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The drop of 11ew That treznbles in the r_o.eebud’s breast Will seek its home in either blue, And fall again as pure and blest -- Perchance to revel in the spray. Ur moisten the dry, parching sod, Or mingle in the fr.1untai11 spray, Ur sparkle in the bow of God. There’s nothing lost. The seed that's cast By careless hands upon the ground Will yet take root, and niay at last A green and glul'lOlZS tree be found; Beneath its shade some pilgrim may Seek shelter from the heat of noon, While in its. l1o11gh,= the breezes play, A1111 songbirds sing their sweetest tune. There's nothing lost, The slightest tone Oz‘ whisper from .11 loved o11e’s voice May melt :1 heart o1'l1:-.rdcst stone, And make the s-.1111!-.>:1c11 heart rejoice. And then. again. the careless word Our thoughtless lips too often speak May touch :1 hca.1't alremly stirred, And cause that troiibled 111-hrl t‘.1 break. The1'1:’s noth111,r: 1' 1st. The faintest strain Of breathixigs f1':.111 S-111116‘. dear one’s lute In memory’s (ire-am may come again. Though every mouruful string be mute. The music of some l121.ppierl1:1ur— The harp th1tswe‘1:< with love’s own words, May thrill the soul with deepest power VVhe11 still the hand that swept its c11o1'ds. EVENING SONG. Behind the hill-top drops the sun, The curled heat falters on tl1e sand; While evening's ushers, 11ne by one, Lead in the guests of twilight-land. . The bird is silent overhead, Below the beast has lain him down; Alone the marbles watch the dead, Alone the steeple gu-.1r1.1s the town. The south wind feels 1ts amorous course To cloistered s\v£-.et.s in thickets found; The leaves obey its tender force, And stir ’twixt silence and a sound. —-John Vmzce Clmzey. Why Tillage Promotes Growth. It is often claimed that to a great ex- tent tillage may be made t1 take the p1‘ace of fertilizers. While this may be an extreme view, there is no doubt that tillage is highly beneficial. It would not be well to use less manure, tice1l, the yield of hood crops would be largely increased. That tillage does increase the yield of crops there can be no question. Plants are formed from substances obtained from the air and the soil. "'he materials whi1::l1 enter into the structure of plants are of two kinds, commonly called organic and inorgan- ic. The orgamc matter is obtained 1a:ge1y from the air, though 9. portion is taken from the land. The inorganic materials are obtained from the soil Either of these may be applied to the land i 1 the form of fertilizers. N.. ex- cess in the supply of one class of ma- terials can compensate for a deficiency in the quantity of .~'..1e other class. .Not only must there be an abunelam quantity of fhese materials within reach of the plants, but they must be in a condition to be readily utilizsd. They must be made fine so as to 111. made soluble in water, in order tliaz the moisture from dews and showers may dissolve them and thus fit them for the immediate use of plants. In average so1‘l~ plants are more likely to suffer from want of the inorganic ma- terials. All soils of ordinary fertility contain large quantities of inorganic elements 0; plants. sufficient to supp.y the wants of crops for an indefinite period, but these elements are closely locked in the soil and only a very small quantity becomes available at any one time. The forces of nature by means of the frost and sunshine are constantly at work setting these le- ments free; out on land which ha). long been cultivated and from which the accumulations of the past have been removed their action is far too slow to supply the growinu crops. But tillage hastens the liberation of fertilizing elements which are locked in the s1 i1, and also enables the land to absorb large quantities of fertilizing gases from the air. Hence it hastens the growth of plants and renders them more productive than they otherwise would be. During the next few weeks farmers will have abundant opportunity to test but if more thorough tillage were prac- . th effin.-iency of tillage "n promoting the growth and increasing the yield of their crops. That an increased yi-:11-1, if obtained, by inexpensive methods of cultivation will greatly increase the profits of the crop is evident. Fre- quent and thorough culture is what the growing plants now require. Nothing else can atone for lack of this, and in no other way can the crop be so cheaply, quickly and certainly im- proved. D. STRUBLE. The Husbandman, the Bread-Winner; Housewife. the Bread-Maker. the '1‘111- }‘1111\\' is the king of 2111 instru- 11161115 i1121t 1112111 uses. It 111:1)’ 111:1-21111211 t111,- .<11111'1:1:11f 2111 his we-211t11 211111 pros- 111—u'1ty, 211111 of his 211lVz1111:i11g civiliza- tion. ’1'i11-re is 5111111-tl1i11g S1,',;'iill1(.‘2lii[ i11i1112 fact that the wo1'11 ru-I 011111115 1'1'11111 I11’ :1p(ow. T111» 111111-:1‘: 11:1ti1111.< 112111-11011.1 111 the 11i_<_r111-st 11,-g211'1l L111- tillzigc 111'I'11e 5011. The 1,-111p131'111‘ 111' (711111:1 1111l11.~;l11e p11.1w21111111:11l)' with his own 11:11111.~',t1111s 1";-1,-.11g11i'/,1ng the great v:11111: .1111l11s1:l'111111.*ss 111’ the 1111.~'11:1111,l- 1111111 to his e111pi1'e. ’1‘111a1'1- 15 21151151111111- tlxing .si1_»*11i1'1c2111t i11 1111- f:11:t of 1’11-111115 111:11‘1_\'tl1e 2111ci1311’.’;~s. 211111 11011‘ 11-; b1'e211l-11‘121ke1'.<, their wives 211111 1121ug11te1‘s_ wore the 11igl1esL 1itlct11a1t. :11l01'11s :1 w111u2111—t11e title of lady. L151 115 .-:1.-1>.w11:1t 151111511‘ full 1'1:1i1'1'1 to this title. 'l‘11e1'1,- are titles o1" birth. places 1:11" 1101101‘, 211111 of various stations in 111':-, 2111 of w11i1':11 11121_\' be riglit. S01111: 1:«1111i11e- the term 12111)‘ to the 1ilg‘1l€'~,"L social 191151111111. ()tl1e1's give it by w21_\'ot'1‘:11u1‘tesy. ltisge11e1‘:11ly given asa 11-111101" 1'1-spect to :1 w01112111 of goo1l111:11111e1‘s. ilut 1 1111111; the 1111:1512- wife is e11title1l to the 11igl1est:1111l11111st ti1111--11.111111'e-1,‘: 131211111 :0 this l1o1111r21l1le te1'111.:'«1r,lg/. F111'r11ey alone C2111 1:121i111 this titlet11rougl1its true eto111o111gi1:- 211 1le:»<1:1’e11t. 1111111111-(ls of ve211'sl1ef111‘e t11eCi11'ist.:1n era the Grtleks 211111 lio- 111:111s 1112111e large co1’1q11est in Asia. the birth place of the l1u111an 1'21ce They brought back to Europe the spoils of war, captives, books, theology, ma11_\~' rareproudctions of nature, inc1u1l111g animals. fruits and grain. It w-21si11 this way that wheat was 1liff11se.1l th1‘oug1=.out Europe, a111lso11n fur1'1is11e1l bread :01‘ 2111. lVhi1e the hardy, war- like men from the north of Europe were 111-aking their excursions by 1211111 and sea, the mistress of the household cared for the wild brood which remain- ed at 111111113. She prepared the stores of 1121111 bre-.111, which the men carried away, and welcomed ‘ heir return with afull supply of the staff of life. In their boisterous banquet, from her own baking she caused 21 manchet of bread to be placed at each seat, or sent the loaves of bread around in baskets to the feasters. To mark her l1ig11 oflice she was deiiominated Zadie, the 111' Si) /;7‘cake'/', 1lispe11se1‘, and with s1igl1t21s— s11111pti1111, the maker ofbrrgacl. T111,- word lzuly comes fro111 Mar‘, 21 loaf, 21.1111 is part of Ilaiforzl w11ic}1 111c21.11.~'. l1readgive1' or 111211-161‘. Thus th1'1111g11 the 111051. useful act of her life has the housewife cz11'11e1l the title of 1211l_V. As wel121ves21i1l, we owe our pros- perity," “not to any 111i1it:11'y genius, not to some st21tes1112111, not to 21ny par- ticul:u' c1:1s.s',” but to free labor and the c11lti\':1ti11n of 21 free soil, and if i11 0111' c111111try, “tl1e1'e21re any kniglits. they are the 11111;/:l1ts of the 21x1-.111‘ t111- plow, of L111: hoe, of H11: spzule, 111111 the 11:1111111131‘,'" 211111 the 111111se\\‘i\'1-s of those k111',<:11t.s', the br1:a(l-mu/.:e7's 2111- t111i-t1'11e ladies of the 1211111. V. 1:. 11‘.-1.1.1«.‘.>'111'1>.1:,.l11111- 18111, 1>'::3. Sheep Notes. Brother Cobb.-—I am a farmer and Granger, born on a farm, live on a farm, and am in sympathy with the farmer. I have taken the VISITOR ever since its origin, and pronounceit a fair, square, common sense, well conducted sheet; dealing outjustice and equality to the great masses of the people, east, west, north and south, and I must say 9. paper founded on so broad a founda- tion has most assuredly a prospect of long life and prosperity; and must be of great benefit to its readers. In reading the VISITOR I have at several times seen accounts of heavy shearing, of full blooded merinoes, unwashed I suppose. I have been grading sheep for a few years on a small scale, thinking perhaps some im- plovment might possibly be attained therefrom. I will now say afew words on the sheep question. About 1857 a Mr. Darling purchased a flock of merino ewes from some east- ern man at $11 per head. I selected a f-w ewes from Mr. Darling’s flock and k,’,g1t them four or five years. These sheep were rather small, well formed with an even fleece of very desirable wool; well washed would average about seven pounds per head. with a light carcass. I finally came to the conclusion that they were not very profitable. About this time I began to wake up a little on the sheep question and after a few weeks consideration of the mat ter I came to the conclusion that by crossing the full blooded merino buck with the strong vigorous’ heavy bodied native ewe, and continuing this cross for a term of years some good might result therefrom. Consequently I purchased a. few of these ewes, and though light shearers, the weathers of this flock dressed from 90 to 100 pounds of mutton each. Taking these ewes for a foundation of a flock, the next thing was to select a suitable buck to couple with them. My ideas are the buck should be well bred, well formed, good size with is strong constitution. A dd to this length, strength, and firmness of sta- ble, wool of the same quality as near as may be, and evenly distributed all over the sheep, top and bottom. Above all things never use or patron- ize a buck whose fleece begins to lose its length or firmness about the point of the rib and so on down. for by so doing you cheat yourself out of from 1:116: and a half to two pounds on each lamb. My sheep are now short legged, ‘11-avy bodied, with strong constitution; A small quantity ofoil or grease and a 1:1-.g._= qiiantity of delain wool of good ltllgill and strength and very compact all over the sheep, top and bottom, of the .=1a1na quality as near as maylidéi The wool over the folds about the neck, flank and tail has a scnoth compact appearance. ‘ June, 18.‘32,I clipped twelve two-year- old ewes averaging twelve pounds two ounces per head. The heaviest fleece No. 31, weighed 14 pounds and the lightest No. 22, 10 pounds and twelve ounces. I send you a sample of wool, un- washed, taken from a buck lamb the 23rd of April, eleven 111:)11ths growth. I send you this thinking perhaps there might be something interesting or beneficialto the readers of the VISI- TOR, and also inclose one dollar for the renewal of my subscription. I. B. H. ]3.JDIsoN. June 11, 1883. COMMAND large fields, but cultivate small ones.— Vim/il. Stock at the Agricultural College. Of the many questions asked stu- dents about the Agricultural college and everything pertaining to it, none are more poorly answered than those about the stock. Indeed how to an- swer all the questions an inquisitive farmer can ask would sometimes puz- zle an expert lawyer. At such times I have had much charity for a stu- dent, who once told of drawing largely on his imagination, aided by some big words from chemistry and botany to fully satisfy an illiterate farmer, how, plowing under clover soil could benefit the coming crops. \Vhen one is asked what is the best variety of strawberries or potatoes for every farmer in the State to raise‘? \Vhat is absolutely the best breed of sheep or swine? and cannot; give a short, definite answer, l1e is not un- frequently told, that it is the business of the college to find out, and make known all these things. Often other defects and shortcomings of the col- lege are thrown in the stu1ienl’s face, till he wishes he was from any place on earth but the Agricultural College. Fortunately some are more rational and are satisfied with the co111para- tive value of each variety of vegeta- bles, or breed of cattle, and can see that different soils or conditions can make one variety of strawberries good for one man and almost useless to another as well as one breed of cattle desirable for some farmers and not for others. The Agricuitural College does 11ot claim to have the best stock in 1119 State, and with the money devoted to that department by the State Board, it would be impossible to out- do some of the wealthy breeders of Michigan. More attention has been given to cattle than to any other ani- mals. While the college has kept good work teams, it has never had any blooded horses. Theswine, though they have never received as much attention as the cat- tle,are all thorough bred. There are 15 breeding sows, mostly Essex, as the State Board a few years ago decided to keep no other except for show. He- side these there are a pair of Jersey Reds, two Berkshires, and Poland China. The Jersey Reds were a pres- ent to the college by George Stewart of Grand Blanc. Lately there were 9.11- ded to the herd three Essex from Jo- seph Harris, the celebrated breeder at Rochester New York. Those that are kept are fine specimens, and the demand for them is good. There are in all 116 sheep, 30 of which are South Downs, and the rest Merinos. Of the Merinos 16 are registered sheep from Vermont, while the others were bred at the college. The Merinos have just been sheared, The fleeces averaging 10 lbs., though 25 of the flock were yearlings. This is not a bad showing, The South Downs are called good representatives of the breed, but it will give a clue to the esteem in which they are held, by saying that their fleeces averaged only 4:} lbs., while the sheep are not much heavier than the best Merinos. There are many finer flocks in the State, but considering the money that has been expended on these, and the stock that has been used,the mana- gers are deserving of some credit. Cattle are represented by seven breeds. Though the board has decided to keep only herds of the Short Horns and Ayr- shires, they have three Jerseys, one Holstein, one Hereford, one Galloway, and one Devon. These latter are kept only for show and are considered good representatives of the breeds. The Hereford is an unusually fine cow.Her last calf was sold to J. M. Turner, of Lansing, for$300. The Ayrshire herd is the largest in the State. It contains 15 head Every one knows that this is exclusively a dairy breed, but not- withstanding that,_ there are Short Horns here that equal them for dairy purposes and possess all the beef qualities peculiar to the Durhams. The herd is headed by Jacob of Lin- den, number 2,600. All are good speci- mens of the Ayrshire breed and are recorded in the “Ayrshire Record” No breed of cattle has received more attention at the College than the Short Horns, and one can safely say thatthere are some very fine speci- mens of that breed here. Rose of Sharon, Victoria Duchess, Roan Duchess, imported Harriet, and the Van Meter, are the most prominent among the vari1111s families. This is enough t11 satisfy those who are ac- quainted with the sui-joct that the College has some fine cattle. Grand Baron III has been at the head of the hen) for the last two years, but has recently been sold to the Hon. John T. Rich. The herd is now headed by a Bates bull, Col. Acomb II., bred by VVinslow Bros, Kankakee, I11. Nothing will speak more highly for this herd than the sales that are continually being made to noted breeders in various parts of the State. Five bulls have been sold this spring. Prof.Jol1ns11n says it is his purpose, not only to breed cattle that have quality, but to breed those that have a good practical value, 31:11 at the same time combine the two qualities. of milk and beef. He i11i1-.1111s to fur- nish good animals at fair prices to those wi1-111i11g to improve their herds for l1e believe that 1111011111 be :1 part of the work of 1.1112 001111,;--. Any one de.-iring furth--1' i11forn1a- tion regav1li11g the farm .-11 -1 its work- ing:-1 can obtain it by applying to Pr0l'.J111111s011, for the r13p11i'l of the 1’r0fes&101' of Agriculture. 11'. 11‘. 11111115113. Greasing Wagons. T11 is is of more im}-ortance than wagon owners imagine. The follow- ing, from an unknown source, says the O'oachm(m’.; Zlfagaziinc, is 21 Valu- able information on th1~s11bject,which we trust Will be duly h(*€(1(:dZ Few people are aware that they do wagons and carriages more injury by greasiizg too plentifuliy than in any other way. A well made wheel will endure constant wear from ten to twenty-five years, if care is taken to use the right kind and proper amount, of grease: but if this niutter is not at- tended to, they will be 11.~11-d up in five or six years. Lard 511011111 never be- used on a wagon, for it will penetrate the hub, and work its way out around the tenons of the spokes, and spoil the wheel. Tallow is the I11.-st lubricator for wooden axle-trees, 21.1111 caster-oil for 1ron. Just grease enough should be applied to the spin1iie11fa wagon to give it a light coating; this is better than more, for the s111-111113 put on will work out at the ends, 9.1.-11 be forced by the shoulder bands and nut-Washer into the hub around the outside of the boxes. To oil an l1‘1~!1 axle-tree first wipe the spindle 1711-1111 with a cloth wet with spirts 111' turpentine, and then apply a few 1.l1‘11pS of castor 011 near the shoulder 111.111 end. One tea- spoonfulis siiilireiz-mt for the whole.” “We would add t'.at for journals on which there is 11 heavy pressur“ it is a good plan to mix with the oil some lampblack or c:111111no11 soot. Powdered plumbago or black lead is also empoy- ed for the sumep11rp11se.” A Cheap Silo. Last year 21 i’211'1111-.1‘ i111p1'ovise(l 21. small silo by si11ki11r 21 nwlusses hogs- head into 15111: g1'1111n1 i11 his barn cellar. 111: out up 2111 his corn fod11e1' with 21 1121vcutte1', supp11si11_1_; he had enough to till about fo1.11' l1ogs11e21ds, but on }121cki11g it found it w11u11111’t 1111 one. [I11 then 11o11g11t of 21 11111141111111‘ as much 1110111 21s1111e iiorsc 11011111 1lr21w and still there w21sr1.111111. He then cut up the stalks f1'1111121 piece of sweet corn, and with a lot of 1'11we11 111:11121gcd to fill his 110gs11e211l. He 111211111 :1 close fitting cover, and with :1 jacksc1‘ew set under one of the, 1111111‘ t1111l1e1-s, pressed it down t1'g11t 215 p0ssil11e. 111 the mid- dle 11f1)1:ceml1er he 11pe11e1l his silo an1lf011111lti1c 011111 215‘ sweet 211111 fra- grant as when put 111. F1'11111 the hogs- head be fed one cow 112111’ a. bushel of e11si121.ge 1110r11i1'1g 211111 night for two n1o11t11s, and cmisidcrs it the best pro- 1l111:i11g food that 132111 be fed. This year be 1)I‘0}_JOS(*S to iillthe 111,1gsl1ead wit11o21ts out just as they are 111 the milk. If :1 silo on so simple 21 plan is p1'21ctical1le, there is certainly no reason w11y everybody should not have one, and satisfy himself of the value of the ensilage syste-.r11.——Nashua Telegraph, A FARMER in Orleans county, New York, says he 7.8.8 found by repeated experiments that an acre of the Hub- bard squashes will fatten more hogs than the corn which can be raised from the same ground wi-1 do. He says he has no trouble in keeping the squashes through the winter He plants twenty feet. apart each way, and the crop requires but little cultivation. I-Ifs manner of feeding is to crack the squashes a 11 pass them through a cut- ter; the seeds he saves and sells to seed dealers. A small farmer near t .15 city finds by experimentthat he can fatten- cattre on squash:-1 cheaper than on any- thing he can raise on his place. grains or tainieu foul. See that the.» water they drink is clean and gnol. NEVER feed your fowls~damaged"- I a'=;_®1:/'Ep(-gC¢or.v1nv-as e e- TEE GBAHGE VESEEQE. JULY 1, 1883. Elm firangv ilfigitur SCOOLCRAFT, JULY 1, Single copy, six months,-______ Single copy, one year,...__.__. Eleven copies, one year .__.._--_ To ten trial subscribers for three mozrths we will send the VISI- for _--_-----__.--_-_._-__..-_-_$1 00 Address, J. T. Conn, Schoolcraft, Mich. Sample copies free to any address. 25 50 500 J INDEX TO THIS NUMBER. jg: -or f .uu‘.i There's Nothing Lost—Evenin9: Song -Why Tillage Promotes Growth—The Husband- man. the Brc ad-Winner; the Housewife, the Bread-Maker—Sheep 1\'otes—Stock at the Agricultural College—Greasing Wagons —-A Cheap Silo..... l hnigration Agcncy——The Epidemic of Mob Violence—Tarifl' Discussion—Feeding Ani- mals—Subject for Subordinate Grangas for this Month-—-Corporations-—A Matter of in- terest .. Jottings—Railroad Rates—Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange—Postal Jottings-Ques- tions-—Mr. Collier’s Pet Theory-—Grange Prog:ams—Notices of Meetings.. . . . . . . . . 3 EntornoIr*gj,'—vIn The Small—Fruit Garden- Fruit Tree Culture——Hot Watcr Cure for Sickly Plants—Brevities—A Visit to the Experiment Station at Geueva—Carp and Carp Culture—An Enormous Leasehold- The Pacific RaiIroads——Cheap Roof Protec- tor-——The Growth of Trees in Catalogues. 4 The Singing Schools we Used to Have -—In the Mountains of Utah--The GRANGE VrsIron- Outspoken and Independent—A Word of Praise-—Advertisn1ent. . . . . . . . ................................ 5 ’Da.n’s Wife —A 'I‘rip Across the Country— Ad- vantage of Country Life- Fruit Prospects at Sruth Havcrr— The War Against Insects —Pistillate Strawberries— Strawberries in EurJpe——-Raising New Strawberries. . . . . 6 “That's Whrrt They Say"—CulIivate \V’ill Power—Grandp2r’s Accourit of the May Par- ty—“One Girl's VVa_v of Husba1u’.ry”-— The Vain: 0fF'.1l'!11 Life — State News-—Atlarrl.ic for July~'l'he July Century— St. l\Iiclrnl-as for .Tuly—-—l‘hc Reaper Death—'l'l=.c Mark:-ts —-Will hialrc it an Even Dozcrr—--Adv r'lr.