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VOLUME l0,—N0. ll.
WHOLE N0. l87.

SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH., JUNE 1, 1884.

[Printed b Kalamazoo Publishing Co.]

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0VEBBEEB—PUT. DARDEN, . . . . Mississippi.
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ST!l:wA.BD—W. SIMS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Kansas.
Assn Sriiwann-JOHN J. ROSA, Delaware.
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H. D. BINGHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio.
DB. J. M. BLANTON, . . . . . . . . . . ..Virgin.ia.

Officers Michigan state cranae.

M.—C. G. LUCE, ................. ..Gilead.
0.—A. N. WOODRUFF. . . . . . . ..Watervliet.
Lxc.-JOIIN HULBBOOK, . . . . . . ..La.nsing.
S.—-8. A. TOOKER, ........ ..Grand Ledge.
A. S.—A. B. CLARK, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Mori'ice.
C.—E. B. WILLARD . . . . . . . ..White Pigeon.
Inns ---B. F. BROWN, ....... . .Schoolcraft.
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G. K.—-ELIJABZ BARTLETT, .... . .Drydeu.
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Poiroru.—MB.S. LYDIA DRAKE, Plainwell.
Fr.ons—MB.S. D. H. STONE ............ ..
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11. D, PLATT, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ypsilanti.
JOEZN PORTER, .......... ..Grand Rapids.
THOMAS MARS, ........ ..Berrien Center.
J. 0. A. BURRINGTON,.....,....Tuscola.
mos. F. Moonn, .............. ..Adria.n.
J. G. BAMSDELL .......... ..'I‘raverse City.
C. 0. LUCE, J. T. COBB, ..... ..Ex-oilicio.

state Business Agent.

THOMAS MASON, .......... ..Chicago, 111.
(;,E()_ w, BILL .................. ..Deti-oit.

General Deputy.
JOHN HOLBBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing.

Special Lecturers.

Time. E‘. Moore. ...... ..Adrian, Lenawee Co.
Stark Lampman, ...... ..Tustin, Osceola Co.
M. L. Stevens, ...... ..Perrv, Shiawassee Co.
Jason Woodman, . . . .Paw Paw VanBuren Co.
A. N. Woodruif, .... ..Watervliet, Berrien Co

Mr. Perry Mayo,..Battle Creek, Calhoun Co-
Mrs. Perry Mayo,. .Battle Creek, Calhoun Co‘

Price List of Supplies

Kept in the oflice or the secretary of the
MICHIGAN STATE GRAN GE,

And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash
Order, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signature of st: llaster or $907810?!-

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, P31’ hl1!1d!'6d»-- 75
313,“; Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary _
to keep accounts with members,_ . . . . .. 1 0n
Blank Record Boo_ks_. (Express sud)” - — 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub,_well bound,. . . . . E0
Receipt Book, containing 100 neceiplw
from Treasurer to Secretary, w1th Stub,
well bound, ....................... -- 50
Blank Receipts for dues, _r 100. bolmda 50
Applications for Members 1?, P61‘ 1009" - 50
Secretary's Account Book, (new style). . 60
Withdrawal Cards, per doz.y-- --  - -- -- '25

Diniits in envelopes, per doz. .. .... .... 25
By-Laws of the State Graiige, single
gopies 10¢, per doz., ---------------- - - 75
By.I,gw~g,bound,.._...........:......... 23
u Glad Echoes," with music. Single copy
15 Ch. per (105-9 - - > - --_----_- ' - - ' ' ' ' " 1 so
The National Grange Choir, single copy
40 cents. Per dozen ............... .. 4
nitunia. single copy, ----------------- -- 35
u I dog,’ , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40
" or Fifth Degree, for Pomona
Granges, per copy. ----------------- - - 10

Blank “Articles of Association" for the
In ration of Subordinate Grangea,
th 3

vi of Charter all complete,.... 10
Notice to him. uent Mhmbers, or 100.. 40
Declaration of sets, per 05-: 50-;

per hundred ....................... -- 40
American Manual of Parfiapientfify L?‘W 5'3

u u u 1

{Morocco 'I‘uck,)....-._ ............. -- 100
Digest of Laws and Rulings, ......... .. 40
Roll Books .......................... .. 15

Address, 3. To COBB,

Sac’! man. sun Ginuel,
3CHOo..CB.A!'1‘. MICE.

duiuullvul Euulmul;

AN ADDRESS TO THE HUSBANDMAN,

If I believed that raising wheat,
Rye, onto, peas, beans and corn,
And selling them were all of life

I would not blow the horn

To call the laborers home;

But let them stay out in the fields,
Till toil had worn their lives away.

But by analysis I find,

That all those underlying principles,
That aid the mind are sure;

And from their action I obtain the fact
That mind endures

When fields of grain have ripened,

When the dust that nature mouldered into

form,

Has perished as it must;

That deathless entity

Thattfelt and thought and yearned amid the

strife,

With which it came in contact

In the outer life,

Was by that service taught

That nothing in the universe

Can come to naught

For in that God-like power

A purpose thrilled

That nerved the laborers’ arm,

As God the giver willed,

It gave to him the precedence and power
To garner gems of thought

That live beyond the hour

And like the beacon star

Of faith or hope,

It points to larger freedom

Greater scope of mind and the acclaim
That reaches on and on,

Thrills with the aim

That nervod the laboi'er's art

As he goes forth to do thp work assigned,
To one of earth,

Empowered and clothed for uses so divine.
They leave their impress on

The sands of time.

Believing this, my friends,

I’ll blow the horn

To call the laborers home,

Who grow the wheat and corn
\Vho beautify the earth,

With bud and blossom.

——S. I’. Ballard.

Manufacture of Drain Tile—No. 1.

STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Lansing, Mich., }
May 5, 1884.
Bro. C’obb:—In the VISITOR of May
1st, is another article from your able
correspondent C. S. Killmer, on the
subject of drainage. The tenor of the
article shows a discouraged feeling in
regard to the possibilities of securing
tile drainage, and he calls attention to
a very excellent form of open ditch, to
be used up til tile can be aflforded.
some weeks ago I wrote an article
discouraging any attempt to menu-
facturer drain tile for home use, but I
have since concluded that it is possible
that circumstances may exist that will
make in pay to make your own drain
tile, this will be especially true if
good clay and plenty of fuel is found
and a tile manufactury is some dist
ance away. It will be probably more ec-
onomical tomnke one on a large enough
scale to supply the neighborhood
rather than to make a supply simply
for use of one person. The manufact-
uring of drain tile on a small scale has
often been tried in England, and tried
successfully too; it may succeed well
in this country, but is not likely too,
for the reason that a small business
will not warrant the purchase of
machinery, and the erection of especial
kilns. There are doubtles many cases
when it will pay however. Circumstan-
ces rendered is necessary for me to in-
vestigate the methods employed in a
number of tile manufacturies, and in
that way I became quite familiar
with the methods used. The informa-
tion obtained iu that way I have
gathered together and put in shape,
hoping it may be of service to Mr.Kill-
mer and many of your readers. I have
had some assistance from a friend
who is in the buainees. I will try to
show how tile can be made with little
or no machinery, as Well a8 With
costly machines, in a series of five
short articles entitled:
(1.) Nature of Clay,
(2.) Working and Tampering C133’.
(3.) Molding the Tile,
(4.) Drying the Tile,
(5.) The Tile Kiln,
Yours with regards,
R. C. CARPENTER,

xo. l.—-NATURE or THE CLAY.

As well known to every farmer the
material used in the niauufacture of
drain tile is clay, and on the quality of
this material dcpcutls to a great extent
the utility of the tile. (‘Jay is a staple
in a great many industries, and in dif-
ferent manufactured forms seems to
minister to our comfort in many
ways. By process of manufactur-
ing certain clay is converted in-
to the costly china ware, and other
kinds into the more humble but not
less useful brick or drainage tile.
Chemically clay is a compound of
silica, of which sand is one f0rm,and a
beautiful metal known as aluminum
and water. This metal looks much, like
silver, and for manufacturing purpos-
es would be much more valuable as it
has greater strength and less weight.
l)c:-ipite the fact that every clay bank
is at mine of aluminum, it is very cost-
ly, being worth $1.25 per ounce, or
about as much as silver. The reason
for this is. that no cheap way of induc-
ing it from clay is known, that now
manufactured and solid, being made
from aluminum.

Clay exists naturally in connection
with other substances, being perhaps
never found pure. According to its qual-
ities it is classified into several varieties
known as fire clay, potter’s clay brick
clay, etc., kaolin, or china clay.

The purest clay known is Kaolin or
china clay, this is used for the manu-
facture of porcelain and is only found
in a few places, this always occurs mix-
ed with more or less sand, and also
contains some foreign material, as pot-
ash, lime or oxide of iron. \Vhen per-
fectly pure it would be perfectly white,
and would be very plastic to work.
The plasticity depends on the amount
of silicate of aluminum present; this
imparts the greasy or fat feel of clay.
This fat feeling is rapidly diminished
by the addition of sand and to some ex-
tent by lime or iron. Pure clay or Ka-
olin is very refactory, and will stand a
great degree of heat.

A clay known as Fireclay, which is
much less pure, will also stand a great
deal of heat. Fireclay must not con-
tain much lime, potash, soda or iron,
but may contain a varying and large
amount of sand. It should become
white or nearly so, although its color is
not important. The impurities men-
tioned should not exceed 5 per cent. It
is used for fire-brick, sewer-pipe, and
Lena-cotta ware. Pipe clay used to
make clay pipes, is a very plastic varie-
ty of line clay.

The common clays containing vari-
ous amounts of sand or silica, lime, and
iron oxides, are fusible at a high tem-
peruture, and when worked and burn-
ed differ very much in quality. Clay
may make excellent brick or tile, and
yet contain 90 per cent of silica sand;
although the usual amount is not "over
60 to 70 per cent. A large amount of
this silica is in a. chemical combination
with the aluminum, and is not visible
as sand. With 90 per cent of the whole,
siliczt not over'40 per cent, would ap-
pear Lo the eye, or could be washed out
as sand. Lime is frequently found.
When in small quantities and intimate-
ly mixed with the clay, it improves the
quality of either brick or file, but when
occurring in pebbles. it is very detri-
mental. It is changed by burning to the
oxide or quick lime in slakes if not
wheu.in lumps, and breaks the brick
or tile. Clay, containing lime pebbles
should be avoided. It frequently ap-
pears that many small pebbles are
found in the clay, indeed I think this
is usually the case; these are objection-
able even if of quartz, because they
shrink in dryingless than the clay, and
the clay is more liable to crack.

There is perhaps not a township in
which clay beds require drainage. but
tile clay can be found, and in many
instances good clay can be found on ev-
ery farm. It is impossible to tell by
the appearance of clay how it will ans-
wer for brick or tile, even if its chemi-
cal composition is known there will be
an uncertainty about the way it can be
worked, and the quality of the tile
made. Among clay workers the saying
has almost become an adage; “If you
want. to know what your clay will do,
try it.” Each bed of clay will require
an especial experience in order to se-
cure the best results with the greatest
economy. Many 0-‘ our clays are Very
tender, and when molded into tile, are
exceedingly liable to crack in drying.
Sucholays need especial care. Some-

times they will be improved by the ad-
dition of sand, saw-dust coal-dust, ash-
es, or salt. Some clays need more
grinding than other clays.

In burning tile many claysact very
differently from others, so that the di-
rections given in those articles must
be understood to apply to general clay
making, and not as covering every cir-
cumstance relating to each kind of clay.

Farm Economy.

In selecting a subject people usually
choose their hobby, or, in other
words, the subject or branch of busi-
ness of which they are making a spe-
cialty. As mv specialty is the mak-
ing of my income cover my expenses
and for which I have to practice con-
siderable economy I thought I would
give you some of my opinions upon
this subject and, should they not hap-
pen to meet with your approval, it
may lead to some friendly controversy
which will be beneficial to us all.

It is erroneous to associate the word
economy with pinching and want,
for while it may be necessary for per-
sons in want to practice economy it
does not follow that every one who
economizes is needy. Economy on
the farm does not necessitate the de-
priving of one’s self or family of food
or clothing. nor the comforts and
even many of the luxuries of life.

Itis not economy to do without
books and papers, fruits and flowers,
good teams and tools, good seeds and
stock; but we should be very careful
in our selection.

No fa";-mer can afford to do without
an agrcultural paper, and two are
better, ‘gut it is not economy to take or
read the political sheets of the day
which are used merely to throw mud
at one another and thus 1111 up the
eyes of the people that they may be
unable to discern the truth when they
see it.

The farmer must be doctor, lawyer,
merchant and mechanic; he should be
well posted in any or all of these
branches, and as he cannot afford the
time necessary to’ learn all these
trades and professions in the natural
way he must do the next best thing,
buy the best books and become more
or less proficient according to his
ability. When selecting books he
should not forget the social and moral
wants of the whole household.

Health is wealth and anything
which conduces to our health is
wealth, therefore, we should have
fruit in abundance, costing little, but
is worth so much. The planting of
a tree or vine is 9. very small matter
and for that reason perhaps is neg-
lected. Yet the loss of time during
one fit ofsickness and the bills which
follow, amount to more than the set-
ting and tending of a large orchard.

Teams of oxen, horses or mules are
necessary on the farm. Oxen are
rather slow for this fast age. Horses
seem to me to be the most economical
motive power for the farm but it is
too true that nearly every farmer has
one or more of the remains of what
was once supposed to be a trotter
instead of having beasts of burden
which go steadily at work in the
morning and are able to keep at it
until night and thus accomplishing
much more than light, fiery, high
strung steeds that use up most. of
their feed in fretting and foaming over
work to which they are not suited.

I believe that one of the most im-
portant items in which we can prac-
tice economy is in the selection of
our farm teams. I know from expe-
rience that two good horses will do
the work of three and a half poor
ones and thus save the expense of
keeping one horse and a half.

To-:lay the country is flooded with all
manner of inventions, with the pre-
tense of saving time or labor. One of
the most difficult questions for the
farmer is how much or how little of
this new machinery shall he buy.
On large farms perhaps it will pay to
have all the newest and best tools
that can be procured for each and
every kind of labor, but the most of
us are not large farmers and we all
might, as too many do, keep our-
selves in debt all our lives and not
buy more than one half of the new
fangled notions sent out through the
country as helps to the farmer. We
should study our needs carefully and
be very sure that the new tool is go-

ingto save us more money than we
will have to expend for it plus the
interest on the money and the cost
of shelter.

It pays to shelter and care for tools.
I could point you to a mower which
has been in use nineteen consecutive
summers and with very little repair
during that time, which will do near-
ly, if not quite as good work as a
new one, whereas the average life of
this class of machinery is from five
to ten years.

Much might be saved in labor by
carefully arranging our work so that
we shall have something to do every
day instead of having our work all
come in a rush and that, too, perhaps
when labor is at its highest price.

A high grade of stock is a great ad-
vantage over scullions but whether
we have the first or last it pays well
to care for what we do have.

It is economy to keep cattle during
the winter where it will not freeze
very much, with the exception of a
little time during the day when they
may be turned out for water and
exercise. Many people think cattle
must have grain to keep them in the
same condition in which they began
the winter but with good hay and
proper shelter and care they may not
only be kept up but often made to
gain some.

And last, but not least, it is econo-
my for every farmer to belong to the
Grange and be a live Patron, attend
all its meetings and take part in all
its discussions and thus educate our-
selves and advance our calling until
the good works of the Grange shall
not only be a byword in all this
broad land but shall be echoed back
by the now down-trodden millions of

all other lands.
F. A. OSBORN.

Cass County Sheep Shearing.

The morning of May 7, was rainy,
and promised unfavorably for the
sheep shearing festival which was ad-
vertised to come oil’ at Vandalia.

Towards noon the clouds began to
break away, and occasional sunshine
gave encouragement that the shearing
might yet be a success.

By twelve o’clock a goodly number of
farmers from the neighboring towns,
bringing sheep with them were on the
grounds selected for the shearing,
Many of them were also accompanied
by their wives and daughters, who,
with ladies of the village, assembled at
’l‘liorp’s‘, llall, where an exhibition of
flowers, an entertainment of music, and
social reunion had been planned, and
which was carried out to the letter;
giving great pleasure to the participants.

Soon after dinner there were more ur-
rivals of farmers and sheep, and the
work of sliearing began. Most of the
sheep shown were of fine wool, blood,
and most of them registered in either
American, Michigan, 01' Vermont; re-
cords.

It wasllrequently remarked by sheep
men, well lpostcd, that this was the
best exhibition of sheep ever held in
Cass County.

All the sheep on exhibition were
creditable, while most of them were
superior; specimens. The absence of
common, or ordinary quality of sheep
was particularly noticeable.

Of the older sheep breeders of the
county we found Lot Bouine and Nath-
an Jones, each well represented by
choice selections from his flock. The
former showed some very nice one,
and two year old ewes, bred by himself
and covered with even, compact fleeces
of Delain wool. He had also on exhi-
bition two, two year old rams of large
massive forms, well covered. one of
which was sheared, and gave a. clean
and very bulky fleece of twenty-two
pounds.

These latter sheep were recently
brought from Western New York, and
represent in their breeding, the well
known flocks of Martin, Ray and Beech-
er.

Mr. James sheared a ram, of some
celebrity in this section, as a stock sheep
(being sire of Ranney’s ewes mention-
ed above) and known by the name of
-‘Yankee? He is asheep of medium
size, vigorous, and well covered with a
dense fleece, a good length of staple
and cut twenty-four and a half pounds:

Thomas O’Del1 of Porter, sheared a
two year old ram, and a good one.
weight of wool twenty-four and a half

ewe of l)el;1ine wool, weight of_‘fleece
over sixteen pounds. —'
Mi‘. Bowen, of l’oi'ter, Sllt'2ll‘9<l two
two your old rams, and sliowed one
yearling mm, all good ones. Mr. Hall,
also of l’o1'te1‘, sheztred :1 two year old
mun with :1 rcinarkztbly long and dense
lleecc, which was thought by :1 manu-
f;icturei', to be too dry, but weighed.
eighteen uud it half pounds.

Another of our Porter fi*icuds,§Gid-
eon Ilebrou, showed live registered
ewes, and with very long, white, and
beautiful samples of Dcluine wool. Sev-
eral more sheep were shezired that show-
ed marked improvement on previous
shearing; and there were }ll‘(‘St‘lll many
equally as good, but time did not per-
mit 0fsl1c:u‘iug.

Mr. Taylor, of l)owugiuc, was there
with good slu-up of recent purclmses
from G. S. Pierson, of l{al-ainazoo. Mr.
Short of \':unluli:i, had at largorep1'csen—
tation of his line flock. Others were
there deserving of purticular mention.
The improvement in size. and form of
carcass, cveiuu-ss. and length of staple,
and more equal distribution of fleece on
all parts of the body, shown at this
shearing, gave convincing proof, that
as a sheep for general utility, for both
wool and mutton, our best Auierican
Merinos stnmljunrivulled.

The faniiers of the township of P01‘-
tcr are entitled to conmieudution, for
their recent efforts to improve their
flocks. Their late purclmses of choice
registered sheep can not but bring
great benefit to themselves as well asto
others in their vicinity. The stimu-
lus of improvement is contagious.

A man cannot do himself it good
without that good being :1 r.lil'PPl or in-
direct good to his neighbors. Last but
not least, the farmers at this sheep-
she:iriug festival. have shown in a
practical mminer their 11])pl‘(".'l2lll4)l1Of
the value of co-o eratiou b' l r‘ 0'
their wives :i11tld)augl1terh tyo t)l1i:”p,lla.n(:a
of gathering where was made a grand
exhibition of flowers. an entertainment
of music;zu1d a reunion had, wherein
old acquaiutzmces were renewed, and
new ones formed. The social featues of
these annual assemblages, are their
best (:llJ.l'3.Ct()I‘lStlCS.

ll. G. 13.

“ Silo Govenor ."

Much has been said upon the sub-
ject of ensllage. Mwny farmer’: me
yet awaiting more deflnato Te.-zultg be.
fore deciding either in f&Vo;’ of or
against it.

Those who have seen I) trial of R
satisfactorily made, in their opinion’
have given their commendation or
disapproval, as that trial proved suc-
cessful or otherwise.

We have at hand a paper m-soared
by S. M. Colcord of Dover Mass., in
which is set forth the principle, con-
struction and advantages of a newly
invented, so-called “Silo G')venor_”
M r. Colcord issued a neat little pamph-
let, giving good illustrations and
description of this new tool, which he
hopes to introduce among patrons of
the ensilage system. The converts to
the silo plan are many in whose
mind the value of such a method of
preserving food for stock, exists, be.
yond adoubt. The value of it being
determined, any means are of import-
ance whereby preservation in its most
perfect state can be accomplished.

It looks reasonable that Mr. Colcord’s
invention will be of advantage, in so.
much as it is made on a line ofscienti-
tic investigaflon. by removing the
air so quickly and perfectly as to give
no chance for fermentation to com.
mence.

He states:— "The object of my in-
vention is to remove atmospheric air
and other gases from a silo, more
speedily. more perfectly, and with
less pressure than that with which it
has heretofore been accomplished.

Another object of my invention is
to enable me to produce a purer,
sweeter and more wholesome eusilage
than has ever before been produced.

A further obj ect of my invention is
to enable me to ascertain, from time
to time, the general condition of the
contents of a silo, as regards teniperg.
ture and fermentation.

The nature of my invention consists
in combining with a silo an apparatus
by and through which the atmospheric
air and other gases contained in the
ensilage in said silo, may escape, and
the water, juices, etc., from the en.

pounds. He also sheared a very fine

silage may be drawn off.”

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2 e was o7s.s.iie.a~visiii-as. JUNEl.188a.

 e gt»  mud roads, iand iwords of commen- THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. xvélifre quite sure that his election to say that Judges as such have made The People, Politics. and Parties,
? g 5 (1l_iati(i>inhior yiiiide itire iwagons and the We desire to aiii (mi consiirvaiive that oiiice is in the interest of £lgl-iC1ll- any attempt to reform a condition of '—“
_.__ rig is mi e 0 ma ing vehicles of ‘ ‘ -

ture things that has brought odium These three are necessary to °°n5ti'
' .- . . friends if it is any violation Ofl3liE"pI‘ll1- ' . , _ tute a government. Politics comes be-
sCH0OLCRAF.i._i _ _ JUXE ii variousiuidtli of track. i i i That lle reoe Ye ll e I it u _ upon every branch of the legal pro- ’ _ _
"Justice” raises voice again .in oppos- Elplefs 0€ llfiii-tliflnge 10 mtfiiliaaet ligferfince pends on the firmer; 0f1§E1l)C]lIi1l:ii:(i)in“.liei-, fession. ‘We can hardly expect reform fore the people! and the partl“ 91111118
ition to the new pension bill now 0 9' ac 0 ‘~ *1 9 "9113 9 “"9 l

. . . . . from o ' . is *5
Single copy, six II10!1Chi-l,..._.___ 2.5 before cimgressi seen in. or rluott-(l from more than a fiiéililliyclailiili agfigiiznfifofiz tiiieiifieglilbilifiin lizinfiinliingiegzeseiittigzeiizi;iowpliggigifi of p0lirt)l(:;l“:I:8I8TlllT:S ll::l1l1:(lir:llysl(e):i
3111310 0"l1Y- 0110 Y0“-1'v~ ---- ~‘ 5"l On this page are two clippings from 515010 01 11‘?“'Sl1?1P0151 01 1110 5111179: 31111 piirtiés will vote for lnni if onoe nouiil: that are fatal to the administration of to 3 'livi8i°D of the llwple into oppoe‘
31917911 009105. 0110 3'03!‘ ——-—--— 5 '10 " tbe_ Husbandinan. These, like most the“ 0011“11‘3m 1l101°‘—’"- nnlell than eonlll lie induced to vole for justice. mg p’"l'l°9' We 03" °°”c‘‘iV° °f 3
To lien mnl enlinerlliera for mine {mm the l;i.iing(.rlwlionglit eflnnt panel.’ The item to Wlilljll weirefer relates any other man in the Suite yet iiiitiiii while the court allows wimeiseii to normal division of the people into two
months we will Send the V-iiii_ mntnln nmnlsliliig Sentiments for to, or advocates the noniirizition of the usages Oi. an poiitiiiiii iiaitiiis tiie*Ciiii_’ bebadgeiedi and every means are pep political parties. Those two parties
TOR go,-‘______________________l;l ill. farmers and especially do they adapt H°“- C- G- l‘_l“f‘» 01" ””‘"“l‘_ “’_”“tY (lidete forolallee receives me’ n0miiia_ milled to be used to prolong the any We can say, embrace all that is essen-
Foi. new 8iilii,3iibei,Si canviiiiiieis iii? ilieriiselves to the needs of the Order. for ll‘5"fll°"' 01 '°"°“1°1' Of M‘°'l“g""“-

tion onlv at the hands of his party 81111 (191981 51191106, We 0111111101: expect mu for mesyccessrul m“"’g°m°n5 °f
fi.ienn_.ii riots and lynching to cease the government. What has been call-
As already stated, the question of his ‘V1181’: 3901115 10 00 W301“ 11191 18 11 e.d 8 thud pamy m. our politics has’ at
.  i . ,  nomination rests en'tji‘i-ly with the fa1~- 1‘9f'"z1Jll1011 011 1119 P91'101.l11<lg9B 01 tunes’ been uothmg more than 3'
. . V “'0 3-711'“ 11111111111011-\' ’f'1‘0II1 “Lorils of ““m‘°““l nl‘““ll‘l“nen,t‘ of t_b,e.\ hnon’ mcrs who would gladly see him g0v— tlieirdniy to the people who employ public discussion or some mew‘
sample C()f)i(‘P1fT6'€ to any ailili'e.-oi.  l,nl,,,t,._\.i-~ l,.io,.nl,r?_4_lo-iii, iind inonoi,ol_ for our course toiiching political inat- i_m0i_ ii. tiiiiiii i.ariiiiiiji i_iiiiiiii_ii to iii_ them and “iii iiiem iii) in iiuiiiiieeii ure, as the temperance discussion, the
Address’ J‘ ‘l’ C"3B‘r ’5"'h""l"‘3“' 11"-"' ?‘— l"11C‘1l'l‘9 i11'llCl1‘ 111 1119 0l1911l11g teljs’ we feel ‘We to Say that ‘W llnnk tend the priinary inee-tings or C2l.1lCl1S.\‘- With a better appreciation of this du- anmslavery dlscussloni the K"°W'
Mich. oi ll“. i\,,,-ll, Annineiin lie‘-leW_ this inowiiient on illlz,‘ part oil‘ the Uni imii iiiiiii miikii giiiiii tiiiii iiisoiiitioiii W’ and more imiiiiieiiiiiint examine of l\oth1ng" discussion. with others that
‘F’ ' '-*“’—" "W * "'* ”*""“”"*"""‘ = 'l llr”llgll'~’l1lll”" lllllwir ‘V111 be folllld friends of “IL Lu“?  it Innlwl [Hing and act wllll ;l delllllge lllll-pose 1ll\'(.x (hell-al-bit!-31-y pl)“-el-i (here would SOOD ha"e {foul tn-He t01l111“- been lJ1'0Ught
INDEX To Tflh‘ NUMBER. lll” 1”" ll”"’l~"’)"" Sl"“t "l““l’l."Ste‘l in tOii.9ing:lge ‘ill in tillls _m“_l|' _. , . _ men of biisiiisss, they will acconiplisli "9 i11‘0mpt appreciation by the people, before the bar M public 'l1‘lni°”v and
inn. . ii, ions iiiiil lull ,i.i),,i.iimS for ioiii oiii .i(.ilii.iiiit.iiii c with .iiiii \\ e , _ _ V _i i_ V i. , . _ ilicre argued pro and none by the wee.
. 3 l I D [lien nnlnoee ll in not “lee to \np_ and some real respect felt for .he_lu 1
i 1’

i 0iiZ_i to eiiiin oneiiiiini iiiih ii Tliiiii follow items of railway As we have not been criticised or
011"‘ 0‘ 1 “_~' i ’ 1' , iiitiiisl iiiiil iiiilllnus of some of the condemned to any appreciable extent
1081118? 1-'1|1?1»*s01‘1L11510l1 911-38 E0 00111 _liiiii, mmitlilli,e_ In iinnllier Column in the nineyears that we have had the
pensate for tlieir work.

An Address to the lI‘il.;?l,\iiDfltna!.l-M3iiLif!i!‘-' . , ,, -i . feclrliiite sureoi'oiietliiiig,tliat wbilehe , , , _  _ pic-_ sum; umvemeule like llle -11'
iuie of Drain Tiiikxfi i I Farm Ewii0mi__ 11l1«1”1 i1111.<li1i1§§5- ii i i “ii fed hiiiii.,i.,_,l wlll. llne n-oi l- 0.. post» lliiit iiesired results in nny line of ilicial department of the government. , i ‘. ., ., ‘now
- Cass County Sheep Shearing -- “51l0l A hllillls “”m" lflllys ml“ 1" ghmllse Ky ' ‘ "i I l , ‘ lillglllesq will come of lirictliiii —-T—-——-———:- ‘\0'hmg' factmn have been too 1131"
Goveuor." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 lot‘ the pleziseiit trip in store for those C"110de“‘30 ll“ ll "5 1101 50111-511» 111*‘ 011111‘. ’ ; ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ row in their scope to be called a party.

_ _ _ _ . . _ V _ ind “.liiili,‘.i_,i. mi , wiiie of ll,“ i_im.i,_ and lariiiers iis a class must Ball‘ 13111099. 110- 359- ll, ~

Review of Vrsxror. lar June Flfit-~C.lplt&tl I coiiteiiiplatiiig an easterii loiiiiiey. via * — ' 1 _ _ _ - I 1 iii_i,iiiiiii_imi “iii iiiiiii ii i i ii __ Jt all of these so called, third party
Grange--Badges for l’atrons-'l‘he I\'c-xt .l . . V ., ,l-l,. ve-l --(lo. merit lie at least. wili be iree froin the ‘ ' ‘ ' 110 ll.‘ (‘"1
“ £111’ 1‘ .1 I crciai 1) rilictinn | “ “ M“ “‘"‘i' ‘ 1 ’” ct‘
‘JOVBIUOF 0 1C Hg‘ l']—. 11 1 1:‘ .

