i i . VOI.U.'lll-I ll.——No. 2'». I WHOLE NUMBER 227). f I ¢.%j>.f;;i.f;i _oiIiEOTOJ; 1*’. Officers National Grange. .\l.\s’ri-:i< l’l"l’ l).\l\’l)l‘I.\', . . . . . . . ..l\ll>\lsslpPl rlvi-:i' I‘. l>l{.\|’l".R,. . . . . . ..\lnss .',i:i:i‘i i_\'.. . t.ilf»\l'l..\l.\' —\. J. l~‘.(i_s‘.\ . . . . . . . . . . .. 'l‘i:r..-ts; ii‘ ' - ‘. \l .\l{( ‘v _l< >t..\ 'l‘l\’l_\ll;l.l-f, 5141’. .\'t., \\’;1sliiiig- toii,1'). fl. ‘Li’; 1-: l'\'l‘i!-.l'l‘l:———ll. '3 Hi >.\ll‘.\< l.\'. . . . . l‘-t-lav-'11-.~ ('1-'.i.\l\'l ili.\'_. . . . . . . . .\ lss. I‘n\io.\'.\——_\ll\'>‘. 5. ll. _\'i-Z_\l., . . . . ..l\'cntuck_x. l"I.oi< \ - -.\l RH. J.\.‘»ll-IS <‘. lIi{.\l’lil{,. ....\l;1s~. l.:\ll\ .'\*\.\l‘. .\"Ii».\\.\i-:i>—-.\li:-. li. .\I. l.ll’.\'(_'( )_\ill. 5. f‘:i1‘.ilino.. Executive Committee. l. .\l. lll..\NTfl.\’, (fh'n,. .. . . . . . . ..\’ii'gini.i '1. i. wooii.\1.-\.\‘, . . . . . . . . . . .. .....\llL'lllg1lIl J. ll. Blilttll.-\_\l...... . . . . . . . . , . . . . . ..(ll1l() Officers Michigan State Grange. .\l.—-C. (.1. i.t:c1-2,. , . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . _ ..(iilcad f).—Jf)l IN ll()l.llR()()l\', . . . . . . . . . . ..l.ansiiig l.EC’i:.—l’lJl{l\’Y l\‘l.~\\'(), . . . . . . . . .l5:tttlc Crcck S.——H.-\l{RIS().\‘ BRAl)Sll.\\\', Nortli Branch ‘ .\. S.—A. E. (}l{l£ . . . . . . . . . . .VV:1llcd Lake C.——I. M. C.-\l{l’l.. fl-JR, . . . . . . . . . . . .Sl1eriiiaii TRF.As.-—-IC. .\ STRf,)l\'(i, . . . . . . . . ..Vicksburg sr.c.—_[. '1‘. Ct)BB,. . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . .schoo!cmft : (;. K.—A. M. .-\(§l<‘..\'.\‘, . . . . . . . . . ..l-udington , CER1~'.‘—Ml\'S. \V. lll'Il.l{N.\l’,. . . .Grecnvillc ‘ l’()M().\'.\——.\fl{.‘5. \\'. T. l{lCMl7.\'CvT0N, . . . .Alto l-‘Lox.-\—.\lRS. C. G. LUC ' . . . . . . . . ..Gilead L. A. S.-—MRS. A. Ii. f;'Rl;li Executive Committee. J. (E. l\’;\MSl)ICLI., Ch'i1. . . . . . . . .Travcrsc City i T1105. 1«‘. ;\I()(,)Rl;‘, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adri:1n 11. I). PL.-\T’l‘,. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..\'psilnnti THOMAS MARS, . . . . . . . . . . . . .l3ci'i'icn Center J. O. A. BUl{l{Il\(i’l‘()‘_\', , . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuscola : \Vl\l. S.-\TEl_\1A.\', . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l‘aw Paw Special Deputies. J. Q. A. BURI-(INGTON. Tiiscola, for 'l'uscol:1 and Hu- , ron Counties. M. T. COLE. Palmyra, for Lenawcc County. HIRAM ANDREWS, Arion. for Oakland County. JASON WOODMAN, Paw Paw, for Van Buren County. 1. H. RANNEY. Rivesjunction. for Jackson County. GEO. P. HUNT, Fargo, for St. Clair County. LEVI SPARKS. Niles, for Berrien County. S. H. HYDE, Traverse City, for Grand Traverse, Benzie, Leelanaw and Antrim Counties. FRANK H. DYER. Ferris, for Montcalm County. JAMES ANDERSON, Carsonville. for Sanilac County, MRS. L. E. DRAKE, Plninwell, for Allegan County. STORK LAM PMAN_ Tustin, for Osceola County. Michigaii Grange Stores. A. STEGEMAN, Allegan. C. GOODNOE, North Laiising. Si'5Ri—1\TG 8: Co., GRAND RAPIDS. ONE PRI_C_E}_T0 ALL! These Low Prices Tell the Story. Good Calicos, 30 and -10. Good Crash Toweling, 3c and 40. Good yard wide Brown Cotton, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ots. Good Bleach Cotton, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 ots. Ginghanis, 5, 7, 9c and upward. Wide and fine print-ed Oambrics at 8, 10 and 12% ots. Tiinen Lawns 12:3, 15, 20, and 250. leautiful Satines, 251;. ‘line Scotch Ginghams, 200. Lrocade Dress Goods. 5, 6, 9,12:}(:. Table Linen, 15, 19, 22, 25, 20, 300. Linen Towels for 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15. 18. and 21c. White Dress Goods from 5, 7. 9, 101: and upwards. We are closing out a large lot of fine Plaid Uambrics or ]2:}(-, worth from 15 to 250. These are the cheapest we‘ have ever seen. SPRING (9: COMPANY. SILZS. 3lack Gros Grain for 38c worth -36c. Black Gros Grain for 42c worth 60c. Black G1-cs Grain for 48¢ worth 65c. lack Gros Grain for 570 worth 75c. ilack Gros Grain for 631: worth 75c. ‘Jack Gros Grain for 750 worth $1.00. Black Gros Grain for 930 worth $1.00. ‘sch Gros Grain for $1.00 worth $1.50. tack Gros Grain for $1.25 worth $1.75. I. ck Gros Grain for $1.50 worth $2.00. ' Silks selling at $1, $1.25 and 81.30 cannot beob— ‘ elsewhere in this market at any price, as we have . usive agency of these goods and are entirely in- d by the manufacturers against any reasonable that may occur from wear. and we make good to )HlCXS any reuonable damage if any should occur. it were possible for us to enume all the differ- ‘ii es in our store worthy of attention. Thar.-are \ s of dollars worth of merchandise upon our -.- nd that is zling great -- ' tomers all over the country as well as citizens of The supply seems suflicient for the increased de- ind our department were never as well su plied. SPRING 8: COM ANY. N,. . .\Vallc(l Lake v SCHOOLCBAFT, MICH.. JANUARY 1. 1886. §g17i£lIlf1ItiIl ficpztrfmmt. TH5 iii-zmriiiiis. l3\' _l.\‘-ll.‘ l\'l '\‘~‘.‘l.l. l.I>‘i\ l"l.l.. Tlic rich iiiriirs sou iiil1t.i'iis'l;1;irl-'. _\iid piles up brick rind ~-[mic :11:-l gulil. .\iidl1ciiiiici‘it- .-oft \\llllCll'.l1|‘l~. ,\tl(l lL‘ll('i(“.' lli'.~ll that fccls the cold. Nor (lJll'L'\l’¢\\L‘1ll‘.'l f_:2ll’lt.t'lll nld: \ licriliigc it sccuis to lllt‘. ‘inc ~.c.ii'cc \vm.illl:il‘C'>. .“\llll.\l‘fi\\'llllC liiinilscoulilliarillyc;i1'u .\ living that would st.-r\'c his turn: .\ heritage, it scciiis to inc (Inc scarce would wi.-gh to hold in fee. The rich 1i1;1ii‘s son inherits ivaiits, llis stoiiiach crzivcs for dainty fare: \\'itli sated heart he hears the pants (if toiling hziiids with brown :ll'lll.~’ l)‘.1l‘<‘. And wcnries in his easy cl1:tii': A l1critzigc,it seems to me, One scarce \vo1ild ivish to hold in fee. What doth the poor nmn's son inherit? Stout muscles and :1 sinewy hcart, .\ hardy frame, :1 hardicr spirit: King of two haiids he does his part In every useful toil and art: A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. \Vl'mt doth the poor man’s son inherit? \\‘islies' o‘erjoyed with humble things, A rank adjudged by toil—worn merit, I Content that from employment sp1‘iitgs. _-\ heart that in his labor sings; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. \\'hnt doth the poor 1na11’s son inherit? A patience, learned by being poor, t'our:tge, if.~;ori'o\v c-mics, to bear it, .\ fcllmi‘-fecliiig that is sure 5 To make the outcast bless his door: A heritage, it seems to me, .\ king might wish to hold in fee. (ll'lCll m."n1’s son! there is :1 toil That \vitl1 ztllotlicrs lcvel stands: l.'.1i‘gc charity doth never soil. llut only wliitcn soft, white li:1nds,- This is the best crop from thy lands: .\ hcrit:1ge,it seems to be, \\'orth being rich to hold in fee. U poor 111.1n‘s son! scorn not thy state: There is \vur.~c ivcariiicss llltlll thiiic. ln merely being rich and great: Toil only gives the soul to shine, And inakcs rest fragrant and benign: 5 A heritage, it seeins to me, I \‘\'orth being poor to hold in fee. J Both. heirs to some six feet of sod, I Are equal in the earth at last: Both, children of the same dear (lod, Prove title to your heinship vast lly record of :1 wcll-filled past; A heritage, it seems to me. \\'ell worth a life to hold in fee. How Are Those Cattle Fastened? Czittle should be in doors all the time during the winter season except when they are watered once or twice daily or upon sunshiny days. There is little sense and less profit in leaving stock out doors J shivering on the leeward side of the ' fence or straw stack when there is a warm stable where they can be sheltered . free of charge. If corn stalks are fed in mangers the butts which the stock leave , may be piled by themselves and burned, ' thus lightening the labor of manure drawing. Now we will get to the subject—how shall we fasten the stock? 'l‘o look at the advertisements offastenings in stock papers it would puzzle one which to choose. Before the patented articles, came the old-fashioned stanchion ——a kind of instrument of torture. One dai- ryman has a small box stall for each cow, too narrow to allow turning around, This is wasteful of feed and too dirty for milch cows. the Barnard stanchion which fits into 3. frame and can be turned around in the frame allowing the cow to lick herself and lay her head against her body when lying down. They say at the Michigan Asylum, where these are used, they are liable to get out of order easily. The spring becomes weak and the hook un- fastens, you know with what result—how J some enterprising bovine creates a. de- i cided sensation when loose. I noticed many of these stauchions mended with , straps and ropes. Then comes the end- less chain scheme with two pulleys, the animal being attached to the endless chain. A few of these in motion would wake the dead if they hadn’t been dead too long. Now we come to the one which is of the most practical value to the farmer, because unpcttented and can be made by anyone who can chop off a smooth hickory limb or drive a nail. A hicko- ry limb free from knots about six feet long,or old pitchfork handles if you are unfortunate enough to have them, about an inch in diameter, on which is slipped a two or three-inch iron ring, is the cor- rect thing. The poles may be set in a. frame or nailed to a scantling surface Among patents, there is , by nailing 21 board as large as your hand . zit the top Lllltl bottom to bring the poic , out from the surface siifticicntly to al- low the ring to play freely. .-\ strap and sn:.p. or whzit is (‘llt’.;l])Cl‘ and just as gooc, twciity-cciit sto: k I'()]JL‘.§‘11l‘()llll(l the curs" iiccks. couiplctc the job. The snap 01. course iiasteiis into thc ring on the poll and the :lIl‘i!ilC1l h.1.