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Forcing Rhubarb.

Outside of places where there are pro-
fessional gardeners, the forcing of vege-
tables is very little known in ll-L‘-18 coun-
try. People iu general are content with
“things in their season,” and do not
trouble themselves to force or retard.
Perhaps the easiest vegetable to force is
rhubarb: and by taking a little trouble,
material for pies and sauce may be had
some weeks in advance of the supply
from the open ground. The things need-
ed are clumps of rhubarb roots, soil, and
a dark, warm place. The roots should
be dug before the ground freezes, but in
most places there is usually an "open
spell” this month when it may he done.
As ﬁne rhubarb as we ever saw was
forced in a barrel or cask; the roots
placed in on a layer of soil and surround-
ed by it. the cask covered tight and set
near the furnace in the cellar. A box
to hold the roots, and set in a cupboard
or closet in the kitchen, will answer; or
abox or barrel may be placed in the
kitchen. Keep moderately warm, and
see that the roots are suﬁiciently moist.
Afew 1-ogts will give an astonishingly
abundant supply. much more tender and
crisp and less violently sour than the
out-door ci-op.—Arrwrz'can Ag1'zculturz'sf.

SUBSTITUTE FOB Gnsss FBAMES.—Tl.1e
I risk Farmer’: Gazette prints the follow-
ing: If gardeners and others Wlll give
a trial to the following P1911: they W111
ﬁnd it less than one-fourth the expense
of glass frames and much more useful:
Take white calico of a close texture,
stretch it and nail it on frames of any
size you wish; mix two ounces of hme
water, four ounces of linseed oil, one
ounce of white of eggs and spread even-
ly on the cloth with a brush.

DON'T welt for somedody else to go
ahead. Break your own th. Don't
ul: of!‘ to day’s work uut 1 to-morrow
£1 hopes that it will be done for you.

diiiiulluul Eeiiilmul.

“SOMEHOW OR OTHER WE GET ALONG.”

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The good wife hustled about the house,
Her face still bright with a pleasant smile
As broken snatches of happy song
Strengthened her heart and hands the while.
The good man sat in the chimney nook,
His little clay pi e within his li s,
And all he had ma e and all he’d l)ost
Ready and clear at his ﬁnger tips.

“Good wife, I’ve just been thinking a bit:
Nothing has done very well this year,
Honey is bound to be hard to get,
Ever_vthing’s sure to be very dear.
How the cattle are going to be fed,
How we’re to keep the boys at school,
Is a kind of debit and credit sum
I can't make balance by any rule."

She turned around from the baking board
And faced him with a cheerful laugh;
“W'hy, husband, one would really think
That the good rich wheat was only chaff.
And what if wheat is only chaff.
As long as we both are well and strong;
I'm not a woman to worry 0. bit,
Somehow or other we'll get along.

“Into all lives rain must fall,
Over all lands the storms must beat,
But when the rain and the storm are o’er
The after sunshine is twice as sweet.
Through ever straight we have found a road,
In every grief we have found a song.
We have had to bear. and had to wait,
.3ut somehow or other Weive got along.

“For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other. whatever befell:

Six boys have called us ‘father’ and ‘mother,’
And all of them living and doing well.

We owe no man a pony, my dear,
We both of us living and well and strong.

Good man, I wish you would smoke again,
And think how well we have got along.”

He ﬁlled his pipe with a pleasant laugh.
He kissed his wife with a. tender pride,
He said, "I’ll do as you tell me, love,
l’ll just count up the other side.”
She left him alone with his better thought,
And lifted her work with a low, sweet song,
A song that's followed me many a year——-
“Somehow or other we'll get a'ong l"

The Holsteins.

It has been said, and truly, the.‘
“He who causes two -bladr.-s of grass
to grow where but one grew before, is
a public benefactor.” The saying
holds good in reg‘-ml to other things
as Well as the growing of grass. He
who shall put us in the way 0. produc-
ing two pounds of butter, as cheaply
as we now produce one, will bea bene-
factor to the farmers.

The production of bultter by the av-
erage farmer of Michigan does not pay
the cost, does not give anything like a
fair return for the labor, indoors or
out expended to get it. We have kept
a personal record, have read reports of
dairymen, and talked with farmers
who have paid some attention to the
subject, and as a conclusion ﬁnd, that
1-50 pounds is a pretty good average
for 9. cow to make in a year.

Now for an approximate cost. We
feed our cows during the winter
months, commencing in Novemb-r
and keeping it up until into May, fully
six months. at. least, four quarts of
ground feed; a mixture of oats, corn,
and wheat screenings, worth at cheap-
est price, one cent per quart making
$1.20 per month, or $7.20 for the six
months. She will also require a ton
of hay or its eq .iva.lent, worth usmlly
$10.00. If we raise a large amount of
corn, and preserve the fodder in good
condition, we may in kc the cost of
rough feed somewhat less than if feed-
ing exclusively on hay, but - the esti-
mate we will ﬁnd is not too high.

The pasture through the summer is
worth $10.00 more making in all $27.20
for feed alone. These ﬁgures are as
low as it is possible to make them, and
treat our cows with any generosity or
fairness if we expect a return in kind.

The trouble with agricultural jour-
nals usually is, they put the cost of
keeping too low, and proﬁt of pro-
duce too high; quoting city markets,
when farmers must sell at their home
market unless the special business en-
gaged in is large, or there is a co-ope.'a-
tion and production of the same quali-
ty of the article, ny several persons.
Neither one of these things at present
at least, can the average farmer proﬁt
by. Last year in our market town
the average price of butter was 20 cents
per pound. The year before 16 cents,
both much higher than the preceding
two or three years. 150 pounds of but-
ter at 20 cents per pound is $30_00, at
16 cents $24 00, leaving a proﬁt to pay
for labor on the one hat (1 of $2.80, on
the other a. loss of $3.20. This is-not
a fancy sketch, but the real truth.
Ask farmers if it pays to make butter?
“N 0,” "they will say, “but we must
have it to use, and it is handy to have
some left over to buy groceries etc.”

They keep no account of the actuall In the same Journal for January,

cost, one great drawback to agricult-
ural proeperity but keep right on year
after year in the same old routine. Ev-
en if weleave the cost ofpasture cuten-
tirely, which some may think is too
high, and the particulars of which we
do not wish to enter into now, even
then there would be but a. small mar-
gin left to my for feeding, watt-ring,
stabling, milking, and the manif ld
manipulations of the milk to trans-
form it 'to butter.

But there is no use dwelling on the
dark side of the picture if there is any
way of re-niedying it. In this cure we
think there is. 0:" course if we could
reach a first-class market. that would
help us, but this can not he done, as
we said in fore. Without co operazirn,
and we are not quite rea‘y yet far
that.

ll we could double the prmluctiou,
making an average of 300 pounds in-
stead of 1-30 then at 20 cents per pound
we would have $60 00, left, or about
that, to pay.t'or labor‘ expended. \Ve
have studied this subject a long time,
and have seen many ways in which
there might be improvement in the
line of butter production, him the first
step we would advise taking is to begin
with the right class of cows. Of
course each person interested in this
subject has his own ideas of which
breed of cattle is best adapted to the
wanls of the farmer. E-ich may be
good in its way, but for the average
farmer of Michigan it is home im-
provement we seek after. The small
farmer of from -10 to 160 acres of land,
who to make it proﬁtable must vary
his crops, producing something or
most everything that can be pml’li:l-
bly grown on this soil, and in this
climate We must not lose sight of.

VVe know of no breed of cattle
which can so meet his wants as tho.-
Holsteiu. Yes, they are great milk-
ers; is what: many say who have never
seen nor paid any attention lo ihem,
but that seems to imply that lll-.:l‘8 2.-i
something wrong somewhere; 23-.
though the milk might be partly of
the pump variety or as though it was
not milk we wanted. The Holstein is
of ﬁne form, not rough as has been
claimed by some, although not so
square and of blocky shape as the
Hereford or shorthorn which have
been bred so long for beef-producing
qualities. Yet the real animals, not
pictures, will not unfavorably com-
pare with the so-called beef breeds.
and their meat is claimed to be equal
in point of distribution of fat, the
point par excellence in a well-bred
steak or roast. ‘

The Holstein matures early. The
calves are hearty, eager esters, and
the large amount of skimmed milk
left after taking _the cream for butter,
makes it necessary to supply but little
other food for their rapid growth.

Their milking points are all well
developed and the whole heed seem
characteristically alike, which looks
to us as though deep milking would
not been accident, but a surety.
Now, for some proofs in regard to
their milking qualities.

First, before going into these de-
tails I would call your. attention to a
remark in the “American Stock Book
and Farries" as to the milking quali-
ties of the Shorthorn. The idea is
somewhat prevalent, that journal
says: “That Shorthorn cows are not
good milkers. It; has been obtained,
without doubt from the fact of the
well-known efforts made to perfect
their fattening qualities in accordance
with Bakewell, saying that all was
useless that was not beef; and it is
true of many families of shorthorns.
Others are superior milkers. The
original Holstein blood of the Durham
and Holderness districts was famous
for its milking qualities, and it is dif-
ﬁcult to breed it out with all the cul-
ture which modern improved short-
horns have received.” _

If we trace the Shorthorns all
through their history we will ﬁnd the‘
milking families to consist of the
white, spotted and roan varieties,
descendants of the same cattle whose
color and “milking quality” have not
been entirely. improved away. The
milk record of the Holstein is simply
enormous. In the "Livestock Jour-
nal” for May 1876, is a very elaborate
account giving as a result 225 Hol-
stein cows showing an averave of
8,833 pounds of milk per year.

“ «-2». .:-.\:I:.:'.-¢r:'..:'7;x... xvi} ea.-.--;gg..-.-n--;.;.,,,.-,-»-.,,;, ,,

1875, acorrespoudent of the Western
Rural say.-. “he has a heifer from
which 4} pounds of butter are made
from every 6 gallons of milk.”

In the March number we have an
account of one pound of butter from
14 pounds. of milk, and the same writ-
er brings testimony to prove they
are not gross feeders as has sometimes
been clainied, but require less food for
size than the other breeds.

the famous Holstein c-ow “Tak-
claar“ made in six days 17 pounds 14
ounces of llll-'.l€l‘. “(w'waau” belong-
ing to.l. Tetfi, Elgin, Illinois, from
May 9th. 1876 to April 13, 1577, gave
l2.00$l,'; pounds of milk.

’.«-ferring to the catalogue of Smith
it l.)1-W€ll,Syl‘&Cll89 N. Y., we sew at
the head “.-\9zie"' wltha I":(3-irll of
5-1,‘ prunds in one day, 18004 15-16
pounds in one year.

Ten t-owns three years old andup-
wards averaging 1-1,10-l l-3-18 pound.-
in u iriilkiizg year, and 1:.’ liclf:-r.: two
years and under. averagin-tr 9,71‘.
pounds. Buttzr from 19 1516 ll.’ head.
to 8 5-1-5 by :i heifer 23 months old.

Nearer home in our own State we
have “(‘.hautauqua Gir ” owned by
'\V. K hfexton of Howell, with a milk
record at 8.’) pounds; in one day, Il_~«lli0
in thirty days, and a butter record of
three pounds per day. It vvziv. his
small, though very select. haul of
Holsteins we ﬁrst had the privilege of
seeing, and being particularly struck
with their appearance, as embodying
all our ideal of what a Cow should bu,
because of her great use to, and her
ii‘.-timafe relation to mankind, we
since, have embraced every oppor-
tunity ti S’ll‘.ly her hist,or_y and char-
u‘:’ieristlv:s. \Ve ﬁnd these to be of 21
very strong character indeed. All
their qualily is deep milking richness,
and keeping quality of milk, about
the latter of which might be written
an article itself, so much difference is
there in milk in this respect, their
large size, prime b.-7+-f, early maturi y,
easy keeping and in connection with
all these the strength and uniformity
of their charclerizing points, make
them a safe investment for the farmer
who desiresto improve the milking
qualibes of his cows. If he have
sliorthorn, or shorthoin grades not
only the milking qualities will be in-
crea.-u:.i, but the size and vigor of the
animals crossed with the Holstein
blood. At present prices, it will be
hardly possible for the average farmer
to purchase 2. herd of pure blood Hols-
t -in c(=W;-', but he can avail himself of
across, being careful to select pure
srouk, and by :2 careful and judici us
lireeding so improve the quality of the
cows he keeps, that his butler will
bring him full returns for his labor,
besides leaving a margin of proﬁt,
both on it, and the animals he will
have to sell for beef. E. G. w.

Some Good Varieties of Polaloes.

Brother C'obb:——In looking over the
Vtsiron of March 1st, I notice let-'
ters from several brothers in regard
tothe VV'uite Elephant potato.‘ Last
year I planted one pound of seed con-
sisting of four small potatoes on black.
sandy. and clay soil. They were cul
tivated but once each way with a
horse and were never hoed. I har-
vested from them two and «..\ne-half-
bushels by measure. I raised eléven
other varieties, two of which I can
highly recommend.

I planted one peek of the Chicago
market variety, about the middle of
June: The seed had been kept ina
wariu, damp. cellar, and had grown
sprouts from a foot to eighteen inches
long, and the sprouts had sapped the
potatoes to such_an extent that fully
onehalf of the. hills never started.
These were "planted close to the woods,
and about one-fourth of these gave
very light returns on account of the
shade. Nearly one-half of the remain-
der were planted on’ a stiff sod. These
suffered to quite an extent" from the
drouth. I harvested fourteen and
three-fourths bushels of as handsome
potatoes as I ever saw. Tubers large,
solid, never hollow, good keepers, dry
and mealy. One of the very best for
table or market; eyes few, and even
with the skin; earlier than the Early
Rose. and much resembling it in color
and shape. I have about ten bushels
for sale. ’

The Early Rose seed, nearly all

grew, but yielded fully :30 per cent
less from the same amount of ground.
I will next speak of the Early Ver-
mont. A variety which I have l'8.lSl‘ d
four seasons. And all who have ever
tested this variety under favorable
circumstances can testify that 1 do
not praise them too highly. In form
and color they are similar to the Early
Rose. ’[‘uber~z . large, never hollow,
flesh white, dry and me-aly, excellem
for table use or market. They are
very productive, ripen about the same
time as the Early Rose, and will keep
nicely under favorable circumstances
until the first of July. I have also a
few bushels of these and twenty-five
bushels of VVnite Russian Oats for
sale. H. M. K,l(‘l<I.
Lawrence. Van Buren C0,, Mich.

Silos.

Silos have been used in this vicinity
thr-':e seasons. int‘-lu_ing the l-i‘e5<t'l}t
winter. It. is time now perhaps to be
able to form some estimate of their
general .~.«ll-'.‘.(,'*?.‘-H as an investment in
milk farming.

A good ;-ilo built of masonry can be
made for about om -.l0llB.r per ton of
its storage cap~icit.y; varying some-
what according ti size, natural ml-
vantsges of situation, etc. \Vooden
ones may be built cheaper, but are not
expected to last as long. To this
must be added the cost of cutter and
power. For asmall silo 3. horse-power
will «lo verv Well, but for cutting two
or three lundred tons of green corn.
steam is the cheapest power. It is ad-
mitted by all who have watched its
ll.~If~‘ that it is a perfectly healthy food
for cattl-—. Even better than hay some
claiui, as it pre.-‘serves the corn in a
green and succulent condition, thus
keeping a summer feed for winter use.
and answering the pzirpn-se of more
which the English f’u‘.'rners prize so
highly.

But corn stalk;-1 are not a w-;-.ll-bal-
anmd food by l.hem~u--lves, wlu-tlior
sqreeit. or dry; and it is geticrally con-
cede-l that the best results are ob-
tained by feeding eusilage will; hay
and grain. Some however have made
experiments in wintering dry cows
and oxen entirely on ensilage and re
port fair success. The estimates ofils
value as compared with hay vary a
good,deal.

One large milkman whom I inter-
viewed says that when fed with hay
and grain in the production of milk,
two tons of ensilage are equal in value
to one ton of hay. Other estimates
vary some accordingx, to how it is used;
most of them placing its value at
from one-half to one fourth that of
hay by weight. As the yield is from
ten to thirty tons per acre by antiisil
test. and the cost of a rilo need not
exceed the cost of a barn to stores.
correspondingamounttif hay, it will
be seen at once that ensilage furnishes
a cheap and proﬁtable fodder.

The first serious set back that ensi-
lage has received is from the New
York Condensed Milk Company who
buy a large proportion of the milk
produced here. After long and care
ful experiment they have decided not
to buy any more milk made from en-
silage Altnough it is perfectly sweet
when received, and good in all the
elemenis that go to make rich milk,
yet its keeping qualities are impaired.
As their condensed milk is sealed up
in tin cans and warranted to keep for-
ever, if its keeping Qualities are not
perfect it is unﬁt for their use. Eu
silage milk however, makes excelle‘ t
butter, and sells well in the New
York market. And as its most enthu-
siastic admirers are those that have
used it the most, I think we may
safely say that the silo has made it-
self a. permanent institution in our
farming. C. E. BENTON.

Sharon, Conn, M arch 25, 1884.

ONE of the results of the late Commis-
sioner he Duo’s experiment in tea rais-
ing at the South has been the adoption
of the tea plant in some locaﬁties as a
hedge plant, for which it is admirably
adapted when soil and climate are con
genial to its growth. It grows low. bushy
and well branched, with dark, glossy.
evergreen leaves, and in autumn is dec-
orated with large. pure white ﬂowers.

LAST year’s sorghum crop in the
United States yielded 12,898.098 gallons
of syrup and 509,731 _pounds of sugar.
Kansas led in production of syrup, and
New Jersey produced the most sugar.
The sugar sold readily at eight cents,
and the syrup at from 40 to 60 cents.

Proper Food for Chickens.

A Dutchess county, N. Y.. poultry
raiser sends the following excellent and
practical article to the (Jou/itry G« nth-
man.‘ "For young chicks Just hatched I
use a custard made of equal parts of
eggs and milk. The voting things est
very little, and thatlittle must be whole-
some and satisfying. To have strong.
sturdy chicks. they should remain on the
nest at least 48 hours after hatching. As
soon as all the eggs which will are
hatched I clear the nest of shells and
nnhafched eggs, throw the hen off the
nest \having previously placed food and
drink within her reach) and allow her to
remain until her Wants are relieved, after
which she will return and be quiet for
the -l8ll0l1l‘6, or until time to remove
her. with her brood. to the coop or build-
ing where they are to remain
until weaned. lf ll steady sit-
ter. and the eggs are all right.
the hen will hutch them out uni-
formly. Long before the chicks begin to
hatch all unfertilized eggs should have-
bcen removed from the nest. At the end
of the lirst twenty-fclir hours I place
some of the custard on re shingle in front
of U1‘: nest, and the hen. if ll good
mother, will call lirr l}l'(|O(l and lttll
tlaeni. This food is live vi.-rv llldﬁi tl.'e_\'
can take. l:(-mg soft, tllgtﬂlllllrl and un-
tritious. It is nearly the same nour1.-'tx-
ment that he-i'utl'>fore has supplietl Illl‘
growth of the chicks. I generally at-
range to lll.VH several broods hatch at
the same time. when there is little
trouble. I feed the chicks s-onietimes
half a dozen times :1 day when small.
They do not run at large. except in the
very warmest portion of the day, until
after 8(’V6!‘lll days, and if the weather is
bad, not before a week old. I continue
this custard, beginning when two or
three days old, to introduce with it
cracked corn.whe-at or buckwhczit, so that
they may become ll.(,‘('ll.‘ifUl1l(‘tl to it by de-
grees until capable of subsisting on it
entirely. When fed whole grain. or even
meal, the chicks must be allowed plenty
of fresh drink (water is the be.-sfiuud run
on the ground or where they can have
free access to gravel or coal ashes. For
green food I use chopped onion tops if
I can get them. If not, I give ﬁnely cut
lettuce, fresh tender glass or running
mallows, of which they are very food
when in conﬁnement. My ClllCl{.‘-l al-
ways thrive: I seldom lose any. To make
the custard I take one egg. Well beaten,
and add three tablet-pooiituls of new
milk and bake in a small shallow pan.
This preparation makes a cinatard so still
that it Wllll)l"(‘tllilllLl)l1l.ll.lp5 and H0111‘ is
wasted, as \Vl)l1lll be the case with softer
foml Itis bette.-tlmiilniul boiled eggs.
I have used bread and milk. but it is not
so good. One egg makes i-tutﬁcicnt food
per day for eight or ten chicks at first, of
the small breeds. The larger breeds of
chickens can sooner be weaned oil". The
expense is not great. taking into account
the nice, thirfly condition of the fowls.
They keep ahead of all disease, and
there is no loss if careful to prevent ac-
ci:lents. They make ﬁne birds when
grown up, and splendid hens for egg
production. With the closest calcula-
tion it takes about :1 bushel of corn per
year fora hen. If other grain is used
with it of course less will be required.
but all fowls for thrift and proﬁt must
be given one feed of corn daily. With-
out it they stop just short of the desired
result. whether it be ﬂesh or eggs. I
feed adult or laying fowls a soft, warm
feed in the morning, and ﬁnd the quan-
tity of eggs increased by doing so.”

The Milk War.

There is a great deal of irregular moral
suasiou going on in some of the dairy
districts from which our city’s supply of
milk is largely drawn, but so far as the
question of prices is concerned the far-
mers are in the right. Prices are cus-
tomarily made by sellers, not buyers,
and if the buyer does not like them it is
his business to go without unless he can
ﬁnd the s e article somewhere else at
ﬁgures wit 1!] his means. No one who
knows anything about farming can im-
agine for a moment that three cents per
quart, which is the price the dairymen
have been receiving, is enough for milk
during the season when the animals
must be sheltered and carefully fed in-
stead of being allowed to graze. The
farmers demand a half cent more per
quart, and they deserve it. If they can-
not get it in any other way let them
combine and supply consumers direct,
without assistance from pump handles
or water faucets, and the business will
soon regulate itself.—— [ErcIian_qe.

BIunl’s Proliﬁc Corn lor Ensilage.

B. P. Ware, of Massachusetts, last
season planted four acres of Blunt’s
Proliﬁc, some of which grows to 1-5
feet in height, and some will weigh
nine pounds to the stalk. He culti-
vated with horse-power. and seven
men and two horses were employed
in_ harvesting; and thee were neces-
sary to keep the cutter running with
a six-horse power engine (which he
ordinarily used for pumping water.)
He cut the ensilage at three eights of
an inch, and applied to the silo a pres-
sure of 1,000 pounds to a square yard.
The silos were ﬁlled with the product
of four acres of corn and three acres
of roweu. In feedin- he gave 60
pounds a day, or two bushels to each
cow. His animals liked it.
creased the quantlt of their milk and

its quality is excel ent.

It in-

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INDEX 1‘() THIS NUMBER.

Forcing Rheubarb—Soznehow or Other. We
Get Along—The Holsteins—Souie Good Varie-
ties of Potatoes—Silos—Proper Food for
Chickens The Milk War—Blunt's Proliﬁc
Corn for Ensilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Dangerous Classcs—Shall Trivial Suits be

Appealed I‘--Worthy Master Luce and His
Work-—Exe3utive Committee Report . . . . .. 2

Planting Apple Trees—Michigan State Horti-
cujtm-31 society---Berrieu County Horticul-
tural Society—Set Grape Vines--Our State
Reports—.\Iichigan Crop Report—Hoticultur—
al Papers-Make a Home Market—Grand Ag-
ricultural Conveiition—Notices of Meetings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

The Biver—-A Farmer and His Wife Eighteen
Hundred Years Ago—Address of Welcome-
How to Elevate the Bace—Telcgraph Monon-
oly—-Beecher on Mouopolies-Judicial Ascer-
tainmexit—’I‘he Cause of Panic:-i—Small Bed-
Chanibt>rs——This Maelstrom, This Wall Street
—Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Work for Coriventions to Do—Our Great Source
of Wealth—Orchar(l Grass—How I liaise ii.
Calf—A Drop of Oi1~Hog Statistics——Proper
Economy-—'l‘o the Boys of Calhoun County-
The Cost of Raising Wheat-Churiiing—Am-
erioau Newspapers in 1883—A Half-Finished
Wedding-—What is Co-operation ?—Advcr-
tisenients .................................. .. 5

Some Results of Grange Work—Sheep-Breed-
era’ and Woo1—Growers’ Meeting—Trai1spor-
tation Bill--Proﬁt in Walnut Culture- They
Stayed on the Farmvsalt for Weeds .... .. 6

Weaving the Web—To Overcome Dillidence—
At Our Post-Goiug to School— A Little Light
From Fred-Grandna’s lnvitation—’l‘he
Reaper 1)eath—-Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . .. 7

To a Monopollst-Telegraph ‘Pole Question—
Street Car-s— Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stttelms Qepnlmul

J. T. Cons, — —

SCEIOOLCRAFT.

THE DANGEROUS CLASSES.

Dr. Howard Crosby. in the current
number of the North American Re-
view, declares that the most. dangerous
classes in the country are the rich and
powerful. rather than the degraded
and criminal classes. “What we have
to fear," he .-xiys, “is ill». encroach-
meurs of these iiillaiental elements
upon the rights of the people, until,
under :-i sense of oppression, the peo-
ple who are naturally timid and slow
to act in organization, are forced into
uuitvd resistance, which necessarily
{from the constitution of the masses)
becomes destructive to civil zatiou
and local well-being.”

It is not to be denied that in allgreat
centers of population there are classes
of people who are regarded as the fruit-
ful source of public danger and hence,
have been termed the dangerous clas-
ses. Their very existence is a stand-
ing mz-nace to the welfare of society.
They are the oﬁspring of pauperism
and crime, and are held in restraint
sole y by the sense of fear. In every
emergency of public peril, when the
administration of the law is likely to
be hampered or delayed, these vicious
elements are ready to unite in riot,
pillage and bloodshed. It is perfectly
well known that if the pressure of the
law were for any cause relaxed for a
single night in Chicago, no o=..e’s life
would be safe. These people are al-
ways ready for open revolt against
civilization, without special provoca-
tion, despotism and oppression would
make them no worse, and the blessing-
of freedom do not change their char-
acter for the better. They are rep-
resentatives of ﬁerce brute force and
they must be kept down by the same
kind of force. These fellows and des-
peradoes infest every city and consti-
tute what are popularly termed the
dangerous classes. Yet our greatest
dangers do not have their origin in
these classes. They are seldom capa-
ble of uniting in their wu iipon soci-
ety, and are readily held in check,
unless aided or encouraged by the in-
dustrious working classes. In the
terrible riots of 1877, in Pittsburg and
Chicago, the real damage was done
mainly by his and vicious wretches
to whom the restraints of law and or-
der are always an intolerable oppres
sion. As soon as the working classes
are oppressed beyond endurance they
are likely to join hands for the time
with these worthless outlaws.

The root and foundation of the
greatest dangers which threaten the
stability of all good government may
be found in the peculiar oppression of
concentrated wealth. In this country
the most despotic of all power is that
Monopoly facilitates
the sudden accumulation of enormous
fortunes, and the wealth thus acquired
entrenches and builds up monopoly.
Dr. Crosby Says‘

“The endless resources of material
wealth in our mines, and our means
of communication enable the. quick
unscrupulous to become the oligarchs
of this money-po aver, ordinary ability
and honesty being run over and

d f t ‘n the competi-
tiir:il:.1p1’I“lieuiil1ei‘irwl)1?) wield this power

’can control legislatures, courts, and

executive oi3ﬁcers,_ and so cover thei;
tyrannical acts with the semblance o
legality. Their most oppressive con-

some law, or at least, in opposition to
no law. Where favorable legislation
for them is not obtained, unfavorable
legislation is prevented. But is not
this bribery ? Of course it is. But ii
is bribery presented with all the re-
ﬁnement of art, and all the dignity of
statesmanship. It is bribery so
seriously practiced and on so colossal
a scale, that the public eye is dazed
and the public mind deceived or be-
wildered. Under its effects transac

tions which, in the narrow sphere of a
petty thief would send him to prison,
are wrought on every side in the mil

lions of railway stocks and the per-
petrators “remain as members of the
most reputable political and commer-
cial society of the land.”

In every thoughtful mind there is a
sense of danger from the cuncentration
of excessive power in the hands ofa
few.In many cases the power acquired
by the inonopolists of wealth has not
been wielded against the people with
its full force, yet there is an uneasy
consciousness that the power is in-
crtasing rapidly and no means of re
sistauce are at hand. It is seen that
the means of transportation, which
are essential to modern civilization,
are rapidly passing under the control
ofa party of men numbering less than
the executive cabinet of a great gov-
ernment. These men constitute a
royal family with more than kingly
power. ’I‘hei - power over transporta-
tion enables them to gt;-tsp the means

telephone throughout the entire coun-
try. Our source of power not only
perpetuates itself, but duplicates itself
many times in the usurpation of other
and distinct laws of inﬂuence. These
same men make but a small addition
to their number to control the entire
petroleum traffic, involving one of the
greatest necessities of modern life. It
is but astep further, and that step will
soon be taken to control the great
newspapers of New York and other
cities, and to take possession of the
transmission of the daily news to ti‘ty
millions of people. This same regal
houseis watching every great inven-
tion and as fast as man gains power
over nature, the application of that
power is duly patented and transferred
to this oligarchy. Thus their power
has extended over all the productions
ofa great and prosperous nation. All
of this usurpation 0‘ power is entren-
ched behind the sacred rights of
property, and no point seems open to
attack. livery scheme to iestrict or
curtail the power of monopolies seems
to be impracticable. In the meantime
the people in some of the iuastern
States are in a condition of bondage.
Theirlotis growing more unendurable
every year. Our greatest dangers arise
from the fact that the whole problem
may be solved by violence. When the
abstract rights of property are used as
apart of the engine-iy of oppression
they may not always be respected.
Ml‘. Fronde says, “there only so may
concrete rights in the world as there is
power to enforce.” The inonopolists
have practiced exactly upon this prin-
ciple with the understanding that, al-
though in the minority in number
they were in the majority in ppwer.
Ifstuch a principle should be reversed
in its application, their fortiﬁcation or
abstract property rights would be over-
thrown, and with it would be broken
up, the foundation of law and order.
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SHALL TRIVIAL SUITS BE APPEALED?

illr. Thomas J. Ililler: In your air-
ticle found in the VISITOR of April 1,
you assert that I seem to be laboring
under a very serious mistake, and that
mistake consists as, I understand you,
in wandering from the question Ilﬂdtl‘
discussion, which you by reference ﬁx
to ai. quotation from my a ticle in the
VISITOR of December 15, as follows:
“The Legislature of 1883 can perform
no duty so acceptable to the people or
this S ate as to enact that no suit shall
go on appeal to the circuit court when
thejudgment in the lower court was
less than $100.” To this statement

endeavoring to show that my propos-
ed remedy would only aggregate the
evil—would be worse than the wrongs
complained of.”

Well, that was a laudable endeavor,
and we will look over the ground you
have traveled, and try and ascertain
how you have succeeded. Before do.
ing so we will brieﬂy refer to rea on‘-
we have given, and may give to sus
tain the statement quoted. to which
you took exception.

As a fundamental proposition we
say that a community has rights as well
as an lndividual,and this proposition is
wholly ignored undera judicial system
that not onlyin theory, but in practice,
permits a $1,000 in costs to be taxed in a
suit where but $1 is in dispute. If the
object of law is the protection of the in-
dividual, we in no way violate that ob-
ject when we give him two chances to
obtain his rights, and at the same
time protect the community of which
he is a member from a raid upon it by
him, that may cost that community a
hundred dollars for every dime in-
volved primarily in the litigation. It
is no where denied that cases are com-
mon where the small sum made the
basis of litigation is lost sight of and
hid entirely from view by the accumu-
lated costs and expenses that are sad-
dled upon the people on the one hand
and the litigants on the other.

I have suggested a measure of relief

to which you object, and ‘your argu-

duct will be shown in obedience tol

ofeommunicatir-ii by telegraph and:

you object and have, as you say, “been

ment so far as I have measured it, is
simply this: Justice of the peace, a e
ignorant, purchasable blatheiskitrs,
elected mainly as a reward for party
services, and wholly unﬁt totry a case
of difference between two ctr er citi-
zens. If you had gone on and shown
that parties were sure of obtainingjus-
tics in .he circuit court, your position
while not very complimentary to the
justices of the peace of this State,
would have had something to
stand on. But you know that the
judgment rendered by a justice or a
jury before such justice, is as likely to
be conﬁrmed as reversed in the circuit
and, if again taken to the supieme
court, it simply takes another chance.
And you also know that the _jzzsticr3
that you have been talking about don’t
stand a ﬁrst chance in the circuit or
supreme court, if a technicality can be
interjected into . paper or proceeding
of the case. You say, “should the right
of appeal he denied the hole people
would soon lose all 1'v,i_;al‘d for law ”

A~ that statement of opinion has
notlilng to support it, I sung:-st this
fact asa siibstitutr. “' lie people” now
have no real respect for the apnlication
and enforcement of laws under the
rules, usages and practice of our pres-
eutjudicial system. And we know of
no one thing that the people are so en-
tirely in accord in wanting as this, that
thejudicial machinery of the coun-ry
shall have infused into it something of
the spirit of the age—and that the ad-
ministration of justice shall practical-
ly correspond with tther departments
,f government.