. . . . . .  - .. -. - ». ll0)t‘. to ('i)l‘illll:lllV.l the co:'de- ‘i can It be we are ml” “live? Yes» mmfmhellta hlwe been the Cause of

_ Bath Gmigii Noiii5ii_The iieoiiiiii P0ii_i Ii yiiiii. iii,ii,i.(,S,_ im.iiili.S “iii _e.iilii.i.i, (il1.llg‘(} ofo.igin.itiiig this boom in his whliiiii iiiiiv iiiiiim imii iii “iiiiiciluliiililli but iienrlii, choked at limes. That public discussions that have resulted

‘.ics,u.nd Parties . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .. 2501' |1.;,1iiiu;l1 ;u-iiuii tum to il,e lilll, iaxor. It has r-onic to our kiiowlvilgi‘ iiiiii iiiiiiiiii_iii,iiii_ iii iiiii ,i.i '“l_ D0bl.* matron, and eloquent speaker, ‘“ 5'0"“ 1° 1110 00l11111”Y- B11‘ 1119 91711

Cymi Gin Luci for GiJi.eiii0i,_1.0siiilJiiiingi iiiigiii To 0iiii,i___.iii0l Siiwiiilli.iitlimileil that \.l«il«v lii2illl_\'i oi <)lli»P1‘gillllll(-iill ineii ‘iiiiii iiiiii “ii: iiiiiiiiiii lotitrii iieiiiieiiioiriiiei Mmi Mayo made an apiioinimeiiii by genius that has lately appeared in

-—I\3t1C(3s of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ln. Snell niiiliisi we li,,iii.lili. miiiiiiiiiiil oi tll(«.\[:itt’ nine, clinic to )-i(J(',i)gl‘.l'/.t‘ .\ll-_ Simii i iiiiim iiiii»i.»0.i»iiiiiiii J1. i-iii ii i requeiiii iii iipiiiik io uii on Miiy mm. American politics, is what is turned

Gardeiiiug—BJ.it for Gudgeons —Amer"can --'l'.-llulliug u,- l, ]_‘l'i;feSs()lli" fyuiu Ul(- l1'1‘?9 115911»l1‘‘1‘011fll1lYl—11‘='1‘‘11‘‘f1l 111111111110 . 'g’l , K. ‘ “ ' M’ M 1 She was there proniptl ' but the nnill_ the “dark horse" of nominating con-
R0adS—The Pen-">100 11l51*011f V1-511 1 i,,.n of lli \y_ lliwwooll and lreiiteil in as such liavegivcii his caniliilacv their ‘S "UL “‘”‘S’S1‘”‘t ””d 1'e””"“"1l’le lo ' ‘l I

u.

. . ... . vent ions.
Le0n1<1&S~-"1"F1-113 1101119’ - - - - - - — - - - -- ‘1 . . . . . -. . .. .. ~ . . complain of the ire onderance of woe “as of ‘fly mmlemte Elle’ com‘ -
i i V i A V i iiii i,iiwi.iiiiiiiiig and tiiiiiiglit pi.m.Uliing tordial.ippio\.il. .\o one viho knows _ _ _ l 1’ _ Osed mos“ of (wt in i, -in l. in This movement sets aside true and
Independent Iolitic.il ActlOl1~L‘:.'1l'n ti?‘ Voitie in mi ii Ti“ Vii ii iiitiiieni wiiii llin», will nuetliion }ll§(lll:llifiCliti()ll(iA ri,.. l'ri\‘VV(’l‘.‘s‘ in le;‘ls‘l:ttl\'C boilies and the p y “ 3 9 9 W1 3 1'1 lg
—Teaching as a Profession —As to eac - 1 -' ' - »‘ 3 » ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ '

- - tried statesmen men h ted
_ _, _ , , .. __ ._ _ i sprinkling of Patrons’ the Master v W 0 510 110

ing the Science of Agriculture in the “»lli,.l, our vi-,1-e_,«eul school eysliuu null executive ability and iiiiegriiy are “i“’“0l‘l.1 0ill111i101tdI11 01’nL€S 11)’ 011191 (lveiseei. and Leciuréi not even’ for their public acts, and public use-
si .‘.—-E ii‘ 1 ‘u H r"Te ns.".... 5 ._ _ - _ , _ , , ' , . . ~. . -  —- - ... ., ,. i: iisses, w ii e VV"Ilt“—Tle‘l.} t at ei ‘ . -

Ciiflsi very irii "e i P like niiiiiioiils eliiiiilii to e‘ ery "Mu ol It-fU)1,{lllA€i(l rliialitiis of his Cilliitlzltttl mi i_i_ Hid ili e. 1. o t id to iiiiiiiiiig in an iipiiemiiiicei Her 8ub_ fullness, sets them aside because they

=711110““F'l'11‘3“5“l T’“”95- *0’ the “B” "ml fziiiiilv (leniaiiils that attention be pziirl ?1S11l'11l'l1C 111i111,1101' “'1ll I10l1l1C11l 01' 0 1'“ 1 ltd U ms‘

_ . - . 1 . are in the way of the nomination of
Necessity 01 “H1311 ‘$113038 In 5001-11 and .  . .- . - . . . ~ ’l‘liesedein'ind from ever’ citi' >1 ' _ Jeci. “The iieciiiiiiiiy of me (iiaiiiie
Domesnc Com;iiei.c,i_ Cnildi,ii,i Dii._C0m_ ii, ilu~,_gp, “-11,, iu~.,pu_gu uew metliods oi pi isoiial ciieinies if he has .in_\. mid ‘ 3 /4. i in some other statesman who is a favorite

_ _ , _ ,  , - _ i . . . _ for the farmer a- d his wife.” was ably
mon Sci.iac—Sen1i-annual Reports Of the u\'(:l'(-Qllllllg llregpllt dlflicllhiixg allll of (lE.‘l('(‘tSll1lllS I)l'l\'lll.€ 01‘ public life l.4)l‘ Ulnbtul 1” an “'(]fdlC 01 lub Countlyv

" h another class of‘ lit‘ ' Th
. . , . , l elm iiently handled those not “ It ‘ -90 "3‘’m5' 9
Mt’ fStt< ..~,iiii.Mi f .. .. . ..  .. -, tiie.;i<- -ii ; - . 3"‘ 1 - ,. . .. ,
ihisiggisifnfliifiiifiingéllfifi_l’_i_€:___fiSif’f_°n inisiiig oiii .\(7ll()()l.Silll(l teachers at the party target piactice. iiiiiiiriil:1iilljiitilililiilb:;:i:::‘i0lnfii:filait present missing 3 rare Heal she <1~111l111=11111lZ 391111 01 11118 dark horse
. . giiiiic time to a higher level. Soinc of the press eil(lUl‘SE‘ll1(‘l1lS liriw "' E ‘ ‘ ‘ — V ‘ '
Scatter Seeds of Kiiidne.ss—lntcrcsting Crime ‘ ‘ ’ ’

_ _ , - . policy is this, “If we cannot nominate
, _ _ _ I l _.  vi _, , , , , touthed a wood many tine points
_wild lrlowen, _- l\n_m,,-e-5 Soell ._ The in :ul(lltlOll to the above nientioned :1pl)(,‘.'l.l'€(l as editorials and S0llli.' as “NM” 1 Hm new not Cole‘ ‘m5 D

- - - , lidate We will I] t l t
_ , _ _ . .- ._ , . - , and brought out some fine illu.»iira- our cum ' ' ‘ ’ 0 3 .-Y0“
Markc-ts—T11e P-eap9rDeat1i . - - - . - - - - - -- A p2lll(-‘l’, another. liaviiig an ediicsitionzil coiiiniiinications. :(m.5l.d“‘ilil'1l i‘"”“lmt_‘ in tune’ but lions and um-.,— elie llni-l c0l3cll](1ed he, 110111111010 31011115-”
Items——AIlvertisemciits.....   8 lJP,:ll'lll§.‘,‘ written by the Lecturer oi" the A comprelieiisive review of his: life “udliuuufsl ilwd ind" ilind hlmuld he “emu;-l;., our ui.le elluinnuu made 3 T1105 1W0 61111119115 SW-ififimen. flithe"
. . . . . . . . . 1 ' ‘ 1 ‘ ' ‘ - ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ' - ‘
f\aiioiial Gl‘2lllg'P. is given. and connection with public afiaiis. ‘mu mu” 0 "W eye “It lebults‘

_ _ _ _ .. i  i _i _ _ _i _ is k - h-,h i l i of WHO”) would make an cxcvllent
The Lzidies page is lieadeil by a little iippcim-ii in the ('oId\vater li’rpu,o/774,-air “ 1“ 01“ “lends “gala the Mot 10' “W “mar S In W “V w re ate‘ a President, are sac;-jfi,-ed to the gpjfit

. _. i ,, , , _ _ -,. ;.>_-  story which happened in (ur o v
  rezidzible poeni that has zi June _|lIl~ ::llu,\I:ii_‘.' om, iron, wlneli We eln, llii. 11117010 111119 ““l1*‘ll- towiii xiii manyyeais ago ii iiiaii avilii ofpolitical jealousy, and some obscure
i V i i . i ii u»l(._ o o\\iiit,. _ _ his wife “Tim . f in i _i  i. and untried man raised to the exalted

‘E I\'olii:e I\ly1‘:i's i'r-ziriess aiitiick upon .-\s :1 i':ii'niei'. l(’glSlillHl‘, exi-i-iitiw Nolcm‘ DER'ucn0N' m one 0 P F 0”” 0

_ - A . _ position, as chief ma istrate of this
Cw  __,, _:-::;___ *._~_:__* some of the excesses of the (1 iy She "‘l1°.“‘1‘"1"1."1“11“g<‘1'01' (“’”'ll.V 35*’ “"’ll ll W.“-ll. of 1 000 . .e -l our hide Village and we Wife wanted nation Applied to tie mung; 3531'.
’’‘—w'‘‘ ‘ ' ' as »\l2l‘L't‘,:lflél][‘.s‘, a5ali1'i'\';iLo as well as ‘P 1 * »- ‘3-'1 9 9'10 “V81 ' 1191' liuslrand to buy her a new calico ' A 1'

J. T. COBB, - - l5Ci10oi.CBA1-"1'. 111"1l\"‘S11 1V01l11111lYl’l"”‘ f(’1'll‘efl‘e‘)‘1"1n public citizeii. the career of Mr. Lii-t-e ill’? all-l'"“("afim' in ."he Unlled Slate“ dress which would cost 70 cents. ville “lms d"rk home l"’ll°y wmlld
_J____W____i n V 7 i i 7 V in of ill": the liner jllstincts of \v()mll;l_ ]l;l_q lllliullmg lililill mill-l\—ei-l by Sll(i-{VA¢i|Qi,:. 5l1Pl:l”‘11">‘5_ir3i(?l1i1't- Ai‘i1l511€i‘»_1'3l_‘é Olglililllictfiefi “N0 ,, he iiiiyii ii wire I iianiiil cant have sent; Gl-uni; and Srlprllleu to the
REVIEW or VISHOR FORJUNE FIRST. .\ll‘.S‘ C. L. siuiw throws zi gleam oi‘ 50 pI‘1vu1<+ or imhlw trust has e-wr ‘°*Y""“ “ “'1 ‘S " “m 1' ‘“ "9 ‘ ’ ’

,, ,. - . - -. - - rear and given the coininand to sol-
_  i i i i _ i liiiiiii iii.iiiUSi,il on Mi._liiiCe “mi iii has r,.>u._t, as_at present constituted can an- ail .-rd lt, would like to if I C0llld.7r _ l .
it will be noiillii that in iIllel‘lIlg ntnp(tItlmCe0l,le-1thelxllzlanlge 0‘ “’“‘ um. (llSL:li‘rll'_‘—)0(l with ability and use 3““”-V ‘’'‘‘‘1‘'’’“‘’ ‘’’~ 11”‘ “"99 F931“ “"0 Heturlie 101110 store-keeper and says: me” Wh‘”“‘" "ever “"‘°”l’°“""“"*°”
< 1 s an p easan ries am a en ions. ‘

_ _ _ _ liigliest sense of honor. Alw; ‘-5 gm li over behind its work. Since the act ll , N evinced any ability in righting or
1l11>‘ 15511“ 01 0111 l111l'1‘1‘ 10 115 1153100133 it is with satisfaction that we note and cordial in his t'.\I]Ii‘PSSli)llS.llll.n‘ i1i>inii- "f March 3- 1&2’ there has bee“ 1”’ 95'" PM me up a pound M that best *1 00

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119 811* 11119111 11" 1'*‘l‘1'1’1l 11111101 011 11"‘ the IioD:ilaril§' of “Childrcn’s dav” and W115 011 l"_’ll11“i'l 911111 011191 ~‘‘11l—1.l‘?1flS 111‘? ”el1')m?l .9ili‘’]'nge ”; the present B-Y5tem' gifilca i. 1 Oundmmn far 8 good er thrive, that goes about selecting its
1”. xgt : c-: ll tl e :l'll'.‘l  are iewlv - .- . .. . . -, .f .. iit‘;"ei' iiiisuiii,lei'stooil. No one can " 5 7”‘ °“’""~ 3’ 59 m‘“”' - -

i_li.1ii\iii,iIiHg l I l ( H I ~ ‘ ‘mile ‘"1-1 “ll” l"”‘“ good l’r°g1‘”“5 or point to a spot of (llS('1‘e(llt in his This is a bail showing. And to say Since the lecture I have learned Chlef Maglslmte 0" the themy M the

novel siiggrestioiis to in:-ike, as to metli- Ill'l\';l1_e or ul,li¢ life sli-lolly ion, 9 ._ , I - . ,_ . ., - . _ ,- . survival of the mifiltest. “The poison
5_ l)_ biilliiiil lieiule. Ll“. il,iii.i-i.nlmi.iil Oiiii iiiii iiiiniiiiciiiiig the iixeiicises iii lite in his Iiiiiiiiis imii iiSi_0i_i_iiiiiimIi1ii1ii this is3tfll;dHRl0f_]'lStlLe, is to ignore that many of the Villagers did not

- . - . -, - , - - , underthe win ” in our olitics is not
l1t‘p1l1'llllelll with :i ilioiiglitfiil “.\d- Snell nieelilnne. to Send them to nn lliiil has always been an ardent iidvociite of ill‘ n.m.t pi.mCwleS' kilo 'V_ of H‘ although 1:, was request“ lu the liilier fiui beiweu: the two 0 .
dress in ilie ”iiSl_iiiini.ii,iiiii-- Oiiiiirs mayi-iiiliiiiiiiiireby ll“. “nine of leiiii,,n.inic(,.i “.o,.l\.l,,g fin. Litigation presupposes that the that it be announced in the church, posing iiiiiiiies‘ bui in the inieme Oil’
i Ninii below win lie fimiin iiiie iiisi Oi. iiiiiow Mr iimiirii ii _ _i i_ ii _ llie i.s:i_lil(*. always withni his party. rights cl some one or more indivzduals but the divine (le(lll1€fl to announce ' ‘ ‘ ‘
~ - - - 2 \ 11b 101101 0 1911‘ llieic is no reason why he slioiilil not

. . . . terness between factions of the same
. . ..- — . ‘_) ‘ 1 _ 9 _ ‘
ii 5ei.ii,S of ii“, iiiiiii,“ iiii .._liii.i l,i.iim_ i,iiiiiii_i_iii “iii iiiii qmiiii eiiiieiiiiiit 0i_ he iii_iii_iiiV iiiiiiii itiiiiii iii in in i ii _ h. ve been trespassed upon or with 1.. \Ve suppose, had it been a travel
_ _ 1 - r. - .v . V - P - . r I I . it (Ill iiiiiii ii, 80,“ on or iuomiiiiiii. _ ._ i if i I i . i.i . party. It would be far better, and
ing." The 2l(‘L.'Ulllp‘<l\'lIlll1’ltfl.Il‘l'(‘Xl1l:llIlS Iizii-1-.1 ext;-~i(-ts etc P91111100 D1‘0l1lt‘- ‘ -l’ “"9 e ‘ 1' In mg "mp ' “O ore‘ -lu ” ee Smile“! . -
. - . ‘ ‘V » ‘ " ‘  ‘ i~ ' l-ll" r i 1'1 ‘-1 - i ‘ Ilivid is is ‘be ')l"“-‘ (f<l1 li re- d i ii th l ‘i t th ”"b"“’" 11” ‘"9 ”°1’“‘’“°““ 1”“"-V 1° be
the writer > iiiotive aml 211111111 l*1‘t’»“1’111' The (‘oniinon->‘ensc column consists 1  1'1“ men‘, I lem' ml MIMIC- Ina ' SJ l ‘ ill“ ’ L C 1“ an )8 6 pmeea 8 gm lg 0 B defeated and uttirly ron*eil by its old
_ ' S nr er L‘l 1'/:eii.ime, w in is :i. r; i, - , - - -* . ' .. _ . - .- . 1 - 1 -»
. l iilgllie siilyiect as he does. (liir i'e:iil- of choice bits for all. I V‘ I '5 on gatlou 18 to have we mall” in comm church‘ 1‘ Womd hme "een duly an"

the right side ofall moral anil.lio1itic;il .. , -- - . _ Democratic foe, than to be torn to
us will al)pi‘eciate the light given on The latter part of the sixth and great- 111195110118 lllilt {:0 10 l111ll1l ID g0Ot1 Wm)’ anwdmuted to the end that the nmmned‘ But‘ a free Ommm Fmllmh’

i . _ _ V i V i _ i -i ,. - _ ,_ ._ . i i . . . _ pieces by discussions in its own fac-

\ the siilijcct, as co-1iiii:gl‘i‘oiii l’i'ol'. ll. f‘. er sliare of the seventh pages are given    l1i<f‘i;ii*fil_t‘,i   Eilitzliiilsi nfiilsizdlletrlolgigg  :_'l’titihengira;‘i:lu§:n?ll£3E,0fT:tiulTlit5ii tions. Because, in the latter case, it

(‘a1'penter. to the reports of various state Granges. meet nmpei. mill liil iiiii.Snii'l-iii. (iim.‘i.li‘i.ii‘f  by {aw P ‘ y p F I 3 i ai fiver Us 3;.ij0i;i jiiiii kiifii‘ (:ii is something higher and greater than

l'11(l€1' 1119 Old, 11111 t‘\'€‘1' Dresciit lead tlieni—see the progress of your or_. As a gentleinaii _lai'gely aciliiainteil 'n.hiii statement Oi the condition of irr.:i,.(iefi i, L mere party that suffers; it is the prin-

subjectof "l’;ii'ni l~)i;oiiomy”a1‘epresent- Order, and receive stimulus to rush  .?t:it((_i%i2lill’:2ill‘iQ, wiitlii tliie iliiiiowledge the iiiiiiiiieiis’ on the docket of ihe Sii_ C I Lua H 3 ' (iii i\_(_i_, RFAIWR ciples that animate men to sustain a

ed hints of v;i.'iie in :~‘_VSlE‘ll1‘rl.tl(: farther on and with better zeal. “,iilil§i,:i9i.;3fd$pg;.{:I:iEe(}ii  ii mi} Coiirt is 3 smndln reproach to __ 1. I A I ‘ A I ' great and noble cause, which is greater

and successful filfllllllg. The You1.l1’s Dcpartnicnt still holds and executive m;ui:igeineii’i, we present {he l-wovernment of the milled States Uni, of “ii, iimsiiieiitiiil Ciiiidiiliitiie ii than party. It is this that suflers. The

W'oolgrowe1's will read witliinterest open wide its doors in waiting for the him as :1 man cniinenily ilittcd to give X Jaime ma Y be Flair”; dozen eiiri; .ili.e.iili, in llii, l-ielld ;i,f0i,e the i‘i(,\.'t_ feud among public leaders has been

the reliort of the profitable sheep liberal supplies sure to come with the d”€'fti’0"_t" 01;.” ‘5it“te “m"rS- . A’ i. rm 2! kt‘ f hi 5i: . leiile (if U”, /ymini, lie will lii, (.ii_ the cause of national disasters from
>'l'l€Eil'lI1§§llt‘lil in (‘ass Coiint)‘. l’.61>- vacation leisure of its members. ‘ 5d "1"" U he llwple‘ S““'ma‘d°’ mac um’ ' 9 cc E 0 t sang“: tn‘ ‘h ' ' ‘ l "

_ _ _ _ _ whose whole life has been ‘llili')liL{ the l,nn.,l em: (Fe mi ants fiui tha‘ the dorsed b ' ‘lllOl.ll(‘,l‘ conveiitioii, or some when Old H"me1' “Hg-
reseiitative sheep from leading flocks in this issue it contains a beautiful people, in full syinpatliy with them ' l 1 H g l I y D l

of south-western Michigaii are noticed poem. and a article setting forth the and in their coiifideiice and esteem. we Wm not have aheiarfing fl.” some “‘."“’ (ilitihm   ,i‘i‘ii‘il0i,;:i1il1“,1i)iLi -‘:l:tl‘§.g1l)t8ol'8((i;,rl(:(exl;.eV8t}I§‘ley 
in it‘ wrongs of too much of our Ordinary    yteliesllitilailtlehismtfienezy 11:; Wlflollllll tlile”%)1':siileiiti:iltrace ‘remains 1l0W11 170 0111' 0W” 11111811 VVl1911 3
The he:idiiig“5ilo U0\'t‘l‘llUl'"illl\'lteS news writing and reading besides two iieeileiii as iimnliiei, ‘fm. Gm,ei.ii0i._1Ci_.i.i‘is iii,iii_‘ii’ha'ii,a dfizgén iimiiii mi ihe wimi to ii“ Siii_ii_ wiiii win he C‘iimiiiiiiti_S people‘ tni.0ngn’n narlyi propose some
your attention to new a invention, for shorter letters. G- 111109501" ll1'1’-110l1- < ' b for (‘0\'e1'nor" Will -i union of the 8199-1 11101151110. 010118889 11190111081031
the purpose of fiirthi-r perfecting the The last page of this issue contains, 0fW11*11b0l01183 130111111 before the case I) V 1 i ii in _i _ t  i ii ii“ iii ii_- Oiiiimi reform united action Oran
preservative of ensilagc. The principle bcsidesausually large number of ad- is reached and passed upon Dy ihie i€l1li0:1l«liif>~iFi'lil(,ll1SiSi:lli(i ]iiilii,(ll1i.iil(.]i~.e- iphe aiihemuts 0i_,that an is ihii Gui
will coiniiiend itself generally to silo vertisenients, some pertinent reprint cnililiziionftirimtfii ._ di i i inii filijnilili/iileiiilh-I a§{ril‘im“V,_ii.(t)i\i;. iillifteli. C We p1i,ilge0f5nccesii_pMe3:i may lions:
men’ Items on “mom topics of present 1”‘ knowoiiago 3 egovfrggeni aullicllinz ti. Luce licail one of the tickets, or will estly differ in the choice of policical

lg_1;i_:1il:ieilili£tfiiléizlielgififfip ?ffiiiteh:ii_i(i‘l§:’ wrest‘ that rune in this win, is not well nut the scheme to place .1. .1. Woodman at candidates, but it is fatal to the suc-
.~u W , ._ f _ i‘ ‘ ' -

ln the Iiiiclianan J-.‘.ccor(Z of late date,
over the Sl_'.{liat1ll'€' of Hon. William
Cliamberliiin, of Three Oaks, is a coin-
mendatory article, from which we
make ii brief extract:

 

(‘V1115 G- 111100 15 *1 1‘€‘l1i‘cseril,iitive theliead of the ticket in order to get cess of any great party to sacrifice its
1 _' (' -l _ CAPITALGHANGE. i ‘ i i .  . . -. , ._ 1-ll“ , " _ V , i _i _ _ _ _ _ _
I aftqlilii doliiiieiiig Oi. the third piiiiii _.__ giliglnagifi   rlinle Moeeboel; Conn in yeerly fnll_ linn out oi the way of ccitain aspirants highest interest to political rivilary

We 310 111 1‘0C9lDl3 0f P1 11031 10111‘ Pagf and fully ideiitiiied with their growth ing farther behind. Noimprovement is 101' °0l1g1'0S5l0113l l101101S. Sllcceed 1’ and jealousy. When men tail to nom-

c-atalogiie of the members of Capital. and siiccess, and is l.h01‘Oll;Z‘lll_V familiar made by iguelf in its meilmdui um} 35 W110 Sll‘r1ll T9I11'9-‘ie11l 1119- 10111111 0011' lllflle either Of 1W0 01' three 1”lV1llC1111'
Giange, No.:'.»~i0. Wltilii all its interests. II-aving held Cimgreiiii makes no fennel. inoiiiiiion y_n~essioii2i1 district iiitlic iiextcongress; didgteg in ma convention, it may be
It covers the em.ii_emembei_Ship and positions of honor and trust in the ‘

. . . State, lielizisa lai'gecii'cle of acriu2iiiit- 101‘ 3111110111 14301111-10115’. 1119 l1111I1lll9«1l' shall it be" farmerml lllllllleli? Wm lmmic and Wise to nominate some
gives the present relation of each

Y. I}. gives his choice ifor governor.
This is the all important question at
present and i"a.i'iners have an opliortiiiii-
Ly to assert their right if they will.

 

l »~ .. .- -- .. - -, . - . i . ances among public men and CltlZ('llS. ing spectacle is presented of a nation the "l“”l tl"°“'e"“ ll‘3iSt_l‘l"—'“ Ell“ “'5' 011191‘ 111311 W110 11111~V 118 f8V013l1l)'
; .iii_LE:ili_‘ii1im ljuebtlon 1° dgam ‘fit uked member, whether charter, suspended He is i"2iinili_ar vvitliiall our State affairs claiming to be in me forefront of nd_ t01'i1t~1011 01 1118 W001 1311111 -’ 11 111 the)’ known by his public record. But the
l I -llllllll the Iottiiig Columns IS the Spirit de,:1ii.tte.d’ expelled 0rt(i1ieCef.iSied' i . i   Vanclng C‘lVlllZ111l011 P10001113 310113 111 Elllilicillsieiolltietilleiltygilijtfgxiiifiifi Spirit uiliaitieay 51 “H Xe cianlc Homing,/Elie

. - _ , . ]lSl“ )rais' 7 ., ,  , -- - - . i).a 2 ' 1.: ,; - . ' V ,i
i" vi" kiiiilly feeling’ and of P1‘0gl'ession 5 J’ 1 “or 3 “ea W “C1 terest MLLW0 possesses the moral ‘1 001111151011 0111111100110 119lPl953110S=1- ( p our can 1 ate you 5 an t<'/W” we

11311115 011811 Wltll P1‘0f- 1V- J. B881. and social qualities. as well as the in so far as it attempts dispensingjus— (lm“'e1"" C‘°l"emi‘”3 ‘Vin f“”'m‘”'S 80 101‘ (171.91/011.910 119317 M771} 1111519 the
one of its most active Workers. sagacity, which are so essential in a

V _ V lice to its litigating ciiiiZens_ insist upon their rights of 1'ep1‘cserita- dark },o,-55 aninlug that will ruin any

:it are exchanged. and the willingness; lt is an. encputagement to, Other gooiiiie2.9g‘i‘it.f\l(:'uce is not one wl10‘11e1‘- “Since the “ct °f Mfich 2I1802ther° “On .1" ]0”~r lletgllslfilgllllé by ewe-tmg palty and. any ca.uEe' This political
I ‘ .v- - .- . - Glanges 01 Mlchlgan that 111 0111 son'ill will take any active ste) t has been no essential chan e in tho mos“ ‘V1058 1“ er” 5 are In “"150” 3111111113 11131113311 118 11310 01 1111 1'1V3l

“f our \ lsltor f“end° to make use 01 Ca it 1 Cit‘ th 1 1; in. f ‘. ‘ .y - ‘J’ - ’ ‘ ‘I-is -0 g with the reat mass of the people and -
i he iiberiv Ofieieii here for the ast p a 3 e arges iIIllIlIl.)ul 0 secure tlie_noi1nnati_on, since, if it present eyeiemp i g _ - i i . candidates, first, by trying through the
l  ~ , _ 1’ V patrons meet; and maintain a Grange comes to him (as I sincerely hope it . . who will not iool {l.W1ly half of a long press to injure and belittle them to the
1 few months, shows its popularity. We of live, earnest. business growth This may) it will be through the good will It ‘mes’ ‘mt seem 1’°3s‘bl_e that “"5 Sesslnn at home Oi. riding upon (to 0 inioii of the iipiic long before the
i trust the present number provides no G,_ b ’ 30, . ' ii i ii. of those who know him as a man of statement ean be true. Eighty years them free Wises Wiiicii the tax payer D _ P .
less attraction in that respect than “mg? nllm e.rs' 0’ m goo 5.311 mg‘ “nblemlshed °ha1‘.*10101’» 50111111 1113011 Cf110tlVl1Y811113‘lV11110°111911l “11l‘11°W11 ) .1 L y , °°11V011110115 1110915. find then they car-
; has any pi.e\.i0us issue_ the H]?l)O1‘lty of whom attend with regu- every moral question that affects the to any former period of the worlds his, I1‘<1YS 110-lllly f0Fi- i“ 1101 Sill} 1'0“: ry the war into the convention itself,
_ < _ 131-iiyi and seek luglier advancement welfare of society, of good business [’atrons,f.irmers.’ S on can have your
To those who read this page with zi

best shown among our l’-atrons. Here
friendly controversy and mutual benc-

 

i i ii. . _ . _ loryi and yet the proof ls presented i 7 v_ I and do their disorganising work there.
 more or less degree of profit and graii— xlgisfilgrfitiigitgimotlon of Grange 1”‘ tillarllllafgcéllligiilsjstcigilg e);llflneS}t?.‘l3le'-_1‘;‘l]ll21ll1(l3ll’,]. when a statement of the present con- Sll{,i:fi,3i(,):ii:”ll' D‘ “' They 111113 SW0 1311911‘ P01310111 109 “ll
 Vet      _._..I 1 _.__. .£::*::.;i:.E::. ii: isziznsi.::‘1i‘.i"““:: W W business °f the W  .. . ‘”‘i”’“‘:.‘I‘°”‘ ‘he’; ‘““":.‘°. “ii “’ *2
I . - " , .- .  , ' _ E . ,’ , "fez We must now prove ia we can sai ing e charac er an aim ing 0
3 any items, vie viish to speak especially. BADGES FOR PATRONS. Siren U in ti e iii an d St. t  ° DJa1l9- . i i i i . _ _ _ _ _
Do not deem this a matter that a few --— men gt lall 1)Zil‘tl€S.r I U0 S Hmong W911 What 319 F011 801118 to do about Stdy ‘ll’ home ‘ma St‘‘"‘l 1‘ as We“ as their opoposing candidate. This dem-