< tlic s.il'tl\.‘ f1'ccdo1ulying tliwii ;is >.t;iiirlii1g,r—czi11 lick tlicii1scl\’c.-‘ -itlltl \'.'llt.‘l't lying down lay tl1cii‘l1c'.ids 2ig.'iinst the body in l1Lti.tl- rzil slcc-;1ii1;_;' position. it also has the zidvzintuge of l)cin',: cipiully good for calves Zilitl _\'c.i1'lii1gs'. if one tries this s<:li~c-me he will never use any other. You say this is not new. True; have you one? llocs one fzirnier in an hundred use them? Aiiothcr nizittcr in this connection is , J , half the quantity reported marketed in I thcplatfornis. These are more coin- ;monly used, but neglected by many. There is one device advertised consist— 1 ing of a movable platform, which may I he slid forward into the manger and fas- tened_.thus allowing for cattle of different lengths. The diminutive Jersey and the 1 -. rangy Holstein would each require :1. ,1 5 different length of platform. This does ,1 J rot, now so prevalent in this State, have . not apply with much force to the gen- cral farmer, whose cattle are mostly.‘ ,gradcs of average SIZC, with separate f places for calves and ycarlings. E. W. S. ———¢ou——-——- How to Destroy the Pear-slug. The article on poisoning insects in; ygivcn in the next issue of the \'isi'1'oi<. 1 ‘ . the last number of the VISITOR is not as well understood as it should be.‘ ; Fzunicrs and fruit growers will do well .to study up the use of Paris green. lt : way of getting rid of many pests that , -otherwise would destroy untold dainzigc, cspcrially to the fruit: can be used with safety and is the surest and cause . trees. Four years ago I had 21 cherry or- which lizgl been somewhat neglected during tli-f previous years. In destroy- ing the so-called cherry or pear slug that willin a short time strip the trees of every leaf, my experience has been that two years of such work will be sure death to the trees as they increase very fast. I used the old way of sprinkling j air slacked lime all over the trees but found the orchard so infested with,them that I could not subdue them. lt only checked them for a short time. One day I went out and took a look at the trees and it was 21 question in my mind whether I killed the slugs or the slugs killed the trees. I went to the house and tooka pail of water, mixed in a small spoonful of Paris green, took my hand force pump and sprinkled one tree. The next morning I found every slug killed. Then with ll. man and team I loaded two barrels of water into a wagon, mixed in each barrel three table- spoonsfull of Paris green. With the help of two men I sprinkled two rows at a time by driving between the rows. In three days thirty acres of pear and cher- ry trees were almost clear of slugs. This was done when the cherries had begun turn red and the Bartlett pears were two-thirds green. The Bartlett pears were sold in Chi- cago for $15 per barrel. Some varieties of cherries rotted on the trees. The rest were sold and brought a good price and, like the professor’s horse, I ate the cherries and pears, and I am here yet. Old Mission. H. K. B. -——:—-—-no:-—-—~—— Michigan Crop Report, December I, 1885. For this report returns have been re- ceived from 804 correspondents, repre- scnting 634 townships. Five hundred and tliirty—1ine of these returns are from 382 townships in the southern four ' tiers of counties. The condition of wheat in the southern .‘ 4 tiers of counties is 94, and in the north- ern counties 96, mo representing vitality and growthof average years. One year ago the condition in the southern counties was 104, and in the northern counties 103. Clover seed will average about one and 66-hundredths bushels per acre in the State. The condition of live stock is estimated about one per cent. below an average. Reports ha.ve been received of the quantity of wheat marketed by farmers during the month of September at 325 elevators and mills. Of these, 263 are in the southern four tiers‘ of counties, which is forty-six per cent of the whole number of elevators and mills in these counties. The total number of bushels reported marketed is 1,072,739, of which 222,352 bushels were marketed in the first or southern tier of counties; 329,- ‘chztrd and adjoining, :1 pear orchard,‘ . even claimed that it was 28; l)ll>.‘.llClS in the second tier; 198,451’; bushels in the third tier: :1 1,o1.il,>usl1els‘ in thc fourth tier: and 111,632 bushels in the counties north of the southcrn ii;-tirtic1‘s. .\t 31 clcvntors ztnd uiills.o1' ten pcr rcnt of tlic whole llll!lli)L‘l‘ from which reports li;ivc bccu i‘c('ci\'cI'lt;‘(l riiurkctczl in August. .\'cpteiii— licr. U<~‘u.>lier. null .\o\'ci1il>ci'. is 7.748,- Sjo, whicli is 5.345.445 lizislicls int.-rc than l'L‘J.‘t)l"IL‘tl ll‘..".I'l(ClC‘.l.lllC nionths in 1884. It will ‘no noticed that while ilic num- ber of rep()rts received frrmi Clt.’\'2t[<)i‘S and mills is only six lcss iliaii t‘c«:ei\cd for the .\'ovcmbcr report, yet the . quantity of wheat rcportcd ni-.1rkct- ed in .\‘o\/cinbcr is less than onc- T October. The number of clcvators and mills from which reports have been re- the quantity marketed in October ivas 1,733,305 bushels, and in November,‘ 871,503 bushels, :1 decrease of fifty per cent The nature and causes of the potato been carefully investigated at the Botan- “ ical Laboratory of our State University 3 by Prof. V. M. Spalding and Mr. Erwin 1 Ii‘. Smith, and the latter gentleman has :kindly furnished an article for publit_:a- I tion in this Report. This very valuable :i.rti(:lc will be - >- —- — PREMIUM LIST. While we believe from the 1l>‘.Slll'Z‘tllCCS I of our friends that they are cntirely in I E would willingly work for it with- , out pay, we are rcady to make the offers, ,3 as stated below, of articles which will i be :1 coiupensatioii of real value to J agents. ' l Au one sciidin the iiziiiics of ll\'C' stibscribers . Y . 3 . . J and 52.50, will be entitled to :1 choice of the fol- ,‘ lowing: One copy of (iRA:\‘<;r: \’isi'ioR, si.\' uionths. One copy of “(.ll:1d Echoes,” song book. One copy of Kei1(l:ill's "Trc:1tisc of Horse." For ten iirtincs and $5.00 :ti:hoicc of the fol- lowing: One extra copy of GR.\.\'i;i«: \'1si'i‘0i<,o11c your. One copy of Digest of l.:1ws and Ruliiigs. One Aiiieiiican Manual of l’:1rli:1incnt:1ry I.:t\vs. One copy of Pocket Mantial. One copy of National Grange (jlioir. Three copies of Glad Echoes. For thirty names and $15.00 We will send one copy of lI:1igh’s Manual of l.a.w and Forms. This is :1 book of 492 pages and comes to us well endorsed. the - --A—' MR. J. 'l‘. (Q0111.-:—In the GRA\'t}l£ Visi‘i‘oi< of Nov. 16, ll. \\'hitney'.1rruigns inc and my fcnccin a \'ery_//17//rriazg inuniier. From the nature of that arraigninent I shall claim the privilege ofdcfeud— ing myself through the same channel. - If his claims were true I for one would join with the rest of the frtrnters of the land in kindly thrtiiking him for l1l.s'_/if//If)’/'1' care over us. But his fcncc has not come into general use for the following reasons: First, the top boartl makes his fence catch so much wind that it blows down here in our “little clearing” the some as it does on his 171:5 _/vzja1'7'1'u furl/1. Next, his five board panels are so heavy that our /1'///.:Micl1ign11 men are not strong enough to handle many of them, and our 5/101‘! Michigan men have to climb upon :1 box or some other device to raise them up so that they can drive his long wooden stakes. This being :1 sheep country they have .1 fittin- use for twine than tying up fences with it. Then they have a better use for their twine than Friend \Vhitncy as he sccnis to be building fences to “bal1“ at. His wooden stakes can be driven very well in the spring when the ground is wet, but in the dry part ofthe season those that have it . in use tell me that it is difficult to move and they ‘ propose to change it so as to use my post and coupler so that they can move it at any time; :11- so to substitute the wire in the place ofthe top boards, so as to make the panel light to handle, and prevent its being blown down by every heavy wind that comes. Mr. Whitney says that “iron posts were used before I could rcnicmber.” True, an old uncle of mine once told me that there \\'ns :1 row of them set between the United States and the British posscssioiis. These posts were some si\’ inches square. There have been otheis used since then, lint, the Coiiimissioiier of Pateiits says, none /My mizzie and for tl1cf>/zrjvtires set forth in my claim for lettei's'pate1it, till now. They say the saine of the coupling and panel. I have been showing my fence for the past three months, and not :1 man during that time has not something 11c\v. \Ve have sold quite :1 large quantity of the fence, and all parties who have it are well satisfied with it. Many after having exzimiiied thcjcura ilse/f have purchased rights and are preparing to btiild a quantity of it for their own use the present winter. It is to such us want at fence combining the qualities claimed in our advertisement (which claims we guarantee to be true) that we wish to supply with the fence and to convey the right for its manufacture and use. ALBERT Ewen. Bat/le Creek, Ali:/1., N07’. 10. -M0121-: THAN 3,ooo subscribers, with the VISITOR of Dec. 15, secured the last number for which they had paid. As is our cixstom we send all such another copy in the hope that before the issue of January 15, 1886, we shall receive an order for renewal. ceivcd for both months is 245. At these ‘ earnest in behalf of the \"'is1'irii<, and. “ THE F./1R.MER IS OF JIORE COJVSEQ U1/3JVC1£‘JV'l THE .F.x.1R.}l[, fl.7V.D SHOULD BE FIRST IMPRO VED.” J Printed by A. ALDRICH R: CO., _ ii Publislixrs of the COLI)\\’A'l'ER RlCI’Llil.lCA.