what I am, Like one groping in the dark. The Christian's hope is based upon belief, Confirmed to him by change of heart; While Swedenborg’s disciples tell . That, through the visions of the mind, They have beheld the conscious forms Of loved ones counted lost, And with them hold communion, Word for word and face for face. But then defective mortal sight, Looking through imaginations lens, Is so uncertain and so oft deceived, That, like a rainbow ’s shining ends When reached, mist alone remains. _ _ From gloomy chambers of the skeptic’s mind, Like slimy serpents of a. hideous mold, Crawls out the dark, cold thought That “death is an eternal sleep," While the scofier and the babbling fool, In their conceit, declare there is no God ! Can it be, good Horatio, That these men divine the truth ? That the soul is but a blank opinion, And that annihilation stands Athwart the gaping door of death ? If this be so, Then, farewell. love and ruined hopes 1 Farewell, reward for well doing; , And let the longing, thirsting heart Feed upon its cup of bitterness. If death is an eternal sleep, Life, in its vexatious pathway, Is like the toilsome, footsore journey Of a weary, hopeless traveler, _ Climbing the heights of a frozen mountain, To look beyond on desolation l N o, my friends, it cannot be .1 The brute eats to sateing, and is content ; The birds have no thought but a song, And for their chirping nestlings ; While man, with luxury surrounded, With every temporal want supplied, Sighs and pines for something Beyond the reach of mortal life. The contemplative sage in solitude, And the burly, tattooed bushman Running naked through_the_ world, Draw their highest inspiration From the same fond, joyous source- The innate hope of a hereafter. How can it be thus, Horatio, ' If there was not a purpose, a design, In the make-up of creation F If God has so ordained it that the Hopes and longings for a higher life Are part and parcel of our being, And has not made its counterpart- A rest, a respect, beyond ourselves-— Then the crowning glory of His work Is but a life-consuming fire, Wherein the Divinity within us Is turned to dust and ashes. Wishing Others to be Happy. Read before Home Grange, 129, at their Annual Feast. A beautiful thought, born of a loving heart: Not long since, while in conversa- tion with a young wife, she'made this re- mark, in speaking of the loved companion of her home, “I have often wished that I knew that everybody wasas happy as we.” Was it not a precious inspiration of a heart full of love for all mankind? While in the blessed happiness of home (with sur- roundings which perhaps to others might be like a galling chain), her heart was filled with home peace and content (born of love), and burst forth, both as a harmonious song of thanksgiving and as a prayer for all hu- manity. Long after the conversation, we were vis- ited by the; echoings of that wish, which seemed to us like a most beautiful thought. M any times in life’s wanderings do we find those with all the pleasant associations com- bined, that could make home a paradise, nothing to mar or disturb its quietude, ex- cept agdiscontented spirit or a strong envi- ous will, %_afraid that another is gaining a trifle more than themselves. This certainly is selfishness :and not love. If love ruled" all our actions, we should not be on the lookout to gain ,by another’s loss. If we were blessed with abundance, we would be glad to give to those less fortunate. If we knew offione committing a sin, we would give charity instead of condemnation. If our table is amply supplied with good viands, while our neighbor is destitute of delicacies, should we not feel it a pleasure to contribute some of the luxuries that are so common with us? When the cold, bleak winds of winter sweep over the land, and we are clad in thick, warm raiment, and we see others go thinly clad, shivering to their work, wo uld it not be better to give to them some thick, warm, half-worn, or out-grown garment, than to let it lie in the closet to be moth-eatenfi? For all we have that blessed assurance, that “it is more blessed to give than to re- ceive,” we have the sad thought that there are many in this beautiful world of ours, where God has provided a plenty for each and all creatures, wholselfishly withhold their gifts, and (have no love to prompt the giving. Then again, as we wander in life, we find those who are not abundantly supplied with the good things of earth, to whom has been dealt out sparingly the beautiful, as well as the useful comforts of home. Yet they are constantly finding some one more needy than themselves, to share what little they have. Love is their prompter, and will they not carry with them a more peaceful spirit than they_ would, if they allowed selfishness to smother all the good impulses of their nature, they became avaricious, filled with a greedy desire for gain ‘.’ If there were more like the young wife, with a heart filled to overflowing with love, wishing that all others might enjoy the same height of happiness as did she, there would be less sorrowin this world, and more such joy as Ingersoll described when he said that, “ In the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rust- ling of a wing.” It speaks of a conscien- tious life, it tells of one where pure and lov- ing thoughts drive from selfish hearts all passions that create discontent and cast a dark shadow of sorrow over the pathway of others. Never was a truer proverb spoken than, “What a great fire a little matter kindleth." A little lack of forbearance, a misconstrue- tion of a single word, an indifferent look, a thoughtless act, an imprudent reply,——all very small in themselves, yet what harm they often work. And how many times we would faln undo the wrong, but like the ar- row from the how, it is gone, and love for the time has lost its hold upon our heart. Oh, that we might always be surrounded, as securely as bya wall, by nothing but goodness! so that all our actions and words would give nothing but happiness to all our associates. Then home would be a place of sweet contentment and of restful joy, rath- than like so many homes, merely a place in which to stop. Do we ever think of the pleasant associa- tions of home, without comparing it with this, our much loved Order? The Grange and the home in their relations are _very much :alike. In order to make a success of the Grange each Patron should, in a degree, carry the burdens devolved as a duty upon each member. If we strive to have the most perfect Grange by exemplifying the secret work, by discussions for our benefit, by strengthening our :minds by literary exercises, then let us go still further, and make it the best and most[ enjoyable of all places. How is this to be done?—by cultivating the germ that prevailed in the heart of the happy wife, or by letting the outgrowth of selfishness creep into our ranks, and destroy or lay waste all the good that it is the privilege of the Order to accomplish ? Methinks I hear every true Patron say, N 0, give us earnest, deep- rooted love in place of the ravager, Self. There is a great work before us. No mat- ter how much poor human nature wishes to be right, it seems so easy to go ‘amiss. The snow and frosts of winter pass away, the genial warmth of sunshine brings out of the brown earth the tiny blade of grass, the little seed or rootlet comes forth and we behold a flower, and by every breeze we hear a whispering of spring, reminding us of seed-time and harvest for the husband- man, and of house-cleaning and preparing various fruits and comforts for the Matrons. The busy season begins all too soon, and we find we have not any time to spare. Our work crowdsfus, and when comes the night for the Grange meeting, we are apt to say, “ Well, I guess I Won’t go to-night; they’ll get along well enough without me. I’m pretty tired.” VVe forget that every one has a place, and that each wields an influ- ence peculiar to himself. The . brightest pearl has a rough exterior, and the sweetest nut is covered by an unsightly husk, yet they have their good to donate to the world. We, however lowly, have a mission to per- form. Then let us strive to live so that our light will shine as brilliant as the pearl, and will not perish without leaving a pleas- ant memory. Let one go from the home, and how soon his loss is felt. Each leaves avacancy no other can fill. The little high chair holds as permanent place in the household and has its work as truly as the great, armed rocker that holds the gray-haired parent. N 0 station in life that:calls not for a master. Step into the manufactory, and we look in startled wonder at the mighty engine that gives motion to the various machinery, do- ing such a variety of work. Filled with awe we gaze at the shafts and wheels, and can scarcely comprehend how so much in- genuity could issue from the brain of one small man. It has been said, that “ the face is a true index of the