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“T_HE FARMER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARJH, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.”

VOLUME 9,--NO. 6.
WHOLE NO. 158.

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Officers National Grange.

MAsrnn—J. J. WOODMAN,Paw Paw, Mich.
0vas.snim—PUT. DARDEN, . . . . Mississippi.
Lnc'ronnn.—HEN RY ESHBAUGH, Missouri.
S'.l'EWA1?.D—W. SIMS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ka.nsas.
Assr. S'rnwsnn— JOHN J. ROSA, Delaware.
CRA.PLAIN—-H. 0. DERVIES,.. . . .Mai-yland.
TnnAsUn.EB—F. McDOWELL,. . .NeW York.
SEc’Y—W. M. IRELAND, Washington, D. C.
GATE-KRBPEB——JAS. V. SCO'I‘T,..Ai-kansas.
Cxnns-—MRS. J. J. WO0DMAN,..Michigan.
POMONA-—MRS. PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi.
FLOBA—MBB. I. W. N IC HOLSON ,New Jersey
Luv Assr. S’I‘EWABD— Mas. WM. SIMS,Kan

Executive committee-

D. WYATT AIKEN, . . . . . ..South Carolina.
H. D. BINGHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio.
DB. J. M. BLANTON, . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginia.

Officers Michigan. state Grange.

M. —C. G. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilead.
O.—A. N. WOODRUFF, . . . . . . ..Watervliet.
LEO.-—-JOHN HOLBROOK, . . . . . . . . Lansing.
S.—S. A. TOOKER, . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ledge.
A. S.——A_ B. CLARK, .. . . .... . . . . . .Morrice.
C.—-E. R. WILLARD. . . . .. . . .White Pigeon.
‘rains ‘-8. F. BROWN, . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft.
Snc..—J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft.
G. K.—ELIJAH BARTLETT, . . . . . .Dryden.
C1!BEs.—MRS. M. T. COLE, . . . . . . .Palmyra.
Pomona.-——MRS. LYDIA DRAKE, Plainwell.
FI..0iu.—— MRS. D. H. STONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
L. A. S.—-MRS. A. B. CLARK . . . . ..Morrice.

Executive committee.
WM. SATTERLEE, Ch’ia., . . . . Birmingham.

‘H. D, PLATT, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ypsilanti.

JOHN PORTER, . . . . . . . . . . ..Grand Rapids.
THOMAS MARS, ........ . .Berrien Center.
J. O. A. BURRINGTON,. . . . .,.. . .Tuscola.
THOS. F. MOORE, .............. ..Adrian.
J. G. BAMSDELL .......... "Traverse City.
C. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, ..... _.Ex-oflicio.

State Business Agent.
THOMAS MASON, .......... "Chicago, Ill.

GEO. W. HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Detroit.

General Deputy.
J OHN HOLBROOK ............. . .Lansing.

Special Lecturers.

Thos. F. Moore, ...... "Adrian, Lenawee Co.
M. L. Stevens, ...... ..Perrv, Shiawasses Co.
Mrs 8. Steele, . . . . . . . . .Manton, Wexford Co.
Andrew Campbell, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co.
J. W. Wing” .-. .An.n Arbor, Washtenaw Co.

I Acknowledge the corn.

This is the origin of the phrase, “I
acknowledge the corn.” In 1828, Mr.
Stewart, a member of Congress, said
in a speech that Ohio, Kentucky, and
Indiana sent their haystacks, corn-
fields, and fodder to New York and
Philadelphia for sale. Mr. Wickliffe
of Kentucky called him to order, de-
claring that those States did not send
haystacks, cornficlds, and fodder to
New York and Philadelphia for sale.
“Well, what do you send ?” asked Mr.
Stewart. “Why, horses, mules, cattle
and hogs.” “Well, what makes your
horses, mules, cattle and hogs? - You
feed $100 worth of bay to a horse. You
just animate and get upon the top of
your haystack and ride off to market.
How is it with your cattle? You
make one of them carry $50 worth of
hay or grass to the eastern market.
How much corn at 33 cents a bushel to
fatten a hog ?” “VVh\, 30 bushels.”
“Then you put 30 bushels into the
shape of a hog and make it walk off
to the eastern market.” Then Mr.
Wicklifle jumped up and said, “Mr.
Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I acknowledge
the c0rn.”——Practz'cal Teacher. .

A NEW bug has turned up in Maine.
The farmers already dread it worse
than the pitato-bug. It hasfsghfar
been found only in the town 0 er-
ryfleld and vicinity, in N_VashiDgt0n
county. It crawls ata snail’s pace but
is diffusing itself too rapidly. A local
paper says it refsepiblesta largpl sntiliil,
has the power 0 e onga ion an w en
extendedh to] full lgngth iii threg pg‘
-four inc es ong. t is suppose_
have been brought from Europe in a
bundle of shrubbery. The Irish say
it is very common in the “old coun-

-try.” It is a filthy-looking creature

and very destructive to almost every
kind of vegetable.

AN obstinate man does not hold
opinions, they hold him.

THE WORKMAN’S SONG.

BY CLARENCE A. FONEB-DEN;
I will write the songs of the working man,
And I'll sing them, too, for am I not one?
Yea, I belong to the brotherhood,
And I'll work and sing till the work be
done-
Till the whole be finished, spick and span,
And rounded off in the homely shop,
Where honest toil and sweet content
Give Life and Time their noblest prop.

Then, comrades, come, and sing with me,
To the end of the toilsome, weary days;
Blend me our songs with the din of work
Till the whole world join in the labor’s
praise;
With the hammer’s twang and shovel’s thud,
And the steaming engine's whistle shrill.
Let the song of the workingman be heard
Till the heavens and earth with the echoes'
fill.

To the plow, to the plane, in field or in shop,
Go we to the task with a merry song,

And the toil and moil shall be all made sweet
To the heart and hand of the working

throng.

And anon when brawn and brain unite
In God and Nature's righteous plan.

The world shall give all honor due
To the honest, upright workingman.

Who tills the ground with his own right hand,
And makes his bread with the might of
brawn,
Shall awake from slumber’s sweet repose
Refreshed and blest on the inori*ow’s dawn:
Who rings the ax and whirrs the saw,
As rightly becometh he who can,
Proclaims to the world in his homely way,
There is honor due to the workingman.

The mauliest men on earth to-day
Are they who work and still rejoice;
Who well life's brunt and burden bear
And hymn its praise with grateful voice;
Each treads the earth as a noble man,
God's likeness in his honest face,
And shall in the wliitcd light of time
In the rank of heroes take his place.

Our Highways—How to Get Good Roads.‘

BY A. 1). I’. VAN BUREN.

We might, in a very large measure,
get along without fences; but high-
ways are indispensable. The history
of roads in a country is ever a true
record of the commercial and social
progress of that country. And the
condition of the road will invariably
tell where the greatest amount of
travel goes._ In a new country we
find only rude and rough roads. But
we can trace, year after year, the pro-
gress of a people in the improved con-
dition of their roads. Some one has
pithily said that the earliest settlers
in this county, left Detroit on a rough
road that led to a rude settlement in
the woods; from that they went west-
ward on a mere wagon trick which
led to a lone cabin among the trees;
from the cabin they followed a foot-
path that led to a log barn, and from
the barn westward they followed a
squirrel track till it went up a tree.
The better the road the more travel is
facilitated and transportation cheap-
ened. ,

The State of Michigan imposes an
annual tax of $2,000,000 upon her citi-
zens for the construction and repairs
of highways. This tax falls heavily
upon the agricultural classes who are
beginning to bestir themselves on the
subject. They are asking, “Ought we
not to have far better and more dura-
ble roads for the large amount of
money expended‘? Consider for a m :-
ment the continual wear on the roads.
Just think of the amount of produce
in this State that the farmers drag to
market at a greater or less distance.
Iquote from a leading journal, from
which I get other useful suggestions
in this article,—More than 60,000,000
bushels of wheat and corn, 20,000,000
bushels of oats, rye and barley, 6,000.-
000 bushels of potatoes, more than 50,-
000,000 pounds of pork, the enormous
apple crop, the millions of cords of
wood that feed the fires of the cities,
towns and villages of the State are
drawn over the roads; add to this the
supplies for the farm, such as gypsum
salt, lime, lumber, fencing, and house-
hold supplies, all of which must be
dragged to and from towns, villages
and railroad centers.’-' Now think of
how much wear and tear” could be
saved on wagons, and how much on
the horses and harness, if our roads
were kept in better condition.

The law does not place a depot near
every farmer’s door; a few only have
that advantage. But the laws .of the
State give “every farmer a highway,
and compel every community to
maintain and keep the same in good
repair.” The first question is, how to
improve our highways at the least
possible expense. Can we make a
good road out of the soil through

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which it passes? No, not with the
common two-inch wagon tire now in
use “to cut it up.” Nothing but a
stone or mscadamized road can with-
stand the narrow tire, that by con-
stant wear under heavy loads, has its
edges ground ofl‘, till it is sharpened
almost to a point. W'e have no roads,
not even those made of gravel, that
can stand the perpetual incision from
these sharp tired wheels under their
heavy burdens, and especially when
the road-bed is so often loosened by
long rains. But what is your remedy?
We reply, “build your lumber wagon
with a four-inch instead ofa two-inch
rim. Every such loaded wagon
drawn over our highway, whether it
be built of marl, clay or sand, would
improveinstead of injuring it,” Such
broad tires, like a succession of rollers
upon soft land, would tend, day after
day, to make the road-bed more com-
pact and durable. The broadiimnied
wagon draws no harder than the nar

row rimmed one. It has been found
to cost no more, is no heaiier, and
lasts longer than the narrow wheeled
wagon.

Thejournal we quoted above says
that it costs one dollar to move a ton,
on our highways, five miles. This es-
timate cmbraces good roads. On
many highways it would cost double.
While in winter, upon snow, the same
material could be moved for ten cents
per ton. “Vicre no loaded wagons
allowed on our road-beds with less
than a four-inch rim, freight could
be movedfor one-hr.-lf its present
cost.” Tie keeper at the toll-gates
on the roads in Ohio were accustomed
to charge the farmer who drove the
six-horse wagon with its broad tire
less toll than he did the farmer with
the narrow-tired wagon; because the
former improved the roads while the
latter injured them. It is certain that
our present narrow-rimmed wagon
wheels work destruction to a mad-
bed. And that it is useless to form a
road-bed of clay, loam or other earth
while the narrow-wheeled wagon is
allowed to drag its heavy loads over
it. It is useless to turnpike a road
with such material, the narrow Wheels
only cut down deeper into it. The
only remedy is to get out of this old
time rut and use wheels broad enough
to make solid and compact roads.
Then instead of an annual expendi-
ture of $2,000,000 for consuuction and
repairs of roads, one half or one quar-
ter of that amount would do, and
we should have immeasurably better
highways.

As we said the two-inch tire cuts
into and destroys our best roads;
nothing but stone can withstand them.
Eastern Pennsylvania builds her
roads, as England does, of crushed
stone. Mills for crushing stone are
erected in various parts of the coun-
try. The sto_ue found on the high-
ways or adjacent fields is crushed in
these mills, and used for all repairs
on roads. They mend all the bad
places in the highway with this
crushed stone, thus ‘their roads are

-continually improving as the broad-

wheeled wagons are mostly in use.
Several of the States are asking their
Legislatures for an appropriation,
equal to the amount of the annual

road tax as =essed, to be used for road'

purposes in each county; and they
would establish a road system simi-
lar to the common school system in
their States. They believe, and right-
ly, that half of the money usually
appropriated for road purposes could
be saved if it was only used wi'h the
practical good sense that character-
izes our people in any other similar
business transaction. Any shrewd
business man will take the same
amount of labor, or money, assessed
to a township, reserve half of it, and
with the rest build far better and more
desirable roads than we get with the
whole amount as now expended.

An eastern journal says—“Let our
Legislature create a Public Road De-
partment, located at the State capitol,
with a State Superintendent of Public
Roads, and a County Superintendent
( who might be the County Surveyor,)
for each county in the State. A
board of at least three road supervisors
should be elcted for each district for
three years one to go out each year.
Let them care for the district as the
directors of schools care for the pub-
lic schools.”

Two Days Among Vermont Sheep-Breeders.

Bro. Cobb.--—Having been unable to
supply the demand for fine wool rams
from my own flock, I have for two
years obtained an additional supply
from Vermont; and thinking the
sheep men among our brothers might
relish alittle sheep gossip, I offer a
few notes on what I saw and heard
during the hurried trip from which I
have just returned.

Owing to the tariff agitation, main-
ly, the sheep trade has been a little
dull there, as compared with lastyear,
but of late confidence has in a meas-
ure returned which, coupled with the
advance in wool, made business lively
again, and the streets of Middlebury
were well filled with teams loaded
with wool or sheep for shipment.
They were 1'.-ceiving :35 cents for their
wool unwashed.

I first visited the flock of H E San-
ford and purchase(l 27 lambs of him
szired by “Rip Van Winkle” ‘ Banker
"i:i<)llati1,” “()lingstoue,” “Magnet”
and others Mr. S. owns the old
Rockwell flock, which under his ju-
dicious management is even improv
iig on the prestge gained under its
fc "IIl8l' owners. He has for sale ii
very desirable party of yearling ewe:-I,
all the better for not having been over-
fed to put them in fancy show con-
dition. Inext bought nine lambs of
Edgar Sanford, all sired by his stock
ram 130, he by “Bismarck,” &c. Mr.
S. has 17 breeding ewes, which aver-
aged 17§lb of wool per head, and he is
ju-itly proud of them.

.1 next purchased of VV. E. VVallace
l;§,€x mbs. sired by “Jason,” Sanford’s
G“;--y and “Young "Rip.” Mr. VV.
is a young man and has but a few
sheep, but if he continues to breed
from the best stock you will hear from
him later. -

I called on Mr. B. W'illlamson, an
extensive breeder and the most exten-
sive dealer in Vermont. His build-
ings are all new and very large and
well appointed. He has rams that are
valued up in the thousands and are a
wonder to look at. He has a Bona-
parte yearling that I thought the best
of anything I saw. By the way, the
old Bonaparte had a remarkable ca-
reer. I do not know by whom he was
bred, but Rockwell bought half inter-
est in him for $50.00, and sold to San-
ford for $75.00, Sanford to William-
son for 150.00, Vvilliamson to Ohio
parties for 500.00, and when last sold
it was for $4,500.00.

My call upon the James brothers
was rewarded by the sight of a four-
story barn, and 40 yearling ewes in
the very finest condition of anything
I saw, and for sale at a reasonable
price. I saw there his stock ram,
“Cranes Eureka” and others. When
I was there last year, the greatest sen-
sation in sheep circles was Farnham’s
big French rain, which sheared 591b,
a17 month’s growth of fleece. This
year it is McCauley’s phenominal
lamb. No such lamb was ever pro-
duced, they say. He is large and
stylish and Efdeveloped like an old
sheep and completely wrapped in
wrinkles and folds from. end to end
and covered, with the bare exception
of the tip of his nose and the bottoms
of his feet with a fine, even fleece.
Although he is indeed a wonderful
lamb, I could not share their enthusi-
asm over him, but saw others much
nearer my idea of perfection The
owner is offered $2,300.00 for him or
$1,000.00 for half interest. He was
sired by “Standard” bred by Jones
and Barton and as evidence of the
growing popularity of this little sheep.
I heard that Bgrton sold his interest
to Jones when a,,lamb for $10.00, and
last year bought the sheep back for
$3,000.00, and strange to say he thinks
he made a good thing out of Jones
at that.

But to conclude, I think the Ver-
monters are making money easily,
rapidly and pleasantly from their
flocks; That, with as good stock an(l
the same care and methods, we can
produce better sheep here than they
can there, and I advise patrons to

think of it, and if it is to their taste,
buy a few thoroughbred ewes. and
carefully breed them and save their
stock till they replace their old flocks,
and I believe they will ‘be pleased
with the result. Lest you distrust the
unselflshness of this advice, let me
say, I have no registered ewes for
sale. A. W. HAYDON.
Decatur, Mich.

.the result.

The White Elephant Potato.

T. J. Cobb.-—I see in a sample copy
of the GRANGE VISITOR of December
15th, which I received ashort time
since (for which accept thai. ks), three
articles on potato culture, in which I
am somewhat interested, and in favor
of the White Elephant variety. I
planted four different kinds last year,
the White Elephant, Beauty of He-
bron, early Ohio and late Rose, all re-
ceived the same care except the White
Elephant, was cut to one and two eyes
to a piece, and the others to three or
more, and one piecein a hill, and hills
about two feet ten inches each way.
The White Elephant out-yielded any
other variety, had more and be'ter
sized potatoes, and as many as sixteen
to the hill, and. fifteen and one-half
bushels from six pounds of seed. I
shall add Mammoth Pei-rl and ()lark’s
No. 1 this year and give them each
the same care, and try and write you
Yours with respect,

G. B. TISDALE,
Decatur, February 15, 1883.

Editor GRANGE VISI'l‘0R:—I no-
ticed an inquiry in the Visrroic lately
from the Pacific r-lope about the
White Elephant potato. I planted
twx. smallish ones iast spring which
were given me by friends in eastern
Pennsylvania. I of course stretched
the seed as far as I could by planting
one eye to a hill and I dug them in
August, getting one bushel and a half
peck good m'asure, very large ones,
notasznall one in the lot. I raised
them on a rich gravelly loam.

T.iey are a long, white, smooth po-
tato, eyes not sunken and no prongs
of any account, They_are neither
very late nor very early. These rip-
ened in the latter part of August.
We cooked a few to try them and we
pronounced them very good.

In eastern Pennsylvania I know of
one man who raised _-100 bushels per
acre on limestone soil, (or clay.) They
raise them for home market and seem
to take well. Iam highly elated with
mine although I have none to sell,
and never speculate much.

Yours very truly,
WILLIAM LEHR.
Athens, Mich. Feb. 20, 1883.

An Eastern Stock Farm.

H. C. Underwood, of Kalamazoo,
while east lately on a business trip
was invited to visit the model farm of
Mr. Holly, a New York millionaire.
There are five barns on the farm all
built of brick, slate roof, cement floor,
and all modern improvements. There
is aseparate barn for cows, horses,
bulls, calves and fowls. Cattle are
fed on ensilage. one corner of the
barn being devoted to the silo, which
is the height of the basement story.
The fodder is cut by machinery and
delivered from the second story or
driving floorinto the silo, then cov-
ercd and pressed with weights. In
winter when it must be fed, it is taken
out at one end. The ensilage has a
pungent odor, looks like cabbage, and
all the hundred head of cattle eat it
but one, which is in poorest condition.
It is claimed that cattle do as well on
ensilageas on grass. It is fed like
slope, and does away with roots.

The cattle are fastened to an end-
less chain which runs on two pulleys
—one above and the other below. To
water the stock, there are 1 mg troughs
above them, which may be lowered,
filled with water from a hose pumped
by machinery. Cattle are curried and
brushed daily like horses. They are
all registered Jerseys, mostly fawn
colored. and are finer haired than
those west. is it feed, care, or cli-
mate‘?

The fowl house is dug four feet be-
low ground, leaving the range for
fowls below all drafts, of cold air. A
long roof slants toward the south
which is almost like a greenhouse so
full of windows. Over these windows
are shutters. This farm is near Me-
costs. a suburb of New York. 0. P.

Grand View Place, }
Kalamazoo.

A factory at Perth Amboy, N. J.,
by a new and peculiar process, is
converting clay into fire- proof lumber;
it can be dressed, planed, grooved and
sawed. It is also used for various
other purposes, such as filters, im-
perishable ground-sills, water-proof
bricks, refrigerators, safe and, vault
linings. -

Talks on Poultry. No 3.

A perfect fowl should have a small
head, bright red combs, graceful
curved neck, broad full breast, broad,
level back, clean limbs, straight toes,
and a full, compact tail, not one that
looks like it was built in sections.

The breast bone should not be
crooked, nor the back humped, or the
tail twisted. Looking at a fowl Ir-mi
front to rear, the comb and tail .-in uld
be in a straight line. There is bl .-y Ill-
metry or proportion of parts fillri a
certain style or proud bearing thu. it
fowl should possess which is impo ~-i-
ble to describe.

Cochins should be large, have a
small, evenly serrated comb, tail car-
ried low,shauks and middle toe feath-
ered. Pairidge cocliins should have
brezwt flufl' and leg featlie-ring black,
hackle and saddle l'l'1l.Ilgt‘, rad striped
with black, ro white. (fenter of
breast and fluffof wings peuciled with
semi-circles quite dark. In buff co-
chins, pale, faded feather.-', white tail
are to eavoided. In Black (‘ochina
avoid brassy or red featliers.

Editor Stoddard of the Poultry World
and author ofa valuable series of :5-
cent books on poultry subjects, is au-
thority ihaf Lang-hiu,is and Black
COClllll.‘lIl)t1ylle_jll(l2'U(l by the same
rules. Light Brainaii :-houl(l be w hite
bodied, dark hackle, bla<-k wing lliglils
and tail; or wl-its bodied with lighter
wings flights, tail and hackle.

Never breed liens and cooks which
both have dark or both light points.
Pea comb, bright red, and not lopped
over. Shanks and middle toe wcll
feathered. In dark Bramahs avoid
brown feathers. Black running to
silver grey or white is the proper
thing.

A Plymouth Rock should be solid
looking; legs vi-ry yellow, breast
broad; comb thick at base, small and
evenly serrated, and short neck.
They will not breed an even color,
some will be darker and some lighter.
The best and event-st combination
come:-s froma light colored cock and
medium dark hens.

Hamburgs should have a rose comb
and legs flesh colored.

Leghorns should have a high, bright
comb on wltich are fine, evenly ser-
rated points besides the front and
back points which belong to the comb,
proper. The sickle of the tail should
be properly placed and should fall in,
a perfect half circle. In VVhite Leg-
horns avoid yellow feathers-—nothing
but pure white being admissible.

This is a proper time to mate fowls
for setting. OLD POl,'L'l‘R\'.

Grand View Place, Kalamazoo.

Human Nature in a Rooster.

Talk about your smart hens! Ifyou
have a hen that knows any more than
one of my Plymouth Rock pullets_.
just tro her out! Last fall that inde-
pendent young female, utterly disre-
gsrding the advice and warnings of
her relatives, escaped from home in
company with a young rooster and the
two set up housekeeping outside.
Several times we tried to induce that
erring couple to return to the ways of
civilized hens and the shelter of the
hen house, but our well meant efforts
were in vain. By day they foraged
around the barn-yard 101‘ a living, and
by nightthey roosted in the highest
branches of an old lightning-blasted
apple tree back of the barn. They
seemed to be 1 erfectly happy so I left
them alone. About the time the zero
weather came along the little pu[let
was missing, but the “partner of her
joys and sorrows” did not seem to feel
very badly abontit; he struited around
with aknowing air, as he could tell
something that would astonish. Yes-
terday morning while I was rumagiug
around in the old corn barn, I heard
a funny little cluck that seemed to
proceed from a barrel close at hand.
Knowing that barrels didn’t usually
make such sounds I proceeded to in-
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there ri lit in the middle of about a
half bushel of turkey feathers with
nine little downy chicks huddled un-
der her, and when I looked into the
barrel the impudent thing loooked up
and winked at me! And right behind
me that rooster crowed loud and long,
just as if he did anything about hatch-
ing those chicks! Bui then that isjust
the way with the male half of creation.
Let a woman do anything that
amounts to something and some man
will stand up before her, or behind
her, or somewhere, ’round, and do all
the crowing!—-Fanny Field in Prairie

Farmer. '

THE great disadvantage of cold stor-
oge comes from the fact that fruit thus
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MARCH 15..

WILL FARMERS COMPLAIN7

It is notorious that all, or nearly all,
of the industries of the country under-
take to take care of their own interests
bl! Striving to secure favorable legisla-
tion when apprehensive that there is
danger in that direction, except the
farmer class. Although agriculture
was the first and has ever been the
most important calling of man; al-
though all other classes are dependant
upon it, not only for their subsistence,
but for their business prosperity; al-
though more than one-half of the
Dmple of the United Sthtes take rank
in this class, and although no other
class has so great an amount of invest-
ed capital, yet this immense interest,
indifferent alike to the long years of
past experience and blind to the les
sons which observation should have
taught, with apparent unconcern sees
other interests em:-loy all the aids that
moi.-ey and ingenuity can devise to
give direction to legislation and makes
little or no concentrated vfl‘-.>rt for self-
protection.

This prevailing inattention of the
agriculiural class has another illustra-
tion in the new tariff‘ bill passed by
Congress during the last hours of the
forty-seventh congress. There was
very general agreement by men of all
parties that the tarifl‘ needed revision.
This general statement is nowhere
denied. The results of the election
stimulated to active effort from differ-
ent motives, members of Congress,
and work for a revision commenced
with the first day of the session and
ended almost with its last hours.

The lobby was on hand to take care
of the manufacturing industries, but
where was the farmer’s lobby? None
provided. Ofthat we are not ashamed.
The most important inquiry comes
next——who and where were the rep-
resentatives specially interested and
intent on looking after and seeing to
the protection of the farmers‘? Well,
toget right at the naked fact, there
were very few of them there. And
more—they have not been there for a
long time, if ever. Of the 370 gentle-
men who represeut the States less than
a. score are from this great agricul-
tural class. Is it any wonder, then,
that the duty on wool was reduced
about 30 per cent while on woolens
the reduction averaged not more than
20.

\Ve do not refer to this to complain.
That would be unreasonable and we
make no complaint. If farmers will
send lawyers and representatives of
every other class except their own to
make and amend laws, they should
not complain that agriculture is not
represented in the body of constitu-
tional advisers of the~President; nor
should they complain if their products
suffer from irregular and unjust dis-
criminations. In the Senate,has there
duringihe late short session been a
man who has made a single effort to
bring forward the hills which passed
‘the house at the previous session, so
amending the patent laws as to pro-
tect the user of patented articles from

- the iapacity of royalty swindlers, and

another making the Commissioner of
Agriculture a cabinet oflicer? VVe
think not. Shall we complain of this?
Of course we shall; but who is to
blame?

Thelate Senatorial contest in this
State furnished a prolonged illustration
of the utter indifferenre of farmers to
the legislation needed by the agricul
tuial interests of the country. The re-
publican pr: ss insisted that it would be
an unparalleled evil fora republican
to accept votes from any other than Si-
mon-pure republican.-.x,and the 42 farm-
ers of the Legislature continued tojvote
day after day for all -those weary
weeks as though the integrity of the
party to which they severally be-
longed was of more importance than
the interests of their constituents.
If either of the other parties or the
compound of which they are composed
had numbered a controlliig majority,
it is not likely the case would have
been widely different. If there had
been any measure of importance to
lawyers, as are the bills referred to, in
the United States Senate important to
farmers, do you suppose the 22 lawyers
of the Leg -lature having boili a per
sonal and a class interest at stlke,
would have voted for days and weeks
for a Senator whose action in regard to
the measure if el-cted was not definite-
ly understood? We venture to say
these worthy legislators who are not
only farmers themselves, but represent
an agricultural constituency, have no
sort of assurance whatever from the
Senator elect that he will give the
great agricultural interests oi the
country any attention whatever.

With this state of things if in
21.-ljLi:».luti4iL oi Ll1(:lar;fI'; or in ‘.he pas
sage of any bills in the State or na-
tional legislature the farmer does not
get a fair share of protection what
right has he to complain. With the
power in his hands to take care of
himself, he not only neglects, but stub-
bornly refuses to use it. He does not
do it in the caucus, at the polls, or
when filling his place as legislator, by
his voice or his vote.

When farmers learn to be politically
selfish to the extent of insisting on
having an even thing in the matter of
protecting laws, then they will have
them, and not until then. In the

meantime it will be as well perhaps or

the,

TEE

better to say less about farmer rep-
resentation. _

The past has its lessons: Will farm-
ers heed them ‘? That is the import-
ant question. We think they will, but
not to an extent that shall at once be
observable. It takes years of time to
educate a generation of children [0 a
condition of well developed men‘ and
women. And it takes just abo it as
long to take those grown-up children,
tho:-se men and women, and again edu-
cate them to that condition of intelli-
gent self-reliance that qualifies them
to successfully fight the battle of life.

Our farmers as a class, are still prone
to follow party leadership without go-
ing farther, and asking whal. in ‘.0
come of this for us, as a class ‘L’ \Vl,.-~n
this inquiry is made by the iutelllguit
voter  he prepares his ballot, the
reasonable and just demands of the
great agrim.-ltural class will be consul-
ed.

THE MARSHALL MEETING.

With a little effort I succeeded in
satisfying myself that I had time to
attend the meeting mentioned in our
last paper that was to open at Zolclock
Thursday, the 8th inst. at i\Iai‘s‘.i..ll

On the noon train from K8lin]aZ’)l)
we found several of the old reliable-s,
who have been prominently identi-
fied with the pomological, horticultu-
ral and general agricultural interests
of the State. The presence of these
gentlemen gave assurance of a profit-
able meeting. ()n arriving at Mar-
shall we were met at the depot by
gentlemen, solicitous for our weliare,
and we repaired at once to its opera
house, where we found a meager few
engaged in alaudable effort to keep
warm by surrounding the stove. How
they succeeded was not important to
the two or three dozen who were out-
side, to know. The attendance for a
State meeting of an important society
was small. This was perhaps fortu-
nate, for if the few who were lllvf.‘-18
had been compelled to divide the liitle
heat furnished,with agreater number,
there might have been even greater
complaint.

Somewhat later than designated in
the call, the President, T. T. Lyon of
South I-Iavcu, called to order, and
invited Mr. Buell, of Little Prairie
Ronde, to read the first essay of the
session—siibject, “\Vhat inducements
have farmers for increasing their
apple orchards?’ By citing numerous
instances, in addition to his own per-
sonal experience, where care and skill
were shown in the culture and man-
ageinent of orchards, the essayist es-
tablished thc point that orchards had
paid much better than grain n-raps.
If the apple orchard will do th‘ ‘, as a
paying crop is what is waiitcd, the
question of inducement is settled, and
Mr. Buell assigned among others, the
following reasons: It is an established
fact that Michigan stands at the head
of fruit-growing States,and the area of
territory where the apple flouiishes
and attains that condition of perfec-
tion found in Michigan, is not so
great as to awaken any apprehension
of over-stocking the market. ’l'he
vast northwest, so rapidly filling up,
is, much of it, not favorable for apple
culture, and its people, with favorable
railroad transportation, will make a
great demand upon Michigan. Not
only for green fruit, but the evaporat-
ing rrocess has reached that polllb
where we can safely count on finding
a means of prepzriug for market all
the surplus of anygyear of abundance,
and holding in condition for that mar-
ket, however distant.

The presel--t time is auspicious for
setting out new orchards, as very
many of the‘ old orchards are now
nearly worthless. New orchards must
be set to ke;p up the present supply;
it takes time to grow an orchard and
in this matter we are not keeping pace
with the increase of population.

