A ,.:.. ...... -*4-.»-7\- » “THE FARMER IS OF JIORE CONSEQUEJVCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD 1)-.’ FIRST IMPROVE .” VOLUME 10, -—NO. -2. wnomc N0. 178. l SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH., J ANUARY 15, 1884. ‘(Printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Co] Publishers of the Dull)‘ and Weekly Tel:-grape. Combined monthly circulation ofths threw papers, '7'.-.,‘‘-):‘.. Entered at the Post Office at Kala- mazoo /= fie-cond Class matter. @112 Qrangg gfisifar (EINLARGED) Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT 50 CENTS PER ANNUM Iflluven Copies for 35.00. J. T. COBB, Editor & Manager, To whom all communications should be ad- dressed, at zlchoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter, Money Order, or Draft. §”I'/lis paper is not sent 07121; as ordered and paid for in advance. Officers National Grange. MASTER---J. J. VVOODMAN,Paw Paw,Mich. ‘OVI-1:B.s1;1:=1 --PUT. DARDEN, . . . . Mississippi. LEc'runi:r,— HENRY ESHBAUGH, Missouri. S'rrswsnn—-W. SIMS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ka.usas. Assr. Srrcwsnn--JOHN J. ROSA, Delaware. CEAPLAIN O. DERVIES, . . . . .Maryla.nd. TnnssUnrm-- F. MCDOWELL, . . .New York. Ss:c’vW. M. IRELAND, Washington, D. C. GATE-Kzcaran-—JAS. DRAPER, . . . . . . .Mass. Claims-——MttS. J. J. WO0DMAN,. .Michlgan. POMONA - MRS. PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi. FLORA--Mus. I. W. NICHOLSON,NeW Jersey LADY Assr. STEWABD- Mas. WM. SIM S,Kan Executive Committee- D. W YATT AIKEN, . . . . . . .Sonth Carolina. H. D. .Bl'.‘-it-IIIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio. DB. J. M. BLANTON, . . . . . . . . . . . .Vlrginia. Officers Michigan state Grange. M. —C.. I}. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gilead. 0.—A. N. WOODRUFF, .. . . . . ..Watervliet. Lnc.——JOHN I-IOLBROOK, . . . . . . . . Lansing. S. —-S.‘ A. TOOKEB, . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ledge. A. S.——-A. B. CLARK, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Morrice. /'.‘ —E. R. WILLARD . . . . . . . ..White Pigeon. Imus - S. F. BROWN, . . . . . . . . .Schoolcrait. Sac..—-J. T. COBB, . . . . . . . . . . . ..Schoolcraft. G. K.— ELIJAH BARTLETT, . . . . . .DI'yden. CERF-S.—-MRS. M. T. COLE, . . . . . . .Palmyra. P01!0NA.—MRS. LYDIA DRAKE, Plainwell. FLOBA—-MRS. D. H. STONE . . . . . . . . . . . . .. L. A. S.-—MRS. A. B. CLARK . . . . ..Morrice. Executive committee- WM. SATTERLEE, Ch’n.,.. . .Birmingham. H. D, PLATT, .................. ..Ypsila.nti. JOHN PORTER, . . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Rapids. THOMAS MARS, ........ ..Berrien Center. J. Q. A. BURB.INGTON,.....,....Tuscola. TEOS. F. MOORE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Adria.n. J. G. RAMSDELL . . . . . . . . . . ..Traverse City. C. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, . . . . . "Ex-ofiicio. E-‘state Business Agent. THOMAS MASON... . . .. .. . . ..Chicago, Ill. GEO. W’. EIILL , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Detroit. General Deputy. JOHN HOLBROOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lansing. special Lecturers. Thos. F. ‘.'doore,. . .... ..Adrian, Lenawee Co. M. L. Stcvene..... ....Perrv,'Shiawassee Co. Mrs. 8. Steele, . . . . . . . . .Manton, Wexford Co. Andrew Campbell, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co. I. W. W1ng.....Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. Price List of Supplies Kept in the office of the Secretary of the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Order, over the seal of_' a Subordinate Grange, and the signature of st: Master or Secretary. 76 10’. 100 Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members,‘ . . . . .. Blank Record Books, (Express pa.1d),. .. Order Book, containing 10 Orders on the Treasurer, with stub,_well bou.nd,. .. Receipt Book, containing 100 _B.ece1pts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, ell bound! - - - - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " 313.: Receipts for dues, pe_l' 100. bound. Applications for Membership. P91’ 1°0a- - - Secretary’s Account Book, (new style). . Withdrawal Cards, P81‘ (103-n - - - - - - Dimits, in envelopes, per d0Z-;- - - - _ By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies 1.06. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . - - . - - - - By-Laws,bonnd, . . . . ........::....----- -«brad Echoes,” with music. bmgle copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - 1 The National Grange Choir. Smgle COPY 40 cents. Per dozen . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - -- 4 Rituals, single <=0Py:-- -- - -- - - ~ (4 H for Fifth Degree, for Pomona (}}»a_flge,:,_. per (:f};'!y,...._...- . . . . . . . .—'-p- Blank "A: ti;-les of Association” (for the Incorgzcratlon of Subordinate Oranges, with .-gugy of Charter, all complete... . Notice to Delinquent Members. P9‘ 100! - Declaration of Purpose!» P91‘ d°Z-n 50-; per hundred . . . . . - ~ - - - -_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - American Manual of Parka-‘mentary Ltzw 4. u u ‘ (Morocco Tuck»)- - _ Digest of Laws and EJ111118 - Boll Books Lddrug, ‘OJ. '1'. COBB; -‘ Sac’! luau. sun annex, 3CHO(.}LGBA.i!'1‘. MICK. it THE PILGRIM FATHERS—DEC. 221620. llllllllllllvlllll [By S. F. Smith D. D., Author of “Anierirzs "] They left old Eugl2u1d's cultured llufllek, Its broad, green fields, its sunny skies; Its tall cathedrals, spires and domes, As the first pair left Paratlise. They found a. forest, wild and blezlk Cold, threatning skies and frozen 30A, Brave, noble souls, resolved to seek Deliverance from the oppressofs red. 'l‘he-y left the deer micestral shrines. The altars Where their fathers b 'nvev,l: Graves where their hztllow dust reclm»:s'. The fields they reaped, thehillstl1e§.'pl*>wcd They found a stormy, cheerless coast. Swept by fierce winds rtzid savage 121311? Nnturc’s rude growth. the heathe-11‘; ' L. The rock bound shores, the wild hem. . . Yet came they, fearless, bold and l)"‘J.'Fr3T Not theirs to bow to men the knee Unfettered as the ocean wave — _ ‘ God's freedom, whom LIIE5 truth 221:. \=.- free. The wintry forest's dim dz,-files Woke, their triumphant psalms to hear; And rocks, and hills, and distant isles Echoed their pilgrim hymns LO che;-~.>r. Oh, wise to pl ml Oh, justly famed? Oh strong in patient faith to wait These are the noble sires who framed And built New England's early stat-3. -—['1‘raveler. Potatoes. Probably no vcget:1ble lms '.vi*.hiu the last hundred years e.\'tc1uled its use so rapidly and engaged so much attv 11- tion in its improvement as the potato. Like the Indian corn, the 1.|«)t:ll’.-I is a native of America. and was in use here for food when the country was discov- ered. It was introduced into .~'apzl.lI1 and from there its culture gradually extended over Europe, being encourag- ed by the governments as :1 means of preventing the frequently recurring famines, owing to the failure of the grain crops when they alone were de- pended upon. Its use is now +.-xtemliiig to the Asiatic countries, and their diet of rice and rats is giving plztce to that of pork and potatoes. The potato is very sensitive to V.l.l‘l conditions of soil and climate. and but few sorts thrive over a wide extent of country. The favorite sorts of soot- land and Ireland fail liere. as was shown by the attempts to use imported seeds a few years ago. Northerzx varie- ties do not succeed in the .5‘o:xtlien1 States, and new sorts are or'igsu:.tt-:-,1 or old ones gmduztlly adapted. 'l‘liel‘e are two methods of p1'oducin_;r new v;u-le- ties. The usual way is die ;-»,- the seed from the bztlls grown on the t1)ps_ The seedlings produced are dlstin-ct varieties of all sliapes, sizes lzul .:-:l«>rs', most of them worthless. mu. :2 x’-Aw perhaps worthy of furtl1ert1‘i.x_l. The other method is to preserve and propu- gate the sports or nzitur-.1‘. v;r:‘;;r:io11s of vzirietics alreznly in cultivzi-‘.ion. in this way some of our 111os:‘.'.rl:2;tl,»le varieties have been prmlircc»-,1. M1‘. Peachblow, originator‘ of the p ltzrtoes of that name, produced the re;-a.l pencil- blow from seed. and the white v:a.ri»3ty from a sport of the former. I2; :1 zield of early rose, one hill was notice-.l which ripened later and yielded better‘ than the others. This became the lat»: =30.-54+. The best results in plaiitiug seem to come from putting one piece h.tving one 01' two good eyes in a ;»lm:s.-. .>‘mall potatoes appear to give about .13 good crops as large ones, but their contin- ued use must lead to deteri«3rzrf_ion by breeding most from hills which yield the largest per cent of small potatoes. The largest yields are from drills, but there is less work in llllllj, Never plant in drills if the ground is wcedy or grassy, and remember that ii. horse with it cultivator walks fzrsb;-:' and does more good than a man with :1 hoe. A. A. (3. The GreaiesiNeed of the Average Farmer. Some Weeks ago a l-eacling ag:‘iv;*.1l- tural editor asked Profaeesor lfir.-ai 7-; send in about ten lines, covei- ’ most prominenttruths, to mers to thinking, The res scmefhinglike the following. realize the great need there is for fur- mers to give more attention to i:_npr;.v- ing their live stock, tile l.l1‘£—tlk_ll[lg, a rotation of crops, care of meadows and pastures, making experiments to se- cure better frults, grains and vege- tables. I appreciate the great value of a thorough education, but the greatest need of the average farmer is better business habits. A Dairy Invention. The DeLaval Cream Separator is aforeigninventlon, but the yankee is making the money out of it. It is amachine for separating the cream from the milk immediately after it comes from the cow. It is a one- horse power, and gets 10 per cent more cream than from any creamer. By this separator they claim to get five pounds of butter from 100 pounds ofmilk. One nntcliine will sepalate the creain from 7-5 gallons of mill; jwer hour. The following advantages are I lalaied for the separator: From every l,(_l0'> pounds of milk, l0 pounds more of butter is obtained than by any sys ‘Lem of milk setting; or 3,650 pounds per year, which at 25 cents per pound would be $912 00. The cream is perfectly sweet, and will keep longer if desired, but the churning may be done as soon as the cream is cool, and the skim milk use-.l when warm and the work in the dairy is done for the day, and no anxiety felt abou the milk sourlng or spoiling in any Way. It is a. saving of.-mace and no ice is necessary. A.-: the milk and cream can be used from 24 to 36 hours .earller than by the usual process. It insures a better quality of butter b..°.c-ause the cream is not subjectto foul odors or dirty mill; pans during these 24 or 305 hours. It is understood, of course, that this separator simply separates the cream from the milk, and the butter mak- ln-_: is another and independent mat- ter, but this is simply to get rid of milk pans, and that 24 or 36 hours of milk setting. One mistake of the A_r/rv'cultu.ral Review was in not nam- ing the price ofthe separator. It said it was cheap, but a railroad locomo- tive may be cheap, but that is I-o reaso;. why no family should be With- out one. The practicability of the separator for the small dalryman will depend upon its price. The business dairyman must know the cost of the machine to know what per cent it will pay on the investment. E. w. 5. Domestic Manufacture of Drain Tile. Bro. Cobb.--—A pointed and excel- lent article on the above subject ap- peared in the last GRANGE VISITOR. “The writer urging with much force that if drain tiles were cheaper many more would be used, and quoting from Waring in favor of home manufac- ture.” There are in the market to-day machines for moulding tile by hand; one excellent one being made by Jack- -son Bros, Albany, N. Y. While all the inanufacturers of tile machinery make machines to be operated by horse power, I name a few such manufactur- ers. Kells & Son, Adrian, Mlch.; T. Clark Mozencl, Mir.-h.; H. Brewer & C0,, Tecumseh, Mich.; Vlnt-in Iron VVOrks, Indianapolis, Ind.; Frey, Sheckler & Hoover, Bucyrus, Ohio; '1‘. W. Penfield, Willoughby, Ohio; Adrian Brick and Tile Co., Adulan, Mich. I have had experience in the manu- fscture of brick and have studied the subject of tile manufacture pretty tho- roughly, and I have come to this con- clusion, that skilled labor is required to successfully manufacture drain tile. There is first the quality of the clay, I doubt that good beds of clay for drain tile are to be found on every per- s0n’s farm though of course this would depend on the locality; second, the tempering and moulding which is the easiest condition to succeed with; third the handling and drying. This oper- ation requires - skill and time, most clay will crack if dried too fast and a shed has to be provided through which the drafts of air can be regulated; fourth, laying in the kiln and burning this operation in: one requiring much ;-kill :2 poor bum will destroy the value of all the labor that proceeds it. I do not say that a man by re-ailing rm-A-‘. c~xperimentiulnt stock companies is pro- posed and discussed, This idea the writer Will‘ not touch for the men who might lose money would, doul-tie.-«s, never feel its loss, and that would be as good an avenue as any through which the surplus we2tltl1_c-ould get distributed. But an inkling in the other side of tbe.-tory of(a‘.e11. Brisbln U. S. A. is found in a few lines at the close offha- artlcale. “An entire change has lately come nver the spirit of the stock r:1lsm'.s’ dreams. Go where he will with his herd there are others there also. Those who own large and V8.ll1i.'l.'lP ranges are beginning to (mice. but even that will not give them iirls- to the land unless they buy it from the governm >1‘t. The crowding of caltle and the scarcity of good ranges has convinced our stock ralsers that they niustyiow fence. ‘Keep offmy range’ is already the constant. cry. and to keep others oil" it is necessary to fence." IfGen. Brlsbln, U. A. is not out of reach of newspapers he will know that after the enormous expense of buying the-land and fencing, trouble. has just begun. You can hardly read a newspaper which does not contain accounts of quarrels, ulurders andjlaw suits caused by fence cutting on the plains. Some have had mil’.-‘s of fencing cut. E. w. S. On Green Manurlng. Many persons have an idea that it is necessary to burn plants in 0l‘(lr~l‘ to procure potash. They also think vegetable matter must pass the diges- tive organs of animals in order to be of value as manure. The truth is fire does nothing towards the production nf potash or any mineral salt. It simply destroys the vegetable, leaving the mineral freer. No kind of vege- able matter is as valuable for manure after it has passed through an animal as before. In truth the most valuable substance it contained went, while in the animal to repair wastes in the body, to build up new tissues, or to form milk. The most rational meth- od of increasing the fertility of the soil is to plow under the crops that grew upon it. A person might argue Lhatthere is no gain in simply plowing under what came from it, but such is not the case. Plants do not exist. on surface soil alone, a large portion of the bulk and weight of plants is de- rived from the air, another portion comes from the soil, far below, where the plow reaches. Lime and potash are obtained in this way, while carbon and nitrogen are taken from the air. The leaves of plants are gre at feeders, but they draw nothing from the soil. Green plants decay very quickly when they are buried, especially if they are turned under before their stalks be- come hard. There is an advantage in plowing under vegetation when it is covered with dew, as it will decay much more rapidly. Rye is one of the best crops for plowing under. Peas are good and so is buckwheat, if plowed under before the grain ma- Lures. Against shoeing. A colL’s feet are sound and well formed before he is shod, and the ills of the horses’ feet are occasioned by shoeing and cured by running bare- foot. Most ailments, such as spavin, rlngbone etc., can be traced to bad shoeing. A barefoot horse will travel freer, keeping his footing better and show less fatigue from a day ’:- journey or a hard day’s work, thanif shod. 'l‘hc- klcl-: of at: lll'C':l.0ll horse is no.‘ as danger-.»us .a.swl1e:1.~.lmrl, and stum- bllxgg 'n:a.rely -'>("".1:‘.