“ THE FARMER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE

VOLUME 8,-—N0. 18.
WHOLE NO. 146.

2 ['Printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Co.]

SCHOOLCRAFT,

MICH., SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

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Officers National Grange.

MA.s'1.'EB.-—.T. J. WOODMAN,. . .Paw Paw, Michigan.
Ovansnna——PUT. DARDEN, . . . . . . . . . . .Mississippi.
L8CTUBER—-HENRY ESHBAUGH, .... ..Missouri.
Sri:wsan—A. J. VAUGHN, . . . . . . . . . . . .Mississippi.
Assr. STEWARD—WlLLIAM SIMS, . . . . . . ..Kansa.s.
C‘EAPLAIN——S. H. ELLIS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio.
T‘Bx.AsU'REi2——F. M. MCDOWELL, . . .. . .New York.
SnaaarAnr—WM. M. IRELAND, Washington, D.C.
Gun-Knsrsn——O. DINWIDDIE, ....... ..Indi:ina.
Cuu:s——MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, . . . . . . ..Michiga.n.
PoxoivA—MRS. PUT. DARDEN, . . . . ..Mississippi.
Fr.onA—MRS. I. W. NICHOLSON,...New Jersey.
LADY Assr. Srawuzi>—MRS. WM. SIMS, Kansas.

Executive committee-

I). WYATT AIKEN, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .South Carolina.
H. JAMES, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana.
W. G. WAYNE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..New York.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

M.—G. G. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilead.
0.-—A. N. WOODRUFF, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Watervliet.
S.—S. A. TOOKER, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing.
A. 8.——A. E. GrREEN,.. .. .. ..  .  .Farmington.
L.—-CHARLES E. MICKLEY . . . . . . . . . . ..Thurber.

C.—SALMON STEEL, . . . . . . .Fra.nkfort, Benzie Co.

T.—S. F. BROWN, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Schoolcraf1:.

BlO.——J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft.

G. K.—ELIJAH BARTLETT, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dryden.

0n.as.—Mas. A. S. STANNARD, . . . . . . . . ..Lowell.

PoIlo1u.—-Mus. H. D. PLATT, . . . . . . . . . . .Ypsila.nti.
!nons.—Mns. A N. VVOODRUFF,. . . .Watervliet.
L. A. S.—Mae. A. E. GREEN, . . . . . . . . .Farmington.

Executive committee.

I. Q. A. BURRINGTON, Chairman, . . . . ..Tu5cola.

J. WEBSTER CHILDS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ypsilanti.

I‘. M. HOLLOWAY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hillsda.le.

THOMAS MARS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berries Center.

WM. SATTERLEE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Birmingham.

THOS. F. MOORE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Adrian.

J. G RAMSDELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traverse City.

0. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ex-ofiicio.

State Business Agent.

THOMAS MASON, ................. ..Chicago, Ill
GEO. W. HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Detroit.
General Deputy.

JOE‘? HOLBROOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Lansing.

' Special Lecturers.

Then. 1'‘. Moore, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adl'laI11 I-GMWGG CO-
H. L. Ste7ens. ............. ..Pem.'. Shiswassee Co.
Mrs. S. Steele, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manton, Wexford Co.
Andrew Campbell. . _ . . . . .Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co.
I, W. Wing . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Arbor, Wushtenaw Co.

Michigan as a State.

The Chicago Irder Ocean voices the facts,
as seen and recognized by the people of the
metropolis of Illinois, when it says that
“ Michigan is not a State to be sneezed_at as
a land of big fires, malaria and mosquitoes.
She last year, according to statistics, turned
out 2.330.000 tons of iron ore, 15,000,000
bushels of salt 4,000,000,000 feet of lumber,
more copper and more charcoal than any
other State in the Union, and as rich stores of
minerals and timber as any, and the coming
decade will see her take a long stride to the
front. Chica o is as deeply interestedin the
prosperity of l\ ichigan as in Illinois, and mill-
ions of her capital are invested in developing
the wealth of her mines and forests.”

The Pickle Trade.

On account of the great progress made in
the pickle industry within the past ten
years in this country, the im rts of fancy
English pickles have fallen ofl‘ at least one-
half during that period, although common
pickled cucumbers are largely imported still.
Cucumbers grown in this country for pick-
ling mostly come from New York, New
Jersey, Illinois and California, the industry

. being a special one in some of these States.

The annual crop of the counlry is estimated
at 100,000,000. The crop is generally con-
tracted for in advance, and some large grow-
ers have this year contracted their crops at
$1.50 to $2 00 per 1,000. The manufacturers
say that so little of co paras now enters
pickles that there is-no anger to a moderate
consumption of them from its use. U—ncol-
lored pickles also find a. ready market.

itninllunl Eenvlmeil.

THE SONG OF THE SOWER.

The farmer stood at the open door,
Looked north, and south, and east. and west,
“Good wife, the swallows are back once more,

Back again to their last year's nest.
I'm ofl to the fields to speed the plow;
The birds are singing on every bough.

“ The skies are dreaming of summer blue:
Trees are dreaming of rustling leaves;
And I have a dream-—God make it true!-
Of standing corn, and of golden sheaves,

Of meadows green, and new-made hay.
And reapers singing at dawn of day.

“ Call all the boys; we must go a-field,
To speed the plow and cast the seed:
- God bless the seed and make it to yield
Plenty , both man and beast to feed!
God bless the seed, and speed the plow,
For birds are singing on every bough. ”

Then out with the boys the farmer went,
Into the fields the soil: spring morn.
Sowing the seed with a glad content,
Singing, while sowing the good seed-corn,
" God bless the hari-ow, and bless the plow,
The corn, the wheat, and the barley mow I ’7
—- California Patron.

Apples in Store.

Apples always, whether in barrels or piles,
when the t‘en1perature is rising so that the
surrounding air is warincr than the apples,
condense moisture on the surface and become
quite moist and soinetimcs dripping wet, and
this has given the common lI1]1Il‘t‘SSlUl1 that
they “sweat,” which is not true. As they
come from the tree they are plump and solid,
full of juice; by keepiiigtlicy gradually part
with a portion of this moisture, the quantity
varying with the temperature and the circu-
lation of air about them, and being much
more rapid when lirst picked than after a
short time, and by parting with this moisture
they become springy or yielding and in :1 bet-
ter condition to pack closely in barrels; but
this moisture never shows on the surface in
the form of sweat. In keeping apples very
much depends upon the surronndin rs; every
variation in temperature causes a c range in
the fruit. and hastens maturity and dec-a‘y,
and we should strive to have as little change
as possible, and also have the temperature as
low as possible so thc apples do not freeze.
Then, some varieties keep inucli better in
open bins than others 2 for instance, the Green-
ing is one of the best to store in bins. A very
good way for storing applesis to have a fruit-
room that can be made and kept at from 32°
to 25°, and the air close zznd purc, put the ap-
ples in slatlccl boxes, not bins. each box hold-
ing about one barrel, and pile them in tiers
so one box above rests on two below, and then
barrel when ready to niarket; but this is an
expeiisive way, and can only be practiced by
those with limited <:ropsof apples, and it is
not at all practicable for long l<cepin_-4‘, be-
czuisc in this way they lose moisture much
more rapidly than when headed close in bar-
rels and become badly slirivclled.

All iIllll_1£S coiisidercd, there is no way of
i{t‘€]illl;£ apples quite so good and pnicticablc
as pacl;in_;‘ in tight b:ii'1‘cls and storing in cool
cellars; the barrel forms a room and prevents
cli'culation of air and coiisequcnt drying and
slii'inking of the fruit, and also lessens the
clian-.:es of tenipcratui'e, and besides moi-e
fruit can be packed and stored in :1. give-ii
space lllllll in any other way. The poo1‘cS1‘ of
all \\'a_\'>a is the lui'g<-1 open bin, and the objec-
tions are :too much fruit in contact ;too much
wei;_-;ht upon the lower fruit, and too much
trouble to handle and sort when de-sii':ible to
iimikel. It \\'as fornicrly the almost univer-
sal custoin in Western New York to sort and
barrel the apples as fast as picked from the
trees, lieadi1i:.: upat once and drawing to mar-
ket or piling in some cool place till the ap-
proach of cold weather, and then puttinor in
cellars. By this method it was impossible to
prevent leaves, twigs and other drift from
getting into the bin, and it was dtlicult to
properly sort the fruit, and if well sorted, oc-
casioiially an apple, with no visible cause,
will entirely and wholly rot soon after pack-
inv. Some varieties are more liable to do
this than others, but all will to some extent;
this occurs within a week or ten days after
picking, and when barreled these decayed ap-
ples are of course in the barrels, and help to
decay others. Although packed ever so well
and pressed ever so tight, the shrinking of
the fresh-picked fruit soon makes them loose,
and nothing is so bad in handling apples is
this. Altogether this was a very untidy
method of handling apples, and has been eii-
tirely abandoned for a better.

The very best method depends a good deal
upon the quantity to be handled; it‘ only a
few hundred barrels they can be put in open
barrels and stored on the barn floor. Place
empty barrels on a logboat or old sled; take
out the upper head and place it in the bottom
of the barrel; on picking the ap les put them
without sorting directly into t ese barrels,
and when a load is filled draw to the barn
and place in tiers on end along the side of
floor; when one tier is full lay some strips of
board on top and on these place another tier of
barrels; then more boards and another tier;
two men can easily place them three tiers
high, and an ordinary barn floor will in this
way store a good many barrels of apples.
Where .many hundreds or thousands of bar-
rels are grown it is a good plan to build hous-
es or sheds in convenient places _in the orch-
ards for holding the apples as picked; these
are built on posts or stories about one foot

from the groundf floors, sides and ends should
be made of strips about four inches wide and
placed one inch apart, and the roof should
project well on every side. The apples, as
picked, are drawn to these in boxes or bar-
rels and piled carefully on the floors about
three feet deep. Wliere these houses are not
provided, the next best way is to pile the ap-
ples, as picked, on clean straw under the trees
in the deepest shade to be found.

After lying in any one of those positions
about ten days they should be carefully sor-
tcd and packed in clean l1:ll'l‘elS, placing at
least two layers on the bottom of the barrel,
with stems down: after this fill full. sliaking
modci'atel_v two or three times as the filling"
goes on, and, with some sort of press, press
the head down so that the apples shall remain
full and firm under all kinds of handling.

Apples may be pressed too much as will 
too little. if pressed so that m;my are bro-
ken, and badly broken, they will soon get
loose and rattle in the l)2il‘l‘(.*l. and nothing
spoils them sooner than this. Wliat wc want
is to lxavc them just so they shall be sure to
l‘(*lll:illl lll'1i1. and c:u'<-fully shaking so as to
intro them well settled togctlu-r has as much
to do with their i‘c1i1:1iiiiii_gfi1'1ii as the pres-
siiig down of the head. i\1't<-rtlic l)&iI‘l't‘lS are
iillcd and headed they .~.'lioIll'l at once be placed
on the-ir sides in :1 burn or Sliwl. or in piles
cove-i‘c«l with bo:1i‘ds froni sun and rain, or if
:Lf1'uithousc-ox'ccll;u'i>:h:u1dy they may at
once he placed tlicrcin; lhc olnjcct should be
to keep them as cool and at as c\'e‘ii21tcii1pcr-
ature as possible. ln all the operations of
l1;uidlin_g apples. from pickling to inarket.
1‘ciiieii1bci' that Céll‘€lf:'.\'Sllt‘SS and ll2i.l‘Slillt;‘S.\' ul-
w:xy.~' bruise the fruit, and that every bruise
detracts much fiioiii its keeping and iiiarket
value: and l'€ll'i(:'ll1l)(‘l‘ another thing, that
“llonesty is the best policy."—.l. S. Wood-
u'ru'4( in. Farm and 1[UI(o'€]4U./(Z.

Steam Plowing.

Steam plows are alino.-zt unknown in this
country. The following zu-couiit from the
Minneapolis Tribune is the .-fore especially
interesting:

Quite a lai'gc number of spectators assem-
bled on the open space near Lake Street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth awnues south, to
witness the operation of the steam plough
brought here from I-Ziij_rlaiid. At a (listaiice
of about 350 yards apart stood two large on-
gines, which act either as locomotive or sta-
tioiiary engines. Connected with each eiigiiie
is :1 large spool, about which is wound a steel
rope, an inch in diameter and a third of a
mile in length. To this rope is attaclied the
large plow, which, by each engine in turn,
is pulled to and fro across the space between
the engines, cutting as it goes six neat fur-
rows. By a Simple gearing on the plough the
depth of the furrow iiiay be nizide greater or
loss at will. '.l‘h«- plollgli is a “double eiitlcr,"
and at the end of the trip no turn is neces-
sary. the beam being simply thrown over,
bringing the other end, with its six sharp
etlgcs, in contact with the soil. There is al-
so it cultivzuor. which is worked in a similar
nizmncr. The trial of the plough yesterday
afternoon was a complete success. The far-
mers present said they never saw such plow-
ing. or expected to. Those who had the eyes
of mucliinists tliou{.,-‘ht they had never seen
such nice zuljustnicnt of co}: and wheel.

After playing across the field for an hour
or more, to the satisfaction and delight of
those prcsi-iit, the two ciigiiies steéuncd down
to the i‘2iilro:ul yard, p1'ep2u'atoi'_v to bein_«_;-
.\‘lll1>1)(‘,(l. They go to the broad fields of lia-
kota, whcrc coiitincts are to be l_llil(l(-¢ for
plowin_:_: lll1liif‘llSE tracts of land at the rate
of .$:;oope1‘ acre.

who Should Build Fences.

VVill the day ever come when farmers
will not be compelled to enclose their fields
of growing grain with expensive fences‘?
\Vhat are fences built for, to keep the corn,
oats. wheat rye, etc., from straggling into
neighbor’s fields? No, but to keep the
neighbors cows, pigs, sheep and horses out.
\Veil, then, who should bear the expense of
fencing‘? Common sense and reason would
not say the owner of the grain fields, but
the man who owns the stock. In the
ranching regions, where stock herding is
the interest, it is well enough to have stock
running at large, but in farmini communi-
ties he who keeps a cow should eep her in-
side his own fence. Below is a list of ex-
tracts from various sources showing the tre-
mendous expense of maintaining fences,
followed by an able editorial from the Mo-
line (Ill.) Western Plowman.-

“The annual cost of keeping up our fen-
ces exceeds the total sales of our live stock.”
—Iowa Ag. Report, 1859

The annual expense of maintaining the
fences of the United States is $449,447,098.

The total cost of fencing the land in most
of our States exceeds the cost of all the build-
ings."—Iowa Ag. Report, 1866.

Up to 1875 the cost of fences in Kansas had
reached 30 millions of dollars; in New York,
144 millions; in Iowa, 74 millions; in New
Hampshire. 42 millions; in Pennsylvania,
196 millions; in Massachusetts. 23 millions;
in Maine, 25 millions.—See State Reports.

“The taxes paid by the farmers in New
York are 33 cents per acre.
that fences occasion is $1.12 per acre.”—-N. Y.
State Ag. Society, 1862.

“The fencing in use in the United States
in 1875 had cost $l,748.528,185.”—Reports U.
6. Dept. Agriculture.

Here are some suggestive facts. Fences
are built. not for the purpose of fencing in
crops, but for fencing out other people's cat-

The annual tax.

tle. For the lack of pro or legislation, or
the lax administration 0 laws already pro-
vided, ten men must be subjected to a heavy
expense to ‘protect themselves from the de-
predations of one man’s cow. In Ohio and
some other States the sensible view is taken
that a field of corn is not likely to stray over
into a neighbor’s premisesand commit any
overt acts of violence ; that it is not neces-
sary for the well being of society that a man
should place himself and family in a pris-
on-like enclosure or disfigure the beauty of
his grounds by high fences. It is the duty
of every man owning cattle to take care of
them. They are not allowed to run at large
to be fed and cared for at the public expense.
Vvherever these sensible laws exist and are
strictly enforced the results are highly satis-
factory. Some of the most beautiful residen-
ces in Ohio are without a fence of any dis-
cription, and the effect is very pleasing.
Flowers are cultivated in the yards and stat-
uary adorn the grounds, but they are as safe
as if they were behind high walls—probably
more so when we consider the fact that cows
having a streeteducation, learn that fences
have their weak places and gates are not im-
pregnable. Fences for protection are often-
sive to good taste, and a. lax public sentiment
which makes them iiecessary is wrong.
lloreover it is a gross injustice, for it loads
farmers down with expenses which it is not
right they should bear. If a poor man buys
a farm, before he can plant his corps, he
must use money which he can illy spare to
build fences which perhaps cost more than
the land. he may have no cattle of his own,
but his weli—to~do neighbors have, and for
the privilege of allowing them to live on the
public domain he must fence in his inno-
cent crops. If we adopted the same plan in
society, we would place all the law-abiding
people in the penitentiary as a measure for
protection, and let malelactors run at large.
\\'ho wants to try this experiment?

Overworked Farmers.

The Advertiser discourses wisely of farm-
ers’ tasks. The picture it draws of “over-
worked farmers” is tr e;tb.liIe and the ad-
vice to change some 0 the hard linesis good.
Read and reflect: ,‘

“At this seaon of the year when the culti-
vation and harvesting of farm crops claim
the constant attention of farmers, and when
excessive heat makes hard work so depres-
sing, there is danger from overwork with
the ambitious farmer, who has his entire
mind on the safety of his crops. Probably
one-half of the farmers of our country work
too hard for the good of their health, and very
often it is entirely unnecessary. Farmers
who have a. number of workmen under their
supervision can usually accomplish nearly
as much by their minds as by their hands,
and with less fatigue. There is much in the
management of farm laborers, and to direct
one’s hands so as to accomplish the greatest
amount of work in the least time is one of
the secrets of successful farming. The farm-
er who tolls incessantly through the day in
the hot sun, or perhaps in the rain, besides
doing chores morning and night, finds little
pleasure in life. And he realizes less too.
from his labor than he expects. A more
successful farmer will hire his work done,
and keep himself fresh and vigorous, and
his hands encouraged by performing less
work himself and directing and showing
others. In every large business where la-
borers are hired, a person is needed whose
chief business is to plan, lay out and direct
work, and it holds true as inucli on a farm
as in a machine shop, carriage manufactory
or a store. A great fault with farmers is,
that they have toolittle system about their
business. More thought and less hard labor
will do wonders on some farms, and the
owners w< uld reap the rew'ard in greater
freedom ind more bappiness.”~Husband-
man.

To remove Parisiies.

J. S. Lat-imer of Illinois, in the Breeders’
Gazette says: “Take common bar or soft
soap; place in a pan containing a little wat-
er; then heat it until melted down ; then
add carbolic acid crystals (carbolic acid crys-
‘tals can be had of a. druggist in one pound
bottles at 75 cents each), at least one ounce
of acid to each pound of soap used ; there is
no danger if used stronger. To reduce the
crystals to sfluid state remove the cork from
the bottle. place in water and heat the wat-
er, when it may be easily poured out and
mixed with the soap. When cool a strong
suds made with this soap will be sure death
to all insects that live on domestic animals.
It will cure mange, barn itch, and all conta-
gious diseases, and makes a cheap and effec-
tual sheep dip. When cattle are hide-bound
or the hair does not appear healthy. a. wash
of suds will prove a. benefit as it is cleansing
and healing in cases of sores. It is valuable
in the poultry-house. It is a good and sure
disinfectant. It is cheap, safe and effectual,
and will be found useful in a. great variety of
put es. If your readers will try this they
wil . want nothing better,”

“Don’t kill the toads, the ugly toads, that
hop around your door. Each meal the little
toad doth eat a hundred bugs or more. He
sits around with aspect meek, until the fly
has neared, then shoots he forth his little
tongue like lig tning double-geared. And
then doth win , and shuts his ugly mug, and
patiently doth wait until there comes another

bug.”

The Boston Wool Market.

Ilallowell & Coburn. B0.<ton, say that at
the opening of the season dealers from Bos-
ton and Philzidelphia ('11lc1‘t’(l the lildI‘k(‘tlIl
Ohio whcredclziine and combing predomin-
ate-, and pnidloc, and niany local dealers fol-
lowed. Again they say: ln the ,l-lastclcalers
are pressing wool upon some i'clu(-taint buyers,
though they readily dc1nonsti':Itc that the Fall
trade will be 2l('ll\'(‘. and that wool is a good
plll'('li2lSe to-day. '

Fenno & .\lannin;_-‘ think, that inanul':ictui‘-
crs havingthoroughly tried the plan of buying
wool as they \\'il.lii('(l it. during the past year.
are convinced that there will be niorc than
ciiongli to supply all tin-ii‘ wants. 'l‘ho-_V also
pronouiicctlie condition of the new clip as
inferior to last year by two or tlm-c cc-iits a
po11inl.ex<:<-pt Texas. 'l‘hei'c will baa large
perw-iitz1_w_rc lllllil6l'(‘li:ilil:ilIl(‘ in Cllllh't'I[llt‘ii(‘(‘.

Waltci‘ llrown .& Co.. lioston, speak otone
fcatiirc of the wool iiuniu that :dtr:u-t.< atten-
tion: the facl that .\Il(‘lilj._":lll wool is lrl'llii,'lll r
as much on the lCa.<te1'n 1n:u'k<-I ac-' (lhio woo .
— lV0ol G/'ow+'r.s-’ Bulletin, Aug lo;

Tanning Sheep and other Skins with the Wool or
Fur on. '

l’erl1:ips many l‘zu'im-rs would lain Slll‘t‘[)
and other sl<in>‘ with lhc wool or hair on. if
they knew how. They are \'«-ry (‘lIli‘.'t‘lil(‘llC
for slciglis. \\';igou.~'. lioiisc 1'1i;;;~‘. and many
other purposw.<. If the lil(ll‘.\' are not i1‘c.’~‘ll-
taken oil‘. Mrilk tln-ni in \\'2lll‘l' with Ii. little
salt. until 1lic_\';i1'c>ot'tus when grccii. Then
sciupc the llcsli oil‘ with :1 ll«a<l1in_u' knit}-. or
with it lmtt-l'icr'.~‘ knli'«= with 21 smooth round
edge, and with slit-cp skins the wool should be
wuslicd clean with >'ol".—so:ip and vyate-1' ‘.111-lthe
sxulslic ‘ilioroug-‘hly 1'in.~'<-cl out. For s-:1:-h Skill.
take 4 ounces of 52112.4 oiun-<-sol‘ alum and 543
ounceo1'boi'ax. l>i.~’.~'ol\'-~ llicse in one quart
ofhot \\’2il('l‘.2iliil whcn (‘mil (‘lIUll,’£li to in-a1‘1lie
hand. stir in sullicicnt r_\'«- inc-.11 to lilill\'fi'2l thick
past with half an ounce .\'p:uiisli whiting.
This paste is to be tl1orou;.-;lily .~pi‘o-;-.~.l u'.'L‘l‘
every p:u‘L of the lb-sli side of the skin. which
should be folded iogctlier li-i1:_'lli\\"..-«,- wool
side out,2ind left for two \\'<-ck,-' in an airy place.
Then i'cnio\’c the paste, wash zuuldry the
skin. Wlien not quite dry it must be worked
and pulled and S(‘l'il[I(‘,(l with aknifc rnzido for
the pui'pose,.<l1:ipctl liked a chopping: knife or
with :1 piccc of hard wood niade with :1 sharp
edge. The more the skin is workcd and
sci'aped. us it (l1‘lcs.tlic1iioi‘c pliable it will be.
Other skins can be siniilurly tanned with
the for on. .1. A. '1‘.
(flaysville, Wasliiiigrtoii (,‘o., l’:I.