. . . the Clrnese have done. Future Puritans . . .
Our readers know that from time to 11313 1110 <l1195111011 111950111011 '2 can lnclit emigrate from the South and agogue Slflnt that ‘games the state”

. , _ i V . . - - - > 1 u li 1>,0c1.;_ The mu man the public recordof theman, and
time for yeaisi vie have insisted that fa('i1ii’iiVel’S11:3:’ i‘:'a9v:“:’i:§1'  iV)"e1i1i:: ggiiftsilfi i.1i_ éliimifigtiiteoiisn egg to llliighb Oniy’ seek its own partisan ends in
the great Agricultural Class of Micln- 1 _ _ eon_eneSe_ our young men can no . t A . Hi W _
effort, we shall from time to time pre- longer go west they must go up or 1111110115 0 111011081-1 P0 1 03- 0 1'9

S0111 311011 111015 33 001116‘ 10 0111' 1101169 down. Not new land, but new virtue member the time when “°’_m‘fid“t° f°"
that will arraign the courts, and the must be the outlook for the) i'iitur_e. the Presidency W89 “91V9-1111-019.” 1101
was  paw alum 9“.a.i.i¥:f.:‘;e.iii;:: ziaisihziiiiiz  he be H0  we-
tem that makes great demmda “P011 which brought our ancestors to a pause cause he had performed public services
the people in time and money, and before barriers of the Atlantic, and S0 819313 “"11 001111180113 1119-17 110119-11
gives very little in 1-etum_ And this compelled them to practice living to- made enemies as well as friends. But

has come to be so well understood that geitigiliriigililli?0£eii:;i_1;§a%£:3‘}i6 past’ availability 110W‘9~'119Y5i 13110199 811

can maintain with the success you ad- 1“ ""15“'e1‘ to enquiries for badges
'nire. The responsibility re,sts equally We now give notice that We are 1119'
fiiioii you See that die busy times pared to fill orders of the standard
{W . . '. . . . .  - iattern in an d=si‘ (1 ft . W. ,
..i;.iiliyiii_i1it:n llib,”tlO9s mt find dldlllllg line not bee: ai)ie1‘;iet‘l;ia1:ii‘)tgi’iii iii‘; gimi was entitled to i.eC0giiiti-mi in
O (:1 Lil: lldllftsli page will first be seen emblem 0‘ the Order from 1310- 5°”Ofthemoslim11’°”‘“‘1t°m°l“1p°‘
.,.he esiiii. Oil a6G_.(u.dening'i from Aunt Tliomas of the Peiiiisylvania State 31110115 ll1<'11i110 111 13110 11311115 05 15110 P90-
Kiitgi iii.i,i,tii.,.il pen rlvln-S was i.e_ Grange, as we had expected, and can- 1110- _
‘ ‘ “ ' not give pi-ices, bug hope to soon We have urged this point as a matter
The badge of members with the State, 01 Tlgllts 0-1111 W0 11-‘We 111360 1135 3 11131-
-7‘ - tf't ttllhf .0if
4,}range of which our contributor is a an “ eh as the name and number of the er 0 In eres 0 6 arm” me O

inembmi DO not iiiscaiii it as im_ Grange will be furnished to order at the great Oblects 31111 P11190595 011110 the general public have no longer eon. recover heedom bi, going to the iii.aii_ “record” and statesmanship, magni-
Seasonabiii iioi two old ii iopici iiie twenty-five cents each, sent by mail or Order IS to educate and elevated the fidence lni oi. respect for couim “ye lee l we must find it in the s9cie,ty_of fies common faults, and seeks to be-
iiittei poitioii Contains siiggesiioiis Oi. express prepaid whenever ordered. farmer, and coming within jthe scope do not propose to make any efiinli to the good. It may be_th_at the coming lime sterling mam, merely for itegake
ii.Omi for present use‘ samples will be sent by mail on re- of that object must be under a popular ave of combination it 111 issue in a no- of getting into powei._

- - - increrse “mt confidence! 5° 10133 35 bler liberty for the individual than
In the next column is the continii- ce1pt(.)fpnce’w,1“ch on return of 53111‘ government oilicial recognition. We courts are run- in violation of such has yet been seen, but that consuma— ‘V B'
once of the same subiect from another we Wm be Credlted on amount of Or‘

_ have argued this point not from the business principles as the present 113. tion will be possible, not in a day of
der or otherwise as desired.

    
          
            
         
      

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meeting of the association of worst in the land. The telegraph has Vancemenl" We feel quite Sure tllat .l11dg05 1318913’ 10511011811110 101‘ the 0011‘ The Press. l1'1‘0E‘P_00llV0 01' party 01’ man 13 P111’: f°1'W”d 11101‘ 113 13
i\-ni.sei.ymen_ Flnrlstsi Seedsnien and becomeaneoessity of our civilization; when the farmer class come to give dillon of things, of which we cum. political policy, whitewashes the evil thought possible  e1ii8i(]3t. Under
klnnredinteiests follow this its control byac. rporation is danger- this nmiter more thought, and more plaini for While they have been di,iiw_ deeds and characters of prominent such circumstances is e duty of

. .. . t h lib ti- fth 1 . .. . , . d t that extent encourag the citizen to refuse to support such
«Bent for Gndgeonsi embodies Wain fig’: gigafdy ‘geefis ‘ilised etopegilzifénszng personal attention, positive 1mprove— ing salaries from the people for alleged fififilgandolug Then, is nothing an candidates. The plea of the party

ings against investment in any Wall knowledge of important evcntsas well menu will soon be observed in the leg— service rendered, they have establish- evil man so mlich dreadsasexposure. platform will be urged, but neither
street schemes, taken from that ex- 115 150 Wll~l1110ld 1101111 1711511-1988 1111811 1119 islative dspartrnent of the govern- ed rules and sanctioned innovations, —R0Ch€-9567‘ (1V- 1- ) TI'uth- party 1101' Platlzifm are any value ex-
cellent a er “J u t’ ” lmf°""“ti°n nwessary t° 3‘ prop" t W b 1' 0 farm r in the ndu es that have ractic 11 d - Geptumuns secure good govern-

.p P . S we‘ understanding of the markets or to men 5' e e1e.Ve D e 9' Sag ' . p ‘ 5 y 9 THE Republican party cannot afford 1118111. Whlcll 08111101 b0 118411 9300M
In ‘American Roads,” are cutting mlelend them in their business on. State better qualified to honor the gu- feated the very object for which the to nominate aqoveruoi-candidate who through good men.—iSt. Louis Age of

wordsin disapproval of our spring erations.-—C’)u'cago Express. bernatorial office than Mr. Luce, and courts wereinstituted. And who will needs det'endii1g.—Exchangc. Steal.

   
  
     
        
     
       
  
  

 

   
  
  

 

  


  
 

 

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JUNE 1, 1884.

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TEE GBAIIGE VISITOR.

 

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Cyrus 6. Luce tor Governor.

Here is aman of the people, who
can be elected with a rousing ma-
jority by the people, and who would
most ably and efliciently serve the
people in the capacity of governor. It
is the prevailing opinion of the repub-
licans in this section of the country
that Cyrus G. Luce is the man for
our next governor. No man in our
State has a better record.

Thoroughly acquainted with Michi-
gan politics, Michigan interests and
needs, he would bring to the duties of
Chief Magistrate of this State talent
and practical abilities that would hon-
or the office and reflect credit on the
party that put him in power. An able,
clear-headed and sound gentleman,
thoroughly versed in all the affairs of
State, from a pathm-isier to State Leg-
islature, he has proved himself the
peer of any man in all the various of-
fices he has held. An able and most
effective public speaker, he is the
strong advocate of political reform,
and few men have equalled him in
the discussion of our industrial, edu-
cational ahd agricultural interest. A

thoroughly practical temperance man
both in his public speeches and in his
daily life, he has been the strong advo-
cate nf that course, and should com-
mand every temperance vote in the
State. Taken all in all, Cyrus G. Luce
is our best choice for the next gover-
nor of Michigan. V. B

Gulcsbiirg.

 

The regulation of the tarrifl‘ ques-
tion has little to do with the immedi-
ate and more common one of, shall
we make our farms pay us, or some
one else receive the benefit of our
work?

Is there a class who are to be priv-
ileged with the power to subject all
with whom they may come in contact
either in business or social re-
lations to that dangerous alternation
of treating every man as a rogue, or
to find that a rogue has been treated
as an honest man, and they are the
loser by the transaction?

The oft repeated adage “Eternal
vigilance is the price of Liberty,” of
course is all right. Should have re-
membered ii} and profited by it. Keep
your eyes opened to all these little
irregularities, etc. All this we admit,
but the plan upon which is sustained
all generous and right principles of
brotherhood was not calculated to be
misinterpreted in that way. In the
watching of our own failings, which
are liable to betray us by cropping out
at the most unguarded moment, and
which are almost innumerable in
number; this adage is applicable, and
will bear pasting in our hats. But
when we have to commit it to mem-
orv purposely for our protection in
our dealings with our fellows, it is a
perverted use of it-, and shakes the
confidence all out of us, and turns the
otherwise smooth, pleasant associa-
tions into a scramble for number one.

Must we get a written guarantee,
signed by the two good reliable
parties, as to the truth and reliablity
of the man we sell our produce to. and
at (as he tells) the highest market
price, why, no; our friend tells us,
takeagood country paper and keep
posted on prices. Will our good friend
tell us that the market reports of the
county paper is always correct, and
finely sensitive to any change that
may influence us.

Or must we condense Blackstone
and carry it around in our heads, in
order to meet the requirments of this
advanced age of sharp deal, contract
men, and patent rights.

Ifl buy a pump, or farm gate, I
must take a three or five years course
at the university or law school, in
order to know what I may safely buy,
and if we buy garden or field seeds
from the representative of a seed farm,
must we require the proprietors of
that farm to become bonded, and
securely so, to ensure seeds true to
name, and equal to samples—and fair
equal usage to every purchaser; even
if the lever of charity is used to con-
vince us of our needs of such seeds.

Charity is a grand object, none
nobler under the sun.
But, as a people, we pay for our
charity, and pay liberally; so let us
not touch that chord in our fellows,
when we find it sensitive to influence,
if in so doing we work them
harm.
We don't claim that the man who
enters our midst, perfect in every
respect, would be a success, think;
rather a curiosity; still think we could
work a little nearer the principles of
right, and justice, without disastrous
results following.
I am not a chronic gruinbler, neither
have I drank of the bitter waters, and
grapes are usually sweet But I do
like to see fair conscientious dealing.

Yours,
SPARTA.

Sparta Center, Mich., May 22, ’84.

Another necessary move, one that
would reduce the situation to handica-
ble size, would be the enforced revalu-
ation of all railroads, and the taking
out of existence all stock in excess of
the new valuation. This would ring
the injurious “water” out of the secu-
rities and wipe away the temptation,
now so paramount, to earn dividends
on inflated stock, much to the wrong
of employers and shippers.-—Pittsburg
(Pa.) Labor Tribun-'.

degrees of Iliisbandinan and Matrons

POSTAL IOTTINGS.

Palmyra Grange is doing finely. Two
weeks ago we initiated eleven in the

and at our next meeting expect to start
a new class of seven or perhaps more:
nearly all the members seem very much
interested and our meetings are
harmonious. If all the Gmiiges were
doing as well as Palmyra (even in
Lenawcc County) we might think they
had come to stay.
MARY T. COLE.

Palmyra.

J. T. Cobb.-—-Since my article of
March 1st, 1 have ascertained through
private letters from Mrs. Levi Wood,
of Rlclllalld, Mich., that they are hav-
ing some ‘_"*ter-molds made especially
for the Patrons of Mich. I think they
will meet with favor by all butter
I.l’l:ll{8l‘S.

Also learn they will be sold much
less than in California, as there have
been so many enquiries concerning
where they could be purchased, by
private correspondence, I concluded
this was the best way of informing the
greatest number of enquirers. Should
I visit Micliigiui some future day, I
have no doubt I shall see some im-
provement in “butter-in~iuarket.”
Should it be the case I will be happy in
knowing my time spent in writing a
few works to the V Isiron was not
wasted.

Ni~;'r'r1E b'E\VAltl).

Ilaywzirds, Cul., May 15, 1584.

The question of how to collect and
distribute the corruption fund. now
that “c-vii -i-rvice r-sfirm" forbids the
contributing l)i'ht1'u(llillg the money
by any government nfiioial, is a ser
ions or. e, when so much money will be
required to pay stumo speakers; brass-
bahds, and the public press. If the
‘ins” are caught in giving a penny of
their liberal sularic-s for the purpose of
convincing -he puulic that they can
run the government with the least
grease; they are liable to pay a heavy
fine and take a long term in the pen»
iteuriary; while the “nuns” can knock
the hoops off their barrel; and scatter
the nee-Iful by the iiahd—fuli with
impunity.

lfa few honest Grangers could be
trusted to collect, and disperse the
money necessary to carry on the coni-
ing campaign; We might help solve the
political dil-.-mma; and we might have
a grand “blow out,” after harvest,
down at Petoskey, or somewhere
along shore.

w. A. I3.

I cannot see how a man with so little
iiitelligeiice as (lreeii Mouiitziiii Mu-
coinber St,’t‘lllS to possess, can ever be
the inventor of ii. corn plzuitcr. A iiuui
that can not see any ilil't‘ei'eiic-3 between
lJllylllgitI1iL1'ilCl6 in the open miii‘kct~,
and paying a fair price for it, including
the patent, and stceiliiig zi horse from
J. J. Woodiiiun, and selliiigliim in the
next town, seems to me can not luivc
brains enough to fill the skull of it
goose. Yet this 111211] has the impii-
deuce to say that “Mr. Woodmziu and
lll1lllll'e(lS of other 'coniuiuuist.~i' are
now clainoring to have C-()Ilg'i‘eSS take
away my own property and parcel it
out to Tom, Dick and Hzirry.” True,
it was your property before you sold it.
but after you sold it, it was no more
yours than mine. And any man that
thus sells an article for ii filll‘ price lll—
cludiug the patent, and then attempts
to collect pay the second time on the
same article, is 2:. thief illltl it robber
and should be treated us such by every
one that meets him. When the Ver-
mont Legislature meets agaiii, I would
advise Macombcr to ask that body to
change the first syllable in his iiaime,
and write it Cu instead of Mo.
CORTLAND HILL.

The proposition of Ben Butler to
set apart the tax on whiskey and to-
bacco for the purpose of peiisioiiing
all soldiers in proportion to their term
of service is a righteous one and should
be adopted. No one who risked his
life in order to save the union can
possibly receive too much compensa-
tion and this should be retained in
preference to any other and increased
instead of being repealed as advocated
by the high tariff men. It is far better
to distribute the surplus revenue
among the soldiers and have it dif-
fused all over the country than to
hoard it for the benefit of star routers,
lawyers and other thieves. The scanda-
lous failure of Grant,Ward & Co. which
foots up nearly $15,000.00 is the big-
gest crash ever known on this conti-
nent, and shows the great risk run by
depositors in our largest banking in-
stitutions, it also demonstrates the
rottcnncss and rascality of many of
our national bankers. Congress should
gradually close them out and prohibit
all banks of issue, and provide every
possible safeguard for depositors in
savings banks, issue sufficient legal
tenders for the business of the nation
and we would see no more panics.

REFORMER.

I am glad “ G— ” has given a sub-
ject for discussion on “eating and
entertaining.” We have all, more or
less, gotten into this slavish "rut”
and many of us would be glad to find
our way out of it. It requires inde-
pandence and courage to overcome 9
custom of such long standing. You,
who know the better way, please tell

us how we may gain freedom fromgp
foolish a habit.

with the money they earn by their
own personal efforts. Just now I am
interested in reading a book bv Mrs.
M. L. Bayne, title:
woman
avenues open where women can earn
their own livelihood and not be de-
pendent on others for what they could
do for themselves——It is a suggestive
book——and would do “Our Girls” so
much good if they could and would
read it. It shows that worner. need
not be the helpless do nothings, as
the world in general term them, and
in consequence have assigned them
the place of the “ Weaker vessels.”

loud Ilill gave a. very interesting lecture
at the llall of Bengal Grange, of which
he is a. member.

there was El good audience, and as he
spoke every car was turned attentively
toward the able
charts representing dilfcreiit comets as
seen in earlier ages, and the starry
heavens in their different foruis, all of

comets and their iuitiire, and I guess he
iuzule us all think that a comet was

It is said women are better pleased

" What can a

do?” There are so many

LIYRA.

On the evening of May 3d, llro. Cort-

Ilis subject being
“Comets and the Lifetime of Worlds.”
The lecture being free and public,

speaker. He haul

which he explained. He first talked of

pci'fectlylio1'mless. After he had enter‘
taincd the audience for it while on this
suhjccthc took up the “Lifetiiue of
Worlrls" and if Prof. lViiichcl and M1‘.
Strong ofthc Visi'i‘<)it, both had been
there and lieard Mi‘. llill oil up the
iuachiiicry of the heaveiis by the slip
of his tongue, they would surely
thought the machinery of the lieuvcns
would iievct‘ 1'llll down.
Mr. llillhas lectured on astroiiouiy
for iuziiiy years and every word that he
sziys “he thinks he can give his reasons
for saying it.”
0. F. l’i.ow)iAN.

May 5, 1884.
The weather during the past two
W».-eke has been fine for corn planting.
which is generally completed, and the
warm weather, with frequent light
showers, is bringing it up in ii
pl‘U:.|liSll1g condition. Great pains has
i‘-W:‘ll taken in selecting seed sure to
germinate. Corn grown in 1883; a
little of which was hard and
bright, has been found more
re-liable than ' old corn. Wheat
on lit-avy wet soil is in bad condition.
but as we have comparitively a small
area of such lands, in Berrien county,
prospects are good for nearly an aver-
age crop. Apple bloom not so full as
last year, but the fruit is firmly set
and prospect good for an abundant
crop. Frost killed a few of the early
-rrawberry bloom and “ set back ” the
crop a few days, but plenty are left to
supply the markets. '
As the time of the year for long
séorics has past, why can’t we have
more jotiings? "-‘here is no tariff on
.»..u idea, or a fact, which can be “jot-
ted ” down and sent to Bro. Cobb fora
penny: “ A penny for your thoughts; ”
and facts or fancies in the VISITOR
from all over the state, aboutcrop
prospects or passing events are of great
value and interest to all.

W. A. B.
Stevensville, May, 24.

The farmers in this section, instead

crops: last year, are taking hold with
new energy and putting in all the
cats, corn, and ; otatoes they can. They
do not intend that speculators shall

pation of the farmer.
CORTLAND HILL.

term of Josiah W. Begole?”

Grange.

ate and elect him.

The true old proverb reads:

oi being disheartened with the loss of

bring twenty car loads or more of po-
tatoes into a small town like St. Johns
another year, if they can help it. This
is the true policy. Let no one failure
throw you off the track, or write dis-
pair upon your brow. Up and at it
again, with new zeal, and in the end
you are sure to win. Look around you
and find if you can, a class of people
who are doing better than the farmers.
Who are more independent, or drive
better horses, or ride in better car-
riages than the farmer? In the com-
mercial world crashes occur. banks go
down, and fortunes are wrecked in a
day. But prices may be high or low,
stocks may g-i up or down, money
may be light or loose but the farmer
out of debt, and leaning on his own
resources, may fold his hands and
smile at ease amidst the ruin around
him. Let no man despise the occu-

The question of the day is, “Who
will govern our State after the expired
Some
express themselves for Begole again,
others for Jerome, but the Patrons of
this vicinity are hurrahing for Cyrus
G. Luce, Worthy Master of our State
We say, let them hurrah,
and every farmer in the State should
join them in a strong effort to nomin-
If the farmers will
put some brainy, plucky farmer like
Luce at the head of their State ticket
their interests will receive the atten-
tion they merit, and not until then.
But if they persist in allowing lawy-
ers and men of capital to be placed
there, thinking luck may be on their
side they will be grandly mistaken.
“Luck
is a fool, pluck is a hero.” Lawyers
will look to lawyers’ interests, mer-

terests, and farmers should see to far-
mers’ interests. We often hear the
inquiry made, "What do farmers
know about enacting laws for the ben-
efit of the American people?” What
do farmers know? The half of the
American population is in the farmer
class. Is this great number a dead
weight of ignorance in political mov-
ings? D-> they not comprehend any
of the matters transacted about them,
which bearso directly upon their wel-
fare? There are educated farmers as
well as educated lawyers, and it is
within their power to place at the
head of their States such a man as
they deein most worthy. Shall they
refuse to  that power?”
0. F. l’LOWliiA2\'

May 21, 1884.

Monopolies, and anti-moiiopoles, odi-
ous as these words have become to the
literary ear, represent the two great
tendencies of our time: monopoly, the
tendency of combination; 2ioLi-monop-
oly, the demand of social control of it.
As the name is bent toward business,
or patriotism, he will negotiate
combiiiatioii or agitatioii for laws to
regulate them.

The first capitalistic, the second is
social. The tlrst, industrial; the SCCO-id
moral. The lirst promotes wealth; the
second, citizenship. These (.’0lIll)lll2l-
tions are not to be waved away as fresh
pictures of folly, or total depravity.
There is somethirg in these deeper than
tilzit.

liro. Campbell has cwme to the point
in iuis\vcr to C lll Il‘s questions, and
we sincerely hope that his definition is
correct, and that mrmy farmers will be
iiulcpciirlciit of piirty; hot as too l]l2lll_V
are, 361 days in the yczii‘,hut on election
day also.

I uni l'e:i1'i’ul that Bro. Williunfs ad-
vice will liiid more followers thou the
better zulvicc of the Iiditor. I fool‘ the
chaps who ll2l\'<‘ {ale/its to set’! will con-
tiiiue to iu:ike our laws—Loo iuuuy of
which are like the Illill{El'S, "Not wluit
they seem to be."

"What would our brothers, who ud-
viscs us to “stick to the pzirty, utteiid to
priiniiries, and to liuvc good men nom-
iii:itcd.” do in case we did all these
iliiiigs, and still the good mail to be
noiuinaited by our party was not, but
nouiinatedby the other? Would he he
iiidepciidciit zuul votc for the best iiiziii
or intelligent, mid vote for it party?

(3. )1. ll,

As I have never seen any communi-
cation in your paper, from the Bruce
and Armada Grange, No. 657, I will
let the l‘l'8I'lel‘S of the VISITOR know,
that soc-ii a Grange lives, moves, and
has its being with a membership of
nearly fifty, and composed of mem-
bers full of iife. This Grange was or-
ganized only zt little over one year ago.
Still I can vouch that nearly all are
Grangers to the full extent. We have
a full programme at every meeting,
consisting of discussions, essays, select
readings, music, etc., in which all are
deeplyinterested. The main talk now
is about shipping our wool. We were
so well pleased with the prices and
fair dealing of Fenno & Manning last
year, that we have decided to try them
again. I will not take up too much
of your valuable space. You will
hear from us again.

SECRETARY.
May 23, 1884.

“Facts before Theory." In VISITOR
of April 15th, I). \V., of l’ziw l’d\\',
l\Iicliigaii,h:is solved the vexed ques-

tion of wheat turning to chess. It is
simply the “Foitli theory.”
IIe says he believes mc. H. raises

clicssiii his wheat and will continue
to do so as long as he thinks, or be-
lievestliat wiiy. lie once believed so
and the result was from that belief,
as faith tliatlie raised chess. But a.
little further on he says: “Since I got
rid of stumps and other harbors, I
have got rid of it entirely,” and tells

wheat head and he supposed it grew
there, and closes up by saying, that the
laws of God and nature were against it.
Now I wish to give some facts which I

spontaneous,
In the year 1842, in town of Texas, a
new piece was broken, first crop since
“Adam tilled the soil. It was sown to
wheat in September, a good crop grew
the next summer, about one-half or 8

ing up good.

chess. It was abig growth. Old Mr

mer fallow, and some to wheat.

the motherhood of old nature. w.
Richland.

criticises

chants will attend to merchants’ in-

brother 11. that chess is not the pro-
duct of wheat but got entangled in the

believe to be in strict accord with the
ever-changing produc-
tions iu the great laboratory of nature.

acres of the piece was out while stami-
A violent wind and
rainstorm leveled the balance of the
lot which had to be cut one way and
the result was much wheat was left on
the ground and it came up thick and
looked as well as any fall wheat.
The next summer it looked Well and
we thought we should have a good
crop of wheat, but it headed out to

McElroy cut some of it for hay, the
balance was ploughed under for sum-
Now
will this scientist explain how the
thing was done, and oblige one who be-
lieves in the fatherhood of God and

In the Postal j ottings, “A." somewhat
“Grace Gazelle,” article on
“Obituary Notices.” which appeared
some time since in VISITOR. Now we
of our household thought it timely and

appropriate and especially the render-
ing of a verdict by the Editor in say-
ing that obituary notices should be
brief and to the point instead of it long-
spun article covering a life-time, tell-
ing all the good qualities of the de-
ceased and that a. berzived father or
mother, and infant children have been
left to mourn their untiniely loss, etc.
Also, that it was ll spccial act, at it
special time,“of the Divine Will.” or
“Allwise Father,” has the Editor
“criticised," so , do I that it is it little
tough to charge all the mistakes of
doctors, the violation of physical laws
to all oi/icr causes of .so-called death
to Deity. V

When will the world my aside these
iuytliiczil notions of cliargiiig u/I‘
casiiulities cattle-plagues, llilg-Cfl()lt‘l'1l,

short crops, cyclones, hail stoi'ni.<, rail-

road disasters and all Cil.llS2l.ll[l(‘S on lzuul

and water to the ruler of the iiiiiu-i'se.

liather, in its stead. tciurli that tilt‘

iiiiiverse with all its mziiiifold mach-

iiierv from the minutest utom up to

plenatziry World is governed and con-

trolled by i/‘resistable and izrir-liaiigeiray
laws which :il<)llC comprises the full-
ness, height, length, depth and 1H)u.'e/'
of the all-wise FH.illel'. .-ind right here
comes in the force of llro. llill‘s zirticlc
on the "Physiczil Improvements of the
ilumuu llace.” A man miiy wallow in
the gutter, zi druiikeii beast, ctr-., yet it
minister for his fee will lll:il‘l'_V him to
an idiot, and what is tliclegiiiiiiate
effect or result? A numerous progeny
to be cared for by the public. Now
do the modern or more specially the
more lillt‘lt‘lit ministers ever teach us
the coiiseqiieiises of such unions, or the
violzttioiis of “pliysiczil lziws." With
liro. Ilill. lusk when will the people,
our so-culled tezicliers “iiistriict" iii the
ruisiiigof the “huiiiiui,” as they do in
I'2iiSlllg‘ stoclc.’

Asl have €X[)l‘(.‘SS(.‘tl iiiyscli'bc1'o1‘c,
there are many subjects that ought to
be discussed in “our” Visrmii zuul
none too szuzred to be discussed in 2lll_V'
.Iouriizilisiic publication, that hits‘ the
“greatest good" to the “greatest iiu1ii-
her” at lieurt. It is gi'utifying to see so
llliilly progressive thoughts iiiuling
space in our paper and to know. (using
the words of “rei'orniei"’ of I)ow2igi-
ac, April 21,) that this party or l)lf.:¢)il‘)'
is slowly but surely dying out on many
subjects, and that iiidepeiideiit voting
and “self thinking" will in time eiiulale
the people to dispense with iiiziiiy of our
leaders and doubtful teachers and mzuiy
costly ediliccs will be convertccl into
“schools” of instruction. wliere the
“physical hum-a.ii form divine” will re-
ceive thc uttcntioii that we now give
our blooded stock.

.\Iay llth, '8-i.

LEvi Wooii.

 

IN short, the theory of the railroad

tinn of these improved highways is in
the nature of a partnership, the State
contributing the franchises and the as»-
sociations known as corporations : on-
tributing the capital to construct the
roads; that, in reimbursement for the
sax.-e, the latter are entitled to charge
certain rates or tolls which will yield
them 10 per cent. return; that after
their capital has been thus compensa-
ted the Stste is entitled to its share in
the partnership in the shape of reduced
charges for transportation.— Yonkers
(N. Y.) Statesman.

 

IT is said that the flavor of maple-
sirup may be communicated to cane or
glucose sirup by tincture of guaiacum
deprived of its resin by precipitation
by water. A great deal of the maple
sugar now sold is said to be nearly
pure glucose prepared in this way.

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.
A grand prize entertainment will
be held under the auspices of Portage
Grange No. 16, on the evening ofJune
10. 1884. Refreshments will be served.
All are cordially invited to attend.
By order of committee.
Bra. O'obb:—The next meeting of
lngham Co. Pomona Grange, No.
14., will be he'd at the Hall of
Dansville Grange on Thursday, June
12, at 10 o’clock a. m. A good pro-
gramme will be presented, and the
flfth degree conferred in the evening
We hope to see all the oflicers and a
large number of members in attend-
ance. All fourth degree members are
invited to attend. Those who know
the Patrons of Dansville know that a
hearty welcome awaits them.

Fraternallyvyours.
GEO. . PHELPS,
Master.

Ottawa Grange, No. 30, will celev
brate its 11th anniversary on Satur-
day, June 7th, by having a Children’s
day.

There will be speaking and singing
by the children and young people.