In answer to the inquiry as to the
best varieties, Mr. Buell mentioned
Canada Red, Northern Spy, B8l(lWil1
and \Vagner. The Northern Spy, on
account of its hardy charuct-:er, he
would use to top-graft with other va-
rieties. He reconimended the highest
land for an orchard, in this level
country, the higher thezbetter. Mr.
Stearns, a successful orchardist, lu-
sisted that no labor bestowed on the
business of raising, paid as well as
that Which, as a rule, was applied the
le'ast—thinning the halt-grown ‘fruit
and thinning it well. You can pick
off‘ five apples and drop on the ground
in the time’-. you can care for one when
matured. Judicious thinning im-
proves the quality and the appearance,
saves time at the harvest, and in-
creases the quantity,of market apples.

He would not have more than five
\.':tl‘ll-llt‘.~l :-.:u.} prefers three. Intended
setting out 500 trees this spring. Of
these -l00 will be Baldwins and the
other 100 are quite as likely to be
Baldwins as anything else.

In the discussion which followed
these points were made. There is no
sortcf danger of producing an excess
of the best quality of fruit and putting
it on the market in the best possible
condition. The best is always wanted
at good prices, though it is not always
sold at good prices for the reason that
it is often in poor company. Put up
extra good fruit in the very best man-
ner, send it to a reliable dealer,_be
sure and put your card in the bottom

use see V’Z§E'E,:@B.

of the barrel as well as the top. and you
will be remembered and can command
good prices. A New York commi-

sion merchant says that not more
than one-twentieth of the apples put
on the marketfsre of the very best
quality and condition, and the supply
of such never equals the deinaiid. All
agreed that red was the favorite color

for market; but not so well when the:

Ben Davis was recommended. Its
friends gave ii. small praise except to
sell‘, not on its merits but on its dc-
ceptive appearance, and then the mar-
ket should be Chicago, never Detroit.

President Lyon favored the Canada
Red, as an apple of real merit, pro-
ductive and quite as attractive as the
Davis. whilr Mr. Hoaly insisted that
prople buy by the eye and not by the
taste. and that the D LVIS will sell well
until buyers know much more about
fruit than they now do.
shown that the Davis was wanted in
Chicago at the first-class hotels where
it would seem that their customers
eye was to be satisfied ratlier
his taste.

In the matter of setting, trees two
years old were recommended, and the
tops cut back to three feet or less.
Feed the land, also cultivate well,
but never after the 10th of August. A
late growth leaves the tree tender and
subject to injury by winter freezing.
The injury charged to freezing de-
pends very much on the suddenness
of the freezing and the thawing.
Rapid changes are always damaging
and olten fatal. In setting lean the
trees little to the southwest as from
this quarter the hottest sun and cold-
est winds strike the tree and this posi-
tion serves to protect. Trim so freely
while the tree is young that thefe
will be no occasion to cut large limbs
from the grown tree.

While injurious insects were under
discussion Mr. (Hidden repeated what
Prof. Cook said at the institute at
Galesburg, in describing his trem-
ment of the codling moth by spray-
ing the tree with water poisoned with
Paris gréen a week after the fall of the
blossoms and again a month later.
We gave an account of this treatment
in the last VISITOR but this knowl-
edge is so new to most people, apple-
producers as well as others, that we
are not likely to call attention tn it
to.) often.

The second topic, "VVhen and how
shall we plant peach orchards,” was
intelligently discussed in a paper pre-
pared and read by Mr.Lannin,ofSouth
Haven. He referred to peach grow-
ing when the country was new and

the conditions so widely different t'nu' ,-

crops were both abundant and sure
wheiever in southern Michigan the
trees were set.

With the changed conditions inci-
dent to the labor of an enterprising
people for a p riod of forty years or
so, the questions presented are im-
portant factors in the business of
peach raising. The conditions named
by the essayist as essential were ele
vation, dry ground, with such prior
cultivation as mav be necessary to
pd‘ it in good condition for crops.
Mark the ground each way with a
p.ow for rows twenty feet apart. This
will facilitate the setting. Seoul-e
stock in the fall and heel in after,
carefully cutting ofl‘ all damaged
roots and trimming surplus limbs,
and shortening the top to three or
four feet. Set in the spring as early
as the ground is found in good order.
About July let go through and trim,
cutting down to four or five .imbs.
Peaches will pay if but three crops
areiaised and the trees then destroyed
for cause. We neglectenl to note the
varieties named as preferrrd, only
remembering Amsden and Alexander

Mr. Lannin endorsed the opinion
heretofore expressed about thinning
out fruit. A full free should be
thinned out three-fourths. In local-
ity would shun a southern slope to
avoid early rl»_-velopment.

The idea new to me was that express-
ed by” air drainage” whi-xh as explain-
ed signifies such a relation of law
or valley land to high, that the cold-
est air by its density or gre ter Weight
naturally falls into the contiguous
valley which it relatively large enough
to relieve the high land of this in-
tensely cold air beci-mes, as we may
say, security for the established fruit-
grcwing character of the high land.
In this country the prevailing winds
are from the southwest and their ef
fect upon fruit trees the careful or»
chardist has observed in various ways.
A very marked feature was men-
tioned. On the northeast side of the
tree is almost always found the best
fruit‘. The relief afforded by the
branches of the southwest half of the
free. proves the value of a wind break,-
and points the shrewd orchardist to
invest at once in such protection with
a confident expectation of good re-
turns after a little patient waiting.

In the peach discussion the same
opinion prevailed, that there was no
exact degree of cold fatal to peaches,
but thoroughly matured wood not of
rapid growth would endure almost
any degree of cold to which the lati-
tudc in which they were grown was
liable, provided the extreme cold was
reached gradually and the thawing
was also gradually effected. As this is
amatter wholly beyond our control,
the raising of peaches is not 5. safe

It Was’

than 

‘business to embark‘ in where the
‘ cold often touches twelve degree belou
zero.

l Secretary Garfield referred to the
;severe weather in Ionla county a few
lyears ago when the Mercury went
down to 26 the following day got down
to 21) and returned to zero gradually
without killing the peach bud.

In the discussion of quality it was
claimed by some that the Michigan
peach was superior to those grown in
,a northern latitude. Mr. Buell of
Kalamazoo claimed to have seen the
finest of peaches in the St. Louis
market last fall. Another gentleman
explained the reason California and
other fruit from a distance was not
equal to our own production in flavor,
was the fact that it was picked before
fully niature, and this was a necessity
in shipping, and this early picking
was fatal to its perfection, as the last
twenty-four hours on the’ tree before
maturity seemed to give the finest
flavor to this frull.

Mr. Tracy spoke of the effect pro-
duced on some frozen bodies by mo-
tion and referred to a little of his ag-
ricul;ural college experience. Home
geraniums were frozen and he re-
quested all the boys of a class to each
move a leaf on different plants so
marking the leaf as to afterward know
the effect. Every leaf moved when
frozen was ruined. Most people know
that onions if moved when frozen are
spoiled. The results of severe freez-
ingdepeud largely upon the condi-
tions which follow, and these are not
generally well understood.

W’ell matured wood in the full is
essential to a crop the following year
and this condition in 2:. growing sea-
s n can be somewhat promoted by
cutting back limbs and checking
growth.

(tlontinued -in nor! number.)

A VISIT TO THE ALABASTINE MILL.

About the first of the month we
took a run to Grand Rapids one day.
W'hilc there we called at the office of
the Alabastine company ‘and found
the working force all busy. Bro.
Hamilton has charge of the plaster
business, and with coat off‘ like 21
working Granger was putting in full
time. Mr. Church invited us to go
to the mill and sets what had been
done since we were there last fall.

After dinner, behind his fast horse
we started for a flying trip to the
plaster mill at mile and a. half away
from the cfiice. The millof the Ala-
bastine company is lL‘.'-.l!-I than half a
mile from that of (,.‘..dfrey Brothers
-which we )i.lfi~i on our way. The
Godfreys had have other bad luck be-
sides this new perverse competitor
for business——the Grange mill; their
dam had been carried off’ and repairs
were going on under adverse condi-
tions.

At the mill we found everything
lively with facilities for doing good
work in the most «co nomical manner.
A telephone connects with the oflice
up town.

The plaster was being shipped as
fast as ground, and Mr. Church as-
slred us that he had at that date
shipped more than any other mill
in the (.5 rand ltiver Valley.

The only difficulty so far had been
in getting cars for the trade on the
West Michigan road and in this mat-
ter there was no immediate prospect
of relief as the road is short of cars.
From all we saw we think we can
safely assure the Patrons of Michigan
that our plaster business is on a bed-
iock basis, and the combination have
been circumvented the second mm.-
most effectually by the Grangers.
Some enquiry has been made as to
switching charges at Grand Rapids.
That charge is paid on settlement by
the Alabastlne company.

' MOESLEY'S CABINET CREAMERY.

[We call attention to the new alive r-
tiscinent of Moseley, Stoddard & Co.
and can add to the notice below which
we clip, that “the cold deep selling” is
the plan that will soon be generally
adopted on account of its established
1nerits.——Ei).]

Butter making is now recogulzv.-.l as
one of the fine arts. The standard of
ex. ellence for this pro iuct has steadi-
ly advanced for the last ten years and
will continue to go higher.

To secure the highest prices the best
quality of goods must be produced. To
this end the best methods and appli-
ances ueed be employed. The great-
est discovery made in cream raising
is the cold deep setting, or Swedish
method. One of the greatest inven-
tions or improvements in appliances
or apparatus with which to practice
this method is Most-.ley’s Cabinet
Creamery. It is a cream-raising an-
paratus and refrigerator combined.
For effectiveness, economy -in use of
cooling material, conveniences and el-
egance of finish, itohas no equal. It
is manufactured by the Moseley &
Stoddard Manufacturing Company,
Poultney, Vt.——New York Tribune.

VVE have a. report of the Farmers’
Institute hold at Dowaglac, from
some brother, ‘who, we cannot tell.
Will the writer give us his name as
we wish to confer with him before
publishing the report.

Tm». compositor by reversing'the fig-
ures made A. Makyes of Sister Lakes
say in the last Vrsrron that be planted
two bushels of the White Elephant po-
taste and dug 48. Mr. M. writes to cor-

rect—it was 84.

l\lAl{Cll 15, 1883.

TO SECRETARIES.
Bro. Edwin A. Burlingame-_ of
Grand Rapids, Secretary of \\'yo-
ming Grange has prepared a Bi.A.\‘i{
BOOK for the use of Secretaries of
Subordinate and County Uranges to
take the ‘place of the Ledger ruled
book which we have been selling.
\Viih printed lieadings, and a card
of directions, all.-, work of this nfiice
‘ the LIJ()=l. arduous uf all” wi«l be los-
sened and simplified. The book will
last for years, we shall keep it in our
supply department. Price 545 cents.

C-no. W. 'l‘.n'i.oR & L‘o., of Kala-
niazoo, have a new and novel way of
a(lVe!'7.lE\lll',;‘. They give with each
boys’ .-uil at $lU.llll and over in price.
a genuine nickel silver watch new
style, stein winder, made by the \Va-
terbury \Vatch (-ouipauy, and as all
boys are grsa‘. talkers and every boy
from lo to H or 15 years of age wants
a watch, they do the advertising.
Tne goods are sold at the ‘same price
as before and the watches are used as
an advertisement both for the Water-
bury VVatch (to. and Geo. W’. Taylor
& Go.

THE old saying “When it rains it
pours”was well illustrated on Tues-
day the 13th inst. “'9 had received
hardly an article for a week, and for
the want of manu-cript had sent
forward reprint for this number of
the Visiroit. \Vhen nearly ready to
close up, by two mails within three
hours we had seven communicationw
all too late. Will look them over and
hope they will all pass muster for fu-
ture use. Don’t stop writing on ac-
count of this shower. It won’t last
long.

OUR CLUBBING LIST.

With
"IJITOR.

S1 60
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Price.
American Agriculturist . . . . . . .$l -50
Atlantic Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
American Grange Bulletiu,(Lit-

tle Granger included) . . . . . . . .
Christian Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I)emorest’s Monthly. .

Century (Scribner’s)..

Country Gen;lern21u.. . . . . . . . ..
Cincinnati Commercial(weekly)
Detroit Free Press (without

Household) weekly , . . . . . . . . .
Detroit Free Press (with House-

hold) w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Farmers’ Review , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Harper's Monthly Magazine. . .
Hnrper’s Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Harper's Bazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Harper's Young People . . . . . . . .
Kalainazoo Telegraph (weekly)
Inter-Ocean, Chicago (w) . . . . . .

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Lansing Republican (weekly). .

New Ybrk Tribune (W) . . . . . .. ..

H H u (Bel-ui_“,‘) ._ '
North American Review . . . . . . I’
N’western Luinberman,(strictly

new subscribers) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northwestern Lumberman, (old

subscribers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A
Our Little ()ues.._...... .

Post and Tribune, Detroit,

(weekly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poultry ulletiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prairie Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scientific American. .. . . .. . . . . ‘

St. Nicholas.

The Cottage Hearth . . . . . . . . . .

The Lover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tribune, Chicago, (weekly). . . .
Weekly Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 :30

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An Instance of Reform in the Civil Service.

The contrast between the spoils and
the merit system we- splendidly illus-
trated in the administration of Mr. Hayes.
The Department of the Interior fur-
nished the contrast. In it there was a
real reform of the K ivil service. No one
was appointed except after winning his
place in a competitive examination; no
clerk was removed except for cause and
after a. hearing. The reform suffered
because it was not general, and because
it felt the influences that prevailed
throughout the other departments of the
government. Assessment collectors
threatened its clerks, although the sec-
retary forbade the circulation of their
papers within the department, and there
was always the fear of what the next
secretary might approve or disapprove.
Work that ought to have been done by
a special commission had to be done by
a committee of the clerks of the depart-
ment, in addition to their regular duties.
But. notwithstanding all the drawbacks
that resulted from the general indiffer-
once of the administration to the move-
ment, Mr. Schurz’s experiment was
a decided success; and it is sur-
prising that the advocates of a re-
form of the civil service have not made
more use of it, as an arrangement. It cer-
tainly demonstrated that the adoption of
the English system, or something like
it. is practicable in this country It
gave the Interior Department matter
clerks than it had ever had before, and,
what i:-' more, it gave the secretary
practically all his time to devote to the
work of the government. He had no
applicants for place to trouble him, for
it very soon came to be understood
that success in a competitive examina-
tion was the only way open to seekers
after employment. The clerks were
contented, for they knew that they
would not lose their places as long as
they remained efficient and honest.
For the same reason, they worked
faithfully. The indolence that is al-
ways noticed among those who rely on
political influence for appointment to
and retention in place is never seen
among those who depend on merit.
singularly enough, there was none of
the insolence on the part of the clerks,
in their treatment of those having
husiuesswith the de artment, which
is so confidently pie icted, by the ene-
mies of civil service reform, as sure to
follow the adoption of a system which
shall make tenure of place permanent.
For once was seen a department of the
government managed on business
principles, and it was a wholesome
and pleasant sight to all who believe
that the civil service should be man-
aged in the interest of the govern-
ment, and not in the interst of a po-
litical machine.-—.Hem"y L. Nelson, in
February Atlantic.

A paper heads a column of personals
“Men and Things”—v.hich certainly is

not a very gallant or gentlemanly way of ‘

referring to the other sex.


MARCH l, 1883.

qlfllfllllliliitiiilflilfi.

Among the Granges.

Bro. Cobb.-—-I am _now at home try-
ing todoctor up a little. so that I may
be better prepared for the work be-
fore me. Since my return from La-
peer county I have not been blessed
with very good health and consequent-
1y have been obliged to cancel two en-
gagements, one in Lenawee county,
arranged by Bros. Horton and Cook,
and the other in Kent county, arranged

by Bro. Preston. 1 was sorry to be
compelled to withdraw from these
engagements, as I believe there could
have been much good accomplished,
but too much exposure to the cold
winter weather, and too much kind-
ness at the hands of members of the
Order have been too much for me.
Nevertheless, I have just returned
from a very pleasant trip to Macomb
county, where aseries of meetings had
been arranged by the Pomona Grange
of that county, the first of which was
held at Mt. Clemens on the eve of
February 21, at the opera house and
was well attended. Mount Clemens
Grange is a live, working organlza
tion, and its members realize that the
Order was not created to flourish for a
day and fade likea mist, but to be per-
petuated. The only disadvantage that
t ey labor under is that they have no
all of their own, but rent one
in the village. They have a very fine
choir and are increasing in numbers
and in influence. Bro. T. J. Shoe-
maker is the present Master, and Bro.
' Caniield who was a delegate to the
State Grange is an active member.

After the meeting we accompanied
Bro. Shoemaker home and after a very
pleasant chat, retired for the night,
to dream about the great cures per-
formed by the water of the Mt. Clem-
ens Mineral Springs which has a
reputation for being a little the mean-
est water ever yet discovered yet hun
dreds of seekers after health gather
there every season and remarkable
cures are said to be performed.

The next morning in company with
Bro. Shoemaker we took the train
for Ridgeway, and thence by stage to
Memphis where our meeting was to
be that afternoon. The Grange at
this place was at one time in quite
a flourishing condition but like many

, o hers went down through a lack (f
A ,".'nterest, and was reorganized about
one year ago by Bro. Whitney, and
has some good, earnest membes, and
while the prospect is not very fl:i?,t8i‘-
ing for Memphis Grange, it may re-
vive and do good work yet. Our
meeting here was small in numbers
but large in interest.

Here we formed the acquaintance
of Bros Sutherland and Stewart, who
with their wives were Charter mem-
bers of Memphis Grange, and are as
strong in the faith as ever. After
this meeting we vi ent home with Bro.
Stewart who lives about two miles
from Memphis, where we remained
over night and in the morning he
took us to Armada, where we were to
have a meeting in the afternoon, but
here the time got badly mixed, the
bills stated the meeting for 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, and the Armada
paper got it for evening. The result
was, the meeting was not as well at-
tended as it would have been had
there been no mistake, but neverthe-
less we had a fine meeting and the
attention of the audience to the ad-

V H dress indicated the interest they took
' u ‘l in the cause.

Here we met Bro. John McKay a
A -mber of Romeo Grange, who came

‘ Q prepared to take us to our next ap-

pointment at the Bruce and Armada
church about five miles from Armada,

A  and after having taken tea with Bro.

‘:9
F:

‘ I

-9} her State Board of Agriculture.

/-

-and Sister Finch, members of Ar-
mada Grange, we took Oul‘ departure,
feeling that our work had not been
wholly in vain. Bro. McKay has a
farm ofaboiit 300 acres, and is quite an
, extensive breeder of short-horn cattle,

and has on hand some very fine young
stock. I have found no locality in

l the State, that contains as many en-
T terprising farmers and stock breeders
. asare to be found in this neighbor-
hood. Among the number I may

fl mention Geo. W. Phillips, ex-mem-

Mr.

Taylor and J. C. Thompson breeders

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l

.

l ‘ of Merino sheep, also Robert McKay

‘ anda number of wealthy and influ-
f ential farmers whose names I do not
remember. In company with Bro.
-i McKay, we visited the flocks of Tay-

5 Mr and Thompson, and although we

. - {Shut a poor judge of sheep yet the
quality and quantity of wool that
, these sheep produce, combined With
' size of the animal and fineness of
 form would commend them to any
. admirer of fine stock. These gentle’
men have used brains in selecting
._-’ their stock and great care in ‘breed-

’ ing.
Our meeting was held in the after-
éon at the Bruce and Armada
urch and was well attended consid-
. 7 ring the weather, and a sufficient in-
rest manifested to warrant the ap-
intment of another meeting on the
evening of March 2d, for the purpose
(.19: organizing a Grange. With this
' ‘- eting ended the work for the week,
d we rested over the Sabbath at

l Bro. McKay's, and Monday morning
5 started for Washington about nine
' miles distant where our next meeting

was to be. While here we made our
home at Bro. Stone's, and feeling
rather unwell, thought how good it

  '5'.E.5-§-M~3‘l§

The Liquor Question Again.
In the GRANGE Visrron of March
lst Mr. D. Woodman writes on this
‘subject, partly in reply to my article
3 of the 1st of February, in which we

was to be among friends in 8 time of _, differ as to the best means to suppress

need. Brother and Sister Stone are
both members of Washington Grange,
and Sister Stone, as you are doubtless
aware, personates Flora at the State
Grange. Our meetingin the evening
was well attended, good music was
furnished, and although unable to ful-
fill our part of the performance satis-
factorily on ,account of sickness, yet
upon the whole the meeting was a
success. Washington Grange is a live
Grange with a good membership and
is doing a good work. May pros-
perity smile upon it.

Our next meeting was at a church
in the township of Ray about six-or
eight miles from Washington, and
was well attended. There has been
no Grange work done here, but I am
satisfied that the time is not far dis-
tant when the farmers at this place
will rally to the standard of the
Grange. We formed many pleasant
acquaintances here and remained
over night with a Mr. Robinson, who
says he isa green-backer, and I am
inclined to think he is correct.

In the morning we were met by
Bro. Hart, Master of Chesterfirld
Grange and aftera very pleasant ride
of 12 miles arrived at his home just
in time for dinner. Our meeting in
the afternoon was a success. Bro.
(lady and Sister Ca~tle, of the Mt.
Clemens Grange choir were there and
gave us some very fine music, and in
the evening the members met at the
hall of Chesterfield Grange for in-
struction in the secret work of the
Order. This Grange deserves niore
than a passing notice, for I believe
it embodies as much pure grit and
determination as any Grange in the
State. It was organized a number
of years ago and flourished for a
season, but for a time was on the
ragged edge, kept alive by a few de-
tBI'DJiI.l(-_‘(l foil avers who said the
Grange Shniilzi live and not die.
About one year ago they receivei;
an additicii of snout twenty young
people, and t-'-day are full of hope
for the fiiture. A better drilled
Grange l have 'l0t yet found.

The ii»—x«: day in company with Bro.
Good.-ell, 1.4-viun-r of Chesterfield
Grange, we went in Uiica and held a
iiieetinq in the aficirnoon. There were
a good numl-er of farmers present, and
agood feeling IualllfPSl€(l toward the
Grange, and there is little doubt that
in time there will be a strong organi-
zation built up here

The next day March 2, we held, a
meeting at Ridgway, in the afternoon,
which was not very well attended,
owing doubtless to insufiicient notice,
but was by no means a failure.

We now took the train to fulfill our
last appointment, which was at the
Bruce and Armada cl urch, and got
off at the crossing at out two miles
from Romeo, where we found Robbie
McKay waiting to take us to our desti-
nation. After tea at Bro. McKay’s,
where we were joined by Bro. Can-
field of Mt Clemens, who had come
over to assist we repaired at once to
the church, where we found a fine
audience, and after a little talk, we
proceeded to organize the Bruce and
Armada Grange, which was brought
into existance about one o'clock in the
morning, and pronounced good.

And now, Bro. Cobb, I am no more
a prophet than Wiggins is, but I do
believe that this Grange, will in time
be one of the strongest and most in-
fluential in the State, for they realize
that a Grange is just what the mem-
bers make it, and they have the ma-
terial to make it a power if they will.
The next day March 3, having fulfilled
our mission, we started for borne, feel-
ing physically usedup,but well pleased
with our trip to Macomb County.

JOHN HOI1BR()0K~

Lansing, March 9th, 1883.

Kalamazoo County court House—Resolution.

Mr. J. T. Cobb.-—At a meeting of
Galesburg Grange, after a discussion of
the “court house" question, the follow-
ing resolution was unanimously adopted
and that it be sent to the GRANGE VISI-
TOR for publication.

Resolved, That the sense of this Grange
is, that the times and financial condition
of our county do not warrant the build-
ing a new court house at this time.

M33. M. B. Maanorr. Sec.
Galesburg Grange, No. 18.
Galesburg, Mar. 10, 1883.

“The Acme Creamer."

Acme Oreamer Company.-—GnN'rs:—
You requested a report stating how we
liked the Creamer and Butter Cool-
er. After using through the two hottest
months of the season, July and August,
we are compelled to admit that it has
proved a complete success. We can
make much more and better butter than
by the old method of using pans, with
half the labor. The cooler is an indis-.
pensable accompaniment to the cream-
er and should be used to be appreciated.
We can cheerfully recommend them to
all butter makers.

MB. AND Mas, S. N. Mamionr.
Hamilton, Van Buren County Mich.,

Sept. 5, 1883.

internperance.

[ I contend that a prohibitory law to
 answer this purpose should be uniform
.5 throughout the United States. ‘We
I have hundreds of miles bordering on

‘other States and part on a foreign
State, which,_had we a prohibitory
law and they not, would become
wealthy out of the trafiic at our ex-
pense. Then, again, druggists would

sell it for mechanical and medical pur-
poses. We have now double the num-

ber of drug stores that can find sale

for drugs while fresh and fit for use,

and should we enact a prohibitory law

the number would soon be doubled,

and if no excuse could be found for
purchasing and complying with the

law, it would be sold under the name

of half a dozen high-sounding differ-

ent kinds of hitters.

No, no, I cannot think that a pro-
hibitory law, however severe the pen-
alty for infringing it may be, will pro
mote the cause of temperance any bet-
ter than the present mode of taxing
the seller, with perhaps some other
safeguards thrown around it from time
to time, as we become more familiar
with its workings and its violations.

Mr. W. says it is not good policy to
pay five dollars for damage caused by
its sale, while we only get one dollar
tax money, I fully agree with Mr. W.
there, and would be glad to see the law
changed so that the liquor tax should
be keptseparate and applied in pay-
ment ofall the loss and expense in-
curred from its sale. I would in the
first place in every county where the
tax is $5,000 and over, build asuitable
building to be known as an lnebrlale
asylum, to be under the care of suit-
able persons to board and care for
those therein confined, together with
a medical attendant, a police justice
and police oflicers to visit all places
where liquor is sold and arrest all vio-
lators of the law, and all disorderly
persons made so by liquor. and con-
fine them in this building until sober,
then take them before said police ins-
tice, and if he deemed furtherr : rt
merit necessary, let them be tr. ~..;- » ,
the medical attendant with a ' v -vs”.
trying to destroy their appetite c. uL.'
sire for it.

All paupers made so by the use of
liquor should be supported from this
fund, and all damage done by intox-
icated persons should be made good
out of this tax. In short all expendi-
tures properly chargable to the sale
and use of intoxicating drink should
be paid from this fund, and the
amount of tax imposed on the seller
should be governed by the amount re-
quired to pay it.

Icannot think itgood policy to have
any one benefited from others’ iuis
fortunes. As the law now is, its vio-
lation, in place of its fulfillment, is
bread and butter to our justices and
constables, while the salaried oflicers
employed at the expense of the liquor
seller would receive the same pay and
have less trouble in preventing its vi-
olation than in enforcing its penalties
after its violation.

We can all of us do and say a good
many things on paper that no amount
ofmoney would induce us to volun-
teer our services to execute. Mr. W.
as well as myself, undoubtedly has
known many men engaged in selling,
and others in using it to excees, men in
everv respect our equals and in some.
perhaps, our superiors in all that con-
stitutes real manhood, except this un-
fortunate, uncontrollable taste for in
toxicating drink, men whom we
would rather throw the veil 0. charity
over than to further degrade them by
complaining of them as violators of
the liquor law. The man that has no
desire for liquor should feel happy and
be thankful enough to be willing to
help to reclaim those of their friends
not so constituted. Many men he-
come so abandoned from the use or it
that they lead a miserable life, know
no true happiness, in short.go through
life unmanned as it were, all true man-
hood lost, and lost forever.

The Rev. Robert Collier tells a story
of Mr. Peter Cooper, in describing
one of this unfortunate class of per-
sons. “ Mr. Cooper said that his min-
ister would send such a person to pur-
gatory and allow him to go to the
good place, which he thought should
be reversed, as the condemned man
had had naenjoyment in this world,
whilst he (Mr. Cooper) had had his
full share if not more.”

B. BISHOP.

Kalamazoo, March 8, 1883.

court Juslice—Resolu|ions.

Resolved, That this Grange heartily
endorses that portion of the Union party
platform recently adopted at Lansing
condemning the use of free passes on
railroads by iudicial oflicers,_

Resolved, That it is the judgment of
this Grange that a man who having
spent the major part of his professional
life as the “get there” attorney of an un-
scrupulous railroad corporation, and who
having received thousands of dollars in
such service. is not the most suitable
person to decide grave and important
questions between the people and huge
railroad interests, and such a candidate
for the supreme bench of Michigan be-
fore which such questions frequently
arise, should be promptly rejected at
the polls by every voter who is alive to

The Supreme

gs visiros.

the brazen encroachments of railroad
management.

Resolved. That our Secretary be iii-
structed to forward these resolutions to
the GRANGE Visrron with a request that
they be published.

W. H. VEDMOBE.
Secretary Texas Grange No. 171.

Harmony Grange. No 337-1882.

[Annual Report of Worth Master Brown of
Harmony Grange, No. 37, delivered Jan.
13th, 1883, and published by request of the
Grange ]

Patrons.-—Aiiother year is past and
gone, and with it its labors, cares,
anxieties and difficulties. I trust that
our labors have been blest with a
liberal harvest. Quite a number have
been enrolled and enlisted under our
banner, and made to rejoice by

'  .
"Delhi Grange, Co. 3222, tender to‘

Brother and Sister Manchester our
heartfelt thanks, for their many acts
of kindness and assistance, in our la- ,
bore in the Grange. i
Resolved, That while we deplore:
the loss of such good and efficient;
workers, we can but hope, their lotl
ma be cast in a place where their as i
soc ations may be more pleasant. 
Resolved, That we, while sustain- 
ing the loss from our Grange,can heart-,
ly congratulate the Grange, to which i
they may hereafter become attached. I
Reaolved,That a copy of these resolu-
tions be presented to Brother and Sis--
ter Manchester, and to the Giz.i.\'(ir.,-
VISITOR for publication. l
Mas. E. M. Moosns, I

Secretary of Delhi Grange, No. 322.
Holt, March 7, 1883. i

l
7

To the Patrons of English Emigration’
Agency.

the knowledge thus gained. Our en-
tertainrnen ts have been madea success
by the willingness of the appointed
ones to perform their duty. The short
pieces that have been read from time
to time containing sentiments of a
moral and elevating nature have made
our Grange quite interesting, and In
trust that we are wiser and better by 1
meeting together. Our Grange hall
has been improved by the hand of the
painter, which I think was money
well invested although it drew heavily
upon our nearly exhausted treasury.
Our sisters by their perseverence in
socials in winter and tea parties in
summer, have gathered together quite
a library, which I trust will be both
interesting and instructive.

VVe have ind no discord or conten-
tions among our members the past
year, and I trust are worthy of the
name we bear, may we never disgrace
it, but may peace, harmony and good
will ever abide among us, and our in-
fluence be cast on the side of temper-
ance, morality and noble deeds. Let
us be prompt in our attendance at the
Grange meetings. Try to be on time.
The great fault in most public gather
ings is tar iiness, and I am sorry to
say this has been the case with us the
past year. Let us reform in this re-
spect in the year to come.