\. WI‘ igotircs of igltctiitgs. The Manistcc l)l>3lI'l(‘l l’omo11:1 (lrangc No. 21 will hold its :1nnu:i.l lllC’Ci' ing with (licon lirtlllgctlil 'l'1i.;<:l.1y._l;i11- u.iry 12th., 18.‘-16. lt is cxpectcli<‘1’nr:t f 1.: ofsiiiil scssioii. All i’. of ll. rcsitliiig in il.t‘ disti‘i<‘t are (‘m.‘i\i<\iit1, .\'c<"y. The first regular meeting of Newiiygo ‘ County l’onion;1 Grange No. 11 for i 1886, will be licld at the llcspcriu fflraiigc Hall, _l£1llll;lT)' 1‘; and 14. The installation of officers will take place, , and the following program 1‘csscil by l,:1w? _\u!li;iii \\'liitii1:y and l.()1l‘i.\‘ ' Rciwoltlt. lflixabeth Tibliitt-'. The liftcct of diffcrciit crops upon the Soil -- If. R. Clark {lll4l_l:1t‘cil _\l.'1cu1iibcr. 011 what crops and in what 1u:iiiiicrc:1n Ma- iiures and l“ertilizcrs be applied to the bust :id- v:iiitngc?~I\. .\lcColluiii and ‘i\'. l.. Stcivztrt .\l. W. S: 4>'l'l', l.CCllll‘t.‘l'. J The llnlltltll nicctiiig of the lngliam " County l’omonzt (lrungc will be held at Delhi Grange hall on Wcdnesd-.iy, Jun. 6, 1886, coimncncing at io o'clock, A. .u. The lmsiiicss will be the election 'of officers, reports of coiiiniittccs, re ports from siiliortliiiutc (lrzziigcs, con- ferring 5th Degree, and Ltittllltllllg to such literary work as the Lecturer may have on hand. El.l.lt)'t'l' H. AV«;i«:1.L, Scc’v. The Pomona ( lraiige of Allcgzin Coun- ty will ineet at Wayland the 2nd Thurs- day in January, 1886, in the Grange Hall, at which time the following pro- gram will be carried out: Our duty as putroiis to the (lrniigc Visitor-— Sister Ethan Smith. \Vhich is better for our roads, :1 money tax, or :1 work tax as at presciit?—Bro. S. Felton. ' \Vli;1t system of farniiiig yields bcst returns in cash without impovcrishiiig the soil-—llro. Rob- bins, of Gun Lake (lrangc, and Bro. Sliultes, of Martin. Do we work too many hours daily? If so, what is the i‘c1iicdy?—-Sister Salnion Siiiith and Sister \Vhitncy. Road and farin fence.-’; importance of and kind~—(ieneral tlisciissioii. Music by \V'.1yl-.1ud (lrnnge. Invitation to all fourth degree mem- bers. li. N. BA'1'i~:s:, l.€(‘[l1I'€l‘. The following program is for the pub- lic session ofVan lluren County Grange to be held at Hartford, Mich., January 14, 1886, at 2 1'. M. I’.sso.y-—lIo11ic, Miss Viola Conklin. l‘:1per—liitcnipcraiicc, Tliomns Cross. lCss:1y—Siinslii1ic and Sli:1do\v.s, Miss (icrtrudc Sisson. Papci----'l‘i'i:ils zuid l’lensiii'cs of l"ariii Life, Win. Laflcr. }’apcr——'l'l1eflutlook of the l"uturc, lid. A. \Vildey. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present. Mrs. C. B. CHARLES, Lecturer. The next meeting of Kent County Grange will be held in Harmony Grange Hall, on W'cdiicsday, January 20, ses- sion opening at ten o'clock A. .\i. The afternoon session will be an open meet- ing to which the public are invited. The installation of officers will take place at this time, and an address will be deliv- ered by Hon. Thomas Mars, of Berrien County. Wu. 'l‘. ADAMS, Lecturer. The next meeting of the Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange will be held in the Hall of Schoofcraft Grange, on Thursday, the 21st day ofJanuary,1886, The session will open at 10 o'clock A. )1. Besides the installation of officers :1 good program has been prepared. By order of Executive Committee. The next meeting of the Ionia Coun- ty Grange will be held at Ronald Grange Hall, on Friday, January 8, commenc- ing at 1o A. M. The installation of offi- cers will take place at this meeting. W. A. INMAN. The annual meeting of the Washtenaw Co. Pomona Grange will be held with the Salem Grange in their hall at Salem Station on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1886, at IO A. M. There 15 a first—class progra,J;¢“’ Com/zzded aiz rig/zip/z [mg . I A ,-'\lotlicr‘s l{cpl_v——.\n origiuiil poe1u——Mrs. i ---v-«-3‘ "'--"""""’*"'-""~» -.-rm-«»n:nia2am11rx22r:m:I.:’9x.-at-.mv~,~.aua..i...._A ‘ ... . ’.._... -_. . “mu- ~---,-—r-—.«v\<--.-.r.-isgm..-—-.......:.-—,<.-~.-—-» ,—---- 4 -—--— _ 'I‘IE-IZE GRANGE LVISITOR. ’ JANUARY 1, 1886. ( égommnnirations. Thoughts on Cooperation in‘ DR. w. j. BE.-KL. lnclosed you will find a long list of printed pamphlets an(l small books pub- lished by “The Central Co-operative Board, Corporation Street, Manchester, England." I have nearly a complete set of these, as also has our Co-opera- tive Association in North Lansing. At our co-operative meetings we have often a prepared program, and have found these documents of great value. Some of our friends have wished that some of the best or all of these should be on sale at the office of the V1si'roR. One of the fundamental objects of our Ordei is co-operation, but we can not read of what is going on abroad and in some parts of our own country with- out seeing that unless we bestir our- selves we shall very soon be ohtstripped by other associations. I quote here part of an editorial which appeared in the Detroit Pox! not many months ago : “It is a strong proofofthe solid growth ofco—operation in England that so cau- tious a journal as the London Sptcfalor predicts that ‘before the century is out the whole of our working class will be in association and will have the staple trades of this country in their hands or under their control.’ Yet the facts show that the .S‘1ficcIaIor has grounds for its prophecy. There are more than 1,200 societies of working people, num- bering 500,000 members. Most are heads of families and may be counted to represent 2,500,000 people, or one- twelfth of the whole population of Great Britain. Their capital is $45,000,000 and they report a net profit of $10,000,- 000 yearly. Besides that they have a wholesale society, now in its twentieth year, which does a business of buying and/selling to retail shops of $15,000,- 000, with a profit of $i60,000. This concern has branches and depots in London, Scotland, Ireland, France and Denmark, and owns three large steam- ers plying on its own business. “The constitution of this great union, which aims to control prices and quali- ties of goods of all kinds for the benefit of its members, pledges it ‘to the pro- motion of the practice of truthfulness, justice and economy in production and exchange—first, by the abolition of all false dealing, either direct or indirect; second, by conciliating the conflicting interests of the capitalist, the worker and the purchaser, through an equitable division among them of the fund com- monly known as profits; third, by pre- venting the waste of labor now caused by unregulated competition.’ “No society is admitted into the union unless it agrees to accept these princi- ples as guiding rules in business. “Such success and growth in the light of such excellent principles is remark- able and promising as a great help in the solution of the difficult economic problems of our day. Far better is all this than strikes, and Herr Most social- ism, and the demagogue free—trade cry against bloated monopolists, and far more worthy the attention of our host of industrial producers. " In our own county I happen to know that a very successful association has been formed by the professors and stu- dents of Harvard, Yale, and University of Michigan, in each university for the purchase of books, stationery, coal and wood and other supplies. The plan works well. I learn there are many other associations in the East. I have before me the -report of the Seventeenth Annual Co-operatiz/e Congress for 1885, held in Kings street, Oldham, England. The pamphlet is 8%xrr inches, contains 165 pages and the print- ing is close and fine. The meetings continued for threedays and were at- tended by over 500 delegates from 255 societies. On Sunday, intervening, a sermon is preached on co-operation. There are reports of many committees, some able addresses and many discus- sions, and some reports from foreign countries. They offer prizes for the best papers. There was a large exhibition of co- operative manufactures and a room crowded with spectators. There were socials, photographs of delegates, and a. dinner at a. garden. In reference to America, their report says: “America, as yet, cannot boast much of co—operation.” In their report from Massachusetts, the writer, C. F. Millard, of Haverhill, says, among other things: “A co-operative shoe factory in Stone- ham, Mass., has been in existence for twelve years, and has paid 30 to 40 per cent. a year, and its stock cannot be bought. This State is a very small one, but densely pop'ulated,and the con- ditions of life are rapidly becoming such that the people MUST resort to co-opera- tion in order to live.” The English report of the congress above mentioned contains accounts of much value from Austria, rance, Den- mark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Swe- den, Spain and Aistralia. EVERY sheep found dead, killed by dogs, ought to be sprinkled _liberally witli strychnine. The dogs Wlll come back and eat the mutton just as well, and get so happy they will forget to kill any more sheep. , THE retail liquor license in Fulton Co, Ga., outside of Atlanta, has been increased from $500 to $2,000. Notes by the way. Albuquerque, in central New Mexico, is situated on the Rio Grande River ; and comprises an old and new t0wn,'_the latter having been called into existence Q by the railroad, and now numbers nearly nine thousand people. This is the headqiiarters of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, and mining trade and manu- facturers are carried on here to a con- siderable extent. Along here are the curious cliff and cave dwellings, and the ruins ofancient cities which are crumbling back to dust. Ancient civili- zation must have existed here centuries before the pilgrims landed on" Plymouth Rock or jamestown was colonized. A strange aboriginal