-- me-:;!: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 Advert: 21:12-nt . _ . . . . . _ . _ , , . . _ _ _ . _ , _ , _ _ _ . . . _ 5. osmmol. Scuoomrmr r EMIGHATIUN AGENCY. ‘ A1; ::rI\'er‘1i;-cnacrit -fll..I. ’/.;r«1'z..,—.-zse, Enid ‘V151’: oi. 11¢:-arl',' a year‘ ago. Tlzis was folhzwed 3-_v letters from him after his arrivaf in liuglsird. W'e have f‘r»:»nr time to time referred to him and urri- forznly expressed co: fidence in Mr. ludzense. as he was well endorsed by men who were acquainted with him in this State. Mrzudzensc spent the win- terin Eng?and,but was unable to over- come obstacles that were unexpectedly presented, and fill the hundreds of orders entered on his register for farm hands, and h: use help. But he suc- ceeded in forwarding some men to their destination, and while we have had several reports of an entirely satisfac- tory character we have heard of no complaint from any quarter. We advised all those who had made 'a small advance of a dollar or two, to let it remain, and trust to the good re- ports that would be sent back by those who came,to give confidence to others. We are glad to learn that one man, as shown by the following letter had such confidence in this agent that he forwarded passage money for one emi- grant, and got a good man as a reward for his faith. Now we are not of those who are anxious to fill up this country with European emigrants. We are ‘in no haste to have all our fertile acres un- der cultivation. The rapidity with which they have in one way, and an- other, been absorbed within the last thirty years, is really alarming. But we cannot stay the tide of emigration, and so long as the flood gates remain open by authority for the admission of almost everything human; and all of the male persuasion are woven by the industrious politician into the po» litical web to strengthen his party be- fore the first election; we say so long as this state of things continues we feel like encouraging the introduction of industrious young people of good habits, for such are very much needed almost everywhere, particularly as house help among the farmers. For any information as to this mat- ter, write to B. P. Daan,agent for Mr. Kudzense at Cedar Springs Mich., and if advised as we have heretofore been, that good reliable help can be pro- cured by advancing passage money, better take chances on that scheme, than have your wife continue the slave of such killing circumstances as a large house, a large family, large ambition, mad if not a large baby, as an offset, several of them. These are not un- -gommon conditions of American farm life, and if other conditions prevail, the same want, a goodjhired girl jis quite sure to remain. Editor Grange Visz'tor.'——For the in- . formation of all farmers wanting more help, I would like to say that, I sent Mr. Zudzense, passage money for a man, and that he arrived May 20th. 1 5nd him a very intelligent, capable man, reliable and to be trusted in all places. I think Mrfzudzense is help ing both parties most concerned, and to be entirely reliable himself. Respectfully yours. J. '1‘. SMITH. Springport, Mlch., June 18, 1883. B. P. Dean of Cedar Springs, Mich. '1‘1(tiUL a;_{cni,Iirs: ap}.ca*.‘c«l in fire‘ THE EPIDEMIC OF MOB VIOLENCE. The practice of lyrrclrirrg persons charged with various crimes prevails to an alarming extent in all parts of the United States. It is shown in the Evening News of a late date that since the 230th of April last, these informal executions have been as frequent as those autho1‘i7.ed by law. About two weeks ago the death penalty was inflict- ed by amob atnchehoygan, in this State and the good law-abiding people of that section have thus far made no arrests. The persons engaged in the lync'-irrg made hardly any attempt at concealment, and they were no doubt well known to the whole comirrunity; yet the Coroners jury found on their oath that the victim came to his death by the hands of a person or persons unknown. Tlris shows that the mid- night execution, without judge or jury or cviderrse of witnesses, ‘as not lm-1‘c- ly the work of a blood-thirsty mob, but the free act and deed of the whole comr- tyof Clreboygzm. The county otlicials made a lIl()l'e1)l'£ftt‘llS(: of l‘E'SiSt~2lH('<é, and no citilerr is willing‘ to nrakear corrrpluint before a rrrzrgistrute and thus set the rhzrrtlrirrory of the law in motion against the rncrrrbcrs of that rnur'd«-r‘- ous mob. .-\lthough the criminal Ctlflf‘ in the lfrritcd States is now adrr1irri.:I;'1%1:*:ul_'.'lr>4:1 zurlcv ;rcq11ift;rlor‘:rL least :1 ills-~:;; ml-ut of tho _iur'_\ ‘~.\lr:1tc\'('1' tho of'gu1lfrh:rylra-. mimi- mel.-' in this cl-urr’.I'_v has b<.-<'olur- :1 C:'1‘;rt..-«- tothc (fffrlllllwll lzrw. Th.- nu‘- Kw‘- 'I‘hf3 «,1:-l‘:-rrsv of -8}... H211», , rrrorrslr‘:rrr(-c,- (:31 1.lu- part of tho ¢;orrr't.l If ll(rtlrl]l,';'(:l>".' will avail. (-mlless df-—l lays are i'.rt<,-r'po:'-‘cd. \\'lr<-lo llzrys and \\'ecl{s:11‘(*t;rl. of L‘\'<‘l‘_‘-.' ,2-r':ulw .".i -' Hr-, flu-3.‘ f‘:lll only p;r_v flue rrrwt-‘<.-:11‘). ti-on to, 1'22’: ll-ll‘ ' ,fr‘u’il itlw." '. of crmrmorr serrst-. Our scrrsifivr: m-iglrbor-, flu; I{;rl;on;r- zoo ’1'('/-"y/rrlp//, loudly Ale-plow-vl flu- ills},-1‘:r<_'t:brought upon the fair" hoof: of" Bliclrigzrrr by this Chcl:o_\'g;rr1 l\’m'lrlrr_g'. and dt-marrdcd that the st:\'c:r'cst pointl- tics bc inflicted O11 those lyrr<‘l;e-12-; who tool; the law info tlrcir own lramls and }>o;~_‘itlo1r of the t1'l<'l-is of" the jii¢li:,'i;rl l111:1<‘lrI])(', first SI:‘,l4lI)l11l\'l11)\\'n‘ £l!f_‘.'ilrl:‘:_-‘ lot" the dvru;rr1'...~. ‘or sorrrc llI!l|l""{i‘l:r'. :2. ' Elm‘: s ,'.‘.~ r‘>‘:v luv,-I’ .- ‘ljrivljrfull 3u';rv1ir'~-. null this tuurrlfillr-ls v ‘till ',\:m‘.‘.il: ‘.:)<:(_'(",‘:lJ‘!lIn’.lilllvj" pi.-; . . - _‘.=.zci2;1:*ll}g<-rrfljv ::rzrrfliulo:"?‘lz.E1 -is. n r; lsrlu-r'r3rrl ll2’»ll1,|ll.'- lug mil.-‘. . p1‘x~.<-rrsr: of _j:r.-‘fl:--; with u h {ha-_v :'«~ Lu‘, arid lrcrt-Err lies ill!‘ l-.\’pl;m:r- lion oi‘ the l§’ll('l.‘lIl_£:3' thtr‘. «ll.-‘,g:r‘:~.<'r> l.Ill.' courrlr'_v. If tlrc pn-ss \n~r'c 1'0:-r.-.ly' to <3omlc1rm the i1rcIIi<:icrrcv of’ our jiuIi(-izsl practice, and tho rm.-.-iris gcrrcrally :1r:ccptcd and adopted to de- fcnt justice, as it is to condemn the men ho assurrrc to execute justice without the interposition of legal ma- chinery, we might hope to overcome and repress this lawlcsrress. it is idle to pr-ate about the durrgcrs of (:omnrr1rr— ism, and make no cllfort to lnrirtg the judicial practice of the country tc.~.such a condition as to command the confl- dcrrcc and respect of the people. Let the press of the country insist upon lraving rcal courfs of ju.stic(:, wlrcrc judicial proceedings shall not do con- stant violerrcc to common sense, but shall be wise, impartial and business- like, and we shall soon have little occa- sion to complain of individuals or mobs assurrring to act as zrvchgcrs of evil- doers. vnrzrrot 2‘.4li!1llf!.\".-.'x‘lIl;4‘ .. l';zI.dl- {IS TARIFF DISCUSSION. This letter of our correspondent should have appeared in outlast num- ber. In thatissue we compiled with his request so far as we were able by copying on the ffldfih page an article from an exchange. So far as devoting space in the VISITOR to the discussion we give early notice that articles must be short. We have observed that the advocates of either side of this tarifl‘ question prove their positions so convincingly that the average citizen if “convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.” There are a great many holes in this skimmer and many people talk well if not wisely on this subject. Mr. J. T. 0obb:—[nasmuch as the tariff question has been submitted to the Subordinate Granges for discussion would it not be for the good of the Order to give through the columns of the GRANGE Vrsrron. The tariff law and the industries it affects, and ‘;0 what extent. In adding the last clause “to what extent” may be asking too much. But No 574 is not well posted in regard to the workin of the tariff and would like somegiing of the kind, and -through the VISITOR if convenient. Fraternally. GEO. N. FISHER. Do not fail to read the article from the Chicago Express, under the head- ing “Corporations.” Truth is a good thing, and we are not likely to have too much of it. But for effect the way in which it is told, largely determines its value. We like the style adopted by the Empress. N 0 mincing, but like the language employed by Judge Black in treating this subject. Every sentence is full of significant solid truth. This arraignmeuts of corpora- tions exhibits a dark and lowering cloud filled with alarming apprehen- sions for the future of that vast multi- tude of people who know this as their native land. The last enquiring sentence of the article referred to, "How can their power be broken?” is one of vital import. those acts: of violcr1cean<,l (ll.-sreg;u'«l of I :ul1rrirri.<1«_:r'<-d justice without llr(,‘il1l~."l'—: -is rzromy to pay for ’.ll‘l1l_\,'>' 2:u»l7,‘_ all p:u".7f-s; -\1. 1ri‘x‘>‘I.‘€1l. ‘Ibo pr--«ph L FEEDING ANIMALS. Is the title of‘ a Book of recent issue. Its author Elliot \\'. Ste-\vurt as one 01‘ the e-.litors of the Live Stool; Jou;-- nal and also from his r-omrectiorr with the Agricultural dcpartrherrt of (for- nell Urriversif_v has by employment and as.~;ocr:rtiorr been so connected with the subjr-cf of‘ which he trczrts as to have given him at least some neces- sary qualificruiorzs. In his ilrt1'~I,‘l1.\.W'(‘\‘".\lillIl¢.l plry.-'|..}o;:y." urrrll-rsfoori ;ru«lcrrl..*;g«-s H1»o11LlrUl'1111<'- tiorrs ol vital and ollu-1' orgzrus of nui- mul lit‘-. rl:~r.';»‘rErr;.: .~l.-\’cr';rl pzrgex‘ to a l.-‘ouu-\vlr:rL Illlllllif‘ ilI't‘.~'.‘IililiIHll of tho l.-‘c\cr':rl ln':mr;lw.~; or’ this sul-jt-cl. l .‘~Ir‘. .\';r:\\':u't (~ouu~.»‘ now to ‘ho moi‘:-. ‘pix:-::ti<::il‘,>;rr't of his :url»_j:-1'1 opvrrir:;,r ho fourth (‘li;l]Itl:l‘ Will; ".\'f,orl-. ll:u'rx~:," l :1 . ‘v ll ’l'E.L= 1 :41‘; My ‘. m<"r2.«;.-.- z;, r.., Alf‘ I’. ‘l"‘:~ l...' :ll‘;‘ lrlrl 1. ll!‘ Zl!I‘ .. llrfil ,. . :\I‘tr’.:<-‘. l>‘.il ‘l.\, mu.» cos-.rlx1.:.=e'»rr< l:u\‘.'«-xi-:' ran-1‘:-.«,~'.1=-I ‘ urrnh-1‘ flu; lrzwui of Forrrrrr»-nits or; thora- blvs that \'.'ill:rffr':u_=f:rsflrc_vza1'r: quite at -..,=.r'3;u:rr«:'. with popular‘ opirrious. Tho sixth ftlraptcr‘d::\'o1.~(‘u}I(.‘nl lhc \\w.~r:l as popul:rr'l_v‘ n whlrh hv dl-\’o’u--2 .llmlfL l'orl_v }l2lj.1't‘5. .~;rr‘4-‘ ‘Linn: llu- 1>l‘~-1‘:-' «"rl.I}‘—‘ ,;l?Im'!l '11; .1 -.l1r\_-‘lo flu". zlwl owl l‘-;I,»t‘£'.l LU l‘l‘./rlrvlfi ;rI1xl .\:~r* raft:-rzlloo.‘ gerrtlr-met‘ of the .\'atioual -\cadem_v of science. prornirrerrt public men every where, but also so much of the great body of the agr'icrrlfrr1'-al class as YHUI the (-urrcnt news of the day. In a late number of the \'Isr'rou, there was an article upon this subject of ‘LlCI\'lt‘l‘ for the leclarricall riglrts o: puterrf».-es as :1;::lirrst llw poopli-'.~', and if subrrrits with _:r':u-¢- to rc- H.-rri jutllcirrl l‘H‘f‘l.\'I(!IiS that .\'oro:-- \'.‘lr:It curtail the rlglrls of pa- 'I'l»esr- row:ru fl‘.'(’l.*~‘l0llS are in ,:l<'r;nl'(l:lllI't‘ with :1 ru-\v rulv- that sr,-orrrs Isouuol urrd scrrsiluln-,zr1r«l f],.- ,,,],1_,- “~,,,,- dc-1‘ that it shou‘.d be ]1e\V_ “ Tlw r‘<.--is.~'m- of‘ an old ];:lll‘Ilt so as to 1rrul<<- it (:o\ or, by new ciuirrrs, :m_v new or l>l'H2l(le'l' ground ilrzur tho ul'lj_’ll1:ll pate-rrl. is invalid." l3_v the o1w1';rlioII of this rule the barbed \\'ir'a_-, lllnllup.>l\' Ila:-‘.lw<:Ir«>\'(*1'ilrl‘<.)\\'l1,iuhl if \\'t- r'vrm-rrr- be-r" (-,or'1*:-r,-tly lhc H]><‘l‘2lil()ll of this rule !‘Ill(’I'l‘(l into tho rlrive well c:r,<(- whiz-h lie-r'rrrirrutr:«l :r'-llulllfl yr-AI lw «we-\'1.;>l;<,~ll:;vi'.r1'uu~-rs vyho m-ml ;l r~.:~.*. ;\lr~‘.‘.‘, HI:-l .ll llzr }lJ'lf"’ lion 1',-;1'1m-1' 4' \\ l,]4:\,I. :'!l llxv 1‘ ul;-‘ Ill £15.!’ 7!. NHL on? u ‘ ' ;~i1Ill“l' , xa rlnli _'.u:. E(l'y,.'n; ;4rl ;- ru-xx plow is at‘ cf,» r*llll'.;' Ill . _"‘::\‘ .‘~.‘ '3 'I";H1_\. "rs \\‘l‘rH \\ r ,.l' RN: l{lm\‘. ougzlri in sx-if-l ‘rs lira I'ulrllH‘;lS. or \\'1«: aim to kw-p our IIor'ti<,-rrlfurul I):-p;u't1m,-rrt ouflrc fourth p:r_v_{l-. .\l'ter that p:r;.,-'0 was made up otlwr‘ rmztlcr‘ crurrc to hand tlnrt 4-ould not well go over to arrothcr rrumbcr, and we have cohtirrucd this tly done up and carefully handled. (J xtton, wool, and hemp well cleaned and heat- ly bailed. Dairy products must have spccial care in cleanliness, handling and packing. First prices in sales de- r end largely upon the preparation of the product marketed. A cooperative method employed in marketing products, if judiciously managed on business principles, is one of the elements that secures to the co- operators the finan ‘ial arlvantages promised in our Order. At many of the small railroad sta- tions and river landings one man buys and ships for speculators or for him- self, with borrow ed capital, the pro duct. contributary to these points, and makes from one to $5,000 in a single year. At larger places from four to six or more men do the buying and ship ping, in like maner, and each one makes more clear money out of the product one year with another than twenty of the farmers who produce it. W hy not adopt a cor perative sys- tem to handle and ship our own pro- duct to our agents and associations, and save to ourselves the thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars that have hitherto been gathered in by a class of non-producing middlemen. Organization, Grange education, and true co-operation can be made to be worth its millions to the farmers. Corporations. There is no country in the world where corporations are so numerous and so diversified as in the l.'r1ited States, and as they have entered as 21 corrtrollirrg force in Arrrcricah politics, the people have begun studying their influence on the social condition of the nation, and the methods by which they are shaping all things to suit their own requireme1rt—s; and this study has been intensified by the discovery that they :u'ei1rrrnortzr.l. There is absolutely no limit to their cxistencc,and except their political influence be destroyed, and their power to centralize wealth re- stricted, there is no telling what form our government will assume. They are working radical changes in our politi- cal and industrial systems, and in the very thought and habits of our people. Their rapid growth, their reat wealth, their tremendous power, ‘'5 rcir unity of action and their success in controlling legislation have al:u'mcd the intelligent, and brought into the field of activepoli- tics an arrtagorristic force which is every day extending its lines, as if pre- paring for an approaclring struggle. The corporations have arisen totlrcir present condition by an unscrupulous use of their wealth and power. They stand Imflinclringly by the party which favors their designs, subscribing liber- ally to its “corruption furrd,” and mak- ing its candidates their own. Execu- tives and Le;,-'islatur'es are their creat- ures. M any of our great lawyers are their agents. They "co11t1‘ol” newspapers to mold public opinion. They hire lobby- It is llris:, ,-llr:1rr mrlllll l|L'IlHlr'.‘ by l;z\\‘s of ,:r:nl [H".ZllrlIl ‘ ’.~ll‘urrj_',l_\ r:r:rru_\’ rrwr‘<'lr;nu<. who l:rurrvlr«- if-\tr‘:1\“.r:;-.rl’. ists to Corrupt l'.e_:isl:rtr1res. There is to-day S('2tl'C€l_\' a legislative body in the uniorr that is hot in sorrre degree under their l11llu<'11(.'P. llf>1‘:ljlHl_'_"(* whose judg- ment has not l>(‘¢.‘li l»i;r.‘€1‘\'i<'f* while voting on measures atiei-tihg their interests. The nation felt. degraded by the discovery of the conrrection of its law-rrrakers with the credit mobilicr, and how humbling to the irrtelligence to learn that they still rrraiurairr a like connec- tion with corporatiorrs fully as corrupt and eqmzllyexzrn-tirrg. .~'tocklrolder's 1n rrational banks vote in Congress to irr- crease the value of their s1ocks—~to put up the price of their bonds and increase the purclrasirrg power of‘ their money—— zurd the people approve their a(-tiorr. tailroad stocklrolde-rs and holders of" .liSl1l1)€l1tS,:lI‘l‘:u1gt% t:1r‘ill'l>ills so as to "protect" their own p1'odu<:t.<. In fact tlu-_:o\'e1‘rrrncrIt has been llizltlc a means by which the 1u-0plI*:1r‘¢- fuxml for flu: In,-rre-Ill of (‘U1’- por‘;1tio1r>'. IL lrzrs lwvll muxlt‘ 21111:-re: :uId«-Irdurrr to ll1HI1¢>[mllH.\‘. Wlrcrr the ,:;ovcr‘rrrm-rrt \\'.lS«<>1“,;';Ll1lZt‘(l "tho f';ulre1‘s" w» re ,l‘])Ul‘iillUll>‘ ar'c;u:- mrrrplis1rirr_'_-,‘ what the “l':illu-r',<" so1lj_:l1l lo :i\‘oid. If’ one who holds .~'tor‘l{lrr1lrc <-orpor';rtiou.~' divs, his struck is tr';urs- f'cr'i'ml to sorrra-bod_v cl.~.c,:urd tl1f‘¢'nl'- pomtiorr livr-sou. ('orpor':r‘riorr.~‘ ll:‘\'(‘i‘ idle. and flu-ir p1'op<-r'lj»‘ lsll(_'\'i‘I'(Il\'llI(‘(I, lbut :;ormru1;rll,v ,41'o\‘.<, 1rr<'1‘wrsirrg flu-ir lpow:-1'for-orrupf :H11lo*\iru‘I. 'l'l1(‘}‘.'ll‘I- gpilirr: up the \\'v:«lllr of" the <:ouu'.r'_v in- to :1 ll-w gm-:u :l'_',':‘l'vf_":liIrrl's'lullrlr !':r.lr.~‘ lr:1\<‘ ::Mll;v‘l' um! -»!;:rv.'il_\: "llvlfl-_\ IIHH‘ r 'l luolivs‘ :'> lo'l\I<'I\:'«lll<-1‘ "‘ " \\l‘.l;e»u'r l l V I l l r l 1 r r r l H1.‘ -?:::m:mi." -~ll:‘_;'v’ll‘.llIl2lll :;*ir’i': 1-:2: 'r«)(‘.\E~l'l. l‘ , .. ml-M ml‘ fw«!wzw\'.:rl wu " ‘- :.:'o';ql:1 17: 3".»-A-lrl‘. lo‘. . »:“ ‘lit .‘l't}.li T2‘ ' :ll'<‘ ‘ -uni; in lu- ,w-. l] :-.-2 [ill/{,ll'lrf).‘/K“: Ih 21' —. 1--v l-l«- !-i". l1:~u"r'l"rl‘ u«orlf?i~ A friatzar of ink‘ re;-.5 .l'u is-1' Vonpr-r’ :fl‘v.:rj».-~ .1:-I ll.‘ \'\'.l> I f .x.uti1l1o c-rm-r'pr'i.—'.r-s on lmr'r‘o\\’c'. llIlr"\‘, wrrilc talking 2rbo1rl:rpr'oj¢.-('1 with an :r<~q1r:rirrl:rrrt'c. llre-l:ut<-1' said lrv row the mom-_v i'o1'six moru|r.<,p:1_viug llIlt‘l‘t‘.\‘L zit the rule of‘ tlrrce poi‘ <:(-,uL pr-r1mo1rtlr. "\'\'hy do you borroxv for so short :1. firm-‘.’” Mr‘. U'm1u*i' askml. "l3cc:rlrsetlh,- broker‘ will not rr4-g'«;- tiate bills for lorrgcr." “Well if you wish.“ saicl Mr. (‘oopcr', “I wirl discount your rrotc at that rain: for tlrrcl: ycarrs.‘ Are you in earliest 2"’ asked the \vou.fl-be-lnorrowcr‘. “L‘crtai1rly I am. I willdisvourrt your note for -‘I51-:,“(_<) for tlr1'ccy<-:rr'.~4:rt tlr:rt,1'2rt¢=. Will you doit 2*" "()f ('UllI‘S(‘ I will." suill tlrc I1lt‘l‘(:liiI.ll’. "Very well,’ said .\I". (‘oop<-r‘, “sign this hole for .,\.‘l'J,Il.~o payable in three y(-,ar"s and give me your clrerk for $.\'oo andtlrct1‘.4rrszu'tiorr is colrrpll-te.” Iiu‘. \vlrcr'o is tho mom-_v for nrc?" zrskcrl tlreastorrislrccl rrrcn-limit. “You don't get any rrroru-_v,” \\'as the reply. “Your irrtc1'<-st fo:‘thi1‘t_v six months, at tlrrcc pcrccrrt per rr1orrtlr,;rrr1ouuts to lbs‘ per cerrtum, or 1o_..“"ill'.; point. A lady f.“l ;'.l of mine has a blank book and pr cil always at handfé-r notingjust these things, and who can tell what such a book would be worth when filled with the richest of our own selves. At the last B‘:-SSl0l1 of our Pomona Grange the question of rates on rail- oads was under discussion, and one brother, (I do not know his name), after giving numerous instances where the local rates of certain railroad- were out of all proportion with the through rate; or, between places where there Wa-i competition, in some instance!- being cven double price or more, for o.-ie-half distance, crowded the whole into 9. sirrzlc ex ;-ression, showing the absurility the pra-ztii-'3 as f’r:-llvws: . Said ‘ml liope the time will L’-'i-HIE‘. Wh-'_-ii by legs? em. "=nr-zit oimtlre:-r‘ ' 4-,.>.i1:a“v r.-:13) be i:.ii-.«is- ' 'Z"«*'i‘-'.-':;/ :1. 70/l.I("‘Z!'7 c- 2' llilli‘ l“"”:l ".2-:11 s;r‘;'ll*? who-ri =«.’:.i if W1‘. :,;ra>.ie,i.-5 ‘fills ;r>ok'-. but .- 'cu.i-. be made 7.’; i';CL‘li.'. Our .,-'.ri‘i-'..l after :4. drive of i‘i:=.1i".ee:i miles tin‘-"~ . ’ ‘z-eaiitifiil 3.ii«.l county, .1313-3iyi,‘ll()UgillO be some hours in a-.iv.-.nce of tire W. M.., sail the interval was ni-.>stly spent in an examination of the building and fix- tures. The building is 2-lx60 feet and two stories beside the basement which is of stone, and the size of the entire building. This room is well ,finis.hed high and well lighted, and serves ad- mirably for the purpose intended to-wit: a place of entertainment for the members 'if the Order and the guests of the Grange as will be fully acknowledge by the 200 stalwart pa- trons who were seated on this occasion to discuss the bounteous hos pitalities of Moutour Grange. The first fl ior is routed and used as a drug store. it is well and substantially fin- ished ten feet between joints. VVe understand the proprietors are doing a prosperous business. VVe pass now to the upper story or ball of the Grange which is reached by a broad and easy flight of steps from the door in rear of the drug store opening to the street. Ascending the stairway we are landed in a convenient and tastefully arranged room fitted specially for one of the outer rooms or acompanying rooms to the hall proper and gentleman’s cloak room. The second room leads from the first and intended as the next step in the approach to the Grange hall and is elegantly fitted and arranged for the ladies dressing and cloak room. We now cross the inner gate unchallenged by Gate keeper or Steward for the W. M’. seat is still vacant. This is the grand feature of the entire structure and most beautifully and appropira.te- ly is it finished and furnished and the decorations for the present occasion were elegant and tastefully arranged. The finishing is wainscoting in alter- nate blackwalnut and ash with hard finish walls. - One of the most essential requisites to a good public hall is an abundance of clear but mellow light, few halls are better in this regard than this. The building itself occupies the most prominent corner lot in the rapid- ly growing and enterprising village of Scotts, with ample room for the p:o- tection of the faithful beasts, for whose comfort and protection all good pa- trons are finally pledged. This is to be the next order of improvement, and when this is completed will make this one of the most complete and best pro- vided Granges in the State. The cost of the present building has been near two thousand dollars outside of a large amount of work generously contribut- ed by many of the active and zealous members of the Grange. Altogether they may be congratulated on having a home of their on equal to any other .ertile ..