A New Callie Disease.

A new and serious tlisease has broken out
in a herd of young caltie in llollision, in
this state, which is causing a great deal of
uin-asiness not only to the owner oftlio: herd
fil_CaCk*:“.l, but equally so to runs’. of the farm-
ers in the neighl)oi‘hoo<l, as it is not yet
known whether the disease is contagious or
not, and owners of stock are removing their
animals further into the country. Sliould
the malady prove to be contagious, this very
remove] will be only a means of insuring its
sprczuling to localities as yet uniiifected.
Several of the aiiiinals liavc died, the ll‘-
iness in all C:{*':‘t*S lasting only almui two
hours. The symptoms are described as ex-
treme re.~:tlessne~s at first, followed by con-
vulsive movements, the aiiinial trembling
violently, and frothing at the mouth, and
ru.-:hing for water when it is within reach.
Some suspicion of poisoiiing has been ex-
pressed, but a criref-.il search ofthe premises
has failed to discover any }'llnIll'. of a i=nlS0ll-
ous nzuiire, or any means by which the an-
imals (,';ill have been accidentally poisoned.
By order of the Selectmen and Board of
Health. the herd has been carefully isolated
and the State (tattle Commissioners have
been summoned. The malady was probably
introduced into the herd by an animal re-
centlv purchased at Brighton, which was
the first to be affected by it.—ilIassac}zusetts
Ploughmau.

A X0\'r:L STEAM l’i.o\v.—-Mr. Szarnucl Ber-
gen. of Franklin, Ind, has a tractioii engine
with which he draws his clay from the bank,
a distance of 200or 300 yards, to the >it, and
with the same engine runs his tile mill. He
concluded this Spring that he would try the
practicability of plowing with it, and attach-
ed to it two ordinar_y turning plows, and
succeeded admirably in breaking four acres
per day, runnin the lows a depth of seven or
eight inches. he uel cost one dollar per
day. In the use of the common plow it requ
ired one man to each plow and one to attend
the engine. He says if ang-plows were
used, one man would be su cient to attend
the low; the cost of fuel is much less than
wou d be the cost of feed for horses to do a
like amount. He is much pleased with the
result of his experiment. That we shall yet
see the iron horse harnessed to do much of
the plowing we verily believe.—Drainage
and Farm Journal.

A SIMPLE way to cool butter for table use
in hot weather without ice by means of 3
large-size porous earthen flower pot and a. sau-
cer is described by The Golden Rule: “Half
fill the saucer with water, set on it a trivet
or light stand, upon this set your butter ; over
the whole invert the flower-pot, letting the top
rim of it rest in and be covered up by the
water; then close the hole in the bottom of
the flower pot with a cork; then dash Water,
over the flower pot, and repeat the process
several times a day, or whenever it gets dry.”


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SEPTEMBER 15, 1832.

The -Qérsngr isiim.

3CH"'OLCl{AF'l', — SEPTEMBER 15.

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Address, J. 'I‘. Cons. Schoolcraft, Mich.
Sample copies free to any address.

INDEX TO THIS ‘NUMBER.

Michigan as a State —The Pickle Trade——The Song
of the Sower—Apples in Store—S‘.ea.m Plowing-
Who Should Build Fences --Overworked Farmers
-—To Remove Parisites -The Boston Wool Market
-—T»Inning Sheep and Other Skins with the Fur or
Wool on—-A new Cattle Disease. .  .. .. . .  1

The Stats Capitol Engraving —Iudependent Voting
—-County Conventions, October 3, 1882-General
Notice --The Fimes Improving — The Forests of
Michigan -An Anti Monopoly Party — Michigan
State Fair—VIsIToE Receipts (Continued) . . . . .. 2

By-Laws of Michigawi State Grange—An Amend-
ment to the C:.n<r‘:rur.ioIi of the National Grange—
A True Vl('\i' I the Patent L:Iw——Among the

Grangcs——At ' '- - 4-‘. -.fe F.Iir—No.‘ices of Meetings
— Michigan U.-op ltsport. for September——Farm
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Movod—-Perfect Trust—Wheat. Apples, and Pota-
tocs—1n the Mountains of Utah—-The American
Farmer..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

Coldwater Grange, No. l37—HiIlsdalc County Con-
vention~Frce Pass Bribery—The Railway Prob-
lem Condensed, No. 3—An Art and Industrial Ex-
hibition in the Capitol at Washington — Barbed
Wire Fences —A New Industry—’.l'imber Claims-
No Horse Sh9es—Old Shoes—Stamping Out the
Cattle Plague~I-Iorticultural Notes, . . . . . . . . . . .. 5

'3.-zjoice—What the VIsIToa is—The English and
American Farmer——Does the Vocation of Farming
Incapacitate us for Holding Responsible Positions F
—Flowers—Lay a Fainting Person Down— The
State School and Blacl-Iherries,. .. . . .. . . .. . . ... . 6

The Choice—- Work. Rhetoric, Dancing—Ages, Danc-
ing—EIlen's Opinion of the WrIters— Farm Talk
——’I‘he Reaper Death~Advertisements, . . . . . . . . . 7

Advertisements, . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

$euelali'$ fieiawlmiill.

J.T.C0Ba, - - - -

.\'CH()0LCI{AF’l‘.

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 March 15th.
If we have neglected to send to any person
entitled to this fine engraving we shall
promptly forward it on receipt of notice.

UNTIL WITHDRAWN THIs Is MADE A
sTANnINo 0F'FER—FIVE NEw SUBSCRIBERS
FOR oNE YEAR WILL ENTITLE THE PER-
soN SENDING US THE NAMES -AND $2.50
To A SPLENDID LITHOGRAPH or THE
STATE CAPITOL or MICHIGAN, sIzE or
-SHEET 22x28 INCHES.

INDEPENDENT VOTING.

Michigan is more fortunate than some of
her sister States in the matter of State elec-
tions. She is one hundred per cent, (and
‘%that is a big per cent) better off than those
States that have the wear and tear of annual
elections. We think biennial elections for
State and County officers are about all we
can stand, and it is a matter of surprise that
some States can stand twice as much of
;his thing as we are required to do.

But this is the alternate year and the po-
litical machinery has been set in motion by
the patriots of the several parties, and with
or without a liberal supply of lubrication
will be kept running in some shape by some-
body, if its only for the fun of it.

Now it has some way come to pass through
the increased intelligence of the people that
each year the cohesive power of party disci-
pline is becoming less binding. Each year
it takes longer to count the votes after
the polls are closed, for the reason that more
voters scratch their tickets. Now tickets
are not usually scratched merely for the sat-
isfaction of scratching, although‘ scratching
is pronounced a natural, healthy and legiti-
mate employment; but the voter scratches
his ticket just as he scratches his back, be-
cause he feels like it and knows its his own
businees. We are free to say that we like to
record this as a fact, We accept it as a re-
medial agent for the cure of some of the po-
litical evils under which we suffer. N 0 one
need expect to survive the period, or rather
‘ive to see it, when the small active politi-

:ian, imbued with a high sense of his own
nportance as a conservator of the public
real, will not be an ever present member of
ne body politic in his neighborhood; but
with a better understanding of the situation,
and of their own interests on the part of the
people, the managing politician will lose
largely in power and influence, and he will
be compelled to regard if he does not respect
the independent voter. Men are coming to
learn that the balance of power is in the
hands of a few, and when thatfew decide to
select the most worthy and capable men for
oficial position, then will American poli
‘tics be vastly improved, and a civil service
reform inaugurated that ‘will be of real value
to the’country. Of course the few of whom
we speak must believe in selection as much
as in election, and that selection must be
from the field of candidates of all parties.
7f’ a voter has decided opinions upon an im-
)rtant matter, and the known opinions and
; no official action of the candidate of his par-
’ 7would control results affecting this matter
_ rejudicially to his interests, why should not

such voter select from another ticket a repre-
sentative of his own opinions? VVe insist
that it is not only his right but his duty to
do so.

There would be no occasion to say what we
have said were it not for the fact that two or
three men in a township or county often
provide for, and in advance of the caucus it-
self, determinc results, and those results are
not either what the people want, or what
their interests require, and hence the inde-
pendent voter can perform a most valuable
service by rlisregarding the product of the
machine, when it is obviouslya bad product,
and acting for him.’-selfas his own judgment
shall determine. We believe every voter
should attend the primary meeting or can-
cus of the party to which he belongs, and use
all honorable means to secure the nomina-
tion ofgood, competent men for office. But
if pwlizicwl managers so manipulate the cau-
«- 2- ‘in to get unworthy, dishonest or incom-
pctellt men nominated,We recognize no obli-
gation to vote for such men,t‘nough found on
the regular ticket.

Farmers as a class have been ignored, and
though comprising a large proportion of the
p: oplc of the country, they have taken aback
seat, and may be held respon.-ilule for put-
ting lawyers in places that they ought to oc-
cupy I'.llP.I'l1SelVP‘| Some improvement has
been mad.» in i.1.é.- :rm.Lt.el‘ since the Grangers
have taken hold of File subject and given it
an airing, and we expect in future more rec-
ognition in officiai circles of the importance
not only of agricul ure but of the agricultur-
i.-It.

And here it seems timely to say that farin-
ers who have occupied importautofiicial po-
sitions in our State have filled those posi-
tions quite as creditably as have men from
other professions. Probably no country on
earth has allowed the legal profession to ab-
sorb official positions as has the United
States. And to show the folly of so doing it
is suflicient to say that probably no country
on earth can furnish judicial machinery (the
work of the legal profession) that consumes so
much time, is run at such great cost, and
with so little regard to equity; and the
prompt administration ofjustice as the Unit-
ed States. With an impression stronger
than ever before that the essential point of
difference between the great political parties
of to-day is this—the ins want to stay in and
the outs want to get in-—there is great en-
couragement for the independent voter.

As we said substantially at the outset, this
is the unfortunate year—l.he year of elections
and party machinery has been put in order,
and is at work, and its caucusses and con-
ventions will present men who on election
day will be selected for ofllcial positions.

It has come to be understood that in the
agricultural class are ‘plenty of men who are
competent to fill any official positon, and it is
also very much better understood that the
demand which has been made for rcoginition
must be acceded to. Such progress has al-
ready been made in this direction that a few
years hence the congress of the United States
will not be monopolized by lawyers.The most
important interest of the country that
engages the attention of more than one-half
of our population will not be so entirely
without representation from its own clues
at the end of another decade. And intel-
ligent independent voting will have some-
thing to do in bringing about that result.

 

COUNTY CONVENTIONS, OCTOBER 3, 1882.

We print herewith Article 4 of the By laws
of the State Grange, as this relates to the
election and representation by Subordinate
Granges, and defines their rights and duties.
We have also made out the apportionment as
required by See. 2 Artlcle4 of By-laws.

Owing to the remissness of Secretaries in
making reports many Granges that ought
and expect to participate in the election of
representatives are ruled out, and the whole
number of representatives is very much less
than it willbe, we think, when the Patrons
of these delinquent Grauges look over these
lists which we herewith present.

We have not made in this number of the
VISITOR the usual assignment for represen-
tative districts for the reason that an addi-
tional report will give several counties a
representative, and we feel quite sure that
those reports will be made, and when made
our work would be largely upset.

Not always having that definite knowl-
edge of the exact location of Granges and of
the best outlets of travel to reach neighbor-
ing counties, we invite correspondence from
the Granges of counties that having less than
three active Grsnges are not entitled to a
representation. We wish to know to what
county they wish to be attached to make up
a representative district. We have not al-
‘ways succeeded in making up these repre-
sentative districts in such manner as to best
accommodate all parties.

After hearing from these several Granges,
and after getting in all reports up to and in-
cluding Monday, the 25th inst., we will
make up these representative districts in the
very best manner possible from the informa-
tion obtained, and send to all parties inter-
ested a supplementary VISITOR, or other-
wise distribute the facts of the districting.
We shall also try and get out the next num-
ber early. with such changes as future re-
ports may make in the make up of County
Conventions, and the number of representa-
tives to the State Grange.

In another column will be found the num-

bers of Granges that are delinquent in reports
for the quarter ending March 31, which re-
port if made at once will restore them to
good company with all the rights and privi-
leges which they have relinquished.

GENERAL NOTICE.
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,
ISECRETARY’.-‘I OFFICE,
September 14, 1882.

The books of this ofilce show at this date
the following Grange.-I entitled to elect dele-
gates to the County and District Con ven-
tions to be held on Tuesday, October 3, 1882,
by virtue of Section 3, Article 4, of B_v—L-tw.-I
of the Michigan State Grange. For the
purpose of securing the benefit of represen-
'a'.ion ‘.0 all delinquent Granges we shall
add to the list all that may report up to the
Iast moment practicable, and d-«lcgatcs duly
elected who are able to show a receipt for
dues for the quarter ending March 31, 1882,
on which is endorsed by me “entitled to
representation,” should be allowed to par-
ticipate in the work of the convention.

Altegan—3 R‘:.‘pl‘eHé-)lil.9.ilVE:I-1. Nos. 37, 53,
154. 238, 247, 248, 271, 296, 364, 31):), 407, 461,
520, 043.

Ba7'r,y—2 38, 55, 127, 145, 256‘, 424, 423,
472, 590, 648.

Berrz'en—3 14, 40, 43 46, 80, 81, 84, S7,
104, 122,123, 188. 194

Branch—2. 88, 91. 96, 97, 136, 137, 152.
332, 400.

Cm/Lo'un—1 65, 66. 85, 129, 130, 292.

0ass—1. 125. 162, 176 427.
0lz'nton——2. 1-10, 202, 225, 226, 342, 358, 370,
-139, 456, 459, 505
Eaton—2. 67, 13-1, 223, 224, 260, 301, 315,
360, 361, 619, 625.
6’enesee—-1. 1l8,'255, 387.
Grand T/'a'ver.se—-1. 379, 469, 624, 638, 653
I115/.lsdale—3. 74, 78, 106, 107, 108, 133, 183,
251, 269, 273, 274, 285. 286, 568.
1ngha7n—2. 7, 5-1, 235, 262, 265, 287, 289,
22. 345, 3-17, 540.
Iom'a——3. 163,lG8,17-1,175, 185, 186, 187,
190, 191, 192, 270, 272, 281, 325, 610
Jacl:son—l. 2, 28, 45. 227, 321. 344.
Kalamazoo——2 8, 11, 16, 18, 21, 24, 49, 61.
Ife/'It——-1 19, 39, 63, 73. 110, 170, 219, 220,
221, 222, 295, 337, 348, 350, 3.33, 479, 553, 554,
63-1.
4Lapeer-2. 246, 396, 448, 466, 540, 607, 641,
6 5.
Leelanrzw-1. 37-1, 375, 380
Lem1.wee—2. 167, 212, 213, 276, 277, 278
279, 280, 384, 438.
Livz'n._gston—l. 6, 57, 90 114. 336, 596, 613.
I'|[ac0mb—l. 403. 414 445,623, 637.
Mam'stce——1. 557, 580, 633.
Montcalm»—1 318, 436, 437, 440, 4-11, 530,
650
Newag/go—1. -194, 495 511, 544, 545.
Oceana—1. 393, 4136 600
0aklami—3. 141, 245, 253, 259, 267, 275,
283, 323, 328, 335, 377. 408, -143
Otta,wa—1. 30, 112, 313, 639, 647, 652.
SI. Cla.1'r—l. 480, 491, 528.
St. Joseph—2. 22, 76. 178, 199, 215, 236,
237. 266. 291, 303, 304, 333.
Shiawas-see—l. 151, 160, 180, 228. 229, 252,
606
Tuscola—1. 51-3. 526, 548, 582, 593,642. 649.
Van Bu'ren—3..-11.0, 23. 27, 32, 60, 89, 158,
159, 172, 230. 346, 355, 610.
Washten.aw——2. 52, 56, 59, 92, 239, 329, 351,
399, 476, 631.
lV«zyne—2. 268, 298, 331, 367, 368, 389, 618,
622, 636.

 

BELOW we give the standing of Granges
in counties that have not the minimum num-
ber entitling them to representation. All
but two of these could have representatives
of their own it’ reports had been made for
the quarter ending March 31. Antrim hav-
ing but one Grange, No. 470, and VVexfnrd
but two, Nos. 632 and 644, must of course be
attached to other counties:

In Antrim No. 470 has reported, No. 507
is delinquent.

Bay: 597 and 635 have reported, 614 and 621
are delinquent.

Benzie: 381 has reported, 473 and 503 are de-
linquent.

Mason: 415 has reported, 418, 496, 498, 499,
501. 539 and 570 are delinquent.

Mecosta: 362 and 517 have reported, 474,
475, 486, 518 and 586 are delinquent.

Monroe: 509 has reported, 410, 411. 412, 434,
446, 447, 453, 471, 492, 502 and 509 are delin-
queut.

Osceola: 651 has reported, 363. 370, 616, 620,
628, 629 and 630 are delinquent.

Saginaw: 464 and 574 have reported, 326,
575, 591, 598, 599, 611 and 615 are delinquent.

Sanilac: 566 has reported, 417, 477, 482, 483,
490, 515, 588, 594 and 604 are delinquent.

 

THE following Grauges are delinquent
in reports for the quarter ending June 30,
1882: 55, 57, 63. 73. 80, 176, 186. 199. 219, 227,
229, 230, 236, 239, 233, 255, 265, 283, 285, 286,
301, 304, 321, 329, 331, 344, 345, 355, 361, 380,
389, 403, 445. 476, 509, 511, 513, 528, 530, 568,
590, 600, 607, 624, 633, 634, 645.

The following are delinquent for quarters
ending March 31, and June 30th : 36, 42, 83,
115,118,123, 182. 189, 200, 241.245. 293, 320,
339, 340, 343, 395, 417, 421, 430, 437, 458, 471,
492, 503, 514, 534, 556, 574, 589, 603, 631.

The following are delinquent for quarters
ending December 31-Ir, 1881, March 31 and
June 30, 1882: 203, 326, 385, 401.

WIND mills have proved a great conven-
ience to f'armers and others, and the trade
has become immense. On our eighth page is
an advertisement of the Union Wind mill,
manufactured at Albion, Michigan. As this
firm have had the good sense to abandon the
old usage of compelling the user to buy of
some agent or dealer, we advise our friends
in need of this wind mill convenience to cor-
respond with this firm.

A NEW advertisement in this issue will
attract attention. With the advertisement
the gentleman sent‘ us a. circular detailing
his purposes and plans. If by his project he
can introduce a few thousand hardy English
girls, willing to work, there is no doubt about
their being wanted. Of that sort the supply

is not equal to the demand, and such will be
well received, well" treated, and well paid.
There is room and Work for the young men.
but we can ct along very well either with
or withoutt em.

THE TIMES IMPROVING.

We have :1 coinmuuiczition from an earnest
l’ntrou which to zuiswcr lun'dl_v needs publi-
cation. The first inquiry is "What has all
our efforts as (1I'2uiger.-' mid farmers amount-
ed to in gvtting up and buying signed peti-
tions to (‘ungress to give our I‘epreseut:uives
:4. knowledge of wli-at we w:II1t.“ The inquiry
is followed by u discouragiiig View of the po-
litical situation, and the writer lms. “unani-
Ill()ll.~ll_V voted" :1 Wzlllt of cuiililli-iicc in our
l'f.‘pl‘f*SelIl:lllV€>' in (‘«>i|;:i'«-ss.

llc very propeI'l_y tlcplurcs ilw \\';mt of ill-
(l(‘}Ii‘llllt‘ll(‘L‘ ulinu.-‘t 1-\'erywlicI‘c I‘Xllll)ltt‘4l by
the pl‘f‘.\'>', and Inorc than all Iunu-Iits that the
2i_:ri<:11lt1mil l)l‘(‘.\‘.\‘ t’.\'lIll|llS so little lutlfli Imm-
—-so little tlf*\’I-Illflll to ibc iiitcn-sis of the
trluss 1': >1‘ whom it pint‘:-ssn.-s in labor. lll coli-
vlusion our wo1'tli_\' friciul sziggests the pro-
]Il'I('l_\' of (,‘1llllll(_‘,‘ :1 ('nIi\'f‘lllli)II of f'21ru1cI'.s to
inuugu1‘:'.tc :1. niovciuunt to I'(‘lIlI‘Il}' the evils
coinpluilictl of. -

As wx-tlu11't:p1itcugrcc with this l>I‘0lll(’l‘
we will briefly say wlly. l~‘iI‘st; Lbcn. \\'ct:1kc
21 more hopeful \'l(‘\\' of the Flillilllflll than
our (L-oI'rn-spoudent. U111‘ ()r«l«-r mine into be-
ing but :1 few ,\'c:11'.-' ago. It Inzulc >ucII rap-
id growth as to alarm whole classes of our
fellow <~iti7.ens, and arouse :1 prcjmlice against
the ()I'der. So broad and just was our plut-
forin of p1'iuciples liowl-\'er, and so f;iitIifull_v
lids tlw f)r<I<,-I iUlll(‘.l't’ll fotlu-n1, that it Inns
o\'i-1'coIm-Ilwpre-jmli<:e it first :i\\':ik+-Iicd, and
firmly I:Sl:I.l)ll.\‘Ilf‘ll its 1'eputzIIi<n1 as :1. I)l‘llt:‘ll-
7-,1.-nt agent in l»<=ttc1'iIig1lw condition of those
I-Iiguged in agrici1li11I':1l pursuits.

I'nlikI- our friend we think we see a posi-
fivo Il.(l\'21lI('l’ : we think u1u<:I1 has already
been accoiiiplislicll. We think tIu- 2IgI'i<:1iI-
turzil class Iutvc been llllpl‘()\'PIl mid L‘lt‘\'2Ilt‘II
Iuorc within the lust tcn yr-zirs tbzui in any
o-‘.|n-I‘ twenty-live _\'e:11's of the world‘.-' liistory.
’l‘iiis is a fast ugc,:u1d 1';u'm(-1's are not to be
left behind in the great 1'usl1 mid wliirluf
lmsiiiess life and 1uIi\'crs;1l :I<:ti\'it_\'. The
fzu'1m-I‘ flint 1110111113 :1. 1'4-uper in the Iuornin 7,
Illlfll(‘1{\'€SI)i1lllllll llllllflb nigbtu field of wel
Imiiiitlgmiii with no intl-rvcufion of Inmd 1:1-
Inn‘, is not the drone Lliut l'f‘('el\'(’:-llIU inspira-
lion frmn his s1iI'r«»uinlings, but sliurpr-,nml,
(‘llltl\'2il.(‘(l and stimulated, I1«- is rnpi« I,
Ic;u'niug the ivays of lbw world zmd wluit
he must do in :-'UCliI.l, lmsincss and political
life to l{('f,‘l) oven with his fellow citizens.