race called Pueblo Indians inhabit this region. At Berna- lillo, a little north of here, is the largest sheep owner in New Mexico, if not in the United States, his flock numbering over 400,000 animals. Gold, silver, copper and turquoise are the products of New Mexico, and some of its silver mines are known to have been worked for centuries. (Agriculture amounts to nothing, as far as we can discover, since leaving central Kansas). Here we leave the Santa Fe, Atchison & Topeka Railroad taking the Atlantic & Pacific; and, passing through the western part of New Mexico, which is no improvement upon the northeastern, we enter Arizona soon, striking the Little Colorado River and soon reach the San lirancisco mountains whose tops were white with snow. Along here is quite a and ties are manufactured. only timber, worthy to be called such, we have seen since leaving the Kansas River. we approach the main Colo- rado River the country is like the Irish- man who “grew not much better very fast.” We crossed the river at the Needles (so called after a group of sharp pointed mountains seen in the southeast), and are in the great State of California, great, for its 600 miles north and south and 300 east and west, and in its varied productions of cereals, fruits, timber, minerals, petroleum. In varieties of soil and climate it is unsurpassed by any state in the Union. At the Needles the Mohave Indians are seen in all their primitive habits and fashions, which in this semi-tropical climate are not neces- sarily very elaborate or expensive. As they gather around the cars looking wishfully for some morsel that may be given them, it reminded me of the old adage that “it takes all kinds of people to make a world," and surely this is a distinct kind. The railroad repair shops are located here and it is a place of some importance. We almost touch the southern extremity of Nevada at this point, and are near the celebrated grand canyon of the Colorado River. After a delay of 26 hours at the Needles (caused by whshouts ahead), we are on our way again. We entered the state at or near its southeastern extremity,passing direct- ly across San Bernardino County for two hundred miles. This county has an area of 23,000 square miles. And as far as our observation extended it is desolation “boiled down.” For surely this is the most God—forsakeu region we ever saw, the Rocky Mountains and Humboldt Desert not excepted. It is supposed that at some former period this desert was a great inland sea, and our opinion is that it might as well have remained so. It is gravel and sand, bluffs, mountains, arid plains, volcanic rocks, black as tar, alkali lakes, streams, etc. It is entirely without vegetation except cacti and a few stunted bushes; the cacti standing like grim warriors bristling with innumerable spears, seem- ingly guarding their broad domain. At one place on this desert the railroad describes exactly the letter S, and it looked as though the locomotive was about to run into the rear end of the train. One hundred and sixty miles from the Needles we reach Daggett or Calico. Five miles north of this place in the mountains are the celebrated Calico Silver mines, valued at several millions of dollars. A narrow gauge railroad runs from Daggett to the mines. Arriving at Mohave we change cars, taking the Southern Pacific R. R. Along here grows a new species of tree called palm cactus. Its correct name is Yucca. It is a remarkable tree and grows from ten to twenty feet high and has a trunk Its branches are stumpy, terminating in a tuft of dagger shaped leaves. The tree is used for the manufacture of pa- per. Near Mohave we begin to climb a spur of the Sierras towards Tehachapi summit. \Vhen this is reached we are 4,026 feet above the sea and have 17 tunnels to pass before reaching the val- ley on the other side. Near the sum- mit is one of the most remarkable triumphs of engineering skill ever achieved. A group of mountains, peaks, and crags here disputed the ‘j advance of the road, “but by piercing through one of these spurs, then making a de- tour and forming a loop, all the while ascending until at an elevation of 77 feet it crosses its own track, thus over- coming the diificulty. These mountains are timbered to some extent and are oc- cupied for grazing purposes. We now drop down the mountains and the wide plains of the Horn Valley are spread out before us. D. WOODMAN. - MR. RAY, of Coldwater, has shipped during the past seven months 385,199 pounds of poultry, paying out therefor S43,r97.02. . belt of pine timber from which lumber: This is the eighteen to twenty inches in diameter._ Paragraths from My Diary. CONSIDER.-‘KTIONS ON HUMAN LIFE. i l r l l E isays the risle, viator (stop, traveler) Thackeray, musing on human life." In the Northwest III. The only source of wealth in south; ‘Idaho previous to the development of; i scarcely holds the wayfarer’s foot long i lenough for him to say, “poor fellow,” i and pass on. Thackeray had gone into -, serious refiection on the principle that , :,the uncertainty of life was so evident . ,that it seems only in accord with the ‘ Idaho City, etc., are all mining towns, idea of a beneficentlyordered universe 3 lthat no individual should be essential ‘ to the course of events. A great man zz'z'e:, but the world moves on taking no note of such an event. Yet in another sense we would come to the conclusion that the individual was not so unimpor- tant. For historically considered the individual appears to be of the utmost importance. The progress of a. great enterprise, the great forward movement of the race, and of civilization, are often identified with a man or a few men, without whom success would seem to have been doubtful. Take one man out of that little assembly at Philadel- phia in 1776, take the action of John Adams out of that Continental Congress, whose individual combination of quali- ties made him, as Jefferson says, “the Colossus of Iudependence"’—take John Adams out of that Congress, and while it cannot be said that the American col- onies would not have gained their inde- pendence, yet the course of events would have been different. No one can tell what the result would have been had Adams not been there. ginning of the anti-slavery movement reform in this country would have been set back one quarter ofa century. Take Arnold Winkelried from the battle of Shempucli and who shall say what would have been the fate of Switzerland to- day. Take the girl of Lorraine, known as Joan of Arc, from the French army in Orleans, and an English king might be wearing the French crown to-day. And then again, as regards the opin- ion of the masses or majority. That quaint and able writer, Taylor Lewis, of the old Knickerbocker days, would never assent to the adage of wax papa/2', wx zlei. He would say,“the zrox papuli is fickle, discordant, and ambigu- ous.” The majority has no nriorai value. It has no value whatever except as a convenience. It is a morfus virmrdii. It is a device of civilization to avoid end- less altercation and disorder. It means that the larger number have that view, and have the power to enforce it, and it is the part of common sense for those who do not hold that view, and are in the minority, to yield. It is the most convenient way of settling or regulating public opinion. But how often is‘ the majority wrong? The zrox papa/1' laughed at and de- nounced the opinions of Copernicus, yet the zrax (lei of his own sci _nce has proved him to have been ri£\t. The rzax papa/2' told Galileo that he lied, but the was (lei of his own knowledge told them that he was right. i-‘icrioN. We seldom, in the usual considera- tion of, or even in a debate on fiction, fully realize its importance in literature and history. 'I‘ake the book of the highest value to mankind, do we really perceive the fictitious part of the Bible? I)o we think that in that book fiction is not only the proper but best medium of a moral or a lesson. Aside from the sermon on the mount, and why except that, a large portion of the truth pro- claimed by our Savior was delivered in the form of'fiction. The “certain man” he so much used for carrying the bur- den of truth, was always a fictitious man. There does not exist in any lan- guage a more exquisitely constructed piece of fiction than the “Prodigal Son.” We call it a parable—-it conveys truth. The gospel histories are made attractive, enlivened, and a thousand times more instructive by what may be called irrev- erence, naveltzles. Not used for the sake of art, or beauty's sake, but for convey- ing merit! and relr;g1'au.r tru!