~1, rruitlog, interfer- mg, over rt—-3-Elfin;-_: and froggmg never. I want to ask “Old P:mltry” if it doesn’t pay to keep chickens when they begin to lay before they are six months old, as ours did, and are still do lug. VVe think it does, when eggs are selling for 25 cents per dozen. Theyare Plymouth Rocks and lay every day. If there is a better kind I would like to know it. A. s. w. Muskegon, Dec. 17, 1883. Sulphur Agriculiurally Considered. BY IrE.\'u.\' ST!-:\\'AR’Z. Exery farmer knows what‘ macaw‘: ure recently of talking with an ;nteIli- gent farmer from Michigan, and in, reply to our inquiry as to how he ':\7-;‘.?~- tinned to grow good and p?'r:::”lal>le crops of wheat, he said: “We not 1-lautcr and plow in cl(>ver.', These few word.~.~ deserve to be printed =.1_-:nnrs2 lllumluatr-d rard;-1 and hung in as 3'41- spiollousz place in the farmer’s -’;;,.~.;a.-:9, under the cmmxmu one wlxlch ‘trams the pious inscription, “Hod ‘nine? out home." P 1' it i.~xacnm1nt>n L‘; true ml-age that “lzeavvn lilefssz .~: ll'li).‘3\5' who help tiier:n:~'e1ve»._" and the fan.'.er'wlr de-nce ofgood_lu:lgment, wisliouu, telligorlce, and skill, and these tog.-?t}:.-» er go to niakw up what is c<>z.1:;}.:;a§} called go:-zl llusbamlry. Am.‘ ‘:-znoc‘. husbandry is a short cut to -I105:-‘.’c-I:fi.[lO£F. comfost atle-st, if not wealth. llul, it is worth while t0 refer. fl; another service performed lvy sul;.hu- I‘iC acid. and that is its use in plaster ortlirevtly by its-lr', as a ri:e2m$ of saving the valuable elemev t of‘ ma- nure, vlz: ammonia, in stabiee and. manure yards and cellars and so pu- rifying the air and cnritributlni; is the health of the animals kept in especially horses. A .-llaule may be reeklng with those pungent vapors of ammonia which offend the throat and lungs, cause the eyes. to weep and the nostrils to protest; whlcheven rot the liarness and dull the varnish. on the family carriage or the boyls road. wagon, and of course are not Witiaout effect upon the delicate membranes of the horse’s lungs and eyes. Vie scatter plaster liberally over the ugrpjgt, reeking floors and in the gutters and’. on the manure and these odors disap-- pear. VVhere have they gone? ‘Thar ammonia has united with the plaster has combined with the sulphuric acid-' in it, and has formed sulphate of am- monia, whlch has no scent and gives- off no vapors. and the effect to- sweeten the stable and make the air wholesome and pleasant. S0 Lbat“ the sulphuric acld—the plaster, 185'. "n- say—-is alsoinvaluable in the stable-as in the ilell, as it Hi-‘ClIl‘eS fro-n lose, .'anc‘.‘- prevents injury from, the ammonia. which is the most valuable fe-rtili:.ing'~ element the farmer f)O.‘f»tl.l sub‘. stances to the health of lmmes and-L cows, and produces more piuk;—e_'re.-,, more epiznotic, more lung (llsordere-, and more disease generally than f>r.'_!-- mere are aware of. A Useful Plani, lapan Clover; A useful fodder plantls valuable c-v<.—rywhere, but a Northern fumes can hardly realfz'- the V2-.’.l!l~! of such a plant in the S“lll.ll€‘!‘ll .5'ta=.e., 2-,'p,1j 5g is not strange, the-rs-f in-3, that, so ",'&lu. able a guest, lllIl)l(lal€l’l a~ d u:-esg. 3'6‘-Cltd, E00. 88 rho plant known as Japan, or bush. clr.vel':-.l1«-uhl be glad- ly welcomed. This plant is related to the family ufvlovers or tretolla, 22.90} is very similar to it in ll:s manner of growth. It is known as 1,.,-,.Y,\.;,;,'I¢,-,-0,- striata and commonly as Lu .3. c1m,~e_, There are several species of Lcspedezc, native to America, but If is yearns to have had a foreign ovlgln and to have been introduced into S.:u'.;i C9.r-oliua. or North Carolina a :cide.'ii:ally at some time not far back. It became specially noticeable after the vvap-__ when it was found rapidly covering the bare plantations and covering the 2I'O1lD(I ti Welcfiln-3 grew; (_»,arpef_ It was popularly supposed to leavc.-~ been brought in by Gen. Sherman’s- army, but this was a mistake, as it had been introduced years be;’r_.y§;- then, and simply apperretl on his track and occupied the desolate, an- cultlvated plantations, It is much-, like a. small, slender clover, spy-mag-_ fast by the roots and seeds, and S»E()]_'l> forms a dense mat on the s=urfar.:e. lit grows upon the poorest soil,-, and on,- good soils forms a very fair pasture, There is no doubt it is of the greatest value in the South for covering olgi fields and fellows, preventing wast- ing and providing grazing for stogjg, How it will succeed at the North .i:~:« as yet a question. It may be of value- for renovating poorsoile. Butae tin-;~ S€{‘(l l5! easily p‘:‘1.'ClI.'."d, a trial \7r(:.u3.y-_'-3 be an easy I].lu.iti'-‘I. VVe nmlce in the Snutliem Live S:-.,-ck Jr)u':'m/Z lhat {lie smell 1-: new gall‘ vi a: a crop in _‘_&f,“;,. --'Iss’p_ui, that ll "-.'.'ill llé }}.‘\ .,3L;},'_.. .'~ul.'y in e*xtenstern Ilailwav, 2;;«=;a3;,:,;*¢. acres in Arkansas. He also sold] 1,800,000 acres of land to George P193}. pritts for a syndicate of l£ngllsl1capitzxl!-.- is s. is and what it does. \Ve had the ,:3.esn- - ....."fl"" r ‘Dre’ 7”. . - 9 _ '. _ __. " ., ...-.~..-.»a--¢‘.7’'‘°' 2 . s can ensues visiscs. JANUARY 15, 1884. Elm grunge ibiéitur ISGCHOOLCRAFT, — JANUARY 15. Blngle copy, six months,..__... 25 Single copy, one year, ._.__..l._ 50 Eleven copies, one year ..-_..--- 5 00 To ten trial subscribers for three months we will send the VISI- for __..---_--_._-_..--.i__ .-_$l 00 For new subscribers, canvassers are authorized to retain one-third of the, regular subscription price to com- pensate for their work. Sample copies free to any address. Address, J. T. Conn, Schoolcraft, Mich. OUR CLUBBING LIST. Regular With Price. Visiroa. Arm-.~ica.n Farmer . . . . . . . . . .,.SI 00 8 85 American Grange Bulletin, (Lit- tle Grangerincluded) . . . . . . .. I 60 2 00 Atlantic Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 00 4 (IO Babyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 60 30 Century (Scribner's)............ 4 00 410 Detroit Free Press (without Household) weekly, . . . . . . . .. 1 00 l 40 Detroit Free Press (with House- hold) W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I. ‘25 I 65 Demoi-€st’s Monthly . . . . . . . . . .. 2 00 2 00 Die Lewis's Monthly . . . . . . . . .. 2 50 2 7? Farm, Fieldand Fireside . . . . . . l 00 l 2 *- Fariners‘ Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l -50 l 60 Harper's Monthly Magazine... 4 00 4 00 Ear-per’s Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 00 4 00 flax-per’s Bazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 00 4 00 Harper's Young People . . . . . ... l 50 l 75 hater-Ocean, Chicago (w) . . . . .. l 00 l 40 Justice . . . . . . . . . . .. p . . . . . .. ‘Z 00 2 ‘)0 North American Review . . . . .. 5 O0 4 :>(_) Ohio I50 16-: Our Little Men and Women. . . 1 00 1 2-) Our Little Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 1 60 Post and Tribune. Detroit, weekly) . . . . . . . . .._. . . . . . . .. l 00 1 40 Post and Tribune (Tn-Weekly) 4 00 4 00 Poultry Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 2-5 l 59 Poultry VI? rld . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 00 I 30 Rural New Yorker . . . . . . . . . .. 2 00 2 30 Scientific American . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 20 3 25 St. Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 O0 3 15 The Qottags Hearth ..: . . . . .. l 00 l 59 The Continental Magazine .. . . -50 ‘ 80 Tribune, Chicago. (weekly).. .. l 00 I 40 The Pansy (Weekly) . . . . . . . . . . . .76 I l5 Toledo Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 00 __ 1 40 Yicks Monthly . . . . .. . l 25 _§_'§l 50 Wide Awake....... ..250 ,,~.‘260 Woman’s Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 2 60 Weekly Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 2 60 INDEX TO THIS NUDIBER. ‘fine Pilgrim Fathers—Dec. 22, l6‘20—-Potatoes -—The Greatest Need of the Average Farm- er -A Dairy Invention-—Domestic Manu- facture of Drain Tile—-Stock Raising in the N'orthwest——0n Green Manuring—Agaii_ist Shoeing-Sulphur Agricultuvally Consid- ered-—A Useful Plant, Japan Clover, l The Gannon Visrroa for 1884 —The Stock- holder in the Courts —Better Paper «- PM-,ron's Aid Socie.ty——'I‘he Capture of Railroads -— That Package of Visitroas _-- Political S_vmpathy—Business Methods in Q-guys _ , , _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 €"an'ohing——Report of_ Standing Committees- Beport of Committee. on Co-operation~- Eleventh Session Michigan _State Grange- ‘The Coming Farmers’ Institute —Michigan State Association. Agricultural Societies- Northwestern Dnii'ym§n'5 A§30¢1al71°D ‘ Bengal Grange, No. 22-)—Notices of Meet- ing, , . . . . . . . . . ..‘ . . . . . . . , . ....... . . . . . ..3 Address of Dr Peter Collier on the Sorghum S..gar Industry --How Students Live at the State Agricultural CoIle,e—Wyoming.. -1 poeml Jot-,l:ings—Free Passes-Railroad Time- Tables, .............................. .. 6 Gristeuing the Home —— Hope — A TFIP ‘*3 western blew &_ork— Common Sense ~-—_ Patrons’ Aid Society——'1‘he Holidays, ... 6 piobleme oblige --“Man of_ Learning, Tell me 5,-,,m=,ming”——The Michigan Crop Re -art -- “The Patent Qliestion"—-The Reaper oath —The Markets—-Advertisements, . . . . . . . . 7 Dog:-—A Good Hit—Advertisements, . . . . .. B ‘tfi:l§i¢liiii1.’$ biivlmiul. J_ '1; C033, - - Scnoorcnur. THE GRANGE VISITOR FOR I884. We rise to explain, the VIR2'l‘r)R. has not been offered to old subscribers for cents for one year. _ As the State Grange at its last ses- sion felt the’ 1"-’3t imP91't3“°“°“?“'3e' l-- increasing the number of its read- ei-s. we were'authorized_toofl‘er acom- ,,,,,L,..,,,, of 331 per cent to canvassers '1-,,.,.,,eu,- subscribers. It does not fol- low that a canvasser must collect 50 ,._..,.., 3, from 9. new subscriber, but what- ever amount is collected we must have 33; cents for every new name sent Us diiring the year for a year's s'.1bB0!'iP' “.35. Vve do not think that many of our oil subscribers desire to get the paper for less than the regular price. The very low price at wliich it is of- fered for new subscribers is to give a liberal commission to those who are willing to work to enlarge-our fi.-id of usefulness. W6 93990‘ “me w°rk w-’il be done for the good of the Order. But we wish it well understood that here is. an opening for -work for the sand of the Order, with liberal pay of- zffiei-ed for service rendered. _ . dome wood work is being done. One B;0,he,.",,,,,,, ‘.1... $29.50, $4 for the 37;},-gh Anwrican Review and $35-50 TO!‘ I; .9 VISITOR. 1-.‘ we had such wirkers wherever ,y__e,,, is a Grange, our list would soon yagzgh ten thousand. _‘ ‘ Quail this work be done‘? W nm We 7 ' . dew and we believe 9. suf- Zé:-iitaiifiiaiicement has been oflcrcd. A}; ,.,,... 1., now wanted is for the frie.m,i:« of the VISITOR to go to Wfi"’k or set some one else to work getting ' ~. alribera Brothers and Sisters ‘vim: is your answer? - -. _- v t’ distillerieszire niS:3pd()ebng:l(llbns of V'l’lltlSl:1E:y . , ‘ , ’ -llons a 6 da11y';'(zl1i;:llI:i:t y£ie(i«i(iilxI)lli%1a()ise now inun- f§:§§,‘,‘,u§.,,,5' double the amount of any other state- TIIE STOCKHOLDER IN THE COURTS. A new decision in the New Hamp- shire Supreme Court (Parson vs. Con- cord railroad company) is both inter- esting and instructive. It illustrates a common method of manipulating rail- road stocks for speculative purposes. Two railroads were connected with the Concord railroad, in such a manner that it was desirable to make transpor- tation contracts with the latter. The directors of tiie two companies pur- chased amajorlty of the Concord stock and at once elected themselves directors of that company. thus representing both sides in the contract at the same time. The resulting contract was near- ly equivalent to 21 confiscation of the stock still in the hands of the original stockholders. By such an operation as this, stockholders are liable at any time to have their stock rendered wortli- less, while its real value is not de- stroyed, but trans erred to other and stronger hands. One of these injured parties resolved to resist and thereupon commenced a. suit in equity agaiiist all the companies and persons concerned, praying the court to rlcclare all the con- tracts made by their new directors mill and void. The court held that the di- rectors occupied the position of trustees for the ("oncorv.l stocholclcrs. zunl in such ;1 p0\.lll0ll could not bc pr-i'iuittc(l to inzikc coiitrzicts with lll<3lll>'(‘l\’t‘S1 that it nimlc no diffcreiice \\'lli‘tl'.(‘l‘ such contract:-' were fi'au(lul<-nt or Donn /i(Ic,lw11vfici&1l to thc coi'p=»1‘;ition ortbc reverse: that, being in a position in wliizli l.ll(*ll'1ll1l_‘- to others and their own self interest had a tciicleiicjc tn conllict they were absolutely (lcl,>m'n-lll€'l'. The sunie vicious principle, bcra con- demned by the court, isinvolvcd ill the iiniiiagenieiit 01" most of tho 9:re-at ruli- road corporutioiis. This was the prime cause of complaint in that historic fraud known as the C’-rdiz‘ ./llolu‘/irv-. In building l':llll‘03.(lS, the work of con- .\il‘llCl3lOll is often performed b_v stock conipanies orgunizcd and clizirtered for (shat purpose. and in many cases the stock in such c' can sell short and then inakc it their business to olustraict , its Opé‘l‘£tl3l()llS and sh:i'I:c the public confidence in its success. The l’£{lll‘<)I)(l. the télcgrapli and the telcplionc ought in this respect to be in the some con- dition as the postoliicc. All of these interests are now about as likely to be under the control of their enemies as of their friends. The subject must be studied wisely and judiciously by the people and their representatives. The foundationprin- clples have already been firmly estab- lished by the decisions of courts so that no doubts remain as to government rights in the matter. The problem has been stripped of many of its most puz- zling legal elements, and is now largely a question of good policy and business management. REFORM OF THE LAND LAWS The ivusteful policy of the United States land laws is at last beginning to attract the attention of the peoplc’s representatives in Congress. These laws, it is supposed, were framed orig- inally with thc purpose of confining the sale and disposition of agricul- tural lands in the west as far as possi- ble to actual settlers. Most of these lands are said to be "u.ioffei'ed", that is to say. little can be obtained only under the pre-emption, homestead, tim- ber culture, and desert land laws. Other classes of public lands as in Michigan cam be obtained without lim- itation as to amount, simply by the puylnciu of the i‘egulzu' {F,O\'4}l‘llI1l(.‘ll[ prices tli-:-n-fox‘. The object of exclud- ing the \\'CSl.x:l'lllill1klS from lihc léillvl’ l‘lil>5 was to .<,ecu1'c the lilllll.-5 to uvtiiul .~'«-ttlci‘si1i.-‘lcurl of to Sp0L'llliil.0l':}. All of thcsc laws limit the zuununt in be S(‘,I;lIl'ti1l b_v any one person, mid gen- t‘l‘:ill)' l'r‘I1HIl'4.‘ S(’ll.ll)lll(‘lll zunl llllpl‘U\ .- mcnt, It is now licginniiig to bc 110t1cc<'. that cxtcnsivc frzuuls ll:i\‘c bccn prac- ticed under allot these laws. The ob- ject of sucll frznuls has in most cases ‘m:ci1 to securc at lzirgcainouiit of land at govcriunciit rates. 'l"ncs<- frauds have all the time been wcll known to the people of the in-st and have gener- :lll_\ lwvn coin-ealcd and cncoui'age»,d, iilillollgll every e\u.-“ion of the law wzi.<_k;io\vi1 to be an injury to the coun- try. In D.1ltl'l2ll tln- cxpi‘c.-;sioii.-' of syillpzill-.y' from .'\l1lF‘l‘l(‘iIll(*l'[lZ('IlS \\'t*l‘t‘ iiumcrnus and IIll('()ll(,‘l‘1llP(l. As u cuniiihilivc rll.-{;'i':u-c to this (‘¢)llll[l‘_\ thc niuflcr was bruuglit up in Coiigi‘c.~'s as :1 sub- ject of iim-rnutlonul concern. On Mon- dziy the 1Ulh,l\ii'. llcwitt l1ll£‘l'l‘llpt(‘(l tbc c:i1lol’tlu- Suites in llw lI()ll.\“.' in ut‘l'<-1'1: l't‘S(;llIllOl'l usklnj.-' [ho pl‘t‘.\'l(l(’lll to >'H‘lll‘n_‘ delay in the cxccutioii of O'Donnell in London. as will (‘llill)l(‘ him (the pl‘(5sl(leIll) to ascertain \vIicth- or O'l,‘oi1ncl1 is a citizcn of the l'nited States and lll€I|t(H'.\Z‘d.llllll(' the rt-(-unis of the court in which he ivus tried to sce wlietlier he was legally convicted iIL'C<'ll‘(llllg to thc linglisli law and “the reqiiirements of iiitei'n:il,ioii2i1 law." A concourse of anxious .\'teitcsincn also waited on the president and personally urged him to employ the influence and power of this great (i0\'e1‘IllIl(‘.lll to ll1- duce the English aiithorities to defer the execution of sentence, upon the mere suspicion that the murderer might. be an Ainericun citizcn. Now these i'<-presciltutivez-' of the people knew perfectly well tlmtthcir action in this Inultcr was u must ridic- ulous farce. They knew that their pretendcd solicltude fol‘ u v iilg.u' lllllll- dcrer in '.i1’orcigiilui1(l. who was about to iiiidc1‘go a_justaii1dlcg:ilpunishuient forhis crime, was sopue-rile and idiotic that the "English govcrnincnt would pro bub1yp:i.