You have deﬁned the subject of dis-
cussion and stated your objection to
the plan I presented of restricting
cases from appeal to the circuit court,
by some reference to the amount in-
volved. We have not assumed that
these ( liicials were models of judicial
excellence, but the worst of them can-
not exhibit a greater disregard of busi-
ness usages and the principles 0f(:nlll-
noon justice, than is seen at the sestiou
of any and every circuit court. And
here is where the skill of the lawyer
comes in to make clear to that juiy,
“that is sworn to render a true verdict
according to law and evidence given to
them in open court,” everything that
relates to the case either directly or
indirectly, “if ittakes all summer."
There is nothing so nice as juslicc. To
get a dollar that be,ongs to 9. fellow, it
is pleasant to know, that having es-
caped the perils of a justice coui't——by
appeal to the circuit—that somewlit.-re‘
in the dllll distant future, if his purse
i-i more plethoric than the other fel-
low’s, he will either get the dollar that
belongs to him or he won’t. VVhat do
the people‘, wLo have nothing intn XS
matter, care how much it costs theili.
They have the satisfaction of knowing
that if some legal technicality has not
been thrust in, or some juror “sworn
to render a true verdict according to
law and evidence given in open court,”
is not so pig-headed that he can't see
it as the other eleven do, that _ju.»-nice
has been done and the fellow has got
his dollar.

‘Sow, Farmer I-Iiller,it is idle to talk
about getting justice by taking a case
wliere a small amount is pending, to
the circuit court. Once there, iti a
matter of ui certainty, subject to mul-
; tiplied contingencies that. a removal
l from thejurisdiction ofajustice of the
-‘ peace only serves to increase.

You are mistaken in assuming that
I think “the legal profession an en-
tirely to blame for the vast amo..nt of
appeals that are taken to the circuit
court." Litlgants are also to blamt;
and what I seek bylegislation is, lirst
to protect the community from the on-
erous burden fastened upon it by ex-
isting law and usage. Secondly, to
protect the litigants themselves from
the conseouences of their own folly.
Thirdly, to relieve the docket from
this class of cases so that the judicial
machinery or the circuit court m'ay
have time to grapple with cases while
yet in their youth, where sums are in-
volved that bear some sort of relation
to the expensivenesslof the machinery
employed in their adjudication.

Now we have brieﬂy said our say,
and talked to the statement to which
you invited our attention, and we
are willing to rest our case without
declaring our doxy in religious mat-
ters, our political party preferences, or
views upon the question of suffrage.

If you can point out a’ better way to
accomplish the same result, we are
quite willing to adopt it. We were
about to say, join with you in seeking
to bring about the needed reform.
But that is hardly admissable; for
though lawyers have frequently ad-
mitted to me that the legislative re-
striction which Iadvocate isjust what
is needed, yet v e have never heard
of but two that had by word or act
done anything in this direction, and I
have no conﬁdence that they will. It
is an invitation to curtail business-
has no proessional precedent, and no
professions! countenance and support.

Your enquiry as to my vote cannot
be answered; First, because I have no
sort of recollection as to how I voted
or whether I voted at all or not; and,
secondly, because it has ncthing to do
with the question which you insist
shall be ﬁrst disposed of. But as you
assume that the VISITOR is a partisan
sheet, and silent as the “House of
death,” when its political friends are
candidates tor office, we will follow

1

your lead away from the main ques-
tion far enough to enlighten you on
this point. i

The VISITOR, like Lawyer Hiller, is
an anti-monop list. Cnlike him it is
not Democratic, Republican or Na-
tional in politics. And again it is like
him in being as nearly without any
réligion, as he has de lared himself to
be, and as our acquaintance seems
likely to be extended, we will add for
his information why jt is thus:

The VISITOR is a Grange paper, es-
tablished to promote and adva ee the
interests of the Order, and of the agri-
cultural class 0! the country which ob-
jects are in entire harmony. In its
“declaration of purposes ’ the Grange
has declare d that it “is not a political
or party organisation. ’
[TOR has been so far faithful to this
declaration.

No "grand old party” or young par-
ty, has been supported by the ViSI'i‘oR
nor has the name of ‘any individual
been presented or advanced for‘ any
office by the '\'isi'i'oi< during the seven
years of its e-xi:-itence. We Illellilnll
these facts so tli.v.t you may not u auie
your strength lies. iiig wildly about
under the lll]_' ressiou that you are hit-
iing the VISITOR and its manager. As
“the question before the house” is
more iiiiportaut to the readers of the
\'isi'i'oi< than a particular statement
of “what a mean kind of anian I am,”
we will omit that until called for by
some one who ought to know. A

WORTHY MASTER LUCE AND HIS WORK.

Our readers who have read the “No-
tices of meetings” in the VISITOR will re-
member that the Worthv Master Bro.
Lune has within the last three months
been often announced for a lecture.
With characteristic punctualitv these
appointments have been met, and we
hardly need say that we hear only words
of commendation from those who heard
him. He has given attention to weak
Grauges that nestled help. and dormant
Gmnges that they might be revived. ()r-

ganizetl Allegun county Pomona Grange '

No.  on the second of March and re-
organized Washtcnaw countv Grange
No. 28, on the 28th of March. He has in
fact put in nearly all his time in active
ﬁeld work since the midtlle of January.
Nor has he desisted from this work yet,
though spring has come with its rush of
work for the farmer. VVe see he is to
be present at a meeting of the Bcrrien
county Grange at Benton Harbor on
Tuesthiy the 17th inst. and the pro-
gramme calls for :1 public address from
him in the afternoon of that day. 'l‘he
next day he will talk at Fennville. At
both these places he is likely to have a
large audience and he ciight to have,
for he is able, willing, and even anxi.-ius
to entertain. instruct, and beneﬁt
the Order, and not the Order alone
but the Agricultural class as well
from which the Order comes. From
an exchange we clip the following en-
dorsement of his work written by a
member of the bar of St. Joseph
County:

fir,/;'tor 0)'usr,ulcr.'——I was present and
listened to the very excellent address of
G. G. Luce, Master of the State Gra-nge,
delivered in the court house on the 22d
iiist., and I confess I was surprised and
chagrined to see so few of our farmers
represented an that occasion.

Mr. Luce discussed what he consid-
ered the three sources of power, viz:
Land, industry, and skill or brain pow

er, and each branch of his subject was‘

handled with skill and ability, showing
that the speaker knew well the great
power and importance of each branch of
his theme and especially the last divi-
sion, culture or brain power as an essen-
tial element of success to the farmer, his
wife and as well their sons and daughters,
was Handled with great skill and adapta-
tion to farmers’ homes——their business
and inﬂuence among men. This branch
ofthe speakers subject discussed from
a social, moral and religious standpoint,
showing very conclusively that in pro-
portion as the minds of farmers and far-
mers’ families are developed in these
three great lines of thought would they
have political and social inﬂuence in the
government and among men, and that
without this mental development farmers
will remain shorn of their just propor-
tion of power in the government, and
illy ﬁtted to elevate and digiiify their
vocation.

Farmers, I trust you will not hereafter
allow. for any slight cause, so very rare
an intellectual a treat to go by unlist-
ened to. WM. SADLER.

______________________

WHEN in Lansing about the middle of
February we called the attention of sev-
eral members of the legislature to the
importance of restricting the right of
appeal by adequate legislation and re-
ferred them to the bill which passed the
House in the session of 1879. This bill
was introduced in the ‘Senate, as we
afterward learned. was referred to the
judiciary committee, and has been re-

ported and ordered printed. The fol-
lowing form of petition has just been
received arom Senator Manwaring witha
request that it be distributed, signed
and forwarded to members:

To the Hono7'able: The Senate and House
qf Representateves of the State of M'L'cI1.z',qan.'
—'1‘he expenses and delays which attend
the determination of suits in the several
courts of our State having plaéed the
machinery of the law beyond the reach
of prudent, careful people. and seeing
no prospect of reform from those who
operate it. we turn to your honorable
bodies for relief.

The specious plea urged by inter-
ested parties that. the right of appeal
should not be abridged, ignores the im-
portant fact that the people in their col-
lective character also have rights. These
rights having long been sacriﬁced with-
out even the compensation of securing
to the individual the protection sought,
within a reasonable time and at a
reasonable cost, therefore we respect-
fully petition for such legislation as will

And the vis '

exempt the tax payers of the state from
the enormous expense which follows the
appeal of suits for trivial sums
from Justice Courts to the Circuit Court,
and often to the Supreme Court of the
State. and we respectfully recommend
that appeal cases be restricted to judge-
ments of over $50, and that provision be
made for a second trial of this class of
cases by arbitration or otherwise.

To us it seems a little late to in-
ﬂuence the legislature, but to any one
who feels like taking hold of this work
weeuggest this Detitionibe out out or
copied, and attached to a paper for sig-
natures.

In the next issue of the Visiroii we
expect to print the Bill, and shall then
say our say in regard to the matter.

T0 Sl.l;S‘Cl-l.lDERS.

We have been exceedingly annoyed of
late by complaints of non-receipt of
copies of the VISITOR bv subscribers,
owing to the extreme carelessness of the
party in charge of the mailing depart-
ment of the publishing company, who
are responsible for the work of mailing.
'1‘he work of correcting a list of over
7,000 names every two weeks is no small
task, and errors will sometimes occur.

No one among the whole number of
those to whom the paper is due can more
sincerely regret the result of the care-
less mailing than we do.

With our present understanding with
the company. and their assurance that
the mailing department shall hereafter
be under competent, responsible per-
sonal supervision. we hope no farther
cause of complaint will be given. I
shall esteem it a favor to be notified by
subscribers of any failure to receive the
VISITOR within a week after its date.
Missing numbers will be supplied from
this ollice on application.

Don’t fail to give us early notice for
it is the business of a paper to see to it
that its subscribers are properly served,
and we propose to see that those work-
ing undor our instruction do not hereaf-
ter defeat us in the discharge of curab-
ligution to our patrons.

VVE clip from “'l‘he ll‘-arui” depart-
ment of the Grand Rapids Dc/nor,-rat a
fraction of what we ﬁnd in its issue of
Mar 21st. This -lepartinmtis edited by
Hon. Charles Girﬁeld Secretary of the
State Horticultural society. Had we
received the paper sooner we should
have in-,ide further extracts. We
present this for the purpose of saying
that we shall be very glad to plane in
the l—[orticultural Department. of the
Visiroi-:, “the experience or practical
men as it occurs,” whether , we can
“Put in good shape without impairing
its accuracy,” remains to be seen.”
What has already been furnished us
required no “putting lll goml shape.”
It came in that condition and the in-
telligent gentlemen who coiripose this
class are cordially invited to for .','ard
their coat.ributio.ns in the interest. of
Horticulture and the farmers of the
country as well. \Ve promise them a
large list of readers.

BY a little mixing of names of promi-
nent horticulturists of South Haven, the
excellent article “Bliickberries" on the
ﬁfth page of the last VISITOR was
signed Joseph Lannin. .We are quite
sure that Mr. Lanniu would not hesi-
tate to father the aiticle if he could es-
tablish u legitimate claim. But as the
credit of authorship belongs to another
gentleman, we trust Mr. L. will be satis-
ﬁed if we correct a mistake that neither
he or Mr. H. J. Edgell, the author of
“Blackberries is in any way responsible
for. We hope this explanation will be
satisfactory to all parties. and will serve
to remind our readers that the time is
at hand for setting out this valuable
fruit so easily raised, and Yet by farm-
ers so much neglected.

IN response to our invitation, a
friend living on the line of the Har-
lem railroad in a milk producing
district, sent us the communication
on silos and the value of ensi-
lage. Mr. Benton is an observing
practical farmer, aud_there are proba-
bly as many silos within twenty miles
of him as in any district of the same
size anywhere in the country. This
is a matter of more importance in dai-
ry districts thun where a less exclu-
sive line of farming is practiced. We
infer however that the writer consid-
ers it proﬁtable as partial food for
otherstock, and that is the point to
fully settle berore the western farmer
invests money in building silos.

L__________:______.;.m

GIRARD, April 9. 1883.
Bro. Cobb:-—I have just received an
order for seed accompanied by the
money for the same, which was sent to
me without any address or heading to
the letter. It was postmarked Pokagon.
Now who is to have the seeds? Will
some one tell me who to send them to.
Fraternallv yours,
T. L. WHITE, Girard, Mich.
For the beneﬁt of some brother who
for once has been a little careless, we
give the above a place and hope the
party ordering the seed takes the Visi-
TOR and will see the above letter and
furnish his address in time to plant .his
garden seasonably.

Do not overlook Prof. Beal’s request
for copies of Reports. While it is true
that very manv look upon annual de-
parment and society reports as expen-
sive old lumber, yet there are those who
know their cost and value, and these are
they who read them, and we believehas
the professor intimates, that this class
is all the time on the, increase.

WE have now in stock the new “Di-
gest of the Laws and enactments of the
National Grange” issued by authority of
the national Grange as compiled by its
eqecutive commit-tee last vear. It is
very complete in its arrangement, and
no master of a grunge should be without
a copy. We have also a full supply of
the new Song Book, National Grange
Choir, and can ﬁll orders for the Glad
Echo. Price of Digest 40 cents, Na-
tional Grauge Choir, single copy 40
cents, by the doz. $4.00. Glad Echo
single copy 15 cents; by the dozen $1.80.

WE sometimes have a story in the
VISITOR. The one in this number,
“They stayed on the Farm,” should be
read by the farmer and his wife, as well
as by the story reading young people.

_________,______

SEE advertisement of Bro. Holloway.
Byit we see that he is about to retire
from active farm labor and now offers
his personal property for sale. This
looks like a chance to buy some good
stock.

SEE new atlvertiseinert “Given away
51 acres of land" on seventh page.

Executive Committee's Report.
t‘i(‘ll(>(iL(,‘Hr\ i-"1', April 5th, 185.3‘.
Pursuant to the following resolution
adopted by the State Gratige at its last
annual session, to wit: '

Iﬁcsolved, That the executive com-
mittee or a quorum lll€i'€‘0f shall meet
quarterly for the purpose of examin-
ing and auditing all aceotiiits of the
Grange, and publish the same fully
iteiiiizetl iii the edition of tlie'GRA.\'(tE
VlSl’l‘0R next following, and at the
annual meeting shall [)I‘8.~a8lll. an item-
ized accout of all the financial affairs
of the Grsugeduring the year:

The undersigned members of the
Executive Couimittee met at the otlice
of the .5‘ecx*etary on the 4th lust. and
proceeded to examine the bricks and
vouchers of his orlitte, with the follow-
ing re.-ult :

ii.6‘f€‘l'f'llL'€ had to the report of the
Executive (foiiiiiiittee sul-mitted at
the last session showe<l—

In the luiiids of T!‘(‘.(lSLll'Cl' Deceiiiber
lst, lb‘R'_’ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The books of the Secretary show
collections, from these several
sources prior to March fllst, for
whicli he holds Trcasiirer
Brown's receipts:
Fees and dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subscription to Visiroii . . . . . . . . . ..
Cmlectioiis for n.dvertising . . . . . . . . .
Receipts for supplies sold . . , . . . . . _
Interest puitl ‘-Feliruury lllth.”.. . .

$45,107

1,570
1.991)
101 (I0
27:; U5
*: :53

23

2&7

Total Resources . . . . . . . . . .. $l0,()(Hi U3
The (:‘XpelI(lltlll“:L‘~l from
1st, to March illst, were
the session as itiiiiized :—
l)lSli[.'l{SlCMl€.\"l'S.
‘S A Tucker, for prepar-
inghzill . . . _ . .  8987
Mrs. E A Green for how-
ers . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . , . .
For choir and iiistrunient
Andrew Campbell . . . . ..
E It Willard . . . . . . . . . . .
Printing and telegraph-
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 77)
Clerk hire . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 230 00
Pay roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l,l(5li -3-}
Total , —
expenses of session . . . . . . . . . . ..
Bills of executive committee in-
cluding this meeting . . . _ _ . . _ . _ _
John Holbrook expo.-use incurred
by liiui on account State picnic
at Lansing . . . . _ . . . . . _ . _ _ . _ _ _ _ .
H.H. Bruerroii old bill for services
James Murdock bill for State
Grange jewels . . . _ _ . . , , . , , , , _ _
Dues to Nut. Grange forquurter
ending December 31st . . . . . . . . ..
C. G. Luce on account of lecture
fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. G. Luce salary one quarter. . . .
J. T. Cobb salury one quarter as
secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
J. T. Cobb salary one quarter for
editing and inanagiug GRANGE
VISITOR including clerk hire
mailing dire .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Murder, Luce & Co. for bill of type
Office postage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ollice stationery.... ..  
Printing including proceedings
tenth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Printing VISITOR four
months . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8798 If)
Postage VISITOR four
months . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other expenses on ac-
count or VISITOR. . . . .

Decein ber
expense of

1 10
on 00
lo 00
1:’; «)0

$1,295 ()1

177 -16

66
l U

70
U0

7‘) 30

103 12
()0
on

1551 558

32 15
Total paid on VISITOR account. .
H. H. Everard & Co.,
order and receipt books
lhling Brothers ledgers
and journals . . . . . . . ..
Wm. M. Ireland song
books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
T. R. Smith, song books.
Wm. M. Ireland, digests
Dennis it Sliugerland
dimit cards . . . . . .
Express, freight
drayage . . . .

-18 00
25 00

Total paid on supply accoun: 225 23
$3,981 41
6,085 22

Total expenses . . . _ , _ _
Balance in treasury March 31st. .

810,0 16,63
This favorable ﬁnancial showing will
not maintain such a proportional. in-
crease for the remainder of the year as
the receipts for the VISITOR are very
much greater during the winter than
at any other season of the year. After
the adoption of the resolution by the
State Grange, under which we are
acting, the committee determined that
the undersigned, and Bro. Thomas
Moore should constitute the quorum
of the committee as required. Bro.
Moore was notiﬁed by the chairman
of the time of meeting but failed to be
present, on account, as he notiﬁed
Secretary Cobb, of the poor health of

his family. WM SATTEBLEE,

THOMAS MARS,
J OHN PORTER,
Of the Executive Commltte.

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_____.______.___,

Attention.

Special list for trial 20 varieties of
choice new varieties of potatoes and 12
of corn. Three to ﬁve pounds for 25
cents. 10 to 50 pounds for 31. Send for
special price list. W. H. Gardner, seede-

man, Moline, Mich.


APRIL 15, 1883.
‘——————-————j———.___.

ﬁirliulllul Eiiilinerl.

Planting Apple Trees.

I am frequently asked what and how
to plant an apple orchard. Now, what I
am about to say will probably be opposed
by most of the nurserymen throughout
the State. but that is not my business-
will have no controversy with them.

The Baldwin is rather tender in many
localities, and as there will be an incli-
nation to set more of this variety than
of any other, and also the Red Canada
will be set quite extensively. which is
a slow, crooked grower in the nursery;
therefore, for hardiness, thrift and um-
formity and neatness of appearance.
were I going to set an orchard. I should
pursue the following course for all the
varieties I wished to plant:

Go to the nursery and procure straight,
good, well g-'01:/. two year old Northern
Spy trees for stocks; set them this
spring, and at the proper time this

spring proceed to graft them to the va-
rieties you wish by cutting them 011‘ and
splice, grafting just below where you
want to form the head.

In setting your trees, lean them
slightly to the .5-out/rzrest, and ever after
keep them in this position if you wish
to avoid (l('Fl;l'1lClZiOIl of trees by frost,
sunscald and borers. Do not fail to
mulch your trees.

I would branch the trees not lower
than three nor higher than four feet. As
to varieties. it is rather presumptious to
give an 0}.-l1il()P, but if desired *»vi‘l do
so in next nuinber.

E)I3IOI\‘S DUELL.

Kalamazoo, March 12, 1993.

Michigan State Horticultural Socieiy—-Aiien-
tion Teachers.

The l\Iic-higau State Horticultural
society has for some 3YEiﬁ4l‘3 been awak-
ening sentiment looking toward the
oi'nameiit:2.tion of the couii.i'y school
premises in this State and to some pur-
pose. For two years past by the aid of
the e!lL8rpl‘l.s.lllg seeo',ﬁrni of D. M.
Ferry & £.‘o.. of Detroit, :1 large num-
ber of school grounds have oeen eni-
belished with annual ﬂowers.

The society is not dispo:-‘ed to give:
up the work by any means, but pro
pose: this year to (ilFe1‘uu alldiziun.-2.1
induceixient in the way of premiums
to the Sclzn-:)l di. “‘«'icls that will make
th. best exhibit.- of ﬂowers prmluced
under the care of the children upon
the school preinises. ’l‘h»..- fol owing is
the exact wording of t.heuil'ei'as it will
soon appear in the preniuin list:

"For me largest and best collection
of cut ﬂowers grown by pupils in
s. hool grounds of any school house in
any district in this State; lirsl premi-
um, $31-l; second premium. $10; third
premium, $5; fourth premium. $3.”

The State Fair where theﬂowt-rs are
to be exhibited will be held in Detroit
in September next, and the State Hor-
ticultural society will undertake to ie-
ceive the ﬂowers, display them and see
that a proper viewing committee pass-
es upon tn: relative merits of the va-
rious exhibits.

The Governor, in his Arbor day
proclamation, has called special atten-
tion to the desirability of planting
trees about our school houses on that
day, and we hope that a great many
children and their pal-en: s will not for-
get the recommendation. But after
the trees are once planted they will
need to be carednfor. Now we cannot
think of any method that will secure

to the newly-planted trees anp shrubs
so good care as to spade up quite a
large circle about them, put on’ a little
well rotted manure and sow some ﬂow-
er seeds there. The ﬂowers as they
come up will need weeding and hoe-
ing, and this will be just the thing for
the trees.

Now we take the liberty to ask the
Secretary of the County boards of ex-
aminers or any other persons who may
chance to read this, to interest them-
selves in getting the children to com-
pete for these prizes. Any directions
that may be desired wi.l be given by
Secretary Chas. VV. Garﬁeld, by ad-
dressing him at Grand Rapids; and
we would like to have the State Socie-
ty ﬂooded with ﬂowers from school
children at their fair next fall.

We understand that D. M. Ferry &
Co., of Detrozt, still hold open their
offer of school collections of seedss,
provided applications are made by
teachers and school directors, who
agree in the application to a report of
their success at the close of the year to
the State Horticultural society. Let
this matter be taken hold of every-
where in the State and show the peo-
ple who visit within our boundaries
tne coming summer that Michigan
school grounds are not the most bar-
ren spots in the state.

We do not wish to waste any senti-
ment upon this subject. There is but
one side to the question. The orna
men tation of school premises isa most
desirable thing to do. The bringing
about school children of a variety of
trees, shrubs and plants, will awaken
observation, lead them to become bet-
ter acquainted with the tuings about
them; and quicker tneir tastes in ap-
preciation and employment of simple
natural objects in the embellishment
of not only their s.-hool grounds but
their homes. .

T‘; e so-.001 teachers in our rural
schools we are satisﬁed will heartily
co-operate in a scheme of this sort and
will quickly see thatherein lies apleas-
ant ﬁeld of insfruction in which pu-
pils and teachers can take the keenest
enjoyment. We venture the opinion

' that in entering this new and praise-

worthy ﬁeld the State Horticultural
society will ﬁnd . willing assistants,
and that this enterprise will pl‘0Ve 8
decided success.
CHAS. W. GARFIELD,
Sec’y. Mich. Hort. Soc’y.

AN excellent cement for attaching
metal to glass or porcelain consists in
a mixture of a solution of eight ounces
of strong glue, and one ounce of var-
nish of linseed oil, or three-quarters of
an ounce of Venice turpentine, which
should be boiled together and stirred
till the mixture is thoroughly incor-
pm-at,ed_—-.Harness and Carriage Jour-

EEE QBAHSE VESETQB.

Berrien County Horticultural Society.

At a meeting of the Beriien county
Horticultural Society held at Benton
Harbor March 24, 1883, VV A Bl')Wl]
an extensive fruit grower of Stevens
ville read the following essay which
we insert entire from our inability to
divide so valuable an article, after
which the following discussions were
held by the members present.

The early fruit gr iwers of this region
did not have the experience of others
to aid them in the selection of varieties
of fruits best adapted to our soil, cli-
mate and markets. Stock was obtain-
ed from eastern nurseries, and very
many varieties of all the fruits were
planted, many of which proved un-
proﬁtable, and were replaced with
varieties which proved most proliﬁc,
and most salable in our markets.
Some or the best, and least hardy var-
ieties, which were subject to failu e
in other localities, seldom failed in our
climate, and a few fruits were soon
selected which were considered stand
ard varieties, many of vxl.-'ich still hold
the first place. VViihin the past lif-
tcen or twenty years many new and
valuable fruits have been llltl‘0(lU("6ii
but our groweres have been very cau-
tions in planting and testing new va-
rieties, until their worth had been
proved in other localities. At the re-
cent meeting of the State Horticultur-
al Society, a‘ l\Iar;-shall, a distinguislied
essayist would narrow the list of inur-
ket apples down to ﬁve Varietle:-.«.
Mr. Stearns in 1'edj)()l’l(i-Ilg, said that
neintendul planting -Sill) apple zree-.-
Lh-s spri -:g, and that he slmul-.i plant
400 B‘»>.ldwins and did not know but he
.<houl<l make the whole 500 Bel-iwm:-:.
1:. llJ.1_V be best for planters in the lil-
terior of the State, who cannot market
sillL"»!](-ll‘ and fall varieties to plaiit.
only the best looking, lo: -.'-keeping
ripples, but with Chicago 2.! our iiv:()",'
we should endeavor to fill a void in
the market by planting asiicw 
the best summer and fall vaiieti».-s.
\Ve are planting apples for the ll‘.'Xl.
generation, who win apprecial~ good
fruit if it can be found on the n-. Wket.

Among the apples good to eat and
de.-irable in this locality for the l’utiire
Chicago market, I would iiaiiue Early
Strawberry, Suniuier Rose, Pi'iinaLr-2,
Early Joe, Porter, Garden Royal,
Summer Pe-arm-ain, Scarlet Pearinain,
l\It-xivo, Chenango Strawberry, Jeff’
ties, Jer-ey Sweet, Melon, Shiawaessee
Beauty and B!-.‘llIlf)[lt. These varieties
forma succession that every farmer
and fruit grower sliould plant. for his
own use; and though some of them are
not coir.-mic-rell market varieties, their
beauty will be found‘ more than .-kin
deep, and tlicy will be -.ppreciat+.-«i at
borne and ai..:'o.;ld, if grown and
uiarketerl ii: perfection. \Ve cannot:
afford to ignore the show dppl‘:.s',
which include Summer Que:-n, Astri-
can, Dutcliess, -lexauuer, M-iialo n’s
Rlzish, Gravenstein, Twenty ounce,
Kaigws Spitzenburg, Falueuse, Jnila
than, Ben Davis. A very few of the
long list of winter apples will suffice
for Berricn county. The Baldwin is,
probably, worthy of ﬁrst place, but
the Bethelemite of the South, known
here as the Proliﬁc Beauty, and Hub-
bzlrdsoiﬂs Nonesuch, are be-‘ter than
Baldwins and have done well in this
country. The standard varieties of
pears are well known with us, but
Beurre Cl.-iirgeau, Souvenir D’Con-—
gress and Beurre D'Anjo-.1 should he
plantrd on the best soils. The Doy-
enue D’Ate ripeiis in July and has
proved proﬁtable to the few who have
planted it for the Chicago mark t.
Many new varieties of peaches have
been disseminated during the past few
years which would be found desirable
by those who venture to plant peach
trees. Judging from the fruit, leaf
and giowth, as seen at Jackson and
Grand Rapids the past two s asons,
I believe the Niagara to be most dc-
sirable among the new White grapes,
Many new varieties have been
“broughtout,” however, which should
be thoroughly tested. Twenty years
ago the Catagba and Isabella were the
only varieties planted ‘here. They
soon gave place to the universal Cun-
cord, which, with the Worden, Hart-
ford and Champion, are the best
blacks. The numerous hybrids, though
producing ﬁne fruit, have proven
worthless through premature loss of
foliage, and the favorite Delaware is
subject to the same diﬂiculty. The Di-
axis. has proved the strongest and most
healthy red variety.

Small fruits for our markets must be
ﬁrm, proliﬁc and beautiful, and I
think the quality will soon be consid-

cago consumers. Firmness, which
will enable the fruit to pass the trying
ordeal of rough handling, and one or
two days’ exposure on the market,
‘without impairing the appearance or
quality of the fruit, is the ﬁrst requis-
ite. _ No strawberry has been intro-
duced which combines all of these
requirements in a greater degree than
-the Wilson’s Albany. Great size and
good quality are combined in several
of the new varieties, which may be
proﬁtably grown by careful hill culti-
vation. Among these are the Bidwell,
Cumberland Triumph, J ucunda, Mon-
arch, Seneca Chief, Sharpless, Shirts,
Triomphe de Grand; the last two
named I consider the best in quality.
The ideal strawberry has not yet been
discovered; ' but our fruit growers
should look sharp after the new candi-
dates for public favor. I do not be-
lieve that proliﬁc varieties of straw-
berrie- deteriorate, if kept separate
from other varieties, and are replan ted
on good soil in large quantities. ' We
have twenty—acre ﬁelds oi Wilson
near Stevensvllle, on new soil. from
which everything but ure stock has
been carefully exclude , and the plants
and fruit retain the old-time appear-
ance and vigor of this variety.

All varieties of raspberries show a ten-
dency to deterriorate. The Philadelphia
and Doolittle are worthless compared
with several new varieties. The Kirt-
land is proﬁtably grown by a few careful
cultivators, but shows signs of decay.
The Turner has been the best red varie-
ty, but with all its good qualities it must
give place to larger, ﬁrmer and more
proliﬁc sorts. The Reliance and Her-
tine are good berries, but they lack the
ﬁrmness and hardness of the Cuthbert
and Reder. As compared with the Tur-
ner the Reds: is quite as hardy. "Iron-
clad” commences to ripen about the
same time, but continues longer, is
larger and is the most proliﬁc grown. It
grows in clusters and pickers can gather
three bushels to two of Turners. If a
storm occurs, or if short of pickers, the

Peder will efa:d‘cr2r thr-:e days ant’.

, .'.,&.1' -e-r..=.-w

ered essential by a large class of Chi-'

then go, too, in good condition. I have
shipped the Reder to Minneapolis and
Omaha, where they have arrived in per-
fect condition. being forty hours in tran-
sit by rail. Chicago commission men
pronounce the Reder the best raspberry
to handle that comes to that market. It
does not have the eturdiness of cane of
the Cuthbert. or the light crimson color
of same varieties. It is a deep dark
red, has a rich sub-acid ﬂavor, and is
found superior as a canning berry. The
Hansell is Well endorsed and will prob-
ably take the place of the Kirtland as
an early berry. The Cuthbert does not
require a lengthy description. It is the
leading market variety east. and should
have been planted extensively with us;
but we are proverbiallv incredulous and
always wait for others to prove the
merits of new fruits. Rust and fungus
prevail to such an extent in our black
cap ﬁelds that it is not safe to propo-
gate from them; to succeed with the
blacks we must import fresh stock and
new varieties. The Sounegan is the
most promising early sort at this time.
and the Gregg is becoming with us what
it has been a long time in other 10-
calities, the standard black cap. Choose
blackberries suited to your locality. We
have no better variety for our high
lands near the lake or river than the
Lawton. The Kittatinny is equally as
good, but it does not Withstand the rust
as well. It is better to plant tender va-
rieties of blackberries and protect by
covering with the soil in winter, than to
plant poor varieties which can be grown
anywhere without protection.

S. Cool: asked about the quality uf the
igteder raspberry as comp-.lr-ed with the
Tiiriier. Mr. Brown replied that the

{cder had a more sub-acid taste.

W. A. Brown asked if berries deterio-
r-.¢.icll..

Mr. Cook I-dial that the great trouble
was to get healthy pl:-.lJtS.

Mr. Mi.-:«.d uskexl if the l).,:olittle rasp-
licrry wou’.d not run out.

It. Spink tidlll he set tive acres of this
licrry; obtained the ])i‘LLlJl.:*5 of ii mail
three inilcs east of the Harbor; set them
bi-.c~..iis.e he jJT;‘.f{:l‘l'Ull the Doolittle: to
:liiyotliei' black cap; said thc.beri‘ics
were doing well.