\' epheu Brown. F l’ r we in-ay be stir.--, the brill _f"i9 n:-.t:‘.r:tll_'-I I Y L‘/U.’/" ‘ in comfort and convenience in the State. The programe as laid down for the day, arranged for a session of the coun- ty Grange in the forenoon. Recess for refreshments. Public dedication coin- menced at2 o,clock P. 31., followed by appropriate spec ihes from members of the Order and others outside the gates finished the day by resuming the ses- sion of the Pomona Grange, for essays, discussions, and so forth. Prcmptly at the hour assign:-«l for the ded.ca.ting services Bro. Adams, W. M. of the Mo itour Graz;ge, at-zseoibled the meni- bers of the Grange in the old hall from wlzicli they were marclied to the new ball by Master of cer monies, Bro. Mil- ilman in :_1cP)I‘da'Il’_‘-‘)_ with the fr-ran pr;-.—:cribed by the ()r«.l«.:r, when Bro. in-it .,\lI-1..-Lei‘ of ,;ale Gran ‘e tin! ’l‘;"=\a=-'-:r--;‘ of it, p'.‘ U3 ..nd its £i('(:-’!;1.p=).!lylLl(3l1(E} In Oi-i-r of l’.il.i‘o_r-;- v.-1‘ l{i;sl)ai2ropr' '2' T.-,t.-1': ‘ 'v:’.s tn‘:cer<:ni';n_v per.‘<;i'zuc~.i_ the-‘ an:-.Elv d~;.l’:.-'..tc ’ green worm has made a ready market for it I have tried all the remedies pub- lished in the papers and reconiinended by frieiids all of wliicli have failed. The only successful remedr I know of is high niaiiuring with plenty of salt applied to the land and good cultivat- ing. Grow tlwlll so fE'.Si'. and mzike them so solid that worms caiiiint keep up with tlit-in. T. L. Wiiiri-:, Gll';J.l'4l, June 2:}, lsszi. “Experience is a dear school” yet farmers will not learn even there to properly care for their seed corn. The earliest and beat ea 5 sh-,;ul«.l be sele«:.’- ed and put in 2. dry place l,1'Jill winter ‘Skin in. "-.-’\’ii,-ii the rrorzi --iioui-1 hc ‘Vst-'.-re-'l i::= ::'()l)lf.‘ place wiicrt it will not , r':'e<.~x: sr.\'+- = some pl-are Ll-e is 1 ’ [think iii _ ie".’v' -:1 the-ii‘ ‘:‘.‘Cli C’:l’:- .:o.i.l uric: am": iv’, in .~il*_":‘l .;-;-in-ii; .111. -5 HI‘ I;L‘j.{l‘gt31l-'.. : ii-‘ii dz,-1.9. -' _‘r1c." lira‘-I, Pizzug si-xlio:~-:, - lilli was not a jar or failure to ;zi'operl_v, p€1‘fCil'?.*2tii:‘ duty -.I<,-vr.lv~:il ineiiiber. Too much praise Cannot be showered 5 on the members and officiaijs of Mon- tour Grange, for the manner in which they individually and collectively ac- quitted themselves. The ceremonies finished and the key duly placed in the costody of the ga‘e keeper finished the work of dedicating. Congratulat- ing sg eeches were made by Bro. Brown the dedicating ofiicer,Bros.Cox, Eduiunds, Booth and your correspond- ent, the Lecturer of the county Grange and the VV. M. declared the ceremo- ies ended. A short session of the county Grange a fitting close arid we were hied away to the basement i;.«,- partake again oftlie bounteous liospitaliiie-.2. 0'" our ho--L ill the form of it.--9 ("i?5.sIl‘i iiliil cake. Tliiis Clo.-_‘cxl :2. »i:.»_v if ‘ :- -- 1: by rh.-~ i‘u.lf‘-‘ll.-', «~.‘ C".-ntiiizi-5:11’-: l;>.}.oi' .“.l_l=l sir-angtli, and ‘ " Z i'.lii().’ ruin- wiiiclimfiugsl a good s‘:igesti:,~i,i. one to all. VV'e ‘siiould never forget that the immoderate use of anything is de- structive to human health and life if persevered in. Whatever begets pleasurable and harmless feelings, promotes health; and whatever induces disagreeable sensations, engenders disease. The instant you are burned or scalded, place the part in cold water, this gives perfect relief in a second; then get some flour and cover the burned part completely, and let it. remain till it gets well. From an item we saw in an ex- change we find the Bill covering a general revision of the game law after passing the House was killed in the Senate. The smail boy who knew where and what to shoot last year will please take notice and govern him- self accordingly. It is said that “Meii put things out of the way and women put things away.” Are the processes different, aim in what respect? Will some one answer? The old woman, blind and very poor, saw chinks where the light streamed in, when the neighbors were kind and re- plenished her scaiity larder. lVhat a lesson! M. It has rained almost continuously for a week—-and still it rains. Grass like turnips, is about 90 per cent Wa- ter, and the outlook for making hay of such material with this weather is calculated to furnish the grumbling farmer with ample material to keep himself and his friends miserable for a week or two longer. Schoolcraft, June 28. Four thousand bushels of strawber- iies went to Chicago on Friday night, and nearly 7,000 bushels’ were picked on Sunday, all of which were gathered on the lake shore, in Van Buren coun- ty, and shipped to Chicago. The wet weather of Monday and Tuesday de- lays picking, and many berries will be lost. No hopes for corn on low grounds. Stevensville, June 20. w. A. 13. I wish to say that two old residents of Prairie Ronde, I. C. Briggs and Al- bert Judson, live in Mills county, Iowa, but a few miles from Malvern, and had “G. L. S.” called on them while in that county. he would have been entertained with true Western hospitality. I have been there and know. Bainbridge. S. A. Wooniiurr. I am a. cabbage. raiser on a small scale, raising from 3,000 to 6,000 heads yearly. Since its destruction by the on eacli 3 L“ be forgntfcn “gun, .Iiiz_-.2 '_':rt’i, \VllE*:).I \-. to be doitigg well imw. Aboutnne-lliirei av; wiiiier killed, but should the reinainder of the season prove. favorable, a fair crop may be harvested. (Lats and grass are com- ing on nicely; corii from good seed and planted about May 20:11, is four or five inches high and one-third of it cul- tivated. A large amount failed on ac- count of poor seed; that which was replanted is just coming up. Rain, raiiz, to’; much of it for a month and more. Sheep shearing progressing sloisly. Fzu‘iriei‘.a expecting about ‘.350 for best 7/3.L1'h€(l wool. KrZN’l'. .\'<-\\'.-:]»:ipei' l‘t'2Ullll_Q‘ ll£lS lll‘lfUlll|‘ one oftlw f_,"l‘:‘;il vii-cs of the arc. All Cl:t.~i>"'>:ll‘t:lH'CHii1lllfl >.U mlilir-14-«l in the ‘slml-it llizil l)ll.‘illlt‘.5'S i:-' I've-qiir-ii=.l}.‘ lll‘_‘_I- : lI!li¢ll<‘ll(,‘l‘ is 1‘-"will r ‘~ " -.1. ‘7 .:> _. itlis- 1'1-.‘.‘.'.;-‘i -_j'—-mi‘. of l:: 1:)-'_'.‘-1‘.l,‘.f.‘:~‘ ii‘: ‘. ic(.»iiz:;_\.'l*;;-rzgiti is the only on-.>. owns 2. liall of lJ‘3l‘ own, that .:-z paid 'for, anal tha. hall we have built out 5:-f funds in .he treasury, and have asked no one to give a dollar for that purpose. We are now putting in 84 feet of patent folding seats, and soon our floor will be covered with 9. $75 carpet. ’We soon shall have comfort- able sheds for horses so that when our friends come to visit us they can feel at home. We have suspended all ju- risdiction between Bengal and every other C-‘range, and we say to all our citizens, far and near, go where you please, and they all with one accord say Bengal is pleasant here, why ;-li ould I go elsewhere. COURTLAND HILL. ’l‘lie <.‘UlilllllSSl()ll€l‘S of iiiiiiiigrzltioii in New York have just (llS(30\'€l'eLl that liuii-'li'eds and even tlioii,-zuiitls of the iiniiiigmiits &l1'l'l\'ll1g at that port are p:tuper.-;, many of them crippled, aged, iuiiriii and imbecile, all shipped here by foreign govcriinieiits for the purpose of getting rid of them. These coiiiniissioiiers have had no suspicion of this before, it seems, although the newspaper press has been discussing it for a long time . They are now adopt- ing plaiis for checking the evils just as though they could succeed in stopping it. It will be found that Congress, with all the power of the government will experience great difficulty in stop- ping this kind of immigration. Most of the arguments used by Eastern peo- ple to favor the free immigration of the Chinese can be applied with equal force in this case. PUBLIC. There are many reasons to believe that the coming presidential contest will exhibit an extensive revolt against the ordinary political methods. A few years ago it was a common boast of good citizens that they never split their tickets. Now a large majority of voters are talking about their inde- pendence of parties. There is a. gen- eral and unconcealed contempt of those who submit to being driven about in a political herd called a party. The petty caucus managers will soon find that their occupation is gone. Those who are best acquainted with the peo- ple at large, anticipate a condition of independence among voters that has never been known before in any coun- try where the elective franchise is en- joyed. This must give rise to new methods and new problems in the minds of ambitious politicians. J. Mr. Editor.-—-The first item in the column of Postal Jottings in the last VISITOR, it seems to me, makes apret- ty wild statement that you endorse. f-;.i'.-hers; 6-I2('nll3'2l,',Z‘ ii, (1l>lll'ilili'-1 Nowl want to know if you really think that no farmer knows how to -save seed corn, for when you say that not one in ten thousand knows, you might as well say no one knows- ’l‘hen if no one knows, who does? E. SHRIGLEY. [\Ve are called upon to make an- swer to the enquiry found in our Postal Jottings, in last VISITOR, in reference to seed corn, or who knows how to save it. Our readers may think Mr. Shrigley has go! us in a tight place, but we tliirk we can see a way out. .-‘.1. all €V’v;'l‘vi;-I we Sil1lli!.'._\','l!ll'.ll8 UFXT uuixiber the VISITOR. Ten tlioiisaizd is a gr-rzd many but we stick to it, ti-at w-:st‘.or.‘t l-clieve one farnier 51,: lei! ilHPll.‘~:-..‘l:i how to -:av(- g.‘5‘:|C‘(i =.*I:2'Il.~—l‘:li.] U I’ E-Ti__;n\\ >- i H>‘l':. .-‘iI<'l'I‘>.~llil . (‘.'\'1‘l.‘(i.ill“ll :1 ' -". . 3 .\}-:;r-1:»-,< in Blrozim, ‘ill,'_""l"_' wit}; lzim : ili£!l"L‘(‘ llll1illl:'l'Ul w;a;~’.iw.-. Tl ~,'lli‘.\-| ;ii'Ji‘l iww E-‘ imp’ in «'i.-;m.--- of ‘iii:-iii.j ( gr: ml 5 <:-iiw zmd iii-i.-is ihzii ‘flu-_\' .li(Il b,\"‘.li<- j_§l1\t‘l'llll1é‘llL and :ll‘lil(‘(i 2il‘.i‘\\' for Ilir Slllll;.;'iIl5‘l' of Sl‘lilt'l'.w'. tztry 'l‘«-llt-i' i'<-f'ii.l' ct H]¥i*"ili:‘.ll i?(‘l‘.‘l Hi: i‘e~.’.ai<-wl Liliil it is vlimipi-1' liiziii p1‘l‘;:‘.-lll:’.l l.‘2ll'e of iiirzi,-»:il»l{-.-‘. Wliil»-. we l.('.\.'_\' it ]>l'<)l|ll)ll.l\(.‘ tzirifl‘ on the most iis<;~l'iil ztrfir-les of ll1(_‘l'('lI2lll(ll:~i(‘_ we are welcoiiiiiig tlic llli1)()l‘l‘rltlUll of I)illll>f*l'S, lu1ld.llCS and idiots from the old world. l’zuiperisiii among the (.-rowded nations of Europe prevails to an exteiit uiikown in this country and the iiiiniigration of that class may increase with hardly any limit. READER, THE Legislature has finally passed a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of this State, rela- ting to the compensation of members of the Legislature; it also proposes to prohibit the use of free tickets or rail- road passes by members While they are in office. If I remember rightly, a member at the begining of the ses- sion, was laughed down and sneered at for offering a resolution to that ef- fect. “They laugh best who laugh last,” and this paper may be proud that it has done so much to form right opinion in regard to this matter. The public are begining to realize the ne- cessity of cutting ofl‘ perquisites to Legislative and judicial officers. They may put up with it in Europe, but it is dangerous and unwise in an intelligent republic, whose voters desire to keep themselves free and their leaders pure. "I notice that the salaries have been fixed high enough, so that there is no danger of losing by along session. At the present wages, it would give a ses- sion of nearly eight months. How- ever, there is time to discuss the ques- tion between now and November, 1884. G. L. s. Questions. HERE are a few good and serious questions, for citizens of all parties and all parts of the country to think on and answer if they can: How many legislators are influenced by the contributions of corporations to their election expenses? How many judges are biased by their previous education as corporation lawyers? .— How many publishbrs of newspapers ‘sell their influence for free passes, rail- road advertlsing, and points in Wall street? How many are bribed with preferen- tial rates? How many men are made rich and and how many are made poor by these abuses? SOUTHERN New Mexico is espec ially adapted to sheep raising, and the business is growing with great rapidity. According to the census of 1880 there were then 10,000,000 sheep in the country, and it is estimated that this number has since increased to30,000,000. Last year over 30,000,- 000,000 pounds of wool were shipped from the territory. The profits of the ‘fit-5 business are enormous. ‘ . Mr Collier’: Pet Theory. Commissioner Loring’s and Prof. Colliei"s sorghun war will break out, again soon. and his late chemist, Prof. Collier, have been simply resting on their i Collier,s work, which Dr. Luring says was false and mlssleading, in too fol- lowing terms: “The conimittee,after a careful exam- (lommissioner Loring ; ination of the analytical methods em- iployed by the chemical division of . Agriculture, find that they are entire- arms preparatory to renewing their} lv suflicient for the «ork to be done. contest. Dr. Loring had a trifling ad- 1 These methods have been skilfully vantage in April, when he summarily jadapted to the character of the proxi- discharged the chemist. expects to have complete vindication soon at more expert hands than Dr. Loring’s. of a document now being printed at the Government Printing Ofiice, and will be issued in a day or two. apamplilet of 1-323 pages, containing the much-talke .~of-report of the Na» . tioiial Academy of Scienie upon the » whole question of sorghum raising for the niaiiufacture of sugar. Th s is the rock upon which Loriiig and Collier dividtd. (‘older lias ul» wa_v.-: ‘cs-cii an ElliiIllSl8Si on [lie r’<'lll>j<‘(‘.t». It is} The latter.‘ mate constituents of the complex jui- goes to be analyzed, and are among the ,‘best known to science. * * The care It is coming in the shape}; with which the methods for the deter- , mination of cane sugar have been test- ;ed, and the probable error determined, enlists our ('0Llfl(lI_*llC‘8. The reserve with which the chemist has ref: rined frwni accepting the results as conclu- -ive, until by repef.itioii and variation in the nietliods he had exliau.-‘ted the 1 meiiii-= at his criiiiiiiantl to i~rov'e them v.~i(.'lt‘1‘:illl-‘. i'e:.-‘cart-L. The illlllillrit‘ (J()l:lllll?a‘.~'l\)ll€l‘, on takiiig ‘ <‘i«=iii l!l> 5 11;» In Dut-'~i iniuiiie. 'rl">,‘('li).'-Wfl his iii- Léfilllflir cfnait or-zng ltd ttsIi’a)‘ as his lri'I‘\£";".,(:r"."()l‘ had been by any lizmli. 1:, 0.1!/ii rim‘ \.olliei'. LJ:r°~i‘-.rari‘ei wliii-ii for two ye.ar.-4 has zu rated the A,~__-.i'i:uliiii':il l):-paitiiieiit, rfcd U'.illgl“.:ri, and from present ll‘ :‘.x‘.l(Ill.’~i,'-.i‘c.*-(>11_‘_liidi 'L-a-gun. .\l its annual r_i.-~.'-iingiii l’hi}u-E. , .pl1iz:. in .\'HV‘;lili)-'l', 1.551, the to be Pl'I"“iIl<"Ull.‘%, isin the true spirit of ,. 'l‘h-'.-e vxp'«i't.- gif-,-. an lei--ai oi‘ the re- ports. (K-iiiii -- from the .\'i=.iozi:il :X"?.liE‘:~ \' of :1:-iv!i= = . it i-‘ r-'.<::iir‘eilll’!,J; N2itii»ii.ii , ilhlll Vt.-1‘iiioi-1, iiilfllif‘ lilHl'ii ‘i. the .-ids: oi‘?l;i- C<);Il{ill.~I.*-'l<\[]e!_‘. (‘miller 1- out I)fl’ll'l"1*,i)l1l lzeis fight- ir-_; l. Hr.-,; with lilIi‘ll.<- .-= “lt~‘~‘[7_](1_~_I5_ \Vll‘.*l: (‘oii«_;re:-s inec-‘.-Il~ :i‘.‘\\'1il re- ally begin. (Jnllir-r ll.‘l;~‘ ii.-alum: politi- val :ui;.pnrt, l.’\l'llE}_; ii. 2‘ll‘tll"!~i none. 0:” flu: New l':?l:',‘illl:4l :~%:ii.~«itor.- tliose l-ltlllxl, and Ac:i.de-niy asked 1’ of. Collier‘ to pres ,('oii:m-ticiit .-irr-stmiig for (‘oiliei‘.- As ~:llL his views on tlic.-crgliiiiii «.ut'stion. jsomi as he was l=*l1l‘.>\'€(i in April Sena- He did it with all the fervor of a tor l£diiiiii1d.~ il,‘l€gf1llli2>'ll froin (‘ali- thorough believer. The learned acade- , fornia to the l’i'e-sitlent oxpres.-sing his niicians were struck with his theory 1 disapproval, Sellalol‘ Ahlrit-li came of producing all the sugar for honieion from Rhode island in his behalf. consumption anywhere where sor-‘Others exerted tlieuis-Ives in similar ghum could be raised. But they were ways. Collier graduated at Yale and disposed to doubt its feasibility. So so is strong in Conriecticut. He mar- a committee of chemists was appointed ried into an influential Rhode Island to investigate and report. It was family, and before coming here was made up of Profs Silliman and Brewer professor at the University of Ver- of Yale College, Prof. Johnson, head ’ mont. Besides. the great sorghum of the Connecticut agricultural expeii 1 interest nftlie \\'es‘. is solid for him, mential station; Prof. Chandler. head land clamoring for I.«)riiig‘s removal. of the chemical department of (jolum }Just now notliiiig will be done, lrit bia College, and J. Lawrence Smith of i when Congress inevis the Departinent Louisville, one of the most eminent of Chemists and a member of the Freiich ; Acizdeiiiy. A more capable coniiiiittee coiild liardly have been selected. 1).". Luring was then in Iowa On his return he was asl-ied to allow l‘r<.~f. j Collier to submit to the v:-.>iiii1ii*,'.e-L-, together with the 4-.-‘nits whit-l-. llafl been o'.,»t.-ii. 0:1 ::i:~.iy he z-niiseraleal to Ho .-4 », S.» =_ my -.iig:.t'uzi i)E‘,‘Ifxll zziid "$8.-\','-'>“i?il Y . L. '. ml. = \‘.”l.- lil- lt‘:'__ .-and if pub is: T’. of on , . wrizilil bi’ his experiiiieiit.-i j‘- .l:.’'- .l«:a=l«-ii:,\ imin i-i-‘."..g ll'il(‘!:l*ff1llii ‘ace. In liar, as :t frieii-l tr lcuiy, he ad‘~:'i.-ed that it be inii: zliately revised before an unappit-cia- tive public was allowed in ex;-iiiine its defects and poke fun at its errors. This touching consideration for the reputation of the Academy convinced its Secretary that something was wrong, and on July 2:3 he withdrew the report for revision. It was sent again to the committee. They exam- ined Dr. Loring’s strictures,aiid found them trivial, and in many instances groundless. In order not to appear to be advocates of Collier, they erased his name in some places and substi- tuted “Chemist of the Department of Agriculture.” Each member read the report again, and practically in the same words in which it had first been written it was again handed to Loring in November last. Here it was again unaccountable withheld until some of Collier’s friends began to stir the mat- ter up, and finally on Jan. 10 it was transmitted to the Senate with a letter from Loring, in which the delay was explained, on the ground that he had been Waiting for the illustrations. As there are no illustrations in the book, and the committee never heard of any, this excuse is not self-explanatory. The printing oflfice at last has nearly finished this document. It is made up of three parts; 1-—genera¥ review and sketch of the sorghum industry. 2-An analysis of Collier’s six years’ work at the Agricultural Department. and a summary of the results obtained. 3-An appendix contain ing letters showing with what success sorghum has been raised in various States for sugar. When the proofs were s.-nt to Prof. Silliman to correct he,was some- what surprised to find that Part 2. had been entirely omited, and Part 3 put in its place, thus making only two divisions. He wrote to Mr. Rounds, asking him what it meant. The reply came that all the manuscript furnished had been printed. Of course, Silli- man then asked Loring why the re- ort had thus been emasculated. The octor responded that he had lost Part 2. which, by a strange coinci- dence, happened to be that which en- dorsed the work of Collier. Thus, in addition to these other vex- ations, the five Professors had to go to work and rewrite the missing portion and send it round for final approval. It seems now that their report will be forthcoming. ; Collier can fairly be called the pa- rent of the sorghum industry. He has made it a hobby, and whatever there is in it is fairly attributable to him. No one else in the Dedpartment of Ag- riculture has believe in it, and the Commissioner has called it foolishness, calculated to deceive and mislead. The committee seem to endorse Col- lier. Onlpage 13 they say: “The attempts to manufacture sugar from sorghum on a scale of commer- cial importance were a failure up to the time when the Department of Ag- riculture took in hand, in its chemical division; the solution of the sugar problem.” Again on page 23: “The results obtained appear to this committee to possessa high value in a material sense, to the nation. he work is al-o of high importance in its relation to existing industries, and es- pecially to that o the cultivation of the sugar cane and sugar productions therefrom.” Further on the committee refers to l l ; of Agriculture will receive zl. vigorous overhauling. 'I‘l.ere are other mat- ters there which will bear lllVl“-ilg'3- '!.icii besides the renioval of Collier. Tire latrer’..~i frieiids will try to nave him placed at the iltféixi of 5). soi'gliiin1 ----iiiiisiuii, to Uilllllllll‘ still fiirtlit-i‘ :'.‘{}rF‘l‘llIy‘lli'.-. ’,l‘ii«-Aw:-.de.-:ii_v’.-i re- im'_..I.»i'l:izit work of the ,» at i:=:- l')vg-'-.:‘:i-. \r:i'i- \-Lilli-Ii l“.l.