The GRAl\'(il<1 Visiron, if it has not
been read by every family in the
Grange the past year, I hope will be
this year. Its reading is interesting
and instructive. Let us, one and all,
oflicers and members, ‘try and learn
what our duty is and then do it. Ii
we have but one talent let us not bury
it in the earth but improve what we
have. I feel encouraged to persevere.
Our cau-‘e is advancing. The better
the principles of the Grange are under-
stood the better they are liked. We
are fast outllving the opposition which
was onge so strong agaiiw: us. A few
sturdy ’--‘ilows and ignoraiice, super-I
stition and giant monopolies, deadly '
enemies to the farmer, will fall be-
neath his feet. Then agriculture will
rank where God designed it should,
the most useful, honorable and noble
occupation man can engage in.

JOHN R. BRow.\'.

' St. Joseph County Grange.

The St. Joseph County Grange held
a very interesting and instructive
meeting at the hall of Centerville
Grange, on the, flrst day of March.
Verbal reports were made by members
from most of the Subordinate Granges
of the county, and a written one from
Parkville Grange, No 22.

The reports show the Granges are
all doing well, and we may here add
that from those present we learned
that stock through the county has so
far done well; but there is a very gen-
eral apprehension that wheat on the
ground has been injured by the ice
and snow of the last few weeks.

But to return to the meeting. There
was a very general discussion on the
bill introduced by Senator Pennington
into the Senate. A petition asking
for its passage was circulated for sig-
nature and resolutions adopted which
will be sent you by the Secretary.

A very able paper was read by Bro.
\Villui'd, Chaplain of the State Grange,
which will also be sent you for publi-
cation.

Our next meeting will be on Thurs-
day, April 5th, at ten o'clock A. M. at
the hall of Colon Grange. Members
in this and adjoining counties are cor-
dially invited to be present and take
part in the discussions. This is the
programme : "

What is the most profitable stock
for St. Joseph county farmers to raise?
—Bro. David Puidy.

The best variety of potatoes and
their cultui'e——A1vin Holt.

Essay on Butter-Making-.-Mrs. M.
A. Dexter.

Sorghum, the best variety, its cul-
ture and manufacture—Gco. Scliock.

Essay on Bread-Making—Miss Ella
Himebaugh.

Best method of exterminating rats
from houses, cellars and barns—Geu-
tillus Snyder.

Shsuld the Grange co operate, and
to what extent-—Mm. Hul .

WM. B. LANGLEY,

Sec’y County Grange.

_____.;___...________.
Delhi Grange Resolutions.

At a regular meeting of Delhi
Grange, February 14th, 1883. the
following resolutichs were unani-
mously adopted: It becomes necessary
in the course of human events, that
individuals are oftimes called upon to
change locations, which they feel it
their duty to do, but which severs ties
of affection, which we feel it our duty
to express; therefore,

‘ becomes ap_L=lii-.z.»bie and advaiitagcous

i

Ladies and Gentlemen:-—-I have]
found to my regret, that in spite of!
my most strenuous efibrts, the ar-‘
rangement made with the steamship.
company, was entered upon too late to
be of any benefit to a large majorityl
of you the present season. By inyi‘
report you are made aware that ll
made that arrangement as early as’
laid in my po \er. I much wish that’
many ofyou would receive emigrants
in September next, or during the sum-
mer months, for thousands of per-
sons emigrate at these times, who
will not cross the sea in late fall or
winter, or early spring. Besides, firm
help here possess most money at the
end ofharvest. During the late fall
and winter they are often out of
work and as happened the present
wirter, have to spend their savings
in order to live; this class could come
in September, but might not have
the means to in Spring.

I am much gratified by the letters,
expressing thanks of satisfaction
which have come to hand, not only
from those Patrons who have received
emigrants, but also from the emigrants
themselves. Hoping that all my pat-
rons will agitate, so as to «_-aln for
me both the legal and moral support
I need in the prosecution of this good
work. I remain

Yours respectfully,
B. J. ZUIJZENSE.
46 Dor et R-iad, Tuebrook, Liver-
pool, England, Feb. 26th, 1883.
Lecturer’s Communication, National Grange.
P. of H.

SUB.ll~ZCTS son SUB()Ri)ll\'A’l‘E (l RA .\'<ii~;.'s
l-‘OR. APRIL,

Question -l8.——How best to apply
practical economy to farm manage
ment.

.S'u_g_.7(-.<-hfoi.-.-: -—-- Econoiny does not‘
llit’8.Ll simply ti‘-'2 -raving ofdollars and
oerits. in its mmprelienslve sense it

ill every 1-i_‘,‘4it‘lll of farm ii-anagenient, _
as in time assigned for labor, rest, in 5
tellectuai improvement and general l
management. 1

Economy urges the general practicef
of the cash sy:-item in tl‘a.d(~—-l)l:LLel']
borrow money and pay reasonabii-. in ‘
terest than to pay the profits of
trade on a credit system. Economy
it-quires cooperative and pi.-r.-ev-. ringi
(:i'l'--rts. I

E-‘onoiny is a fountain from whit-ii;
individuals and Grange:- niiist draw?
largely by judicious manag--ineiit for
health, happiness and prosperity.

Ques 49.-—How to best i-syseriiatize
farm 0 erations for best resiilts?

Sug —Order, it is said, is Heaven's
first law. Order is system well regu-
lated and carried out.

No farm can be 5. success wlthour
some system of Qperation,and the more
perfect system and the more closely-it
is carried out, the greater will be the
success and result more satisfactory.

if the February question, No. -10‘,
has been props,-rl_vconsidered, so as to
be undrrstood, then we realize the ne-
cesslty and advantages of regularity
and system in farm management.
And why does not every Patron sys-
tematize his farm operations so as to
re-alzze larger profits on labor and in
vestment.
s'UBJr:("r FOR SL'Bt)Rl)lNA'1‘E (inaxonsg

son MAY. ?

Question 54l——What would be the
most just and equitable tariff‘, consid-
ering all intereste, and the perinaiieni 4
Welfare of the American it-.-public ‘.’ .

Suggcsslirlmi ——'l‘arifI’——a metliod of
taxation for the purpose of raising
revenue to meet governme.it expendi-
tures and indebtedness. and to protect
certain interests.

Let this question he considered as
indicated in the middle column on the
other side of this communication un-
der the heading of Tarifl" Question.

In considering this question in its
true light, and from a non-partisan
standpoint, we find the following
propositions to present themselves that
must receive careful consideration if
we desire to solve the problem upon
its merits : ‘

1. Free tradewould enable farmers
to buy aportion of their supplies at
reduced rates—less the an--.unt of tariff
duty upon them. But, uudei present
established rules in practice, and ac-
cepted by all parties and government,
in permitting combinations and mo-
nopolies to control every enterprise
of note, how long would it be before
combinations would control free im-
ported goods, of all kinds, and prices
fixed at what the goods will bring,
same as that of coal oil or the sugar
trade on the Pacific Slope?

2. Would free-trade stop manufac-
tories‘! If so, how many men will be
out of employment, and how will they
earn a livelihood ?

3. What effect will this stoppage of
factories have upon the price of agri-
cultural products ?

4. Could not tariffs be more equi-
tably distributed, so as not to tax un-
justly one interest or class more than
another, and if so, how ?

SUBJECT FOR SUBORDINATE GRANGES
FOR. JUNE.

_ Question 51.——What is Grange educa-
tion, and how obtainable?

iS}iggesti2om— Education means the

training and improvement of our

Resolved. That the members of

social, intellectual and moral natures.

I sidered.

-3

It matters not so much where 188!
faculties are trained and develops»! ha
usefulness, whether in school, E-In col-
lege. at the fireside, on the farm. aria
the Grange hall, it is education :s:.v.>rer-~
theless.

It is not the most learned that is fin-
most useful, for usefulness tie,
more upon H. practical education ails‘:
upon science only. Practical e&£l—
tion is just such a one as is taug1'A.un£
learned in every working Grange. R
is by menriers, old and young, mic-
and female, reading, thinking and in-

' vestigating the subjects to be brcufil

before the Grange, until well roadw-
stood, then participating in the arm-
cises at the Grange meeting when &
questions are considered. it is bgtiiih
exchange of thought and ideas, 65--
tained through investigations float
educates upon every subject so -can-—
It is by comparing past ex»-
perience and lie resul's of prarriai‘.
test and experience that we Evanrzz
many valuable lessons relating to “the-
affairs and success of larniing.

And in like manner, we betteredaw
("Ate ourselves to better understand-can
interest, and how to protect it, aswell
as the various questions of polotécai
economy and affairs of government,
in which we are interested. Nowhere,
€XC( pt in the Grange, can the fariimear
and his family truly educate tI<:'.i.-::n--
selves to their best advantage

Most respectfully and fraternadlji.

H. l-lsiiii.-.L‘(;i£,
Lecturer National Grange:

Important Insurance Decision.

The supreme court. on the :2'.»'.tlw. ju-
stant, affirmed thedeci:-ion and ru..3i:.g:i~
of the Kent circuit court in the ease of
Win. 1. Howard who wo.-= found g:z».'2l**.y
in October last, - f doing lVll51in9m at
Grand Rapids for the Western Mann-
facturers’ mu ual insurance company.
of Chicago, without authority from the
commissioner of iiisiiraiice. Tue osmiu-
plaint was made by ex-Criiiimissienor
Row and was carried to the supreimc-~
court as a test «ass. ’l'iii.s favora.n.la-
decision is one of glmil iniportance ‘it:
the Slate and to all law abiding coon»
paiiies that pay taxes into the Stdtv
treasury. Several other suits mm-
menced by Mr. Row in different parts
or the State against .\lr. Howard and
others are now pending. and Willi
probably, under this decision of the
supreme court be vigorously prosaic‘.-
ted

Govi-:ii.NoR PAT'l‘ISf).‘l of Pennsyl-
vania, sent a message to the Legisla
ture March l, saying that E. G. Pat-
terson, a lawyer employed by the Stato-
to collect certain taxes from the Sta‘:v:«.l-
ard oil company due the common-
wealth, has been charged with sebisrng
himself to the oil company, and that
he is working in its interest.

A 'i~ii.i:-.\i.x,i<i:i<s crmventiori of '-.:i>~.-
State of Michigaii was held at Adriana-,..
Marcli 13 and l-l. It was addresses-
by able speakersfroni various ngi-ii; ii“-
tural colleges.

_____._____

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

(Jlintori County Pomona tlraxigr
will hold its next iiieetiiig at the 
of Soutli Riley Grange. No. -:'i-iii, .‘\£u.'-::§-
'_’l, i"’«l‘il.lih')IlCillg at 11 o'<,-lock 3.. av
’l‘m-re will also be an eveniiig Elelsfiizltli
A1l~lin degree member.-i are cordially,»
invited Hi«:Nin' .\' Wl-iiiii, riot-,'_v

1)-w'm, Feb. 29, i-srz.

The next quarterly int-etiiig or." 3;’.
l). l’. til‘-tinge, No. fil, will he held at
Silver Cree Grange hall on the third
Tuesday in March. F-iurth degree-
members in good standing are iii"/its-ail
to attend. B. L. ll!-LEN, Se-c’)-.

Cleon, Feb. 13, if-3.83.

The next regular meeetirig of t-":1
Ionia (loiity Grange will be held at (fir-
leans Grange Hall Tuesday March All-.
188-Ehcomniencing at ten o'clock a. at.
all fourth degree members are inrét
ed. W. A. Ixuass .

Ionia. March 10, 1883.

Hillsdale Pomona Grange No. 10 Iriili
convene at - Jonesville Grange Hall.
Wednesday, April 4, 1883. Programme-
as follows:

1. Music by the choir.

2. Rehearsal b Sister Mattie Dress-:.~

3. Question. u what way does it ‘pay
to give attention to plants in the house‘.
Opened by Sister L W. Benedict.

4. Reports of experiments in the an
of salt on lands. Opened by Bro. E. L‘;
L. Mumford.

5. Song by Sister Mary Gardner. _

6. Essay by Sister H. Griswold.

7. Music by the choir.

G. M. GARDNER. J R , Sec’):

Litchfield, March 12. 1883.

The Kent county Pomona Grange 
18, will hold its next meeting at Wvoai.-
ing Grange hall in Grandville on Tues-
day March 20th. 1883. all members 1-:
good standing are cordially invit.a‘:'£.
Brother Luce is expected to be there or
that day.

W. T. Riiinrxorox, Secretary

Alto, ixent county, March 8, 1883.

» Worthy Master of the State Grange.-
C. G. Luce, will speak at Parkville, St.
Joseph county, on March 21st. at '2':
o'clock P. M. be meeting is in the in-
terest of all farmers, those outside the.
gates. as well as those within, and I!
under the auspices of Parkville Grange
No. 22. All farmers, their wives and
children are cordially invited to be pres»
ent. San. H Anesvmn,

Master No. 21

A special meeting of St. Joseph Coun-
ty Pomona Grange will be held at the
Grange hall in the village of Colon 01:-
Thursday, April 5. commencing at 16;.“-
o’clock A. M. The Lecturer has arrangecf
a good programme for the occasion unit’:
a lively time is'expected. All fifth de-
gree members are requested to be pres-
ent’. A cordial invitation is also extend”;-
ed to fourth degree members to be present.“
afternoon session. "

SAM'L H. Ancnvrsn, Sec’y.

Mendon, March 5, 1883.

The next regular meeting of Lapeer
Co. Pomona Grange No. 2.9, will be held’.
with Elm Creek Grange No. 656, on
April 13th (second Thursday) 1883. A.
full attendance is requested, as some-
important business will come before the
meeting, among which will be an agent
to receive and ship wool during the»
coming season. All fourth degree mem-
bers in good standing are cordially 
vited to attend. Meeting will be caller?
to order at 1 o'clock sharp.

J. W. Scnntn, Sec'y.

and take part in the discussions of the-


4

can ceases visiros.

Qzummttniratinxc.

WHAT IS rm: com.

If one should run a noble race,

And at the last, with weary pace,

Wm to the goal, and find his years

A harvest field of waste and tears,

Of turmoil and of buried trust,

Rich with dead hopes and bitter dust
And strife and sneer and ceaseless pain,

What is the gain?

What is the gain?
When, having reached a sunlit height,
Through barren sweeps of glooinful night,
Hoping to see beyond the crest,
Fair lands of beauty and of rest,
There lies before, stretched far away
Unto the confines of the day,
A desolate and shadeless plain,
What is the gain?

What is the gain?
To sail for months of cold and toil
Across wide seas, where winds recoil,
Only to gather strength, and rear
A louder challenge than before.
And find. when through clouds thick and dun,
The rocky coast at last is won,
No haven from the storm-vexed main,
What is the gain?

What is the gain?
The race is won, we see the light,
We conquer where the storm winds fight;
We show the way to those who wait
With faint hearts by the walls of fate ;
Our banners flutter in the van
Of battles fought for thought av. (1 man,
And ignorance and darkness wane,
This is the gain.
.__.._____._

In the Mountains of Utah.

BY F. HODGMAN.

Next day I went down to Clear
Cre-k station and saw EJtJH. the en-
gineer, who had located that portion
of the line between the station and
Soldier Summit. He was encamped
about a mile from the station. He
had run a great number of lines be-
tween the two points and the stakes
were sticking around in all directions.
The contractors were on the ground
and at work in various places along
the line. Half of Eaton’s party had
been sent away and only enough men
were kept with him to stake out a
little work for the contractors till I
came.

That same day the chief engineer
came out and after looking over the
line decided that a new one must be
located. So our two parties were
joined and together we made the loca-
tion. We got a reasonably straight
line but the road had about 1,400 ieet
fall in seven miles from the summit.

All through the country the scen-
ery changes with the geological forma-
tion. On the western slope it differed
greatly from the eastern. The moun-
tain sides though very steep did not
present the rugged; vertical cliffs and
jagged outlines of the eastern side.
On this slope we were within the Salt
Lake basin, and the rocks were
many of them filled with fossils in
various degrees of petrifaction. In
one stratum we found the old mol-
-lusks completely changed to stone of
a darker color than the matrix in
.which they were imbedded. Another
stratum was very hard and filled with
finely broken shells also completely
petrified. Other rocks were made up
of broken shells cemented together
but the pieces of shells still retaining
their original character and consist-
ency. Other rocks were of a softer fri-
able nature and contained great num-
bers of shells of various sorts; oysters,
snails, clams and periwinkles with
the shells themselves as perfect as if
they had been imbedded in the mud
on!’-' the year previou-.

And then there was one stratum of
rock extending the whole length of
the valley of the Soldier Fork along
which we were working, and I don’t
know how much further, that was a
curiosity of itself. I called it astra-
tum of rock. Perhaps formation
would be a better word, for it was
made up of a great many very thin
strata, aquarter of an inch or less
thick, the whole making up a mass of
from six to fifty feet in thickness.
From twenty to fifty per cent of this
rock consisted of adark colored wax
very much resembling parafline in its
consistency, and looking like snee-
makers heel ball.

This wax was easily separated from
-the rock by simply heating it me.
vessel over _the fire, when the wax
would rise to the surfiace, and the
earthy portions of the rock settle to
the bottom. Covlngton -ithe hotel
keeper at Clear Creek, boiled out a
thousand pounds or more of  this wax
hoping to sell it at a profit, with what
success I never heard. We sometimes
built a little fire of dry wo‘otl'and then
piled on sheets of this rock, which
then burned freely with an _odor re-
sembling kerosene.

There were plenty of monuments all
along the valley of the Soldier Fork
from Clear Creek to the summit where
prospectors had got their notices up
for mining claims. I doubt if any of
them" were worth much. A little
laterin the season men might have
been seen along the mountain side
near Clear Creek casting. dirt and
fragments of rock from holes ‘that
looked like badger holes in, the dis-
tance. They were prospecting for
coal and had found it in small quan-
tities before I left.

My camp was about half way be-
tween Clear Creek and Soldier Sum-
mit the ends of my new division. A
little creek ran along the bottom of
the valley only a few rods from my
tents. It ran along down the moun-

tain side with many a crook and fall.
Here it goes tumbling over the rocks
in plain sight of every one and there
it is hidden by a copse of willows.
When we force our way through the
willows we find a dark pool caused
by a beaver dam, and perhaps we hear
the splash of the waters as the wary
animal plunges in at our approach.

A quarter of a mile below camp the
beavers_ had built a dam fifteen feet
high. The boys made openings in
it several times but the next morning
found the breach repaired. Mountain
trout abounded in these little ponds
along the stream and we had some
rare mcals of them.

Those little ponds too made a favor-
ite haunt for ducks which sought their
solitude late in the season. We had
pitched our camp near a beautiful
spring of clear sparkling cold water,
but after using it for a time we had to
give it up and use the creek water.
It gave the entire party the diarrhoei
and I was for some time very ill from
its use. About halfamile away there
wasa sulphur spring which scented
the valley for a mile’s distance when
the wipd was in the right direction.

. Deer were plenty and fat.

We had Wihchester rifles and the
boys spent most of their Sundays
hunting and seldom came in empty-
handed. For several months our ra-
tions contained 4 liberal allowance of
venison, partridges, and trout and we
literally lived on the fat of the land,
for fatter animals were never seen than
the deer from the mountain sides.

The latter part of September snow
began to fall; first on the mountain-
tops, then gradually, working down
into the valley. A few inches would
fall in the valley and melt off the
next day, but did not melt from the
mountain tops. One Sunday morning
early in November three of the boys
started out to climb the mountains for
a deer. Two of them had Winchester

rifles and the other a navy revolver.
Before noon it began to snow and by
the middle of the afternoon it was a
blinding storm. At five o'clock Ames
came in having had enough of it.
Root and Smith were on track of a
deer when he left them soon after
noon. At seven Root came into camp
alone. He had got parted from Smith
early in the afternoon and had spent
a considerable time trying tofind him.
The snow was deep on the mountain
and the driving storm filled up their
tracks in a few minutes after they
were made. At last he gave up the
search and made for camp but got lost
and only found himself when he
struck the grade at the summit four
miles away.

W'e were intensely anxious about
Smith, but it was of no use for us to
start out in the dark and blinding
storm to search for 3 man, with no
track to f0llJW and no idea of what
part of the mountains he was in. We
knew too that he was an e"perienced
mountaineer and depended on his
making himself comfortable for the
night and coming in when the storm
was over. At 10 o’clock the storm
cleared away and at midnight Smith
dragged himself into camp utterly
exhausted. He had got lost and wan-
dered ofl‘ till just before dark he
came out upon the line of the Pleas-
ant Valley railroad, nearly twenty
miles from camp. He knew where
he was then, and followed the rail-
road track to Clear Creek ind thence
up the grade to camp. 0.1 his way
up from Clear Creek a large lynx met
him on the grade seemingly disposed
to dispute the passage with him.
One or two shots from Smith’s re-
vel-zer sent the beast flying up the
mountain side.

We frequently saw tracks of these
animals on the grade and about camp
and heard their notes in the distance.
Several times while camped at this
place we heard the yell of the moun-
tain lion in close proximity to the
camp. The noise made by them is
very much like the squalling of a
common cat at night only much more
powerful and penetrating. I have
never heard a sound which seemed to
pierce through everything as that did.
When near by it set every nerve tin‘-
gling at once.

By the second week in November
our work was completed in this di-
vision and there we lay in camp with
nothing to do. The graders were all
gone except asmall party at the sum-
mit and it seemed lonely enough.
One day I gotatelegram to meet some
men at Clear Creek the next mot..-
ing and I would there find orders. I
was there when the train came in
and found directions to go with a par-
ty of men up to the end of the Pleas-
ant Valley railroad and hunt up some
coal claims and set these men at work
on them. I was given a rude sketch
of the country to find them by.

This was an opportunity I had been
wanting for some time to see the
country up the line of this road. It is
anarrow guage road built to bring
down coal from the Pleasant Valley
mine. No passenger trains run on
the road and only two freight trains.
One of these trains takes a way-
car up to the mine and the other
leaves its way car at Clear Creek
twenty miles below so as not to draw
any extra weight up the mountain.‘
Ten empty cars make the load up the
mountain. The cars hold ten tons of

coal each. Ten loaded cars are as
many as one engine can control com-
ing down the mountain.

From Clear C;eek we went winding
along a narrow tortuous canyon cross-
ing and re-crossing the little stream
which ran at its bottom for a distance
of about six miles. There was esta-
tion house there. Just beyond it the
canyon parted into three branches and
the road seemed to come to an abrupt
end in one of the most romantic and
wildly ieautiful bits of mountain
scenery that I ever beheld. This is
the “lower back switch.” The road
can no longer follow the steep rise of
the canyon. The train runs out to the
end ofthe track a switch is turned and
we go backwards on the side track.
As we go we climb higher and higher
up the mountain side and gradually
draw away from the track that we
came up till now we have been back-
ing two milee and the other track is
more than 500 feet below us and a
quarter ofamile away. But now we
swing with a sharp curve around the
end of the mountain and so winding
and climbing with the way car ahead
and the engine behind we go for near-
ly five miles when we come to the
end of the road again or rather to the
“upper back switch.” We look about
us and find we have got nearly to
the top of the range and as we glance
down a canyon which opens before
us we seea thousand feet below us
and about a half a mile away the
"lower back switch” that we left an
hour ago. VVe double in our track
again, this time with the engine ahead
toiling slowly up the mountain side
till we reach the summit where there
is a pile of telegraph poles and ties
that have been hauled from the ne'gh-
boring ravines. There isa little sta-
tion house here too for the track men.
We make a brief halt here and soon
are speeding rapidly down into Pleas-
ant Valley. ,

This is the most beautiful homelike
spot I saw in Utah. A valley nestled
among the mountains nearly 8,000
feet above the sea with grass growing
almost thick enough to make a turf
and flocks of sheep and herds of cat-
tle grazing at will or gathered in cor-
rals near the rant.-liman’s huts. The
valley is four or five miles long and
from one to two miles wide and looks
as level as a prairie. The/soil is dark
and rich and would produce splendid
crops of anything if it did not lie so
near the _clouds. But the nights are
cold and frosts come every month in
the year, so it is used for a summer
pasture and when the winter comes
the flocks go to a warmer climate.
Fish Creek runs the length of the val-
ley then making a sudden turn
dashes through a deep canyon down
to the Price River. It is noted for the
number and size of the trout which
are foundin its waters. '

We soon cross Fish Creek and then
the road begins to climb again till we
reach the upper end of the valley
where we get off the train at a little
village made up of a boarding house,
a store, and a big pile of ties. The
train goes on and dashes into the
gloomy recesses of a dark canyon and
in five minutes more we hear it whist-
ling at the mine a mile away.

Next day we spent wandering about
the mountalns,now following up some
dark canyon, now clambering over
some craggy peak, searching here and
there for the work of the prospector.
We ask no questions and ~ tell nobody
our business, for do you know, gentle
reader, we were there intenton jump-
ing claims. Rich and valuable coal
deposits were known to exist there.
The prospectors had been there sev-
eral years before and picked and dug
their holes here and there in all
manner of out-of-the-way places, and
built their little log pens which they
called their cabins, and made their
claims. But something new attracted
them elsewhere and they failed to
prove up their claim and get their ti-
tle within the time prescribed by law.
Now a railroad was opened within
easy reach of them, owned by the
Denver and Rio Grande. The Union
Pacific was building another right
beside it to reach the same field
and now these claims were of
some consequence and the first ones
to get possession of them were the
best fellows. We got there. It was
‘a hard tramp over half a township,
with the snow about six inches deep
and melting in the sun but in the
course of two days I found all the
claims, eight in number, and had men
at work on them.

Next morning I asked the boarding
house-keeper if the train would stop
for me on signal, or must I go up to
the mine. He said they would stop
for me, so I stood on the track and
waited till they came in sight out of
the mouth of the canyon, and waved
my handkerchief as a signal. But
the train went by. me like the wind
only a single car loaded with coal be-
ing cut off from the rest of the train
and stopping ‘there. I supposed I was
left but the single brakeman on the
car shouted to me to hurry up and
jump on. Without stopping to ask
any questions I climbed up among
the coal and found as comfortable 9.
place as I could and then followed the
railroad ride of my life.

The train was already a mile away
speeding down the valley when the

brakeman loosened the brakes and our

MARCH 15, 1883.

car began to move. At first the. mo-
tion was slow but with each turn of
the wheels we went faster and faster,
the brakeman keeping it well under
control till we struck the long straight
line down the Pleasant Valley and
then we fairly flew. It was snowing
and a chilly wind beat the hard snow
flakes into our faces. I crammed my
hat down tightly on to my head but
it would not stay there and I had to
hold it on, which was inconvenient as
I needed more hands than I had to
keep my position on the car. The
train steams on ahead and we follow
like the wind rapidly lessening the
space between us till just before we
reach the rear end of the train the
brakeman who is at the front end of
the car puts on the brakes with all
force and we glide gently up and the car
is coupled on without the least jar or
slackening in the motion of the train.
I may have rode faster than I did on
that car, but I never rode in any place
that gave such a thrilling sensation of
flying at whirlwind speed through the
air as then. It took the train three
hours to go from Clear Creek to Pleas-
ant Valley but the return was made
in one hour.
____._______._.___
Political Complications.

BY \V. A. BROWN.

[Read at Mount Hope Grange Institute Ber-
rien County, Feb 21. and tendered to VISI-
Ton by vote of meeting]

Why should the non-partisan posi-
tion taken, and so ligidly adhered
to by the Grange, prevent seasonable,
and free and full comment upon the
action of the representatives of the
people. So far, in American politics,
the people have had but little to do
directly, in seleting, and placing ‘in
nomination their own representatives.
Divided into two large parties, one
or which is usualy dominant,‘ the
primary meetings have been controled
and packed by oificial incumbents,
and by persor. s seeking oflice for them-
selves or their friends. The partisan
press have subserved their own inter-
ests best, by keeping alive the tradi-
tional political animosities of the peo-
ple, and by advertising, and adhering
to the fortunes of available aspirants
for political perquisites.

Although taking but little direct in-
terest in political issues, no class have
been more tenacious of party applian-
ces than the farmers. From the
landing of the pilgrims they have al-
ways proved the bulwark and safe-
guard of the nation, and have been
found ready, with brave hearts, and
strong arms, to vindicate, and perpetu-
ate our system of confederated, and
representative government. Farmers
have been quick to discern, and resent
political innovations which violated
their sense ofjustlce, or the rights of
the whole people.

During the past two decades, steam
and electricity have revolutionized the
mechanical, social, economical and po-
litical status of the country. Huge mo-
nopolles have been aided by political
complications in securing the benefits
accruing from new inventions, and,
by the subvertion of new motive pow-
ers, and mechanical forces to their
own uses, a few rich men are en-
abled to exact tribute from human
muscle, and from the necessities of the
pe:~ple. The evils entailed upon the
country by the pecuniary obligations
of the country to capital; and the im-
mense subsidies of money, and of the
public lands, to capitalists and corpor-
ations, were, in a large degree over-
looked, and counterbalanced by the
liberal endowments of the proceeds of
the public lands for educational pur-
poses, and by the passage of the horne-
stead act. Had the government exer-
cised lts constitutional prerogative,
while giving the public domain to in-
corporated capital, for the purpose of
extending our railway system, by
maintaining uniform and just rates
for transportation, and by preventing
the consolidationof parallel lines, the
unnatural extention of railways would
have been retarded, and reasonable
grants of lands for opening roads to
enable the people to occupy the rich
agricultural lands of the West, would
have conduced to the interests of the
farmers of the country. The proprie-
tors of every great industrial interest
form associations for the purpose of
consolidating, and enhancing the pro-
fits of their business. Large amounts
of money are freely given, to influence
public opinion through the press, and
for legislation conformable with the
interests of capital.

Loyal to their country, and to party,
farmers have never combined to solic-
it aims, or favors from the govern-
ment. Intent upon their occupation,
they have never analyzed the flimsy
subterfuges of political issues, With
fair prices for their products, they
have cheerfully contributed by direct
or indirect taxes, towards the support
of the government. They have never
asked for protection which would ren-
der oth or industries tributary to them.
The prosperity of all laboring classes,
inures to the best interests of the far-
mer; but the system of legislative fav-
oritism now in vogue, which enables
a few designing men to control manu-
factures, and commerce, and accumu-
late hundreds of millions of dollars, is
being closely scrutinized by the peo-
ple. A few of the modest measures

-asked for in the interest of agriculture,

have been grudgingly conceded by 
the lower House in Congress; but the ;
Senate has no time to consider bills 
which give farmers a voice in the 
counsels of the nation, or to give a 1
portion of the immense revenues of the
country, in giving scientific aid to ag-
riculture, and in establishing ex
peiimental stations in the several ,
States.