Wbilv it is true ilmt all we Iiuyc asked for
has not I»eei1gI':LIifc<l, and ulltlnit \\'(-lune un-
(lertukcn has not Il(.‘i‘Il 2l.(‘(.‘Ulll1IllSllf*<l—)'(fL we
lmve iumle along stride in that Illl'!,‘(:Ll4)lI. It
has C.s‘t'2IpL'(l the ln'otlu:I"s notice that on those
topics‘ (‘Illll.I'il.(fBll in our petitions to (‘«n1gI‘css
fberc Inns Iwcn more talk and Inorc zirgnnient
llIl1‘lIl_‘_’_' the past. scssioii than cvcr bcfoi'(-.
These qucstions that have been taken up by
the peoplcaunl tlirust upon the attention of
(‘ongI'e.s‘s are not l,‘.{ll()l'8tl by that body nor
will they be. The influence of the Order 1S
felt, and the time is not distant when I'<+p1‘e-
sentafivi-s, not only of the people but from
the people, will be found iI1 (,‘o1igI't-ss.

He who lives to see the end of this decade
will find ftll’lllBl‘S doim: legislative work in
(_‘ongress, 2Ind'doiug it well; and they will
be ably 8ila‘l,illllf‘.(l by business men, who are
broad enough to see that their interest is in
li:u'mony with that of the great agricultural
class. We predict that the legal fraternity
will not have this matter all in their own
hands a few years hence. ’1‘bey must comacut
to divide.

We repeat what we have so often said, that
it is expecting too much, with the p1'e.seIItzI-
tion of l'2I(-ts and :1 sclicme for the beftcrmeiit
of individuals, of classes, or of socicty as a
whole-that the individual, the class, or the
community will at once accept mid adopt the
tlieory and enter at once upon the <-njo,vIm>nL
of the promised benelits. Time and talk are
essential in bringing almut flu-so results.
These cliamges are educzifionnl and must cov-
er 2|. period of years. We must be content to
labor mid to wait. The world is not growing
worse, the wise ones say, but all the time
better. We think it safe to say It will never
be quite perfect. There will ‘cl. ways be room
to work in the great field of human advance-
ment and iinprovement.

THE FORESTS OF MICHIGAN.

Extensive portions of Northern Micliigrnu
are covered with a continuous forest of lumi-
wood timber. Until quite lately this growth
of trees has been regarded as an expensive
incumbrance. The land could not be culti-
vated until these great plants could be cut
down and the logs drawn together and
burned. The development of Northern
lllicliigaii has uuboubtedly been retarded by
the supposed necessity of‘ burning up a vast
growth of timber. The growing demand for
hard-wood lumber and the presence of saw-
mills near the railway stations are already
producing their effects upon the value of the

land. The burning of good maple and bass-
wood timber mercly to get rid of it will soon
be looked upon as the most reckless waste
and extravagance. The Northwestern Lum-
bcrman in a late issue discusses the subject
very earnestly. It advises the farmers in
Northern Michigan not to attempt large
clearings if_it makes it necessary to burn up
and waste the timber, but to cultivate a.
smaller amount of land with more care and
better methods.

It is thought that the nianufacture of hard-
wood lumber will soon be one of the most
iniportaut interests of Michigan. Tlic iveultli
contained in our Northern forests may yet
compare In amount with that produced by
our pine. The process of clearing will be a
constant source of profit instead of a waste
of time and strength as heretofore, and by
the time the land is cleared for cultivation
the lumber industry will build up towns and
cities and manufacturing centers in every
direction. The building of railroads will also
be stimulated, so that the first crops can be
raised by people who have already made
large profits from their lands and who will
have the best facilities for transportation at
once.

It is a good thing indeed that the clearing
of the land in Northern Michigan has been
delayed so long. If pine were as abundant
as it was fifteen years ago the timber could
not very well be economized. The methods
of manufacturing lumber have greatly im-
proved and prices have increased so that we
are now prepared to secure the benefits of
the rich and productive soil of Northern
Michigan, without Wasting the timber.

It is quite lately that these advanta es
have existed, and yet the immigration as
steadily increased. It is expected that the
changes to take place within the next few

years will be greater than ever before.

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AN ANTI-MONOPOLY PARTY.

\\'e have before us a few of the first num-
bers of Justice, a new weekly paper publish-
ed at New York and devoted to the interests
of anti-monopoly. The object of its publi-
cation evidently is to aid the project of or-
ganizing a new political party in the name
ofanti-monopoly. An outline of the plat-
form for the proposr-d party is given in the
form ofa declaration of principles, and di-
rections are given for the formation of anti-
monopoly leagues.

Such papers may accomplish goorl in cer-
tain directions. but we have no faith in the
plan which it advocates. The term anti-
Inonopoly is too broad, vague and indefinite
to answer as a rallying cry for a successful
political party. Associations have already
been organized under this naui-2 but they
have met difiiculties similar to those encoun-
tered by the greenback party. Neither the
thing to be opposed nor the mode of opposi-
tion are sufiiciciitly well defined. All who
are discontented and all who have grievan-
ces, either real or fancied, are ready to flock
to such a standard. Many :3 political enter-
prise containing much that is commendable
in its principles has been thus weighted at
the outset by an inharmonious crowd of
visionaries, cranks and political tramps, and
all because the thing to be accomplished has
not been narrow, explicit and sharply defin-
ed. .
As an illustration, :1 party organized in
the general interests of temperance would
necessarily be afailure. Iforganized simply
as an association to aid in reform it might
accomplish good, but as a political influence
it would be powerless. On the other hand
if the issue is confined to prohibition there
is a good basis for political action and all the
work is done with a distinct purpose in view.
The principles ofa party are thus submitted
to a fair test. If the issue is not of sufficient
importance or if the principles do not
recommend themselves to the people, a fail-
ure must result, but the party will not be

likely to be overwhelmed by driftwood from -

other parties.

The best leaders of the greenback party
have aimed at simple and distinct issues, but
in every political race they have carried
weight in the shape of enthusiastic recruits
who insist on the wild doctrines of the
S()ClaIl.'-lls. For instance, at a meeting held
in Vicksburg last year one speaker discussed
the doctrines advocated by the party. The
next speaker was a woman who argued
against the right of ownership in land and
even approached very Closely to the theory
that “ property is theft.” No party can
afford to have such nonsense talked at its
meetings.

The name anti-monopoly will invite disas-
ter to any new political party to which it is
applied. [ts mission would seem to redress
all grievances and right all wrongs. The
professional reformers would soon take pos-
session, each one having a different reform
in view. One would insist on a crusade
against the national banks, another against
the rights of property and so on down
through the list.

The position of the GRANGE VISITOR on
questions relating to monopoly cannot be
misunderstood. Monopolies and corrupt
combinations of capitalists are the threaten-
ing dangers to the prosperity of our peo 19.
It is especially im ortant that agriculturllsts
should understan these dangers and be
prepared to unite in judicious political
action as soon as such action can do any
good, but it is not advisable for farmers to
unite with socialists and chronic grumblers
in a. political party with scattered aims and
weak purposes. It is inconsistant for them
to waste their energies in denouncing wealth,
for they form one of the wealthy classes.
They should, however, learn to be active
and fearless politicians, ready at all times to
protect their own interests. They have nev-
er yet had a fair share in the administration
of the government, but this will never be
improved by the formation of new political
parties.

It may be necessary at some future time
to solve the great problem of transportation
by some definite policy of government.
This will bring it within the domain of true
statemanship, and a political party with
clearly defined purposes may avert the most
serious dangers. No issues since the days of
slavery can compare with this in importance
and none, perhaps, has ever been so difficult
and complicated. The old questions relating
to human freedom and owers of govern-
ment have been discussed) for centuries but
the difficulties connected with railwa
transportation are wholly new. Although
the dangers are imminent the most that can
be done now is to keep the poo le well in-
foirmed until the subject is furt er develop-
ef .

 

MICHIGAN STATE FAIR.

We have arranged with J. Q. A. Burring-
ton, Chairman of the Executive Cominittee,
to provide a tent or building on the Fair
Grounds at Jackson, to be known and used
during the State Fair as

o1tANoE III-:AnQL'AIt'rER.s.

We expect to be on hand the most of the
time with a supply of extra copies of THE
GRANGE V1SlT()I{, and we shall be glad to see
our Granger friends at headquarters. We
want to put under pay acouple of earnest
1’atrons to canvass for the VISITOR on the
grounds, and invite corsespondcnce or an in-
terview at Grange lieardquarteixs on Tuesday,
the 10th, or later in the week. We are sorry
that we did not think to give this notice
earlier, but we trust our readers will all see
this paper before starting for Jackson, and
not forget to come and see us at “State Gran e
Headquarters,” which will be conspicuous y
posted. .

 

VISITOR RECEIPTS (CONTINUED).

AUGUST.

2- H. W. Sweet, $1 00; E Bartlett, $3.70.

8- C. A. Barnaby, $250; Geo. W. An-
drews, $1.00.

14- Mrs. C. M. Biainard, $1.00; Wm. 0.
Cook, $1.50.

I5§(vy. H. Castle, $2 50; E. Himebsugh,

22-" Mrs. H. E. Rutherford, $1.50; M. s.
Agens, $1.00.

SEPTEMBER. -
ZED. S. Gardner, 1.50; Louis Reindolt
1.00.
5316. 8. Ben Scrolen, $1.00; W. E West,
50.

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SEPTEMBER 15. 18-82

 GRANGE VESETQR.

3

By-Laws of the Michigan State Grenge.

ARTICLE IV--VOTING MEMBERS.

Section 1. The voting members of the
Michigan State Grange shall be chosen from
the members, in proportion to one brother,
and his wife (if a- Matron), to each five Sub-
ordinate Granges, or the major part thereof,
in each county; and one brother, and his
wife (if a Matron), chosen by each County or
District (Pomona) Grange in the State.

Sec. 2. Counties in which there are not
the major portion of five Subordinate
Granges shall be consolidated by the Master
and Secretary of the State Grange into Re»
presentative Districts in such manner as
they shall deem just to the counties inter
ested, and give them a fair representation
in the State Grange.

Sec. 3. The election of voting members by
Subordinate Granges shall take place on the
flrst Tuesday of October of each year, by a
Convention of Subordinate Granges at the
county seat of each county, unless the place
of meeting has been elsewhere located by
the last preceding annual Convention. In
case of Representative Districts of two or
more counties, the place of holding the Con-
vention shall be designated by the Secretary
of the State Grange at the time the district
is formed.

Sec. 4. At the annual Convention to elect
Representatives or voting members to the
State Grange each Subordinate Grange, not
more than two quarters in arrears for dues
or reports to the State Grange, shall be en-
titled to four Delegates, and no more. Such
Delegate shall be chosen by ballot by the
Subordinate Grange, which may also choose
alternate Delegates. Each Delegate and
alternate chosen should have credentials
from his Grange, signed by the Master and
Secretary thereof. and attested by the seal of
the Grange. A Delegate can have but one
vote in the Convention.

Sec. 5. Conventions of eight or more
Granges may, upon the request of the ma
jority of the Granges entitled to represen-
tation. divide the county or District into
districts of contiguous Granges, in which
case the Representative of each such District
shall be elected by the vote of the Delegates
of the District so made.

Sec. 6. A County or District Convention
shall have the Delegates of a majority of the
Grange entitled to representation present,
before districting or an election can take
place. Failing to have a majority of the
Granges entitled to representation present,
the Convention shall, after organization,
adjourn to a fixed time and place, and send
anotice of such time and place to all un-
represented Granges. The delegates present
at the adjourned meeting of the Convention
shall have power to elect Representatives to
the State Grange.

Sec. 7 Conventions may elect alternate
Representatives to the State Grange, or may
empower the Representatives-elect to ap-
point substitutes from among the Masters or
Past M asters of Subordinate Granges in the
District from which they were elected.

Sec. 8 The President and Secretary of
each Representative Convention shall give
each Representative elect credentials certi-
f ing his election, to be used at the State

range, and said Secretary shall, immedi-
ately upon the close of the Convention, for-
ward acertified statement of the election,
with name and post-offices of Represen tatives
elected, to the Secretary of the State Grange.
Blank forms of credentials and certificates
shall be furnished by the Secretary of the
State Grange on application.

See. 9, Each Representative attending
the State Grange shail receive mileage at the
rate of two cents per mile for the distance
traveled in going and returning by the short-
est traveled route, and $1 50 per diem for the
time actually spent at the Grange. The
Master and Secretary of the State Grange
shall give such Representative an order for
the amount on the Treasurer of the State
Grange, which shall be paid at the close of
the session.

Sec. 10. Each Representative to the State
Grange shall, within six weeks after the
close of the State Grange, visit each Subor-
dinate Grange in his District, give instruc-
tion and impart the annual word to the Mas-

' ters of those Granges entitled to receive it.

(All Granges entitled to representation in
the Convention, or reported as entitled to
it by the Secretary of the State Grange are
entitled to receive the A. W. from the Re-
presentative.)

THE article of Bro. Luce invites our
friend Garver, the inventor, to the front
again. We are willingto give him a fair
show and any aid that he may secure. He
will find our columes open to a defense of
the patent laws as they are, and to invent-
ors who feel aggrieved by the course of the
VISITOR on the important questions involv-
in this disussion. A

MASTERS and Secretaries in several coun-
ties will see the necessity of promptly for-
warding reports to secure a seat for their
delegates in the County Convention.

A few minutes work by some Secretaries
will give a county another representative in
the State Grange in December next.

WE invite the jury of the people to care-

v fully read N o. 3 of the railway problem, on

our fifth page.

WITH a harvest of such magnificent propor-
tions as the present promises, farmers should
remember that they are largely at the mercy
of the railroad magnates, and it may be the
part of prudence to move a considerable pro-
portion of the crop while the water Ways and
canals are open to navigation. If an almost
certain advance in rices in the West, later
in the season, is to e accompanied by a cor-
responding advance in freight, the situation
demands the careful consideration of the
producers. Z‘

 

“ Father, who travels our road so late?”

“ Hush, my child, ‘tie the candidate !
Fit example of human woes.
Early he comes and late he goes I
He greets the women with courtly grace;
He kisses the baby's dirty face;
He calls to the fence, the farmer at work;
He bores the merchant: he bores the clerk;
The blacksmith, while his anvil rings, ~
He greets, and this is the song he sings:
' Howdy, howdy, how do you do ?

- How is your wife and how are you?
Ah, it fits my fist as no other can, ’ n
The horny fiat of the workingman l

tiinmmnniraiinns.

An Amendment to the Constitution of the National
Grange.

OF]-‘ICE or .\I.isTsr. 1\'.\'rio.\'.-iL Gl:A1\’GE, i_
l’Aw 1’.-iw, Mivii. i

The following ziniendniciit to Article lst of
the (‘onstitutioii of the National (li'ziiigr=.
submitted by that body to tilt‘ sitzite (i1‘1lllgP.~'
for tlieir npproval, has been ratified by tlire-«-
fourths of the State Gi':iiig<-s, and is tliereforv
a part of tlie-('onstitutioii:

“l\'lie-re a State has not re(lu(-ed its repre-
seiitntioii, nu)‘ Siibordiiiiite flrzinge shall liuve
the right to elect a Past .\Iastei' us its repre-
sentative in the State (il‘2lllgL‘, when the
liluster is unable to attend."

This Zllllelltllllf-‘lit does not in any way affect
the represeiitiitioii of the State Grziiiges that
have, or may, reduce the number of their
voting1iienibei's,2is provided in Section lst,
Article 1. of the ('oiistitution: but simply
permits a Subordinate Grange, in ll State that
has not rctluced its representation, and con-
sequently where every Master and his wife,
if a Matron, are “voting nienibers of the
State flraiige,” to elect one of its Past Masters
“as its re ireseiitative in the State (lmiige,
when the Jaster is unable to zitteiid.”

.1. J. Woo1>_\i.i1\', Master.

A True View of the Patent Law.

Bro. Cobb.-—I desire space for a word in
regard to Mr. Garver, his stolen horse and
patent right. Twice in his tirade against
the VISITOR and farmers generally for their
efforts to secure amendments to the patent
right laws, he placed this horse on exhibi-
tion, and in this way he really seems to
think that he fortifies his position with an
overwhelming argument. But let us com-
pare the history ofthis horse with the work-
ings of the patent right laws as they are
construed by the courts.

Certainly the illustration is fatal to his po-
sition. If a man steals a horse the law only
makes one man guilty though the horse
may have been owned by a dozen innocent
purchasers, and only one man responsible
for the crime or for the value of the horse.
It is true the owner may take his property
wherever found. But the innocent pur-
chaser has redress back upon the next man,
and so all along the line to the thief himself.
No matter how many innocent purchasers
there may be they are all exempt from loss
or punishment. They have committed no
offense. Common sense and justice declare
that this is right. VVhy in heaven’s name
should these men be punished? The thief
has paid for the horse and suffered the pen-
ally.

But our outrageous patent right laws
would treat each one of these innocent pur-
chasers of this horse as a thief, even though
he owned the horse but a day and used him
but for-an hour. It isin vain that he pleads
that he was an innocent purchaser of the
horse, that he bought him of a responsible
dealer in the open market. The court
sternly asks did you own or use the horse at
any time? He admits that he did. He is
informed that his plea is of no avail, and he
must be sentenced to State’s prison as a
horse thief. '[‘he court makes no distinc
tion between the thief and the innocent
purchaser of stolen property. This is the
principle upon which our patent right laws
rest—a principle which does violence to
every sentiment of justice.

That this is no overdrawn picture the
prosecution in the Birdsell clover-huller
cases as well as many other instances fully
prove. To illustrate the point and ground
of complaint :2. little farther, supposing some
man steals a clover huller of Mr. Birdsell,
machine, patent right and all. Supposing
it changed hands a half dozen times. Each
owner except the thief is an innocent pur-
chaser. Mr. B. finally finds his machine.
It is traced back to the thief. he pays for the
machine and offers the penalty. This ends
the case so far as the machine is concerned.
Not so with the idea that conceived it. For
using this unseen, unknown property every
man is punished. This is no imaginary
case, but an actual fact. Tell us, oh wise
men, why the idea that conceived something
even though it be of value, should be so
much more sacredly protected than the arti-
cle concerned.

Mr. Garver, please let us hear from you
again. It is our earnest desire to cultivate
friendly relations to inventors of valuable
improvements. But where is your stolen
horse now? C. G. LUCE.

Among the Grangos.

Bro. Cobb .- As I have just returned from.

Northern Michigan, where I have been at
work for the good of the Order for the past
ten days, a few lines through the columns of
the VISITOR, giving an account of my work,
would perhaps be of some interest to your
readers.

I left Lansing on the morning of the 22d
of ‘August for Traverse City, where I arrived
at 6 P. M. of the same day, and was met at
the depot by ‘Bro. S. H. Hyde, Special Depu-
ty for the Grand Traverse region, who had
planned out an eight days’ campaign in the
counties of Grand Traverse, Benzie and An-
trim, which for completeness in all its de-
tails could not well have been bettered, tak-
ing into consideration the fact that they

. were arranged and distributed through these

counties from six to sixty miles apart, and
some of them could be reached only by trav-
eling through extensive forests, and over

new and rough reads, and yet no break or
disappointment occurred in the arrangement
at any place. Bro. Hyde, we feel, is entitled
to much praise.

Early VVcdn(-sday morning. the 23d, we
hitched Old Jack to the buggy and started
for Grant township, where our first uieetii'ig
was to be held, some :55 miles di-taut; we
passed through some beautiful country, es-
pecially in the townsiiip- ofBlair and Grant.
where there are nia:.y fine farms, wli:v-.-
fields of waving corn and oats testified inim-
industry of the farmer and the fertility of th-.
soil.

VVe took dinner with Brother and Sister
Miner, members of Silver Lake Gran gs. who
have a fine faiiii of 200 acres. with good
buildings and everything convenient. Bro.
Min er has ove-r1(i0tons of bay of fine quail
t_\' in his barn, from which he expects to
realize quite a sum next winter.

\Ve arrived at our destination at about -1
1’. u., and after having taken tea at the
house of Mr. Cayton, a farmer in the neigh-
borhood, we repaired to the schoolhouse,
where the meeting was to be held. VVe
found an audience assembled of about 75
men, women and children, who seemed
in uch interested in the Grange movement,
and after a talk ofone hour acommittee was
appointed to work up the case with the view
of organizing a Grange, which I think will
be done at no late day.

Our next meeting was at Joyfield, Benzie
county, about 16 miles distant, twelve miles
of which lay through a dense hemlock for-
est, with only three houses on the whole
route. I think the person that named the
township of Joyfield must have traveled this
road, for I felt very much that way myself
when I arrived at the house of a Mr. John
son at 4 1’. M. Our meeting that evening
was at the "Old Log church,” which was
w ell filled, and among the number we were
glad to see the pleasant and familiar face of
Chaplain Steele, who had come 13 miles to
attend the meeting, and whose presence
and words of cheer added much to the occa-
sion. Great interest was manifested here,
and there is no doubt but there will be an
organization formed here in a short time.
It was left in the hands of a committee to
s ecure more names and arrange for organiz-
ing.

The next morning we started for Frank-
fort, the present home of Brother and Sister
Steele, where we arrived at about 1 P. M.,
when we found that Sister Steele had antici-
pated our coming, and that dinner was al-
most ready, which was no very unwelcome
news to us. \Ve helped clear off the table,
and after a pleasant chat we went out to
look around town. ~

Frankfort is a smart little town, and con»
tains an extensive iron furnace, saw mills,
etc., and affords employment for a large
number of laborers. It is situated on a fine
harbor, and when it gets a railroad so that
it won’t get froze in winters, it will be all
right.

We saw here a band of Indians, who are
said to get their living by fishing and hunt-
ing,but in this case quite a number work in
mills and on boats, and the squaws make
baskets, tend pappooses and look after the
household affairs generally. Take them al-
together they are not the most enterprising
people in Frankfort.

Our meeting was held in the church where
Bro. Steele preaches, and was not as well, at
tended as we expected, but there was a fair
audience and a very good feeling was mani-
fested toward the Grange.

We remained over night at Bro. Steelels,
and started again in the morning for Home-
stead, about sixteen miles distant, where we
arrived at Mr. Palmer'sjust in time for din-
ner; here we found one of the most earnest
seekers after Grange information that it has
been our lot to meet.

It was a mischievous colt who took the
opportunity while we were in at dinner to
examine the content of our grip sack, which
had been thoughtlessly left in the buggy.
He had. thoroughly masticated a few copies
of By-laws, bad chewed up a number of
Declarations of Purposes, and when discov-
ered was making way with the Ritual. Up-
on the whole, he had got outside of more
Grange documents than any one in Benzie
county in the same length of time.

Our meotingin the evening was held at a
church in the neighborhood, and was well
attended. Here 'is a fine location for a
Grange, and if anything can be assumed
from the sentiment of the people there will
soon be one started.

With this meeting our labors for the week
were completed, and as we were 25 miles
from home it became necessary for us to
travel that distance on the Sabbath, which
we did, and arrived at Bro. Hyde’s at noon,
well pleased with our work, the people with
whom'we had become acquainted, and with
Ben zie county.

As this letter is becoming somewhat
lengthy, a description of our work in Antrlm
county will be reserved for the next VISI-
TOR. JOHN Hommoox.

Lansing, Sept. 5, 1882.

At the State Fair.