Chair called on D. N. Brown.

'l‘l.<> latter was decidedly against this
variety.

Mr. l\o\vlen said he could not agree.
with .\.Ir. Cook on Wilson’s Albany and
would not set this berry.

Mr. With-.:y thought the ground might
run out. 'Wouid set the Doolittle black
cap and 2.1140 one kind of Mzlniinoth Clus-
ter. He had 15 or 16 years of experi-
ence. Sliid this berry requires new
ground, and he thought we should grow
our own plants; thinks the ground de-
teriorates more than the fruit does.

Robert Spink said he thought, two,
that the ;;:o-und ran out.

W. A. Drown .=ai«;l tin-.t the rust pre-
vsxiledon good as well as poor land.
Thinks thereis little dilference in V2‘.-
rieties and that, perhaps, the Gregg
might rue: as bid. as the Doolittle.

Mr. Jones said men dillered. lie
thought, and his experience was, that
tilerewas more money in black clips
than in the red berry. Toid of the profit
in drying this fruit. Of strawberries said
the Monarch "beat this Wilson to death"
on his place. Pickers preferred to pick
the Mm.-arch. The soil was sandy.

Mr. Handy said: “My experience has
differed from this. Would set the Wil-
son; would not set the Doolittle.
Thought that on new land we could raise
as good strawbearies as ever we did.”

Mr. Withey asked of Mr. Jones the
comparative difference in yield. The re-
ply was that the Monarch beat the Wil-
son about one-half. Mr. Cook asked if
any one knew of the Brighton grape
prematurely dropping the leaf. No one
knew.

D. N. Brown asked if any one had
found that the wood of the Dalaware
grape was killed this spring; said very
much of the wood of his Delawares was
killed. '

Mr. Cook asked if the leaves fell off
prematurely. '

W. A. Brown said there was a differ-
ence in seasons as well as varieties in
this respect.

Mr. Handy said about two-thirds of
his D-lewares were dead.

W. A. Brown requested Mr. Jones to
give his views on -‘Quality not essen-
tial.”

Mr Whitehead thought Wilson’s Al-
bany did not deteriorate; cited the wild
strawberry as a criterion. Asked how
we could feed our strawberries. Said
the constituent elements of the land
were exhausted from his soil for any-
thing but the Wilson berry. Soils dif-
fered. Cited the case of the .land of
Col. Stone. The latter grew different
berries because the soil was different.
Would set some of the Reder raspberry;
must set the variety of fruit that is
adapted to the soil; thought Wilson
strawberry the best for proﬁt; he got a
good crop of Snyders by pruning back
well; used land plaster on his strawber-
ries. About “Quality not essential,”
said it was a matter of taste. Cited the
Ben Davis apple as an illustration.

Mrs. Smith thought the stock for our
fruit farms should come from abroad;
the stock should be grown from the
seeds the same as potatoes now were.
Said we could not always know the ele-
ments of the soil, and consequently
could not always tell what plants were
adapted to it. Said the Delaware grapes
were killed this spring; thought it owing
to light crop last year; said a good wood
growth would follow good crop and race
verso. About “Quality not essential,”
said he differed from the essayist. The
Turner was the best red berry so far as
he knew; a berry that would stand long-
er was desirable if we could get it.

Mr. lziilton thought that feeding the
soil was much the same as feeding a
man; the main thing was plenty; spoke
highly of clover; it contained all the
requisites; did not believe in patent
fertilizers; spoke at length of leaf mold.
On “Quality not essential.” said his cou-
science was a little tryubled when he
could get more for poor fruit than for
good; did not rest well at night then.

D. N. Brown said there was nothing so
good as clover, but the cut worms took
nearly all his strawberry plants which
were set upon clover sod. Said he
turned the sod under in the spring.

Mr. Hilton said that rolling the land
with a heavy roller prevented the cut
worms from working.

D. N. Brown thought the roller would
do no good on sandy land.-

W. A. Brown thought that we should
plow late in the fall to kill cut worms.

W. A. Brown suggested that the sub-
ject of "New Fruits” be presented at
the next meeting. and Mr. Antisdale re-
quested Mr. Hilton to prepare a paper
upon that subject.

On motion, the meeting adjourned for
tiirec weeks. _

..-.,»....A.z':...-;,-.-A-..§:~ay-vy. -3. -~:»A.ae-st-..;¢.1:.-waver.»-;?. .

Set Grape Vines.

[This short article is so soasonable and
sound that we make no apology for; re-
producing it, in the hope that it will in-
duce a few more farmers to set out this
spring a few grapevines. Rememer it
“requires less skill to grow good grapes”
than it does to grow good potatoes.]

J. T. Cobb.’-I have many times won-
dered why more farmers did not have
suﬁicient of the delicious grape for fam-
ily use. Is it neglect or a lack of the
supposed intricate knowledge in their
management? I hope in a few words to
dispel all fears on that score. for really,
there is not as much skill required to
grow good grapes, as good potatoes at
the present time.

In the ﬁrst place, do not trust to tree
peddlers to sell you some new. grand
sort, that will ripen by the first of July,
and keep until the next April. The most
of those chaps know nothing of grapes,
or any kind of fruit for that matter, and
care as little, only so they get your
order and big prices. Go to or write to
some reliable niirseryman, tell him you
want 2|. dozen grapevines, such as will
succeed with you. Say to him to send
two varieties, or if you think you would
like more assortment. say to him you
want four vuril-ties, and the number of
each he thinks best, and if he is a man
he will give you the beneﬁt of his ex-
perieiice

Plant your vines in a row eight feet
;ipzirl,:-:o you can give them the Hlllllt‘
cultivation that you would a row of corn,

and that is all they require the first sci:-~

wall.

In the fall or early spring prune oil"
nearly all the growth made that year,
zlizd when the vine st-'rts in the spring
rub oil" all except one ortwo buds. Drive
a stake to each vine, which after it is
«lriven will stand about ﬁve feet high.
Keep the vine tied to the stake this sea-
l-Lil). After a heavy frost in the fall out
the vine back to three or four feet, and
allow it to drop on the ground. In the
spring tie to the stake agz in, and they
will bear some, but do not allow the
wine to carry too much fruit the first
season. as many vines of heavy fruiting
varieties have been ruined in this way.
This, the third year, allow three or four
czines to _Q'l'!'vW, from near the ground,
and keep tied to the stake.

In the fall prune off the two canes
grown the year before and cut back the
new ones to four or five feet aid allow
to fall on the ground as bi-fore. The
next spring allow from four to six canes
to grow as before, always from near mt-
ground. At this time the vine is in full
l)3‘.l.1‘ll}g. and inav still be tied to the
5-t:l~‘.:. or  trellis may be put up if pre“
ferred. This course is to be continued,
every year growing new canes andin the
tall pruning out those that have fruited
the past year. This simple management
of any of the hardy grapes, with
a dozen vines, will give a family
an abundant supply of the most
delicious and healthful fruit grown, and
I think 1 may add, do more to make the
sons and daughters of the farmer con-
tented to stay on the farm, than to know
he has ten times their cost invested in
notes and mortgages. I have many
times at our fairs noticed the longing
eyes of the farmer. his wife. sons and
daughters. while gazing at this fruit dis-
played so temptingly on the shelves,
and wished I was able to convince them,
with what little expense and ‘effort they
might have an abundance of the same.
Hoping all who have not this ﬁne fruit,
will resolve not to let this spring pass
without planting. 1 am

Yours to command,
. N. S.

Old State Reporls—Wanted.

Editor Grange V2‘sz'tor:——Our State
prints numerous copies of reports of the
State Horticultural Society and of the
State Board of Agriculture. Some of
these are distributed by the Secretaryof
State, but most of them by the secreta-
ries of the organizations just named. It
is no unusual thing for some thorough
and zealous State official to see duplicate
copies of these reports stored away at
the capitol or at the Agricultural Col-
lege and wonder why they are not all
“cleaned out” and sent straight to the
farmers. It does not take a very large
number of duplicates of ten or more
years to make quite a pile of books.

In this country of ours libraries are
increasing in number and importance.
Horticultural and Agricultural Clubs,
and thousands of Granges are wanting,
or ought to want, sets of these reports,
as far as it is possible to obtain them, for
their libraries. Ihave seen something
of this increasing demand and have done
what I could to supply it.

A State Agricultural College or a new
professor of agriculture in this State
or in a neighboring State wants to com-
plete his sets of reports and it is quite
important that such be supplied. To
some persons lot be of much
impn'--t:r : .1 the back num-
bars and investigate
mu -. and are inquir-
' 2'; furnish sets of

Colleges, Clubs
teem it a great
I10 reads this
track of some
will‘ State report
..mological report
. " Board of Agri-
'd72. The report
 on the cover.
once‘ and l.:lp in

1-,,-

 _
this good charitable work in which there
is no money. Those who desire it, can ,
receive more recent (and to them per-|
haps more valuable) reports in exchange
for the old ones.
Pnor. W. J. BEAL.
Agriculture College, Lansing, Mich.

Michigan Crop Report for April.

LANSING, April 13.~[Mich. Press]-
For the April crop report the secretary .
of state received oﬁicial returns from
852 correspondents, representing 668
townships. [In the southern four tiers of ,
counties, where 85 per cent of the wheat E
crop is grown. 15 per cent of the acreage ,
is reported killed_and the remainder is 
17 per cent below the condition one year 
ago. On April 1, 1882, wheat was in fine ll
condition, having been injured but little 
during the preceeding winter. ,

The ice which so generally covered;
the ﬁelds in the southern part of the j
state on the first of last month nielicll I
away by the 10th of this ni nth. From .
that date to April 8, it thawed nearly.

every day and froze every night. the day ;
temperature sometimes reaching 27 d»=— .
grees above freezing and the night toni~ V
perature ranging from 2 to 31 degrees
below freezing. Light rain from the 3.1
to the 5th was followed on thclitli by:
snow. (hi the inciting of the snow ;
the wheat ﬁelds were slightly gr».-eii.:
which shows that the roots are 3
2lllV€‘. The ﬁgures ab:-vc given are un- I
questinnably the L‘UX‘l‘l‘E1l)(Illll ills’ liust
j".d_genic.iit ai-tto the ])I‘L‘.“L‘ilI con-litiuil
of wheat, but it is obvious that no very
satisfactory estiniute cim be Hltltlt.‘ until
the plant COI[_lU.\(‘11(.‘(‘S to grow. Tile
totiil nupiber-of liiiszlleis of Wlluilt re-
ported niarketed in the months frnni;
August to March was 10,7-1l,oo«). The:
estimated amount held for the 1Ill'.2‘l{t‘lfi
by farmers is 3,()l)l),l)(]l) bushels.

The conditimi of clover is {ill per cent 3
of the condition one year ago. Horse.-=, 
cattle, swine and sheep are in ii lieziltliy. ,-
thrifty condition. Apples promise flit,‘
per cent and peaches 67 per cent of an
average crop.

j_ 
Horticultural Papers.

Mr. ‘W. R. Brown of Stevcnsville,
Berrieii county writes us: “In these
lliiys of nevvspagwrsiiprv-macy. H.lIU[llI*l‘
paper might. be considered sin-nrtluous.
But in looking over the long lint of,»
j uirnals published in the west, we do?
not find one which is

(ll:-‘.l,l11('ll\'(=l_\'
l:ort.ii§ilt111*al. The agi'icultiii':il joiir- I
nals or the West devote pages to the

“strain”

&l'(l illiistralre the inecliani.-ini of -iomr
new and wonderful llllplllllelll,
the hungry liorfheulturisl finds but
few crunilis of comfort in the iittl-c:;i=
her which is devoted to lit-rliciilliire.
The crop reporll- in th > great newspa-
pers are all manipulwed to subserve
the interests 0 the “bulls and bears”
of trade, and the fruit grower looks in
vain for reliable reports regarding the
condition of the fruit crop throughout
the country.

The horticultural interests of the
eastern States, and of the Ontario dis-
trict in Canada, are well subserved by
a fewlocal journals. Michigan, has,
in the yearly report of the State Horti-
cultural society, the most useful, and
comprehensive report published in the
country; but it only comes once ayear;
and cannot be made of sufficient mag-
nitude to contain all of the work done
by the State and auxiliary societies.
Could a weekly paper he es ablished,
the full reports of farmers’ institutes,
local horticultural, and agricul ural
societies, together with regular coin-
munications by a corp of paid cor-
respondents, throughout the State we
could have fresh intelligence, just
when and where it is needed. Good
enough, Bro.her Brown, we agree
with you most heartly. Just such a
journal is needed, that is the reason
why we have started The Farm in
Grand Rapids Democrat. We will
gladly publish accounts of agri-
cultural and horticultural gather-
ings in westeren Michigan, and our
columns are always open for the fresh-
est iuformation upon farm, garden and
orchard topics, and the more generally
we get it into our hand the fresher it
will be.”

We took the liberty to read a portion
of Mr. Brown’s letter to Prof. Tracy of
Detroit who remarked in criticism
thereon about as follows: “I heartly
endorse the statement that there is a
dearth of bright horticultural litera-
ture in Western newspapers. The de-
partments conducted in the interests
of horticulture are generally ﬁlled with
dry matter often inappropriate to the
season. We need something better
and ought to have it. But are we not
in blame ourselves very largely ? The
fruit growers need, more than any-
thing else, the experience and judg-
ments of other fruit growers. Now if
we all lend a hand in this matter, and
furnish some bits of information from
time to time to the press perhaps we
would not ﬁnd the fault we are now
doing. While we are alive to our
needs may we not ourselves do some-
thing‘ to satisfy them, and perhaps in
this way “grow” to a horticultural pa-
per in Michigan.

Paid contributions to news apers
are oftentimes simply “stu ng.”
What we want is the experience of
practical men as it occurs, and an edi-
tor who can put it in good shape with-
out impairing its accuracy. Here is
where our societies can do a great deal
of contributing to a journal devoted
in part or whole, to Michigan horti-
culture.”

Now this talk of Prof. Tracy's is just
what we want the farmers and fruit
growers of western Michigan to read.
It is just what we have wanted to say,
only it is said better than we could
have done it. CHARLES GARFIELD.

DESTRUCTION or ANTS.—A corres-
pondent in the Tropical Agricultural
{.91 says : Take a white china plate
and spread a thin covering of common
lard over it. Place it on the ﬂoor or
shelf infested by the troublesome in-
sects, and on will be pleased with the
result. St rrinz them up every morn-
ing is all that is required to set the
trap again.

. ville ('oi‘ii«-1‘.-'.\V:l.<laIugslus =

' llui~tiIl:," lll4'

5 Lll:lll11V'(‘l‘:l;;'~‘ .\'ll'l'll'_('lll.
:lllll*-«"l(‘. run» in f:smilil~.-. :imI

of some animal inontrosity, , p til of the «lay wt-lmut ill},-ct.

3

Make a Home Market.

\Ve began in a small way gradually
enlarging, but ﬁnd less diﬁiculty in
disposing of fresh berries now than
when we ﬁrst began. W'e have been
surprised at the demand that has
grown up around us. People need to
be educated respecting the value of
frz~"s; they are often unconscious of
their value but once they get a taste
tliev remain life-long consumers. Our
fruit farm is within an easy drive
of Rochester, N. Y., but we find our
best home markets among the villages
and farmers. \Ve do not sell one
box in a thousand at Roclie;-iter, as we
get better prices outside. It is aston-
ishing to learn how much fruit a vil-
lage will consume—— fteu -3m bushels
of berries alone.

The Strongest H.111 in the World.

'l'lii.=‘l*l:li1ii is Illillli‘ for Stern Car-
pviilcl‘. who liv-is in :}n.- \‘ili::g'c of Gran-
ounty, N.Y.
lla- is now :1. man 1.-x.-r .~?;'lll_v. tllldll
llll‘llllN‘1' of the M-3.-l_\-..r1-‘ti.-ml-. He
l-‘ ~'iill ulilw In (wilt-=l'-‘::lv:.-w :.-'5 .-«»mI)et,i.
Im.'.-' in fz-:i!<of pin-.v:ll I ‘lljlil. lie
Ull<‘1‘llliI‘4l1l Ho\' till.---l with {roll \\'ci;:li-
inn‘ l.‘.'Uo ‘,zHllllIl.-. 'l..i.- \\':a<lloi1cb_v
lwx nil.» ‘.i- llllll|lS. and

\\':l- :l lb.-ll wpml 14- l'1ll.~lllﬂ'::.v‘l'll pmiiills '

.\liin--i}:«-i'li1nulmliflwla
l-::n1um uilivli \\« i_‘:~--[ ‘:.lHo pounds.
null SllUlllili'l‘(‘ll ii. ll«- i:.~1- l'i'l-.,ii«~iill_v
l‘.‘ll.»t'1l.‘1lr:ll'l‘l‘lIiI' .. wit. iwall uilll (‘(1730,
TH ;_:'III*~\' UH‘ \\'i‘l’,"ii'» HI. '4 ‘lllgv liU1_" he
\\‘nIilll lllil ll ll} ‘ ~ xvii}; [he
llll‘_{‘1‘l‘.~' of lll< one li:H!I..1lllll uiziiiva
poi']u*r ll1l\' luv l‘:ll~~"l in 1‘ ‘- \\'i1y wci,i_i;h-
in; .".Hl) puma!-. lzwiiivj :: rmm of peace
lu-1'.-in-l_\ pg--‘ into iv.-».. iv with other
Ill<‘ll. but one :l:I_\' lu- '.'.:l- xi»?-~'l\iu\'oii.-‘Iv
i1'ipp«-vl up bx «mu of 111- \‘.r~!‘ltl‘.l~‘ll. llc
wclirglxl llll‘ nmn lg. ;‘ ~ -ll l:vl9‘l':11lll bv
llI4‘~’4‘1lllIl. l:i< }=:vn?-I‘vmi)~ zmnl llurlcll
him inlo lbw :»iru'.:-vi :4 -»~\r-:x—i'nol fl-lice.
'l'lw inrin <-:in.:- ll1I\. ll in :. lll:il‘.~’ll :1 roll
urmo1'<- from lbw ll-zrl---. ll f- bu-licved

in l::ll'ii<'~~~.

illl(‘l'I,‘ i.-' no I‘ljl!.‘ll of .‘.I:'. l‘:i.r'jwiill‘1' now

li\'in;_r. Il<- i-V not 2. lnrg-1 lllilll. lliougli
vi-r‘\' iii:i.<.<i\'«- in 125- luxiill. lie would
iiul l)1‘pll‘l\'l‘lllIlll in :1 i-i'o\\'<l us of more
(trout powcrol
so does

: \\'l'§'_1'lll. 'l'i:«~1':'i<:1i:liiiil_\. llIllll|‘ll llicl-Km’.

in .\l:l<oi1('o11nl_\'. lll.. wlw :l\'el':i_:_,-‘l- 277
puviiiiils. 'l'l»<» l':illl<=i' \\'l-ie_v‘h.~ 150 poiliivl-.
lill‘ lll(lllIl‘l‘ Z.’l\'li. .‘l.'lil lllv’ i llll'.\l ll§lll‘r':ill\‘l'
\‘\'<*l't* l1l.'ll'l'l:lg'-'~‘ not g.n1[i':u:Ll'<l
l-_\’ people llll‘lll.~l’l\'i'-, but (‘lll(‘l‘4*(l into

53‘ IT.

' b_\‘ the .‘lIl\'l<‘1' of ~'l‘l1‘lllllll'llli_\'<l(‘lﬂllH. il
; wolilvl be po.<<il»l« ll)1;:-l';u-[11:|lvfuniilln-5
, lllltl would be llwl-.-l for -.\.~i-gill, inusl-u-

lzir ll('\'(’l1i[illll‘lll_ .~l/.1‘ mu!
bl-:m'._\'. :.~mu~:iiu; :1- lb.
lll sell-wf. lira‘.
jv;[_<1;ul,l-mi in lit-l‘:-llilx,
is .7/'1‘/(I,//"//‘/ll," _l,'r/‘lily,
—— “<6 O CH»-— -——~—

Mic Cii.\i<i.i«:s A. h'vHl<Zl-LN makes
the follov;:'ii<.: Hltztelliellll “\Ve have
Had tcilirrus '.Wxl‘l{ ciliiriiing in winter,
the boy oft-.-vi (.‘t"('llp_ylll11 the larger
Since
.:i:£upt.iiig the lirl.'l)WlllL,' inetholl we

pl-1'.-'oil:tl
[Ill_\'.~'l(‘l:lll
blind. and
/"mni [Jr in-

lli‘\'i‘ 

4l.'..~.’

bill. : have not had any 1rouble,and lmve

ﬁiever b:-en over fiftceii minutes in
cllurniizg. Today. a very cold day,
the l)|.l’_lt‘l‘ came lll live minutes, and
was IIl(:é.* and firm. Heat the milk as
{soon as sl‘.ram:»<l (but not to the boil
ing point), which caiises the cream to
rise in twelve hours. \Viien ready to
churn warm the cream to the proper
temperature, then stir with aspoon;
in one direction, 300 time.-s without
stopping. Churn immediately. and
the butter will come in from five to
ﬁfteen minutes. A small piece of pul-
verized saltpetre added to the cream
also helps to bring the butter quickly.
—-Iv'm'mers’ Friend.

Grand Agricultural Convenllon.

A mass convention will be held at the
court house, at Kalamazoo, Saturday,
April 21, 1883, at 1 o'clock I’. M., for the
purpose of organizing an agricultural
association, and to make arrangements
for holding a Grand Union Agricultural
Fair for Southwestern Michigan, at Na-
tional Park. Kalamazoo, September next.

A cordial invitation is hereby extend-
ed to a.l persons in this and other coun-
ties of the State interested in the subject
of agriculture and its proper develop-
ment, to meet with us at Kalamazoo,
April 21, and united in the deliberation
and aeoption of such measures as shall
be deemed advantageous, and best pro-
mote the welfare and success of the ex-
hibition. Respectfull‘-J,

FRANK LITTLE,
Chairman Committee.

_:—_—_.j:.____

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

Clinton County Pomona Grange
will hold its next regular me:-ting at
the hall of North Riley Grange, April
25, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Subject for discussion: Is the present
protective tariffof this country detri-
mental to the lab iring people? All
fourth degree members are cordially
invited to join in discussion. There
will also be an evening session.

HENRY N. WEBB, Sec.
DeWitt, April 2, 1883. .

The next meeting of Branch county
Ppmou l. Grange will be held at the
hall of Bronson,Grange on Wednesday,
April 18th, commencing at 11 o’clock,
A. M. A. A. Luou, Lecturer.
Gilead, April 6, 1883.

The regular meeting of the Living-

stone Couuty Council
Howell Grange hall, ,May 1, 1883.
The literary exercises will consist of
an essay by Bro Cole, of Conway
Grange, on
wheat culture,”—Discussion opened
by Bro. Charles Fishbeck, of Howell
Grange.

Essay by Sister of Oak
Grove Grange.

Essay by Bro. Harger, of Howell
Grange “Does the Order prosper as
it ought,” followed by discussion.

These council meetings are always
Well attended and full of interest and
any visiting member will receive a
cordial welcome.

Mus. W. K. SEXTON, Sec.

VVells,

The next meeting of Eaton County
Pomona Grange will be held at the Hall
of Windsor Grange April 25, commenc-
ing at 10 A. M. Fourth degree members
are cordially invited to attend. A good
time is expected.

J osumr SHAW. See’y.

Cliarlotlc. April 1.), 1835).

will beheld at ‘

“The best method of

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TEE &ltA§l&E VISITOR;

APRIL 15, ISS3.

Qinmmuniratiutu.

THE RIVER.

ORIGINAL.

A broad river with current deep

Within whose ripples the sunbeams sleep,
And all aglow with golden light

Flows gently by my feet to-night.

The warm good-night of the setting sun
Guilds its ripples one by one,

And smiling back with hope it cheers,
Shedding a light on the passing years.

That brightens hope and lightens care,
And gives me courage to do and dare;
The memory of its peaceful wave

Will gladden the future of coming days.

The Orange to me is the river deep;
The laughter and song where the sunbeams
sleep,
And wisdcm‘s glow the golden light
To guide each member's course aright.

Oh-river deep, may thy broad wave

Sweep o'er the land the, farmer save;

May Honor Truth and Wisdom be;

The farmer's badge, Integrity. .

—M. A. Van Amburgh.
Pieasanton Grange. No. 557.

A Farmer and His Wile Eighteen Hundred
Years Ago.

In the library of the Agricultural
College is an old book printed in
17-15. It is atravislation oi the writ-
ings of Junius Moderatus Columelia
who wrote twelve books on husband-
ry. It will doubtless occur to some
of your readers that it would be more
proﬁtable for me to write something
new of modern agriculture than to
quote an old author of the date just
given. Friends must give me credit
for placing no great stress on the old
book which I never read before, and
which of course, has never had a
place, not evena mention in any of
my lectures to our students or to the
numerous farmers’ institutes held
throughout the State.

As to Columella himself, we know
but very little except that he was of
Roman parentage, born in Spain, af-
terwards moved near the city of Rome
and wrote his treatise about 40 A. D.
He lived in the time of Liberius and
Caligula.

This treatise touches upon a vast va-
riety of things, He tells us very
plainly “that the ancient frugality,
parsimony, temperance, moderation,
and industry, were no more in fashion,
yea, in a great measure, extinct and
gone, and that unbounded luxury,
ambition, covetousnc-ss, intemperance

‘and idleness had succeeded in their
room; that open robberies and depre-
dations were carried on, even in the
place of justice itself; that men of es-
tates who formerly resided in the
country and managed their own af-
fairs, had committed the management
to bailiffs, and stewards and moved
i.‘~to the town, that their wives, not
as formerly, striving to excel in -.11
parts of housewifery, and taking upon
themselves the whole burden of do-
mestic affairs within doors, were be-
come so delica.e, that they could not
endure to pass a few weeks in the
country; that instead of manufactur-
ing wool and ﬂax at‘ home for their
own and their family’s use, they
could not endure home-made clothes,
but, by ﬂattering caresses, obtained of
their husband such as were more cost-
ly, to purchase which, they often
expended almost their whole yearly
income; that men, by their dissolute
and intemperate living, and pervert-
ing the natural order of things, by
turning night into day, and day into
night, had so wasted their strength,
that they were almost dead while
alive.”

This talk .of degeneracy and cor-

ruption sounds quite like something
we hear in more modern times. “In
the case of man and woman joined to-
gether it was necessary that one of
the two should be abroad and in the
open air, who by labor and industry,
might procure and provide the same;
and that the other within doors might
watch over and keep them safely.”
“Therefore nature has allotted to man
the suffering of heat and cold, and
alsojourneys, and the labors and f5-
tigues both of peace and war; and not
.to the women. To her are commit-
ted domestic affairs, for her nature is
more timorous than that of the male.
She made the man more courageous
and bolder than the woman. What
is wanting to the one is, for the most
part, in the possession of the other.
There was no separate or divided in-
tereet seen in the house, nothing that
either the husband or the wife would
properly call their own; but they
both conspired together for their
common and mutual advantage. In
these times the ladies think them-
telves mightily burdened with the
care of rural aﬁairs.”

“The bailiﬁ"s wife ought to be a
young woman. that is, not too much
of a girl; she ought also to be of sound
health, and in her person neither ug-
ly nor yet exceeding beautiful
and handsome, for a sound and robust
constitution will enable her to support
fati mes and labors; ugliness will make
her mate loathe and abhor her, and
mo great beauty will make him lazy
and slothful. Therefore we _musl:

take care that we neither have a bail-

iﬂ‘ that is unsettled, and always wan-

dering abroad, and has an aversion to

be at home with his wife; nor, on

the other hand, one that is lazy, and

loiter at home, always [oiling in his
wife's arms. These are not the only
preventions with respect to the bail-
ifl"s wife. She must be very far from
being addicted to wine, delicious fare,
superstitious, sleepiness and drowsi-
ness, that she may have aconcern and
care upon her mind about what she
ought to remember, that the bailiﬁ
employ himself as little, in business
within-doors, as possible; his busi-
ness being to go forth with the ser-
vants early in the morning, and to re-
turn with them fatigued in the twi-
light, after they had ﬁnished their
work.” '

“Moreover, she ought to be fully
persuaded of this, that it is incumbent
upon her to stay at home, either
wholly, or atleast, for the most par-t,
and if any one of the family begin to
be in a bad state of health, she must see,
that he be well tended, and served
with everything convenient for him,
as much as possible.”

W. J. BEAL.

Address of Welcome.

[Delivered by Alvin Morley at Mt. Hope
Grange Hall, February 21, 1883, and sent
to the Vrsrron for publication by request of
Mt. Hope Grange,]

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.-
-—We have met here for the purpose
of holding a farmers’ Institute, the ob-
ject of which is to stimulate thought,
to stir into activity the latent faculties
of the mind, that have lain dormant
in the past, to compare views and ex-
periences, and by the means of essays
and discussions gain a more thorough
knowledge of agriculture. and thereby
elevate our calling, and ﬁt ourselves
to honorably discharge the many im-
portant duties that may devolve upon
us from time to time. The beneﬁts to
be derived from these meetings are ob-
vious. Here you are at perfect liberty
and are invited to enter into the dis-
cussions of the subjects that may be
presented, advance any new idea that
you may have proven to be practical,
thereby giving others the beneﬁt of
the knowledge you are in possession
of, and in retirn receive the experi-
ence of intelligent practical farmers,
whose entirelives have been gevoted
to agricultural pursuits, and’ whose
surroundings indicate that they have
exercised thought, as well as sound
judgment, in the management of
their affairs.

Also by this means farmers are en-
abled to extend their acquaintances
with each other to all parts of the
county, stimulating and encouraging
a desire for society, cultivating the
social as well as the intellectual facul-
ties, which allow me to say, is a fea-
ture that in the past has been sadly
neglected.

While we are willing to admit the
importance pecuniai ily. of the farmer’s
understanding how to best maintain
the fertility of the soil, to produce the
greatest amount with the least possi-
ble expense, and to dispose of the
same to the greatest advantage, yet
there is still a higher degree of culture
that the farmer needs, and which is of
more vital importance to us as labor-
ers and as citizens of this great repub-
lic. Looking around us we see that
we are surrounded on every side by
giant monopolies, corrupt corpora-
tions and swindling agents, whose
present audacity and unjust discrim-
inations are calculated to oppress the
people and rob labor of its just rewards,
and whose powers and fortunes have
been legislated to them by those whom
we ourselves have elected to office,
and whom we might have known
were without that interest and sym-
pathy in our affairs which is absolute-
ly necessary to secure protection to
our industry and to the interests of
the laborer.

In view of these facts is it not time
we were waking to a sense of the duty
we owe to ourselves and to our coun-
try? Knowing the natural selﬁshness
that is common to the human family
we have no reason to expect but that
the lawyer will make laws to suit his
profession, or that wealth will legis-
late in favor of wealth. These men
have been true to themselves and to
their interests. The fault as well as
the remedy lies with us. Then let us
arouse to our duty, let us encourage
education in every form, whether it
be in the farmers’ Institute, the
Grange or the public school. Yea I
would impress upon the mind of every
one present the importance of a more
thorough diffusion of knowledge, that
we may rear a generation of men who
will be above deciding great and eter-
nal principles upon selﬁsh and narrow
grounds, and who will do for us and
the future what our ancestors have
done for the past.

With us the qualiﬁcation of the voter
is of as much importance as the quali-
ﬁcation of the officer. and even comes
ﬁrst in the natural order. The theory
of our government seems to be that all
men however unﬁt shall be voters, but
that every man by the cultivation of
his mind. and the free exercise of his
powers of reason may become ﬁt to be
a voter.

Thesequestions to my mind demand
our earnest consideration and atten-
tion, and it behooves us as agricul-

turalists, or as laborers, to counsel to-
gether, and to work together, for upon
their solution depends the future suc-
cess and prosperity of our nation.
Believing as we do that these Insti-
tutes form one grand source of bring-
ing about these desired result-, in be-
half of the members of Mt. Hope
Grange, in behalf of the citizens of
Hill's Corners and vicinity, I welcome
you in our midst.

How to Elevate the Race.

Bro. Cobb.'—When an individual
reads an article or listens to the dis-
cussion of any topic. ‘such individual
must approve or disapprove, "or some-
times both in part. To disapprove or
criticise is simply an exchange of
opinion upon such topics, and thus
we grow. To approve of one’s
thoughts, either from the rostrum or
in print gives encouragement and’
strength to the author of such senti-
ments. _

The GRANGE Vrsrron is usually
ﬁlled with good. sound articles. The
copy of March 1, seemed to contain
some articles rich with thought. But
what would an endorsement or criti-
cism from an humble farmer amount
to? Would my endorsement of that
grand and beautiful poem by M. Bel-
den, encourage him to again adorn the
columns of the VISITOR with his po-
etical eﬁ'usions‘.’