\ ~.!lilZll ' riwzug, HI "iv _ w .ljonu- _voung trees being nearly shorn of leaves by these pests. I will endeavor to describe them. Tlie_v look like what some call a spiii- dle, just such a shape, about three- fourths of an inch long, with long black wings, some such a shape as the -‘butterfly, but silky like the house fly, I and a little black spot on each wing, -about liaif way from‘-tlie point. ’I"‘.e insect has six legs, the hind ones are the longest, aw! the legs are downy, ' and so is the body. The head looks mur:lilike the house fly oiilv the eyes are -not so prominent, it makes no differ- ‘ ’enc- how hard the wind blows they are there to stay. I have been watching for some parasite in the curled leaf, jyesterday I found sometliiiig that I = called lice, for the want of a better name, they were light green and very small. Now does this fly or insect lay her eggs in the leaf, o"=\n it, or is it something else that does it. ithiiik I am sure that the fir or moth sucks 1 the juice from thetwigs, because when pinclied them between my thumb and ' finger, they smelled like a broken peach lbush or bruised peach leaves. This is ‘the thirsi season that I have noticed ‘them, they are like a swarm of bees about some trees, they will tl_v up out of the grass’ where there are no peach trees near, they also trouble plum trees some but not so badly. I did not no- tice them last year on the plum, but have this year. But there was a slug -01‘ something that made lace-work or - skeletons of the plum leaves, it was a slim black fellow with very sliortlegs: it would curl up or stretch out like a -potato bug orslug. I picked them off from the trees last year. The first that I noticed of them, I think was in Sep- -teiiilieix I picked some off late in Octo- ber. The trees were young so I got rid of them after a while. Now who can tell what this insect is or its name and a remedy to exterminate it. I would like to know if they wereone and the same thing, in different traiis- formations or two different insects. I hope some one will answer these ques- tions. It seems now as if these insects will-destioy the peach trees in a very short time, unless there can be some remedy provided to get rid of them. I do not know as I have given as good a ;lisci'iptioii as is necessary, for a correct 1 answer; I am not acqiiaiitcd with Eu- tomology or its languag-". I will send xin-sect if desired. I am much interest- ed in fine fruits, they are blessings to please the eye and gratify the taste. I-.Ui\'r KATE. Grattaii, June 8, 185:}. In the Small-Fruit Garden. Itrawberry plants ma be set either in the spring or fall, an unless potted plants are used the owner must wait at least a year before fruit may be ex- pected. The soil should be enriched with well-rotted manure, and the -plants set in rows. If a large patch is set it is best to have the rows wide enough to allow tire passage of the horse and cultivator. It requires but little more skill to raise straw- ber fies than beans or potatoes. There are a number of new sorts, the leading of which are the “James Vick” and “Manchester.” The older and well ted varieties, of which the “Charles 'Downing” is a standard for flavor. and the‘ ‘Nelson”for productiveness,should make up the larger part of the bed. _It does not pay to run many risks with new sorts, besides the plants of novel- ‘ ties cost much more than of old well ~ known sorts. The old beds should be kept clear of Weeds, and given a good coat_ of straw or mar.-h hay before the berries form, . tr 5;; they may not come in contact ‘-with the soil and be injured. The wvl-rite grub is perhaps the most de- structive insect pest to the strawberry plant. This grub works under ground, and its presence is not known u- til ithe work is done._ When a strawberry plant wilts, take it up, when its mom will be found eaten off and past re- covery. The enemy may be found near by and should be removed and killed before it has time to go to anoth- -er hill and continue the destructive work. , The strawberry worm is a small, slender, pale green worm that eats the leaves full of holes, and sometimes is » quite destructive. The mature insect -‘is a small black fly that is more com- mon in the west than in the east. The . best remedy suggested is to dust the leaves with lime, when wet with dew, or just after a rain. The young canes of the blackberry and raspberry plants start very early. = It is much better to set these plants in the autumn. The next year’s fruit is borne on the young canes of the pres- ent year, and they should be looked to accordingly. Let only eight grow - to make a good hill, treating all other canes as _weeds. Those that are to bear this year’s crop should be tied up, . and the young growing ‘canes need to be cut back after reaching suflicient -height. The old canes are to be cut away as soon as the berries are out of 8 _ . th"1"l:; yblackberry is troubled ‘with ‘borers, the most common of which is the larva of a red-n ecked beetle (Oberea perspicellata.) These grubs bore into the pith of the canes, and weaken them so that they are broken down by the winds. All such infested canes should be gathered and burned. The leading enemy t9 “.19 ’9'5Pb°,“fY is the orange rust. This l_S a parasitic fungus that grows within the sub stance of the leaves, and produces a large crop of orange colored spores or _,geed5 upon the ruptured surface. This pest is not easily detected until its de- structive work is done, and the only way is ;o dig up the infested lants and burn them. To leave me plants in the rowsis a. great mistake, as the troub e will spread,and soon the whole may become worthless. There is a small cricket that prefers to lay its cg. s in the pith of the rasp- berry. The eggs are deposited in a neat row and the punctures so weaken the canes that they are easily broken oil by the wind. The mature insect eats the foliage. The old method thus far found of destroying this post is to bu in the eggs. The currant or gooseberry bushes should have been thinned out early in the sprir g, and ought to be clear of ail grass or weeds with a good mulch of chip dirt placed around them. The leading insect pest is the currant worm (nematus centricosis). This s the worm of a fly introduced from Europe about 1867. The insect ap- pears when the leaves unfold, and the female deposits its eggs along the principal veins on the under side of the leaves. In about ten days the small grayish worms begin their work and if left undisturbed will soon de- foliage the bushes and spoil the crop. This pest is now so common and wide spreal that the remedy is famil- iar to many. With the proper use of powdered white hellebore the worms may be subdued with little trouble. The powder may be sprinkled on the bushes with a sitter, but this is not so pleasant or effective as to mix it and apply wiih water. Place 9. table spoonful of the hellebore in a bowl of boiling water, and afterwards turn the scalded powder intoa watering pot and fill with cool water. Wet every leaf thoroughly with the mixture. Repeat the application as frequently as it is found necessary. The rains will wash off the poison, and two or three doses may be needed in a stormy season. The hellebore is not adangerous poison like the arsenic compounds, and no trouble need be feared from its use upon the currant Oi goosebe rry bushes.—Beedy Aich in Farmer's Review. Fruit Tree Culture. 1. Instead of “trimming up” trees according to the old fashion, to make them ong-legged and long-armed, trim them down, so as to make them even, sung and symmetrical. 2. Instead of manuring heavily in a small circle at the foot of the tiee, spread the manure, if needed at all, broadcast over the whole surface. especially wh .-re the ends of the roots can get it. 3. Instead of snading a small circle about the stem, cultivate the whole surface broadcast. 4. Prefer a well-pulverized, clean sur ace in an orchard, with a moder- ately rich. soil, to heavy manuring and a surface covered with a hard crust and weeds and grass. 5 Remember it is better to set out ten trees with all the necessary care to make them live and flourish, than to set out a hundred trees and have them al die from carelessness. ti. Remember that toi acco is a poison, and will kill insects rapidly if pro erly applied to them, and is one of t e best drugs for fieeing fruit trees rapidly of small vermin.—E:1:change. ________________ Hot Water Cure for Siclily Plants. The Florist asks, Has any one tried hot water as a restorative for sickly plants? and then proceeds to say that M. Willermoz some time since related that plants in pots may be restored to health by means of hot water. Ill-health, he maintains, en- sues from acid substances in the soil, which, being absorbed by the roots, act as poison. The small roots wither and cease to act, and the upper and younger shoots consequently turn yellow, or become spotted, indicative of their morbid state. In such cases the usual remedy is to transplant into fresh soil, in clean pots with good drainage, and this often with the best results. But his experience of several years has proved the unfailing eflica- cy of the simpler treatment, which consists in watering abundantly with hot water at a temperature of 145° Fahrenheit, having previously stirred the soil of tiie pots so far as may be done without injury to the roots. Water is then given until it runs freely from the pots. In his experi- ments the water at first came out clear, afterward it was sensibly‘ tinged with brown, and gave an appreciable acid reaction. After this thorough washing the pots were kept warm, and the plants very soon made new roots, immediatety followed by vigorous growth. HOT alum-water is the best insect destroyer known. Put the alum into hot water and let it boil till it is all dis- solved; then-apply the solution hot to all cracks, closets, bedsteads and other places where any insects are found. Ants, bedbugei, cockroaches and creeping things are killed by it, while there is no danger of poisoning the family or injuring property. THIS will be a year when harvest apples won’t contain any colic. The main thing will be to get the apples. Brevilies. Prof. Beal writes: “We ought to have an experiment stat on in our State; questions are continually aris- ing that can only be solved by some one whose business it is to experiment. Capt. J. B. Moore, Concord, Massa- chusetts, is authority for the statement that agentleman in Salem “with plen- ty of manure water,” raises the aspara- gus; corn and other vegetables needed in a family of seven, also the summer keep of two cows and hay and mangel wurtzels enough to winter them—all on one acre of ground. _ Dr. Owen, of Adrian, ripens the Isabella successfully and keeps it near- ly every year until February in good condition.. He also likes the Clinton for long keeping. Mr. S. B. Peck, of Muskegon, says that we do not half appreciate the Clinton, asa long-keep- int-I grape- Prof. Satterlee takes the ground that it pays fruit men to advertise at fairs by showing the fruit products of their localities. A district or locality which many have asurplus is thus brought in contact with the buyer, and again the competition for prizes educates as to what is valuable and.what is not, as well aa to methods of pickinlt, Packing and exhibiting. E. H. Scott, a fruit grower of Ann Arbor, says: Honest packing is the key note to permanent success in market fruit culture. The man who wishes to make his mark and at the same time make money, will have every package—be it barrel, basket or box—a.s good at the bottom and in the middle as it is at the top. He will pack it so that when his name and full address are plac d on the package, honor will be reflected upon him by the purchaser.” Mr. Pearsoll, of Grand Ripids, sir-ys: ‘ ‘My practice has been to face my bar- rel with medium apples. Not the largest nor smallest. Sometimes with two and again with only one layer; I pick the apples in a handled basket that will easily slip into the barrel and turn over; then the barrel can be filled without bruising the fruit. I try to put even sizes in the different bar- rels and mark accordingly. My name and full address are placed on the head of each barrel. Mr. A. D. H‘-sly concerning the same subject remarked the other day: “My view is, let a quart package hold a full quart; let a peck hold eight full quarts. Don’t. try to cheat, but be honest, and in the end it will pay handsomely. Above all things do not go to your cooper and order him to make your barrel one inch shorter or with an inch less bilge. Whatever the producer gains or seems to gain, is to. en illegitimately, out of the con- sumer. Every packer of fruit should uaea package upon which he is not afraid to put his name and address. A shorttpack:-ige is not a good adver- tisemen . There is a hea of dishon- esty in packages sent outp of western Michigan. Some factories which make peach baskets I understand have no forms upon which to make full sizes because there is so slight a demand for them. I wish to enter my severest protest against such frauds. Clean packages with fine netting placed over the fruit to make it at- tractive sell the best in the maket. Mr. A. Brown writes common sense when he makes his pen say that "oh- serving farmers and fruit growers are learning much regarding the habits of the great army of insects which pro upon every variety of farm and oic ard product; but the aid ofa scien- tiflc entomolo ist is indispensable in determinlngt ehabits and transfor- mation of our insect enemies, and their parasites; and in elucidating the mysteries of the destructive diseases which are supposed to eminate from fungi and bacteria, which are so mi- nute as to be invisible to the ordinary observer, we should have a State ento- mologist whose duties would not con- fine him to one locality. He should be ‘on the wing,’ and subject to the call of our State and local societies, or of individuals, in all parts of the State where his services might be re- quired to meet and fight the enemy. T. T. Lyon touched the same sub- ject when he remarked recently that fifteen hundred millions of dollars are said to be wasted annually by in- sects. Horticulture is not alone in- terested in the control of these pests. Their ravages reach into every branch of life. Especially is agriculture in its broadest definition interested in knowledge of insects and methods of extermination. We ought all to unite in trying to secure not only the man who shall be an entomologist worthy of our State but also the where-with all to pay for his services. A Visit to the Experiment station allieneva. From the Palmyra Courier we take the report of a farmer who visited the State Farm at Geneva, and saw the beginning of the season's work : Having recently visited the State Agricultural Experiment station at. Geneva, I give you ashort description. thinking it may interest some of your readers. The farm is situated about one and a half miles northwest of the village, and occupies a commanding position overlooking the beautifui Seneca and its surroundings for miles in extent. The farm comprises 125 acres of good land, sloping very slight- ly to the south. The acreage is some what larger than is needed for an in- stitution of this kind. The house is large and elegant, and the entire first floor has been conveniently arranged into 9. series of rooms completely fit ted up as laboratories, office, library and seed museum. In the basement was what every farmer should have, Z: Well stocked work shop, containing an iron turning lathe and a portable forge. The barns and stables are well 9.dapto:-d *0 the wants of the place. The entire cost to the State was $25,- 000, and to-day the land alone is worth the sum paid. Of the annual appro priation of $20,000 there was no surplus last year, for many expenses were in- curred which will not again be neces- sary. The staff consists of a director, chemist, horticiilturist and a stenc- grapher, and a labor force averaging nine men. Four Jerseys and three horses are all the stock at present. The silo was a. success and a third of its contents remain exposed to the air as an experiment. A spacious propagat ing house has been built and numer our out-door appliances. In the ex- perimental plots nothing but :ieas, po- tatoes and some garden seeds as yet were planted. Last fall over fifty kinds of wheat were sown. No seeds are sent out from the station but a great many are received from all parts of the country, as well as numerous impliments, samples of phosphate and many other things. It is intended to take students at some future time, -which will probably lighten the labor and expense. A report was submitted to the Legislature last year, but by some oversight it was not piinted. 1 had a long talk with Dr. Starte- vant, the director. In appearance and manner one woyd suppose that he was of Teutonic o gin, and, in fact, he i- descended from the old Knicker- bocker stock. He is of medium size has a slight lisp, and is, withal, a very pleasant man, full of enthusiasm, and of course a little visionary. He gradu- ated at the Harvard medical school. but never practiced, and was editor of the Scientific Farmer during the brief period of that paperls existence, and had been a farmer at Framingham, near Boston. His salary is $2,500 a year. He thinks amber cane is destined to -be a leading industry, and that to bacco smoke is the surest remedy for the aphis. In the register I noticed the name of Henry Alvord, oi Houghton farm,and from Wayne county those of S.F. Peer and the late Henry Foster, and some others not so well known. The results .<.'4.—3<~"1tt-"fi»('4""1 -1-.» are not yet very definite, but ii is lmped the eetahli.-diznent may pH ve of lasting benefit to the Empire State. H. E i’~.‘wi-znzv. Marion, May 15, 18:53. The bearing of these observations seems to be important for the seed grower to consider. Thu-, in growing seed beans. we must have our one variety apart from others in order to secure seed <-erraiuty true to the vari- ety. Where many varieties are g own together we should anticipate obtain- ing seed of hybrid orgin, and which would depart to a greater or less extent from the normal variety. This fact seems to be sub-tantiated by the fre- quent recurrence of sports in beans planted for crop; sports which were ofteuer noted in garden than in field -varieties. The tomato grower, on the contrary, can grow many varieties upon the same plat, and he can expect to secure seed which shall remain true to naiue. The grower of cabbage seed must use the gI“‘3l.(-Si. care to keep his varie ties separated in growing, and it is probable that this necesaity for cross ing, and the mixing of varieties by the seed grower, account for the dfficulty in obtaining cabbage seed which is sure to head, or which comes true to name in every case. Pea vines of difierent. sorts can be grown in adjoining rows, and there is a great probability that the seed gath- ered will come true in every case. In our varieties last year we noted little indications of sporting, and every seed sown seemed to come true to name. E. Liawis S'I'UR’I"FJVAN’l‘, Director. Carp and Carp Culture. The very p;eiicral interest felt in fish ciilture, and especially in carp, justifies printing every scrap of iiiforniatioii on the subject. In this view the follow- ing extract froin the fifth annual report to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics of New Jersey, will be accepted gratefull ' by inan_v l‘('2l(l€l'S. The paper is by Mi - ton I’. l,’iei‘ce, Assistant II. 5. Fish Oom- niissioncr: The carp is partial to stagnant waters with a foamy or iniiddy bottom, rich in aquatic plants. They will live and thrive in water where most other fishes could not possibly exist, such as small pools inbog-nieadows, or in localities affording no regular outlet. Of course it must not be expected that such wa- ters will produce as good ll2lV()l‘t‘(l fish as pure waters. The carp subsists upon vegetables, and, to some extent upon woi‘iiis,, larva- of aquatic iiisects,etc., which it turns up from the mud with itslicad, or gath- ers from aquatic plants. it will not refuse the offal of the kll.(,'ll(‘ll, slaugh- tei'-liouses, breweries, etc. It attains a much more rapid growth in warm wa- ters. In a climate where the water freezes or becomes quite cold, they will hibernate by burrowing in the mud This they generally do in groups of fifty or more. They select a deep place, and force theirheads down until noth- ing but their tails are visible above the mud, and sometimes they disappear entirely. They group in conceiitric circles and remain iinniovable, scarcely raising their gills for the purpose of breathing. In this position they coii- tinue until the water becomes warm again, during which time they do not takea particle of food, and what is veryreiiiarkable, during this hiberna- tion they do not diniiiiisli in weight. but upon leaving their winter quarters at once commence feeding and increas- ingin weight. ’l‘lie carp is a irolilic lirceder. A fe- male carp wcigiing five poinids con- tains over five hundred thousand eggs. In the Middle States it will probably comnieiicc spawning in May, while in the Soiithe1‘ii.\'tates it will spawn ear- lier and continue later, and in the nortli vice versa. When all the conditions are favora- ble, the growtli of the carp is almost iii- credible. Tlic age of the oldest carp that I have ever seen was three and a half years, and lhcyweiglied fourteen pounds each. They wet e of the "leath- er” variety, and had never received a particle of artificial food. but had an ample, pond, rich in iiatural food. The gro\vtli of carp, of course depends upoiicert:-.iii conditions. The best re- sults are attained in small ponds of warin water, wliicli of course are more rlcli in natural food supply tbaii are large, deep, cold bodies of water. Over stoc"iiig of ponds would be at- tended with the same results as the overstoi-liiiig of pastures with cattle, Lai'ge, deep bodies of cold water, with stony or gravely bottoms‘ are not fa- vorable to the succcssfiil growth of carp. Their growth will vary froin year to year in the saiue waters, accord- ing as the season is a cold ora wariii (inc, \'el'_V much as farni crops will vary according to the season. The season has undoubtedly much to do with the food supply of waters. It has been practically demonstrated that the wa- ters of this country are far richer in fish food than those of Europe. To what age will carp live? How large will they grow? These are ques- tions frequeiitly asked. Those who choose to learn by experiment are ad- vised to commence the propagation of ceiituryplaiits, expecting to see them bloom. There are carp ill some of the preserves in Austria, known to be about 150 years old. There is an au- thentic record of a carp being taken which weighed ninety pounds, and iiu- merous rccords of their weighiiig from seventy-live all the way down to thir- ty-live or forty pounds, the latter weight not being unusual. Carp known to be but fifteen years old have been taken weighing from forty-live to fifty pounds each, and even more in souie few cases. A fifty pound carp is said to be about four feet in length by three in circumference. I have not been able to obtain any data showing very accurately the nuiii- ber of pounds of carp which can be raised in a given area of water, but by a careful examiiiatioii of all obtaina- ble data, I find that their average growth in European ponds, in the lati- tude of New England is more than two pounds each annually. We may reasonably expect better results in this country, particularly in more southern latitudes. In Europe. hundreds of thousands of acres of the most fertile lands are devoted to carp culture, which is pretty positive proof that these areas are turned to the most profitable account. The propagation of carp, in Europe, is becoming uni- versal, and is prosecuted on every im- aginable scale, from immense artifi- cial lakes down to tanks holding but afew cubic feet, It is said that in China. carp are reared to a great extent in ordinary wash-tubs, and fed with vegetable refuse. . xz-an-2-av~i;axx,;:.;.