Bro. Cobb.-—As the State fair is so near at
hand, and many Patrons will- doubtless at-
tend, we thought a. few hints derived from
our own experience might ‘prove a benefit.
Up early in the morning, we arrive early on
the grounds, and start at once for the hall of

tine arts, always the great center of at-
irzictioii. The line array of pictures attracts
. I . . .
our zitteiitioii, and furiiisliiiig oiirselves with
zicatzilogiie we pass rapidly but cur:-t'iill_\'
along tlicliiic. A few stand out from the
Iiiziss and of these we nizike El note, as (‘up-
peii (‘uttle says. in fzict we triiiisfei" tlii-in
to our niiiid, where we lnivc them yet. ll joy
fi>i'evei'—ll:igui"s wild, strziiigc beiiiity; an
<-xquisitc liailiy face; sonic ricli itlll(i.\'(,'ll}l€S—
and feeling we had exceeded our allotted
time, we turn 1l\\'2l_\'. ‘.~'upci'licial.' say you?
flriinted; but re1ii<.-niber the daiy was to be an
Ollzi 1’ode-ra of tlie lieaiitifiil and useful.

Home produi-ts next. zuid we see that our
sisters have solved the problcni oi‘ conibiiiiiig:
colors artistically, as we exziiniiie the lovely
J&ip1lll€S€ quilts and t:xble-sprczids of silk.
Soine rare specinieiis of inlaid flll'llli1lI‘(’C£lil
for :1 niomeiit's attention; also a cliasuble
presented Fiillier lluysc while in F.llI‘Hp(‘—il.
marvel of beauty and skill.

Visiting the f.irir. produr,-t._s ,:uid_ (‘1l1lI1(’(i
fruit, we find many new cxliiluts in ezicli.
Next comes :1 call to visit the stock._ For it
uioiueiit we liesitiite, not for luck of interest.
but the day is hot and the grzili-_s from that
(iil'('l‘tl()ll are not lll((' tliose of r\,l‘2lil_\' llic
blest,:iiid we have just cziuglit sight of a
wilderness of flowers. Finally, we compro-
niise by proniising to visit one stall or pen
of each variety, wliicli we did and returned
with at least some knowledge of the (litter-
(‘ll(.‘(-.’l.|t't\\'(‘(-..‘ll Holsteiiis, Devoiis, the wild
Gzillowziys, the Alderiieys, etc. Trv this plzin,
sisters mine, and as it result. you will have a
few clear ideas on the subject, instead of the
iisuzil conglomeration of il0()fSv8,.il(l horns.
trying vainly to locate tlieiii. Visit each de-
pai'tiueiit.iindpass along till you come to
some object of real interest. _

liit we are w:iriied_ b_v the length of this
article to close-,proiii1siiig it _we see iiiiytliiiig
at the coining fair of sutlicient value to _bc
nie-iitioned in your coliiiniis, to do so, with
Bro. (‘obb's leave. lil’.(>()l\'LYN.

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

Newaygo county Pomona Grange, No. 11,
will hold its next regular meeting with Cro-
ton Grange. No. 511, at “Oak Glove.” in the
township of Croton, October 10 and 11, com«
l1]eI1(‘illg on Tuesday, at 2 o’clock I‘. :u.,
when the following essays and topics for
discussion will be introduced in the regu-
lar cider of business in open Grange.

The railroad system of “free passes,” is it
brib-'vry—-and shall we vote for men who
hold and use them? L. Reinoldt.

Why should farmers be better educated?
Nels:-ii Smith.

VVhat system of farming is best calculated
to increase the fertility of our farms? Wm.
Hiiilllilfl and S V. Walker.

VV-(isles and mistakes in farming. T. H.
"tuart and T. Taylor.

Reudizig or gossip——wliich shall it be‘? Es-
say by Mrs. Lorica Dancer. .

Small farms vs. large farms. D. D. Hop-
pick and John Barnhard.

“Nothing but a farmer.” Essay by Mrs.
L. E. \Vriglit.

Clover as a fertilizer. N. McC-allum and
Andrew Flynn.

Which costs the farmer the most—igno-
rance or education? L. E. Wright.

M. W. SCOTT,
Lecturer 610 Grange.

Program for Hillsdale county Pomona
Grange, Sept. 30, 1882. The Grange will
open at 10 o'clock sharp with music by the
choir. Regular order of business.

Vvelcome address, Sister Griswold.

Essay, Sister Cliskner Allen.

Instrumental music by Bro. Willetts, and
Sister Nora F: e--iuan.

Recess.

Se‘:-ct reading: il_‘,7 Sisier Benedict.

A rehearsal by Sister Nettie Wells, Allen.

Essay, Bro., 1.. B. Agarizl.

Music, Bro. Willem.-, Sister Nora Free-
maii.

Dream, Bro. J. Wagner, Fayette.

Topic for discussion, VVhat is the duty of
the farmer in securing the nomination and
election of suitable men to oflice? open by
Bro. Benedict. R. W. FREEMAN,

Secretary.

The annual meeting of Lspeer Co. Po-
mosa Grange. No. 29, will be held with
Montgomery Grange, No. 549, in their hall
five mi:es north of Burnside, on Tuesday,
October 3, 1882. It is hoped that all fifth
degree members will be present. as there is
a large amount of business to be done.
The question of changing the annual meet-
ing from the first Tuesday in October to
some fixed time in January will be brought
up and decided at the coming meeting, to be
opened at 1 o’clock P. M. sharp.

J. W. SCHELL, Sec’y.

The next regular meeting of Ingham Co.
Pomona Gnange No 14., will be held in the
rooms of White Oak Grange, in the town-
ship of White Oak I-ngham Co. Friday Sep-
iember 22. 1882, commencing at 10:30 o’clock
A. M., sharp, to which all fourth degree
members of P. oi H. are invited.

At one o’clock, P. M., the meeting will be
open to the public, and addressed by Worthy
Master John Holbrook, to which the public
are cordially invited.

C. M. Woonnaru) See.
The next meeting of ihe Manistee District
Pomona Grange, No. 21, will be held at
Sherman on the First Tuesday in October,
commencing at two o’clock, P. M.
Cleon. Aug. 21, 1882. B. L. DEAN.

Hire English immigrants.

Upwards of 3,000 health", reliable young men,
among the best experieuc vl i':i.i-in laborers of eastern
England, willing to do any work of which they are
capable ; more than 1,000 honest, deserving young
English women, wishing to hire out as domestic
servants; also a number of English artisans and
merchants are desirous of obtaining employment in
Michigan. They will pay the cost of their own pas-
sage out, and can come next spring, or earlier.
Wages expected: men 810 to 315 per month with
hoard, women 84 to $8 with board.

To obtain a. circular giving full particulars, send
your address to B. J . Zudzeuse, State Agent, Michi-
gen, for Working-men's (Eug.) Emigration Society,
Cedar Springs, Kent Co.. Mich.

References: Mr. B J Zudzense has established for
himself an excellent reputation for honesty. and in-
legrity.

R. M. Monrcouaav, Circuit Judge.

Hon. H. PARMELEE, Rep. 3d dist.

Cedar Springs, Aug. 21, 1882. l5sep4t

ll iiiii ini .\ ciiiiixs.

THE SEPTEMBER REPORT OF THE
SECRETARY.

“fhcat Threshed Averages 1'7 2-3 Busliels
Per Acre—The Diunaged “Wreat-
Other (irains, Hay. Apples,
Etc.-Tlie stock Cen-
sus.

Lassrxc. Sept. 13.—lMich. Press.]——
Reports from threshing machines rc-
oeived by the secretary of the state and
published in the Michigan crop report
for September, show that in the south-
ern four tiers of counties, where nine
tenths of the crop is grown, the num-
ber of acres of wheat threshed is 105.-
610 or seven per cent of the en-
tire acreage. The yield is 1.865,.
000 bushels or an average of 179,,’
bushels per acre, or more than
one bushel less than estimate-d by cor-
respondents in August. As estimated
in August about one third of the crop
has been injured by the rain. The dam-
aged wheat that can be marketed at all
brings from 50 to 75 per cent of the
price of number one, but no inconsid-
erable amount is worthless except for
feed.

The cat. crop is one of the best ever
grown. The yield per acre as reported
by threshers is 31 bushels.

Corn, though very late, promises to be
an average crop.

The estimate for barlcv is 26 bushels
per acre.

Meadows and pastures and clover
sowed this year are in excellent condi-
tion.

Beef cattle and sheep are in better
flesh than on September 1. 1881.

Winter apples promise one half and
late peaches six-tenths of an average
crop.

Reports from ‘.280 elevators and mills
show that there were 939,433 bushels of
wheat marketed by iarmt-rs in July and
August. At one-third of the elevators
and mills reporting no wheat was mar-
keted in July.

The number of live stock six months
old and over in the state last spring is as
follows: Horses 318,731, milch cows
310,337, cattle other than milch cows
317.784, hogs 458,101. sheep 2,216,305.
Compared with 1881 there is an increase
in the number of horses, hogs and sheep
and a decrease in the number of cattle.

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1-‘arm Notes.

Texans count on a corn crop of 140.-
000.000 bushels this year.

Soil for radishes needs to be light and
rich. They can be grown from early
spring to late in the fall. They deserve
a wider cultivation.

Pot layered strawberry plants should
he set out soon if at all this fall. They
cost more than ordinary plants, but they
produce fruit sooner.

The apple crop in England and on the
continent will not be very abundat this
vear. This means that America will
have to supply a good foreign demand,

‘if she can.

The best yearly butter record was
made by a Jersey cow, Eurotiis. In a
little over 11 months she produced 7,525
pounds of milk, from which 778 pounds
of butter were made.

Eggs are a valuable food, not sulfi-
ciently appreciated by the farmer. One
pound of nice. fresh eggs is worth as
much» for food as about two pounds of
beef. ‘They are easily digested.

Farmers should not neglect the fiiirs
soon to be held. Exhibit your farm
products, exchange opinions, investi-
gate late improvements in farm ma-
chinery, and “fair time” will be enjoy-
able.

The melon worm is now enjoying it-
self in many a melon patch. It is of a
yellowish green color and about an inch
and a quarter long. Give it plenty of
pyrethrum, but it is not safe to use paris
green.

When potatoes are ripe and the tops
become dry they should be at once dug
and put into a cool collar. It is best
to put them in small bins. Great care
should be used in digging not to cut
or bruise the tubers, which hastens
decay.

Dahlia roots often decay during the
winter. Leave three or four inches of
the stalk on them, with the outer cov--
ering well scraped away. Make a small
opening at base of stalk, and they will
not decay; the water y deposit escapes.

It is said that that the oleomargarine
factories of New York have a producing
cam citv of 116,00U.000 pounds; the dairy
butter factories 11 ,000,000 pounds.
Must delicious creamery butter be sub-
planted by this uncertain mixture ?

American farmers do not value clover

hay as highly as the English do. Timo-
thy is considered much inferior to clover

by them, much superior by us. Clover ’

sells in England for about W per cent
more than timothy. Properly cured ii
is a valuable crop.

Now that harvest is over farmers
should give much attention to their far-
mers’ clubs and similar organizations.
There's a great deal to learn at an. proper-
lly and intelligently farmers’ meeting.

on’t look upon them as for the “fancy”
farmer only.

Many orchardists sav it is not best to
renew the orchard by planting in Young
trees where old ones have died and been
cut down. To a certain extent. the ele-
ments suited to growth in the apple
wood have been extracted from the ‘soil,
and insect enemies have found location
there.

The best way for everyone who under-
takes the culture of tobacco is to raise
his own plants to begin with. but they
will require much care and close atten-
tion. Soil must be kept moist, and no
weeds should be permitted in the bed.
Liquid manure, such as barnyard leach-
ings, will promote growth very much.
The plants should be started in a hot-
bed, though the ashes should be re-
moved occasiinally, to prevent scalding
or burning. Sometimes insects begin
their work when the plants are quite
young, but applications of soapsuds will
prevent their ravages.

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PERFECT TRUST.

M boat is on the open sea,
ich storms and tempest toss;
I know not of the ills to meet
Before I get across.

I do not know how long or short
The iitful voyage may be;

But patient I’ll abide His time
Who built the boat for me.

"Dis full manned in every part-
Hope is the anchor fair,
The compass that it has is faith,
And every oar is prayer.

Sometimes I see the breakers nigh,
The OCLBJJ madly roars,

But all I do is simply this,
Bend closer to the oars!

At times the waves run mountain high,
And threaten me to strand,

I fear not, for He holds them in
The hollow of His handl

The fog at times obscures my course,
I see the way but dim,

But -well I know I cannot drift
Beyond the sight of Him.

I know not where the shoals may lie,
Nor where the Whirlpools be;

It is enough, dear Lord, to feel
That they are known to thee!

And thus content I glide along,
If either slow or fast,

Well knowing He will bring my boat
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Wheat, Apples and Potatoes.

Orrrcn on THE BUSINESS AGENCY,
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, }
DETROIT, AUG. 31, 1882.

To the Editor of the Grange Visitor :——The
data being approximately complete as to the
yield of wheat in the United States, together
with the probable needs of Europe for the
great staple, we can now, based on the ex-
perience of past years, come to a reasonably
accurate opinion as to the price wheat will
bring provided it is marketed in the same

‘proportion as to time, as in former years.

It does not follow because we will havea
large surplus for export, that the price
should be very low. The efforts of some in
certain localities, to influence prices for a
decline, basing their arguments on the large
crop, is erroneous. The methods employed
for determining the quantity of the crops of
former years gives for this year’s crop 57 ,-
000,000 to 600,000,000 bushels. The crop of
1880 was about 520,000,000 bushels, and yet
the average export price was $1.12 per bush-
el. It must also be borne in mind that the
crops carried over from last year were ex-
ceptionally light. The crop raised in 1881
was 111,000,000 bushels less than in 1880, yet
we exported but 62,000,000 bushels less than
the year previous. The amount of last year’s
crop available for home consumption was
only 291,000,000 bushels; which estimates
the consumption at the rate of six bushels
per head of population,or 318,000,000 bushels
would draw on previous year’s crop 27,000,-
000 to make up the deficiencies. The stocks
carried over for this year’s quantity, must,
therefore, be very light. Assuming the

crop to be 570,000,000, the lower figure in the

estimate, and that 55,000,000 of population
will require six bushels per head, or 330,000,-
000 bushels, we should have out of the pres-
ent crop 2-10,000,000 bushels for export and
stocks to be carried over. If the export were
equal to the average of late years, and the
indications are that they will be in excess,
We should have a stock in July, 1883, no
larger than that held at the close of the year
above instanced, when the export price of
wheat averaged $1.12. I think, therefore,
that I am fully justified in assuming that
the prospect for the farmer is very favorable,
when we take into the account the large
surplus he will have to sell.

I wish to say to all those who will market
their wheat early, or at any other time, that
the Detroit market is equal to many. and
better than some. Our facilities having been
very largely increased for storing and hand-
ling large quantities of grain, there will be
no danger that our market will be glutted,
and if Patrons will ship me their wheat in
car lots, I can obtain for them the; highest
market price on day of arrival, and further,
I can with unquestionable certainty assure
them that they will realize much more for
their product than they can obtain by selling
to the local dealer, who must be certain of
his profit, and he naturally figures handsome
profits on his side of the ledger account than
on that of his customers.

In the early part of the season it was very

generally understood that there was to be a
large crop of apples all over the country,
but subsequent conditions have very materi-
ally altered this view of the situation. In
the apple district of the state of New York
there will not be a one-quarter crop, and
the same may be said of all the Middle,
Eastern and Southern States, while the
Northwestern and Western States a half
crop is a liberal estimate. Now what should
the farmer do under these circumstances‘?
My opinion is very largely based on the
value of evaporated fruit, of the best quality,
and therefore would recommend that if the
farmer cannot get for his ripe apples of sound
and even size, a net price of fifty cents per
bushel, he had better evaporate them, make
jelly from the parings and cores, and receive
a net price of sixty cents per bushel. There
does not exist a single or complicated reason
why farmers should sell their apples for less
than what I have stated, and all who do
otherwise are not worthy to be considered
as belonging to the thrifty and enterprising
class. Packers for this market, and so far
as my investigations have gone Detroit is at
least 10 per cent higher than Chicago or To-
ledo, should not allow themselves to place
on top of the barrel fruit of a better quality
than the whole barrel will average. “Hon-
esty,” in this respect, “is always the best
policy,” as in all other human relations. I
have not sold up to this date first quality
English Red Streaks, or Red Astrachans
for less than $3 per barrel, and prime fruit
will bring that price in this market.

I will have only a word to say this time
on the potato question, but will enter more
fully into the subject at some subsequent
time. I will say this, that farmers are mak-
ing a great mistake in forcing their early
potatoes in the market and forcing down
prices. Late potatoes of good quality are
sure to command good prices, and as this
communication has lengthened itselfbeyond
what was intended, I will defer an expla-
nation of my reasons for this theory for a fu-
ture issue of your valuable paper.
Respectfully yours,

Geo. W. HILL.

 

In the Mountains of Utah.

BY F. HODGMAN.

It was the 1st of May, 1881, that I came
once more to the Price River, at the point
where our party had first begun work on the
location of the line for the new railroad ov-
er a month before. Then our party and a
few scattering shepherds were the only peo-
ple in all that country for miles around.
Now it was alive with men. Major Hurd,
the resident engineer in charge of all the
work from the Wasatch Mountains to C01-
orado, had his camp on the spot where our
tents had stood, while down the river at the
crossing of the line, a large number of con-
tractors with nearly 500 men were on the
ground waiting impatiently for work. They
had been out over the proposed rout of the
railroad a month before‘ with the chief en-
gineer and had taken each one so many
miles of road to grade during the summer.
These were to be assigned them one or more
miles in a place wherever the resident en-‘
gineer saw fit to place them. They were on
hand now with their men waiting for work
and no work ready.

I was given a tent, a transit, a level, a
hatchet, a tape and a Dutchman and told to
go and lay out work and boss the business.
I had no provisions, no cook, no stationery-
a big job on my.hands and insufllcient help.
In place of the lacking articles I had some
magnificent promises of what I was to have
when supplies could be got to me. In the
meantime I must board with the contractors
and get help of them to assist in laying out
the work. They were for the most part
Danes and all Mormons. Each contractor
was assigned a mile or half mile of work and
moved immediately to the ground and fixed
up their camps. I pitched my tent near one
named J acobsen with whom I was to take

my meals.

The ground was now very dry and soon
was covered with a layer of fine penetrating
dust wherever it was traveled that covered
and got into everything. J acobsens people
went to the foothills with their teams and
brought flat slabs of stone with which they
made a floor. Stakes were driven into the
ground and boards laid upon them for tables.
The valley was scoured for little cotton woods
which were stood upon end in the ground
and covered with brush, making a sort of
bower for a dining room. There were t_wo
young women in the party who did the cook
ink for the crowd and were not very good,
either. This was a ‘co‘op.’ outfit. Every
man furnished his own team andtools, bore
his share of the expenses and shared the
profits or loss. Each one had a covered
wagon in which he rolled up in his blankets
and slept at night. The girls were supposed
to have a wagon to themselves, but they were
in no great danger from wild animals. The
men were a lively set and soon had the dirt
rapidly piling up on the grade. At night
they made the air ring again with their
songs and music.

The snow was now melting off from the
mountains and the river raising rapidly. All
night long we would hear the boom, boom,
boom of the falling earth as it tumbled into
the river in great lumps of tons in weight
as the rushing torrent undermined it. The
banks of the stream had been lined with the
carcasses of dead cattle and sheep which
had perished in the preceding hard winter.
It had been a terrible trial to usto haveto go
to the river for the water we used, and knew
that only a few rods away adead animal was
rotting in the margin of the waters and no
escape from it. But now the rising torrent
swept them all away toward the ocean, and
we could go and get ' our pail of water
from the stream with the consolation of
knowing that it contained no soakings of
putrefying carcasses and not more that half
its bulk of river mud. This last was easily
disposed of. Cactus plants were planted all
around and a single leaf cut in two and put
in the pail would carry all the sediment to
the bottom and leave the water clear and
pure in a few minutes. The thick viscid
juice which exuded from the leaf caught ev-
ry particle of the sediment and held it togeth-
er in the bottom of the pail. The water as it
came from the river was as cold as one would
wish to drink, unpleasantly so near the
mountain, but getting warmer the farther it
flowed.

J acobson’s party numbered about fifty
young and middle aged men who worked as
I said before on the co-operative plan, he
being chosen by common consent as the
leader and boss. When I first sat down to
a meal at his table I was surprised to hear
him call on one of the men to ask a bless-
ing, which was done without any hesita-
tion; and I learned that this party never
partook of a meal without some one of the
number first asking the Divine blessing.
The food consisted of bread, bacon, beans,
rice and dried apples. This latter they al-
ways spoke of as fruit. VVhen I would
have called for apple sauce, they asked for
the fruit. When provisions got low as they
sometimes would, it was not uncommon for
them to live on bread and dried apples.
Their teams were mostly of horses, though
there werea few mules in the outfit. The
horses were hardy, wiry animals of about
ten hundred pounds weight and were hard
worked and well cared for. They always
looked ingood condition. This party per-
mitted no swearing. They understood their
business and it is perhaps needless to add
earned more money per capita than an
other outfit on the line. -

They were exceptional men especially in
the matter of swearing. Mormons are pe-
culiar about that. We soon learned that if
we wanted to find whether or not a man
wasa Mormon, We had only to wait till we
heard him swear. If he said “by hell” we
had a sure thing of it, for that is their stan-
dard oath and the recognized test. “Son of
a ” is a great favorite with them as
an expletive. One day a whirlwind came
along and as the cook of one of the parties
related the matter: “The son of a b —-h of
a whirlwind came into his tent and raised
h—l and turned round and went out again."
Another party had a cow with them to fur-
nish milk but as her owner said "the son of
a b——h of a cow ran ofi‘ and they had to
do without.”

I had been ‘eugagedonly three days on
construction of the road at this point when
I was astonished to see Davis’ entire party,
whom I supposed to be locating line a score
of miles away, coming into Major Hurd’s
camp. That night I got orders to abandon
the work at that place and take all the con-
tractors and men up the river about eight
miles, where a new line would be started as
soon as the surveying parties could locate it.

The next day I was there and found the
Chief Engineer on the ground and two 10-
cating parties at work running from the
river in opposite directions. A twelve mile
division extending from the river, crossing

up the river several miles into the Price
Canon of the Wasatch mountains, was as-
signed to my charge and the men once more
assigned their work.

 

THE Missouri legislature has passed a bill
forbidding the sale or manufacture in the
State of any imitation butter. no matter
whether represented to be genuine or not.
The oleomargarine makers made a test case,
but the court of appeals decided that the law
was constitutional.

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The American Farmer.
Written by D. A. Miller, and read before Burr Oak

Grange.

The ancient and much honored occupa-
tion of farming has wielded a powerful in-
fluence over the refinement and civiliza-
tion of man. The advancement and im-
provement made upon this branch of indus-
try have greatly increased the happiness
and bettered the condition of the human
race. In the ancient and superstitious
ages of the world, before man was ac-
quainted with the naturejof the evil and its
producing power, it was believed that fam-
ines were sent by the direct will of the Su-
preme power to punish men for disobedient
conduct. But as the race has advanced in
civilization, reason and experience have
taken the place of those superstitious and
dogmatic ideas. Since the fact has been
established that it is within human power
to improve the producing power of the soil;
since by a chemical analysis we are able to
know what proportion of the soil has be-
come exhausted and what fertilizer should
be applied to reproduce these exhausted
properties, it is found to be nearly within
human power to avoid those seasons of hu-
man misery, suffering and starvation that
were so common to the people of ancient
times.