It is time that the people questioned
the utility of the Senate. It is evi-
dently a relic of the old Roman Re-
public, and should never bad place in
a representative government. Not
being elected by the popular vote; the
Senate seems to have forgotten its res-
ponsibility to the people. Latterly
the Senate devotes long sessions to
considering the claims of imperious
speculators, and greedy monopollsts,
and vast sums of money and year: of
time are spent in manipulating and
packing State Legislatures in the in-
terest of ambitious aspirants.

The best remedy for these evils may
be found by electing every iofiicer of
the government from pathmaster to
president, bv the direct vote of the
people. The disgraceful scramble that
was witnessed in our State Legisla-
ture, might have been averted, and
the people have chosen their own Sen-
ator, if they had been allowed the
democratic privilege of declaring
their choice by their ballots. Congress
is now beset by well paid mlnions,who
represent capital invested in every in-
dustrlal enterprise in the country, ex-
cept farming; each one is clamoring
for protection, at the expense of all the
others, and as very many of the hon-
orable gentlemen who compose the
present Congress are interested in
some special grab, a system of log
rolling will probably prevail, to which
will continue to subsidize capital at
the expense of labor.

Fortunately the farmer does not
need special protection; he can afford
to give a portion of his substance to-
wards the maintainance of the govern-
ment, but should not be forced to
continue to give to the taskmasters
of the country, who are rolling in
wealth, and who eke out a precarious
substance to enrich their employers.
The prosperity of the farmer, is in a
large degree, dependant upon well paid
labor in every industrial department;
but the policy of the government in
aiding associated capital and rich in-
dividuals to m0D)p lize and control
the manufacturing and transportation
of the country cannot be corrected by
mild protestations of the farmers, or
by the numerous associations for the
protection of labor.

The dissemination of intelligence
among the people, regarding political
problems, is slowly but surely severing
the bonds of poliaical partisanship
which have so long held the people in
political thraldom. Political reform
will not be consumated by all political
organizations until the people throw
ofl" partisan shakles. Good men have
been elected to places of power and
trust, by the people, but being chosen
as partisans, they dare not ignore the
usages and obligations imposed upon
them by party. The political platform
of the future, should contain a few
planks inserted in the interest of the
farmer, the mechanic and the laboring
classes.

The products of the soil are the foun
dation of the nation's prosperity. The
crop prospects are watched, and tabu
lated with more interest, and with far
greater accuracy, by the commercial
classes, than by the farmers The
banker bases his discounts upon the
grain in store, or the whiskey in bond;
the manufacturer contracts a profita
blr». business, and sends a part of his
ernployes adrift if crops fall. If the
crops are short, the bulls and bears of
trade, become ferocious, and toss and
rend eabh other,_ while the innocent
lambs escape. A half crop does not
disturb the Railway King; he sends
his fiat out along the line, “double the
rates,” while he complacently puts
one hand into the pockets of the pro-
ducer and the other deep in to the scan-
ty purse of the consumer, and keeps
a sharp eye upon the government.
The successful politician is not inter-
ested in the growing crops; while re-
taining his place, he is sure of the
loaves and fishes. He takes great care
to cultivate and harvest a crop of votes
sufficient for his re-election. But in
these times of political disorganization,
“The best laid plans of mice and men
oft gang laws.”

We as farmers need not despair of
our country and its institutions. If
old political incumbents do not heed
the warnings of the conservative press,
and purify themselves by their own
investigations, and recrimihatlons, a
new party will come into existence.
Fundamental and radical reform, and
new issues will be inaugurated, men
and statesman will come to the sur-
face, and farmers will no longer blush
for shame while casting their ballots.

______________

SOME stoves are very hard to keep
black. Put a little sugar into the
blacking and mix thoroughly before
putting it on. A roll of coffee sack-
ing, of convenient size and shape, is
nic; to rub a stove with, instead of a
brush. A brush is more expensive,
and the bristles loosen and fall.

j___.__.._.___._.

“Sometime” is the worst time to

have for any duty. The clock strikes
“12" every day, but never strikes

"sometime.”

cows-Boys and Round-Ups

A “round-up” is an occasion that
would excite interest and enthusiasm
in any man of spirit. It is the gath-
ering together in an immense herd of
the cattle on a thousand hills, and it
is a familiar occurrence in Texas, Col-

, orado, and other localities where great
‘ herds of cattle are kept grazing.

Stock-raising is a very important in-
dustry in Colorado, and many hun-
dred thousand head of cattle graze
there throughout the entire year.

Only those who have crossed the
plains can understandfihow vast they
are. To the ordinary observer they seem
to be an immense dreary desert. void
of vegetable life. They are too barren
and dry to be utilized for agriculture,
and yet the grass is so nutritious that
cattle can subsist on itdurlng the en-
tire year.

This grass begins growing late in the
spring, and continues to grow until
August, when it dries up for the want
of rain. It cures without being cut,
and when there is no frost it retains
its nutritious qualities through the
whole winter, being as rich in Janu-
ary as in July. Unless the winter is
oneof great severity, cattle can live
on the grass alone. When there are
heavy snow-falls and cc ntiuucd cold
weather, however, thousands of cattle
perish unless they are sheltered and
fed until the snow disappears.

Stock growers in different localities
have now erected sheds in which their
herds can find shelterin stormy weath-
er, experience having taught them the
necessity of such precautions. In
some places stock can find shelter in
ravines and under bluffs, but if the
snow lies long and becomes crusted
over, the herds die from starvation, as
they cannot get to the grass.

Cattle-men allow their stock to roam
at will over the grazing grounds, and
do not see some of the herds for
months. At the end of this time the
stock may be a hundred miles away
from the original range, but each man
has his stock bra ided in such a way
that he can separate it from the many
other herds when the time comes
for driving it to market, or to its for-
mer range.

Certain laws and regulations exist
among cattle men, and if these are well
observed no difliculty is experienced
in separating the various herds. There
would seem to be little labor or expense
attending the raising of cattle in such
a State as Colorado, and during cer-
tain monthstbe cattle can very well
take care of themselves.

In the spring comes the "round-
up.” the “cow-boys" prepare for
vigorous action, for it is their duty to
gather into one great herd the
many cattle belonging to difierentdis-
tricts.

Sometimes all the stock within an
area of a hundred square miles is
driven together, and as many as two
hundred thousand head of cattle are
collected in -ne herd. An idea of the
magnitude of the task may be gained
from the fact thatlt takes from the
last of April until the middle of July
to complete it. Then comes the hard
workof "cutting out,” or separating,
the dlfl“erent herds. Many calves are
to be branded, and the stock intended
for market must be separated. Far-
mer boys can imagine what the scene
is like.

Perhaps a few head of cattle belong-
ing to one man are in the midst of a
drove of four or five thousand owned
by another man: and they are not
separated without considerable skill
and trained 'rior-seinari.-nhip.

‘1‘he greatherds, so long unrestrain-
ed, are frightened and rebellious. The
meek cows low and tremble with fear,
and the fra-tious calves race wildly
around, as if eager to escape the burn-
ing of the brand that is to be put up-
on them. The swiftfooted young
animals often lead the cowboy a wild
chase over the (lusty plain under the
burning sun. Away they go, the pur-
suer and the pursued.

The ;bull.-i of Bashan roared not
louder than do these bellowing ani-
malsae they angrily paw the earth
and shake their massive heads. The
voices of the cow-boys screaming
to each other and 1'0 the terrified
beasts add to the general tumult.

The cow-boys have a fancy for cos-
tumcs that would excite the envy of
a Ute Indian. Their horses are well
trained and swift of foot, but the .-lose
of the ‘round-up” leaves them jaded
and panti'vg.

The approach of an immense herd
of rusliing, bellowing wattle ii» an ex-
citing scene. Great clouis of dust
aris»-, and a roaring sound as of a
mighty wind is heard as the animals
appear in the distance. The cow-boys
vie with each other in the manage-
ment of their herds, darting swiftly
here and there, to intercept the flight
of the frightened animals.— Youth’/3
Companion.

THE possibilities of electricity are
apparently boundless, and almost
every day brings forth some new in-
vention for its application to useful
purposes. One of the latest of these
is the Portable Electric Lighter, which
is now manufactured in this city, and
w! ich is exhibited at No. 22 Water
street. This is in effect a small chem-
ical battery, occupying a space of five
square inches and weighing but five
pounds with all its fittings. By press-
ing upon a knob the current is pro-
duced, a strip of platinum is heated to
incandescence and light instantane-
ous. This can be carried from room
to room and placed upon the desk or
the table. At a slight additional ex-
pense it can be so arranged as to ring
an alarm or signal hell, or to light gas
in any part of the house. The con-
trivance is novel, simple, convenient.
and cbeap.—Boston Courier, Dec.
30th.

_..___________________.

To CURE A FELON.--Di‘. T. C. Bran-
non in the Therapeutic Gazette, pre-
scribes the following treatment for
this painful malady: Take of soft lye
soap and flaxseed meal a sufficient
quantity, stirring the meal in slowly
with spatula or case knife, manipulat-
ing thoroughly, so as to form a salve
or poultice. Cornmeal is a good sub-
stitute for the flaxseed. Euvelop the
finger in this, applying snugly, and
occasionally prtssing it to bring it in
closer contact. Renew the poultice
every twelve to twenty-four hours.
Don’t try every prescription you may
hear of. Depend on this. It will, if
applied in time, abort the disease; if
adopted later, it will bring it to a small
“head” (if too “far advanced to be
scattered”), when it may be picked al-
most painlessly.


MARCH 15, 1883.

run ensues visiros.

¢fl1‘1*t$]IflIIIIeII1$t--

Senate Bill, No. l6—Resoluiions.

Editor Grange Visitor.-—I reply to a
communication from Senator Pen-
nington of the 13th district. Danby
Grange No. 185, at a regular meeting
unanimously adopted the following
resolutions:

Resolved, that Danby Grange- No.
185, is in hearty sympathy in the ef-
forts of Senator Pennington to secure
the passage of Senate Bill, 16 relative
to theregulation of railroad traflic in
the State of Michigan, and that a copy
of this resolution duly attested, be sent.
to Senator Pennington, Senator Belk-
nap and Representative Willett, and
also to the GRANGE VISITOR tor pub-
lication, THOMAS PRYER Master,

ISAAC N. BROOKS Sec’y.

Bro. Cobb.-—At a regular meeting
of Barry county Pomona Grange, held
February 23,1883, the following pre-
amble and resolution was unanimous-
ly adopted :

WHEREAS, The members of Barry
county Pomona Grange, feel that the
present system of making discrimina-
tions in charges for t ansportation of
freight by the railroads of our State,
are detrimental to the interests of the
agriculturists and,
WHEREAS, \Ve believe that the
bill presented by Senator Pennington
will, if passed, tend to relieve us from
the extortionate demands of these cor
porations; therefore,
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the action of Senator Pennington in
introducing and laboring for ihe pas-
sage of a bill to prevent unjust discrim-
inations in freight rates, and we urge
our representatives in the lower house
to aid him in the passage of this bill by
their votes, voice and influence.
J M. SLAwsoN,

A. PARKER,
E. B WARNER,
Committee.
W. H. OTIS Sec’y

Hastings, February 26, 1883.

Wanted, Men Willi Heads!

The market of men with heads is
exceedingly firm, with prospects for
an advance. Thesupply is not equal
to demand, and agents are sent out
through the country looking up fresh
supplies. VVe do not refer to cabbage
heads or pumpkin heads, we hasten
to mention, for the supply of this
variety is unlimitable, and no price
quoted. Not that -here are fewer men
with heads than formerly, but there is
more need 0 them than ever before.
Nurserymen need men with beads as
foremen, as packers, as diggers, as
propagators. It is all a mistaken idea
that men only need heads at meal time
to receive and prepare food for the
stomach, which heads are immediately
after to be laid by in re ose until the
dinner hour again arrives.

No. men need heads in hoeing trim-
ming, packing, digging, planting;
they need heads every hour. and we
implore them not to be so neglectful
of this important fact. Some nursery-
men need heads them selves. The man
who sells poor trees and plants needs a
head. The man who dose-n’t advertise,
the man who falls behind the times,
the man who always has a lawsuit on
hand, the man who is stingy of fertili-
zers, and pl nws shallow when dee er
pays better; the man who don’t hire
enough labor, the man who permits
his buildings to run down, the man
whose family has little fruit to eat, the
man who attempts to attract a cat to-
wards him by pulling her tail, the
man who lies and don’t keep his credit
good, the man who neglects the edu-
cation of his Cllll(ll'elJ—-8]: these men
need heads. We once saw a man
picking strawberries in weeds four feet

igh. If he had a head we coulden’t see
it. We saw a man whose plants were
heaved out for lack of drainage-he
had no head. ‘We saw a man who
was ever jumping from one enterprise
to another, always getting out and in
at the wrong time—he had no head.
We knew a man who wouldn’t take a
paper for fear - it might mislead him
into some new fangied disaster—he
had no head. We know men who
ship their fruit hundreds of mile- when
they might have sold all near home—

no heads on ’em. We know men who -

spend more money for fences than for
fertiiizers—-no heads. We know men
always behind with their w->rk—not a
sign of a read.

What shall a man do who has no
head? He must begin to build one.
He must work less and think more.
He must take four good papers, sit
down and reason with them, and men-
tally kick all the writers who don’t
appeal to common sense. A man who
does nothing but eat and work and
sleep, can never hope to have the sen--
blance of a head. Thought makes
heads ; investigation makes heads.
The desire and determination to have
a head makes a head. Na ure gives to
every man a skull, with holes in it to
see and hear through, and wherewith-
al to be fed, but what is the head that
nature gives worth if it is not put to
use and developed‘? It is only a baby’s
head, a numb skull. All, know that
they cannot get good crops of fruit
without cultivating the soil, but many
forget that they can get a good head
only by cultivating the head. We
trust and assume that all the readers
of the Fruit Grower have heads. Our
desire is that they lend this paper to
such persons as have no heads that
they may ultimately also have heads.
—G'reen’s Fruit Grower.

Government Supervision of Railroads.

The report of Mr. Armstrong, the
federal commissioner of railroads, rec-
ommends that a “commission be ap-
pointed to take into consideration the
whole question and report to congress
the facts necessary for intelligent and
efficient action.” A few years ago
such a proposition would have met
with popular disfavor, but times have
changed. Until quite recently such a
preposition was not_ only regarded as
of doubtful constitutionality, but such
an assumption of authority on the
part of the federal government was
looked upon as a dangerous step in
the direction of centralization of pow-
er. 'Within the last few years, how-
ever, the people have been educated
in this ‘subject. so that the'e is now

but comparatively little opposition to
it. In the meantime, the supreme
court of Illinois has conceded the
right of the federal government to ex-
ercise this control, and according to
the government railroad commissioner
“the decisions of the United States
supreme court seem to render this
right indisputable.” It is well known
that leading roads have been granted
their charters by the diflerent state
legislatures in the hope that competi-
tion would be secured whereby the
whole community would be benefitted,
but under the pooling system compe-
tition is a’ thing plainly out of the
question. H.rdly a month passes dur
ing which there is not a "war" be-
tween two or more of the great cor-
porations, to the serious injury 0' bus
ness and the obstruction of trade and
commerce. The hope tha. the diffé-r
ent States could remedy the evils aris
out out of these “wars” and the grasp
ing cupidity of the management. of
these corporations has roved falla
cious. Although railroa commission-
ers are appointed or chosen in twenty-
two States,they are powerless in their
control over the roads outside the lim-
it of their respective States, and unfor-
tunately there is no unicy of action be-
tween them. VVe have one policy in
one state, while in the State next ad
joining a policy radically different
prevails. It has not been infrequent
for directors 0 roads in their individ-
ual or collective capacity to build rival
routes to their own lines and then se-
cureaconsolidation at an enormous
advance on the cost of construction,
thus defrauding their own stockhold-
ers. Lobbies are maintained at the
different Stale capitols for the purpose
of moulding and influencing legisla-
tion. As a ieiriedy for these and other
evils and abuses that might be men-
tioned, Mr. Arm-trong suggests the
f«>l‘lJlai.l0l-l of a federal rails ay depart-
ment. whiclishall bring these corpo-
rations undersome sort of discipline,
in the interests of the country at.
large. He suggests a commission,
whose duty it shall be to investigate
the whole question and report to Con-
gress. Such a commission can cer-
tainly do no harm, and possibly it
might suggest a solution o’ an exceed
lngly diflicult problem. There is no
opportunity for intelligent action in
the matter by the pre.-ent Congress,
but a suitable commission U_l'g'.lI. for-
mulatea plan by the meeting of the
next Congress, which would open a
way for a solution of the difliculties
which confront the people. The sug-
gestion ofthe commissioner is certain-
ly worth the serious attention of Con-
gress.—Te2:as Farmer.

A Sermon on Boys.
two boys are

Text. A boy isa boy;
three boys are no boy at

half a boy;
all.
When Horace wrote this text (if he
did), it was after visiting his friend in
strawberry time, and studying boy na-
ture in berry picking. Young kittens,
pigs, lambs and lions live mainly to
play, eat and sleep. ’l‘hey nibble at
the maternal cupboard, gambol in the
sunshine, and maul each other over in
mock ferocity, and slumber; then nib-
ble, maul and slumber again to the
end of the chapter, as aforesaid. The
b iy is an animal inheriting like physi-
cal tendencies, which the teasing.
scolding, spanking and cufliaig of 9,-
999 generations has exiermlnated. No,
the boy of to-day is as bent on fun,
food and slumber as when the boy
A(l:vln first tied tin kettles to little
dogs’ tails, ate stolen up les and
omitted getting up in time for break-
fast.

First. A boy is a boy, says our
text. Verily this smacks much of
truth. He is neither man, woman,
nor Jumbo the elephant. He. is boy
from pocket to pocket, from the unruly
tuft of hair on his head to the copper
toes on his shoes; full of vim. enter-
prise. green apples and mischief. The
burst button holes in his garments,
his monstrous innocence after depre-
dations, his brimless hat, worn in
fighting humble bees—_vea, even the
rents in the seat of his trousers, all
testify that a boy is a boy. He shirks
responsibilities, sheds care as a. duck
sheds water, and his troubles are as
brie!‘ as those of a decapitated chicken.

Suppose a boy were a man; that the
immature germ of a coming hero ac-
cepisresponsibilities and cares, stud-
ies deep p ilosophy, reckless theology,
profound reutimeni, and burns the
midnight electric lamp. What would
such a prodigy amount to? Wt,-iuid he
build the pliy-,iqu«-: that would ens"-le
him 10 fight liie’a battle lieioic::l.ly.
would his mind and energies continue
to 1lltfI.l.l(.l like the leaves and blossrims
in springtime? No he would become
a weakened, wrinkled grey nared old
man at twenty-five with a stoop in
his shoulders, rheumatism in his back
and gout in zoth legs. We know that
the first apples to ripen are always
slabsided, lean and wormy. Only
those that take time to develop and
drink in the warm Summ».-r sunshine
and gradually assume rotund propor-
».-ons yi-l i the richest flavors. Let
us be satisfied that G d made the boy
a boy, and that i e might have made
hiw something else had he known
it would have been for the greatest
good.

Secondly. Two boys are half a boy,
says the text. This is not a. matter of
fact, for two boys with plenty of exer-
cise are fully equal to two boys at din-
ner time. And in climbing trees for
nuts, or hunting woodchucks, two
boys show amazing adaptability, and
no such discount can truthfully be
charged. But much as we love the
boy and admire his enthusiasm and
whole heartedness in congenial pur-
suits, c-and or compels us to admit that
in weeding plants or hoeing on hot
days, two boys, alone by themselves,
may at intervals have been more than
halfa boy, but such felicitous _1ute_r
vals are about as rare as blue birds in
January.

Thirdly. Three boys are no boy at
all, says the scribe. Herein is u-‘ed
violent poetic li er.-se, and the scribe
lays him.-elf open to arrest and im-
prisonment in the castle’s lowest ap-
ple bin. Are three boys no b’ y at all
in a peach orchard, or among ripe
strawberries or grapes. And at a bon-
fire or circus, are not three boys fully
equal to the occasion? If Horace had
awatsrmelon patch and three boys
should happen by chance to stumble
into it unavoidably, we think Horace
would qualify his assertions, that three
boys are no boy at all. Nevertheless,
as truthful historians, we must ac-
knowledge that three boys working
with injudicious direction, in a seclu-
ded retreat, at a job interminable, and

wholly uninteresting and unpr.-fitahle
to themselves personally, may possi-
bly have accomplished more than no
boy at all, buv if they ever did history
does them injustice in never mention-
ing the fact, and we are unable to au-
thenticate the substantiabiliiy of such
a suspicion.
______._.___.________
Samuel Tucker's Second wooing.

Although Farmer Tu-:-ker had long
dreamed of a visit to (jhautaiiqua,
when he actually found himself at
that Mecca ofdevout excursionists ear-
ly last August, the brswny man Was‘
tempted to doubt his own identity.
The holiday surroundings were whol-
ly unlike anyzhing to which he was
accustomed in his pr-my New England
li me; the rich, crowded programme
oil? red was in striking contrast. to the
dull monotony of farm life. VVhen
this son of will first entered the Audito-
rium, and saw that rustic amphithea-
tre crowded with thou-ands of people
lislenirig brea-‘lilessly iothe full, sweet
tones of the organ, his cramped. s -lfish
heart was strangely touched and ex-
panded. For an" instant the wish c ent
in that he had asked Jane ifshe would
like to come too. But there was not
mur-li time for his own tlioiiglrs, for
as the music ceased 9. whi-:e-haired
speaker ar‘-se and was introduced to
the audience as Mr. John B. (slouch.

At this announcement Samuel Tuck
er’s satisfaction was too great to be
kept to himself, and he said, half
aloud.to his next neighbor. "\Vell.
now, I am beat to think I'm going In
hear the man l’ve wan!/.-cl to see for
more‘n tWen'y years.” The youiig
lady gave an amu-‘-ed laugh, but it frll
unheeded upon the unsophisticated
speaker. whose a.'_tent:on was already
caught by the orator.

Mr. Gougli comm.-2nc-..=<l his brieflec
turc with <>ue-.iflii- inimitable (l.°‘-Gill‘:
tions. The story was of a man who
applied for a divorce and was advi.-it-d.
by his eminent lawyer, to try the ef-
fwjt of making love to his wife as he
Lad don before marrying her, iiiazeail
of resortingto the measure he had pr(:~
posed. It included also an accotint of
a later visit when the happy husband
withdrew his application; and. fairly
dancing with glee, assureil the lawyer
that his experiment had worked like
acharm, that “Salli: ‘had become as
amiable and affectionate a wife as a
man could ask to have.”

Mr. Go..igh’s represeiitation of the
scene drew forth prolonged applause;
but Samuel 'I‘ucker’s iU!9."{‘Ht was of
too serious a nature to permit ills: join-
ing ln_the laughter. As if iiiiconscioii:-i,
for the moment. of the niulri'tud«-
about him. he said in an undertone:
“I’d be willing to take my oath that
wouldn’t work with Jane. All I have
to say is, that man’s wife wasiliftferent
from main; I’d as soon think to feed
syrup to a mummy as to b gin S‘;l&l'k--
lug again -sith her.”

It would seem that this course of
reasoning did not wholly dismiss
from the farmer's mind a train of
ilioughls and possibilities suggested by
their-.cturer’s story. In 2-v r_y trr-at of
the folli)wii:'g daya—at sacred service
or f)()pUl‘-ll‘ lecture, in the niu.-euiii or
by the model of the Holy Land wh-1-n
listening to concert or gazizig Wli.l}
lhroogs upon the illuininated il—et,
the far away husband was releiiile.-s|_v
followed by a vision of hard-worked
Jane, looking upon him wilh re-
proachful eyes. At length he quieted
his con--.»(-icuce with the detei'miiiaii'«‘in
to prove that his estimate of his wi e
was correct. “VVhen Inga: back,” he
said to hiinsr.-if, “I'll just show the
woman some little atteniion:-‘, and [11
see they won’: have no more effect on
her than they would on the old 'm«._y
mare. Jane is bound to be .-«ul en
and obstinate, and I suppose I iiiav
as well make up my niliid to it."

On reaching home the re.-oliition
was not easily carried out. VVl:eu
Mr. Tucker planned some gallantry
towards his wife, the very tiiougiit
ina is him feel so unnatural and fool-
ish that. postponement resumed; but
the Sabbath offered an opportunity so
convenient that he ll1J.‘l'0Ve it.

The farm was nearly a mile from
Ol.llll‘Cll, yet Samuel Tu.ker bail for
years been in the habitat‘ driving line-k
a-one after the foreiioozi service, leav-
ing his --vlrb‘ to attend the Sabbath
school. and then walk home as best
.~he could through mud or dust. flreat
was Mrs.'I‘ucker’s a- 'I)Y.ll8hl]l‘.‘!]l', there-
fore, on the Sabbath after her return,
to find him Waiting for her at the close
of the s-:=:'vici-s The i'AlllI,‘.‘Sl- siispiriou
that he lam driven bark in lllli retiurcli
for her, did not cross ill‘.‘g’.l()(l worn» ’s
mind ; she supposed he had l‘«ll:?.l:ll:’SS
with some of the brethern, and was
iiesiiating whether to walk on as usual
or to suggest waiting for him, when
the farnier called out, “It's just as
cheap to ride as to walk.” Sileiitiy
the wife took her seat in the buggy",
and silently they drove home, much
to the husnand’s satisfactioxi, for it
seemed to him a proof of the woman’s
dull, unapreciative nature. “She
didn"r. act pleased, but was only daz -d
like, as I knew she would be,” he
miitzc-.r..-.<l, as he went at out his mid-
day "ch<ires.”

At the same time Mr. Tucke r was
conscious of having perform-.-d a uiost
praiseworthy act, and felt so comf iri-
able that he resolved to repeat the ex
pe-;‘inierit. So on the following Sali-
barli Jane again found her husband
waiting, and as she mounted the high
buggy,ventured to utter ii half‘ audible
“thank you,” and to ask Samuel if lie
had been waiting long. To which
Mr. lucker replied that he had just
reached the church, and didn’t know
but he might find she had started on
foot. This reply seemed to Jane a
positive assurance that her lwiisiazisi
had really returned for the sol»: pur-
pose of taking her home; and her
chilled heart glowed with a warmth
unknown for years. She longed to
tell her husbai-id how much she appre-
ciated his trouble, but imagined it
would sound “so foolish” that she
kept her pleasure to her.-ief.

The next Sabbath, wasriiny, and
as Mrs. Tucker washed the breakfast
dishes she kept thinking, “I wood 1'
if Sam means to come for me this
noun; it would be such a help in the
rain; I’ve half amizid to 3.--k him!"
Tliis resolution was soon stiflsd, how-

ever, with the reasoning which had
siienci d many similar resolves in the
past ten years. “No, I won't ask do
favors; ifhe don’t care enough for me
to come, why he neednlt.” Although
proudly unwilling to seek any atten-
tions, Jane longed for some demon-
stration of her husband’s love and
care: she had walked home in the rain
too oiten greatly to dread such expo

sure; but a week before, the wife had

tasted thej iy of I eingcon.-idered, and
longsd for some new and further proof
of her couipanion’s aff-:cti«-n.

Mrs Tucki-r’s_heart leaped for joy
when. at noon she saw the old mare’s
head from the lecture room window.
Indeed, tier hungry heart suddenvy
became qui e unmanageable, and en-
tering the carriage, phor Jane sobbeii
out: “I'm sure it is very good of you,
Samuel, t-ocome back for me this rainy
day,” and then the tears flowed so fast
tha' furth.-ir words were impossible.

C-inipletely taken by surprise, Mr.
Tucker exclaimed: "I declare! I
hadn't no idea you'd care so much
about i'l"

"I wou.i.ln’t mind he walk” res-
ponded the wife, “iiut—.s‘i:uuel—I'in
so happy to have you can enough
about m.-. to comvl"

Tllttt-llLRl.'ig man was bru.-.hiiig away
atear from his own cheek now; his
tender lietier nature was masterin
the hard, seftish :-'plrit, which had long
pn-sessed. him, and with mine cough
ing and choking, he said: “Jane I see-
l’ve inad-eaii awful batch of our mar-
ried life; if you’rea mind to forgive
me. I'll see if I can’t treat you from to-
day as a woman ought to be tn.-uteri."

Tiii.-‘ confession was all too much for
the weugiiiiir wits, and she answered,
quickly: “You’re not a bit more to
blame than I am; I’Vc been proud and
on-'ei.inate; but I’ll tell you what. it is,
wi-‘ll begin all over again.”

The ice was now thoroughly bro-
ken, and that afternoon Farmer
Tu-’:k-r and his wzfe had a lung talk
over the past and the future. And
in itie evening wli.-in they were about
ti start for prayer meeting to be held
in a neiglibnring schoolhouse, the re
newed hiisiiansi :4COI)p£“.l and kl.-..-ed his
wi'e,sayiug: “Jane, I've in-‘€118 Iliink
iiig that l.l13l‘I‘l€d life aiiilt so very
dill‘--rent from l3l‘lJll)lg or :-my otlii-r
‘occupatim.:. Now, I >iin’t :-:ueli a. fool
as to think a field will keep a-yielding
it i only r‘ll»'li.3l) it once and plant i;
oii-re; i have to go over the same
ground -every S821?-}()!l; and here I:-up
iiosed you was a going to always do as

you did when we were a C()urtii1g,
without his doirig 11);‘ pair. at all."

“lfl lia-lzi’t. chariged any, maybe
you would always have bI:‘?'l: as EH11’
tier as you usei to be,” pleaded the
llapiiy Will‘.

"Pernapiso, and perhaps not; but
I do not in»-an to try ll-.l such plan. 1
tell you whatit is, Jane,_ I feel as if
we hadn't llh‘Ve‘l‘ been really iKl2iU'l'ltf(il
till to-:lay. It most set-iii:-1  if we
ought I.o take a wedding tour.”

“I'm afraid we’li have to wait till
next siiuimer for that," was the smi-
ling response.

“I suppose we shall, but we’ll take
it then, certain; and I’ll tell you
Where \Vr-. will go, wil'c—that’s to
(Iliatauq-2y!”

The Transpc-rtation Question in South Caro-
lina.

