, ». .u| ai\‘‘'.) \“ “THE FARMER 18 01+‘ MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.” VOLUME 10,—NO. 16. WHOLE NO. 192. SCHOOLCRAFT. MICH., AUGUST 15, 1884. [Printed b Kalamazoo Publishing Co.] Public ers of the Daily and Weekly Telegraph. Combined monthly circubition of the three papers, 72,600. Entered at the Post Office at Kala- mazoo as second Class matter. @711: grunge if/’i5ifur (ENLARGED) Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT 50 CENTS PER ANNUM Eleven Copies for 85.00. J. T. COBB, Editor & Manager, To whom all communications should be ad- dressed, at Schoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter, Mnnn Order, or Draft. ..., 1154! paper is not amt only as ordered andpaidfor in advance. Oflicers National Grange. MASTEB—J. J. WO0DMAN,Paw Paw,Mich. 0VEBsE1ra—PUT. DARDEN, . . . .Mississippi. LncrUBEn—H.‘ENRY ESHBAUGH, Missouri. S':.'EwA3D—W. SIMS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Kziiisa.s. Assr. S1'awAnn—JOHN J. ROSA, Delaware. CHAP1’.A1N—H. O. DERVIES,.... .Maryland. TnrusUnax—F. McDOWELL,. . .New York. Sac'x—W. M. IRELAND, Washington, D. C. GATE-KEEPEB—JAS. DRAPER, ..... . .Mass. Clrmrs—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN,. .Michigan. PO1KoNA—MRS. PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi. F‘r.o3A—Mas. I. W. NICHOLSON,New Jersey Lsnr Assr. STEWAB.D—MBB. Wm. SIM S,Kan Executive committee- D. WYATT AIKEN, ..... ..South Carolina. H. D. BINUHAM ................... “Ohio. DB. J. M. BLANTON, .......... ..Virginiu. Gmcers Michigan state Granszc. M.--—C. G. LUCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gileairotp<£"I‘iii<'-I:.)é ............ 1 03 0 we an Bu1ings,........... 4 Bo Boohi.........,,_,,___,____,___,_ 15 Mint. .1. '1'. coins, Stu’! Eran. Bun GILIOI. SGHOGLOBAFT. HIGH. fiiiiniiuiii feiiiimeli. Nobility. True worth is in beiizg, not seemin_7,— In doing each day that goes by Some little good-—i.ot in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the fancies. of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as truth. We get back our mete as we measure-— We cannot do wrong and feel right, Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure, For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin and Wren, But always the path that is narrow And straight, for the cliiriroii of men . ’Tis not in the pages of story The heart of its ills to beguile, Though he who makes courtship to glory Gives all that he bath for her smile, For when from her heights he has won her, Alas! it is only to prove That nothing’s so sacred as honor, And nothing so loyal as love! We cannot make bargains for blisses, Nor catch them like fishes ‘ll! nets; And sometimes the thing: our life misses, Helpi more than the thing which it gets. For good licth not in pursuing, Nor gaining of great nor of small, Butjusi: in the doing, and doing As we would be done by, is all. —ALICE CARY. _...____._..___ Book-Farming. In most communities, to cull a man 5 “book-fari:uer” is to excite prejudice against him. allil to hold him up as a proper sul:’c-ct for lflilicllle on the part of those w in have to be called “self- made fzmncrs ” It is singular that in the most important calling pursued by _nic-ii the course of preparation which is considered 0.-l.€l1fl'"«l to SllCl3’:SS in all Olilels should be regarded as not only useless but positively injurious. To say that a lawyer does not read law books is equivalent to saying that he is 5:. poorlawyer, and that he has no success in his nrmession. A doctor who has not studied medical works, and who fails to keep up with the dis- coveries and improvements in medi- cal practice, is called :1. quack; and no one who. wishes to be thoroughly healed will employ him. A religion which has no booksis unheard of; and he who is ignorant of the books which treat of his religion is never re- garcled a model of the faith he pro- fesses. Why, then, should the standard by which we judge a farmer be so oppo- site to that by which we measure the qualificaton of persons who follow other pursuits? To say ofa preacher, or lawyer, or doctor that he is self made is, generally, to say that he is only half-made. Self-made men. are never more than half made; that is they have not been able to make half as much of themselves as they could have done if, in addition to the ener- gy, perseverance and love of knowl- edize which they have displayed, they had had the a:ivautages of general education and acquaintance with the books which treat of their respective callirigs. It is true that multitudes of Amer- ica’s best men have been self-made. Their book knowledge was lamenta- bly small. But they were not wise and successful liscau.-1-e of their igno- rance of books, but in spite of it. They did not af.’C')i’I1Zillsl1 that which gave them renown because they were ignorant and uulearned, but because they used to the best of their ability the little knowledge they could secure. We gladly admit that thousands of farmers who have not been educated in the school have kept their farms in good condition, and have made money by farming. VVe do not hesitate to say that thousands of good farms are now under the management of men who never read books concerning agriculture, and who seldom see an agricultiiral newspaper. But for that which they are and that which they have done who thinks of thanking their ignorance of books and papers 2’ If it is said that they are not ignorant of the art of agriculture, but that they have acquired their knowl- edge of it by experience and observa- tion, we cheerfully admit the ;claim. And yet, who will assert that by ex- perience and observation these men have learned all concerning farming which is worth knowing ‘? Every- thing which thcy have learned, which is worth knowing, concerning the principles of their calling, they could have learned more speedily from some book; and multitudes of other princi- ples and illustrations of them, are re- corded in books which deserve their reading. Thoughtful men, students of nature, men who have gathered up experiences and incidents, have re- corded in books the truths they have collected. These books deserve care- ful study by all who would attain to eminence in their profession; and, other things being equal, they are the most successful who read the most diligently. Surely the day has come in which profound ignorance of all publications except the almanac and the county newspaper should be regarded as a claim made upon him by his citizen- ship, our farmers owe it to themselves individually, and to their class, to study o‘il:gently those issues of the press which will help them in their occupation. Let them keep wide open their eyes and ears, and use all other senses besides, while they till their fields or feed their stock; but let them not despise that which the printed page brings them concerning what other farmers have learned and men of oti.er pursuits have discovered with reference to the science and art of agriculi;ure.—Farmer’s Friend. Lessons oi ihs Harvest. It is the object of every farmer to maize his occupation profitable, and wliother he succeeds or not depends up- on his vvntclifulness, indust1'_v, and gen- eral management ; more upon the latter, we believe, than constant drudgery. It is zl. i‘-act that one farmer will employ so much help that but little of the man- ual labor is done by himself, and make money, while another will toil early and late upon iiil equal number of acres, and scarcely come out even at the end of at year. The observing man is one that llli‘-.l{(£S the success. There are les- sons to be leariied in every department of husbandry, and he who learns most, labors least to produce a desired result. Importzuit lessons may be learned at time of harvest. There is scarcely a. field of five acres with soil equal in its fertility. Spots here and there are very productive, and spots again are found where the growth of grass or grain is exccediilgl y poor. These spots Cilll be easily picked out as the crops are being gathered, and at the same time should be marked by stakes so that they may be brought to a state of desired pro- (luctiveucss. Perlmps ii. section of the field is low and cold, and the soil was not in proper condition when planted, because it would not dry out as quickly as the l)2ll2illC(‘, of the field, and this should be ‘lll1Ll€l'(ll‘illlle(l, which will pi‘ob:«.bl_v be all the remedy 1'equi1‘e(l. Tile is best, but brusli with poles, or three poles with stone or plank covering will do if tile can not be easily obtained. The first ye2u"s crop in almost every in- stance will return the necess:iry_ ex- psnditure to uuderilrain a section of it field, 1i1'0Vi(ll11g the lead pipe is not of necessity very long for outlet. There are 11151))’ other spots upon the field too sandy;thesc need a dressing of clay loam, or perhaps there is a heavy clay bed that may be brought; up by use of long manure plowed under, and -.1 dressing of Siilld and well-decomposed uimiiirc on the surface. The remedy will read‘ly be suggested to the farm- er when he marks the sterile spots and makes 21.11 examination of the soil. ()lll' object at this time is to call attention to the fact that harvest is the time to make notes and stick stakes. To :4. ton acre iiebl with quarter acre patches here ami there that produce but half ii crop, not one farmer in a dozen gives the least attention. The gross proceeds is what he counts, and if not up to his expectation, an effort is made to im- prove the whole surface. Even if the sterile spots are noticedten days after the crop has been removed they cannot be uleifmitcly pointed out. We lizivo known fariners to mow zi llle1.i(l0\V yezir after year without zip- pzirziutly noticing that patches here and there, amoiintiug to acres in the aggre- gate, did not produce enough grass to lay :1 swath. S0 in corn fields: sections produce only it sickly growth of stalks, small i1ubbins,:ii1d do not pay the ex- pense of tillage. In WllE‘2l.i', ozus, rye, mid other graiiis. part of the fields will produce 3 heavy growth of straw, large, well filled iiezuls, while others, less than a half crop is gatliered; and yet no remedy is applied, no mezuis used to equalize the fertility of the soil. -inotliei' lesson for the hzirvcsiz is the selection of seeds for a. fu- ture crop. That grain which grows strongest inziturcs earliest and best should be saved for seed. A section of the grain field may be marked off, kept sepzirate at the barn. and the grain pre- served for reproducing. It is less work to do this tlizm-to put grain through the processes recommended by some of fauiiiiiig, wind-blowing, hand sorting, etc. Com for seed should be selected in the field and allowed to thoroughly ripen before cutting.—F/-om. Tr-ibu-no and Frxrmer. Another Wrinkle in Ensiiage. "What is the need of chopping up and packing away green corn fodder as soon as it is out-, and when it is at its soggiest and heaviest? writes a. Mr. Tl.l0)ll{tS Bennett to The Press. Far better to shock it up and let it dry part- ially before it is finally stowed away in the pit. A little salt shaken tlirougli the mass as it accumulates will make it unpleasant for bacteria and all the more savory and nutrituous for stock. Think this over before filling your silo next fall, there’s something in it. Next to Australia, we are now pro- ducing more clothing wool than any other country on the face of the earth. In 1876 our Wool product was 115,000,- 000 pounds, while the present year it will not be far from 350, 000,000 pounds The American dairyman_ says: “A hay seed in a cow’s eye wil turn it hindrance to successful farming. Be- white. It will come all right in a day side the incentive to’reading which Ior two if left alone, if doctored, we every American should feel for the I don’t know when it will get well.’’ Corn cuiilvailon. An agricultural writer says. “We are a strenuous advocate of shallow culture. Vile are well satisfied that com roots were made for two purposes ——the perpendicular ones to hold the stalks upright, and the horizontal ones for the growth of the ear more particularly. If you wish a tree to stand the wind and the storms it must be exposed to, you would not cut oil‘ its roots and loosen the ground about it to make its resistance to storms more sure. Just so with a hill of corn. Ifyou out many of its roots you have done that which will be very likely to make it fall to the ground before husk- ingz time, especially if you loosen the ground five to six inches deep. But the chief disaster in working corn deep is the cutting of the horizontal roots upon which we must rely for its protection. The more of these roots that are cut, the less number of bush- els we shall crib in the fail. These roots are frequently from four to seven feet in length, and what is to be noted particularly is the important fact that as a rule, they are not over three inches deep. In a very dry season they are deeper, but in a wet one they are often within an inch of the surface. The reader sees why we so strongly object to all corn working tools that stir the ground below these roots. Level and shallow culture is the best on all accounts. By way of showing this to be correct, we will relate a lit- tle bit of experience. We worked 9 acres of corn with the riding scraper only. After dragging it once we set the bladespretty flat, so that the dirt would run over behind, and not more than two inches deep. In less than an hour the weeds were dead. We cross- ed it after the next crop of weeds ap- peared, and that was all the working the field got. Yetil was much cleaner than any corn on similar land in the neighborhood. In the fall there were high winds which. prostratcd corn badly, bntthis field “stood the racket" with but comparatively few hills down, and it yielded the most com per acre. All this goes to show that hill- lug up corn is enti.-ely neediees and useless. Vile are fully satisfied from several years experience that this iv at-A-;d fairly follow::—d. will make “Gm live to fifteen bushels more com per acre. Ten acres of com WUAIXVX this way made 7 bushels more than corn cultivated the l1':;l.l:1l way. The land was of equal fertility. A Good Creed. About forty-two years ago_ the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was editor of the Indiana Farmer and Gardner, a monthly niagaizine published in Indianapolis. His first work was to establish a creed, which was as follows: “We believe in small farms and thor- ough cultivation. “We believe that soil loves to eat as well as its owner, and ought, thc1'el'01'e, to be manured. “We believe in large crops which leave the land better than they found it—-niziking both the farmer and the farm rich at once. “We believe in going to the bottom of things, and, tliereforc, in deep plow- ing, and enough of it; all the better if with a subsoil plow. “We believe tlizit every fzmn should own a good fziriner. “We believe that the best fe1'ti1ize1' of any soil is spirit of iiuliistry, enterprise and intelligence; without this, lime and gypsum, bones illlil _;'1'een mnniire, marl and guano will be of little use. “We believe in good fviiccs, good barns, good i':i1'm-lmusc, good stock, good oi'ch2u'(ls, and Cllll(l."(:ll enough to gather the fruit. “We believe in it clean kitchen, ii. neat wife in it, a “spiiiniiig piano,” a Clean cubbozird, 2!. clemi dairy and :1 clean coiislzieiir.-e. “We firmly disbelieve in farmers that will not impro ' in farms that grow poorer every your: in starveling czittlegln fai'inei's’ boys turning into clerks and inerclimits; in fziriners‘ d:iugl1tei‘s unwilling to work, mid in all farmers asliziincil of llicir vocation, or who drink \\'lllSl{£*_V' till honest peo- ple are i.i.Sll2ll1lP(l of tliciu.” “"63 would that every fzirniei‘ and ganleiier in our lziud would not only adopt, but keep this creed lll‘.'i0l{it6.— Farm and ]"i2-as-2'clc. Ensilagc. At :1 recent meeting ofthe Vermont d:iirymen’s association the subject of ensilage was discussed at :i great length. Mi‘. Simons, who gets ::00 pounds of butter flllllllillly from eacli of his ten cows, said he had been getting higher prices for his product since he began feeding ensil-age. He thinks, l1OWBV81‘, that if he had inv estedin fertilizers the money his silo and apparatus cost and spread it upon his best meadows, he would have increased his hay crop_to the full value of all the ensilage l'llS silo will hold. If the silo should be swal- lowed by an earthquake he would try the fertilizer a-while before building another. By a rising vote taken at the discussion it was found that 33 farin- ers present. have silos in use that are giving satisfaction, and two who have triled them are dissatisfied with the re- su ts. For fertilizing salt, address, Larkin and Patrick, Midland City, Michigan. I t is sometimes urged b fiiriners that they are obliged to \V0l" Sundays in order to secure their crops. It is true there may be occasions when the re- uirement actually does appear, and tie work then becomes a necessity. But these instances are rare, and if careful investigation be made it will show. often, that the situation might be miiterially changed if suitable use of time were made during week days, and in such a case the wrong of Sunday work is quite as great as when it is voluntarily undertaken with the sole object of hurrying tasks to execution. Laying aside moral coiisiderzitioiis, there seems to be iuitural requirenient for a day of rest for men and for the , :in1mals.tliey_ employ in labor. In the early Inigrzition to Califoriiia, which required ii liuiidred days or so to travel from the fi'ontie1' to the western coast, not much attention was given to Sun- ’dziy, and it was found that horses, coin- pclled to travel every day, soon gave out; but there were parties that lillil by on Siiiiduys and gave their zuiimals the day for rest-. In these cases they went through with considerable frcslmess, even when trziveling in week days was extended so that in the six days it niczisured as much as for other parties in seven days. The slime thing is seen in physical deterioration of men who pay no regard to Suiidziy as a day of rest. Natui'c requires cessation i'roin toil, not only through the hours of sleep, but through the seventh (lay, ap- pareiitly, and coiiformity to this re- quirenieut is actually 1ie<:essu1'_v to the preservation of powers that will surely be lost if l~‘«l1l)_l£’(:tE(l to constzmt strain. ,——Fro)/L I/zr I[u.s-brmdman, 12'/mira, 1V. Y0/'/C. As the fair season approaches it is well for f;i1‘inei's to bestow thought upon the pzirt they take in displays that will be more or less iiistriictivc in ac- cordance with the degree of 1ll‘e])itl‘:l- tioii. Tin-1‘earc many localities Wll(?l'e Gruiigcs may lead in the fairs and earn g1'e:it- Cl‘(:'illl by the lessons they will be able to offei‘ to f2i1'ine1's who have not true 1u1; ])lii(.‘:ll‘(l "'l}nttei'- 1ne2()ceIils,":ilong side of ilu.-ll’ “Gilt. Edge,” “C11-arm-1'_\'," kc. \\'omlei' ii l)2t(‘k:lg(*..\‘ over l.l£’CUlllB /lop:/essly iuixcnl! A Vernmut Ll:ill‘_\'lllii.llS1l_\'S :1 young calf should be fml ilirec tinws it dziy ()vcrfeetlln;:r at long liilciwails, and 03- pccizilly with cold local, kill.-5 :1 good mzuiy valuable (:2il\'(’b'. The cotton crop of Texas last year was worth more than the colt-on crop of the entire Uniteti States lll 18-13, Forty years ago the few settlers in Tex- as lived on game. i‘o-day the State contaiixs more than ten millions Uiltile, sheep horses, mules and swine. A correspondent of the Rural Press says be cleared his poultry houses of mites, with which it was overrun, by sprinkling‘ theiuisiiie with the water in which the potatoes for the house- hold dinuer has been boiled. ’l‘wn applications cleared them 8.1 Out- Accoriling Lu mu: new law New York milk dealers are not allowed to sell milk outside of the county where pro- duced unlcss the name of the county is placed in letters an inch long upon the can, or other vessel, and in :1 con- spicuous position an the milk wagmi used in delivery. The duirymen of the west must learn this one single, simple lesson at once, and that is, that nothing but the best CI‘f’lllll(‘l‘_V butter will be able to dislodge butterine, even were it sold on its iner- its:mdui1dei'its proper name by the retail groce1's.—Joseph Sampson. “A well-known (l:iiry1n:in” says, to be considered profitable, acow should give “2,H00 pounds of milk for the first one lillIlil1‘('.il days, 1,000 for the secoiid one lillllilfeil (lays following, and 700 pounds between the coiuplction of that time and drying off.” Total 4,500 pounds. In a paper read b_v Mr. J os. Sampson, before the l\'ortllweste1'n l)zii1'yn1ei1’s Associzition at Mzmkzito, I\lii1n., it was iirgctl that all who are inte1'csted in fimning and farm industries, wlietliei‘ directly ell§E2l,‘I(3(l in the dairy interest or not, should unite in demimtling that :i nationzil. law be enacted, covering food ;idul‘»_ci'ations, somcwlmt similar to the laws of Fruiice and liiigzland on the same subject. The Texas Wool-Grower says: VVool is low enough to suit the most ad- vanced free trader. It is doubtful also if free trade could do much more harm tn; wool-growing than the late agita- tion and the reduction of 1883 have done. When Texas wool sells from 10 to 20 cents on Texas railroads there is 1:0 room for politicians to say the people are taxed to support Wool-groW- ing. The fa.i'mer can not clear his field of tliistles by knocking off the topmost blossom--no, nor by cursing and revil- liig all weeds and tblstledom in the bittei-est terms. The soil must be made an imcomfortable resting place, an im- possible home for the weeds and tiiistles, if he would save his crops from their offensive and exhausting cornpmii0nshlp.——IIuyes Valley (Cal) Advertiser. An exchange says if farmers would feed their sheep is good allowance of rvuiphur, during the present hot weath- er while the flies are bad, by mixing it with their salt in about equal parts and giving them all they will eat. it will prevent grub in the head. No charge for this prescription. . The old settlers of Michigan can testify to the medicinal quality of sulphur for other things. Robert Beverly of Eastern Virginia, who has been feeding ensilage for three years, has come to the conclusion that there is no reason why dairymeu can not make it profitable in Eastern Vir- ginia. He says that his_cows fed on ensilage gave as much milk as they do in summer on grass of_equa1ly good quality, and the quantity of_ butter made IS in proportion to the milk. Ten acres of good fodder corn, fill his silo and amply feed ten cows. ' -. . . iiaio...:.:r..c.i.:..