<.~; it by in Sll(‘lll rtuntcinpt. It was an lll‘~'llll lo Euglunrl, wholly un- provoked and u-ncullcd for, and it was at the sonic time an insult to connnon se.-use. llow shall we interpret this cxt1':ioi'- «linury otliciul action on the part of the legislative branch of our govern- ment? It was simply IL bid for politi- cal influence among our Irish citizens. Even such men as Cox and Hewitt are willing to glvc open encouragement to “Invincibles," (lymnnitc conspirators and all thc crazy and dangerous ruf- ll-ans who have made themselves prohi- inent as champions of the Irish peo- ple, and all this for the sake of Irish votes. it is no wonder that intelligent people are tired of political control and are declur,-ng their independence of party leaders‘ and party oi'gzn1i7.a- tlons. From a correspondent we learn that the busy friend of Agriculture is now operating: in Monroe county, this State and vicinity selling Bohemian seed oats for $10 per bushel. It is plain that he is doing the fair thing as he agrees to take the crop next August at $7 per. bushel. In the meantime just to keep the business fill straight and plain he only asks for a negoti- able note for the cats furnished for seed. We hope if any Patron puts his note into this trap, his best friend will at once apply to the Probate court of the county for the appointment of a guardian, for no man can be consid- ered competent to have the care of property and manage business in which his fami.y have ll direct lDll‘.l- est who will countenance so thin a {rand as this. We are mailing a. laige number 01 paper.-;. in the chznigcs that must at- tend the business, inistakes are likely to sometimes occur. We hope our friends will all remember tint’. we am much more willing to conect mistakes tlmn we are to make them even ii" it takes twice as long. If any one fails to get their paper give u-' notice at once, and we will find out why as soon possible and make amends as best we can. Don’t- wait. In this as in evei'ytliiii,r: else. it pays to be prompt Before the next issue of this paper we expect to send to the Master of each Subordinate Grange acopy of the pro- ceedings of,tbc National Grange and also of this State Grange at their late sessions. These Will be found vain- able and as they are the property of the Grange the lecturer will fi.i..'_re- ports of great value which we suggest BUSINESS METHODS IN COURTS. The condition of our courts of law and their modes of procedure are sub- jects of vital interest to all the people. Property, liberty or life may be in- volved in the proceedings of these tribunals. The business transacted is always important, pertaining as it does to the settlement of contested rights. The final judgments and de- crees are of paramount authority and must be obeyed even to the taking of liberty and life. -Almost every step in the proceedings is against the pro- tests and arguments of counsel on one side or the other. In whatever line the business of the court may advance, it is beset by all the difl1cul- ties that can be interposed by ingen- ious advocates npon the losing side, whose business it is, under such cir- cumstances, to delay and change the course of proceedings as much as pos- sible. It is hardly a matter of sur- prise, therefore, that the strong ten- dency of legal procedure is toward technicality, uncertainty and delay. The present methods of administer- ing justicein courts of law are simply a growth from very ancient times. an evolution going on through centu- riesof time with an environnieut of wrangling and «li;-2y-lites, of obscure qiie:-lions and puz7.'ing (ioubis. Itis claimed that the science of Common law pleading is the outgrowtli and expressioii of the keenest reasoning and mm! perfec! logic. This very characteristic has tended to separate the courts from the common sense businvs.-4 melhods of every day life. The refinement of reasoning which is the boss: of the present system of pleading, l'€EilIlta in frivolous techni- calities and endless de-lays. The uietliods developed in the common law courts have perhaps served a good purpose in their time, when life was slower and dc.-1~.sys could be endured. In modern times, business life is crowded with great enterprises and our:-slay on saith is altogether too short to be wasted in the absurd and laborious trifling, incident to the or- dinary proceedings in courts of every kind. v -Already the attempt has been made tutakc the greatest business opera- tions or the ‘large cilies out of the do- main of the courts. The great ex- changes, organized to facilitate the operations of commerce and mi. e, have sletermlned to attend to the ad- ministration ofjitsllcc for themselves and conduct the pi‘o<'09(ling:= on busi- ness principles. To business mew, delay is worse than a failure of iris- tice. The Board of Tlfladfa ..r (‘!.icago, the New Yark Produce Exchange, and the ‘Null Street Stock EX4.‘l)8llge are empowered bv lhrll char. ters tu zuljust disputes among ihclr men.-bets without wing into the courts. The (like? of applying common sense and bus-ine-.-s principles to the adininistralion ofjuslice, has been much like that produced by the use of improved machinery in nu chan - ice. The whole business connrcted f}I' $c0u,000 last summer, was settled up inside of six weeks by these busi- ness courts, aud the entire cost of set- tlement was only one-third of one per cent. of the indebtedness There is no regular court of law in this country that would have had the business fairly commenced in that time. Mr. Bensley, in making his ofiiuial report of the case, says that if settled in the ordinary way by the courts, it could not lmve taken less than ten years. and ten or a dozen lawyers would have retired rich from the fees obtained. A good example of court methods to compare with [,his_ is the case of the Cook county Nauon- al bank in Chicago. The case has been in the hands of the receiver and the law courts for nine years, and most of the assets have been absorbed by the expenses. It may be necess.-lry soon for busi- ness men to declare the courts an in- jurious monopoly and insist upon introducing the colnpvtltion of com- mon sense. The Chicago Tribune, in a late issue remarks on this subject: "The present courts are hopelessly behind the won: that haslo be done in adju-ting the disputes between citi- zms. They were an unspeakable ad Vance in their origin over the meth- odsuf trial by combat which used to prevail in barbarous days. But they are now not at all the be.-t places for litigiwts. Everywhere, whether here or in Euglano or on the Continent, we their tediou--' delays, their cosflinegg and their uncertainties. The com- mercial tribunals i-, stituted by the va- rious exchanges surpass the courts al- ready in the cheapness, the celeritv, the popu arity, and the eqrxitableneég of their results:” The hindrances and delays encoun. tered in the trial of criminal case... are 83 burdensome and vexatious as those complained ofin civil cases, we are compelled to rely upon the cumber- some and rusty machinery of modem courts for the punishment and sup- pl'e.sSi0n of crime. The citizen may by good behavior keep out of the crim- inal courts as respondent, but by his representative he must be in court on the prosecution in every case. A], are interested except perhaps the lawyers, in the speedy and expeditious trial of criminals. Yet the failure of our Bro. Mason. may profitably be read at Grange meet- ings. ‘ ‘ " ‘ courts in this department is notorious and humiliating. The result is evi. with the noted lard failure in Chicago- hear repeated the same complaints of — ~ .. .,‘,w..,..¢..,,,_ JANUARY 15, 1884. ‘ TEE GEARS E VISITOR. dent in the prevalence of lynch law in the case of violent crimes, all over the country. Instead of taking the pun lshmentof criminals into their own hands, people should assume the task of reforming the vicious methods of procedure permitted, and sometimes encouraged by the judges. In the criminal courts the judges are legally responsible for the disgraseful farce so frequently carried on in their presence under the name of a criminal trial. In too many cases the profes sional criminal lawyer is a coarse, boistrous, presistent shyster, and his professional reputation depends upon the possession of these characteristics. Such men should not be allowed to appear in court as the accomplices and assistants of criminals, with tricks and schemes as unprincipled as those connected with the crime for which the prosecution is instituted. The judiciary should be mide in some way to understand that the people will hold them responsible for inefiiciency and failure in the administration of justice. The Patrons of Husbandry by their "Declaration of Purpose,” adopted at St. Louis nine years ago commenced to antagonize these long established judicial and professional usages by submitting the differences between members to arbitration within the organization, and the effect has been admitted by a prominent attorne-y of Kalamtzoo county in this statement: “The granges have in the last ten years damaged the law business in this county more than twenty five per centfl’ There are three classes that have “voted a want of confidence” in the judicial machinery of the country, and are seeking to provide a better way of adjusting matters of difference or ad- ministering justice to criminals, the two that we have named, and the third is the mob that batters down the door of ajail to drag him forth to a convenient tree or lamp-post to exe- cute the verdict of an outraged com- munity in utter disregard of the forms and usages of law and judicial tri- bunals. These facts should teach the profession that to longer ignore com- mon sense is to be blind to its own interests. Will this blindness continue? Clubbing with the Vrsrron will save to many of our subscribers a few shill- ings. See our clubbing list. We have a circular from Bro. R. H. Thomas. Secretary of the State Grange of Pennsylvania, in relation to the new badge for Subordinate Granges author- ized by the National Grange. In the next VISITOR we shall be able to give an exact description of the badge and the cost. We expect to keep the badge in our supply depart- ment and will file orders for the badge as received. SOME of the dates to the jottings are a little old, which is explained by say- ing they were sent for the Visrr-.211 of Jan. lat, and got crowded out. In this we have reached one objective point a lull page of jottinga. Brothers and Sisters remember that we depend on you to fill another page in two weeks. Din’t forget that if you expect others to atteiul to this, the page will be something else. Sex. d a jotting and let us see if we cau’t keep a full page for one year. MR. N. Moivnon failed to give his postofii-cc address—-on this account his re quest cannot be complied with. Reports of Standing committees. The standing committees at the last Session of the State Grange presented some most excellent reports. We find room for the following in this num- bet. The Chairman of Committee on Pat- ent Rights, made report in follows: To the Master and Members of the Mich- igan Stale Grange. Your Committee on Patent Rights respectfully submits for your consider ation the following reports. Wsrnnnas, The action of this Grange at its three previous sesssions has met the approval of the Patrons of this State, and of the public gener- ally upon this question; and. ’ WHEREAS, Such action has gone 7 far to stregthen the confidence of Pa trons and the users of the patented ar- t.i54. Election of otlicers. ‘J. Miscellaiieous. These conventions are of vital impor- tance, in reference to the successful working and business interests, partic- ularly of County .\g1‘iculturul Socie- ties. Every society should not only choose delegates, but provide for their expciises. Special l'£lier3 at hotels. We coiitideutly aiiticipatea hearty response to this iiivit:itio1i, aiidzi large uiid profitable meeting. Address all communiczitioiis to the Secretary at Kalamazoo. Very l‘€S|)(:'Ul.fIlll\‘, Bl-1.\'. I5. ll.\i~:i-;i:, l’r«-s., I.'.ni.~siug, Mich. l~‘n.-mi; LITTLI-1, Sec-’y., Kzilaiiiazoo, Mich. Northwestern Dairymans’ Association. ' The Eighteenth annual Me-etiiig of the .\'oi'thwt-stern l)aii'yiii-axis’ Associa- tion will be held in the city of .\lziiik;i- to, .\liiinesot;i, coiriiiieiiciiig ’l‘iiesd-ay, Feb. 12, 1854, and coiitiiiuiiig with three sessions a day, closing Frid:iy the 15th. The splendid success of the meeting of last year, which was held at Marika- to. induced the executive committee to select the same loczility for the meeting of 1554. Every indication warrants the conclusion that the coming convention will prove the grandest success in the history of the association. A full array of the best dairv talent of the entire .\'orthwest will be present. The meetings of the Association have always been cliaracterized by a large and free discussion of topics (:il.l('lll1It(‘fl to instruct and profit the individual dairymau, and it is especially desired that as many of this class as possible make an cflort to be present; at this meeting. Maiikzito is easily reached by three important I‘illll‘UlttlS, the Cliic-ago &. Nortliwestern. the Chicago, Miiim-.:ipo- ll:-l& Uiiialni and the Cliicago, Milwau- kee & St. Paul. Reduced rates of fare will be accorded to all members of" the associatioii who attend tliecoiiveiitiuii. ;\Iaiizifactui'ei's and dealers lll dairy stock implements, are iiivited to be prescntand exliibitthe same, for which purpose a convenient room will be provided. Dairymeii sire invited to bring samples of their butter and cheese for exhibition. The purpose is, both in the :i1'raiige- ineiit of the programme and in the conduct of the discussions, to make of the coming convention an institute for study and i'nstru‘cti0n, which nointclli- gent and progressive fziririer can afford to llllSS. For further particulars address the lllldCl‘Slglled. W. l). Hoanp, President, Fort Atkinson, Wis. ll. 1’. MCGl.lNCY, Sec’y, Elgiii, Ill. A1‘ a meeting of the St. Joseph County Grange held at Centreville Jan. 3, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resoéved. That this County Grange recommend to the Subordinate Granges that they order their plaster of M. B. t‘-hutch & Co., before the 15th of February, thereby securing it in readiness for use when needed, and thereby avoiding the delay which oc- curs later in the season. Al-o that we impress upon those without the Gates the imp’-rtance of sustaining M. B Church & Co., against the Plaster Combination. JULIA V. R. L.iNGLi;v, Sec. Pomona Grange. The next meeting of St. Joseph County Grange will be held at Centre- ville Thursday, Jan. 17, 1884. '_SAMUnL Auonvmn, Sec’y. Postal officials say that the foreigii mails nowadays are burdened with hundreds of thousands of dollars from this country to Europe as Christmas presents. It IS said that two-thirds of the amount comes frorii servant girls who are proud to remember “ the old folks at home." The amount of log-. in Muskegon river next spring will probably reach 600,000,000 feet, which about €ql]&::5 the cut of last year. A Lawrence man had 300 Tul'kt_Vs on his farm for the holidays. A Dowagiacker owns 350swarms of bees. Bengal Grange. No 225. Worthy B-ro. Cobb.‘-This being,leap year I expect in the near future you will hear of Bengal Grange, No.__;E5, all on the jump. As we expect t-e next quarter to be able to report 8 or 10 new members those who will come to stay and help build up the good cause for which we have been striv- ing since we were organized 10 years ago this month. This fall we ;added asubstantial woodshed, and 100 feet of good stables to our accommodations at a cost ofnearly $150.00. I can truly say Bengal Grange is a model, and in all things is trying to excel. Fraternally yours, DON LYON, See. NOTICES OF MEETINGS. Sliiawzissee county Pomona Grange No. :31 meets on l«‘ebi-uurv 12, 1884 ~ Burns Grange ball. will serida pro- graiin as soon as we set one made up ' Res ectfully, . S. GO()DAI.I-‘. Sec, lleiiderson, Dec. 28, 1853. The aonuai meeting of Vvesteru Po. moria Grange, No. 19 will be hem with Ottawa Grange No, 30, Jgnugy-V J.-1 &lll- 25, 1884, for the election of of.- ficers and such other business :18 may come tvefv-re the meeting. All,‘ fourth degree members are cordially invited to attend. J. G. VAN Skiviin. lllllstlillt‘ l’oi1ioiiuGr:i1ige No. to will hold its next lllL‘t’l.lllg. Ft-bruary the 0th, in the Grin-ige llilll zit Cliurches C0l'llel‘s' with Wliezitluiul (li'auige_ l’l‘.0ul’.A.