heart,” and that the heart pro- duces the action of the brain. But we find many a one who has shown great genius, and from whose active brain has emanated that which has been the wonder and admi- ration of the world, to be only an ordinary looking personage. From the small seed that multiplies and fills the soil, the multitude are fed. King Solomon in his glory never gave the true wealth of good to the world that 9. Wash- ington, who started penniless on his career. It was not the riches of the pocket-book, but the true worth of the soul, lit up by strong, earnest love, that gave light and freedom to the people. The evil act that now causes our nation to mourn for a ‘wor- thy and beloved president, that deprived the people of the honored Lincoln, was the spirit born of a selfish, avaricious heart, that fromichildhood to manhood cared not for the good of others, but was completely wrapped up in self. so as to withhold true love from its surroundings. Yet they who committed the vile deeds were once cradled in the arms of fond mothers and filled their places in the home. Society has a corner for every individual, and everyindividual has a work to do. \Ve need not be the larger or the smaller to do the most good. Be it in public or at home, society at large or the Grange, we are missed if our place is vacant. But would it not be better to leave an empty space illuminated bya beautiful memory, than to pass away leaving a shadow so dark that our friends would wish to bury our influence with us, so that the seed which We have sown of the noxious weed of wrong-doing could be root- ed out and spread no further its ravages? Better to shine as a little star, than to be dreaded as a viper. In order that rays of happiness may fall on all around us, we must be happy our- selves. We must guard the door of our heart by love and charity against evil im- pulses, for day by day they rise in different forms and steal in unawares, and we are gorged by them, and We find_we have been sweeping away a beam of sunshine. May we choose the part in life’s drama of right and truth, and stand firm_, with justice in- delibly written on our hearts as in letters of gold, that we may ever dare to do by others as we would they should do by us. Then we may be truly happy, ever cheerfully singing the inspiring song of the beautiful wish, that all were as happy as we. Noaisnmc. _________________ National Prosperity. Apaper written and read by Mrs. W. K. Sexton before the Farmers’ Institute, held at Howell on Thursday, February 2, 1882. In imagination to-night, let us go back a little over two certuries and a half ago, when in the month of December, the Pilgrims, few in number, landed on our shores. Tid- ings had come to them across the water, that in the new world religious liberty might be found; and so brave men, frail women, and helpless children faced the per- ils of an ocean voyage and planted the ban- ner of the cross on the rocky hills of New England. Hardships and privations awaited them, but from them all they came forth pure and firm for the right as the rock upon which their feet were placed, for the same God who laid the foundation of the earth, and laid the corner stone thereof when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy ; who shut up the sea with doors and said, “ Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy Waves be stayed ;” by whose breath frost is given, and the breadth of Waters is straight- ened, protected and cared for them that our nation might be established in righteousiiess and truth, that the corner stones ofour great republic might be truth, justice, humanity, and equality. In the course of time the colony increased, the people became restive under the British yoke and declared them- selves a free and independent people, and at how great a cost our political liberty was ob- tained ! but for the late war we never could have known, but the cause of freedom won and the stars and stripes waved triumphant over a free and independent people, and our grand republic took its place among the nations of the world, and that which was an experiment has been a great success. Itis but one hundred years last October since Lord Cornwallis with his seven thous- and British soldiers surrendered to Wash- ington, thus virtually closing the war. Since that time what mighty strides have been made in civilization, the arts and scien- ces I The commerce of the world now fills our harbors ; our territory has been en- larged ; our population has been increased from thousands to millions. _ But with the wealth and prosperity, pride and arrogance gained a foothold. Treason dared to lift her head and the grand old flag was assailed by those whom it had protected. To suppress this treason we, in the spirit of the Spartan mother, gave our choicest and best, and the memory of those terrible days of watching and waiting are yet fresh in our minds. But our sacrifice and their valor was rewarded by the establishment of our government and the maintenance of our ag. We had but just recovered from the dire- ful effects of the civil war; had passed through several presidential campaigns—the last one most exciting of all—when, without a moment’s warning the nation was plung- ed into grief. For the second time in our history, a vile assassin had dared to lift his hand and strike down our noble and beloved President with sure and deadly aim. For eleven long weeks fifty million American people watched by the bedside of their dying chieftain, and we could almost feel the heat- ing of his pulse as with alternating ho e and fear our own hearts were cheered or epres- sed. At lastthe sad end came, and all that was mortal was given back to mother earth. We are not alone in our sorrow and the whole world seemed engulfed with us as by a wave, and the mutfied bells, the flags at half mast, and the crape with which the world was that day draped, was but a faint emblem of universal sorrow. From this terrible tradegy there has aris- en one great good. Our own nation, and with us the nations of the world are more firmly bound together in sympathy and union, and it has been demonstrated beyond a doubt, that the eternal brotherhood of man depends not on location or position, that the human heart naturally gives or re- ceives sympathy. And, my friends, this is the very foundation and essence of the Grange movement, and the only wonder is, that in our nation’s history ‘it never be- fore was originated, and I believe it is doing more to heal old national wounds than any other agency. Granges have been organized in nearly every State in the Union, and the fraternal bond which binds its members together is no common one. A charm is given to the la- _bor of the husbandrnan ; his plowing, sow- ing and reaping are given a deeper meaning, a sort of halo is thrown around his toil, and if through the teachings of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, the boys and girls of to-day may be made to see that the occupa- tion of the farmer is a desirable as well as a profitable one, they may still be retained upon . the farm, and away from the intoxicating influences of a city life, and in the future, as in the past. men ofsterliug qualities may be reared, who shall arise to highest positions of trust it is the Nation’s power to bestow. The teiidi-ency of the day is too great to- wards the greac centers of population. VVe cannot afford to fill those large cities with the strong, healthy boys and girls raised in the pure air of our country homes and farms. It is said that 6 out of every 11 per- sons living in London were born outside of it. Chicago has increased in the last forty years from 5.000 to :')00,000. The glitter and glare of city lifeparc attracting too many from the farm and something must be done to check it. It is our duty by every means in our power, to make home and farm life so attractive that when our children’s educa- tion is complete they may come back to the old farm and take up our work where we soon must lay it .down. Let us encourage them in all that is good and truein life, re- membering that upon the proper training of the rising generation depends the future prosperitv of our Nation. Some of their tastes do not need encouragement in their youth, they seem to grow spontaneously. Perhaps it is not necessary to speak of them here, butjudging from what I read not long since I should say they are becoming quite ar- tistic. I was reading of ayoung man who has commenced taking lessons in drawing. He sits down beside his girl and draws her head —over his shoulder. About a Carpet. Mrs. Anna A. Preston, in’Christian Register. “ It’s all very well to say that the little ‘ accessories’ of a room are what give it an air of home comfort," said pretty Lena Ams- den to her mother, one summery May after- noon, as she finished arranging a dainty bouquet of delicate white flowers in a China. vase, and placed them on a. centrepiece on the claw-footed