/z ta men. Their art is perfect, though simple, and no medium of thought could be more useful. The oldest novel in existence is probably the Book ofjob. Some yet read it, I suppose, as veritable history; but it is at the head of fiction; divine- ly inspired, we grant, because the high- est fiction most completely carries the most valuable burden of truth. Noth- ing in the whole field of literature equals it in sublimity of imagination, descrip- tion, arguments and marvelous charac- terization. The greatest men who ever lived admired it as a grand poem. We might say the same of Revelation—a grand novel, conveying truth through typical forms and scenes, and events. Solomon’s Songs are exquisite essays in the art of fiction. Esther and Ruth, historical stories with morals, and beau- tiful stories they are. So are Boaz and Ruth; they might be Heloise and Abe- lard. TheBible lies at the basis of the best civilization the world has ever known. The celebrated orator, Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, once said to the distin- guished clergyman, Dr. Breckinridge, “Why don't you write your own figures and illustrations instead of quoting the parables and figures of the Scriptures? I can beat I/um myself.” The doctor re- plied, “Tom, I will give you six months in which to write anything equaling the par- ables of the New Testament." Tom ac- cepted the proposition. Sometime after this, meeting Dr. B., he said to him, “Doc— tor, I will give up, no human composition can equal those p£ii‘ab'-cs.” ' V. B. Take Benjamin Lundy from the be- ; =upon the theatre of life in this strange in the United States, and the clock of, ‘it rich" 3. thousand fail. stock raising and the present advance in . agriculture was mining. North of the, railroad are the Wood River and Sal- mon River mountain ranges, all bearing the precious_ metals. Hailey, Boise, or supported by the mining interests. The greater part of the population is centered here, and many fine buildings give evidence of wealth. I will not bur- den the reader with statistics of the mining output. It is at best a precari- ous business. Where one man “strikes \Vhere one man makes a comfortable bank account for enjoyment in old age or to spend in visiting “the States” a hundred are in abject poverty. Yet there is something alluring in the chase for gold.- It is very rarely that one meets with an old miner who, tho’ old and in rags, is not jolly and free-hearted, his sole ambition be- ing to make another “grub stake,” i. e., enough food and other supplies to last him a summer in the mountains. He works faithfully at wages till the “stake” is made, then cheerfully saunters into the untrod mountain fastnesses, pros- pecting. Without friends, forgotten even by his relatives, he at last sinks from view. Soon all trace even of his rude grave disappears. Withoutfriends? No. Strong, earnest fellows pay the last sad rites—men who are friends, or——inortal ‘- enemies. If the curtain could be lifted western world what an interesting scene should we behold‘. Men, strong, brave men, rushing into the very jaws of death, braving the savage, the wild beasts and the wilder elements of nature, appearing now on a dizzy precipice, now in the echoing depths of some dismal canon, laboring for weeks to remove some fiinty rock to find——nothing! Living a wild, riotous life; gaining an untimely death. Among the many fine scenes of this section one ought to mention the two falls in the Snake river—the American near Pocatello, and the Shoshone a few miles south of the village of he same name. Approaching the latter, one has no knowledge of its existence except from the ceaseless, distant roar. Soon a break is noticed in the distant level landscape. On approaching one looks down a dizzy depth over sheer perpen- dicular walls of rock, down which the water rushes in many leaps, seething and foaming to the placid canyon beyond. A heavy mist continually rises from below, adding to the grandeur of the scene. In these great works of nature how she laughs at the futility of man! How small one feels when viewing such stu- pendous works—the result of such giant forces! The railroad crosses right over the American falls. A giant iron bridge spans the yawning chasm with its madly rushing waters. The great piers are built on little islands of solid rock that time and the ceaseless toil of the waters have not been sufficient to wear away. These falls are more like huge rapids whose current is blocked with innumer- able boulders. The roar is terrific, the sleepy passengers rousing up to inquire what it is that drowns the noise of the rushing trarin. But north Idaho attracts one’s espec- ial attention, because it seems more adapted to production without irrigation than the southern part. Here every va- riety of climate can be found. The arctic of the snow-thatched mountains, the temperate of the prairies and moun- tain sides,and the more genial clinic of the deep canyons. At the snow line one may often eat snow on one hand and pluck flowers with the other. Below this is a jungle of forest trees—-pines, firs and tarnaracks—no hard wood; it is worth $1 a foot. Among the giant trees are wild strawberries, trilliums and a profu- sion of other beautiful flowers. The botanical world here seems all wrong. In Michigan, tamaracks, ferns, and whortleberries grow in wet, low places; here they grow way up the moun- tain sides. And the tamaracks are mon- sters, sometimes seeming zoo feet high and straight as an arrow. Below the forests comes the great feature of this region—-its prairies. N ev- er was better soil prepared for the use of man. This season I have seen thou- sands of acres that yielded 50 bushels of wheat per acre. This is the home of the oat; roo bushels is a common yield. Indian corn is out of the question except in the narrow valleys of the canyons. I don’t know of a single piece larger than 40 acres of all this land left. Every foot is entered—another significant fact. When these out-of-the-way places are so eagerly taken by the settler, where he is quite without market or is at the mer- cy ofa soulless corporation who alone can take his grain to 'market, it shows that Uncle Sam’s farms are mighty few in more desirable localities. This section of country where there is plenty of rain in the early summer to mature the wheat and oat crops is bound to become of great importance. All sorts of fruits are successfully grown—— apples, pears, lgrapes, quinees, plums, strawberries, raspberries, etc., etc., in endless profusion. But after all the great consideration is water. No suc- cess has been attained in those places known as “dry” in sinking wells, though the formation of the country leads one to suppose that artesian wells maybe formed. Unless one has a running “dry ranche” and rated accordingly. I know ranchers who haul water three and four miles for house and stock! Of course it gets pretty rank sometimes be- fore the man finds time to replenish. These prairies are generally 1,000 to 2,000 feet or more above the rivers. The ., ascent up the right bank ofthe Clearwater ,at Lewiston is fully 2,500 feet and ex- tends back five miles. Generally the more elevated the prairie, or in other words, the nearer to timber, the more abundant are the springs. Yet great stretches of fine land are rated as dry. This makes no difference in the produc- tive capacity of the soil. For ages this region grew luxuriant crops of the vari- ous bunch grasses used only by the buf- falo, elk, deer and nomadic Indians. Later the white man brought his horses, his cattle and his sheep, and soon the native grasses showed signs of exhaust- ion. In some places they have quite disappeared, greasewood taking their places. To be sure such spots are of limited area, yet show that the native grasses are not inexhaustible. After the stockmen came that wonderful leader in civilization—the farmer emigrant. Soon rude houses dot the landscape, and now black patches reveal the presence ofthe plow. Crops are produced; the ma- chinery of trade put in motion; villages spring into existence; and the pioneer days are o’cr. ‘Westward the star of eiii- pire has taken its way! Where next? --——-—--qo——__. , LECIUREITS COMMUNICATION. National Grange. P. of H. Sl'CGl-‘.S'I‘I().\’S. We desire to present such questions for discussion as are of importance to the Order and to the agricultural. inter- ests, and we trust they may be well con- sidered‘by members and discussed in every Grange, for the better we under- stand them in all their bearings the bet- ter shall we be prepared to deal with them wisely and justly, The National Grange has given in- striictioiis as to what subjects shall have prominence, by the adoption of the fol- lowing resolution: Remlmzl, That the \’Vorthy Lecturer of the National Grange be instructed to continue the distribution of subjects for discussion to Subordi- nate Granges, and that questions of political economy be given prominence, such as gold, sil- ver, grcenbacks, national banks, corporations, interstate and transcontinental transportation, tariff as it relates to agriculture, etc. Patrons, let us commence our work in the Grange for the year by starting right at the beginning; resolve firmly to attend every meeting possible; seek in- formation on topics to be considered, and take part in the discussion; try to exert wholesome influence in communi- ties and with those with whom we asso- ciate; last, but by no means least, do not neglect to secure a wide circulation of Grange papers. These weekly visit- ors to members’ and farmers’ families are your best /erlurers, and will work out grand results, as they inculcate a higher appreciation of Grange princi- ples. These quarterly communications will be sent to Secretaries of State Granges for distribution to the Subordi- nate Granges, except where addresses of the latter are furnished they will be mailed direct. SUBJECT ron JANUARY, 1886. Question 8I.—What are the duties and responsibilities of citizenship as to the legislation of the country? Sugge:liam'.