\l. ‘ Music by choir. Address of welcome by .\'ist.;1~ _\_,,na Irving. Somethingot llls Uwu Choice, .1. H. Wagner. Music. Clippings, by Sister Wm. Mt-l)oug;d. Select leading, by Sister R. W. Free- mun. Music. Question fUl‘tll:a'CllSSl0ll, Is a High Protective 'l‘ai'itT Beneficial as a Whole to the Farmer. ll. W. FREEIAN. liitclilield. Jun. 6, 1684. A farmers’ institute will be held at Mt. Tabor Grange hall. Saturday Jan. 26th, 185-1, commencing at l 1*. M. and will embrzxcean afternoon and .3-.-cu- iug 88SSl'Ill. PROGB.-\.\1. r 1st. A paper by l<‘re-man Frank- 1 . n :.’d. Education of Farmers’ Sons at the Agricultural College by O. E. Smith. 341. The Lessons of the Seasons. L-y Mia:-« Ella Stevens. -ith. l).rect or Indirect Taxation, by VV. A. Brown. 5211. Is the Grangl Necessary to a Higher Degree of Civilization, by Hon. '1‘. J. \Vi-st. tltli. What lluzies do Farmers’ Wives owe to S‘)(‘lt.l_V, by Mrs, 331-311 A Howe. The farmers institutute will be held at the Mt. Hope Grange hall, Hills Corners, Saturday Feb. 9th 1884, after- noon and evening. Programme as follows. lst. What effect has the Board of Trade upon the farmer, and what the remedy. 'l‘hos. Mason. 2d. The Agriuultura. (hillege,'r~y _\lo3 Sherwood. 2d. Tariff, by R. V. Clark. 4th The present law governing tlie examination ofechool teachers,_by M r. J. H. Royce. 5th The best system ofeducati-in for t'armer’s daughters. by Mrs. C. B. Bar- hard. 6th. The existing relationship ‘ne- tween farmer and manufacture, by Hon. Levi Sparks. ' Yours Fraternaily Edward .\I tl‘:lJ, Chrm. Cu-in. The annual meeting of the Livings- ton County Council Will be held in Howell twrange hall 'l‘uesdav Feb. 5, 1884. Bro. Wells of Oak Grove Grange will read a a er entitled “The Far- mer and its re ation to Society.” Sis- ter Myers ofHowell firaoge will also read a paper entitled "The wants and need at‘ the Farms-r’s Wife ” Bro. Fishbeck and Sis.t-is Briggs and Har- ger are also on the program for essays. A pleasant time and a large delegation from all tlwe Granges is anticipa 3-1 at this, our annual feast of reread it .11 tfow of soul” and general lIlt.".'l'_'f-ll.Lik- iug. Mns. W. K. S1-:xT<:N. Howell, Jan. 8,"188-i. The next meeting of Branch county Pomona Grange will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17th at Gilead Grange hall, commencing at 10 o'clock A. ll. All 4th degree members cordially in- vited. Morniiig session will be de- voted to the usual order of bU:'lLlt.‘.-‘.-I and hearing lr‘II()l'tS from Subordi- nate Grsiiges with suggestions for the good of the Order. Al-"I‘ERNU()N SESSION. Essays. The Value of Oral Teaching in the Primary Schoo‘s, by Mrs W. Joseph. Woman's Work in the Grange, Mrs. Geo. Fuller. ' Music by Bronson Choir. The Use and Abuse of the Li«:-.-ii.-e Law, by Rll3l'lBIii Coward. , P.imona’s Reticule, Mrs. Bonn:-y. Song- by Miss Jennie J0lll'nsr>". A De-criptioii of her Trip to the Na- tional Grange, by Miss Flora Lutl-'. Do we Overestlmate Our Home Du- ties, by Mrs. J. C. Kilburr. Rfcitat on by Mr. Schaffniasl r. We also hope for a good talk .‘:oru Worthy Maser Lu e, but cannot as- sure ourselvrs on that point in ‘ima- for this issue. Gilead Grange will furnish plenty of music also the rafresllmenua, so brothers and sister: all that can, go over to Gilead lht 17th and see what. a nice, cosy Grange lit me 11%;.’ lzeve and what good times they enjoy in ii, and you will go home with rem-we-.! courage and zeal and wirh gm:x1- :- up- preciation of Grange privileges anti benefit.-. Mus E. A. Honrox, I.-.-':.rsi'. A. H. The manufacture of pi per 121 ail-e United States has dui-irg the last thirty years increased from 11,650 to 726,000 tons. . :1, ., 5 t ., I.,,,_.,,,._,,,,,_,,,.,.. . ..,.. . . ,"...... _.-.-1... 4 THE EEAQQE VZSIEQB. ~ ~ ;.,-.~:..........a;.s'.‘....-... J.-\.\ LX111)’ 3 19-1. fiiulitullutil ij1ilitl1ll¢Ill- .1; Franklin county, ('1‘enn.) farmer rgxs:-i:e.:d the past season $8,(lo0 from eighty acres of strawberries. _,__________,_._ 34» not cut trees for timber when the sap is active, nor prune grapc vines or :3'r::::‘, trees on light and warm soils. .-'-. writer" in the Fruit Recorder makes the statement that one of his zieighbors planted some cabbage plants among his corn where the corn missed, and the butterflies did not find élhem. He has, therefore, come to the ::'<.>.nclusion that if the cabbage patch ‘was in the middle of the corn field She butfeiilies would not find them, as they fly low and like plain sailing. It is not best to renew the orchard by planting young apple trees in the places made vacant by the decay and destruction of the ol 1 ones. To acer- tain extent the material needed for the growth of apple wood has been extracted from the soil, and many n; the enemies with which the apple has to contend have: fouml :4. l0::atl()!] there. It is better to supply a va- cancy with a tree of some other fruit, or perhaps leave it vacant, and plant. a new orchard in 80111? other locality. Mir. John B. Moore deems it a mis- take to plant raspberries on hills, a.- is -Commonly done. He puts his rows :12: feet apart, and the plants two and a half or three feet high at rach end o the row, and streiciies a galvanized wire to whi -11 the canes are tied with cotton twine, ab ut six inches apart. This is cheaper than stakes. and the canes do not smother each other. 1' on want to do all the cultivating you car. by horsepo »ver. Most kinds throw up stickers, which should be 2:2»:-pped off. Now is the time to examine the grafts, set last year. In many cases it will be found that the stocks, by the rgrafts, have split open, exposing the inner wood, and admitting air and water. These should at once be tied tightly with strong twine and sur- rounded with fresh wax removing any hard substance that may have got into the splits. This will frequently repair the mischief, otherwise the work will mean eyesore, and the parts never be- come firmly attached and make good connection, and of course a perfect union. Frequently double the number of scions are set that the stock will sus- rain. These should be carefully gon- ~n ver and the excess removed, leaving those that spread somewhat from the stock. Unless the stock is stout— not more than two grafts should be as nearly as possible opposite each other. When the growth has been rapid the graft should be shortened. ’1his will, of course, increase the number of branches, and give the tree a more compact form. 501118 0i'c1i:ti'dist iiuve lzitcly doubted .':;+—: practice of .~ci':iping trees. The .1 rncricztii Agri'cullurl.s( inns this to say " favor of the p1':iL‘lit't‘I "Do we up- _ V»: of scrzipiiig trees? ;isl‘. L‘ei‘::iiul_\' we do, provided ‘ y need it. iiiid one tfilll i':ii'e‘i_\' find an ., tree that does llOl. Asitle from fiict tliut the i‘cnio‘.':il of the old l;s-c:i1csbi'e:iks up :1 refuge for vu- IS insects iiicludiiig the Woolly- .t\’.l1lt‘1l1Cl'6:lSf.’tilwiilliy of the tree .t_Vs the trouble. Ti1(*1'\f are . that the average. results this vear :4.» ' Sierliiig and Hutchinson, were 770 pmnds of sugar and 70 gal !.on:-.: ofnlolasses from each acre, \Vltil an aggregate value of S\‘.‘) 6!) per acre. . and that the average yield of stalk:- pe: acre was ten tons. In the abcw estimate no account appears to have been made of the seed, which at Rio Grande New Jersey, they estimate as fully paying all expense of culti vating the crop, and its delivery at th:-mill, the seed and begasse being fed to several hundred hogs, which _are kept-in excellent condition upm- this food alone, and in this way not only utilizing the seed but afford an abundant siipply of excellent mu- nure for keeping up the fertility of the lands. According to the Sterling, Kansa.~._ Gasclte the sugar product at their works this year will amount to 750,000 pounds and 75 000 gallons of molasses; and the acreage at Hutchinson, Kail- sale, is reported to be greater than at S‘te1'ling, with a yiel 1 equally good it. sugar and molasses. Last year, Professor Henry, of the- State Agricultural College at Madison, Wi-cousin, made acousiderabie quan- tity of excell ‘lll.i-illgal‘, keeping a care- ful account of all eXpc1iS.*s:lttendir.iz the cultivation of the cane and it- nianufactiire, and found the cnstui the sugar to be not exceeding four and onehalfceiits per pound. The Presdent of the Rio Grand; Sn ar Company informed the Chineeu i\Iinister that he could make sorghum sugar at an expense not exceeding one and one half cents per pound. John G. Clarke last year, as was re ported at the meeting of the Cane Growers’ Association, from twelw and one-half acres obtained 9,600 pounds of sugar, and 1,450 gallons of molasses, st-liirg at:-ight and one-hair cents and forty cents respectively giving a total on $1.306; or 786 pound- of sug~r and 116 gallons of syrup pi-v acre. The cost of the sugar and syrui was $653 -12, the profits, $742.57, or at average profit of$59 46 per acre. The details of this experiment tr Mr. Clark are interesting and valu.-l ble and are as follows: Number of acres worked . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'21. Number of tons stripped and topped 1-31 Number of pounds sugar obtained. . . 9,600 Number of gallons molasses . . . . . . . . . 1,4-'30 VALUE or PRODUCTS. 9,600 pounds sugar at 8.1, cents . . . . . . 816 0 1,450 gallons molasses at 40 cents. . . . 580 00 1,396 00 EXPENSES. 151.» tons cane at 82 50 . . . . . . . . $377 50 Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 66 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00 Cooperage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. -)4 60 Interest on capital invested.. 66 67 Wear and tear of machinery. 52 00 6.53 -13 Net profits on 125 acres . . . . . . . . . .. $742 57 A recent correspondent of the Rura- lVor/tl. from Oxford, Ohio, reports hav ing made this year from 13 acres ‘-1 sorghum 208 gallons of syrup, with total (:0;-t for growing and manufav turing the crop of $68.00. The syrin sold for 50 cents per gallon, and .30 bushels of seed at 40 cents, and a toi- ofleavess SS. giving total receipt.-i $13',_’ or net profit. of $6310 or $39114 pt-Y acre. Professor VV. A, Lovell, one of tin directors of the (liiaiiipaign, Illinoi- So ghum Sugar \-Vorks, reported thw following results for the season n-' 1882: Number of acres xiiaiiufactured. . . . . 211 Number of acres manufactiired for sugar..... 18.’) Number of tor-is x 0,‘, Number of pounds sugar made. . . . .. . 86,000 Niinihcr of gallons molasses made. . . 25.6.30 According to the Ifural World, S! Louis, the product at Chainpaign fn: this year is 151,000 pounds of sugar. and at Sterling, Kansas, upwards ol 200,000 pounds. The above recorded practical result‘- will sufiice to convince you that the predictions of the so-called “sorghum enthusiasts” are fast becoming ac complished facts, and that the carefu z'nve.-tigo_tlor who shall have discovered facts ofsuch immense material impor- tance to the people, is not only justi- ti-.d, but would fail in the full per foruiance of his duty should he cease, to become the advocate, even though arousing all thej-aalousy and malign- ity ef one, who like the Bourbons, has long ceased to learn or to forget. The Census returns for 1870, 1800 and 1880, give the following production of sorgliiim syrup in the United Szates: 18130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Tll),1‘_’3 gallons 1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1U,(l-30,080 ‘ 1550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,-ll~l,'.’0.Z “ It will thus be seen that already this new industry has made very rapid advanc :, and there is no doubt that during the last three years the ad ; vane-.2 has been far more rapid, since in 187-‘.1 there was returned a from l\ew York of only.... . ,. . . 1,134 gallons New Jersey of only . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,261 " and yet in 1881 there was reported from only eight counties of New York 00,150 pounds of sorghum sugar and 101 261 gallons of molasses, and from only two counties of New Jersey 3:30,- 000 piunds of sugar, and -12,000 gallons of molasses. The State Board of Agriculture of Kaztsas reports for this year that there are from 2,000 to 2,500 manufactories, large and small, in the State where syrup is made from sorghum, and that many of these will next year begin the manufacture of sugar. In 1880 the States reporting approx- imately one million gallons of sor- ghum syrup or more, were as follows: total West Virginia . . . . . . .. . .. .. 817,168 gallons North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964,662 “ Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981,152 “ Mi isissippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,062,140 “ Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118,364 “ Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,l63,-151 “ Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,229,8 ~2 “ Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,-£39,476 “ I vdiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l,.'-11,853 “ Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,064,020 “ Illinois............ .........‘2.265993 “ Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2,962,965 “ Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,776,2l2 “ Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129,593 “ Gov. Crosby, of Montana, says that while President Arthur and his friends were crossing a dry gulch in Northern Wyoming, they saw written in char- coal over the door of a vacant cabin the following: “Only nine miles to water and twenty miles from wood.- No grub in the house. God bless our home.”, Kansa.-,’ " ' " I ’ " H I ' I-How Students Live at the Slate Agricultural‘ dummnniralinlls-. College. ?_Extr:tct from Report of I’i'ofessor R. C. l l . I Carpenter to President 1‘. L‘. .\‘oh HIE ‘ ; The law establishing the college, re- llUl!'f‘*. that board he furni.-li:9.i the students at cost. In order to comply with the law, previous to the year 1583, the State Board of Agricultiii'e employed a college officer, paying him a salary of $600 to $300 p’_*{‘ year,known as the steward, whose duties were simply to run the boarding establish- ment. At the r ‘quest of the students tliisr:-fi‘i.'e was abolished Jan. 1st, 1883, and the l.-oarding; plan as described below adopted. This change in no way affects the labor plan. Studellts ire still required to work 1-3 houis each week for which they receive pay in cash. Till-I (.‘LL‘l: B'.)AR1)lNU l‘l..»\N. ’I‘hi:-' plan has worked some better than I, who was perhaps its most sat.- guise advocate, expected. The stu- .'lv.~-nts have been well sail -tied with their ll'.’ll]g, and the cost has averaged 50to 7-’; cents each week less than the previous year when they were boarded under the supervision of a college officer. The cost has averaged in each of the five clubs, practically $2150 per week. The club stewards have endeavored to provide as good iiriug as ;0~5slble for about that price. I shall try to in- duce one ofthe club stewards to run. his club next year so that the price shall be as low as $23.00 per week. That can only be done by providing very plain food; but according to my idea, the club plan of living will be a perfect success only when the range in price is sufficiently great to satisfy all grades of students. For boarding purpose the students have five clubs, three in the basement of Williams Hull and two in the base- mentof Wells Hall. Each club is provided with a suit of rooms, consisting of dining room, hall, kitchen, store room and two sleeping 1001118 for cooks. These rooms were put in good condition by order of the. State Board of Agii culture and I have informed the club authorities, that all future repair.-: must be at the‘ expense of the clubs. and in. re than that, in lieu of rent, the clubs are to keep the rooms in 135% good condition as when turned overto their hands. Each club elects its own oflrlcers; the principal business ollicn.-~r the steward, who buys ‘p2‘(.\‘§5i()ng and employs the cooks. The Secretaryol‘ ihe College is the Treasurer of the club -xystein, and each student deposits with him on entering at the beginning ( f 8. term &‘~'.’0, wliich is placed to ilieciv.-.1 it of his club, and is paid out on o: tiers signed by the stewards. No per son is allowed to remain in a club un lesshe has mone_'- to his credit with the treastir-er. The object of this all vanced payment is to enable th .