Some time ago a representative of the

I/iromcle mu? Coastz'tuti'rm(iZz'.srt (Georgia)
visited Col. Lipscomb. i.ecretarv of
State for South Czirolina, to obtain his
vie we of the transportation question. and
it ilppeu.l‘i'-i had good success. Col. Lips-
comb liaii iillit in shaping the report of
a committee on the question at the late
session of the National Grange, ii sen-
tence of which the reporter quotes and
u *,ccet-zds :

"Still zinotli-er influence, most potent in
its effect, is the improvement of water
channels until they attain the highest
iii~gi'ee of usefulness.” I obser 7ed that
I-I-vii. -l. N. Lipscomb. Secretary of State,
and .'i\‘I;u-ter of the State Grange of South
Carolina. was a member of that commit-
tee and one of the signers of the report,
and I called on him to ask his views on
the siibject of water transportation in
general, and its influence in reducing
freight charge over railroads

Col. Lipscoinp received me
pleasantly, and submitted with great
good humor to an iiitcrview. He is one
of the most interesting talkers in the
State. and devotes much of his time to
the study of subjects promising any
benefit to the people, and especially the
farmers of the country. I give here-
with the result of the interview. and the
ideas advanced will be found eminently
practicable: and very suggestive. “The
question of transportation is now the
most deeply interesting and most ab-
sorbing one of all others. It is of such
proportions and power that it is destined
In the very near future to control and
rr gulate ,thc organization of political
parties and governmental administra-
tion. RtIl'O5(lS now almost monopolize
transportation and arbitrarily tlirstate;-. its
rule.-e vuztl law. To prcteci the unor-
giinizml and unincorporated people
against tyrannical extortion and im-
positioiis at the hands of the main-
moth cumpanies that, with kingly arro-
gance, rule, has been and still is the
study of publicists and statesmen, and
the subject of legislation, both State and
federal. Legislation should and must
be had, and that vigorous and full. But
can legislation, whether State or fed
eral. or both, furnish full and ale-
quate remedies, and relief for all
the evils complained of and un-
avoidable protection against future
injury '9 By many it is thought doubt-
ful. So, then, it becomes important to
inquire whether any other agency be-
sides legislzition can be employed that
could be relied upon to. in part or whole,
accomplish the end desired. There is
but little doubt that in each and every
instance in which water transportation
can be developed and provided to com.-
pete with railroad transportation. the
problem is solved. Increasing railroads
between two given points, or between
one of them and various others, fails, for
after trying competition to a certain ex-
tent, these railroads, by agreement, sub-
stitute combinafion for competition. and
combination proves to be more onerous
and costly to the public than monopoly.
In case of monopoly, a certain amount
extorted would satiat-e the most exact
ing, but it would take many times as
much to equally satisfy a combination
or syndicate of ma ls, each and all de-
manding a full share of the spoils; and

thus the greater number of railroads, the
heavier the amount that must be raised

to give each its claimed share.

On the other hand, let there be a Sin-
glr-. line of water transportation from
this given point to one other and see
the practical effect. Combination is
impossible between land and water lines,
As soon as attempted by buying up one
boat, and raising charges to exterminate
rates, then, immediately other boats are
put on by other parties. and this is re-
peated “ad znfiia-i'tum.” This proposition
has been often demonstrated at numer-

very

road and water lines go. To illustrate:

From the city of Augusta. G3,, there are

ous points from. or to, _ which both rail-~

lead to seaports. each line and its termi-

natural inducements for competition
tion would be consummatedjamong these
railroads in a few days or hours, if it
were not that the Savannah river. a nav-

seaport Savannah, and thus n it iii] the
railroads in two States can control the
river transportation, should it be at-
tempted, and all the boats bought, as
soon as freights be raised above an
equitable point, just so soon will other
boats be put on and continuallv
incrc;-seil until the freight charges
are reduced to barely a paving per
cent upon the amount invested. A\Nllll.l-
ing, as established, that these water
lines will, where they can be had, form
the desired regulators of transportation,
it then becomes pertinent to inquire
where they can be had.
so much of every stream that rises in
the interior of the country and flows to
the sea, as will furnish water enough to
fill the locks of a canal of such capacity
as will floata boat that will carry 25
bales of cotton or its equivalent. The
number of such streams is much greater
than eVf‘.l‘8‘1I)p(Iie(l or realized. Host

rivers, or join and form them, and these
rivers need only opening and in some
places deepening to afford passage for

With the water ways put in this cindi

tion all over the Stiilze, there would be
but few citizens more than 20 miles from
water trap.-aportation With the high

ways of the -country properly main-
tained, so that produce can be
hauled over them, the citi7.:.=us
would be C1.l1lllJClpil.lI£’d from their pres

ent enslaved coinlitioii, and the i-lizirge
of all transportation be in strict. propor-
tion to the service rendered. and not
“what tho produce will bear.” How are
these numerous water ways to be im-
proved and developed into such chan-
nels of transportatioii? Answer— ly
appropriations from the federal govern-
ment, iiml no in iIleV it has ever appro-
priated or xvii. ever appropriate will be
more wisely or profitable spent. It mat-
ters not to us how many millions of
federal appropriations it will take to ac

complisli the development of the water
transport-i.tiou of State or section, for
many millions are being and will he
spent in that way anyhow; it is only for
us to ask for and take our share and use
it for our benefit. or leave it to be shared
out to and used by others for their ben-
efit. It any Southern State could have
given to it for this purpose, one-half
that has been bestowed on more fortu-
nate Northern Stat.-s every stream
could soon be made a highway of travel
and freiglit. This is no utopiiin scheme.
but if thoroughly studie will be found ,
eminently practicable. t is true it will
cost much money for construction,
but not so much as railways of equal
length and the subsequent maintainence
would be much less and the savings to
the c uutry in 50 years almost incredi-
ble. VV-nter transportation is in accord-
ance with the arrangements of nature,
and under all circiimstances the cheap-
est to the aggregate people of the coun-
try, while railroad transportation is an-
tagonistic to natural arrangement and
enormously costly to the people. Hunt
up freight bills of 50 or 60 years ago and
they will show vou the same classes of
freight were carried from Chcraw to
Charleston. from Columbia to Charles-
ton and from Augusta to Savannah
cheaper than now. To get all these rev-
olutions in transportation let every one
join in urging our representatives 1n
federal Congress to do all they honora-
bly can to secure the most liberal appro-
priations for the improvement of the
navigation of all our streams. each and
every one named and described in de-
t-al.——IIusl»(1/id/nan.

I Know A Thing or Two.
“My dear boy,” said a father to his
only son, “you are in bad company.
The lads with whom you associate in-
dulge in bad habits. They drink,
smoke, swear, play cards, and visit

some five. if not more, railroad lines that

nal seaport desiring to handle the larg-
est number of bales of cotton and other
produce possible. but in spite of all the

that this situation causes, still combina-

igable stream. flows bv Augusta to the]

They can be on I

of these small c.-inal streams empty into ,

boats of ample .‘-llZv.‘ for all purp-ii-ei;.f

PATENTS.

LUCIUS 0. WEST. Solicitor of American
-r-« Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent
CB1]!!!-\I~. Trade Marks, Copyrights, Assign-
ments. Caveats, ans Mechanical Dra '
Circulars free. 16 P0ftAI?' street,
aprlt‘ KALAMAZOO, MICK.



/

l‘lu.- de-igned purpose of the Grand Rapids
(Michigan) Commercial College is to prepare
the student for the practical duties of life.
Discipline of the mind. then, has at the base of
_ our scheme of education ; and the question to
; be answered is: How may the greatest degree
I’ of mental discipline be obtained '8
For further particulars please call, or enclose
,7 stamp for College Journal. Aildreen,
l :. . SW'E.\i.-’BU_R(:, Proprietor,
| ldeciy GRAND RAPIDS, Mica.

I I w. E. ic:A:é.i:ii&fiiT
SEED C-ROWER

OF M()LINE,

Is still alive and selling a finer assortment of
seeds than ever before at prices to astonish
-, the natives. Many varieties below seedsmens’
2 wlioleszile prices. Send for price list. It will
i be issued soon.

IESEGT P[lWDBiS and FERTILIZERS.

’ ie cheapest and best Issncr Al\'NIIIILA-
TORS, l’AI.MEii‘s PLANT AND VINE PROTEC-
TOR, and HAMMo1vn‘s SLUG SHOT, ii profit-
ulile fertilizer for fill liiiiils, sure death to
all iiisects, harmless to man or beast Only
$7.50 per barrel, (‘_’(l(l pounds;) 25 lbs.,
-‘$1.2-3: 10 lbs.. GU cents; :3 lbs.. 35 cents; 1 1b.. '
ltlcciits. VVari':int<>.d or money refuiided. To
be used on potatoes, vines, flowers, bushes,
and trees. Seeds are warranted ¢|lS0.

“ Compton’s Early.”

To show that I mean l)ll.~lln8.iS I will sell for
two weeks from date of this paper or while
stock lasts at the following extraordiiiary low
prices below general wliole-.su.le rates, viz:
Compton's Early 12-rowed yellow flint corn
(weighs (ill pounds p-r bushel shelled. The
I first crop yielded at the rate of 181 bushels of
shelled com per acre. Only $1.25 per bushel,
7.3 cents per oiic-iialf bushel. -10 cents per peck,
boxed or bagged and delivered tit freight or
express oflicc. It is rapidly growing in favor.

RED WETHERSFIELD ONIONS.

Red Wethersficld Onions, I pouiid,.. . . 81.50.
Yellow Danvers Onions, 1 pound, . . . . . . 1.26.

 pounds of either, 10 cents per lb. reduction.
1:") H u 1;‘, u u u

2,’) ii i.  .5

100 “ 35

Other varieties in proportion.
'1‘rIu-. IIul)h:u'(l Squat.-zh
For 75 cents per pound.
For full particulars address:
‘VV. I-I. (-i‘rAII1)N B31},
MOLINE, Allegan Co., Mich.

h’.—A/1 seeds left over one year at half
l5feb

ii .-

ir it IL is

N.
p rice .

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
DEl’All.’l'Ul{E or TRAINS F‘R.()M i;Ai.AMAaoo.

TIME-TABLII — MA Y 15 I882.
WESTWVARI).

I rif"i{J§.7i7
4 50i______
Evening Express
Pacific Hxpri-m.
Mull

EAS'i‘\i' ,'. P. D.

{fight Express, _______________________ __. '
Acconiinodatiun leiivus,_ .
“ - arrives,
Mail _________________ __
Day Express, _____ __
New York Eirprt-ss,-
Atlantic Express,____________, ____ __ __
New York, Atlantic and Pacific l‘AVx!)r7‘§‘s(};'
Evening Hxpre.-s west and Night l-Zxpri.-as east daily
except Saturdays. All ctlii-r trains daily exri-pt Sau-
ilays. FI't‘lglll tmiiin carryinii passt-rigors out from
Kalumiizm) us follows: No ill (ens!) at 6:3‘ P. l., and
No. ‘.40 (west) at 7:57.
H. B. Lsnuau, Gan. Manager, Detroit.
J. A. Gama, General I-‘rciglit Agent, (Jliicugo.
0 W. ltUcci.i:s,i). P. 12 T. A., Chiciigo,

daily.

theatres. They are no: safe company
for you. I beg you to quit the r so»;
ciety.” ‘

“You needn’t be afraid of me, fatli-1
or," replied the boy laughing. “I
know a thing or two. I know how
far to go and when to stop.”
The boy left his fatlierls house twirl-
ing his cane in his fingers and laugh-
ing al the “old man’s notions” about
him.
A ”r:-w y-airs later and tliatlad, grown
to m2.in.=ioou, stood at the bar of a
court, before a jury which had just
brought in a verdict of guilty against
him for some crime in which he had
been concerned. ,
Before he was sentenced he address-
t d the court, and among other things,
said. “My downward cause began in
disobedience to my parents. I thought
I knew as much of the World as my
father did, and I spurned his advice;
but as soon as I turned my back on
home, temptations came upon me like
a drove of hyenas and hurried me to
ruin.”
Mark that confession, ye boys who
are beginning to be wiser th..n your
parents. Mark ii’. and learn that disc
bezdience is t.ie first step on the road
to ruin. D:)n’t. forget it, but ponder it
well.-—Dir7Igo Rural.

IN an average of years early-sown
clover seed is the surest catch. It is
all the better if sown on a light show,
which as it melts will embed the seed
in the fine earth on the surface soil
caused by alternate freezing and
thawing. If left late the ground
should be dragged before seeding, but
when sown early this is not neces-
sary. '

FOR the anti}.-rer.«=. from neuralgia, or
any such acute pain caused by a cold,
and in many other cases also, should
try applying a bag of warm ashes to
the pain; aflii»;-ted. They retain the
limlili a lou:-: time, and indeed possess
coiisiiierablevirtii when cold.

Di‘. Sturtevaiat says that the expo ri
ments at the New York Agricultural
Experiinexit Station seem to indicate
that he seed end of a potato has
more vigor than the stem end, and
suggests the close analogy between
the potato and a portion ofa branch.

Life is like a pack of cards. Child-
hood’s best cards are hearts. youth is
won by diamonds, middle age is con-
quered with a club, while old age is raked

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Ejllitl’ llnaltnlvtlh

THE SISTERS.

ORIGINAL.

PART I.

She was a maiden passing fair,
With gentle eyes and silken hair,
Cast in kind nature's rarest mold,
Her form was lovely to behold,
Her movements were unequalled grace,
Her thoughts were strangely like her face,
Both were perfectidn, both were pure,
From every ill she seemed secure.
Her eyes were sisters, and no word
Of jealousy was ever heard
Between them. but their gentle gaze
Was to each other perfect praise.
Between these lovely orblets rose,
To keep them guard, a classic nose,
Employing all its leisure hours
Securing fragrance from the flowers.
In happy concord on the face
Each sat contented with its place ;
The mouth sang praises from beneath,
While lips coquetted with the teeth,
The former vieing with the rose,
The latter whiter than the snows.
The cars would listen and diffuse,
For all the others, cheerful news,
Selecting oft with tireless pains,
For them, most pure Eolian strains,
Thus each sat proudly in its place
On either side the charming face,
And neither was of peace bereft
That one was right and one was left.
The neck and chest. arms, limbs_and feet,
Lived in a_ harmony complete;
Each part and feature for the rest
A kind solicitude expressed,
Each helping with a generous soul
To hear the burdens of the whole,
And none was ever known to sneer
Because an eye was not an ear,
And none derided that the nose
Performed no feat, as did the toes;
But each contented with its place,
Perfumed its part with perfect grace,
No parts another part deride,
Since parts and whole were satisfied.
One tenement within her brain
-Was tenantless, so to remain.
Thus day by day without a change
This maiden lived.-—It was a Grange.

PART ILJTHE SISTER1 HEB TENANTS.

She was a maiden ju-t as fair.

With mind and soul and heart as rare:
For some ill reasons there were sent
Tenants into such a tenament

As in the former we descrled

Was constantly unoccupied.

These tenants relatives and three,

Were envy, malice, jealousy.-

Of servants two they were possessed,
Whose hateful names are thus expressed.
“Tattle” and “Slander”— Where they met
Ever on evil they were bent,

They visited the eyes and ears,

Fill one with lies and one with tears;
They forced the lips to utter trash
Thatcaused the teeth to madly gnash;
They were industrious wicked sprites
That labored days, and labored nights,
Until the once harmonious parts

Were thickly pierced with poisoned darts,
Each striving with its might to send
Dire misery, deepest in its friend.

PART III.-—FUBY AND MALICK CALL.

1 know a maiden wondrous fair,
With sylpli like form, of virtue rare;
But Envy made a formal Call,

And Malice whispered, changing all.
The hair enraged, stood on its end
And banged itself against a friend.
Each ear began complaining, said
It had the dark side of the head.
The instep quarrelled with the heel,
Which gave her gait a tottering reel;
One foot turned in, the other out,
She limped like glatton with the coat;
The vocal organs would not speak,
But cursed aloud with horrid shriek;
Each eye was jealous that the nose
More closely to the other rose;

The nose stood snifiing in the air
The trouble that was everywhere :
Once pure, bv malice all defiled,
Her friends forsook, her foes reviled;
When thus the parts were all in strife,
She longed to yield her hapless life.

PART IV -Losr.

That longing ceased, in her dispair,

She would not die. She had no care,

But smiled when shunned by all the pure,
And virtue she would not endure.

All noble thoughts in her were dead,

Her foot—sieps swiftly downward sped,

Her name to you may not be given——

She was a sister of the first

Before with tenants she was cursed,

Now from pure lips her name is driven.

The pride of one another’s shame:

She glories in her worthless name.

PART v.—-rm: LESSON.

Brothers and sisters, let us seek to know

If secretly with members of our Grange
Spirits are rife, whose work is to estrange.
Or with vile slanders strike the stinging blow.
Brdthers and sisters. let us seek to know

If in ourselves such evil tenants dwell,

Who, of pure friendship ring the funeral

knell. ,

Then swift before us drive such hateful foe;
That we may live in that fraternal love
Found in the higher Grange, numbered above.

Cotton and Cane North.

Dear Household Friends.-—I-Iave I
been absent so long that you have for-
gotten me, oris my place filled with
some one else: in either case here I
am again fairly offered for adoption.
How g]ad, oh, how glad I am the cold
winter is so near gone, for I am no
love; of ice and snow. Of course I
1mow*it is necessary—this change of
seasons, but all the same I can’t like
the winters, I would love to live in a
13nd where there were always birds

angnqgzegz days ago I received from

9 _ - d
E the sunny south is nice box of fruit an

. flower,‘ pomegranites, persimmons,
*1

U  plea pea,-9 orange blossoms.
‘_ "Sp 2 ’

l

mosses, seeds, &':. Just think of it
while we are shaking the fire, trying
to keep warm, down there in the
south they are enjoying sweet, balmy
weather with fruits and flowers in
abundance. Only yesterday I re-
ceived a letter from a lady in Wasli
inglon territory. Sayssbe, “How
would you like to be able to picka
full blown rose on ‘Christmas day,
which we do here? I replied, “if I
could not pick a rose I did pick a nice
bouquet of lovely pansies on C2_lrist-
mus day.” Last year my pansy beds
were in full bloom when the z‘rm:.e
and snow covered them, leaving them
again in time to give mea bouquet
for Christmas.

Can any one tell me if pomegmn-
ite seeds planted in pots in the house
and cared for the same as house- plants
will come to any perfection, at least
enough to blossom. Did you kl ow
that sugar cane and cotton can be
grown here—well, I did not until last
summer when I saw some fine speci-
mens of both in a friend’s garden, as
I wanted to grow some myself another
year I sent to a friend for seed and I
guess she thought I wanted to go inro
the business of raising cane and col.-
ton judging by the amount of seed I
received. If the edit »r or any one
would like some cane and cotton
seed you are welcome to it by sending
stamp to pay postage, as I have plenty
to spare and do not know what to do
with it. Plant the cane seed same as
corn, but the cotton plant under glass
to transplant later if you want. the
plant to be covered with cotton balls
before cold "feather. -

MRS. F. A. WAR.\'Ei<.

South Saginaw, Mich.

The Grange Worth Sustaining.

[Read by Miss Minnie M. James, at Arcadia
Grange, No. '21, Kalamazoo, Mlch., March
7, 1883.]

Worthy Master.-—Tbat to me the
youngest in years of any member of
Arcadia Grange, which has the honor
to number among its votaries, those
who are well known critics, lhose who
can at any time on ca‘! present the
claims of the Grange in a masterly
manner, some who have graced the
halls of Legislation, and will no doubt
hold me toa strict account, for the
production of the hour, that it’should
be assigned me to present a subject for
discussion is a surprise, but believing
that the future benefits of the Order
will in a great degree be realized by
those of us who are now among the
youngest of its members, and with the
hope that this, my first effort will be
criticised with charity, I accept the
call to duty, and in so doing can think
of no question that will be more likely
to draw outadiscussion than the oft
repeated one, “Is the Grange worth
sustaining.”

This question is often asked by those
outside the gates and not unfrequently
does it arise in the minds of those who
have seen the hidded mysteries of line
ante-room, and been initiated into the
inside work of the Grange. To us
there is but one answer to this ques-
tion and we reply frankly and without
any reservation, it is. I am aware of
the various obieotions brought to re-
fute this answer. I am aware that
many who have once tasted the sweets
of fraternal friendship, and in some
unguarded moment have forgotten
their solemn obligations, are no more
of us ;-and of those who havingjoined
the Order for selfish purposes, in hope
of some politicaladvantage. or to profit.
by some financial scheme, which
should turn the tide of fortune in their
direction, yegardless of the best inter-
ests of their fellow Patrons, we need
not ask, for their position was weak-
ness.

Looking at the question in all its
bearings from the standpoint of one
who has but the best interest of the
Order at heart, I repeat the answer,
“The Order is worth sustaining.” And
not only that, but is worthy our
best efforts for its success, and we be-
lieve no patron should rest at case
until we have placed high on the mist-
head of the old “ship fraternal" that
heart cheering motlo “success.” View
the question in whatever light we
choose the answer is the same. Not
alone of what the Order has done,
what it is, but of what its possi-
bilities are, are questions that inter
est us. '

Consider for a moment what was
the position in the community of the
average farmer and his family before
the Order of Patrons was established.
It is true he could plow, plant and
harvest, but much of this in a very
indifferent -way. The change that has
taken place has been very great with
in the last decade, and to the Grange
this great improvement largely be-
longs. Since the establishment. of the
Order of Patrons and the discussions
that have attended it, the experiments
that have followed the careful study
of the various books and papers that
bear upon their parlicular calling, the
great majority of Patrons have vastly
improved and know what, when,
where, and how to plant, cultivate and
harvest in order to secure the best re-
sults, far better than they did. For
this reason alone the Grange is worth
sustaining.

Most Patrons are more conversant
with the political economy of our
country. or are fast becoming initiat-

ed into the 88814 t workings of those in

authority. The family has been lifted
toahigher plane in the eyes of many
to that condition of respectability and
influence in the community, to which
a laudable ambition aspires, all
through the influence of the Grange,
and this shows it to be worth sus-
taining.

Asasocial institution the Grange is
a power in the land. Not that it
brings all down toa level in society,
but in bringing into communion the
otherwise isolated talent of neigh-
borhoods, by social intercourse
the fact is brought to light
that what has heretofore been
unknown or considered of but lit-
tle account, has by contact with oth-
ers proven to be a diamond of the pur-
est water. Hundreds of cases might
be cited where the Grange movement
has brought out and developed talen-ls
that are to-day standing forth as liv-
ing monuments of the power of the
Grange for good. Who of us will
ever forget some of those who have
passed from their labors here, have
given the signal at the pearly gates
and been welcomed by the great» Mas-
ter above.

The educational feature is one of
the great benefits in our Order, and
upon which, if time permitted, we
would speak at length. The financial
arm 0: the Order is just what we
chose to make it, and might be a pow-
er if rightly used. The influence the
Order may, ifit will, ex rt on the des-
tiny of the government makes it well
worth sustaining, and aloud we say,
sustain the Order for what it has been,
what it has done, what it is, what it

‘ is doing, and what it hopes to d» for

individuals and the community.

Choice Words.

LY L. F. S1‘E(iEl\IAN.

Justice! Love! Truth! Fraternity!
One chain of diamonds, And yet,
what is in a word? Evidently, what-
ever it means to us, or may be made
to mean.

Justice, the unerring scales, which
weigh, measure and balance all things,
deciding the right or wrong of ac-
tions, ol’ principles, of human living.
Justice, that swerves not, turns not,
falters not, but, with eye ever on the
polar star, in rrhes straight on
through every obstacle and opposition
to the certain goal.

Lo"e, heaven‘:-l own sunshine, all-
embracing, warming, life-giving, pu-
rifying, setting free poisons,——mias-
ma’s wrongs, to cast them ofi‘, and put
in their place, life, purity, and better
conditions. Love, all-permeating,
allbealiiig, the strong right arm of
power to bring about the reign of
justice.

Truth; she priceless key, which un-
locks the chaiiibers of the soul to ad-
mit l1eaven’s sunlight of l()‘£'r?, which
starts into growth, and feeds the ten-
der plants of struggling manhood and
womanhood, too often in the mark,
and choked by rank, bitter weeds.

Fraternity, the rare clasp which
unites the diamond chain, forming a
mighty power with which to draw
men and women to rightuess, to pu-
rity, to nobility, to divine likeness.
Fraternity is a rare plant, which finds
as yet, but cold dark soil in which to
put its tender rootlets. Yet, child of
heaven, thou art destined to rule the
world. By little pen points, in faint
echoes, by whispering in the breeze,
we note prophesies of thy coming, and
rejoice with a deep gladness beyond
Words.

With these choice words, made a
part of our daily living; with justice
the guiding star, with Love the mo-
tive power and Truth the pilot, we
may sail on life’s tempestuous seas
without shipwreck, and anchor safely
in the haven of Fraternity, the grand
univer.-al brotherhood.

About a Pomona Grange Meeting.

Dear Sisters.-——Myra having the ini-
pression that very few copies of the
GRANGE VISITOR, stray away from
your hands. I thought I would send a
letter to the editor and ask him to
place it where he thinks it will reach
its destination in answer to kind
words written by you. The reason of
my so doing is this: I wrote a short
reply, but as the name was blotted a
little Ifeared I had directed wrong,
and it would never reach you, the con-
sequence you might believe that I
considered yours not worthy atten-
tion, which is certainly not the case,
so I will endeavor to put it on a new
and safe route. _

You wrote you had fears I would
think you out of place for addressing
those lines to me an entire stranger,’
or something to that cfl-ct. I do not,
on the contrary I think you are set-
ting a good example. I remember a
number of years ago before I knew
much about secret societies, in my
early wedded life, ifu stranger en-
tered our home, I soon came to dis-
tinguish whether, or no, he was 2.
mason. my husband belonging to that
society. If both parties belonged to
the order mentioned, when they come
in the presence of each other I no-
ticed immediately a. familiarity exist-
ing between them, a seeming confi-
dence, which those who did not be-
long did not have, so I think it should
be with the Grange. The knowledge

that a person is a member of our Or-

rnn cusses new

on.

der and in good slanding,- should be

the only introduction required.

'l‘o make my meaning more plain,
for example, Wednaday 21st of Feb-
ruary the Pomona Grange met with
the Bengal Grange. On entering the
hall I found many of my acquaint-
ances and many who were not, but
who I could not help wishing were.
Some of them looked at me as I en-
tered as if to say I wonder who you
are, while others as they looked in my
face seemed to say, it appears to me I
recognize you, I believe if they had
advanced with extended hand one
step. I could have taken three. If a
stranger visits our Grange I think
Patrons should do all we can toward
giving them welcome and making
them feel at home. If any one in the
hall has any acquaintance with him
or her let them help to form an ac-
quaintance with the rest of the mem-
bers, treat them the same as if they
were visiting your home, leaving all
cold formalities to be practiced on
those outside the gates where, they
are considered essential to good man-
ners.

But I intended telling about the
Pomona Grange which was opened
by the Worthy Master G. Hill. First
in order was the reading of an essay,
entitled “Home Monopoly,” written
by Sister Pease, I believe, of the Essex
Grange, which did her great credit.
Next, Bgother Dewitt, Lecturer of
the Pomona Grange, presented a bill
from one of the legislators, by the
name of Pennington, I think, in re-
gard to railroad rates of freights, wish-
ing to be advised or some action taken
that he might act accordingly. The
subject was discussed, some hastily
were disposed to action, while others
more cautious and discreet regarded
the maxim, be sure you’re right, then
go ahead.

It is a little consolation to know
there is one person of the great body
of law makers in the United States,
though he be only a legislator, who
condescends to give a hint that the
agricultural class, should have any-
thing to say in that direction. But I
mink there is a chance for improve
ment in that respect. I hope the time
is coming when the farmer, or any
laborer or tax payer will have more
than this to say or do in regard to
making the laws to govern the people.

Butlam wandering. The subject
of wool was brrught U‘; by one of the
brothers, and the enquiry made
which is the best way to sell, at home
or ship to a distant market to be han-
dled by an agent as they had done
heretofore. This matter was discussed
in a manner which showed the sub-
ject had been thought of, and several
were wide awake on that question.

To the question that wa given out at
the last-meeting which I cannot now
remember, but it had something to do
in regard to bettering the condition
of our worldly affairs, Worthy Mas-
ter Hill responding. Amongst the
arguments he used were, that there
was rnuch to be gained by practicing
kindness. not only to your friends and
neighbors, but likewise to your dumb
brutes, and ended by saying, even
your cow will be more gentle, give
more milk, make more butter, ‘if you
give her a nubbin of corn when you
come where she is. We saw one little
sister look rnischievously at her hus-
band which seemed to signify some-
thing, the brother hastily arose say-
ing, Worthy Master, I can’t agree
with you there, here sits my wife
laughing and I must tell it, I have
always treated my cow to nubbins of
corn, and the other day she kicked
me over, then gave the pail of milk a
kick which gave me a shower bath
from head to feet. I got up and gave
her a whipping and she has not done
it. since, then he added, if the Worthy
Master had a. sixteen-year-old boy and
he should shake his fist under his
nose and give him a whipping would he
reach out- a sti-.k of candy and say,
“Here, come, take this, be a good
boy,” I guess ii at—-If he would,
he is B difierent man than I
take him to he.” Ithought a little
judicious training in early days,
would have given better 1' ults with
both the cow and the boy.

Sister Bliss made a few remarks
showing how some people will deny
themselves things they would like
thinking their use extravagance, and
let go to waste and destruction what
would pay for all these luxuries of
life, which they deemed extravagance.
The sister said in riding around the
country she had noticed plows, drags,
mowing machines and even thresh-
ing machines with no shelter, but a
cover of snow in the winter, and in
one instance she had seen a nice horse
hay-rake pulled into 3 gap and made
to serve the purpose of a gate costing a
dollar or two when the rake cost from
thirty to forty-five. I am glad the
sister did not hit lily husband that
time. I have noticed the same waste
while riding through the country
and I will admit the truth of the
old adage, (I don’t know how old)
“a woman can shovel out of the
house with a teaspoon as fast as a man
can shovel in with a scoop shovel,” I
think a phrase of similar meaning dif-
ferently worded, might be applied to
these farmers who do -not shelter their
tools.

But I must hasten and will only add

we had a very enjoyable time.

evening.

Well, Myra, I perhaps have laid;

myself liable to criticism, asyou said
when you wrote an article about the
2-ltate Grange.
accused you ofinjustice; now I have
written some things which came un-
der my observation at the Pomona
Grange, and much more-could be told.
Just so with the State Grange, a good
subject or theme can never be ex

hausted. I have already read tnree
descriptions of the late State Grange
meeting, and th- lastinterested me as
much as the first, and if those you
spoke of could see so much more than
you, as pen and ink is within the
reach of all, why did they not send
in their communications to the
GRANGE VISITOR. And to think
Myra, you felt you was not compe-
tent to write and thought you had
made a muddle of your State Grange
jottings. By your letter, I took it you

intended to step back and let some

one else take your place. Now, Myra,

if you had not been one of the first

contributors to our ladies department,
and had not always been found at
your post,
the sisters of you, but as thejudges
would say, in such a case, it being
the first offense. I will release you on
i-ondition that you come back and
retain the position you have held
heretofore, the good, true, and useful
Myra. I<‘rat+rnally Yours,
MRS. JosHl‘A BROWN.
St. Johns, Mich.

The Spring Clean-Up.

The approach of spring and the dis- 

appearance of snow having ex,.osed
in all their ugliness, upon the black-
ened surface of the earth, a multitude
of unclean sins committed during the
arctic season, reminding well-regu-
lated households that the penance in
this climate does not end with light
diet and spiritual purification during
Lent, however beneficial it may be to
body and soul; and no one will deny,
in these days, that in the establish-
ment of the Lenten observances the
ancient fatners builded even better
from a hygienic and dietetic point of
view than they did from the spiritual.