By comparing the. ancient and modern
customs of farming, it can easily be seen
that there have been wonderful improve-
ments made upon this branch of industry,
and that these have been the great agents
for supplying the wants and luxuries of
man, and increasing his happiness in gen-
eral. Now by observing the source from
whence we derive our food and clothing,
we can see that the tillers of the soil con-
stitute the most important element of the
human race. We can conceive of any
other branch of industry as being paralyzed
and still the products of the soil might
sustain the existence of man until this
branch could be replaced; but if the tillers
of the soil should be removed how soon the
ghastly form of famine would make his ap-
pearance and either sweep from the face of
theearth all civilized man, or place him
back in those barbarous ages of the past!

Now, since this is an agricultural country
and our prosperity at home and our com-
merce abroad depends upon the success of
the farmer and the products of the soil,
why should not the American farmer enjoy
every advantage that can be afforded by leg-
islation; and why should he not be repre-
sented in the legislature by men from his
own occupation or by men whose interests
are in harmony with his‘? No one will deny
that it is an attribute of the human mind
for man to work for his own interest; and no
one will deny him this privilege so long as
it does not interfere with the interest of the
community. But when this privilege has
been exercised by shrewd men until their
accumulated Wealth and power become
dangerous to the country, it is the right and
duty of the citizens to organize themselves
against the encroaching power of those
classes. Now since it is so natural for man
to work for his own interest, we can reason-
ably believe that whatever class of men are
called to make the laws will make those that
are favorable to themselves. Then exclude
from the legislature all producing men, or
men whose interests are with the producer,
and put in their place lawyers, bankers,
bondholders, and agents of monopolies, and
see what class of men will be favored by
legislation. This is the class of men that
has made our laws since the close of the
civil war, and what results can be expected
from their legislation? Why the same re-
sults that are obtained: namely, class legis-
lation, laws favoring monopolies of every
kind. All that is necessary to prove this is
to refer to the rapid growth of monopolies,
the creation of millionaires and paupers,
and the rapid development of aristocratic
principles in this country.

Now, as there is no reason why men
should not work to their own advantage
as these shrewd men have done, there is no
reason why the laboring men of this coun-
try should not organize to defend them-
selves against the encroaching power of cap-
ital, and in this way secure the enactment
of such laws as will protect their interest
and restrict the power of monopolies.

All the evils with which the farmers have
to contendhave been talked over among
themselves and have been discussed in the
columns of the farm journals. They all
admit that they are made the common prey
to all the rings and monopolies of the coun-
try, and the suffering victims of class legis-
lation. Now plans have been adopted by
the producing men to protect their indus-
tries. They haveifilled the legislative halls
with men hostile to their interest,‘ they
have sent petitions to these men by the
thousand and almost by the million, asking
relief; they have sent committees to counsel
and advise them, begging and praying for
favors. Their petitions have been trampled
upon; their committees have been boldly
turned away, their prayer and requests dis-
regarded; their representatives have used
their influence in favor of gigantic corpora-
tions by whom they were bribed, thus leav-
ing the honest toilingproducer a victim to all
the unjust laws that can be devised by the
perverted ingenuity of man. This is the
plan that has been adopted and is it a good
one? Is it justice that one class of men

 

should be legally protected in satisfying
their gold loving disposition at the expense
of the honest producer? No, the very under-
lying principle of our free institutions is
“That all men are created equal,” then all
men should be equally protected by the laws.
Is it easier to electthieves and then petition
them to be honest than to elect honest men
tbatneed no petitioning? No! it is no easier,
but the farmer and laboring men do not
make use of those powers which lie in their
hands or they would never suffer those
things to be done. ,-

Then the fact is that if the farmers have
the backbone to feed and maintain our na-
tion they have not the backbone to stand
firmly, demand and exercise their rights.
If things continue in this way the time is
not far distant when the American farmer
will be but little better than English and
Irish tenants, for

“A time there was ’ere England's grief began,

When every road of ground maintained its man.
For him light labor spread her wholesome store,
Just gave what life required but gave no more.”

All that is necessary to establish a sys-
tem of tenant farming in this country, is
for the farmer to remain blind to his own
interest; to listen to the brawling politi-
cian who either tries to stir up sectional
prejudice, or tries to make believe that men
are not capable of making laws unless they
are skilled in that knavery, treachery and
rope pulling which are so common to most
politicians. This will soon place the labor-
ing classes in our country on equal footing
with the laboring classes of Europe. Then
we can bid farewell to those liberties that
were purchased by the blood of our revolu-
tlonary ancestors, then we can look back at
that long and bloody conflict that lifted from
the shoulders of our sires the yoke of En-
ropean servitude, as being of no avail. Then,
our independence of living, our domestic
happiness, and our honorable occupation
will be things only of the past, for when
this change has taken place it has taken
place forever: for

"Ill fares the land to hastening ills a. prey,

Where wealth accumulates and men decay.

Princes and lords may flourish and may fade,

A breath can make them as a breath has made.

But a bold peasantry, a oountry’s pride

VVheu once destroyed can never be supplied."

The aristocratic elements of our country
and the agents of the money power may de-
ny that the people have any cause of com-
plaint, but what can be expected from men
who are trying to grow rich at the expense
of the community. After the French peo-
ple had for eight long centuries been op-
pressed by an evil and unwise government,
after the people had been reduced to pan-
perism, the nobility still proclaimed that
the people had no grounds for complaint.
And so with Ireland; she ha.s borne oppres-
sion until she can bear it no longer; her cit-
izens are reduced to want, wretchedness
and misery; she is driven into a state of
open rebellion, and still the nobility and
the aristocracy proclaim that she has no
grounds for (!K)lnpl.|ll.lt.

Professor W’. J. Beal mentions in The
Rural New Yorker,that a person with poor
Soil and a poorer tillage had tomatoes 9. fort-
night ahead of more thrifty neighbors who,
on richer -land and with heavy manuring,
produceda luxuriant growth of plants and
later ripening of the fruit.

 

ALL farmers who from foolish prejudice
against secret associations will not join a
Grange, should unite themselves in some
agricultural association for their own good.
There is nothing like social intercourse and
an interchange of experiences and views
concerning your following. Co-operation
means success, and union means strength.

 

Mus. R. K. SEIG, New Salem, M:tss., gives
The Ohio Farmer the surprising information
that from 370 eggs placed in one of Brairfs
“Common-sense ncubutors," she got two
chickens, at a cost of $61.27, to say nothing
of her time and the hired man's three weeks
board. The wonder is that the machine
hatched anything at all. .

 

MANY New York friends of Col. J. H.
Brigham. Master of the Ohio State Grange,
will be glad to learn that he has received the
nomination for Representative in Congress,
in a district newly constituted under an a -
port-ionment that seems to make the fie d
doubtful, although the chances favor Re-
publicans. Col. Brigham’s great popularity
due to his known integrity and fitness for
the high position will be reasonably sure to
secure his election.

 

SOCIETY NEWS: The Czar will pass the
Summer in the cellar. The Scoville family
will pass the season in quarreling. James
Gordon Bennett will keep as'far away from
the North Pole as possible. The Government
will pass the Summer and a considerable part
of the winter in trying to try the Star routers
I-Iubbell will pass the Summer in assessin
Government employes; who don’t pay up wil
pass in their resignations. A large num er of
playwrights will pass the Summer in writing
the great American cornedy.—Boeton Tran-
script. '

 

AUSTRIAN WOMEN.—It is said that there
are no ladies in the_world so capable of doing
many things and doing them well, as the Aus-
trian ladies. A_n Austrian lady of hi hbirth
who cannot swim,_ or does not know ow to
ride a horse_well,‘1s an exception. N medle-
work of every kllld, even to the makin of
lace, is a part of every girl’s education. er
pledestrian accomplishments are noticeable.

er efforts of memory are another source of
wonder to us. As linguists they are famous.
It is only among the nobility and higher
classes that one finds these accomplishments.
The burghers’ daughters will not condescend
to the learning of dressmaking and cooking,
which the titled lady can do wi hout thou ht
of its reflecting on her social ositions. ' he
higher the position abroad t e more simple
the attire in public.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 1882

G:IJ1’1.*e5]Ifl1Ill2II1$t-

Coldwater Grange, No 137.

lVoi-tliy Brother Cobb .-— Enclosed please
find quarterly report for (‘oldwater (ii'aiige,
L0. 137, and money order for six dolliu-5 um}
eighty-eight cents, the fees and dues of the
quarter. You will I know pardon my sec’-ining
neglect ofduty as Secretary when I tell you
that we have been using all the money we
could raise in building us a ball. so the State
Grange has had to wait a little for its dues.

Our Grange is in a prosllerous condition.
\Ve are building a hall 2.3xl30,aftei' a very pretty
design of architecture, situated on an acre of
land we purcliased two years ago. We will
have plenty of room for sheds. Tlie'ha1l is one
story, with high basement. We held our
harvest feast last Tuesday evening had an
immense crowd. Our Grange is in a pros-
peous condition and we ar very hopeful of the
future. E. A. II., Sec’y.

Hillsdale County Convention.

Bro Cobb.--—Please give notice in the
GRANGE Visrron that the committee appoiii-
ted to provide a place of meeting for the
County Convention to elect representatives
to the State Grange on the first Tuesday of
October have secured the use of the Court
house at Hillsd-ale.

Fraternally yours,
WiLL.~.P.ii Ricri.u:n,
Master, Fayette, Grange, No. 251.

Free Pass Bribery.

In accordance with request in the Visiroii
of Aug. 15 in regard to action on the pream-
ble and resolution adopted by Kalamazoo
County Grange, I am instructed to report as
follows:

At a regular meeting of Home Grange, ‘So.
188, held Aug. 19, 1’ss'2. the following preamble
and resolutions were after due consideration
adopted: .

Wiir:uEAs, The Kalamazoo (founty Grange
have adopted, published, and requested other
like bodies, also the Subordinate Granges of
the state to adopt the preamble and resolu-
tions of that body or other action thereto,
relative to the corrupt practice of the judi-
cial, legislative and other servants (‘not inas-
ters) o the people in accepting and using free
rail road passes during and after their re-
spective terms of otlice; therefore

Resolved, As members of Home Grange,
N o. 1.~’s', we accept and adopt as our own the
preamble and resolutions referred to. and

Resolred, further, That in view of the un-
seen influence exerted by powerful corpora-
tions wlio claim iinuiunity from iiiterfeieiice
by legislation of both State and national
legislatures, and corrupt attempts to bribe
the courts, we pledge ourselves not to aid or
vote for any man who will not publicly place
himself on record, if elected to congress, or
the State legislature to iiitrotluce a bill or
support an act to final passage of which the
penalty shall be to punish the uses of free
passes in a tlegi'ee co1ninensui‘ate with the
enormity of the offense. These practices if
longer tolerated will surely undermine the
liberties, riglits, and property of the individ-
ual, and ultimately build up b_v dangerous
special laws 21 monied Ull_L,":tl‘t'll}’ more oppres-
sive and odious than the titled a1'istoci':icy of
the old world.

Resolved, That this preamble and resolu-
tioiis be sent to the Vi.-‘iroi: for publication
and also to the local press. the o1'gaii of the
Anti-inonopoly League. and the lVc.s-m-n
Rural. SICVY. (lraiige No. 155.

Coloina, August 21, 188;‘.

Bro. Cobb .-— Inclosed please find resolu-
tion of Capital Grange in regard to the free
pass system. Wi1EiiE.\s, We, the inenibers of
Capital Grange, are aware that bribe taking
by public oflicials is a crime and that we look
upon the free pass system as such and should
be frowned down and repressed; therefore,

Resolved, That we, the ineinbers of Caiptol
Grange. heartily endorse and concur, in the
preamble and resolutions as adopted by
Kalamazoo County Grange; and be it further

Resolved, That the foregoing resolution ap-
ply to State ofiicials as well.

Resolved, That a copy of the above be
sent to the GRANGE Yisiron.

E. B. 1\'1oiioLs, Secretary.

Lansing, Aug. 26, 1882.

Bro. (7obb.—Griswold Grange, lfo. 564, at
its last meeting adopted a resolution pledg-
ing its voting members not to support by
ballot or otherwise any man for otiice who
accepts free passes from railroad Com-
panies. J. C. DECoi7, Secy.

Cedar Springs, August 31, 1832.

Bro. Cobb .-—'1‘he Preamble and resolution
adopted by the Kalamazoo County Pomona
Grange in relation to free passes to legislative
and judicial otiicers were presented to Grange
No 229 last evening and after discusion were
adopted.

PETER WIL-Lsoiv Sec.

Duck Lake, Aug. 27, 1832.

J. T. Cobb.-—At a session of Springville
Grange held the 2nd iiist.the resolution of the
Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange was adop-
ted as the sentiment of said Grange and
we hope to see a through canvass ‘in regard
to the matter of passes.

J. E. GIBBS, See.

A curious incident illustrating the slow
progress of le 'slation of rivate claims, oc-
curred Satur ay. Philip eich, aged 82, came
here on a visit, and found congress wrestling
rim “m%.‘““ "“‘..::. “;f"§:..‘;°.i‘§‘.l‘l‘i.‘;i3§

11 ere over y - ,
tllildegpailiglfsvvar claim of R. K.Meade, father
of General Meade, of Gettysburg fame.

TEE

The Railway Problem Condensed. No. 3

From the Farm and Fireside, Baltimore.

To determine whether the government
shall exercises. supervision over reilroads
we shoultlconsitler, how they ought 6.0 be con-
ducted, how they are conducted, whether
legislation will correct the evils, and wheth-
er our Government has the physical power
to exert its authority. This last is a perti-
nent inquiry. becau-e many thoughtful men
believe that these corporations are stronger
than the legislature.

Every one, outside the railway circle, will
accept the following propositions: ll ) Each
citizen ShUlll(l_b€ equal as regards the use of
railroads. A turnpike company never dis-
criminates between iieighbors. (:3 ) The
charge should be measured by the cost of
the service rendered. A turnpike company
never changes the rate becaiuse the traveller
is under duress. ,2.’ ) The charge should
diminish as the volume of trade increases.
The rates on the Brooklyn ferry, which were
very reasonable while New York was a vil-
lage, would not be tolerated by the present
line of travel. (4 ) The managers should not
meddle with economic problems. The pres-
ident of a turnpike may advise the farmer to
plant corn instead of wheat, but he must not
enforse his advice by raising the toll on
wheat and reducing it on corn.

It is notorious that each of these primary
principles are violated in the most flagrant
manner every day, and we cannot overstate
the damage that is being done to the general
welfare. There are sanitary laws imperative
upon every constitution. however robust.
and so it is with our railroads; this country
is being rushed forward by a new process of
transportation and seems able to defy these
elementary principles of political economy,
but it is mathematically certain that the
strongest man must pay the penalty if he
disregards the rules of health. The truth,
is our people are so accustomed to the illegal
practices of these corporations that they do
not realize the extent to which the progress
of this country is weighted by the unlawful
conduct of the men to whom we have surren-
dered our highways. We contrast the loco-
motive with a yoke of oxen whereas we
should compare a railroad conducted accord-
ing to correct principles with the present
system of management. The question is,
not how well are we doing but how much
better would we do if our railroads were
properly conducted ?

It will be remembered that instead of the
rate being determined by the cost of the ser-
vice. the rule is, “to make the charge as high
as the tratflc will bear.” Our present system
is based on this radically wrong theory and
the consequence is, the tarifl‘ is in constant
fluctuation and the practice of special rates
is almost universal. Not only so, but it is
common "knowledge that the railway mana-
gers use their power over our internal com-
merce to build up or to break down any indi-
vidual or any community they may wish to
favor or to ‘ruin. These facts are generally
known but the people do not comprehend
that a cancer of the most malignant type is
eating at the Vitals of the body politic, and
we propose to confront the public with the
extraordinary state of affairs now existing.

The sagacious merchant of to day takes
intobusiness calculation the risk of being
charged without warning and without rea-
son. No amount of experience or judgment
can estimate the margin of profit that will
cover the fluctuations in the price he must
pay for the privilege of using the highways
ofhis country. This uncertainty as to the
terms upon which 9. merchant will be per-
mitted to use the public roads not only hin-
ders enterprise but debauclies trade. A
packer in Louisville wishes to ship to Balti
more 1,000 barrels of pork ; the present
freight is $1 per barrel; before he fixes the
price he petitions the railroad manag.‘-r for a
special rate; if it is refused his shipment
becomes a inert-2 speculation-, because he must
take the chance of the rates being reduced
before his goods can be delivered. This
packer does not complain since the govern-
ment offers no protection, he can no more
resist the decrees of the railway autocrat
than the Russian peasant the ukase of the
Czar-—in one case resistance means Siberia,
and in the other case ostracism from the
necessary facilities of transportation. He
dares not complain, because if he incurs the
hostility of the corporation his business will
be wrecked, a special and secret rate will be
given to a competing merchant, and bank-
ruptcy becomes inevitatble. Hence this
packer becomes obsequious, fawning, and
humble to the manager; his manhood is
undermined, and his self-respect is wound-
ed. his personal independence is broken and
subdued, while on the other hand the rail-
road ofiicial assumes the lofty bearing of the
ruler while the passive subjects‘ utter no
complaint. Those who have not considered
this phase of the railroad problem do not
recognize the change that is being wrought
in the structure of our commercial circles.
The present system breeds 9. miasma fatal to
the moral tone of business enterprise, be-
cause men of sensibility who will not truck-
le for favors are driven out of the employ-
ments of legitimate trade.

A few practical illustrations will bring
this matter home to the people. During the
year of 1877 two business houses in New
York controlled the entire grain market of
that city, which largely exceeded 100,000,000
bushels. A single paragraph from the testi-
mony before the Hepburn Committee tells
the whole story :-

“How did these two houses control the
trade?”

"Because they had from 2;} to 5 cents low-
er freight from the West than the other
houses could get, which shut the other
houses out of the Western markets.”

When we remember,that5 cents a hundred
is 3 cents a. bushel, and that an‘ assured mar
gin of a single cent on a bushel of wheat will
effectually barricade the highway against
every rival merchant we readily understand
the secret of those colossal private fortunes
which are suddenly accumulated by the
men who have possession of the highways of
this country.

The‘ rates of transportation from the
northwest to the Atlantic seaboard are
under the personal control of only four men
who, to say the least are amenable to the
frailties of human nature, and the question
is whether they should have the power to
“ shut the other houses out of the market.”

We will continue these illustrations.

' J. M. MASON.

 

Finally, as I have often said, there is no
beehive or beehive attachment that the best
beekeepers of the country use that is patent-
ed. So keepers should turn a cautious heel
on every vender of patents.—-Professor A. J.
Cook.

GEANGE VISITOR.

An Art and lnduslral Exhibition In the Capitol at
. Washington.
Under the rzuspiccs of the Sor.-ietg/ of (hr, Ar-
my of the (,‘«.I.2/zberla/2d.jor l/ix:/.c'nr:_/it
of the (r‘(ri;7'ic/d Jlo/m/m;nl1~'und.

[By request of II. C. L'oi‘bii1.Ass‘t. Adjutant
General I'. .5. A. we give the followiiiua place
in this paper.-lCiv.]

The Iioard of l)i1‘«-‘ction. 4'|)llllllISt‘Il of sonic
of the most pl‘uI11lll<*ill inuncs in public life,
including‘ ineinbers of the .\uprenie Court.
»\.'eiiators. Meiiibers of Foiigress, A l'lll_\ and
.\'av_v oliiccrs of high rank. aiul the lust citi-
zens of \\'asliington, seiul the followiiig to
the press:

A I\'ational Bazazir, Art, and lnilustral Ex-
position will be held in the rotunda and ad-
jacent halls of the .\'ational Capitol at Wash-
ington, I). C., XLI\'i’llllJf%l'23lll to 1)»-r-ciiilu-i':}il,
(inclusive), l.~'.~‘;£. as authorized by joint reso-
lution of the .\,'ciiatc and House of llepresei1-
tatives, August 7. lsszz. The object of this
uudertakiiig is to raise funds with which to
erect a statue in this city to the ineinory of
General James A. Garfield, late President of
the United States, which work is ill the hands
of a committee of the Society of the Ariny of
the Cumberland, who have alreiidy collected
for this purpose some twenty thousand dol-
lars, and expect, with the results of the expo-
sition, to have a suliicient suin with which to
erect a work befitting the great name it is
proposed to comineinorate.

The art exhibition will be under the direct-
ion of the leading artists resident in Washing-
ton. It is hoped that artists throughout the
cntire country, professional and amateurs, will
aid the work by contributing some one work
——as a gift to the fund—to be sold for its ben-
efit, and be willing to exhibit others. under
such rules and regulations as may be determ-
ined by the lioard of Direction. All persons
desiring to contribute in any way to this great
work are cordially invited to do so, and to
proceed in such manner as their judgment
may dictate.

Contributions from the ladies in the way
of needle and fancy work are especially invited
and anticipated as one of the more prominent.
features of the exposition.

To manufacturers this I-Exhibition offers
opportunities second only to the hentennial
Exposition. Occurring on the eve of the as-
sembling of Congress, and at the season of
the year when all the foreign i'epresentatives
are at their legations, every exhibit will have
the attention, not only of our own represen-
tatives, biit of the representatives of all the
civilized nations, as well as the representa-
tives of the press, who will gladly make full
mention of the worthy exhibits; this, with
the fact that each donation or exhibit con-
tributes so much to the work that must coin-
meiid itself to every patriotic citizen. All
exhibits will bear the name of artist, inaiui-
facturer, etc., and will remain in place until
the close of the exposition. Arrangeinents
for transportation of exhibits are being made,
and details will be given on application to the
Board of Direction, rooms ‘J0 to 06, libbitt
House, Washington, I). C.

Barbed Wire Fence.

The great value of the fence comes from
gettiiig a perfect strain on the wire; thesnug-
gei‘ strainetl the better, for there is no ll:lll,‘_"(-‘I’
of the cable wires breaking by contraction.

and while a well-st1".iined wirc would
stop animals, :1 slack one would allow
them to push through without injury. The

stringing of zoo rods this season has tziiiglit
me that an cnd post ncctls to be set very
firmly, to be of extra size and lcngtli, and so
well braced that there can be no possilde
chance for it to be pulled over. The post had
best be set three and a half feet. and the first
post ten feet distant from it. so that it may
serve for a "foot" for the l)l'1l(.'t‘. In cai'1'.“in_‘.£
wireovcrtlie“ups and downs"ol' the l£tl1(l.ll is
disposed to “ruii," and the l'cn(-eciiii be inzulc
inucli sti'oii,:ci', and also glizml against this,
by setting every tenth post three feet, and
taniping it wi_tli small stones so as to hold it
secure. Then in crossiiig hollows, the ten-
dency of the wire is to “lift," so that in the
lowest places extra care should be taken and
set one or more posts very deep and secure,
so they cannot be affected by the contraction
of the wire. Always use the galvanized wire.
Its costs only one cent per pound more than the
painted, which last is in reality no protection
to the metal, for it soon peels off, and then to
save the wire from rust, it has to be painted,
and those only who have painted a barbed
wire fence can enter into the spirit of a recital.
If the amount of fence to be erected is of any
ina nitude, one of the many cheap sorts of
pulleys, costing 951.50, had best be purchased
to tighten the wire, as it can then be expediti-
ously, and exactly as desired. In building
the fence, the driving of a few extra staples
will add much to the security. When stap-
ling the wire to the “tentli" post, use two sta-
ples, one on each sideof thebarb. This will
keep the wire from running, and then if from
any case the wire gets broken, it will save
the whole length of wire from “slacking up,"
and by taking the “little Samson" the two
ends can be quickly united without the troub-
le of pulling the whole length of the fence.
--0ount~r,y Gem.