~...._...,,.-._.,.‘, ,:,,,_ ._ V 2 TEE GE-A175 E 715119113. 3.4 an ilT.\“l‘ 1.3, 188-1. @119 grunge ifiifiitar AUGUST 1-’) BCHOOLC-RAFT, Single copy, six months,._.._.___ 8111318 copy. one year.-————— Eleyen copies, one year To ten trial subscribers for three months we will send the VISI- TOR l'or---_..--____.._-___.—$1 For new subscribers, canvassers are authorized to retain one-third of the regular subscription price to com- pensate for their work. Sample copies free to any address. Address, J. T. COBB, Schoolcraft, Mich. T0 cus susscmssns. Remittances may be made to us in postage stamps, or by postal note, money order, or registered letter. If you receive copies of the paper beyond your time of subscription it is our loss, not yours. We aim to send every num- ber of the paper for the time paid for, then strike out the name if not renewed. Renewals made promptly are a matter of much convenience, and we respect- fully solicit sucli that no numbers be lost to you. Advise this Ol'llC8 at once of a change in your address, or if numbers fail to reach you. INDEX TO THIS N UMBER. Nobility—Book—Farming ——Lessons of the Harvest——Another Wrinkle in Eusilage—— Corn Cultivation-—A Good Creed—Ensilage ——Agricultural Items . . . . . . . . . . 1 .......... To Subscribers——Judicial Sharp Practice-—- Semi—Annual reports of the Masters of State Granges, toflthe Master of the National Gi-ange—Fairs and Picnics for 1884 —Our- cus of 1384 —Michigs.n’s Population by Counties and her Cities and Villages, as compared with 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Postal Jottings—Pomona Grange Meeting- Grauge Thought — Educational Influence of the Grange—-“In Summers when the Leaves Be Grene”—Litsrary notes From the Gen- tury Co.—Reunion of Soldiers and Sailors of Michigan at Battle Creek, August 19th to 22nd-Grand Harvest Festival—Nc-tices of Meetings ...... ... . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . .. 3 J otting From a Visit to South Haven, and the Fruit Region about it—Blackcap Rasp- berries—Cucuniber Growing——Ashes for Fruit Trses—How to Mulch—Horticultur- al Notes-—Some Ssasonable Dont’s—-A Grange on VVhsels—Pomona Grai1ge——Law- _ver3 not fit Law-Makers—-The Unlawful Fencing of Public Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. The Advancement of Schools—Destiny of the Univei-se—Has the American Farmer been Beneflted by the Grange ?—A Liberal Edu- caticn—Time Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Too Ready With Complaint-—The Divine Sculptor—Some Things More Concerning My Trip—Notes From Island Park—-Mid- Sunimer Notas—Our Counrty—Don,t Kiss My Baby—Raticnal Theraputics—Bath- mg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bfi Blue and Gray —Our Dnty—An Excursion Down the St. Lawrence —-Commencement. etc-Good Advice to Young Men——A Lie is Forever—D:unkeness no Excuse for Crime —Se]ections—Food For the Sick—American Business Rush —'1‘ho Night Toilet -The Reaper Death —The Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . Aivertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tiinliiis siiiiitmiil. J . T. COBB, mu Scnoorcaarr. WE are obliged to call the attention of secretaries of Subordinate Granges to the matter of sending in their quar- terly reports more promptly. The fol- lowing have sent in neither the reports for December nor for March: Nos. 83, 114, 115, 265, 276, 270, 28.3, 310, 321, .380, 606, 625, 634, 649. Those not having reported for March, but for all previ- ous quarters, are: 2, 7, 10, 36, 39. 57, 59, 61, 6:3, 73, S1, 130, E157, 168, 176, 200, 215, 220, 230, 239, 52-11, 251, 2.35, 278, 293, 298, 3233, 3:31, 332, 361, 376, 380, 396, 408, 461, 40-1, -130, .313, 530, (307, 635, 638, 648. ABE you securing new subscribers for the VISITOR? We desire to increase our ranks by hundreds. By the re- ports given in this number by Mas- ters of State Granges the need of more Grange papers among their members is very marked. Where Grange lit- erature is freely circulated the pro- gress of the Order is much more rapid, as is seen by the reports. J no. F. Phillips & C0,, of New York City, have favored us with a copy of their lately published “Newspaper Rate-book.” It is well gotten up and a creditable volume to be issued by this energetic advertising flrm, for whom we have none but commendatory words in our business dealings with them. WE are indebted to Chas. H. Clark, Secretary of Northwestern Industrial Association, for complimentary tickets to the fair to be held at Minneapolis, Sept 1 to 6th. This promises to be- come the “meeting place, of the year, for the great Northwest. BADGES for members of Subor- dinate Granges as authorized by the National Grange can be furnished to s Grange at 25 cents each. Badges for the oflicers with a fine device, at 50 cents each. JUDICIAL SHARP PRACTICE. The need of reform in Court practice, was well illustrated by Geo. M. Dewey of the Owasso Times in a paper read by him at the meeting of the State Press Association in June last at Bay City. The subject of the paper read bv .\lr. Dewey was, “The relation of publish- ers to legal printing,” and the matter to which we refer was used to illustrate or show the liability of publishers in that department of their work known as legal printing. Said Mr. Dewey : "l’ublishers often overlook the fact, that there is a large .1'eSp0‘llSll)lllt_V im- posed in the publication of legal adver- tisement.-'. 1 know of one instance which aptly _illustrates the extent of this responsibility as (lt".t(‘l‘lIll_IleLl by the courts. A mortgage sale nine ‘fo- long, the legal fees for printing were $44.10, was inserted in one of our local papers. The advertisement was printed for the full term of twelve weeks, thirteen insertions. Un 6X'd1_l1- ination it was found that inthc word‘it’ in one 1.ne of the advertisement the “i” liadeither dropped out or had been broken off. The attorney refused to pay for the advertisement, and it learn- ed Judge decided that the oinission was fatal, and the work was all done over again, the last time of course without pay. _ In another instance i_i publisher was threatened with a_crim1n_al prosecution for perjury by a distinguished attorney because during the publication ofa mortgage sale, a typograplncal error in spelling a single word was corrected after the first publication was made, the change being to spell _ the word “live” correctly, whereas rn the tirst issue it was spelled “love but the figures which tollowed were cof- rectly given, this error was made in stating the amount claimed to be due. The error was held to be fatal, and a re-advertisement ‘followed, though the criminal prosecution was not begun, owing to the refusal of the Prosecut- ing Attorney to entertain the case. _Of course an allidavit of the publication was made in which the corrected form of the advertisement was used, though in this case the person who made the afiidavit had no knowlege of either the original error or the correction that was made.” The point which Mr. Dewey under- took to enforce, that in view of the re- sponsibility, publishers should insist on full legal rates for work, seems to me of far less importance, and most certainly is to the general public, than this, that courts and attorneys are so willing to set aside common sense, and permit the slightest technicality to determine a question of fact. ' We are 10th to believe that sane, ed- ucated men, can be guilty of such ar- rant nonsense, and yet no term of court, but what discloses some non- sense in this divestion. And this state of things has destroyed the respect and confidence which all’ good citizens would be glad to entertaiii for the ju- dicial department of our State and na- tional governments. THE RURAL NEW YORKER. This Agricultural periodical long ago made something of a national reputa- tinn Tn i+ai.~...... IN" 1..i,. 1.2, ltn editor has told his readers why and how Mr. J. S. Woodard, a farmer of Lockport, N. Y., has been added to the editoral staff of the paper. Mr. Carman seems to look upon the new arrangement as a great accession to the liural, and from what we know of Mr. Woodward, we think he is correct. We congratulate not only Editor Carman and the readers of the Rural but the farmers of the country. Every move of this kind is in the right di- re ction. Here is a man successful as a farmer, who by his communications to the press has shown such ability that he is called from practical agriculture to instruct his fellow farmers in the broader field of editoral work. We are glad to see such men called to these, to them new, and important positions, and when the farmers of the country better understand their own interests, such men will be oftener called to official positions. We believe it pretty well understood that such a call has been made upon a prominent farmer of our State and we trust that the farmers will see to it, that by their individual action the necessary steps are taken by them to securely place in the executive oflice a practical farmer of undoubted ability and integrity. That a vast amount of service is necessary in a government extend- ing over such a vast area inhabited by so many millions of people, with sucha diversity of employment-.. no one questions, and those willing to serve we see are, for numbers, as the sands on the sea. shore. But what about these caucuses that make up the material of which conventions are formed? Do they express the popular will? If they do it is oftener more by chance than by straight forward busi- ness methods. With this month but one third gone we have already seen enough of cau- cus and convention work this year to believe the system in use is uusatis fac- tory and should be superseded by something better. We understand it is somewhere practiced to hold a can- cus the same as an election, open all day, so that every voter has oppor- Society. -OUR readers evince their interest in ‘Unity to 9313993 his preferences. Before our readers get this number of THE VISITOR the farmer’s candidate for Governor will be nominated, or by the management of politicians he will be defeated. This statement would imply that if defeated, the politicians were charge- able with the result, which will be true as a matter of fact, and we shall hold them guilty ofa determined, will ful, and malicious purpose to do a wrong thing. But while this is true, we shall know that it could have been prevented, if the farmers of the coun- try had so determined; and as we are disposed to be fair in this matter, we will bring the blame down where it belongs, and say the farmers who call themselves Republicans, are by direc- tion of duty in fault. These are the men who stayed at home and neglect- ed a duty they owed themselves, and their agricultural class, bith of the state and the nation. We make up this verdict against them now as we write on this 11th. of August, and whatever the result of the State Convention on the l3:b., it will still be true. \Ve know of counties. where proba- bly there is not a Republican farmer who does not desire the nomination and election of Mr. Luce because he is a worthy and capable repre- sentative of their class, where the farmer interests have been defeated; and yet these same farmers were in a majority and might have had it all their own way. Are not they as deserving of censure as the crafty politician? Is not the sin of omission often equal to that of commission, when the results are substantially the same? It is unfortunately true that the average farmer in political matters dou’t wake up and lock the door until after the horse is stolen. He is used to doing the voting after the thing is fixed by his more active neighbor, the politician. We admit these things strain our patience, for they bring reproach upon that great class who are the ‘bed rock of the prosperity of the country, and challenge the shrewdness and intelli- gence of those whose interests we have been striving to promote for all these years. Since the last issue of this paper the editorial rooms have been changed. Friends of the VISITOR may now find us in a pleasant sunny east front room of a new brick building. Schoolcraft Grange, No. 8 will oc- cupy afine hall in the rear. This is the third move the Vrsnron has made, each time to better quarters. The work of moving the contents of the office with the accumulation of eleven years of papers and sundries belonging to the State Grange of Michigan was no small matter. This must be our excuse for the meager amount of editorial matter 2"-V911 0111‘ readers in this issue. \Ve have in our office copies of the proceedings of several of the sessions of both the State and National Granges which we shall be glad to furnish to any person who sends us stamps to cover postage, each copy re- quiring about two cents. AUGUST is perhaps more heavily loaded with Political Conventions than any other month in the year. ln these Conventions the fate ofa large number of individuals is settled as to whether they are to serve their country in some official capacity, or re- main in the ranks, to complain of the ingratitude of friends, or whistle at the freak of fortune. The lucky ones who are counted in by the action of a convention, may, and many of them of course will, be count- ed out when at the polls the verdict of the popular will has been rewarded. NOVELTY is the spice of the Grange as of life. For a very palatable bit of this kind of seasoning we owe thanks to Reporter for the new idea which he introduces to our readers, under title of a “Grange on Wheels.” If any Michigan Granges try the plan we hope they will not fail to report. We think it might be 9. very‘ pleasurable way of obtaining profit. HAVEN’T you a friend who needs the Vrsrron? Send the name ifnoth- ing more. Fairs And Picnics For 1884. The Eleventh Annual Inter-State Picnic and exhibition under the ais- pices of the Patrons of Husbandry of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Vir- gina. New Jersey and Delaware, will be held at Wllliam’s Grove, Cumber- land County, Penn., to continue from August 25th to 30th. The annual fair of the Michigan State Agricultural Society for 1884 will be held at Kalamazoo September 15th to 19th inclusive. Sept. 22 to 26, at Grand Rapids, Western Michigan Agricultural Ind. Sept. 24 to 26, at Macon, Ingham the gehool question by keeping 115 We think this would relieve this cau- county—Ag’l Society. with articles on the topic. The two cus business of much of the odium Oct. 7 to 10, at Greenville---N orth- in this number are egpeciafly appljcg. of unfairness which is now attached ern Michigan Ag‘l Society. ble to this season of the year. to it. We have been hoping that some NOTICE the first page article on move would be more satisfactory, and Book-Farming. attention. subject. Next! Oct. 7 to 10, at Ovid—Ovld Union Agricultural Society. Northwestern Industrial Associa- It will repay your we think it high time to agitate the tion—Fair and Exposition at Minne- 1, apolis, Sept 1. to 6, 1884. Semi-Annual Reporis of Masters of State Granges, to the Master olthe Na- tional Grange. EUUTH CAROLINA. Iconstrue the rule of the National Grsngetobe that the Master of each subordinate Grange shall report quar- terlv to the Master of his State Grange, on a prescribed form and blank; then the Master of the State Grange shall report to the Master of the National Grange semi-annually based on said quarterly reports. By this rule no re- port would be made from this state for want, with these exceptions. of re- ports from subordinate Masters. From information otherwise obtained. I report some new Grauges organized, and some “dormant” ones reorganized. Some counties are doing well, using the ma- chinery of the order in various ways. Four counties save largely in purchase of fertilizers, etc. We had a pleasant and. I think, profitable meeting of the State Grange last February, and Will hold our three days’ “summer meeting”. the last of July. Each year and month convinces me more and more that National lecturers. entirely independent of the State Grange and nonresidenta of the state, is the great want of the Order. If this can be done we can bring back Florida. Con- necticut and other states now dropped from the National Grange. and save South Carolina and other weak States from soon b~-ing dropped. If the strong States value the National organization of the Order they must liberally afford this aid or it will soon cease. Jss N. LIPSCOMB, Master State Grunge So. Carolina. Columbus, J une 7, 1884. OHIO. Three hundred and sixty blanks for reports were sent out to Masters of Sub- ordinate Grsnges in Ohio. Of this num- ber 19S have been fitted up and returned, 125 Granges are reported prosperous, 73 not prosperous. Of those reported “prosperous” I notice in every instance that nearly or quite on 3-half of the members are sisters, and that they take a lively interest in Grange work. Of those reported “not prosperous” I notice in most cases that the percentage of female members is small. and that they take little interest. Those Granges holding weekly meetings seem to be most prosperous. I regret to say that the reports show that many of our members are not taking Grange papers, which ac- counts for the lack of interest. If we can induce every family in the Grange to take one or more of the excellent pa- pers published in the interest of the or- der. we may rest assured that we shall gain in strength and numbers. but if We fail in this particular we shall certainly suffer still greater losses. A large ma- jority of our Grsnges have some literary exercises, and most of them co-operate to some extent in buying, very few in selling. Of the number reported pros- perous 69 own halls and 56 do not. Of those reported not prosperous 37 own halls, 36 do not-. Fifty-two of the pros- perous Granges report gains, 38 report losses, mostly by death, removal. or de- mit; 35 report that they had held their own in membership. Of those reported not prosperous, 7 report gains. 37 losses. and 27 report that they have neither gained nor lost. Nearly all report dues promptly paid. Some excellent suggestions are made which shows that we have intelligent, thinking men presiding over many of our Granges. We need more workers in the field, and I believe that if State and National Granges would hold bienmal sessions and expend the money saved in keeping intelligent, forcible speakers in the field, more progress would be made by our Order. Little or no legislation is required from either State or National Grange; and while we have very pleas- ant sociable unions, I am sure that we can make a better use of our money. The sessions of our State Grange in the pasttwo years have been unusually pleas- ant with a large and enthusiastic attendance. Yet We have not in- creased our membership in the state or in the vicinity where the meetings have been held, but wherever avlgorous effort to build up the Grange by hold- ing public meetings with competent lec- turers has been made we have made rapid progress. We must “go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in” and listen to the strong arguments which can be presented to show the absolute necessity for organiz- ation among farmcrs. We have men who our present these arguments with convincing power, but they cannot de- vote their time to the work without pay. And the money for time and expenses must come principally from the treasu- ries of the National and State Granges. Let our banner be carried into every agricultural community; send our Grange papers into every farmer's home, and we may soon hope to see such a re- vival that there will be no lack of funds for the lecture work or annual sessions when there is necessity for the same. Yours frsterally, J. H. BRIGHAM. Delta, J uns 15th, 1884. MISSOURI. Blanks were sent to all working Granges; 91 per cent reported as fol- lows: 1. Prosperous, 42 percent; moderate- ly 38 per cent; non-prosperous 20 per cent. 2. If not prosperous, why not? Caus- es assigned, Indifference of members in Grange work and attendance, 62 per cent; outside influence, 28 per cent. 3. How often does your Grange meet? 48 per cent monthly; 52 per cent semi- monthly. 4. Do you own a hall, if not where do you meet? 34 per cent own and meet i n hall; 49 per cent meet in school house; 13 per cent in churohes;5 per cent meet in private houses. 6. How many members have you in good standing? 39% is the average in each Grange. 7. Is your attendance good? 49 per cent good attendance: 31 per cent mod- erately so; 20 per cent not good. 8. How many of your members are Sisters ? 38 per cent are females. 9. Do the Sisters attend, and take an interest in Grange work? 83 per cent do; 17 per cant do not. 10. Have you gained or lost within the past two quarters? 39 per cent report gains. 49 per cent report have neither gained nor lost. 12 per cent report losses. 11 and 12. Do you buy sndsell through he Grange? If so, in what way ? 26 per cant do not. 31 per sent through oo- «sperntive stores. Grange agencies. 13 How many of your number sub- scribe to s Grange paper? 61 per cent. 14 Have you a library? ‘.235 per cent have. 77 per cent have not. 15; Does your Grange have a program of work, discussing questions. reading essays. reciting extracts, &c.? 08 per cent do. 10 per cent occasionally. 22 per cent do not. 16 Does your Grange take an interest in the education of the community? 73 per cent do. 27 per cent do not. 17. Are your reports promptly made. and your dues regularly paid? 72 per cent do. 21 per cent do not. 7 per cent say nothing. 43 per cent through H. Esuustoii, Master State Grange of Missouri. Herron, June 30, 1884. LOUISIANA. I regret having to report our Order in Louisiana as not doing as well as I could wish. This is attributable to the destructive floods that have befalleu our State. causing our people to abandon their homes and suffer great pecuniary losses. A large proportion of the sugar crop is a total loss. And to help on the trouble, our people have just passed through one of the most exciting polit- ical contests that has taken place for many years. The political interest seemed to absorb all other interests for the time. And now we are verging upon the great National contest that Will doubtless keep up the strife for the re- mainder of the year. It would seem that people will look to their personal interest in prefer- ence to all others, but you know human nature is defective . In the overfiowcd districts of the State, many of our sub-Grsnges have ceased to meet. In the hill or upland portions the Order is holding its own. We may be able to close the year with about the same number of sub-Granges as last year, but I fear there will be lit- tle or no increase. DANIEL MORGAN. Master. Magnolia. La., June 1, 1884. IOWA . I enclose figures, showing the present condition of our Subordinate Grsnges. I regret exceedingly that truth compels me to make so meagre a report. 