table in the cheerful “ front rooui ” of the wellkept fariiihouse. “Now a picture needs a pleasing back- ground,” Leua continued; “but with this horrid, shabby old carpet on the floor, all that I can throw in, in'thc way of fancy- work, flowers. and knicknacks donlt amount to much. I do so wish we could havea new carpet for this parlor !” Before her mother could reply there was heard the creak of the front gate, a step on the brick walk,which seemed fairly to redden and shine with pride at its bordering beds of blooming iris, jonquil, polyantlius, and pansies. Mrs. Amsden, aftera hasty glance out of the open window, darted to the front door. which was standing hospitably open, and extended a most hearty greeting to the plump, rosy little woman, who had stopped, panting and laughing on the step-stone. It was her cousin, Edith Harmouth, who "was married and well settled in a village near Boston ; and they had not met for six- teen years at least. Yes, it was just sixteen years, for was not Lena here a plump, roly- poly baby at that time, the occasion of their last meeting? Now, this same Leua—dai.n- ty, graceful, and sweet as an arbutus bloom- was again brought to the notice of cousin Edith; and as she stepped briskly about waiting upon the visitor, making cream- Let us teach our children that the occupa- tions of farmers as a class should not be ignored, forming as it does an important factor in our Nation’s wealth and prosperity. According to the report of the Commission- er of Agriculture, there are 7,600,000 per- sons engaged in farming in this country. The total value of farms and farming imple- ments is $l3,461,000,000, about two-thirds of the productive wealth of the Nation. Suppose the farmers of this Nation should say to people of other occupations, “We have enough to eat for one year, and if we have any surplus we will keep it. We can live without money that length of time. You can buy or beg bread of us.” Don’tyou think the farmer would become a man of some importance before the close of the year? In the prosecution of his labors, the far- mer of the present time has many advan- tages. Educated labor is at his command, science has come to the rescue, and chemis- try reveals the hitherto hidden laws of Na- ture. Contrast this with the history of an- cient agriculture, which proves, whether we search among the ruins of Central and South America, the hieroglyphics of an- cient Egypt or the histories of Greece and Rome, that the tiller of the soil was not the owner thereof, but only a serf or slave to the landed aristocracy. Human life was of lit- tle value, the great mass of human beings were sacrificed for the luxurious existence of the few, as the ruins of one continent and the pyramids of the other fully demonstrate. The laborer had no voice in, the control of these governments, no part in their super- struction, and lacking in this great element of national prosperity, they have long since crumbled to dust. But to our own free land, an‘asyluui for the oppressed of all na- tions, do we look for elements of national prosperity, and God grant the time may never come when aristocracy or monopoly shall rule our land and the luster of the stars in our grand old flag be dimmed or its colors trailed in the dust. The future prosperity of our Nation de- pends very largely upon the wisdom and good sense displayed by the mother in the training of her children, and blessings sure- ly will not enter her home ifshe casts aside this great trust and allows herself to be drawn into the giddy chase of the fickle goddess Fashion. I sometimes think there is danger at the present time that the love of a new bonnet may sit on an empty head —at least I heard of such a case. A lady en- tered a milliner’s store to purchase a bon- net. After examining all the goods she said she could not find anything stylish enough to suither. Just then a man by accident sat down upon a bonnet which lay in a chair. He edged 03' very quietly, hoping no one had observed his blunder when the lady, spying the article exclaimed “What a lovely bonnet! Oh inyl that’s too nice for anything. That’sjust the style I wanted.” The love of display and extravagance which fills our land, may prove our Nation’s ruin, and , my sisters, let us set ourselves as a solid phalanx against this incoming evil, using judgment and good sense in our household arrangements. Let us aim to add dignity to labor in every honest calling. Whatever we attempt to do let us strive to do well, that when we are through with our earthly labors it may be said of us “She hath done what she could.” Turn Your Face to the Light. It had been one of those days on which everything goes contrary and I had come home tired and discouraged. As I sank in- toa chair, I groaned, “Everything looks dark, dark!” “Why don't you turn your face to the light, auntie dear?” said my little niece, who was standing unperceived beside me. “Turn your face to the light!” The words set me thinking. That was just what I had not been doing. I had persist- ently kept my face in the opposite direc- tion, refusing to see the faintest glimmering of brightness. Artless little comforter! She did not know what healing she had brought. Years have gone by since then, but the simple words have never been for- gotten. JAMES A. Garfieldnobly said: “The mod- ern barons, more powerfu than their mili- tary prototypes, own our greatest highways and levy tribute at will upon all our vast industries. Andas the old feudalism was finally controlled and subordinated only by the combined efforts of the kings and the people of the free cities and towns, so our modern feudalism can be subordinated to the public good only by the great body of the people, acting through their government by wise and just laws.” . AN ofiice holder on a salary of $800 per year purchased two horses for $600; a car- riage for $400; a set of silver for $200; four silk dresses for his wife at $60 each, and play- ed poker to the tune of $180. How much did‘ he save out of his year’s salary and what is the country going to do about it‘? rolls and setting the table for 5 o’clock tea, there was quitca spirited discus.-ion between the mother and the cousin as to which side of the house the girl most resembled in form and feature. Indeed, this helpful stepping about on Lena’s part lasted the whole week of Mrs. Harmouth’s stay; for the two women had so much talking up and talking over to do, that if the active, capable girl had not come to the rescue it would be hard to tell how and when the appetizing and bountiful meals would have been cooked and served in the large, bright farmhouse kitchen. The pleasant May days that year came to a close, as all the days must, be they made up of sun or shower; and with them ended Mrs. Harmouthls visit, but one happy se- quence of it was the arrival at the farni- house afterwards, ofa big package enclosed in heavy sacking, and a letter. The letter said among other lively chit-chal::—- “When I was nearing the ‘Meadow Farm’ house, at the day of my last visit, a musical voice, with a slight minor pitch, came float- ing through an open window, bringing these words quite distinctly to my ear: ‘I do so wish, mother, we could have a carpet for this parlor!’ I now take pleasure in causing the wish to ‘come to pass’ as the children say; and express to you this day a good, stout ingrain, which I hope you all will en- joy, and which I trust will please the eyes and delight the heart of Lena, the house- hold fairy.” The welcome epistle ended by saying :-— ‘Thanks to that splendid Hoosac tunnel Which makes the trip to Boston ‘over the mountain,’ as we used to call it, a mere nothing, I contemplate throwing myself again upon your hospitality when the chest- nuts and apples are next in their glory.” Mrs. Harmouth was not much given to letter writing,——a disinclination she often regretted, and nothing more was heard from her at the “Meadow Farm” house until the first frosts, the mellow thuds bf falling ap- ples,and the bursting chestnut burrs brought her in their train to the pleasant Berkshire village. She alighted from the cars at the little railroad station, and walked up the shady sti-eet,just exactly as she had done in the preceeding May. The great maples were now casting their leaves in gorgeous crim- son and yellow offerings at her feet, and the bracing air was full of pungent, spicy odors. “They must be away, said Mrs. Har- mouth to herself, as she approached the “Meadow Farm.” The front door is closed and the windows too, this sunny autumnal day, and the curtains are down tight. Dear me, I hope none of them are ill or dead. VVl:iy the very front walk has a look as if they had been undisturbed since they began to fall ; ” and she turnedinto the open side- gate and followed a well-worn narrow foot- path bordered with plantain and knot—grass, to the south door which stood invitingly ajar, admitting the long, slanting rays of the genial