PLOwI\‘c- corn is a science! It was only a
year ago that a young man reared in one of
the Eastern States come to Illinois; he had
graduated between the plow handles, had
raked hay with hand rake after the grass-
hoppers had nibbled it badly, had swung a
scythe, rocked a grain cradle up and down the
hills and over the stones, and had handled a
one-horse plow dexterously in more than one
small corn patch, but had never seen a doub-
le shovel, a sulky cultivator, or any of the :32
modern inipleuients used in the \Vest for cul-
tivating corn. He hired out soon after his
arrival here to a fariner who was alilicted
with the rheuinatisin, and who told him to go
into a field and plow corn. The young man
found the corn small, and he soon felt inclined
to “study navigation" 3. little, and while he
watched one shovel the other kept getting
away with a hill of corn, so he stopped the
team and hooked up one shovel and went
round three or four “bouts,” and succeeded
in plowing one side of a row Without tearing
out any hills of corn. About ten o‘clock his
crippled employer hobbled out to see how he
was etting along, and he soon sung out to
the “ land” to stop and plow both sides of the
row. “IVell,” says the novice at corn plow-
ing, “I tried it that way and it done more
harm than good to the corn. I’m going to
try it that way as soon as I can make it go
awhile this way." The first week's experience
of that young man in an llliiiois corn field
doubtless convinced him that corn plowing
is a science.’—H. 0. Mosley,  the Farmers’
Review.

A New Industry.

Prof. F. A. Gulley, of Mississippi. formerly
of the Michigan agricultural college, read
:1 paper at the Agricultural coiigress just
closed in Montreal. on the “Food Value of
Cotton Seed," in which he said: The crop of
cotton seed amounts to 11,000,000 tons or 150.-
000.0oo busliels. During the past )'c:l1' it is
estimated that the oil mills consumed 1.sn_,0o0
tons of seed in the inanufacture of cotton
seed oil. while less than one-half of the re-
mainder was used for fertilizers. seed and
fe-ctlii1_2* stock. the balance bein_-4 a total ].._\~_\-_
In the inaiuifarturc of oil a ton of semi yields
froin :‘..'n or -10 gallons of oil and ooo to 7m
pounds of oil cake. The husk or hull of the
secll. which is reinovcd before the oil is ex-
t1‘:u‘t+-tl. constitutes about one-half of tl1t-to-
tal weight of the seed. Formerly the oil was
all exported to liuropc, anti used fora cheap
table oil. It is now used as a lubricant, to
mix with paint oils. and to zululterate the so-
called ollveoils,tllrr-9-i'o1lI‘tlts of which are
now the Ilrodct of the cotton seed. Its great-
est value. however, is for culinary purposes,
properly refined and skilfully used it is equal
to the best lard for cooking purposes. (‘ot-
ton seed cake or 1ne_al is especially rich in nu-
tritive matter, and is the most valuable vege-
table product we have forcombinin withthe
coarse forage of the farm for the prot uction of
fat on the animal, or the making of rich m 1-
niire: one ton of the meal being equal to four
tons of corn for the latter purpose. The
whole cotton seed, as it comes from the cotton
gin, when cooked, makes a valuable food.
The experiments at the college show that
boiled cotton seed with any kind of straw or
hay will cause cattle to fatten ra iidly, no
matter how poor in condition. It also makes
very rich milk, the oil of the seed seemingly
appearingin the milk in the form of cream.
The quality of the butter, however. when the
cows are fed largely on cotton seed, is poor.

Timber Claims.

The amended law of the United States in
respect to timber claims requires but ten
acres to be planted to timber on each quar-
ter section, or a corresponding proportion on
eighty and forty acre lots. The conditions
areas follows: Five acres on each quarter
section are to be broken the first year, crop-
ped the second, and the additional five acres
broken. The third year five acres must be
planted with trees -lx-1 or 2,700 to the acre.
The fourth year the remaining five acres
which were cropped the third year are to be
planted in the same manner. The trees are
to be cultivated for eight years, when there
must 67-5 living trees to the acre. This
obtains a patent for -the land.

 

No Horse §hoee.

Robert Martin, Conn., is “satisfied that
horses feet as nature made them are all suffi-
cient for ordinary work,” he uses his three
without shoes, and “after long experience”
on roads rougher than the average, finds
that “the only precaution necessary is to
slightly round the toes with a coarse file to
prevent chipping, and the feet should al-
ways be looked to when the animal is
groomed."

l’i:ooi:i;ss l.\' l“.\i:.\ii.\'i:.—lii a recent lecture
on the "Development of Agi'icultui‘e," Mr.
Cliarles ('arleton (‘otlin, of Boston. stated
that the iinproveincnt in the plow alone inadc
a savin;_ron last vcar's crops in this country
of $!>o,0oo,0o0. lie tracctl the history of the
l‘t‘:l[)lll;.," machine froni is-H to the sell‘-bindin,-_-'
reaper of tlic pro-s--ut time. At the begin-
ning oftlic present ccittiiry. ll man could reap
and bind one-third of an acre of wheat in at
day: in ls’-~‘0. a man with three liorscs cuts
and binds 20 ;ici'cs. The power of Ann-rican
farni Inacliinery is felt throughout the
woild. and is lr‘.‘lll;.Elll_Lf about Pl'i)llI)llll(‘. condi-
tions which trouble the statcsincn of cvcry
country in l-Europe.

 

MR. A. is a deep thinker, a ready speaker
and thoroughly at home on the apple or
apple tree question. He commenced by
saying, “First consult. your market, see what
is needed, and govern yourself accordingly.
If you have a retail market and sell to con-
sumers. find out what will suit them. Get a
line offruit that will keep you supplied with
marketable and eatable apples all the time
and thus keep your customers when you
have once got them on your string. If you
are to send your fruit to a wholesale market
or run it through the hands of middlemen,
get three or four standard varieties and give
your chief attention to them. “ First con-
sult vonr market” might be more forcibly
impressed on the minds of beginners in fruit
culture.—D. H. Thing, in Dirigo -Rural.

 

FARMERS holding produce for higher prices
rarely make sufficient allowance for the var-
ious sources of loss. Rats, mice and insects
require considerable daily bread for their sus-
tenance and they seldom fail to obtain all
they want. It is estimated that wheat thresh-
ed in August, and apparently dry, will lose
6 per cent of its weight by shrinkage in six
months; corn gathered dry in November will
in the same time lose 20 per cent—a little
more or less acording to the dryness of the
season-— while the oss in potatoes is still
greater. A careful calculation of the cost of
storage, interest on the money lying idle, loss
from shrinkage, vermin, etc., would make the
waiting for a possible rise in the market seem
much less alluring.

 

RIPENING CHEESE.—Ml‘. Ballantine, of
Canada, told Prof. Sheldon that he had found
that cheese made late in Autumn did not rip-
en so well asthat made in Summer or Spring,
and whenitdid ripen its flavor lacked rich-
ness. He concluded thus the temperature
of the evning’s milk sank too low, and having
guarded against this result by heating the
milk up to 80 degrees in the evening, and
leaving it standing at that heat until it
matured, his Autumn cheese ripened with-
out the least difiiculty.

 

Mr. P. C. Reynolds, during a recent ride in
Monroe county, N. Y., saw near Spencerport
a “marvelously luxuriant” field of wheat on
a clover basis, of which he says in Rural
Home: “We were informed that a rank grow-
th of clover was turned under last Summer,
the surface was well cultivated until the usual
time of seeding in the early part of Septem-
her‘, when the sod’ was sown, notwithstanding
the drouth. The decayin clover afforded
moisture "enough to cause t e seed to germ-
inate and continue growth until the rains the
latter part of the month. It was a remark-
ably promising piece of wheat.

OLD SHOES.

How much a man is like old shoes,
For instance, both a soul’ may lose;
Both have been tanned, both are made tight
By cobhlers. Both get left and right.
Both need a mate to be complete,
And both are made to go on Ieet.
They both need healing: oft are sold,
And both in time turn all to mold.
\V'ith shoes the last is first: with men
The first shall be the last: and when
The shoes wear out the-y’re mended new;
When men wear out they're men dead. too.
They both are trod upon, and both
\Vill tread on others, nothing loath.
' Both have their ties. and both incline,
‘ \\'hen polished, in the world to shine,
And both peg out—-and would you choose
To be a man, or be his shoe.-':
—II. ('. I)o(i_i/r, in flu Judge.

Stamping out the Cattle Plague.

In furtherance of his efforts to enable the
Treasury I)-.-partment to successfully deal
with the subject of the lung plague in cattle
imported and exported, Mr. Butterworth
has succeeded in having inserted in
the civil appropriation bill an item of
$50,000 to enable the Secretary of the
Treasury to establish and maintain suit-
able and necessary _quarnntin_e regulations.
It is thought that this appropriation, supple-
menting the bill providing for the suppres-
sion of the lung plague, will do much to
restore to us our export trade on common
stock and other meat cattle.——0inci'nnali
C0lIl77le7‘C‘l(1l.

 

Horticultural Moles.

Clover, says the Gardiner’s Chronicle
came from Flanders with Sir Richard Wes:
ton in 16-15; figs were planted at Lambeth
by Cardinal Pole; lime trees at Dartford by
S illman, founder of English paper n]i“g_
T e original plants grow there still, 200
yearsol ; but,as one founder of the lime
tree is certainly indigenous, this particular
introduction was not the first but only the
most notorious. The Lombardy po liir was
brought over by the Earl of Rochfor in 1858.
The first mulberry trees are still standing at
Sion house, and were followed in 1608 by
many others, and by a general planting of
the mulberry, and a first attempt by VVil.
liam Stallenge to introduce the silk worm.

Mosr persons, no doubt. have seen hogs enl-
ing hay during the winter months. in but
smallqunntities,it is true.butstill ealingit. If
clover is cut when in fullest bloom, well our-
ed and stored away, the hay becomes a vel-
uable food for hogs, especially when fed but
little else than corn. To utilize it, cut it in a
cutting - box a halfto three fourths ofan inch
long, mix with bran, shorts or corn meal
and moisten it with swill or even water, if
made scalding hot the better. Then let it
stand for afew hours before feeding it out.
Any of the grasses, if out in bloom and
made into hay, will answer a good purpose,
but clover is preferable. Besides being
valuable as food, hay thus fed is a preventive
of disease in_ hogs full fed on corn.

JERUSALEM artichokes have long been
known as a most valuable addition to the
rations of hogs. but the fact that they are
even more valuable as an addition to the
diet of cattle seems to be less generally rec-
ognized. They are hardy, yield fair"(_-mpg
on poor and very large ones on rich soil‘
are more nutritious than the potato, and
once planted there will be no need for re-
planting, as they are not easily got out ofa
piece of land after they have become estab-
lished.

An Illinois l'arii1ci'gi\'cs an liasti-rn writer
for the ,\'riz1' /;'n,r//r/mljrlri/i1r»g/Cmltlw,»”H,,“-_
ing directions for cui‘iii,g',2'nll«-ll Sl|t)[]lll(']‘5 on
liorsl-s, and says that it is infallible; 'l‘;il.-:- old
leiitln-r and burn it to a crisp; rub the 35]“-5
on the gallwl part: a few alq>li«-ations will
el'l'ect :1 pi-I't'cct cure. A new’ work-horse put
to thc plow this spi'iii;_,>' l'!'(‘f'l\'(‘(l scvcral sc-
vcrc galls on both shoulders. A few applica-
tions of the burnt leatlil-i'rn.'i<le them as sound
as if nevcr injui'cd, and no scar is now st-,¢gn_

A new swindle for use on iilisiispectiiig
fariners as been devised. This time a fellow
comes along drivinga shining rig, and sells
l_'arpcts by sample. He offers tliree—ply
ingrain at 371; cents per yard, and a. genuine
Brussels at 4:15’ cents. The farmer selects
the pattern he wants; the agent writes out
the number of yards, the prices, etc. the far
mer signs the order,(?) and next week he
has his note in the bank to pay, and he never

sees or hears of the carpet man any more.

—Sagi'naw Express.

“ I WOULD not think of building 9. silo
below unless I had a bill so elevated that
water would not rise in an excavation suita-
ble for the purpose; thus I would save the
necessity ofcement.” This is the testimony
of a large North Carolina planter, the owner
of many horses and mules. “The ensilage
I made last year was all put in wooden silos
above ground, and it kept as well as in my
cement silos below ground."

AN Indiana sheepkeeper proved by ex-
periment thol: clean woo shrinks 5 per cent
per annum: another packed 200 pounds in
a tight box and the decrease in a year was
20 pounds. “It. is grease and water that is
lost. "There is nothing lost to the manufac-
turer.

I HEAR some people relate how many
thousand plants they have “set out in one
day,” should rather hear how many they
succeeded in making live and thrive. I will
not permit my men to hurry the planting.
but urge them to take time to do the wor
well.—-Charles A.Grecn.

 

A PR1-:rARA'rio.\' made with one pound of
soap (soft or hard) with an ounce of carbolic
acid crystals dissolved in water will destroy
vermin, itch, scruf and man e. The prepar-
ation as given above shou d be diluted in
warm water before being applied to the ani-
mal, and it will then not injure the hair.

THE small red squirrels do much to drive
birds away from a place by robbin their
nests of eggs and young. They hunt t rou h
the trees systematica ly. The robins fig t
them with a good deal of vigor,but of course
the smaller birds are helpless against their
attacks.—Forest and Stream.

“KNOCKING them in the head with the
churn stick,” in the Iowa Ho1nestead’s way
of describing the process of trying to bring up
calves on skimmed milk withouteubstltuting
oil meal or its equivalent for the extracts
cream.

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SEl"l‘E.\lBER 15, 1882.

Eadies’ fitpaqtmeqi.

REJOICE.

[Poun vnittnn by Mrs. Ira B. Garner, (lecturer of
Oakland County Punona Grange.) and read by
her at the Grange picnic held at Davisburg, July

4th.]

Hark! frtm the valley, mountain-top and plain,
There comes to us the voice of glad retrain. _
The drum’s loud beat, the cann0n’s deafening roar,
Be-echoes o'er our land from shore to shore.

From tropic Florida, whose balmy breeze

Wafts the sweet perfume of the orange trees,

To old New England's sterile rock-hound shore,
Kissed by the waves, in their unceasing roar,

One thought alone the hearts of all doth sway,
Rejoice, it is our country's natal day.

If it is meet to celebrate the birth

Of the pure and wise and noble ones of earth,
Those who have labored for the human weal,
Upon whose brow bright fa me has set its seal,
0! then how meet to celebrate the day

When noble patriots spurned the tyrant’s sway,
No more as suppliants to how the knee,

But with God's help to conquer and be free.

Then fire the guns, and fling the banners out, .
And let our land resound with freedom's shout.

To us this is the grandest day of all,

The one which saw the tyrant’s sceptre fall.

We know full well what freedr-;u’s boon has cost,
And what it would have been hhd it been lost.
Thousands on thousands of the brave and good,
Have sealed our priceless blessings with their blood.

When the glad anthems of a nation born,

Rolled out upon the breezethat summer morn,
Earth's toiling millions caught the inspiring strain,
And it re-echoed o'er and o'er again,

Until in every land beneath the sun

Was heard the tidings, *-Freedt m's cause has won."
And all these years the banner then unfurled,

Has been a beacon light to all the world.

Though in its infancy, our country stands,

A refuge for the oppressed of other lands.

To us the poor of every nation C( me,

And find a safe asylum and a home.

Here freedom, frcm her lofty mountain height,
Unfurled her pinions for her grandest flight.
Hope and prosperity and peace she brings,
Calling all nations 'neath her sheltering wings.
Here dwell the noblest wcmen of the earth,
An d here the grandest patriots have had birth.
Our institutions, civil and humane,

O’er all the world their precedence maintain.

Three times our country has passed through the flood
Of woe, and misery, and death, and blood.

Our ship of State almost a wreck has been,

B ecause our nation choose to deal in sin,

B ut as a mariner, with compass gone,‘

All night tossed by the waves, beholds at dawn,
The friendly harbor just within his sight,

And enters into safety by the light,

Just so our nation, tossed on war’s dark wave,
When seemingly no human power could save,
Saw Vin emancipation, God’s own hand,

To free the oppressed, and save his chosen land.

And is our beloved country yet to be

A beacon star of hope and liberty?

Ahl there are quicksands all along the shore;
We need a pilot brave and firm and sure.

S in lurks in places high and places low,
There is many a dangerous hidden foe.
Assassination, lust and greed of power,

A ssail our institutions every hour.

And then intemperance lifts its hydra head

A nd every year are numbered with the dead,
One hundred thouiand victims of the sin;

And all the gates of hell which draw them in
Are licensed by our land for love of gain,

To spread disease, and death and woe and shame;
01‘ then of noble men how great the need,

M en just and purein motive, thought and deed;
Men who like adamantine rock will stand

A gainst the sins which threaten our fair land!
0! may'Columbia’s flag float on in peace;

May right be strong and all that’s evil cease;
And may the heritage our fathers gave

Unto their children be a power to save.

What the “Visitor” ls.

Bro ’_Cobl_>.-,—Will you kindly let me come in
to visit with the charming circle of sisters a
little while, for,I have wanted to come so
long but dared not, because there was so
much talent that it seemed much better for
me to sit and listen, backjn the shaded corner.
We1l,.I have listened; listenedoto the voices
inside the Grange and the voice of the pen,
till I feellikekeeping still no longer. I should
not dare trust my voice inside the Grange
hall, but if I may,‘I will venture to write once,
about some of the many subjects that inter-
est me so much.

First, we take theiV1sI'roR and have done
so for three years. Husband thinks we could
not get along without it. We think its col-
umns are growing more intersting all the
time. We lend it to our neighbors who are
not Grangers, and from the interest with
which they read it we hope to see good fruits.

We were once members of Capitol Grange,.

No. 540, but have moved so ‘far away that we
can attend no longer, and the VISITOR comes
to us like a home letter, telling of the dear
ones there. _

To the nieces and nephews I would say,
keep on, your columns are certainly interest-
ing; you may help us older ones to brush up
our memories 3. little in regard to authors
a.nd*'artic1es. ‘Sweet Briar, if you have had
the’ ‘experience you speak of, I think you a
bglave girl. -Go ahead “Aunt Kate,” give us
more good advice; We like it. ,“Aunt Hattie,”
Ilike yourletters; write often; Mrs O. M.
Sykes, I thank you for'thos_e_pen photographs
in your Relniniscences of the State Grange.
1‘ -have long wished for a discription‘ of {the
brothers and sisters you inehti_’oned.,  .,,i[ _

someone writes onthe subject of “O, how
Shiftless-l-”«and speaks of a woman “sitting

down to read with the dishes unwashed and
the house in disordt-.r." .\'owIthinktl1ere are
times when this same piece of “sliiftlessness,”
may be done to advantage. I think the sister
who wrote it must be strong and vigorous,
full of ambition, who cannot feelthe pity for
a very overburdened one, who in sitting
down to rest from sheer exhaustion might
take up a book or the VI.-'1roI>. and find charm-
ing words that would strengthen the heart
and encourage the tired frame to take up
anew the burden of life and bear bravely on
as thousands of sisters are doing to-day.

The question that stirs up the feeling of
justiceagainst injustice the most within me is:
Shall the wife liave equal rights with her hus-
band in the property wlxicli their hard labor
has accumulated together‘.-' I say the hard
working, prudent wife earns the property as
much as the liusbund does, and should be an
equal Sharer; and until that time comes, a
wife does not stand on the same plane that
the Grange assumes to plhce her, on an equal-
ity with her husband. I would like to 
much more but fear that this is already too
long. Fraternally yours, IIUPE.

Grand Rapids, August 24, 1882.

The English and American Farmer.

The English and American farmer, though
brothers, differ greatly. An American farm-
er could not long exist on Briton’s soil.
Many of the constituents necessary to his
sustenance are lacking.

The freeholder or "yeoman farmer,”—one
who owns the land he tills—is now rarely
found in England. Three-fourths of all land
in England, as also in Ireland and Scotland,
is owned by a few of the titled nobility, and
this land, together with the remaining one-
fourth which belongs to ecclesiastical cor
porations, squiresv, wealthy merchants and
a few rich clerzymen etc., is rented from
year to year to the farmer.

Captain Reid tells us that the English
farms are generally of larger acreage than
Americans suppose. “Holdings of one
thousand acres” he says “are not uncom
men, and there are some of two thousand
and even more, but the orthodox average is
about 250 acres.” With these large farms.
for which they pay not less than two pounds
per acre, and changeable English weather,
farming is not rernunerative to the majority
en gaged in it. Although the expense of hir-
ing is small, the English farmer paying
much less for skilled labor than the Ameri-
can for the poorest help. And one peculiari-
ty is that nearly all English lal orers are
skilled workmen. '

The American farmer or farm laborer can
usually :perform any work pertaining to
farming, while in England each separate
branch has its followers. And they are
masters of their occupation, though the re-
muneration they receive is barely sufficient
to keep them from starving.

The English‘ farmer is debarred from all
society except that of his own class, and I
believe they are noted for a lack of sociabili-
ty among themselves. As to political exist-
ence, he has none. He votes according to
the wishes of his let!)-llf)l‘tl, consequently he
is conservative, all of which would tend to
keep him in his serviie position for centuries
toycome. But rumors from across the Atlan-
tic are to the contrary. He is becoming
so mewbat enlightened as to the benefit of
having small farms, and also the advantage
that would accrue from other reforms against
which he has so long been casting his vote.
But‘ this seeming enlightenmentan English
writer upon the subject claims “is not due
to his innate sense of right and wrong, but
instead, to his present adversity, and so lit-
tle creditable to himself.

Of the English farmer’s wifeit is said that
the extent of her knowledge of the culinary
art is plain roasting and boiling. Think of
the autocrat ofthe American farmer’s kitch-
on, who is equal to a French cook—as any
brother will testify. Pastries and pud-
dings are her delight, notwithstanding
we already have a generation of dyspeptics.