- stew- ards to purchase their groceries in su f- ticientlylarge quantities to secure the lowest wholesale rates. The precau- tion of making an advanced payment also prevents any loss falling on the members of the club from non-pay ment of a board bill. The State. Board of Agriculture re- quired the clubs to own most of the property they use, and I was author- ized to sell at low rates the furniture, dishes, and bedding in Vvilliam.-3 Hall. The amount received fiuni this {xvi by zi lizlancial ctimrnittwe and are in Esuch a Sllfii-6 as to make it easy to de- _"tect any viislionesty at once o J the part lot a s!v.~u'sr.i. This sysilni of boartling is better -tvoh for the State and the stiidenfs, for ,in the first place, i.-sing entirely sep- arate from the State in its manage- ment, the lull cos‘. of l.-oaiding niu.-.~t be paid by those receving it; again, it is more ll...\'ii-le in its maktup than the system in charge of a college illi- L‘-9.‘l'—-Lilly abuses arising can be easily remedied witho-.-.t annoyance or even the knowledge of the college «fil- cers. The college authorities ho. ever, havejurisdit-tion sufficient to maintain good order, and can, iftlie good of the college requires, discliarge_’any K tllser or eiiiploye of the club system. Wyoming. liiglit ye-:ii's :lf.3,Il .V:itl::iii ii. Mn.-‘on. :llllliilllSll‘l()ll.\' youn;_: i':n‘inc1' of Ohio. sol«l his posscssiliiis, ll1;l1‘l'l(‘t1 un encr- gl-tic .\li¢-llignnm»li=m1iii:t‘:iiii :indst:i1't- ed for the fur \\'l‘>l to cii3_::i;e in cattle riiisiiig‘. 11i.»'ll:+.stiii:ltion w:istlicbe:ui- tiful \\'in-l llivl-r valley zlt the foot of the niouiitziiiis in .-‘-we-t-t\\';itvi‘ <~oinii_\‘. \\'_\'oiiiiii;:. l.-mililig mo miles from the i‘.'iill‘U:iIl, illt'1l' iivzin-st. Ilt‘lg'llillll‘>' -\'i|\'l‘. llltliallis. were :il l“Ill'l \\':tsli:ili<,'(‘lltl from the nioliiitnins, and the soil pi'oducs-s an xilviiiitlztiivc of short, s\vt-ct gi':iss, froin \\'1ll('li(‘1lIt1t’. thrive i'ciii;u‘k:tbiy. The wiiitl-1's,tliougl1 cold, do not .~'ceiiisc\ ere: snow t':i11s but scl- doin, and is :-‘own lllt‘llt‘t1 gr drifted into the \':illeys. Tilt,‘ l-ztttlv receive no :ll.I.('lli.l0[l, ex- cepl to be llt‘l'1lI‘tl once or twice :1 year for liriuiiling. (':titlc of tlift'ci'e1itow1i- crs run logcilwi‘ [)l‘()l2llSt.‘ll()llS]y, and the (.’iil\'C>‘ inust tlicrcforc be brzuidcd wliilctlicy keep with their (l.‘l1l1S. it any are O\'(‘I'lOOl\'(_'(.1 until the next time they are given to the school fund, to ztvoiddisputeaboutownership. About 1\1.iy the cattle are in the best condition, and the biiyers front tliceust :|l‘1‘l\’t‘ to nizikc up their herds for sliipincnt. Til(.‘_\' tztkc only steers, three to four _V'e:u's old, paying about >f'r‘~=;0 cu-ch. Tlicsc weigh from 1,200 to 1,100 pounds. d. great iiiipro\'enicnt over the nzitivc ztnd 'l‘c.\::is czlttlc fornil-rly grown. 'l‘li:—- clinmte here is deliglithil; the soil \\’llt.’ll irrig:tt.ed _\‘i:-ids bountiiully: rod 1‘£ei‘rie..s' and lIilt(‘li ('ll1'l'1llllS ;:‘i'ow wild in the moun- titiiis; tlic .-'trc;iiiis 1-ontnin wliitelisli and specliied trout. and nnigpies, cur- licws. lue:tiL’ iIi‘l'!l.\ oi ivllllitlu are still found. As lll2l_\’ lw l‘.\]lt't'll‘(_l 1!i.\'ilt'ii:lllHllltll tllc \\'1i_Vpl:i(."',l!l'l4‘k‘$ of :ill kinds urn.- liigli, wages $1.‘: to $77» :1 month. poin- ioo.-s llll'('.(‘ cents it ])illlll(l. butter 501:) 00 ct-iii.s',egg\ 00 to 7.3. Eill1lUi.l|(‘l‘llll1l',’>‘ in pl‘U[‘l(l1'll()ll. lliisiiicss llt‘l'(,' is l:u'gel_\' coiincrtcd with tlu-go\‘ci'niiiclit post above iiwlitioiicll, \'\'l|(‘.l'() four regi- nieiits oi’ (,‘it\‘d1l')’ ilrc lO(‘2lli‘ll, and from wliicli are issml to the lndi-(ins \\'t‘(:‘1{1_\' l‘2tll(>ll.~£ of beef‘, :ind ycurly siipplies o: mom-y, provisioiis and t-lolliin,r:. 'l‘lie post is fliriiisiied with hat)‘, outs and beef by the 1l(.‘lglllr()]‘ill§{l‘2l1lL7lllllI‘ll. the 01.1lt‘.1‘5ll[)}_l1lt:S being lntulcd from the iiczimsti':iilro:idstation, liioiiiil-=.~'. The illllllliilgillilt‘l'1il;£ of the 1m1i;m5 1.. receive their (list-I'll)llll()li is ‘(L novel siglil. The tribe .s'iipplic-.1 froni this source and turned over to the Secreta- post are the .\'liosllonc or .\'n:ike lil- ry ofthe College was: dizuis. ’l‘iw lie:i«l chief \\':isli:lkie and Dishes and fiii-nitur_e sold to Cl1l1)S.. $223!! 51 l1i.stwe1\'i.- .\'iliIUl'=ID€1‘ 001120‘. Bedsteads sold to students . . . . . . . .. 10-1 00 and :ill the l)1ll‘il[|ll(l'll2llli1 of ci\'ili'/.:i— tio1i,tli<.-rest of the tribe \\'e&il‘lll§I()1l1_V' 1~0._,m ,u,dcO,,13g0Ve 501,1 i,_,- Hm,‘ 1.; lnl::iil\'c=‘..-a. Coniplcte suits of Cltltllllij.” Wells and 5003“ 341” (=lb°utl---- 300 00 are turnislied these people, but except- ing the lnlzlilkcts, it is lil.‘ill'1_\" ztll [1‘2l.(lt‘<'l Reumlofstovesfor 133:3 , _ , _ . , _ , , _, 7:) co to the wliites. .\'o iiitoxiczitiiig liquor 1,325 N is ztllowcd to be sold till.-iii, but tli(‘}' The property owned by the College in this hall is (see inventory} worth about. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S00 00 Total vuluc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2,125 251 This property was inventoried. a.-. long back as I can find any record at about Qé'_’,500, an i we may assume that the original cost to the State ol title property was that amount. The repairs and additions made from time to time, have been properly charged to the students as a part of board, so that the college changes from the old plan of boarding, with a loss not exceeding $375. The amount of money received in 1883 was in excess of the amount paid out in working the necessary changes in the buildings as shown below. The cost of building andpainting the need- ed rooms for the clubs has been as near as I can ascertain’ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-‘B00 The cost of stores for clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Total cost (about) 8975 The stoves, by vote of the State Board of Agriculture, are rented to the clubs at an annual rental equal to one fifth the cost, so that the value will ul- timately be returned to the college. The fact that each club owns prop- eriy makes it necessary to have a per manent fund; this ,is accomplished by each member of the club paying a membership fee of $2 50 which is re- turned to him when he leaves college. The finances of each club are guard- 1il£ll12i',:'(‘i0',','L’L it tiirongii the \‘v'1llli‘.~', :tuiitioiis. 'I‘lie effoits of the go"- eriiinciit. toward civiliziiig ‘tliese people present results more ludicrous than 0Il¢:v.Hl;ugiiig.' They liavc le:trncd the use of iii'e.-:n‘ins and their arrow liezitls are steel and purcliased from the whites. Some of the V1 oinen cultivate patches of "inusliw:ite1"’ melons and sqiuiw corn, and a few of the Indians make a business of raising cattle; none ofthein wear civilized clothing when among their tribe. A few years ago the government built in one of their villages a number of brick houses for them to occupy, but they soon returned to their “wickyopes" or tents of poles and skins, and used the houses to stable their horses in. A. A. t. __—_____.__ It is a very easy way to grow rich, for a company to secure a valuable tract of land on condition of opening it up to settlement by building a rail- road and then neglecting to do so; but government should not lend any en. couragement to such schemes. The bare suspicion that any of our broad acres have been thus squandered u - on good-for-nothing companies shou d be sufllicient to induce Congress to begin a careful investigation of such lapsed grants..—-Brookl;yn Tz‘mgg_ ‘:5. - ll 1 3 . a..~...-._ ,—(‘:-. ..... _. '.-zinc-'- _,-1¢.g.....e-a.,-.....,._.,, .,. .........» ln¢.n._: ' “hewivg to the line.” < . ‘ Q JA;\ UARY 15, 1884. POSTAL JOITINGS. l)I'U:w. rt ll-7‘.'Slt for being st-:11‘---l at an e«l>,i-cct on tin‘ i‘o;ulsidl-—lt \.\ ill make him '.\'-Vi‘.-14-. .\'e‘»'er l’ lll to nu.--~t th - (‘.i'aiij_:e at tin- liourappointed, it is a haul habit. .\'evci* let your (.'lllllll‘t:ll know that _\'ull suspect lll‘:lll of fillS|,‘lll)LNl-*lllt‘_V' will b:- very apt In conii-':n your suspi- ciorns lll:Xl time. Never tell pmple that you lizive been sam:til"1c:,l~it is no trouble to lin-1 it out. .\'c\'cr wait for a door to open to at‘- complish some noble «lewd. but push for- ward and open the door. and go to \\'n1'l(. I\'cvvr ll itter _voui'.‘ no one. lt is paid only by tho <-onsuin-'~i's. and thc most i‘_\'ll‘('llll‘ ;ul\.or,-ate of t¢'lll1)-‘l’1i]li‘L‘ can- not niaintain that ta\'ing the article in<'i‘(-uses‘ the; coiisunipti-~ii." l’¢-rliaps not, Mr. Slziirio-.luit the prin- vliplegofallowing the ni.rnufactui'c or importation of spiiii:-: lI‘:(‘:l.ll\'€ of the l‘t‘\’l‘lllU‘ dci'i'n-vi tlu-r:-l‘i'oin, does in- crease the consumption, and ouglit to stamp any ni=m who sanctions it with (‘If‘l‘ll2li ignominy. ll. .\l>.-\.\l.~'. .\‘<:otts, .\Iicli. l.),;c. hath. Here is the description of a knitting chair for grandma's next birthday present. Any old chair that has lost its rock- era, but with sound frame, will do. .\line is hiouuted on castors, and covered with old black dress goods. Ozieincli from the edge of the scant iiounce, there is P. border of crimson, Canton flaunt-l,the oval back is bound with the same, and a band encircles the chair between the cushioned bot- tom and head of tlounce. On each side underneath the tlounce is a deep, wide pocket for the knitting, which op’-nsjust beneath the crimson band at top. On the reverse side of back of chair isa still larger , pocket for bulky work. 0:1 the front “knit up the raveled sleeve of care” froin‘Sh:-lie-si pears, is embroidered in chain-stitch 049 can choose from many harmon- ized coins, and many suitable mot- tors, and wiry this quaint and useful plllttf of furniture to suit individual needs and tastes. RUS’.1‘I(‘A. A merry Christnniv.- and a happy New Year’s gr;-<1-ting to all good Pa- t)‘o:is and gzmd people everywhere. Let us not forget that familiar and sig- mficaut word, “Progress.” May im- provement be your guiding star never to be lost sight of. Let us endeavor to be more faithful Patroiis in the future than we have been in the past. and that will make us better citizens, and whatever we attzinpt to do, strive to do well. About six inches of snow here. Sleighing very good. Farmers having litt. e to sell makes money scarce and business dull. Taxes are much higher than last year especially State tax, will some one tell us why. Many cars of Western corn have been purchased by farmers of this vicinity and “the end is not yet'.’'’ Szock is dc- iig very well on hay and coarse fod- der. saloons are doing a tl.iriving business. Dsunken brawls are com- min events. Five drunken men were put in ourjail the other night. These men will find means to buy whiskey if their families starve or freeze in con- sequence. Bit it is claimed our tax law is the very thing to regulate the most outrageous wrong ever _ tolerated by an eiilightened people. I) W. Paw Paw, Dec. 2-3, 1883. Ifourkind pure mind-_--.1, elo-lucn‘; Aunt Hattie could lit‘; the vail which covers the rum holes, gambling dens and bawdy houses and behold the drunken, obscene. soul and body dc- stroying ezgies, almost nightly in- dulged in by a large proportion of city young men under the name of fun, she «would shudder at the thought of exposing pure minded country boys to such horrible temptations, and join with me in advising them to stick to the honorable, healthy and noble calling of ag-.'icul:ure; true, perhaps one boy in a hundred may have been successful in leaving the farm for the city, but where are the ninety and nine wrecked in the whirlpool of competition and dissipa- tion? Diute’s inferno is put in the background, and Miltonls hell is para- dise when compared with the earthly hells which are in full blast in our large village’: and cities. The far- mers in Aunt Hattie’s town must be bad managers or misers if they work 12 to 16 hours per day. In this section they don't average over eight hours during the year and are gen- erally prosperous. Rnronmna. Dowagiac. Bro. Cobb: I am a constant reader of your valuable paper. Seeing very encouraging accounts of other Grangee from different parts of the State, and seeing none from our Grange, I thought I would give you a short sketch to let you know how we are progressing. \Ve meet once in two weeks, we have a large ball well furnished, a g->odor- gan and a good choir. \Ve are puis- pering financially, mentally, morally. We have over 100 members in our Grange. VVe are to have 4 Christmas ranged programme. have a good time. VVe llfiil our elec- tion lsst meeting. Bro. Abby was chosen Master; Bro. R-ynolds secre- tary. I have belonged o the Grange one year, and do sincerelv hope the time will come when every farmer will take an active part in the Grange. I keep a few colonies of bees. and I would like to hear the experience of others about wintering, swarming, and the kinds of hives used. I think it would pay every farmer to keep a few colonies. - From a member of Grange No. 315. W. E. .\'n\v.-ink. I-Ioytville, Mich., Dec. 2;}, l.s‘S3 In glancing over an old scrap book I found the follmving item wiitten the year the first Grange was formed in our State: ‘'It is immensely gratifying to see ‘ilieawakening, and hear the esirnc‘-t conversation about the establishment of Granges and union of action. I be- gin to have some hope for agri:u'— ture. Farmers talk with me every day who have acted di-ccuraged and di.~- hsartened for a long time, who have seemed more like plodding pieces of bone and muscle than any thing else but who now actually look bright over the future, and exhibit in their con- versation wnole mines of straight common sense. I really begin to ex- pect thatat our coming fair we shall have some practical farmer, who knows what he is talking about, de- liver the annual address; who will give us, instead of nice specimens of rhetoric, some plain. sensible hints about the business in which we are engaged. Successto the new move- ment! May it be productive of even grander results than the most sanguine of us anticipate!” Well, after the years of experience with the new movement my “back- sight” Lads to the observgtion that the suggestion of my "foresight” has been grandly consummated. The change has been gradual and slow in movement, but it has been salutary; and the contest of the beginning and end of a decade of work in the Grange is certainly most gratifying. We expect to Free Passes. In the winter of 1882 in the legisla- ture of Iowa a hill w -s introduced to prevent official deadheading. The measure was at once bitterly assailed by a large majority of the local pub- lzcjournals as well as by hundreds f the beneficiaries of the systeiii. It was, of course, defeated; but the dis- cussion to which it gave rise lasted many months, and extended through out the United States and Canada. VVhile it excited the deep and virulent hostility of a majority of the local pa- pers, it had the support of many ofthe be.-'itjo'.1rnals of the State, as well as of the great organs of public opinion throughout the country. The discus sion of the subject b')l'B most excellent fruit, for last winter, similar bill--. wvreintroduced, dlSC.4SSetl and kept before the people in the legislatures of several of the States and passed, I be- lieve, by two or three. At the Iowa Republican State convention in June last. a re:olution was unanimously, and amid much applause, ad- opted as a plank in the. plat- form favoring free pass prohibi tion and committing the party to its suppression. in Iowa the repudiated bill is now good "republican d ctrine. This shows how the people feel upon the subject whezgev .r they can get a hear- ing. Really, puuiic sentiment is growing so pronounced that in many sections the favored few dislike to show their passes in the presence of their fellow passengers. Said aiegislator: \Vhile I was down home the other day, I rode on the cars with ruc of my old farmer neigh- bors. as goodaman as I am, and as worthy of any sort of favor; and I tell you wliatit. is, I felt ashamed of myself, when I presented my xass to the conductor and he a ticket for which he had paid. May we not live in hope that the judges of our courts will ere long aw.-.ken to something of the saiue sen -ioility.-C/zarle.s .-llcl/‘iciz in .\'o'/-th Arncrfcan Review. The Grand_ Rapids wheelbarrow works turned out 15,000 barrows fr -ni Dec. 1, 1883. to Dec. 1, 1883, and during that time disposed of 20,000 barrows, nearly exausting the surplus stock. l'wo hundred dozen snow shovels are in process of manufacture. Whole years of joy glide unperceived away while sorrow counts the imiiutes as they pass. J1-:nsEYv1LLE, Ill.. April 2.3, 18822. Dr. Pi-:NGi-:i.Lv: DRAR Sin:-I am more than pleased with the effect of your Zoa-Phora. in our daughter's case. I am surprised to see how she has improved. She is gaining in weight and color. and I think feels better than she _ever did; her nerves are steady, and the distress she suffered in her chest is entirely gone. I firmly believe that ’/.o.