The next article of which I would
speak is an editorial inanswer to At-
torney Hilier’s argument. To my
mind the article is replete with facts,
not sophistry or unsustained asser-
tions from a prejudiced mind. No
person who has had a “few turns” as
juror in the circuit’ court, but is im-
pressed with the fact, that the whole
judicial machine is run more to make
and continue litigation and make
business, than to dispense justice.
Agitate the subject, keep it before the
people.

The last, but by no means the least-
of the “good articles” in the VISITOR,
is one on the liquor qestion, by Bro.
D. Woodman. The question of ques-
tions of to-day is how and in what
way can the people arrest that “dead-
ly Upas,” that is sweeping like a tor-
nado and sapping the life-blood of this
nation, viz.: excesses in the use of in-
toxicating drinks. In the article re-
ferred to Bro. Woodman says, “I am
glad that H. B. has opened the dis-
cussion of this subject. He thinks
prohibition will not do it, for he saj s,
you can’t destroy a man’s appetite
for strong drink by law. Nsitheis can
you destroy a man’s appetite or desire
to cheat, steal, rob or murder by law.”
Again, the correspmdent asks, “Will
preaching against its use produce
much etfect either on the seller or
user? Will lecturing against its use
change men’s habits to any great ex-
tent? etc. _ -

I will answer, by asking another
one. How can the leopard change
his spots, or the Etheopian his skin?
Let us for a moment review. Go
back with me forty years and tell me
if the doctrine of the total depravity
of the human heart has not been the
leading and fundamental tenets
taught by the great masses of teachers
of divine eminence. That by nature
there is no good in the human heart,
and taking that as a basis, man could
not do anything in and of himself to
extricatehimself from the habits of in-
temperance, but must mainly rely
upon a higher power for succor and
help. History tells us that for the
last 1800 years the world has been agi-
tating the subject of regeneration.
Countless millions have been ex-
pended, and to-day millions in value
of untaxed ediﬁces throghout ‘the
land, whose spires reach heavenward,
where only the wealthy can congre-
gate to pay homage to fashion, whose
millions are paid annually to teachers
and instructors, and the great gist and
import of said teachings has been
that men and women of themselves
were more ciphers, and that their
every act, thought and desire should
be forthe glory and honor of deity,
and the salvation of the soul, and pre-
pare for the great chance of death.
N ow this has been going on for these
many centuries. Suppose we change
tactics for a few centuries, and in its
stead, teach the world how to live
that will be a glory and honor to
themselves; the best method of living
for the salvation of the body. How
to live to prepare to meet the respon-
sibilities and duties of this life; how
to eat, sleep, dress, establish schools
where the old and young can be
taught bp careful analysis the best
foods and drinks that are adapted to
the sustenance of hum in life; that,
which will produce the best and no-
blest type of man and womanhood;
also the laws that pertain to the hu-
man body in all its wonderful make-
up, capacities and capabilities as social
human, intelligent beings, fully rely-
ing upon selfhood as a saviour from
the evils of intemperance and excesses
in every form. In short begin to
generate better conditions. and the re-
sult will be-better fathers, better
mothers, better children and better
society. LEVI WOOD.
Richland, March 23, ’83.

THE very worst tendency of partisan
politics is toward insineerity and dis-
honesty of expression and practice.

Telegraph Monopoly.

The rise and progress of the Western
Union telegraph company is thus set
forth:

Beginning as the House Printing tele-
graph company with a capital of $360,-
000, on the first of January, 1863, by
stock bonuses, and the purchases of
other lines, its capital was increased to
$3,000,000. On the 2nd of March, 1863,
this was watered by exactly doubling
its capital and presenting the additional
shares to stockholders, thus raising it to
$6,000,000. May 22, 1864, it was further
increased. by purchase and extension
of lines, $5,0t0,000, making its capital
$11,000,000, and at the same time the
whole of its stock was again doubled by
an issue of 100 per cent bonus to its
stockholders, making its capital 322,-
0O0.000. From this period up to January,
1868. it took in the United States tele-
graph company at $3,533,333, and ab-
sorbed the American company with a
capital of only $2,000,000, taking it in at
$11,818,800, and by bonuses and exten-
sions of lines, etc., its capi was
increased to $41,008,800; a d re-
cently it absorbed the Atlantic and
Paciﬁc telegraph company, whose
lines cost not more than 82.500,000, and
the American Union Telegraph Com-
pany, with its lines, which cost little
more than $2,500,000, taking them in at
$25,000,000 and at the same time issuing
a stock bonus of $15,000,000, thus bring-
ing its capital up to $80,000,000. In ad-
dition to this it sank $3,000,000 in the
abandonment of the Russian telegraph,
and nearly as much more by the aban-
donment of the California lines and con
tracts for lines parallel to the Paciﬁc
railroad, and it also borrowed $5,000,000
for the purchase of real estate in New
York, and pays $75,000 per annum rental
for the California State Telegraph Com-
pany; 37-5,000 per annum rental for the
Illinois State Telegraph Company; pur-
chased a majority of the Paciﬁc & Atlan
tic, Southern Atlantic and Franklin Tele-
graph Companies, and guarantees per-
petual dividends on the minority of the
stock; and leased the Northwestern Tel-
egraph Company, and pays a large rental
on a stock and bonded capital of nearly
$4,000,000, besides rentals of other leased
lines. making its capital really about
$100 000,000. The increase in the vol-
ume of its business and the amount of
its earnings have kept pace with its in-
crease of capital. until now its traﬂic is
over 30,000,000 of messages, gross re
ceipts over $15,000,000, and net earnings
over $6,000,000 per annum; and all this
with no improvement in method and but
little improvement in appliances over
the ﬁrst line constructed 40 years ago;
moreover. this gigantic monopoly, touch-
ing and inﬂuencing every branch of com-
merce and industry, is controlled by one
man, whose sole object is self-aggran-
dizement.-—Sr'-z'cr2lzrz‘c'. American.

Beecher on Monnpoiies.

The power is tending from the indi-
vidual to the corporation. I can re-
member when there were 10,000 looms
in private houses in New England; now
there are none. and all textile fabrics
are made in factories. The individual
becomes powerless before the gigantic
monopolies created by force of wealth.

Suppose a man wishes to invest $100,-
000 in oil reﬁning, the Standard Oil
company says to him: “Sell out to us,”
or "divide your profits with us. If you
don’t, we will crush you." If he says
this is a free country. they reply it is as
free for the corporation as for the indi-
vidunl. ’lLhat Standard Oil Company is
like t_wenty Egyptian pyramids in a
bunch, each with a Pharaoh on it. It is
the most gigantic combination on the
face of the earth, and it is not a whit
better because one of the best men in it
is a member of a leading Baptist church
in Brooklyn.

There are ﬁve or ten men who control
10,000 miles of railroad in the lines of
travel and transportation, and so have
billions upon billions of property under
their authority, and a clutch on the very
throat of commerce. If need should
come for a president who would favor the
railroad monopolies, it would take only
ﬁve pockets to put any man in the exec-
utive chair. Out ‘from New York run
three or four roads, which are undevel-
oped dangers to the very existence of
uncorrupt central government. There
is a many mouthed lion and a real peril.
But good will come out of all this. The
danger will be overruled for good. Oom-
bination in manufacturing means cheap-
er fabrics, if steamship companies and
‘railroads will distribute them cheaply.
Commerce will be a winged lion when
the perils are overruled. and the honey
will remain.

As to labor troubles comprehensively,

I rejoice in them; individually, I am
sorry. Labor must organize for self-de-
fense. Men are not to be trodden down
like grass. The organization of labor is
widespread, and wages formerly dis-
cussed at one end, are now talked over at
both. Pauses in work occur, strikes and
riots. Would we have it otherwise? I
am glad the bridle is being put on the
behemoth. Millions are not to be con
trolled at the will of ten or twenty. Thus
far and no further, is being said to mo-
nopoly.
The laboring men are at school, study-
ing political economy. They are learn-
ing how to give up a part of liberty, so
as to enjoy fully the rest. Calculators,
reasoners, philosophers and orators are
developing among them. It is full of
beneﬁt. and the evils are mere triﬂes.

Judicial Ascerlainment.

The Fort Worth Gazette pretends not
to understand what Senator Gooch
means by land forfeltures being de-
clared “without judicial ascertainment,”
and is disposed to poke fun at the sena-
tor. We see no mystery about it. The
Gazette 1S doubtless aware that over one
hundred millions of acres of land granted
to railroads by the United States upon
condition that they build so many miles
of road within a given time has been
forfeited by the terms of the contract;
but the attorney-general has ruled that
the_ forfeiture must be declared by
judicial ascertainment before these
lands revert to the government, and
that so far it has been impossible to get
a bill through Congress declaring the
forfeiture. Now this land bill of Sena-
tor Grooch provides for the sale of school
lands on long time, provided that cer-
tain payments be made annually. If
the parties fail to make these payments
the books of the treasurer, land com-
missioner and comptroller will show the
fact. and instead of bringing asuit to de-
clare a forfeiture, or introducing a
special bill into the Legislature, this bill
provides_ that the forfeiture shall be de-
clared without “judicial ascertainment.”
and the lands again put upon the mar-
ket.—Age of Progress.

The Cause of Panics.
It is, we think, a very common fal-
lacy that panics. hard times, etc., are
mainly occasioned by excessive pro
duction. It you ask for inform ition
concerning the causes that have pro-
duced stagnation ofbusiness and ﬁnan-
cial troubles at any time within the
past ten years, the answer, generally,
will be, “It was caused by over pro-
duction in general, and railroad build-
ing in particular, which absorbed and
practically held usel-ss the money
which otherwise would have found ac-
tive employment in carrying forward
the other industries of the country,
and that consequently the said money
was not available for the enterprises
of production and commerce in other
directions." And the speaker would
believe every word he uttered, untrue
though it be.
Examine the matter of railroad
building and the facts evolved will do
to establish the principle in other pro-
ductive industries. Can any one show
where, how and when one single dol-
lar was ever for any considerable time
locked up and withheld from circula-
tion by it? As one proc.-eds in his in-
vestigation he will see as plainly as he
can see the sun at midday, that alland
every such enterprise, so far from be-
ing a - ermanent absorbent of money,
is. instead, a wonderfully etf'ectivedis-
tributor. It may absorb almos: any-
thing else. but it di-«tributes money.
From the minute the enginser ﬁxes
his theodolite, through the eras of ex-
cavarion. embankment, ballasting, tie
and track laying, and every other p:o-
cess until the palace cars and light-
ning trains proclaim the work of con-
struction and equipment complete,
radiation of money is the rule. Apo-
plectic hoards have been released from
their hiding places, and by payments
to civil engineers for surveys, laborers
for work on road beds, farmers for ties
and their various firm products,
foundry men for rails, machinists for
locomotives, the mechanics and artists
of the car shops and other workers,
money has been scattered like the rain
drops of refreshing showers, stimulat
ing instead of depressing other indus-
tries. We have selected railroad build-
ing as an exemuliﬁcation of the
monstrous popular fallacy that pro-
duction absorbs money for the reason
that it is quoted more frequently than
any other productive industry as the
cause of monetary panics in general.
An application of similar analysis will
exhibit similar phenomena in every
other class of productive industry, not
one of them absorbing, but every one
radiating money.

Is there not then, and can there not
be,over-production ‘? Certainly. B )tl1
over-production and under-consump-
tion (which is largely the same thing,
only, looked at from the opposite
standpoint) have ' often occured,
and will doubtless occur again.
VVe simply claim that production don’t
lock up m -ney, but on the contrary
distributes it. VVe go one step farther
and call attention to the well known
sacts that when the money supply
ceases, then and not till then produc-
tion stops, railroad building is sus
pend-d, furnaces and forges extin-
guish their ﬁres, factories suspend or
run on hal: time, wages are reduced,
prices fall, while the credit centers
from Wall street down to the country
cross-r ~ad store, slowly absorb the pre-
vious money accumulations of farmers
and other producers. This is a period
of liquidation, a very euphonious term
but comprising in its signiﬁc ance
widespread bankruptcy, enforced idle-
ness, suicide and other horrors. Ev-
erybody knows that while this period
of real absorption continues, the
hoards at the commercial and ﬁnancial
centers a cumulate, until industrial
paralysis has done its work and the
volume is such it begins to escape into
thechannels of industry, and the in-
dustrial interest which had recently
seemed on the point of death by atro-
phy, with the life-blood at the centres
and not at the extremities, recovers
energy, and production more or less
scatters the accumulations which were
useless when hoarded. It is too much
credit and too little money in business
affairs that originate panics.— United
States Economist.

Small Bed-chambers.

There is reason to believe that more
cases of dangerous and fatal disease
are gradually engendered annually by
the habit of sleeping in small, unven-
tilated rooms, than have occurred from
a cholera atmosphere during any year
since it made its appearance in this
country. Very many persons sleep in
eight-by-ten rooms; that is; in rooms
the length and breadth of which mul-
tiplied togther, and this multiplied
again by 10 for the height of the
chamber, would make just 800 cubic
feet, while the cubic space for each
bed, according to the English appor-
tionment for hospitals is 2,100 feet.
But more, in order “to give the air ofa
room the highest degree of freshness,”
the French hospitals contract for a
complete renewal of the air of a room
every hour. while the English assert
that double the amount, or over 14,000
feet an hour is required. Fourteen
thousand feet air every hour! and yet
there are multitudes in the city of New
York who sleep with close doors and
windows in rooms which ‘do not con
tain a thousand cubic feet of space. and
that thousand feet is to last all night,
at least eight hours. exceptﬁsuch scanty
sup lies as may be obtained of any
free air that may insinuate itself
through little crevices, by door or win-
dow, not an eighth of an inch in thick-
ness. But when it is known that in
many cases a man and wife and infant
sleep habitually in thousand-feet
rooms, it is no marvel that multitudes
perish prematurely in cities ; no won-
der that infant children wilt away like
ﬂowers without water. and that 5.000
of them are to die in the city of New
York alone during the 100 days that
shall include the 15th of July, 1883 !
Another fact is suggestive, that among
the 150,000 persons who sleep nightly
in the lodging houses of London, ex-
pressly arranged on the improved
principles of space and ventilation al-
ready referred to, it has been proven
that not one single case of fever has
been engendered in two years! Let
every intelligent reader improve the
teachings of this article without an
hour’s delay-The Builder.

THINKi-zns are as scarce as gold,
but he whose thought embraces all
his subject, who pursues it uninter-
ruptedly, and is fearless of conse-
quences, is a diamond of enormous

size.

This Maelstrom—This Wall Street.
Joaquin Miller says, and will say,
the following of this great ﬁnancial
center that by its rings, its cliques, its
syndicates and its corners has so much
to do with the weal or woe, bright and
dark days of our country:

“New York is an iron fronted and
an iron-hearted town. Typical of
New York entirely is its .~c-reaming,
screeching. swift and very crooked
elevated railroad. Iron. All iron.
Iron and paint. .

“Of course if commerce and money
getting——-the saving of time for these
two purposes—is the aim and end of
life, this monstrosity ought to be called
a success. For it certainly saves time
and is a great rest to those who have
prcstrated themselves in arduous and
all-day battle with the many devices
and schemes and gamb'ing games of
Wall street.

“But when we consider that these
same men never, from one year’s end
to the other, grow so much as one
grain of wheat or manufacture so
much as one lucifer match, we doubt
if they deserve rest.

“Let us stick a pin here and reflect
arnoment on this fact! This mael-
sirom—-this Wall street—that draws
to itself the brain of the land, that
engages in ceaseless battle the best
forces of the republic, never gives back
in return one biscuit to be eaten, one
garment to be worn, or one line to be
read. Nothing !

“For the thousands of lives spent
there Wall street gives back to us an-
nually many insane and utterly
wrecked men. \\'e have. as the two
or three monstrosties: Goulds, Van-
derbilts, «SIC. VVe have, set opposite
these, many maniacs, many a ghastly
corpse, pistol in hand, leaning against
a wall in the dark; 10,000 ruined
homes.

"If so short a time has wrought all
this, what may one not expect in the
course of a century.’ (‘ieariy. some-
thing must be done. At this rate
some coarse and cruel man will get
hold of money enough to not only
“damn the public," but the 7e])ubli(_:.

“It occurs to me that stock gamb-
ling must be made odious; counted low
and vulgar as cards; despised and left
to the liabitues of the prize ring, the
pool den and the faro table.

"Something must certainly be done.
For I state itis a cold, frozen truth
that every judge of New York, high or
low, member of congress, and, indeed
every dignitary as a rule, and even
some of the ministers. “dabble" in
stocks. I speak from authority, for I
have just been serving two years in
VVall street myself.” .

Diet.

It is a popular idea that the majority
of persons eat too much. If reference
is made to the bad cooking generally
in vogue in this country, it is probably
true; but if it were pract.cable to make
an estimate of the amount or food re-
quired by every individual, based on
the energy » xpended in the mental or
bodily activities of each, we believe
the nutriment contained therein would
rather fall below than exceed the rea-
sonable rcquirem» ms of the body, and
that this inadequate quantity, together
with its bad preparation, accounts in
a great measure for much of the
premature decay visible on every side.
This practical age, with its gauges and
tests, and its demand for reasons and
for facts, has dispelled many false no-
tions. The present generation of men
cannot be made to believe that their
forefathers attained an average age of
eighty years by hard work and “hard
task;” but they do know that the av-
erage term of human life was ten years
less in the last century than in the
present.

There is no question so frequently
asked of the physician as that which
relates to diet; and there is none more
ditlicuit (0 answer. The answer al-
most always giyen, by one of the most

rominent rhysicians in New York.
is, “eat whatever you think you would
relish.” This reply is wise. Nature
craves what will best agree with the
system; and unless there is some spec-
ial reason why it should be withheld,
the desired food should be furnished
if possible. One qualiﬁcation, how-
ever, is necessary; and that is that the
food requested should be wholesome
and properly prepared. A patient
just recovering from typhoid fever
might crave an artice of food to which
he had always been accustomed, as for
example, “mince pie,”—a dish most
trying to the digestive organs—and
which, if indulged in, would a.most
certainly result in a relapse that would
prove fatal. A similar case once came
under our observation as consulting
physician. It is our ﬁrm conviction
that no restrictions shou.d ordinarily
be ilaced on the quantity of food giv-
en and are permanently injured by
fasting between the regular meal hours.
Never say no ! to a child who asks
food or water, it matters not how of-
ten. No person who has been habitu-
ally underfed in childhood can ever
enjoy perfect health, nor is he likely
to attain to old age. We see this truth
exempliﬁed in men and animals.

The use of food is not alone to nour-
ish the body; it has another most
important office, which is to distend
the stomach and intestines. If a horse
were to be led on oats or other concen-
trated food only, he would soon die;
and thus it would be with any other
animal, '

When a child is underfed, during
years--as thousands are-—its stomach

ecomes weak and contracted so that
in time it has neither the strength nor
capacity to contain sufﬂcient nutri-
ment for the wants of the system, and
the child dies of “marasmus,” a disease
common enough among the poor and
degraded, and not altogether unknown
in higher life, where errors in relation
to the care of children are sometimes
adhered to with most persistent obst -
nacy.—Hall’s Journal of Health.

THE executive committee of the Gen-
tral Michigan agricultural society met
on Wednesday. The decided to hold
a spring fair commencing May 29 and
closing June 1. The public sales of
choice cattle and the display of agri-
cultural implements will be made
special features of the fair.

ARRANGEMENTS for ﬂooding the lower
portion of the Desert of Sahara are be-
ing pushed forward by the French Gov-
ernment. A canal from the Mediterra-
nean is to be the means adopted. and
Dehesseps, the Great Ditcher, is now
in Algiers, lending to the project his ex-

perience and advice.


APRIL 15, 1883.

Work for Inventors to Do.

VVe have inai.-hines f01‘{lpi[1g‘ alum,-1
all kinds of work in field, shop and
f_a.ct0i’_v. But most of the nlatlllilliis we
find in them now will not 1).-in ill.-in
twenty years hence. Tin-_v will give
place to .-toiiiitliing vastly better. All
the nlzltélillies iii>\\"st_\’li-ll "pi-rfo.-1ir)n,"
will be foiitld to be vi-r_i' l1l1l)4’l‘It"'i.

_ The llltlcllllltfs‘l]()\\'4‘!!llil1I}'i'|l for mak-
ing paper, weaving: cloth. printin<_r. sew

ing, sliapiiig brick. and working 11'
lumber will soon be displaeexl. A ver_

valuable inveiitioii i- seldoiii very valv-
able, in itself. l)i’}Ulltl the ti-rm for
which it is patented. It is improved to
such an extent that only a siiigli: prin-
ciple reniaiiis to be kept in operation.

It is likely that much will be done in
the future in i'cstorini_r old processes,
and in 1-onibinin;_r them for doing cer-
tain kinds of work. In inany depart-
ments of industry little has been dom-
to li,-._*litcn the burdens of human labor.
Kitchen labor is performed in about the
same way it was when the first kiteln-n
was constriicted. Clothes. dishes and
floors are washed after the saine primi-
tive fashion.

Our methods of doing all kinds of
housework are twenty (‘t'I1llll‘lt‘..~' behind
our methods of doing farm and f:l('l()1'_V
work. Knives and forks are made by
inachinerv. but are scoured bv hand. A
new tin dish is made in a factory quick-
er and with less trouble than an old one
is cleaned in the kitchen. While drudg-
ery was driven out of the field and
workshop it took refuge in the kitchen
seemingly‘ with the dcteriniiiation of
making it its permanent place of abode.
It clings to it with despi-i‘:1tioii. New
lllSl1t‘.~‘. foi‘ the table and new clothes for
the person all make work, but the per-
sons who bring them out prodiiee no
labor-savin;_r 111:1(‘l1ll'1t‘ for cleaning: the
first or keepin.-_r in order the last.

It is likely that most of the \'alii:ible
inventions in the future will be inade l:_\'
poizsoii.-i who will devote lllt‘ll1~«'l\'4‘< to
inventiii,i_r as -.1 biisiiii-.--x ;\Ii>l",‘ k-l»io\\'l—
edgi». skill. time. ilmiiey and l‘.l_ﬂ‘lll‘l'
talent are now l‘t'I]lll1‘(’ll in in-the inven-
tions than were I<|l‘lll4‘l'l_‘ ns-1-«led. A
person must now .-tiiili‘ to liiid out what
is wanted in any ili-pai‘tilieiit of indus-
try, and then learn what has ‘oi-1-ii ac-
complishcd. lie must read iiiziuy boolls
and coiisiilt with lll:l!l_\' peiwoii-. If :1
proposed invention pert:1in- to the ap-
plication of any ~t‘lI‘llt‘I‘ to the arts. he
must becoine t':.niiliar with both the
S(.‘i('IlL'0 and the art for iinpl‘o\'iiig; that
which is ill-si;_~'ii<.-ii.

Illessi-s. lies.-1-iii:-1', ll-.in-onii-. and Ed-
ison. tliri-e of the most illiistrioiis
inventors of 0l|l'ill)1i‘. :itl'ord ;__rnml illus-
trations of what men of g‘t‘Illll>, judg'-
ment, and pei'si-‘.1-i':iii<-e t‘.‘Ll11l.t't't)l1]l)ll$li
by (levotiiig theliisi-l\'cs to specialties.
A 1'e(-.linical cdueatioii and :1 libi';iry are
as nece.ssar_\' to an ilivcntor as to it pro-
fession-.1l man. For a Illt‘('ll:llllL'2l.l in-
ventor a worksliop is as iieei-ssai‘_v as it.
is to 3 n1Gt‘ll;1)1l('. Sonia-. capital of course
is l'leC(‘.S>'2ll'_\' to enable a pi-rson to de-
Vote all his time to this biisini--s. Abil-
ity to conceiitrate oi1e's thoiii_rlits on :1
particular siibji-ct is of prime iiiipor-
tanc? to :1 siicccs,-:iil l1)\1’('1lI()l1‘. t A ;:hap-
iy ii  inayocciir to Inn. )11 pa iencc
is required to make it of :l1l_V'])l‘Il;i‘.il(':il
value. M-any scientific men an nie-
chanics canidevote considerable time
to inventing and go on with their I‘t';_"ll—
lar pursuits, as tlie_vliav1- iiiiiisii:il facil-
ities. Mucli {1l\\".l.}'S depends on little
things in the perfection of great inven-
tions. Goodyear and l\lo:'se found their
greatest ditliciilties with matter that at
first appeared trifling.-—('/11':-rig/I) '/‘mi./as.

_< 0 >-

“Senator Ba_vard starti-d in life,"
writes a vivacioiis Wasliingrton i-oi-i~es~—
pondent, “as a clerk in ii Pliiladclpliia
hardware store: Senator Bi-ck be5_::in as
a farm hand, Coiiger as a liiinbcr hand,
Davis. of \VestVii-ginili. as :1 brakenian,
Dawes as 3. school teaclier. Fair as a
bartender, Farle_v as -.1 ('()!ll‘ll driver.
Gorman as a Senate page. Jones. of
Florida. as a ca1'peiiti'=i-. l\lcl)ill as a de-
partment clcrk. .\lo1'i'ill as :1 country
store keeper. Plumb as :1 printcr‘s tl(3V1l.
Sawyer as a laborer. Sliei‘iii:11i as a sur-
veyor, and \Vest as a reporter." And
these men are now Seiiatoi-st Ah me.
see what drink will do for a man.

———————< cm
Our Great Source of Wealth.

There were in the United States in
1880, 4,008,907 farms, enilii-at-iiig 284,-
771,042 acres of improved land. Sup.
pose there should be equal to “one acre
more” planted in corn to eacli farm,
the result would he at fort_v bushels to
the acre, 160,000,000 bushels. These
ﬁgures serve to show what farmers are,
by a little extra etl'ort. capable. of ac-
complishing.

This country is great in resources and
varied in climate, and a few facts from
the census show that we have not over-
rated the agrieultiiral interests in their
relations to the wealth :1nd indiistry of
the nation. Here are the llf_"11l‘€S:
Number of farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.008 907

Im roved land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 715‘-t,TTl:04-3

Va lie of farms . . . . . . . . . . . . .$l0,19T,09t' 76

Value of iniplements . . . . . . . .. -t0lJ.5‘2ti,O.15

Value of live stock . . . . . . . . . .. 1,500,-1 4:09
Value of farm prodiicts...... ‘3,-.’1'=,-102,.-‘.64

There are millionaires in cities and
rich merchants and manufacturers, but
the great wealth, and that which does
not shift much and is reliable, lies in
our farms. and these, as we have al-
ready said are the basis of all industries.
It is business. too. that is not likely to
be overdone. and never had farmers 11
better prospect ahead or grcaterinduce-
ments to plant one acre more. than in
t'nis_vea1'. l>$r<:i.— - I'i'n«-i'mm.f[ Cr.>)mncrr.'ial
Gazelle.

.._.___...,.._.__.__

GREASE spots will occur in the best
regulated families. An excellent
mixture to remove them from boys’
and men’s clothing particularly, is
made of four parts of alcohol to one
part of ammonia, and about half as
much ether as ammonia. Apply the
liquid to the grease spot and rub dili-
gently with a sponge and clear water.
The chemistry of the operation seems
to be that the alcohol and ether dis-
solve the grease, and the ammonia
forms a. soap with it which is washed
out with the water. The resulth is
much more satisfactory than W en
something is used which only seems
to spread the spot and make it fainter,
but does not actually remove it. If oil
is spilled on a carpet, and you immedi-
ately scatter corn meal over it, the oil
will be absorbed by it. Oil may also
be removed from carpets upon which
you do not dare to put ether or ammo-
nia by laying thick blotting-paper over
it and pressing a hot ﬂatiron on it.
Repeat the operation several times,
using a clean paper each time.

Orchard Grass.

Editor Iylassachusetts Plr/ughman:—
I noticed in the Ploughman of Feb. 17,
an editorial on the subject of Orchard
Grass. gi ing conflicting opinions in
regardto its value for winter fodder,
for feeding stock, and the character of
the soil edaped to its growth. also
soliciting the experience of New Eng-
land farmers in growing that kind of
grass for publication in the Plough
man. I herewith relate my experience
in raising Orchard Grass.

Some ten years ago I stocked down
a ﬁeld of hay with Orchard Grass.
Tl e mail was loam with a -light mix
ture of clay. and a eiay or hard pan
subsoil. The ﬁeld was in good condi
tion from which I raiseol the preceding
year my usual yield of corn, viz :
about 80 bushels shelled corn to the
acre. I sowed barley with the gras
seed, from which I raised 3. good yield
of barley. The weather was favorable,
the catch of grass seed was good, and
the growth heavy. The custom of re-
p‘ rtii.g in agricultural papers 9. yield
of three or four tons or more to the acre
had not at that time come into vogue.
Mine was the first and only field of or
chard grass I have ever seen in this
vicinity, and for the purpose: f use-r
taining the yield of the crop nearer
than can be made by estimation, I had
the hay when dry put into tumbles of
equal size, as near could be. I
then weighed one load out of the ﬁeld.
Putting the same number of hay tum-
bles on toeach load of hay, I found in
this way that the yield of the crop was
about two ions to the acre, which re-
sult was quite satisfactory. The next
year the yield was nearly as large. and
the result of my experience with Orch-
ard Grass is that it will produce more
hay from one seeding than oily ofhez
of the grass» si. Afi- r cropping my
ﬁeld ten years tbereis now no other
but orchard grass in the ﬁeld, I ﬁnd
there is among some fariill-rs a preju-
dice against this grass, as ti ere is also
against changes generally.

I have seen in an agricultural pap :1-
a communication which represei. ted
orchard grass to be nothing else but
witch gra s, which is a mistake that
the author ought to have known. Al-
though timothy and red top is a tav-or
ite hay, I have never had any diﬂi -ul
ty in selling orchard grass in the
market. It is a grass that makes a
rapid growth, and is ready to cut for
hay the 15th to the 20th of June, at
which time I have for many years
commenced haying, and some years
have finished the haying harvest be-
fore the -1th ofJuly. - J. H.

Shrewsbury, Ma-is., March, 1883.

How I Raise A Call.

VVe are all interested in the rearing
of good stock on the farm, and to have
such, good care, good feed and plenty
of water, with good warm, dry_Sh€l_tt'I‘.
are the requisites. Now. to begin with,
if we want to have a g0"d. 13"1s9 WV”
t._y yearling, and from that on. _we
must begin right; have the foundation
good, and you will be rewarded by
having good large two and three year
olds. Don't i-tint. bu' from the tirst
‘e ‘ding riberally. I will tell you how
1 feed as some one gave their method
some time back. First: Let the calf
suck till the milk is good; then put._ it
in a warm stall near the cow; milk
the cow and give the calf the ﬁnger
after it has got real hungry, and when
it begins to suck lower the head into
the milk, and in most. cases the work
is done. Now it will take the flesh,
warm milk, of which it should have
all it will drink for one week. (Feed
the cow good warm slop feed once or
twice a day, to make her give plenty
of milk) Now it is two weeks old, and
you may give the calf some sweet
skimmed milk, setting more fresh
milk. At the end of the third week
give it a little new milk, and increase
the quantity of skimmed milk to a‘
least five quarts in all at a feed twice a
day. At; four weeks set all the milk
to skim, and feed 9. little porridge
made as follows: One and 0118 111111"
pints boiling water;_ stir slowly one
big cookspoonfull of Graham. 01‘ “[6
same of white ﬂour and shortsp let it
boil well; put in milk. and give by
this time at least eight quarts at 9.
feed. At ﬁve or six weeks begin to
feed a. little corn and bran. At two
months old increase the porridge to
one gallon of boiling water, stir in
slowly one pint or common» shorts; let
boil liven and give it less milk; say two
or three quarts ofmilk in the porridge.
Always feed warm. Let the calf have
plenty of hay, or fodder, millet, or
sheaf oats; all are good. Now,I should
say,in ni skim; the porridge be sure and
put a teaspoonful of salt in each feed.
It will not hurt your calf._ My word
for it, Mr. Rustic’.- €_‘XP9“e~"‘3"-" to ‘be
contrary. Feed as Idirect and you will
not have calves looking like they
have been knocked in the head with a
churn-dash. I have two ﬁne calves
raised as above, that will be ready to
go the range as soon as grass comes.-
Mrs J P. Walters, in Southern (Mm )
Live Stock Journal.

A Drop of Oil.