~m~i7:<'>»wit>9-vivwuni-ni\‘i0E!xi*X4 An Enormous Leasehold. The f‘herol-:ee nation. the most nu- merous and civilized tribe of Indians in the Soutliwest, numbering about 20,- 000, occupy the northeastern part of the Indian Territory, their reservation covering :'i,9oi) square miles in addi- tion to a strip along the north of the 'l‘eri'itor_v stretching away to the west as far as the Texas Pan Handle. some parts of the original reservation are now octlipierl by snialler tribes of Indians, like the Osages, which the tloverniiient has removed from other reservations and settled there, in ac- cordance with rights it reserved in its treaty with the Cherokees. There has been agood deal of trouble of late as to the use of this vast body of land, only a small portion of which could be utilized by its owners. Most of the surplus land has been let to stocknien for grazing purposes, so much a head being charged for the stock, and coii- siderable trouble has been caused by illegal fencing iii of large areas, and also by the ditliculty of Cl)ll(,’(,‘tlllg the gra'/.iiig tax in sonie cases. The princi- pal occupiers of the land have been the stockinen composing the Cherokee Strip LIW.‘--5l0('k Associatioii, and for some time this body has been eager to lease the entire surplus area, its chief competitor, real or apparent, beiiigthat nioiistrous inoiiopoly. the Standard Oil Coinpany. The Cliei'oki-e Strip stretcliing west froui the Osage ltcservatioii to the Tox- as Pan Ilandle, is 60 miles broad and llillllllles long, enibracing an area of 9,600 square miles or over 6,000,000 acres— a tract as large as the State of New Ilainpsliire. For this vast region the Cherokee Strip Live-Stock Associa- tion offered an annual rental of $100,- 000, or a triile less than $10.50 per square mile; while the Staiidaril Oil Coiiipany offered $i:o,ooo. At the recent (‘hero- kee Council, held at Talaqua. the capi- tal ofthe Nation, the offer of the Strip Association was accepted, and a bill, the full text of which is now before us, was passed granting alive years‘ lease of all the occupied land of the Nation lyiii west of the Arkansas River, to E. M. Iewins. J. W. llainiltoii, A. .1. Day, 5. Tuttle, M. A. Bennett, Ben S. Miller, A, Driinim, E. W. Payne and U. ll. El- ,di'ed, directors in trust for the (llierokee Strip Live-Stock Association. The lease is renewable, but iiiay be teriui- nated on six months’ notice in case the land should be sold by the Clierolcees. Only such teniporary structures as are absolutely requireil for g'l'2l'l.lllg purpo- ses are to be erected, and all such tem- porary “impi'ove1’ncuts," iiicludiiig cor- rals and wire feiices, are declared to be the property of the Nation, l’i'ovisions are also made for the strict preserva- tion of the timber on the land. The rentalis to be paid seini-aiiiiiially in advance at Tallcquah, in October and April, the first payment to be made next October. On failure to pay. or any other violation of the terms of the lease, the Principal Chief is authorized to declare it void. The rights of any tax license issued before the passage of the act, shall terminate on the date up to which he has paid. No person not a member of the Association is permit- ted to graze any kind of stock on any of the Cherokee lands west of the Ar- kansas River without the consent of the Association, and the Principal Chief is authorised to remove all such intrud- ers. The paynient made by the Associ- ation are to be retained in the Cherokee treasury until the sum shall amount to $300,000, when it shall be paid out "per capita” under direction of the National Council. The act has been approved by Prin- cipal Chief Bushyhead, who will start in a few days to Washington to secure the approval of the lease from the De- partiiieiit of the Interior, whose ap- proval is iie(:essai‘y to its validity. None but iiiernbers of the the Associa- tion can graze stock on the lands, but at present any respoiisible stockman, whether he has lo or io,ooo head of cattle. can become a iiieniber, and each inenibcr has one vote regardless of the number of cattle he may possess. As it takes about 20 acres to graze an ani- mal the year rouiid, not more than 300 000 cattle can be kept on the range. and probably not inorc than 2,3o,000 will find abundant pasture. With this lllllill)t’l' on the range the annual cost of graziiig would be only we per head; but the atteiidaiice and a liberal inter- est on the outlay foi' iinprovemeiits might add 40c more. As the land is worth at least as much as the 5,000,000 acres in the Texan I’aii llandle, lately granted to Chicago capitalists for building a $1,300,000 State llouse at Austin, and whicli was sold the other day for >l<1o,ooo,oou to an English syndi- cate, the Olierokce Strip Association has evideiitly got an excellent bargain. as it pays only one per cont per annum on the capital. There are reports that the Standard Oil U-OI1lp':tll_V is in reality the chief party iiiterested in the lease; and if this is true, it will not be easy to loose the grip on the land of that powerful and utterly unscrupulous nio- iiopoly.-—Ru7'al New Yoi-ker. A DECISION of consi-ierablc interest t’- enterprising settlers on the public domain has just been made by the Sec- retary of the Interior in tiie case of Plummer vs. Jackman, involving the title to 160 acres of valuable land near Bismarck. D. '1‘. Jackman’s claim to land was contested on the ground that he had not settled upon it in good faith, but to sell it on speculation, in violation of Second 2262 of the Revised Staiutes. He took up the land at that particular point ii.i anticipation that the Northern Pacific Railroad would cross the Missouri River there, in which case a town would be built- 'J.T.ld this actually cccured. In his de- cision the Secretary says: “The stat- ute referred to can not be construed to mean that persons going to the front- iers, or along the lines of projected railways, and anticipating centers of population, shall not eojo the benefit of their enterprise an foresight, though they believed their claims would become of great value on ac- count of the proximity to villages or cities, or that villages or cities would even be built upon such claims, and thereby enable them ultimatlely to re- alize large prices for such lands. That is not the ‘speculation’ the statute is intended to prohibit.” This is just. IT is estimated that the Texas cattle drive this year will amount to about 175,000 head. Prices paid this spring in the southwestern part of the State are as follows: Yearlin $12; 2-year- olds, $15; 3'5 $18, and ’s $21. Com- paratively few of the latter, however, will be put upon the market, as there are very few of that class in the state. The Pacific Railroads. The late Congress was among the stauncliest friends that railway monopo- lists ever had. By virtue of noncompli- eiices with contracts the Northern Pa- ciiic railroad alone forfeited 45 million acres of land. A resolutioii declaring this forfeiture was introduced in Con- gress and imniediately referred to the Judiciar_v Conimittee. This committee consisted of fifteen members of which nine were ltepublicaiis and six Demo- crats. Instead of reporting the resolu- tion at once. the inajority in the coni- mittee forced adjournnient from time to time, for what 2’ The law on the sub- .ject was so plain as to preclude a sin- gle doubt. The lands were forfeited and the plain duty of the committee was to report the resolution declaring this forfeiture. But what do we wit- ness? \\'.S. llickeiison, attorney and lobbyist for the i\'oi".lierii Pacific, Mc- Gowaii,attoi'iiey and lobbyist for the Atlantic and l’a<.-iiic, and Sherrill attor- ney and lobbyist for the Southern Pa- ciiic took Reed. of Maine, Huiiiplireys of Wisconsin, )Ic(_‘oid, of Iowa, and other iiieinbers of the coininittee in cliar,i_-;e between sessioiis and after ap- plying the iiecessaiy iiiiluences would telegraph each day to Jay Gould and other interested parties the result of their efforts. but finally the. hour came for the coininittee to decide. Let the people witness how their servants in congres sold out soulaiid body to the l’acilic railroads and recorded them- selves against the people regaiiiin the millions of ai-i'(-sof public lands he (1 by i'obbei'_v a.iid fraud. The following ini~iiil>ei's of the coinniittec reported against the resoliitioii: Tlios. B. Reed. of Maine, ll‘) Edwin Willets, of Michi- gan, (1') George I). ltobinsoii, of Massa- chusetts, (1') J. I’. Bri gs, of New II-ainpshire. fl‘) II. I.. l uiiiplire_vs, of Wiscoiisiii, ll‘) Ezra B. Taylor, of Ohio, (1') Moses A. Mt-Cold of Iowa, r. The members who recorded themselves for the people are as follows: J. Proctor Kiiott, of Kentucky. (di N. J. Ham- mond, (kl) David B. (Iulbersoii, of Texas (d) Van II. Maiiniiig, of Miss, (d) It. W. Towiisenil, of Illinois. (d) Lewis E. Payson, of Illinois, (r) I’ay- son of llliiiois it will be observed turned from his republican colleagues on the coiiiiiiittee and made a patriotic stand for the people, but all in vain. The railroads had seciircd a inajority of one and could laugh at the pcople’s iniiiorit_v on the coinniittee. If the constitueiicies of tliose eight meiiibers failed to rebuke them at the polls, it is to be hoped C-()l1gI't‘SS will just cori- tiiiue pliiiideriiig the people until they arouse l'roiii their letliargy and moral turpitude and hurl i'roiii power the men who only live to destroy. If good must come tliroiigh evil let the iiitcn- sity of the evil liasteii the approach of the goo<‘l.——1'7.rp7'css. .________________ Cheap Rool Protector. A correspondent of the Iowa Horne- stead on the above subject says: There are aclass of men scouring through central Illinois “painting” roofs of barns, corn-cribs, grain eleva- tors, and the various kinds of metal roofs, and I know from observation that the paint does give good satisfac- tion; the prices asked lor this work vary according to the length of the purse the property owners are supposed to have, being from 30 cents up to $1 per square 10x10 feet. This “pain:,” which is nothing more than coal tar, is obtained from the cities where gas is made and does not cost more than $2 to $2.50, including the barrel. These men try to make believe that there is a great secret connected with mixing the “iBgredients." The for- mula is this and it don’t vary much: "i ake a coal-oil barrel to the as house and till to two gallons out, t en go to the drug store and put in two gallons gasoline, hung the barrel tight. The hi-uliiig home will thoroughly mix it, and when ready to use it, run into a bucket and add two double-handfulls of cement; stir this together and apply with a. white-wash brush with a long handle. While working on roofs always wear rubber boots or shoes; these will take a better grip on shingles or board roofs than sockingia. Apply during the dry time in summer months, one or two ccas, Many men lave failed to find a benefit from using coal-tar alone, because it has a gummy nature and does not penetrate the wood, but with the above mixture the trouble of scaling off wifl be one and agood slate-like coat will e left that will shed t e water rapidly. Use linseed oil to clean your hands, this is best, although any grease will do. Don’t put this on house roofs where the rainwater is to be used for cooking purposes, as it leaves a disagreeable taste for a year or more. If the roof is old and leaky, have some old oyster cans, or any old tins, 2-Dd make tin shingles, and slip them in the places. The Growth of Trees in catalogues. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher thus letteth himself on v n someth ng in some "fat” catalogues: “Nobody has the tree I want except in iheir cata- logue, and then when I send for it it, dodges out of that. Does nobody keep it? Is there any such thing? Or is it a myth,—-a mere arboreal sprite, with- out a local habitation, and only a name? “I am told—but rapidly am coming to disbelieve—that it grows wild, in New Jersey, in Pennsylvania. Oh, if it were only true I might set a trap for one—or offer a p'remium—-or send an exploring expedition. But, no. It may exist as a Berkleyion idea, but not in substanc-'—wood, bark leaf and cone. “Oh this bother about tree.-l When men have, at length, a hmoe, it is too small for trees. If a large enough ground exists the owner doesn’t know anything about tr es-—doesn’t care. If he does care he can’t get them. No- body ‘ asthem-—except catalogues. If I could only make my trees grow as catalogues do! Frost don’t. blight nor heat burn them. They are gardens of Eden till you try them, and then they turn to barren wastes. “Well! I feel ‘better. “Some time or other don’t you want a. list of trees which prove hardy at Peekekill? After they have grown a few years I am going to advertise that my grounds are open and at the ser- vice of all gentlemen who wish to see, in good size and condition, the more rare trees, and those which prove hardy. I have thirty species of pine.” WE are never mined by what we want. but by what we think we want. - ._- ..»4-nu. --mg:-3.29 JULY 1, 1333.. one session issues. 0 Qzumnttmitatimo. THE SINGING SCHOOLS WE USED TO HAVE. BY '1‘. MARTIN rowmz. The singing schools we uscd to have Some forty years ago. Ware 1; -t the things they teach to-day. For we went sure and slow. We held them in the meeting-house, The ileacons hired the teacher; The thought tl at training folks to sing Vldbuld surely aid he preacher. Our pupils they weie young and old, We'd often have a hundred; And all w»-re present every time, No matter if it thundered; The ma»:-3r knew his business too, “I tell you" he had skill: Melodies, Rhythmic. and Dynamics, He’d teach you with a will. ‘Twas - Downard beat, and upward beat,” With aczent good and strong; And then ‘twas down and left and up We motioned out the song; Do. Re‘ Mi, Fa. Sol, La, Si, Do,- The scale we'd sing so oft, In half notes, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, From loudest tones to soft. And then we'd practice intervals, From eight to six or three; And often sing the letters. too, From A to F. or B; We'd drill upm the vowel sounls. . A, E. I. 0, and U, Forgetting not the consonants. To utter them so true. Ah! now the churches have no room For yearly singing schools. ‘ __ And so the people sing by rote, ‘ ’ They cannot sing by rules: Perchanc-: some teacher rents a hall, And starts a feeble class, But when he's paid the many bills, He's little lcit, alas? And so he thinks to fill his purse By teaching in a week The art of reading notes at sight! Don’t start, the truth I speak. “The f- ols are not all dead,” we say. And surely this is true; And knowing it, these teacher quacks Press on to fields anew. Our honest teachers leave their beat. And live a noteless life; For surely they must earn their bread E‘!-n though by sweat or strife; But 1: iurage! true ones, don't give up! The time is near at hand When singing schools again shall thrive And bless our mourning land. In the Mouniains of Utah. I7. IIODG MAN. The spot looked, if possible, more desolate than it did when we were there the spri:;g before. Then there was a shepherd’.s camp near by and :i great iiock of sheep grazing on the plain. Now, nothing broke the si- lence of the des-_-rt save our own voices or the sharp bark of the coyote along the foot hills just at set of sun, and every night, long scattering, flocks of ravenspassed over in their straggling flight toward the Cedar Mountains. The grim mountain tops on either side were covered deep with snow but the broad expanse of Castle Valley lay spread out before us as dry and bare as in midsummer. Ilerds of cattle al- most wild grazed along the foothills and sometime during the day we would see them come trooping down in long files to the river for water. sometimes we would see a solitary horseman, clad in leather garments galloping over the plain or clanibering up the hillsides or silhoutted against the sky as he sat astride his horse upon some mountain- top, still as zi statiie, and gazing in- tentl_vtiiroiigli his glass in search of the herds intriisicd to his charge. A loose liorsc withoiit bridle or lniltcr, aiccompiinics him ‘l)&‘lll'lllg' a pack in which are blankets, Skillets. camp- kettles, fiour. bakiiig-pi>\vde1', beet", salt and tea or coffee. With his outlit he rides alone week after week looking after his cattle \=.'hicl*- zire sczittercd llll over the coiiiitry from the Wzisatch mountains to the (lrcen liiver. B Y He stops at night wherever he can find wood and water, and grass for his horses, and takes his iioouil:i_v meal wherever he lizippcns to be. The cat- tle were in line order now, and made the lincst beef I ever ate. Before leziving Clear Creek I had taken tlicprecaiition to procure from Ti1ckci'ce’l‘hoin::sa written order on their lierdsmziii for beef whenever we wanterl it, and lest we might not meet him when we were in need I had per- mission to kill for myself beef out of their herds on condition of reporting to them the number and kind of cattle I killed. This order was of great use . to me afterwards when I got fzirtlier down the canon. There were two par- ties of eiigincers in this field, my own and another which was at work above us bringing down the new line from Dead Horse crossing to the old line which I run the spring before by way of the Grassy Trail Creek. Pa1'rish’s party was already at work on the line down from Dead Horse and in a few days he had his line down to our camp. From this point on he was to follow our old line over the divide to the Grassy Trail Creek and thence down the creek to its junction with the Price River. I was to follow the Price in its Wind- ings through the great canyon of the Cedar Mountains, to the same point and when the junction was made our party should be sent in, and the other would continue down the river through the Book Cliit canyon till they met a party coming up the river from the east. whose party would stay and com- plete the line from the mouth of the Grassy Trail Creek on? The work be- gan to look attractive. As we pushed on down into the canyon, its walls be- gain to take on the most wonderful and attractive forms. The weather was superb. We began to wish that such a job might last forever. “Boys” said I, “we have got the longest and every way the most diliicult line to run-—which is as great a compliment as the Chief En- gineer could pay us. Can we beat those fellows to the junction ?” “We’ll try it, and they have got to get right up and climb if we ilon’t be-at theiu,” was the reply. and away we went. The niountain walls rose higher and higher and more nearly vertical on the side of the valley, as we worked further toward the heart of the mountain range. The character of the rocks and the scenery was constantly changing. N ow it was dull grey sandstone burnt with volcanic fires till its surface was fused and glazed so hard that a cold chisel would hardly mark it, and all scattered about were beiiutiful colored and highly polished pebbles, so hard that a file would not scratch them. Af- ter that the prevailing rock was a kind of pudding stone made up of millions of small pebbles, of various colors, ce- mented together into asolid mass nuin_v liundred feet in thickness. In one place a side canyon opened into the valley near our camp. It was two hundred feet deep and nearly filled for half. a mile with boulders of this rock from the size of a barrel to that of a large house, all tumbled in together in dire confusion. The dry bed of a streain lay at its bottom coursing under and iiround tliosc rocks, I followed it back to its summit, now squecziiig between the boulders, now crawling along :1 dark cave underneath them,‘ and revol- ver in hand keepinga good look out for any bear or mountain lion \\'lll(.