-i-I’lioi'zi is all that has saved her life. I am willing you should use my let- ter, for Iam not at'raid to tell what a wonderful cure your medicine is, and I would like all who suffer to trv it. Yours respectfully, Mus. SARAH RANDOLPII. I shall always 1‘emembei' gratefully the good health your medicine has brought my daugliter. LEWIS RANDOLPH. N. B.—This was a case of suppres- sion. Many a girl by the use of Zoa- Phora at the critical period of develop- ment might be saved‘from life-long suffering and expense. 5) lio.-‘ton r-:ipit:ilists hznc "l!I1llll(‘d a. l4‘1lSf’ on about l.HW.«-UH :u-res of gutta pcri-ha foi'vsts in [Hitch iliii:ni:l for :23 }‘t'2[1'>',:ill 1'<-und on the _grant. tree, Cliristmas eve, with swell ar-I TRADE- copv- NI.-XRKS RIGIITS, _ mu:\"rs. or-ism-.\'s. . r..—im.-:i.~ RE-l~‘§|lES .\'»n«I ['e'.rCrirrf1'an of your [Iii-mtihn, L, BI.\'GHA X_ . (mm: Lair-‘_r/yr and Solicilar, ll'u.\"n'n_q/on, D. L‘. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM KALAMASOO. TIME-TABLE— Dl'l(‘H\IIlER ‘J, 1883. .‘illl‘.‘lll'=l (llll¢‘—-‘.N‘lh uicri-li.'ui. WICHTW.-KBD. l{-.il.i:ii:u.--o Acconiniodation leaves, ____ ,, K‘ili.\lllJlZU< Hvprv-.-o arrives, _ -_-- ___" 9 30 EVt‘llllli; Exprsaa,____ 1 2 __ Pacific Express... 2 4 ___ .\luil _______ __ _ y_ 03 D5)’ Exllrefifi —————————————— -- - ‘ 2 31 EASTWARD. _ A. K P. M. Night Express. ______________________ __ :1 2g I{il.iiiia/on Accunzinodation lvJlIV!'H,_ .. 1- -l. ..____ K:lluni.iI.--o l§,\'pi'«-s.-i ;u-rivg-5, __________ _> 9 35 .\1»i.il _____ _, __ _ 15 01 Day I-Ixpri-ss,-____ 1 33 New York l'Ixpn~ss,_ 5 40 Atluiit-c Expr---i~i,____ __ New York, Atlantic and Pacific Expresses dell , E\'(’1lllu1 l-I.\pre~--u wn-st and .\'igl'.t Express east 1 --x-‘opt 5.|l|ll'|l.l)'8. All other tmins daily except Bun. d;i_\'s. Fr I it trains narryiuy pas.-«n-rig»-rs out from l{.il:m_ia7.oo as follows: Nu '."J (east) at 5:16: P. l.. Ind N]-i._:!|I (iv:--at; at 7:l‘, bring p.i.~'s'ci'.-.: rs‘ from can, 3: ’.. i, l'_ M. 'l II. B. l.::n\'.um, Gen. Manager, Detroit. J, A. GEIKR, G~.‘li(‘l'N.l Fl't'lKl|l Agent, Uliicngo. O W. lit;-i-;i.:.-1.1.‘-. I’. lit '1‘. A., Chicago. K .u....\(.izoo Di VISION TIME TABLI. rltuii-l-.ird iiui--— (tli rueridian. GOING «SOUTH. '"TN"i"li?c N Y iii'_‘"‘ 7 ililxprels. Ex & aw.’ rt‘ Le. Grand Rapids __-__ _T 30 AM 4 01: PM (I) A] Ar. Allognn ___- __ 847 “ 515 “ 1 so I Ar. Kalamazoo- ___ 9 42 “ b 15 “ ll 56 “ an-.sciiooicn.n-_ ___lic i7 *- «.54 “ 145 Ar. Three Rivers. ___,‘1o-1': “ 7 :4 “ 3 37 " Ar White Pigeon _ i1 1;: N 7 52 H l .150 u Ar.T-»ledo___-- _‘ 5 32“: 2: if us’ 8 17 in Ar. Cleveland _ 1007 -- ii 2 7 “ - 6 45 1| , ,. ,'.‘..E’,‘,“_"'”“',L"?‘ " 5° “ GOING NORTH. ' " "NYairNi’l0 ,Ex & M Expmss.lw‘y h‘ Le. Buffalo ________ __,-__ 1141 was 12-.-iii i§T; and chair can on azmiv; trains bctwl-I-n ilraimi ltapids and Potoskey. ‘lino WoodrIilIsleeping«mars on Nos 7 and 8 between‘ Grand Rapids and Hzukinaw City, A_ [3_ LEET CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK B. fi_ Corrected Time-Table— Dccciiib«~r 1, 1885_ TR.\l.\'S \\E:»'l'\VAltl),——('lZ)Tl(Al. .\1ElLl)7lA.V um; : — . Nu.‘/. N“-4- -“'-‘-_'l- 1 No.8. 'urioss. Mull, D37 P5”-lflf '15 Creek . l l~.‘x.Sun. :f:m.""m‘ Expwm -“*5-"’:‘='W un. llaily. Ex.Suu. 4 0 Pl . 5 :11 “ Ln. Port lluron-l o -90 AM : “ Imlay City__ 7 5'2 “ ion? -- ' 1030 " “ Charlotte ___,l1-to “ ‘ Ar. Battle Creek 12 so PM 1 * 1.»; Battle cm-ii “ Vicksburg- “ Schoolcraft_ .\Iurcr_-lllis - Caissopolis c,iiI.szr"cr , 7 13 H 7 5,, .. ,810“ -N 350“ v 1 l .- TEAIl\'s is.isrwuii>.—cs:s-rnai. MERIDIAN -i-mg J No.1. * ‘Y0-.3-1 No.6. 'No. ll. ; Man I%lIJll[eLl“ atlantic Valp’so Ex. Sun.‘ D"P'°"’l"1xP"°"- 5000111. _~__%;_,__ A _ Ml)“ .1‘-X.Siin. Ex.Sun Le.Chicago_____- 9 10 AM; : AT_l;;“‘7‘30 n. W‘ “ C,RI&P Crosil()05 “ -V 4 13 u l 8.23 n “ Redesdale___-1050 H ; «,- Valparaiao ___’ll 50 ‘ ' “ Haske|ls___.. “ Sl.illwell---_ “ South Bend- Grangers ___ Oassepelis _- ' STATIONS. “ Vicksburg ._i ‘ Ar. Battle Creek; Lv. Battle Creek, Lansing- Ar. Durand Lv. Diii-., l).G.ll_&l. Ar. llully, ‘ “ Pontiac. " “ Detroit, “ , Lv.l)et.,G.W.Div. _ “ Flint ______ -_ 8 (A “peer _‘--— “ Imlay City”, Ar. Port Huron- All trains run by central meridian rim N , 3 r. U 9' . sungzyf nd 6, dquy. All other -ml,” duly] except fTrai:is stop I 5 . . . Pullman Palag; gaaggesanrgerriisliii-o‘lz];iiD:d' between Chicago and Port Huron Detroit n chug‘ Ba 0' v ' 3”‘ *- ilulvk, roionit.37,’iix§i'iii'«:§i1iui‘‘.u‘.ioiis for the fu’.ui'e. The most of us «lo. but soon lose sight in the same good man;-: of t}m.~.n and continue patl. we l'ollo\\'ed last year. Hcil llic-ytvll us human iiature is allow 01ll‘s“l\'(iS to we 'iiivarial>]_\' go down streaiu. Ilww ll‘*L‘l3e'S‘.ll’).‘ then we sliould inake i 1' W e slicl; l,lu.it float some elfort to !J\'I'l".‘,l)lll.’. the current. What might, wc not have :iccoin~ plishell, h id we aillicml to the iesolve made at the beginning of last year? .\'ow, c.in we not lllzllilf this year an exr-nptinii and live up to our good with n resolutions and not idly "di'ii'l t-he ml:-_“ Some one has said, "It is only by cori- sfantly ;~:tri\‘ing to impro\'e, to do bet- ter. that we can e-\'ei' reach the limit of your ’L‘1t[):ll)iliClL‘.\'. and who would rest before that point was gaiued‘:‘" ‘rom Neil's tlirce minute speech, I have-,1orined a vcr_\-' good opinion of the young iueinbcrs of llattle Creek Ned is not_i_"_e— ‘lated to 21 little ‘origlit-eyed woman I met at the Stat-e Grange and whose !‘}range. I wonder if coilvirl.r:iug logic I listened to. In “The Use of the living issues of the day. worthy your atteiitioii? Sun and llowcrs are always accept- Sun- flowers essay in this nuinber contin- questiou which able and decidedly so in winter. was the tempei‘ai1<:e I li=.r,::.— you liarc not yet (‘5XlliUlSltf\l. 'l‘2.w- suggestion in .\‘u-.nlowcr‘s letter I tllznk a good one. ’ .\l’N'l‘ l’ui'i-;. “Man ol Learning. Tell me Something." sv.2._-.1; was thepcculiar title that at- ti'ac:.ed lll_"-’ attention in the “contents" l l.ll'.'llL‘4.ll0 the artich, read a sentence in the middle of the column. but quickly changed to the lirst and read it through thorough- l_\'_, not once, but many times. A bond of sympatliy made the words seem as if of a recent inontlily. from the pen ofa friend. "Would that every young man in the country might read thzitf“ was the in- ward cry. "It could but bring a sense of gratification to him who a1)peii‘17s—i.n society always with his “everyday bi'ains, in activity; but what would be the efiect upon him who dolls his na- tural mode of speech at the time he dons his \\'liite cravat and sallies forth Would it make We hope an evening out‘! cliaiige his course? for hill: so l3.=.:. in your pl‘eS(¢I\C(:? You meet one at socia; g.-itliering. you feel him superior to you, have heard from elder gentle- men of “is qualiilcations, have listened while he carried on an animated con- \'t‘1‘a‘aI-loll with your father or brother, concerning a topic of general interest. All this you feel, and are proud to re- cognizc him as a friend, yet, what is your dismay when he turns as the most talented remark escapes his lips, and, in answer to a sensible. question from you upon the same subject, gives a re- ply so Ilippant and banteriiig as to re- buke approach again to a topic of any weight greater than the breath ittakes to waft the ball of nothingness to and fro. Wnat think you? and see! over her head. F [0111 a-legion of occupations the “in ea.l'l‘i‘.’.Sl“ young geiitlcmaii makes <:hol('c and subserves all else to the pro- His advantages, prior to entering on his career, places him among the well-educated,and every day in his work he has recource to his garnered knowledge and derives bene- fits therefrom for himself, and manly But upon his lady friends he shuts the door of his treasure house and forbids her entrance. To her he talks of anything, everything, but that motion of his object. associates. of which he knows most. ’An-I the toil must be constant and unremit- lloiirs" in last issue. Aggie Simmons touches upon the Are they not why is it, Cousins of the De- partment and sisters in this alfectatioii, why is it that the “.\l2ii of Learning" tor so large a number of them) seldom if ever, display this boasted learning Can not a girl of any sense at all understaiul even a sin.:.ll portion of What. interests _vou—oh gifwd ‘-Man of Learning?" Try her And I warrant, here and tliere. at least, you will find one who will know of what you talk, ere you've absentod yourself long from her pres- ence.eveu if at the time your wit point- ed. and lcarnedly hurled arrow, fly far If his day has been spent in the “edi- ‘tor’s chair,” reviewing piles of papers i and monthlies, why not please her by l dwelling upon such of their contents as would most interest her,and for the read- ing of which she may neither have time or access. It would be much more agreeable to her than to guess at what he has just read by his column in the next day’s paper. If the “Man of learn- ing" be a follower of Blackstone and makes the principles of government among his fellow men his business. then surely scarcely an hour passes that does not bring him material for enter- tainment, either amusing or profitable. Be his calling what it may, if he turn his tact, wit and really brilliant conversational powers to play upon that with which he is familiar, even tho’ itbe entirely new to his compan- inent reflected from her interesting ap- can “tell her something.” Gu.-\ci:. Dear Aunt Pru":—l’lease pardon me for not writing any for so very long and I will try to do better in the future. I ll‘l‘~'I,‘ been away from home for ever and ever so long and when I did re- t.ui'n I l'oun:lthat sicknes and ill lur-k had ruined all the well laid plans of the lamilg. and I had to begin work and liavc not luul time until to-day to write toziny one. Four \vei-ks of llLl.l‘(l labor ;i.l'Lcr a long visit, l’ll3llx"‘*§ one feel so old that they can hardly be counted among the boys and girls of the Youths l)<-partmcnt. I think “Graces” letter was pcrfcr:tly llrzliglitful. (ian we not all try to do as well ‘.’ No matter if we do make a slight failure at first. rc- member that all our llnl)l'U\‘elllé‘lll coines from the niistakcs we Inake. How are the cousins cnjoyliig winter 2* I am enjoying myself after a fashion but not as I hoped to, I wanted to go to school this winter, but it was impos- sible, so of course I am not as well suited with the winter as some of the cousins. I dare not begin the teiiiperai1cequ(-s- tioiifor it is my pet theme, and if I begin no one could tell where I would stop. Suflicieiit to say I hate and ab- hor liquor in any t'orm or in any place. I have seen too much of the evil effect of liquor to tolerate it in any shape. I see the waste basket yawning [for such unlucky scribes as myself so I will sign myself. your loving niece,m_“—~ I’iii~:r'rr BY N lUll'1‘. Ilartford, .1 an. :3, 1884. Aunt Prue.-——As Annalzell has sit us a good example to follow on the tem- sierance question, I hope the cousins will all fall inlo line, and give us their thong ts and ileas on the q\.i-cstiozi. '1‘empei'.‘iuce is a. subj-.-ct that 0‘.-‘cry one knows soinething about. “Then we see a man that respr-cte himself 3I](l()t'ielS, and tire rights of every one, we "f1oiii‘t‘t‘o"lfi‘rr1.a-hill'§ii'§7Eai"f7:iii- pf?r>J'e nian, for it is irnpnssible for such a limp to be a driinkard. On the other hand, when we see a man chat has no respect for himself or others, or their rights, we can safely set him down as an iuteuipcrate man, although he may not be a drunkard. It is not as a rule the bad heart-ed men that are (l1‘.lIlkal‘dS. It is the large, open-hearted men who have lost self-respect, that become such, for they are sociable, and the drinkipg of intoxicating liquors i§§'§o§-‘ial_cus- tom, and that is where the evil com- mences. _. The young man takes}; his_ social glass with his companions without a thought of the c0nseqiien'ceMs.“-H Soon he takes too much and he feels mis- erable the néxtgday andbtlliiii-ks "I will not take as much next time.” But soon after he is in tnejsame condi- tion again, and the bartender says to him, take another drink this morning and you will feel better. so he takes another glass which makes him feel likea new man. ""hen he must treat the new man, so the next day he needs the glass more than ever and takes it, this ,is repeated until he loses all self control_ and with it his self respect, then the story is soon told, a habitual drunkard and a drunk- ard"s grave. If the drinking man only injured himself there might be a plea for hit-_.', but that cannot be. No man can in- jure himzelt without injuring others. l‘he young 1111.11 that goes stag.-gt-.rlIig home to his fond and loving mother, has planted a thornln that mother’: heart that will go with her to her grave. When I was a boy I was sent :0 a neighbor’s house, and by a table in the center of a well lurnishml .-room eat the husband and fa: ier Cap- it -itiair sat Mrs. F. wizh had the appearance of a happy family. El lay Captain F. rain F., enj vying himself with three kinds of liquors near him. In an easy their three children around her, and everything At this time Captain F. was rated as one of the best captaivs on the lakes. Before I had grown to manhood I saw that same room, with bare walls, un- carpeted floor, and broken furniture, :'.H‘.A on the floor in a drunken stupor On a broken chair sat M-."s. F. looking pale and careworn, and oh,f.’such misery as her coun- ,,, tenance depicted I never can forget. for extracting Around her were her children no long- er looking happy and contented, but clothed in rags.,3No, smile on their Who can portray the injured feel- ngs of that wife and mother, as she ooks back but a few years, and com- pares the present with the past. ‘I hope the youth of this generation may live to see mankind educated up to that standard of self-respect, and self- control, that such scenes of drunken- ness will be no more. . GRANDPA. Aunt Prue, I failed to hear your welcome voice in the Vrsrroa of Dec. 15, for the first time. couraged and leave us. the sun shines. Don’tget dis- After clouds GRANDPA. THE MGPHCAN CROP REPORT. LANSING, Mich., Jan. 14.—Bet11rns have been received for January lrom 739 correspondents representing 591 town- ion he will be more than astonished ‘ll: amps‘ of these returns 446 are from 343 her,-attractiveness and find I'(“tl en'o '- mwnshinsin the southern four hem of ’ " J 3 counties. Farm animals are in good _ _ j . , condition. but correspondents generally preciation of a“man of learning’ that state that the failure of the corn crop begins to tell in their appearance. To the question, "Has wheat suffered injury from any cause during December?" 89 correspondents in southern counties and 78 in northern answer yes, and 333 cor- mspoudents in southern counties and L5} in the northern answer no. The lpnintity of wheat on hand in the south ern four tiers of counties is estimated at Jill per cent, and in the northern coun- 'ies at 28 per cent of the 1883 crop. Fheac figures indicate about 7,509,284 bazshils of wheat now in the hands of runners. The quantitv of wheat report- murketed since Sept. 1. is 5,977,712 mshels, but as reports have been re- -".l“.lV'C(:l from only about half the mills -mi elevators in the state the total quai tity marketed is probably 1l,950,000 oushels. The quantitv used for feed is probably about 2,500,000 bushels, and the amount consumed by farmers and others ~l?1Jplle(l directly from farmers’ bins nay be estimated at 1,500,000 bushels, rnaking the total amount marketed, used .-or s ed, and consumed by farmers 15,- 73,000 bushels. The total product was ‘£3,147,135 bushels. and about 7.197 000 bushels remain in farmers’ hands. “The Patent Question.” J. T. Cobb——1JLa.