We often hear of the English gentleman
farmer, but I find the appellation is given
only to those who are gentlemen by birth
and farmers from choice. There seems to
be hardly respectability attached to the occu-
pation, while we claim

"There is honor in the toiling art

That finds us in the furrowed fields,

It stamps a crest upon the heart

With more than all your quartered shields.”
The exception in England is the rule here.
The American farms-r owns the land he cul-
tivates. His position in society is where he
wills it. It rests with himself as with every
free man, whether it.be at the foot or top of
the social scale. He has a vast heritage of
freedom that makes him peer to any man.
He has plenty of ropm and pure air, produc-
tive land that can be bought for a small sum,
‘land that he can rent for-an amount. that will
enable him to live and with economy accu-
mulate, and nearly always an opportunity
to dispose of landed property for ‘what it is
worth. '

He has national organization for his ad-
vancement and to" protect his rights. He
has every facility for educating himself and
children, political aim re-li_J;ious liberty, am:
a climate and soil unequalled. We would
not claim that he takes ad'vantage of all these
opportunities, bit. that the American farmer

-of--to-day, though-superior to the ‘English
_farme'i-, deserves commendation, sinceboth

are anmoutgroawilrv-— of the government

"under  they live and help sustain.

But whatever their faults or nationality,
farmers are stern necessities. Servants of
nature they have patience with her caprices
—accept her supremacy. They are the
source from which health and wealth spring;
the founders of our cities and the foundation
proper upon which all civilized nations rest.
They form part of the grand army of toilers,
who with ceaseless tread are moving forward
over a debris of States, Kingdoms and Em-
pires,.and their varied superstitions, religions
and enterprise, pausing only to bring forth
from thischaotic accumulation some storied
treasure of the past ! And though the farm-
ers‘ division is marching in slow and labor-
ed measure, with no martial music to cheer
them, their useful and worthy achievements
are sung in that glorious anthem of progress
that can be heard around the world.

ANNA L. FELLOWS.
Schcolcraft, July, 1882.

Does the Vocation oi Farming incapacitate Us for
Holding Responsible Positions‘!
Written for Capitol Grange, No. 540, by Mrs. Aman-
da Gunnison.

Man, unlike the beasts of the fields and
the fowls ofthe air, has a mind that is capa-
ble, from its earliest infancy to the end of
his career, ofimprovernent; and there should
be no vacation so menial as to be incapable
of giving ample scope to this improvement,
or to incapacitate us for any responsible po-
sition. Yet our capabilities, and advan-
tages, and surroundings cause vari-
ations. The most successful are those
who are willing to commence at the bottom
of the ladder, and ascend step by step to its
topmost round, and the leading feature requi-
site for this is perseverance. Great achieve-
ments are not won in a day, but it takes
years to solve them ; some falter by the way-
side, others reach its height, and are
richly rewarded for their perseverance,
while the wearied was left to look on and
envy their successors; yet none of us come
to a standstill, for each day develops some-
thing new.

There is no vocation that affords more
time for the cultivation and improve-
ment of the human race than farming. We
have the long winter months to store up use-
ful knowledge in. While the mechanic is
still at his bench, the lawyer at his desk,
and the physician performing his daily
rounds, we are comparatively resting from
our physical labors. In the spring time,
when the plans are matured for the sum-
mer’s campaign, the farmer starts in his
plough and harrow, and lets his thoughts
speed on with them, and should not let the
ideas which have been treasured up be dor-
m ant. By taking’iidizlanta'ge'of "our time in
this way, farmers will not take a back seat
in public affairs, or follow in the same groove
with their ancestors.

It is evident, even to the youngest
represented here tonight, that the last
decade has seen great improvement in
the farmer's profession, and it owes all
this, I think, to the different organizations,
formed for their mutual improvement, as the
Farmers’ Institutes and the Grange, whose
purposes have been to raise their standard
mentally and morally. Although former
decades have developed great and noble men
from the sturdy tillers" of the soil, yet the
times demand an improvement upon these,
to work a revolution which later years have
caused a demand for. We have at our helm,
in the Grange, men “whose names we are
proud to have sounded throughout the length
and breadth of the land. They have not
been incapacitated for holding responsible
positions because they were farmers, neither
are they ashamed to own that is their voca-
tion. It is 9. fact worthy of notice, that if
farmers’ sons and daughters have, after ar-
riving atiyears of man and womanhood a
desire to follow some other pursuit, they are
the ones that prove the most steadfast to
their vocation. Their earlier training and
pursuit have not led them into the vices and

- temptations to which other occupations are

more exposed. The habits then acquired
serve asa beacon light to them, wherever
they may roam. In years past it was con-
sidered suflicient for the young to acquire a
common school education, andgiris unless
they intended to teach needed none beyond
the kitchen. But now how is it? We see
schools organized purposely for the agricul-
tural classes, and even ladies are admitted.
There are many taking advantage of them,
yet there is room for many more.

In the political arena farmers have always
been sparsely represented, and they are the
ones mostly to blame; they have not given the
required thought and study to their own or
their country’s needs. And what is the re-
sult? Others of different vocations have
taken advantage of their ignorance, and
stepped in and usurped their rights and
privileges. Yet farmers will still step up
and cast their ballots for these men,and

‘when they feel the result they complain.

Other men vote for and work for their own
financial interests, and why should not the
farmers? _We all to-day feel the effects of
this neglect of farmers, and it will take
years to eradicate this evil. Fva'rn"ers have

‘gob-to be educated to vote more intelligently,

and the best way to effect a revolution- is to
be more united, and put forward our best

.farm'ers' and _eradicate this evil. We have

such in every town, county and State, whose

§vo_ie‘ca'nnot be bohglit-jvlth dollars‘ or =whis-
"kyl "And ‘I think“ wé"‘c’an "fin'd’i-ucb" in our

_grance, the little perishable jewels.

Grange. In a free government like ours
every man can be the architect of his own
fortune. He is not held down a serf, as un-
der monarchial laws; heis left to carve out
his fame and fortune, however scanty his
means, if he has the disposition. A farmer,
u nlike others of different ceilings, has only
his own affairs to settle, and fattens upon his
own productions, while the lawyer lives up-
on the downfall of his clients. \Ve are in
the majority, and have the power to wield
a great ii»-fluence. which we can command
only by united effort. One great drawback
to this is want cfconfidencein one another.
Farmers are apt to allow personal feelings to
influence than, regardless of the fact that
they are capable of holding the position.
Another ten years will,I believe-.bring about
a botter state of things. \Vesh- llsee greater
improvements than the past ten years have
revealed to us. Then Brother and Sister
Patrons, with this thought uppermost, let
us not become weary in well doing, let us
overlook the faults in others as much as pos-
sible, for none of us are exempt from them

‘ Flowers.

“ Wonderous truth and manifold as wondrous
God hath written in those stars above;
But not less in these bright flowers under us
Stands the revelation of his love.”

In the VI.<1'rou of Aug. 1:'>tl1_is it little urti-
cle commencing. “ It is often urged that far-
mcrs should cultivate flowers. This is-|w;1u-
ti ful in theory, but we know too mucii of fur-
mi ng to claim that it is pructicul>lc,ctc." What
followed in tlieuforesuiil article we he;u'til_v
in dorse, the neatly kept lawn. sluule-t1'ccs and
so on. Nor should it be expected that the
common fzl1'1il€‘I‘,ElS2ill1l(l(‘(l to, with all the
multitudious cures necessarily devolved upon
him, to successfully c:u‘1'y on his farm can
cultivate flowers. Mimy of these cures are not
p:u'ticul:u'ly conducive to good nature hence
the iinportzuice ofhaving his home surround-
ings bright and pretty. So don’t giw them up—
the beautiful flowers, “those tender thoughts
of (iod"tliut give forth so much be;i11ty‘fo1'
our care. '

By a little forethought an djudicious man-
agement a little plot of ground may be ar
ranged for beds and suitable soil procured,
then trust the woman folks to get in seeds
and care for the plants. Let me tell the
readers of the VISITOR of one that was pre-
pared last spring. There came a. lowery,
dull day that had been preceded ‘by a heavy
rain; too wet for field work, so the boys
measured off the ground and tastefully ar-
ranged some flower beds. Two or three
loads of stone of uniform size were hauled
up-and placed around the edges of the beds,
a. -load or two of rich loam put inside, and
plenty of coarse gravel outside in the walks,
and all was complete. It took two men
and a team all day, but they feltjust as well
when it came night as if they had lain
around all this time and grumbled about the
weather. And their work will last years;
with a little extra fortifying, no grass can
spring up through the gravel to make its
way into the beds to cause annoyance, and
this was all the work or care any man be
stowed upon them except a few buckets of
liquid manure applied occasionally after
showers. _

In due time a. few plants of verbenas and
astors were got at the greenhouse for one
bed; dianthuses transplanted into another;
and mixed varieties of seeds, phlox Drum-
mondii. balsams, petunias and astors all in
separate beds, some mignonet_te around the
border ofone. And now they are gorgeously
beautiful Such exquisite color:-l Day by day,
silently they unfold to our admiring eyes
their marvelous beauty. How they brighten
our rooms and fill the air with their fra

Sweet flowers, how like a cloudle.-as night
without stars or moon would this world be
without you! ’Tis wonderful to see how in-
terested this family is from the oldest to the
youngest, hired help and all,in these flowers.
Surely as I-Ieathe says, “A thing of beauty
is a joy forever.” They never tire of ad-
miring them and talking about them. One
fine Sabbath morning, as one of the family
went into the yard, they saw 9. neighbor
leaning upon the fence. "I was admiring
these pretty blossoms,” he said. "After
working hard all the week it rests me to
look at the bright, beautiful things.”

Dear hard working man, we believe it did
rest and refresh him; but he never thought
he might have them in his own yard with
so little trouble, with that energetic wife of
his and sprightly little girl, if he would only
fix the ground. The work is nothing, mere
recreation, done at odd moments, when you
need a little fresh air. True this has been an
exceptional year with the bountiful rain. In
adry season. a few pails of water at night.
would be necessary. By a little care at the
proper season all may have at least a limited
supply of these treasures. Is it rest to care
for flowers? Try it you that know not; be-
come convinced ; you will forget «fatigue,
pain, care and trouble; and be interested in
the nature, symmetry and development of
plant life. We all need them as we journey
on through the rugged paths of life. ‘

'I‘o those that walk on the down hill rorui
they are the reminder of the happy past. I
never look at my beautiful ‘asters but what-
I think of the dear aged mother; now Well
she la-ved’,and cherished them in the long
ago; they, were her favorite flower; hun-
‘dreds-of-mlles away she sits patiently wait-
ing the summons that will call tier hmne to

join" the l'ov‘ed"oiies‘gone before. She wir”

bear with her the credentials of a well spent
life, and when the aged form has lain down
for that sleep that comes sooner or later to
us all, 0. may they surround her with the
floral gifts she lovedlso well.

The young need them to teach the In puri-
ty; they have a refining and elevating influ-
ence. The neavly kept lawn and shade trees
interspersed with flowers will enhance the
value of your property. Strangers will be
attracted to it; the perceptions of beauty
will augment the pleasure of all who behold
it.

Don’t forget the pansies; make the bed in
a shady place; you will take so much com-
fort with them, such rare, rich colors. They
bid defiance to old Jack Frost, and will lift
up their frail faces long after the last boquet
is gathered, amid the chilliness of late fall
and early winter, and be the first to greet
you in the spring.

“O peerless darlings of the sun and rain,

When did I seek your velvet lips in vain ;

How have I loved you all the happy days,
I walked with life— the old and pleasant ways.”

AVNT ,HATTI E.

Lay a Fainting Person Down.

It is surprising how everybody rushes at
a fainting person, and strives to raise him
up, and especially to keep his head erect.
There must be an instinctive apprehension
that if aperson seized with afaintingor other
fit fall into the recumbent position, death is
moreimminent. I must have drven a mile
to-day while a lady fainting waslheld upright.
I found her pulseless. white, and apparently
dying. and I believe that if I had delayed
ten minutes longer she would really have
died. I laid her head down on a lower level
than her body, and immediately color re-
turned to her lips and checks, and she be-
come conscious. To the excited group of
friends I said: Always remember this fact,
namely, fainting is caused by a, want, of
blood in the brain; the heart ceases to act
with sufficient force to send the usual amount
of blood to the brain, and hence the person
loses consciousness because the function of
the brain ceases. Restore the blood to the
brain, and instantly the person recovers.
Now, though the blood is propelled to all
parts of the body by the action of the heart,
yet itis under the influence of the laws of
gravitation. In the erect position the biz od
ascends to the head against gravitation and
the supply to the brain is diminished, as
compared with the recumbent position, the
heart’s pulsation being equal. If. then, you
place a person sitting whose heart has near-
y ceased to beat, his brain will fail to re-
ceive blood, while if you lay him down. with
the head lower than the heart. blood will
run into the brain by the more force ofgrav-
ity; and, in fainting, in sufficient quantity
to restore consciousness. Indeed. nature
teaches us how to manage the fainting per-
sons, for they always fail, and frequently are
at once restored by the recumbent position

into which they are thrown.-—Ezchcmge.

The State School and Blackberries.

The children ofthe state school have pick-
ed. up to Aug. 30, from their own grounds,
87; bushels of Snyder blackberries. There
are probably about.3(> bushels more to be pick-
ed, and at least 15 or 20 bushels have been
eaten by the children and birds, and wasted
on the ground. The children have had
them freely for the past four weeks on their
tables, and they have canned 260 two-quart
cans, and have sold $100 worth of berries.
The amount of ground where the berries
grow is 15 acres. There are 300 children in
the sclu ol and nota child sick in the institu-
tion for three months past. There have
been no deaths since July 12.’, 188]. Every-
thing is in perfect working or(ler- Children
are coming in every day: from all parts of
our State. and although there are many of

those children sent out to good honivs. yet

the school is- full to its entire capacity-
sliowlng a grand, noble work, but a need of
more cott-I -‘es.

T111-1 2~ll1}H,*l‘lllleii(lt1‘lll of public li1Sl,i'i1(:tinil,
Mr. Vurimin B. Cii(‘lll‘tlll. lizisisslie-<1liis;innu-
ul report for the year INHI, <-o\'+-ring :1 wide
nuige of topics connw-ted with tliceduc:ttion-
ul ;it’I':ii1‘s of the state. The report proper
covers the sulu_ie(-t of the vx:unimLtiou of
of tr.-a(-lie-1‘s and the sup<-1'\'ision of st.-liools,the
cou.mon schools. the effect of the forest
tires on schools in the burnt district, lib1'2t1'ii-s,
tezu.-hers’ institutes, the state teuclu-1's’ associ-
ation, etlucational funds, state institution,
incorporated institutions, and legislation relu-
ting to school inatters. It is accompanied
by voluminous statistlciil tables, report from
the colleges and other educatioiinl institu-
tlons,zu1 outline of institute work, the course
of study for district schools, decisions of the
supreme court on school matters and discus-
sions at the last annual meeting of the state
tezicliers’ association. The report and docu-
merits make a. volume of 367 pages of great
interest to teachers and the public.

RECLAIMING THE ZUyDER ZnE.—'i‘he Holl-
anders seem untiring in their efforts to re-
claim lands from the dominion of the sea.
Their latest efforts in this direction are
being directed towards the annihilation of
the Zuyderzee, thus making available for
agricultural purposes a large extent of coun-
try. This is an immense undertaking. This
gulf of the sea was formerly a lake, but by
an inundation in 1282 it was united to the Ger-
man Ocean. To make sure work, or at least to
reduce the probabilities of failure to the
minimum, civil engineers have been busy
for the ten years past in perfecting plans
and making estimates. It is reported that.
this preliminary work is now completed, and
that the laborof building the walls will soon
be commenced. A dyke about 24% miles in
len th will be constructed of sand and faced
wit clay, reachin 16 feet above the level of
the sea, which wil make it about <5}/g feet
above the highest tide. The thickness of the
dyke will be such as will enable it to resist
the heaviest seas. Operations will begin at
four different points, and tliecalculution is
to have it completed in from seven to ten
years. at it cost of $4(i,000,00o. The experi-

ence of the past has given the l{()ll’dI1d8I'S

such skill in this peculiar work, that it is
safe to infer that they are not entering upon

.a‘c'l’1imerical scheme. When completed. the
,t'erritory which will be added to ‘Holland will
afford her crowded and industrious popula-

tion. an .,0pp0rtunit_v_ to expand which has
long been needed.——.’l[echanic.

 


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ntllis’ fiepaqtment.

THE CHOICE.

BY JOHN GBEENLEAF WKITTIER.

“ Which shall it be. dear mother?

_ To which home shall I go‘:

The grand old castle beside the sea,
Or trie little brown cot below?

“Which shall it be dear mother?
A plain white muslin gown,

-Or the richest and rarest of lace and silk
Tobe found in Insleytown?

“Which shall it be. dear mother?
A tiny plain gold ring,

Or wealth of gems or diamonds rare,
That would ransom a captive king?"

My child, your heart mu t answer ff:
The questions your lips have asked,

Lest sowing in pride you sorrow
When the harvest is overpa:t.

Choose with your heart, my darling;
Let pride be swept away;

Flow :rs are fairer than jewels,
Gather them while you may.

Often glittering diamonds
Conceal but an aching brow; \

And the chill heart's bitter throbbings
Bear record of falsehood’s vow.

Truth is the brightest jewel
That womanhood can wear;
Never a silken robe can cure
A heart grown sick with care.

This world is not all sunshine-
There’s many a stormy day,
And love is the sweetest shelter

When clonds obscure the way.

So choose from your heart, daughter:
Remember this life of ours

Must have some thorns and briars
Among its fairest flowers.

But thorns, and tears and darkness
Matter not so love is true;

While you climb, keep step together,
With the higher life in view.

Work——llhetoric—Dancing.

C02/,9ins of the Visitor.-——As Laura has ex-
pressed adesire to hear our opinion upon
dancing, I will give mine. But first let
me say a few words upon other topics.
Ellen S., the majority of people do carry
work to excess; therefore we should treat
the question in that way.

“VVill,” your last article so full of quiet,
gentlemanly dignity did me lots of good.
You showed us how you have succeeded,
where many of us have failed. You have
cast much thought and study upon your
articles, while some like myself have Writ-
ten upon the impulse of the moment. I
imagine your manner of writing composi-
tion is, first, study your subject throughly,
and pack it away in your memory for fu-
ture use; dissect the subject carefully, and
strain each part separately through the fine
sieve of thought, then flavor with such sta-
tistical facts and anecdotes as you have pre-
pared for dressing; choose from your vocab-
ulary the finest, most concise, and expres-
sive words and add them to the compound,
under the rules of grammar and rhetoric.

Dancing--The harm comes, not _in the
dancing so much as the associations con-
nected with it. I cannot better describe
the injury contracted than to quote from
Mary Clemmer Amos, “Young girls
guarded from babyhood, from all contact
with vice, from all knowledge of men as
they exist-, in their own world of clubs and
-dissipation, suddenly come out, to whirl,
night after night, and week after week in
the arms of men whose lightest touch is
profanation. It would belong ere it would
down upon the girl to dream of the evil in
that man's heart; for longer to learn the
evil of his life. Yet unless, to her, innocent
and young, in the very association and con-
tact, there is unconscious pollution.” There
is a sacredness in the very thought of the
body which God created to be the human
home of the immortal soul. Its very beau-
ty should be the seal of its holiness. Ev-
erywhere in scripture its sacredness is re-
cognized and enforced. Therein we are
told that our bodies are the temples of God.
We are commanded to make them meet
temples for the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit, and our very dress, in its harmony
and purity should cousecrate, not desecrate

V the beautiful home of the soul.

Yours, SWEET BRIAR.
Keelerville, Sept. 4, 1882.

 

Ages—Dancing.

DearAunt Nina.-—I was very much pleased
with the Youth’-s Department in the Visifrort
of August 15, and although the last number
was not as fully occupied, yet I see we have
a letter from a new contributor, and I glad-
ly welcome him, and invite him to come
again, and to bring others with him. Our
new cousin asks us about the study of Ger-
man. I am not very far advanced in the
study, but have studied it some and like it
very much. I use Woodbury’s Complete
Course, which is, I think, as good authority
on the the subject as any used. Cousins,
you who are in favor giving your ages, will
you please give yours in the next letters you
send to the VISITOR? I would like it very
well if you would all give your addresses,too.
When I saw the subject of dancing suggested
asasubject for discussion, 1 was very hopeful
that Aunt Nina would decide upon that
subject and give it to us to write upon.

There is,a.s Laura said, a class of people
who tell us that dancing is wrong, but they
seldom attempt to tell us why it is wrong.
Another class claims dancing to be right,

can ensues vssiroa.

but do not sustain their claim by reasons
and proofs, and seldom even attempt to do
so. To be sure it is a rather delicate subject,
and must be handled with great care, and it
also requires very plain talk. I am of the
opinion that it could be made a very inter-
esting and prof'1‘able discussion withal.
Aunt Nina, will you not let us have this
subject for discussion in the VISITOR of Oct-
ober lst, and announce it in the next num-
her? I likewise like the idea of having
judges appointed to decide which side is
more successful and whether dancing is
right or wrong. Your nephew,
FRED SPAULDING.
Hilliards, September -1, 1882.

Ellen's Opinion of the Writers.

Dear COII,.s‘iI’LS.'—I (1111 just del-iglited with
the way Will has eniswcrcd us critics. Yes,
Ella Spiiulding, I believe you are right about
liisl»ci1i;,r2ist1ii'¢l_v f2l1‘lllPI‘ boy; no pale young
man idly rl1'c:ui1ii1;.»; beside the slnuly brook
could come to his own defense so llP}tl'bll_\'.
\\'ill, please accept my apolo;_r_v and let us be
friends. As our Aunt has tnkcn zi vzicutioii,
Dear Cousins, we must aiiswci‘ one anotlie-r's
questions.

Laura  for the real author of an “ode
to Solitudcf’ no wonder she is confused.
Pope is the author and it was written when
he was twelve years old, his bio;,rr:iplie1‘ says;
but lilsze all pliysiczilly deficient persons, his
mind \v:i.s developed beyond his years. This
ode sounds more like one who was Slltlillml
with busy active lifc, and lizul voted all things
vanity, and the one tiling desirable case and
contcntnient, for liisfirst and last vcrsc reads:

“Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,

Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.”

“Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
Thus unlamanted let um die,
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.”

In answer to b'\vect llriur I wish to soy
Lord Byron is one of my favorites. Like
Pope he was pliysicully deformed, which cin-
bittered his whole life; but for depth of feel-
ing and pathos we seldom find his equal. His
life was not beautiful, as some of his poems
show, but he could not be ultogetlier lJd.(l, else
a pure stream may come from a muddy foun-
tain. I do not think with Nettie that Sweet
Briar is dull but versatile. We cannot all be
deep like Will, or solid like Nettie, but each
of us with our own style. I think it would

be nice to dance to music, but do not think 1,
would like to mingle with such young men
as I know care for dancing more than any-
thing else. Will not write more for fear
of crowding somebody else out.

Sept. 11, 1.352. ELLEN.

Farm Talks.

Congress has adjourned without any spec
ial legislation for the benefit of agriculture.
Representatives from rural distrcts have gone
to their homes to tell their constituents how
much «hey think or those who cultivate the
soil, and how anxious they are to receive
their votes for re-election. Yet during the
long session, extending over more than eight
months, just concluded, when an abundance
of bills have been passed upon almost every
conceivable subject, the two bills in which
the farmers of the land took a deep interest
remain unacted upon. I intimated some
weeks since that it was doubtful whether
the bill increasing the importance of 1heDe-

artment of Agriculture would become a
aw, but I did think that the bill to protect
the domestic animals against contagious
diseases would be enacted. It is of far more
importance to the country, and of greater
pecuniary interest, than the proposed re-
duction of taxes or of tariff duties. It was
passed by the House, and Mr. Williams of
Kentucky worked hard to bring it before the
Senate.