afternoon sun upon the white tidy kitchen floor. “Mercy on us, child I Are you all sick here ? or why is the front part of the house shut up as tight as a drum ?” asked cousin Edith, in her chirp, hearty voice, as she stood in the grape-wreathed doorway. Lena turned from the tenderloin of dried beef, from which she was shaving thin, dainty slices for tea with a little cry of de- light, threw her arms around the good wo- man’s neck, saying drolly, “we are all quite well, thank you, dear cousin; but we have new carpets " The visitor gave a knowing look and nod and turned to greet Mrs. Amsden, who was coming from the dairy. In the first flutter of surprise at sight of her cousin, the rosy, neatly attired maker of the famous Meadow Farm butter and cheese came near dropping a plate of each of these products, a pitcher of milk, and a pitcher of cream, all of which, with housewifely knack, she was carrying at the same time. . Supper was ready in a trice. Farmer Amsden and the boys soon came in, all de- lighted to see cousin Edith once more. Presently they were all seated at the bounti- fully spread table, the guest laughing, chat- ting, eating, and sipping her tea, with her usual contagious air of quiet enjoyment. “You must all have heard me speak when I was here last May, of my nearest neighbor, the widow Hicks, well. if you will believe it, when I started for Berkshire county here, at that timeI left her alive and well. I got home just in time to attend her funeral. She hada aralytic shock and died almost immediately. I hadn’t heard a word about it, and I never felt so queer in my life as I did when Icame up to her house and saw the front docr and windows 0 n, and a crowd of peo le in the front yar . “You see the dear, foolish woman hadn’d used her pleasant parlor since her brother from the city, some five or six years ago, sent her a present of a bright scarlet and white ingrain carpet, with no more fade to it than than there is to that green turf with flaming leaves scattered over it down in the meadow yonder. JUNE 1, 1882. THE “Of course poor Mrs. Hicks was delighted enough with her present, but I have to tell you that carpet was the indirect cause of her death, for she thought it was too good to come to the light; consequently she never used the front room after she had the carpet, but shut herselfup in the little north kitchen and wee bit of a bed-room leading out ofit. “She was so cluttered up that people, young and old, gave up running in to see her and it was not long before her only son, who had always been a home boy, took to spending his time in the saloons or on the street corners. Her daughter Jenny had a very likely young man as her beau. He be- came disgusted with the narrow quarters, and soon left the pretty girl in the lurch. “It was not long before Harry was brought home intoxicated by a policeman, and that wasthe immediate cause of the shock that cut my neighbor down.- Actually, the first time that great roomy, pleasant southwest room was used, after the carpet was put down on the floor, was when poor Mrs. Hicks was laid out in it. “There was an auction the week after the funeral, and Isaid to myself, ‘I’ll just buy that carpet-—which is exactly as good as new —and send it where it will be of some use.’ So that is the history of your parlor carpet ; and I have taken real pleasure allsuinmer in thinking how pretty and bright it would make your great, airy parlor, which the home fairy here, with her flowers, books, pictures, and knick-knacks, used to contrive, in spite ofthe dingy floor covering, to make one of the most homelike, enjoyable rooms I was ever in.” “Ahem,” said farmer Amsden, sipping his tea. “Te-he,” snickered Joe and Tom, shrug- ging their shoulders, and pinching each other’s legs under the table-cover. “How sad,” exclaimed Lenasoftly; “but doubtless the poor woman thought she was doing right.” _ _ Mrs. Amsden said nothing; but while Lena was washing the dishes and the visitor was wiping them, the busy housewife slip- ped away and gathered up the rugs and mats and strips of an old coverlid from the . parlor carpet, rolled up the curtains, opened the blinds, swung back the big front door, allowing the setting sun to stream in for the first time across the new hall oil cloth, and hastily brushed the leaves from the brick walk between the flower beds, Where pink and white and yellow chrysanthemums shone like stars, and the saucy-faced pansies smiled with delight at seeing a human coun- tenance once more. The Amsden family most readily fell into the old habit ofsitting in the “square room” when the work was done. Neither the father nor the boys seemed to care now about going to the store evenings; and Wal- ter Fletcher, the village bank clerk, who had entirely given, up coming to see Lena, dropped in the very first time he_ saw a light shining through the front windows. No allusion was made to the fact that this pleasant room had been sacredly closed all throu h the long summer months; and good, weTl-meaning Mrs. Amsden will al- wa '2 believe that her cousin Edith was ig- norant of the fact that the second chapter in the history of that scarlet and white ingrain carpet came so near being a reiteration of the first. The Political Outlook. Daily Graphic. Politics should be practical. Politicians boast that they are practical men. States- men claim that they deal with the present, leaving historians to deal with the past and theorists to deal with the future. Centrali- zation is not now an issue with the domain of practical politics. All Democrats natur- ally revere the name of Jefferson. He was their greatest man. Great as a theorist and writer he was also great as a practical poli- tician. He saw that there would be a reac- tion in favor of trusting the masses of the people with power in an ostensible republi- can form of government. He was himself the head and front of the movement. It succeeded, and he became President of the United States. With Jefferson, “ de_c_en- tralization,” “ State's rights,” “ opposition to royalty,” were perfectly legitimate cries. Rightly or wrongly, he and his party charg- ed the Federalists with a desire to create in this country a government kingly in all save name. That there was some ground for the charge cannot be denied. Centralization was no bugbear with Jefferson. It was no question of human politics, but a most practical issue on which polical battles were lost and won. At this day the cry about centralization has no meaning. Who complains about it? Only a few aged politicians who cannot for- get the past and who have not vigor of mind enough to grasp the present. Andrew Jack- son was a good Democrat. But he did not share in the feeling of jealousy of the Feder- al Government. In the twenty-eight years that separated his first inauguration from that of Jefferson great changes had occurred in the country. and with the practical eye of the keen politician and practical man he de- tected the logic of events and accepted it. Jackson did‘ not make war upon an abstract id§a—consolidation and centralization—but h made war upon a. reality, the Bank of the United States. He regarded it as a monopoly, and to his mind all monopolies in private hands were undemocratic and should be destroyed. And the sturdy old Democrat destroyed that monopoly. If the Democratic party had a Jackson or a Jefferson now asits leader, can there be a doubt as to what question he would select as vital in the current discussions of the day on which to plant his party, and with which to win or at least to deserve victory? How “Old Hickory” would have thun- dered about the exaction. of monopolies were he now writing messages or letters! In his day he saw that J efferson had done his work well, and that if there ever had been any danger of royalty in this country, there was none after forty years of Republican institu- tion. He changed the tune. If there was ever any danger of centralization, there is none now. But there is a real danger of monopolies controlling our system of gov- ernment, and it would seem that the more decentralized it is the easier prey it becomes to the greed and wiles of the monopolists. It would hardly be a good government in which, under the plea of permitting every one to do as he pleased with his own, mo- nopolists were permitted to tax and govern the community as they desired. The de- centralizers are behind the age more than three—quarters of.a century. To be abreast of the age they must be anti monopolists. Centralization is a bugbear. Monopoly 28 a real and ever present danger. E-Ult_il’[.'.