A sad state of affairs must exist on the
farm where the wagon wheels are al-
lowed to curse the tar-bucket. No won-
der some farmers’ work stock never get
fat; they are kept poor bv pulling wag-
ons and carts whose wheels and axles
sci-eek for thewanl: of a little grease. It
makes the ﬂesh creep on one’s bones
just to think of it. Such carelessness not
only keeps the work animals poor,_1t
wears out; wagons and plays the mischief
generally. _

This is true with regﬂd t0 many
things beside vehicles. There are com-
paratively few persons who place *1
proper estimate upon the value Of 3
drop of oil. There are hous_eke6D61‘-5
who will tolerate ‘the creaking Of 3
door’s hinges foralife time, when U16
application of 9. single drop of 011. Which
it would take but a moment to p 313915’
would remove the unpleasantness. Very
frequently the catches of door locks do
not act freely. When they are brought
in contact with the hasps there is so
much friction that unless the knob is
turned. the door can be shut only by
means of a violent pull or push. Which
is not only annoying because Of the
noise. but in time damages the lock and
not frequently shatters the door. A drop
of oil applied to that part Of the °¥*t‘_’h
that comes in contact with the heap will
obviate this, and the door may be closed
without effort or noise, as well as with-
out damage to it or the lock.-—Rural
Record.

To cultivate the soil with success,
requires both thought and study.

TEE @B_AN&E VE§E'.E@B..

Hog Statistics.

The r- cent startling discovery that
the department of agriculture has
done nothing in the way of investi-
eating the trli-liina and its relation,to
the American mg, is causing some
pretty vigorous remarks among
friends of other departments at VVnsh-
ington.

“I’m surprised that Luring has
done nothing on a subject so impor-
tant to the agrlcultuml community,”
said a treasury ofﬁcial, "and yet I
don’t know that I ought to be sur
prised at anything, for he docsn’t seem
to be at all praerical in any of ills
work, and «oes leeiur-ng ‘round tin-
couutry, and leaving his «iepartnieiit
to run itself, so to speak. Congress-
men come to us during the set-sioo to
net facts about this su:ject or that,
saying that the 8gl‘1(‘Ul1tlI‘8l depart
ment have nothing of which they can
make any use, even ill-Oll its own top-
ics. Now, Loring got only last year,
in the ﬁts?sessiolloftheF01'[y-seventh
Congress. .€:".l5,t)0() for invei-itiguting the
diseases of do we-tie aninuls, either
$20,000 or $25,000 I have forgotten
which——and yet upon this topic affect-
ing one of the three greatest articles of
export produced by:th-: agricultur-
tst, his department. is confcssedly lg
norant. Why, the sum given trim
last year for this ver, purpose is live
times as much as Nimmo, of the
bureau of statistics, gets for his inter-
nal commerce business, and yet you
see the difference in the result.”—E.r
change

Proper Economy.

I:lere’s some ﬂoating advice on the sub-
ject of living within one’s means: “We
don’t like stinginei-s. We don’t like
economy when it comes to rage and star-
vation. We have no sympathy with a
notion that a poor man should hitch
himself fast to a post and stand still
while the rest of the world moves for-
ward. It's no man’s duty to deny him-
self every comfort and amusement that
he may get rich. It is no man’a duty to
make an iceberg of himself, to shut his
eyes and ears to the sufferings of his It 1-
lows, and deny himself the enjoyment
that results from generous actions; more-
lv that he may hoard Wealth for his heirs
to quarrel about But there is an econo-
my which is every man’s duty and which
is especially commendable in the man
who struggles with poverty; an economy
which is consistent with happiness, and
must be practised if the poor man would
secure independence. It is almost every
mun’s privilege, and it becomes his duty,
to live within his means-not up t0—but
within them. Wealth does not make
the man, and should never be taken into
account in our judgment of men, but
competence should always be secured.
when it can be, by practice of economy
and self denial, to ;~. reasonable extent.
It should be secured not so much for
others to look upon, or to raise us in the
estimation of others, as to secure the
consciousness of independence, and the
constant satisfaction which 18 derived
from its acquirement and possession.”

To the Boys of Calhoun County.

Ata meeting of the Central Michi-
gan Association, holdeii in the city of
Battle Creek, on t.he13tliilay of Jaiiu
ary, 1883, the following communica-
tion was received from Hon. J. L.
Whitcomv , ofeiaid city:

To the Central Michigan Corn Associ-
alien.-

Gi-:N'rLi«:i\iEN:—With the View of en-
couraging the boys and young men
of our county in agricultural pursuits,
I do hereby Off-:1‘ premiums aggregat
in; $100, to be competed for by all
young men or boys I1lC2ilI.l0l1H county,
under the age of 17 years, i-aid pre-
miums to be paid as folio ave, to-wit:

To the young man who shall pro-
duce by his own labor the largest
amount of merchaiitable corn from
one acre ofground, in the season of
1883,—$-10.

To the young man who shall pro-
duce the second lzirg:-st amount,—$25.

To the young man who shall pro-
duce the /third largest amount,——$20.

To the young man producing the
fourth largest amount.,—$15.

No young man seventeen \ ears of
age or over on the 1st day of May, 1883,
will be allowed to compete for the
prizes offered, and all labor in prepar-
ing the ground and the cultivation of
the crop must be performed entirely
by the competitors. I leave the de-
tailsto be arranged by your worthy
association.

Respectfully yours,
J L WI-Irrcoiuiz.

Desiring that all boys in the C0uLl-
ty, einbraczdin the above proposition,
shall have an opportun ty to compete
for the prizes so generously offered,
this Association does hereby request,
that the Supervisors elected for the
coming year for the various towns and
cities, of the county, act as judges in
awarding the several prizes.

Each individual who shall deter-
mine to compete for the prizes thus
offered, shall, on or before the ﬁrs:
day of May, so notify in writing the
Supervisor of his respective town or
city, and shall with such notice give
his age and name, and the name of
his father or guardian.

And the said Sppervisor shall, on a.
day ﬁxed by him, previous to the cut-
ting of said corn, with one man of
lawful age whom he shall select, go
upon the said premises where the
corn of each competitor is grown in
his respective town or iity, and shall
measure oﬂ, from the said one acre of
gioiind. two rods square, or one-eight
ieth part of the hills of corn on the
more of land, which they shall deem
an average of the said corn, and shall
husk the corn on the same, acc. rataly
weigh and measure the same, and se-
lect therefrom ears as ‘samples, and
shall make a statement in writing of
the yield peracre, as near as they are
able to determine, and shall also state
in writing the number of hills to the
acre, and the number of h lls husked;
alss a full statement of the kind of
soil, manner, depth, and time of plow-
ing, distance of hills apart, manures
used, manner and number of times
cultivated, and variety of corn. And
shall also take -1 statement in writing
from each competitor, that all labor in
the production of said corn, and the
preparation of the ground, was by the
competitors, individually performed

At the annual meeting of the Supe-
visors, in the city of Marshall, on the
2d Monday in October, 1883, the said
supervisors from said towns and cities
where any competitors shall reside,
shall meet and present in writing
their statements and the statements of

the said competitors, as above, and
samples of the corn trom each ﬁeld,
9-Dd 811"“ proceed by vr-te to award the
He‘ oral rriz as under the rules and
i. gut stlﬂlll-l aforesaid, as in their judg-
ment. they shall deem just. All cor-
noratioi-sx are reqiie-ted to be present.
in ihe said city of Marshall on the day
of the meeting of the said -upervisors,
at which time the various priz-s, as
zlwarded will be paid -‘othe eouipetitots.
D CAI.\'I;, Pres-ideiit.
1-’ .\IAYt), Secretary.
(I-iitrul Michigan Corn Association, 1
Battle Creek, Ma.rch19 1883 I

The C’st of Raising Wheat.

A I‘-Ii-soiiri t‘Ul‘l‘t‘\l>l>l1llt'llI of the
l,'oun./:'_I/ f:'«*/1/7. mi/1; writ--- an ll1l<‘1'i’~’l—
in}; :1i~i~oiititof ibis i-\pi-riinents in de-
lL‘l‘ll1ll1lll_;{' the cost of l'1ll~lll_'_"\\'llt‘:ll. Iic
.sa_vs: T. I’). Ti-I‘r_v. in his able article on
wheat, toiu-lies :1 qiiesiioii \'ital to the
f:11‘l1ll1lf_'_‘ll1tl'l‘t-sis llll‘Ullt_TllH1llll1t‘ Middle
and Eastern States. \\'e. are broiigrht
into coinpclition with the It‘l‘llll‘ and
easily cultivated wln-at belt of the
Nortliwcst. where that i:ei‘cal can be
raiseil and placed on the iiiarket at 8.
cost of :52 cents per biishi-l: and when
we take into (-oii.-tiileratioli the fact that
the wheat thus i-In-apl‘\' i‘:iise.il is the
“hard spi‘iiif:.“ which runs no risk of
being winter-killed. and it is greatly
preferred by millers f<)1‘i'XpU1‘l:11l011. it
is time that we. who are contending:
agziinst such odds. should be looliliig‘
out for a better and ('l1t':llH’1‘ method to
be able to meet our l):ikot:i i'i\'als. It
costs us 1'1-om .70 to 70 cents to place a
bushel of wheat on the ni:1i'l<»-t. go-ttiiig
no lli,~._rlli-r price for it than lhl-_\' do. For
the past six years I liave ;_rivi-ii this mat-
ter close stud_\'. t‘1llll':1\'0l'lIlf_f tosolve the
qiiestioii of brin;_-'in;_r down the cost
of iulisiiig :1 llll.~llt‘l of wheat to :1 mini-
Iniiin. '

.\l_v iii‘.-‘t ti'i:il was on a tield that pro-
tllll‘l‘ll with the best of cultivation, ei_;_r'l1t
busliels of wheat per :ii~ri-. the land hav-
ing been worn out by 1-roppiii;_r to wheat
fora nuniber of _vi-iirs before I _<__rot it. - -
\Vhili- the crop w:is on the g'1‘t)l1lltl. and
tlllI'lllf_','lllt‘(‘l1l'l.‘l' .-priii}_v'. I sowed :1 per];
of clover set-it to the ilt‘l‘l'. which grave a
close llt'1l\'_\' set. lniini-iliail-l_v after the
wheat was cut. and as fast as pliiced in
shock, I applied on the sliibblc half a
biislie‘. of l’ortl:liiil land plasti-i'. By
the iii‘.-t of Aiigiist followingr the lield"
Wits matted with ('l()\'l‘1‘Il'0l11 one to two
feet hi_«_rl-. :ind in full bloom. Tlien, just
irine weeks from the time of cutting: the
-vheat. I started the plows with .'~‘l\l4‘l,‘ll
'Il(:ll rolling 1-litters. l)1l1'_\'l11,Q‘ the clover
under a sipiare furrow 1,-i'._-‘lit ini-lies
deep. I liarrowcd the 5_rroiind twice
di1riii_9; the following; siv weeks with 3.
Scotch liarrow (this best barrow ever
invi-iitcd). and coniniciii-ed drilling the
wheat on Sept. 20. Tile «_v‘roiind liadbe-
come almost hard. l‘\('t‘1i1lllf_"lll(‘Sl1I‘fI1t‘l3
which was kept mellow by the liarrow.
The following is the :lt't'Ill|lll per acre
for the lirst year:

One peek of clover seed . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 552.01)
Si’»\\‘ll1<_‘[ siiine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
llalf a bushel of plaster.....

Sowiiig saute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Plowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Doiible l1:‘l.1‘l‘(I\\'ll1L{,t\\'li'i' . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Drilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

(Lie biislicl of seed \\ heat . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Cutting and slioi-kin: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Hauling and stiu-kiiig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Threshinr, 1:! cents per bushel . . . . . . ..

llauliiig to inarket . . . . . . . . . . .

AV'eT1l}.{6 rent of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$lli.Sl
22 biishels wheat at 81.10. . . .32-1.20
straw, estiinated . . . . . . . . . . .. 33.00

B .

B -
~ 0

Net profit per acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.39

Actual cost of prodiictioii
76 cents, leaving 31 cents per bushel
profit.

The second year the cost was the
same. less half a peek of clover seed.-—
Substituting :1 LaI)ow piilvi-t‘i'/.cr fortlie
drill, and sowing liroailcast. cost about
the same.

Cost second year, per :11-re, $13.81.

28 hiisliels wheat, at $1.10. . .. . . . $530.80
Straw, 1-stinia.teil"" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.00

$32.80
Ne‘. profit per acre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16.99

Actual cost of production per bushel,
56 cents. leaving 54 cents per bushel
profit.

Third year same cost as second, less
25 cents in favor of self-bindei‘ hired.—
Substitutiiig the La Dow pulverizcr for
harrow as well as the drill, sowing
broadcast.

Cost third year, per acre, $15.56.

32 bushels of wheat, at 81.10 . . . . . . . . . 336.30
Straw estiinated 2.60

- $2-‘;«‘3.14l0
Net protit per acre
Actual cost of pl'()tlll('lI()l) per biisliel,
47 ceiits, leaving 63 cents per bushel
prolit.

Fourth _v<,-at‘ cost same as third. less
clover and pl::ster$l.8l) (the ground be-
ing filll of clover seed and of strong
growth); also 50 cents less per acre in

favor of self-binilcr owned, making
$2.30 from $1.’)..'36. leaving:

Cost fourth year, per acre, $13330.
33‘4j bushels wlieat, at $1.10 . . . . . . . . . .355-$6.85
Straw, estimated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.00

5533.35
Net proﬁt per acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.59

Actual cost of production per bushel,
39 cents. leaving 81 cents per bushel
proﬁt.

The liftli crop was about the same as
the last. I have dropped all fractions,
givingtlie. avi-l'a<_re price received for
my wheat. during the live ‘rears.

———:<o>-——
churning.

A dairy man writes that he desires to
procure a new churn and is advised to
use a rectangular box and to rotate it
without any apparatus inside “Is this
best? Would not heaters within the box
do more execution to the cream, and
churn the butter sooner and more ex-
haustively ?”

“As the twig is bent, the tree’s in-
clined.” It is rather diﬂicult for most of
us to get over our early impression in
regard to agitating cream while churn-
ing, but experience prbves that the
more the agitation the less the yield and
the poorer the butter. What is wanted
in churning is to act upon all
the cream at once and with equal
force. _Bet_iters never do that. Their
force is distributed equally. The ad-
vice to use a rectangular box was good.
That kind of a. churn is as good as any
and is the most in use in districts where
fancy butter is made. It is cheap and
durable. easy to operate and easy to
clean. Its diameter should be great
enough to cause a thud when cream
dr..ps from side to side. It will then
operate on all the cream alike and bring
the butter in good condition and in a

per bushel,‘

short time and very completelv.—Na.-
tional Lice Stock Juurvzal.

American Newspapers in 1883.
From the new edition of Messrs.
Geo. P. Rowell 15: Co’s American
Xewspaper Directory, which is now
in press, it appears that the newspa-
pers and periodicals of all kinds,
issued in the lfiiited States and Terri-
tories, now reach the imposing total
of 11,196 This l:l an in:-rca»e of 385
in twelve months. Taking the States
one by one. the newspaper growth in
some is very considerable. The pres-
ent total in New York State. for in-
stance, is 1399-a gain of so in the
past year. The increase in Pennsyl-
vania is -18, the existing number being
943 .\'e-hraskz1’s total grew from 17-3
to 201, and Illinois’ from 590 in 904
A year ago Massachusetts havl -1:30 pa-
pers; now the number is 43%. In
Texas the new papers outnuuihered
the suspen-ions by eigh , and Ohio
now has 748 papers instead of «$92.
The most remarkable change has oc
curred in the Territories, in which the
daily papers have grown from -13 'o 63,
and the weeklies frnin 160 to 2-13—D.»i
kota reirig the ehiefarea of activity.
The number of monthlies throughout
the country grew from 976 to 1.034,
while the dailies leaped from was to
1 062. The figures given above are
exclusive of Canada, which p recesses
21. total 0 006 It is interesting to note
that the newly settled regions of tli
(lanaiiian North-\Vest are productive-
of n wspapers as well as of wheat, for
the number of journals issu d in
Manitoba was nearly doublediduring
the year.
A Half-Finished Wedding.
The young people of (.‘-itir-inr-ati are
excited over a prilmi.-ml We-titling ilmi
diilnlt take place.

other from childhood, and were prom-
inent in society circles. The wed-
ding guest were assembled, and the
loving couple were on the ll')()X‘. The
minister pro.-ounded the usual que.-1
tion to the bride as t.o whether she
would take the man for her husband,
etc., when, much to he surprise of
all present, she answered “No.”
Thinking be misunderstood her, the
minister asked the question again,
and again she answered "i'o." Tliis

stopped the ceremony, and the story] ,‘

came out. ‘The young man, addicteil
to the use of intoxicating liquors, had
promised reform if the lady would
consent to marry him, and had signed
the pledge. He had beer on trial for
months, but as the bride turned to
him as they stood side by side before
theminister, she caught the odor of
whlskeyori his breath ani detected
signs of incipient_int0xica‘. on. She
closed the extraordinary scene by sta-
t;ing that she could not trust her future
loa man who had broken a promise
so solemnly made. Expostulations
and cntreaties we.e all in vain. The
wedding did not take place.——(7hi'cago
Inter‘-Ocean

What is Co-operation’!

It is the great means by which the
tolling class may raise themselves as a
class out of the miseries into which
they are plunged by the abuse of e mi
petition. It is the great means by
which the richer class may make their
wealth produce more comfort to them-
selves, while they remove the causes of
pauperism and wretchedness. To the
poor it is the self-help, which is the
only true help. To the rich it is the
uniter ofinterests, the healer of dis-
cords, the preventer of strikes, the
safety valve against explosion. To all
it is justice, wisdom, economy and
morality; justice by dividing proﬁts
equitably; wisdom, by showing how
justice can be secured; economy, by
preventing the waste of competition ;
morality, by discountenancing the
fraud of trade.

It has proved itself to be a success,
as in England and Scotland there are
more than 400,000 registered members
of co-operative societies. Their sub-
scribed capital exceeds_ $60,000,000 a
year. It is conducted on principles
fair to the honest trader, whom it does
not undersell, and most adapted to
beneﬁt: the poor.—KarI.9as Patron and
Farmer.

SINCE the disappearance of the paper
fractional currency there has been no
convenient may of sending small sums
of money by mail. Many dry goods
and fancy notions houses advertise that
for fractions of a dollar they will take
postage stamps in payment of goods
ordered by mail, but this is not what
postage stamps were made for, and it is
not always convenient. Postal orders
cost too much and the sending of them
takes too much time and patience for
them ever to become really popular as a
means of transmitting sums under ﬁve
dollars. Registered letters are open to
the same objection and bank checks are
not always obtainable There is, there-
fore, a "long felt want” to be met and
the new postal note authorized bv Con-
gress meets that want exactly. The pos-
tal note consists of a piece of paper
about the size of an ordinary bank note,
with rows of ﬁgures for date, dollars
aid cents printed on it, very much as
they are upon the duplicate tickets
issued by conductors on railway trains.
The ﬁgures are punched to the neces-
sary amount by the postmaster. The
charge is three cents and the note is
good for three months from the last day
of the month of issue. The system of
postal notes has been in operation in
Great Britain for two years, and has
proved entirely successful. Our pro-
posed note is much more convenient
than the British, and will no doubt at-
tain a. correspondingly wider circula-
tion. The postal note will come into
use some time before September 13 of
this year.

A THERMOMETER once was observed
in 9. state of excessive agitation.
“Why. my friend,” enquired the
eight day clock, “why are you so per-
turbed “.7” “Because.” replied the ther-
mometer, “I apprehend that I am no
longer capable of performing my
functions. At the present moment I
am registering 40 degrees above zero,
lwhep’ I should be several degrees be-

ow.

THE State of Maine has forty-nine
cheese factories, with an average of

107 cows to each faitory; sixty being
the lowest and 500 the highest number
The total product of the factories
was 586,834 pounds of cheese, for which
the average price received was twelve
and one-half cents per pound.

The yoliilg uiaiv:
iitidyoiir-g woman had known each‘

5

THE Railway Commissioners of
Iowa have decided that shippers may
select their own route in forwarding

lcoiisignments, and that all railways in
lthiit State must respect this right. by
accepting and billing the freigtits ac-

;cordiiig to the desire of the sill; pers.

' GEORGIA supreme court sustains the
right of the railroad commission of
that state to enforce its rates.

Alabastine

Is the only preparation based on thr
proper principles to constitute a dura-
- ~ ﬁnish for walls, as it is not held on
the will with glue, etc._. to decay, but
is a Stone ( einent that burdens with
age, and every an’ ditional coat strength-
ens the wall. Is ready for use by ad-
ding hot water, and easily Bl plied by
anyone.

Fifty cents’ worth OIALABASTINE
wll cover 50 square yards of average
wall wit. two coats: and one coat will

- produce bath work than can be done

with one coat of in y other 1,.-eparation
on the same surface.

For sale by paint dealers everywhere.
Send for circular containing the twelve
beautiful tints. Manufactured only by

ALABASTINE Co.
M. B. CHURCH. htanagiir.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

ACME UIIBAE H1111 BUTTER COOLER

juyl-tf.

A combina-
A tion by which
l alllnrmeracan
inake Cregm.
ery Butter us
vie lax keep it
in ii nire con-
dition until it
is inurke-ted.
It .~tiVeﬂ two-
thirds the In-
bor. Ni) ice in
ri-quired as it
is strictly ll
__ ‘ '.. . cold water ru-
t'ri;_-,i-riltor. - in is taken from the top and is
lt'l":ll" of :4 intent. The most i‘il1lllll€‘Ii' iirriiiigeiiiont
[ fortiie Fririilcraiiil lliliryiiiail in z-xisti-iici-. Agents
4 \‘vullI-‘ti, Scull tor \'ll’i‘Illil1‘.'|IlIlpl'li’¢)ll!'|[.
I I\lc1'Al.I. It I)U.\’t.‘AN,
Seliooleritft, llicll.

Liprif

The designed purpose of the Grand Rapids
(Micnignu) Commercial College is to prepare
the student for the practical duties of lilo.
Discipline of the mind, then, lies at the bane of
our scheme of education ; and the question to
be answered is : H: w iuay the greatest degree
of men at discipline be obtained ?

For further particulars please call, or enclose
stamp for College Journal. Address,

C. G. SWENSBURG, Proprietor,
ldecl y GRAND RAPIDS, Incl.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM KALAILAIOO.

TIM E-TABLE. —- MAY 15, 1832.
WESTWARD.

Night Exprean,----__
Acxzoin niodatiou leuv

Now_ York Expresu,
Atlantic Expresa,__-__

New York, Atlantic and Pacific lilxpreuen dni .
Evening Expreaa west and Night Express eut y
except Saturdayu. All other trains daily except Sui-
duys. Freight trains carrying passengers out ﬂola
Kalamazoo as follows: No 2:9 (cast) at 521- P. l., Ind
No. ‘£0 (west) at 7:37.

H. B. LIDYARD, Gen. Manager, Datmﬂ.
J. A. Garza, General Freight A ent, Chicago.
0 W. Ruriui.i¢~i,G. 1’. T. A., Chicago.

KALAMAZOO DIVISION TIME TABLI.

(Time 15 minutes faster than Kalamazoo.)
GOING SOUTH.

NY&dNYtB
_liixp_re-a. Ex l‘ nilw” "-

300A [2591 DNA]

GOING NORTH.

VT’ '”'I’!N‘i{—IIi“1~Ti75:'_"
_ _  ,_ n;:5__-A M isxpreu. W" "-
Le. Buﬂiilo ____ 1
Ar. Cleveland -

Ar. White Pigeon-
Ar. Three Rivers _-
Ar. Schoolcraft“

All trains connect at White Pigeon with train: on
main line. A. G. Aitsimv,
Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Knlamuloo.

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R. R.
Corrected Time-Table—-November I, 188?.

TRAINS WESTWARI).
[Mail 111:1; Day

’: Psclﬁc

STATIONS. Express. ‘ Express. Expreu.

No.4.
‘is 10 AM 740 li_

No. 2.

. Port Huron -

P
South Bend-

OJ!‘-I10-‘Idk0l¢5‘O@-in
L‘JII€hhfJ’Igv#a8uF|-I003
ONICG J) QICWO '

. Chicago __------__-

TRAPNS EASTVVARD.

éhlail and 7 Atlantic

Express. 5 Express.
No.1. ' No. 3.
-’ 850 up 5 151:
1130 "1745 “
1 10 Pl “

-I H

STATIONS.

25’
9-:
:::::::::=::."'i

is
1:

CD50!

Vicksburg _-_
Battle Creek

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.o=s'1}.é{.§o}u.Lcs.sL.

§;$S3$33"°"°'
coco-acacia-uwm-Sea
;g35I33§9i8"n3§8

' " i6’2'i'3'

Ar. Port Huron ________ _-j1

All trains run by Chicago time.
except Sunday.
Gm. B. Rnvzs, 8. R. OALLAVAI.
Ti-uﬂlc Manager. Genenl Superintendent.
For information as to m'-we. apply to I. P. Kenn
Local Agent, Scboolcrnﬂ, Mich. _

All train: doll


6

Gjummtmiratinna.
————*_—__ 

some Results of Grange Work.

Bro. C’obb:——Having been a little de-
moralized bodily, by a runaway and
tip over recently, I have as is usual
with me, read my_ papers more care-
fully and thoroughly than when able
to be out. I was particularly interest-
ed in Bro. Dougherty’s article in the
last VISITOR, under the heading "The
Grange.” I wish every farmer in
this broad land, whether in the
Grange or out of it, W0lll.l read it two
or three times over as carefully as I

id, and I think he would not fail to
be convinced of its soundness.

As to the political inﬂuence of the
Grange, it is being more visibly felt
every year. When Bro. Woodinan
organized Hamilton Grange, No. 335,
of which I was a charter member, he
said one of the objects of the Grange
was to purify the political atrnospliere.
During the 55 years in which I have
been a voter I never have been able to
learn how a political wrong could be
righted without casting a ballot
against that wrong, and when I have
talked that in the Grange I have occa-
sionally been told, “you aretulking
politic. in the Grange and that is
against the rules.” But I talketi it
just the same, deeming, that as Leo
ture: oftlze Grange, it was not only
my privilege but my duty, as far as
I had ability, to instruct the Grange
in all matters pertaining to the inter-
est of the producers.

‘While they would complain bitterly
of the evils under which they were
suffering. caused by bad legislation
they would go rig;.: on voting for bad
men nominated at a packed caucus as
delegates to a cut and dritd convexi-
tion, and for the men there nomint-.t
ed. But as I have said there has of
late been a visible improvement in this
respect. The honest reading, ielleccv
ing and independent voter is finally
becoming a terror to the political
bosses and ring politicians.

I h3.V( Ufiell expressed the hope in
Grange talks that the Grange would
become the means of c.eansi~ g our
legislative halls. As Bro. Dougherty
says, “For in the Grange we become
familiar with ,rarliamentary'rulc-s.
Besides ‘I have notion d that members,
female as well as male, learn to ex-
press themselves with ease and clear-
ness.” A bright and zealous sister of
Pokagon Grange said to me on Satur-
day last that when their Grange was
ﬁrst organized her husband would
almost faint when he arose and said,
“Worthy Master,” and would have to
sit right down. But soon, she said,
by practice he got bravely over
this ditﬁdence.

VVhen Hamilton Grange was ﬁrst
organized, with the exception of the
Worthy Master, I for months had to
do all the talking, and now all, old
and young, talk and they often make
it right warm for me in case they take
exceptions to positions I assume, and
the beauty of all this is that however
much we may differ, or however spir-
ited the discussions, we never carry
the least ill feeling over the threshold
of the hall. Conservatism and for-
bearance are christian graces which
need to be cultivated in many'Granges
I have visited.

With pleasure we read in Bro. D’s
article his references to the initiation
ce1"?m°D3'. This is just what Ihave
advocated ever since our Grange was
organized. It took Bro. Woodman
but: a very short time to ,'make a full-
ﬂedged Granger of about 60 of the
very best men and women of Hamil-
ton. None better were ever made by
an eight weeks’ grinding through the
mill. I used to pityin my very soul
those candidates who so ratiently en-
dured all this foolery, and as I used to
term it, nonsense. The most objec-
tionable of which was what was called
ﬁeld work. This was soon dropped;
and the same with others, and more
ought to be. I see no necessity for
more than on e degree, or for anything
more than the sign and paggwol-d_
We have good sense in the Grange.
We do nothing that I would not
commend to our outside friends. The
only object of signs and passwords is
that we may make ourselves known
when away from home. If we can
give the Grange grip and sign it is
evidence that we are worthy of trust.

A few years ago one of my neigh-
ibors had some cattle stolen. Aneigh.
bor who was a Granger started in pur-
suit and found the cattle at Benton
harbor, where the thieves had sold
them. He replevied them and had to
give bonds. Did notrknowa soul in
the town. He went out into the
street and commenced to give Grange
signs, which were soon answered by
the Master of the Grange there, who
went readily tipon his bond.

Having by eight years’ exp-rience
as a railway freight agent in New
York c.ty, become familiar with all
the workings to get the most out of the
ship-.:er, I can duly appreciate Bro.
D’s views upon that point. Legisla-
tion can reach the evil he alludes to,
and men can be found among the
farmers, if not in the Grange, who
will be faithful to the trust committed
to them, ifwe will fZ1l_',' lock for them,

TEE GRANGE VISIEQB-

instead of allowing them tolook for

and demand the oﬂﬁce.
J. R. IIENDBYX,
Hamilton Grange, No. 335.

________€______._

Etlztor Grange Vz'3z‘l0r:—Since the ap-
pearance of my advertisement in your
valuable paper, I have received a great
number of letters inquiring if I will
make a discount on the price of the
Union scales if parties ordering take
more than one, to all of which I have
been compelled to reply, most emphati-
cally, Noll should be only too glad to sell
these scales at a lower price if it were
possible for me to do so and not lose
money, but it cannot be done, and I
hope no one will again ask me so to do.
Being strongly impressed with the be-
lief that every farmer would be greatly

beneﬁtted by the possession of one tr‘ .

these very superior scales, induced me
to offer them at the very low price I did
as an advertisement of my business.
Knowing that every time they had occa-
sion to use them, it would be but natur-
al that thev should think of the mun
from whom they purchased them as a
true benefactor, and as we all like to be
kindly thought of. I chose this method
in my own behalf. I fully warr~.u_t the
scales to be just as represented. and if
any purchaser should order one hun-
dred the price would be, for each scale,
34.50. ' There can SOI1lel’ll1l‘};;‘ be savetl in
freight by ordering three or more in one
shipment, but my 1»,-'z'r:r /ill/./.\n’i’(:'I/21/1./Llfw
MU/£6. I will simply add further that I
am selling a great many of these scales,
and in no instance, when anything thing
is said about them, do they not prove to
give unqtialiﬁcd satis:fact‘i<,-n and I have a
number of letters of (‘./’:lllllJ.‘.‘l.l{lllfl‘-ll that
would look Well in your colunins  tes-
timonials of their excellence which I
will send you if desired, so tli-1.‘ the Pa-
trons may be convinced by the unre-
servcd Clll10l‘S€-lIlt.‘2ll2 of many of the
foreinyst men in the Order in this and
other state.=,i'or my sales are not con-
ﬁned to Michigan by any means. I am
selling as far soiitlieast as Maryland and
all over the great. west.

I have a ﬁne lot of Wisconsin spring
wheat, ﬁeld peas of all kinds and every
variety of vegetable and garden seeds.

Iiespectfully yours,
Gizo. W. HILL.
80 Woodbriilgc Sreet \Vest, Detroit,

Mich.

__________________
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers Meeting
Mar. 17th, 1883.

In accordance with notice previously
given, 9. number of farmers of Kalama-
zoo, Van Buren and Calhoun counties
assembled at the American hotel in Kal-
omaz-'>o, Saturday, March 17th, and
organized a society under the name of
The Wool Growers Association of South-
western Michigan.

0.1’. Morton, of Kalani.-tzoo county,
temporary chairman. S. B. Hammond
stated the object of the meeting. Mr.
E. B. Welch of Van Buren, Mr. Fred
N easmith of Kalamazoo county and Mr.
Elon Olney of St. Joseph were appointed
a. committee to draft order of business
for the meeting and plan of organiza-
tion. Committee reported to organize
an association——To hold its meetings in
Kalamazoo—Oﬂioers to consist of a
President, Vice President. Secretary,
Treasurer and six Directors. '

The permanent organization was then
perfected by electing S. B. Hammond of
Kalamazoo, President; John Ransom,
Vice President, Mr. Geo. S. Pearson of
Kalamazoo, Secretary and Treasurer;
Directors: E. B. Welch, Van Buren Co.;
Elon Olney, St. Joseph Co.; Bradley
Williams, Kalamazoo Co.; Wm. G. Kir-
by, Kalamazoo Co.; 0. Soutnworth,
Calhoun Co.; Ezra Brackett. Allegan
county.

The President and Secretary were in-
structed to draft constitution and by-
laws for the government of the Society.
It was decided to hold a general sheep
shearing festival at Kalamazoo on
Wednesday, May 2d The President and
Director Williams were instructed to
make suitable arrangement for the

shearing. Meeting adjourned.
H. D. A.