Sister Perry Mayo of Battle Creek,
will speak atl P. M. It is to be a
basket picnic and all are invited.

Yours fraternally,
CHAS. W. WILDE, Sec.

Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange
will hold its next Grange meeting
with Eureka Grange, northwest cor-
ner Texas township on Thursday,
June 12. The meeting will be called

and reports.
Afternoon to be an open meeting.

lows.
Jason Woodman, of Paw Paw.
The

June. This is a mistake.
regular meeting of the Allegan Coun

law of this State is, that the construc— -

to orderas early as possible after 10
A. M. Forenoon devoted to business

The question “How shall we mar-
ket our farm products,” will be pre-
sented for discussion by O. H. Fel-
Followed by an address by

question, “Do farmers take care
of their health? ” By A. Fankboner.

In VISITOR of May 15, notice is giv-
en of a meeting of Alle an County Po-
mona Grange to be he d in Otsego in
The next

tv Pomona Grange, will be at the Ball
of Michigan Lake Shore Grange in
the township of Casco, June 18, and

19. The 18 will be an evening session

probably in the 5th. degree. The 19,
will be open to all fourth degree
members Patrons in that part of the

county are Ft quested to furnish as
many voluntary contributions in f rm
of essays, and papers as they can con-

veniehtly. We meet often because

we want to get over the county as
soon as possible.
ganized out little over a year.

We have been or-

We have 1\l‘€p‘.l.l‘t'Ll the following pro-

gramme:

Music.
Address of welcome, W. A. Webster,

Casco.

Response, Sister ii. I’. Cliase. Utsego.
"Our Homes," Sister .-\. Mu Nett,

Disc 0.

“.\ ciitul liisuraiiicc", ii. N. B11‘. cs, Mio-

llllt‘.

llecitiitioii, hliss lid‘ h Lines. Utseg-u.
lxivertebnis, Dr. W. (jluisc, Otsego.
"Wouiaiis lights uud W-iiiiaiis
Wrongs," by Sister Feltoii.
"llow to Train Uur lioys," sister
I..- (lilbcrt \\';i_\'l2iiid.
l§.~‘s;i_i,', Sister ll. l-I. l’lit‘lp,\‘. Utsego.
\'o1uiitcei'>' Sllf_"gt‘Sllt:llS uiid tliscii.<<-
ions.
'1‘. C B.

Clinton (‘ouiiiy l’ouioii:i (lmiigc held
its regular moiitlily meeting of Essi-it
(lrziiigc Il2i.ll_ .\l:iy 7th.
The attc1uluiicc\\'us good, consider-
ing the state of the weather.
Reports i'i'oiu b'uboi'diii:itc Grziiigcs
throughout the t’Uulli_\' \vn-rc very eu-
couiugiiig.
l“:l1‘1iiel‘SS(%t‘lIl to lie alive ta) their
own interests and are more than ever
L‘0ll\'ll.l(.'t‘tl of the iieccssity of co-oper-
utioii for sell’-protcctioii ugiiiust ino-
nopolists and extortioiiists iii zuiy
guise.
in the evviiiiig the fifth degree was
conferred upon eight.

A plezisuut and instructive time was

ad.

Mziple l’t'.i.pid.~i.

’l‘lu- iiext l‘Pglll1ir iiiceiiiig of Kent
county Poiiioim (lniiigc will be held ‘at
(luiiies (lroiigc hall iio:ii' (‘uledoiiizi
Station on \\'cdiics<l:iy Julie 11th, 15%.

i'iu>ui'..\.\i:

Address of Wt’lC0lll(‘— by the ,\[;i;-‘ti-1‘ or
(l;iiiies(li'ziiige No .4723: respoiise by Mas-
ter of Pomouzi (lruiigc.
l)iscussioii—~’[‘lu- one best lmiul of
czittle for all furui /lll‘})0.s'(‘>Z by W. 'i‘.
lieiiiiiigtmi, ll.(l. llilll, John l’rcston.
John l’oi'tei'. .1215 ll. Miirtiu and I). (5.
lileiidiug.

(lciicml ilist.-iissioii-—llot-S it pity bet-
ter to raise t'iilllt‘1ll' wlwsi‘ thou slieep
without it t:i1'iIT on wool by W, ’l‘, Ad.

illll“. '

Poem by Mrs. Asa .\l:u'sh, on even-
ing work lll 1i\‘c«legi‘e-es, U1‘ r-.\eiiiplih'-
cation of .ui llllV\'l'lil(‘ll work by the
lcciui‘ei'.

U<)llV'(¥_V':lllI,(‘S :11
will 2t\«v:iii_ti'uiii.~'.
l'li‘;iiul lizipids, .\li¢-li .\I:ty lurh,

Cailedoiiiu. Station

l’rog.'ani of Hliiawas:-'ee (Jo , Poiiiona
Grange No. Ill, to be held in the
village of Perry, with Perry Grunge,
No. 180, June .‘_lvl, 1584.

Opening the Grange in 4th. degree.
:2 p. m.

Address of welcome by Sister
Vaiibaiischoteh of Perry Grange.
Response by I). I) Culver ofLaings;-
burg, Gr.

.L\Ill"1iH.

Reading minutes of previous meet-
ag. -

R -ports of standing committees.
Music.

(loiiferirlg of the 5th. degree.

Does it pay to hire farm labor.
Discussion.

Music.

Close for tea.

Evening session is open to all. VVe
invite the tillers of the soil, one and
all to come and meet with us. Close
with singing from Glee Club,

D. D. (.‘i.'Lvi«:ic, Master.
L. S GOOIJALI-I, Secy.

Henderson, Mich.

The program of Capital Grange, _\‘o_
-540, North Lansing, Mich., is as fol-
iow.~:—-

MAY l0TlI. 7 P. M
“The Necessity of Pure Water, and
How to Obtain ii.” by VV. W, }{,-,1-r
Declamation by \V. J. Walker. "In:
Iioence of Farm Life on (7haruoter”—-
Mrs. Mary J. Valentine, Mrs. Sarah
Nichols. Song by Jennie Tow”
Reading a Story by Adeliu Tobias. ’
MAY l7'l‘II, 7 l’. M.
“What can we Do to Accomplish
More in Grange Work ?”—Ma1-ion
Reeves, Mrs. Warren Smith, Mrs.
John Holbrook. Recitation by
Nellie Nichols. “A Farm, or 3 City
or Village Home as a Place to Reap
»n(i E-lucate Children ”~—Mrs_ Kate
Everett, Mrs. Elvira Edwards, 0. D
Buck, Declamation by Elmer West,
Song by Mrs. Allie Dunham.
MAY 24TH. 7 P. M,

Recitation by Miss Com Fe1to;,_
Essay by Mrs. Carrie Shaffer “Me-
chanical Helps for Housekcepersi
What are They ? and are They sum:
cint ?” Declamation by How“-d
Edwards and Charles Creyts. “What
are our Duties to the Poor? How can
we best Help the Needy ?"—E. M.
Hill, Mrs. Amos Smith, Mrs. Perlia
Sutliff.

A L t lVI%Y 31, 71’. M.
ec ure the State L
John Holbrooig, Esq. . °°t‘"°"
JUNE 7'rh, 7 P. M.

"Does Protection Protect ?”—A. D
Blank and others. Declamation by
Walliam Holloway. “How to be 3
True Patron.”—James Gunnison and
others.

JUNE 14TH, 7 P. M.
First Degree. “How can we make
our Agricultural College of Greater
Benefit to the Farmers? and would it
be Advisable to make them Ex.
perimeiital Stations ?”—P;-0f_ w_ _j'_
Beal, William Shaffer, and others.
. JUNE 21sT_ 7 P. M.

Second Degree. “Is a College Edu.
cation always Advisable ?”——Harry
Gladden, Perry G. Towar, Peter Van
Patten, and others.

_ JUNE 28TH, 7 P. M.

Third Degree. Essay by Mrs. Sue.
annah Robbins, Mrs. Elvira Towar
Mrs. A. D. Bank; subject “What can’
be Done to Lesson the Labor of
Farmers’ Wives."

JULY 5TH, 7 P. M.

Fourth Degree. "Should the
Farmer in_vest his Surplus in his own
Farm, or in Savings Banks or Olher
Outside Concerns?-’—A. S, Wegt E_
R. Osband. '

E mt iIULY 12TH, 7p M,

n r a nment b the Yom; H
— of the Grange and Graiigers’ C%|lP]dl:(l})lIle
conducted by Jennie Towar Aug“;
Reeves, and Ella Howaid. Mrs.

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Amanda Gunnison, Lecturer,

   
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
   
   
   
   
  
  
 
   
  
   
     
    
   
  
   
   
   
     
   
   
 
 
   
   
    
    
  
  
 
   
 
  
 
   
  
    
  
 
   
    
   
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
    
 
  
   
   
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
   
     
  
      
  
  
   
 
      
 
 
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
 
   
    
   
     
   
  
 
   
   
  
        
    


 

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TEE GBAEGE 7151305.

JUNE 1, 1884.

fiuliiullnnl §tl'lll1l1il1l-

Gardening.

There was once a noted editor who
iold the people what he knew about
farming; you have all heard of him.
His name was Horace Greely. N ow,
this man taught the people many good
things, but he hit wide of the mark at
other times. This, perhaps may be
the case with me, but we shall try to
make our subject as plain as prssible.

It is the farmers vegetable garden
that we intend to talk about. He has
ample room to lay rfl‘ his garden plat
in any way he may choose; but how
frequently we see gardens enclosed in
asmall yard not large enough for a
horse to turn around in. This is not
so common now as it was, which is
one step in advance of the old system
of gardening. My idea of how to plan
a garden is something like this: Have
the garden as near the house as con-
venient; always select the best location
and soil possible, then lay off as long
again as wide, and plant everything in
rows. This will allow you to use a
horse when cultivating, and save a
great :mount of hoeing and backache.

I cannot see why any one, brought
up on a farm dislikes to work in a
garden, when we all know that we get
more benefit and real enjoyment from
the garden fruit included than
from any other source on the
‘farm, ( fruit gardens included.)
As we have said, plant everything in
rows three feet apart except vines,
which We plant six feet one way and
three feet the other. The winter
squashes give a good place by them-
selves with plenty of room. Eight
feet each way gives them room to run,
and lets in the sunshine to ripen them.
Where you have burned an old straw
stack is a good place to plant vines.

If you expect to raise a good garden, . 1;

it is necessary to have a rich seed bed
‘We hope our Brothers will understand
this, but it would be well when you
are preparing the ground to know just
where you wish to plant or sow cer-
tain kinds of seeds, as some require
richer ground than others. If beans,
peas, or tomatoes, are planted in very
rich ground they grow too much vines,
will be later, and bear less fruit.

We like to have the garden plowed
early, or as soon as it is in gnod con-
dition. Then have ready fine com-
post from the farm. Spread it evenly
over the plowed ground, and barrow
thoroughly with a fine tooth drag.
Now commence and mark rows three
feet apart, and mark only what you
wish to plant for the present. First
we will plant only those that can
stand the cold spring weather best,
such as peas, radishes, letuce, onions
and beets, then wait a while, and let
the ground warm before you plant
vines. When we plant these named
kinds we plant in double rows six or
eight inches apart, and for large veg-
etablesa foot apart. We think this
more convenient, but keep our main
rowsjust three feet apart.

When the early Kent and Champion
of England are planted both at the
same time, there is two weeks differ-
ence in them, they are both excellent
peas. We have the best of success
when we plant cabbage seed in the hill
they seem to be early enough, as their
growth is not retarded by transplan-
ing. Always plant some for the
bugs. Ashes will make the plants
grow and keep the ‘rugs away, We
plant string beans two or three feet
apart. It is a good plan to plant two
varieties of sweet corn, the early and
late. By planting early varieties of
potatoes deeply you can plant early,
and they will be ready to grow when
it is warm enough. \Ve think it a
good plan totest garden seeds. This
is good work for the Sisters. We find
it pleasautas well as profitable busi-
ness.

-We will make a suggestion that ev-

ery farmer test his seed corn before
planting time. “Hold ll’ say our
Brothers, “We thought. you were talk-
ing about gardening !” Well, we are,
but we could not help speaking when
we see so many farmers who pretend
to do things by rule, that plant poor
seed and are thus cheated out of a good
crop of corn. We will now suppose
our garden planted. Then we will
watch for the tiny seed plant, and as
soon as it peeps above the ground sulfi-
ciently. loosen the soil about it, and
pull the weeds so it can grow; this part
of the work must be done by hand,
and is really the worst part of garden
work. We must take good care of the
tender plant or vine, if we expect them
to mature, and yield a liberal harvest.
We can now bring in the horse to aid
as in our work: but it will require a
careful hand to guide him or he will
disturb things by stepping on them.
When weeds are small you can do
good service with a garden rake be-
tween rows, if used on a sunshiny
day, as such days are the best for kill-
ing weeds. We must keep the soil
loose and free from weeds.

We wish to make an asserton that

‘it takes no fool or lazy person fora
successful garden, but just the reverse.
I know how it is. Farmers say they
don’t have time to work in the garden,
md must tend to things that are more
payinfi Now, don’t say that, for a

good garden is worth ten times more
to a family when health and comfort
are what we are seeking, than. ( I was
about to say) a whole field of wheat.
It does not take so much time as many
think. to raise vegetables sufficient for
a good sized family, and we hope that
our brothers and sisters will feel it
their imperative duty to supply them
selves with a good variety of vegetables.
So they will not have to say, “I don’t
know what to get to eat, we have no
garden sauce, and how we long for
vegetables this time of the year etc.”
But to be a successful gardener, we
should understand the requirements
of plant life, and their analysis. Then
we can go to work and supply their
physical wants as irtelligently as our
best fitted physicians can prescribe for
a sick patient. To understand these
things we should have a knowledge of
botany, chemistry, and know how to
apply them. My brothers and sisters,
we hope we have not worried you with
our long essay, and if we have said
anything that will be of practical val-
ue to you, we shall be well paid for
writing this article.
AUNT KATE.

The Ninth Annual Session of the
American Association, of Nurserynien,
Florists, Seedsmen, and kindred inter-
ests will be held in the Exposition

luilding in the city of Chicago, com-
mencing Wednesday, .Iune 18, and con-
tinuing three days.

The following are among the State
objects sought by the Association.

The Cultivation of Persoiiail Acquain-
tance with others engaged in the trade.

The Exchange and Sale of I\'ui'sei'y
Products, Implimeiits and Labor Sav-
ing Devices.

To produce Quicker Transit, more rea-
sonable rates and avoiding needless ex-
posure of Nursery Products when in
transit.

The Perfection of better Methods of
Culture, Grading. Packing and sale of‘
Stock.

The Exhibition and Introduction of
new Varieties of Fruits, Trees, l’l:uits

To promote Iloiiest and llonorable
Dealing.

The elaborate progrzimine has been

prepared covering the discussion of sub-
jects of direct interest to the members
of the Association.
The membership fee is $52.00 which
covers copy of proceedings of the Con-
vention when printed. Reduced rail-
road fairs have been arranged for. Ar-
ticles for Exhibition should be address-
ed to M. II. Hunt, Exposition Building,
Chicago. For farther information ad-
bress, M. A. Hunt President, Wrights
Grove, Chicago Ill.

It should be borne in mind by every
tiller of the soil, that no farm or
garden can be kept clear of weeds un-
less they are attacked early when they
are small, tender and easily extirpated .
Let them get a full start on us, and
they will not only absorb a double
share of manurial nourishment, but
will resist the hoe or cultivator stub-
bornly. and always come off‘ second
best. It is well known to every ex-
perienced cultivator that when roots
become firmly established, not even
the hoe or plow will always remove
them entirely; but when they are at-
tacked early and as soon as they make
their appearance, they are easily kept
down. But sometimes, the hurry of
work will oblige one to defer the weed-
ing process fora little while; mean-
time a prolonged rain sets in, which
proves a godsend to the weeds, so that

they make such strides to run their
course and mature their seeds as to
require two or three times the labor to
dislodge them. We may narrow and
cross narrow in our efforts to get rid of
them, and still enough is left behind
to restore their number and mature
their seeds for the ensuing year,
unless, indeed, we apply the slow
process of the hoe, and then not be
able to extirpate them wholly. But
when the weeds are young they offer
onlv a very slight opposition to the
efforts of destroying them; and by re-
newing the attacks upon the rest that
may afterward appear, we shall get
rid of the whole with comparatively
little labor and with no loss to the
crops, which they would otherwise
entail.

 

Bail for Gudgeons.

Recently there was announced from
the rostrum of the Stock Exchange the
failure of Allen B. Stockwell, with lia-
bilities of small amount. Years ago he
had an annual income of nearly $200,-
000. When he came to New York in
1866, he was reputed worth $2,000,000.
He was a successful business man, and
made the Howe Sewing Machine Com-
pany, of which he had control, a very
profitable enterprise. He choose to
gamble on Wall street and has come to
grief. It is stated he recently said to a
friend in a humorous way: “When I
flrst came into Wall street, I was sa-
luted respectfully as “Mr. Stockwell”;
after I had become acquainted I was
called “Captain Stockwell ;” when I
was on the top wave I was “Commo-
dore Stockwell ;” but after my reverses
I became simply, ‘that red headed fol-
low from Cleveland.”

We clip a bit of plain, honest advise,
that is worth the attention of thou-
sands, from our bright, wide-awake,
and su erbly edited contemporary, the
New Yyork Sun, entitled:

BAIT FOR GUDGEONS.

The Times says that a broker, whose
name and place of business it gives,
lately told the following story to a par-
ty of men in his office: _ _ _

“Four years ago a. lawyer or this city
came to me with $2, 500, Which he said
was all the money he had. He owed
considerable money, and he wanted to
increase his savings so that he could
pay his debts. I took the $2,500 with
the understandin that I was to do the
best I could wit it. My friend did
not know one stock from another. He
had got an idea into his head that the
money could be made on Wall street
and he wanted me to make it for him.
Well, I done the best I could, I have
been handling money for him ever

since. He now has avery large bal-

ance here in securities and cash. Jas.
(turning to a bookkeeper ),how much
is there to the credit of Mr.——?

“James pulled out a big ledger, turn-
ed over a few pages and replied: ‘About
$350,000, sir.”

Was this published to attract fools
to the game so artfully advertised?
The supply of gudgeons has run short
on Wall street of late, and such 21. bait
may help to bring them around a aim.

The number of psople who t ink
that they have only to go there with a
few hundreds and come out in four
years with hundreds of thousands, is
still lar e, though it has been much
reduced y the harsh experience of ig-
norant and gullible stock speculators
during the very period of which this
broker speaks. One after another the
simple have been cleaned out, or have
retired from the street with losses
which have probably sobered them for
life.

The long DeI‘l(.'(l of stock depression
has, indeed, had its compensating ad-
vantages, for it has taught many men
the folly and absurdity of trying to get
rich at a. l.'llSll1eSS they know nothing
about—a business which is tlicmost
dililcult utd dangerous into which a.
man can enter. Mercliants and manu-
factiirers, farmers, lawyers, physicians
and even clergymen all over the l,'nioii
have deluded tllt‘lllS(‘lVeS with ‘lie no-
tion tliztt they could contend in stock
speculation with the shrewd experts of
\Vall street. l“aii' protlis and small
savings seemed conteinptible to them.
They waiited to turn liundreds into
thousands, and thousands into millions
by a few operat:'onstlirough the broker.

It was amaiiiu which was widespread
and inrst demoralizing, and it could
only be checked by such bitter experi-
ences  stock spectuliitors of the ig-
norant sort have been going through
during the last two years. ’l‘liey have
almost uniformly lost their money.
illlll consequently have abandoned

Wall street \vitli sore and troubled

hearts; and the disasters have been so

general that they have not yet been
roplacetl.

l’vi‘li:i.ps they lli1\’€ now le;ii'n4-ml to
stick to the business they know some-
thing about. llut the publication of
such it story is that we have quoted
may tend to bring in new fools, and it
seems to have been started for that
purpose.-./us-lice.

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American Roads.

Let any one drive over most Amer-
ican roads in the spring with open eyes
and wits, and see what unchecked
destruction is at woi'k——sti'e:ims are
running in the tracts that the removal
of the sod would turn into the drains;
holes are lying full of water iiutil May
or June, being worked into brick clay
by weary teams, to be worked into lava
beds by the sun: stones coming up by
frost and lying to combat every pass-
ing wheel until they are actually worn
out, as are the wagons that bump over
them. And all this in the midst of
men with libraries in their houses,
modern tools in their barns, keen brains
in their heads, and horses of value
eating their heads off, waiting for the
roads to dry up so they can dance out
after 21 long rest and lame themselves
on the first round stone 3 It was awise
discovery of the late John Wilkinson.
in _his management of one of the first
railways in the state, that “$1 on the
track was worth $2 in the shop;" and it
will be the era. of better days in roads
when it is understood that $125 in a
day’s work, at the proper time, on the
road, will save many times that sum
in wear and damage that only high-
priced mechanics can repair.

_ But the road makers are not alone at
fault. Our ordinary wagons are made
to destroy roads, with round narrow
tires and a uniform track, the latter
the best possible arrangement for put-
ting all travel in line and making ruts.
If roads were railroad tracks, an even
width of track would of course be the
thing, but for roads it is just as far
from a saying as any possible invention.
l_luying_once a. “trap” in England, as
l_ig_ht “rigs ” are called, the writer asked
if it had the ordinary width of track.
The honest maker scratched his puz-
zled liead and confessed he did not
know any such thing; when it was
made plain to him, he said there was
no rule of the kind, and just here is
the secret of the wear and tear of
foreign roads—the wheel tread is all
over the road.

Unless the roads are very favorably
situated with regard to good gravel, all
that are subject to a large amount of
travel must in time be made of
broken stone. This has been the result
in all older countries, and time and a
growing demand for roads will force
the practice upon us, and it need not
be a costly process, if done gradually
and with system.

7

 

The Pension Lisl.

Another pension bill to take from the
Treasury anywhere from fifty to sev-
enty-five millions, has passed the
Lower House of Congress. By its pro-
visions pensions are granted to the
survivors and widows of the Mexican
war. If the bill becomes a law, pen-
sion agents will reap another harvest
and tax-payers assume another load.
The secret of the whole matter is po-
litical capital—this and nothing more.

The soldier vote is the primary
object, and not so much a simulated
philanthrophy for the veterans of the
war with Mexico. Soldiers, however,
are usually a class of men who think
for themselves, and when they see
Congressmen trying to curry favor by
voting away, unnecessarify, ublic
funds, they entertain for them a eeling
of contempt. The Government has
been bountiful in its pension provis-
ions, more so than that of any other
nation, and the soldiers are not com-
plaining and clamoring for more.

This pension business is getting over-
done, and the people who heretofore
have gladly borne tax-paying burdens
that soldiers and their survivors should
have aid and support, will enter their
protest against any further legislation
on this subject. No wonder the cry
for reform and retrenchment is so uni-
versal. It will increase in volume
until it becomes potential, and when
that period arrives the men who voted
for this Mexican Pension bill will be
asked by their constituents to stay at
ho me as the country has no further use
for their public services. Where is the
voice strong, mighty and vigorous,
crying as one in the wilderness against
all pr fligate waste of public moneys
and public lands? It would fall on
ears willing and waiting for the
sound.—Juatice.

 

A New York stock broker owes

$350,000 and has $7 to pay with.

DoN'T break the continuity of well-
established purpose by flying from
one task to another in obedience to
momentary inclination. The true
way to accomplish an object is to work
directly toward it and to continue
work with every proper opportunity.
But accomplishment is not attained
most readily by undue haste. Some
years ago a. farmer, then in middle
age, was noted for his thrift. asin
fact he is even now after many years
of foil, the dignity of mellow age and
delightful contentment attained. In
years past he was always ready to
stop his work in the field and spend
a half hour with any visitor, no
matter how hurrying the season or how
great the exactions of the task before
him. While engaged in plowing
when a neighbor called, he would
stop his horses, seat himself on the
plowbeam and give the time with
cheerful mien to discuss any matters
ofinterest, apparently without desire
to hasten departure. In truth, his
mind was for a time withdrawn from
labor, but with the interview ended
he went again to his plowing with no
effort to make up lost time. This trait
marked his whole character. Yet
that man made substantial gains every
y_ear,_ not alone in property but in
dignity and influence as a cltfzen.
When he stopped his work for a short
time to confer with a neighbor, he
rested; the conference ended, he went
to his task and continued directly
toward the object he had in view.
There was a man never in a hurry.
always moving toward a purpose, and
the purpose sure to be accomplished;
aquiet, dignified, restful, thrifty
farmer and a good citizen. This is
the kind of continuitv of purpose that
should be an integral portion of char-
acter in every farmer. Suppose, for
instance, anewly established Grange
maintains continuity of purpose, what
wonderful achievements it may
reach.——]Iusbandman.

 

THE history of the ro-.ul(Union Pacific)
will show how some prominent mil-
lionuires make their millions. It will
Show how a. great property can be plun-
dered by men in control of it. It will
show “ railrozul wrecking” in the high-
est style of the art. Written im-
partially and tliorouglily, this history
would make 21 most interesting
pamphlet for the perusal of investors.
If they \v:mtt0 soc how the interests
of the Goveriiineiit and the public were
looked after by the directors of the
conipany appointed for the purpose by
the tioveriimeiit, they lllity turn to the
last report of the Government Directors
and find tliereiii an apology for the gross
abuses of ll‘llSt and the wliolesale plun-
deriiig to which the lfiiiou Pacific
Railroad has been subjected. These
acts are apologized for virtually on the
ground that the men who control
other raili'o:ul properties are no
better——a false zu-cusation, sutliciently
refuted by the price at which the stock
of the Union Pacific’s most formidable
rival is selling.—N. Y. Times.

THE 1Vo2'th i-lmcrvican Revictu for
June opens with an article on
“llarboriiig (‘.oiispimcy,” by Prof.
Henry Wade liogers, who exzimines, in
the light ol’iiitei'ii:1tioii:il law, the di-
plomaticliistory of the Uiiited States
and the iiatioinil coiistitution. the ques-
tion as how far our goveriiment may
and must go in suppressing plots
against governments with which we
are at peace. Henry D. Lloyd, in the
same number of the Review, shows
how every l)I‘ttllCll of production is
coming under the control of “Lords of
Industry, ’’corporations and monopolies.
Elizabeth Stuart Pliclps has an article
marked by rare philosophic force upon
the “Struggle for Immortality,” Other
articles of not less importance are:
"Sociological Fallacies,” by Prof. W. G.
Summer: "The Rise and Fall of
Autliority,” by President .1. C. Welling;
“Walt Whitman,” by Walker Kennedy;
and a symposium on “Expert Testi-
mony,” by ltossiter Johnson, D1‘. W. W.
Godding, T. ()’Conor Sloane and D1‘.
Charles L. Dana.

The railroad ring influences legisla-
tures, bribes courts, buldozes Con-
gress, and manipulates on occasion
the most important wires in the ma-
chinery of political parties. The great
railroads have gobbled public lands
wider in area than some of the most
powerful nations of Europe. They
claim to be of the nature of a public
institution when they want protection
and a subsid v, and of a private corpo-
ration when they wish to pluck the
public. They should be run to benefit
the poople and pay fair profits to capi-
tal and labor. They are run to make
millionaires of gamblers, legalized
highwaymen and genteel plunderers
with morals not much better in fact
than those of the vulgar cut throat.-

Winsfed (Conn) Press.

HONESTLY and equitable managed
railroads are the most benticent dis-
covery of the century. but perverted
by irresponsible and uncontrolled
corporate management, in which
stock-watering and kindred swindles
are tolerated, and favortism in charges
is permitted, they become simply
great engines to accomplish unequal
taxation, and to arbitrarily redistribute
the wealth of the country. When this
state of things is sought to be perpetu-
ated by acquiring political power and
shaping legislation through corrupt
use of money, the situation grows more
serious.—-New York Board of Trade
and Transportation.

 

TOM CAMPBELL, the criminal lawyer
of Cincinnati. whose professional
or unprofessional trickery and bravado
are in -a. measure responsible for the
recent riots there, while defending a.
rascal a day or two ago, insolently in-
formed the presiding judge that no one
dared to lay hands on his client. If he
had said such a thing to a judge in De-
troit he would have been in danger of
being kicked over the bar by some
friends of the court.—Detro2't Times.

 

PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, will
discuss in the J une CENTURY the _ques-
tion, “What is a_ Liberal Education ?”
Among other things he makes a strong
plea. for the study of English, and in a.
historical review of the changes in un-
ivcrsity curricula shows what a hard
fight was necessary to procure the in-
troduction of Greek three centuries
ago.

Citizens’ leagues are being formed in
many of the large cities of Michigan to
secure the enforcement of liquor laws.
They appoint agents to aid the local

officers, and compel dealers to a strict
compliance with the laws.

Qllurrcspnndeare.

Our Visit to Leonidas.

Bro. Cobb.-—The morning is so
beautiful that it allures us from duty,
and tempts us to do something out of
the line of common household work,
and we can think of nothing better
than writing about our visit to a sister
Grange in St. Joe county yesterday.

It was a beautiful morning, every-
body and everything were inspired
with a feeling of gladness that at last
the icy chains of winter were un-
loosed, and spring in all her glory
was reaching forth on outstretched
hand to the sturdy farmer and bade
him hope.

At8o’clock, A. .\r., we took our
seat beside a brother and sister of our
Order: the circumstance being such
as to debar our usual escort, from
accompanying us much to our regret.
We were soon speeding away, and as
we breathed the pure and exhilara-
ting atmosphere, we felt glad that we
were called away from the dull rou-
tine of household cares for one day
at least.

The ride was a pleasant one, and as
our eye roamed over the vast fields,
now barren, but which will in a few
weeks be clothed in all the beauty
of spring habiliments, we thought,
“Surely, the Grange has done some
good, for the farmers take more pains
to beautify their homes, than they did
before the organization of our Order.”