1 sup- pose if we are holding our own, it all we can say. No new Granges have been or- ganized. Two have been reorganized that have been dormant for several years. The Grange spirit lives in Iowa yet, and is manifested in various ways. but as an organization we are at u very low ebb. 1 scarcely hope for u better state of things at present. as we are on the eve of an exciting political battle-, and most farmers would. as a rule. rather listen to the lying promises of party politicians than to their real friends. Why don't farmers do their own thinking and their own voting and learn the truth that they must learn, that it is only by combina- tion, orgsnization, working together and voting together that they can hope to obtain the position and influence that their numbers and wealth entitle them. J. E. BLACKFORD, Master. Algona, Iowa, May 30, 1884. ILLINOIS. From the reports before me I should say there is not much change. Our members in some portions of the State are very enthusiastic, in others they seem to be waiting for some one to punch them up all the time From what I can see. those Granges that make pro- gress from within themselves are by far the most efficient. Surely our aims and objects are tolerably well known just now. What is needed, I think, is to get some of our papers into the hands of the farmers and then it will be the steady, steady drop that will count. E. I. EILLER, Master. White Hall, July 155b, 1884. MASSACHUSETTS. In submitting my semi annual report of the condition of the order in Massa- chusetts, it is gratifying to be able to report the same in a most prosperous condition. The meetings in a very large propor- tion of the Granges have been fully at- tended. the exercises of more than usu- at interest, and the progress made in our educational work is marked on every hand. The plan of laying out six months‘ work in advance by the literary and edu- cstional committees and having printed programs of the exercises for each meet- ing, is growing in favor and enhances the interest and attendance. In dis- cipline and ritualist work our Grmizes are making a most decided improve- ment, and experience shows conclusively that the better the discipline and the stricter conformity to organic law and ritualistic work. the more successful and influential is the Grange itself. The action of the State Grange at its last session, in securing the co-operation of the New England Homestead (the leading agricultural journal in New England) as a medium for disseminating Grange intelligence throughout this jurisdiction. has proved to be a most valuable aid to our work. With a regu- lar correspondent in each of the Granges we are kept promptly advised of such proceedings as are of special interest and importance, and many new and bril- liant features are brought out which other Granges can profit by, when 00- casion offers. In the aggressive work 'of the Order against any unjust system, or combinations that are averse to the farmers true interests, we have now a most valuable ally in this wide-awake. progressive journal. Our numerical strength shows an increase of 499 mem- bers since my last report. We have or- ganized six new Granges. and formed one county or district organization. Over three-fourths of our Granges show increased membership, about one-eighth hold their own, and the others are maintaining their organization, but are not making the effort they should to make their Grange a power for good in their several localities. In concluding this brief report, I can confidently state, that while my former repoi ts to the National Grange have in every instance been very encouraging, at no time has the order been more in- teresting and profitable. the feeling be- tween ofliuers and members more har- monious. and a greater determination on the part of all to extend the influence and usefulness of the Order over a greater sphere than at the time of pre- senting this midsummer report on the condition of the Order in Massachusetts. Janus DBAPEB, Master. Worcester, July 14, 1884. The publication of the above has been delayed in hope that others would be received. - J. J. WOODMAN, Master N. G. P. of H. \ Census of 1884—Michigan's Population by Counties. and Her Cities and Vil- lages. as Compared with 1880. DEPARIXIENT or STATE. 4 OFFICE OF THE SECRE'.l'.\R‘x', - Lansing, Aug. 8. 1884. ‘ Qln the following table is presented. by counties. the total population of Michi- gan in each of the year: 1884 and 1880. and the increase and decrease in 1884 compared with 1880. The table is com- plete except for the counties of Isle Royal and Ontonagon. and the township of Burt in Schoolcraft county, from which the census returis for 1854 have not been received. The totals for 1884 are the results of the first count of the popula- tion as shown by the schedules returned to this ofiice by census enumerators, and are still subject to corrections The population June 1, 1884, of all of the counties named in tl.e table was 1.850.925. The population in 1980 of Isle Royal and Outonagon was 2,620. If there has been neither incr ease nor de- crease in these Counties the population of the state June 1. 1881. exclusive of Burt. in Scho':lci'uft county, was 1.853,- 545. an increase of 216,008 compared with 1881) The township of Burt was not or- gauiz-.-d until 1882. Haniir A. CONANT. Secretary of State. Iln-‘ Branch Calhoun ()ass.... Oharlevoix .. (‘hcboygan . . Ohippewu.... Clare Clinton . . . . Crawford Delta .. Eaton .. lirnmct. (ienescc . . . . ..= Gladwin. Gr. Traverse. Gratiot ._.. . . Bill-idalo 2 '1 ‘i lnghnm .. . lvnia . . . . . . .. Jackson . . . . .. Kewecnuw... Kalamazoo .. Kalkaskn '2-nt . . . . . . . .. Lake . . . . . . .. Lapecr . . . . . . ., Lcelanaw Lennwee Livingston... Mackinac .... Muoomh . . . . . Manintcc..... Manitou Marquette Mason . . . . . . .. uecostn . . . . .. Menominee .. Mid and lilissaukee . . . Monroe . . . . .. llluntczilrn . . . M.'ntmor».~ric.\' Muskcgon . .. Newaygm. . . . Oakland . . . .. Oceans. . . .. Oxemaw . O.-ceola .. Oscodu. . . . . Otst-go . . . . . .. Ottawa . . . . . . Prerquc Isle lloscummori . Sa2'ina.w.... . Sanilnc.... .. fichuolc raft. Shiawusi-.6-.ec . St. Clair.. St. Joseph . . . Tusc-,la .... . . Vim Euren. . . Washtcnaw. . Wayne . . . . . . . Wexford. . . .. 10,598 Totals . . . . .. l.850,9‘2:'i 1 634.2117 225.218 ‘As published in compendium of the Tenth U. S. Census, but 1,230 greater than the footing of township and city totals. isoids .... .. CITIES AND VJ LL AGES 84 1880 Al ena ........................ .. 9,264 6,153 Al ogun 2,039 2.335 Adrian 9,401 3,819 Albion . . 3.17:! 2.896 Ann Arbor . . 7,9 8 8.161 Bay City .. . . . . 29,577 20,693 Big Rapids .................... .. 5,141. 3.552 Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2,071 1,894 Brighton .... ....... .. 1,788 803 Battle Creek 10,l=5‘l 7,063 Chelsea .. 1,282 1.160 Uorunna . 1,456 1,511 Uassopolis . 1.061 912 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . 3,731 2,910 (Jentervillc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 410 70.) (lhesaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.0Il5 815 Cadillac 2.213 Goldwater . 4,681 Ohurlevoix 6(1) Detroit . . 116.340 Dowagiac .. :. 2,11!) Dundee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,17! 932 Eaton Banids ................. .. 2,131 1,785 Elk iiapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 743 East Saginaw . .. 29.141 19.016 Flint 9.190 8.410 2.22.’: 2.152 1,219 902 .. 1.002 974 Grand Rapids ................ .. 42,019 32,016 Grand Haven ................ .. 5,902 4.861 Grand Ledge . . 1.390 1.397 Hastings . . 2.632 2.586 Hudson .. 2,254 2.254 ‘ 924 ‘ 1,443 3,441 1,783 2,071 4,190 (SIX) 971 16,105 . . 902 Kalamazoo .................... . . 14.068 11,973 Kawkawlin ................... . . 1,484 . . . . Lspeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,891 2,911 Ludington 5,428 4,190 Lansing 9,704 8,319 owell. 2,373 1.538 1 eslie . 1,160 1.113 Marshall 4.i 9 ) 3,795 Manistee ............... . . 10.290 6.830 Mt. Clemens ................... . . 3 845 8,057 Manchester . . 1,280 1,166 Muskegon .. 17,795 11,262 Monroe .... .. 5,329 4,928 Mt. Pleasant 1,115 291 Mary uettc. . . 5,710 4,687 Mance lona .... . . 429 1.950 1.8119 871 4.197 8,931 932 1 479 2.501 1,(I)0 4,5C9 1.482 Plainwell 1.356 Fort Gratiot 1,975 1,902 Port Huron . 10,396 8,883 Petoskey . . . . . 2.1% 1.815 Quincy ......... .. .. 1.250 1.220 Reed City ........ ......... .. 2.047 1 (B1 Borneo ....... . .. . ............. . . 1.717 1,625 Saginaw .. . 13,987 10,525 it. Joseph . 2.640 2,663 Band Beac 2.211) 1.515 St. Clair..... 2434 1.923 81:. Johns . 2,550 2,870 St Ignace . ......... .. 2,295 966 n Louis .... .. 2,875 1.775 South Haven.. 1,508 1,442 Spring Lake 1,932 1,372 Stanton . 1.721 1,760 Sturgis ._. .. 2.113 2.000 Tawas Olty 1,-LIX) 712 Tecumseh .. . 2.825 2.111 Three Bivers.... ....... .. 2.7(XJ 2,525 Traverse City ................ .. 8.414 1,807 Union City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 1.280 assar 1,666 670 West Bud Oit 9.580 6,397 n hi_teh _l .. 2 203 1,7 n-AI‘ 4_ trons present. shall have a good time socially and AUGUST 15, 1884. POSTAL JOTTINGS. “If you would make life's journey safe and, sure, ' Be patient to endure; Let all your thoughts be pure. Your aspirations high, each purpose strong To strive and win the victory over wrong.” T128 political machine in this ( Van Buren ) County, has ground out a full grist of Burrows delegates to the congressional convention. All man- ner of trickery was resorted to, to se- cure that result. Mir. Burrows through his tools has again forced himself up- on us, as acandidate for congress. All the clamor about a farmer representa- tive from this (4th) district, has amounted to nothing. Farmers either neglected to attend the primary meet- ing, or were wheedled into support- ing this chronic politician. Now, in as much as farmers of this district have suffered the golden opportunity of securing the nomination of a man worthy to represent them and their in- terests in the council of the nation,they had better keep mum . Their clamor has been bosh. and we should hear no more about farmer’s representation. They had better dry up. and shut up politically, and bear patiently the con- tinued grinding of their noses upon the political grindstone. There is a remnant who will not “sell their birthright for pottage,-' ’ or be ruled by cliques and chicanary, and they pro- pose to kick, and the indications are that that the kicking will be vigorous and telling, and the ides of November will witness a fall, and what a fall that will be, my countrymen ! D. W. Paw Paw. - ' The Republican caucus at White Pigeon was packed for Keightley. True, they went through the form of selecting delegates, but the list was all made out beforehand, all of them living within the corporation limits. Country farmers were entirely left out. I do not see the use of a caucus at all, but then, I am not used to the wires. In the presidential contest I cannot see that we have much to hope for. Both candidates are in sympathy with the great monopolies. Of the two, my choite would be Blaine as the abler statesman, but I am in doubt what to do. It is disgusting to see the quantity of mud-slinging at oppos- ing candidates. Neither party dare go into the canvass on principle alone, or the merits of its own candidate. B1aine’s position is a diflicult one. To succeed he must have the support of both the temperance and the liquor interest. The first being the more easily satisfied, Mr. Blaine is an- nounced by his partisans ss being of very abstemious habits only. To get the German vote something more was necessary; and so it is published far and wide that at the Yorktown cele- bration he waved his lager beer glass, after drinking the beer, of course. Will it be possible ever to elect to the presidency of this great nation, one who “dares to do right and dares to be true?” I-I. COLLINS. Some of our prominent papers are opposed to publishing the private record of candidates for oflice. When a man becomes a candidate we believe his private as well as his public record should be carefully examined by every voter. If he has a. dishonest private record, he will surely be a dishonest publicservant. If a man is a moral leper, or deceitful political trickster, he will disgrace any ofiice or any party that may elect him, and should be de- feated. Some of the districts in this State elected gambling representatives to the last legislature who converted the committee rooms of our beautiful capital into poker dens, to the great de- triment of the public business, and the utter disgrace of their constituents, Let such men be promptly and per- manently retired, and let us carefully examine the moral conduct of every aspirant to ofiice and see to it that none but good, moral men are elected, which is the only sure method of pu- rifying the political atmosphere. REFORMER. Allegan Central Grange decided at its session Aug. 6th, to hold a Harvest festival on the fair grounds in Alle- gan Aug. 27th, and extends an in- vitation to the Patrons of the county and elsewhere to come and join with us in having a good time. We expect to have good speaking and good mu- sic, and hope to see many good Pa- It is intended that we intellectually. Everyone who reads this item is to consider himself invited, and come prepared with a basket din- ner. The busy builders are doing a good work in rebuilding the town, and if they continue as they are now do- ing, much credit can be given to the enterprising citizens of Allegan. MRS. N. A. DIBBLE, Sec. Allegan Central Grange, N o. 53. “I wish some one,” said a lady too timid to do it herself, “would tell the readers of our paper what a good thing hot lemonade is for a cough. My Son was so troubled with a cold that nothing relieved him, until one nizht. asalast resort, and with no confidence in its effect, I gave him hot lemonade when he retired. It freed him entirely from coughing that night, and each following evening when he drank it upon going to bed.” lThis is but one of the frequent in- stances when lemonade taken hot. at night, has been most effectual. Lem- ons in any way are being more and more recognized by “home doctors,” and oftener prescribed by profession- alists. They cleanse the system and are a safe indulgence in time of all or- dinary ailments, which is more than can be said of all our patent medi- cines. G. Moline Grange, sis‘, is in a good working condition, meets regularly every two weeks at our own hall in Molinc village on the Grand Rapids «V Indiana R. R. Although not very large in numbers, still we feel that af- ter being sifted these many years, only the true wheat remains. We have very interesting meetings under the leadership of our \Vortliy Master, L. C. Gilbert, and all seem to feel that true sympathy for each other that all Pat- rons should. The G1urreipuudeni:2- A Grange on Wheels. I wonder if any of you Michigan Grangers ever get the least bit tired of the regular routine business, and sigh for something new that shall be more pleasant and equally profitable. If there are such let them follow out this receipt, and report through Tm.-: Vis- rrou. Meet as early in the day as con- venient. Select a route that will pass as many of the farms of your mem- bers as possible. Get into your wagons and drive from farm to farm along the road. Call at each for such time as you think profitable, shake hands with their owners and look over their crops, btildings, orchards, and everything pertaining to the farm. Enquire as to the methods of cultivation, etc. Then drive to the next farm on your list, and repeat the process. Of course you have your lunch baskets with you, (Grangers always carry them.) When it is noon borrow the shade of the Brother's trees, and some cold water from the well, feed and water your horses, and take dinner. Some good songs sung, and a few short speeches after dinner, will only make the nooning more enjoyable. When thoroughly rested drive to anoth- er farm, and so on till it is time to dis- perse. Let the Secretary take notes of what you see and learn, and from them prepare a paper for tlienext meet- ing. This plan is new to us, at least but there is no patent on it, and you need not fear any attempt to collect royalty if you should try it. Be par- ticularly careful to drive fast enough, and make noise enough, so that you will not be mistaken for it funeral pro- cession. The lust meeting of Algona Grange was of this clluructcr, and mem- bers and visitors unanimously voted it a success, and determined to have another of such after the hurry of bar- vest work is over. In the Grange, we spoke of it as “A Grange on Wheels," to outsiders we called it “Grzmge Excursion and 1’lc-nic.” It is 2|. fact that farmers and their families are more isolated than any other class, and any means taken to get them more often together is praisewortliy. It is surprising how lit- tle we know of our neighbors and es- pecially is this true of the Sisters. Your reporter was amazed that in the company that made up the party, and who were nearly all acquaintances, and friends of long standing, to continu- ally here such expressions as these, “l was never here before.” “It has been years since I was here," "I was never on this street,” “This is all new to me,” “Whose farm is this," etc. For most of us it was a ride of from six to ten miles, for some, fifteen to twenty, but everybody thought we had a jolly good time, and so thought your tsroitrisii. Algona, Iowa. Pomona Grange. The June meeting of Lapeer County Pomona Grange, was held with La- peer Grange, No. 246, where not as goodly a number of Patrons met to cheer and encourage each other in this good work, as there would have been had there been a notice of meeting in THE VISITOR. There were but three Granges of the county represented; but these mani- fested their firm faith in the principles of the order by taking part in all the exercises of the day. There being no programme the first order of business was dinner. The Grange was then called to order by the Worthy Mas- ter. The roll of officers being called, all present took their places promptly, and vacancies being filled, we proceed- ed to work at once. Reports from Sub- ordinate Granges were all very short, and about the same in substance; i. e., no increase in numbers, but strong in faith, and hopeful for better times. W'e then listened to an essay, “How I became a Granger,” by Sister Odell. It was excellent, and heartily applaud- ed. Remarks followed by Bro. Reed, good points given, and well received. Then Bro. Bartlett in his stirring manner, urged the Patrons to attend the Pomona more regularly, as it may be conducive of good to the Order, and those attending. Lively talks came next on butter making, marketing, flowers, and house plants, the Sisters taking the lead, which accounts for all the spirit of the debate. Our talk on the tariff question was mostly on one side—that of protection. All manifest- ed considerable interest in the subject. After a short session in the fifth degree theWorthyOverseer declared the labors of the day complete. We separated to meet next with the North Branch Grange. No. 607. the first Tuesday in October. We were very pleasantly entertained for the night by Bro. and Sister How- land at their beautiful home some two and a half miles from the Hali. HARRISON BRADSHAW. In every neighborhood where there is an active Grange, there can be a good school, well maintained, and with much greater usefulness than ordinary district schools. The advantage in suchacase is in concerted action on the part of Patrons to improve and in- crease facilities for educating their children. There is no interest of great- er moment, none which should receive more ready attention from Gran es. The Order is in itself educational, ut its advantages are never fully realized when confined exclusively to members. From the Grange there should radiate beneficial influence extending through- out the neighborhood, particulzi.rl_v_ in this matter of schools. This subject should be taken into thoughtful con- sideration now before autumn schools are organized. Let progress be made. Let there be general desire to make the school better than it was last year, to employ more efiicient teachers, and in every reasonable way to improve its general character. The results will compensate all effort expended in this direction, and if there be continued de- sire to make improvement by and by each Grange neighborhood may be dis- tinguished from others by the general excellence of its schools.—l{usband- 77l(lfl. The meanest part of partisan politics is the tendency to animzulvert upon cliaractcr or to seize upon incidents and pervert them in the showing; slanders that fly in a political campaign until the very air is darkened. There is an injunction upon Granges to keep clear of politics, that is to say, partisuii politics. Of course nobody will contend that a person who becomes a member of a Grunge relinquishes any privilege of citizensliip. Men with decent re- gard for propriety have no pleasure in the personal slauders that cliaractcrizc political campaigns. It is the bane of our politic-s——partis:m politics be it ui1derstoo(l—tlia.t the personal charact- el‘ of a candidate becomes, iniinediutoiy upon his nomination, an object of assault. llowever pure a iuan may be in his life somebody will originate an offensive story that will uttacli to him. Orators on the opposite side will repeat it with embellishments until the can- didate seems as black as Satori. liy all means the Granges should keep clear of this miserable work and they should also discoiitenaucc it by every possible means.