Friend (Jobb—Dem' Sir: Enclosed
please ﬁnd one dollar for GRANGE Visi-
ron for two years.

1 will just add that I can show fence

posts of common oak, that have stood 21
years, and are apparently just as sound
as ever. They were dipped in gas tar
hot. The same kind of posts on the op-
posite side of the road, that were not
dipped. have not stood half as well.
Tell your readers that 9. solution of
hen manure will keep the striped bug
from their vines. Two applications will
be necessary.

Wheat is injured some in this region,
but is looking better than we expected a
few days since. The Fultz is looking
much better than any other variety, as
it is not troubled by the insect, while
the Clawson was bttdlytianiatzed by them
last fall. and I find that every dead
stool that I have examined, has from
three to ﬁfteen insects in it.

Yours very truly.
C. M. W 001).

Pinckney, April 10, 1883.

Bro. Cobb: I have been a subscrib-
er to the GRANGE VISITOR ever since its
first issue, and I heartily endorse its sen-
timents, and hope the good work it is
doing will ﬁnally bring the farmers of
Michigan to better understand our aims
and object.

In the Vi.-it:-.>i: of luI.:'c'.i 1.-it, A. l.‘-.

P. Van Buren writes of orchard grass
and quotes from a Mr. McDowell an
opinion that, according to my experience,
of seven years cultivation of orchard
grass, cannot be sustained. I ﬁnd that
it matures early, does not ﬂourish best
in the shade;if out before too ripe makes
good hay, much “better than wheat
straw,” and equal in my opinion to
herdsgrass. Yours,
S. E. SPENCER.
Girard. Branch County, Aril 10, 1883
_..___..___.__.

Transportation Bill—Recommendations.

[Report of special committee appointed by
Bainbridue Grange, No. 80, to consider
the communication and bill of State Sena-
tor Pennington]

The special committee on the com-
uiunicatioii ofstate Senator Penn x ug-
ton, requesting the Grange “to n.-=~;i.-zt
in sectiring the passage of Senate Bill
No. 16, “entitled “A Bill to «eguiate
the management of, and provide for
the transportation of freight upon
such roads,” respectfully report: that
they have had the same undercon:-:itl-
eration, a:id have directed lllc to re
port the same back to the Grange
without recomn:endat.icn.

l-‘. J. \Vl:s'r, Chairman.

Your COlllllll«’.it.’(: would further rc-
port that tlieyare in hearty syixipat by
with the pt'iiic:,nle as (:‘X;‘l'téS:-letl in the
title of the bill, not believe it to be
the duty of all gool citizei.-.-, and
especiztléy so of all nieinber-‘ of {lie
Order to :-tisist in -.'..'CLI‘llig_’,' the enact-
ment ofjust l:‘-.‘».‘:- 2,l=2~.c wi.‘~l prevent un-
justdist}rilniliati<’n;s by the I'.'Llli‘(tilIi~-‘
ill the ?Ulj‘l.\l.'ll‘rill_- of f-Jeiglitage. .5‘-itch
lztws should at-.c.,»r«l w;th llué-ll‘ as
prinr:ig..'t.-.- ixllll co l'lIl.‘!lJtl the l‘t+s;tet'.',‘.
o-’bils.»:lc.~.sine‘.1. l_'njt2.~~.- tiisci‘iiiiit:a-
tion consists in ticmanding lsiglicr
rates, in proportioii C‘; the .':o.-t of the
service :'endei‘ed, for one class of arzi
cles than for anotltt-r clas- of article.-:,'
or from one class of slvippeis than
from anoth-sr class of shippt.~i's; or
from one locality Ellnll from éillullllgl‘
locaiity. 'i‘s‘ie actual cost of the ser-
vice rendered, with sufﬁcient margin
to cover all reasonable €fX,'lL‘l.lS€S and
liberal interest on the actual capital
invested should be a uniform basis for
charges on transportation. The -value
of articles, the individuals shipping,
nor locality should have any great. 11:
tluence in the regulation of freight
tariffs. -

Sec. 3 of the bill under consideration
makes the lowest charge per hundred
pounds per mile on “through freight,-7’
the maximum rate for “local way
freight.” that is usually shipped in
small quantities, and put on and oil
at the different stations along the line.
This appears to us as opposed to the
title of this bill, and EL (llS(3l‘ll.'llIl:§ ion
against through fre ght. ’l‘;.»e cost per
hundred pounds per mile for r-_-calving,
transporting, and delivering way
freight is a large percentage more than
it is on through freight by the carl-~r.d,
and your committee are unwilling to
recommend that the inﬂuence of the
Grange be used in assisting to secure
the enactment of a law to legalize dis-
crimination .

The bill C0l1id be perfected by
amendment, so as to accomplish all
that State authority can do; but what
amendments (if any) will be made we
have no means of knowing. After
careful examining all of the provisions
of the bill, and considering the result
of similar efforts in the western States,
the decisions of the court, and the
opinions of eminent public men, we
conclude that should the bill become
alaw its provisions could be applied
only to freightage strictly conﬁned
within the boundaries of the State.
“So little commerce is strictly conﬁned
with the limits of any one State” that,
(in the opinion of your committee)
appropriate national legislation reach-
ing as far as national authority extends
should be obtained first, and then
Szate legislation can ﬁll the blanks in
tne different States, and secure a uni-
formity in laws that would be diﬂicult

to obtain otherwise.
Respectfully submitted,
F. J. WEST,
W. H. COOK,
A. N. VVOODRUFF,
Committee.
________.____
Profit in Walnut Culture.

Mr. A. R. Whitney sets the walnut
trees in rows a rod apart each way.
Among these he plants soft maples in
rows four feet apart each way. The
maples are set in the spring at one’ year
old, 2,720 plants per acre. These can
be bought very cheap or be grown from
seed. The walnuts can be grown from
seed or be bought cheap of any nursery-
man. The maples grow rapidly, shade
the walnuts, inducing an erect growth
without branching. The ground is cul-
tivated until the maples are cleared oil‘,
which is done after the walnuts are well
established with straight trunks, when
the ground is seeded to green grass" and
becomes ti pasture ﬁeld. Such a planta-
ticn will grow in value rapidly, especial-
ly as the price of walnut timber annual-

)? udva.nces.—It'tu'i/2 Jottr/ml.
.___________.______

THE public domain of the United
States, which once embraced 1,823,
t)()().00O acres, is now reduced to about
l,()0(l,00tl,0U0 Of this, railroads claim
one-halt‘, in adelition to the large share
glrtzgdy uWalIJ(-’(l them of the 823.000,
001) acres already disposed of. These
claiuis are, many of them, based upon
grants made for roads which have not
been completed and, in some cases, of
which the first tail has never been
laid. Large blocks of land are lying
idle, reserved under grants which
have long been voided, but which the
experience of the roads in dealing wit. ii
the land cﬂficcrs, leads them to regard
.- 9, TH.l’lY their own.

l
E

,« your Illitllllof-1'Stl_'y'S,” and with till the cur:
! lillal

l

They Stayed on the Farm. F
BY ISADORE ROGERS. 
"'” l
1 was tired that night, and it did seem l
as if there was everything to discourage
and nothing to cheer. Will, our oldest
boy, had come from his work with a dis-
contented look upon his countenance,
saying that he wished he was in his cous-
in Harold’s place, with nothing to do‘
but stand behind a counter and measure I
goods all day, having everything he
wanted, and no work worth mentioning.
And when Jenny asked for a new white
dress. there was nothing that I would
have enjoyed so well as to give it to her, ,2
for I like to see my children nicely ;
dressed, as unv mother. But when 1 ‘
told her that we could not afford it, she
did not realize that it was much of a pri- I
vation to me as to her, and say: 
“Well, mother, if you cannot afford it, ‘
I can do nicely without,” after the man- ;
her of dutiful daughters in stories, but 
she went away looking as if nothing but
my selﬁshness withheld it from her. 
You can never realize the situation 3
unless I tell you exactly how it is, and I 2
do not want you to understand that 13
am saying a word against John, for he 
has more good and manly traits than any 5
other man of my acquaintance; but he:
is so easy rind gt)-1-.l-llastllred that ho ,
would hand out the lust dollar in the ,
world to indulge the children, if I said ‘
so, when he knew that he had a note for
farming implement.-4, coming due that -’
vt rv t.luV.
I knew exactly how much money he ,
had—jui-‘t enough to pay the iiiterest on f
the mortgmgc. and not ll dollar more;:
and it was only by very strict econoiny
in household expcntlitiires that he had
that, for I bud liou,r_:ht all the groceries
and necessary clothing for the children 5
by the sale of butter and eggs. Beside, l
ill.-l note for the new l'L'5’.pcl‘ would bcf
mitlit-g‘ due bcf.'ni'c long, and with his 3'
itnprovitlcnt ways I knew that if I didn't ,’
keep ll r-harp look out there would be no i
ID.-"l.it"_\' for that. We \‘v'-;’l‘c what was cnn— =
Eltlerccl at well to—do furnier’.-s family.
Our credit was g:.ot.l n.n',‘\vhcre, ‘tau:
mercy knows how inncli cmc t.t:vl
matiag-sine-nt it too]; to keep it to.
When the (.‘lllltll't,'l‘ ttsketl him tor any 3
thing. he ztlwuys ansxverttl: “Just ,1,-;f

responsibility of looking .'l.lJL‘ii"l
ttrown upon inc, I was obliged to say
no so often they began to look upon me }'
as being the cause of all their denials, I
vvtlt-n lie-well knows that I was only try- 
ing to secure 2‘. home that was our very
own, where they might enjoy conitort.
and plenty in their vouthtul tlnys, and!
return on Christmas and 'l‘huiikr~givit;g l
as long as they lived. ,'
And for this objtzct I llml toiled, ecou— '
omizcd, and denied myself in every pos- ,‘
sible way; and ultltough I could see that-,‘
with the slow but st.-ally progr<~<,-, that,
we were making, the grand olijent would 1
be accomplished in ll tow years more.
the fact that I received credit for l.l()l’.ll-I
ing but having a constant desire to econ-
omize from my cliihlreii, and a disposi- ,
tioh to fret about nothing (as he culled ‘'
it, when I tried. to impress upon him the
i:n,>oi't-.ince of being prepared to meet
his payments), iroui iny htisband. nmtle ‘

_ my lot seem doubly hard to bear. ;

Jenny was 15 years old——just the age I‘
to like pretty flowers and ribbons, with-,
out realizing that they do not grow upon 1
bushes, from which the paternal handsl
have but to reach forth and take them;
and just after she went away, with dis-
content written upon her features, John l
came in.

"Susan," said he complaininglv, “I do
wish you would discard that habit of ‘t
fretting about matters that will come out
all right anyway. Such a countenance
is enough to give a man a ﬁt of the
blues.”

Now, I am very well aware that mat-
ters never come right. unless there was a
power at work to bring them right; and l
as for a fit of despondency, I knew that
lie was never troubled with any such
malady. And for a moment I felt as if
I would rather he should be grasping
and stingy than to be so utterly reckless
and improvident that he could not even
sympathize with my care and anxiety.
Right here let me say, wives, do not
blame your husbands too severely for
what appears to you like more avari-
ciousness, when there is a mortgage on
the farm and other expenses to meet of
which you do not have the care and re-
sponsibility.

I felt so discouraged, so much in need
of some one to understand’ and sympa-
thize with my motives. that I was in no
mood to reply, and beside I knew it
would be of no use, anyway. so I went
out into the yard and left him alone.

“I won't try any more,” I said, petu-
ltintly. “One may wear her life away
for husband and children. and instead of
receiving credit for the one hundred
things that she does for their comfort,
she will be censured for one that they
deem amiss.”

But a wonan with ﬁve children to ﬁt
for useful and honorable lives has a bur-
den upon her shoulders that she cannot
lay down whenever she feels that her ef-
forts aro unappreciated. But she must
be content to wait patiently until the
ripening years bung their reward, no
matter how long and weary it may seem.
All this dawned upon me as I walked
along under the shade trees that grew
about our dwelling, and as earnest re-
flection succeeded the transient out-
burst of impatience and discourage-
ment, I set out devising some remedy
for the evils which I could not ignore.

At length refreshed by my walk. and
recovered from my petulant mood, I re-
turned to the house. Jennie was look-
ing over her last vear’s lawns and rib-
bons with rather a dejected expression
of countenance. and I really felt sorry
for her as I noticed how shabby they
were .

“Jenny,” said I, “I am sorry that I can-
not give you the dress, but perhaps we
cuﬂ lind some way for you to get it your-
se .

"Do you mean that I may go out to
work and earn,mon ey with which to buy
it ?" she asked, wontieringly.

“Em,” I answered; "you are growing
yet, and penple who employ help will
L'0_t Hp»-‘re You, as your mother does, by
doing all the ll(:u.VleSD work themselves,
that F011!‘ Young shoulders may grow‘
straight and strong, without being
dw.Lri'e-.l and dis-ﬁ,r_{urcd by tasks too .
great for :1 growing girl: and I think
them should be woi-k.on the farm for
all the members oi‘ a family.”

“There has always been work enough,
mercy knows,” said Jenny, dolefully.

“But I have been thing to think of
some Way in which you earn earn money
for your own expenses. and if you get it
and expend it on yourself, you will rea-
lize that you have it more than when
you have nothing excepting what we
buy and bring to you. Suppose that
_\Ull take the rmv of C!1"“ﬂ.'.lt bushes on

:if she were gHl!l;.f to nu»-c friiit:

ftime. and not

the east side of the garden for your
own, gather and sell the fruit yourself,
and buy the dress, or anything else that
you want.”

"Can I really have all the money that
the currents will bring?” she asked,
brightening up and putting away the
faded ribbons and dresses.

‘‘Yes,’' I replied, and you will need
even more next year than this. It is
only by looking ahead and preparing for
the future that we have plenty for the
present;and if you will plant a large
bed of strawberries and cultivate them
yourself. you can have all they yield.

“May I have a bed too?" asked Alice,
my thirteen-year-old girl, who had enter-
ed the room and stood listening to the
conversation.

“Yes, if you will cultivate it yourself,
and keep your plants free from Weeds,”
I answered.

“And do just what I please with the
money ?" she questioned.

“Yes, but I shall require you to make
your purchases carefully that you may
receive the full value of your money,”
I replied.

“Oh, you can go with me. and assist
me with your advice," she answered, “if
I can only have the money and buy the
dresses and other things myself."

"What can I have mamm:i?" aslred
Nelly. who had reached the age of six

. years.

“I will give you two nice lit-uhina
hens. and you may have all the little
chicks, if you feed and take all the cure

‘ of them yourt-elf.”

“We shall soon be as well oil’ as the
boys, for all W'ill feels so proud of his
pigs, and George of his tui'lrcy-," and
the child ran oil‘. gleefully to look up zz
good location for :1. couple of ilrll coop‘.-.
'l.'lie older girls xvont speedily.’ to work at
their strawberry beds, and liclozu un-
othei‘ duy liad pussetl each had ll iliccly
prep:m-d piece of ground, with two
tundred plaiits.

And .Jcml_v vnaniftmltrtl it. new interest
in those '\.3ill'I't-Isl l)l.lt~'«ll(‘E~‘, which liad lIL‘t‘ll
soinewlmt negle<:tetl' torn your or two
pn.-at. She «lug :HV1l_V' the gra--s.

5'-l-It Hlllll

for the
market, it should be of the v.-arv best
quality, and the ll_ll_,‘l‘()Vt‘Ill(‘llI was rczzlly

to put ztrnund the roots. for

‘ .'-l1l‘pl’l.-‘lJl,£‘,'.
Wll.-it a new interest the girl:-‘ St-tlllltftl ,
,to take in e.verytl:iii,t_-:. They did their

work in the llmi.-gr: with urzusual al;icr;3t_v,
that they l’l‘l,‘,'lll7 have a low inouicnts to
Work with t'll('ll‘ plants 1)-.-fui'e scliool
1-. wood was allowed to
grow to th-- tleiwinientof their enterprise.
Jenny ren..:/ml ;-. ,r_:rt-uter hum thanl had
tlnllclpattld l'r~.»in the sale of the currunts.
'l'llc dres.-: was purchased and several ur-
ticles beside, but it was not until the
following year that the real proﬁt begun.

The girls had procru-al it trezttiv-we up-
on the culture of small fruits, and at-
tended to the plants according to direc-
tions, and all their care and labor was
amply rewarded by the large yield and
fine quality of their berries. They llilll
nioney, without being obliged even to
ask for it, with which to purchase new
school books, as well as ’new hats, rib-
bons. and dresses, besides siipplying our
own table with delicious fruit all through
the season.

“Mother," said Jenny, after the last of
the berries had been gathered, “straw-
berries lust but a short time; would it
not be well to have :1 quantitj,‘ of rasp-
berry plants set out that we may gather
from them when the strawberries are
gone ?"

“It would be a good plan, certainly,” I
anwered.

“And I will plant blackberries to fol-
low the raspberries,” said \Vill.

“And I’ll raise grapes to come after
the blackberries,” said George.

“I have lots of chickens,” said Nelly,
with such a look of importance that her
brothers smiled.

And each went to work to have some-
thing from which to supply his own pri-
vate purse.

The berries took but little more time
and attention than the same amount of
corn or potatoes, but the boys could not
be spared from the ﬁeld to pick berries.
so they gave the girls a share to gather
and market them, observing that they
could keep even, anyway, since they had
other means which the girls had not
And with money with which to gratify
so many of their desires, each subscrib-
ed to a periodical adapted to his own in-
dividual taste. Will took a great agri-
cultural paper. George another from a
different part of the country, Jenny and
Alice each a magazine, and Nellv sold
her chickens. bought a new cloak, and
subscribed for a child’s paper.

The fact of individual ownership gives
all these an added value, and this class
of reading is rapidly leading their youth-
ful minds towards progress and intelli-
gence They are happy and contented,
without the least desire to leave the
farm, where there is proﬁtable employ-
ment for all, and a recognition of the
right of each to control at least a share
of his own earnings, instead of being
compelled to work in the ceaseless tread-
mill of the general welfarc. with only
the individuality of the father recog-
nized, as is apt to be the case where the
boys are discontented and anxious to
leave the farm.

And instead of being a tax upon our
resources, the children are self-support-
ing and proud of the independence
which their industry gives them, and
never were girls more rosy and healthy
than ours. There is no longer any ne-
cessity for that grinding economy which
we were once obliged to practice. and
John sometimes says: ,

“Don’t vou sec, Susan, that our affairs
are coming out all right, even though I
never worried and fretted about it.-
Farm and F’z7-aside. ‘

salt for Weeds.

An experienced gardener says: “Salt
is sometimes applied to gravel walks
and roads in a liquid state, or in the
form of strong brine used quite hot, or
as near the boiling point as possible.
This is said to be very effectual in pre-
venting the growth of Weeds. Sundry
other solutions are also recommended
for the purpose; but I know of nothing
more etfectiial than a liberal dressing of
dry salt, suﬂicient to whiten the entire
surface of the gravel. A slight sprink-
liug is of little use, and may even in-
crease rather than diminish the evil
which it is intended to cute. In apply-
ing such a dressing as has just been
recommended it is, of course, necessary
to exercise caution, in order to prevent
the salt coming in contact with the
grass, box or other plants, which may
form an edging to the road orwalk
operated on. In my garden last year
some walks which were salted early in
the season have been free from weeds
all s-:.mr:ier."

.n.l cur .
ried j-nil full; of dirt from tlze chip _Vard ,

APRIL 15, 1883.

What We Have Noticed.

That people who wear the best cloth-
ing do not :il\\‘:tys wear the best.

Phat people who bml.-I tho‘. they 8.1-
w:i_\‘s' speak what they think have some
I1JlL{‘llL_\’ mean lllUll‘\_"llIS.

That the man wlw persistently neg-
lects to live within his lllcullw will one
day be tryiu,-_r to live without it.

That the ‘mu-1.1 is dl\'ltlt’ll into two
ClaSSeS——lll(7SL‘ who are allll‘lIl0llS to as-
cend :lltU\‘(‘.1llt‘tll()(fl‘ll.}', and those who
are :tml-itiou.-i lll:tl evt-r_vbod_v else shall
descend below their own mediocrity.

That the man that burtei‘.-' health for
riches is never satistied with his bar-
gain. _ _

That the man who b:t.< :: l:tr,v_rc princi-
pul in the bunk !~‘0lllt'lll‘.lt::' shows no
principle in ail_vtl:in_«_- cl.-tn

That lioiic.-'t_‘.' is tl.c lit-st pol}-"y—in
fact that flll rare things are reckoned
the bust. '

Tlmt learning is a powerful auxiliary
to the fool bent on di.~'pla_\'ing his folly.

'l'lt:1t man and wife should not be
vokt-d like oxen, but lt:ti'nt-ssctl tandem.

‘o _«_r«-t :tlon,«_r snioothly, one must lead
and the tlillvl‘ follow.

’l'Et:~.t tl:«.- .<:roi1,-_-‘--<1 horse is generally
1)l1li'Ull llt'l\\'(‘t‘ll llw shafts.

'l'h:tt tlw \ll't>Il;_’_"'.~'l- £il‘;_"lll!lt‘ll[ ligztinst
se,\'u:tl t't{llJllll"\’ 1'.-, that woixtzni lolly be
11> 't»:tt'x :L-ii1:i'n V\'llt'll she; is pus‘.-vsscd of
hi-' .~lll>t‘l'lI>!‘ op;-urit'.ititic.s'.

That the
tbc l!:l"ilt'ltrl‘ llIN‘.< not lll1tl‘l‘_\', and the
l)1lL‘ll(‘lH’[‘ \\'o:l-let‘.-' \\'b_\' the lll:li‘l‘lL'll lnztn
ni:ti':'iwl -in lktt.-t. that this is :t world of
wnntlt-r.~.

'l'l::tt the girl \'»'l1t) tlt-t-l:=.1'v-' that she
would lmt ll!.Il'l'_\' the ll(‘.‘l lnzlii alive
quite l.l‘t‘tll|t‘l‘.!l_‘. pt‘--\'m her .-§t1ct'1'll§' by
lll:ll'l“\ in v‘ the \\ux'.~l hum .~-be \‘.‘lll llml.

'l‘b" “ Kim ~’l‘.lll\' uff lrtttligllt as

UN‘ lt‘~~ Ulla‘ sJ:|- of L’llllC1'
[ll-l'.lll'll'I' t‘Il>;;I‘l' Ito: i~‘ lu llt.;i:v' :l display
(ll ll.

'l'tm.'. \\'l<»~n It t:;:=.n is lmtwi 23:1’ liilli>.'t’lI
illull-. V ' " ‘ lw\'t'l‘.

'1‘ .;~.~ I ‘
lJ.‘iiI_l.'tltH‘l* .

lfml ‘J..''- I! :l  !
Cll:'.llt‘t‘ tnn1:~f;<- llIttllt'_'\.
int-ntion :li-- on-- numltn-ll or more
low it in lltc .-:xint- enter-

i;.-- H‘-_

\‘ll€tlll‘t‘> in
1tl'l~t‘.

'l‘ll:lt \\'bcn .'l lll:lll.\1l_\\.
in:lnl1«~t', lllill :t:t\:.ntl_\' (‘fill «in this or
tll:it,iE:I11;_r. be int-1111.-‘ llntt :tll‘\ body but
llllll~(‘lf l':l!l do it.

Tltzlt ti.s~ }>lmtu;_:l‘:t=,-lici' who can
lllilht‘ :t ll1lll\l'll:g‘ jllL‘llll‘t‘ is more suc-
cc.-,.-l'ti1 than he who lll:llitf.>' It correct
likt-tic.-‘s'.

'l'b:tt. he who St‘l‘.\' no }_t'oo<l in liuxnan
Dlll,lll'(: is too iiitlt-li;_-'ivt-ii to self con-
tcinplution.

Tlml the most }tl‘:'t‘lHil~' _;r>otls are
done up in the stilullt-.-t buinllc.-'. The
l(.‘llt'l‘l is the ﬁluillltl.-ll letter in the al-
pbitlu-t.

'l'li:tt people who ]Dl'ltlt'. tl;t-in.-'clVel
upon their 1lll'.'(‘.<ll'_\' do ti. 11:11 tin-y can to
inltkc their ll\'N‘t'llIlt‘lll>- h.:mblc when
tltililillig of them.

'l'lI:lt- the mull \\ll(J could do u thing if
he only tried is :l.l\\':l_\'S wi'_\‘ t-:Lrt.-ful not
to try. _

Th::t tltc in:tn who is :il\\’.-tys able to
say the i'i;:lit tl‘.in_«_-‘ in the right Ill:l(‘(‘. is
usually found in the rigltt place to say
it

in :t .-liglttitig

That it is better to be good and home-
ly than pretty and bad.

That ,«_-‘owl taste is too often conﬁned
to the palate.

',l‘l1:tt no in.-titer how ugly (I. nose may
be, its impt-.rt'ct:tions are overlooked by
its owner.

That the :tvcr:i._<_rc mun objects to
paying the debt of iutttirc. not so much
l.)f‘.<':lll\'t: he is afraid to (lie us because
he di.-liltcs debt p:tying.——1»'o.s[on Tran,
script.

_,.__m_< . -
Mistakes Einiiieiit Men Made.

()ld I.lll‘ll give foo niut-b advice for it
all to be sound. \\'usl1in;;'toti, it is said,
once dct-itlctl that the Erie Canal was
not pi-:u:tit-ztble. Sam Houston thought
0ll('.-llillf the llIHllt‘_V ()t'>iigi*t-ss voted to
Morse to build the lirst ttilt-graph line
ought. to be tlt'\'tIl<‘4l to ciicoui':l;_§c mes-
mcri.<tn. (,‘:u't- Johnson, l’<>.-;tiim.ster-
(letwrul, tlt-clinctl to buy the tcl-:;._ri'aph
]l'.llI‘lllS for tln-;:ov¢-i'ni1it-ilt for $lUU.000
on the _;1'ot;1lvl tlntt it t-mil-I not earn ex-
Ilt‘ll\'t‘.\‘. Ezra (_'orn<-ll >}n‘Ill t\\'o-tliirds
of )lor.<t-‘s :tppropi'i:uinn.- l.-t_\’in;_v' the
poor. stnrxw-liil;_r tt-it-;_ri'2tpli undet'gi'ound
lll~'lv‘.'ltl oi .<11't-it-,.';in_;: it like it clothes-
lin.-. 'l'iiti-ttlzy llowc \\':ts >lll'tf :1. lift -
ct-nt tax on wbi.~k;.' t-t-wild not collt-ct as
mu’.-it as it  l.’l.\. St»wni‘(l thought
7.3.004) men \\'t)llltl put down the 1'ebel-
lion. 'l‘;'w old lilllllllltlrc int-rt-brtnt, to
wltoin l’ot-'5 pot-ins \\'t*1'c .-ubinittt-tl, in-
tloi‘.-‘cel tllt‘lll: "llc-i'(-.is' Zl lllllll lit for
ilotl'tin;_r wll:tle\'cr.” l<‘r:inklin rather‘
tllonglit the Stamp act it .-'in:ti't recom-
mcntlution. CUll1fll()LlUl‘i_‘. V.‘i.ll’lt.‘l‘lI)llt
told his son to buy no railroads outside
of New York State. Old :l_-_ye is for
counsel, but it ought to come from the
“Ann.-n“ bt-nt-lit-.-. All the wisdom in
Splllll and lmrttigal di.<coura3_red Colum-
bus, but :1 pretty woman said to the
sailor:

“As wt ll to die and go,
As die and :~'t.a_v."
----New York Tribune.
o—}—j---
Tlie Omaha of the Northwest.
North Dakota has become famous as

the largest wheat producing country '
the world, and the immense immigra-

.tion to the Northern Pacific country is

fast opening broad ﬁelds to farmers,
merchants and manufacturers. The
lands on the line of the Northern Pa.-
cific east of the Missouri river are near-
ly all taken and settlers are now seek-
ing homes on the west Mi:~'souri slope
in Morton County, whose million and a
half acres of fertile grazing; and farm-
ing‘ lands are the cream of that region.
l\l:mdnn, its county seat, is the distrib-
utin;_r point for the \':tst- le1'1‘ll.()l‘_V west
of the i'i\'t-1'. llut three years ago itliad
only it ft-\\' log “sliack.-.‘,“ now it is a
liti.-rling city of 2,001! inhabitants, is
gt-owi Illl(ll_\' and will be the leading
Crilllll‘, I t‘(‘[‘ll(?l‘ llt”.‘li'i\\'L‘:l. of St.
l‘:lul. be (lniztliu of the Nortll\vest"
\‘,'j,,-Q mt,--,1,-.111.» given to M.-mtlun byRufus
llntt-lt.t!:u \\'<-ll-kiirv\\'Ii lt:llll\".*l'. A Board
of ’[‘y;,tl.- bus but-n vvtjninizecl there,
which will ('llL‘Cl‘lllll_\' .-‘end information
i'cg:irtliii;: the i'c.~:otii't-t--‘ <.f that section
by atltli'cssing the .-:ccrt-.t:l1'_v.
m.j.—<o¢—-—-—--

VVc hear a good deal about the “rage
for spct~u1:ition:" but l-'t_i_«_r;_r'. who speaks
from experience, says the rage general-
ly comes after the speculation.

 —— ,

De chicken-hawk nin’t crowded for

room in de bar: yazxl.

lll:ll'l'lw‘ti mun \\'oii<lei*s Why '

’l‘\;If.x:ts.h‘d'->.--.‘ .-


APRIL 15, 1883.

miles’ ﬁrpaigtnrrql.

WEAVI NG THE WEB.

"Th is mom I will weave my web, she said,
As she stood by her loom in the may light,

And her young eyes, hopefully glad and clear,
Followed after the swallow,s ﬂight.

"As soon as the day's first tasks are done,
While yet I am fresh and strong," said she,

I will hasten to weave the beautiful web
Whose pattern is known to none but me.”

“I will weaveit ﬁne, I will weave it fair,
And ah! how the colors will glow," she said,
“So fadeless and strong will I weave my web,
That perhaps it will live after I am dead.”
But the morning hours sped on apace;
The air grew sweet with the breath of June;
And the young love hid by the waiting loom,
Tangled the thread as she hummed a tune.

“Ali! life is so rich and full,” she cried,
“And morn is short though the days are
long!
This noou I will weave my beautiful web,
I will weave it carefully, fine and strong."
But the sun rose high in the cloudless sky;
The burden and heat of the day she bore;
And hither and thither she came and went,
\Vhile the loom stood still as it stood before.

“Ah! life is ..oo busy at noon," she said,
“My web must wait till the eventide,
Till the common work of the day is done.
And my heart grows calm in the silence
widef"
So, one b_v one the hours passed on,
Till the creeping shadows had longer
grown;
Till the house xvas still, and the breezes slept,
And the singing birds to their nests had
ﬂown.

“And now I will weave my web," she said,
As she turned to her loom ere set of sun,
And laid her hands on the shining threads
To let them in order. one by one.
But hand was tired and heart was weak:
I'm not as strong as I was,” sighed she.
“And the pattern is blurred, and the colors
rare.

.—__:j:.j.—__—

To Overcome Diffidence.

Dear .S'£.s'ters.-—Ever since I joined
the Grange I have thought what a r-‘-
markably great lot of women we are,.‘
mean as a majority. We meet here
from time (0 time with the lirotlier.-,
and the most 4)fl::'-’- sit nieekiy in our
serfs and permit them to do all the
talking. There are a few worthy rx
ceptiz=ns,, who possevfés .-‘uliicient in.
dividuality to express their own ideas
upon subjects that interest usall. But,
as a rule we -«it miirnuy-like, leaving
them to discuss ably or otherwise, the
pros and cons of each subject as it is
brought be foe 11:2, and they have the
audacity to smile audl ly at the sub
mission and iueeknes.-: We display, and
mildly intimate, (arid with pvrfer t
thruthfulnes:3) that there are limes,
when we do not hesitate to express our
views and opinions with remarkalily
force and energy.

I sometimes wonder if one reason of
our worthy brotlier’s liking the Grange
so well, is not that they have all the
say themselves. They do look so
pleased and complacent, as though, to
use the words of one of our presid nts
when he attempted to make a speech.
They “were at peace with all the
World and the rest of mankind.” Well
they are certainly nor. to be censured
for enjoying themselves thus, if we do
not chose to claim the time and privi-
lege, and we must certainly give
them credit for giving us every oppor
tunity for expressing our views if we
have any, and most assuredly they
have grave reasons for doubts on that
subject. . .