Afteraten mile ride, we drew up
before the hall feeling that we were
“strangers in a strange land.” As we
entered the hall, only two familiar
faces met our gaze, but we found the
same genial hospitality existing that
is found among all Patrons of Hus-

bandry. No standing aloof among
the Grangers, but each and every one
assumes the character of entertainer,
making the stranger feel at home
among them.

The meeting was called to order by
Worthy Master Purdy; and as we,
with a goodly number of others were
not eligible to a seat among Pomona’s
subjects, we retreated in good order to
the ante-room, and there surrounded
by baskets of good things, which we
were admonished not to touch,) we
spent the time visiting with brothers
and sisters, until recalled by a sum-
mons to dinner, which was discussed
much to the credit of the sisters who
had spared no pains to prepare that
which strengthened the inner-man.

The gavel was again sounded, and
after the business of the Grange was
disposed of the lecturer came to the
front with program. The choir ren-
dered some very fine music which
made us feel the shortcomings of our
own Grange as that only lacks the
one thing needful (music,) to make
everything complete. Discussions
were good but we were disappointed
that the essayists were absent.

We certainly pitied the sister called
upon for remarks, knowing the pres-
ence of so many able speakers was
enough to drive all impromptu speak-
ing on her part to the four winds.
One brother made some good sugges-
tions in regard to consolidating our
forces at the ballot-box, and it awak-
ened some thoughts in our mind In
regard to temperance.

Yrs, brotlier:-x, rally to the conflict"!
Ur."-ice your ei'l‘»rls In put down ibis
hyesrwheaded iiiommr, that is stand-
ing out in such bol-l defiance, know-
ing it is protcctcl i.~i a great degr»;-‘c by
the laws of our land. B3 on hand it
the caucus, and lI‘l‘e9{)f-.‘(2L.lVe of party,
nominulc a town b0ti'll th-it will not
grant a license to the man who can
deal such wisnlesalc destruction to
our youth, to our homes and to our
country.

Who makes the saloonists? You
with your votes! the men you select
to fill the important oifices of town,
county and State, can by a few
strokes of the pen, give the rum-
seller full power to sow the seeds of
misery and woe broadcast over our
land. Brother, if you cannot put
down this dreadful scourge, give the
ballot to your wives, mother and
daughters, and see how soon the
liquor license law will be wiped out
of existence. _

Our thoughts travel with lightning
rapidity upon this momentous subject
but we forbear as our ears catch the
sound of the click of the scissors, as
they clip our pinions; which like the
young bird asit leaves the nest for
the first time, is apt to try the pa-
tience of the mother bird too far. We
return from our aerial flight, to find
ourselves seated around a well spread
table in Leonidas Grange hall; as
supper has been prepared for those
from a distance, who wished to tarry
and feed the mind upon the good
things Bro. Luce was expected to re-
veal to us in the evening.

At the appointed time we repaired
to the church which, though small,
was neat and tastefully furnished,
mottoes and appropriate inscriptions
graced the walls. The speaker took
his seat, and the house was soon
filled witha good audience. As the
organ pealed forth and the choir
sang that beautiful hymn, “Where
hast thou gleaned to-day? We felt

the appropriateness of the words as

applied to us, as we had been glean-
ing in the fields all day long, and
many were the golden sheaves of
thought that had fallen to our share;
while those outside of our Order had
lost the golden grain that had been
gathered by others; but they certainly
found no barren field in the evening
for Brother Luce scattered the seeds
of thought broadcast, and did they
gather them up and store them in the
garners of the mind, they did not
go home empty handed nor with
clouded brow.

Butas all things must have an
end, so did the meeting, and after
bidding our Leonidas friends good-
night we were soon on our homeward
way, guided by a beautiful moon with
good roads and fleet horses we were
set down at our own door near the
turn of night, feeling that the day
had been well spent, and its memory
will be like the oasis of the dessert, 9.
green spot ever reminding us of our
pleasantvisit to the St. Joe county
Pomona Grange.

H. M. T.

Sherwood, April 21, 1884.

[The above spicy report being over-
looked at the time for seasonablo in-
sertion, we present it now, knowing
full well “good things will keep.”-
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The school for scandal is patronized
by many people who might be better
employed. By far, too many farmers
permit themselves to deal lig tlv with
the characters of neighbors, perhaps
without intention of doing wrong, but
unfriendly criticisms, half spoken and
half suggested, are nevertheless too
common in rural communities. The
school is generally located at the groc-
ery or store, at the corners, the blak-
smith shop. or some other resort to
which tattlers gather to replenish their
stocks of small talk.utterly oblivious to
the damaging influence that follow
their thoughtless remarks. In many
localities the Grange has closed these
offensive institutions,—closing them
by attracting ersons to the meetings
where someth ng useful is provided to
engage attention. The bane of coun-
try life is the small tattle that belittles
the mind, while at the same time it
damages reptutations and encourages
dissessions in neighborhoods, that but
for this hateful propensity, might
be always peaceful and happy.
Wherever the Grange breaks up com-
bivations like those which exist at
the corner grocery. it renders valuable
services to all concerned.—From the
Husbandman.

 

Now in the happy spring time when
all animate nature feels the thrill of
new life, let every Patron of Husban-
dry remember what is enjoined in one
of the first lessons received from the
Order:—that is, careful treatment of
domestic animals. Think of this les-
son when the,horses are brought out
for spring work, their muscles soft-
ened by long rest; their whole condi-
tion unsuited to hard tasks until in-
jured by trial under humane treat-
ment. Patient, painstaking and in-
telligent care of domestic animals is
rewarded by their thrift and greater‘
capacity for Whatever labors are re-
quired. The lesson taught by the
Grange in this matter is peculiarly ap-
plicable in spring. Let it be born-eiu
mind whenever patience is tried with
the animals not yet hardener: for the
labor imposed.—From the I[u.sband-
man. Elmira, N. Y.

A “Falls Route.”

There never yet has been a route by
which the man from Kalamazoo, go-
ing back to see the folks “deown in
Maine,” could get a fair look at Ni-
agara Falls from his train. \V e select
the man from Kalamazoo for an illus-
tr »t,iou, not because we have any ill-
will for the Gem City of Michigan;
I-ut because that euplioniously-named
cross-roa«is liappens to be situated or:
the .VIi<.:hi nu (,‘«2v;tr==l R,-iilrcad. The
Michlgan Central ll-3 i,-or. tile only road
that has adv: t‘tl.~2' :1 all these
y(~ur.'-=-—ever since: tl::- Suspr:nsioi-
Bridge was "pent-e«,7—-—t.0 be the grew,
and only Niagara Falls route. The
putlic-—upa:’.(i arr-u:~.(l littlamazoo anal
Oshkosh, end -*;v.:e:r~.-:ibu..'.-——i:. v. COX?-
fiding nubliiz. It L-i=_ys . -s .i.:-kets for
its annual Eieten trip “ bv the great
Niagutra l<‘.-ills route,” and starts for
the East in happy anticipation of a.
view of the Falls that shall e ual the
pictures and descriptions whic adorn
the schedules of “the great Niagara
Falls route.” But. when it gets to Ni-
agara River and finds that the only
view of the Falls it has is a most un-
satisfactory glimpse from a point a
mile and a half down stream, little
wonder that it feels its confidence has
been abused.

But the Michigan Central Railroad
Com any has opened a throu h East
and est route which is a iagara
Falls route, and which gives the tour-
ist an opportunity to see Niagara
Fal1s—witnout once leaving his seat.

By the new route the traveler is not
simply given a distant and obscure
view of the Falls. He is taken down
the river on the New York side.
From Buffalo to Tonawanda he rides,
much of the way, along the river
bank, and can study the force and
sweep of the great current. Then, as
he rides along, he has a full view of
the two great arms of the river that en-
compass Grand Island. Just before he
reaches Niagra Falls village he can
see the first break of the river into the
upper rapids. He crosses the stream
by the new cantilever bridge and has
a general view of the Falls which is
better than that heretofore obtained
from the old bridge, because it is a
nearer view. Then he skirts along
above the Canadian bank until “Falls
View” is reached. Where all throu h
trains stop. This is really one of t e
finest views of the Falls anywhere to
be bad.

This route may be honestly called
a “ Niagra Falls route. ” No through
Michigan Central trains go directly
East from the Falls, but come to
Buffalo, thus securing the advantage
of all the city connections and at the
same time make fast schedule time
on the through route.

 

 

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tiummnnitatiunr.

independent Political Action.’

Bro. Cobb :—Mr. J. Gard, asks in
the VISITOR of April 15th, what is
meant by the independent voter.
He says a scratcher _will soon loose
his influence in any party.

I suppose the above has reference
to your editorial remarks on independ-
ent political action.

If there ever was a time in the
history of this country that inde-
pendent voting was really necessary,
for the welfare and protection of the
people generally, it is at this time. I
am very glad you wrote those editori-
als. I hope editors of other papers will
give their readers as good advice. If
the candidates who are generally
nominated for the various offices,
were a class 0: men who would vote
and work while in office for just and
equitable laws, and manifest an in-
terest in the welfare of the people
they represent, there would be
less necessity for independent voting;
but instead, a majority of our Con-
gressmen have for years worked to
build up the most gigantic and
dangerous monopolies and corpor-
ation’s known in the world. Ten
years ago the Senate committee on
transportation, rep orted that Congress
had the constitutional right to regulate
rates of freight on railroads, and it
was for the best interest of the people
that it should be done, granting every-
thing the farmer asked. But yet there
is no law to protect the people against
the extortionate rates charged by rail-
roads, and why? Because a majority
of Congressmen work for railroad
monopolies, instead of the people.
The same cause prevents other needed
and just reforms Leing accomplished.
Monopolies see to it that such men are
nominated,as will work for their inter-
est; they don’t care what political
party they belong to.

If the farmers of this country ever
accomplish some of the most import-
ant objects they have in view, they
must vote into cflice such men as they
have good assurance will work for
their interests. If the party a farmer
belongs to, does not nominate men
for offices of importance, who are true
to the interests of the farming class
and people generally, and some other
party does nominate a good, true,
honest, capable man for the same
oflfice, then every farmer ought to be
independent enough to vote for the
best and truest man. Whenever a
man looses his influence in his party
by scratching the name of a monopoly
candidate, and voting for a man who
will not sell his influence and vote;
the sooner he leaves that party the
better.

Any political party that will do-
nounce and condemn a man for voting
for honest, upright men, and favoring
good principles is no longer needed.
The country is better without such
a party.

The foolish partisan prejudice that
has governed so many voters for years,
has placed and helped into oflice some of
the worst and most dangerous men
there is in the United States; men
more to be dreaded than convicts. So
long as the people continue to support
them, there will be no inducement for
them to cease their plundering
schemes. Farmer A. is a democrat,
farmer B. a republican, and farmer C.
agreenbacker; a bad law injures all
alike, and a good law benefits all

alike, no matter which party enacts
the law. It is therefore to the interest
of every farmer to vote for good, true,
honest men, for the different oflices;
men who will vote and work for
equality of rights, privileges, laws, etc-
A party name is a mere shadow; the
principles of the party and what it
does is the substance. I believe there
are men in all political parties who
would work and vote for the interest
of the people, if they were elected to
office; but they are not the class of
men who are continually pushing
themselves forward. If the farmers
will select such, and vote them into
oflice, we will get better legislation
than we have had.

Aman who votes for a monopoly
candidate because he belongs to his
party, and is not independent enough
to vote for a good’ true candidate for
the same oflice, because he belongs to
another political party, is a slave to a
party name and the sooner he frees
himself from that condition of slavery
the better it will be for himself and
the country. A farmer lately said
that he hadsupported men for office
who he did not believe were well
qualified for the oflice, politically
honest or would work for the interests
of the people generally; just because
they belongto his party but he did
not propose to vote against his interest,
in that way any more.
flwhenevera convention of import-
ance is controlled by stalwart politicians
monopolies or their agents, and nomi-
nate a candidate for office; it is gener-
ally safe to conclude that the candi-
date nominated is pledged to their in-
terest and against the people and it is
not safe to vote for such.

Independent thinking, action and
voting is necessary to free the people
from the tyranny of corrupt rings and
m°n0p01i88- A. FANCKBONER.

Bro. Cobb: In the issue of April
15th M. J. Gard asks, “What is meant
by the independent voter?" I reply,
we mean the extension of civil liberty
among men. A strict partisan is al-
ways a narrow man and a demagcgue.
Quite likely we are going to see the
chief representative oflice of Michigan
sold out to such a man as Mr. Palmer,
by the republicans, and the same ofiice
sold to the Standard Oil Co.. by the
democrats of Ohio; then, at the crack
oi the ring master’s whip again, “save
the country” by “voting the straight
ticket.”

Bro. Gard, please look over the laws
passed by congress and see how many
of them are passed by party voters.
Are there not now in congress both
free trade and protective tarifi‘ demo-
crate?

There are two general classes of
opinions prevailingas to the functions
that this government should perform.
One may be expressed by the word
centralization; the other by the phrase
municipal, or local authority.

The centralization adherents vould
have the government take charge of
the banks, railroads, telegraphs ocean
lines, manufacturing companies and
probably the sunshine. The adher-
ents of the other idea, would increase
the powers. of the boards of supervis-
ors so as to nullify the law of the legis-
lature pertaining to their several coun-
ties, and they would be still further
confronted by town boards defying
their acts. These two classes of opin-
ions have formed the basis of all poli-
tical parties from the organisation of
the government to the present mo-
ment.

Parties are generally organized to
corrcctasingle abuse. For instance,
the anti-slavery party was organized
to liberate the slaves and ended its
mission by inducing the republicans
to use the vast powers of the govern-
ment to do its work. It took from
1835 to 1865.

The greenback party was formed to
know whether this nation has the
right of self-preservation or not, and
practically ended its work by the re-
cent decision of the supreme court.
A period from ’76 to ’84. All political
parties have the same underlying prin-
ciple, but above and beyond their one
idea rises the tread of civil liberty
across the centuries, which has been
steadily advancing from the days of
Magna Charta in the early part of the
11th century to the present. To
broaden and deepen this current of
civil liberty, I shall choose those can-
didates from any and all the parties,
who in my opinion have the highest
stamp of manhood engraved upon
them by nature.

When I enlist under the banner of
any party, and declare with the aver-
age campaign speaker, that not only
the coun’ry will be ruined, but the
solar system itself thrown from its
balance, unless its candidates are elect-
ed, the histories that lie before me
will be burned and the world start
anew.

O. TOMLINSON.

Learn to Vote.

Bro. Cobb:—A little over two years
ago I sold my farm and went to the
city to live. It only took me about
a. year and a half to get disgusted, and
now I am back on a farm again.

I learned while there that the far-
mer is of a great deal more importance
than I once thought he was. He is the
drive wheel, safety-valve and gover-
nor, to this whole country. He is the
foundation stone to the whole world
and the very one that should be pro-
tected above all others. If there are any
laws made to favor anybody it should
be the farmer.

But he should learn to protect him-
self by learning to vote rightly and
learn that it is to his interest to study
politics a. little.

Emery Storrs once said: “N 0 man is
so great as to be above politics; no
man is so small as to be beneath the
injurious effects and consequences of
bad government. It is no credit to
any man to say that he takes no in-
terest in politics. He would be better
located in Russia where it is not neces-
sary. The fact is, to exercise that in-
telligent judgment which is the right
and duty of every citizen, in such a
government as ours, he must read,
investigate, and think.

His reading must not be alone polit-
ical newspapers, and his thinking must
not be the scheming of a partisan, nor
his investigation in the manner of
an office-seeker. You cannot vote
rightly unless you do your own think-
ing.

Many farmers plow too shallow be-
cause their fathers did. Too many
vote a certain ticket because their
fathers did. To vote a. certain ticket
support certain men and measures is
not to study politics but to become
a partisan. If honest men do not
study politics dishonest men will; in
fact they will study it any way, as
burglars do mechanics and counter-
feiters engraving.

Every political campaign educates,
it drills some to think who never
thought before.

Some will take the primary lesson in
a. course of politics, such as every
honest man should. if posible, have.
When men learn the injurious
effects of monopoly, they will begin to

open their eyes. In the old world

the telegraphs are conducted by the
several governments in the interest of
the community, and the news field is
open to all competitors.

In free America one man owns the
telegraphs and substantially the ca-
bles. The quotations of all markets of
the world are in his hands, for it is his
agents who report the price of all the
great exchanges in America, Europe,
and Asia. Amisquotation of any of
the leading products of the world
made by his order would give him mil-
lions of dollars, and no one could
call him to account. This man’s name
is Jay Gould.

J. H. hrIACU.\iBER.

Newaygo Co, Mich.

Teaching as a Profession.

{ending on article in an educational
journal not long since, We met with the
following proposition: “Teaching is a
l’i'ofession.” The public will yet be
compelled to recognize it as such; and
that, too, in the fullest and highest
sense of the word, "This set me thin]:-
ing! A little thought suggested the
following questions:

I Is teaching a profession ‘E

2. If it be, to what extent is it recog-
nized as such?

3. Why is it not fully recognized ?

4. How, and by whom is the public
to be compelled to recognize it?

The iirst of these questions can be
best determined, perhaps, by the classi-
fication of the vocations, and a defini-
tion of each kind. For this discussion
let us divide the vocations on the ba-
sis of the relative importance of the
manual skill and mental, culture em-
ployed in their pursuit into five species
as follows: First, Manual Labor; Sec-
ond, Mechanic Arts; third, Trafiic;
fourth, Professions; fifth, Polite Arts.

We will try to describe them so as to
convey to our minds a tolerable distinct
and adequate conception of what is iii-
cluded in each of the live classes.

Manual labor designates all those
sorts of work which are performed
mainly by the application of muscular
force, calling for very little skill of
hand even, and still less exercise of
mental tact, judgment, or taste.

Mechanic arts are these occupations,
requiring manual dexterity, skill in
the use of tools, an accurate eye, zi
steady nerve, and a good degree of taste,
all employed in converting raw materi-
al into manufactured! articles. The
work of the mechanic may involve the
most profound principles of philosophy
yet the mechanic may use them daily,
and still have no adequate conception
of them. To illustrate; every journey-
man cooper in the land will set his di-
viders, so that six steps of them will
just span the distance around the in-
side of his barre1,:and with them thus
set, he will strike the circumference of
his barrel head, and yet we venture the
opinion that not one in twenty would
know of what you were;talking, if you
were to enunciate the proposition, that
the side of a regular hexagon is equal
to the radius of the circumscribed cir-
cle. Much less could they cnunciate,
or demonstrate to themselves.

Trafiic, of course, includes all those
lines of effort which are engaged in the
interchange of commodities, which are
devoted to the purchase and sale of ar-
ticles of value.

Professions are those vocations more
exclusively intellectual in their charac-
ter, vocations whose effects are p1‘0duc-
ed by the action of it cultivated judg-
ment, applying the principles of a
sound philosophy to enhance human
happiness by the direct influence of
mind upon the human character.

Lastly, the polite arts, are callings
in which science and taste preside over
the direct manual skill; occupations
whose main purpose is to produce
pleasure by appealing to the aesthetic
element in man’s nature.

With these definitions before us,
where shall we rank the teacher?
Some of those with whom our earliest
experience brought us in contact, we
think, would drop at once into first
class, for their labors were accomplish-
ed mainly by the action of the tlexors,
and extensors of their good right arms.
They were exact duplicates of the Irish
school-master of the song.

“Auld Teddy O'Rourke kept a bit of a
school,

In a place called Killarney, and he made
it a rule

If the mind wouldn’t mark, faith he’d
soon mark the back,

And he’d bate in each task with many
a. whack.”

With them school keeping is a system
of unmitigated terrorism.

Later experience, however, brought
us under the influence of several very
kind and eificient instructors, none of
whom could lay any claim to the title
“educator.” Like Mr. Chockemchild,
in Dicken’s Hard Times they consider
their pupils “Little Pitchers” to be filled
full of dry hard facts. They regarded
fancy, imagination, the emotions, the
sensibilities, as vicious propensities to
be eradicated. Such teachers may rise
to the dignity of the Artisan, but they
have no conception of the laws which
underline mental growth, and conse-
quently no idea of regulating their la-
bors by the principles constituting the
foundation of all genuine educational
process.

It has been our. happy lot to meet
with some teachers who seemed to re-
alize that genuine, healthy, symmetri-
cal mental culture is the result of forces
adjusted to act in accordance with a

deep and broad philosophy of intellect-
ual and spiritual growth, and who, in
their own work, appear to succeed ad-
mirably in adjusting their forces, and
regulating their process in harmony
with nature’s laws. The fact that there
area few such men and women em-
ployed in our educational institutions
is enough to establish the proposition
that teaching is, at least a. potential
profession, even though, as yet falling
far short of that rank in practice, and
though not so recognized.

We now come to our second question.
To what extent is teaching recognized
as a profession? We answer, as fully
as in its present state of development,
it has any claim to be so recognized.
How far is that? Throughout the
country the superintendents of graded
schools, the principals of high schools,
and the teachers in colleges, by com-
mon coosent, are called “l’rofessors."
So are the ventriloquists and slight of
hand perforiners. This, is not however,
the recognition according to the three
professions, law. divinity and medicine.
The applicant for their honor and emol-
umcnts is examined by a competent
board, and admitted to their privileges
once for all. From that time forth he
performed his duties without let or
hindrance. and his reputation and
patronage depends upon his success
and power to please. Not so with the
great body of teachers. Each year the
man who would do duty as a teacher of
a public school must pay his feejof one
dollar, to be distributed by the superin-
tendent of Public Instruction among a
coterie (we will not say ring) of mutual
adinirationists to pay them i'or running
annual institutes in each county. Once
in three years (generally annually) he
must be examined. even though he may
have had twenty years of successful ex-
perience, and may have taught in every
grade from the rustic common school
to the presidency of a college. And
such examinations! Heaven save the
mark! Questions sent out from the
department at Lllilslllg on it graiul old
science, like geography for instance, en-
tirely ignoring cvery principle of the
matliematical, and every great fact and
feature of the physical branches of the
science, and only occupied with the pet
ty details of local and political geog-
raphy; questions asking the boundary
of some insignificant duchy in Europe,
or the latitude and longitude of
three or four obscure towns in Asia, or
the location of some petty island, so iii-
signiticaiit as not to be laid down in
J olinson’s or Cotton’s largest atlas. and
whose only value lies in the fact that it
is so diminutive that, from the begin-
ning, man has abandoned it to cormor-
ants and penquins as a place of roost.

Why is not teaching fully recognized
as a profession ? First, bccuusethe vo-
cation is thronged with young men
who temporarily enter :it as a corridor
leading to ii. recognized profession, and
with young women who enter it as a
bazar in which to secure a trosseau.
Secondly, because under our present
ediicational system, which makes our
schools a governmental machine. The
public school teacher is an underling.

He is subject to the indifference and
neglect of almost the whole commu-
nity, many of whom regard as an over-
paid retainer of the public, as an ex-
crescence upon the body politic, as a
barnacle sticking to the ship of State,
as a parasite who draws his‘ suste-
nance from the community, without
rendering an equivalent.

This brings us to our fourth and last
question: How and by whom is the
public to be compelled to recognize
teaching as a profession? We confess
that we cannot see from what source
the compelling power is to arise. ‘Vs
can see no hope of any emancipation
and elevation of the teacher unless it
be foreshadowed in the following ex-
tract from it private letter, written by
an eminent literary man of the east to
his former instructor in the west.

“You look,” says he, “at our school

system from within, I from without;
you are concerned with methods and
processes, I with results, and I may as
well tell you, that among the best men
of our day, both public and private,
there is growing up a very strong dis-
trust of our public educational system.
Especially is this true in our large
cities and towns. We are coming to
the conclusion that they are a kind of
procrustian bed, upon which the tall
must be compressed to the proper
standard and the short must be
stretched to it, that they are turning
out a horde of mere superficial, rou-
tine men, who have neither the wish
nor power to think; in short, that they
are not the nurseries of the vigorous
manhood, developed forty or fifty
years ago by the old tuition district
school, flanked by the classical acad-
emy. We believe the time not re-
mote when our legislatures will see
that the public good will be best sub-
served by protecting the child in his
right to an education under a law to
punish the selfish or negligent parent
or guardian who would defraud him
of it, and by leaving the schools and
teachers like other vocations to supply
the demand thus created, as they and
their patrons think proper.

The resuscitation of such defunct
institutions as Geauga Seminary in
Ohio, and the Fentonville academy in
our own State, the organization and
vigorous growth of such establish-
ments as the Jeiferson nstitute and
New Lynne Academy in Ohio, and
the Sherwood school in Michigan, are

indications that the above views are!
correct. Should such a radical revolu- 
tion in our educational system take.
place, we should expect to'see teaching
step to the front, assume the dignity,
claim and receive the recognition it
would most assuredly deserve, that of
being a noble and most honorable pro-

fession. May heaven hasten the aus- ~

picious day.
C. W. Hsvwooi).

 
 

As to Teaching the Science of Agriculture
in the Schools. *

H. EHBAUGH, LECTURI-IR NATIONAL
GRANGE.

We occasionally see In article in
some newspaper upon some important
subject containing matter of interest
well written and productive of good.
This article passes through the press,
iscopied and re-copied, read and rc-
read, until it becomes quite familiar
to many readers and receives much
thought and doubtless often accom-
plishes profitable results. Often we
see a subject with a few pertinent re-
marks carelessly named, that have a
tendency to mislead the reader, direct-
ing him int.) error and and thus pro.
ducing much harm. One of these last
articles named is now making the
rounds through the press which reads
as follow:-:

“What we need on the farm are in-
dependent men—-men who have the
courage to leave the old beaten track,
and reach out on all sides after knowl-
edge and accept the teachings of sci-
ence and the products of invention,
which give them promise of greater
success. What we need is a higher
education. We cannot expect this of
old heads, but our hope is in the ris-
ing generation, who are to keep up the
implements of labor as they fall from
the hands of the fathers.”

The quotation reads very well, and
doubtless looks reasonable and satis-
factory to unthinking minds who give
it no farther thought and are therefore
lead into error that does much harm.
There are thousands and thousands of
farmers living to—day who have heard
this and similar ideas thirty and forty
years ago, when they were the rising
generation. Now they are the old
heads spoken of. But how little have
they varied from the old beaten track?
How little of the knowledge and sci-
ence spoken of have they been able to
gather together and practice, to any
great advantage to themselves and
their families? And why not? For
the simple reason that they have had
no opportunity of obtaining that high-
er education spoken of, so essential to
successful agriculture. The reason
why these older heads, the fathers so
called, have got farther away from the
old beaten tracks, and profited more
by enlightened and scientific agricul-
ture, is in consequence of not having
the advantage of an agricultural educa-
tion. If this hindered them, will it
not also hinder the rising generation
from accomplishing any more than
did their fathers? We are not educat-
ing, nor pretending to educate, the
rising generation on the farm to any
better advantage for leaving the old
beaten track or to know how to adopt
or practice scientific principles in agri-
cultural operations. It is the height
of folly to talk about the rising gener-
atlon doing so much better in the ap-
plication of agricultural science, unless
we educate them for this purpose.
Leading them along in darkness and
ignorance upon this sulvject, and_ pro-
fessing to hope for better things, is in-
deed hoping against hope. The pre-
dictions of a higher education in the
science of agriculture. as a rule among
the rising generation, will be as much
a failure in the future as it has been in
the past. unless we prepare to so edu-
cate. To do this, we must change our
system of education with aview of
teaching the rising generation to _at
least understand the elementary prin-
ciples of scientific agriculture to such
an extent as will enable them to im-
prove upon the old beaten tracks, and
know how to apply agricultural sci-
ence to advantage.

It is true that we have better school
houses and have them better furnished
than we had forty years ago. We
have made many improvements and
advances in education, but it is equal-
ly as true that those improvements
have been in the interest and for the
benefit of the professions, and not for
ahigher agricultural education, or in
agricultural sciences. Then how is
the rising generation going to get
their higher education for agricultural
advancement, when it is nowhere
taught? But, it may be said. we have
an agriculture’ college in the State
where the agricultural sciences are
taught. So we have, but not one in a
hundred of the scholars from the farm
will ever see the college during their
school years. Hence it will not do ‘to
depend upon that to educate the ris-
ing generation for greater usefulness in
agriculture. It is folly and a waste of
time to talk about the advantages of a
higher education for the sons and
daughters on the farm, unless we pro-
vide the opportunity to obtain it. The
only way to provide for an agricultural
education for the rising generation is
to introduce it into the ublic schools
in the rural districts, w ere it can be
taught in the early school days to ev-
ery boy and girl from the farm. _ And
we should continue to teach it in its
higher branches until they grow up
into manhood and womanhood and re-
tire from school. This is the only way
in which we ever can educate the ris-
ing generation to improve on the old
beaten tracks. Then we pred1ct_it
otherwise? We might as well predict
a great victory on a battlefield to the
army that has neither oflflcers, arms
nor amunition. How to introduce
agriculture into the public schools will
be the subject for an article in these
columns in the near future.

The Albany Journal advises its Re-
publican friends that it is “better to
spend $10 in March or April in inter-
esting Republicans in their party than
$1,000 in buying torches, fireworks,
and Democrats in October.”

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CALENDAR.
For the year 1384 the terms begin as follows:

Seams 'l'icim . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . .Februa.ry i8
Sumnin TERM ................. . . .. . .Mny 20
AUTUMN TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scptember 2

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MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
nii:i>An'rcas: on TRAINS FROM KaI.A.u.A.Ioo.

TIME-TABLE—.\lAY lit, 1884.
Stnii-lrml tiuic-—’.n)tii IlI(‘.i‘lLIlLll.|.

   

WESTV7ARD.

‘Nw_ ‘* rm}. 1’ :”
Knlxiniazoo Accommodation leaves,___..._i 4 451..., _
Kalamazoo E.'([!rt:aH arrives, _______ _,_i_____,; 9 10
Evening Express, 3 _____

 
  

Pacific Exprom,_
Mail _______
Day Express

  

EABTWA RD. 7“ ‘

Night Expreagv _ _____________.

Ki)liI.fllll.7.0() Accommodation loaves _; 4; «La _ _

Killitlllliilluo Express arrivos,-__-
a

 
  
   

Day ic'£5FEs'.'"‘::II::'"

New York Expi-cse,-
Atlantic Express,____..