—]1u.sban(lman. Lawyers not fit Law-Makers. There are three reasons‘ why lzuvyc11~' should not be law-makers: lst. It is not their interest that the laws or the people should be gmul. If the laws and the people are goml, what use would there be for lawyers? it is said to be :1 poor fool who would not work for his own interest. The ll1l(‘l'- est of the lawyers and the 1)et)plc11l‘e exactly diff»-rent. We should not ex- pect them to nmkc good laws for us, when it lS coiitrury to their lilt8l'(‘SlS. The miserable conipilation of bad laws that we have, shows that they have not imule us good laws. 2. They are 1".) the niurlcct, to be boughtor hired, to espouse causes good or bad, shield and defend to the extent of their ability, by lmving bribed wit- nesses, pzu-kiiig juries, and tryiiigr to de- stroy tlielestimouy of a good witness, by stopping him from telling the whole truth, by caviling over it, and trying to bother him. All this is done to screen the guilty from justice, to turiiloosc upon good society, murder- ers, midnight inceiuli:irie.-‘, liigliway robbers, thieves, gaunblcrs, and every other‘ vile wrctcli who is a curse to the world. If any other person espouses the cause, and aids such cl1:iructc1's, lie is considered no better that they. Why make lawyers an cxception? A thous- and voices answer: It is lawful for them but criminal in zuiybody else. Who made that l:L‘.v‘.* Such men are utterly unfit to llllll{elzL\V.‘:‘. A premedi- ated crime makes the crimiii:il doubly guilty. We liuvcsentalu1'ge inujority of lawyers to make laws for us. What it mistake! They [il‘::lllB(ll2l.t€(l tliese abominable laws. They had the cffronL- cry to pass them. They Imule easy places for themselves, but acursc to the balance of mankiml. Why the Cin- cinnati riot? Why do criminals go 1111- punislJcd‘.’ Why the horrors of lynch law throughout the laiul? Are not the lawyers and the bad laws they have made, the cause of all this trouble? If either, it proves them un- worthy to be trusted to make laws for 115. Any set of men, who do their best for criminals, are doing and may be expected to do, their worst for good people. 3. Alziwyer who is anxious to be liired to shield criminals at home, and turn them loose to steal and murder, is not the man to be trusted in our legislative halls. where inillionaircs gather, with their hundreds of thous- ands of dollars, to hire legislators, to enact laws to enable them to extort money from the laboring classes to make the rich richer. and the poor poorer, to cause the futherless to cry for bread, and the widowed mothers’ hearts to break, because those bribing monopolies have raised the price of bread above her reach. Have not the star route cases, the Huntington case, the bold declaration of Kellogg in the United States congress; together with many other facts, provcn beyond a doubt that senators and congressmen are bought like goatsin In-arket? Nay; Is it not well nigh a national by-word that all our law makers, state or na- tioi1al,are bought and sold like sheep in the market‘.’ Is it not time to try somebody else, besides lawyers? ls it not time to put the stamp of life dis- grace on, or send to the penitentiary every man guilty, directly or indirect- ly, of taking bribes? Surely wccannot be worsted, and our sincerest belief is tluit we will be vastly bencfitted by selecting good men to make laws for us. The past bad ones have been mis- erable failures. They wrangled and quarrcled until they bursted among themselves and brought on civil war, with all its untold horrors. There is so little justice in our courts, that the lzmd is filled with the horror of lynch law. The management of will cases is but little if any better. A large por- tion of the hard earnings of the dc- ceased husband and father is gobbled up by courts and lawyers. It was bad enough to wrong him while living; and it is too bad to take what he has left for his wife and children. G. W. BUTLER. Panels. 00., Tex., July 8. A New York paper quotes Mr. Vam- derbilt as saying: “Ibelieve I am the richest man in the world. In England the Duke of Westminster is said to be worth more than $200,000,000, but it is mostly in lands and houses. It did not yield him 2 per cent. A year from now I shall be Worth more than $200,000,000, and will have an income equal to 0 per cent on that amount.” According to the same journal l\:[r. Vanderbilt owns 930,840 shares of railway stock, valued at $88,750,000, his railway bonds amount to $36,857,420, he holds $70,580,000 In other securities—the aggregate wealth of this Midas bein $201,332,415. And the snowball rol s.——Albamy (N. Y.) Press. ‘ W" AUGUST 15, 1884. The Unlawful Fencing of Public Lands, llepreseiitative Puyson. of Illinois, and it member of the house committee on public lands, has reported from the committee a bill to prevent unlawful entry of public lands. In the report accompanying the bill he says that stock companies have unlawfully eu- closed immense tracts of these public lands from which they exclude alike the stock of the small cattle owner and the settler who would enter a homestead under the laws of the United States. Many of these en- closures have been made by aliens who maintain them by force against the citizens of the United States. The ag- gregate of land thus unlawfully con- trolled by these foreigners amounts to several millions of acres. The bill de- clures these enclosures unlawful and allows the citizens to abate them as public nuisances. It allows the citizens to act without waiting for the slow process of oilicial government action. We have not a particle of sympathy for llritisli or other capitalists, who. temp- ted by tlielzirge profits to be realized in the cattle business, have invested their money in stock and have then for its greater security unlawfully eu- closed vast tracts of the public domain which they have held by force, thus overriding the law and the rights of the American citizen, and should be glad to see their enclosures swept away and they shown that notwitlistanding their great wealth they have no rights be- yond what are sliui ed by the humblest citizens of this country. Their arrog- ance needs 2:. just and severe rebuke. Wliile the bill introduced from the public land committee, if it becomes :1 law, as it certainly should, will put an end to the unlawful fencing up the public domain, it will by no means settle the question of the proper meth- od of occupancy of the vast country we possess unfit for agriculture, but well adapted to grazing. The efforts which our rzmclimeu are now making for the improvement of their stock by the iiitmtllictioii of pure blood males, rt-mlcrs it necessary that there shall be some. system) of control of the herds other that the open ruucli system, \\'lllCll, sy ite of all care that can be lllliell, allows the herds of (lillerenl owners to mix and prevents the possi- bility of confining the service of the tliorouglibrcd l1l2l.l(‘S to the stock of the owm,-r, or of uxcliuliiig from his licrd scriil) bulls belonging to other l‘:lllClleS. The fencing of raiiclxes seems to be es- St‘lli.l:l.l to the best interests of the \\’estci'Iirzuu-limzui. Hut the country is not prepatrcd to sell those lands in large tracts to individual miicliiiieii on cattle coiupunies. ’J,'lu~i'e-. has as yet been no CltlSSlllf‘2i.llUll which defines the lines of :t;;'ricult.urul or grazing lauds. All the l‘oriuer, or those capable of be- ing made ugricnltuiiil lzmds, must be H-serv<=.d for the lxoincstezid settler, wlxiletlie giuziiig lamls proper would be vulueiess to llllll. Under these con- ditions the course of wisdom would .\‘t’(‘lll to be the l<::L.-sing of grazing lzuuis in suitable sized t1';u:ts, for limit- ed terms, not ll‘:-lfi than five nor more than te1iyc2u'.'~1, allowing the lessees‘ to fence, but providing that such occup- ancy shall l'(‘SlllLlll no acquired right Lu piirclmse or continue to occupy by lease. This would provide for tl1cla\v- ful in plane of the unlawful occupancy of the public domain, would «enable the cuttleiuen to secure the exclusive oc- cupiiucy of the necessary zuuouut of grztziiig land for it term of years, and would leave the question of their final disposition an open one to be hereafter determined ucconliiig to the light wliicli time may throw upon it.——.E.v;- I;/Ltuz,//zc. There is a sort of legend in the legal profession that a lawyer is bound by his oath and by his sense of honor and ofjustice to defend to the last extremi- ty the client who retains him, and many persons outside of the profession think that there is actually a law which compels a lawyer to this course. Ofcourse, there is no such law as re- quires a lawyer to defend the guilty, because the criminal happens to have money to pay him. He can decline ifhe likes; and if he accepts it is a matter of business and business only. The lawyer obligates himsefl to defend the gully criminal only by the proper process of law from the law, and he does notagree to employ or consent to the employment of illegal means to accomplish a lawful end. It is when corrupt scoundrels, who have man- aged to get themselves enrolled in the legal profession, violate their oath and frustrate justice, that the profession is degraded, and the laws which govern legal practise are violated. It is the joint offences of criminals and their corrupt counsel which precipitated the trouble at Cincinnati and brought carnage and dishonor upon that city. It will clear the atmosphere there; it will bring about reform, but it is re- form dearly bought with bloodshed.- EL‘. As a sample exhibited of the work- ings of the preemption law, we call attention to the fact that it has en- abled the Marquis De Mores to spread his title over 14,000 acres of public land in Dakota; Messrs. Sykes & Hughes, ofLondon, have 85,000 of the same Territory; C. M. Beach, of London, has 100,000 acres in his own right; Finley Dun and partner have 125,000 acres, and the Close Brothers, former- ly oflowa but now aliens, have 270, 000 acres. All this land lies in con- tiguous parcels in Dakota, and this no )le band of English and foreign capitalists importedjust help enough from the impecunious population of London tocome here, declare their intention to become citizens, enter and prove up their claims, and then go home again! Congress cannot but feel felicitous when it knows that there is a law which permits so shameful a state of things as this, and which if continued will insure the gradual absorption of the remainder of the public domain by a few of the scions of British nobility.-—E:cahznge. An ambition to become rich has come to be considered a valid excuse forany means it may employ. We see this in the successful speculator, whose methods make the modern transformation of business, developed in ‘such a way as it never was before. We saw it only last week in Chicago in the very culmination of this in- dustrial civilization in its extremest form, the closing of the people’s eyes to any method of gaining wealth, no matter how heinous, that becomes successful—-the outcome of the blunt- ing of the moral sense in the masses of the people. This must be met and stopped in some way—Rev. Dr. R. Heber Newton. -_—_u-p- .-«- - W —*-’-?~>*"’e*°7 ’V\:.~~.~.,.. AUGUST 15, 1884. TEE 634838 Yl~S1'E9Ba Qbmmnniratinnr. The Advancement of Schools. To-day the serfdom of Russia, the peasantry of Great Britain,iii fact the agrarians of nearly the whole world, are looking with astonishment upon the farmers of America and their con- dition. The farmer, though he be a Granger, is looked upon and respected as never before in the history of this land of wheat and corn. Not only the farmer, but the farmer’s wife, and the farmers children. The boy of humble beginning, and would begin the so-called economy by pinching down the life currents in the little plants that are just beginning to bud and blossom for eternity. School meeting has passed, the day for school to begin is approaching, and two applicants present themselves be- fore tlie school board, asking for the position as teacher of the school. One of them has either taught your school before successfully, or in an adjoining district, and has given good satisfac- tion at $25 per month, but now asks an advance of $5 per month. The other comes from a distance, it may be from a distant part of our own county, but we know nothing of him, except. per- haps that he may hold a certificate, and offers to work at $25 per month. we find an oflicer more eflicient than others, who requires recommendations, whic , you know, are cheaper than water. lack-bones can be found with starch enough to resist the sparkling wine, yea, to stand before the cannon ‘s mouth to maintain a nation’s honor, but will bend to sign a recommendation or position when personal application is made even though it may effect dis- astrous results when used. The most of the teachers who apply for your schools are those who have made a record not many miles away. That may be good, it may be bad, and it will be time judiciously expended to go personally, and ascertain that record, 5 Him for not doing so; and if he sees fit to bring the present order of things to an end, as science and revelation say he will, and try it by fire, and melt it \vitli fervent heat, by (rushing 5 all into the sun, or in some other yet we ought not to find fault withlto have you with me when the moon was nearly absent from the visible heavens, so that her light might not interfere with showing you that pro- 8F6SSi0I1 in the heavens, which you eem inclined to deny. I on asked me to tell you of the other way,) you ought not to say that this indicates that God does not know how to run his inacliiiie, neither should you say thatsuch condition of things would be“chaos” in the mind of God, even if it did look that way to you. side of the moon, where you say that it may be possible that there are “waving grain, and pastures green, and running brooks and birds of song.” Such things there are impossible. The condition of things on the other side of If he has brought the present order out of ancient nebulosity and beyond, ought you not to trust him to carry a you through the fiery ordeal through which revelation and science say you the moon are so nearly identical with that of this side as to length of days nd nights, heat and cold, water, evap- oration, clouds, atmosphere etc., of which I spoke in my last, that it is A Liberal Education. .l[r. E the creature of fortune and favor are climbing together. The metal of the boy and not that in the pocket, by a father given, is what must win. The the first flight with the rapidity of the other, who starts with a bound from a ten thousand dollar springboard: but as successive flights are left behind, nine times out of ten we find the strong tendons of self-reliance occupy- the higher stations in advance. The boy unused to the polish of so- ciety, wearing garments out of style, and with calloused hands, may be- come as the rough stone found in the bottom of the sea which only requires grinding to make it the spark- ling diamond. Tlicre is no grander culture in this world than the farm gives to early manhood and womanhood. \\'hat is an education but the developemeiit of the mind in things useful to ourselves and others? I would rather be ignor- ant and have coininon sense than be an educated fool. That man who has gone so far in a polished education thatlie has tinishedliis Latin aiidtlreek courses and knows not how butter is Four districts out of five will hire the S25 teacher. Now the question arises; is thata good business transaction? In the average sized School Dis- obliged to pay the sum of 70 cents more for the 8:30 teacher than for the $25 one, in the course of a four iiiontli‘s term. If the new unknown teacher turns out to be as good as the one whom we know to be genuine then the man worth $23,000 has saved 70 cents. If he prove a failure it has cost a half year from the life of each scholar in that school. If there be 40 pupils there 20 years, years that should be made ellulgciit with the golden beams of intelligence resting upon them have drifted away into the past. Does the farmer when he goes to buy a plow use such logic? lIe knows a poor school is worse than none at all and the doors might better be closed. The facts are we ueed a little more business sense in the management of our schools. We are becoming characterized as a practical people. We are dispensing with iiiuch of the vciiceriiig and var- nish and are fiiiishing in the natural would invest in a lottery. And now, I ask you to permit me to make one other suggestion. There is no period of life, from the time the the words of incritcd praise do not go echoing through the labarynths of the soul, making it glad with their music. The child's ambition lives upon it, the farmer loves to see the passer by point with admiration to his beautiful fields of waving graiii upon wliir.-li he has be- stowed his labor, the wife too seldom is made glad by a word of commciidzition easily spoken; but the teacher that toils from morn tiil night polishing the gems that shall shine through eterni- ty, workiixg by day and dream- ing at night of C1ll‘r'S and responsibilities, may listen and listen from the morning the bell shall ring in the first day of‘ school until the voices of the children have died away over the hills to their homes on the last day of the term, and hour not even the sighing of a "well done” from parents or patrons. if you would illuinine the life of the lt”.2lCllffl‘, whose rays of intelligence and morality should make effulgent to do this, and not say that such a perforinaiicc would show lack of skill and wisdom on the part of God. Your statement as to the sun and his 1; showed by citing authorities all over the world to sustain m_v position, all go to show that the sun is heated to (1 an enormous tcn'ihci':itiii'e, and you ought not to assume that if it is so heated, all the use to which God can put it is“to give light and heat to a few planets, and satellites in the solar sys- liken him to the foolish prince. Your illustration is defective in more ways than one. If the lives of the prince and all his friends were dcpending upon that furnace he would be justi- lied in building it, and no one would think of sending him to the asylum. (} But it will not do to say that the Cre- ator has not a plan and purpose as re- gards the sun which he is working out in time, aside froiii giving us light and heat. It is easy to erect a man of straw and then knock him down, but that (lon‘t dispose of the fact of the sun’s encriiious heal. You ask, “\Vli:it do you think of God facts which would lead any man, at this late day, to hold such a notion. I am sure that you do not for a moment ave any such idea as that. You do moon, because that side is turned away from the earth, instead of towards it uring its axial rotation. In closing this too long letter, allow me to say, that you no doubt have found as I have, that our discussion of the high theme, which stands as a heading to this lettcr—“’l‘he tem,” and charge lunacy on God, and L'niverse," has a deep interest to read- ers of the Gimxoi: \'i.siToi: as indicated by inquiries received from widely sep- arated parts of our State. it may awakcii such interest as shall result in good to those who would know the truths of science, which are Destiny of the I trust that od’s truths. Yours truly, \ViLi.i.\_u S'riio_\'o. Has the American Farmer been Benefited by the Grange? This is a question which is constant- ly presenting itself to the minds of ma- ny persons in the nation at the present elor of Arts in all the leading colleges and uiiiversitics of this country "was simply a testimonial that the student had completed the prescribed course in I boy who has grown up and received his trict the man who pays babe can reflect the smile or frown in heat, and theillustratioii of the wealthy need not to be top} that it does not ma. 14111111 111111 ”1'Wk~ Other Studies were education 1)6tVV%11 the NOW 11?111d1€5 taxes 011 an assessment Of $5,0l)U, your own countenance, to theday when prince and his large furnace do not fit teyjgilly 2,11” the condition of 111‘-‘11111‘‘11 1111118 0011159: 111115 U193’ Wfife M with a haw and ages, may not mount though he be worth $20,000, would be old age shall totterinto the grave, that at all. The fact: of science. as 1 things ()1; the other Side of the 1‘t‘g111‘k19<1 “'1111?111 111l111lt‘1’t‘IlCe akin to contempt by both faculty and students. l’i'ol'cssoi's and professioiial students are iiotoriousl_v coiiservativ -, and it has been cxtreincly diilicult to bring about any cliaiigcs in the iiitellcciual drill pre- scribed by our collcgcs. ’l‘i'uditioi1 has ruled tlic courses of study in college and uiiivcrsit_v for huiidreds of years, and it is only within the last few years that the iiiiiiicnse advaiicc of science and the great cliaiiges in modern meth- ods of thought have forced sonic seri- ous iiiiiovutioiis. It isbcgiiiiiiiig to be seen that the field of iiiodi-rii study is widening to such an cxtciit that the two aiicieiit laiigiiagi-s :ll‘(‘l'2tl1llll)' losing their re- lative lllllHJl't:lllt‘L‘. It is impossible for one person cwii ti niuke a respectable bcgiiiiiing upon all of the great siib— jccts now taught in our institutions of leurniiig, and thc iicccssitics of nio<.lci‘n life are compelling our .-itudeiits to se- lect the practical siiulics. The revolt against the rcigu of thc classics in ad- . . . da .anda ver iiniortaut one it is n . . .. - .. . . . - made, is but an educated dunce. wood, and I believe that many the min-;ls and souls of your children 10,- Commlitmg such f,,11,~_»" He [mg Y’ _ y ‘ 1 _ ‘‘111C‘‘1.‘d1_1‘‘l11‘’11 “*5 41111-51 W111111€d - . ~. . .,.. . - - . . . _ ‘ too. We irequenrly hear it said by to prolcssioiizil sciciitists but it has T110311 Slllce 0111 1:11 11105 PTO‘ times liad our school systeiii re- and their posterity, lct iiieassuic )ol1 con.mim,-(1 no mllv, n(31[})({1‘ has my . H * v . -1 -t - . . . I ~ - .. . ‘.. . . . E11086 Outside the Order. I Call D0t lately l)eelll:ll\'(‘Il up by sonic ofthebest (11106, I105 0111) the ‘V 1&1 a 00111 ccivcd the sand paper of c1‘iti— 111111111 no way Call It bell?!‘ be (10118 statciiient oi scientific facts pointed in See Where the Gran e do” benefit me 1 X I ' . I ‘. and U16 W9 1113117 S1‘-"ti1111 cisni instead of the polish than by letting fall here and there in tj,e(1”-ppm,” U: iuny 0“ ms 1,41-t, g ’ g“”“ ”“ “"11” 1“ 1 1" ‘«"”11t1.