VVh.~3n the butr.er subject was given
out for discussion, any one would
naturallysupp-ise that every \V0men
present would have had something to
say, for all knowihat with the many,
experience has not been limited in
that direction, numbers of them ha .-
iug competed successfully at our coun-
ty fairs. VVitn one noble exception,
We remained calmly in our seats. The
worthy master with an incrudulous
smile lighting up his features, called
on various names; but a trembling
seized our limbs, our hearts came into
our mouths, and ‘- e conclude-. that
we would do just as we have done
hertofore, keep our seats. For myself
I can say, it would have been much
eisier for me to have taken our
Blanchard, and do a twenty-ﬁve
pound churning, than to have risen
to my feet and told “viva voce,” those
brothers and sisters my method of but-
ter making. It did not seem to cause
the brothers the least trouble in the
world, to give us their ideas and ex-
perience in a droll musicial manner,
that was highly interesting.

I have thought so many times while
here and at home, how useful and in-
teresting it might be to us in different
ways, if we could, and would give our
various methods of doing our work.
This far I have proﬁted many times
by the experience r f others and found
their wag, s easier and better than my
own, And now if we would only
divest ourselves of the idea that we are

_ before a band of critics, that we do not

come as professionals, but as a fraternal
band of brothers and sisters for social
intercourse, and mutual improvement
how much better it would be for us,
how much more real enjoyment we
would derive from the same source.
I know that many times when the
brothers are having debates and dis-
cussions, we have our views and ideas
concerning the subject, and the im-
pulse is alin/oat irresestible for us to tell
what we think, but for fear we shall
make some ludicro-. s mistake or blun-

der, we as usual keep our seats, and.

the audience is left in blissful ignor-
ance of the light that might have been
sued upon the subject, Thus we con-
tinue to hide one wee talent in a nap-
kin. The brothers express themselves

run ensues visiros.

freely and fearlessly, and we enjoy
their grace and f reednin, but we
should remember ‘bat. it has only been
by continually improving the opportu-
nities as they have been presented,
that they have arrived at this much to
be desired, and delightful state. Of
course we all know that some persons
are more highly endowed by nature
than others, but none of us can tell,
how much we can improve the differ-
ent faculties which constitute the basis
of our mental make up until we make
the attempt. By permitting any
faculty either physical or mental to
remain dormant, or unused, is to ren-
der it useless to us in a greater or less
degree.

The devout Hindoo to please hzs
God and expiate his sins. extends his
arm p )“pt'.lJdlc'llal'ly, and hold: itin
that position, until it is impossible for
him to again bring it to his side, and
its use is henceforth lost In him. The
old saying that, “where tin-re is a will
there is a way,” and again, “when a
woman will, she will you may uepend
on it,” might be a hint to us, that if
we should chose to exercise our wills
in the direction of which I have spok-
en, we might prove successful.

But by this time I fancy lheursonie
good, matt:-r~of-fact sister exclaini,
why in the name of all that is sensible
does .-he not practice what she preach-
es. Believe me dear sister when I tell
you that I am not the only one in
these degenerate days, that has discov-
ered that it is far easier to preach
than it is to practice, and besides,
it is much 168$ difficult to be brave in
our own homes where there is no occa-
.-ion for bravery than here before your
bright eyes and merry faces, and the
quizical glances of the brothers. B .t
upon taking 3. more serious view of
the matter, the words of our own poet,
the lamented Longfellow in his
“Psalm of Life,” occurs to us, and we
realize that “it is not all of life to
live” for ,

--Lives of great men, (and women tr.-of. all re-
mind us,

We can make our lives sublime,

And departing love behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

.\l1:\'.\'ii~; W. El)GER'l‘().\'.

At Our Post.

Here am I! I thought pe.-rhaps .-nine
might wonder why I have been silent
so long, so we will explain. TlJr‘l‘(-‘
l1‘z‘.'el)e€-I1 many and various reasons.
mostly of little interest to the readers
of the Cw'RA.\'Gi: Visrroic, so wdwill not
mention them.

We thought while we were at the
State Grange that we should come
home so full of enthusiasm that we
would write very soon, but come to
get home, I found myself nearly tired
out, so we postponed writing knowing
there would be others 10 write up the
proceedings of the State Grange far
better than your humble servant.
Then it was our first attendance of
the State Grange, so you see every-
thing was new and novel to us. You
need not wonder that I became in-
toxicated at the first day’s session
and so continued to the close of the
meeting. We would not convey the
idea that we had partaken of that
which makes one “think of their head
in the morning,” 0! no, it Was mine-
thing very different from that. It
was that which elevates an-l ennobles
men and women instead of debssing
them.

We have been asked by agood many
how we enjoyed the State Grange,
we said first-rate, or nothing any bet-
ter, &c. We can truly say it was the
gladdest, merriest, busiest place we
ever attended, and we would recom-
mend all who are faint-hearted and
weak in Grange faith to attend the
State. Grange that they may have
their doubts and fears removed in re-
gard to the success of the Grange.

There is one feature of the State
Grange We do not like very well, that
is, the breaking up and parting with
new acquaintances. Some of them we
feel would become very dear friends
if there was an opportunity to con-
tinue th<- acquaintances. We wish to
say to those that made it their home
with us at the Everett house, that we
remember them with pleasure, your
faces are as familiar to me as it were
only yesterday that we saw you. MEV
we never forget the pleasant and kind-
ly meeting at the State Grange. Then
there were many others twat we met
from time to time in Representative
Hall that we kindly remember.

That committee on by-laws of State
Grange we have a special regard for,
I being one of them please do not
wonder. The chairman of said com-
mittee, wasthe youugesj; chairman in
the Grange, but he was a good one.
Brother Pray don’t you feel proud of
the compliment, coming from the
source it does‘? We would like to ask
if it is customary while attending the
State Grange for each member to re-
tain the seat that they first chose on
entering the Grange. We were told
trust was the rule, if it was, it was not
lived up to by some.

We think it would have been pleas-
anter for us to have had a seat near
the Master’s stand on account of hear-
ing better, but those seats were occu-
pied, so we took, the next vacant seats
back and that was all right, some one
must take a back seat in a crowded
house, so those that would like a front
seat come early.

A‘: there has been so much said
about the State Grange we will turn
our thoughts to the Subordinate
Grangc-s and ask what they are doing.
Are we working to carry out the prin-
ciples of our Order, to develop a bet: r
mauhoori and womanhood, to foster
education and to help suppress the
man .' wrongs that our country is now
being threatened with. If we are not
then we are not doing our du'y;we are
not good Patrons, and are not deserv-
ing of that name. It lies within our
power to do a great good. some per
haps will say oragreat evil, so why
not use the means within our reach
for our own advancement.

Some Grange-I complain that their
ine- tings are not interesting that they
are afraix their Grange will go over
or go under. VVhy you poor faint
lmirts, don’t never think of such a
thing, when we have such God given
piincfples as are .aught in the Grange.
All we zvant is the spirit or disposition
to carry Ihein -Illt. Every member or
L.4eGraugr .~.l1()lll(l be ready for some
e;.'erc".s;-ii" possible, no matter what,
only let it be moral, _que-stious on
farming, housework or gardening, a
short history of some important event,
reading .~-.ml dsclaiming. There is no
end to the ways of making will
Gr.-auges proﬁtable and instructive if
we will only try.

Now we think it really iI_1ip0.-sible
to become interested in the Gl‘d.Ug<=
where one goes only once in a great
while, such loose all trace of every-
thing. So then my advice is, go as or’-
ten as you can, dou’t be afraid ofs
little mud or storm, your prese: cc is
needed, even lfyou have nothing to
say, itis encouraging to have a full
Grange, especla ly so, to the otliceis,
they then feel they are not to blame.

Now a few words more and the:. I
am done writing f.r this time, we
wish to say a few words about our
Grange. VVe are holding the fort,
and expect to die good Patrons. VV+,-
have initiated seven members this
winter and reinstated live, we keep
our nuiriber good, which is, I think,
130. Wetake quite a number of the
Ur}-€.A1\'GE VISlT(')BS in our Grange but
not half the number we should. \Ve
think our best Patrons are those iliat
art,-l)estiuf01'1ne~i on Grange topics.
We ha"e got to understand a thing
before we can appreciate it. So my
brothers and sisters if you wish to be
_L_{()I._Hl, live Patrons take the UrKAN(:‘rE
VlS.l’l'OK or some other good, Grange
paper, and we think tliere will be
nonc to cry out the "Grange is dying.”

AUNT KATE.

l’. -..——My health is some better than
it was when at the State Grange.

Grattan, Marcli :31, 1583.

Girls N: Ll:(l in :11-3 W~—st.

A «li~Iiii;;'iii<:u-cl j~l:ill’w;‘iii «',»w:|l.w1'11<c(i
to Il¢‘ll\'l‘l' xiv.-1". l‘:ll'l!l‘~l 14- ‘:m'«- on the
SlI“ll'i‘l of "\\‘li:il .<h:1ll Wis tln Willi H111‘
:'i1'J-‘?" ll \\':l.~' :1 luml (lll1".~'llHl1 to
an-\\‘ci' bx‘ tlw latlv l<”l'llll‘l'l'. llut her
:lus\\'cr h:i-‘ lln\\' voiiic. A1 Iva.-I there
i.<:1<-li:1iu-4-for sonic 1IIlll1‘_'_'ll'l<. II(’l'U
is tlw Iv.‘lllll‘ll'.‘ plea of 1h<- l)lll':lll;_"().
C01,, ].’«jr'r;)'//: “WM \\':Illl j_"i1‘lsl Girls
who can ;_r<-.l tlH‘lll.\‘(‘l\’(‘.~‘ up in gootl
shzipc to go to a <l:in»~o_ Tho l>o_\'.< :11‘:-
gctliiig tired of 1w-i-i\'iii}_r i1i\'itzilion.s
with a i‘cqiw:<t that 1l1c_\' 'bi'in;;‘ l:1(.ll¢‘>'.
Tll(‘_\' arc likv i)i'arr;'cs and 1l])]>l(‘h',AVl3l'j'
.<c;11'cc. ‘We want girls wlm will go to
church and to Bible <-lass on .\‘11mia_v.s.
and that kind who can (ll'll\\' a cori;:1'<--
u‘:lli<>n of the min-1‘ .<c.\', and who will
take :1 b1ig;r_\' 1'i4l<= after the l<‘.<s‘()ll is
over. This will hi-lp the li\'c1'_\‘ busi-
11¢-s.-‘.aml will zzlso lzusln-n the .<:1lc Of
residence lots, for l.n1i;r}_"i<-.-' arc the \‘chi-
clcs in which ll()!l1(’.< arc lirst thou_«_v'ht
of by in:1n_v ])(‘l‘.~,'0llS. \Vc want girls
who can wait on the table. and who can
smile us into an appetite wl_u-11 ;-itomacli
hitters are impotcnt. and who will make
the boarders regular‘ at their uicals.
\Ve want girls for .-'wcctlic:u'ts, :-‘0 that
when we ‘got an arm shot off, or are
kicked bv a mule, or are thrown from
a biicking horse and are laid away for
repairs we may hear a gentle voice and
sec the glitter of {L crystal tear, spoken
and dropped in unconscious syinpathy
for our pain. W3: want fat and funny
girls to make us smile all over, and lean
and fragile ones to hang upon our arms,
and petite bloudes who show themselves
on sunny days, and stately brunettes.
so beautiful in the twilight. \Ve have
mineral enough, and plenty of coal and
oxide of iron. I The only lack of our re-
sources is those potent civilizers of their
pioneer brothers.”

——————-o—o—o-———-—-

How to Tint White Lace.

In reply to a question “how best to
get a yellow tint for white lace?” sad-
ron is suggested. It dissolves in cold
water as easily as indigo, and various
beautiful, creamy tints can be obtained,
varying according to the amount of
saffron used. First, experiment with a
bit of refuse lace, and take care that the
yellow tint be not too deep. For tulles
and ﬁchus that are ironed and not
merely stretched and pinned down, some
powdered gum arable must be added to
the saffron, and must be allowed to
thoroughly melt and mix with the dye,
thus giving it the same tone, color, and
crispness by dipping the lace or tulle
(without twisting) into the solution of
gum and ....l'l'ron. To iron lace, ﬁne
muslin should be laid over it, and it
should be ironed on the wrong side upon
a thick blanket, so that the raised cords,
ctc., forming the pzittern shall not be
pressed and tinttciicrl into the tulle
ground. Very choice laces should not,
of course. be ironed, but when very tiny
point has been lacked in place upon a
strip of ﬂannel, it should be placed
under a heavy wciglit.

mew‘

“The glorious climate of California.”
won’t do eve1'ytliing'. It has recently
been announced that San Francisco is
avery poor place for a consumptive
person to go to.- Its heavy sea air,
which is so simulating to a person in
ordinary health, IDOWS down the con-
sumptives like the ﬁgurative scythe of
death.

Earths’ Eepaitntent.

GOING TO SCHOOL.

There's an army that musters its legion
And marches to roll-call each day;
And happy and blest are the regions
Which live in that army's bright way,
They troop over hillock and hollow,
They spring across brooklet and pool,
And gayly and cheerily follow
The summons which bids them to school.

By thousands the army is numbered,
Its soldiers are fresh as the mom;
Not one is by sorrow encumbered,
Not one is by care overborne.
At decimals sometimes they stumble,
And sometimes by verbs are perplexed;
And the proudest grows sadden and humbled
When a question is passed to the next.

But forgot at the biiefest vacation

Are problems and puzzles and prose,
The grief of the stern conjugation,

That late was a fountain of woes;
And the army goes back to its duty

The hour that play-time is done,
Resplendeut in love and in beauty,

Unmatched 'ueath the light of the sun.

They gather, this wonderful army,
In tied and in grove and in street;
Their voices are music to charm me,
So ringing and eager and sweet.
Their cheeks are as red as a cherry,
Their eyes are as pure as the day,
And the :<ound of their 1].lZl.l‘ClllI),';/‘ is merry,
Wherever they pass on their way.

There are people forever :1-sighing
And saying the world is all wrong;
But souieliow their doubts take to flying
At sight of this wonderful tl-irong.
The world may be clouded and weary,
Of trouble .'lll4l toil may be full,
llut. at least there is hope where the cherry
Dear children are going to school.
- —.’l1rs. .llar'_qu7‘ct 12'. Na/L.s'te7‘.

A LITTLE LIGHT.

BY D. G. CARPENTER.

The light shown dim on the headland,
For the storm was raging high.

I Fllluletl my e_t--> from the inner glare,
And ,<_ruz::d or I -- wet, gray sky.

It was dark and g...w'crii1g; on the sea
The waves were booming loud,

And the snow and the pit. rcing winter sleet
VVove over all a shroud.

“God pity the men on the
I said to my little ones,

And we shuddered as we heard afar
The sound of minute-guns.

My good man conic in, in his fishing coat,
(He was wet and cold that night),

And he said, “'l‘here'.’l lots of ships no down
On the headland rocks to-night.’

sea to-night !”

“Let the lamp burn all night, mother,”
Cried little Mary then;

" "I‘is but a little light, but still
It might save drowinng men."

“Uh, nonsense I” cried her father, {he
Was tired and cross that night)

“The heruilaiiil lighthouse is enough."
—And he put out the ight.

That night, on the rocks below us,
A noble ship went down,

But one was saved from tl.e ghastly wreck—
The rest was left to town.

“We steered by a little light,” he said,
“Till we saw it sink from view‘

If they'd only ’a left that light all night,
My niatas might be here, too 1'’

Then little Mary sobbed aloud,
Her father blushed for shame,
“ "'I'\va?: our light that you saw,” he said
“And I'm the one to blame.”
’Twas a little light,—how small a thing?
And triﬂing was its cost,
Yet for want of it a ship went down,
And a hundred souls were lost.
—Good Clzeer.
_________Z___

I

From Fred

Dear Cousins.-—Have I been too
long absent to be called one of the
cousins‘? If so, p ease excuse me for
this time and if any of you would
know the reason of my absence, I can
give a good excuse, as good I pre-
sume, as any of you.

Soyou have been calling have you,
Ellen‘? [did not know it until I re-
ceived your card in the Vrsvron of
April 1.

I should have enjoyed the calls my-
self if they could have been literal,
and as it was, I enjoyed the account
of them ever so much. Well, Ellen,
as you have been looking up the in-
terests of our department,
where are our old cousins?

The names mentioned in the last
VISITOR bring to my reinem rauce
the excellent bits of wisdom and the
longer and deeper articles, furnishing
material for deeper thought, and I be-
lieve that there is a vast difference be-
tween true goodness, that makes a
man a gentleman, and a Woman a
true lady, and the simple observance
of certain rules and forms becuse
they are classed as the “best works on
etiouetr.e.” Now cousins, let us make
this department as interestin .- as pos-
sible by all working as hard as we can
for it and we will be more than re-
paid, I can assure you.

Hoping to see our columns ﬁlled to
repletion on the day of Ellen’s raid,
May 1, I am, Your cousin,

FRED.

Hilllards, Mich, April 9, 1883.

tell me

Grandpa’s Invitation.

Aunt Nina.-—As grandpa is expect-
ing a raid from the-cousins he had bet-
ter prepare for it, by locking his barn,
and setting his kitchen in order
as he has found by past expe
rience that a well loaded table keeps
every thing quiet when young people
are around. A full stomach makes
young people good natured, yes and
old ones, too. And while in this de-
light.fu.condition we will fo.-low out
the the programme laid out by Ellen,
only mind you, grandpa will keep the
barn locked.

Now, cousins, do not disappoint me,
for I am anticipating a grand treat on
that day, and also hoping to add you
all to my circle of friends, as you wi
ﬁnd that grandpa can enjoy the society
of all from old girl, down to the
youngest cousin.

,Great Master to the

THE REAPER DEATH.

HILLYARD,-—Died at her residence in‘

{SEED 0

,Lawrence township, March 8, lSS3. Sister
l

Sarah Hillyard, aged 50 years.

She was a worthy member of Lawrencel

7

__m.___

j w. H. ‘GARDNER,
O WER

O F IVIOLINEI,

Grange N3, 3.1 An invalid and Smferer for  ls still alive and selling a liner assortment of

years, she was suddenly summoned by thel
Harvest feast above, l

WHEREAS. In the providence of God we are
called to part with a beloved sister. There- ,
fore. ‘

Resolved, That in the death of Sister Hill-
yard we mourn the los~-. of a faithful and es- |
teemed friend and kind neighbor.

Resolved, That while we how in sorrow be- 
ueath the chastening r-ul, we extend our ,
heartfelt sympathy to our bereaved brother in
his great atilictiou. l

Resolved, That our charter be draped in
mourning for sixty days, and a copy of these
resolutions be presented to the husband of
the deceased, and also a copy sent to the
GRANGE Visiron for puv licatiou. ‘

DEAN—Died March 15, 1833, at the resi-
dence of Albert Russell in the township of
Blacknian. Jackson co..nty Mich. Brother
Sether Dean aged :32 years.

WHEREAS, Death has removed from our
midst our beloved and worthy brother Sethcr
Dean; Therefore,

Iiesolvccl, Phat while we mourn the loss
sustained by the Grange, with which he was I
so lately connected, we tender our earm-st .
sympathy to the family of our departed broth-
er, and realize the inability of our poor words
to heal the wound inflicted by the loss of It
loving husband and father.

Itewlred, That it cop," of these resolutions 1
be pl“-v-,-lite-l to the wire of deceased, a copy
plac 'l Kill the (‘vraiige record, and ll. copy sent
to th» ‘iRAl\'tiE Visirou for publication.

____.__.___.__

THE MARKETS.

Grain and Provisions.

\viii~:A'i'~r:A.s‘ii<:ii, i:i:'l'rE1:.
LIV'i~:'.:l*uo1.. April 13 ~~\Vhcat, now No. ‘.2
S‘])!'lll'_' steady. as 5:1; No. l \‘v'lll[I.‘, steady. as Sid:
ii:-w vwsts-ru, winter. St(‘H(l_V, 85 IU. '

Nitw noun, April l2l.——Flour,snlcs1l.(t.l(l bnls.
without I'it'l7i(l£“l('.llB.ll rt IXlI)(l(,‘I‘i1I(‘ export and
home trade.-di-.inand. %V114:z.t, unsettled, ‘.,CvI 1c
higbur; fair luisiiiess in options: No. lwnitc
$1.11; ~.al~.-s, 1I'u,LM) bu. No. 2 red, April, $1.178
q:,i.17~{,; 720nm bu May 3:‘:l.ln‘v‘.‘.1@1.lll; ‘.MlJ,||lI
bu. .l.iuc .i~‘1.;'0‘.;ﬁ'I,1.‘.’0:".., ;ll)¥,ll)l) bu. July,
.$l.lS<‘.,u{.l.lll".,;n,l)UU on. Aug. s‘l.l‘.l3..; 8.11!) bu.
Sept. '.lSl"... Corn. ‘-zQ_I.9.;c higher: uioila-ratcly
H('IlV mixed western spot Tililicﬁi; do. fu
turc. ri:'i«1],ti'z¢},; Out.-, -‘_,u_z.’,'3 both-r; wcsterii, 5!)
Q. . Pork, quiet, tirni. spot, new lllrthﬁ,

' dull. weak; szcain rcndcr-:d,

l)}£'I‘l{l)I'l', April 13.-~Flour. $4.7:'.7,5.lI,I. Wheat,
firm; cash, $l.l4; April :3»'l..l‘4. Alsy $1.(1.'>1,~};
Jun-:$l.(I7‘.§: July ~1.lr7‘.”, bid; year, $~‘l:U‘l‘.,
bid; No. 2whit- 9u@Hl; rm. 3 whiiv ”~4- (1,414;
No. .’ n-ti. ‘ll hid; rt-jcctcil T2. Clove’ m‘l'4l.
.j<~;su. torn. .-‘tc:tdy:Nn. ‘.1, 51 nominal. (hits,
firm; No. 2 4'i:No. 2 white 19.
I"lu«/.~. H’/‘aw/1/. I.'m'n..
Receipts "Jr? 1:: 12¢; 1;;,'_*:+.-1 nu’.
ShipriI(-nts , . . . . . . . .. 125 ‘.."5.$4'.’x% 230717 noun
’l‘ui.F.:u), April l3.——‘.-" ~at, lc bcttcr; IHIIIVI“,
No. 2 red, spot or Apri . :.~‘l.|H‘,.§: .\ $l.ll‘,:
June. $1.12!; : July, $1.11‘ . l.l1I‘s‘;' ; Sept.
341.11: Oct. :4l.1'.Z‘:;;yc-ar. sl Guru, 10 liigl:—
or but dull; No. 3.’ spot, .'x::’.; rejected 54; L0
gradc. 31. Oats, sc:tr<:<-. tirin; No. ‘.1, spot -16%.
CHICAGO, April '3. Wheat. l'1‘_‘_{lllEl.r unsol-
tlcd.higlur; i,-'1,lI1‘., April; :;»'i.n’s.' Alay; $l.U'i_",
@|.UT?v, Juxic; :_Ll.II7‘,', July. ).’rll, iiiiscttleil:
5274 cash; new high mixed, :'i_: now rnixcd 
r ,, .cto.*. 18. Oats. higher; ll‘,-”_» cash. Pork,
lower; .','~‘l7_$l3 April. Lard. lovvcr; 511,271 April.
i:i.osiNl;——-i.<>\\'icl:, \vi~;.\k.
CIfI(‘.A\'iU, April 13-—Wlicat. A pr. :f~'1.Ul
May $10-17 7-: June, $l.HiF.—'; July,
year ;\‘l oil-‘i. Corn, April, 41'“; askcdz '
June. 7:."-. \ ar nccipts, wiic-at 22; corn 1.7.5; nuts
67.
CllIl,.'.—\('r0,
July .i~‘15.l:':;

(M/.~'.

$1H.ld; 

April 13. »— Pork, Zllav,
year, $16 5754.

Groceries.

NEW YORK, April 13.—Butter, dull. depress!-vi:
wcstcrn ll'}@2.'3: Elgin crcamcry 31 (Ehc-,-so,
ﬁrm, t'>({fil5. Suvar. dull. nominal. lilolansx»-.
quiet. steady, diice, ﬁrm, fairly active. tirin:
Coffee. tirni. Tallow, tirin, 8‘/5. Wextcrn cgu.-a,
tirn1,2(l.

Crixcmio wu0LEi~lALI«; i'uI<'.i-:s—TIME.s' iu-;i'()1:”i'.

Sugar, stand.A . . . . ..8?x'c Butter. dairy...‘./.U@'.’.'i
;rr:uxula.tcd . . . . . . . _ ex. crcam'ry. .2:7@2)4
Dricd apples. . .1 ladle packc(i.. W/.»:'y
Potatoes, E. ltos ..4l)@0iT Eggs, fresh. I5‘/§@lli
.IS‘eaLlu;r.-.!'v goose 57@5d Beans. h p1ck.$‘.£.U5-15
chicken, cl. pick‘d 4@5 Sccds,clnvcr.$8.01)-8.03”
scalded . . . . . . . . ..2@2V,. timothy... $1.15-vii

Live Stock.

Gill-Zzstxs‘,

_ Apr. 13. — Hngs—receipts, l0,.'.oU;
qui:-t slow: '

\ r: light $7.UU@7.ti.’i; mix-
ed ‘packing $7.UU@7..' zhcavy packing and ship-
" 7.IiU"ru7.‘.41l. Uatt.lc—r<-roipts, 7,500: dull to
py.-pong g<n;,r;.‘y’;',',vi.3(J; good in choice ship-
Ul U; common to fair. &<5.l()@;'».EI.I;
)('_{.:'i.l)().

ping_ .
butcncrs, "

Wiirrx a hog is put up to fatten the ‘I
Obj-:r'f is to :urn him into a living manu-
factprv of pork and lard. Supply him
with fr,-i-d and water and comfortable
surroundings and he will run the ma-
chine himself, making daily fair returns
of manufactured goods, satisfactory in
quality and quantity. The quality will
depend largely on care.---Journal of .-l_r/-
'r'ic'z1ltu7'e.

BE GENEIKOIIS! You have some sick
friend who is tired, who wants pictures to
look at and short stories to read. Send us
that friend's address and 25 cents in postage
stamps and we will mail post—paid, six back
numbers of our beautifully Illustrated maga-
zine (retail price 90 cents). Address, THE
COTTAGE Husnrn Co.. Boston, Mass.
15aprlt

AUCTION SALE.

The 11D.(- ersigneﬂ having sold his farm, will
alsw sell at Public Auction on Wednesday,
April 25, 1883, on the premises situated 1;
miles south of Jonesville, on the Hillsdale
road, personal property of various kinds in-
cluding 7 horses (ﬁve of the same are unrler
six years and of Hambletonian stock); about
225 Merino Sheep, all highly bred, the buik
registered and bred by Sanford of Vermont;
several head of Cattle; Harnesses; Buggy;
Harrows; Plows; Fanning mill; Corn Shel-
ler;_Reaper and mower; Grain Drill; Hay
Bakes and other farm implements and uten-

extra early dent corn, l5 {Willis

'-arlie.-‘t, lllL'illlll!1,Irl‘l::lc. l

’.3

seeds than ever before at prices to astoninh
the natives. Many varieties below seedsmen.l'
wholesale prices. Send for price list.

INSECT PUWDEES and FERTILIZERS.

The cheapest and best Ixsscr ANNIKILA-
roas, P.iLm~:n's Pmxr AND Vina PBo'rI:o-
TOR, and HAsrxoxn‘s SL170 Suor, a proﬁt-
able fertilizer for all lands, sure death to
all insects, harmless to man or beast. Only
$7.50 per barrel, (200 pounds:) 25 lbs.,
$1.25; ll) lbs,, til) cents; 5 lbs., 35 cents; 1 lb..
ll) cents. V\'arranted or mouev refunded. To
be used on potatoes, vines, owers, bushel,
and trees. Seeds are warranted also.

To show that I mean business I will sell for
two weeks from date of this paper or while
stock lasts at the following extraordinary low
prices below general wholesale rates, viz:

Mammoth Pearl and llnrlr-quin potatoes,
large, tine stock; and Red Brazilian Arti-
chokes, true nud iinproveil, also \Vhite French
gen»/imi, _\'li'l(i for me for txvri years ‘JUU bush-
cls per acre. Either at Slfntl per bushel, -50
cents per puck, Ill cents per pound.

California Dent, true .‘a-mzrvr/, broad, deep,
yellow kcrii-:l.s: now, very . :\rcc, extra quali.
ty for table or li.‘l«l. green or li.ml. The ear-
liest Dent. 1 pint. 1.3 omits: 1 quart, :55 cents;
lpcck, 31 UN. S1blc_v'.< l’ri<l:- of the North,
pr!‘ qt: 4 qts.,
Sweet Corn, the
njunrt, ‘_’l) cents; 5

50 cents: l peek. L“) cciits.

quarts, 73 cents
VVhitv >‘ilv--1' Skin or Portugal Onions,

l pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . -33.10.
lled W~tliersfil*.lnl Union:-', l i-ou;ul,._ . . 1.50,
Yellow l);iiivers Oiiioiis, 1 pound. . . . . . . 1.25.
I'»_pouiuls of eitlicr. 10 cents per lb. reduction.
1_, u i. 1_', “

‘_’-5
lllll “ 3:’;
Uth-.-r varietil-s in I)l'IA1>t>!'ll-)ll.

as (A

n s. n 1. ii

(A u u it

Boxed or

lm_:;,wrl (1l..|(l(lt‘llVCl'O(l at freight or express
oiiice.

To show the A-xtrn large pack:iges I put up
I will scud upon i’wjuc.~t to every Grange ll

saniple p~<'kct 1'1‘:-c, u/‘semi /{P/It orcr one sea.
Sr/ll.
gcrs given by 11-ipicst.

l'll‘ s for sou-d by the qnixiiitity to (Iran-

. “’liviiir-iiilwr 2} to 7.5 ounc--s of choice
lleans, Corn, or l‘i-as gcucrully for .3 Ccuts.

X. 1f.—.-l/lsevrisleﬂ ore)‘ one _1/car at half

price.

For fl.lll‘irlL1‘l'll".lllul':. atlzliesst
\\'. l*l.(-}.»\‘I{l)l\'IC]\’,
l-‘deb M<:I.l.\'E, Alh=g::r. Cm, l‘.lich.

Evergreen and Urnamenlal Trees.

JAMES A. TAYLOR

Atlil.<ii1ii'.<:-ryirt K!ll:illl.|AI> >, .\licl-. , is aller-
ing 1'-.1" sale a line .~'t.. :l; of i‘iV'v'l‘;_’lv.‘*‘ll null Ur-
n:in1~~ntul 'I'rl-cs, Fruit 'l‘i'cc~', Urn}.-2 Vines,
Struv.'l)er1'_v l’l:mt.-', cic. .\YIlf)ll;-3 the stock are
‘_’5»,l.HIl) .\'nrway Spruce irovn lV\lI tlircw feet
lll,'J_'ll,ill'. frmn ».'\.‘l'|Hl| to -\".'2TM)“ per huiulred,
'l‘lnn<n are line, '.'uiuli_v, ll'7lll.~I:l1llll.tf'l tr»-4:-' suit-
ablv for liwlgjes or <u'ii:ui1e:~t:il }vlll'jlH$l'~'. A
fine stock of lurgcr l'l\'¢-.rgrccii.~4 o ulilio-rent
kinds at pruportioimt.v pric-»-s. For Illllftj in.
forinsttion in rc;_::ri'rl to pines. etc . :u£«lri-ss

J .-\ N1 1115 .-\. 'l‘.«‘. \'I.( ) I{,

l(:Il:lllll|Z()(), M ich.

l.'un:ii'ii
nls.

hdumhhuhnhi
50,000

l"ii‘-‘Y-(:l:i.-is l‘lzuits for Slllt‘ at $10.0"
tliousaiul; St-conrl Plus-1 plzim.-3 at
thous-.u<l, U!) pcr hunrlrcd;

pet‘

3:-t,IH) per
Fifty ut 0118
-s, :30!) at ' no *.ll0llS7tll‘l I'1ll:*.-I. A
lib: rul l‘Hl'.l»".Cl1'll on all onlr-,i's abmc -3,I"|U.

Snarpless and lllﬂlltllﬁll of the West

At $i},lllJ poi‘ I;lmiisuil<,l.

Terms cash in :.‘.l ms».-. on lll'.\l—I)l:l<,w' refer-
ence, six nmntli-' time.

«‘.<li'ess.-;.
.(J()HN ll. MlI.I.G-ill.
lémarit .»\lIll:l. Union (0.. III.

I’A'1‘I4Il\T'l‘ I \I l’l{4 )V'l€I)

SPRING-TOOTH HARROW.

I  '_- 55 ‘

One of the best Palm Tools ever sold.
No breakage 0|" BI-cl l’I¢‘('I'.s' as “'1: III) not
(fut Tl|l'll|.