~‘-' fiepattment. THE KAISER AND THE LITTLE MAID. (A TRUE mcmi-:sr.) A bush in the schoolroom prevailed, Each heart with expectancy burned, For the Kaiser was coming that day, And all eyes to the portals were turned. And now he has entered the room, Lo, that Kaiser, so stately and proud ; He has gazed on each sunny head there That before him in reverence is bowed. And now every heart gives a throb, As before him is stationed a class, And the Kaiser, so great and so tall, Thus questions a bright little lass: “To which kingdom balongeth this rose?” Taking one from the vase by his side; Her blue eyes were lifted to his, “To the Vegetable,” quick she replied. "Right. right, little maiden; and this?” And forth from his pocket he drew A fair jeweled watch, with its chain, And then held it up to her view. Not a doubt to her blue eyes arose, As she stood ’ne.i.th the Kaiser's proud gaze, But clear came her answer again: "To the mineral, sir, if you please.” With a smile at her answer so quaint, Said the Kaiser, so mighty and high: “And now, little maid, can you tell Of which kingdom a member am I?" Ah! poor little maid, ’twas, indeed, A specimen strange to her eyes; She gazed at the Kaiser, so tall, But mute were her lips with surprise. A specimen rare-—that wise little maid That question had not heard before. Of the Kingdoms three, to which he belonged, That Kaiser—it puzzled her sore. The elephant great she had seen, And the spotted tigers as well, And the lions, too, with bristling mane, And their kingdom she quickly could tell. But a Kaiser! ah, never before Had she seen one so stately and grand; Sure, not with the rose or the watch, Or the elephant huge, could he stand. A sweet puzzled look filled her eyes, And she stood in a wondering maze; On the stately form and the kingly brow Of the Kaiser she fixed her gaze. But now springs a light to her eyes, As, placing his hand on her head, “To which kingdom?” he questioned again—- “To the Kingdom of Heaven!” she said. Ah! wise little maid, may thy words A prophecy true unfold, And when thou shalt enter the Kingdom above, Thou may’st the Kaiser behold. I —N. Y. Tribune. Literary Style. Style is the manner in which an author expresses his ideas; the wording jand ar- rangement of his sentences. Buffon, a cel- ebrated French writer, asserts, “The style is the man himself.” In our youth we are apt to form an unattractive style, from our great haste or want of diligent applica- tion and patience. We frequently hear our associates remark how quick they perform their labor, but seldom how much pains has been taken. Dr. Johnson’s assertion that whoever would become master of the English lan- guage must give his day and night to the study of Addison, would be well for every young aspirant after literary celebrity to ponder over. No ten authors marshal their words and arrange their sentences in the same order. There is as much diversity displayed in literary art, as in the infinite creations of nature. There Is a melancholy melody in the rythm of Gray, like the memory of departed joys. Johnson’s verbal battalion reminds us of huge avalanches in the snow-plumed Alps. The towering pinnacles of every sen- tence glisten with polished thought, and the riotous periods level every obstruction with polysyllabical glaciers. Pope’s style resembles a diversified land- scape, where birds’ gay warbling notes im- part music to the scenery. If the verse be labored, the rythm labors too ; If soft and sweet. the numbers flow with ease. Thompson is sweet and plaintive; some- times his lyre swells like martial music on the summer air; and again there isa pa- thetic grandeur in its tones, like angels singing vespers at evening tide. Foster was a perfect epicurean in his choice of words, and the logical arrange- ment of his sentence. Every word must convey its share of strength towards build- ing up the polished period. Campbell’s numbers sparkle like majestic fretting on a pane of glass, as the golden sun shoots aloft his burnished rays on a winter morning. We feel afraid to breath lest the bright image will vanish. His‘po- ems are pictures of Heaven in colors of gold. The philosophical Hume was almost per- fect in style. His rounded periods areas smooth as polished marble; every theory ad- vanced is engravedas clear as the stars of heaven. Now that one of the brightest minds that ever adorned any age has passed. to scenes supernal, a tribute to his memory, though bequeathing no new laurels to his illus- trious name, may not be deemed prema- ture. Raisedafarmer boy, his poetry has achieved classical distinction. Originality has ever been a feature of his productions, but it is not their principal merit. He has left “foot prints on the sands of time” which will not be soon obliterated. Time may wax old; nations rise and sink; sculp- ture vanish; art degenerate; but, while lan- guage exists, while taste lives, the name of Longfellow will be dear to every human heart. Vvhile God rules, and Christianity fires the immortal soul. the poet will be re- membered. Though living to the advanced age of sev- enty five, Longfellow’s creative imagina- tion continued to invigorate his fertile brain to the closing moment. His last po- etical production glowed like “village win- dows burnished by the setting sun.” Dr. Robertson’s manner of composing would be well for us all to imitate. He wrote his sentences on small slips of paper, which he afterwards polished to his satis- faction, and entered in a book kept for the Durpose. The sentence then underwent considerable revision before being written in his manuscript. His “Charles the Fifth” is a master pro-luv.-tion. What Coleridge has said of Shakspeare’s writings, might with equal propriety be said of his. “You might as well try to push abrick out of a solid wall with the fore- finger, as to try to remove a word from his finished paragraphs.” He does not employ a stilted style, and inform us that court dishes were regaled with delicious beans. We cannot pay too much respect to the poetically inspired Collins. The melan- choly cast of his mind happily did not mar the beauty of his poems. His numbers have a sweet melody like distant curfews tolling their music on the balmy air, His imagin- ation was more prolix than Gray’s, and his poetry is equally as sweet. His “Ode to the Passions” is as good, if not superior to any ode in the language, not excepting “Alex- ander’s Royal Feast” by Dryden. Though the poetry of Collins and Gray was far from being one, yet that majestic rhythm, that pathetic harmony which swells like “pennants in the wind,” was grasped with oiiinipotent power by them both. Collins rose and fell like billows in astorm; Gray like a sweet singing river; Collins makes us smile with joy; Gray with tender love; Collins displays the human mind, and Gray the Christian heart. All is humorous in the one, and pathetic in the other; Collins challenges us to laugh; Gray supplicates us to weep; we admire Collins and adore Gray; the former helps us be hap- py, the latter makes us cheerful; the one shows us the beautiful in all its forms, the other guides us to Heaven. Cowper lends beauty to the scenes of;na- ture. We perceive in his blooming flowers not only the natural tints, but we seem to inhale the sweet fragrance of their dewy petals. It is this clearness of style which imparts such a charm to his polished num- bers. In writing to a friend he says: “To touch and retouch is—though some boast of neg- ligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself. Whatever faults I may be chargeable with as a poet, I cannot ac- cuse myself of negligence. I never sufier a line to pass without making it as good as I can.” If we all would adopt this regimen of do- ing things as well as we know how, we should soon possess a corps of thinkers and writers who would produce “thoughts that wander through eternity,” rather than dog- gerel rhymes for the waste basket. Nothing was ever achieved worthy of re- membrance by posterity, that did not re- quire great labor. Thomas Gray, whose name has been immortalized by his “Elegy Written in a country churchyard,” did not possess the fertile genius capable of produc- ing such a master-piece in an idle afternoon. It required toil and thoughtful corrections for seven years to complete its sublime numbers. There are no Cowpers now-a days, court- ing the muses at three years of age, and composing an “Ode to Solitude” at twelve. Our modern Bryants are learning how to read at thirteen instead of writing an “Em- bargo.” Why this deficiency in intellect- ual accomplishments? It is not that we lack talent or genius. It is a want of patience, of laborious study. The present generation are noted for hustle and con fusion. He that can murder time, and change his scenery the most readily is applauded the most on the world’s great stage. Reading standard literature is an essen- tial requisite to a clear style. Nothing that vitiates the thoughts should be perused. Burke and Chatham, two of the finest and most polished orators of any age, were read- ers of the best books, and owners of five libraries. Sumner, whose sweet culture won the admiration of all who knew him, read nothing that would lend a taint to his chris- tian-souled ideas. _ Let us make these masters our guides and write our efiusions with all the