‘-ll_ might be lurking there. It was a wild toilsoine,cxciting trip and I was hearti- , ly glad when after an hour’s hard labor I found myself standing on the suiumit of the mountain with all the crags and rocks below and spread out l)l‘fOl'€ me. We called it the Thunder-bolt canyon. Near by was the great stone elephzuit——the most remarkable natural curiosity I saw in the west. “'6 camped beside it for over a week. It was a great rock jetting out from the base of the mountain, into the valley and worn by the elements into almost the exact form of an immense elcplizint. It was of the same conglomerate rock I have mentioned, and had the form of trunk, head, eyes, ears, fore--legs iind body nearly as perfect as if chiseled by the hand of a sculptor. No aid whatever is required from the imagina- tion to see the rcsemblzince, and it makes not the least dilfereiice from whzit direction it is viewed, no one could mistake it. Right back of it rises a tall mountain peak. On Christ- mas day we all climbed the peak and built a tall monument of loose fiat rocks upon its highest point. In it we placed :1 record of the party and the date, and chiseling the name upon the topmost rock we called the mountain Chistmas Peak. A few miles further on we left the conglomerate and entered a region where the prevailing rocks are of sandstone of various colors most- ly ofa very delicate purplish tint of grey when freshly broken, but assum- inga bright red color £lflZ‘3l' exposiire. We first found them at the “ {ibbon Rocks," where a cliff jiits out into the valley with vertical sides, and the up- per strata projecting like a cornice and made up of horizontal layers of alter- nately rcd and yellow rock, whose bright colors resembled streamers of parti-colored ribbonslloating in the air. Further on, the walls of the canyon took on archltectiirzil forms and for 11 ilistiiiu-c of six miles l‘8.‘~‘€l‘I’llll(‘(l the pictiircs I have seen of ancient cities only no work of m2in’s lizmd was ever so beautiful and grand. \Ve called it the Eternal City. The canyon of the Price inadc the principal street while side canyons coming in at short intervals. on either side resembled the cross streets of the city. The whole valley seemed lined with great buildings of a brick red color, with columns, porticoes. cornices, balconies and towers in ill- most inconccivziblc variety and beauty and sublime in the grzindeiir of their vast proportions. One of these rocks was about mo feet wide lion long and from 150 to 200 feet. high. It stood out entirely separate from the mountain, across the mouth of a large side czinon. Its walls were either verticiil or over- hanging and unless one had 21 balloon or a ladder more than It lmiidreil feet long its summit could not be ]‘t‘2l.Clli’?(l. It looked like some great bank build- ing. On the side tow>ird the inoiiiitain was a series of hieroglyphic in:—irkings done with some kind of paint. They resembled a series of pillars connected with arches, eight in number and all connected by one large arch sivecping over the top of all. They were at leastsixty feet above the ground inac- cessible ‘rom below and Where the rock overhung so much that if ii man had hung down by a rope from the top he would have swung at least a dozen feet away from the markings. How came they there? I explored the side canon back of this rock for ii long dis- tance and found the rocks marked in a great many places in a similar man- ner. It was evidently done with some kind of paint and being always imder the overhanging’ rock where it is per- fectly dry and sheltered from both sun and storm it has lasted for nobody knows how long. The first morning after we camped there as we went out to our work we found in the path we had made the day before the fresh track of a mountain lion. It was like any cat track only so large that when I stooped down to measure. it with my hand, the band would not cover more than two-thirds of the track. It was as large as the largest lior.-'etr:ick I ever saw. We never met the fellow who lll'l'le it, though we would all have been glad to have got a sight of him at a szife distance. iear.-', mountain lions and l_\'llXPS were plenty in that region. and it was a little re- markable that although I was out alone d great deal of the time pros- pecting along the line and among the mountains I never liappened to meet onc of these animals. I always went armed and prepareil either to fight or run away as the case ileniaiideil if I did see one of these fellows. The Grange Visiior—0ulspoken and Inde- pendent. The more I read the VISITOR the better I like it. Not only does it ad- vocate the principles of our noble Or- der, hur. teaches men in all branches of industry to be economical and in- ilustrous, and always live within your means. It teaches the true mode of settling difliculties between man and man by arbitration, which alone is worth more to the nation than ihe Grange has ever cost. But the best of all is the firm and fearless manner in which it attacks error and wrong, in high places or low, of whatever creed or party. I rather suspect that all the managers of the paper are Re- publicans but when they see dishones- ty or trickery in the Republican ranks, or in the Legislature, they spare no pains to expose the crooked- ness and hold the perpetrators up to ridicule. One Thomas J. Hiller a pretended lawyer, undertook to show the manager and readers of the VISI- TOR thatjustices of the peace, chosen from among the people, were ignorant blatherekites, who were not honest enough, nor did they know enough, to render a judgment according to equity. As though a jury could not givejust as wise a verdict, in ajustice court, as a jury made up of the same class of min, could in a court of re- cord. But Secretary Cobb has combed him down so well, that I think if he has any brains left, he may become a wiser man. And next comes our Brother David Woodman, who gives the Legislature a scathing rebuke, for not suoiniiting the question of prohi- bition, to the people——a measure which many of the members pledged their sacred honor to support. But. when the bill came up for final action. the whiskey ring roped them in, and they voted “Nay.” This shows how little ihe Legislature cares for the people, or even for their own pledges. The combined unbroken “Liquor Dealers Association” has more influence over the Legislature, than all the Granges and farmers in the State. But I am glad that we have a few men, even among the farmers, who begin to see their rights and dare defend them. And now comes a blatherskite from the Michigan University-—Prof. A Winchell who has been educated at the public expense, and goes about the country, telling other peo- ple vxhat he does not know himself And as he has been educated at the expense of the State, he looked down with disdain upon the poor Grangers, who are trying to educate themselves and to lift the American farmers to honorable positions among men. He speaks in the most contemptible terms of Grangers whom he ignorantly calls communists, that are seeking to per- vert our free institutions and to un- dermine the republic. Our VVorthy Secretary has given him a good rap on the head where his brains ought to to bl‘, and then, “Reader” comes up and hits hl?':.l again straight from the shoulder. But there is one thing in “Reader” I do not like—he signs a fic- iitious name——a man that can write as he can again=t blatant idiocy in high places, should not be ashamed of his name. This same Prof. Winchell came into Clinton county a year ago, and delivered two lectures at St. Johns, on the “Decay of Worlds.” In these lectures he assumed all the infidelity of. Bob Ingersoll, without having one—half the wit that Bob has got. He told his audience that the whole universe was on the way to ruin, and no powerc uld stay the desolation. He said the earth was traveling through a resisting medium, that constantly retarded its progress, ihat each revolution in its orbit was growing shorter and shorter, and that ultimately it would plunge into the fiery billows of the sun, like a frog into its aqueous home. The sun gov- erned by the same law, was running the same mad career, and its certain ruin was only a question of time. The same was true of every world in space. Most of his audience listened with open mouth to this vile insult. to their Maker, but I could not, and wrote a criticism on his lectures for the county papers, and challenged the Professor to show 9. single instance in the domain of God, where a comet, asteriod, satellite, planet, sun or sys- tem had ever been destroyed, or even showed any symptoms of decay. A copy was sent to the Professor, that he might reply.but I presume he thought, that I’ was only a Granger, and not worthy of his notice. Twenty years aso it would have been thought incredible that a farmer from theplow should criticise the acts and expose the evil deeds of Congress or the Législature, or dispute the sayings (f learned profs-.-.-in-2 in the pulpit or on the farm. And there is no better evidence of the .-4U('C€‘SS of our noble Order. '.i.an tlie fr-Pf. that wherever our prinizii.-le:-: are felt tlii,-re we find iuiieyeiaiieiit lhen, independent think- ers-. and infiepeniient voters. And the i’_+nA.\‘Gi: Visiron is one of the grandest ill :tors, in efifecting this no- ‘ole work, and lifting men and wo- men fo >1. bigho.-r manhood and wo- nianhoou. (_‘o1i'i'i..-1.\'D HILL. A Word of Praise. HY FI,f)RE.\'(,‘l~2 H l$Il{.\'l-LY -".\'-:at ‘sitter weather we are hav- l.'ig‘."' remsrkwl Horace L-slie to his p»il'l'll€‘I‘ as they ief: i.llFll‘ utilise tu- getber one cold eveniiig in Decein ber. " Y»-..-i,“ answered Eal'ne~t (flay. ‘ and we i:ais’t l1€'t(0lll.‘tI.ll4IflIl l.il‘ll.Well('lll have plea.-mil’ lion:--s. to go to, where a warm fir» and l,rii,._vbi .~4l1lll‘r‘."s are wait- ing for ii~. VV» me not rich men. but we have lLll3:'.ll in make us happy. I pity the baclielors A man doesn't know what real comfort is until he gets a g0'Hl w.fe.” Leslie said Ili)lllll‘U, he was tired and out ofspirii.-. He woniiereri how Clay could be -'4) p--rpetiislly good hu- mored, and how he could be so stupid as to iinsgi.-.e that bet.-~’:u:se he h8.(l a good wife ev.-=ry other married man was alike blessed, - “Let's turn in here,” said Clay, stopping at the door «--" a large fruit store, "I want to buy Molly some Ma- lagn grapes. She is very fond of them and I in-iulge he-r occasionally. Ynu’u betri-r get some for your wife too.” “Ii had been a long time i-ince Hor- ace Laslie had paid his wife any such loving attention, and he smiled a little gri-uly at Clay ’.-1 suggestion, but never- theless be bought the grapes for ap- peaance-ls sake, not caring to have his partner imagine that Mrs. Leslie was ai all n+glrcie-d. A few blocks further on the two men separaio-ii, and as Leslie went up the steps of his own hr use he muttered: “A smiling wife and a cheerful home, what an Eden it would be, but I must not expect iinpossibilities. The light went out of Caroline’s face when I lost my properly, and I dnn’l suppose anything but a new fortune could bring it back.” He unlocked the door with his night key and entered the hall. The gas was lighted but had been turned down so low that Leslie could .-ciarcely see to remove his -)Vrl'C0al. and mufiier "Very bright lien.-1” he muttered. “I wonderif Clay’.-i wife economizes on was as mine does." He left the grapes on the shelfof the hat-rack and pushed open the door of the sitting room. His wife w ‘Fl sitting at the table sewing. She glanced up as he entered, but did not speak. Laying aside her work she began to make preparations for supper. She looked tired and worn, and moved about with a weary step. Ever since her husband had lost his property she had done the Work of the muse herself. “Come,” she said at last. setting the chairs at table. Leslie took his seat without a word. His brow was clouded and he ke 1; his eyes on his plate. He was ihin - ing how, in all probability. Clay had been welcomed to his home; but it did not occur to him to draw any com- parison between his own manner and that of his partner. The tea W='»S fragrant, the rolls light and white, the oysters prepared as he liked them best, and by his plate was a small saucer of the sweet pickle be particularly fancied, yet Leslie uttered no word of approval or praise. He ate in silence, and his wife leaned beck Wearily in her chair and watched him, quick to notice when his cup was out, and ready to hand him the bread as he desired it. He looked up once témpied to ask why she did not eat, but her face was repellant, that fearing an irritated reply he did not put this question. As he folded his napkin and pushed back his chair back his wife began cl»arin ‘ ofl‘ the table. Sh vc-.rried all the dishes into the kitchen and covered the table with a red cloth, arranged the drop- light-, and then went out, clr-sing the do r after her. A few minutes later Leslie heard her talking to some one. Curious to know who it could be he opened the door and looked in. A little boy was standingby the stove, a pale, pinched, hungry-looking child, with shoes full of holes and scanty clothing torn and soiled. In one grimy red hand, he held a copy of an evening payer, which he was ask- ing Mrs. Leslie to buy. “We don’t want your paper,” said Leslie, who had worked himself into a bad humor with everybody and everything, “and We don’t want you. Get out out of this and don’t come crawling into our back yard again af- ter dark.” The child with a frightened look, prepared to obey the command. and was slipping out of the door when he was stopped by Mrs Leslie; “I will buy a paper,” she said, in a firm decided tone. “You look cold and hungry. Take that seat at the table; there are some oysters which I should have thrown away, and hire is some bread.” . She pushed the boy into the seat as she spoke, and pushed the oysters and bread to him. He glanced timidly at Mr. Leslie, as if waiting for his per- mission to eat. but that gentleman turned away, and with an angry look went back into the dining room, closing the door violently after him. Mrs. Leslie came into the room a moment later to bring some coal for the grate, and under her arm was the paper she had just bought. She re plenished the fire and went out again, not noticing that the paper had fallen to the floor. More for want of something else to do than for any other reasou,Mr. Leslie picked it up and opened it. The first words on which his eyes fell were “Husbands, praise your wives.” the heading of a. short article copied from an eastern journal. “Hump!” he muttered. “I wish I could find occasion to praise Caroline.” But he read on: “Praise your wife, man, whenever you car find a reasonable opportunity. It won't hurt ‘her. You needn't be at all afraid of spoiling her. A word of praise goes a long way with a woman. She needs a little help and encourage- ment of this sort, and she is made 11 0 only happier by receiving it. The wise husband praises his wife, and thus secure her gratitude and esteem. The man who lets his wife go heart hungry makes a great mistake. It doesn’t pay. He will probably live to be sorry for it. Think a while how much your wife does for 'ou. She menvls your clothes. attends to your small and large comforts, and prepares all the little delicacies you so enjoy at the table. Surely the least you can do is to thank her. Don’t let her work for you year after year like a mule or a slave. without any acknowledgement ofher faithfulness and love. A true wom- ll would rather have the praise of her husband than the worship of kings. She has her troubles and an- noyances that you know nothing about. Make her life as easy as you can. If you only choose to look for it you 1.’ Ill find pl‘-ntv to praise her for.” Hor.-.ce Leslie read no further. He felt r--I-uked for his muttered speech ofa i‘--w moments before to the effect that (Jaroline deserved praise for noth- ing. She had worked hard for five years and during that time he had never experienced the le.-st neglect of any of his little I-ome comforts. He had never found a button off nor a hole in his socks. No matter what she had been doing. she had never been too busy or too tired to wait on him. His clothes had been brushed regularly every day. and his dressing gown and slippers had always been ready for him by the fir -on his return home in the evening. Caroline had even insisted on building the fires in the morning, and had spared him in every way: He remembered these things now and many others of a like nature. The article he hadjust read had jog- ged his memory very severely, and he felt worried and guilty. He could not recall a time since the loss ofhis prop- erty when he had praised his wife. He had taken her industry and frugali- ty as a matter of course. She had never complained. never reproached him, but had grown more silent, more reserved, and colder every day. Per- haps ihe wall that had grown u be- tween them had been as muc his workas hers. He wondered if there was aught of the old time love for him still in her heart, or if she was actuat- ed by duty alone in her attention to his cr.-ature comforts. The article he had just read had almost persuaded him that he had made amistake in withholding that word of praise. But perhaps it was not to late to mend matters. He would try the experi- ment anyhow. He grew quite anxious for his wife to come in. He heard her still talk- ing to the child, and wished very heartily that the little boy would go away. Half an hour pmssed and he could restrain his impatience no longer. He was about to go into the kitchen to seek her when the door opened, and Mrs. Leslie came quietly in. She took her work-basket from the closet, placed it on the table, and sit- ting down, without speaking to, or glancing at her husband, began tosew. The expression of his wife’s face did not give Leslie much encouragement to enter on the new work upon which he had decided. He had to struggle with himself before he could conquer his moody,accusing spirit. He thought of many things to say, yet not one suited him exactly. At last, however, he leaned toward her, and said in a voice as gentle as he could make it: “You were very kind to that little beggar, Carrie.” Mrs. Leslie made no reply, but her busband did not fail to notice the look of surprise which fliited over her face, and the relaxing of the hard lines about her mouth. Perhaps she was as much surprised at his use of the ab- breviation of her name as at his words of praise. One was as unusual as the other. “You have a kind heart for the poor,” continued Lei-lie, finding it easirr to go on now that he had brok- en the ice, and rather enjoying the iiiov -l sensation of praising his wife. “I wiah I had even half your charity, I Cillllil b:- u br-iter man. I dare say, now. you hiinteii up something warm to put around that child, and a better p.-ii’ of shoes. You are unselfish enough to go barefoot yourself if it was necessary in order to help another.” “Am I?” Mrs. Leslie's voice was low and husky. She bent her face closer yet over her work. but her husband saw that she plied her needle very ,1nstead_s ily. " Yes, Carrie,” be answered softly, “and I appreciate your struggles of the pass‘ five years. Had it not been for your industry and economy I should never have been able to struggle along at all. But the dark days are, I hope, almost over for us. My business is growir-g steadily better, and there is a bright outlook for even greater success. There is no necessity for you continu- ing tn work so hard. “You are always busy,” and he laid his hand on the work in her lap. “Lay it aside for to- night. my dear. for I want the unin- terrupted benefit of your society. and I have brought you a li;tle treat-.” He went out in the hall as he said the last words, and returned with the grapes, which he put beside his wife on the table. To his surprise she was sobbing bitterly, her face covered with her hands. “Carrie, darling.” he said. stooping down and kissing her. “Have I said anything to wound you?” “No, no,” answered Mrs. Leslie, raising her face, “but I cannot hear your praise. It effects me unaccount- ably. I-—I—am not—used to it,” and her teais began to flow again. “I thought you did not appreciate me, and it made me feel hard and bitter. I know I had not done my duty in many thing, but it was so hard—” “Yes, yes, Carrie, I understand. But forget it all now, dear. We will turn overa new leaf and begin over again. I have been more to blame than you, but I see now where my mistake was. Let me see the sunshine on your face as of old, Carrie, and I shall be a dil':lE‘«.-‘rent man.” Then sitting down beside her told her of the article he read in ihe paper the little boy had brought, and how it had shown his conduct to him in a new and difl'erent light, and had pointed out clearly the mistake he had made in never uttering a word of praise. Long did the husband and wife talk together, and many were the good resolutions they made for the future, which had not looked so bright to them for many years. “The little boy’s mother died three months ago. Horace,"said Mrs. Leslie‘, when her husband rose to lock up the house for the night, “and he is home- lvs- and forlorn. I made him take a lnth, and put. him to bed in the room 0 'r-r the kitchen. To-marrow I shall 11] Ike an effort to get him into the or- pin .11’:-i home. I feel that I cannot do to » lI]l]().’l for him, Horace, for if be h i-l not brought that paper in, we should not have been so happy to- night! Ah! how little I imagined I w ‘H eniortaining an angel unawares.” ——The Household. The following excellent compendi- um of what 9 house of worship should beis from an English paper: “Free from all draught-4. free from all delu- tions, fro->2 from all false doctrine, free to allmcii, r.Ll(l nee from all debt.” MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. nsraaruna or reams FROM Kanannuir-o. TIM l<:-'l‘Aul.l-: — .\l.u' WESTWARIJ. 15, 1882. Accommodation leaves, ______________ __. “ arrives, Evening l‘lX[)l't‘:N,.__-- Pacific I-Jxprcan, Mail ______ __ Day Express Ainericnn I-1 Atlantic Express,_, New York, Atlantic and Pacific Expresses dall . Evening Express west and Night Express out duff except Saturdays. All other trains daily except Bug. days. Freight trains carrying passenger; on: ma Kalamazoo as follows: No ‘.29 (east) at 5:30 I. I(.. and No. 20 (west) at 7:37, B. B. Llnnao, Gen. Manager Dennis. J. A. Gain, General Fro-iglit A ent, Chicago.‘ 0 W. Rnuui.n~i,l}. P. i T. A., Chicago, GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA B. R; Passenger Time Table. ___.,__._ I‘-1)I.\'l,i NORTII. (Columbus time.) - STATIONS. ' NO. 1. N0 3. . ' . 5. Cincinnati ____Lv. -.___-__ 8 15 AM‘ 7 4 = PM _- 305 PM 11 lo “ lozn H | “. __.} cos r-M 5-1‘: AH‘ 754)“ 1805 "‘ 000“ 7 20 “ 7 40 “ £1 50 “ Kalamazoo Grnnd l{npips_Ar (irund Rapid.