Finally, three days before the adjourn-
ment, he got the floor and urged the passage
of a bill which has been passed by an al-
most unanimous vote in the House of Rep-
resentatives. In an earnest appeal to the
Senate he said that there had een before
this Congress, from the day we met on De
cember to the present moment no bill of such
vital importance to one of i.hegreatestindus-
tries of the country as this bill. We have
in the United States 40,000,000 cattle, worth
upon an average $30 a head, which is $1,200-
000,000. These cattle double themselves in
a little over two years and a half. The herds-
man and farmers of the whole country are
threatened with a most insidious, contagious
and incurable disease, called the lung-plague
or pleuro pneumonia. Here was a bill pre-
pared by the committee of the two Houses
of Congress to avoid all the objections upon
the score of economy or stickling upon the
score of interfering with the State rights.
It was demanded by the whole country, by
every farmer in it, by every man who is in-
ierested in cattle, by every man who eats
beef or drinks milk, eats butter, or wears
shoes, or who drinks milk punch

The bill having been brought before the
Senate, fault was first found with a section
prohibiting the transportation of infected
cattle on railroads, and a clause was added
protecting these corporations from punish-
ment unlesss it was shown that they had no
knowledge of the existence of the disease.
Then objection was madeto the authority
given to extlrpate or quarantine cattle in the
States. , -

Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, said that his
State had three years since appointed a com-
mission for the purpose of stamping out
pleuro-pneumonia. He was instrumentally
connected in the assage of a bill by which
that State expendried $2,500 and over for that
purpose, although he believed there was no
more pleuro-pneumonia there than there is
now. He did not think that any means
could be adopted to stop the disease alto-
gether. There would be pleuro- neumonia.
just the some as there would be c lckeu-pox
in children.

Mr. Williams replied to the senator from
New Jersey, and stated the object of the bill.
We do know, said he, that the lung-plague is
the most fatal, the most virulent, and the
most contagious of the diseases that afflict
the bovine race; that it has exterminated

the cattle race in the south of Africa; that
it has exterminated the cattle in Australia;
that it has nearly exterminated them in
eastern Russia, throughout the steppes of
Russia. That is the reason why there is
such a demand of American cattle in Eng-
land. They in the 01-1 times got their sup-
plies from those countries.

The lung-plague is in Long Island; we
know it is in the city of New York and in
various other cities. We know it is in New
Jersey; we know it is in a portion of Viv-
ginia; we know it is in Maryland, in D -!a
ware and in the District of Columbia, and
in nearly all the (lH.ll‘ltS of this city from
which we get the milk we drink every day.
We know another thing—that the British
privy council have issued an order pro
hibiting the introduction of American cattle
into the interior of England because we had
that disease here. \Ve are shipping 150,000
cattle, worth about $15,000,000, to Live-pool
and Lond n. \Ve might ship a million cat-
11-.-justas easy s.s1-50,000, which would bring
us $100,000,000; but in consequence of the
disease existing in New York and the prin
cipal ports of shipment the British Govern
uient has prohlbteri the landing of our cattle,
and requires them to be slaughtered upon
arrival at the quays of London and Liver-
pool. _

We know that cattle of the same quality ta
ken from Canada to Liverpool sell ior thirty
or forty dollars a head more than ours do,
because our cattle are not permitted to enter
the interior of the country. The butchers
and graziers are not permitted to buy them
and take them back and sell them, but they
are taken with the bruises, fevers and sores
incident from the transportation from Chi-
cog or St. Louis to Liverpool. \Vhen they
get them resuscitated and cured of those
oruises they bring them upon the market.
Men engaged in the business have told me
that the loss to American shippers is forty
dollars a head in consequence of the suspi
cion upon our cattle having the disease.

The people of Great Britain are anxious
for the all the meat they can get, but they
desire to protect their own domestic herds
against foreign infections. Iryou can sat-
isfy the British Government that we have
no pleuro-pneumonia; that the cattle from
Kansas, from St. Louis, from Chicago, from
Louisville and Cincinnati have been brought
from countries wherethere is no disease, by
a route which has secured them from infec-
tion, that restriction in the British nnket
will be taken off our cattle.

The object of this bill is to do that. It is
to have a commission of competent men
whose statements will be of value. Besides
that we want lo protect the great Nothwest
from this pestilence. The reason whyithas
not spread to the West and Northwest in
bygone years has been that the current of
the cattle traffic has been from West to East,
and not from East to West. But the price
of beef has gone up, and the cheapness of
forage out West has given a market there
for the calves that are reared in the dairies
of the East. and that is beginning now to be
an important traffic, and the pestilential
cow sheds where these calves are born are
nearly all infected with this disease.

Only last week the newspapers reported
that the veterinary surgeon of the State of
Maryland reported to the governor that
there was no disease in the State. Dr. Law,
Dr. Forbes, and Mr. Saunders, the treasurer
of the cattle commission, last week went
over to Maryland, and within twelve miles
of the city of Baltimore they found a herd
of nineteen cattle diseased. They purchased
one and killed it, and it was found that it
was in the last stage of the disease. They
learned that fourteen from that ‘herd had
been shipped to Baltimore. They went
there and found them in a cattle-yard in Bal-
timore. It is for the protection of the farm-
ers and the graziers of the “feet that this
board is wanted.

Mr. Ingalls of Kansas said that he had no
objection to making the necessary provisions
forthe extirpation of this disease, and for
the protection of the cattle intersts in the
United States, but he thought that the bill
bristled with provisions that are exceedingly
obnoxious and that would lead to very dau-
gerous consequences in the future. He was
opposed to these continual encroachments
by the legislative department for the pur-
pose of creating continually new oflices and
paying additinal salaries without any cor-
responding advantage that is to be gained.
For example: The first section provides
that the Commissioner on Agriculture shall
organize‘ in his department a Bureau of
Animal Industry, and shall appoint a chief,
who shall be a competent veterinary sur-
geon What conceivable reason is there for
appointing a chief who shall be horse-doctor
to examine the statistics of the animal in-
dustry of this country? A horse-doctor
is usually expected to cure diseases. He is
employed for the purpose of treating dis-
eases, and not to examine and inquire into
and report upon causes of those diseases.
He proceeded to ridicule the bill, although,
he said that he was willing to co-operate in
any legitimate effort to control the spread-
ing of pleuro pneumonia, but he was not
willing to endow the Commissioner of Ag-

riculture with these extraordinary and un-

heard of powers at 9. vastaddiiional expense.

Senator Vim \Vyck said that he agreed
with Senator lngalls‘ that this was 9. bill
which ought not to pass. It seemed to him
a bill more to create a bureau and fasten a
sort of commission on this Governmen than
any thing else. and this commission will
live a long while after the pleuro-pneumw
nla has passed.‘ He thought we, had better
bear the pleuro-pneumonia a few years than
this commisisionhl ' ' ~ - I -' '

- Mr. Coke of Texas-also opposed the bill, as
entailing a needless expense upon the Gov-
ernment and_hampering the _ commerce in
live stock in a waywhich would prove ex-
tremely onerous. -He did not believe, he
said, in assuming that the'people of these
United States in their commercial relations
with each other are not able to take care of
themselves. There’ are some things which
the Government ought to assume the people
will do for themselves, and one of these
things is that they know how to care for
their own interests in raising and carrying on
commerce in live stock. They have done it
up to this time. Why should they not con--'
tinueto do. it?

Mr. Coke went on to say that in this,St.ate
there is a disease called the Texas fever
among ihe cattle, called so up North because
cattle driven from Texas at a certain season
communicated the disease to Northern cat-
tle. This thing has become understood.
The ple of'Texas know that they must
not rive their cattle at 8 time when this
disease can be communicated. The people
in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and other
States know that these cattle must not be

driven ether except at particul ir times. The
people in Texas and the :-'urr iunding States
have gotten to understand the disease and
the remedy, and there is ii.» doubt about it.
They regulate it for theinselves. If it had
been regulated by law there woul l have
been an expensive and cuinbrous ma«:hiner_v
that would have produced a great deal of fric.
tion and a great deal of trouble, while l_‘.0‘»V
P\'cr_\ thing goes sl rug smoothly.

Mr. Coke said in conclusion. that he be-
lieved in letting the people al l"l€. H» be-
lieved that we have t m niucl_i government.
He belie-veil that llll.’ people are the best
judges of their own iiize-re.-is. He believed
that they will preveiit the '-«nipping of dis-
eased catllv from one point. to another; they
will take (:;z.."c of the health oftiie live .-rock
in this country better than the G ivernment
and squad of horse-doctors appointed in a
bureau lit-re can do. He believed that, and,
liélit-Vll g1t,.~ahould vote against the bill. If
lllls bill should pass the expense of execut-
ing’ the law. the swarm of Fed ral oflicials
prying low the private business of the peo-
ple, -exing them with persecution and
oaras.-ling them with inspsctions, and troub-
ling them with the delays of red tape in
their common daily uvocations, will greatly
ovrcbalance any good it wi l do. Let the
people alone, and trust them to attend well
to their own business and take care of their
own interests, and it will be well done; but
subject them to the espionage and surveil-
lance of a lot of rapacious oflicials, who ex
eirute the decrees of the Secretary of the
Treasury, Without appeal or redress, as this
bill proposes, while the obj-ct of the bill will
not be attained, the people will be infinitely
annoyed.

Mr. Williams replied to Mr, Coke, and
said, to his personal knowledge, he had seen
thousands of cattle brought to the North and
killed that were diseased. How could we
have a cattle trade with England unless we
could say to the Secretary of the Treasury:
“Lwnk and see that these cattle are not af-
fected with disease and that healthy cattle
if i’i’ot brought in contact with diseased cat-

8.

How areyou going to do it? How are
you going to make arrangements with rall-
roadsz’ Can you prescribe them by law ?
He can sent out one of his agents and make
p,rraiigemen_Is with a railroad, and say,

_r\o_w, sir, if you bring from Chicago or
Cincinnati cattle to be passed over certain
cs.rs.and.sl0pping in certain stock-yards,then
1 will give them a clean health bill to Eu-
rope.” _ We all know there is no disease on
the prairies of the VVesi., but we do know
that right along the Atlantic seaboard there
is an abundance of it, and we all feel who
own a herd of cattle that our herds are in
danger daily from an infection that may ex-
terminate them, as we know some of the
best herds of cattle, the finest. herds in the
world, worth thousands of dollars apiece,
have been destroyed by this dread scourge-
the cattle disease.

By the time the debate ha-.d reached this
point the senators began to get impatient,
and Mr. Williams found that he must yield
the floor. Before sitting (town, however,
he fired a farewell _ shot by saying that
ii’ there_was a constitutional question in-
yolved, if there was a qucsion involving the
interests ofthe banks, if there was 9. ques-
tion involving the interests of railroads,or of
bondholders, they would find advocates on
the floor of the Senate who would be permit-
ted l0 discuss them, butit appeared to him
that the farmers had but few friends in Con-
gress. ‘He thought that Congress had too
many ol‘ these great lawyers and greatfioarn
ciers, so-called, on the floors of Congress.
He wished we had more sensible, practical
people and fewer lawyers. \Ve ought, per-
haps, to have some lawyers, but not all.
When _a law question comes up or there is 3
discussion ofiul--s they all make speeches,
and when the Senate is asked for an appro
priation to protect an interest valued at
$12_000,000, $50,000 cannot be appropriated.
Hfi found it impossible to get a vote on the
bi .

So ended the first session of the forty-sev-
enth Congress, in which agriculture had but
a feeble recognition. To be sure the mem-
bers voted themselves 300,000 copies of the
report of the Commissioner of Agriculture
for 1881 ata cost of $216,000, to distribute
among their constituents. It is to be hoped
that these constifiients who are agricultur-
ists will not votejoo re-elect any of them this
‘Fall, without they will pledge themselves
to do better in the future. I will not under-
take to say that the Department of Agricul-
ture should have a seat in the Cabinet, or
that there should be a bureau to protect the
domestic animals of the country against
contagious diseases; but I do say that these
and other questions of importance to the
agricultural interests should not be neglected
by congressmen, while they look out for the
interests of lawyers, bankers, and manufac-
turers. Let the representatives, be told that
unless they will promise to do ‘better, new
men will be chosen in their pl 1083 who will
look out for the interests of agriculture, and
allwill be well.—-Ben. Parley Poore in the
‘American Cultivator. '

THE REAPER, DEATH.

SEVEY—Sis‘.er HELEN SEVEY, of Allendale

Grange, No. 421, died August 26, 1882. The all-de-
vouring scythe of time has taken from our midst a
beloved Sister, wife of Brother Hiram Sevey.
' By this sad event the brother has lost a loving wife
the son an affectionate mother, society an ornament,
and Allendale Grange a worthy member. Resolu-
tions expressive ' f the respect and esteem in which
this sister was held.-.were adopted by the Grange and
entered upon its mi_nu_tes.

’ LUOE-Resolutions‘ -‘adopted by Branch County
Pomona Grange at its regular session-August 22. 1882.
_O ur hearts have been saddened and called to render
tribute to the memory of our worthy sister J ULIA A.
VLUGE, who was a charter member of Pomona Grange
No. 22 and wife of Hon.-C. G. Luce, Master of the
State Grange. She passed away August 13, 1882;
therefore be it -
Reaolved, That in the death of our worthy sister
- the Qrder has met with an irreparable loss, the com-
munity a good member, thefamily a kind and loving
wife and mother. .
We miss her, sadly miss her,
And we drop the falling tear;
But we hope again to meet her
When our work is finished here.

Resolved, That to our sorrow stricken brother and
family, whose pathways are thus darkened by this
afiliction, we extend our fraternal sym athy.

Resolved, That our Charter be drop in mourning
for 90 days and a copy of these resolutions be sent to
the bereaved family, also the Giuxoi: VISITOR for
publication, and recorded in the minutes of the
Grange. Mas. F. H. Frsnn,

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BUSINESS AGENT MICHIGAN srarr. GRANGE.

floupoaffully Iollolfu Conolglunnnto of

FRUITS, VEGETABLES. BUTTER, EGGS,
WooL, HOPS, POULTRY. GAME. VEAL,

O-nun Seed. Raw F"..'_-rs. Eiicles. Peltm ".'.‘a.l‘.c~a:r. age.

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BOKDEEI IBEIT of the IJW. PRODUCE EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION,

Chartered Fob. I305, I077.

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KABXIT XIPOBTI. STINOILB and SHIPPING TAGS uni on application.

 

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J. A. Johnson, Vicksburg. Kalamazoo County.
H. C. Call. Glass River, Shiawassee County.
Wm. S. Palmer, Lansing. Ingham County.
William Spalding, Hoytville, Eaton County.
Union Wind Mill Co., Albion, Jackson County.
The Bird W'ind Mill C0,, Kalamazoo. Ka.l’zoo Co.
Charles North, Trent, Muskegon and Newaygo Co.
Nathan Winslow. \Vi1liamstown, Ingham County.
C. H. Eames, Grand Blanc. S. E. Genesee Co.
John Grose, Moorepark, St. Joseph Co.

T. H. R-=ss& Co., Dowagiac, Cass County.

S. N. Thomas, Decatur, Van Buren County.
VVm. C. Wooley, Elsie, Clinton and Grratiot Co's.
Adams at Rue. Galesburg, Kalamazoo County.
F. L. Elms, Charlotte, Eaton Co.

J. W. liossman, Mariette, Sanilac Co.

Staut It Ingoldsby. Pontiac, Oakland Co.

Dunnam & Son, Hudson. Lenawee Co.

Slayton & Son, Tecumseh, Lenawee Co.

VVilcox Bros, Adrian, Lenawee Co.

A Chandler A: Son. Goldwater, Branch Co.

E. S. Bellamy, Ionia, Ionia co.£

M W Thayer, Paw Paw, Van Buren co.

S P Davis, Constaritine, St. Joseph County.
Whiting It Richardson, Flint, Genesee County.

 

TO Patrons and $h|pDOrO.——ThlI is the only Commission Home in Chicago as-gun.
land and controlled by the Patron of Husbandry. The chief aim of this Agency in :

ha. To obtain the Highest Market price for good: received. quality considered.

Chlppors in all States will receive equal benefits of this management, the Business lungs:
bolng under Bonds for the faithful performance of the same.

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

THOMAS MASON, Business Hunger.

Agents Wantedfllilverywhere

BY THE

llhlool lesson Publishing Company.

Of Kalamazoo, to sell ll. Dissected Map of the [Tinted
Slates, on one-|'olii'ih inch board, cut on the State lines so
that each block is a State, and A Dissected ‘Map of the
State of ltllclilgan, on whiinh each block is a County;
constituting a Home Course in the study of Geography.

Thcse Maps are very popular and sell rapidly. A local agent
in every School District or Township can make the work very
profitable. A County Agent can make it a permanent and
paying employment.

Samples mailed on receipt of 75 cents each.
For terms, Address:

Object Lesson Publishing Co.

1-Sauglt Kalamazoo, Mich.

New Harness and Trunk Store.

T. KININIVIENT 8: 00.,

Manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in

HARNESSES, TRUNKS. BLANKETS.
'K'EIE$, Etc"
117 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

All work our own make and guaranteed all Hand
Made.

Farm Harness, white trimmed, Brecching,
Bound Lines, Bum straps, Spreaders, etc.

complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29.00
Same without Breeching. . . ............... . . 26.00
Same with Flat Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00
Same without Breeching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00

Double Light Buggy Harness, white trimmed
825.00 to 330.00
The same nickle trimmed ......... . .830.00 to 350 00
Single Buggy Harness, with round lines,
white trimmed .............  ......... .. 12.50
The same with Flat Lines...... .......... .. 12.00
Nickle Trimmed .... "$15, $16, $18, 820. 825, to 850
We also make a fine Nickle Trimmed Farm
Harness, stitched 6 to the inch, stock all
selected. an extra fine article, Brseching, \
Bound Lines, complete ................. .. 36.00

Mr. T. Kininment for the past five years has been

to build up a trade offers special inducements to the
Grangsrs of Michigan, guaranteeing a better class
of work than was ever given to them by anybody.

orders to Yours very respectfully
'1‘. KIN IN MENT.
117 Ca.n'al Street,
lsjully Grand Rapids, Mich.

H. J. Wolcott, S11]-I.

L. H. Broclnvay, Sec. if Treas.

UNION WIND-MILL AND
Manufacturing Co.,

Manufacturers of
VV'olcott‘s Patent

Sell-Regulating Sectional Wheel
WIND-MILL,

Derricks, House and
Stock Tanks, Etc..

I Also Wholesale and Retail llealers in

Pumps. Wrought iron Pipe,
..  Axi) Fl'1‘'I‘ING;~‘. ‘

To the Patrons of the Grange Visitor :—-Last year
we advertised in the Visrros. and we were so well
pleased with the result that we renew the advertise-
ment. We give the Patrons an opportunity to get a
first-class Wind.Mill at living prices, and remember
that the Union Mill,—Wollcott’s Patent Selt-
Regulatlng Sectional V!’ heel V\'iiid-Mill is
equal to the best in the market. We have had nine
years’ experience and we have hundreds of the above
Mills in use.

We are also building the “'0lcott Patent Solid

    

‘ \’Vl1cel Wind-Mill. We will stand it beside any

solid wheel in the market for regulation, durability
and simplicity.

Both of our Mills will be at the State Fair, also a
full line of Wind-Mill Pumps of our own make.

We also build to order any kind or size of Tanks.

Write for Circulars and prices, and give us a plan
of your job and what you would want us to furnish.
Write us at once and save money. _

UNION WIND-MILL AND MAN’!-"G C0.,
lsept3t Albion. Mich.

What the Detroit Post and Tribune has to
say of the Kalamazoo Business College.

Among the prosperous educational institutions of
Kalamazoo is Parson’: Business College. It has
lately been moved into elegant rooms fitted up with
all the modern conveniences for such an institution.
For thoroughness and practical work it takes rank

381119 WWIOW Bleaching - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - -- 32-50 among the best Businrss Colleges in the countr .

Prof. Parsons understands his business thorough y
and has made his school a success; his rooms are

foreman for Mr. A- Vaudenburg. and DOW in Order filled every winter with young men and women from

all parts of the country. The poo le of Kalamazoo
have reason to feel proud of we a well managed
school, as it is certaiulya great hel to the place.

All 0159“ |'°°°iV9d 111159!’ 599-1 '35 G1'9-'1B° Wm be The professor is becoming widely nown through
attended to at once and goods may be returned at the publication of his Hand-book of Penmanship,
our expense if not found satisfactory. Address all Book-keeping, Business and Social Forms. It is

one of the most complete works of the kind we have
ever examined

We can endorse all that is said of this College and
know it to be a successful Institution. ED.

SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

EVERY FARMER IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD EXAMINE THE

New Combined Spring Tooth Sulky Harrow

CULTI VATOR AND SEEDER.

Manufactured by

THE WOLVERINE
HARROW AND SEEDER COMPANY.

Kalamazoo, . n!|ch]g-‘n.

_ 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

 

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all kinds of grain and grass seeds. The Harrow does not trail or clog, is con.
structed in two sections. either of which can be raised or lowered by the driver
working independently of each other. setting the teeth at any required depth. It
is of very light draft, easily W01 ked by one pair of horses, and has received the
first premium and diplomas wherever exhibited

Send for Circulars. LOREIVZO BIXBY, Sec’y.

ATRONS’ AINT ORKS.

Rlanufactureraofln er-coll’; L‘ -

Paint. The only Pa inn mac .1; '{',l.,,§.'f,:’. ',’,f,','
airoru-alentlieoun, or fumes of burning coal
which destroy all other Paints. 1),-,',_.,., low’ '18:
lirered freight paid to any depot in the count . No cash requir-
ed until delivered. 11 Paint users shou d write and hate
sent free Beautiful Color Card of the Paint itself, with in-
structinns how any one can Pai t. Add P _'
PAINT WORKS, NEW " ' '3" ‘IRONS’

  
 
 
   
  
 
 
 

 
  
   

   
   
 

The New Murray Harrow Cultivator and
SEEDER COMBINED.

    
       

    
 

          
  

 

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Contains our latest improvements. For simplicity, strength, ease in handling by man and team, and

quality of work. it has no equal. Send for Circulars. Address,

S. J’. VVIN(}, Iiularnuzoo, Dlich.

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THE RIX HARROW

DISTANCES ALL OTHERS BY REASON OF LIGHTNESS OF DRAFT

AND EFFICIENCY OF WORK

It took the first premium at the Grand Rapids field trials, beating every other harrow entered. It

was highly recommended by the Committee on account of the ease of adjustment of the teeth, the

ease ol draft. and the efficiency 01 its work. a
We call the attention of farmers everywhere to our Improved Harrow.

IT DOES NOT INFRINGE ON ANY PATENTS,

AND

For DURABILITY it is UNSURPASSED.

Send for Circulars.
RIX HARROW 00., ( Incorporated ),'

l5jultI KALALEAZOO, LEIGH-

PERSONS WHO PURCHASED

Fanning Mills during 1881 or 1882 purporting to
have been manufactured in Lawton, Mich, unless

will conferaiavor on me and learn something to
their advantage by avldres-ing
Myron H. Srnith.

l6Sep3t Lawton, Mich. ~

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