The refuse castout from the kitchen
and the‘stable, the decayed and broken
remains of the wood-pile, the dead and
sodden leaves and grass. and man
other unsightly objects, suggest to the
householder the necessity for general
cleaning up in the near future, and
though these suggestions, like spring
poetry in January, may seem to be a
little premature, they will keep, and
may not be the worse for asecond read
ing. .
Modern science has demonstrated
that the most powerful of all enemies
to human life are the most insignifi-
car t in s2ze——ii1inute living bodies
called germs. Wherever decay of
either animal or vegetable mutter
takes place, germs are developed and
given offin great numbers. The con-
ditions required for the growth and
developmentoftheseminulc organisms
are warmth and moisture. In winter
they are generally paralyzed by tli»:
cold, but with the return of the vernal
sun they spring into life and activity.
Tlley are not aft’.-sr-.tcd by low temper-
atures, azld slanvlard autlioritiers in-
form us that they have been known to
withstand for hours a temperalu rc
cnnsiderably above that of boiling
Water. In the vicinity of (tens pools,
vaults, barn-yards, and other places
where decomposition is going on the
air is heavily laden with these dis-
ease producing agents.

According to the best information
o tainable, there seems to be little
doubt that typholds, diph lieria,
cerebro-spinal meningitis. malarial
fevers, all the contagious diseases,
and perhaps alarge number of others
are produced by these germs. They
cannot readily be detected in the air,
but it is safe to consider that wherever
foul odors are present germs are also
to be found, as these two sources of
disease are almost invariably associat-
ed, having the same origin. Germs
may be present, ho‘. e.'s"r, when foul
odors are not, since they are given off
before decomposition has proceeded
far enough to give rise to offensive
gases, and they are far more serious in
their effects upon the human system
than any foul odor with which the air
is usually impregnated.

Gases, germs. and dust are the most
prolific sources of disease, unle-s it
may be organic poi.-on, which is in
troducel into the air by respiration
and exhalation from the body. Whllr:
th former are almost constantly pres-
ent in the atmosphere to a greater‘ or
less degree Organic poison, on the
contrary, may be and is des osited on
walls, clothing, etc., by con em-anion.
It becomes intensely fetid in a short
time, and it is this poison which gives
to close and uuventilated rooms that

ecullar odor which everyone entering
them from a pure atmosphere will
readily recognize.

Am..ng the most prolfic sources of
dis.-ase in the household is the cellar.
Many a man who wonders why it is
that his family is alsvavs sick, may
find his query answered in the cellar.
where the foul gases from wood and
coal and decaying vegetables, aided
perhaps by moisture from the cellar
bottom, saturated with poison and
alive with disease germs, are rising to
every room and condensing in fetid
moisture on the walls, Poiflofllfll-4 811
the occupants. This danger is greatest
during winter and early spring,because
there is more disease-breeding ma-
terial in the cellars at that season. As
an important initiator-y step towards
the general clean-up, let the cellar be
opened and aired; sort over the vege
tables; remove those that are decayed;
throw out all damp and deca in»;
wood, and wind up by white-was ing
the wabs with lime in a strong solu-
tion of copperas.

It is from the privies that the terri-
ble typhoid poison priizcipally springs,
but the barn-yards, hen-coops, and
pig pens lend their aid‘ in the same
direction. They are all prolific sour-
ces of water-contamination, the soluble
filth percolating down through the
porous earth and finding its way into
the numerous veins by which the
walls are fed.

Drains and cess-pools, which have

The I been frozen
fifth degree was conferred in the.
gassooa as the frost will permit, that

You said some ofthem 1'

I would tell all the rest of

is truth we want;

MARCH 15, 1883.

during winter should be
looked after, and leaky pipes repaired

the poisonous matter may not saturate
the soil near well or house; and a libe-

,1-aluse .-hould be made of disinfect-
: ants.

There is also an excellent opportu-
nity for the city authorities to set a
good example in sanitary preparationg
for spring and summer. No city can
be said to be in good sanitary condi-
Lion whose alleys are filled with de-
caying wood and straw, and refuse
from groceries, restaurants and sa-
loons, and lined with privies which
receive no attention from their owners
lrom one year to another. It is also
now pretty generally conceded that
decaying saw dust and shavings in
the vicinity of she s and mills, rotten
plank walks, and ecaying flood-wood
are about as much to be feared as dis-
ease-breeders as anything heretofore
mefltmlled. The use of one block in
the most central part of the- city dur-
ing the entire winter, for a wood, hay
and straw market, has resulted in its
conversion into a barn yard, and not 9.
first class barn-yard at that; but it’s
the best barn-yard the city has got.
There are nearly two miles of wood
and stone pavement, much of which
is thickly coated with mud in the cen-
ter, while the gutters are choke l with
manure and a variety of refuse. A
few hot days would convert this into a
reeking mass, the odor from which, if
it did not “smell to heaven,” would
be sufficiently powerful to reach the
upper stories or buildings on either
side, and would be equaled only by
that which would meet and combine
with it from the alleys in the rear. No
political combination that will be made
this spring can compete with it in con-
centration of power.

In making the above suggestions the

epublican has no apology to offer.

,3 They were written calmly and deliber-
,ately, _
i of malice towards honorable members

with a fixed purpose, not born

of the medical profession, who aim to
test the vitality and (-urabillty of the

[Patient by giving doses of medicine
I that shall bear some fair proportion in
|sizc and strength to the bill which

they subsequently render. But we
had apurpose in making them, and
are firm in rhebeliefthat ifour citizens
and public authorities will act upon
them there will be no corners on qui-
nine this season; a large and respect-
able number of peep e who now thrive
upon the miseries of others will have
leisure during the coming summer to
make careful retrospecls of their past
lives and risk their future prospects by
taking in a White Mountain excur-
.-lion; or else those scientists who in-
troduced lhc germ and invisible poison
theory wllljust have to walk up and
acknowledge that they are frauds.
Either conclusion will satisfy us. It
mt theory. In
eilher event a little cleaiiline-ss won’L
hurL.——Lans/ing Republican

Length of Hair.
It has been ascertained that the or-
dinary length of the hair, as shown
by the measurement in women,
ranges between twenty and thirty-
six inches, and its weightfroni six to
eight ounces. However, if the hair is
closely shaved it be(:ome~= persistent,
and also increases in bulk and
strength. The hair grows at the rate
of one line and a hall per week, or six
and a half inches per year, llciiig
twenty-seven feel. if we live to be
eighty. The shape of small llairsis
cylindrical, and more or less oval for
lung hairs. The l::~.irs of the head
head are never cylindrical and those
of the beard and evebrows are some-
what oval. When left to their nat-
ural growth the end or tip is always
conical and pointed. The surface of
the scalp presents about 120 superfi-
cialinchcs, and the number of hairs
on the entire head amounts to 90,000
in a thin head of hair, but in a thick
head of hair the amount is much
greater, for many of the pores give
passages to two hai-rs. At its lower
end the hair-tube termina es in a cul
de sac, and this portion of its cavity is
filled by an accumulation of freshly-
formcd cells and granules, which con-
stilute the root of the hair; above this
point the little mass of cells separae
into two parts; a central part of a
cylindrical figure, which is the new-
ly-formed hair, and a peripheral lay-
er, which incloses the former and is
continuous with and i- the sheath of
the scarf-skin which lines the lube.——
Brooklyn Eagle.

woman’s Right to Educational Privileges.

The spirit of justice, of course, would
rest woman’s claim to the highest edu-
cational privileges on the human right
to unrestricted growth, for soul is above
sex. But here, as everywhere, the wav
to justice is the way of expediency.
Enlightenment is not in proportion to
the amount of knowledge on deposit, at
any one time; it is in proportion to its
diffusion. Because of the devotion of
the average American to business, the
mother and the school-mistress mold
the early and sensitive years of the
cbild’s life to what shape they must. To
the fitness of the average mother and
school-mistress for this high task, what
wasted powers. what mean ideals, what
mistaken views of life bear witness!
Raise her schools, and the whole stand-
and of woman’s existence is raised. For
the hlgh_er.the few can reach, the higher
the many rise. It is her nerverted love
of beauty which makes woman extrava-
gant. It is her uncultivated desire for
the higher satisfactions of art which
makes our homes museums of uphol-
stery. It is her unenlightened loyalty
to the spirit of good which bids her cling
to old abuses that were once uses, to
harmful superstitions that were once
faiths, and today constitutes her the
most conspicuous bar to progress- Toc-
queville says that he ascribes the treach-
erv of some of the first leaders in the
reform movements in France to_ the im-
happy influence of wives and sisters on
husbands and brothers. The claims of
the past and their own private Interests
were more to them than the _welfare of
the struggling millions. Their perspec-
tive was in fault. But when a thorough
culture and a trained judgment are
added to the “superlunarv virtues” of
women, these accusations must fall.

In the time of old -Uato the women
raised an insurrection to obtain the priv-
ilege of riding in chariots. of decking
themselves with rings, and of wearing
purple robes. To-day they demand the

outlook of a broader humanity. the jewel ’

of high culture. the royalty of know!-
edge.-—il[rs. L. G. Runlcle, in the March
Century.


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MARCH 15, 18's3.
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the judges, holding a- conversation with

  one of them on some intricate point in

How the Teacher Was Trapped.

ESE enamels messes. ’ . 7

er in Brigham, was a first rate teacher, 1v think that the court was in session THE A()C().\l-
and if his obituary had been written and that the conversation was the plea PAN yL\'(} (fill
no doubt it would have declared him in a patent case involving perhaps a l.epl.,.\.9nlS ., line
to be a“kind husband and father." million dollars. l, ‘_ _ ‘., _
But he was a man of peculiarities, for The ‘bench has long been only a tni- L-"T”"‘_-‘l 5‘ -Wk
all that-, and one was a disapprobation ‘ dition in all of our courts. Each justice lllrll Wlll “'§’13h
01,, sturdy Old winter so bracing and cold’ ' of kid gloves. “Unnecessary extravur of the Supreme Court has a chair to suit from 0l1C~l]2lll of
who slug all your praises today as of 01¢ gance, he ctalle1ddthem;bl ilnhealth , his gwll gJ1Dt1ODSt ofswhat c;)iiti~li]titu§s_ 2 all Ounce 10 240
Men shiver a , v _ ncpnvenien ,_i..a missi e. com orla e sea. oine o e c air- p0umlS_ ll llas a
l‘0lmd. Your fifellgllts bright how his twin daughters Prue and have high backs to rest the head. some lm ,_ l _l i l l
81¢‘-am. Patty, being just fifteen, naturally have low backs: some have horse-hair )““‘? 39“ ”_~, “"9
And wish that the s.inmer would some with thought otherwise, kid gloves being cushions. some velvet, some no Cllslllfillfi l.l€‘=1l‘lll§,’5 I -‘.'lZ€ Ql
its green, _ '_o the average young miss what water atvall. Chief Justice Waite sits in the l)l2lll0l'lll, .‘l,_lxl2§
so Plllellol Mlle thoughts that come home is to ducks _But all_ their wishes middle of the row.-12. I‘..~mulo_y. tn the l,lCh,.S‘ “.l,,.,.l.l,,le,l
we s:::.:’:.*:;:.*::::;-...£;1..i;i.t:::3?«zest   
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Prue declared with mittens, while in Kisses. ‘rI‘)“"1lI “ “I _ M” m
There's the trees out yonder so bare and so S"”,nn.1er tney .Were annwed nothlng‘ .'""‘ , "l‘10[h bk} U18.
lllgh. daintier than lisle-tlii'ea4l. A father talking to his careless \‘el‘y low price of
’ . 7 l- l . . ' . as l , . ,- vi _-_ - ‘ _
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Sky‘ when the wind was in the west the you have noticed H careworn look o.-; great .bm'.'I‘min‘ and
They've a beauty their own the summer don't coffee clear, the steak “doiietoatiirii," 3 ‘her face lately. Of course it has not "“"h Mn“!-"' "‘,‘-gm
give, and all those lrifles that make angels, ; bf:-:11 brought there by any act ofyours, W hill’? "ll€‘- “'<‘llll
lrmm the llny curved twig to‘ the great blg or the reverse of us, were favorahlylstill itis your duty to chase it away. lll _.\'0lll' oi'ilei';~7 alt’
limb bkl1thD€l‘ElJ()El.lSl)Ikltstllnoulltéeg at din- ,  Want you l.)ogel:lllptto—mli)rrgw morn‘ (,1).-9 ],l.l(,l.(. the
Therm beauty and “'39 i“ the °°‘"""‘g‘° (illgllletng Jlgrlt l)d1gforl:iW2?llS es-filgnlill. l ggtgliigié gdrtrieéeiiidmlieallds “toeelk )i3>~i:i -
warm ‘ Iirovemdnt l:‘~ociety..‘said i-ioci‘:'.t)_')to con‘  her surprise. fro rightlgup to llerplnfllhlll V””C°‘' “ " l”'lc°- .
That °°‘’°" 014 Earth. ’tis the gift of the sist of the family alone, the object in j kiss her on the mouth. You can't Fliey \\'t."lf.(ll, bo_\'e(l._ 4:3 poliiids, sollizit the ll'(‘lf,"lll on two \\'lll llctlio ~.=iiil<- as it would be on one.
storm. view to be, as the mains implied. cor f imagine how it will brighten her dear '1 1 1 w 1 1 ~l ‘V 1 x by
~ P‘ t'hll'.:--"" 3' v  ‘P \ . 9 ‘ \. “ .
And 5%,“, Oh, farmer’ the gifts brought to re)cti(11esti:olll:ti}1l)eecrll i llenésof LEE“ yosiuiil l lace Bksidesby  ow; Ler a kiss or t L  S l ' LE l A Dk, l l bllll 
P‘ 39 9' _ 9 pl ~51 _ 9 9 C e 3 l _w0- f W3) PC W en you were 3‘ Vegetable and field seeds of every kind and vaiiety from the best growers in this cciintiy Ill (1 l‘.lli‘U1‘f9 at wliolerulc prices to Patrons. I1
“=99: could be guilty of a lapsus linguze, but l llttle girl she kissed you when no one you have not airemil. received my ciitiiivgue for 1.<2,l.;; 59.1.11... i,_
Wn:~u the ground is all white and leafless it may be interesting to see how many 1 else was tempted by your fever-tainted   
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 Mr. Johnson ; thgigh School teac-h- mechanical device. and you would hard- 1 O  e  S
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of Miolligan.

WINTER.

OBIGI NAL

As I look on the world made bonny by Thee.

Tll:llilllil(.‘llll‘(3l' ml‘

each tree, mistakes ordinary people are liable to l breath and swollen face. You were

VVheii the furrow‘s uuplowed and the seed- mlake "3 one Week‘ , _ ‘ [mt 3'5 attractive the” as you  n,0W- Are at their lowest prices. Now lay in your supplies before the reaction comes. All other Gi'nr'eries, Boots and Shoes, Dry goods, and Cloth.
time must wait, ‘But supposing. Pall“: 53”‘ darllllli And fllrough “[939 .‘ 9373 Of Cl-lll‘ll»‘ll-l‘ ing I can furnish cheaper than you can buy elsewlieio-. If you come to Detroit in person to select your goods remember that I can save you
,1.‘ t 0 d H. h t .f _ ,_, Prue, “supposing the Sky should fall, [less and sunshine and shadows Shfl from five to ten per cent if you will let me make your purchases.
‘ L 96 ‘’u_" on 9 m_1e W 3 3' h” 3° great‘ or that you Bhfmld be ‘guilty Of an in was always ready tocure by the magic I handle all kinds of Farm Produce on commission. If you have anything to sell send it to me and I can (lu you a great amount of good,
for time is a mine in which all things we accuracy.’ 35 you say, what then ? of 9, motherlg kiss the llttl,-.3 (iii-[yl as hundreds can testify who ship me all their produce and buy their goods of me. Try it just lor oiirc and learn for yourselves.
mast. ‘ "My daughter." said her father, chubby hands whenever they were in - ‘ « ‘~ . ' ' . - -
Be it learning or gold be it wisdom or what, beuignly. “in such a case I am safe in jui-ed in those first skirmishes with _, ____» ,_  __w    z“,/‘:1?   M1011‘
_ i _ promising any reasonable reward you this rough old world. And then the -.
And think of the years with it winter each may ciaim 9" midnight kiss with which she 1-outed THE MARKETS. Tiiic Detroit Evening IVEIUH says: l GREEN“ OOD STOCK FARM.
038. “Kid gloves '.“’ ventured Patty. so many bad dreams as she leaned —— ".~\- is showing of the clerical work i lhuve for sale afew
That come in a life when the long race is run "I am Safe. I think: in 93yi“E§ yes.” ab‘-We ‘ Our restless pillow; h3V9 all Gnu" mm r'°""°m’ Ch?” 5'33 been caused by the Swlamliul 1 CH()1(.'E  U37 1'  
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.. - _ s ld her father. been on intere tthee lon ' . r NEW YORK MM‘-ll-,—l“lvur. dull stronslvin com».-t. a little calculation ll‘ ives that ,
Th’) are you” to let waste or you" to em &“I choose pearl- colored,” cried Prue. course she is ndt pretty anél klijggblegs ,l;g§§,’,°,',,{,“""_lt73’2l°s'ii§€§l’-“l3§;.kWl.3Zl;£§§”i’.; *1” ll-".l§ ‘he -‘J8-‘lSl0ll Of 019} lllllll 00111‘ 1 0} PU”
91°-'7' A "I will have brown,” said Patty. you are, but if you had done your uptl'\r'is; Nofi i’ white $1.i'2l/5; sales. 8,(IXl bu. mill”. Clerk CmH9lI1l1-'1 Illld Secretary -   
Oh, make them all useful and fill them with “And I would like dmlll" 3-ldgd Share of the Wolk during the 1351», ten é\lfl¢1i.l,.:vre:_d li}ialr“c‘ll‘%.i$l_?/ll: Zfillylgln bi;.‘.?Zl>i"..@’a“ll_-éll_l’n_ l{« .-Kins, who have done the rrrll call ; That 1 mm: Med with mm Stock recorded
Joy. Mrs. Johnson. This was at noon-time. years the contrast would not ‘be so m',j,,,,*'l;u.~_l“-no l_‘1-.__l_ll/J-M‘_y_l' C-Om? llll-avlvl lug. llavclyelled out the iiulnies of tile ll, Uh,” l.0la,,,l Chlm l“_,,0,.,l_
When Mr Johnson came borne at marked. Her face has more wrinkles ;'3@‘£.g’,<: lower; mixed western. spot. 6'.'@71‘,§: me-2:’-ners3ll,1l00times. Or this work Farmers “fishing Stock nnhlllklml Wlllflml
it for their interest to (‘O!'l'£'Sl end with or visit
me. B. G. III’I-lllll,
Lllfle Prnlrlc Roiulr, (‘moi Co., Mloll.

TM‘-'lll1°ll8ll Other Pf0l65Sl0U5 may have much night he inquired how soon tea. would than yours, far more, and yet if you do futureH.I9€Z-71‘.i. Oats. :‘é@‘ic lower: West the greater part has fallen on Cross- 1
l-"Jfo:l)tf

to charm,
You will turn from them all and be glad
you’ve the farm.

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be re idy. _ were sick that face would ap ear more f,,‘,§‘,',;“,’%;?,‘{;,,@lT,:f,.f,lfj  main. who has called names 214,500?
“Just as soon as the tea-kettle boils, ’ beautiful than an angefls t hovered wards ljrmcrmteani rendered. $11621/.. tllnes.” !
replied his wife pleasantly. over you, watching every opportunity DE'rH.ol'l‘. M xrch n.—i2:s.s p._ n.—r'iour, $4.5o@ ~'——~ ~~~——~---—v-- ——— —~—~—— l
A. B. «~. “Error one 1” exclaimed the teacher. to minister to your comiort, and every 500-, Wl19.l*t- ‘fail? N°- 1 lllblll-9» *1,-05785? l_ll”<‘l3 1
with sucha crushing sense of superi- one of those wrinkles would seem to “'0” ""_‘l'»".-:”"l"“"‘1 3‘-07‘/‘vi llav l~l.i.s,.., No. 2 l
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orit that his wife and daughters won be bright wavelets of sunshine chas asked; M’ 2 red‘ $1'%%; No' 3 mm the Sincere respect of men of an
3. .

lnvu) DAVIS passes out of p0lllClC:<1!
./Q; rejected. 75 naked. (lorn, easy;

.  H I  M §Fl.()WER SEEDS.
Genius. (lei-ed that they had ever dared dream lug each other over the dear face_ She §4_o.2,f1)(8$(,l@59. Oats. easy:No. 2 l5‘té: No. Zwhite, fl:  graft  sulfijlzigg l All kinds 2 cents per piickuge. Vegetable
-— of kid gloves. will leave you one of these days ‘°’“ 9 ' ’ ”

- . . - ls Ii cents. Send stamp for sample pack-
. . . . . . ,r « .  7 - ' ; him 0 iniichlnnocent ridlcul , b t - ' .589‘. .
Um" U0"-"3""‘-' Owmfl’ to the ll'l‘€gl1l8!‘- “It 15 astomshmgn” 931d M13 -10113‘ These llllrdellsu lf not “fled fmm 11” I’i:<):'t‘)2:~'-i/l.('.j.”' Hollséé H4/l€3al[i’   bodvlc-vex‘ llliestiorled the h ~n:st_Yu‘\)f IlJ.l(l)S ‘ M483 and Cammguelgo 1 WAl(\'ER
‘l H . ,_>, , l _ l __ . . . . . .. _ _. ._ll . l . ,2. L :
mes of the malls‘ I have not seen amp son, how people will p8l'Sl5ullJ talking shoulders, will break her down. Tl o~e amp to ........ .. ._ri5 11,197 l,n;5 none 5 R _ ‘I
of the VISITOR for eight Weeks Am: of‘ooiled tea kettles’ for’:-upper. This rough, hard liands that have done so '1‘oi.l:I)0,)lar. 14.——Wheu.t, dull Llc luwel-l;No. , OUT" ““"“ffw’__‘ mu‘
‘ - is an instance of the many iiiaccura many unnecessary things for you will 1 Wlfite $1-"7? N,”-‘~’ Whit“: l"~’4l«9.3? “‘J'~‘°P9 » 75¢ -
consequentlv do not know the subject cies that are daily in use. _I think our he crossed upon her lifeless breast. ;j1(f.11l2l,};:‘de’J“ll(l’lt€:.$-lrl 317?}!/,;L1[.'I;i1‘l\yI?rl.l4’idli'%1;l4‘fill: I2%§§:3§rli.ll1i’lli§drll§Il.é‘:lipJ§ultuefln$l1:3 MOSel8y,S Cabinet Creamery
you are discussing at present. Ifeel a lEllI~ll'0V9mel1l5. 50319‘? W1“ be 55119’ “I058 -"-"F-§l*‘Cl9d lips that gave you in ' ‘ '

, ~ ._ ‘ . /1; rejected 9‘). Corn. (lull, was in a ‘ ' - , -
. ., . . . . _v _ . . _ , ,. _ _ , political 8l7tltll(l(. to be avuila- — - - _
great deal llke ,, person who ,5 cross,-Hg c-ess.” your first i»ai.y ki.-is will be closed. and 1/4@.‘ac l0wer- N0-1. spun. -W8?/2 askul. r<leetul Creamery and Refrigerator Goiiibin~.d.

‘ Sites for one

. . . . , . . »- - - a ‘blaf 'tt "t l t’ .
. . Meek Mrs. Johnson said nothing those sad, tired eyes will have opened ”“,“" “'“‘e,l‘ ""‘ U'‘”’'\dl:‘”'‘'l“°l’"’5_’"‘’d\' , -. ‘ 0“ 3 so on ma 8 ‘me
a condemned bridge. 01' 2! lfike 011 Whlcll more during supper. in eterni y. and then you will appre ,l,l‘l,’§§."gl‘fi3.ffilfi';E}lf‘.‘§Y ,§“tAl,",",'le.'§,.l'1'igl,‘1,',",r.’ , ,. V , , , -W l=-_lllty.,
the we is insecure. I feel that I will Right across the street from them ciate your mother, but it will be too Jlinela c.'....’, cash, h'i;;l'ie_'r; 7.71; cash: rejected ‘, ‘_—‘”"*‘,“-‘W ‘l’°'"f l"le— ‘"1 lI;'l‘~‘3—“l3Y_lll€ lurlg‘:"l‘u"l;*‘_*l‘l*l:l'
have to use clue am] caution 0,. I win lived an elderly widow, who was quite late. ’— Texas Farmer. 579*?" “W m"‘:’d 53‘/=_@”‘_’j? 119“ l“"h l“”“‘E,1- "“’ ’l‘.'‘‘‘ mu‘ e’“‘.“’ "”“~ ‘ - "P'”l°“»“» -lnirics. factor-
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. , alone and who was the Oblecl of -.__ -"I-5lC05v54. 0at~. hrmer._4Il.u cush._ ,nrk.il=l8u0 cl.-wing the liu~iries.~i pi'e~parator_v to ,,._, ,,,,“,,,,1,.
fall into the “waste basket, ' but I Will ’ - . ' - v I glmfi March Lind‘ mgher’ 811.2% much‘ = tn» Y‘P~ll vnation o‘.Iud u ‘xl-irston J -r‘ m ather-
. _ , many attentions from the neighbors Lincolns Height. . . .. . 0 .l, W ix ' lv ‘ . 3“ * .‘ ' ‘ 9"‘ 3
bebrief so that my article if out or “see,- That night 3 snowfall whiteneil the __ '3 °L°“-_‘:;’‘ '£"‘]°lT“"~‘;7h“ ‘tvhlli :31’ '10 1 ' G. l‘ u'tinan's applicati-.>n tor Hlallzlts l"‘~;F‘l{"“‘;’;'g»l;"’l‘
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son,” will not inconvenience anyone else. sidewalks. Mr. Johnson /was an ac Leonard W. Volk replies as follows in AEr}llC§l}.3.%7;‘-Rnliy $l:l(V,g‘Salll'YJ sdir.5séz$aak)rzrl3 ' "'”‘ ’l"-‘ ‘.55 '‘t':''“ “[11 .“"““’E=‘S‘;"“l*-“lb l'-ma‘-bvanllllz
- - . - . - - . . . - - .  " Mr" . . :"vv-sis,-iiir-. .,‘ev-ra iin oran. ‘- .~l<-l’ d
I “W “”“‘ W‘“ ‘W °’“”"‘°* 1" “E E? and P.§.“i“°’i" '’‘.i‘“.' -3" “*5 ill’ We Jwmi OWW “if? decal or me   .f3.‘:“...§:i;;:: 1...“... ..  .....‘..  “ 
way of genius are only an incentive to agllualeél gut hlgselfgsd l,.luda:“l:'lX:e ‘:09’ stfitgmfgiégdrfifigrggm ‘:1"°1t‘? 5 h_9l3t1ilt7 cars, wheat 81, corn  oats"i2o. . '  iiiillllllllled for
spiirit on to greater exertion. 1] t '_ « a. L u 0“ Mn m~ e CHlC;“"" ,7"*““h, ““1"”1‘i M“Y- 518 57"?» ‘ _ uni. mrumer
_ _ long eiioug 0 say Ceritmy for 0c.ober, and can only reiter- July, .%l8.i*£‘:;@18.9.». l 1,, an Old 11,,-ecloiy ,,l,pe,i,.5 the name . _ W, wlnlpr mi
Did any of the cousins ever notice a. “I will come IIISO breakfast as 80011 ate that Abraham Lincoln was just am ’of ,._ 111,3 \,'0iide,<b1iii1;ei,,., .011‘ ii i _ .n-mr. Isnsod
‘ V ,V_ ,, _ l tehesen ,s_
large rock m then. lalllelvs meadow a.a“I have the old lady shoveled out. feel ‘one inch when I measured him in l Fortunately for his many frienila be war: I _l ‘l rlllllglfrrrailllllllld ::
. - I ' ‘ .  , '1 , 9 ll lSllll‘l'l 5.
around W}-“ch the 37353 HTBW tllllck Bl-Id abogygellllhgoghogii )k‘lerret(?1(.)t%ldf0X£)al.1:]le) lé£1§l1i);§§0'ag‘:i:slt)e£?1resgtlsged’ llflaceg New Yolzk, March 1l.—Butter,r(lLli1ll, western,  C9-“1t7\1l’1W3)’ before the l7¢ll"L‘ll”ll‘E‘ W“ W‘ ‘  \« re i".all\"l'l«:l). For Clruillnrs ud-
,  - . _ _ _ 6 11 OWB an 1:: @134; Elgin cream>i- , 38. ‘ee .fll‘lIl:‘ , e . . ..,_ , --- an siodl -I.V[I' C ..
F5‘°°n the h°l:“’5” d“? "3 summer? Just “you inlgbt bring her lu to see us, and . 7‘-'1-lilo 9, mark over his head, 35 I’ had 6,14é1‘2. Sugar. quiet. lirlii, hlolasscfrs quiet. Wm ( ____j .. ..  g ml-,,,,,,,1, “ml,” ( “H l‘n[;fi|'.Vlv1‘V,, Vt.
turn it over, do you see that network of hand our kid gloves in at the same done in the case of Senator Douglas, ’(*‘,fl’j;l3"Tfilfjyfiglfiagflgev{,‘l{;§ée_?l”ef£‘3f;  M“,mGAV will l 1 v, _,l_ “W _ ‘ V -f"
Yellowifih White roots. Oh? What a time “"19" two -Years before‘ I measured h.'°m we  l y ‘ b . DB ' I 3 t€l(’[Il1!)Ll€‘ pbles thil. «lI.;.- pain l"1'l””e
lllley had to push those tender blades IL was 3 Subdlwd but Very agreefible floor up to the mark several times, lll CHICAGO WHOLESALE PltICE.‘i~'I‘IMES REPORT.  "’ ‘ " '
0,1, Where the Sun that t t. t llllfiblllld 9-Dd fafillel‘ that Cam‘? l-"_~“ Order t0 be Sure I_ was right. desiring to Sugar, stand A ._.8f}.£c Butter. dairy...1E}@23‘
“ 3753 “T 19 u breakfast late, bill} 11) three nice llt- know the exact diflerence in t 39 granulated ((9930 ex. cream ry..‘.3.@Z9
_ _ g 8, _ e two , _ , _
could paint them as nature intended. tie bundles, Wlllch he laid besides the men, which wasjust 12 inches. [thought {.?,§l§‘,‘,,e‘;p ~ . “'19” ladle "”‘°ked 9l”’@}§’ 5     
And it is lust so with gen,-,,s_ The ma,-o,.l_ plates of his wife and daughters. Prue Mr. Lincoln fairly erect when I marked Fe..,l_i.em’,i’v' go 57@5s Beans, l1 pic'1é.'s2.-15-40 '
ii of our most eminent men have risen llllllullllflgclfzrfglégdfillléégghfgrggl:3,;?§&l:5: :t':.gtl::l,e:?,1,l' dnP$§l1,bk:. ll: Iflugltllt haw: :<l:1il.l:(l{:d1’d‘pl  Se‘Fi(i1;;ictll(1’)Yet.*;-lu JAMES A‘ TAYLOR
. .. _ I . - o o 1 er "' “  "K ., . . .
from humble stations in life, some irom Thpmpgon rejoiced in 3 wlfole box of at that dagepit is hm-div possi1,1§ thgt 13,3 ——*‘ At l'f‘;‘,"“lfS'°"5ll"‘t }§’“’L"“"‘.’El°' Mmh" *5 °fi"":
t . V l _ Ll", Stocm lug oi .33 ea. nes 0c of vergreen and Or
ex reme poverty, to the positions of dalnty g ofveitls. _ _ H could have expanded three inches in _ nameutul Trees, Fruit Trees. Grape Vines,
trust and honor they now fill, How lime  3'11 0 l'h90Plllllt(lll1tl Oll till? Wl10l_8, length. I am now reminded of a story a lllliiiusrlo, llliiialilréll 114) -~l1ltIog;g~;63é2_ly4'l[§H,  S,,,,wl,e,,.y Plants, em Among the stock are
_ . , " , , .. ' ' 0 V6, DC, Q‘ 3 g 1, ., . I . 4 A .' 1 ,_
We know of the" struggles wlth adverse sax htblg tealc 9}", L. a wit rlsm with told me while at S_pringfie1d,a few years $635: heavy packing uudshlppmgl ,,_,,_,5@,,_ll,_ .>._>.ooo Norway sprute from two three feet
_ _ t _ int c ami y circle is undesirable. In since, of Mr. Lincolns faculty for Gm1,,~,,,c,,,,,,,,.,5,w;,,.c,i.,e,1i,,.,, i1,c1,ig1,,.,, lu,-iii,r.+, from 310 00 to 32a 00 per hundred.
cluums 311993: experience 310116 CED fact, I have made up my mind to drop stretching himself out in length, I did i_rportv_z, _$o'.10@ti.85: good to c_hoic‘e shipping, I‘hese_ are fine. bushy, transplanted trees snit- T11,-ee can“;
teach us this my young friends let not the Eefleher. h9l1C8l0l‘tl1, When Ilopen not know of_this, however, at the time I "8°@" .@"f;{,"“"“ ‘“ fa“ S°'°”@5‘6°‘ ”""k’ 2”!“ ‘)”'_l:‘°“§"",“ ‘”' ““1‘““°“’“‘ l’“'l’°"f’*?- -" C A 3301-5, 3 cents";
Your Position in life discourage you but my d°°l'v and 3'00 H133’ "b0ll the measured him, or I should have re- ' ' ' _ P” M" .0 “Lr"”.LVelgme”B. 0' dlflerqnt New Double Hjiiiilloxvt-r, 5 Cis.
’ tea-kettle’ my dear whenever you uegted him to I've his fulle 9 h ' ht “';""?‘ kmds at l""l"“'t‘°‘“1"" P"°e5~ 1:0’ more ‘ll’ . . - . .,,-
labor to excel n ' ’ 9. . . 3 3' 913 ' A wllll. \[A1'pR of Two N Y wjll forniuiion in regard to prices. etc., address 1113 ‘3°“59'5l°ll P°5tP‘“‘l 3°’ -" °‘~"‘t5'
Dl€‘85€- Ihe followin is the star : ‘ ‘ ‘.‘ ‘ .3’! '. '1 ~
~ ‘ - - g y 1 ~ t n‘ t bl n em. 11] Nils and IA\1s\ A 'rAYLuR W- 13- WEST-
b9 that 15 how the. kl“ gkfves were A Wager was made one day in spring” ma e 18 es an IE  -f h e l. l.‘mi:ii*!i . A A{nl::tmazoo Miclil lv">mur2t N. Lallslllg, Mlcll.
6aI‘ned.-J0u7'/lul aj IE'du0alt07l. field, between some friends of Mr. Lin- employ from "0 U’ “nen 1 L 9’ Dem} 6 V - V ' . '