-r Sir: I enc.lo~e a clippiilg from the Dui/j/man. which profitable field far l:J.boi', -harks have found in plenients used in factwries. ed with cheese manufaciur:-i-g, I call royalty the varied iin try, and had been for some years. drying or curing cheese. real-.'n+>d that these much injure-J indi ina niell the llJ()(l8di. sum of $50. charge at high court, was generally paid. The holders of the patent, of what ever character it might have been, hat faciories were built that would be. far more than would have been so to use. iy and has been abandoned by many at Washington and ask them to sup port such amendment. It can no take away any just right from the in ventor, but will give people the righ to use what they have bought hon estly. G. B. Horvrou. Fruit Ridge, JJD. 1, 1884. determine whether one does or doe heavily for using an article. he patentecs of the old gang pros and hoops are still at work in Illinoi collecting royalties. patent, will amount to a million an 9. qurcter of dollars, may power butter worker think there is ‘ chance 0. somebody having to pay penalty for infringing patent law cream. We faces now, but a looklohf bliir-1'k'di-spair. tor can have.——Dm'r3/mom. gives you a little known iigeof what is utter and chess Having been lniig Connect- 50 mind several cases, where demands were made for royalty on iniolements and devices which were most common in use in all the factories In the coun- In al. t e hundreds and thousands of '.ilJ€r‘:8ITl f&.Cl.0llr:S which were scattered o'.'¢.i' zhe northern states could be found ille “Range and Setter” system of ltwas not until t.e "Acnie” in cheese factory building had been viduals made their appearance and de- And (0 prevent being dragged away to some distant city to answer the grave the amount evidently been watching with pleasure the building of factories and the intro- iluc.ion of their system for curing, and did not make any demands until it seemed quite sure that about all the The amount secured in this way was cured from the sale of legitimate rights The system was not a necessii using instead plain ehplves. As the matter will probably again be l.)l‘()ug§il’/ before Congress to so am:nd the patent laws as to protect the innocent pur- ciiaser, and to make the manu1'a.c:urer and vendor alone responsible, I hope that all who have any information will give light on the luesiion and show up the frauds committed, by sending such to their representatives, -It is unfortunate for dairymen that so much of the apparatus used in their business is covered by patent, « because it is miuy times difficult to not run the risk of being inulcteal We note by the daily press thar This matter has been fought in the courts until it to be settled con- clusively that parties using the gang reseller hoops are subject to a penalty, and New Yark State-_ factorymen have 52 ‘Oats. No.2 white.87; No. 2, 35;... .ib‘.\',,ll given up the hghégsnd made up Flflr. wgmz. Com. arm. 1 ' d.‘ th I- lib twa i t B8G"Dt 15 .4113 14.5130 500 iblgtrrhrelnbills 1-ilnd tie more gargful 8hi,‘“:‘ “ ‘mm 3'‘m 19'm0 . L500 , - . bnickoo. Jan. 15.—Begalsi- wheat, tn-mar: U9x't‘“1‘e- . . . 963’; Jan.: N54 Feb.: 98% May Corn, firm; A statement lB_ made‘. tngugh It 53% Jan. /Oats, Ligher'329:£ Jan. Pork, high- ,-i~:_-eiii-;-;. hardl ' possible, that the .nya,l- er: $14.77;’, Jan and Feb. Lard. hrin; $8.80 3 J ties that will be exacted from the “'1' —-—.:. 3:4 dairymen of the Northwest, on this ex-cog‘;-leg. However that be. the amount is so large as to he a hardship to many cheese makers. We fear that this same experience will be repeated for years from now on the patents. We also quite a lively the use of centrifugal machinery do not want to excite any needless apprehen- gon, but a bond of indemnity from responsible sellers, is about the only protection that the creamery proprie- The law of Georgia holds railroads liable for injuries to employees in case the injured person suffers without his fault from the neglect or act of fellow employees or of the company. The rail- roads have sought to evade .by requir- ing the employee and his wife to sign a contract, called by the railroad men a "(leath-warrant,” waiving the right to recover damages. But the Supreme Court of the State has now’ ruled that such a waiver is contrary to public pol- icy, and sustains the right of the widow of a man killed in the discharge of his duty to recover damages. \Vhen the farmers learn from expe- rience that by housing their manure and thorou hly working it over, mix- ing with a sorbeuts, such as muck, earth, road dust, leaves, etc, to take up the liquid and ammonia set free, its val- ue is double what it now is, and, too, at an expense much less than the same amount of plant food could be obtained in an artificial fertilizer, a new era will have been reached in agric.ulturc, and vve shall see the fertility of our old farms brought back to where they wera fifty years ago. An increase of one busliel per acre in the average corn crop 0’ the State would, Dr. Sturtevant estimates, add over halfa million dollars to the an- nual income of New York farmers. THE REAPER DEATH. GL.'I‘uRIr'.- l)ied at his fatl;er’s residence in th~ township of .‘-llsttison, B".’ll:Cll County, BARKER,--Ilzirmcny Giiii'ge No. 21157, has been called upon to mourn the loss one of its numbers, Sister MATTIE BARKER, who died at her residence in Talmadge, Ottawa 0)., Nov. 2‘), 1883. WHEIZI-JAS, Th-.~. unwelcome guest death has again invadnl our Grange, and taken from our rnirlst a beloved sister: one Whom we all loved, one who was wituout an enemy, and had a multitude of friends, Resolved, That Harmmy Grange tender its warmest sympathy to the bereaved family, who so deeply mourn the loss of their dear one. Ifesulced. That the members of this Grange, will ever hear in mind the genial companion- ship of its departerl siszer. Res lued, That this testimonial be entered ‘.11 our Grunge, and in copy of the same sent to Gassrus Virsiroiz for pub ication; and that our Charter be draped in mourning for sixty do ye. _. 5, 5,1 \-'Al\'l)0REN—Resolutious ‘adopted by Adrian Grange, Dec, ‘28, 1853. \V uunsss, In view of the loss we have sus- tained, by the decease of our friend and asso- Cl'll.O, Brother H. E. VANDOREN, and of the still heavier loss sustained by those near» st and dearest to him; therefore be it Resolved, That it is but a just tribute to the memory of the departed to say that this loss we mourn for one who was in every way wor thy of our respect and regard. - Resolved, That as a token of our rrspect for our deceased Broilier, our Charter be draped in mourning thirty (la; s. Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with the parents rf the deceased, and especially with his wife in theirgreat affliction. Resolved, Tziat the foregoing resolutions ba entered in ful. upon our Journal and that copies be furnished the parents and wife of the deceased, and 8. copy be furl.-ish~:d the Gimzzoa VISITOR, for publication . B. B. EMEEY, Coin. ARMSTRONG.-—Dieil at Linden, Kansas, Oct Uth. I885, Charles S. Armstrong is worthy member of Lafayette Grange, No. 251. His us- sociate members desire to express our deep sense of afllictiou and bereavment.an(l our sympathy for the mourning relatives. and we would commend them to the Master of the A Everlasting Grange above. Resolved. That as an expression of love for our departed Brother, we drape our hall in mourning for thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be placed upon the records or’ this grunge, and be published in the Jones- ville papers and GRANGE VISITOR; and a copy to the bereaved sisters. OSBORN.-According to the natural course of events, and the final destiny that awaits us all, wc_have been oalled upon to part with our worthy and esteemed sister. Mia. Emily Os- borne, and it becomes us as members of an Order whose watchword is “Pea.-e and good 2 will, topsy tribute to her memory. Let us strive to learn arrow the les§r~u of patience and ll.-..g suffering from the extreme self- deuial that marked the last years of her life. May we not justly believe that her en- trance to sbirit life will be revealed by the sweet welcoine, “Well done than good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of eternal life;" Therefore, Resolved, That in her death we have lost a. faithful charter member at Acme Grange, No. 26:}. That we tender. our symyrthy to her three devoted sons in the hour of their be- lt--,v. W. Garilnez‘ Of in Est. l‘. Goodrich 1 848 . 1884:. Winslow 8. Crooks, DEALERS IN GRANITE AND MARBLE, Near L S. & M. S. Depot. Kalamazoo. 0|’ B RI.-AIIBLE WOBKS Mich.,gL)ct. -25. 1883. in the 2 -th. year of his ”‘-"W1 (hi-“'1 3‘-‘V85-b't1IlJ‘-1PlCi‘00liS age, Brother VVIL1-‘OI’-‘.D l.GUl‘imi1-zamcmber Waflzml Dodge inst. J H. hilwards 1 ' of Colon Grange No. 215. H. ll. Everard E. Friedman Est John Gibbs Eat. It Gardner Est. Win. A. house Frank Henderson mlzn l}!_vnn El. Gates Hon. Allen Potter. A. T. Prouty Ira Rinsom Dwight St. John M. M. Stimson K. A. Smith F. B. Stockbridge C. O. Ty l'l'Bll Ilrlos Phillips .‘Su'i:i'i.--l Pike Hon. .1. Parsons H. Ralf-Itcn L C. Starkey Joe Sire-yer. l)r. J. M. Snook. E’-r . .l...~'. 'I‘aylor .] Wu ulard E-t. Wm. Tall. H. Wood J. M. White Geo. Wattles F. W. Wilcox. KICHLAND. F. T. Bingham C. & B. Fowler H. G. Farr G. L. Gilkey Est. W in. Oatman Robt. Stimson Patrick Shanley M R. Otis. coormt. M. M. Brvant Thos. Blaine W. S. Delano Cooper CemetervCo E W. Huntley A. G. Huntley A. W. Huntley Thoe. C. Leeper Mrs. M Simmons M. J. Noble ALAMO. A. W. Ashton Julius Hackley John L Hill John W. James. 0sa'rEu0. .‘l»i:»:. ii;-own Austin Buell Est. J is. Dawater: A. Crane John Ilnbderi W. F. Wiuterbnrn. TEXAS. John Harvey Daniel Handing Jen ‘-‘~i(‘. Parsons Wallace Parsons E~z. L. A. Parsons Gilbert Smith. SCHOOLCRAFT Hon. 5. F. Brown Hon. J. T. Cobb Est John Crose Juv Clerk E-t. Dr. W. H. Fox Est.Jesne Crose W. C Smaller Horace Kinney Est P \‘.L. Skinner Est. M. Smith JOB. C ’ ‘errill John Sidler E»: J. S.Thon1as Est. Geo. Stuart. YICKSBURG Est. P A. Beebe Mrs. M. Best Wm. S Bait J. W. Darling I‘lioi~. B. Finlay M. Hill Ives Brothers John Miller John Mallow Mrs.W. Mocomsey S J. Richardson Hiram Stevens. GALESBURG. Ezra BEOKWIHJ Est. J. N McClar_v F. B. Austin E-1t. L. M. Hunt WIIRE ESTABLISIIED and are the largest in the state, extending along the east side 01 the L. S. at 1'1. S. railroad from Main street to Kalamazoo avenue. 0In- workshop is 213 feet long and was built for the business. “'0 have the best Innchluery for handling and polishing stone, and we carry the largest stockaud do the best work. Below are some of those in Kalamazoo and adjoining counties who have recently favored us with their orders: i Est. VV. C. Sabin ‘ Mrs. K Vance i C. S. Andrus ; F \V. Collins j Abel Craven I I“.~:t. T.A.DeI{cimcr Isaac Fish . N. T. Parker Est. G. Williams P. H. Schuli G. H. Vreeland E.-it. () Patterson Mrs. M. Rogers. liflii. ll. Will UW. Remcsnber the location and the tirlu: depot, on Rlisin street and Kalamazoo avenue. IN I848, KALAMAZOO. . whxnsumg, Hiram Arnold O. M. Allen 0- G. Co-ik _ John R. Culp Alexander Buell Est. Ethan Allen ESL W~ F- LOW“ J- 3- M‘-"GIL Bush at Patterson J. H. Boetwick , 1”«\\'U-l0N- Hon. G:-o M. Buck J, S. Borden I'°Tb_““h TF1‘-‘O1’ Fltfih Chas. ll Booth R. Barrett 5- Hf‘"'13°n 1‘35l3 J- GTOVGT R, Bin-kliout w. R. Beebe 5; Co Sf*m1K““Pl> -his-‘McKee Geo. Bardeen Isaac A. Brown 19- H- M0013 ‘ - 5011111103 H,,[,_ _~5_ s_ Cobb H ,,y Beckwm, { Wm. Webster Geo. Schilling. Est F.W.(3urtenius E. . Carder ii: Son - , Al'(il"S'l‘A. L.-.-..y Uahill Hon. T. s. Cobb I P. W- Ford Est. G. S. Karcher ' Mrs. M. A. Wheeler Est. G. A. Willson BARRY COUNTY. Mr‘-. E Bundv L C. Cui‘ti:'«. S. G. Davis Fred ilutop L X, Hjndeg [ H. Fisher Est W. C. Gazette ‘dun. J. L. Hawes Ihlmg Bros SW11“ H3712” 3- Al 15- Hall 1).. no. Hitchcock hi. Kirkland 2 F1-A-Hall ll Geo M. Hudson ii. ‘.‘:.".1lLliIll ' W. Mereiiitlu i It A Kelli’ ()onru(l Kuhler l\1ic -In.=lmeAsvlum Mounfln HomeCcm l 0- P hllfflbef 15 M<’1’lIa!'liB E AI:-.l£lro_v H. S Parker ~. 1’. l\'IcPl;i1rliii E«i. M. Murphy N .N:*WiT()!l Est. H Phelps EP»!-' H Moshe‘ D. B Pratt Jr-s. Schultz W. N. Vanevery C. N. Ynungs. ALLEGAN C()l‘NT\'. 1. Simpson L. D. Brody Est. E. E. Bovie E.-it.J. 0. Bannister B. B. Cronk H. Compton G. H. Compton S. B. Chase J. F. Doud R. Doud Est. E. Field Mrs. M. England Est. J. Guckeler J. M. Funk Tbos. Gilmore Wm. H. Gorden M. D. L. Hollis Wm. Green S. Huntley Est. C. V. Huntley V. Hilbert A. Harvey Est. J. H. Hunt J. A. Height F. D. Harding 0. O. Hamlin Est. S. E. Lincoln Est. H. B. Isham Thos. Loen John Moored W.V. Orton S. Montague E. P. Prindle Mrs. H.I’ioreon Robt. Rouse Thos. W. Ronan Est. B. P. Sloan J as Stevens J. W. Staflon! Dr. H. H. Stimson Levi Tuttle Mrs. M. Williams E. E. Whitney . J. H. Willson Allen M. Wells VAN isUiu;.\' COUNTY. ' A. J . Austin D. W. Abrams W. H. Abbott Mrs. L A. Baxter S. V. P. Bzadt Chas. Bradt ' ‘ Est. L. H. Bentley F. B. Cadv A. Cady Mrs. S. Cleveland Edwin Cooley J. H. Conklin Geo. Carr F. Drake Est. G.W. Comstock David Ferris B. J. Desenberg H. S. Hitchcock N. B. Eager W. M. Hall O. E Goodall R N. J. Hall E. J. Hemingway G. W. Holly _ H. H. Hill . Howard Mrs. E. Hm cklev Eat. I). Longcor Jae. Haynes Mrs. M. McCarty Est. Luther Kinneyfiobt. Moore Henry Lewis '1‘. s. Nesbitt Est.M.MergenthslerR.ibt. Nesbitt, L A Newcombe Geo. W. Robinson N. N118‘) D. Stephenson Mrs. E. Sebriug A. E Thompson S. N. Vantleet Mrs. L. A. Warner H. Watkins H. Wharfield M. Woozlrutf list. Jae. Watkins Near the .Vli(-liigan Southern Bin. W. Eiuuls. Man is an animal that can not long he left in safety without. ocvupzitioiiz the :1'm\l.li of his fallow nature is apt to run into weeds.—llIillaril Special muisiois over the Northern Pacific. 'l'Iav ,\". Paul Globe of Dexmilzer '.'lsf .uig:.\-.' reavemeut. Resolved, That we present a copy of the above to the bereaved family, and send a t copy to the Grange Visitor for publication t THE MARKETS. Grain And Pfflfillllnl ,L1vi:ni>ooL,Jan. 15.—--3 1». u.—Whea.t.. new». western winter.‘ dull; 8s. 5d. New YORK. Jim. 15.—Cotton.quiet;sa.les, 335 bales: middling uplands, 10 1_l—16ths; Orleans, 10 13-Iliths; futures, dull, easy. New Yoax, Jan. 15.—F1our, dull. prices fa. vorinz buyers. Wheat, opened %@lhi,c lower, afterwards became stronger and fully recover ed from the decline; No- 1 white. nominal; sales, 8,000 bu. No. 2 red. Jan.. $1.04; 208,000 bu. Feb._ $l.D5{ml.£l55u’; 480, 0(1) bu. Mar. $l.(Yl%@ll.- (18%; 9a,uoo bu— April. $1.10-3.;@i.11,%a': 680 on bu. May. 81.12%.-@1.l‘3-"7§. Corn, %®%c higher; rather quiet; mixed western. spot. 5 @6454; futures, tiZ}g@66l/4‘. Oats, l4@’;fi better; western, 395945. Pork. unchanged, quiet. Lard, opened itgrrzvugsr, afterwards weaker: steam rendered. ‘-‘J. Dsriiorr, Jan. 15.—-12:30 P. ii,-—Wheat, dull; cash, $21.01‘/4; Jan.. 31.01%: Feb. SLO2%: Mar. $1.04; May 31.07%: No. 2 red $1.01; No. 2 white, 94 Porn, firm; F0. 2 cash. 54% hid: new mixed 3 S S ii Nuw Xoax. Ju.n_. 15.-Butter. quiet. firm: western 10@38:Elg1ncreamery>4l@42. Cheese. firm; -l@13% 9112815 quiet. steady. Molasses, un:hanged.l;uiet. Rice, firm, ’l‘a.llow. dull, 7 11—1tlth. Western eggs, dull: 81@3'2 CHICAGO WHOLE-SALE PBIOES—'l‘IM.ES REPORT. Sugar, stand. A .... ..'l‘/ti Butter. dairy. 151228 gran ted ...... 8% extra cream‘ry 33@35 D1'lt:daDplL-S..... 7‘/2@8, fresh white, 101316 Potatoes, n., bu...25@4'= Eggs, fi-esh.. , Wool. hue. w‘shd. .32-33 Beans h pick. $1.5o.?..20 1’-5@26 3 57 Live Stock. Onmaoo, Jan. 15.—Hogr-x —receipte, 34,030: opened stroiiger, subseqif-ntly declined about 5 cents; light, $4.'l5@5.6I . rough packing $5.15 @5150; rough packing and shipping. $.').60@6.— 15. 0attle—receipte. 10000; best steady, others dulhexports $ll.n0@6.60: common to choice, g.‘.0g).95.9ll; butchers $2.40@l.6‘.‘; etockers, $3.00 .1. ll. Il‘*l'l,\', formerly passenger a-gr.-lit of the Rock Island road, was appointed ycsLcr(1a_\' to the sanw pn.~4iti011, and also gen!-ml tourist. :-icent m'thv.- Northern Pzwilie. His appoint- ment will take cfiect on the Iil‘!~‘l day ol'.Imiu- nry. He will proceed at once I.oari‘uii;_ra for a series of popiilar 6-Xc\1l‘.\;lun.K to the Yellow- stone Park, Portland. 0re«,,Ioii. and Alaska. Mr. Berry has had a very large experience in arrniigiin: -‘Xcurslons oi’ thi.~ character. In this respect his repiitation is iinsiii'passcd. and his apg.-.iint.merit will add strength to the already \'cr_\‘ etlli-lent pa.sseii2ei' department of the Z\'ortlic-rn Pacific road. lajanlt BARBOIIR" conn DRILL. Enequaled for sT}{E1\'(a'l‘H ' . and, SIIVIPLICITY. Drops , positively only ONE Grain ., in 8. place, Hr.r,lrr_ .~'.'..lI(ln or tiocruy inches anal‘!- PODLISH woman. Those suffering from complaliits peculiar to their sex. which are daily becoming more dangermis and more I“irnil_v seated, yet. who neglect to use, or even to learn about Zoa - Phora — Woman's Friend. For testimonials prov- ing its merit. alldl'8§'S, R. PENGELLY & l‘o., Kalamazoo, Mic Hold h_\' all dI'l1g_i:,ist.~‘. N. B.—Every woman, sickly or healthy, should read Dr. Pengelly's book. "Advice to Mothers, concerning diseases of women and lLIFE INSURANCE R" PATRON o T323 Palnins’ Aid Society ul Micligan _ WA‘ 0INiAlt'lZl-ll} HI DECEMBER. 