—A Republican form of government like ours is of the people and for the people; that is, the people govern themselves through their chosen representatives. But legislation for fa- vorite purposes or for favorite classes that discriminates against any legitimate interest, and especially against the pro- ductive interests of the country, is net for the people, but for favorite ones, and is therefore antagonistic to the funda- mental principles of free government, and in confiict with free institutions, detrimental to the best interests and general welfare, and should be met with disapproval and condemnation. That we have had too much favorite legisla- tion by State and Nation for special purposes cannot be denied, and much of it has been detrimental and oppressive to the best interests of the people, and especially so to the agricultural inter- ests, for much of the profits produced by the sweat and toil of the farmer is gathered into the coffers of other men who unjustly extort it upon the assumed authority based upon special and favor- ite legislation. Another great error is the lack or re- fusal of legislation. The people have repeatedly asked for the enactment or changes of laws more in the interest of the people and for the general good, and is usually met with powerful oppo- sition by selfish corporations and mo- nopolies, who by the employment of part of their ill-gotten gains prevent legisla- tion in the interest of the people. We see to-day schemes concocted and plans multiplied for special, and the pre- vention of just, legislation to give mo- nopolized poiuer still greater control over the people. T o accomplish these objects plans are deeply laid, lobbies are employed, and members of Congress are besieged every day to favor these schemes, and fitempted with money to secure their votes, and it may require a good deal of counterinfluence, in some instances at least, to stiffen the back- bone and strengthen the‘ weak-kneed members to withstand these pernicious influences and unholy temptations. Prominent among these schemes i, the removal of the protection with for- , spring on his ranchc it is considered a eign competition in the production 0 ~t-rxz: JANUARY 1, 1886. THE GRANGE VISITOR. 3 raw materials, as wool, hides, metals,‘ etc., without a proportional reduction- on the manufactured goods from these ‘ same materials. 2d. To prevent legis- lation on interstate commerce and * transportation, 3d. To prevent the , elevation of the agricultural department to a cabinet position in the National- government.‘ 4th. To denionetize sil-; ver, of which we have such an abun- dance in our American mines, and ,fix the price of labor and commodities on’ gold alone as abasis ofvalue. In order . to prevent the passage of a law favoring these or any other schemes, should not - the State Granges unite and demand in positive terms such legislation as will; regulate affairs upon the principle of justice to the whole people? Should not Pomona Grangcs do likewise? And Subordinate Granges should not neglect the opportunity of looking after their interests in the legislation of the coun- try. How shall the work be done? ly - setting forth in plain, precise and posi- ‘ tive language our grievances as they are, and how they affect the agricultur.'1l in— i terests, and then demand of your repre- sentatives in Congress to govern them- selves accordingly. In addition to this, much good can be done by members; writing personal letters to their repre sentatives, setting forth the facts and wishes of the people. Write them plain and manly, but in positive language, so that they may realize that their political prospects in the future may depend much on their legislative acts the present winter. The lower house of Congress can be influenced in this way for good. The Senate is not so hopeful; in fact, there is but little hope in that aristocrat- ic body, composed of corporations and feed attorneys. (Particulars will be given in a future question.) The National Grange, I can assure all Patrons, will do its part faithfully; let State, Pomona and Subordinate Granges do their part, and members follow the work with personal letters, and it doubt- less will prove beneficial. It is our com- mon interest, and we should therefore unite and co-operate together in this important work. nstztl Ejflflillgfi. NEW YEt‘iR’S WISHES. \Vhat shall I wish thee? 'l‘rcasiirc.s of enrtli? Soiigs in the springlinie? ’l‘i‘e-.i..~iii'e.s and mirth.’ l"lo\\‘ci\ on thy pnlliu fly? Skies L‘\'L'l' clear? \\'oiiltl this ciisure lll(‘t‘ .-\ llaippy ‘.\1>w Year? \\'lia'. shall I \\'l.~ll titre? \\'liat can bi: found Iiringing thee ::un.sltinc. .-\II the year rouiid? \\'here is the treasure, lnstiiig and dear, That shall ensure the-3 A Happy New Year? Faith that increaseth, \Valking in Light; Hope that abouiideth, Happy and bright; Love that is perfect, Casting out fear; These shall ensure thee A Happy New Year. Peace in the Savior, Rest at His feet; Smile of His countenance, Radiant and sweet; joy in His presence, Christ ever near; This will ensure thee A Happy New Year! —F. It’. //iirzerga/. o>——»— The Tapestry Weavers. I. Let us take to our hearts a lesson——no lesson can braver be— From the ways of the tapestry weavers on the other side of the sea. Above their heads the pattern hangs, they study it with care, The while their fingers deftly work, their eyes are fastened there. They tell this curious thing, besides, oi the pa- tient, plodding weaver, He works on the wrong side evermore, but works for the right side ever. It is only when the weaving stops _and the web is tossed and turned, And he sees his real handiwork that hk marvel- lous skill is learned. Ah, the sight of its delicate beauty, how it pays him for all its cost; No rarer, daintier work than his was ever done by the frost. Thus the master bringeth him golden hire, and giveth him praise as well, And how happy the heart of the weaver is, no tongue but his own can tell. II. The years of man are the looms of God let down from the place of the sun, Wherein we are weaving always, till the mystic web is done. Weaving kindly, but weaving surely, each for himself his fate; We may not see how the right side looks—we can only weave and wait. But looking above for the pattern no weaver hath need to fear, Only let him look clear into heaven——the perfect pattern is there; Ifhe keeps the face of the Saviour forever and al- ways in sight, His toil shall be sweeter than honey, his weav- ing is sure to be right. And when his task is ended, and the web is turned and shown, He shall hear the voice of the Master, it shall say to him, “Well done!” And the white-winged angels of heaven to bear him hence shall come down, And God shall give him gold for his hire—not coin. but a fadeless crown. ’ ——An:zm 6‘. Chester, in Our Work. Let us not forget the precepts of our order. Let us add dignity to labor; be quiet, peaceful citizens; in our dealings with our fellow men be honest, be just; mm’ (1.2 rzrztjiizl to war}: /zard for 1/15 {/2- rrmrr .-if f-I-.-' .r.I/.7/r.«"‘.':.’-i’/‘O77 ./z'.v/ «f 1,’./r ".- \\‘i I l ":...- ‘- - t CLEAR CREEK, ILL, Dec. 19, 1885. jito brother farmers at _farmers’ prices. T/ze PVoman’: Jllagaziue for January Bro. Cobb.--——The VISITOR of Dec. 15 L We are glad to be able to give such a I will contain the first ofa series ofpapers has come to hand. Have just read your "excellent report as Secretary of State Grange. The closing remarks of that report have set me to thinking of how much we owe to our champions, the Grange Press, whether printed in our own State or not. All reform papers ‘are necessarily circumscribed in their_ circulation, and have all they can do to live; we should remember this and sub- . I spend $20.00 a year on news- - scribe. papers—five of them Grange papers. As times are hard Ithouglit I must stop some of them, but I can scarcely see. where to lop off, and since reading your report in the VISITOR I am confirmed ‘that I had better take more than les-s. f i Very much depends upon our building - broad and deep the foundations of the ‘Grange structure, and a main depen- ldence is a vigorous, well patronized ‘ Grange Press. “.\IAoNoi.iA." [This kind of talk hits some of our brothers pretty hard who can’t afford to I take the VISITOR at fifty cents a year.—— l£n.] -————- The jotting page is everywhere pro- nounced a “happy hit” of its honored originator. Its patronage, at the same , time, is varied. This should not be. A Postal Page should glitter with scores of bright gems. Gems of our best selves, I take this to mean. In this season of heaviest Grange work suppose members exchange, through this medium, all new and practical “Suggestions for the Good of the Order.” Further, for everybody’s benefit, I recommend that these be sen- tence suggestions so far as possible. J. We are credibly informed that Worthy Master C. G. Luce, will visit five granges in Allegari county sometime about the middle ofjanuary, namely: Martin, Gun Lake, Hopkins, Rural and Moline. We have good material in this section,if they would put their shoulder to the wheel and make this Grange work what it should be. If Bro. Luce comes, I am sure we will be well paid for our efforts in doing all we can to make those public meeting all they should be. T. G. A. In accordance with previous arrange- ments. Iluena Vista Grange, No. 544, jasper Co., Iowa, celebrated the eight- eenth anniversary of the organization of the National Grange at the house or llro. _I. l\'. Murphy. In connection was the celebration of the wooden wedding of their daughter. Dec. 4, r8S5,will be memorable for a real, 0ld—fashioned, downright Iowa l)llZL/.al‘tl, the first of the season. I\'otwithstanding the fury ofthe wind about eighty—tive persons were present and partook of an excellent din- ner. After dinner IV. l\I., _l. S. Davis, call- ed to order, when a rather lengthy paper was read by Bro. _l. W. l\l.urphy (who had been appointed for the purpose.) on the origin, founders of the order, its objects, aims, organization, brief history, etc., etc. All present appeared to enjoy the occasion. Thus we celebrated. Grange meetings semi-monthly. hi. I consider Brother \Voodinan’s ad- dress to the National Grange, which is ' published in the Visrron each year, worth the price of the paper. and more, to every person who will read it care- fully. Mrs. A. T. C. N0'l‘lCl£. Bro!/zer: mzzz’ S1'rlerr.