New York, Atlantic and llaciflc Expresses an]; ‘
Evening Express west und Night Express east 
except . nturdays. All other trains daily except Bun.
days. Freight trains carrying passengers out from
Kalamazoo as follows: No 29 (cast) at 5:19 P. 3., and
No.‘/.O(west)1.t 8:10, bring passengers from east at
12:45, I’, M,

H. B. Lsn , G . M
J. A. Ginsu, General I"i"4‘ig‘IiACnX 93?, on‘i;1:g§:,r' Detm”.
0. W. RUOGl.l.‘l,G. P. T. A., Chicago,

L- S. 8: LII- S. R. R.
KALAMAZ00 DIVISION TIME TABLI.

Standard timc—?(Jtli meridian.
GOING SOUTH.

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Express_1Ex .1 M_]w‘’ "0

  
 
   
 
  
 
 

1.. am: Rapids ____ ‘7’“ao‘::.21:“o..“ *‘—"
Ar Allegan ____ 8 47 “ ; 515  1.5% ‘“.
r. Kalamazoo- 9 42 “ ’ 6 15 H 1155 u

Ar.Schoolcraft___ 10 17 *- ‘ 654 u 145
Ar. Three Rivers_-__ _._ 10 45 “  724 “ 837 “
Ar. White Pigeon- ‘ I 7 52 4- 4 50 --
Ar.T0ledo___ I 217 ‘I 3 17 ‘I
Ar. Cleveland 6 87 “ 6 46 )1
Ar. BuiTalo_____ I 2 45 H, 2 20 u

GOING NORTH.

N Y a B N i a 0
7___‘ Ex & Vli1,4Express.!w‘’. F‘
I-6-Buffalo ............ ..‘ll 41 ruiifii mu-4 10-;
Ar. Oleveland_ 0' 32 “ 532 -* , 355

     
  

Ar-Toledo .... -- "iii 17 “ 1022 “ 3222:
Ar.WhitePigeo 1;5:2m1 3121»: 816;:
Ar. Three Rivers 600 “ 337 -- ,1o45 -
Ar.SchooicratL___ 1 6 30 H 405 u :12 1,0 --
Ar. Kaiamazoo-_--__.___‘. 7 12 “ I 442 " : 2;)"
Ar-Allesan -_----..--_.. 9 12 “ no " I 425
Grand Bapids-_.__.__-___| 9 32 “ i 655 H I am 1

All trains connect at White Pigeon with train: on
main line. M. E. Warrnas,

Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo.

GRAND RAPIDS 81. INDIANA B. 3:
Passenger Time Table.

           

 

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GOING NORTH.
(Standard time.) I
STATIONS. N0. 1 N0 3. NO. 5 N0. 7‘
Cincinnati ___Lv. ________ 7 40 All 7 15 1:
Richmond __ “ 9 52 H‘
5*“"Ki3 ---- -- “ 5 14 Al 10 35 an
Kalamazoo____Ar. 6 52 H 2 25 P.
Kalaniazoo_-__Lv. 7 13- I 2 52 I-
Grand R-spins-Ar. 9 22 H 3 57 ‘-
Grand R.apids-Lv. 9 60 ‘ 44.5 "
Cadillac ____ __Ar. 2 30 int 9 50 “
Cadillac .._____Lv. 312 " 1018 "
Traverse City_Ar_ 4 55 pg __
Pet-oskey .... -- " _ 624 “ 3 um
Mackinaw City “ _ goo -4 gm u
STATIONS. N0 6, so 8.
Mackinaw City Lv 6 10 Al 9 15 Pl
Pet.oskey-__,_ “ _____,_ _______ 7 as I‘ 11 33 ‘I
Traverse 0ity__ “ 9 15 ‘
Cadillac -__..__A1-, -_._._- ____ __ 11 31 I‘ 5 no --
Cadiilac -_._-_Lv. -...----- 3 30 ex 11 45 HI 5 50 “
Grand Rapids -Ar. -_-... 7 40 “ 4 05 " 10 25 "
Grand RapidsJav. 6 32 All 4 32 " 2 32 pg
Kalamazoo--- 1-, 832“ 682" 224"
Kalamazoo _--Lv. 8 37 “ 662 " 229 "
BtnrgiI..__...- “ 1004 " 816 “ 412 *1
Richmond ..__Ar. 1 27 Pl 4 07 Al 4 08 an __
flnoin.natl-.__ “ 1 05 “ 1230 PI 1235 “ __

No. 5 leaves Oincinnati and No 8 leaves Mackinaw
City daily, except Saturday. All other trains daily
except Sunday. -

Woodruff sleeping cars on N.l. aau berm...“ on.
clnnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair an
on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petosksy:
also Woodrufl sleeping can on Nos 7 and 8 between‘
Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Oity. A. 3, 1.1111,

, Sold by all Druggists.

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JUNE 1, 1884.

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J U N E.

Apple blossoms in the-‘orchard,
Singing birds on every tree;
Grass a-growing in the meadows
Just as green as green can be;

Violets in shady places.

Sweetest flowers were ever seen!-
Hosts of star. y dandelions,
“Drops of gold among the greenl”

Pale urbutus, fairy wind flowers,
Innocents in smiling flocks;

Coolest. ferns within the hollows,
Columbines among the rocks;

Dripping streams, delicious mosses,
Tassels on the maple-trees;

Drown insects, humming, humming;
Gol en butterflies, and bees;

Daffodils in garden borders,
Fiery tulips dashed with dew;
Crocus-flowers; and through the greenness,
Snow-drops looking out at you!
-8’! Nicholas.

“Fitness of Things.”

Truly there are many beautiful and
enjoyable things in this world. Na-
ture, art and science are all combined
to unite the ornamental with the use
ml. The creator of all good designed
we should enjoy whatever beauties
might come within our reach, and ap-
propriate to our use whatever might
increase our happiness.

There are martyrs of the period, not
to their religious opinions or temper-
ance principles but to fashion.“Where-
withall shall we be clothed,” is the
uppermost idea of their minds. It
goes with them by day, and haunts
them in their dreams by night. It is
said fashion is a tyrant, but not always
necessarily so. I think some people
“are, as a law unto themselves,” and
dame fashion perhaps is shocked to
see her best wishes and motives and
influence thwarted. This goddess is
very pleasing to follow providing com-
mon sense holds her in check, and
her influence is beneficial. Howmany
burdens are self imposed because the
excuse is, “It is the fashion.” Women
will endure untold suffering and tor-
ture, rather than be out of fashion.
They will cramp their waists with
close fitting corsets, pinch their feet
with number three shoes when num-
ber five would fit them better. Ladies
swelter in heavy silks, satins, and vsl~
vets on a hot sultry day in summer or
go with thin wraps in cold freezing
weather in winter. Probably pride
keeps them warm.

It is passing strange why persons
with plenty of time and money at
their command do not study the “fit-
ness of things” more than they do and
dress according to circumstances, place
and season.

It is really a pleasure to see a lady
becomingly dressed and heat in her
apparel. Again, too, it is amusing at
times annoying, to notice the lack of
good taste and the inappropriateness
of the attire of others. .

I was somewhat amused one exces-

sively hot Sabbath day to notice a
large fleshy lady come pufiing into
church, almost suffocated with the
heat, and her face looked like a boiled
lobster. She was dressed in heavy
brocaded velvet and silk, rich laces
and a profusion of jewelry. She was
seated directly in front of me and I im-
agine neither of us heard all of the
sermon, as she was too intent in her
attemps to get cool and wipe the pers-
piration from her brow; while my
attention and thoughts were distracted
by the excessive flirtation of her fan
and sort of pity for her uncomfortable
state. How much more sensible and
comfortable she might have been had
she worn a dress of beautiful summer
silk, grenadine, or lace bunting. I
don’t believe fashion was the tyrant
that day—but a desire to exhibit her
elegant costume. She prides herself
on being one of the first families of
the aristocracy of “ our town.”

Fashion is sensible in some things,
when she tells us jewelery is never to
be worn in the morning, onlya simple
pin or none at all, but, instead a neat
collar and a bow of ribbon. An elabor-
ate toilet is not admissible until one
changes the dress for dinner or the
afternoon. The following circum-
stance gave rise to the motive for
writing this article and airing my
opinion:

A lady came from the city to our
farm for cream, in the morning. She
was dressed as though she were on her
way to the opera, or a grand party.
Her attire consisted of wine-colored
velvet and silk dress; hat Of 13068.
furs, and feathers. She Wore 8
great profusion of costly jewelery
and a lovely seal-skin sacque
worn as the snobbish young men wore
their overcoats the past winter, merely
nn-buttoned and swinging in the
breeze. After she had gone, a member
of the family remarked: " How ele-
gantly that lady was dressed,” but
added, “ Perhaps she thought she was
coming out in the country and might
astonish the natives.” Well! she did
astonish one, that if she were so fortu-
nate as to possess such a lovely W9-rd’
rebe, why did she not reserve it for
other occasions than cream-gathering
in the morning? Girls, I ask you if,
for a ride in the country, would not a
neat fitting suit, of a pretty shade of
woolen goods, 9. jaunty hat, and minus
her jewelery, betokened a " fitness of

things” and indicated more common
sense ?

Times and custom change as people
change. Formerly if a lady contem-
plated taking a journey of any great
distance, among her preperations, the
necessity, must be considered, of
having a traveling dress of plain
serviceable goods, or an ulster or some-
thing to protect the dress. Now-a-
days ladies travel in the nicest apparel
they possess and when they arrive at
the end of theirjourney they find their
best dress sad y demoralized—cinders
and dust have collected in the pleats,
puffs and trimmings, and if there is
not some discoloration on the skirts
caused by the tobacco juice accumu-
lated on the car floor it may be consid-
ered fortunat-~. After they become
a little rested. much time and work is
needed to brush, sponge and ‘clean the
goods, and, I imagine, there is a slight
sensation within that the best dress is
not so nice as it was. The shimmer is
gone, the texture creased and broken.
But then, perhaps, some one may
reason (.11 this wise, " How will people
know that I have such an elegant.
attire unless I display it when I travel
on the cars ? ”

I know Bro. Cobb says to us often,
“ Write short articles,” but I will
trespass on his good nature just a little
more and give my opinion about the
present method of dressing the
hair—“ Bmgs and Frlzzes.” For a
long time our girls have been coaxed,
scolded and threatened, on this vexing
question. Some mothers have thought
their girls too near perfection to ever
yield to this hideous style, yet when
they have gone away to school, or in
company with other girls they have
been over persuaded and been induced
to have their “ locks shorn.” Fathers,
husbands. and lovers, have protested
again-t the despoilii-.g woman’s best
ornament but in vain.

It has reached an older class: shall I
say it ‘E Women ofculture and intelli-
gence and to whom we had accorded
common sense, have been drawn into
the vortex of this unsightli
ness—women to whom we had looked
to help us put aside the “ Idiot
Fringe ”—that we might s e the mark
of intellignce and beauty in their fore-
heads and the light of a living soul
beaming forth from the eyes and the
countenance of the nvely girls of our
land. If women and girls think they
make a better impression or look
prettier in the estimation of sensible
men, they make a gloat mistake.
Perhaps some brainless “ Dude” will
say it is brGOII1l[lg, but any man of
ordinary intelligence and common
sense will not favor this horrid style.
I imagine the girls of the coming age
will say. “ What hideous looking
creatures the women of the nineteenth
century were.” They will fai to find
loveliness and intelligence exhibited
in the countenance and if they render
the verdict that the women and girls
of the age do not look bright and win-
some, who can blame them?

MYRA

Of the use and Necessity of Small Change in
Social and Domestic Commerce.

The commerce of neighborly social
life, is carried on chiefly by "small
change.” Vast favors are seldom be-
stowed, and heavy obligations as sel-
dom incurred.

It is the constant interchange of lit
tle obliging attentions that constitutes
social happiness. It springs from an
uninterrupted series of little acts of
natural kindness, light as air of them-
selves, and costing little or nothing
but of immeasurable importance in
their consequence; for they furnish
the only kind of food that will long
sustain that delicate kind of friendship
and, the absence of these small at-
tentions occasions first coldness then
distrust, and finally alienation.
Setting aside the brutish and disso-
lute part of community, wives and
husbands disagree oftener about triflss
than about things of real weight. On
the calendar for the April term of
Eaton County circuit court, there are
16 out of 58 cases, for divorce; perhaps
nine in ten of their disputes grow out
of little things, such as trivial neglects,
little faults, or a word spoken unkind-
ly, sometimes a hard or cross look,
sets thinks wrong. A husband never
can please his wife, any longer than

is in most respects well pleased with
her; and still less perhaps may a wife
expect to please her husband except
she treats him with affection.

If for his neglect and unkindness
she administers oil of vitrol, rather
than the healing balsam, she will but
increase the moral malady that she
wishes to cure. If we extend our view
to the large circle of social intercourse,
which comprehends relatives, friends
and acquaintances, we shall find the
frequent interchange of courteous at-
tention and little kindnesses is the
thing that keeps them united togeth-
er. and pleased with each other; and
that in default of this they presently
lose all relish for one another’s com-
Pally-

The truth is our tempers are oftener
rufiied by triflss than by things of mo-
ment; so on the other hand our affec-
tions are more won by a long series of
little obligations, than by one single
obligation however great. Men and

his general conduct evinces that he '

women, put them where you will, iuie
proud hearted little animals, and hence
we become attached to those who are
in the habit oftreating us, as if they

thought us worthy of their particular
notice and regard, and at the same time
are cold and secretly inimical to-

wards such as habitually neglect us in
these little points, even though the
former has never done us a single fav-
or. With regar-! to neglects in those
little things which mnstitute the main
substance of social life, the worst of it
is, that they are incapable of free dis-
cussion. and of course the wounds from
them admit of -no healing. We are
deeply touch with omissions or
slights for whi it would be ridiculous
to expostulateor complain. They leave
a sting which secretly rankles in our
memories, and fester in our imagina-
tions, and inwardly we feel sore,
while we are ashamed to fret out-
wardly.

Further, that the little daily atten-
tion upon which social feeling and
happiness so much depend ought to
be natural or spontaneous, and not
loaded and stiffened with ceremony
and the only way to make them quite
natural is to have written upon the
heart, “Live and do for each other’s
happiness. ’

Mas. C. L SHAW.

Chester Grange, No. 361, April,
1884. .

Chlldrens Dsy ”

Bro. Cobb.-—I saw in the VISITOR
of May 15th an article from Colon
Grange giving :1 description of a. meet-
ing called Children's Day and they
would like to hear through the col-
umns of the VISI1'OR from oth-r
Granges who have held these meetings.
Lawrence Grange No. 32 Van Buren
county held a meeting for children on

he 10th day of April, 1884. It was on
a special so not to interfere with our
regular meetings, and was the first
meeting of the kind ever held in this
county. We had but a week for prepa-
ration. We gave invitations to all to
join with us. At the appointed time
the hall was well filled with pareiits
and children. We commenced with a
song. Pr:i_ver by liev. Bro. Bailey.
We had 15 declamiitioiis from children
from :3to 16 years of ago. Mr. Bar-
row's little girl whistled 3. piece itc-
companied with the organ which was
received with greatiipplaiise. After the
close of the exercises the tables \l ere
prepared. one for the little folks and
one for the adults, you all know how
the Grziiigers tables are furnished.
The little folks were seated at one tai-
ble (34 in number) and by their zip-
pearance we knew there was great
ciijoymeiit for them, and it gave the
parents pleasure to see their children
happy. I think it is just what we
should do toteach our children to be
Grangers, such instruction they never
will forget. \Ve can improve 011 the
management of the “Cliildren’s day,”
as we advance. We expect to hold
such meetings every three months in
our Grange.

Our Grange has a building 22x50 ft.,
two stories, the hull above. The lower
room is rented for a dry goods’ store.
We area live Grange and onward and
upward is our motto. \Ve are taking
in ifewineinbers, 17 joined our ranks
last year and 7 this year.

GEO. CONKLIN Lec.

We mayjust as well speak plainly
about these things. The time is com-
ing, and coming very soon, when
those who are in positions of trust will
be held to an account for their acts
and their votes more strict than ever
known in any country, or any period
of the world’s history ; when men who
betray their trust to the public will be
regarded as unfit to mingle in social
intercourse with honest people; when
they will be shunned as moral pariahs,
whose presence is contaminating and
are forbidden by public reritiment to
appear in srciety. If the present Con-
gress is so unwilling to serve the
people as to refuse us a true postal
telegraph let them say so at once and
not attempt to palm offa monoply
under a popular name. The people
may even reach a point where forbear-
ance wiil cease to be a virtue, and
where they will declare that contracts
intended by Congress to bind them to
the service of the corporation are null
and void. At any rate it is not well
for Congress to tempt the people
further.——0hicago Express.

THE wealth of this nation is estima-
ted at $50,000,000.000. Now, if 50,000
men were worth $1,000,000 each, there
would of necessity be 50,000.000 or
people who wouldn’t be wort: in
dollar all combined. Do we want to
see that state of the case prevail ‘I And
yet one man owns, or claims to
own, $200,000,000 of that wealth
now? At the rate we are go-
ing it will be but a few years
before only 50 or at most 100 men will
claim to own all the wealth of the
nation. It is the men worth their $5,
000 their $10,000, their $25000, their
$50,000, and even their $100,000, who
should take alarm at this fearful ten-
dency to the concentration of wealth
in few hands. _Vanderbilt’s income is
$12,000,000 ayear, and he should be
taxed out of $10,000,000 of it a year.
That is what should be -done, and
that is what will be done.—G‘aleaburg
(IZL) Press and Patriot.

ANTI-1iIoNoPoLY means the people's
rights, vs. corporate tyranny; it means

constitutional liberty and popular
government; it means that individuals
separately have the same ri hts as in-
dividuals combined and col ected into
corporations, and consequently every
honest man who has to pay taxes and
work for a. living is naturally an anti-
monopolist.—Baltimore, (1l{d.) Farm

and Fireside.

u vrsiros.

COMMON SENSE.

What seems only ludicrous is some-
times ve ry serious.

Ceasin to learn is beginning to die.
—[l’rof. . M. Watson.

Contact with th- world either breaks
or hardens the heart.-—C’hamford.

Give a little thought in the spring-
time to other interests besides the field.

Keep heart! who bears the cross to-
day, shall wear the crown to-niorrow.

Truih is in itselfcapital, or an equiv-
altiepnt, always healthful, reliable and
ea c

The winds and waves are always on
the side of the ablest navigators.—G2'b-
btm.

There will be hour:-, even days,
when study will give more profit than
woik.

The first injunction is do something;
do some really good work—the next,
do it now.

The greatest man is he who chooses
right with the most invincible resolu
tion. —l:‘~en eca.

Good-will, like a good name, is got
by many actions and lost by one.-
Francis J etfery.

God writes the gospel, not in the
Bible alone, but on the trees and
flowers, but in the clouds and stars.

Evermore restrain
Evil and cherish good, so shall there be
Another and happier life for thee
(J. G. Whittier.

“He that by the low would thrive,
Mus! either l‘:0lll, imself, or drive.”

The application of this ancient prov-
erb is u-ually to the practical work of
the farm, but it may be applied no
less, truly to the Grange work.”

Clean and wholesome literature is
essential to the developmeLt of mind
and soul; all reading that is low in its
character is corrupting and debasiug

T’was sown in weakness here;
T’will there be raised in power;
That which was sown an eacthly seed
Shall rise a heavenly flower. '
—[ Horatius Boriar.

Can not the Grange find a good
work to do in aiding l0 suppress what
damages and dissipates the best facul-
ties of the mind, and sentiments ofihe
lie-art?

See if the Grange can be made more
useful in the neighborhood; see if the
young who might contrii-uts largely to
the success of the organization have
become duly interested.

"As a man soweth, so shall he reap.”
Let. the l(:‘l-‘l~()l] be (lee ply impressed
upon the minds of all who have iii-
clinations to carelessur-an in little mat
ters as well as great.--Ilusbavidman.

Real merit of any kind can not be
conceaed; it Will be tllSi'()VeI'(-:(l, and
nothing can depreciate it but a man’s
showing it himself. it may not al
ways, be rewarded as it ought: but it
will always be known.

The Grange inculcates no more use-
ful lesson than that which is address-
ed to the mind, stlviiulatiri g it to be ac-
riv- and aiiiing, in wise selections of
subjects upon which to exercise
tht-ught.——I[u.sbamlman

The quality of mercy is not strain‘d:

It dropped as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: It is twice blessed;
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes;
T’is mightiest in the mghtiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.

—[S}iaks¢:pare.

It is the duty of society to express
its detestutioii of impure publications,
to correct and reforui popular taistes,
until at last the corruptiiig influence
of flashy and damaging literziture shall
cease because buyers cziniiot be found.

Make a little fence of trust
Around to-day.

Fill the space with loving works,
And therein stay;

Look not thro’ the sheltering bars
Upon to-morrow

God will help thee hear what comes,
Of joy or sorrow.

If parents would have their children
become good men and women, they
should be not only firm in instilling
their duty, but be gentle with them,
not forgetting that as the parents are
in their daily life so will the children
be, for a corrupt tree can not bring
forth good fruit.

I have lived to know that the great
secret of human happiness is this:
N ever suffer your energies to stagnatc.
Tue old adage of “too many irons in
the fire,” conveys an uutruth. You
cannot have too many-1-oker, tong-i,
and all—keep them all g(iing,——Adam
Clark.

IMPROVEMENTS could very easily be
carried forward on many lines, and
.-andsome dividends declared besides,
if the stocks upon which dividends are
declared represented only the cost of
the roads and their equipments.
With speculators, however, ti e first
or actul cost of a railroad or any
thing else cuts no figure; the property
is valued according to the.dividends it
is able to pay. Mr. Ja Gould, for in-
stance, thinks if the estern Union
system cost only $20,000.000, it is
able to pay moderae dividends on
$80.000,000. But what does the public
think of this overstraining; this
practice of declaring dividends on
stocks which have been manufactured
to order ? Is this business compatiable
with public safety and convenience?
-—Age of Steel.

PARTY lines and partisan predudice
will play a less important part in the
election next November than at any
election since the war closed. The
party lash will be wielded vigorously.
but it has lost much of its terror. It
is well. We need political intelligence
and dispassionate thought, not blind
party zeal. Every voter should act as
a juror, to _calmly and impartially
weigh the evidence and decide accord-
ing_ to the dictates of truth and
justice.-—Ente17)rz'se (Kansas) Anti'—Jl{o-
nopolisf.

REPUBLICANS and Democrats must
be careful, therefore, in the nomina-
tions, for the independent voter will
show his opposition to weak candida-
tes, 9r those who are tools of tricksteis
and _]0bb8l‘S, in such a manner as will
determine the result.-— Oregon Violette.

To assume that one Legislature
could enact what another could not re-
peal is to assume that the first Legis-
lature was superior to and could con-
trol the action of others—-a thing so
manifestly absurd as to leave no d ubt

about it.—Blaclcetoncs Commentaries.

Semi-annual reports of the Master’: of Stats
Graiiges. to the Master of the National
Grange.

Master's Ofiice, }
Paw Paw, Mich., May 21st, 1884
The following reports froln State
Masters have been received up to this
date. Other reports will be published
when received.
J. J. Woonsrxrz,
Master of the National Grange.
NEW YORK.

Ei.1urRA_, N. Y., March lath, 1884.

It gives me much pleasure to comply
with a requirement, made by the Na-
tional Grange, to report to you the
condition of the Order, in this state,

ecause I am able to inform you that
material progress has been made du-
ring the pas few months. Since the
last session of the National Grange
nine new organizations have been
made in New York, each one em-
bracing in its membership leading
citizens of the locality. Besides these
there are several other Granges in pro-
cess of formation from which reports
will be received, I think, before the
present month ends. The year 1883
showed material gains in membership
over the preceeding year. and the year
1882 exhibited gains over 1881. The
raie of increase is greater now than
before. The fact that the membership
has constantly increased in the ast
three years is ratifying proof 0 so
lidi-y in the Order, and it encourages,
also, the expectation that continued
advancement will be realized. I be-
lieve that farmers are obtaining fuller
appreciation of the advantagev to be
0 tained through organization, and
this, to my view, is the reason of gains
in membership.

The last session of the New York
State Grange, held in January, was
entirely harmonious. Its work may
be judged by the published Journal of
Proceedings, copies of which have
been supplied to all the Masters and
Secretaries of State Granges, as well
as to the ofiicers of the National
Grange.

It will be seen by reference to the
published journal that co operative in-
surance has a prominent place in
Grange work. There are several of
these associations that have been on-
gaged in the business five to eight
years and in all cases they have
aflbrded satisfactory protection to the
insured. There have been numerous
losses, but the good faith of the mem-
bership has always been adequate to
the requirement and losses have,
therefore, been fully met. thus estab-
lishing a degree of confidence that
must prove an element of security in
coming years. These associations
have :.ecome so popular that many
farmers have siught membership in
the Grange in order that they might
be eligible for iii~urance of their prop-
erty in these co-operative associat one.
The amount of property insured is
many million dollars. It is so great
as to withdraw support from stock in
surance associations to such a degree
as to excite alarm in the minds of in
surauce agents, who, in former years,
obtained their livelihood by soliciting
insurance of property from these
faiiners.

Cooperative purchases of su plies
have, also, attracted considerab e at-
tention, paiticulaily within the last
four or five years A trade association,
organized and managed by a few
prominent members of the Order in
dependently and with great success,
was transferred to the State Grange at-
irs last session, the same generous and
indefatigable workers continuing in
the inunagemerit under terms that will
yield to the -«tale Grange considerable
support while conferring great advan-
lages upon members of the Order. It
was found on a review of sales, re-
purted by the brothers who had man-
aged the former association, that busi-
ness to the amount of millions of
dollars had been transacted without
floiirish, with no ostentatious display,
but rather an even, steady and ever-
increasing current of business yield-
ing, constantly, satisfactory profits to
mom ers of the Order whose interests
were thus conserved. It is hoped that
the present year will increase business
mi this character and yield corres-
ponding profits to all concerned.

Still another interest, paramount, it
may be regarded, for there is evidence
to show its extreme importance, is the
i-oi-ial character of the membership
conspicuously illustrated in‘the last
session of the State Grunge, which
continued three days with a member-
ship gathered from nearly all the
cziiiiaties of the state, and closed with
vriendships begun with the session,
firmly cemented at its close. Similar
mtiuifestatioris of social feeling, growth
and development of the liner senti
ments of manhood and womanhood,
are seen in all the active Granges of
the state. It is true that now and
then some little dissension occurs, but
the sense 0: right pro ails at last and
it is extremely rare that a Grange is
permanently embittered in its mem-
bsrship. The social character of the
organ:-zirtion is the strongest guaranty
of its perpetuity. In this element of
brotherhuod confidence has its origin
and confidence is the safe basis of al
..usiness transactions, and it is not un-
reasonable to assume that the material
benefits resulting from co-operative
efibrt are the direct product of that
confidence which the Grange encour-
ages and develops.

W. A. ARMSTRONG,
Master.
WEST VIRGINIA.

PHILLIPPI, W. Va. April 14th, 1884.

I respectfully submit the following
as my report for the two quarters end-
ing March 31st, 1884:

Total number of working Granges in the
State, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Total membership of some in good stand-

ing, 1279
Organizations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Re-organizations, . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
Total number semi-annual reports re-

ceived, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - -
Number of Grange: reported as prosper-

ous, ............................... . .
Number reported as fairly pr-osperous,. .
Number reported as not prosperou.s,....
Assrosnn csusns or noanuxat:
Negligence, ......................... . .
Indifference. ............ .._ ........... ..
Want of general information, ........ ..
xuuxo:

Meetmonthly,........

H fort-nightly, .................... ..

4| weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Number of Grange Halls reported,.... .
Average cost of same, ............... . . 8661
Number that meet in school-houses,.... 10

-I “ “ “ rented lialls,..... 8

ATTENDANCE:

Report good attendance, ............ .. 18

Fairly good, ......................... . . 7

Not good,..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ , ,,
Gr-anges that rt active work by the
sisters, and em races all the prosperou
Oranges report» d, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oranges that purchase goods through
Grange channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Local co-operative associations, . . . . . . . . .
Niunber o Grange papers taken in the
29 Granges, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Number of Libraries, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Number of Granges having regular pro-
gram of work, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Number interested in neighborhood
education, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

In " Suggestions for good of the Or-
der ” the call for Lecturers was almost
unanimous. It is difiicult to devise a
means whereby this demand can be
complied with. Our State Treasury
can contribute little or nothing, and it
is hard to devote (me’s entire time to
the work and bear all the expense.
No body but a Jew could prosper at
that. The outlook for the Order con-
tinues hopeful and there are numer-
ous applications for iustructiou in
re organizations.

JAMES E. HALL,
Master.
NEW IIAMPSKIRE

DUNBABTON, N. l:l., APRIL 20, ’S4.

In submitting the semi-annual re-
port of the condition and standing of
the Order in this State, it affords me
much pleasure to have the honor of
reporting a prosperous and growing
tendency plainly apparent at nearly
every hand.

Since the close of the September
quarter, the increase in Gran e and
membership is very commenda lo and
highly gratifying to all lovers of a
higher and a more respected agricul-
tural standard.

Vl/ithin the half year six Granges
have been organized and four Gran-gee
reorganized, making the number of ac-
tive Subordinate Grauges in the State
to (late, sixty-six; and reporls have
been received from sixty; from which
substantial data can be obtained as to
their past, present and future pros-
pects. Of this number 40 Grnnges are
reported as having gained in member-
ship; ten have made no change in
their number, while an equal number
have suffered slight losses, but even
amtng these in the latter Clllsl-J are
some of our most substantial Graiiges,
so taken as a whole the review is de-
cidedly cheering and encouraging.

Our irienibership is quite eve ly di-
vided between the males and females,
the former slightly leading in num-
bers.

VVe have full confidence that before
another year rolls around Wr shall
find additions to our list in the way
of new and reorgairzs-d Grange:-; the
autumn is our best sowing.