‘7- 11315 the physical life of the nation. but a goodly portion of the brain that moves the vast machinery of goveriiiiiciit, how important is it that due and proper at- teiitioii be paid to the education of the farmer's boys and girls; that along with the culture which “The fat’niug swine, _ _ The lowing herds and growing vine" of eloquent words that we would have been better off to day. And should the few thoughts I utter to-iiight seem more suggestive than patronizing, they are spoken I believe to thoseaccustom- ed to the interchange of honest thought. The three ll-’s, even with geograpliy, grammar, rhetoric, philosophy and all his pathway a golden word of merited praise. And now, though I have touched but :1 few of the discordant keys on the grand sounding board of our conimon school system, though I may not liavc eiiraptured you with the sublime over- tures and symphonies that may be played thereon, I trust that the notes As I liavc shown above, the case of the sun and your furiince arc not at all alike, and I would call your attention to the fact that at two separate places you attempt to give my theory as to the sun, and your statcnieiits do not agree, so it would be well to search carefully in my former articles and or how it can benefit me.” they can sell their wheat, oats, corn, wool, and other produce for as much money as 8. member ofthe Grange can; that they can buy groceries, merchan- dise, machinery, needs or calls for, just as cheaply as can a member of the Order; and that They say and all the farm they believe the Grange is a humbug, but a short time since Mr. (,7hai'lcs l-‘rancis .‘\ll:l.lll.s', .lr., supposed to be a leading l‘(‘pl’(‘SI'llt£ll.l\‘U of classical scliolarsliip, inadca scvcrc assaiilt up- on the cntirc syste-iii of classical study in our public schools and in the higher institutionsoflcariiing. ’I‘hc advance of public opinion in this direction is still more clcarly shown by a late an- . . . -iscertain what I do {'l1\' on that sub‘ect. . may give them, ideas of business, liter- ‘ ’ ~ J and of no use to the laboring class, or “n;_s.P, V,’ , ;. .. —,.. ature, history, science and art may also adorn their education. The saying has become so old that it has worn into an adage “That tl: B safety and perpetuity of the American government, rests in her common schools.” The average daily attendance upon the schools of our country is about six millions, two millions being in the cities and villages. and four millions in our rural district schools. We need have no fear for the improveiii cut in s ystems of city and village schools, for all the products of school thought, all new methods and apparatus are there being introduced by men who are making it their life work. But it is the work being done upon the four mil- lions of children who daily go in and out of our country schoolhouses, that needs the lever of thought and common sense put under it, and lifting it from its inert condition up into a progress- ive atmosphere. While it is true that nothing is nearer to us than the little ones who gather about our own hearthstones at morning and night, yet not anything we call ours is so much neglected. ' It is true that once each year on the first Monday night in September we do spend an evening at the school house, looking after the dearest interests We have on earth, and providing for the nourishment, not of the perishable corn, wheat or potatoes, but of those choice mind-plaiits, whose delicate ten- drils are to be entwined either about the standards of intelligence, virtue and good habits, standards reaching from earth to Heaven; or, about the weeds of ignorance, corruption and vice, the roots of which reach down into an infernal oblivion. In this gathering among the fifteen or twenty voters whom we find there, we see a class who look out beyond the few days their children may remain with them under the parental roof, who look out upon the highways of life over which the children inust travel, and follow their pathways through the dim vista of future years, down through the valley of temptation, up over hills of triumph, yea i who think of the pos- sibilities awaiting them. These men go and talk, and vote with the responsi- bility of coming days resting upon them. Others we find there uncon- cerned about the morrow. And in nearly every such gathering we find those present who are but justly termed, sordid, niggardly, penu- rous fossils, in the shape of human be- ings, men who can feel nothing but the wallets in their own pockets, or see beyond the line fences surrounding the broad acres of their great farms. Men who vote for just as few months school as will satisfy the law, for the cheapest kind of teachers; men who reason that they have a small school, and that almost anything can teach it, that taxes are going 130 be 111313, that a hard winter is before them, and that they must economize, and the other branches taiiglit in our (lis- trict schools, do not complete an educa- tion. If I should ask each of several person to relate some of the circum- stances which have caused mater- ial changes in his or her life, how sur- prised some of us would be to hear what simple things have done. And while in nature the silent forces are the most powerful, so often this is true in the cliild’s education. I believe that we might do much to soften the manners of our school boys and girls, were we to make our school rooms a. little more home- like. I care not how grand may be the walls to your houses. I care not how many bay windows or high ceilings, or costly bannister rails that may border winding stairways, if the vacant star- ing walls are not made to smile by something to relieve their barrenness, it is not home. If this be true of our own homes how immeasurably so is it of the schoolroom where our children are confined for six hours in a day and one hundred and sixty days in the year. Have you never thought as you have gone from your own cozy homes into one of these schoolrooms how bleak, dreary and desolate it looked, and, as you sat upon one of those hard benches for me but an hour or an hour and a half in a day and listened to a sermon, have you not found a reason why children sometimes weary of the schoolroom? Are not hard benches, cold dinners, and difiicult lessons bondage enough for these children, without also rob- bing them at a school meeting that asks an appropriation for thoin ‘B I venture that nine times out of ten the appro- priation would not be granted. Another great evil in our district schools is too frequent change of teachers. Almost each term a new one steps in, entirely unacquainted with the pupils, knowing nothing of their advancement and ignorant as to how they should be classed. Why, it has become the one way of commencinga term of school to put every scholar, big or little, at the first page of the book and drill them over the same course they may have been over time after time, and thus frequent- ly one—ha1f or more of a term of school is wasted,siInply because it requires this time for a teacher to acquaint himself with the wants of the school. Teachers who are successful, should be employed term after term in the same school, and a few dollars per month advance in wages, should not be with- held when the demand is not unreason- able. With every change of teachers, comes the clamor for a new set of books. Teachers have their pets, and like Mary’s pet lamb, it “follows them to school.” Still another of the evils, with its blighting influences upon our common school system, is the method of hiring teachers. The first applicant is gener- ally the favored one, especially if the price be low enough, Now and then though discordant and jarriiig may leave some echo not wholly pl'Ulltl€SS- 1\Iii,o 1). CA)ll’lll-.‘LL. Desliny of the Universe. [An open letter to Mr. Cortland Hlll.] Dear iS'17r:—-I am quite sorry to learn by your last communication to TIIL‘ (}i:A\'ois Visrrou, July ‘.5, that you think I am not as pleasant towards you in my last, as I was in my first communication; and desire to assure you that I was in good liuiuor when I wrote it, and if you will read it again in connection with yours that preced- ed it, I trust you will find it all right. In your last you make some state- ments, and ask some questions, which pcrliaps you have a. right to expect I will aiis wer. You state that you have “Faitli in God to believe that he has suflicieiit skill and wisdom to build a universe to which no intelligent being can take exception, or, in other words, that the universe is the expression of the per- fections of God, therefore all the heat- enlg bodies must be inhabitccl, and uni- versal space replenished with as many globes as it can contain.” Those are your words; the italics are added by Allow me to suggest, that your con- clusions above, do iiot necessarily fol- low. If your theory should prove un- true, are you not in the position of one who does find fault with God’s uni- verse? Now I tliiiikyou will admit that man has inhabited this planet but a small part of the time that it has been cours- ing around the sun. No evidence of the presence of man on earth has been found we will say, below the Maui- maliaii age of the earth’s histor_v; this I am sure you will admit, and sir, this is but a point of time as compared with the countless years of earth’s'age prior to man's advent on this planet. This is the teaching of geological science, and you will allow me to sug- gest that it is also the teaching of rev- elation; man being the crowiiing glory of the grand work, and he alone can comprehend a little of the working of the Divine mind in building up in time and space so grand a work as the uni- verse. Now during all of those count- less years prior to the advent of man on earth, had a man who lived on some distant world, who held your theory been permitted to fly through space and visit this planet, how disappointed he would be to find no inhabitants, and he,would be obliged to change his views, and wherefore he had said, “All the heavenly bodies must be inhabited,” and now he would have to say, "The perfection of God’s universe does not depend on whether all the planets are inhabited or not.” Again, as this planet and its inhabi- tants have come into existence in time and space, you and I may not be able to see why God did not see fit to bring them into existence at an earlier date, At about twenty lines from the coin- menccnieiit of your article you give as my theory of the sun that “It is ii ball of fire whose fuel consists of planets, comets, etc,” while further down the column you say that think "the sun a ball of iiicaiidescciit heat iiilierciit in itself.” I don't understand this. Please notice carefully what I did say. I am quite amused about your theory of the sun, as opposed to the well-as- certaiiied scientific facts, and I am glad that you have seen fit to put it on record for \"isi'roii readers, and I shall refrain from making any com- iiieiits. As to Eiicke’s comet, you charge that I’rof. Winchell and iiiyself, “Both in part tell the truth, but leave the main part untold in such a way as to deceive the reader.” This is a serious charge. You also state that the retardation of the comet by Jupiter was nine days. and this you claim compensates for the time gained by the comet of two and a half hours at each revolution. Now can you for a moment suppose that Olbers, Eiieke and Van Asten are so green that in their investigations they’ do not think, or know enough to takeiiito account the c.cacl accelera- tion and retardation produced by the attraction, not only of W Jupiter, but of all the planets? Their chief work was to do this very thing, and they did it, and as I stated, still they found it coming around two and one-half hours too soon. In all such investigations do I need to tell you that gravitation is taken in account? Wherein then, have Dr. Winchell and myself deceived the reader? so you noticed that “the great law of compensation” does not come in to regulate matters where you suppos- to A II} all the rest who are not dead, and tell them that you deny the 1'etai'dation of the planets, comets etc., but that you have found out what it is that retards as them, for your theory of the sun, you remember, is, that it “generates a fluid or ether, which being thrown into space and coming into contact with other matter, produces light and heat by friction.” Now had not you better change your theory as to the universe running for ever just as it now is, and publish to the world that this matter, that you say the sun throws off into space, is the little joker that retards Encke’s comet, and all the rest of the bodies of our sun-system, so that they will eventually all be precipitated into the sun? Will you not do this? For if your theory of "this matter is true, of course the planets are running against it in space, and so are retarded. I have never before heard of any one who has ob- tained a clue to the origin of the resis- ting medium in space, but surely it must be this matter. You mistake as to the object at hand in inviting you to visit me. It was p banner is: honest, be just, and fear not.” me ask where would this nation be to- day, had it not been for the Grange. any other class. They cannot see where the Grange benefits them. Why? Are their minds o small, or is it because they will not join hand in hand and help guard their own interests as well as that of their know a the victory of the drive well swindle. fello wmen‘? great This you all many did over fter the Grange did the work, the outsiders were ready to say; “We far are have at last gained the victory.” But as I have beforesaid, this is a very important question, so to it is a very easy question to solve. Grange has been beneficial to the American farmers ever since it origin- ated. It has lifted him from the deep rut of ignorance, into the wide path of knowledge, and has opened to his eyes thousands of gigantic swindles, and has instructed him in guarding against them. I claim the What does the Grange teach us? It teaches us to be temperate in all things and whatever we do strive to do well, to feed the hungry, to help the father- less and widows, that we may keep ourselves unspotted from the world. The motto inscribed upon our “Add dignity to labor and bile dealing with our fellow men be Let And now can you not all see where the Grange benefits you and me ? Do you suppose after thousands had fallen by the bullet and died as true patriots to win and save this nation and leav- ing thousands fatherless, and widows, that O. H. Kelly and William Saund- ers would see it sink into the horrible vortex of dissipation, simply for the ‘ed that it did. want of justice? For this reason Ioughtnow to write to Winchell the Grange was organized and Olbers, Eiicke, Van Asten and to teach farmers to 1001! after their own interests financially, socially, and scientifically; At the organization of the Grange there were great many prophesies as to its speedy and sure decline. There are always some people whose only busi- ness in life seems to be in discourag- ing all they can, with what others do, and this is about all they are fit for. We all know that there are some people who sneer and say the Grange doesn’t amount to much and that it is a one-horse institu- tion; this world has plenty of just such and they are so little that they cnn’t see anything great or noble in any- thing, or anybody but themselves. and finding fault As a co-operative Order, we are yet in our infancy, but we have a. healthy, lively, founded on Christian principles, and it was the command of the Almighty that we should come and live, that we might let live. and vigorous constitution, O. F. PLOWMAN. There are at the present time twenty- three paper mills running at Holyoke, Mass. Massachusetts makes more pa.- er than all the rest of the States put not to simply show you the moon, but J together; nouiiccnieiit, sent outby llarvard L'iii- vcrsity, containing a list of Frcshinaii studies for the coming year. In this list Latin and (ircek both appear as optional studies. This is a great and important change and incuiis that Latin and Greek are no longer to iiiaiiitain their exclusive ascendciicy as a neces- sary part of a liberal education. The Harvard diploiiia, while it will always be received as an evidence of advaiiccd intellectual culture, will not be a proof of classical attainments. It is recognized at last in this great college that many other branchcs of study are more im- portant than the dead languages. The common sense of the ncople has, as usual, led them to correct conclu- sionsiii advance of professionals and specialists. This is shown in the di- miiiishing demand for classical instruc- tion in the coiiimoii schools. It is a diflicult matter now to maintain classes of respectable numbers in Greek in the best city high schools. The tendency is increasing to make all the important branches of higher study elective or optional. A new telegraph line between Boston and Provideiicc is so constructed that 72 messages can be sent at the same time over the same wire. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM KALAIAJOO. TIME-TABLE —.\IAY 18, 1884. Standard tiu.ie——UUth meridian. WESTWARD. ;A. M-ll’. I. Kiilainazoo Accommodation leaves, ____ -..1 4 45.1.... Kalamazoo Express arrives, ____-_____f__-__l 9 40 Evening Express,_----_- l Pacific Express 5 2 27 _____ nil______, ‘ 1]. 38 ____- _____ -_ 1 ~15 EASTWABD. ‘A. M P. I. Night Express,_---_-----_--..---_..__‘ 3 17 ._.._ Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves,_._._ 6 46 ._,._ Kalamazoo Express arrives,_.____..____-!______ 10 00 Mail ____________________ __ ___-- -_____ 12 03 Day Express, ____ __ ..___1______ 1 45 New York Express, _____ __ 8 10 Atlantic Express,_-- ....... __ 1 0: ____. New York, Atlantic and Pacific Expresses dolly. Evening Express west and Night Express east dolly except Saturdays. All other trains daily except Sun- days. Freight trains carrying passengers out from Kalamazoo as follows: No 29 (cast) at 6:19 P. IL, Ind No.20 (west) at 8:10, bring pa-iseugers from east at 12:45, P. M. H. B. LEDYARB, Gen. Manager, Detroit. J. A. Gains, General Freight Agent, Chicago. 0. W. RUGGLKS, G. P. & '1‘. A., Chicago. L. S. & 154:- S. R. R. KALAMAZ00 DIVISION TIME TABLI. Standard tiine—30th meridian. GOING SOUTH. N Y 87. 0,N Y 4! >Expresa.‘Ex it law" h‘ Le. Grand uapias______-_.' 7 35 AM; 4 oo in: 5 on Al Ar.Allegan __.__ 850 *1 I 616 1- 730 Ar. Kalamazoo E 9 50 “ l 620 “ 12 50 Pl Ar. Bchoolcraft 10 1‘) “ ; 6_52 " 1 66 " Ar Three Rivers #10 45 “ I 722 " 342 “ Ar. White Pigeon- V1110 “ , 750 “ 460 “ Ar.'I‘oledo ....... __ _..l 505l>I_l 1 25 LI 820 AM Ar. Cleveland __- __ U 40 “ 6 B5 “ Ar. Buffalo--------------_ 3 30 All 12 45 pm GOING NORTH. N Y B I & Ex && Migxpresfi W" 3"; Le. Buffalo _______ ____.‘11 40 .«.M{ll 55 AH Ar. Cleveland _______ -_ 6 30 PM, (5 30 “ Ar. T0ledo__-_.____-_____.. ll 0.’) “ ‘I0 20 “ 8 20 r! Ar. White Pigeoa_______j 5 E5 An 8 15 Pl 8 155.: Al‘. Three Rivers -____.._. 6 03 “ 3 42 " 10 46 " Ai'.Schoolc1'afi:.. _. 6 32 “ 409 “ 1150 '1 Ar. Kalamazoo 7 15 “ 4 45 “ 130 fl Ar.Allegim -_.... 8 17 “ 543 " 365 Grand Rapids“.-- 985 “ 700 “ 650 ' All trains connect at White Pigeon with train: on main line. M. E. WATTLIB, Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Eahmuoo. 6 TEE EEAEQE VISITOR. itdiei T00 READY WITH COMPLAINT. I think_we are too ready with complaint In this fair world of God's. Had we no hope Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope each other the whereabouts of many of the students in school with us ufi ‘rhat time. To some life had been V€1‘Y happy, pleasing, and successful, others had been unfortunate in business, or their married life, and others had gone to that bourne from which no traveler returns. Friday morning we bade our friends Of you gray bank of sky, we might be faint good by, feeling that we had been hos- To muse upon eternity’s constraint Bound our aspirant Souk But since the pitably and pleasantly entertained scope something besides “loaves and fishes,” Mu“ Widen early. is it W°11t° dr0°P and that we had been strengthened and For a few days consumed in loss and taint? O pusillanimous heart, be comforted—— C And, like a cheerful traveler, take the road Singing beside the hedge. What if the bread Be bitter in thine inn and thou unshod To meet the flints? At least it may be said, “Because the way is short, I thank thee, heered by our c ntact with them. Thursday, the 10th, was the day set down on my program for my return home, but Mrs. Cunningham, of Ho- mer, had urged me to step off at Al- God i ” ——[Elizabeth Barrett Browning. __________________ The Divine Sculptor. I feel the chiseling touch, And know that I shall stand Finished and shapel as the work Of the Designer’s and. Though cruel is the pain From His unceasing blows, I hold me trustfully and still, What time “the Angel grows.” Through slowly passing years, With an unerring skill, His hand with patient, tireless care, Is shaping, to his will; That when I stand unveiled Before His glorious throne, No traces in me shall be found Of the unsightly stone. He sees what I shall be, Through all the rough disguise, And knows at every stroke he gives Some earthward clinging dies, Some harsh, discordant part, Is rounded into grace; Some likeness of the pattern true Is fashioned in its place. Work on, 0 Master hand, 1 gladly yield to thee, Until within thy loftiest thought, I stand com lete and free; Thy glorious gesign I would not mar or break, I shall be satisfied I know, When perfected I wake. From The Chautauquan, Some Things More Concerning my Trip. By invitation. and arrangements be- fore leaving home for my stay in Kal- amazoo, I was to spend a portion of my time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Buell of Greenwood Farm, Little Prairie Rondo, Cass 00. Accordingly. on the 11, my daughter and myself took the train for Decatur, where we were met by Mr. Buell, and Miss Jennie, the old- est daughter. Here let me pause to tell the readers of Tnr: VISITOR, (those who do not already know) that this young lady is assistant secretary in the office bion and go out to her home live miles distant. Very many who have been at the State Grange more or less, the last five years, will remember dis- tinctly and with pleasure, Mrs. C. as the genial, social, thorough Patron who has learned the lesson of patience and to “suffer and become strong.” She did not need to join the Grange to learn "perseverance” for it is one of her most prominent qualities. Cir- cumstances prevented Mrs. C. from meeting me at Albion, but she depu- tized her two daughters to do so. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Hoagland, took me home with her to tea, and after- wards with her horse and carriage we drove out to Homer to her father's residence. I was received with a. right royal welcome which soon dispelled all feeling of homesickness and sad- ness at parting with my dear children at Kalamazoo. I did not see.very much of Mr. C., as he was census enumerator of that town,and was away from early morning till late in the evening. The next day we went out riding and I was highly pleased with the country between Al- bion and Homer. Some splendid farms, crops excellent, a large acreage of wheat which was fully the best I saw while I was away from home. The corn crop was badly damaged by the worms. keeping with the good farms and large barns waiting to be filled with hay The farm houses were in and grain. We called on some of the members of the Grange and found them enthu- siastic and persistent in their efforts to keep up the Grange and its work, and quite appreciative of the benefits of the Order. Saturday, 21st, at three P. )I. I took of thefiGRANGE VISITOR at Schoolcraft, but was at home for a few days to vis- it with Myra. After a pleasant ride of six miles, Mrs. B. met us at the door with a cordial greeting, and soon a com- fortable dinner was in readiness as one of the things to drive a headache away, which had been my persistent compan- ion during my ride out there. It being a. very warm aftenoon we remained in doors till toward evening, when the horse and carriage were brought to the door, and Mrs. B. and myself went with Mr. Buell after the cows, and for a drive down a beautiful lane lined on either side by thrifty apple trees. On our way out we were met and surround- ed by over a hundred little porkers, a few weeks or months old. They looked so plump and fat, as though they might have been stufied, and I was reminded of the days of yore, when roast pig proved so appetizing, and of- ten foremost on the bill of fare. But they are too precious now—a-days, and too much money wrapped up in their bodies to admit of any such sacrilege. In the evening a few friends were in- vited in, and the time passed rapidly and pleasantly. The next morning we made an in- formal call on Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Buell’s sister; then came back home for the girls, and took a ride of fifteen miles over prarie, through woodland, and such beautiful scenery! I admir- ed the prarie land, as it is something I have never been accustomed to, having always lived where it is called oak openings, or sparsely timbered land. The wheat in this section was very heavy and even and had begun to assume a yellow color. It will be superfluous for me to mention Mr. Buell’s whole- sale method of farming, or his man- agement of machinery, as Bro. Cobb, and Bro. A. C. Glidden have already told the readers of THE VISITOR and Farmer about it. It is said that June is the month of roses, and surelyl thought so. As I wandered around their front yard, I saw the greatest quantity and the most perfect roses I have seen in years. Mrs. B. is a great lover of flowers, and cultivates quite a variety of house plants and seedlings, and perennials out doors. Her bed of pansies was magnificent, and of great variety of kinds. The thought occured to me while in that home, “How strange children should leave pleasant homes where unselfish love predominates, No matter how attractive they are, how many comforts and pleasures cluster around them, there comes a time when one by one, the children go out for themselves to seek employment, or to build up new homes, and father and mother in declining years sit around the hearthstone alone, and ‘their house is left unto them desolate.’ ” the express train at Albion for Jack- son enroute for home; changed cars there for the Grand Trunk Air Line division, waiting 40 minutes. A few miles out from Jackson our train came to a standstill. I looked out the win- dow and saw a great many men at work and supposed a bridge had gone away from the effects of a heavy rain the night before. The conductor came to the door and said “all passengers change cars.” We were on quite a high embankment and were obliged to jump down by the help of the con- ductor. The road is built over a great deal of marsh and the track had sunken several feet for about forty rods. We were obliged to walk that distance over logs, tall grass, and make our way thro’ bushes and over ditches. Another train had backed up to take us out of our dilemma. The mail bags, satchels and afew trunks were transported on men’s shoulders, and it was no slight affair; I did not wonder much that railroad hands use strong language about ladies requiring so much bag- gage and that Saratoga trunks are a nuisance. We were delayed half an hour or so but made up lost time when we were aboard the other train. All the passengers took the circum- stance comfortably and pleasantly and it only afforded a topic for conversa- tion. For my part I felt thankful that the road bed did not sink down in the night and we were obliged to walk the rough marsh by aid of lanterns. I arrived home at nine P. )1. and felt that it truly was a haven of rest, and though I had enjoyed intensely every hour and every day of my prolonged absence I was glad to come back to my duties and loved ones. lirnrx. Pontiac Grange, 283, July 22d. Notes from island Park. Ticketed for Rome City, Ind., one day last week at sunset time, I rode southward on the G. R. & I. R. R. content in the fact that I was to visit the famed Island Park of that place. To the multitude, who have visited this resort within the past month, the delights to feast the sight are no more of a reality than the banquets of in- tellectual and connected with the name. spiritual association Situated a few miles south from our State line and possessed of natural ad- vantages, Island Park was some years since selected to be the site for the holding of a Sunday School Assembly after the plan of that at Chautauqua,N. Y. The swashing of the great Chautau- qua’s waters and the sweep of her Sun- day School Assemblies and widespread ‘C. L. S. C.” influences are so far felt as to make it almost absurd thatI digress from my subject here and enlarge a moment upon the mother-plan of these younger and western resorts; still, Thursday _afternoon we were all in- although the “Chautauqua Literary vited to take tea with Mr. and Mrs. 8 nd Scientific Circle” is all in all to Elias Morris. Mr. M. was a class mate more than 60,000 persons, we meet on with me years ago at Albion College. every hand those to whom the sym- It was a very enjoyable afternoon to bol letters, "0. L. S. C.” mean anew me, talking over old times, learning of iron railway as easily as a great pro- gressive train of intellectual and moral attainments. At Chautauqua, in 1878, during the annual S. gathering, Dr. J. H. Vin- cent proposed the organization of a “school at home,” as it were, by which those deprived of advantages in early life, those too busy to attend school or college and those who have taken a higher course but now feel the need ofa review, might derive bene- fits such as can be secured only by association. Several hundred joined at once and each year swells the num- ber by thousands. The course covers four years, at the end of which time the student who has completed the required amount of work, receives a diploma. Forty minutes a day dur- ing nine months of the year are cal- culated to be sufficient to complete a year’s work. At the end of the year memoranda papers are sent to be filled out, which comprises all the exami- nation required, either before or after entering the class. New classes are formed each year and the work is so arranged that all classes read the same books at the same time, thus making the sustaining of interest in local cir- cles a matter of no inconvenience. I shall be rewarded amply, if my meagre reference to this subject in- duces even one to address Dr. J. H. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J ., for further particulars. For the many who cannot attend the annual gathering at Chautauqua, similar assemblies are held in a half dozen or more places. Among these, and the most convenient for the peo- ple of Michigan, is the one which I have mentioned as being the object of my trip. Rome City in itself is not large ‘but its citizens appreciate the advantages of the assembly and make all possible accommodations for its guests. From the depot a broad walk and bridge lead across from the mainland to the island. The ‘view from the bridge at night is beautiful. The rip- ples of the woodland water-sheet, ap- propriately chrisfened “Sylvan,” catch the lights from distant elec- tric lamps and reflect it ina silver trail to our feet, the woods stand out dimly on either side and the Spring Beach hotel on the opposite shore, while from the island come sounds of music and glad voices. Walks and avenues wind up from the bridge to the central business place of the ground; directly in front are the dining halls, at the left is Science Hall, in which are news and book stands and check room; to the right is the general office. Interspersed among them all, in fact over the whole island, are seats, playing foun- tains and touches of artistic adorn- ment. The island ls divided by an artificial channel, spanned here and there by rustic bridges. Going in almost any direction by way of these, our party found numer- ous places of interest, in any one of which we could have spent hours profitably, had time not hurried us on. Among them, let me mention the Model of Palestine, consisting of a reproduction of the Holy Land re- duced to a space of a few square feet. By the aid of the pictures and maps hung about the room, quite an accu- rate idea of the Bible land may be gained; besides the profitable associa- tion one has here with men who have visited the land itself and have given its history much study. Passing to the tent shaded seats just beyond, we found Dean A. A. Wright, of Boston, giving a lesson in Greek. Not be- cause of our knowledge of that lan- guage did we enjoy it, but for the ear- nestness, tact and wit of this talented gentleman, and because he is enthusi- astic in the interests of these educa- tional movements. At auother point we wandered into the Art studio, where Prof. J. H. Kel- logg of South Bend, Ind., was in- structing his class in painting. This gentleman’s mastery of his art is evinced by the large landscape on exhibition in the tabernacle. A few days previous to our visit, he painted it in the presence of perhaps a thou- sand, in 38% minutes. Below the Art room is the Chil- dren’s Hall, where every day the lit- tle people received instructions in Sunday School lessons. They were making out final examination papers when we were in. Crossing to the main land by an- other than the entrance gateway, we visited the Assembly Hotel, and, by invitation of one of its guests, partook of a dinner which did credit to such a day when the place was deluged by hungry picnickers. Beyond this, we peeped in at the kindergarten room and C. L. S. C. head quarters, then hurried to see the streets of tent land, for surely there were few dwellings other than white winged ones. -But chief of the attractive gather- ing places is the Tabernacle on the north end of the island. Under cover of an immense roof,are comfortable seats for 6,000 people, but at not a meeting, I think, during my stay was the seating capacity sufiicient. Thursday, July 24th, was made the “Public Recognition” of the C. L. S. C. In honor of the occasion the great Tabernacle was draped with ban- ners bearing the mottoes of the Circle, flags of all nations fluttered from the sides, suggestive of the dis- tant ones who are with us in their reading and help to realize the idea that the circle shall run all the world round. Above the rostrum and in and about the frame work of the building were festoons of the C. L. S. C. emblem, i. e. oak leaves, sym- bolic of a living outdoor university. The members of all the classes marched in procession through the grounds and after carrying out the graduating ceremony for the benefit of those present of the class of '84 they took reserved seats in the front of the Tabernacle and were addressed by Lyman Abbott, D. D., one of the counselors of the circle. In the evening the audience passed to the mainland and around a huge campfire spent the time in listening to repartees of wit and wisdom from the prominent men and members of the circle present. Friday was the day, so it had been announced before we went and so we pronounce it since. At 10:45 Dr. J. B. Thomas. of Brooklyn, lectured on ' Lily Work.” N ot even.a limited review is admiss- ible here, but we hasten on to dinner and return at oncetofind not even comfortable standing room in our ex- tensive Tabernacle. And it yet wants more than an hour of time for the distinguished lecturer to appear on the rostrum. What a. concourse to meet one person! After tiresome waiting he came. In the moment’s hush which fol- lowed, the attention centered on Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Then from a throng, l2,000 strong, burst and fluttered aloft the beautiful Chautauqua salute, waving handkerchiefs, while the acclamations of glad greeting swelled out over the waters in honor of him who battles his eloquence and talent against the influences of “Ingersollism.” Few, I dare say, of that vast con- gregation heard all of Dr. Talmage’s lecture, although he is gifted with a strong voice and exerted it to the ut- most; but there was an inspiration to be derived from the chance sentences which an unusually emphatic sen- tence was greeted. Especially did the speaker do homage in words of rarest compliment to the name of woman. He ascribed to her an eminence that lifted her far above the scoffs and sneerings of Ingersoll and his follow- ers. In the evening, those who remained enjoyed the “Voyage up the Nile” with Prof. E. L. Wilson, of Phila- delphia, and his fine stereopticon views. Saturday morning W. M. Blackburn of Dakota University, gave an in- structive lecture, subject, “Queen Elizabeth.” My time of remaining was limited to the close of the grand concert, Saturday afternoon; but that proved to be“one long, sweet song” to carry away with me. The Citizens Band, of Peru, Ind., Prof. Case’s cho- rus class of 75 voices, assisted by the Wilberforce Concert Company and soloists, conspired to furnish a mu- sical treat whose sounds will echo long among the many pleasant mem- ories of Island Park. Our train came and we closed a de- lightful vacation with renewed cour- age and, more than all, strengthened enthusiasm for the support of those enterprises which bring together such intelligent and orderly assemblages of respectable people, who wear the stamp of innate nobility and make an atmosphere rife with high motives in life. G. July 30, ’84. Mid-Summer Notes. In perusing the Vrsrron I have frequently noticed urgent appeals to subscribers for contributions, and especially from ladies. I wonder if Bro. Cobb would accept from us the apology usually offered in the Grange hall for non-attendance, “Such a busy time.” It matters not what time of year; it is a “very busy time” in the spring, “a very busy time” in the summer, and no better in the fall. Now mind you, this is the gentleman's excuse—very seldom made by the ladies. Of course they do not have any busy times, like, for instance, the past two weeks, with all our raspberries and cherries to pick and prepare for canning, our hired men to take care of, the butter mak- ing and everlasting cooking over a hot stove, with the thermometer part of the time, all along in the nineties, the endless routine of household duties, which are only completed on one day, to be gone over again the next, and, were I to enumerate them, I should call to mind all I could think of, and multiply the number by hundreds, to have anything like a cor- rect result. I know that others are just as busy as myself, but all this work does not keep me away from the Grange. I plan all my affairs with particular reference to that half day, it matters not how often it may come; and nothing but sickness or company which I can neither take with me, nor leave at home, prevents my at- tendauce. Of course many others do the same, and I have often thought if all members were interested as they should be, their business might be heard and from the applause with’ as it does, with th se meetings. I think from observation, that irregular attendance is the principal hindrance to prosperity in the Grange, and in my humble opinion, meetings should never be more than two weeks apart, for members lose interest unless they meet often. When we met last, a mo- tion was proposed and carried, that we should omit one meeting, making at this time, four weeks between, (on account you know, of the busy time.) I think it was a mistake, but am al- ways willing the majority shall rule, and so did not demure; but I presume there are but few ofour members who will not during the month, spend one- half day in town, and who that labors hard does not need one-half day in two weeks for something else‘? Some think it time thrown away, unless they have leisure, but really, is there not pleasure enough, or information to be gained, about something in which we are all interested, to bal- ance the account? There are so many subjects upon which we need to ex- change our opinions and experience. Agriculture has at last been acknowl- edgeda science; and it certainly needs both art and perserverance to over- come the obstacles which oppose the farmer in every direction. He must constantly combat some enemy in the form of animal or insect life, and they are yearly on the increase. Unlike the scourges and pests of olden times, which passed over a. country and left, ours are here to stay. With the cut- worm, cabbage worm, currant worm, potato and rose bug, the producer must be lively and energetic, and not dis- couraged at trifles, or food for the mil- lions would soon be short. There are vineyards and orchards in this section, nearly destroyed by the last pest, the rosebug, whose depredations are by no means confined to its namesake, the rosebush. It bids fair to be a great calamity, with no possible means of defense. While I think of it I wish to ask if any reader of the VISITOR can give an effectual remedy for the cabbage worm. Has any one used Paris green, if so, how? We read a short time ago, that the spar- rows were doing agreat work, in de- stroying the butterfly that deposits the larvzc upon the leaf, but we have no such kind-hearted birds here. The worms are on hand, in full force, eagerly watching for the first appear- to begin operations. We have been taught that noth- ing was made in vain, so per- haps these impediments are put in our path to teach us perseverance, and to doubly assure us, that we may never expect anything which we do not richly earn. Finally, when we sum it all up, this life is a continual warfare with obstacles in a thousand shapes; and with circumstances over which we have no control, yet by which we must be governed. To sit with folded hands and resign one’s self to fate, would be certain ruin. Our destiny must be worked out, never solved by theory. The wisdom that is gained by experience, anda brave and persevering spirit will be victorious in life’s great battle. No pathway in life that hath not its thorns; No heart that hath not its sorrow; Should the sky be o’ercast and darkened to- day, We must hope for the light of to-morrow; N 0 use to repine and murmur at fate, Nor sit in despair, and with folded hands wait For something to turn in our favor. This life is too short, and too crowded with cares, To squander in useless repining; "l‘is vain to regret what can’t be recalled And go through the world ever whining; Far better for light in the future to look, By studying lessons in Nature’s great book, Most befitting for earth and for heaven. Mas. A. S. Pnour. Colon, July 10. Our Country. People rave about the beautiful scenery of the Old World. Have they anything that can equal our great chain of lakes, our Hudson, our Niag- ara, Minnehaha, or Yosemite Falls ‘Z Our mountains, valleys, caves, natural bridges and tunnels, are as grand and beautiful as any. Our country is so vast andvaried in both its natural and artificial productions, both to sustain life and manufacturing interests, that all nations of the earth are seeking homes upon its shores, bringing with them all their national traits and re- ligious ideas, making it altogether a different nation to manage. To do so requires a never falling source of wis- dom. To whom shall we look but the great Architect and Builder of nations? Of the future of our nation I can say but little; but what is true of the indi- vidual is also true of the nation; if in their prosperity and pride they forget the God that has been their shield and helper in times past, if they allow those that profane his name and despise his wisdom and counsel, to sit in high places and become rulers of our land; if they, for money, barter the best interests of the people, then shall we be numbered in our fall with the nations who forgot God. We have all reason to be proud and thankful that we are Americans. In the records of nations we have no holy Inquisition, arranged so as not ti interfere as often ’ ance of the embryo head, on which p .il'Lil7S'l‘ 15., 183;. no Bastile, no T<>:yeI' of I.ondon,wherc he innocent and the guilty. the high and the lowly alike were mar-_-Tued out to death, a victim to manls so'Iish am- bition and anger, no burning of num- berlees helpless women with the dead body of their husbands, such as the Hindoos practised until the beginning of the last century, no martyr’s stake to face in the judgment. And why are we so blessed? Because before we were a nation the light of Calvary’s cross had penetrated the dark clouds of oppression and sin, and down through the centuries came rloating the augel’s song, "Peace upon earth,to man good will,” and glory to God, we are singing it still. You perhaps think I lay great stress upon this part of the subject. But go with me from the At- lantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to the Gulf ofMexico, find me a school if you can, either district, union, acad- emy or college, an orphan, or inebri- ate asylum,hospital for the sick, af- flicted or unfortunate, or any charita- ble institution, under the management of Tom Paine or ltobert Ingersoll’s followers. Have they a National VVoman’s Temperance lfnion, or Young Men’s Ingersoll Association for the moral and social interests of young? Do they offer us anything that would even civilize a nation, and make of them as prosper- ous and happy people as ours‘? And ours is not the happiness born of ignorance either. \Ve are not ashamed to take our place in the intellectual ranks with any land. To my mind, the fu- ture glory of our country depends up- on ils allegience to God. Mas. H. J. Bowrzas. Don’i Kiss my Baby. Among the good things that our friend l’rofessor T. l’. Wilsoxt, of Ann Arbor (.