- Through this winter I shall not be able to make any appointments for work in the lecture field. Home duties and the severe weather we experience in the winter season render it imperative that I remain at home. Please accept this as a reply to many unanswered letters that expressed wishes for lecture work from me this winter. Yours truly, Mas. MAYO. I think the following extract from the Farmfourmzl will be of interest to the readers of the VISITOR as most of us have heard Bro. Whitehead speak. W. EIW. “We recently paid a visit to our old friend Mortimer Whitehead, of Middle- bush, N. J., and was greatly interested in his orchards of apple and pear. Of the latter fruit he has about three thou- sand trees and of the former about five hundred. His trees are in a thrifty con- dition showing intelligent cultivation and much watchful care on the part of the owner. Mr. W. set out his orchards about seventeen years ago when quite a young man and without much capital except strong arms and a stout heart; now he is commencing to reap a rich re- ward in abundant crops of pears and apples. Special care has been given _to his pear orchard, all the fertilizers that he could spare from his cereal and grass crops being applied thereto, while his apple orchard received no manure but tillage. The apple trees have grown splendidly on land not rich by any means and without a forkful of manure and now look very thrifty. He did not fertilize them simply because he could not afford to do so. He now has the foundation laid for future crops, and with the acquired means he will apply manure liberally and no doubt harvest paying crops of fruit. His pears are mostly Bartletts, which are of course the most profitable, with a percentage of Clairgeau, Buffum, Vicar and Lawrence. Mr. Whitehead has also a fine dairy of If’ ‘S i -' Rxfitl I, _ . good report of Bro. Whitehead’s farm- : ing, because we know that thousands of 'our readers know him personally and will be pleased to read of his success. He is just as much “at par" as :1 man and farmer at home as he is on the platform and in visiting his brother pat- mas. and we care not who knows it." No business can long be carried on ‘successfully without system, and the more sy.steiiiatically its work is done the more (."_‘l”t;tln is success. Patrons have watched the progress made » by the Gi' :1 private. At l'Llllll)'l‘.’l, (irant, then a colonel, was ordered to niove ag:iiii.r-- < ' " -“-"-‘W-*-4» ._—uu-ma-nnii‘m..........» -1wx~x:.x:~z:«.:.-r. i i i l 1 1 l l 1.1 ii},i'a.iigr ‘fligitnr. Publislicd on the First and Fifteentli of every month, AT 50 CENTS PER ANNUM Eleven Copies for 5:35.00. J. T. COBB, Editor and Manager, SCH(‘)Ol.CRAI«‘T, Mien. fi@‘Reniittances should be by Registv:-reil Letter, .\Ioney Order or Draft. $§3‘T/ii: fur/ier is rm! rail wz{r as 01':/sari/"’5;T\'_ (zm1f>aiiI_/'or in 1.71/i'rl1I(‘F. Single" six months, . . . . . . . . .3 ,. -3 Single copy_, one year, . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Eleven copies, one year, . . . . . . . . . 00 To 10 trial subscribers for three months we will send the V'1si'roR for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 00 Sample copies free to any address. Address, _I. T. COBB, ScHoo1.cRAr'1‘, Mich. \ Entered at the Post Office at C0l(l\‘l'$ll(".l‘, L\lich., as Second Class matter. To Subscribers. Reiiiittaiiccs uiay be iiiadc to us in postage stamps, or by postal note, money order, or regis tered letter. beyond your time of subscription it is our loss not yours. \Ve aim to send every numb: i of the paper for the time paid for, then strike out the Renewals made promptly If you receive copies of the paper name if not renewed. are :1 matter of much convenience, and ive re- spectfully solicit such that no niunbers be lost to you. _ Advise this office at once of a change in your address, or if numbers fail to reach you. The New Scheme. How to extend the circulation of THE GRANGE VISITOR and secure a larger number of readers, has been, with each succeeding State Grange, one of the most important questions considered ?by that body. All matters presented, in any way relating to this subject, are re- ferred to the committee on publication, and this committee, in their report, offer suggestions and make recommen- dations for the consideration of this leg- islative body of the Order. But the adoption of any particular scheme, or plan, presented by the com.- mittee, has not as such, heretofore met with marked success. We believe the paper has attained its present size, cir- culation and standing, on its merits as appreciated and endorsed by members of the Order widely scattered over this and other States. These friends have constituted the working force on whom we have relied to maintain and increase the circulation of the paper. But the scheme presented by the Committee on Publication, at the late session of the State Grange, and adopted by that body, will add a corps of- can- vassers to that body of volunteer work- ers from whom we have a right to ex- pect large returns, The scheme is this. Each represen- tative to the State Grange was required to confer with the Masters of the several granges in the county or district repre- sented by him, and in conjunction with the said Master, appoint a canvasser to solicit subscriptions to the VISITOR. The name fof the brother or sister so ap- pointed, is to be forwarded to this office, and we shall enter such name in a reg- ister provided for that purpose, that we may know \vhom to correspond with. Here let us suggest to representatives and Masters, to be particular and send us the postoffice address ofthe appointee when sending the name. Now, no one pretends there is any great speculation in this scheme for any one. But there is an opportunity to benefit the Order, not only in Michigan but elsewhere. There is an opportunity to impress upon the farmers of ,the country the real necessity that exists for greater unity of action for the protec- tion of their individual interests and the rights of the agricultural class of this country. There is through this channel opportunity to caution your brother farmers and protect them from the sys- tematized frauds of Bohemian oat agents, and other vampires who are constansly finding in the farmer class victims to play upon. The attainment of these objects should be an incentive to a diligent discharge of the duties im- posed by the State Grange upon its representatives and upon those canvass- ers who may be appointed by them. On receipt of the name and postofifice of a canvasser so appointed, we shall forward to such person a list of all the names on our books of persons who have taken the VISITOR at any time at any postoffice in their immediate terri- tory, and shall send suitable blanks for their use. With this work so systema- tized the result will depend largely on the judicious action of tg representa- tive and Master in maki a selection of agents in each Grange. If the right persons are appointed and they enter at once upon the work, in a few weeks our subscription books will justify the hope of so many of our readers, that in the near’ future the VISITOR 1313-)’ be Pub‘ lished weekly. The ai>i>0mted_ agents will have the benefit our premium list -offers, the same as other solicitors. With the facilities and inducements we pre- sent, and a. system so complete, it seems to us that all present readers may be retained and large numbers added to our list. Solicitors can send names at anytime convenient and remit later for all sent. TI-IIEI GRANGE VISITOR. Citizens’ Leagues”-Are}: They Needed. ’ The ‘first Citizens‘ League, of wliic.h we write, was organized in the city of Its ob— . Chicago, November 25, 1877. ject and purpose were expressed in its ' motto. “Save the Boys.” by enforcing‘ State and Municipal law as applied to, minors. The saloons of that city at: that time were frequented by boys of 12 and 14 years who were freely sup-l plied over the bar with liquor. The , arrest of these youths for crime showed an alarming increase from year to year. ; In 1876, 6,000 children were arrested for various crimes. In 1877, 6,800, and 1 in 1878, when the Citizens’ League had been organized one year, there was al decrease of arrests, says Mr. Paxton, ofl 1400. The saloon keepers, for a time, hooted at this attempt of a few resolute ' men to interfere with their business. « But the successful prosecution of a few cases, attracted to the support of the few originators of the League some of the best men of the city—men of ample means who saw in this movement not only protection to the morals and peace of the city, but also saw that they could afford to give it such financial aid as would keep its agents at work suppress- ing the growth of that dissolute au(l criminal element of society that has be- come such an important factor in the sum total of taxes.. The growth and influence of the League in Chicago have, like the city itself, been wonderful. It has become an important adjunct of the police department, and is so recog- nized by all the city authorities, from the Mayor to the policeman of the least consequence in the city government, and commands respect everywhere, ex- cept among that law-breaking class which is continually at war with the peace of society and the most vital in- terests of man. “The difficulties the League had to encounter in its infancy, have nearly all passed away, and to-day it can prosecute cases before any justice with success." So says Mr. Paxton, who is known all over the country as standing at the head of this movement to enforce law. In November last a meeting of busi- ness men was lield in the club-room of the Palmer House for the purpose of conferring upon the best method of in- creasing the scope of the work of the League in that city. A few facts brought