It is noticeable that those Granges
having carefully prepared program mes
of exercise, with well sustained dis-
cussions on a variety topics pertaining
to local or national interests, or duly
consider those questions so appropri-
ately selected by the Lecturer of the
National Grange, are as a matter of
course, the most thrifty and Hu(i('-'r:S8fl.ll
in their mission; and those Patrons
who lend their talents and assist in
the exercises whatever the future may
be, and read with solicitous care one
or more ofthe newspapers published
more particularly as Grange journals
are more thoroughly alive to the oppor-
tunities before them, and are reaping
the benefit and blessings that surely
come to those who try to help them-
selves.

The average attendance at the meet-
ings of the Graiiges, judging from re-
ports reczived. is larger than during
the corresponding period of one year
ago.

The only Grange store that is doing
business worthy of especial note. is the
one located in ltochester, which is
doing an annual business of $60,000.

If the M ssachusetts and New
Hampshire State Granges could estab-
lish a supply house in Boston where
supplies for the home as well as
the farm, could be secured at the low-
est cost practicable, the advanta e
would in our opinion, prove doubfy
valuable to the Order in both States,
and meet a want that is most notice-
ably apparent.

A few of our Granges have started
a nucleus for a library, and yearly ad-
ditions will be made.

Our annual festival which came off
the last week of August, and the se-
ries of lectures delivered by Worthy
Brother 0. L. Whitney, and General
S. F. Cary during the autumn and
earl winter, have done much towards
awa ening the renewed interest which
We have experienced.

The faithful services of my esteemed
predecessor, Worthy Brother Wason,

as been as good seed scattered with a
liberal hand that has brought forth
an hundred fold. We have made 28
visits to as many different Granges
since the year came in, and the pub-
lic service of installation in January
is quite general with the Granges in
this State.

The last annual meeting of the State
Grange held in December, was one of
the most interesting and largest in
attendance yet held. Much excellent
work was done which will have its
impress during the year. Hon. John
D. Lyman, our eloquent and workin
Lecturer, introduced resolutions touch-
ing on questions of great importance
to the farmers of the State, and promi-
nent was one on fertilizers. Commit-
tees were chosen who will report at
the next session giving results of prac-
tical tests, experiments and observa-
tion.

The regalia question is one of much
moment with the Patrons of this State
who deprecate the liberty given to
-substitute the badge for the time hon-
ored sash, an emblem that should be
dear to'the heart of every loyal mem-
ber of the Order.

Thus it will be seen that the Order
is on solid ground in the Granite State
faithfully performing its allotted work’
and that the work of the future may
merit the plaudit of being "well
done” is our earnest wish and desire.

WM. H. STINBON.
Master.

19
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DELAWARE.

PLEASANT HILL, Del., May 12, 1834,

Hon. J. J. WOODMAN, W, M. Na-
tioppal (irange, P. of H.: ’

art 3/ ro.:—Of the twen '

Sub-Granges to whom blanktsy-evlvgell-lg.
sent, but seventeen returned filled up
these, with one exception, gave en.’
couraging reports of the standing of
their respective Granges.— I have per-
sonal knowledge that some of than
not re rting are in a fair condition,

We ave made long an-idea in the
purchase of supplies. especially fertili.
zers, by a consolidation of orders. The
Patrons of our entire state have been
supplied from one manufacturer, with


JUNE 1, 1884.

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guaranteed articles, subject to analysis
before final sttlement. by any State
Chemist. We went upon the market
and asked for bids, naming our own
conditions, and the result has been the
most satisfactory business transaction
that has been instituted bv the Order
since its foundation in our state.

We still need work and organization.

Fraternally,
HENRY THOMPSON,
Master.
GEORGIA.

JAMESTCWN, Ga.. Mav 10, 1884

Semi-Annual report.—— e have re-
organized a few dormant Granges.
One-fourth of the Granges that have
reported, report a stand still or falling
off of members. Three-fourths report
increase in members All our co r-pe~
rative stores are doing well, a good
many other Grang: s are co-operating
together in buying at wholesale rates

Taking all together we are on the
advance.

I). GILLIS,
Master
KANSAS.
TOPEKA, K.-‘lNSAS., April :5, 1884.

From repv rts received from Masters
of Subordinate Grranges, for the term of
six months, ending March 31st, 1884.
I am able to report a marked improve-
ment in the condition of our Order in
this State.

The total membership has been
ma’erially increased during the period

covered by this report. Old and well
established Granges are working well,
increasing their meinbersliip and se-
curing satisfactory results in the
direction in which the organization
was intended to improve the condition
and advance the interests of our rural
population. Several new Granges
have been organiz-rd, and many here-
tofore dormant. have been revived
during the period above mentioned,
while but few have ceased to work.

Business enterprises, organized
under the auspices of the Grange, and
conducted on the Rochdale plan of

‘‘co-operation,'’ succeed well; other
systems and agencies have not proved
successful, as a rule, and have been
abandoned by the Order.

Ninety per cent of our Grange-s
meet twice per month; five per cent,
once per month; ai d five per cent,
every week. Ten per cent; own halls,
and others meet in school houses, as a
rule. The attendance is generally
good, and above one-third of our
members is composed of Sisters, who
take a deep interest in the work of the
Order.

Grange papers are liberally support
ed by the membership, and a nit.-jority
of our organizations have libraries.

The simple fact that farmers do not,
as a rule, recognize the importance of
organization and co-operation, milli-
tates in part, against» success in
diffusing more generally among farm-
ers, the ncnefits of the order.

WM. SIMS,
Master.
CAi.ii‘oBi~:rA.
SANTA ROSA, CAL., May 1st, 1884

I have the honor to report that from
all the information I have been able
to obtain, I am pleased to say that the
Order in California is in a fair con-
dition of prosperity.

The circular and blanks were mailed
to the Master of each Sui-ordinate
Grange, whose address I was able to
obtain; a majority of which returned
to me answered within ten days,
Of the reports received, over 90 per
cent report their Granges prosperous;
over 60 per cent reported gains in
membership, some as high as 40 mem-
bers. The Grange Press is well

atronized. Quite a large number of

ihraries have been established.

Several of the Masters have written
me that they will answer as soon as—-
by reference to the books of their
Granges and consulting with the
secretaries, they can obtain the neces-
sary in formation.

The prospect for an abundant harvest
has never been more promising at this
season of the year. Rain has fallen in
great abundance in every section of
the State, and everybody is exuber-
ant with joy and buoyant with hope.
but no one can tell us what the harvest
shall be.

The occasion is not auspicious for
Grange work. Farmers are too busy,
and too intent on counting their gains,
to take time for social or intellectual
associations. Adversity oppression
and hardships beget in them stronger
cohesive tendencies-

A careful examination of the reports
of the Masters of the subordinate
Granges in this State confirme.-i me in
the opinion that frequent meetings are
necessary for success in our work.
The two Granges that meet weekly
are the most prosperous; their average
attendance is best and the influence
they exert on the community around
them the most marked.

As with an individual, so with a
Grange, it is not enough that it has a
name, in order that it have standing
and influence, it ought to have a local
habitation, and our experiance is that
the Granges that own the hall in
which they must and are out of debt
are without exception prosperous and
useful.

S. T. COULTER.
Master.

MIS SISSIPPI.

FAYETTE, 11185., May a,_ 1884. _ _

I have delayed making my simi
annual report,_ so that I might make it
as full as possible. I sent out the list
of questions, proposed by the National
Executive Committee, to all the
subordinate Granges in the State, and
have received replies from only 101.
Some reports are still coming in, but I
will wait no longer. Please find be-
low the answers summed up as ac-
cu rately as possible.

Question 1-Is your Grange prosper-
ous? 79 answer Yes; 22 No. It is
evident that some of the Masters who
report negatively have_ erected an
ideal Grange in their minds and as
their Granges do not come up to their
standard, they report them “not
prosperous.” I_1nfer this from the
satisfactory replies to q.1eSl1l0IlS 6, 7, 10,
ll, 13, 15.

Question 2.—If not prosperous, why
not? Some attribute the want 0
pl-osperiety to «poverty among the
members; some to general indifference,
some to party politics, some to ignor-
ance of our purpose etc.

Question 3.——How often does your
Grange meet‘? 90 monthly; 11 bi-
monthly.

Question 4.—Do you own a Hall?
57 Yes; 11 partlv' 31 No.

Question 5.—I not, when do you
meet? In churches, masonic lodges,
school and private houses.

Question 6.——How many members

have you in good standing? The
answersto this question cannot be
satisfactory prepared, and as the
grand total is shown in our secretary’s
-report, I will not attempt a reply.

Question 7.—Is your attendance
good? 80 Yes; 11 Average; 10 No

Question 8. -How many of your
members are Sisters ‘R Less than half.

Question 9.—- Do the Sisters gen-
erally attend and take an interest? 93
Yes; 8 No.

Question 10 —Have you trained or
lost in the last two years? -5:2 Gained;
% The same; 25 Lost.

Question ll.—Do you buy and sell
through the Grange? 82 Yes; 19 N -.

Question 12-If so, in what way?
Through agents and co-operative
stores. .

Question 13.—How many of your
members subscribe to 21 Grange panel?
is!) Yes; 32 No. In answering this
question I have classed those Granges
when 6 or more members take papers,
'as replying Yes, and those when less
than 6 menil,-ers take papers as reply-
ing No.

Question 14-—H-ave you a Library ?
18 Yes; 83 No

Question l5.—-Does your (lrarige
have a program of work, discussing
questions, reading essays, reciting ex-
tracts etc? 78 Yes; 23 No.

Question l6.—Does your Grange
take an interest in the education ofthe
county? 85 Yes; 16 not as 12 Grange.

Question 17—Are your reports
promptly made and your dues
regulary paid ‘? 80 Yes; 21 No.

We are not as strong numerically as
we would like. We have many active
earnest workers, who are continually
agitating the questions in which we
areinterested, and have to some ex
tent succeeded in impressing public
sentim»-nt. Asaresult the condition
of agriculture a (1 its votaries is
enlisting more investigation on the
part of all classes than at any period
for the last quarter of a century.
It is admitted that our Agricultural
and Mechanical College was establish-
ed mainly through the efforts and in-
fluence of the Grange.

Our State has established a Library;
supports several fine institutions for
the education of boys. Four years ago
our State Grange impressed with the
idea thatit was as much the duty of
the State to provide for the education
of our daughters, instructed our
Lecturers to impress on every fitting
occasion the necessity of such an in-
stitiitlon.

()ur state Grange has
taken decided po'-iiion; demanding
legislative control of corporations
and the preventing of our State
Ofiicern from using "free passes.” The
last Lrgslature passe (1 a bill to establish
an “Industrial College for Girls.” One
to supervise rail roads, and one to
prevent our State Oflicers from using
free passes. -

The Grange has a permanent home
in Mississippi, on risiz-g ground with
good prospects for the future

PUT DARDEN,
Master.

for years

MICH IGAN.

GILEAD, l\IicrH.. May 10, 1884.

In submiting my semi annual report
it. afifhrds me pleasure E0 say that the
Order is still doing well in this State
We a little more than hold our own in
membership; and with the loss by
death, removals and other causes this
implies the admission ofa good many
new members.

I have been able to procure reports
from a large majority of the working
Granges of the State, and in most of
these a strong and healthy tone is
manifest. I think there is more
at present than at any former period
in our history. 2.36 blanks have been
filled and returned to this ofiice; these
I have examined and numbered them
according to their elements of strength
or weakness, have placed them in three
classes. The first class comprises most
who have placed themselves on a
social foundation; the second-class in-
cludes those Granges that are not
making progress. but are in hope_0f a
better future; the third-class and I am
glad to say that this is a small one
consists of those who ‘are almost
hopeless, meetings irregular and
attendance poor.

Of the first-class I find 186,

Ofthe second-class, 41,

Of the third-class, 9.

The GRANGE Vrs1ToR is taken to a
greater or less extent in every Grange
but three.

E very report indicates that the
Sisters do their full share of Grange
work.

We have 23 Granges with a mem-
bership of 100 or over. One half of the
number reporting own their own
halls. The outlook for the Order in
this State is good.

C. G. Luca,

Master.
MARYL AND.

l\IARRIOTTSVILLE, H0w'i) Co., May
10, 1884.

It is not my pleasure to note any
marked improvements in the Grange
Organiz ition in my State of a general
character. While some of the Gran ges
are doing finely, others are not pro-
gressive and some I fear on the decline.
The most encouraging feature I
notice is the uniformity in the reports
in this respect; the blank reports are
working well and it is to be hoped
that they will have the effect to in-
troduce more interest and business
methods in our work. \’Vhile I am
not satisfied with our work, it is due
to say, taking the whole field over, we
are fairley holding our own, per-
haps in membership, gaining some-
what; yet with proof so abundant all
around us of cod done, the question
will recur. hat of the American
Farmer ?

H. O . DEVRIES,
Master.
TEXAS.
SALADA, TEXAS, May 14, 1884.

We have delayed this report hopin
to be able to make it more full an
satisfactory. We are able to report
that the Order in Texas is steadily in-
creasing, extending our borders. From
the large numbers of letters received
at this ofiice; we are much encouraged.

1’ More enquiry and interest manifested

throughout the State, than at any
period since I have been at the head.
Success is attained with every move
made by our eople when the laws are
complied wit , but when a _dep_arture
is made generally the opposite is the
result. Bro. Kennedy, secretary of
our State Grange reports, that the
secretarys reports of subordinate
Granges received for the first quarter,
1884, show a membership square on the
books of 12,795, quite a number have

reported since that date for the first

quarter. From reports received from
our lecturers andcounty deputies we
have organized and re-organized 101

subordinate Granger-i since the first day «
of Or-tober, 1883; with a membership ‘

nf 2070. Fri in reports received from

Masters; semi-annual reports closing

March 31st, we gather the following:
let. A large mag]-rity are prosperous.

2d. Over one alf meet twice a
month.

3:1. The number that own hall’s are
increasing.

4th. The number in good standing
is improving.

51h. Attendance good.

6th. About one-third are Sisters.

7th. The average attendance of the
Sisters is good.

8th. About two-thir-‘s are buyii g on
the co-operative glan, and selling
through retail co-operative stores, and
the Texas cc-operative association.

Shh About one sixth subscribe -to
Grange papers.

l0:h. Only a few have-a library,
others will soon. .

11th. A email per cent have a
regular program of work, discussing
the various questions that affect our
interest, reading essays, etc.

13th. Some few are taking great in
terest in education.

14th. Rep rts are more prompt]
made than ever before, which add)s
greatly to the good of the Order.

1-5’.h. Suggestions are that we
furnish Lecturers and all the ready
means possible for infoming the
people, to circulate Grange pa: ere, etc.
Stating that prejudice and selfishness
can only be removed as above indi-
cated.

While we have been going up on
one side, we are quite sure that we
have lost some. There is a continual
weeding out going on. We find that
every advance made by our Order
opposition increases with some,
and as our principles are better known ,
opposition gives way with others.
We have much to encourage us at this
time. Wehave a body of men and
woman devoted to our principles, that
any State would he proud of; while
we are t rus prosp-ring and so much
to encourage us we are reminded that
nothing short of continued -nd per
sistent efibrt will maintain our pres-
ent. standing and march us onward
and upward until we have acheived
the grand mission ofour Order-

Let none reason that there is noth-
ing for him to do.

A. J. Ross,

Master.
\VISC0l\'SlN.

MILTON J'CT.. Wis.. May 17. 1884.

1. Is your Grange prosperous? 52
Yes, and 19 not very.

2. It not prosperous, why not‘? A
majority of the answers to this ques
tion, attribute the lack of interest. in
the Grange and its work, to the indif-
ference of our foreign element, (which
comprises a large portion of our Agri-
culturists in many localities) to the
Order and its purposes.

2.}. I)o you own an organ? 30 yes,
and 38 no.

3. How often does your Grange
meet? 20 weekly; 40 semi-monthly;
10 monthly.

4. D.) you own a hall? 21 yes.

-5. If not, where do you meet? 31
rent halls; 5 school houses; 7 mem-
berls houses: 4 in churches.

G. How many members have you in
good standing? 2803 only reported.
7. Is your attendance good?

yes, and 11 no.

8. How many of your members are
Sisters? 1205.

9. Do the Sisters generally attend,
and take an interest in Grange work?
60 yes, and 6 no.

10. Have you gained or lost within
the past two quarters? 36 yes, gained ;
17 lost; 15 neither.

11 Do you buy and sell through
the Grange? 57 yes, and -5 no.

12. If so, in what way? 56 trade
with State agent, and 10 have Grange
stores.

13. How many of your number
subscribe for a Grange paper? 690.

14 Have you a library? 19 yes,
and 50 no.

15. Does your Grange have a pro-
gram of work, discussing questions,
reading essays, reciting extracts, &c.?
52 yes, and 16 no.

lfi. Does your Grange take an in-
terest in the education of the commu-
nity? 55 yes; 10 not much.

17. Are your reports promptly
made, and your dues regulary paid?
68 yes, and 1 no.

IS. What suggestions have you for
the good of the Order? Seventy
Granges only, up to this date, have
reported out of 109 which we have in
our Grange directory. You will notice,
we have 30 Grantees with organs; 21
own their halls; 19 have libraries; and
we have 10 Grange stores in Wis.
T.~.ke it as a whole, I am very well
pleased with the first semi—annual re-
port to the above questions.

S. C. Cans,
Master.

59

“WELL, that is a little two-penny
business; about what I’d expect of
farmers. They are the smallest of all
small persons in creation.” Such was
the comment of a merchant when in-
formed that Granges had arran ed
special terms in trade by which t ey
o tained advantages in purchasing
supplies. Notavery flattering com-
ment, but let us see what element of
truth it has. Two-penny business?
That criticism is not true, because
farmers save on every thing which
that merchant might sell several times
two per cent. They get their goods at
prices which the merchants themselves
fix, but they are down toward whole-
sale rates, still leaving rofit to the
merchants. This man idn’t think
farmers had sense enough to buy dis-
creetly. He thought their economy
had a different turn. But when he
says farmers are small—mean, as he
wanted to express it-his standard of
comparison is probably ill-chosen.
He was thinking of his own petty
affairs. It has been the custom of
many traders to get from farmers the
very highest prices for all goods sold
them. Patrons of Husbandry have
found another and a better way.
There is nothing on the statue book to
prevent them from buying as low as
responsible merchants will sell; and
with the kind permission of this critic
they will continue to exercise the
privilege discovered in the Grange,
for there is profit in it.—-From the
Husbandmaiz, Elmira, N. Y.

Hundreds of young women work in
New York for forty-five cents _a day

making shirts.

visiros.~-

PAINT

factory.

the paint, and circulars for the Whole Grange.
Street, New York, and receive book, "Everyone their own l":iinter ”

as.

AT

FACTORY PRICES.
We p.-iy the freight and sell you at the lowest. WIl0IOS.'lI(’ i.-ictory prices, the same as it you i':i.ll]0 to the
We were the first concern that sold to Patrons, and we don't want store keeper's trade now.
R ll. Thomas, Secrctarv Pennsylvania State Grunge says:

Grange expenses for :1 lifetime by purchasing your paint.
would be cheapest at twice the price per grillon."

, manna
1 liquid Rubber Paint,

ONLY PAINT KNOWN
T0 SCIENCE

that will S‘~l!CCESSfl1lIy IC-
5151: the action of
MOISTURE, SUN.
SALTAIR &WATER,
FUMES FROM COAL
GAS, &c.,

and therefore the

CHEAPEST PAINT
for
* HOUSE. SHIP, CAR,
TELEGRAPH, OR
STEAMBOAT
PAINTING.

BRUSHES.

WTTYT
4‘ I11‘

Brother

"'.\[any of our niembers have more than sztvcd their
It lusts niany times longer tlmn any other paint, and
. Brother Thomas Wll.S formerly it painter. Broth;-rs .l_ T. Cobb,
Secretary, and C. L. Whitney, formerly Lecturer oi Micliignii St.-itc Grange, have used and approved this paint.
and 206 Subordinate Gl'ft11‘¢__7'_‘6S use no other paint. Masters and Secretaries supplied with cards of specimens of
All consumers should address Patrons‘ Paint Works. 76 l<‘ultoii

fluutha’ fiepaqtmeni.

SCRTTER SEEDS OF KINDNESS .

There was never a golden sunbeam
That fell on a desolate place,

But left some trace of its presence
That time could never efiace.

Not a song of in'e-fi'»ible sweetness
That ravished the listnuiuiz ear,

Then sliimbered in silence forgotten
For many and many a yea.r—

But a word or a tone might awaken
Its magical power anew,

Long after the sweet—voiced singer
Had faded from earthly view.

Nor a heart that was ever so weary,
Or tainted with sin and despair,

But a word of tender compassion
Might find an abiding-place there.

Yet countless thousands are yearning
For sympathy, kindness and love,

And souls are groping in darkness
Without one gleam from above.

There was never a sunbeam wasted,
Nor a rang that was sung in vain,

And souls that seem lost in the shadows
A saviour’s love may reclaim.

Then scatter the sunbeams of kindness,
Though your deeds may never be known,

The harvest may ripen in glory
If the seed be faithfully sown.

And life will close with a blessing,
And fade into endless day;

Like the golden hues of the sunbeams
That fade in the twilight gray.

John 0. Blair.

Interesting Crime.

The vile and horror striking of hu-
man actions seem to naturally seek the
surface of all natures. The press and
the public voice catch before all else
this element, and in its vast blackness
that of more stable worth is passed by.

The flying iron steeds of railway
rush in every direction, scattering the
press sheets, rife with such matter, to
reading multitudes hurrying for ap-
palling sensations. The electric cur-
rents tiart along their pathway of in-
tricate net work, bearing walls of woe,
rascality and crime, to eager listeners.
Those who look into the future see a
crying need of the present to be clean
newspapers. In this age of quanti-
ties of reading matter, we raise a voice
of warning and complaint against the
fact that so few news sheets evince the
courage to stand forth with the slime
of police paragraphs and gutter gather-
ings shaken from their folds.

That it does req iire courage, none
deny when We know it is a column
headed “Horrible Crime,” “Tragic
Ending" or the like, that is absorbed
with all the avidity of a thirsting pas-
sion within us, searching out in others
the latent force whose likeness we feel
within ourselves. Downright moral
courage it calls forth to nafiie with
such a wave of human sentiment.

Hear. the thought on this subject of
him, who, whatever may have been
his weakness in other directions, has
been the peer and standard among all
editors, Horace Greely. He says:

“There is nothing easier than to edit
a newspaper, and nothing more dim-
cult than to get up a newspaper free
from foulness and blackguardism.
Fish women and bar-room loafers are

skilled in the art of bandying epithets,
and bespattering each other with dirty
words. It requires no brains to do
this; but it does require both heart and
brains to print a newspaper that a de-
cent man or woman can read without
a blush.”

We say we protest against items of
the “Hangman’s Bloody Revolts,”
“Riddled with Bullets, etc—rather, had
we better claim, we think we protest,
for in our “heart of nearts,” we know
instincts, unguided, turn to the col-
ums of sin. It is not the fashion page
nor fiction, nor poetry,vnor state news,

nor even the political items of deepest
moment that first arrests our glance
over the fresh sheet.

Too true it is, there will never be pure
newspapers until the public demand
them. The general press will never
urge such upon a myriad of readers
when a popular voice of that body de-

ing matter; animate with the expanded
growth ofthe germ they crush back in
their own lives. Scarce does a man
read one page but he finds depicted
there just what might have
been his fate had he gone one way or
another from the path he finally
chose. It arouses in him a curious
sympathy that demands a bond of
common interest with frail humanity,
sunken to the gutter, though it be.

The bare framework which tele-
graphic dispatches give of any heart
rending occurence gives space for the
play of his imagination, goaded on by
a morbid curiosity. It is so, no matter
how he may dispise that very curiosity
which seeks to ferret out the low quali-
ties. in preference to the higher of our
common brotherh oi.

The matter of educating the reading
world to cleaner press issues must be-
gin with the peopie, and not with the
press. Neither must it be with the
people as avague, far awav mass of
humans, but the reform must be in
ourselves. If for the sake of principle
we subscribe for a paper free from pc-
lice pollution,_ten to one, we seek that
element elsewhere. A perverted read-
ing taste does not remain unsatiated
with less ease than a nervetted phys-
ical taste.

GRACE,

Wild Flowers.

Dear Aunt Prue: —-A little while
ago I read an article in your paper on
wild flower gardens, and as it was for
little folks, and I am only ten years
old, I thought I would tell about my
wild garden.

I have a great many kinds of flowers,
such as violets, liverleaf, spring-beam
ties, blood-root, golden-seal, two-leaf-
blue, bane-berry, trilliums and others.

Not only can I tell the kinds of
plants when in blossom, but when leav-
ing out or coming up.

My garden is underneath an old
Scotch pine where it has been for two
or three years.

There are woods between my house
and the school house, and I have
gathered a great many plants coming
from school, bringing them home in
my dinner basket.

I think this is the nicest way to
study botany, don’t you? I will use
my favorite flower’s name.

PANSY.

Naiure’s Spell.

It is raining! A grand, pouring
flood of water, coming thick and fast
from clouds to earth.

Scarce can I keep my eyes from the
sublime baptism of earth’s tender
green under this May torrent.
Around, above and beneath I see and
hear a grand embodiment of the words
on the open page before me:-—

Nature is a harp of seven times
seven strings,

On which, by God's own hand, is
gently played

The ever-varied musicof the spheres.

Gnaca.

THE MARKETS.

Grain and Provllloln.

Raw Yoair, may 29.-—Flour, weak. Wheat.
opened easier _and adyanced l,~§@%o: trade
quiet: No. 1 white, nominal; sales, 16.0lI) bu.
No. 2 red. June, $1.0l%@1.O21/{;; 368,000 bu.
Julv. . @1.05%;; 192,000 bu. Aug.. $1.05@
1.05%; 96411) bu. Sept., $l.05%@1.f6%;l6,000 bu.
Dec., $l.09%@1.1l). Ooi-n,}4@§4c; highergmixed
western, spot, 58@65; futures. 63@66%, Oats, $6
@V¢c higher; western 37@4~l. Pork. quiemmess
$17.75. Lard. lower; steam rendered 88.87%.

Dirraorr, May 29.—12:30 P. iir.-Wheat, firm;
cash, $1.07; May 81.06%; June $l.03%: July
81.66%; Aug. 99%; Sept, 98; o. Zred, cash,
99 bid, $1.00 asked; No. 2,white, $1.00. Corn,
No. Zcash, 59% bid. Oats, No. 2 white, 39: No.
2, 35%c.

Wheat. com. Oats.
Bec’pts.......... 1,226 none 5.534
Ship‘ts .......... 21111) 2,300 2.219

Tomiino May 29-Wheat, dull but firm; No.
2 red, cas . 96@£1.C0; May or June, 96; July
97%; No. 2 soft, $1.01@l 06. Corn, dull but
steady; high mixed 58; No. 2, cash, Ma or
June 57%; rejected 56@51;lno grade 48%. ats.
dull but steady; No. 2 white, 3l@38; No. 2
cash or May 84%..

Onroaco. May 29.——1:10 P.
were moderate y strong throughout the entire
session and closed at a out yesterday’: closing

notations. Wheat, 8356 cash: 88% June-915

uly; 93% August. Oorn 54% cash. ork.
lower." $19.00 J line and J'uly. Lard easier;

Flour.
B5

i(.—'I'he markets

mantis passion stirring, crime thrill-

oaroaoo wnonxsars raross——Tuu:s azroar.

Sugar, stand. A. . .. 7 Butter. dairy. 11016
granulated ...... .. 75 extra cream'ry 18319
Driedupples..... 7lu@8 comzn:rn..... 6'13 9
P0583095: 11-. I)Il...9ll@3ll Eggs, frosh. . 13@1356
Wool. line. in filld..3Z-33 Br-ans h pick. £1.25-2.25

Groceries.

blew Yoax, May 29.—Butter. dull; western,
8@2U; hlgin crcainerv, 19321 I Cheese, dull,
2@ll‘.’a- Sugar. dull. Molasses, quiet. liice,
F('.l.lVL‘. Coffee. dull. Tallow, steady; 6%.
Western eggs. firm; 14541315.

Live Stock.

Qstouio. May L"J——Hogs—reoeiptn 17.000;
prices Sc lower; light, $5.f0@.5.6lJ; rough
packing and shipping. $fi.«lU@5.7(I. 0attle—
Y€U9lDt'F_‘- 5.0m: UN“: exports 35.40.206.80: good
'50 ClWlG€‘- $5-U0~’!D3-5i}: Curninon to fair, $5.t3I)(tL
5-00: Sheet!" ‘reCt!ipts.‘l,l J1): orisk: common to
svmd.tz..=.i@4oo;rnedmum. choice $4.'¢L')@5.:'iU.

THE REAPER DEATH.

WILLIAMS -Died at her home in Al-
pine, Kent Co., Mich., April l-lth, 1854, of
plura pneumonia, Sister JANE Wii.i.I.iMs,
in the forty-tiitli ycir of her age, formerly
a. resident of Byron, Mich, lt worthy mem-
ber of Alpine Grange, No IHS.

The life of SISTER VVILLIAMS was one til
command the love and respect of her friends
and associates. Her memory aiming us will
ever be held sacred.

Look’ .4. 7." Trans.

Prices of‘ it l(‘V\' le1u1in,«_-
kinds ol'(}1'u<-1,-i-it,-.5" :

Sugars by the barrel only. Per pound.
Granulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. "
Standard A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extra C. VVhite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3}, -
Extra C. Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. '3
l‘0l-‘l-‘EE.
Finest Green ltio llc. par pound, in 25
pound lots in new grain bags.. .. .. ‘.20 r,
Finest Roasted Rio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l7 4:
TEA.
Finest Japan, 45c. per pound in .3 pound lots.
Full Chest, per pound . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. 40 c
Best Rice, 7.}c per pound, in l0 pound lots.
Best Rice, G’,‘c. per pound, ill 10!) pound
lots, grain hugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ‘.20 l.‘
Best Mustard, per pound . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . 25 l‘
Best Cream ’I‘arl:ar, in bulk . . . . . . . . . . .. :3 o
Best Baking Powder, . '
Boneless God, 40 pound boxes . . . . . . . .. i
Imported English Dairy Salt, per bushel

sacir.........  
All other goods, Groceries, Dry Goods or
Hardware, at proportionably low prices. I
make no charge for boxes. but use grain bags
when possible, charging cost price. I wish
it understood that all’ goods may be examined
before payment is made, and if not perfectly
satisfied, as to price and quality, may be re-
turned at my expense, within ten days and I
will return amount of freight paid. I now
occupy the large huildingjust vacated by the
Free Press Company,

GEO. VV. “ILL.
No. 24 Woodbridze St. West, Detroit, Jiic/1.