1880, to give the Patrons oflhllichigzan an opportu- nity to belong to A lloii: Institution of Life Insurance that they could control. As its name indir- catcs. it is FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR ORDER AND FOR THEM ONLY. If: Annual Meetings occur at the same time and place as the annual session of the State Grange. This feature was for the ex- press purpose of provid-ing for a large rep;-5- sentation of the members of the Society at its most important meeting of the year, when it; ofiicere are elected. and without special notice any amendment to the laws and tales govern- ing the Society may be made. The Moron. rum adopted by this Society provides that an Assessment shall be made ONLY when a member dies; and the amount of that assessment is fixed when a person becomes a. member, and cannot be in- creased at any subsequent period.» This as- sessment is gr-aduated_ae_cording tQ»,age, which is an important s.nd,.hstnictive feature of this Some —-one which should commend it to the tavern. le consider-ationof Patrons, .' _ If there are reasons why people should {mm time to tune pay a small, sum from‘ their in- come or their earnings, in order to secure to those dependent on them in an hour of need I sum suflicient to bridge over the expenses and wants incident to that most ' period of life, those reasons hold good w on applied to the Patrons of our State. wApplications for membership may he made WM. B. LANGLEY, Pree’t, Or -1. 1‘. CORE. Sec’y. (Ventreville, iehltf Sclionlrraft. Mich. to sell our Hand Rnblv.-r Storm IT Samples free‘. l<‘oi.mMau & 60., l-‘>JH!1‘4t Cleveland, 0.5 scans GIVEN AWAY! A PACK AGE Mixed Flower Seeds (400 Lnds) and sample Pa.rk’s_ Floral Magazine, all for 2 children,” Free to any lady. Postage in sealed envelope 40. stamps. Toll your friends._4 G. W. PARK Fannettsburg, Pa. 15;‘ unlit. 8 TEE ERAEGE VISITOE. ¥ JANUARY 15, 1884. The universal distribution of dogs over the surface of the globe is often adduced as an argument in their fa- vor, and their general domestication by the human race would seem to an- swe: the oft raised question of their usefulness. Buttheir distribution is not more universal than are some of the more abhorred pasts, nor their value fully dsinonstrated by their adoption as pets. There is no exchange in which dog stocks are bought and sold, no markets in which their price is estab- lished. no standard by which to esti- mate their value. In all the ages of the past, often as their merits have been mouthed, and their praises sung, they have never secured many legal rights, attained much commercial importance, nor given the impression of is prime ne- cessity. On the other hand their maintain- ance has always been a large item of cost to the human race, their bene- fits often extremely problematic-al, whilst thejdamage done by them is al- ways without the least compensating advantage. Time was in the pioneer days of the Sale when beasts of prey and destruc- tive pests were common, and sheep the exception. Then their keeping was perhaps necessary, as their savage propensities could be turned to ac- count. Instances are not wanting who Is they have rendered valuable services. But times have changed, and the conditions which re- ‘ quired their constant employment and constant vigilance, (con- ditions which alore could make them useful) have passed away and iron] being valuable servants they have become idle ingrates or prowling - mlscreants—n'ot so much from any inherent defect, or fault in their or ganization as from lack of legitimate employment for their dog energies. Since the first settlement of the State dogs have furnished interesting mate- rial for history and many amusing stories are told at their expense. The story is told of a man who had lost sheep by the depredations ofdogs. Next morning the alarm was given, when every mm was anxious about the security or‘ his dog property. But one sharp dog, eluding the vigilance of his owner, took a pleasant walk to- ward the sheep man’s premises, but had his liberty interfered with, was badly put out. The lover of sheep soon after this met the recent owner of the dog, and with a severe expression asked him whether his dog had been from home. “Oh, no,” said he (with a face as long as any hog you ever saw) “my dog is never from home.” The sheep man. turned upon his heel and walked away. Result: The loser of the doghad his mouth very efl‘zctual- ly closed, and the other man may have thiught he was mistaken {as to the identity of the dog he had stopped. Another manthe owner of a very nice dog, had lost sheep, but naturally sup- posing that his neighbor’s dog had done the damage, built a catch pen ,and placed asheep in it, when next m)rning, to his horror and chagrin, his own dog was caught. Many years since a lot of ill man- nerly curs entered upon the premises of a man named Gilbert, living on Sturgis Prairie, and in one hot night, so chased, beat, bit and worried a flock of several hundred valuable sheep, that the flock, or what what was left of them, was of little or no value, dam- aging him to the amount of over one thousand dollars. No damage could be recovered. Quite recently a man in this county had a lot of sheep mangled, worried, and some killed, sustaining more dam- age than all the dog pelts in the coun- ty would pay for whilst the mute ap- pealing looks of the poor mangled, moaning wretches Weltering in their own blood. formed a contrast with the savage, defiant beasts of prey, too strong for the equanimity of the most phlegmatic observer. Upon inquiry next morning it was found that every man's dog had been at home and un- der the bed. These are but isolated cases of the many depredations committed by dogs, against which there is but little protection, and no equitable, or certain method of reparation. If one man kiudles fires upon his own premises the law makes it his duty to watch these fires and be re sponsible for any carelessness on his part and liable for damages done his neighbor’s property Dy his negligence. But a man may have flack of sheep worth thousands of dollars endangered bya lot of worthless and justly sus- pected curs. But who is to pay him for his risks or, his night's vigils. gu-i in lianrl, watching his sheep whii:ttli-:1. owner of the dogs may be quietly sleep ing at home in utter indifference to his neighbors’ risks or anxieties? Dug men generally say, “if my dog does any damage, I am willing to pay.” But in many instances the de- stroyer ofa hundred dollars worth of Sheep is tracked to the house of a man to») poor to pay the tenth part of the dautiage without distressing his family. But still there are dogs here, there, and everywhere. They sit at the rich man's board, and occupy po- sitions of honor in the cottage of the I poor, arecarried, caressed, and cared for by ladies of culture, wealth and intelligence, whilst hungry, half-clad children shiver at the street corners, or cry aloud for bread. In the villages they often sit in couples, trios, knots and rings, on dog days and all other days, exchanging dog ideas, and dog courtesles, holding dog counsels, de- liberating doubtless upon their legal disabilities, and other grievances. 80 thick that often foot passengers need very high boots to wade among them. VVe are often reminded of Greeley’s remark, that “he had no doubt that there were five hundred dogs in the township, but believed that two hundred and fifty would do all their work.” Bubwhat is to be the remedy‘? All the dog 1>gislation in the past has been unsatisfactory. The present law of our State is the best of any yet en- acted, but is open to several objec- tions. First, it is as a rule, taxation without representation, the tax levied being often much higher in propor- tion than the value of the dog, and what appears ostensibly as a. tax, is but a sort of fine, imposed for the pro- tection of sheep owners or the support of public schools. Another is that the dog is often in- adequate to the payment of the dam age done, and becomes every year more so as the breeds of sheep are improved. There are llocks now in the State valued at thou.-sands of dol- lars, and individual sheep worth five hundred dollais, whilst the dog fund of the township amounts at most to buts. few hundred dollars. A third is that the law obliges the loser ofsheep first to lock up the dog which is some- times inore expensive than the dog and his owner are both worth. The dog law of ’l‘ennessee has one good feature. It makes the. owner of a dog proven guilty of killing sheep. liable for all sheep killed within a cer- tain radlus, after said dog’s guilt has been proven, as long as his dog is per- mitted to live. It has been sugg.—~.sted that dogs be taxed according to the sworn value of dogs by their owner. This would have one advantage, viz.: It would make cheap targets many times, for marksman, and sheep own- ers, and dog men could recover no more than the sworn value of the dogs killed. Others again have suggested dog shooting associations, the duty of whose members should be to shoot any suspected, or guilty dog, and bear an equal share of the costs of any liti- gation that might ensue. But perhaps a better law would make the owners of dogs responsitle for their good behavior, by giving bonds for all damage done by them and making trespass a tineable offense. The writer of this article does not wish to be un'derstood as condemning as an unmitigated nuisance the whole canine race. but \V)l1ld be g1 id to see the interests of all parties thoroughly understood by the public and those interests and rights equally guarded by equitable and e ective law. G. H. Cass county, Dec. 30, 1883. A Good Hil. Paul in the old version says: “The love of money is the root of all evil,” but in the new version he is made to say, “The love of money is a root of evil.” But either version is near enough to the truth in these degen- erate times. And unless this growing, giant evil ts checked in time, the days of this Republic will soon be num- bered. It is the love of money that induces railroads. and all soulless cor porations, to exact of the people all they are able to pay. It mad-lens the brain of politicians to get into power where the government can legalize their stealings. Take :he Star Roiite thieves fer example: when they were arrested, one of the gang plead guilty to the charges of larceny, but the judge thought he would not sentence him, till the rest were tried, then send them all up together. But after the jury sat on the case for six months, they said in their verdict, that the man lied, that he was not guilty, but all were innocent. The love of money seems to pervade all classes of men, and even the clergy receive the loud- est call from ,the biggest pile. De- ception’ lying, intrigue and all man- ner of wickedness is resorted to for the purpose of gain, without honest effort. The papers are futl of the re- cital ‘of crime, robbery, arson ‘and murder, and but very few of the perpetrators are brought to justice It is no longer safe for a man to re- tire to rest without a rev-::lv'er under his pillow. Unless sonic-i.hiz‘-g is done to protect people in their person and property, the masses will have to form vigélance C-Dlillljlliwko’ to ‘retirees: their wrongs. I know it will he said that this is a burba.i'ou.-. rule and should not be sarir-tinned, yet I will give any lll21DI'vV"0l)£:fl‘¢.l:5 of apples, if he will name :1 case where an in;.«;>- cent man has been l.ll!.lg by avigil.-Lee committee. CORTLANI) H"ii..i.. The handle factory near Pete.-fikey turns; out acar load oi‘ handles per week, Agang of beggars, two men and three women, or most forlorn aspect, were arrested in Massachusetts. On one of tlzem was found $000 in money, all made duringatwo months’ tramp. M. B. CHURCH “BEDETTE” C0, GRAND RAPIDS, l\IICI-1., ——soLi: MANUFACTURERS or—— Patented June 13, 1882. This invention supplies a long-frlt want for a cheap portable bed, that can be put away in a small space when not in use, and yet make a roomy. comfortable b—.d when wantzd. Of the many cots that are in the market there is not one, cheap or expensive, on which ii coin- fortablc night’s rest can be bad. They are all narrow, short, without spring, and in fact no bed at all. While THE BEDETTE folds into as small space, and is as light as anything can be made for durability, when set up it furnisht.-I, :1 bed long enough for_the largest mun, and is as comfortable to lie upon as the most expensive bed. It is so constructed that the ptitent sides, regulated by the patent ridjustable tension cords, form the most perfect spriiig bed The canvas covering is rot tucked to the frame, as on all cots, but is made adjutalzlv, so that it can be taken (>5 and put on again by any one in a few minutes, or easily tightened, should it become loo.-e, at any time, from stretching. It is 7|. perfect spring bed, st ft and easy, without springs or mattirss. For warm weather it is a complete bad, without the addition of anything; for cold Weather it is only necessary to add sufficient clothing. The “BEDETTE” is a. Household Necessity, And no family, after once using, would be without it. It is simple in its construction, and not liable to get out of repair. It makes a pretty lounge, :1 14.-rfect bed, and the price is within the reach of all. ———PR I O 1«*.:——— 36 inclics wide by (if feet long, Sfl 50. 330 inch».-5 wide by 67; fee t long. 833 00, 27 iuchcs wide by 45 feet long (cover 11')!’ ad_jti.~.t.tble) -i~"_‘.:'>tl. I4"ur Sale by Furi’.itiir'¢.- I):-uh-i'.~‘ I:E\'n-i‘_v\Vlwi'(-. NEW TOOLS"*’°"°—'/ Telzzgon, togctheryrith re«.>en_t.in1proV'r£g-'.):‘ye‘, mcnts, {lace the “l'[.A.\l£'P/ /‘ o arm and brain -I 0 :lfrl2.|’:§1u1>l.lflu(?!1t5 V _ ,1 N ’ ‘f‘_x'\\._ A; gngliiliofilo om. F S. L RLLEN & C0. 127 1 9 19.22 SEND NOW, if you are inter cstml in Fariniiig,Garden- in or '1 rucking, forour New Cntu ogue con- .- . ...::;ri:;;r;.=.. 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RAT P S. Tuition free. Club Boarding. CALENDAR. For the year 1883 the terms begin as follows: SPRING 'l‘nBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 20 SUMMER TE}?-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 22 AUTUMN TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 4 Examintion for Admission, February 20 and September 4. For Catalogue apply to '1‘. C. ABBOTT; President, or R. G. BAIRD, Secretary. BIG BE}-i-RIBS! The famous CUTHBERT RED RASPBERRY And GREGG BLACK CAP RASP- BERRY, (.'RESCEN'[‘ flllll BID- VVELL STRAVVBERRY, and other SMALL FRUIT l’i.AN'rs FOR SALE. My plants are very fine. I zave money to raise and must and will sell cheap. Special terms to G1 anges, Clubs. or conibinerl nr(lers. Address FIKEID. LIJCIA, Flus/zing, Jllu-/zziqan. Is the only preparation base-tl on the proper principles to constitute a tlllfél-~ i.-it finish for walls, as is not held on the wait. with glue, etc., to decay, but is a Stone (enient that h8.l‘(lel'u’5 with age, and every additional coat strength- ens the wall. Is ready for use by ad- ling hot Water, and easily a; plied by anyone. Fifty cen ts’ worth of ALABASTINE wil: cover 50 square yards of average wall Wit’: two coats .- and one coat will produce beém work than car be done with one coat of may other preparation on the same surface. For sale by paint dealers everywhere Send for circular containing the twelvo beautiful tints. Mamifactured only by AIABASTINE Cc M. B. CHUnCH, Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich guyl-tf. (Contmueajroni last ivcelc.) How Watch Cases are Made. A plate of sour; com) l-l 2-10 kurzits fine is soldered on (32l('ll side of ii )l1l.l.L‘()f I hard nickel composition inetal, and the three are then Missed between olislicd P steel rollers. lroin this plate the V:.Ll‘l0li5 parts oftlic cascs—bncks, centers, l>ezels,ctc. are cut and shaped by dies and formers. The gold is thick enough to udniit of all kinds of chasing, eiigraviiig, and engine- turning.- The coinpositiori me-tail gives it needed strength, stifliiess and solidity, while the written guziruiitce of the lllLLIllllllL‘l.lll'L‘l'S tvcirranting each case to \vc:ir twenty _ve:ii's proves that it contains all the gold that can possibly be needed. 'l‘lris‘gu:rr:-.:itec is given from actual 7'8£l([f.~', (ls nz Sons A Co., Phoenixville, Pa. It 0. \\‘4,stcrvillr-, Ohio. | -5 IE3 IE3 ID S t|«‘m- the GAR l)li1N.~—.-\1l 1lI‘l£‘ll.ll(l choice l:vu'ivIir'-\'. fr:-.~'h illlil lvslctl. For the E E ,lt‘A R .Vl.~lh-.21.-r-il (‘oi-ii. 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