-i_l.v.i Cadillac ____ __Ar, ' Cadillac ____ __l.v. Traverse City_Ar_ Petaoskey ____ __ “ Mackinaw City “ GOING :~'l)UTll. Wsrsrious. I 1 NO. :. 3 ivo. -1. NO. oi. Mackinaw City Lv -___- Potoskey_____ “ ,_ _ Truveise City__ “ if _. Cndilluc ____ __Ar_ _ ___.11 .12 -- Callillnc .... --Lv.l- __- 00 l’Mll2 05 in: Grand Rapids _Ar,l ______ __ ‘ 10 “ 3 4 3:’: “ Grand I{apids-Lv.l 7 00 u:,____. « 5 no ‘- Kalamazoo ___Ar.; ‘J ()0 “ i » 7 ()0 “ Kalamazoo __-i.v,. 9 05 ~ 1 , 7 15 -- Sturgis ______ __ “ ‘l(l.”.‘.t “ ______ __, 543 “ Richmond -___Ar,, 5 on P] ‘J 55 Au 4 35 AM Cincinnati-_-__ “ i 7 40 “ 1 10 Phil! 7 IL’: “ 3 .,r) II No. 6 leaves Cincinnati and No 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, raxcrept Saturday. All other trains daily except Sunrl -y. Woodriillsleeping cars on Nos.6 and 6 between Cin- cinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair are on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also Woodriiffsleoping cars on Nos 7 and 8 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET, Gcnl Pass. Agt. KALAMAZOO DIVISION TIME TABLI. (Time 16 minutes faster than Kalamazoo.) GOING SOUTH. N Y is o"'i~i'iia B Express. Ex & Mlw" tr‘ , BOOAM 425 PM 5!!‘ an 9 17 “ 8 lo “ _ _ “ ll 4-’) " Ar. _ . " " 140 N. - (I l u 2 45 u N 4 50 I: lie: G1-rind’ ii3i{iJ.s_ __- Ar. Ar: Ar. 9 10 II Phri 7 -iii “ _"13i"i("[ ITN—fIC'1_-__ llilx it Mlflxpresslway h‘ " __- 12 -15 m12'z5m, .~ so rl -‘ 735 “ , 700 “ | 96OLl . Three Ilivors . Schoolcraft__ . Knlalni-1'/.00 Grand Rapids... All trains coniiimt at White Pjggon with tmlua on main him, Corrected Time-Table—April 22, I823 TRAINS WESTWARD. j No.2. i No.4. 1 No.6. ‘Chicago! Day ]Paciflc 1 Pass'g’r. ; Express. i Express. Le. Port Huron- (310 AM 7 55.; l s 10 mi Imlay City_- 7 “ l_'l______ .- ««: «- $1333 -- y (K (L II “ -- 51154 " Charlotte __- ll 10 312 25 up Ar. Battle Creek 12 oo 31 1 on “ § 1 15 U . Battle Creek I2 201% 1 20 ' _ Vicksburg __-, 1 09 20.3 ‘ i Schoolcraft__i 1 '20 Marcellus _-l Cassopolis-__‘ Grangers ___,! South Bend-‘ Stillwc-l1.--_§ . l{askells___-i Valparaiso __l, Redesdalo___i . “ C,l{I&P Cros‘ . Ar. Chicago ._._,I ' No. 8. Flint Express. STATION s. M u -nor»-Ara:-Iculacn Uiubcc ‘J-as TRAINS EABTWARD. No. 6. Night Express 9 00 Pt 9 57 H l ,‘ N0. 3. §&'fl1' lAt.lantic ‘Express. .Chicago-_-_- 9 10 ii 5 30 PM C,RI&P Cros.l0 G6 Redesdule___fl0 52 ____ __ vaipamiso-_ii150 “ I, 7,50 “ Haskells_---l12 07 PM‘ __ Stillwell __-- South Bend- Grangers __- Gassepelis _- Marcellus--- Schoolcraft _ Vicksburg __ Ar. Battle Creek . Battle Creek STATIONS. _.‘~¢l€ Imlay City; Ar. Port Huron- Sooomauo-wuswu 85‘é"E3$$889"‘° All trains run by Chicago time. Nos. 3t«n'l 6 da- y. No. 5 daily, except Saturday. All other tra'no daily, except Sunday. 1"1‘raiv s stop for passengers only when signaled. ' Pullman Palace cars are run through without change between Chicago and Port Huron. East Saginaw Bay City, Hamilton, Nin are Falls, Buffalo, New York, ‘to- ronta, Montreal in Boston. 8 B IO. B. Bun. . . Ouuwa Tnfllc Manager. General 8 I‘ o E. P. Knnr, Agent, Schooloralt Kids. 6 '!8!Iit$’ flgpalltmtqi. DAN'S WIFE. BY KATE TENNANT WOODS. Up in early morning light, Sweeping, dusting, setting right, Oiling all the household springs, Sewing buttons, tying strings, Telling Bridget what to do, Mending rips in Johnny’s shoe, Running up and down the stair. Tying baby in his chair. Cutting meat and spreading bread, Dishing out so much per head, Eating as she cars, by chance, Giving husband kindly glance, Toiling, working, busy life,-— Smurt woman, Dan’s wife. Dan comes home at fall of night, Home so clleerfii‘, neat and bright. Children meet him at The door, Pull hiir. in :l: ‘ lmk him o’c«r. Wife [PIES how "(flu-. work llas xilne, “Busy tin‘le-..—.. iv‘.-ti: '.'~' B114 v, in.) . . Tlr _ wmn Da1l’s wife. Dan reads oi: :'_iu,‘. falls :1 zleep, See the wcnl:-,n softlv cree >; Baby rest;-; at lzlsi‘. pimr -Elfin‘. Not a word her heart to cheer. Mending busivet full to top—— Stockings, shirts and little frock- Tired eyes and wenried brain, Side with (lniting, ugly pain- Never mind. ‘twill pass away;" She must work, but never play; Closed piano, unused hooks, Done the walks to cozy ncoks, B;ightness faded out of life,—- Saddened woman, Dan’s wife. Up stairs, tossing to and fro, Fever holds the woman low; Children wander, free to play When and where they will to-day, Bridget loiters—--dinner’s cold, Dan looks anxious, 0:055 and old; Household screws are out of place, Lacking one dear patient face; Steady hands~—so weak, but true- Hands that know just what to do. Never knowing rest or play Folded now— and laid away: VVork of six on one short life,-— Sll2l'.t(;red woman, ll".in’s wife. I-(ll--‘: A‘. ‘L’-lull’ app llvr ... 1; s:lv.«.l'lJ;:;_-' 1 \.ill iakv: up Ill): }‘(:ll to i‘-:l‘li’v‘ sollll-:llii:j_: to ill‘; up .-zpzu-~ illlkllllllél il‘.l' (‘|lilll:lil$ilS?€l§.!,'ll(‘ill() 1ls'1ill~ til Uti1('i'S gs-l tiilu-in write :<,oille-illiilg of more lllllHll‘iill‘l1‘k'. We llavu all l){’i‘ll in the salllc dilcillilla. the llui‘r_v-scui‘l'y of l1()1l>'€-(‘l(‘iLlllllg‘. and extra work and tired feelings. but it seems to me there Will be a little leisure and respite be- fore llarvest time, in which to redeem our credit in the makeup of the Visi- TOR, -as workers in this noble cause. But let me say, if my article is too long, and does not indicate much deep earnest tilought or preparation, just read what you care to of it, and let the rest go without reading. I imagine there will not be a great loss on your part. It has been said that“ one never knows what they will write when first they touch pen to paper.” In years past there has been a great lick of social interest, and sympathy, a;uong farmer’s families. Some men oxvned so mucll land all around them that the nearest neighbor lived at quite a distance. Others thought they had so much to do, clearing up new and securing comfortable homes that there was no time to visit and take recreation and did not go from home only on business or of a necessity. But this state of affairs is a thing of the past, thanks to the Grange move- ment and the Patrons of Husbandry seem like brothers and sisters of one large family, and there is a strong bond of sympathy existing between them and though often separated by many miles, the reunion and mingling together is of frequent occurrence. Vis- iting among farmers’ families is ex- ceedingly pleasant _and profitable. We gain new ideas and fresh inspira- tion, and often find out an easier and better way of farming and managing houshold affairs. We can be of mutual benefit to each other. If we think we have a better way or have some mod- ern convenience to lighten work, we can make suggestions and tell our method of doing work and thus help on the improvement already begun in the rural districts. How many times in our life we get the idea that we work harder than any one else; that we have cares, trials, responsibilities and bur- dens to carry, more than falls to the common lot of humanity or that our lives are monotonous in the extreme. It is well at such times to go from home and see how other people live and learna lesson of patience. There are those whose meat and drink (so to Speak) is intense suffer-ing, loss of friends, or enduring innate selfishness and cross words or looks from those -Who Ought to bestow only loye and kindness. Then our trials which we have so magnified, sometin_1es.a1most to unhappiness sink into insignificance and we come back to our homes better .sp:-lul :1 lilllv linu- satisfied with life, take up our duties more cheerfully, and go on our way re- joicing, enduring etc. Endorsing the Sentiments I have already written that it is botll pleasant and profitable to visit among farmers, I will tell you how I put my tllcory into practice. On the morning of Juno 13, my husband and nl_vsell' :-;tartcr_l out on a trip :u-ross the country with the objective point to visit at the home of Mr. and Mr.-7. W. K. .\t‘?\’t0il, of .\lill‘l0ll ’i‘/lwllsllip, I.ivlllgstoll County, It was a dvli:;lltful day, cool yct ,-'ulul_v, and we rode-. l:‘l.~'lll'('l_‘\' along making Ci‘llllllf,‘l‘.IS oil the r-l'ops. i'<-iiiw-,-'. rc:~sl- (.ll'll«’,'P‘a‘ and lll:lllll(’l‘ of culI'.i\‘atili;r farllis .s‘Hl'llL‘lill!('< writ i<-i.-\i3l,:1'Vi'llil[‘ i:"l!\"Hi‘ ii ‘l(,‘l' .lul4- Lia’? .‘?ll(’ll :3 '\'i'r\\‘ l!l"~ :l.\ to . A zlliu allri l .‘.:ll:«i<-l'ill:r' E?" ‘l|l"'K.‘. ‘st-li's'tlll;'-iilzzv.-‘ Lilv"l'i“ 3 4 lullii-"v :1 in-I-';:x§.=' .l.{L‘ l "in 1 iI«ll‘ll!. in-\«-Ill.‘-.‘i<»~.-:1l- .-‘ll~"1l;.p.~l‘lI~uli V wla-nl'll1ill:2;:l~-::"1ll-'- lll'?.-ll lluzll-l xx}-:1-_ w'»'il~i ‘t."'/."riii win‘ l'w::o!. 'i"..-ls \n-‘ l,,. I. ,,;,.,.. :Il::; l'\'«'l')" lil(l('lIill‘.', i'::l'lll illlpll will \\'orll-out \‘;ar,r--ll. lll‘4ll«I(‘ll Ilr\\'~wlpil«.- lllllll)(,‘l’i‘ll up the }':ii'l,-L of the lluil.-;e: and tlllSll('> and lll'l4,‘l'.s‘ lllarlc lll.‘\’1ll‘l:llll. growth, and foul ivl-crls oril:llnent«=' the-_\‘ i'«-wt Fl‘ vull" liv- S1'tilll'_{‘ out :1 :s:<'l-‘.15’ i“.'l‘l"('l'lI‘|i\' \‘-(fl :llu.- .-all yr”. llu‘-jv lvcl tlu-E ii.-lllu-ll‘-w aml it llzl.‘ '-ml'ke«l \\'o1-.:l¢*l's lll tlu- illlpro\'e-ill:-nt oi‘ lloilses. lulrlls Illlti ll-ll<-;-,4, and l>l"i,‘llll.‘i(.‘>§ g<=ll+:—l'all_v. (lllc nlandoil‘L like to see ailotller going ahead of him in illaking his home at- t1'acti\'c, and so it is a coiltilliial strife, which shall excel, and it is laudable, and I hope the strife will continue till what was once so ulisiglltly will be- come “a thing of beauty and a joy for- ever." \Ve rode alongside of some of the beautiful lakes which dot Oakland county, and around swamps and marshes, and traveled many lililes out of direct line on account of them, and I think the original sii1'\'cy all '::llll'l Li‘ -my ~ ;>ll<'§.ll illIu“1'« \'l:'-if <.llll:‘!’.\‘ i? can ensue l amount of work and care and respon- sibility, yet tllcy employ plenty of help to do the work. They have no chil- dren of their own but have two adopt- ' ed ones, a girl lately married and a boy ten years old. I hope he will _:r-»w up a blessillg. and a catlnlfort to his l'os{£‘i’ parents and help them on their ji«ul1'lll-=_\' on the rlowii grade of life. Mr. and Mrs. S. do not r:olllil1c- Iilf,‘lll\'(:i‘.'(*\ (‘l()S(’l}' at ll~)lll(’. I ll:i\‘<- rm-t tlium live _vcal‘s in sl.lr-t-.-ssiull at the .‘l:ll:- 1. il'?ill'_“l*.' l was plezlsr-cl to mid this a L-lsl'i>:§;lll lloille-. and 7,ll“ll the-_\' have s» 2::-lily r:ai'«‘s and l'+-sl-ollsilulii: ll‘.§ and «.f"lvr-'-ll: teillpwzllllcilis tr» -’iK‘:X‘l wiill. _‘~'¢lil!:;' and boys to o\'ci'.<«.-o; null plan l'n;_ jx -. lllr‘li tilt-j.’ (lo lint (lo-p.--11,1 1lll~)ll til(‘i." \\'lS4l(llll and .-li‘e-lu_>~:}; bul — -4-’; ‘.\'lIl"l' i'llIll“.\ 1‘l'4»lll :ill-l\‘.- Illa? and ::- ' i'o-all ill! ,»r;‘ill:l1l‘.i‘. lllol'nI:;;' ll“.\’Iil :u;-i kin,-ii :l'l'z'lll.’l‘l ‘-_l.«- ;':::.-lfl" ‘i't«--‘. bk ml‘ l '"" nzl ..' and ai't,<-r tea‘ til‘()\‘l* over to Mr. liI\1'§IIl$i\\'ullIlll<'S frolll tlu.-rt-. 'l‘lley are pzirticulai‘ friends .\ll‘. ‘ml Mrs. .\je-:-;toil. Ml‘. II. is l<:ct1ii'ci‘oi" llU\\'(‘ll (il'LlLl;_'t‘. We semi l)\'(.'£llll€ a<~«,:laii’::e-ll £lll'i talks-«l ,. iii 0." the (,li'.l:l,g'e faulily. .\ll'ri. lIol'(_-'11.-'i.»‘a _1:'<*at lover oi. llo\\'el's and <:ul‘.lv:ltc.s Ill-Ill in _J".‘l‘tl‘C variety azlrl prol'Il-‘loll alul lias lllZill_\' l'z!l‘ 4<‘ we \\'l‘l‘(*~ <4 i'i‘l!'t‘.*'lll‘Il_ 1-1::-o-l-l-l.l_; :"alllllial‘sp«>i \\la-l':- all :lope.s,ail'.lcan-s cs-ili«-2‘:ul(‘l‘.\‘. post illysclf mllcel‘lliilg tlleir mil-its and the best lIll'[llU(lS oi‘ colnll;ztill'.'tllcnl. I l!HilC'(‘(l lll your re- port of thc (.'l':lllll l{iwl' \'allc_\“ flami- 4.-1llt1li‘;ll$or:i+-t that a m,-w 1‘llt‘lll_\' in tho f_"l‘illN‘ l:;l«l lIi’,(‘ll found; li‘ll us.-lll .:llmul ii. :lll:l if it has 1Il‘(l\'t'll a .\':‘l‘lI)lls _ lllll(ll,‘l‘&lllI'E'LU£l'il1H;‘(lllt|ll'U ill allyp.ll-i Health, the llrs: alwi i ' of Ill!‘ l-ou:l'.l‘}. .\ _\:l;l_ l{.--ll «,-ouilt_\'. .‘~l'u"ll. l'lltll ‘.1--rpx‘ i'--<':~llil_'- lilIAllljl:. wv ll21\I‘ 1': ..,,'l for rl--svi‘lptl§_v recol'-led their e.\'alt-ed ap- ‘ ,pl'e(,‘ia.i.lI‘ll of country life and enter- } prise. , W'egrieve that our young men de- i .-:ire to getaway from their farm lioilies 'to our large cities, where they are sub- iject to difficulties and temptations, i which but too often they fail to over- 0.‘ Hi10CCU1l.ttl0[]S, that of agricul- lsure is best calculated to induce love i of country, and rivet it firmly on the lleart. No profession is more honora- ble, 110118354':rIlllllf?lVeCl) licaltil, peace, lr:.lupl'aiily all-zi ilzipiliiicss. )Ioi'e in- -iléllellli-‘llt than any otller callilig. it as r2~il--ulateal to pro"_:;ll::ll‘ Emmi-.—««‘?.. ’ -'E«»: is .lA.Il>}I’i!l<'«li' il'('Iil .1 . ‘l":«l;o'. i’li"Ill1l.i!I.\ «.~\\'u«-\;:-l'l ..z:v2 Ilw i»..~l '~..:’Lll ll: ~-I lwlllrlv who mm :ll';;\\ their llll.’i',!lll;lllll<‘..=:ll ;l7l iii-.-;l oi’ Ilu- _'_fl'\lllllIl mix":-1'.-1‘. ill Llzis lm.-l.. auvl tl'(‘2llill',Illll‘ sill-ja-t-1, \'.‘s- liar‘ ialllv of rolllvll!-'. l'll-- 'rllltll\)l'L€Vl1l"llli)'llilil in miiul 1,7u- l‘.u'l that mally llwlplif would mllsull lll.\ volulnc who l\'lll‘\‘.' \'(‘l‘}' litllv of lllsl-vi lift‘ lllld ('ll:ll‘2t'.'l(‘l\. but who, upon liiul- ing an lll,~':‘l‘l llp()l1SUlll<‘l'.l'l'l‘ or plant. would llll'llL(l ’.ll(‘ lmok for lu1o1'll::l~ tioll. 'l‘osull. the wallts oi‘ this <-las.< of re-.uiu1'.-2 his ill‘l‘:lilj_,'t‘lllt‘llt is :1 il:l]lll_‘.' ()lll_‘. lllsurts ill_i1ll‘l<>ils to tlw apple arc lilxsl l:ll\'(‘ll I1p.alul in (‘Illllll‘(‘lll>ll with Paul: Li(‘b'(‘l‘l[lilllll is :1 till oi’ llw lll.\'l‘l‘i in its‘ \'il1'llJ'-15 ,“'~l1L'..[l‘.\' Ill‘ Il‘.‘\\’itl}llll\‘lll. Like :1 _«_:o
    .l Ill) 7‘ ‘:1 lll-"i" l':l1' ‘lilr .. ‘.lu- :;:l:-hm lllyl'i;uls of" lull‘: tau.-i'pl'll.sl'~ :-. rm lH'l.': on the il(‘>tl'il«'lillll ol'1lu- ‘.ill‘.‘> by «Iv- \‘oul'lilj_;' ll2<‘lt’:i‘.'\‘$ not vatvll ll_'\' llwir pal'eilts. l-‘or foul‘ w»-n-ks tluu-‘<1 l'~llw\s eat and ;:l'o\\', illlil ;l.l'Lcl'::ttailliilga l4§ll_;‘LllOftlllléte-lelliilsHf:tlllll(fll,ri1'il\i'l down illtotllo ;,~'l'ollll:l. cllallgiilg into dark, yr-llowisll (:lll‘_vsalis: and aftl-r Sluupillg in this colldilloil three or foul‘ wecks the beetles issil<- fortll ill the pcl'l'e<-.t sinlilitudc of the-ii‘ parellts. Tllescbcctles are about tlll'cc-tw<-llti- etlls of an inch long, and usually oi‘ a blue color, altlmugh tllosc we collectecl are alillost gicell. The tlliglls are stout, wllicll gives them the p()\Vcl' of _l'uillp— ing about very iliillllly. 'l‘llcsc lllS(’L'lS have proved '\'(‘l‘}' (l(‘,\'tl‘ll(.‘tl\'(f ill lllaliy localities. and about the best way to light them is a colllbillatiou i‘cillc«l_v: catch tll«-in as flu-y ilppl-ill’ aml at the sallie time S_\'l‘lllg'v‘ tllv vallcs with l'::1'- is §,“l‘(*l*l1 \\'illi‘l' 01' about the salm- h'i.l't,‘llg'tll as for potatoc l)e.'l‘tl(‘.~‘,—-(.'/tfI'7'l/.‘»s‘ 1-vlc.-', as ll’. (ml;/ir‘[(1, in Ful‘/'/L 1)r1lrzl'{l/lelzt of Grand 1t’up[(l.s- ll'«:‘(:/.’/_y 1)«;moz.-rat. Pistillate Strawberries. There was a tiinc \Vlli‘Il little value was placed on the sexual dii'l'<*i*ellcc ill the SlJl‘2LWl)L"l‘1‘_\’ ilowcr. even where tlley were recognized. Nicholas liUll,'_,"\\'()I‘Ill, ofCillcillllati, did iilestiinable .sel'\’lce in making the value gciicrally known. Up to this time illucll greater crops couldbe produced by growlilg pistil- late kinds, with a few plants of strongly staminatc kinds set out here and there as a fei‘tili'/.er than by using the best hermaphrodite then known. lint the introduction of the remarkable pro- ductive hermaphrodite, Wilson’s Alba- ny, remanded, for the time being, Mr. Longworth’s endeavors to for,-'etful- ness. But now that the Albany has degenerated. we have no hermaphro- dite that is equal in productiveness to some of the pistillates, and it is becom- inga. question whether we shall not yet have to bring Mr. Longwortll,s views again to the foreground. We are reminded of this by the following, which we find in some recent proceed- ings of the Massachusetts Ilorticultual Society: “Some varieties require to be grown in hills, and to have the runners cut off as soon as they appear. Such are the Sharpless, Bidwell and Triomphe dc Gand. Some are pistillate and re- quire the bi-sextual kinds to be planted near by and to bloom at the same time. Such are the Hovey, Crescent, Jersey Queen and Manchester. for want of proper impregnation these kinds often fail of a crop, but with a suitable com- panion the pistillate varieties produce very large crops, as did the Hovey forty years ago, and as Mr. Hovey will show us it can do now. some varieties pro- duce a large number of trusses, and give promise, when in bloom, of extra- ordinary crops, but do not yield so much as those of less pretentious ap- pearance. There is a limit to the power of production, and where there is a su- perabuiidance of trusses of flowers, only a portion will set their fruit and carry it out to perfection without excessive stimulation. Another cause of failure is a deficiency of pollen in soineof the bi-sexual varieties, and it is well to plant near them such as are furnished with abundance of it."—-E:c- change. JULY l. 1883. Strawberries in Europe. Prof. Budd i4 writing some interest- European lt'Itt’*l‘>‘ to the Iowa Home- stead. (lf sti':iwlu‘«i'l'ies in l-Iilgland he says: “The .~'ti‘a\\'llei‘l‘ie.s ll§‘l'(>‘ exceed 111)’ t‘_\'p€*Cl.'l1lU1i. Til!‘ Ialwlps are as llouiliiful and the fruit :1-' large as that Ul'olll'l»e-st \’£ll'll‘ll<'.s' in Iowa. llut the «;ualii_\' is far in-lH\\' (.‘~‘.ll‘ ('llal‘leS l)i)\\’lIlllL1‘,<.'l' 4'\'l‘li ('1':-s<'r-lli’ zol (‘uni- ll{‘l‘l.'Lll(l ’l'riul:lpl.. .~'olll«« or .llt‘ll‘ very best \':ll'l'.".i«‘>‘ iil"' oi l'H"'lll «-i‘Igill and llav» ilu- szllilc ]|:ll'(‘ii'L2lf_"¢' as :. \'i. ks rl it.-;~' ilk.- l-‘«»\\' p» lsons l.;lxc gin l: l:u-lw ::ttwil- llllll I4) liar ('iil'(‘llll ]:l'<>fllll"nlHll Iii. lllt’ m- "»’2ll‘l<‘l_\'.\ ill S'.l'i‘.\\'llI‘I'i'l\‘.\ illun (‘ol. Wilvll-l‘, and ll.-A l'{‘.~'llll>' oi‘ lli,\ l'.\l¢'ll>'l\'t‘ l'.\']l(‘l'l¢'ll(‘t‘ lllllsi be all" ,«_gl'o-:1‘, \';l1u(- to ll£‘§£illlll'l'.\' in this lrl«‘Zl.\':llIl pursuit. ill a l'l‘l'(‘lll t‘.\'.\2lI\' 1::-l'orc-lllv ,\l.t,-y-gu-hu- sn-ils ll'llis \ ii-us and .-xpc-lie luw;-: "'l'llv .~'i1‘:a\.-.'lu—l‘;'_\ has ;=_.<-.;ilu-ll glwlt lllllNll'l£l‘.l4‘l‘ ;:l2llvl1'_1'Hlil‘I"1"i‘,‘;l[l-ll plallis. al-«l _;'l'i‘;l1 lmul) l!l.‘l(li' Ll: the Ill‘-llil‘.<‘ll\ll1 in and min kii:«l~.E>u'. iiu-lw L» slilf l'4|Illll ml‘ llllill'l1'\'<‘illi'irl. Wu l\l!lr\\ nu l‘l';l;-4H1 ‘.\il_‘. \\< ll:.li’ uni lll'4u!l?- -- ‘.'lli-‘llvs oi .\‘ll'.'(\‘.lu'l'l'i' .'.ln~~‘. - zinc.‘ n'lll'll ~I‘.l‘ '.:i- '.m‘ ‘ii-llll-l iii’-"_'l<‘>'.- ll1l.\ l l : '-.‘.' 1:55‘? ll:-:«.l._\:::::.uv *'l|.'\'.»'l:i" Vol.\‘{El4hl'mil--\'rs:i:;l1!ll»- ulv ‘.l'l'2l- cgy Ml‘ '.\'v::l'i32~ nil. oi \.Ll’iI_‘ll:*.~. .u;l;.' ml"- Ivli lw ll'2ll‘l‘4l in '.ill‘1'_‘-.lliili~iiiv‘.t ~l',:=l-op- Pl’ «-l¢~lll<*llls' ill ‘flit svlil. al:2(.'l‘ll>Hl as the "lie-st iii the world," wt ilu-«I. with lllally ‘ lll‘(‘()lIll)(llS- gustcd with their l'ailill'vs and vast tllclll out as wo1‘tl'll«-ss without a fair trial. 50 also with some of the old kinds, which have not l')(,'(.‘ll solllucli cultivatml as in forllu-l‘ yt-alas, Sll(‘ll as the llo\'c_\'. .llu.-iiiula. 'l‘ri:=nlplu—, (lc(}ai1d and ()tll(‘1‘.S Whirl] iverc um-<-, popular. The essayist tlloilgllt it would be a wise illezlsure for the so:-icty to oil}-l‘ a special prcmiuill for the rc.sLol'atioil of tllosc old. valuable \':!l'l(‘ll('S of fruits and lloiv-<-1'5 which ll2l'\’f) guru: out of gs-in-i‘:ll cu1tl\‘ati:lll. But l'l'olll our ex- [l(‘l'l<‘l1Cl‘,itS<,:(!lllSlll§('l}'tllélllllllvllililtlle ll<_-gt-lw1':l<-_\' oi Sil'll\\’l)t'."l'l+‘,s‘ ('(>llH‘S l'l‘olli ili:w:ls4- wllivll, 'tl‘2l\\‘ll(‘l'l‘ll‘$ arc pl'opagatl--d l‘l'olll plants that ll£l\'f‘ not the ",~'.p()ttt-(1 leaf.” or (ll.llt‘l' ll‘U1lllll‘.\', they would rare-l_v “wear out.” ll} ___._._ (iAlllll£i\' (‘i'l.'l‘i'l:i-1 oi‘ ’l‘lll-2 N'l‘l:A\\'- l’.l£l1l:\'.\(‘,lll. \\'ildcl' is of opinion that for garden culture planting in rows three feet apart and om», foot apart in the row.-:, allowing each to make from two to four Sll0lll(l(:l' l‘llllll(‘l‘S, alid no lllore for the lirst St"«lSUll, is best. Tllese by autumn will make a l'owm" thrifty, strong bearing plants, and will produce more than the common matted row. For field culture the rows should be four feet apart and the plants one foot in the row, and all superfluous runners should be pinched oil‘ so as to leave only strong plants. It_ may be added that it is found by experience that a renova- tion by replanting young ones about every second year, is good practice. For gardeil culture we should plant ayoung bed every second year to succeed the older one. A PERFECT STRAWBERRY.-—MaIly points, not often thought of, go to make up the perfect berry. At a meet- ing of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W. H, Hills, of Plaistow, N. H ., spoke of an extraordinary crop of Mi- ner’s Prolific, but the fruit ripened on one side, so that it was ditlicult to get the pickers to select only that which was ripe. A fruit that will rip- en uniformly all through at once, has a great advantage over such a one as Mr. Hills referred to. l\’1;w S'rilAwBi~:i:r.ii:s.——l\/Ii‘. Ilovey says: “I think I state the truth when I say that a batch of seedlings saved from the best varieties, will produce full as fine a lot of strawberries as illne- tcnths of those named and offered for sale as varieties superior to all others.” The only points v-l we_-. value, ob- servable, indicating za and cow are a well developed milk mirror, or es- cutcheon, xi yell-w skin, soft and yielding to touch Beyond these, an actual test must he made to ascisrtain the milking qualivi. -- of a cow. USE due. care to keep stock 011' fields which are to be cul’liv..sted this season, while the ground is wet. Every step will make a. clod. JULY 1,1883. TEE QBANG VISITOR. 7 | I ‘flotilla.’ Eepaiittitenl. "THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.” There's in worldly wealth or possessions Can aqua‘. in value a wood name; And they, with 8. good reputation, Have really the vrreatest of fame; The man that is Cupright, honest and true, The path of his brother. with blessings will ; strew. : I I There are persons notorious for gossip, ; Who in country and town do resice; And ever, seeds of discord are sowing . Whose evil is felt far and wide; I The smallest sensation is enough to excite l Their passion, for gossip, in which they delight. I '1‘hey’ll repeat to some friend, a vile story, 2 And enlarge iii a scaiidzilous way; I Should vou ask “is it true?” they will answer, 5 “Oh, I don't know, th at’: what they say.” _ A meaziiugssi-i phrase which all should dis- ; Charge. 2 Who for truth and veracity have a regard. I Society‘.-1 virtuv s. are not enough prized, While we dwell far to’) ll'l‘-ZCII on its errors; ‘ : Like the gossips false story, they are magni- fievl oft. Till trifl-is in time liecoziie terrors. , Better talk. it at nil, of the gooil men are ,loin.,, ‘ I J up tli fault.-:, tlicir pas‘. sins rc- I VlE.WiL1{£. l eir '.‘~' i;.i:ic are peril.-C‘.-sill have their, Yet it‘. e .. nc';,rt is '~2")7’1l‘3 ‘.=;ii-_iei' chord, =, "[“m,t,,1w,ri:;1iit for years. at l‘.1”I will respond, I And vi‘ .-:oinr- cheering V“i_I.-1‘xl‘. _ . n l \'VC"'ii. ‘I I1.-EW iiie inspires, ‘ . .) ll‘}il!‘l', with new hopes and , !:’;'.1.i=i:l5 “" ..‘.t‘:i-11's.’, let us of the 1 »’:l1(:ll -J 1.‘ re? iiioii, I well our speech, am‘. gossips be-i ’ (}l)l‘i_'.(l1'.liZ-11'. , -lerous way. i l!'I.'ill1, “'l'hn,t' what I — Jlrs. A. .\‘. 1‘rri7(r. ’ lliliv Ii. tiiuli‘ "'--.‘i'i‘. "'2.~~~i» !:£‘\‘.-‘.‘ lull lii‘Ni" Iilln 1.1.}; lit: ..i‘:-;::I_\' I\'liii\‘i', do in not liecil to IIEIVL‘ tliv-r.+ scli-cvid ‘irutlis re- .i-ii, peati,-«I, lest we lost‘ sight of tlieiii I’ 1. \\'eai'c apt to \\’:llll to study only such studies as \\’l' Illit‘. aiid—p:irdoii Zl.llOtll€l oiiotatioii—“disrelisIi for any particular pursuit is inaiiitaiiied as am- plc i‘easoii for abaiidoiiiiig it." What better time my y.iung friends, than now. to cultivate this will power. Soon it will be too late. Now, I am not going to give you a lecture or preach you a sermon, for “Graiidpa" is patient- ly waiting to be Iieard: but tliere were so iiiaiiy good things in this article, I could not rctraiii from giving you sonn- of them. Please "think on these tliiiigs,” and they may help you to niakc new i‘€S<,zl\‘t"$ or streiigtlieii old ones. Al'\"l‘ I’l{l’1-I. Grandpa‘s Account of the May Party. Aun.’ 1’.-we:-(iii the niorning of the iirst day of l\Ia_\' l arose early and put my lion.-:.e and barn in order to receive young conipaiiy. The {irst that came was Aunt Nina, She (-aiiie in her quiet way and looking around said “As I expected no one will conic." I said. "Aunt Nina it is early yet, and we will have a short time to ourselves and we can discuss the merits and dcinerits of the Cousins, but Auiit Nina said; Oh! do leave out the word demerit, as I do not think it belongs to any of them at present as they are all doing very well.” At this point of the conversation the door opened, and in walked George in his frank and manly way. He greet- ed Aunt Nina, and then gave me his hand in a inanner that showed there was some ailinity between us, but when seatedlie seemed ill at ease, until the subject of history was brought forward. Then _voii should have seen his eyes sparkle as he spoke of his favorite autliors. Coiiversatioii revealed that he had read history to some advantage and had compared the present with the past. The next that came was Hickory who greeted all in a free and easy manner. He is a farmer lad all over, and when we excused him for not bringing the nuts. he proceeded to tell us of his cattle, and of their habits We could all see that though full of fun, he was a. great observer. The next that came was Old Girl, who greeted Aunt Nina as an old friend, then give us all a friendly greet- ing. I was a little afraid of her at first, but in pleasant conversation that feel- ing passed away, and when she pre- sented the May basket. I received it with pleasure, as a peace offering and hung it in the guest chamber of my memory, as a sweet memento of the past. How pleasant the day passed away with music, recreation and pleasant conversation. When we took the parting hand all felt they were parting with a friend. ’ Ellen I am sorry we lost your May offering, please except the thanks of an old man for your sympathy. Aunt Prue, your subject is a good one. As you described those young C men; I see in one a man who has a Ihigh appreciation of the in-.inIiood of iinankind, and is not looking to build iliiniself upon the niistakes of other‘:-t. but will build liiiiiselt up by his own iture life he will be respected and appri- Iciateil by his fellowiiien. il1III',<(‘l'_\ wiiir Iioiisc, \\'Ilt‘II iii, ,'\‘.'(‘. ltiliiig us: industry, and perscvei‘eiice and in ma- In the other .I young man who is goiiig to build hiinse,-If up on till‘ ll3.1llP others have iiiadc, and the iiiis-takes of his fellow man. In in;itiii't- litc he will be xi poor iiiiserablc fellow respected by one. or III: will be lltltlfti for his I\'llH.Vt:- and rcspccteil only by the low and 'l('iol1.<. V 1, .~r‘tt (li:.\.\'iii>.i. .Iuiic H. l.\‘\':). “One GirI’s Way of Husbandry.” I ‘.\’;1.\' the yoiiiigcst tl2l1lgl'1lP]“>f a Wcstc-rii t';irrn<,-i‘, arid twciity-live years :igo.siu:li e2ii'iiwl their own S]iI‘llIllll,‘," iiioiiey. Iliad i'l‘f‘t‘l‘.'l,‘(l :i I’;iii‘Iy good ClIll(.‘$ltlUll,_VI‘i; had no iiir-liiiaiioii for turivliiiig. I"oi';i fmv y:»:ii’>‘ I ‘.‘.'(l]‘I\I43Il out. tloiiig lioiiso \\'o."I\'. .\Iy fatlici‘ llllll plaiitecl ::ppIe=.-,-zvcll for the (‘OlllIll(‘llfti‘l:ll'liI of a iiurs and now tlw,j.' we-rv r<~id_v Ior _'."1‘:ifl li«- ‘.l.iiii;.;Iit, Iii; \\‘i,ii:iIl ill\‘.If ‘wlilre ;l man to I 1p,IiiitI (fH:l.‘{l‘«’lIlIlll iols-t im- try tho \\'(\‘.‘I{. and 'ii~.- Iiiially lvt Hit‘ set «._in«- llllillrlllllil .-wiiiiis. Fzitliitr iv:-in oni uiiw dny till‘ lll"\'l siiiniiiei‘ to sow Ii-iw IIl¢‘_\' hail gi‘o\\'ii. an-'l Il1"'2llIll.‘lI| ;iii<.Is:ii«l.— "You" scioils liavc all tlir-;-i-. You has lizid lillll‘ I!-"il<‘i' -'iir-- vc-ss l,Il2'Il _\'<>iii' H121 izitlii-i‘. Wt.-ll. vxcllf it all ('I)ilJI‘.\' oi’ I!€l\'lIi,’_ff1tN)ll(‘_\'<'—rLl,L;'Ili. I t::iii't st-I: as I once llI{l.” :-.iai '1Iiisi \'.‘as Iv-ft to gi':ii't iii the :ill Ii): ni_\s~I I. i’III‘()l"LIl!"<€g1'Ili,SUl.2lL§'i'l‘ill. ii‘.ii'.-'vi'y, :!t Iil)(‘II(‘Sl(‘l‘. ill‘. I nizulv it his Illiillt‘ at ilitit ' ' ;iiiC:; 'll'i<‘iiii. .5’ In: ‘tir:k to ill“ lill‘lll, ‘:oys, ii‘ you want to iiiakc iiioiicy. live liappy and die at a. respectable. old age. lint if you care not for Iiappiiios.~;. and are williiig to Striigglc througli a short arid uiisatis- factory life. go to the towns and live from hand to iiiouili. l'l(,*\".‘1‘ ac<:uiiiulat- ing and 1ie\'ci'<>iijoyiii;_>,' a lllUlili'lll7 free from care and vcxatioii. ’l‘lie desire to sliirk tlic labors of the farm is the bane of Aincricaii life and has iillcd all otlier branclics of iiidiistry hill to ovPi'iIowiiig. —-Clay County (1ml.) .EII,{€I'])7'5»'>‘C. THE LARGEST Al{El‘.toill of utilizing the work of the best Ameri- can authors rather than that of English writers may readily be seen from the: above announcement, and conseqiieiitly few magazines can show such attrac- tions for the summer moiitlis. ’I‘Ii<: aiiiii.-‘iiigr sketcli. “.\I1'. Wasliiiigtoii i'\1l.‘llllS in England,“ by Ii. I}. Wliitc. is (fullcllltlljtl in this l1Ill1lIi('l‘. and aiiotI;i:i' Iinglisli paper, of a Very iIiil<_‘1‘ciit des- ¢'l‘ip’tIii. under tin- title "Oxi'oi'd in \.\'iiitei'." .\iis;~: )l‘(‘,.\iuIi is well Iziiowii to Allan/F0 l'(f2l(ll‘l'.\‘ by he-r pi«':tiii~<>sqiu- tray:-I slit-tclic.-'_ and in this Hill‘ a «Ii-ligliiiiil ;i<-miiiit not only of tIi-- Hl'I. IIlli\"‘1'>'ll_\' ‘ioivii, but also of iiiaiiy t':iinous (ixoiiiai twlio Il.'l\'t‘ mn- ll'Ililll“li tolir:-i':itiii‘v, })l:ll'("I I~vt'-vim llltf i‘«:.‘.rI«:i'. ;\ill~‘l‘i(’.ilIl litw. politic-. and tlioiiglit arr i't‘r}II1fll‘.'t‘I)‘ toiit-Ii«~-'1 upon Iii “i3mi:ito\vii," a \\'«-.-tr-i‘ii sin-ti-Ii by I“. I). Y. (‘ai*p~iit.'»i': ill :i <:;ii':*t‘iil ilI‘tl(‘Il' t‘llilii:‘li ".\Iiiiiic3p:il I'I_\'ti‘:i\':ig2iitr-ta“ by .\i‘lIi1ii‘ Ii. ICIIi>: Hlitl Ill "Soliiv I'Ii:i'ti‘iic' Work." and George Enos Tliroop. C0lltl'll>llt6*S “A Story of a Brave Girl." a l{cvolii- tioiiary tale of the old Schuyler man- sion in Albany. It is to be expo/-tell that a great many boys will be making cataiiiaraiis this summer. zifter i'c:idiiig W L. Alden‘s descriptive paper; whilc fortliose less :lt'lClVt’l\' inclined is the article on l31‘a.-;.~'-worl:." by Cliarlcs G. I.«-lanil. the oi'igiiialor of iii.l:isti'ial art S('l!i|1>I\' in ,\iiierica. .\'llI~Z-t‘llltlll'E:lI.\‘H l‘F'(‘6‘I\'«'s'Etlifllillrll with an 1li‘('HllIIl oi’ SOIII6‘ bi'if:'.it girls‘ >'llf"('t’SS4‘.w'. 'l‘Iie.-re is an iiitci'u.ii?.i~-ii «it the Xiitiiaiizil Aiiiatciii‘ l’l‘¢*.<.< .\ssoi-E;:- tioii. aii.l 3tilI’,~‘(.'l‘l[i.[IH!l oi" iii»-tliods 1‘lil- plojqt-I‘. by tho Aiiititeiir _io:ii‘ii;ili.-is. i:i IIIPII‘ politiwal v;iiiip:iigi~.-. .I. 'I'.'I‘i‘o\\‘bi'irIg«-it-ifs ii-.\'.' the 'I‘iiil;- li:iiii.- 4-=.i‘.i\‘iti.~=. Iilli-' roil- llllllv~~ "r-i.\‘i-pi .\'~\n_\',“ and iii -re i.-: zilinlli--.‘ "I)i‘IiiiiliiI-1'-lmy" ‘flip,-i‘, .~\iii.~-'.--i'«~.-111:1 it‘7ll|:l'i' lli" iiiiiii-I I)t‘l'I.\'lIH'1lIllIl‘2Il''lIl_'.I. "3 IIl'}faIIlll"‘.'.'(:I.-'3-1t~ llliill 1- {he opp-.ir- , 1, iiinitfi‘ '-farmalwr. .‘ I THE REAPERV Si:-_ : . . | .v-vi,»-. viii-in.»-'.-r3 TILL‘ >T>‘.(,‘.-'.\7-— Iliad HI-iy ' tor in-.i.i..x A. T.-’l.LOT 1.445;. 503', ‘l (_‘4 )I-ll.’I‘.’I‘ -——".;’ l‘:\'l'l 1 t ‘ ‘Ii '..tw.-Ii-l_E: . -iw;r’« ii. .1z‘l.'.’)'-' :I!‘i ni.i‘..-3;, :iii:i . .l!lt'i p.-.tiiotii: ',l'Ii8.t‘ wc iiiiii-: '-' 'in',; our _ p thy zor tho lirua ir and nil-' “Lilllfélllcll‘1§‘1'I‘lli..'llIlli_'liOll. . ’ '.I‘li:it those [t3.1‘IIl'.lIl0]lS be spread upon the rec’ of tlxis t~'raii:;e, a copy pre- sonteil to Sister Jane T. Whitney, and :1 copy ‘ e s':l1t'O the (z'IiA.\'Gl£ \'ieI"i'z>1z for pulilicatioii. i) SIJLLIVAN-—Died Deccnilicr 313?, at her residence in the township of Byron, Kent county. ADELIA, wife of John W. Sul- livan, si worthy member or" Byron Grange, No. An intruder that no steward, however faith- fu‘, has power to resist. has again eiitered our gates. and taken from our midst one whom we all loved, and Whose helping hand. will be greatly missed. Therefore, R030/re/I, That We as a body tender our warmest sympathies to the bereaved husband and children in whose family circle so great a vacancy has been made. Iiesolvcrl. That as a tribute of respect for our departed Sister, a copy of these resolutions by placed upon the minutes of this Grange, that a copy be sent to the bereaved family of the deceased, and also to the GRANGE Visrroiz for publication. -.'~> I-1. l\lAR'I‘IN—VV1iEIiEAs,For the third time in the history of Cascade Grange, the grim mes- senger Death has come among us and although his visit has not been frc quent, yet, we are again admonished that he still wields his sickle keen. WHEREAS, This time he has stricken down a charter member and Past Master of our Grange, Bro. RUFUS W. MARTIN. Therefore, Resolved, That while we in our short sightedness cannot see the wisdom of this dis- pensation, yet we will try to look up to the great Master above and say, “It is Well, lead on though rough the road." Resolved, That while we know his voice will never more he heard in the sweet songs in our Grunge, we will think of him as being one in that great choir above. Resolved, That while our dear Sister is left so lonely and desolate, we tender to her our heartfelt sympathy, and pledge ourselves to be ever ready to do all we can to make the darkened road bright for her. Resolved, That a. memorial page be set apart in the records of our Grange, and that our hall and Charter be, draped in mourning for ninety days; that a copy of these resolu- tions be sent to Sister Martin, and also to the GRANGE Vrsirori, Grand Rapids Eagle, and Lowell Journal for publication, and also that they be spread upon the records of the Grange. SLOCUIII--Died at his residence on the evening (f May 14th, 1883, aged 65. Bro. A B SLOCUM, a pioneer resident of the town of Wheatland, Hillsdale county Micliigarnand amember of Wheatland Grange, No. 273, which as a token of its regard adopted the following : Resolved, That in the death of our worthy Brother, this Grange has lost a consistant worker. the community a good neighbor and citizen, who faithfully and conscientiously discharged his duties in all positions of honor and trust. Resolved, That we extend to his bereaved and stricken family our hearttelt sympath . Resolved, That our Charter be drape in mourning for 60 days, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication, also be entered upon the records of the Grange. Churches Corners, June 4th, 1883. LAMB —WHEBEAS, That silent, and to us unwelcome messenger, death, has entered the ranks of our Grange, and taken from us our much esteemed Sister MATILDA LAMB, who was among the Iirst to identify herself with our noble Order, and who by upright deport- ment and sisterly love, became so endeared to us, that her loss seems irreparable. Therefore, Resolved, That by the death of our worthy Sister, her husband has lost an affectionate companion, her children a good mother, and the Grange a Worthy rnenibar. , Resolved, Tiiat we syriipzithize with the b.-‘rcaved family, whose hearts are bowed down with grief at the loss of wife and moth- er. Resolved, That a page in our record be de- voted to her memory; that a copy of the above be sent to the bereaved family, also a copy to the GRANGE Vtsicron for publication. JESSIE Ssnm, Sec’y. 1882. ' THE MARKETS. 1 Grain and Provisions. Nzw YOEK, June 27.——Fluur, sales 9.lII) bbls - dull. declining. Wheat. opened .L4@5§c nigher. afterwards became weaker and fell back !i@lc; trade moderate: No. 1 white, $1.119: sale . 105111) bu. No. 2 red, July. $1.l4‘,4@l.l;'i%,; ~l8U.tllJ bu. August. $l.17@1.1'i7s; l,00U,(lI) bu. Sc-pt.. $1.19 @1511; bu. Oct. $1.2lH;@1.‘217a' : 24,LkU bu. Nov.. £l.‘.’3@1.:2:l"~.i. Corn, opened ‘AG! Pic high- er, afterwards lost the advance; mixed western. spot. 5U@I5'.Z: futures. fil’A@ti.'i54. Oats. without decided change; western, 3E~@-iv’. Pork, quiet; stcadyznew mess. $18.(ll@l8.37}4. Lard, higher, firm; steam rendered #9 95. Deriioir, June 27.—l-‘lour, unchanged: $5.. (X)@5 75. Wheat, sick; No. 1 white, $1.03‘-L,’ asked; July, $1.04; Aug.. $1.(ll@1.06‘v4: Bei’>t., $108.14; Oct.. $i.10@.l.1o%4: No. :1 white, ‘.l.”'§2' No. 2 red, $1.10; No. 3 wtiitn,'.7rl; rejected. till. Horn, dull: No. 2. cash, 54 asked. Oats, weak; No. 2. white iii‘ asked; No. 2. 37. Flour. Wlieal. Bec'pt= . . . . . . . . . . 219 11,745 586 1,43% Ship"ts ........ .. 2.53.) 5.066 3,137 312 1‘uLiv:i>o. Juno ‘v.’7.-Wheat, weak: ‘,4 lower, but I i ' No. 1 white. $1.15: No. L’ do..‘.kJ asked; I reject . TU; No.'.’ red. cash. or July. $1.09‘/gzi Aug., ¢'i.ll'~/;;Sept, $1.13%«a: Oct. $1.1.'»*,;: your $1.10 ask:-ii. Corn. dull, weak; high lI1lXI.‘t‘l, 5. ; No. ‘.’.. cash, 54: rejected. 50%; no grn(lc.¢". Oats. dull, nominal. > CllI(‘.\li<). June 2'i'.—Iiegular wheat easier: , $1.01 June; ‘¢’l.ill,”; July: .i<.\1 I-‘ameis. Rea This. (}l\’EA'l' BAI{GAI_\'S IN AGHIEUIIUHII IMPIIMEIIIS. in in: ii iiwiii iiiicss Phillips. Biiynlin & Company's Agrioiiltural Warerooms, Cor. Summit and Island Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich.. \\‘ Il(‘Te with Io\\‘c\l I}ll‘lIIL‘l'~' will ‘vii siipplin-«I \'<'l‘_\' lllwt !_’H(-tl> :il litis-il-ii-1ii'Im>-. See 7/mi‘ I./no of 8000's. R EAPERS. Ernpire Ii--: ‘) rs, Mowers‘, iilltl Twine Bind- chs, The IIUV-'*.‘ iron‘. arid roar cut mower. I'I.O“'S. '\Vi:ir-I‘s Imi-. 1..-id Wt,-odcn Bi-ani Chilled ’lnws, and '»‘.'imi‘s (:1-Icliratcd Sulky Plow, with all i'<=p;iits iir ihi: .-arnc. TIIR I-“..\llIT\i(; .Vl.\L'Illl\' Ell Y. Tho c ‘lab ’:ii:~-I “friinii-,-.-o .»« -,, \ hi Chief“ Separa- uui f.:.ni nigines. I .->'Li.l.!.'liOl' in the }il!‘I{.~‘I.“. ll1l\'l<1.‘~ A \ E) TOR‘. (I !..'l‘l\'.-\- ‘i Il:'.'>(I'-'. “illi- .i‘l I.«Il'l$ of ’:l‘- ltrpiiii's . tlivwn. i- - '. , ini} lu- v l“l.t‘1l 1‘1ii es lf’.~;:*y'1" :02: <3: Co., ;— -- 1-w ‘rs 3 -’- :i r--,\ .» »ul....... g_ , :~. _ .- ;t .r. i...-.. ‘J... . I"il(‘H. iui \ rim :. Ttllifl iixic-iiEEEi" PLOWS. ‘Ii181l_;i: or any one F:T:l‘l1l“? FLGWS. VVI‘ will 1“.ii'iii II to tin: _ or more -xi it » iiit-iiiI.i:'.'<; :)!lL or iiirirc o: our ' Dir-(>1-lor_v 0I'3£:|l:l:m:|zuo g New Iiiiiinieil Uliillail Pluws i in order to introduce them this year, complete 1 at the cxtrcinely low price of $0.50 guaran- tccing satisfaction. Don't be liiimliugged any longer with higli priced plows. I I I Try T/iem and be Com/i'm;ed. CARI). (I, ll, l.xice_ ofllilviil, l\Iivli., :s':l_\'S2—- " 'I‘li~ l‘Io\\' I [|Ill‘<‘I1lL'4(‘Inen. Son» riv ALI. D1:l"PGl.:- , 33, 35 and 37 WATERLOO ST-. GRAND RA1’lL)e$. 1.ei.§ii1§ezli.li[lilllirf-illi;‘l7§?.i:liifI}71‘mi§.l“m' W M E. A. llUl.INL'rA 31 I-l. [Mention the Gnsxur. Vrsiron] 1:‘-innit lowis Eombinalion ionzs Pomp. Three Machines combined in One. M l!|III!.{!'l F@|lFEfP""’ ‘ s As (6 Hated pump there is no Superior. With the Injector and the spray zittachment we have a combination of useful articles need- ed by eveay farmer whether his specialty is stock, gr.-tin, fruit or vegetable raising. The insect. exterminator will li8.V6 three- fourths your nm.terial and very much of your labor. In treating potatoes from three to live acres can he eifictively treated in a day.‘ For spraying fruit trees infested with insects it stands unrivaled. Parties not wishing the Combination com- plete can have the Exterminator, made of brass, for 81.75; made of zinc, for $1.25 I will prepay express charges and send the whole Combination complete for -$6.00. Agents wanted in every locality of the State. Write us for illustrated circular and terms. A good canvasser can make some money sell- ing an article that will do farmers good. Address, Guilford & Dickinson, GOOD large stock of Furnishing partments. $12 50 Blue Serge fa. only $9 85. $10 00 Suits only $7 $12 00 Suits only $9 HATS. Socks, 80 to 50c. Trunks, 75c to $10.00. ljunly resi People who may of DRY GO mu’ NEWS! As the Season is rather backward and We have a. Clothing and Goods, Hats and Caps on hand we have " already commenced mak- ing reductions in all de- st-colored Flannel Suits 95. 95. $20 00 Suits only $18 00. $25 00 Suits only $20 00. Boys’ and Children’s Suits. Childrens’ suits, $2, 2. Boys’ Suits, $8, 5, 7.50, 10, 12, and $15. Kilt suits, 2.50 to $10. HATS. Straw Hats, 50c, 75c, Straw Hats, 50, 10c, 15c, 25c, 85c. FURNISI-IING GOODS. Under Shirts, 25c to $1.50. 50, 3.50, 5, and $10. HATS. $1, 1.50, and 2.50. STAR CLOTHING HOUSE, 36, 38, 40, and -12 Canal St, Graiod Rapids, Michigan. Mention GRANG E VISl’1“()R. de at so great a dis- tance from Grand Rapids that they cannot conveniently come to the city, can avail them- selves of the most extensive and varied stock ODS AND cAR1='i-:T1NGs of every description to simply by writing us. kinds of goods can be and the money paid refunded. SPRING 8: lfimay 24: ATRONS’ lllun ufacturers of In Paint. The only Pu ai/rorurater. the lllll, - ‘ which (1v(.’3t‘I'l)‘_I/ nil livered freight paid‘ to I: 117/ » ed until delivered. A11 srnt free Beautiful Color structivms how any 07"‘ - P.«1IN.’l' WORKS, No.76‘ ‘A *- ..'-vpo.‘ 1’ Paint . ran ' Card of the Paint Paint. 1'<‘ULT()N .S"1'i'.‘1'.'I."l'. ,‘-J ' be found in Michigan, Samples of nearly all sent by mail. All orders strictly attended to, and any goods sent, not satisfactory, can be returned, for the same will be COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. [Mention the V1SITOR.] '..f‘-‘ 0 it E . ,3 quill .".'1.«I. E: or .1 fy 1nui.\'I 1., _..-11¢ ‘ burning I"-‘I It I, 1'r1'cc.s- (1.-yr. dc- .‘\'o cask‘: 1-r.'1uir— write and .’mve- ; ‘ itself, with in- css, 1.w.'I-11.’.-:40]. I. ' N12'W Y!) I.’ K. AINTH _//r1‘8Dll’J Li int» Hull do or fumes of n.’hc1‘ Paint: )1 the countr_1/. users .s-.‘m'uld .(1l(lr ' cssmcsm & Hnnosiim, Llllllll, SALE AND BOARDING STABLOS, Nos. 42 and 44 Davis St., Grand Rapids Mich. Farmers Teams Nell and {Jared for as Ordered, We make a specialty of the mole of horses. nntec evr-ry horsse we sell to he as represented. stock cannot I10 excelled. Our Ilambletouiau Stallion, Troubler, is one of the best in the State. Mention this paper. ljunfit ISAAC W- WOOD. PROPRIETOB. OF (3.-" I4 0 B E llnmfaclurer of Pastry Flour Feed, lleal, lllc., At Wholesale and Retail. Mill Street Near Bridge, Grand Rtnpials. lilirh. Custom grinding of all kinds promptly done- Aflne supply of seed Buckwheat and seed grains ofa 1 Gannon Vrsrron. ljunlit l. J. WHITFIELD. Special attention given to diseases of the Rectum. Orrzcs 12$ .\Io.\‘nos Sr Gmixo RAPIDS, Micu. Sole agents for Michi[.::iu. l_iun'3t VASE.-kl-‘.. MICK. ljzzzzlit l’l'.‘:lS«'* mention this paper. We guur- = Our 2 l\III.4LS.. kinds always on hand. Mention -' Physician and Surgeon, ' l PA RKER BROTHERS. l 58 Pearl Sl., Grand Rapids, Mich. »Bell Hanging, Locksmith and General Repair Shop. . l Locks repaired, Saws set and sharpenedscales tested, 5 repair cd and made to work as good as new, Sales open- ed when ks-ys or combinations are lost, Ir cks cleaned and put in the best order. Cutlery of all kinds sharpen- . cd. All work warranted. Orders by mail promptly 2 attended to. Mention Grange Visitor. 15m6t i WM. G. BEcKvv1TI—1, REAL ESTATE. LOAN and TAX AGENT, 28 Canal St., cor. Lyon, Grand Bnpids, lllch. ! Special attention given to examining and per- 2 feeling Titles loaning money, etc.. Opinions j given on Abstracts of Title. Conveyancing neatly and correctly done in all its branches. Mention Grmxcs Visrron. 15m6t E. ‘N7. IIETE1 cl: CO., ; DEALER IN ; REED CREAMERS, KEMP MANURE SPREADERS, ' AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, MILL , MACHINERY, and MILL SUPPLIES. I 39, 41 and 43 Waterloo SL, Grand Rapids, lids. ‘ Mszilivtz “Grunge l'£s1'tc-r." 1.'nn6x.