THE BEST TOOTH HOLDER EVER INVENTED
llaving Il;mgv- ca-I on each I-llilw pr<-\'cnt~. lateral
spl'iI:g, lb».-rcl:_\ preventing Lrliiliiig. it is impossible
for the ’l‘<mlh to gut lm.~i- anvl w--ur tho womls on ac-

count ufilrs pv-:uluir (‘Ulldll'll<.'ll'Ill.
Tried and Tested Successfully.

——u-j ‘

Gives General satisfaction.
3”...

Atljlistcd by inovxng tho Nibor beurl pucliml on the
tooth from one dcpri-ssioii in the casting [U the other.

T00 T11 CA .\'.V() T SLIP.

.._o__._
Simplicity and Durability.

We use the best ofstccl [oil tempered], and the best
of white oak in the construction of our implements.
All castings are made nfthc best iron.

A? \\ itli proper cam one will last for yr-ar-.

Furuicrs can save the price of one of these llarrows
in a very short time, in time and labor saved in going
over the ground, as once going over prepares and mel-
lows it up in such a Condition to receive the seed as
would not be obtain--rl in guiiig u-.'<~r three or four
times with any ofrlic ordinary narrows. it is also the
best seed-coverer in the world.

Ground prepared by this llarrow will yield a larger
crop than by any other ugriuzultnral implo-ment, be-
cause it pulverizes the ground thoroughly, cuts the soil
from the bot'om, shakes it up and leaves it in a lose
condition; in so doing it shakes out all grass, thistles
and weeds, leaving them on the surface in the sun
where they die much quicker than it‘ half covered up.

This is our fourth year as manufacturers of SPRING
Tooru ll.\r.uows. We have made several improvements
whereby our llarrows do better work than last season.

Liberal discount to the trade. For terms, prices,
etc.. address

sils; also household goods, and about 800
bushels of corn in the crib
Tum/rs:—-All sums under $10, cash. Sums
above ten dollars may be arranged with ap-
proved and satisfactory bankable notes run
ning for one year and bearing interest at the
rate of six per cent per annum from date.
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock. A. M.
JOHN HOLLOWAY.
Hlllsdale, Mich.
April 6, 1883. 15aprlt

Farmers. A Blllllllll

.._._..____.._ .

GIVEN AWAY,

Acres of Land!

The above choice tract within one minute
walk of New State Blind Asylum Lansing.
Mich.. and lying less than one mile from
New State Capitol Building. at a. “give away"
bar am. if closedat once, non-resident. title

rfeot, no incumbrance, small first payment,

ong time, come and see it. Address

GRANDPA.

Post Oﬂioe Box 762, Lansing. Mich.

CHASE, TAYLORA; C0., Manufacturers,

Kalamazoo, Mich.
15mar6t

ley’s Ga.binet'Greamery

Creamery and Refngeralor
‘ COMBINED.
Sizes for one cow to ﬁfty.
For families, large and
small dairies. factories, and
for the cream gathering
system, for hotels, restau-
rants, boarding schools and
50" such like inst-tutions.
Adapted Iov slimmer and
winter -burying. Is used
either with .u without ice,
V , >' ‘ Sold strictly on its merits
‘ warrants-l as represented
AGENTS WANTED. For r‘irculars :.mlres.<,
Moseley & Stoddard Mnfg Co., Pot‘i.r.\'i»:y
15mar4t

To meet th-- «ic1n:md.=. of ’
lul‘1'('llu,l)l(‘ semi. we nﬁcr in l
q1iuntif_v of (,'.\Ri£l"I.'LI.Y .5 . '. fl -
'.l‘H()RnlT(iHL1' '['l<3STl-JD 3--ml ('1
chaser] and st-lm-tr-C by our own special .111.
Sci:-l for circulu.r, prices und samples.
Eirana Sxbley & 00..
SEEDSMEN, Chicago. Illinois.
Sg)(3C1.'1l])2‘lC83 on car lots shipped direct from
Ne raska.
prlt


8

THE ERADTSE VESIEQE.

APRIL 15. 1883.

7° 3 "°"°P°'i$l- ried over buildings, but they, too, are

to be put into subterranean trenches
The wires are coated with gutta per-‘ha
or some other non conductor. and are
enclosed in pipes from 6 to 15 inches
in diameter, which are placed about a
foot and a half below the sidewalk.
close to the curb. Every few hundred
feet, traps are provided through which
access may be had to the wires, and
there is thus no diﬂiculty about n.ak-
ing repairs, and no obstruction to
travel. Telegraphic engineers in E: g-
land are now coming to the conclu-
sion that the diminished cost of main
tenance will in the long run make
the underground cheaper than the
overhead system.

D081‘ Bil‘. You are already too rich.
You have $100,000,000 how and you are
trying your best to make it $200,000,002),

_ this you will possibly succeed. Dear
sir, it s all a mistake. You would be just
59 W011 03' With $1,000,000. That would
give you good clothes and good, nutri-
tious food. On 7011!‘ present basis of
action von want to scoop in all the mot.-
ey of_ the country. In 2 l years’ time.
at this rate, only vonrself, Mr. Russell
335163. Mr. Cyrus W. Field, and a few
others _will have any money at all. That
isn't fair. The rest of us want some. We
want at least enough to live comfortably
on—enough not to be compelled to live
in 813 per month tenement-houses suites,
with no Dure air and sunshine, with nar-
row halls and verv rough neighbors on
either side of us; enough not to be com-
pelled to live on New York cheap baker's
bfeﬂd. musty eggs, rancid b :.tter and
cheap rot. Dear sir, a very great many
people working for 87, $9, 311 and $13 a
week are obliged to live in that way.
That's where the shoe pinches. We won’t
object that you should have your yacht
and your horses. but it’s not a square
deal all around when people who work
fully as hard as you, and are quite as
useful in their way as you are in yours,
should be thus obliged to nibble from
the stale end of a poor loaf while you
can dine on turkey every day.

You say, dear sir, you do not approve
of the present disturbances between
capital and labor. Few people do feel
like disturbing those relationswhen they
are raking in coin at the rate of $5 or
$10 a minute.‘ It's usually the people
on $5 or $10 a week who want to disturb
those “relations.” It’s very diﬂicult for
both sides to see alike in this matter.
The ﬁve-dollar-a-minute-man wants the
law made to suit his case, and the ten-
dollar a-week-man wants the law made
to suit him. and generally the law is
made to suit the ﬁvedollar-a-minute
soul, for somehow dollars out-vote votes
—-especially in the legislature.

Street-Cars.

There are now doingbusiness in this
countrv and Canada -115 street rail
ways, employing about 35,000 men.
They run 18,000 cars, and more than
100,000 horses are in daily use. Calcu-
lating that the average life of ahorse in
street railway service is four years, it
makes the consumption of horses 25,
000 per year. To feed this vast number
of horses requires annually 150 000
tons of hay and 11,000.000 bushels of
grain. These companies own and or e
rate over 3,000 miles of track. Tre
whole number of passengers carried
annually ‘s over 1212 400 000. The
amount of capital invested exceeds
$150,000,000.—Farme1' and Firkside.

AN act passed by the last Congress
which has received but little attention is
the postal note act which provides for
cheap money orders for sums less than
ﬁve dollars, payable to the bearer at any

within three months from the last day of
the month of issue. As it can be ob-
tained without a written application. it
can be purchased almost as quickly as a
postage stamp. The postmaster or
clerk will simply have to write the name

postoﬂice designated by the purchaser, f

Grange Seal Stolen.

Sign of Cauthiii-An Impos-
tor Exposed!

Patrons, Some one unknown ta me
entered the apartment where the Seal
of the Knickero--cker Grange was,
and stole impressions of said seal on
xi.-ee(.~; of w’/'7'(z'ng p(/per and one B. A.
Quartrrman has been using said
sheets of paper with srolen seal on
signing himself “Yours fraternally.”
He was not a member of the Order
even The seal is used by him in
various ways, to impose an inferior
paint on Patrons, making them think
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 Secre-
taries will please make this fact
know to the Order by readingthis let-
ter aloud in Granges and public meet
iugs. Fraternally,

O. K. I1\'(1‘l-;RS0LL.

70 Fulton St. New York, I’. M.
Knickerbocker Grange.

lhe Slate lgriiulluial College.

This institution is thoroughly equipped,bav- I

ing a large teaching force: also ample facili-

ties for illustration and manipulation includ-

ing Laboratories, Conservatorie . Library,

flliuseum, Classroom Apparatus, also a large
and well stocked farm.

FOUR YEARS
I are required to complete the course embracing
, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany. Zoology,
iEnglish Languages and Literature, and all

T

PANYING Cut

represents a ﬁne

I’L.-\Tror.)i Sc.—iLi-5

that will weigh

from one-half of

an ounce to 2-10

pounds. It liars a

lii';i.<.< beam. steel

l)€il1'lllg:’~; size of

plalforiii, .‘l.1,x]:’2.’,~

inches. warrziiited

perfectly accurate.

and I will sell to

I’ali'on.< for the

very low price of

$4.50. Tliis is :1

great bargain. and

each lainily ought

to have one. Send _

in your orders at 0

once belore the
inaiiufucturer ad-

vaiice.-‘ the price. 

They weigh, boxed, 45 pounds

SEEDS.

; CHOICE Y0 UNG

COFFEES,

l Are at their lowest prices.

GREENWOOD STOCK FARM.
l have for sale a few

SO WS

OF PURE

".170 the Patrons of

Now lay in your supplies before

, so thatlhe freight on two will be

SEEDS.

Vegetable and ﬁeld seeds of every kind and variety from the best growers in this country a
you have not already received my Catalogue for 1883 send for it.

TEAS,

ATRONS’

Illanufachtrers ofln
Prrint. The only Pu
ui'rorwut¢=r,tlieoun.
all

or funinz of -_.‘

Michigan.

the same as it would be on one.

SEEDS.

nd Europe at wholesale prices to Patrons. If

SUGARS,

. the reaction comes. All other Gl'0('9l'i('S, Boots and Shoes, Dry goods, and Cloth-
) rug I can furnish cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. If you ccme to Detroit in person to select your goods remember that I can save you
rrom hve to ten per cent if you will let me make your purchases.
I handle all kinds of Farm Produce on commission.

_ _ . If you have anything to sell send it to me and I can do you ii great amount of good.
as hundreds can testify who ship me all their produce and buy their goods of me.

Try it just for once and learn for yourselves.

GEORGE VV. I-IILL, Detroit. Dlich.

AINT

yIo'1‘80Il'.l Li

ORKS.

,_ q_uirl Ru hhrr
»‘ [y moist or salt
-— burning Po (1 I,

hits that do

of the postoﬂ,-we at which It is to be paid < other branches of a college course except For- 5

and to punch ﬁve holes on the margin gig" Languages‘ day i   

Three hours labor on each wnrkiiig
for the dﬂte and the dollars and cents; Maxiinuni rate paid for Thzitlhzive bred with care Stock recorded

You say, dear sir, thit speculation is a
good thing. So it is with us all. We
like to lay 35 down on the board and

which tIestro_i/
liw-red freigh! paid to Ilny
ml until d¢'lireI'('ri. .lII

olhcr l'm'nts.
.Iv,:oI in Hm ('OllNY7‘y.
Paint users shnulcl

Prict-.« Ian‘. 11-"-
JVO rush requir-
irrire and havr

v time.

_ except Saturdays.
and the bearer, who presents it for pay-

take 310‘ $15 or 320 up‘ Thaw natural‘ merit, will merely write his name on the

It doesn’t matter so much whether it's
done at faro or in railroads. The point
is to take up a great deal more than you
put down. ’l.‘hat’s What you can do every
Most of us can’t. ‘

Dear sir, it’s not the hundred millions
you now have that we complain about,
for if that was all divided up among us
it wouldn’t foot up much per head: but
it’s the fact that the hundreds of thous-
ands and possibly hundreds of millions
that you and yours are likely to rake to-
gether will make the scarcity of cash
still greater for the rest of us.

All of us would like to beneﬁt the
country by building railroads, especial-
ly when we make a great many thous
ands of dollars out of each road. Noth-
ing makes one more love to beneﬁt his
fellow mortals and the country than
when he makes a great many dollars-—
out of the beneﬁt. If there‘s but one
place for miles and miles over a river to
build a bridge, and a man gets the sole
right to build a bridge there, and no one
else can, and he charges the residents
all the toll he can, have they any right
to say that as a matter of general con-
venience and for the common good that
the community have rights in that
bridge, and that no one man should be c0)[)[ERc,[AL,
allowed to ﬁx the toll and scoop in so 1’R[_\‘T[NG.
much? Certainly not. Let that com- —— —
munity move out if they can’t stand it-.

Let them go and buv another river that    
ll” more places for bndges and m°ve It To go west and select from 2,000,000 acres of
into the ‘.3Ouutry' _ lands which I offer for sale in the best part

D93? 311': You ha“? many Such bridges of the West. But, before you go west, please
on which you charge a big toll, and you look over the long list of lands which I now
can snap your ﬁngers at the rest of the offer for sale in Berrien county, Michigan.

This list comprises abiiit 4,‘ 00 acres of fruit.
farm. and sock lands, among which may be

country. for the supervisors won’t even

let them move another river in with _ . _ , . ,

more places for bridges, and you boss found hue fruit furiiis, with _pzii:_it1ar residences,
the supervlsom. and_ey§2rav Iv‘zi1r{ietSyhot fruits 1:.-digeneous to this

You 535" dear sir’ that If the 1173' uuA]I;r;e nilmfber gllesllllegllloltlllt farms of ten
3d“c9t9d 9133-_395 go on 31315198’ the liws to forty acres, located in the center of the
h°5l51l9 to 03933]: 03911731 may take itseli fruit-growing region, at prices from -3225 per
away to foreign countries. Suppose acre, and upwards.
you should take all the m may out of 1,000 acres of timbered lands of best quality
ﬁha country and leave the poor people for fruit growing or general farming, situated
wits only their brains their arms and i‘.§.‘.’;.‘°:'."§"..ii.’:?..§’.f.i’2." .31 i§...”.‘..;...‘Y.‘.'.“.'.§.'.'.‘.’f.‘
ﬁle“ °0,mmO.n sense‘ Dear 53,’ 3 bank These lands have but recently been placed on
bl“ can '5 bmld 9' amp‘ It can t ralqe an the market and consist of some of the most
“'9 0‘ Wheﬂh It 031” build 8 r%i1r0&d- desirable land in the State ‘of Michiaun, and
A pile of sold pieces left alone by them- will be sold in lots to suit purchasersrat 3:0 to
selves can’t raise an ear of corn. People 325 per acre, on favorable terms.
raise corn and wheat; people, not bank 2,000 acres of wooded, hill and vale, on the
billﬁ. Generally poor people too; that Lake Share, at prices from $‘2_to $4 per acre,
15' poor as compared with one hundred cash. These lands were partially denuded of
”““‘°"“- And 1" “*9 "1°“md minim §‘..".‘.'.’§’§.1”;7.i‘§i‘.".'°°'.’ii’.‘.‘.‘..§§Z.%§..i§.tw‘€i'Zs“éZ.'i‘2.l'
gglgwlgigillgugznd 151180118 that Vandal." schrubs, wild fruisand grasses, and all favor:

‘ ’ ge. ‘ 0' 93290‘ to make ably located for fruit growing, and have been
and Probﬁbly W111 make dllflﬂél 3113 next proved well adapted to sheep and stock grow-
Wyears should go out of the country, ing.
would the sun shine any more. the rain For maps and pamphlets descriptive of
fall, the ground be fruitful, the seed western lands, and rates to all Western points,
germinate, the corn grow '9 or for bills and circulars giving lists of Michi-

Dear sir, who are the uneducated 3“ lands’ °"u ‘mi °' §$,d"'e5‘i‘ BROWN
glnssﬁa ‘)1 A defeat mf‘mtyhmentha‘_7_e1})een Eiiiigration and immigration Agent.

0 9° 00 an some 0 em , 0 ‘*0 ege’ Fruit grower, and dealer in Real Estate.

and they have read and studied a great 5te,~e,,5,.me’ Michigan,
deal and are possiblv as intellectual as '

you are, and they differfrom you in this

matter. Some of them are working for

booksellers at $15 or $20 per week; some
for less. A few for more. A man who
helps to make books ought to be an edu-
cated man, even at $20 per week. Now
a great many of such people think there
must be a screw loose somewhere when
they see a few men on the road to make
81,000,000 when with them it’s rather a
difficult matter to replace their ﬁve-year-
old overcoat with a new one after paying
their board bills at Delmonicds and
paying off the score of their yacht and
their dues at one of the fashionable
clubs, nomatter how hard they work or
how much they economize.

Dear sir. we wouldn’t envy you your
$100,000,000. or $200,000,000-, or even 3].-
(XX),000,000, if only there was some hope
that the rest of us might have. say.

,000 apiece‘ all around. That’s fair,
ili’t it ? -New York Graphic.

decreased through the absence of letters
of advice and means of identiﬁcatinn,.
the fee is reduced to three cents. The
processes of purchasing and collecting
are,greatly simpliﬁed, and the expense-
of the usual postal order is materially
reduced. This will save much annoy-
ance totlie public, furnishing as it does
a cheap and convenient method of send-
ing money through the mails. The act
will take etlect July 1.

The Kalamazoo Publishing Co.,

Iial aniazoo, Jlieli...

MAKE SPECIALTIES

_._QF__

BLANK BOOKS ofall kinds, I
IVIANUFACTURERS’ CATALOGUES. ,
PAJIPHLET W()HK,

COUNTY RECORD BOOKS.

HOTEL REGISTERS,

BANK BOOKS.

CIRUULARS,

BOOK AND JOB

laprtf

PATENTS.

LUCIUS 0. WEST, Solicitor of American
ann Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent
Cauaaw Trade Marks, Copyrights, Assign-
ments. Caveats, anc Mechanical Drawings
Circulars free. 16 Poi-tam street.
api-1t‘ KALAMAZOO‘, MICH.

M. H. SMITI-I’S

GRAIN GRADER.

And Seed Separator. the Best
Fanning Mill in use.

Works Established at Law-
ton in 1860.

Telegraph Pole Question.

Patented March 29, I870; Im-
provedinI882 and I883.

My mill is well known by the Side Spouts and being
marked: “Patented March 29, 1870; Improved 1882 and
1883." None Genuine unless it has the side spouts and
so marked. .

Farmers! you will have an opportunity to Purchase
these genuine mills, improved this year of my agents.
Thls Is the only Fanning Mill Manu-

factured In Lawton, Mlch., and any assertion
to the contrary is a falsehood.

The telegraph wire problem has been
solved in London completely and
satisfactorily. Overhead wires are few
and far between ,in that city now. So
longas corporations owned the tele-
graph, objection after objection was
raised against the underground sys-
tem. The companies declared that it
was “impracticable;” that it.“would
cost enormous sums of money;” that
the wires “would not work;" that, in
the event of a break. “whole streets
would have to be dug up,” and 80 011
ad inﬂnitum. Meanwhile pole after
pole went up, w1_re after wire was
strung. The condition_ of affairs was
worse in London than it is to-day in
New York. But no sooner had the
Government absorbed the wires than
it was found very easy to sink them-
Objections and hinderances and im-

bllitles suddenly disappeared- A

. ,
Farmers, Beware

Of unprincipled and dishoneut tricksters. The fact
that counterfeit Fanning Mills are built and marked
in imitalion of mine, and claimed to be manufactured
in Lawton, Mich., when they are not, is un-
questionable evidence that it is a fraud, gotten up on
purpose to mislead. Farmers! do not be deceived and
purchase this Bastard Mill of irresponsible parties, but
purchase the Genuine “Grain Grader and Seed Sep-
arator. patented March 29, 1870," with spouts leading
through the side of the mill, of my agents.
Yours truly,

JIIYROJV. H. SMITH,

back as a receipt. The security being} ,

l labor, eight cents an hour.
V RATES. ,
Tuition free. Club Boarding. }
CALENDAR. i
For the year 1853 the terms begin as follows: I
Srarivc TERM’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 20 l
SUMMER TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 2;’ I
AUTUMN TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Septei1iher -1 ;
Examinticii for Adrnisscii, February 20 F
and September 4. For Catalogue apply to 

T. C. ABBO'I"l‘, President, or i
R. G. BAIRD. Secretary. I
1

FROM all varieties or Poultry.
 Circulars free. Seiid 10c for
New Book on Poultry.

OAK LANE.
Dwight I’. 0., Mass,

A. VANDENBURG.
MANUFACTURER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Diranira IN

Hll1‘IlBSSBS,Wlll1lS, Trunks, Bla1ilels,elc .

92 Monroe
GRAND RAPIDS, - M iCl.

I take pleasure in presenting to your favor-
able consideration my CASH PRICE LIST 0
Harness V/ork—HAND MADE—all of my
own manufacture, also to return thanks for fall:
liberal patronage I have received from the dif-
ferent Grranges throughout Michigan. I shall
do in the future as in the past——furnish the hes’
goods for the least money.

Farm Harness, White Trimmed Breech-

ing, Round Lines,Sncps, Rum Straps

and spread rings, complete, . . . . . . . . . .329 Oil
The same without Breeching, . . . . . . . . .. 2G 00
“ ‘-' with flat Lincs,....   :28 00
H H “ =~ “ no breeching, 25 00
Double Light Buggy Harness. white
trimmed. from . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 O0 to '0 (ll
The same, Nickle Trimmed. from $35 to a0 00
Single Buggy Harness,with round lines,
white trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 00
Same with flat lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 U0
Nickle Trimmed, 81-5, 816, 818, $20 and 25 00'

ALL ORDERS RECEIVED UNDER SEA
OF THE GRANGE

will be shipped at once, and may be returner:
at my expense if not entirely satisfactory.
Address all orders to

Yours very respectfully,

A. VANDENBERG,

92 Morison STREET, Gnaim Ruins.

Q GHUHNS.

‘est ziriil Cheapei-"t. No
inside ﬁxtures. Always
[‘ll."llt side u v. No dun-
i:_cr cover f:i1.in:z on‘ let-
ting cream on the floor.

Easiest to use. Nine
FlZESI1]3(l(‘. '1'hrr-c sizes
Neybiit Bill‘! or
Printer. ‘y

Street.

1,‘

no ngeiits. Semi for cir-
—* ciilari-. Airents wiiiited.
A full line of Doir ’ Ini deriieiit.-' for fhl"lll or factory.
VT. FAILVI LVIACIII. 'E (70.9 Bellow.-' Falls, \t.

lmar-it

Price List of Supplies
Kept in the oﬂice or the Secretary of the
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE.
Ami rent out Post Paid, on Receiptof Gash

Order, over the zeal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signature of it: Master or Secretary.

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. 70
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary
to keep accounts with members,. . .... 1 0'
Blank Record Books, (Express paid),... 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound”... . . I0
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, — 50
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, boupd, 50
Applications for Membership, per 100, . . . 50
Secretary's Account Book, (new style). . 60
Withdrawal Ca.rds,perdoz.,....   20
Diinits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . ._ . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State Grange, single
copies 10c. per iloz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
By-Laws, bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 20
“ Glad Echoes," with music. Single copy
15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 80
The National Grange Choir, single copy
40 cents. lPei- dozen. .. . . 4 gg
Rituals, sin e co ,...
“ ergdoz.,.?y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40
for Fifth Degree, for Pomona lo
Granges, per copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank “Articles of Association" for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges,
with Copy of Charter, all complete,... . 10
Notice to Delinngient Members, per 100,. 40
Declaration of urposes, per doz., 512.;
per hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . .. 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law 6(
u n u u M
(Morocco 'I‘uck,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 00
Digest of Laws and Rulings, ........ ... 40
Roll Books

. ..........

J. To COBB’
Sac’! Mica. Sun Gannon,
SGHOOLCRAFT, MICK.

,PR()B‘. GrE)¢)_  RH0D1<;s-

: Mariufscturers, wholesale and retail dealers in I

111 Ohio Poland China Record.

. Farmers wishing stock of this kind will find
it ior their interest to correspond with or visit

H18. B. G. IIIIELL,
Little Prnlrle Rondo, Cass Co., Mich.
lﬁfebtf

R H E U NI A T I S M .
All Pain Cured by First. - Treatment,

l3:?s3"ABSOLUTE CURE‘?
vv.A.1=u.=1A_.:L\'i'-rEJ:v

VVhen Directions are followed For full in
formation, Testiinoiiials, Circulars, etc.,
Address with stamp or apply to

Culver.-ml Dispensary, 351 Lyon St,
GRAND RAPIDS, Mica

Slleclﬁcs for all Chronic Diseases on hand.

ljanly

New Harness and Trunk flare.
T. KININMENT 85 00.,

Harnesses, Trunks, Blankets,
vvzxns-5, Eto.,
117 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

All work our own make and guaranteed all
Hand Made.

Farm Harness. white trimmed, Breech-

iug, Round Lines, Rum 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. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .-$25.00 to $30.00
The same nickletrimmem _ . . .S30.00 to 8-30 00
Single Bu gy Harness. with round

lines. white trimmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
The same with Flat Lines . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
Nickle Trimmed, 815, 816, 818.5320, 325, to $50
We also make a ﬁne Nickle Trimmed

Farm Harness, stitched 6 to the inch,

stock all selected, an extra ﬁne arti-

cle, Brseching, Hound Lines, com-

plete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Same without Breeching . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 eiipense if not found satisfac-
tory. Addrcss all orders to
Yours very respectfully

T- }(INlNlVIF.CN'IT.

I17 Canal Street.
lﬁlully Grand Rapids. Mich.

DAKOTA LAND
IN TRAIL COUNTY

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

GOOD FARM HANDS WANTED.

Address “ IV,” HOPE, Griggs, Co.
lmzii-4t Box 5-1. Dakota Ter.

SEEDS. __ sssns.

/I/ew l/ariez‘/'es of 0/mice Seeds.

ESSEX HYEETD TOMATO

Stands at the head of the Tomato family.
Essex H’_I/b’I"l'd Squash

Better in eating and keeping qualities than
the' Hubbard.

EARLY MARBLE HEAD SWEET CORN,

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

The Celebrated

BAY VIEW MUSKMELON

Grows to weigh from 15 to 18 pounds.

CUBAN QUEEN WATERMELON

Under ordinary cultivation will grow to
weigh from 18 to 25 pounds, with high
cultivation from 40 to 60 pounds

quality very sweet and ﬁne.

THE NEW PROLIPIO TREE BEAN,
The most proliﬁc been known. 1175 beams
have been raised on one stalk.

Price per package 10 cts. All large size.
Squash, corn, and beans, ounce packages.

'1‘. L. WHITE, .

15feb6t GIEABD Branch Co., Mich

BEST MARKET PEAR

_ V PEACH PLUM. PEAR. APPLE;
‘ V QUINUE and othei-trees: 50sor_ts
- Wi‘Inun.BuL

‘ melglil Minter,
l)owm'n_g, ascent emuclry, arr: can

2 1000. bemes.B ack-
be!'l"l,g:. Currants, 30 sorts of grapes

Low In .Sendf C I 1 ya
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3' new telephone wires are Still 081- Lawton, Van Buren Co., lllch.

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sent free Beautiful (Folor
.¢(r-iwtinns how 011]] one
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Ford. of the
can Paint.
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181 South-Water Street, CHICAGO,

, VBUSINESS AGENT MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE.

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FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BUTTER, E008,

WOOL. HOPS, POULTRY, GAMES, VEAL,
Gross 3004:. Raw Thus. Iiidoo. Palm. Tallcvr. ho.

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cum.-.4 won. lain, urn.

To Format and Shippers.-—'l‘nin is

the only Commission Home in Chicago run»

and and controlled by the Patron: of Husbandry. The chief aim of this Agency ls :

In. security for Payment to Shippers.

Ind To obtain the Highest Market price lor goods received. quality constant‘.

8111. Quick [Isles and Prompt Paymonh

Ohlppors in all States will receive equal beneﬁts of this management, the Business Hanan:

being under Bond: for the faithful performance

of the same.

This Agency will an Order: for any goods in this market, at lowest possible nu; Oub

Inst accompany the order for near the amount

required ; balance to be paid on receipt of hill.
THOMAS MASON, Business 

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THE LEVER

has new type throughout is printed on line paper and is in every way a hand-
It has regular contributors in Kansas, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania

SHIPPING TAGS sent on application.

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AGENTS WANTED
llIG (.‘().\l'MISSIONS
‘ii-nd ‘Vmnples
1 for K

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terms to agta

and other states, will contain all official Prohibition Home Protection matters, furnishes weekly a full and
' port, a good Sunday School lesson, good Fireside and Boys and Girls stories, well
written editorials both on temperance and general topics, and is just the paper for the family.

V at oth- E “It is a good paper in every res
ere say.

Ian and purpose."——0oldwater Sun.
ts prosperity.”Mi-s. Mary T. Lathrap, Pres. Mich.
and out-spoken. It is ably edited, always on the ri
wide]
SAJ{PLl' FREE.
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LIFE INSURANCE I

’ FOR. PATBONS.
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T1115‘

Patrons’ Aid Society of Michigan

WAS ORGANIZED IN IIECEMBEB, 1880,
to give the Patrons of Michigan an opportu-
nity to belong to

A Hﬂlllﬂ Illtlllllllﬂll [ll Lllﬂ lllSl1l’llllU6

that they could control. As its name indi-
cates, it is FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR
ORDER AND FOR THEM ONLY.

Address, VANFLEE

ect."—Sclioolcral‘t 00. Pioneer.
dollar."—Big Rapids Current. ‘It is not onlyastaurich temperance sheet, but really a
good general family newspaper."—Grand Rapids Post.

ht side; it' on
read and liberally supporte<1."——Sainuel Dlc is Prof. in A blon College.
woulcf do more to benefit the country than a session of Con

“It looks as bright as a

“The Lover ls ll journal of rare merit as to news,

“It is bright, rasdlcal and means business and I like it and rejoice in

. W O T U. “The Lever is clear strong fearless

lit to prosper, and wl . It should be
“Its national circulation
ess."—Geo. W. Baln,

T dc OLL. WI Woodward Ave, Detroit, Jlidi.

German Horse and Cow

P OWD 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 l()U.UI- pounds through
their purchasing ageiits. Its Lump sition is
our secret. The receipt is on cvoi'_'.' box and
5-pound package. It is made by Dr. L. Ober-
holtze.-4 Sons it Co., Phoenixville, Pa. It
keeps stock health and in good condition. It
helps to digest and assini late the food.
Horses will do more work, with l6N- food
while using it. Cows will give more milk
am bein better condition. It keeps poultry

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- I
sentation of the members of the Society at its
most important meeting of the year, when its I
oﬁicers are elected, and without special notice .
any amendment to the laws and rules govei-n- ‘-
ing the Society may be made. _ _ .'

The MUTUAL PLAN adopted by this Society V
provides that an Assessment shall he made -
ONLY when a member dies, and the ;
amount of that assessment is hired when a
person becomes a member, and_caiinot be in-
creased at any subsequent period. This as-
sessment is graduated.accor¢_lmg to age. Wh1°_h
is an important and listinctive feature of this
Society—one which should commend it to the .
favorable consideration of Patrons, ,

If there are reasons why people should from
time to time pay a small sum from their in- '
come or their earnings, in ordsr to secure to j
those dependent hn them in an hour of need a l
sum suﬁicient to bridge over the expenses and 
wants incident to that most t ' period of ‘,
life, those reasons hold good w en applied to g
the Patrons of our State. -
Applications for membership may be made I

J. W. EWING. ‘

Eaton Rapids. '

to .
JAMES COOK,
Adrian.
ELIJAH BARTLETT, W. B. LANGLEY,
D den. Centreville. l
R. C. CARPENTER, GEO. W. EWEG, 
. ‘ s .
A. E. GREEN,
Walled Lake.
J. G. RAMSDELL I
Traverse City.
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. 1‘. CORR, Sec’y. Centrevllle,
tobltl Bchoolcraﬂ, lllch.

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healthy, an increases the production of eggs
It is also of grim value to them when molt-
ing. It is sold at the lovi est wholesale price
by R. E. JAMES, KLLAHAZOU GEO. W.
HILL dc CO., 80 WOODBBIDGE S'r., Daraorr,
THUS. MASON. 181 WATER S'r., CBICA00.
and ALBERT STEGEMAN, ALLEGAN. Put
up i 60-lb. boxes (loose , price EIGHT CENTS
per lb., 30-I? boxes (of ti 5-lb. packages, TEN
Cmvrs per lb.

FENNO & MANNING,

Wnnl Eummissinn Merchants,

117 Federal St., Boston.
Consignments Soli%eél and Cash Advances
a e

tish’s Arnerican Manual of

PARLIAMENTARY LAW I

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

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

Address, J. T. Conn, Sclioolci-aft. or
_ Gino. '1‘. FISH.
(Mention this paper.) ‘ Rocniisriin, N. Y.

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 Gran .
Berlin... ich

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