POOLISH WOMEN,

Those sii[l'ei'iii from
complaints pecu iar to
their sex, which are
daily becoming more
dangerous and more

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1

firmly seated, yet who
neglect to use, or even to
learn about. Zoa—Phora-
Wornairs Friend.
For testimonials prov.
ing its merits. address,
It. I’El\'GELLY dz. Co.,
Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Sold by all Druggists,

N. B.—Every woman, sickly or: healthy,
should read Dr. Pengelly’s book, “Advice to
Mothers, concerning diseases of women and
children,” Free to (my lady. Postage in sealed
envelope 4c.

THE DAVIS SWING Cl-IAURN.

The Most Popular (‘hurn cm the lflnrket.
l‘-ccausc it makes the
most ‘cutter. Iiccmisc
no other Churn \Vl‘lI'I~l
so eaay. liccan-c it
inakeathebcst grained
butter. Because it is
thergisi»-st clean . it
hzu-i no tloiite or p div
lllrlltl-'. Al-\’.)l.Il\‘,
kn Butter “'nrk
or, the .\(-ahltl flu‘.-
tzr I'l'I1I:O*l‘y and :7.
, full line of lluttz-r
Making ’ _ ' :- for
Dairies iiurl Factories. Semi for Illustrated Firculziis.
VERIIOIVI‘ FA.R.\1 M.-\l'lil\'i} (1).,
its-llovru Falls, Vt.

".,._

;pa1r1aiiliiEsysiem

Gream.,t
Send for Catalogue to
Davis & llaiililn,
8UCC$80BS ‘('0

Davis & Falrlamb,
nurses IN‘

UP8all18l‘YSllD1lllBS.

24 to 28 Milwaukee Av.
chicazo. III-

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8

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

A good many roads have been built
entirely on their bonds, not a dollar
of capital stock being paid in. And
as these bonds have usually been dis-
posed of very much below par, the
property at the outset of its operations
represents a debt which alone is great-
er than its value. Construction com-
panies, whivh are wheels within
wheels, are permitted to make undue
profits off their contracts, and thus
add to the enormous disparity between
the actual cost and the c rpitalization.
It can be seen that if a corporation
thus heavily burdened can pa the in-
terest in its bonds, and divir ends in
its stock also, an immediate tempta-
tion is offered for the building of an-
other road ri ht alongside of it, since
the new roa , properly capitalized,
could make money on less than half
the income of the other. Herein we
have the explanation of parallel roads,
though the instance has yet tr; be re,
corded of even a parallel road being
capitalized at its true value.-—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.

 

All meat animals, whether cattle,
sheep, or hogs, make the most gain
and give the best profits on the food
consumed the first year of their
growth, and the profit or gain is
lessened gradually the lorfiger fatnfi
animal is ept, and after t is, i e
too long, is fed ataloss. It does not
pay to keep highly-fed steers at a
greater age than thirty, or at most
thirty-six months. What he gains
after this costs more than it will bring.
(Iin éeedinlg anyt aérbimarl for ,the 

uc 10110 me». e .armers mo 0
should be, “Feed well from the first,
and market animals while they are
still feeding at a proflt.”—Henry Lane
in Miner and Farmer.

THE injury to industry and trade in-
cident to the destruction of the Ameri-
can forests is r1nt the only serious
result. The theory that the increasing
floods in the river valleys are due to
the removal of the protecting forests
of the neighboring hills, which served
to absorb and temper the spring rains
and the melting snows, is founded in
good sense and a proved by scientific
research. But t e disappearance of
lumber and the sweeping destruction
of floods must be endured, we suppose,
to enable a small number of men to
grow enormously rich through the ex-
clusion of foreign lumber so long as
there is a vestage of American pine
left.—O’hicago Tribune.

 

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
English were driven out of this
country 100 years ago, they have not
lost sight of the immense resources
and the tremenduous possibilities oi’
America. The English barons having
purchased all the lands of the British
islands, are turning their attention to
the United States, and have inaugu-
rated a new con nest of country.
Strictly speaking, I; e invaders do not
constitute the aristocracy. They are
acreocratic barons, and the greed they
exhibit in drawing to themselves, in
fee simple, vast stretches of fertile
land, opens to the ublic mind a woful
menace to the ife of the repub-
lic.—Tro;y (N. Y.) Standard.

 

Representative Reid of Maine, a man
by the way who has enough brains for
an ordinary delegation, said last night:
“The presidency cannot be achieved.
It is the gift of circumstance, an acci-
dent. If it could have been won by
any man Blaine would have tri-
umphed at Cincinnati.” Reed is an
old and ardent admirer of Blaine, but
he learns lessons from experience. He
knows that nothing is so fickle as pub-
lic favor, nothing so unreasonable as
popular clamor, nothing so obstinate
as judgment overpowered. or com-
mendation conquered by assault and
battery.

 

THE June CENTURY will contain two
very timely editorials, one on the Cin-
cinnati riot and the other on our
militia. Speeking of the editorial “Mob
or Magistrate,” which appeared in
THE CENTURY just previous to the
Cincinnati riot, the London Spectator
says, “THE CENTURY may fairly claim
tolbeflreckoned among the prophets.”

 

A CORRESPONDENT of the London
" Electrician ” says the following is an
instant remedy for toothache: With
a small piece of zinc and a bit of silver
(any silver can do), the zinc placed on
one side of the afliicted gum and silver
on the other, by bringing the edges
together the small current of elec-
tricity generated immediately and
painlessly stops the toothache.

 

THE_frontispiece of the June CEN-
TURY 1s an engraving of St. Gauden’s
statue of Robert Richard Randall,
founder of the home for disabled sea-
men on Staten Island known as Sailors’
Snug Harbor. An accompanying
sketch contains many sailors’ yarns
and anecdotes about the old tars who
have found a safe anchorage here.

 

SIX billion, seven hundred and fifty
million gallons the annual production
of milk in this country, one-half of
which is used in the manufacture of
cheese and butter.

5

WAGON SCALES,

1")“ 1¢V91‘3. Steel Bearings. Emu
Tare Beam and Beam Box,

and

JONES he pays thei‘relxht—-for free

Price List mention this paper and
Iddfllfi JONES U7 IIIIIIIIAMTIIII

Bhuzlanlnton. N. 1’.

    

15mart

Prolessor Kedzie’s Letter to the Alabssiine
Gompany.

AGRICULTURAL Counoa,
Lansing, April 19, 1884.
To M. B. Church, Manager:

Dun Sin, —-The Alabastine put on the walls
of the Chemical Laboratory more than four
years ago is in as good condition and bright
in appearance as when first applied, save
where water from a leaky roof has injured it,
The Alabastine seems to grow harder with
age, making a firm and coherent covering,
and has no tendency to soil the clothing by
contact, as whitewash and calcimine will. I
am satisfied with Alabastine.

Yours faithfully, R. C. Knnzrn,
Professor of Chemistry.
XMITATIONE AND rrzrarrvonunrzrs.

Some cheap attempted imitations of Ala.-
bastine are being ofiered in some places to
Alabastine dealers, under different names and
at very much lower prices than Alabastine
could be sold for.

A CHEAP, INFERIOR MANUFACTURED WALL
rnusn

can be made so as to impose on the public
with less chance of detection when first used
than most

ANY KIND or ADULTERATION.

Commem calcimine appears to be a very
fair finish when first put on, but no one claims
that it is durable. Manufactured only by
THE ALABABTINE C0,,

M. B. CHURCH, Manager,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

(Cb-rmnued from last week.)

How Watch Cases are Made.

In 1875, thirteen men comprised the
entire working force used in the manu-
facture of the James Boss’ Gold l'r'atc/1 Case.
Now overfive hundred nrc cn1pl<1_ved,z111dtl1e
number is consturitly increasing. The rea-
son of this increase is this: In the Jzznrrs
Boss’ Gold llhtch Case all the metal in sl;_"lll.
and subject to wear is solid gol:_I,wl1ile the re-
mainder, which only lenels stre11}_:tl1 to the
case, is of strvlriger metal than 3.50111,
giving gold where gold is needed, and
strong, elastic metal where strcngtlr and
elasticity are needed, a cornbination pro-
ducing a watch (‘:1.s'e better than solid gold
and at ONE-IIALF the cost. TEA
Over 200,000 of these cases .- I
have been sold, and cvcr_v jeweler in the
country can testify to their quality and
merit’ Lnnrxcrou, Mre1r., Dec. 5, 18112.
E. W. Marsh, of the Ilenmrrat, ho11_1:ht 3 -Iltri. Boss’
Gold Watch case 18 years 11110, and carried it until a
short time ago, when I purchased it, und sold it t’) 11
customer. The case showed no 1-'i1z-1.11-wt‘ wcur,1-xccyt
that natural to an case, and I am sutislied can be
safcl 'Kll&!'&!ltC(".II or at least ten 'carsn1orc. I limo
sold he James Boss‘ Goldwntclr ,asct"orr1111ny yo.-1rr=,
and the parties who bouglit the tirst onus nrc curry-
lng them today, as well satisfied a1-rltholurli they hull
bought a.solid gold case cost1n_ tw'1cct._hc money. I
regard them as tho onlycasl.-A-1 0 this kind a jaws-lcr
should sell who desires to irive _h1s custoniers the
worth of their money or values his r~e1w11t:1tior1.

Wu. J. CUSHVVAY, Jeweler.
Send Been! skimp to Keymtunn Watch (‘me Factories, Phila-
delphia, I'|.,I'or handsome Illustrated l'nn1phl4-[showing how
lune: Bow’ and Keystone II’.-itch (‘men are made.

(To be Ctmtimzed.) 5

German Horse and Cow

POWD E RS.

This owder has been in use for many
cars. It is largely used by the farmers of
enn.s lvania, and the Patrons of that State
have ught over 100,000 pounds through
their purchasing agents. Its composition is
our secret. The receipt is on every box am.
5- und package. It is made by Dr. L. Ober-
ho trier’: Sons .8 Co., Phoenixville, Pa. It
keeps stock healthy and in good condition. It
helps to digest and assimilate the food
Horses will do more work. with lea» food
while using it. Cows will give more mill:
and bein better condition. It keeps poultry
healthy, and increases the production of eggs
It is also of great value to them when molt-
ing. It is sold at the lowest wholesale price
b B. E. JAMES, Kauxuoo, GEO. W.
film & 00., 80 Woomaamcr-1 811., DETROIT,
THOS. MASON, 181 Warns Sr-., Cinoaot.
and ALBERT STEGEMAN, Annncm. Put
up in 60-lb. boxes (leoseg, price EIGHT CRRTB

er lb., 30-lh boxes (of 5-lb. packages, Tim
Carers per lb.

IIOIIIIIGII HORSE IIOE

Allll lllllllllllllll l}llllBlllEll
l’orliue1'ng&Hi|lin£Pulaioes, V, .. . .

0 Oral
G:l:b3seI.Tum-ion‘ Daft’

     
 
  

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Illustrated Catalogue FREE.
WANTED. Mention this paper.

Monarch Mtg. 00., 206 State St.,Cl1ic:1go,llL
15mar6t

‘ tlSE".EY’§‘c'"”"”"‘
MGAB NET 

For families, dairies, factories, the cream-Ualheiiiig
System; forhoels,etc. I?‘ THE STODDAR

URN

 

Cecil With or Without Ice
.» Blue for New to 50
..n1|11a.11_; .10) -
was '1:=1wI.imuoiv.

Co., Poultney, Vt.

 
 

an, Butler Boxes, -
H0 SELBY C BIODDAED, Msnutac
llii

   

11ish’s American lllanuwl of

PARLIAMENTARY LAW

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

Circular of commendation free. Price by
mail prepnaid; cloth, 50 cents ; leather tucks,
81.00. outage stamps received

Address, J. T. Conn, Schoolcraft. or

Greenwood Stock Farm.

POLAND CHINA SWINE

For Sale at Reasonable Rates.

Pigs in pairs and tries not akin. Breeding
Stock recorded in Ohio Poland China Record.
Parties wishing stock of this kind will find
it for their interest to correspond with or visit
me. D. G. BUI<}Lfi
Little Prairie Ronda, Cass C0,, ich.
lfifebtf

EVERGREEN TREES.

10  NORWAY SPRUCE EVER-

GREEN trees for sale. Nice
for making hedges and windbreaks. Fine
trees, transplanted, from 2 to 3 feet high at
88 and 810 per 100, 25 at 100 rates. No
charge for packing.

JAMES A. TAYLOR;
Kalamazoo Nursery,

GEO. '1‘. FISLH.
Bocnnsrr-rs, N; Y

YUUNG MEN AND WOMEN

Can save money by attending the

IIALAMAZOO

Business College.

Send for Journal.

Fall term opens Sept. 1.

 

PRESIDENT,

lmaylt oo, Mich.

- Mich.

Kalamazoo,

THOMAS

BUSINESS AGENT MICH. STATE GRANGE.

General Commission Merchant,
161 South Water Street, Chicago,

Respectfully Solicits Consignments of
FRUITS, -VEGETABLES, BUTTER, EGGS,
GRASS SEED. RAW FURS. HIDES. PELTS. TALLOW ETC.

BONDED AGENT OF THE N. W. PRODUCE EXCEANGE ASSOCIATION,

Chartered Fell. liith, 1877.

ALL 03111535 1i1:"Cfi‘v"1i:l"ll131i,()i5I1211 ATTENTION.

MASON,

 
 

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1 December 3lltl1, D83.
TRAINS WE3'I'WAI(D.-—CIil\"II(AL MERIDIAN TIME. TRAINS E-§STWARD.'—€E.V'TRAL MERIDIAN TIMI!
‘ \. _.,_ , No.4. , l\'0."- No.8. . 1 §c._3.1 :.. _ No.11.

Burrorw. -, All(I)1iil, ‘E,‘I":_f'_a,, ‘EPx“,'E: 3 C???‘ STATIONS. llvitliilll  §_:”“"“d§ ‘."f"““"l ""‘ll”"°

,Ex.Suu. V p“ .‘ ]._ V V ‘assg. r. I~1x,s.,,,_. ixprees, l'.x,..'..., :\cc<3m.
_WW 7 ‘ J7 ,md.E:11n.  :§_x_._Su11. _ 7 Daily. ,1 Dairy, l~.x.m1n
1.... Port Huron-‘ 0  AM, 7 so AM 8 to PM‘ 41411:» 1.1-. (1hicago_: 9 101.15 21"pE‘"x‘3~ r7 7. 2s» 1»:
“ Imlay City- 7 7 50 “ -_- --.. +9 05 “ 619 “ “ CRIJIP Cros 1006 “ l 4 1'; H l 412'; " 500 -I
“ Lupeer-_- I 2-1.5 “ <1 iz -1 ‘ - 4:: 1' '1 R}-desdale  I l l ' "
“ Flint--- -l ‘.1 or “ 9125 ‘A 3 ' “ Valparaiso‘: ii7J'7 l'5‘§.5"7-lio‘{r1"*7‘ 'T'I5"1>_i
AT.'11ez.','c.. W. 1116. ______ -_ s  All ff H=}"l‘8llfi--—- l‘f"'_l ‘:94; ------ --1 ------ —- ‘_"‘
Lv. De.._‘D.G.H.&l. 1,5,, In  g 3-2 A» , 8 ; Slrllwell ___, I241 1 ______ __, ...... --
-I pom,” u l 755 u 3 920 .. 1 I “ Bouth Bend_ I30 “ ' 6-I-i “ ‘la.’ l(1A1l
.. Hon, 1. l _. M, u 1_ 5,53 . ,~,,, 11 A0 03,, In , “ Grunge-rs ___ 150 ‘
Ar.Dun111d " 9.10“ 11127 ‘- ;11ur. - ; 711:. ~ 5 “ C'“““’l’°ll9 —— 21?
—--- -— -— — —?———‘ ——j-1——j—— ———é~—' “ Marcellus ‘* 4:: ‘
Lv. I)ura11d___-_ 94.5 *- .1030 -* 111145 " 1 7 20 - I .. qC!0(] ,'," 5,0,,
-' Lansin 111 on “ ‘1132 -‘ 111511 N 1 828 “ 1-‘ ’°"‘ ' '
-‘ Gl1urlogte':: 1140 U I'12m: 1-1.312 22 mi cos “  ,‘,‘if,3“"C"5 ‘,; 23,‘, 2 1
Ar. Battle Creek 12 41» mi 1r-5 -- l 103 " 114.20 «- ,' “ E "*3 . . .
Lv 13..n1«- Creekl 1 25 -r , 1 23  ~ L“ B“'”‘’ Cm" ‘”" " '

» v —— — ' I *1 1 2 1 1 : -
“ Vl“'k"l*""K -~l 21" " T2" " 1 I “ l.ah::lr(l;_t: gel “ 11015 “ 3 415 *‘  :‘
ll  ,  ff 7” 28 “ ——[ Ar. Durand____ . 7 25 “ 21106 H 52:: -- 7 4.0 n
.. ;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_:,"" g 30‘, .. l‘g',‘.;'r' :; 1... nur.,1>.t;.11,.tx.‘“‘ ’ ’“ ' 1 915 --
.. G,,,,,ge,., ___ No. 12. , ______ __! ______ ___ _____ ___; Ar. Bully, ‘ “ 953 "
" s..m1. lIe1'1d_ x""ll"~°l 350 -- l 4 as H l “ Pontiac. “ “ 1040 “
H Siillw1:ll___- “W” ‘ l ‘ ”“’°“~ “ “ 1145 1-
-‘ I[u5ke]|s____ ,__,_____1_____ LV»1l&l..G-W.Div. “ ______ __
“ Valparaiso“ 6211;;-I 5 25 “ I 5 5‘: , “ Flint ______ __ “ 3-L5 -
“ R:-dcsd1rle___ 705 “ 1 ______ __: ______ _, “ Lepeer _____ . “ 912 "
“ C,ll_l11Ll’ cms; 741) “ 1 ms '- 5 715 -‘ , “ lrnlny City__ 925 “ ;________,+s 53 1‘ 934 ‘-
Ar. Chicago __._j 840 “ I '1' 45 “  810 “ V A Ar. Port Huron- I040 “ l 1213 “ 1 7 .30 “ 10 40 “

Way Freights leave Schoolcralt, E.astw:ird 5:33 I’. 111.;
Westward, 10:05 A. BL, except Sunday.

Nos. 1, '1' and S will stop at Durand 20 minutes for
meals. .
No. 4 will stop at Battle Creek 20 minuws for meals.
No. 1 will stop at Valparaiso 20 minutes for ineuls.
Nos. (Sand Shave a Dining Car attached between
Chicago au,d~.Battle Creek. _
Where no"time is shown at the stations trains will
not stop,

1 Trains do not stop for passengers except on signal.
All Chicago ltz Grand Trunk trains are run by Cen-

   
   
 

  

 

trul rtandard Time, which is one hour slower than
Eastern Standard Time.

Nos. 3, and 6, daily. All other trains daily, except
Sunday.

Pullman Palace cars are run through without change
between Chicago and_Port Huron, Detroit, East Sagi-
naw Bay City, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Bufialo, New
York, Toronto, Montreal and Boston.

Dining cars on 3 and 6 West Battle Creek.
5110- 9- R11". 3. B. Oaruwn,

Trnflic Manager. General Manger;
E. P. Knar, Agent, Bchoolomft Ml

HIE LINE SELECTED BY THE '0'. S. GOV’?
TO CARRY TEE IAST MAIL

Burlingmn
Route.

\)?_\_\Ni’-'1 NV‘;

 

ONLY LINE RUNNING TWO THROUGH
TRAINS DAILY FROM

CHICAGO, PEORIA & ST. LOUIS,

Through the Heart of the Uontlnerrt by way
oi’ Pacific Junction or Omaha to

DENVER,

'11- via Kansas Cit'and Atchlson to Denver con-
mzcmrg in Union epots at Kansas City, Atchison,
Omaha and Denver with through trains for

SAN FRANCISCO,
and all points in the Far Vvmt. {shortest Line to

KANSAS c11'v,
And all points in the South-West.

TOURISTS AND HEALTH-SEEKERS
Should not forget. the fact that Round Trip tickets at
reduced rates can be purchased via this Great
'I‘I1r'ough Line to all the Health and Pleasure
Resorts of the CVest and South-\Vest, including
the Mountains of COLORADO, the V alley or the
Yosemite, the
CITY OF MEXICO,

and all points in the Mexican Republic.
HOME-SEEKERS

Should also remember that this line leads direct to
the heart oi’ the Government and Railroad Lands in
N ebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and Washing-
ton Territory.

Itls known as the great THROUGH CAR LINE
at America, and is universally admitted to be the

Finest Equl pod Railroad in the World for
n.I classes of Travel.

Through Tickets via this line for sale at all Rall-
road Coupon Ticket Ottlca in the United States and
Canada.

1‘. J. PO’I‘T.|<.‘R,

v‘°e'Pm' and G1§I1'«.'rii1:i<.n\?8err.' LOWELL

. . A
Gen. Pass. Ag't Chicago
JNO. Q. A. BEA N, Gen. Eastern Ag‘t,
sir Broadway. New York, and
an Washington St.. Boston.

Homes ; Texas  Arkansas!

Low prices, long credit. Rich
grazing lands, producing wheat, rye, oats, corn. cotton
grasses, and all the choice fruits, nt-ar schools,churches
and railroads. Cheap land excursions every month.

For maps ot”Te1ras, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas,
with all information, address J. B. FRAWLEY, Pass.
and Land Ageut Missouri Pacific By‘ C0,, 109 Clark
street.Chicago, Ill.

1111111 01131311 an BUTTERAG9QntER
‘xi ‘:§"\\ V 

agricultural and

tion by which
all farmers can
make Cream-
er Buiter an
we las keep it
in a nice con-

 
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

is marketed.
It saves two-
’ thirds the la-
‘ bor. Noicois
required as it
is strictly a
._._.—;.— —==a—=..--. _A - - cold water re-
frigerator. The cream is taken from the top and is
clear of sediment. The most complete run ngement
for the Farmer and Dairymau in existence. Agents
wanted. Send for circular and price list.
MGCALL 81 DUNCAN,
Kalamazoo, Mich.

    
 
 
    

laprti

dition until it 1

Clover Leaf Can

FOR THE

cream Gathering System.

Tun Cununsr AND
Bnsr. Has the largest
cooling surface. It is the
most successful cream
raiser and gives the
best satisfaction of any
can now in use. Patent
allowed. Send for price

hsllcllall & Duncan

Kalamazoo, lilcl1.,

lliunufacturers and dealers
in Creamery supplies,

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PATBUNS Ill MICHIGAN!
You can Save Money
by joining the Vifisconsin State Orange in
a co-operative purchase of Teas, Cotfees,
Barbed VVire, and many articles bought in
large lots at corresponding reductions. We
have a flourishing agency just across the

lake in Milwaukee, with low rates of freight
via. Detroit or Ludington Lines.

Send for our Large Illustrated Catalogue,

Mailed tree to all applicants. No pay for
goods, ordered under seal, until received
and adproved. BARBED WIRE—prlce for

ebruary: 4%, 5 and 6 cents per pound.
Free sample of best (40 cents) Japan Ten by
mail. Write for information,

L. G. KNIFFEl\'. State Agent,
214 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.

DAIRY OUEEN CHURN.

The easiest Churn to run in existence, re-
quiring but one-third the labor of any other
Churn made. Worked by hand or treadle.
As easy to clean as a butter tray. A success
with wind-mill power. Giving the best of
satisfaction. Every Churn guaranteed. Send
for Price List.

Dairy Queen Churn Co.,
KALAMAZ00, Minn.

 Hand-Book FREE.

‘ I-?. S. & A. P. LACE)’,
if Patent Att'ys,Wa11lnng-ton,D. C.
 Sl§1l211i1:lc8leelllfi1e Fem.‘

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; Is the only generalgilpr one Wlr Fence in nu, g s
; llrou mt-workwi n Barbi. ltwill turn dogI,pig:,
sheep, and poultry as well II the most vicious stoc ,
l without 1u_|ury too that fence or stock. Ilirjurtths lanes
for turns, gardens stock ranges and railroad

nut for lawn park .
with mu-prooi ' life-tlms.
It is lupsrio , Boards orlarbod win in every run

We ask for it a fair trial, knowing it will wear a
Into favor. The I G

on pipe and steel wir

strength and durability.
cheapest All

I

e also make the
l.l’0I,‘\IN1flIIIB or loll-Opening G
. Dell

A110 mnnufne

cm
8:. who and Post Anger.
taro Bunsen’: excellent. Wind Engines for

pnl: In! Water, or geared engines for rindin
And ot or ight work. For prices and pnrticu us as
hardware dealers. or Iddress. mentioning paper.
IEDGWICK B S. Ill”:-5., Richmond 1nd.

1 marotem

PATENTS.

LUCIUS C. WEST, Solicitor of American
an‘? Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent
Causes. Trade Marks, Copyrights, Assign»
ments, Caveats, and Mechanical Drawings.
Circulars free. 105 E. Main st., Chase Block,

aprlti KALAMAZOO, MICE.

FENNO & MANNING,

Wnul Enmmissinn Merchanls,

1117 Federal 8t., Boston.
Consignments Solicited and Cash Advances

Made.

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Hundreds of Suits are being sold daily.
Other Merchants are complaining of dull tines.

All Wool Cassimere Suits Worth $10 you can
buy at this Sale Ior $5.

All Wool Suits worth $15 to $10: Take your
choice for $7.50.

 

 

The sale of the above light colored Suits has
been progressing for two Weeks past. Now we
offer dark colored suits bought at half the cost
of manufacture for the following prices:

150 Suits of three different patterns, Black Wor-
sted and Tricot Frock Suits; cost to manu-
facture, $15.

150 Dark Cassime e S k S ‘t , ll 1
$15 for only $25.95*?“ m S 8' Woo’ worth

100 Dark Fancy Cassimere Suits heretofore con-
sidered a. bargain at $12: take one for $9.95.

100 (F[i]r11§e$l§aér§ Cassimere Sacks worth $12 for

CHILDREN’S AND BOYS’ SUITS.

$2.25 Suits for $1.65.
$2.50 Suite for $1.85.
$8 Suite for $2.35.
$5 Suite for $3.75.
550 Suits for $3.
Now is the time to buy Clothing,
Furnishing Goods and Hats,
Caps, cheaper than you
have bought for
' years.

Fine Hats worth $2.50 only $1.50.
Large Sale of Straw Hats below the Price.
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ljunly Ilie-r1i.i:>r1 GRAl\‘(H<I V11-1rTo1r.

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We are the Original Grange S11 ply House, organized in I872
to supply the consumer direct with a I classes of Goods at Whole-
sale Prices, in quantities to suit the purchaser. We are not
purchasing agents or commission men who buy their goods after
the get an order. We buy from first hands in large quantities
an .carry in stock all the goods we handle. embracin Dry Goods,
clothing. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Fa1_1cy Goods, H08_IOI‘V. Gloves,
Underwear, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Sewing Machines,
Hardware, Tinware. Guns. Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, crockery,
Harness, Saddles, Trunks, Groceries. and In fact nearly Every-
thing that is required in the House or on the farm. '

Our Buyer’s Guide is issued in March and Septpmher of each
year and will be sent free to any address u on receipt of postage.

cents. It is a book of 219 pages. 8 %x 1% IIICIIBS. yo/1th over

3.300 illustrations of articles we handle. also prices and

descriptions of all the goods we sell. Invaluable as a book of
reference. Let us hear from you.

Respectfully,
MONTGOMERY WARD & 00.,

227 It 229 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.

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M. B.Icuu12.cH “ZBEDET'£§” co,

jSOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

 
     

Pmented June I3, 1882.

This invention supplies a. long-felt want tor a cheap portable bed, that can be 3 ut away
in a small space when not in use, and yet make a roomy, comiortable  d when wanted. Of
the many cots that are in the market there is not one, cheap or expensive, on which a_. com-
iortalule nigbt.’5 rest run he had. They are all narrow, short, without spring, and ‘in tact no
bed at all. While THE BEDETTE folds into as small space, and is 111- light as anything can be
1nad<- for durability. When set up it furnishes a bed long enough for th0 largest 1119-11: and 13 88
comfortable to lie upon us the most expensive bed. _ _

It is so cougtructed that the patent sides, regulated by the putellt adjustable tension
cords, Form the most perfect 1: pring: bed. The canvas covering is not locked to the framfi.
as on :11: cots, but is made adjustable, so €hat_1t can be taken oil‘ and put on 9-8fl111lf.‘" {WY 011°
in a few minutes, or easily tightened, should 1t_beccme loose, at nny time, from stre.ch1ng.

it is a perfect spring bed, soft and easy. without springs 01 niuttrrss. _ F_o: warm weather
it is ,, cOm,-,,,,,e had, “--;.).out the addition of en; thing-, lot (‘.L-ill weather it is only necessary
to add sufiicient clothing.

The “BEDETT_E” is a. Household Necessity,

And no family after once using would be without it. It is simple in ii <=0l13l51'l10l’-I011», 8-1131
not liable to get out of repair. ,It makes a pretty lounge, :1 perfect bed» and the P1109 13

within the reach of all.
P R I C‘ E :

36 inches wide by 6) feet long, 83.50. 30 inches wide by 6; feet long. $3.00. 27 inches wide
by 4} feet long (cover nor adgustable) $2.50.

For Sale by Furniture Dealers Everywhere-

Portable and Ag-ricuitlls

Lbs.  ral. Send for circular;

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