\lich.) Medical College, has said, iI1 way of advice, nothizig is bet- ter than the following: The promiscuous kissing of s,'l]ll(ll'Etli is a pestilcnt practice. We use the word adviscdly, and itis mil-l for the occasion. .\IuI'derous would be the proper word, did the kisscrs know the mischief they do. Do you remember calling on your dearfrienul, Mrs. Brown, the other day with a strip of flannel round your neck‘! And when little Flora came dancing into the room didn't you pounce upon her demonstra- tively, call her a p1'ccious little pet and kiss her? Then you serenely proceeded to describe the dreadful sore throat that kept you from prayer meeting the night before. You had no -i«<-signs on the dear child's life, we know; never- theless you killed heri l{lllt“.l her as surely as if you had fc-i her with strychnine or arsenic. Your careless- ness was fatal. ’l‘wo or three days after the little pet began to complain of a sore throat too. The -vmptoms grew rapidly alarming; and when the doctor came the simple word diphthe- ria. explained them all. ’l‘o-d;r.y a little mound is the sole memento of your visit. Of course the mother does not sus- pect, and would not dare to suspect, you of any instrumentality in her be- reavement. She charges it to a myste- rious providence. ’l‘he- doctor says nothin to disturb the delusion; that would e Impolitic if not cruel; but to an outsider he is free to say that the child's death was due direct':}' to your stupidity. Those are pre-.-isely his words; and who shall say. under the circumstances that they are not justi- fiable‘! ’.emember— “Evil is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart." it would be hard to tell how Inuch of the prevalent illness and mortality from diptheria is due to such want of thought. Asa rule adults have the disease in so mild a form that they mistake it for a simple cold, and as a cold is not contagious, they think nothing of exposing others to their breath or the greater danger of labial contact. Taking into consideration the well-established fact- that diphtheria is usually, it’ not always, communicated by the direct transplanting of the malignant vegeta- tion which causes the disease, the fact that there can be no more certain means of bringing the contagion to its favorite soil than the act of kissing, and the further fact that the kissin of children on all occasions is all bu universal, it is not surprising that, when the disease is once imported into acommunity, it is very likely to be- come epidemic. It would be absurb to charge the spread of diptheria entirely to the practice of ciiild-kissing. There are other modes of propaga- tion, though it is hard to conceive of any more directly suited to the spread of the infection or more general in its operation. It stands to diptheria in about the same relation that promiscu- ous hand-shaking formerly did to the itch. It were better to avoidthe prac- tice. The children will not suffer if they go unkissed; and their friends ought for their sake to forego the lux- uryforaseason, A single kiss has been known to infect a family; and the most careful may be in condition to communicate the disease without knowing it. Beware, then. of playing Judas, and let the babies alone. Natural Therapeuiics—Bathing.‘ BY MRS. N. M. )I(.'GIBBEN. A celebrated medical practitioner and author of standard medical works as well, closes an elaborate “Compen- dium of the Principles and Practice of Medicine” with a chapter on Nat- ural Therapeutics. In it he says “the marked tendency of modern practice is to rely more upon the resources of nature and to dispense less drugs. The former are the principal means of permanent relief and indispensable to health. ii ‘*7 Support the vital. Conspicuous among natural thera- peutics are pure air and water, whole- some, nourishing food,and rest, which is one of the chief natural therapeutic agents, often the only available one required.” The author of this compendium, a graduate of the regular school, latterly an eclectic, when he had six children sick of scarlatina. at the same time used none but the natural therapeutic remedies——used a frequent sponge bath with water, the temperature the most agreeable to the patient, tepid or a little warmer, and they all recov. ered, while nearly every child in the sick of scarlatina that took drugs I . sir. . -«W , ‘Wt:-at-.-:.' .m--;»..:. _y..,...... . .1. * i i . ., 4&9‘ l 4 l i A ijoisi‘ 15, 183;. TEE GBAIEGE VESITCB. 7 ifiintilii’ Qepaiitmeni. BLUE AND GRAY. “Oh, mother, what do they mean by blue? And what do th:y mean by gray?" Was heard from the lips of a little child As she bounded in from play. The mother's eyes filled up with tears; She turned to her darling fair, And smoothed away from the sunny brow Its treasure of golden hair. “Why, mother's eyes are biue, my sweet, And gra.npa's hair isigray, And the love we hear our darling child Grows stronger every day." “But what did they me:.n'r" persisted the child “For I saw two cripples to day, And one of them said he fought for the blue; The Othdf. he fought for the gray. “Now he of blue had lost a leg And the other had but one arm, And both seemed worn and weary and sad, Yet their greeting was kind and warm. They told of battles in days gone by, Till it made my young blood thrill; The leg was lost in the Wilderness fight, And the arm on Malvern Hill. “They sat on the stone by the farm-yard gate And talked for an hour or more, Till their eyes grew bright and their hearts seemed warm, With fighting their battles o'er. And parting at last with a friendly grasp, In a kindly, brotherly way. Each calling on God to speed the time Uniting the blue and the gray.” Then the mother thought of other days— Two stalwart boys from her riven; How they knelt at her side and, lisping. prayed “Our Father which art in Heaven;“ How one wore the gray and the other the blue. How they passed away fr am sight, And had gone to the land where gray and blue Are merged in colors of light. And she answered her darling with golden hair, While her heart was sadly wrung With the thoughts awakened in that sad hour Bv her innocent, prattling tongue, “The blue and the gray are the colors of God: They are seen in the sky at even, And many a noble, gallant soul Has found them passports to heaven." —-New York Mall-Ezpreu. ——————ec————— 0U R DUTY. The heart that is still when a heart should be I’ ht ig , Or false when a heart should be true, Let us guide through the darkness obscuring its sight, And point to the future, eternal and bright, And teach it to dare and do. The soul that is darkened by passion and crime, Let us win from its idols of clay, And lead to the heroes and so gee sublime, Whose names are inscribed on the records of time, Unfading, immortal, for aye. Let us fight for the right—-though the strug- gle be long- With firm and unwavering desire: Let us manfully battle oppression and wrong, With hearts that are earnest and trusty and strong, And God and the truth will inspire, Let us dare to be noblemen—-nature’s own pride-— A.nd dare to be true to each other; For the earth is a homestead, so fruitful and wide We can live. wia can love, we can toil side by si e, And each unto all be a brother. Dear Nieces and Nephews:—I wonder have any of you observed that Aunt Prue has been rather uiisteiuly of late, often not appearing at all,:ind oftener with an article intended for the pre- ceding issue? If I thought it would be of interest to you I would give the reason. Ilowever, should such a state of things again occur, hope some one will take her to task. In reviewing our department in July 1 VISITOR, we find a wel1-wrlt- ten essay by Sunilower. Ilcr argu- mentative style of expression is inter- esting. Why do not some of the cous- ins take the negative side of the sub- ject under discussion? To the unexpected appearaiice of a. hand full of water-lilies, we are iii- debted for the pleasing thoughts and reminiscences to be found under the title of July Lilies, the concluding ar- ticle in this number. In July 15, “Hints to Home Read- ing,” L. J. G. That this question of home reading is of great importance is patent to every observing mind. Tell me what books he reads, andl will tell you what is the man. It has been said the man is no better than the picture he delights to look at. We would say he is no better than the books he most desires to read. But While we read do not let us for- get to think. Reading without thought is yalueless. The next article in this number, “Good Advice” contains excel- lent suggestions relative to acquiring this habit of thinking about what we read. The department in Aug. 1st issue is filled with “A Bit of Local Scenery," Helen Mar, and a pronunciation test. We imagine Helen was somewhat surprised when she read the first line of her quotation from Wordsworth, for surely it was the types mistake. As we write, the last day of July is drawing to a close. It has been a royal month, doing honor to the great general and statesman, Julius Caesar, for whom it was named at the sug- gestion of that Roman triumvir, Mark Antony. It has ripened a bountiful harvest and seen it safely gathered and stored. The tempera- ture throughout the month has been of a. degree that did not necessitate the usual “annual flitting” to moun- tain and seashore. Many days seemed borrowed from September, so hazy and fall-like were they. It was in July, years ago, that we awoke to the beauties of one of our favorite authors. and never does the month return but those songs seem resung for us alone. What a. friend, what a help and safeguard a. good book is. Buy them, read and re-read them to the exclusion of all others. AUNT Pans. An Excursion down the St. Lawrence. Last Thursday morning. notwith- standing the hopes of many, was cloudy and at times rainy, yet on ar- riving at eight at the depot we found ‘cl. suliicient number of pleasure de- termined people to well fill seven coaches. It was an M. E. church ex- cursion, and a. jolly one, too; many with heavy lunch baskets and small b:-iggeige, consisting of sha.wls, over- coats, gossamers, rubbers and umbrel- lus, and all with a good-time look of expectancy on their faces. We rumbled along by rail until Cape Vincent was reached and the steamer “.\Iaud” found waiting to be boarded. Soon it was filled, stools, camp chairs, etc., were in great demand, but the supply was generous and the day be- gun. The air was warm, rain had ceased, and the sun occasionally peeped through the clouds only to let us know how much pleasanter it was for the eyes to have the cloudy curtains drawn. We pass down the American channel noting the pretty banks of the one side, and the seemingly so of the other, but we are told large islands obstruct our view and that more of great St. Lawrence lies across the way. Paus- ing a moment at Clayton, where the party on the wharf and ours exchange greetings, we observe the beautiful new steamer,“St. Lawrence,” quietly reposing in the water. After a. short time the charming voice of our boat whistle warns us something is near and from the bow we view “Round Island” kept by the Baptist association. The immense ho- tel rises in the central portion of the grounds and the inviting walks from the river suggest a pleasantly spent time, but our destination is not yet reached and we pass on. Reaching Wellesley Island we find one end oc- cupied by the Methodists and known as 1,000 Island Park. It is one of the main resorts of the river and well it may be Our party halts here zit 11:30 two hours for dinner and sight seeing. The decks are soon relieved of the masses, miiny going but a few steps up the broad walk to dine at the elegant hotel which has recently been com- pleicd, hence adds the charm of new- ness to its many others. Some take their baskets and enjoy the szindwiclies and pickles under the cool shade trees near the bunks, while our company, anda few scattered ones, improve the space left on the sliaded deck and ar- range our stools for a feast from out heavy lunch baskets. \Ve find our ap- petites not wanting after our river ride. The remziiniler of the time is passed by rowing in the many cun- ningbozits all along, visiting the ho- tel, or strolling about winding walks, among handsome cottages; for do not let us forget that the chief beauty and liomclike appearance lies in the cosy cottages whichevcry where peep out of some nook, or boldly rise from ii lofty knoll, with as many varied tints and slizipes as the little islainds are nu- merous. The thought comes to us that no common workinaii planned those; each has some peculiarity, and but few plain, sqiiiire sides, for the win- dows,piazziis or gotliic roofs prevent all monotony. Tiicy’re . built, as it were, half out doors, the venindahs extending nearly half the depth and on all sides. The breezes swept through t.hem,likcwise mosquitoes, for screens would destroy the romantic effect. Our party enjoyed Z1. long walk directly up from the wharf, past the hotel and to the tabernacle, which is built on a. side hill, and very unique and beautiful when lighted in the evening, Aside street takes us back as the call is given to resume our trip. We cross South Bay, enter "the Nar- rows,” and here look at those islands in front of us, to the right, to the left and behind us. They rise directly from the water with rocky edges, and some are exceedingly abrupt. All are cov- ered with grass and trees, (no Michi- gan oaks, 'lioweyei',) chiefly maples, elms and a. few scrubby oaks separated by small channels, indented with tiny gulfs and bays and of all shapes. The broader channel among them our steamer ventures to pass through, warned by the light houses on the banks that such aid is necessary when King Sun is gone. On emerging we enter the Canadian channel and my ever-entertaining companion points out places of interest, noted resorts, the bridge which with one upward curve spans the space between two beautiful isles and cost $5.000, cottages where friends reside, those fine camp- ing places where the boys cooked their own meals, and, not least, the singular, though pretty brown cottage delight- fully situated on a promontory, which readers, hence lovers of J. G. Holland, will recognize as his “Bonny Castle.” We havelnow gone the length of Wellesley Island (nine miles) and on the further end find Westminster Park kept by the Presbyterian society; but our boat slips on across Alexan- der Bay to what is considered the main resort. How it can be finer is a question. Two immense hotels loom up on the immediate bank and throngs of people meet us as the “Maud” draws near. “One half hour” is called out and we start at once to improve it. Being now on the main land, we find a. few stores, older residences and withala more permanent character. The 1,000 Island House is a fine, huge structure with its broad piuzzas, almost over the water, but we meet a friend who takes us past up the steps to the Cross- man House. And such steps! 0, those stones and rocks, one mass of flat glit- tering, ‘stone, pcrfectly natural, with an occasional crevice out of which peeps a brilliant geranium. llastily passing through the parlors up the elevator and numerous stair- ways we were preparing to regale our- selves with 2. grand view from the tower, when, lo! the boat whistle, and a“Did-you-get-lcft‘."’ feeling thrilled through us. One moment of blank amazement, then pell niell down stairs, steps and over walks onto the boat just as she pushed off! Turned about, now came a homeward run, via. American channel and by those charming “Seven Isles,” all cud- dled together and united by small bridges, also twin islands, each with its tiny cottage. ’ At 4:30 1'. 31., we draw again to 1,000 Isle I’-ark, remaining until 7:30. A long, first walk round by the bank brought us to the great tent in which is the busy scene of roller skaters. One hour’s indulgence there and the return walk reminds us tliere’s limit to human strength. l’e2icefull_v, calmly the crew started, the sun went down, the stars came out, the breeze whistled, the shawl- straps came off, the blanket shawls went on, and all were reconciled to ii return home. During the following three hour’s ride the enjoyment of the party was very maiiifest. The major- ity chimed in singing, and, while “Sweet Bye and Bye” was touching all our hearts, an occasional side coin- pany were chanting "Nine Little Nig- gers.”or “John Brown,” accompanied by a mouth organ and numerous cazoos. Our waiting train bore us safely home after it day of grand. and instructive sight-seeing among the fa- mous 1,000 isles of the majestic St. Lawrence. F. 0. B. Wiitertown, N. Y. “Commencement” elc. Perhaps Myra knew that Grace did not know the origin of the word “Com- mencement” as applied to the closing exercises of schools; and further, perhaps she thought she ought to know. Like many another, I have often raised the same question, but unsat- isfa.ctoi'ily; but thus pointedly appealed to, I refered the word to a more relia- blc authority, and obtained the reply. that the word has no further signifi- Citllce, than that it marks a commence- ment of life work at the close of ii college course. If anyone have another reason, we would petition for it. The “Hit of Local Scenery” in the last Visiroii was refresliing. With a. no- blc Helen Mar, and modest Ellen, beside the mirror waters of her “Loch l{:itriiie,” we ought often to cnjoy glimpses of scenic beauty from the pens of our Scottisli cousins. Url’.A(‘li. Good Advice lo Yonng Men. President Procter, of Yale, recently gave this sound and wholesome advice to the students. “Young men, you are the architects of your own fortunes; rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self reliance. inscribe on your banner, ‘Luck is a fool; pluck is a hero.’ Don’t take too much advise, keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Think well of yourself. Strike out. Assume your own position. Rise above the en- Vi-.'.~i]S and thejealoua. Fire abovethe mark you intend to hit. Don’tswear. Don’t deceive. I)on’t marry until you can support a wife. Advertise your business. Love your God and fellow- men. Love truth and virtue. Love your country, and obey its laws.” A Lie is Forever. A little girl, whom we know, came in her night-clothes very early to her mother one morning, saying: “Which is worse, to tell a lie or steal?” The mother, taken by surprise, re- plied that both were so bad she couldn’t tell which was the worse. “Well,” said the little one, “I’ve been thinking a good deal about it, _ and I’ve concluded it’s worse to lie than steal. If you steal a thing you can take it back, ’less you’ve eaten it; and if you’ve eaten it, you can pay for it. But”-—and there was 9. look of awe in the little face—“a lie is for- ever.” Drunkennass No Excuse for Crime. The Supreme Court of Indiana has overruled the motion for a hearing in the case of Robert Goodwin, who is serving a life sentence in the State prison. The case is one of the most celebrated in the criminal history of the State. Goodwin, who was a lawyer of prominence and high family connec- tion at Brockville, Ind., was sent to the hospital for treatment for drunkenness. Shortly after his release he shot and instantly killed his brother, Dr. John Goodwin, without the slightest provo- cation. The defense was insanity, caused by habitual drinking, but it was not sustained either in the lower or the higher court. The decision held that voluntary drunkenness was no ex- cuse for a. crime, and neither was de- lirium tremens, unless the act was com- mitted at the same time the person was suiferiug from the tremens. It also rules that a hypothetical question put to a. witness, like a. medical expert, must not necessarily contain the points asked for by the opposing counsel. Goodwin, who is in the southern prison, is very despondent, and has to be con- tinually watched to prevent suicide. SELECTIONS. Charity is an eternal debt. Though: means life-— W. A. Alcott. Flowers are nature’s jewels.-—G. Curly. Ability is a poor man’s wealtl1.——G. Crabbe. Love is heaven and heaven is love. —S£r Tl’. Scott. All man's wealth or poverty is with- in himself.——R. Hall. The beams of joy are made hotter by reflection.—T. Fuller. Ila piness is to moral worth what the g ow of health is to health itself. liilucatioii is our only political safe- ty;outsirle of this ark all is deluge.- H. Mann. I know no such thing as genius; ge- nius is nothing but labor and diligence. W. Hogrirtli. \V'e rate ability in men by whatithey linish, not by what they attempt.—N. J[cDonr1.'d. You may take the greatest trouble, and by turning it around lind joys on the other side.——’1‘almagc. Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.—1{. W. Beecher. We speak of ed iicaiing our children; do we know that our children also ed- ucate us '.’—1l[rs. .S'i'gourric_y. We have some cases of pride of leaiiiing, but at multitude of the pride of ignorance.—.5', W. Taylor. _ Hope is like the sun, which, _as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind iis.-—.S'.S:nilr:s. Tears are the softening showersthat caiisc the seed of heaven to spring up in the human lieart.—S£r W. Scott. Strike from mankind the principle of faith, and men would have no more history then ii. flock of sheep.—Bulwer. Keep thy temper, keep thy purse, and keep thy tongue, if thou wouldst be plealthy, wealthy and wise.—P. M. An- rows. Kisses are like grains of gold or sil- ver found upon the ground, of no value tlicmselvcs, but precious as showing that a mine is neai‘.