care possi- ble. We need not all imitate one author, for style is as various as the forms and tints of the airy clouds that follow each other in tandem through the blue canopy of heav- en on a summer morning. Let us write so that ages may roll on but the classic truths will be preserved, though another war like the “decline and fall of an- cient Rome” destroy every vestige of our former glory, by the pure, masterly style that has preserved the works of Homer and Virgil, Cicero and Demosthenes, and be- queathed to us the historical writings ‘of Herodotus “the Father of History.” Cousins and nieces: I presume you are all laughing at this long, rambling discourse, and wonder what the author thinks of his 7 GRANGE VISITOR. own style. It resembles a beleagured town, beggars are straggling in every direction. Verbal squares that might have done effect- ual service under \Vhipple are half-clothed and wander in an aimless manner, peering into each others faces, sleeping in gutters, and reeling with intoxication of the fancy. However, if I did not try .to write I should never learn, and to give a gentle hint: CRITICISM IS. THE SCHOOL or IM- PROVEMENT. “\V1LL.” Showdown, April 15th, ’S2. Suggestions. WHY SOME FARMERS DO NOT SUCCEEI). They are not active and industrious. They are slothful in everything. They do not keep up with improvements. They are wedded to old methods. They give no attention to details. They think small things not important. They take no pleasure in their work. They regard labor as a misfortune. They weigh and measure stingily. They are wasteful and improvident. They let their gates sag and fall down. They will not make compost. They let their fowls roost in the trees. They have no shelter for stock. ~They do not curry their horses. They leave their plows in the field. They hang the harness in the dust. They put off greasing the wagon. They starve the calf and milk the cow. They don't know the best is the cheapest. They have no method or system. They have no ears for home enterprise. They see no good in a new thing. They never use paint on the farm. They prop the barn door with a rail. They milk the cows late in the day. They have no time to do things well. They do not read the best books and news- papers.—Southern Farmers’ lllonthly. Siones—Muck. Alonzo Sessions in Husbandman. If comments relating to matters that have been discussed and laid aside are acceptable, I will say first of rocks that lay about the fields in the way. I think there is much better use for them than sinking them in the earth, though that is better than leaving them as is often done to obstruct cultivation. If they are moveable they can be rolled out of their bed to the surface adjoining, and one thorough heating with fire made by burning stumps or other dry rubbish will break them up suitable for handing or use. If they are too heavy to roll out, the earth around them must be removed deep and wide enough to make room for enough dry rubbish to supply the requisite heat, and they yield promptly to the inevitable law of expansion and contraction, crumble and fall in pieces, and are in excellent con- dition to use for building or farm wall. Very large rocks may require heating more than once to complete the work, but in a long ex- perience I have never found one that I could not master and make the broken fragments quite useful. A suitable mixture of broken rocks with cobbles, when properly assorted anihlaid, make a neat and permanent farm wa . 2d. Regarding the value of peat or muck for manure, I have to say, if my memory is not at fault, Judge Budd, of New York, was credited with making a very productive farm of a high sandy plain near Albany by free use of muck. I am quite sure that the late Senator Chandler assured me that the muck taken from the ditches made on his marsh farm near Lansing, in this State, had proved, on actual trial and test on light soil adjoining the marsh, fully equal to the same quantity of barnyard manure. My obser- vation and experience with muck and allu- vial deposits leads to the conclusion that they differ widely in their composition. Some are rich in fertilizing matter; others are worthless The safe rule is to go slow at first until a fair test is made. It is often the case that fermentation and decomposi tion are essential agents, and without artifi- cial methods the process is both slow and imperfect, and time becomes an important facaor. Home, Ionia, Mich., March 30, 1882. CLOVER makes excellent hay. If cut in the proper time, saved in a proper manner, and put away in sheds and barns, it is the best hay for most kinds of stock that farmers can save. Plow the ground for clover eight or ten inches deep, if you can. Harrow it nicely, and in March on a light show, if it falls, sow the seed. It is better to sow it without any other crop.4E':c. THE REAPER, DEATH. CLARK—Died at her home in Danby, Ionia coun- ty, Sister Esrmca Cnaax, aged 62 years, a worthy member of Danby Grange, N o. 185. As indicative of our sorrow it is ordered that our hall be draped in mourning for thirty days and a suitable expression of our loss be entered on our Grange records and a copy sent to the Gamma VISI- ron for publication. Mas. T. WM. Smrn. Mas. WILLIAM TOWNE. Committee. GORTON—-Died at his residence in Watson, Alle- gan Co., March 21, 1882, of liver complaint, Brother GORHAM GOBTON, a worthy member of Watson Grange, N o. 154, P. of H., in the 53d year of his age. At a meeting of Watson Grange resolutions of re- spect and sympathy were adopted, ordered sent to the family of the deceased and spread upon the records of the Grange. THOMPSON—-On the morning of the 27th of April DARWIN A. THOMPSON, the pure citizen, the devoted public servant; the kind friend to all, the af- fectionate husband, and the ardent member of the Grange, departed this life and has gone to “ that bourne whence no traveler returns.” Bro. THoMPs_oN was 53 years and seven months of age, was born in the state of New York, came to this State when a lad of ten; has grown to manhood and passed on to the middle age of life loved, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was distin guished by the conscientious discharge of every known duty. He was a Charter member of Gilead Grange. For eight years he has occupied the Mas- ter’s or Overseer’s chair. Though he lived from three to four miles from the hall his seat was rarely if ever vacant at the meetings of the Grange. He was an active member of the County Grange. Was a member of the State Grange at the session of 1880. In all of the positions he ever held we know of no one who more faithfully tried to obey the injunction, whatever we do, strive to do well. than did the dear brother whose loss we mourn. Alabasiine 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- ment that hardens with age, and every ad- ditional coat strengthens the wall. Is ready for use by adding hot water, and easily ap- plied by anyone. Fifty cents’ worth of ALABASTINE will cover 50 square yards of average wall with two coats: and one coat will produce better work than can be done with one coat of any other pre aration on the same surface. For sa e by paint dealers everywhere. Send for circular containing the twelve oeautiful tints. Manufactured only by AL- ABASTINE Co. . M. B. CHURCH. Manager, juyl-tf. Grand Rapids, Mich. Plans LIST or siirriiis Kept in the orifice or the Secretary of the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Order, over the zeal of a Subordinate Grange, and tin signature of its Master or Secretary. Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred, . . . . . . . _ 76 Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members, . . . . _ _ . . . . , , _ , . _ _ _ , _ 1 00 Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . . . .. 1 00 Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the Treas- urer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . _ . . _ , _ . _ . , _ , 60 Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound, 60 Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, , _ , , , _ _ 50 Applications for Membership, per 100, . . . . . . .... 50 Membershi Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Withdrawn Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ _ . _ _ 25 By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies 10¢, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 76 By-Laws, bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . .. 20 “ Glad Echoes," with music, Single copy 16 cts. per doz._, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ , 1 80 Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ 25 “ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 40 “ or Fifth Degree, for Pomona Granges, per copy,_ . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 10 Blank “Articles of Association" for the Incorpo- ration of Subordinate Granges, with Copy of Charter, all complete, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100, . . _ _ , _ _ , (0 Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 5c.; per hundred, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 American Manual of Parliamentary Law. . . . . 60 H u I! u ,4 (Mo_ rocco Tuck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address of J. J. Woodman before the Nation- al Grange—per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 Address of Thos. K. Beeclier—per dozen . . . . . . 10 Digest of Laws and Rulings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Address, .1. 1‘. cons, Sac’: Mica. Sn-rs Gannon, SCHOOLCRAFT, MICE FENNO & MANNING, Wlllll EUMMISSIUN MERCHANTS, 117 Federal St., Boston. Consignments solicited and cash Advances Made. TVANDENBERG, MANUFACTURER, Wnonnsus AND Raruz. DEALER IN HARNESS, WHIPS, BLANKBTS, TRUNKS, 816., 92 Monroe Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICE. _ I take pleasure in presenting to your favorable con- sideration my CASH PRICE LIST of Harness Work D 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 in the past—furnish the best goods for the least money. Farm Harness, White Trimmed Breeching, Round _Lines, Snaps, Rum Straps, and Spread lines. complete. ................. ..s29 80 The same without Breeching, . . . _ _ . , . _ _ _ _ _ , ., 26 00 “ “ with flat Lines, . . . . . , . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , , , __ 23 00 “ “ _ “ “ “ without breeching,. . 25 00 Double Light Buggy Harness, white trimmed, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825 to 30 00 The same, Nickle Trimmed, from . . . . . .835 to 60 00 Single Buggy Harness, with round lines, white trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 00 Same with flat lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00 Nickle Trimmed, . . . . . . .315, $16, $18, 820 and 25 00 ALL ORDERS RECEIVED UNDER SEAL 01" 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. VAN DENBERG, 92 Moivaoa Sraasr, GRAND Bums. FisI1’s Americxnri Manual of PARLIAMENTARY LAW Is the cheapest and best. The subject is made so plain that every Citizen or Society member should have a copy. Circular of commendation free. Price by mail pre- paid; cloth, 50 cents; leather tucks, 81.00. Po stamps received. Address, J. T. Cons, Schoolcraft, or GI-I120. T. F‘I ‘I-I. (Mention this paper.) 5 Roomssrna, N. Y. Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the most popular agricul- tural and family paper published. This widely circula- ted paper,now in its sixth volume,is published weekly, and sent to subscribers at 8l.50'a year including postage. Every number contains 8 pages, 40 col- umns of practical agricultural and family reading matter, including full reports of the West Mich’ Farmers’ Club, of which it is the oflicial organ. The publishers offer for the next thirty days to send on receipt of 82.00 Tm: Woann 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 M high as three dollars for them. Every farmer should have one of these account books, but we advise them to send direct to the Aoarconrunar. WORLD, Graifd Rapids. Mich.. and receive the account book and '13:; WORLD for one year for less than the book costs alone. THE WORLD 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, Gun Bums, Mich. o 8 TH GRANGE VISITOR. JUNE 1, 1882. WORK notarod of land more than you can work well. It is easier and far more rofitableto reap60 bushels from one acre t an 50 from two. Manure and proper cultivation will enable you to do it. BENZIE Co., Mich. Mr. Editor.-—I will say that I called the attention of the school committee to the church painted with Ingersoll Li uid Rub- ber Paint five or six years ago, an after ex- amining it they gave me the order. The Paint spoke for itself. Respectfully, M. J. SMITH. [See advertisement.—ED. Teasdale SteamFruit&Vegetable EVAPORATOR. I To the Farmers and Fruit Growers of Lenawee, Ber- rien, Cass, VanBuren, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Cal- houn, Branch, Htllsdale, Jackson, Washtenaw, Monroe and Wayne Counties, in the State of Michi- gan, and Lucas and Williams in the State of Ohio, and the entire State of California : THE BEST, SAFEST, CHEAPEST AND THE MOST ECONOMICAL MACHINE in the line of Evaporators ever offered in any market. 1st. The immense amount of drying capacity for the amount of room used. 2d. There is no possibility of burning, browning, or otherwise damaging fruit b the drying process. 3d. No experts are re uire to run the Eva ra- tor; and an man with ordinary intelligence can earn all there is 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. When drying fra.mes are placed in the drying chamber they need not be removed until the 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 50 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 concan is not to exceed two years. There are man other points of excellence which we have not room ere to mention. We have three sizes in stock. First size 6 to 8 bushels per da ; this size can be used on any cook stove. Secon size from 20 to 25 bushels. Third size from 40 to 50 bushels. All except the smallest are wholly Constructed of Galvanized Iron Cash orders will receive prompt attention. ents wanted in every township and County in the tate of California. Address all correspondence to R. M’. BELLINGER, Blissfield. Miclr; ljuntf PATENTS. LUCIUS 0. 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 PATRON. The Patrons’ of Michigan WAS OBGANIZED IN DECEMBER, 1890, to give the Patrons of Michigan an opportunity to belong to a HOME INSTITUTION OF LIFE IIISURANCB that the could control. As as name indicates, it is FOR T E MEMBERS OF OUR ORDER AND FOR THEM ONLY. Its Annual Meetings occur at the same time and lace 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 PLAN adopted by this Society pio- vides that an Assessment shall be made ON Y 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- l:y—one which should commend it to the favorable consideration of Patrons. If there are reasons why peo le should from time to time pay a small sum from t eir income or their earnings, in order to secure to those dependent on them in an hour of need a sum sufiicient to bri over the expenses and wants incident to that most 1:-yin period of life, those reasons hold good when applied to the Patrons of our State. Applications for membership may be made to suns COOK J. W. EWING J Adiian. Eatoii Rapids. ELIJAH BARTLETT, wx. B. LANGLEY, Dryden. Centreville. R. c. CARPENTER, GEO. W. EWING, Lansing. Ross. Mrs. C. K. CARPENTER, c. L. wmTN_Ev, _ _V 0;-ion. Cincinnati. J. T. cons, A. E. GREEN Schoolcraft. - Wsllisd Lake. or to Local Agents they may appoint. For By-Laws and Circulars apply to either WM. B. LANGLEY, Pres’t, or J. 1‘. COBB, sec’y, Centrevllle, amt: Schooleraft, Inch. '1'? 5-TON WAGON SCALES- ARE SOLD FOR 360. All Iron and Steel. Sold on trial——1reight paid by us—no money asked till tested and found satisfac- fory. All sizes manufactured. JONES OF BINGHAMPTON, Blnghampton. N. Y. Send for Circulars and further particulars. Paw Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1878. Jonas or Bulornx-l-_ox: _ _ _ fly Scales give entore mtufactson. I have subject- .,d it to the most severe tests and find it not only correct in weighing large or small amounts, but I liable. fife“ y" Yours, Fraternally, J. J. WOODMAN. 3 in--lyr O l5i8n°dl . A c In E CREAMER & COOLER A combination that will produce an even grade of Butter, Winter and No quired. Saves two-thirds the labor. its cost twice the first . _ season. A RESPONSL 1 w ‘ ;;vmm7 BLE AGENT wanted ' I where an Agent is not summer. Ice re- It will save I located. Correspondence solicited. Send for Cm- CULARS and PRICE-L1sT. 1 MCCALL & DUNCA . V... N, Schoolcrft, Mic. AGENTS: G. W. Hunt, Mattawan. Van Buren County. J. A. Johnson, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County. W. P. Herd, Lowell, Kent County. H. 0. Call, Glass River, Shiawassee County. A- H- Smith. Sparta, H u Wm. S. Palmer, Lansing. Ingham County. Charles E. Thornton, Rockford. Kent County. William Spalding, Hoytville, Eaton County. Charles Pittman. Middleville. Barry County. Union Wind Mill Co., Albion, Jackson County. A. Stegelnan, Allegan, Allegan County. The Bird Wind Mill Co., Kalamazoo, Kal'zoo Co. I). P. Newton, Watson, “ " Charles North, Trent, Muskegon and Newaygo Co. Simeon Staring, Ganges, “ “ Nathan Winslow, Williamstown, Ingham County. E. J. McNaughton, Cooperville, Ottawa County. i C. H. Eames, Grand Blanc, S. E. Genesee Co. Gutelius Snfiaer, Three Rivers, St. Joseph -‘ * John Grose, Moore k, St. Joseph Co. Williams et rtshorn. Owosso, Shiawassee County. i T. H. Ross to Co., owagisc, Cass County. 0. C. Spsulding, Royalton, Berrien County. 5 S. N. Thomas, Decatur, Van Buren County. P. W. atts, Chelsea. West Washtenaw County. ‘ Wm. C. Wooley, Elsie, Clinton and Gratiot Co's. John Wiebe, Bear Lake, Manistee County. Adams it Rue, Galesburg, Kslarraaoo County. J. A. Montagu, Niles, Berrieu County. 