l and O_ M_ H t h l t S t l will give him a bonus of $55,000. He  W " T
A  °'     of  ~a‘ll‘%l3l’ée°r °.“”.s-“-?.‘.‘i8.‘.“’““     Sucier Stale Slrawherrl Plants. A FARM or 140 ACRES
‘““ man), as to their relative height. Mr. 3‘ L‘ ‘ "
- when tWBlVe 0'0100k 0011168; there are Hatch was first laced a ainst the wall FUR S ’&Ll: l'llFAl’
1,6 . A ‘I’,  - I l,   . l , l.’ l) g _ u l 4 A J A .
W H I‘ H.” I you 16‘ perhaps .9‘d.07“m mwyers s‘"‘‘‘’g “ the 50 3ml“'kC0l1ld be mlfde 0V0!‘ 1113 h_€9«d. 11.15 Rglipgg 115511.; . _ M ,  Situated seven miles north from Lansing
me in your circle. and have tables Wltlllflfihe bf". Blid ll SCOTS Of Mr. Lincoln remarking at the time, E‘‘‘‘‘“’‘'?‘‘ “‘‘‘’‘t‘' 5°’ We ‘” 3”.’-0“ P“ Co-operative Store one-half mile east of De-
“ short chat with you? I have spectators waiting on the crimson plush “Now, Hatch, stand fair-.,’ When the _— ‘'‘0“”‘“ldi 5300“ °l*l5‘l Pllillls at $3.00 per Witt's grist mill, and one mile from DeWitt

. . sofas for the court to open. A rustle of mark was duly made’ Mn Lincoln was cooi)ilLL—Died August 1.'._ 1882. at her umumid, 32.00: per hundred: Fifty at one Grange Hall. There isagood graded school
read the letters of the cousins in the silk ,3 heard from the Opel, door ieadlng placad beslde ll’ and at fir“ Mr. Hate,“ residence In the township of Paris, Kent coun- hundred rates. .200 at one thousand rates. A new Nl,,ly_ll,,e acres are under cultivation,

VISITOR for some time. but feared you to the retiring-rooms. At the other side friends declared they had won the w,,_ ty. Emma, wife of Duwayne Goodell, aged m"’““ ""d“°'i°" °“ ll“ °’d°’5 “b°"3 5:000 1:; acres chopped, and the _bala'ncu is good tim-

had all forgotten it latelix as Aunt Nina 05 {he chamber Sltfi '1 young man at 8 ger. “Walt, said Mr. Lincoln, “the mark Went!-fivfi YEW‘: three mollthii al1dtW8nty-       her.” hA fine (;)&I'l1 40x00. infill lt1:38‘l:18ill;,

ll?-d *0 remind y0l1- I beg leave to dis- if-SK’lwh9 hail bfe" llsbfnlfif for 9‘ f‘°",‘; ll‘ mt 3"“ made f0’ 1119-" T1199 he b*’' ""9" d“-l"v “W°"‘hY "“““"°‘ °’ P‘"l°G"‘"3"' At 3:; 00 per thousand  Thgeltsaillcesa §§Z"§ZZd”” gnllgii drchard
. , , inn es. or la noun . ' rises. - ‘ ,v - ' _ ' =' ' . ‘ ,.

38739 With 3'0“. ‘ Grandpa, ' when You ‘ c ‘in gun to Stretch out like Iudm rubber *\°' 19' Terms cash in all cases on first~class refei'- and Plenty °f small f““t3' Plwel serum‘

announces in-u. clear voice: “The Honor- and went nearly two inches above Mr - ~ ' - ' ' '
. . , . V . , - , - in intruder that no steward however taitli- Y t}, l;‘ _ For further particulars enquire at Grange
Say that ‘ some of the Older ones wiote able the Chlef"Just"ce and Assocmte Hatch 3 marks Carrylng 05 “J9 Stakes fiil, has power to'resist, has a.gll.ll1 entered our ewe “X won 5 lme store 0!‘ address J. W. GUNNISON,

in so tony a style that they scared the Jllflfiicefi 05 511?, Supreme Coll" Of the amidst the shouts and laughter of the gates and taken from our midst one whom we Ad’9s’:,s'0HN B. MILLER lfeb3t N cam LANSING. Mich:
smaller fish." NOW I think I am as Eiglctggofigafifiaéerggrgglzgglg“fzzfrs$131‘; b\'ISl3ntIlilders.d I X “J t t t 1 d f ll-ll llaledvf’-“dd Whose hell""g hand “'1” he lflmarlt Alina Uiiloil ‘Co , Ill '  I
. . i s . ' . rea 'mlsse . v ' ' .
young as any that h3V3 wnttfinu “Dd fl1gt]j1_1g 301131 app;-1)a0he3~ and there bin;-1 illellglgg eloreprézsgnat uhfnl  it-aegt g To 3111: bereaved Brother, in his great; and ‘M V flV_"V—AMV " V 7' "WVV" — 
I can assure you that we are ‘not so enters aprocessioii of nine dignified old three and a half inches hi 11 which is terrible allllcllollr We "V°'“d ‘3“°’-ld “'9 53“ PATEDTT INIPROVED All P l‘ 0 d b f"- - '1‘ 1», g
1 o « men clad in black silk owns out reach — ll'f ' g ' 0* Wlwrlvlove and fellowship. kindly hop SpR1NG_T00-TH HARROW “1 “N Y “S” *9“ “W”!
e851 ysoared D the contrary! It has ’ - ’ -g - ‘ over mg I” ‘ @5129‘ in and wishinr to smooth in seine de tee a v
3 ~ ' 3 ' 3@”ABSOLUTE CURE?
. - almost to their feet, with wide sleeves Mn limcgln 1 k d i. 11 th 1, . . _
prompted me to write. 00 6 3 er an 9‘ his pathway through this ioiigli and uneven P l 

. , nd ample skirts. At the head walks reallvwac own; to his, thin bony 1 iii; ~ ..

1 Se  ' 5:1) t _ _A l ti! h _ 8‘ .- .’ . _ . ’ ' — “ l g ‘ ‘ - ! a _]Olll‘ll6y. - V " ..

*5 ll“ 1'9 ll)’ bl’ mg l 35 W0 the Chiel Justice, and the others follow form. ., -  . when Direct-long are followed For full in_
formation, Testimonials, Circulars, etc.,

_. _ _ . , _ _ K ‘ «vth t * . t l' ‘ d
posed for discussion, the sub_1ect of card in the order ot their length of service in --————————-—~—~————__».._ uowm" '1 a Person no “Hug passe
Address with stamp or apply to

x I ‘ l through a like ordeal, can but little realize the
p1,,yl,,g_ I lhmk card playlng llke mam. ::le<fiOl1‘l':‘.h lhelalv stand‘ 8llIbD0l1]‘3;;Jl'- in How Gambelia Lost an Eye. desolation or‘ heart and home; the lonely and
other amusements, if carried to excee“, mm 0‘ e" C mm “ma OW 3 Onue _-_ l PRUF' G'E"’- M’ R'H0“ES‘
Fnlversnl Dispensary, 351 Lyon St,

motives or the patriotism of his purpose. I 1§(,i,:;¢
’ It wars fortunate for the Senate and for ‘ -5- —

Groceries.

* en? 1;?-
New Extra. Baily Sweet Corn

Three cents per package;
ACDIE T().\‘lAT(),
Five cents:

CIIOICE LETTUC 1,
Three cents;

Wliit.r: VVinto1- Rzirlish,
Three cents;

PEERLESS W/l TE/WELO/V.

ALICE L. STEWART.
Milburn, Mioh., March 8th. 1883.
~___,__________________
Card Playing.

, ruined outlook of the Iuture, we would offer
_ V to‘ the bar. The_ lasvyers return the His fathar. who had_ no provision for _B1"t'ltll,‘" g'_°°‘;l°“‘l,“Tl‘)1‘°3t heallfetlt 5.""(;P3‘hl‘5'5 . _  l
is very wrong and may lead to other and salute; then the 1odges sit down, the the boy’s future celebrity. wanted to se- ink 18' f 15 *"‘f‘‘‘3‘~ _ e§":":"§:’t‘l: l_“'(‘)uvr $988‘; .,

worseevils. [do not think there is any AS5l0Cll=ll'l*l’l-‘B1118 Careful. however. not cure him against military service by .0 [mo our Slorww an 9 pt 0 -

_ , to Ocnllpy their chllin befufl, lllm Glli,,lv_ k - H h, It l. I ~ l. Sister, we will drape our charter in mourn.
real harm In a quiet game of cards at Jullfiée is senlpd in  N‘,( _'V ll W “ U e9l?u‘E' ‘m “H 5 mu‘ mmumtyi mm ing. wear the emblem upon our regalia. send
homé of an evemng’ altlmugl, in some mar“ who 13 th'e cums‘  V‘]_l11m: €0llii1el‘1X8' “gs lérotzlgbt about aliqlden‘ ncopy of these words lot’ fraternal sympathy .. _l

_l tea 3 d S r t 1 1 ,tO f h_ A . 1 V .~, 3. _y. s am el 3 was watc mg H. to the mourning frieiicis, and to the GRANGE ~ ~ _ ,
cases 1 area ' e l e 0 p ay e se- mono npus us ion. I knife grinder operate on a wheel, the \ ISITOB for l)uhl1ca.l‘.l0n. , One of the best Farm Tools ever sold, ‘ _
where, and for money; which, in my _ ‘ %.YeZ- Oielf-fllyefll Afilfl Del-5(:l)i;ls héiv-,ll:lacl1c=i<)ttl(leflknife got lrlletached fromthe ._ Nobrcajsage ol'LBerlT:lt-(‘es as we do not  

- - - . mg usiness e-ore e _ onom e ‘url an’ em ew intot e boy's eye and .l A. ._D. d 1, ll. ll . W t ‘in em. a 0
Ommon’ 13 W" wwkeli’ hm I hale "M prv.-me Court of the United States are blinded it. He was Very 1.1.15.1. pgftgd F(,’){ “:6 {:83 ‘H '3 Ema "‘ l’l“’:"’ THE BEST room HOLDER evenmvsunzn _.
found that the case with mvself‘ I h"‘Ye admonished to draw near P-Dd give their in consequence, and the mother was em_ 8 “wry ' f ‘ ' H‘SE’ ‘,3.’ C at er [laying flanges Célsl. on eaiclr ‘side prevents lute:-nl . .  . 8
occasionally joined in a game at home attention, for the court is now sitii:g. buldened by her increased tendeiness to mmb” °f Mam" Grunge’ aged J5 mm’ is-.5}”{i.“'.."l'l§:‘li}bd)"::vlg:":gu:.fi“:n‘f' tliind/:1 llygpgdsllilu New Vanefles of 0166 eel/5'
v - 1 . . . - » ~ , - - I g  ' vi." ' U ‘-

of an evening for passing away the lime, God save the United btfltes and this 133131; upon Lpon bemg sent to the Pent atter a lingering illness of Typliold Pneumo-

coum of its peculiar construction.
~ le court!" Seminaire of Montfaucon to re nia. ‘ '
b t ll 1, ,1 ll 11 th f ll l10lJ0l'l?b _ . _ _ _ celve a Tried and Tested Successfully.
u 1 as serve 0 5 ow me 8 0 ‘V Bllslness bfigllls Pl'0lDi3ll.V and 18 d18- classical education. Her husband was an WHEREAS, It has pleased the great archi- ”—-   

of Such s-enjoyment,“ if such it may be patched mpl'd1y_ Ell-all minions are (memv to hlgherinstructlou and thought teal of the uulvelm ,0 remove from our mid“ Gives Genegl Satisfaction. Stands at the head of the Tomato family.
G8ll6d- I lllllllk there are fa!‘ 111016 heard. then the docket is taliell up. the comuiiinal school suflicieut fora boy 0l1rl3l8B1‘°tll8\‘ HARVEY J- CHASE» and Ailjiisiml i._viiiovii.gdl-e—§7)r bead pllcllell on the Essex‘ Ilybrid Squash
pleasant, more profitable, and less in. The Chief Justice calls the case in order whose destiny it was to be a provincial

Gannn RAPIDS, Mica.

A Specifics for all Chronic Diseases in hail.

ljanly

WHEREAS: It lli but _lllSt tllllli ll fitting rec- trmtll irom one depression in the casting to the f)l,llFl‘,
jurious ways of passing away time, than

card playing. When Young people get
together, a nice, quiet. agreeable con-
versation, in which all can join, on books,

in a quiet tone, and a lawyer is on the grocer,—(,'eu(m'_¢/_
______________________

still expecting that there will be some ONE sultry Sunday a minister was

further formality attending the opening thundering awa

floor making an argument, while you are

of so august a tribunal.

y at his drowsy con-
gregation, the majority of which

ognitioii of hisln-any virtues should be had;
therefore be it-

Resolved, By Martin Grange, No. 238, that
while we bow with humble submission to
the will of the Most High; we do not the less
mourn for our brother who has been taken

TOOTH CA .\'.\'0 T SLIP.

. _——0:—
Simplicity and Durability.

We use the best ofstcel [oil tempered}, and the best
of white oak in the coiistriiction of our lnlpl(‘ln(,|nls_
All castings are made oftlic best iron.

KI‘ ll itli proper cure one will last for years.

1 flatter in eating and keeping qualities than
the I-Iubbard_

EARLY MARBLE HEAD SWEET CORN,

Earliest variety known. Ears large. stalks
small. Just the kind for garden planting

The proceedings are impressive only would go to slee in spite of all his from us. l,,,m,,,r_, W, me me We 0,0 ,. , _ H, The Celebrated
from their simplicity. Usuallv the ar- efforts. At last e shouted, “VVake Resolved. That in the delith 0! HARVEY-l~ inu(vcrysliort'tiuie, iutipme and illicit‘; lallfdiild B AY VIEW MUSKMELON .
more Pl'0fill8b19o find P19393939‘ t0 my guments of the counsel are delivered in up here! ‘There isaman preaching to CHASE ‘hie Glallge laments the 1°55 °l 9* overfhr syolmdw-Bvnce going over prepares and mel- . ,1 f l. t 1,, as
mmd’ than playing cards, or some of the 10w’ °onVel.sationa1 l-_one3_ Often the you who has only half a shirt on his brother who was ever ready to proffer the lows it up 111 such a condltlon to receive llle seed as Grows to weig min a o . poun .

. . . - - ld b ml’ u ' » -
other games in which young people now Judges interrupt to ask questions. In hack !” It Woke them tremendously. §:;’,‘liy°(£l“;g;, l;;‘,,?tet;l,?l:§).1°:n°§,csl_3l';I:,p:‘,?;£lfigyég  wixllinan; i)‘:l‘.tlll<lll)€l'diilixilr;0ll<lli]1“l'r(())v‘;‘s3l- tIhcrieseuti)srofiz)ll; GUBAN QUEEN WATERMELON
indulge patent cases models of machinery are The next day a delegation of ladies ’ best Ieedwverer "1 the World. Under ordinary cultivation will grow to

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frequently used to illustrate an_ argu- visited the parsonage and presented e.f,§°f§3tl}§'.1§§ifa.3L Edd 5.3532358; gefrlgeellxd crgpnlllzg pil;p:il;do1llletl1 ligfriiihlizhvmlvlllnylilliieilmiil weigh from 18 to 25 pounds, with high
But I am forgetting that I am a new- ment, and are handed up to the Judges the preacher with a package contain- and companion who was dear to us 3.11; a mi. cause it pulverizea the ground .i..,..,,..gi..,f’.,..,.. lb‘, ,,,,,i cultivation from 40 to 60 pounds
comer and am taking up too much mm,’ for examination, or a blackbord is used ing some very nice shirts, saying “that zen whose u right and nobe life was a stan- from the botlom. shakes it up and leaves it in a lose quality Very sweet and line-

’ I l _ _ f d‘ _ W ‘t tf the -t h th t h h I b _ d d f t- t h- f ll _ condition; in so doing itshalres out all grass, thistle:
and--Grandpa’ wm soon beam to cut» i.‘2.”i.-.‘.‘.‘.‘§"t.‘i2.‘?... g..$.’.‘3.L:i‘£’e .?.fig..,“.f3.‘1 3.3.? €o“i.§‘i‘%”§.m?. toiii 8é.‘ck.»°r’f. “z’e..‘Z»z.?e'2z‘.“r”‘nlfc“ufe ii‘ea‘ii?e'lt' sympathy or    M W  We in THE “W ”‘°”“° Tm 33”’

, _ _ _ , . . .. . h th d’ 1! 'lrcii ‘fhlf- ad. rfibe lr .l175be:ns
cise me, and 98)’ I 3111 talking fi0l1Y; 50 might almost imagine at times that the replied. after accepting the shirts with “"5 Grange be °“e“d°d t° hm f'“‘“1Y ‘'1 “"3” ‘Tell: lsegifillomlch 3:»; i: m::ul‘acllire°i?sv§l Srlldxu The most pm 1 c an nown

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- ,11 ,1 1, d 1; 1; - gentleman at the blackboard with crav- thanks "that he was not literal] re- “m‘°t‘°”' . T°"“' H“"‘°"- W9 "“'° ma“ "°"°““‘ ""P’°'°""*“*“ have been “me on one B a
I W111 bid Y0“ 50° 7- “'3 3' 3 my . ’ ' . 3' Re_,,,1,,.d That these yegolutlons be Sp,-gad whereby our Barrows do better work than last season. .
self away You,-5 couinly on in hand, was 9. college professor le_c- duced to a half shirt, although he were u on tlm‘ récords 0, the Grange and 5 col, Liberal discount to the trade, go. ieima, prices, Price per package 10 cts. All large size.
' ANNA TSBAVER tn]:-mg a lclass. Or yo: may olfiappen in onlly a hililf on his back ; he wore the tlfemol be transmlmd to the family of 0,3 etc.. address Squash, corn. and 568113, 0111106 P3033866-
- - w an a lawyer in c large a case is ot er ha f in front of him.”—Rome

West Sand Lake. N. Y.. Feb. 28, 1883. leaning over the long desk in front of Sentinel. deemed brother’ and 5 copy to the Game“ CHASE, TAYLOR‘ co“ Mmmmmv T‘ L’ WHIT

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Visrron for publication. 15inar6t Kmmuw’ MM" l5feb6t GXBABD Branch Co., Mich
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poets. authors, or art of all kinds, is


TEE GRANGE VISIEOR.

MARCH 15. 1883.

Shrinkage in corn.

While it is probable most farmers
recognize the fact that corn in crib
shrinks somewhat in weight, but 33 to
how much or how rapidly we think
their ideas are altogether .vague.
To have some reliable data in regard to
the comparative weight of corn in the
fall, midwinter or spring is a matter
of no small consequence to farmers.
feeders and dealer:-', and the only ex
periment that we know of as being
carefully made to test the matter is
that of Prof. Scovell, of the Illinois
Industrial University. He selected a
quantity of ear corn, of six different
varieties and carefully weighed it 00
tober 6th, and then stored it in a room
entirely out off i‘.-om any artificial
heat. A’. the expiration of 30 days the
whole was weighed and showed an
average shrinkage of 15 1 2 per cent.,
ranging from n fraction over 8 per
cent. in one variety designated as
“Genwco,” a little more than 25 per
cent. in anoi her, designated as “Mam
moth ” Fifty-one days from lime of
gathering and twenty-one days after
the first weighing, the scales revealed
a shrinkage, on the whole lot of 18 2 3
per cent., the “Genesco" variety
shrinking a little less than 11 per
cent. and the “Mammoth” almost 31
per cent.

February ?§th, or 145 days from date

ofgathering it was weighed and the

average loss on the whole had amount-
ed to2l 2 3 per cent., the “Mammoth”
shrinkinxr exactly one-third, or 33 1 3
per cent., while another variety
called the “Cameron,” lost only a
fraction over 16 per cent., against 17
1 3 per cent. by the “Genesco.” The
loss in weight was greater during the
first month than in the three months
following.

Prof. Scovell also shelled and weigh
ed the same corn, to ascertain the per-
centage oi cobs, and found the percent»
age was a little le-s- than 14 per cent..
ranging from 11 in one variety to 16
per cent in another, from which the
conclusion is readily arrived at that
the weight of8O pounds, usually taken
for a bushel of old corn is too much.

In reference to the loss of weight in-
dicated b2 the foregoing, an interest
ing calculation can be made that may
guide the farmers in disposing of the
crop upon which they annually ex-
pend so much labor. Suppose that
corn is selling early in the fall for 30
cents per bushel of 80 pounds, and a
farmer wishes to hold for two months
and sell 75 pounds as a bushel, he mus!
then obtain 35 cents per bushel in-or
der to realize the same amount of
money. A similar calculation could
be made in case the corn was kept un
til spring and then sold at the rate of
70 pounds to t. e bushel, by taking in-
to consideration the loss of weight as
given for the period from October 6th
to February 28th.

Questions of this character will en-
gage the attention of the intelligent
farmer or the future, who to succeed
will have to be a. thinker as well as a
worker. We have never had any
doubt that 25 cents for c. mm at gather
ing time was better than 30 cents ob-
tained for the same crop in the spring
after being wintered in the average
Western crib or corn-pen.—-Khmias In-
duatr-ialist.

Improvement in Meat.

The tardiness which has attended
improvements upon our meats, especi-
ally beef, has came largely from want
of proper association between the sieei‘
upon the hoof and the steer upon the
block. Producers have not exacted a
better product because they have been
totally ignorant of the great difference
in this, and upon what these differ-
ences depended. Even in our day,
the variation in the interior quality 01
the meat of animals whose outside
formation and appearance is quite
alike, is only partially understood, and
is scarcei .- estimated when the price is
fixed. It is doubtful whether the
same degree of ignorance exists among
consumers in any other line, as all
other products are closely analyzed
and clasified, prices varying materi
ally upon slight differences.

This comes, as stated, largely from
the single-handed nature of tre in
dustry, every farm having its own
standard, which, in too many cases,
arrounts to no standard at all. Our
fat-stock shows come in opportunely
to change farmer ideas, and prove to
be an educator of the highest value.
These exhibitions draw the lines close-
ly, and these lines are so distinct as to
bereaily seen by all. An important
lesson, that all learn from these ex~
hibitions, comes from the simple fact
that no animal other than those that
are well graded up are entered for
prizes.

As a rule, those that are the
deepest‘ in improved blood are the
most conspicuous as possessing rare
merit. This was notably the fact at
the last show in the case of certain
purely-b ed steers belonging to promi-
nent families in the ..erd books, and
the growth and development of these
animals, and the manner in which
they prove upon the block, will natur-
ally be looked to in the future with
interest. If any one questions that
the development of the meat question
is a matter of slow growth, let him
consider that it is only as we hear the
close of the nineteenth century it has
dawned upon feeders that the best and
most profitable beef is produced by
feeding till two years, in place of the
age of four or five as heretofore.—Na
tional Live-Stock Journal, Chicago.

_____________
As a general thing, says a sensible

writer, all of our farm tools are too
heavy. Generally speaking. the farm
wagon that will bear up under a ton
weight with ease is plenty heavy
enough for all practical purposes to
whicha farm wagon should be put.
If you want to haul two tons it is far
better and cheaper in the end to make
two loads 0 it. The saving in horse
flesh and feed will, in a few years,
amount toenough to buy a new one
and have something left for profit. If

ou are about ordering it new wagon
Rave it made light and of the best ma-
terial and you will never regretit.—N.

Y. Herald. '
__.________:_

All egan Co., Mich?‘
To the Editor-.--—I have been a paint-
er for 30 years. For the last nine years
I have used Ingersoll Liquid Rubber
Paints, in 1874 I painted my on n
house and it looks clear and bright to
day. In fact for a painter’s ufir‘ it is
entirely too good—lasts too long, we
want them to paint about every two
years. Fraternally, J. F. Conn.
See advertisement Patrons’ Paint
Orks-—EDITOB.]

SOMETHING FOR WOMEN TO DO.

A Lady Who Earns $10,000 a Year From
was and Pickles.

I have often heard it complained that
there was nothing for women to do by
which they could earn as much as men.
Perhaps there is nothing in the same
line of lnisiness as that followed by
men, but, taking all the professions fol-
lowed by women. it seems to me that
there is a great deal of money made by
them. The enormous sums made by
singers and ar:trcs.<u.+ are too well known
to need mcritionirig. But tlicrcare other
lines of bu.sinc.~:s that women may follow
who have no n:itur:il gifts suclins tliese.
I heard, the otlu-1' day. of a lady who
was mzikiiig :t liuridsornc income for
hersi-lf. and :ill in the most quiet way.
This lady is :1 Ml.~‘.~' Martin. I do not
suppo.-ic that ll1<'l'(: is any objl-(-tion to
my mentioning licr iiziinc, as it is well
known aiiioiig :l great many people.
Miss Martin is the daugliter of ii. gentle-
man living near Auburn, in this State,
who at one timc was vcry \\’(‘:l.lll’l_\': but,
althougli the family still live in the old
homcstc:id, which is a noble inztri>'ion.
they are ve much reduced in cir<.-iiin-
stances. Miss Martin. when she bc-
came old enough to want money, and
to know that it did not always come for
the wailiiig, (-:i.<t about fi)l',~‘f)Illitlllll1§_7_ to
do by which she could at lczi-‘i. viirn a
decent llVlll§_f2il1(ll10l3 be ilcpi-iiulvnt upon
her father. It seemed as tlioiigli all the
avciiiics were closed. She was not
gifted in any ]){ll‘llCultll'W:l_\’. tliough she
was a woiriuri of exccllcrit cdiu-.-ition.
and bad all the advantzigcs that came
from liigh .<oci:il position. But she
neitlicr .~::iii-_: wt-ll cnougli for stage pur-
poses, nor had she any lii.s'ti'ionic talent.
In givirig the siilijcct .-‘.ci'ious i,-on.<idci‘:i-
tion, slic i'cmciribcr'ed tluit i.lici'« ivus one
tliiiig she could do very \\’(‘ll. and that
was pit-klitig‘ :iii<l ])l'l‘!~'l'l‘Vlll_i_". She told
her friviiils that .~'lu-, wu.-z }_roiii;_r to niakc
:1. large rpi:iritit_\'of pl(7l{l('.\‘:l.lltl prc.-acrvcs
of dill'<-i‘<-nt kiiul.<, and that she wanted
to M-ll tlu-iii. l{iiowiiij_r wluit an excel-
lent lioii.<ckc<-pi-.i' -lic was. tlicy knew
that :ui_\'tliirig that was made lllllll‘l' lll‘l'
siipcrvision would be sure to l)t_*,I_I;orul. so
she had no trouble -in .s<-lling all she
made the lii'.<l, year. The sccoii<l your
slic inadc more yet, and \\'.‘IS unable to
supply the lleiruiiul. Tlici'oiii'tliyc:ir slic
incre:iscd hcr f:tcilitio.s, and ll1‘l‘ reputa-
tion ll‘d.(l by this tiinc .~‘.I)l‘i‘:l(l so far that
she did a very lzirgc lirisirir-<.<, and cvcn
sold to .~‘.oin«- of the larger .-‘force in New
York. Now. rt friend’ of hers told me
the otlu-1' day that her profits from
pickles and ])l'(‘.~‘(‘l‘\':‘.~‘ rcucli the very
cornfortablc suin of $6,000 to $10,000 :1.
_\c:ir. And slic only works from May to
Novciubcr. Auburn b«~in;_-' it little for
from the Now York ruarkcls, wlicrc
fruit can be boiiglit best and ('ll(‘.‘lf.‘(‘.$t,
Miss Martin has \‘(.-llli‘. down and taken
a place at Glen Cow, to be near her
friend, I\ll‘.%. S. L. B:ll‘l(>\V, as well as to
_<__»;:1iii tlic zulwintagc of 2l1lli:il'(‘l‘I‘t‘$l(ll3llCC
to New York. One of the .~'cci'ets of
bliss l\l:u'tin’.~' success is that ev~:i'_villin;_>;
slic iiiukcs is the very bcst of its kind.
All the iii;:i'cdi<-iits she uses in llt‘l' pick-
lcs and [)l'l‘.\'(*l‘V<'..~,‘ are the bcst in the
m:tr_kct, and. thougli shc employs ‘.3.
number of men and woiru-ii, slic super-
intcnds cvei‘ytliiri;_§ lici‘.<clf: and, while
her articles are all in the sl)U]).~'. tlicy
have a horn:--like taste that is uni1ii.~'-
tuk.-iblc. All tlic jars l)e:tr lu-,1’ iiiitiuls.
written in fziwsiiirilc of her :i.iito«_{1‘:i))li.
on U. neat label on the side. A sister of
Miss Martin, on S(‘.t5ll]}_'{‘ lrcr sircccss, cast.
:i.l)out her for SOlll<,'Illll]}_{‘ to do. Of
course, she did not want to go into the
same line of l,>1i..~'inc.s'.~', and lin.-rlly slu-
struck upon cake-iiiukiiig us :1 nu-zriis of
livelihood, and her cakes are now :11-
most as cclcbmtwl aslic1‘SiStt*1"spicklcS
and preserves. She lives at Auburn,
but she receives oi'<lc1's from N.cw York,
and even from Newport. lVli.~'.~' I\I:ti'tin‘s'
cakes are considered an cssriiiinl p:i.i't
of a. well-regulated pantry in New York.
-—Ncw York Lcller.