——G. Vii/.'lC7'.S. Our faith is the centre of the target at which God doth shoot when he tries us; and if any other grace shall escape untried, certainly fiiitli shall not.—-C. II. ispilrgcozz. The mind that has beauty in it and learns_not to express it, is like iron that has a jewel set in it—it holds it for no use. and is rust gatliering while it does so.——1€cv. I1. Hooker. We should make the same use of ii book that the bee does of a ilower; shc steals sweets from it but does not in- jure it; and those sweets she herself improves and concocts into honey.- C'. C’. Collon. Food for the sick. As much depends on the food of your patient as on medicine. If one ever learns the right Value of food and drink, it is over a sick person, when the processes of strength and growth alter with a few spoonfuls more or less of the right kind of nour- ishment, and you feel the pulse sink under your finger for want of the draught of beef tea, or sip of wine and milk, which keeps the fluttering strength alive. Many a patient in a fair way of recovery has been lost. for want of good food to restore the lost vitality. You need to learn much to cater for the sick; to give fever pa- tients lemons, acid jellies—-not fruit jellies made with sugar—but gelatine flavored with wine and a breadth of spice, little piquant soups, a few spoonfuls of which revive one so much and which the system absorbs us a sponge drinks water, almost; apple pulp scraped with a silver knife, or the juice from the ripest of strawber- ries, given drop by drop, together with barley water made in the good old way with lemon juice and sugar candy and calves-foot jelly, blandest and most blissful of foods. Nervous and weakly patients who need building up require strong broths without a drop of fat in them, savory roast chicken, game and such essence of meat as we get by putting five or six pounds of the neck or shoulder of beef in a. stone jar, covering tight without one drop of water, and bak- ing in a moderate oven two hours. The jar will be found half full of the richest gravy, which is the very thing to build up nerves and brain. A cup- ful of this gravy heated scalding hot, with a fresh egg dropped in, and toasted oatmeal crackers, is a very hearty meal for an invalid. But re- member, all food for a sick person must be the freshest, best quality, for anything stale or injured, which a healthy system might get over, will hopelessly derange a feeble one. Remember, also, that if half the care were given to the health of well people that we take to cure invalids, there would be very few sick. Hu- mor the fancies of your patient all the doctor will allow. If there isa craving for any one thing in particu- lar, whether it is roast chicken at midsummer when chickens are scarce. or oranges out of season, guava jelly or velvet cream or white grapes, get that very thing if you can, and say nothing about the trouble of getting it. That will worry all the pleasure out of a weak patient, when to gratify his taste may be the turning point to health. It is wholesome for people in this World to have their own way about their personal habits anyhow, sick or well, always provided it does not interfere too much with the com- fort of others, and to the sick every- thing should give way. Lay this rule to heart.—Ex. ———— American Business Rush. “Ah, Charley, my dear boy, what’s your hurry ?” “Well, to tell the truth Ned, my defal- cation has been found out, and I am in a hurry to get away.” “Well, come up to the club and tell all about it, and- “No, I really can’t, I have got to leave in the morning, the sheriff has just told me that I will be arrested in a day or so.” “Well, good bye, old ma.n,write when you have time.”—[Boston Post. The Night Toilet. Making this sort of toilet demands first of all,|that every gai'mentthut you have worn during the day be taken off and their places supplied with others- at most not more than two. During the summer months one will do—zi. liirge night-dress or sleeping shirt. The clothes you take off should be careful- ly straightened out and hung up, so as to becouie well aired during the night. l)0n’t throw your clothes down inn heap. This is sloveiily and llllilezlltily; besides they will look rough and wrinkled the next day. Again, you are never to go to bed with dirty hands, or feet or face. Give your lldlliis and feet the benefit of :i doubt, and wash them at a. venture. If your feet ache with being tired, just see what bathing will do in giving them rest. There is no time lost in taking a bath; it is more restful than sleep itself. Andilicn brush your hair thoroughly before lying down, for that rests the brain and adds immensely to the general feeling of comfort. In this way you go to bed like :1 gen- tleman or it lady, and sleep like :1 prince or atop, as the case may be. But in the other style going to bed unkempt, unwashed, and unadorned, one resem- blcs ii pig crawling into his nest, and such unclczurline-,ss is unwortliy the in- telligence and ciiliivutcil taisie of a lin- mzin being. A full bath before you sleep is often necessary. Many ii rest- less night is avoided in this way. .\'ow anybody can take it coarse towel and rub themselves from top to toe, and this is almost as good as a full birth. A night-shirt is :1 cheap luxury and should be enjoyed by everybody. This toilet inaking is simple and unoxpeii- sive. and I wish you would try it, for it will certainly add a new pleasure to the task of going to bed and getting up. And though at first thought we might laugh at the professors proposition as Very absurd, yet on trying it we will be quite certain to adopt it, 2ill(l then the laugh will be on the other side. '1‘. l’. Wihsoiy. 1’ATClIWOltl{ AND Cl'.A'/.\' Qi'ii.'i's are the latest C-'I'a:(,:, and ladies will be glad to learn of an economy in this Art lxeedle work. We have just been shown an ounce package of “F2lCtOl'y ends” culled “Waste embroidery" good silk, iJe'd.ll'lflll colors, iiud in qiiaintity, as much as is olitaiileil in from 7.3 to 100 skcins of regular‘ goods. These fiictoryeriils can all be used, and are liiguly prized for their ccononiy. ‘ Any of our siibscribcrs may obtain ll similar package, by foryyzirding -10 cents to the Bit-\ll\'l:‘l‘.l) & r\ll)I>'l‘l{0.\‘(i Co.. 021 1\I.-\i:i{i:'r S'i‘16c lower; western, 3'l@46. ark, quiet; mess $l7.25@l7.- 50. Lard, better, atearnrendered. 87.85. Dicraorr, Aug. i2.—12:00 M.--Wheat, quiet; cash, 90; Aug.. 89% nominal; Sept., 8894; Oot., 89; No. 2 red, cash, 83%; Aug. 83 bid; Sept. 83%; No. 2 white 83. Corn. No. 2 cash asked. Oats, No. Zwhite, 40@42 nominal; No. 2. 35%@ Flour. Wheat. Com. Oats. Beo’pts.. ..... ... 812 73.731 1,400 3,80) Ship'ta 125 43,280 none none Tomrno, Aug. 12. —Wheat. steady; No. 2 cash or Aug., 8056 ; Sept. 81%: Oct. 83% , Nov. 84% ; No. 2 soft 83; No. 3 red 80@80x. Cnxoaoo, Aug. 12.-—1:10 r. M.—Market closed about same figures as yesterday. Wheat 78 cash;79 Sent..:80‘,~4 Oct.: 81% Nov. Corn, 50% cash Aug: 49% Sept.: (8% Oct. Oats. 25 Aug.; 24% Sept.;. Bye, 57; Barley, 65 Sept. Pork, higher: 8250) Aug.; $22.50 Sept ; $12.8} year. gapd, firm; $7.37‘/3 Ane.: 57.42% Sept.; 87.52% c . Groceries. NEW Yosx, Aug. 1‘z.—Butter, active;western. 8@22 CHICAGO WHOLESALE PRICES-'.l'IMEB REPORT. Llvo mock. Oaloaoo. Aug. 12.—Ho¢s, receipts. rough packing. £5.50@5.’l5 _ shipping, $5.80®6.25. Cattle, reoei ts. dul ; exports, $6.50@6.8_5; @6190; common to fair. 346005.80. receipts. l,8(l); G‘=¢«m.. ms-p.A. 7 just what you Sugar, stand. A 6% Butter, dairy.. 11@17 granulated"... 6% ex.creamery 20@2l Dried apples.. 6¥@'7% common B012 Potatoes,new.bu.45@50 Eflflmiresh .. 1356014 Wool. fine w’shd 31-32 Beans 11 pick $1.25-2.30 l1.0(I); veryactive; !.0@l5c highenlight. $5.50®6 25; heavy packing and 4.600 good to 0 oiee 80.00 Michigan Female Seminary, lialrunnzoo. Llicli. On Mount Holyoke plan. Location delightful. Board and Tuition, $172 per school year. Fine Library, Cabinet, Telescope and Musical Instrument-. Much attention given to the Euglishlnnguage and review of elementary studies. Fall term begins Sept. -1, ISS4. For Catalogues address, Miss M. H. Srnaoun, l-3july6t Principal. Professor Kedzie‘s Letter to the Alsbastine Company. AGRICULTURAL C'oLr.aoir, g Lansing, April 19, 1884. To M. II. Clcicrcli, ]|la.na.ger: DEAR SIi§——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 culcimine will. am satisfied with Alabastine. Yours faithfully, R. C. KEDZIE, Professor of Chemistry. IMITATIONS AND INFRINGEMENTE. Some cheap attempted imitations of Ala- bastine are being Offered in some places to Alabastins dealers, under different names and at very much lower prices than Alabastino could be sold for. A CIIEAP, INFERIOR MANUFACTUILED WALL FINISH can be made so as to impose on the public with less chance of detection when first used than most ANY KIND ‘or ADULTEBATION. Commcm calcimine appears to be a very fair finish when first put on, but no one claims that it is durable. Manufactured only by Tim ALABASTINB Co., M. B. Crinacn, Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich. (Continued from last week.) How Watch Cases are Made. This process of manufacture was invented by .3‘ 185k ithe inctlioils and tools iisul in making these wziti-ii mixes are covered by patents. This is tlic only watch case made umler this process. For iii.'i.n_y years the in- es Ross, who started in business in troduction of those gomls was slow, owing to popular prejiiilicc ugziiiist “pl:i.tell!.ll11 or gs] ljc acid_ Low prices, long credit. Rich agricultural and grazing lands, producing wheat, rye, oats, corn,cotton grasses, iind all the choice fruits, near schooIs,churches and railroads. Cheap laud excursions every month. For maps of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas, with llll information, address .1. B. FKAWLEY, Pass. and Land Agent Missouri Pacific Ry- C0,, 109 Clark street Cliicugo, 111. If unfettered discussion does not precede a nomination ll will certainly succeed it. Is is better Ii’) have it before. You may instruct 2. State del— egation, but you can not bind 2-. nia- jority of voters in a like way.—Broc/;- [mi (N. Y.) Eagle. DAIRY OUEEN OHURN. 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., Ksnamazoo, Mien. Greenwood Stock Farm. POLAND CHINA SWINE 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 prepaid; cloth, 50 cents ; leather tucks, 31.00. Postage stamps received Address, J. T. Conn, Schoolcrait. or I GEO. T. FISH. Rocnnswan, N; Y. ACME URI-IIIIIER and BUTTER COOLER} A combine.-' tion by which all farmers can , make Cream- ery Butter as we las keep it in a nice con- dition until it is marketed. For Sale at Reasonable Rates. 1”“V°““'°‘ . . . . . . thirds the la- Pigs in pairs and tries not akin. Breeding g nor. Ni. iceis Stock recorded in Ohio Poland China Record. 3 Parties wishing stock of this kind will find it for their interest to correspond. with or visit B. G. BIJELL, Rondo, Cass Co., Mich. required as it is strictly a cold water re- is taken from the top and is clear of sediment. The most complete arrangement for the Farmer and Dulryninn in existence. Agents wanted, Send for circular and prlce list. MCCALL ll: DUNCAN, Kalamazoo, Mich. Clover Leaf Can frlgetor. To crchm 6. Little Prairie lfifebtf The Stale Igriculluial College, Lansing. Micli. laprti son run This institution is thoroughly equipped hav- , ' ' , ing a large teaching force: also ample_ facili- Greanl Gatherlng SYbt3m- ties for illustration and manipulation includ- V .. . , W THE CHEAYEST AND ing Laboratories, Conservatories. Library, 4' / Museum, Classroom Apparatus, also a large ' and well stocked farm. FOUR YEARS are required to complete the course embracing Chemistry, Mathematics. Botany, Zoology, English Language and Literature, and all other branches of a college course except For- ei Lan ages. g’.[]‘1hree figure labor on each working day except Saturdays. Maximum rate paid for BEST. 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 list. Muflall ll [uuuuu Kalaniiizoo, Ml(‘ll., labor, eight cents an hour. RATES_ _ llliiniifiictiirers llllill dealers Tuition free. Club Boarding. ”‘ °m""”’ “W M‘ CALENDAR. For the year 1884 the terms begin as follows: A_l\/1:E;:[;§,_[C£g_]§,’ Smznm TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 18 Sinmmz Tnnx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 20 Am-umv TERM ............... . .Sepl:ember 2 Examintion of candidates for advanced standing will be held February 18. Candidates for admission, to College on September 2 may present themselves for examination either on Ma 20, or September 2. at 9 A. M. Fldr Catalogue apply to R. G. BAIRD, Secretary. Rodgers Amber Wheat. Seed for sale at $4.00 for 2 bushels, $7.50 for 4 bushels, bags included. Larger quantities at 31.50 per bushel and 25 cents for each bag, free on board cars. A very desirable variety for all dry soils, either clays, loams or sands. Has yielded 4 to 10 bushels better per acre than any other variety {grown here. Samples by mail on application. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, _ Three Oaks, Berrien Co., Mich- Aug. 15, 2t- FOOLISH WOMEN, FRUIT Elllfllll Manufactured at Waynesboro. Pm 54 P3615 03*" nl oguc free. DwightStone Manager of distributing station, Iir’$LAlVIAZOO, IVIICII. Kalamazoo otfice 316 east Main street. IIIUIIIS MEN AND WIIMIEII Can save money by attending the KALAMAZOO Business College. Fall term opens Sept. 1. Send for Journal. Those suffering from complaints peculiar to their sex, which are daily becoming more dangerous and more firmly seated, yet who neglect to use, or even to learn about Zoa-Phorar Woman's Friend. For testimonials prov- ing its merits. address. R. PENGELLY at 00., Kalamazgfo, lc . Sold by all Druggists. _ , 1 kl healthy !h}(:l1l:g.l‘e§; ‘ill’. vlv’?:1xi1gaeIl1ly’ss i:oili:,°-isdvice 1.6 Mothers, concerning diseases or women and PRESIDENT, 11t'sh’s American Jllmiual of l ' THE GRANGE VZSIEOB. AUGUST15,1884. 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Respectfully Solicits Consignments of Cli:n't(-retl Feb. liltla, lbii would be cheapest at twice the Secretary, and C. and 206 SllbOl'{llIlalit3(irl‘tll1g€S use no other point. the paint, and (‘ll‘(,'I1lZlI‘S for the whole Grunge. Sti‘eet, New York, and receive book, A uiuuif§uLLu' Liuulfl Ilul1lJuiPaiul, ONLY PAINT KNOWN T0 SCIENCE that will successfully rc- sist the action of MOISTURE, SUN, SALT AIR &WATER, FUMES FROM COAL GAS, &c., and therefore the GIIEAPEST PAINT for HOUSE, SHIP, CAR, TELEGRAPH, OR STE-ZAMBOAT PAINTING. BRUSHES. _l _ ff 7 _ PAINT AT rdcronvm PRICES. \Ve pay the freight and sell you at the lowest wholesale factory prices, the same {is if you came to the factory. We were the first concern t-lint sold to Patrons, and we don‘t want store keepei"s trade now. Brother Thomas. Secretnrv Pennsylvania State Grunge says: “Many of our niembers have more than saved their for a lifetime by purchasing your paint. It lasts nizinytimes longer than any other paint, and . price per gallon.” Brother Thomas Was formerly it painter. Brothers J, Cobb, formerly Lecturer of Michigan State Graiige, have iiseilniiil approved this paint, Masters and Secretiiries supplied with cards of specimens of All consumers should hdrlress l’:1trons’ Paint \Vorks, 76 Fulton "Everyone their own Painter ” L. Whitney, CE. I I IN ORI)]*}I-I 'I'(.) l{l£DUCE OUR S'l'()CK OF Fine Ta" or-Made Sui , “"0 will give to o\'0i'_\'mic bliyiilg nt, ALL ORDERS ETC. _1_‘.X~‘::HANGE ASSOCIATION, ’S ATTENTION. $12.00] : $1::.00.r RECEIVE K Peddlers And Up\‘.':i1'iI.<, children,” tree to any lady- Postage in 89819“ envelope ,0 Kalamazoo, - Mich. TEE NIAGARA FALTJES AATIII IJIIVE end 98-AHI?,,'1‘,Tx3l1}‘_7-I,i,BA1LEé¥3;-' I " Elinpiiiti-7r;a'icAGo'& ennui? TRUNK“: _, 0 9»... A $2.50 Gold Piece! A $2.50 Gold Piece-I Our $12 Suits areflsuellling everyhwere tor $15 “ $15 “ “ “ elsewhere for $18 :4 as is (S 6‘ Cl G-IVEIT .A.'VV'.A_'SZI l‘il,}.\‘l(l(‘S the above prices, we give 3. $2.50 Gold Piece with a $l2.Illl Suit! $2.58 Sold Piece with a $l2.0D Suit! 5%‘ We also out then; over to Ill yoii. I-ED HO5EEIcI GITIIC)-ED O9'Z$ V III '.l‘l’«‘.All\‘B wES’I‘V\'ARI).-—CI-Zi\"lRAL MERIDIAN in-:22. TR.il?w'r3 i~:.i.»'m‘.irm,--(-icxriur Msiunuri 'TlD‘.'E H - _ N 4 N N E , A.-- F- Aw_,hV_,1_ All Suits below $12.00 We have reduced N.‘2.I 0' ‘I ""'-I °'- =N.1. .“'. "°"‘ ‘.°'.' - Brarione. A‘(1)flil, IEDW ’ fl ‘B Qleflk STATIC-NE. llliiil l‘.'"'m"l ‘,m'"“’”° ‘M950 fI‘OIIl to per Sult. EX Sun ‘ xpress.‘ ’ ‘Puss g r. ,Ex 5”“ In-xprt-s~ I'i::pi'«.Ii» I Accom. ,,_,, - A ,,,,"&S“":‘ ,D‘”l5' lEx,',S,,"": ,,_ ,_,, , ,, ‘ , '5 Dml-‘,:, _ II? V H?-§’,:,*,§,,§‘g;’;;; er _f_5_"_f_‘f 8 ~ 2"; er L.~;*-'~C‘{-;;=;:,=,=<,»-;,;;,,,:,:;:,:;e2», '5.” ;:f:;,~:r as A Lot ol IMPORTED JERSEY SUITS for Boys, . v ,- is : r r U I - i ._ _ , ‘ I _ ,~ 53 i”~3‘.*I."{’f:::::t :11); n 1 '駻..f;‘$ ,1Zi“5 u l 22:: 1 {>.‘.§‘,‘..:‘§.‘.;‘l..‘:;"' '.r;.:'~ l .::"i'.r:rr nu’.-1:‘-I"rz.a'.:.: Q Mum‘ t0 51-9”- A .131" GIWID‘ .l _____ _f_; szr '‘C_"__’_:,_____._. ‘‘ H{"*'“‘“-‘= ‘ L:.D:t.:D.G.H.&il. 651: “ ‘ sxé W} 833 “ 430 H “ §“”“"=“---- 65 Pout,“ It 755 i. 9 :0 i. 933 Al 5 35 ll Smith B:-ind- “ H11 " sin “ , 9r:s “ 1011 " (1 2o " Falls’??? ——- 1 Ar. Diomlnd " 930 “ ‘l0 2)’: “ ,1iuo if 7i:5 l : %“9:*:li‘i*llfi5 -- _ $3.50, I40 7.95. \ I(.i’Vj)Il;ltVlVItlM_ir_ ‘J 45 " 1030 ~- luv 45 “ }—'7”2>()?| u g,;f,(;:0,c:fl,7,‘:l - . O :. ,E,*;:::g:=,;,-;;; :; 3;: .. uigz ,,;,_u; ;;,: 33,; ,~ ;;a,;,,p.,~..,t = p ; MANILLA HATS, $1.38; worth $2.00. ,M,- §,:m,;<: W or: iii “ I 10.3 ‘f lmo “ .5: ..;'.m.. (5:22. 2;. (5 , Z 1‘; ,.;*:,,,‘,,,,',;‘j_ ------ --I . ~ ‘ ‘ 13%; ff , 3,35 ;; MANILLA. HATb, $1.50; Worth $2.50. “ Sclioolcraft_ ‘ : 522, u ‘ 7 4}, ii :: - I .. . GAUZE UNDERWEAR, 13c. “ Grangers ‘- I '15‘; H i 953 H O .. s,,,,,,', B0,}; 535 ‘: 1o-:0 I I . — _ ' 62:3‘ 11:’ .: u:u.:.u;;;;; . ~ ° io flgdugnns In Evgr |]g arlmgml 4 ‘I .V.:u:.:.*::';:*::: :5; *?—“l_5 i‘:_‘_‘_?_-?_ :2; I ‘ , . - - ' «s, “ C,lll&P C ‘, "4| " 5 ('43 “ i 71: “ ,i_ ___ 92.’ _______ ._ '1 ‘Q31 “ Q 2-. Chicago __n_)f; éii» “ I45 " 313 " ; ______ -_ Ar.Port.LEIuroi-_ I040 " 120 “ i 7 so 10 in " N : I ‘ l I .‘ ‘ _ . _ 0', 0 7 /I .(’ .}r' 11.0 .- I ("I ) “)»" ‘ way F,.e,-gml, ]em.,.s¢1,,,U]c,,,ft‘ }g,,9t._mm 5,35 ,,.M_; tinl .‘1l:nlllll'l’l TIITIB.‘ which is one hour slower than w Wltlb '$1’V'00 butts “it i "(I)". (11 (ls u’e ./‘vb a $""')0 Westw'21rd, l():Ir5 A. IIL, L‘XC(‘[)t Suiidizy. , Llmlen‘ Sm“d“'rd Tmler G0l(l P0606. Nos. 1, 7 and 8 will stop at Dumnd 20 minutes for N09“ 3:91“ 6. d5llY- All 09191’ W‘-"35 ‘m3lY- 0399?‘ , mafia. _ Sunday. ‘ .' N,,_ 4 Wm 5,0,, ,,t E,,m,, Creek 20 mi,,,,,,,B for meals. ‘ Pullman Palace cars are run through without change 4 1-1 No. 1 will stop zit Viilpiiraiso 20 minutes for meals. Nos. 3 and ti liare n Dining Car attached between Chicago and Battle Creek. Wh i-re no time is shown at the stations trains will not at op, 1' Trains do not stop for p.-issengers except on signal. All Chicago & Grand niiw Bay City, Hamilton, (1120. B. Riirvir. Truflic Mani-.;_er. Trunk trains are run by (lenv or so ———soLn MANUFACTURERS or-— This invention in a small space wh the many cots that fortable night's real: bad at all. While made for durability. comfortable to lie n It is so constructed that cords, form the most perfect spring bed. as on all cots, but is in a few minutes, or II: is a. perfect spring bed, soft and eas it is a complete bed, without the addition are in the market there is no Patented June 13, 1882. supplies a long-felt want for a cheap portable bed, that can be put away an not in use, and yet make a roomy, comfortable bed when wanted. Of t one, cheap or expensive, on. which a. coin- can be had. They are all narrow, short, without spring, and in fact no TEE BEDETTE folds into as small space, and is as light as anything can be When set up it fumishes a bed long enough for the largest man, and is as pon as the most expensive bed. to add sufiicient clothing. The “BEDETTE” is a. Household Necessity, And no family, after once not liable to get out using, would be without it. It is simp within the reach of all. PR.ICE:—— 36 inches wide by 6} feet long, $3.50. 30 inches wide by 65 feet long, For ale by Furniture Dealers Everywhere. by 4} feet long (cover nor adjustable) $2.60. betwoi,-n Chicago and Port Huron, Detroit, East Sagi- York, Toronto, Montr-.—;il and Boston. Dining cars on 3 and 6 West Battle Crcek. 1 E. P. Kzaiir, Agent. Schoolcmit Mich. '- M. B. csuncii “innards” co., G-IEAND RAPIDS, l\IICII., the patent sides, regulated by the patent adjustable tension The canvas covering is not tacked to the frame, made adjustable, so that it can be taken off and put on again by any one easily tightened, should it become loose, at any time, from stretching. y, without springs or mattress. For warm weather of anything; for cold weather it is only necessary Ie in its construction, and of repair. It makes a. pretty lounge, is perfect bad. and the price is Niagara Falls, I,’-utiiilo, S. R. 0A’J.A'i‘.'A‘I. General Manager GRAND RA ‘.5 IDS. race WITH A si2.oo surr A D UNTIL AUGUST lst. N We are the 0riginal_Grange Supply House, organized in I872 to supply the consumer direct with all classes of Goods at Whole- sale Prices. in quantities to suit the purchaser. purchasing agents or commission men who buy their they get an order. We buy from first hands in and carry in stock all the Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Underwear, Watches, Hardware. Tinware. We are not goods after large quantities goods we handle. embracing Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware. Sewing Machines, Guns, Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Crockery, Harness, $addIes,_ Ti-u_nks. Groceries. and in fact nearly Every- thing that is rgquirpd in the House or on the farm. our Buyer s Guide is issued in March and September of each ear and wiI_I be sent free to any address u on receipt of postage. cents._ It is a_ book of 2l_6 pages. 8%x 1% inches. with 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 & 229 Wabash Ave... Chicago, Ill. Silk Pieces for Crazy Quilt. AEENTS, Sand 25 cts. for package, two pieces in each, LUOIUS C_ WEsT_ solicitor of America, * ' andF ' P te ts and CounsellorinPatent hand painted. Stamps not desired. Cnumgfelgfadg gag”, Copy!-ights’ Ame!“ inents, Caveats, and Mechanical Drawingl. \ V ,3; 83.00. 27 inches wide Address, E. BOX 257. Circular! hem 105 E. Mgin “W Chase Block, S V‘, Aug. 15, 1t Marshall, Mich. apzltt KALAMAZ00. M1034 ii