1 F. L. Elms, Charlotte, Eaton Co. Sears it Messenger, Cassopolis, Cass County. ,‘ J. W. Rossman, Mariette, Sanilac Co. John Hoffman, Homer, Calhoun Co. i Staut &. Ingoldsby, Pontiac, Oakland Co. John Adams, Marshall, “ 3 Dunnam dz Son, Hudson, Lenawee Co. Wattles at Wood, Battle Creek, Calhoun 00. J. B. Brayton, Bellville. Wayne Co. S. Andrews, Howell, Livingston Co. A. B. Cooley, Romeo, N. W. Macomb Co. i H. H. Freeman, Lenox. N. E. Macomb Co. .3 D. I. Dunton, Lapeer, Lapeer Co. B. J. Wily. Mottville, St. Jose h County. 1 G. M. Gardner, Litchfield, Hillgdale County. 3 THE MYERS MANUFACTURING 00.,‘ MANUFACTURERS OF Sla ton & Son, Tecumseh, Lenawee Co. Wircox Bros, Adrian, Lenawee Co. A Chandler do Son. Goldwater, Branch Co. E. S. Bellamy, Ionia, Ionia co.} M W Thayer, Paw Paw, Van Buren co. S P Davis, Constantine, St. Joseph County. Whiting & Richardson, Flint, Genesee County. EVERY FARMER IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD EXAMINE THE New Combined Spring Tooth Sulky Harrow CULTI VATOR structed in two sections. either of which working independently of each other, setting the teeth at any required depth. is of very light draft, easily worked by all ks of ain and grass seeds. The AND SEEDER. Manufactured by THE WOLVERINE HARROW AND SEEDER COMPANY. Kalamazoo, - nljcpug-an, As a combined machine, it stands un- rivalled in excellence, doing the work of a Harrow and Seed Sower most thorough- ly and satisfactorily. It has taken high ‘rank at once as ONE OF THE VERY BEST IMPLEMENTS FOR THE USES DESIGNED EVER IN VENTED. Sows Harrow does not trail or clog, is con- can be raised or lowered by the driver, It one pair of horses, and has received the first premium and diplomas wherever axhibited Send for Circulars. ATRONS’ Manufacturers ofln Paint. The only Pa air or water, the sun, which destroy all lirered freight paid to any ed umu dell-vered. All sent free Beautiful Color structtnns how any one PAINT WORKS, NEW Paint depot in the count . LORENZO BIXBY, Sec’;/. AINT ORKS. get-coll’: Li quid Rubber into that do fy moist or salt or fumes of burning coal, other Paints. Prices low, dc- No cash requir- wrlte and have itself, with in- us, .PA..'l'BONs' users shou d ——THE——- P0 ULTR Y WORLD A Large and Beautifully Illustrated Monthly. Exclusively Devoted to Poultry, its Housing, Breeding and Management. It gives the subject a thorough handling; is full of practical suggestions, descriptions of breeds, poultry uildings and fixtures, with original engravings by the most eminent artists in the United States and England. It treats of Poult from the standpoint of Utility as well as Fancy. gs pages show how to hatch, feed, and RAISE UHICKENS AND PUWLS FUR PROFIT, —-AND ALSO HOW TO- Snrronnd Homes with Attractions in the Shape of Pets. THE POULTRY WOELD was established to carry out in journalism the great idea of Division of Labor, which is the “cornerstone of civilization.” Every branch of industry should be represented by a special publication. In this way the Germans are carrying every art and science to the highest state of perfec- tion, and in this country, also, special journals are multiplying. Tun POULTRY Wonrn is the organ of the Poultry interest and is devoted to this alone. It is a COMPLETE REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION concerning the subject. Its editors are practical poultry keepers, and its correspondents include the most eminent authorities in poultry matters. Subscription, - - $1.25 per year, With 75 cents additional for 12 SUPERB FOWL CHROMOS annually, Sent Post-paid. Ornamental and Shade Trees. ‘ ‘E0. TAYLOR dz SON, at their Nursries on Portage street, are offering for sale at very GRANGE HORSE NETS. We manfacture a lirst-class Horse Net at Charlotte, Michigan, and offer at prices as follows :- Full Size Body, Neck, and Ear tips of 16-thread twine, by the dozen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 81.10 Same as above made of 20-thread twine, each. l.% Bodynetstothehames,each.............. .. 76 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 6 per cent discount oil’ for cash with the order. ADDRESS: J OSEPII SHAW. Charlotte, Mich. EGGS FOR HATCHING ll FROM CHOICE White Leghorn Fowls. From breeding pens, 82.50 per 13. From general flock, 13 for 75 cents, 26 for 81.25, 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 Se tember lst. Also Scotch Terrier dogs and Fitch lgerrsts. Three-cent stamps taken for amounts under $1.00. Terms cash with the order. N o circulars. Write for what is wanted. Address, CHAS. P. ADAMS, a~pr15,5t Grand Rapids, Mich. -, T ‘I. THE MYERS ATMOSPHERICASHER, TWIN DASHER CHURNING ATTACHMENT. The reason why washing machines of the past have not met the requirement of the public isthey require a. man's strength to operate them, wear out the clothes, tear off the buttons, &c. The M ers Crank Machine can be operated [either in washing or churning] by the strength of a child ten years 01 . It don’t wear out the clothing nor break ofi' buttons. . _ I _ It washes quick, easy and clean. For a family of four to six persons, from twenty minutes to one-half hour, is all the time required to clean the goods ready for the boiler. For washing heavy goods such as wool- ens, quilts, carpets, &c., it is a grand success. The finest fabrics are also washed without injury and absolutely clean. It is Cheap. Light. and Durable. churn, and for churning it can’t be beat. . _ __ _ Printed instructions accompany each machine. Price lists and circulars furnished by calling on or “"'°"‘”“ THE MYERS MAA/UFAOTUR//VG 00/wpxwr. SCHOOLCRA FT, MICHIGAN. In one minute's time it can he changed from a washer to a low rates, a large stock of Evergreen and Ornamen- tal Trees, shade trees. fruit trees, grapevines, straw- berry plants, etc.; 25,000 Norway spruce for hedges, from one to three feet high (transplanted trees) at 85 to 815 per 100. A fine stock of large evergreens at proportionate price. Nursery located on Portage street, Kalamazoo, near the old fair grounds. apr14t Grange Seal Slolen——Caulion—lmposler. 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 imprefisions 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 impose a paint on Patrons under the idea that they are buying the celebrated Ingersoll Ready Mixed Paint. All Masters, Over- seers, Lecturers, Secretaries of P. of H. are requested to read this letter to their Grange, that this imposter may be known. Fraternal! , O. R. IN GERSOLL, Master Knickerbocker Grange. Garden, Flower and Field 5 E 153 I) S , OF EVERY VARIETY. BOXES UP ASSORTED PUPPIES Punished SRANPPS Varieties not used to be returned. WHITE RUSSIAN OATS. Special Prices to Patrons on Application. aprlfitf NEW GROCERY PRICE LIST NOW READY. SEND FOR IT. GEORGE W. HILL, 80 Woodbridge St., West, Feb.ltf DETROIT, MICE. “BUY THE BEST!” THE STOD[—)A—BD CHURN. The most popular Churn on the market. No floats or dashers inside. The cov- er 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 DairyApparatus ever made in this country, after an actual test with the lead- ing Churns manufactured. - . « -» HIGHEST AWARDS at the leading fairs in 1881. EIGHT Swiss made, with or without pulleys, as desired. Agents Wanted. E’ Send tor Circulars to the manufacturers. MOSELEY at STODDARD M’F’G Co., Poultney, Vermont. JOHN PRESTON, Pmusaur, MICE, 1mm-.61-. Agent for Kent County. Moseley’s Cabinet Creamery MANUFACTURED BY MOSELEY do STODDARD M’F'G 00.,’ POU LTNEY, VERMONT. A very neat, cem- pact, well furnished and successful dairy utensil. I t is a COMPLETE Sucoass in the dairy, and has won important awards when ex- hiblted in competi- tion w i t h other Creamer-ies. Re- ceiOing the highest . award at the New England Agricul- tural Society for the past three consecutive years; also at the Penn- sylvania State Fair, 1880, where the decision was made aftera thorough test, in which milk, ice and results Were carefully weighed and noted; and at New York. Ohio, and Michigan State Fairs, and at many other fairs at different times. We invite the public to give MOSELEY'S CABI- NET CREAMERY a careful examination, as we believe it Wlll meet with favor with those who wish to purchase a device to raise cream by the cooling process, combined with a Refrigerator. The lower art of all sizes answers the urpose of cooling cham- r. § For Agencies addli-ess the manufacturers. JOHN PRESTON, Pleasant, Mlch., lmar-6t Agent for Kent County. TEE EALAMIAZOO BUSINESS COLLEGE and Q9 ~ INSTITUTE, Ofiers superior advantages young Men and Women who wish to qualify for business. Send for Journal‘ giving particulars. W. F. PARSONS, Presz‘. CIDER PRESS, (hand and power) GRATER Elevatos. Jelly Pans, Sorghum Mills, Circular aw Mills. All Cider Mill Supplies. Illustrated catalo c free. Address C. G. HAMPTON. Detroit, ich. lmy5tlstem Pure Italian Bees. Sixty swarms in movable comb hives for sale. Write for prices. Southard & Ranney, lomaytf Klunmszoo, men.