——-:—<—rt-————._—

VVe have licurd iic_g'i‘lws singirig “Fm
bound for the ]ll'l.iIlllS-Uil lurid" while
stalking along tlic street :11 iiight. But
they cotildift fool us that way; they
were bound for ,<orr1cbody’s licn roost.——-
Park City '1'1'nu’.»'. .

(L O T} ’ W

Masslitaliiisctts citizens li:i\'<_*._petiticn-
ed the Lcgi.-.:l:1tiir'c to p-.iss ziuuilorni tele-
phone law. They object to the arorti'a.i'y
and dist-ririiinating rules which trfi» tel!)-
phonc companies are compelling then’
to sign

Canned Goods.

The consumptiori of all kinds of can-
ned goods lius iiicrca.sc(l rapidly of late
years both at home and abroad. tliou_<_:h
our exportatioris are rcsli-ivlvd by an up-
parentlyun‘founrlcd pi‘cjl1<li(—.c in Europe
against the Arricricuii article. Canned
salmon and oysters are our principal
exportationsiri this line. A('()I1lp:ll‘fl.IlV(.‘-
ly small amount of corn is exported,
though some goes to London and to
Germany. The home consumption of
canned corn, however, is very large,
and it is thought that canned goods
generally, corn /included. will 1lll,lX11:tl(’.—
ly be among the most iniporizrni of our
exportations. One of the l:irg_rcst dealers
in New York estirnates the total annual
production of canned corn in the United
States at 800,000 cases of two dozen
cans each. or in all 19,200,000 cans of
‘corn. Each can (:O1l'l:i.lnS one and one-
half pounds of corn. Yet a larger
quantity of tomatoes is consumed. An-
other dcaler says that about one-half
of the canned corn is packed in Maine
from Maine corn.—New York lVorZcl.

v 
Long Distance Telephones.

Experiments in talking over long dis-
tances were made recently in the ollice
of the Mutual Union Company, 135
Broadway, New York, where coiivci's'a.-
tion was ‘('..').I‘l‘l(éll on c.-rsily. first with :1
ground circuit uiul H.I‘I(i1')l{lIl.\' l<‘l(‘l)l‘.l)Il(?
between New York and \V'w.<tlli-lil.
Mas.~;., by way of l)ztnl.ui‘y, ll;li*if:»i'«l
and Springficbl. :1. <li.~'t:iiicc of I60 riiibes.
Another wire by way of Alb.-m_'.‘ was in-
ti-ollw,-.etl, :i.n<l iii.~'i.c:i(l of <_ri'oun<linj,{ the
wircs a iiiclzilllc ('il‘t'ull; was used. thus
getting rid of induction disturbunci-s._—
IVith a circuit measuring 400 miles in
distance, (-,oiiver<':ition was (‘.‘ll‘l'lP(l on
with equal ea:-"c. I<}xpcriniciii.<:¢.re to be
made with 1-]. wire lwt\vc<'n New York
and Buffalo, giving. with i‘clui'n wire, a
distance of i1e:irly 1.000 miles.—Ulica
0bservcr_

, —<oD—-~

The soul without imagination is what
an observatory would be without a tale‘
scope.—Beecher.

Aid of Machinery to Labor.

Labor isanatural burden upon hu-
manity; yet it is the key which unlocks
the storehouse of wealth. convenience,
and luxury. By the use of invented and
applied machinery lI]llS(:lll1l.l‘ work is
greatly relieved, and rcsults cheaply
and exten.<i\'cly Ol)l:lll1Pfl. In all this.
however. intelligent skill is not sup-
plantcd; but rather there is a wider
flcld crcaiml for the same. and more and
more dot-st it come into tll‘l1'l:lll(l as the
fticilities for production ‘multiply. Man,
of (-oui'.<c, may <-.\'i.~l as our foi'(-fotlicrs
did, living in arudc and limited way on
the nccc.-‘series of life. and even lll(‘.~'(:
secured only at the expense of oppres-
sive toil; but as iriiprovcnicnts are
made, and varied and erilargml l)(‘Il('lltS
flow thercfroiii, he ri.~'c5 in tile Scale of
living, and the sphere of lifcis extended.
The erisy supply of want in any di-
rcction only bog:-ts efforts in others;
and as matters thus pro<_rrc.s'.~:, iii.<tv:id of
'tlle(l8lI]i1D(l for u:~cful industry being
diminished. there is lllnh‘ and more in-
ducement to l:iborvr.~ lo l‘lll])lU_\' them-
selves with llll‘ (.'._\'('i‘('i~‘cuf cw-.r'yf:iciilty.

It is a nii..~:takcii vit-w, lll(‘l‘t'fnl'L‘. to
imagine that llicrc is the least tonrlcncy
in the use of ni:icliincry l0,\'ll[)l)l‘.\'.HlF‘ the
I18(5(é.\'.s'll_\’ of workmen. and take from
them all opportunity to labor. Their
skillful ll:iiid.<. disct-rnin_v.__r cycs. and iii-
telligt-iii bi':iiii.< are surely dc.<tim-.:l to
find an over‘ widi:-ning ii».-ld. Of course,
the \\'()l'l((‘l‘ lllll.\l not l‘i'lll{llll slzitionary,
cori1's-riitolivc and die an :rnIiquntcd
fo.~'.~'il. while all ilw world about him is
cliangirig and pro-_:_re.<.<iii;_r. What he
once did pziiiifiilly and slowly with the
hands alone be iiiusi now more :i.buiid-
ztntly :u-<-ornpli<li llll‘Ull;_['ll the :i,r:cnc_\' of
lalioi'-,-':i\'i'ii,; all-vim-.< and tool.-'. Society
llll‘~l in-ml oi’ lll<)l'(‘ p_i'odu«-iion. and will
only lw ,-.-uinlicrl with own riiorc and
morc. \Viili ii-' pi'o.~pci'it_\‘ and pi'o;_:rc.<s
IllCl2ilJUl‘I'l' .~'ll.‘ll'l‘.~'. rind to-day he has
moi'cofllic l-oiiil'oi'i~' and lllX1ll‘lt:,~‘ of
life iii:-.n we-rc <-rijoy:-d by kiiigs ft l:uri-
drvd _'\'(‘.‘ll‘~' :lf_"U. Tliv pin-_iii:ll<-c zigziliist
l!1l])l'H\'l’lll!‘lll. rind the ji-:rlou<y :ij_v';ilii>'i
capital and .‘l~\'i)(‘l:l.llf)ll.5' in 1l!i'll' vll’oi‘ts
to iii:in:i;ro- and <lii'c«.,-i. pi= lm-lion into
1]li)l'(' (‘lilI'll'lll uiid lI(5lll'll(‘l:ll l-lizuiilcls
sliould df-aippr-iii‘. As l‘ll:lll‘_['i‘.\' IN‘('lll‘,
old i'iil~ ~boiild bv pi'oiiipIly lIlI:‘illlll)ll<’(l.
By .'i.(lll]lllllj_1‘ llllll~'\‘lf to ui'i'«-iiii'i~'t:ti1<-vs
that arc tlii'u<i upon llllll. lll(‘l't‘ is not
a man who <-:tnnot .<i1<-r-evil and iind
a lll:l.l‘l\'(‘l for his l:llJ()l‘S for l,|I"‘,Hllil his
ability to supply. ~ in//.m1z.~’ Trcule
J07!/'7!!!/.

—<+}..\_.__
An Underground City.

New York. as every one l-(IlUW.~'. is
siliizitcd upon It ruirrow i.~l:iud. It can
not sp1'¢-:id out in one llll‘(‘('llUll lIl‘(‘2lllSC
oftlicsiii*i'ourulin;' W;ll4‘l',~‘. As :1 con-
S(§i1ll(‘.l1L‘()1lIll‘ll<)l'lI]nll< liiisirit-.<.< l< being
done upon a sniull S!ll'I:li‘l: of land. to
utilize which tlli'!‘C llZtV<‘ been built Willi-
iii the last twclvc yours llllI]ll‘llSC ollicc
buililiiigs and .‘lp:ll'llll(‘lll lioiises‘, each
of \Vlll('ll :l(,'(‘lIlllll!4Hl:llC.~‘ us many people
aslivciu an oi‘dinni'y \'ill:ig'c. Under
this n:ii'i'ow stretch of land are built
sewers, basenicnls and m-ll:u'-. in ad-
dition to gals-pipes, w:il<-i'—:ii:iiii~ and
other underground (,'()ll>l'i‘ll('Il(Jll~‘. To
relieve the .<ur'f:u-c of tlie.<ir~m-ts of their
enormous \=<-liiculair ll‘:llllt‘. it is pro-
posed to lllllltl.UI1ll<‘l‘g'l'l>lIll(l .~.[l‘t‘t‘l.~‘ and
subways to ttt'(.'OIlllll()ll'.llv3 the .<v‘.\‘or.<,
water. gas and sicziiiipipcs, and eventu-
ally lClP.g‘I‘{1I)ll :in«| tclcplioricwin-<. Nor
is this all. Atlvziiiirigre will be- l1!l~‘.l‘ll of
these siiliivays to run (:Zll'.’~‘. and open
pa.ss:igv.< for vclii'cl¢-..-'. It is not improb-
able that by the iwcntictli L‘l‘lllll1‘_\' the
principril lllOI‘0llg'l)f:Ll't‘..s' will bc under-
laid by n .~'o-<-orid .<li'«-ct, so as to c\pwlite
tmvcl and ti':rfiic. Ncw York ll:l\.‘ tried
one expcriim-iit on a very ;_g-re-:il .<<-ale;
no ls-.<.-: lllilll ilm-v conipunit-.~t .-irc laying
steam pipes all over the city. whit-l: can
be used not only for powcr but for ll(‘.'l.l-
ing and cooking ])111'[)()>'(‘S. Ftis In-licyed
that the time will shortly come when
furnaces. stove.» and other heating up-
pai'atuse.~' will be di.<peiisc(l ‘with, and
that heat will bc supplied from the out-
side as water :in<lg:l.< now are. It is said
that every proi-css of cooking, including
broiling, can be done by steam. How
this can be uccomplislied is amystery to
the uniriili:ited.—Demoresl’s Monthly.

.{__——Q o

Grange Seal Stolen.

Sign of Ca.utio:1—An Impos-
tor Exposed!

Patrons, Some one unknown t- me
entered the apartment where the Seal
of the Knickeriv-cker Grange was.
and stole 'imp7'ess1'.ons of said seal on
sheets of writing paper and one E. A.

Q,uart<-rman has been using said
sheets of paper with stolen seal on
signing himself “Yours fraiernally."
He was not a member of the Order‘
even. The seal is used by him in
various ways, to impose an inf;-rior
paint on Patrons, making them thir_-k
they are buying the Patron’s Ingersoll
Rubber Paint. We have letters from
several who have parted with their
money for a worthless Paint in this
way. Masters, Lecturers and Score-
taries will please make this fact
know to the Order by reading this let-
ter aloud in Granges and public meet-
ings. Fralternally,
_ O. K. INGERSOLL.

76 Fulton St. New York, I’. M.

Knickerbocker Grange.

Alabasiine

Is the only preparation based on th-
proper principles to constitute a dura-
i.- . finish for Walls, as it. is not held on
the W’:-.’. with glue, etc., to decay, but
is a Stone 1 ement that hardens with
age, and every aw ditional coat strength-
ens the wall. Is really for use by ad-
ding hot water, and easily -.-. plied by

anyone.

Fifty cents’ worth of ALABASTINE
wil cover 50 square yards of average
wall wilt two coats: and one coat will
produce be.*.I.«- work than can be done
with one coat of at y other preparation
on the same surface.

For sale by paint dealers everywhen .
Send for circular containing the twelve

beautiful tints. Manufactured only by
A1 ABASTINE Co.
M. B. CHURCH, Manager,

juyl-tf. Grand Rapids, Mich.

3 29 ACRES FREE

—rx 1-in-
Devils Lake, Turtle Mountain,
Mouse River Country,

NORTH DAKOTA,

Tributary to the United States Laud Ofiice at

GRAND FORKS, DAKOTA.
SECTl().\’A I. M -\ P and FU LL pan
ticulars mailed I-‘R E E to any address by
H. C. I).-1 V1.5’,
Assistant General Passenger Agent

St. Paul, Minneapolislc Manitoba. 3.23.

ST. PA UL, MI.\'N_
lfeb2t

The Stale Agricultural EOE.

This institution is thoroughly ( quipped,hav-
ing a large teaching force: also ample facili-
tivs for illustration and manipulation includ-
ing Laboratories, Conservatorie-. Library,
Museum, Classroom Apparatus, also a large
and well stocked farm.

FOUR YEARS
are required to complete the course embracing
Chemistry, Mathematics. Botany, Zoology,
English Languages and Literature. and all
other branches of a college course except For-
eign Languages.

Three hours labor on each working day
except Saturdays. Maximum rate paid for
labor, eight cents an hour.

RATE S.
Tuition free. Club Boarding.
CALENDAR.

For the year 1883 the terms begin as follows:
Srarrvo TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 20
SUMMER TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 22
AUTUMN TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 4

Exumintion for Admission, February 20
and September 4. For Catalogue apply to

T. C. A BBOTT, President. or
R. G. BAIRD, Serrt-tary.

FROM all varieties of Poultry.
G Circulars free. Send 10c for
New Book on Poultry. .

OAK LANE.

l-’imar(it Dwight P. 0., Mass.

A. ‘VANDENBURG.
MANUFACTURER,
Wnonasana AND RETAIL DEALER is

Harnesses, Whips, Trunks, Blankets, Bit:

92 Monroe St reer.

GRAND RAPIDS, - Mlllb

I take pleasure in presenting to your favor-
able-. consideration my CASH PRICE LIST ox’
Harness V: ork——HAN D MADE—-all of mg
own manufacture, also to return thanks for the
liberal patronage I have received from the dif-
ferent Granger: throughout Micliig-ail. I shal-

do in the future !'.'5 in the pasl——-furnish the bee‘.

goods for the least money.

Farm Harness, White Trimmed Breech-
ing. Round Lines,Snaps, Rum Straps
an-.i spread rings, complete, . . . . . . . . . .829

The same without Breeching, . . . . . . . . . . ‘.36
“ “ with flat Lines, _ . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
N “ ‘- “ “ no breaching, 25

Double Light Buggy Harness, white
trimmed. from...” .... ....-$25 00 to

The same, Nickle Trimmed, from $35 to

Single Buggy Harness, with round lines,
white trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Same with fiat lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Nickle Trimmed, $15, $16, $18, $20 and 25

ALL ORDERS RECEIVED UNDER SEA;
OF THE GRANGE

will be shipped at once, and may be returilm
at my expense if not entirely satisfactory.
Address all orders to
Yours very respectfully,

A. VANDENBERG,

9'/. Mormon STREET. Galum RALPIBH.

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GGREAMEBY.

. _Flrst_ Premium Illin-
ois, lV[ichignn_u.nd Kun-
- ans S_tate Fairs, 1882!
All sizes for dairy or fac-
tory use. For convenience
of handling, raising the
cream quickly and thorn
’ oughly, and ease of cleaning.
are unsurpassed. _
Send postal for circulars
and testimonials.

Dairy Implement Co.,

Bellows Falls, Vt.

WING OHURNS.

_ Best and Cheapest. No
inside fixtures. Always
nizlit side up. No dan-
ger cover fa] mg 011' let-
ting cream on the floor.

Easiest to use. Nine
S1ZCS1'l)3_(l('. Three sizes
Nesbltt Butter
Printer. Every
churn and pr-iiitcr \\'iiI.'v
ranted. One of each at
wholesale where we liayc
no agents. Semi for cir.

ulars. Agents wanted.

k warm?)

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;a We .» .

VT. FARLVI IVIACII
lmar-it

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A full line of Dairy Imliyllsinents for farm or f zictoyg.
.

E (.30., Bellows Falls, .

Price List of Supplies
Kept in the office of the Secretary of tin

MIC HIGAN STATE GRANGE.

‘And sent out Port Paid, on Receipt of Can.

Order, over the seal of d Subordinate Grange,
and tire signature of its Master or Secretary.

76

lu
100

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred... .
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary
to keep accounts with members, . . . . ..
Blank Record Books, (Express paid),. .
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Trearurer, with stub, well bound,. .. . .
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
fi-on. Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,
Applications for Membership, per 100,. . .
Membership Cards, per 100, .......... . .
Withdrawal Cards, per; doz., . . .
Dixnits, in envelopes, per doz.,.. .. . . .. . .
By-Laws of the State Grange, single
copies 10c. per doz.,
By-Laws,bo1md,.. .. ..  ..
“ Glad Echoes,” with music.
15 eta per doz.,

s.‘..,;.‘.; ‘copy

40 cents. Per dozen. . . .
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . .
“ perdoz.,....................
“ for Fifth Degree, for Pomona
Granges. per copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges,
with Copy or Charter, all complete,... .
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. .
Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 50.;
per hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - -‘-
American Manual of Parliamentary Law

It to u H H
(Morocco T'lCk,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address of J. J. Woodman before the
National Grange——per dozen . . . . . . . . .
Address of Thos. K. Beecher——per dozen
Digest of Laws and Rulings, . . . . . . . . . ..
Roll Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Address. J. T. COBB.
sac’! Mran. _Sn'rn GEAIGI.
SCHOOLGRAFT, MICE.

00

13 00
00

. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 80
The National Grange Choir, single copy
. .. . _ . 4 O0

2.’)
 240

l(I

. .!lunu]‘achrre>-snfln
. Paint. The only Pu
ui:-or l£'llI(I‘.f}l?#MIl.
.. u-hirh d:.<t.‘ro_r/ ..I:' .'
I»i'r'i't-tI frm‘_I]Iif pair} in :.-u_:- .'
- (I until drlirr-rcti,
- 7:! free Beautiful
Ir-rutlinns how I
' ~ I \l' WORKS.

for

£§%¥%sBEST tn BEST “ “‘
LT“..s‘..‘?'.“"ETHE LEVER .22"
Blamlly Temperance P

\VYell-filled with

-’ l'rti'n!

' ran

the Choicest Original
om- yr £1.50.
Six mo - - - $0.75.

Threemo - ~fil.~l0. I H E

THE LEVER

some sheet.

and other states, will contain all oflicial Prohlbl on Home Protection matters
esson,

reliable general news report, a good Sunday School 1

.-;-of in fho rnuntrg/.

CHEAPEST. '1‘:=.*.:..'.: ..-.21;
L::.n°::. B"“”‘°“
R ‘l‘l:l.§.l‘*

h thr h tis
asnew typenhogg on

AINT

r/enroll’: La‘ _ _;
infn that de - '
.,.- fumes of

o Il(‘7‘ Paints. ,-

ORKS.

_ q_In'd I.'u hbrr
to 'Ill.ll'St or salt

,_ urning coal’.
3? }‘riv,'r-3 Ion-. dg--

users should

' (‘turd of flu’
Palm‘ ,
F('I.TU.\' \.» ’ ~

Excopdon
eaten holoest
rarest ewslest eapest

EIGHT *;=.g:. 5 much’?

Selected Mamr.

V E and smples and
for terms to act:

printed on line aper and is in eve a hand-

oontributors in glinsas, Iowa, giaine, ncznnyns lvanla

forms as woe and

good Fireside and’ Boys and Girls sto.rieo, well

3
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D-

AGENT8 WANTED
BIG COMMISSIONS

written editorials both on temperance and general  :3: is junotgrefiapar for the family

t oth- ’ “It is a good paper in every res
dotprs say.“ lf:l(I)1lilfYI'."—Blg Rapids Current.
1; gener
plan and pi_u'poee."—Coldwater Sun. “It is br
ts prosperity."Mrs. Ma T. Lathrap, Pros.
and out-spoken. It is ab y edited, always on the ri

widely read and liberally supportod."—Samnel Dlc ie
would do more to benefit the country than a session 0

Address, VLVELEET .2 . OLL. 266 'Wo'oa.m1a .4..,12ezroa, Jlich.

SAJIPLE FREE.

- Ideal:

‘ It is not
newspnper.”—Grand Rapids Post. ‘
ht, radical
ch. 8. W. O. '1‘. U.
ht side; it ouAg1ht to
Pro blon
loo "-

. “It looks ..;. bright as a
set, but

ould be

I. in liege. "Its national circulation

056.

 DlIASON.“”

c.
.’j

seneral Commission Merchant,

l8'l South Water Street, CHICAGO,
nusmiess AGENT MICHIGAN swan»: GRANGE.

Doopoofiully Iollolh Oooolgnabonb M

FRUITS, VEGETABLES. BUTTER, EGGS,

"WOOL. HOPS. POULTRY, GAME, VEAL,
;‘;rvon.:m So-ed. Run? P“u.rcu. Iiid-es, Pclts, Tnllcw. &¢.

.-.

BONDED MEI? oi the  W. PRODUCE“ EXGMIGE ISSOGIITIOI.

Ghana:-it Pub. ism, I077.

—-A —-~ 4.

Fe P"‘2'i?.~<'&nO and shippers. —"l‘lm la the only (lomrnissiou House
.u-.< r,'.,-' 1'/‘lV5"»I'T)li«"(l by the )’o..‘.-on» of lluabaodry

I»? be-rurlrr lair I'ny1n-ul ta nmppc-r-.
(rm Tn obufn the Highs-an Miarkol price
arcs. Q';i€'k Roles and I'r‘nln[,-I Puyuuant.

in Chicago xrpx.
The chief aim of this Agency to -

fur gonna nu!!! nod. qnnilty oonultlnrnd

fihlppctv in all Pilate» will rt-oolvo tonal t»-u-shun of this management, the Business Image:

 urmm mind: for the faithful perfuruiarico of

I".-~.iv~ Axemtv will an Orders for any goods in this market. at
s. :w1:; any who order for near the amount required ;

the annie. '
lowest puiclbll rated Uub
't.»als.i:ce to be paid on noecipt of N11
TH(.'.‘:l.=iii EKAHON. Bullbunl lung‘:

" -«,.§.‘¥.l"."‘ lIPOi'I‘?‘.

New Harness an
T. KININMENT 33 00.,

Manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers ill

Harnesses. Trunks, Blankets,
vvn:IJ.=-5, Eto.,
117 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

All work our own make and guarztntced all
Hand Made.

Farm Harness, white trimmed, Breech-

ing, Round Lines, Ruin 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..-   
The same nickletrimmed.. . . .$30.00 to 850.00
Single Buggy Harness, with round

lines, white trimmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
The same with Flirt Lines . . . . . . . . . .. 12.00
Nickle Trimmed. >315, 816, $18,320,825,‘ to 850
We also make a fine Nickle Trimmed

Farm Harness, stitched 6 to the inch,

stock all selected, an extra line arti-

cle, Breeching, Round Lines, com-

plete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00
Same without Breeching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50

Mr. T. Kininment for the past five years has
been foreman for Mr. A. Vandenburg, and
now in order to build up a trade offers special
inducements to the Grangers of Michigan.

guaranteeing a better class of work than was
ever given to them by anybody.

All orders received under seal of Grange will
be attended to at once and goods may be re-
turned at our expense if not found satisfac-
tory. Addrcsa all orders to

Yours very respectfully

T- KININMENT.
117 Canal Street
Grand Rapids. Mich.

LIFE INSURANCE

FOR PATRONS.
.._._—0__:.

Paln1ns’iid Society of Michigan

to give the Patrons of Michigan an opportu-
nity to belong to
A lllllllfl lllslllllllllll Ul Lilli lllSlll‘flIll}8
that they could contml. As its name indi-
cates, it is FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR
ORDER AND FOR THEM ONLY.

Its Annual Meetings occur at the same
time and place as the annual session of the
State Grange. This feature was for the ex-
press purpose of provid-ing for a large repre
sentation of the members of the Society at its
most important meeting of the year, when its
officers are elected. and without special notice
any amendment to the laws and rules govern-
ing the Society may be made.

The MUTUAL PLAN adopted by this Society
provides that an Assessment shall be made
ONLY when a member dies, and the
amount of that assessment is fixed when a
person becomes a member, and cannot be in-
creased at any subsequent period. This as-
sessment ia graduated a.ccording_ to age. Whlcll
is an important and iistinctive feature of this
Society-—on'e which should commend it to the
favorable consideration of Patrons.

If there are reasons why people should from
time to time pay a small sum from their in-
come or their earnings, in order to secure to
those dependent on them in an hour of need a
sum suflicient to bridge over the expenses and
wants incident to that most trying period of
life, those reasons hold good when applied to
the Patrons of our State.

Applications for membership may be made

t
J(:1MES COOK. J. W. EWING,
Eaton Rapids.

~Adrian.
ELIJAH BARTLETT, W. B. LANGLEY,
Centreville.

Dryden.
R. C. CARPENTER, GEO. W. EWING,

Lansing. Ross.
J. T. COBB, A. E. GREEN,

Schoolcraft. Walled Lake.
J. L. KENYON.

Marshall.

15] ully

Traverse City.
A. N. WOODRUFF, GEO. PRAY,
Watervliet. Woodward Lake.

or to Local Agents they may appoint.
For By-Laws and Circulars apply to either
‘ WM. B. LANGLEY, Pres’t,
Or J. T. COBR, Sec’y, Centrevllle,
febltf ' Schoolcraft, Mich.

. . .$25.00 to $30.00 ‘

J. G. RAMSDELL '

5?! 5011.9 and SHIPPING TAGS sent an nppflnsdnn.

l German Horse and Cow

POWD E RS.

This powder has been in use for ,many
years. It is largely used by the farmers of
Pennsylvania, am the Patrons of that State
have bought over l00,00= pounds through
their purchasing agents. Its coinpeaition is
our secret. The receipt is on every box and
5-pound package. It is made by Dr. L. Ober-
holtzex-’~ Sons ll: Co., Phoenixville, Pa. It
keeps stock healthy and in good condition. It
helps to digest and assiin late the food.
Horses will do more work, with less food
while using it. Cows will give more milk
anti be in better conditirn. It keeps poultry
healthy, an increases the production of eggs
It is also of gran value to them when molt-
ing. It is sold at the low est wholesale price
b R. E. JAMES, Kanuuzoo GEO. W.
IELL & C0,, 80 Woonpsmoa S-r., Damon-,
THUS. MASON, I81 Wu-an S'r., Cnrmoo.
and ALBERT STEGEMAN, ALLEGAN. Put
up zo 60-lb. boxes (loose , price EIGHT CENTS
per-1b., 30-It boxes {of 5-lb. packages, Tm!
Canrs per lb.

FENNO &. MANNING,

Wool Commission Merchants.

117 Federal St... Boston.
Consignments Solitiilteéi and Cash Advances
a s.

1~ish’s American Manual of

PARLIAMENTARY ‘LAW

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

Circular of commendation free. Price by
mail prepaid; cloth, 50 cents ; leather tucks,
31.00. Postage stamps received.

Address, J. T. Conn, Schoolcraft. or

G-EIO. T. FISH.

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

SHORT_- HORN BULL
F()I{ SZXLUIC. I
(No. 38,566. American Herd Book.)

This animal is a dark red, two years old, is
kind and is a sure stock getter. As I have no
further use for him he will be sold cheap.
Also a.

DARK RED BULL CALF.

Address or call on
GEO. W. JUDSON.

Schoolcralt, Mich.

February 10, I883. l5feb3t

Ar '1‘I-I OROIIGHBIIED

DEVON BULL.

FOR SALE.

Two years old, fair size, and a fine animal.
For particulars address :

JOHN PRESTON,
Pnsasaxr, Kent Co., Mich.

DAKOTA LAND
IN TRAIL COUNTY

To rent for cash or on shares. Ready for
seeding in spring. A few

GOOD FARM HANDS WANTED.

Address 6- W,” HOPE, origgg, oo_
10311415 Box 54- Dakota Ter.

POTATOES AND OATS

| FOR SALE.:

Beauty of Hebron. Early Ohio, and Chicago
Market Potatoes, Russian White Oats, 90
cents per bushel, delivered at Berlin or Grand
Rapids. New grain bags 20 cents each.
CHAS. VV. VVILDE,

Past Master Ottawa Grange,

« Berlin,,Mich

-» BEST MARKET PEAR

15feb3t

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PLUM. P
' ‘ and other Et.reesA& g(l))PLr¥,s

° , so _
llllWBEllBlES3':{i;”;‘..’::$’Z
1

' Crescent enmcky Shar lea:
"' . be ’ Billet.

Low leash '
J. B.eaC0l.fi

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