out in the discussion that after- noon, we think,will interest our readers. Mr. Paxton said that during the last month the League had prosecuted 199 cases against saloon-keepers for sellingv‘ liquor to minors and druukards in viola- tion of law. of which 125 were fined a total amount of over $2,300. The League has six paid agents to watch over more than 3,000 saloons. An agent is em- ployed to collect funds to meet the ex- penses of the League, which amounted last year to something over $55,000. Mr. C. C. Bonney said that the Citi- zens’ League was not only a boy—saving machine, but a money-saving machine. If the increase in crime among children had gone on as in 1877 some 40,000 boys and girls would have been raised as candidates for the insane asylums and the penal institutions. It was safe to say that the Citizens’ League had saved taxpayers at least $1,000,000, and through it the high license law had sprung into existence, which brought into the city $1,250,000 annually. The League had a right to ask the citizens to help it in its work because it saved not only 40,000 boys, but because it was a benefit to taxpayers. The need 0fVl0l'l( of this kind is felt i1i all large cities and towns and in near- ly all the villages of the country. If it were not true that the army of civil of- ficers charged with the duty of executing State and Municipal laws were neglect- ful of the official duty they assume when they individually swear to “support the constitution ofthe United States and the constitution of this State, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ,————' according to the best of my ability,” the Citizens’ League would have no excuse for its existence. But this precise oath is practically formal and unmeaning, and is generally so un- derstood. No matter how laws are vio- lated, how much individuals or families suffer, the officials of nearly every com- munity stand listlessly by, waiting for_a compulsory order from an unofficial cit- izen. Hence comes the necessity for the organization of Citizens’ Leagues to enforce existing laws that society may have more of the protection intended to be secured to it, by laws enacted solely for- its use, benefit and safety. That this necessity is being felt is shown by the organization of those vol- untary associations here and there, all over the country, not to make law, not to ask for more law, but to demand of civil ofiicers that they perform the of- ficial duties which they have assumed and to aid them in their work. We in common with all lovers of good order deplore a state of things that seems to make this sort ofa “vigilance commit- tee” necessary, but it is obviously true that officers will not enforce existing laws, and it is just as true that the sa- loon element is prompt to co-operate and work politically for the promotion of their own business interests and for the dcmoralization of officials and socie- ty itself. . _ Public attention is being directed to this legitimate method of restraining the ~ lawlessness ofthose engaged in a busi- fiw,,:,‘__%ga,,,,%g._.7.sar;~.:.-¢.:a9'.xg;,~.c-.-«.,;;..:,r. 4.4. .- ..- V. . -. ness destructive of the morals anda bur— ’ ‘ densome tax upon the people individu- ally and collectively. From the scatter- ed and isolated Citizens’ I.e;igues that came into existence under the pressure p E of a great necessity llLt\’C come ‘.1 con- ; solidation into State organizations with a central or national head. There no room for :1 ‘charge of ‘ partisanship in politics. or fanaticism in ,1'CllglOll, or Puritanism in morality; for 1» with the motto, “Obedience to law is the bed—rock on which we build." none‘ can cavil who believe that laws are es- sential to the existence of society. IN _IU:s'i'ir1c.i'i‘1ox of our faithful cor— 1 respondent, i\lyra, we want to correct the assertion she was made to say in She “is obliged" to do nothing of the‘ kind. In behalfof Myrii, we said. this correction is made, but, on second thought, we do it in justification of Myra's husbaind. Christmas at the State School. Co—Operation. We invite the attention of every reader who takes any interest whatever ‘ in the future of this country, either as a .\'atiou or in the welfare of the great body of the people whose daily labor provides their daily bread, or in that large middle clase of freeholders who , constitute in this country the conserva- tive element—the balance-wheel in the machinery of government. to the com- munication of Dr. W. _l. Beal of the .\gricultural College. We are both surprised and pleased with the fact that the Detroit Post from which the Professor quotes. has looked it has assumed to be an exponent in this ‘State, for some manner of relief from the disorders that are almost everywhere present in the business relations of (“.’.t[)- I ital and labor. Political partizanship, in Z this country, is not burdened with much charity, and'as a rule knows no remedy for apparent ills other than partv ascend- ancv. We accepted an invitation to visit the that includes a broader view of the State Public School at C0l(l\\'att:‘t‘ on . rights of man, as man. we hail with sai- Christmas Day, or rather the evening of Christmas Day. This established in 1871. and was an experi- ment ou the part of the State. personal acquaintance with some of the , School was other State Institutions, we are satisfied E that this experiment has become under the judicious and watchful guardianship of Hon. (I. I). Randall, resident meni- ber of its Board of Control, the best investment the State has made. With a capacity for the care and training of 300 children, during the dozen years it has been in operation several thousandchil- dren have been taken from county poor houses, poor homes, or no homes, of the State, and after a few weeks, months, or years, at this State School, have been placed in good homes. When so placed the State still maintains its authority of guardianship through itsagents, and ex- ercises a paternal interest in its wards until they reach near the age of respon- sible citizenship. In cleanliness, in morals,in the primary branches adapted l to their years, in that order and method g which goes so far intlie make—up ofgood citizeus——in all these things, the educa- tion of these children is scrupulously attended to while in this State School 1 by intelligent teachers. 9 But we did not start out to write of this institution, except briefly what we saw of its results on the evening of; Christmas Day. We found on our arri- val iu the chapel of the institution 240 children between the ages of four and twelve, seated in squads in charge of their teachers,clean in appearance,com- fortably dressed, and all auiniatcd with a well-founded expectation of getting something nice to take to their cottage home when the Christmas Day was done. There was a pyramid in the cor- ner of the room, loaded with Christmas toys from base to top, illuminated from within by a score or more oflittle can- dles. Near by was another pyramid of oranges. These with the annualcustom of the institution of providing each child with a Christmas gift, made their little faces shine with the hopeful cer- tainty of getting something nice. The exercises consisted in part of some scripture lessons recited in coii- cert iii answer to questions asked by :1 boy called to the stage forthat purpose, concert singing and amusing dialogues. An announcement by Superintendent l Foster that“Tlie Original Tenuesseeans” " were present and would entertain the visitors with it song, brought to the stage half a score of colored children. We shall make no attempt to tell what, or how well they sang. They brought down the house, and after leaving the stage, called back by continued cheer- ing,tliey gave “Poor Uncle Ned,” to the great amuscmént ofall present. Bi-other Luce was present and as usual was called on for a speech as was also a reverend gentleman, who, testing the boys by a sort of inquiry as to their preference fora long or a short talk, found them unanimous in favor of a short sermon just then. Both speakers were pointed and brief as the occasion demanded. An excellent choir com- posed of teachers and other employes of the institution performed well their part, as did Santa Claus, as he crept complainingly from a curtained grate in the corner of the stage, and sighed for the “Good wide old chimney that Iused to have.” There is general complaint everywhere this year of higher taxes and lower prices, but no citizen of the State if present on that evening, would have grudged the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the State Public School at Coldwater. Setting aside that first idea of a great State charity, and considering its saving influence from lives of vice and crime of this little ar- my of children, who mostly came from bad surroundings, there is reason to believe it has economic features that justly entitle it to the consideration of the State. ........__...:.._._._ T111:-: OUTLOOK for the VISITOR, in some directions, is encouraging. At the price, you know we must depend on the frzknd: qf the Order to extend its circulation. Will they do it? SEND FOR specimen copies of the ‘ isfaction, and this article from the P114‘! ‘ is a marked and coimuendable instance of a departure in the interest of human- ‘ _ ; ity, and, as we believe, in the interest of I‘“’m a stable government, as well as from the . ordinary line of partizaii editorial work. Here the evidences of discontent among the laboring class, crops outso frequently that the cause has become :1 serious question. and its solution when reached, must, to be of realvalue, suggest a remedy. It will be remembered that in our review of “Dangers Ahead” by Dr. Lyman Abbott in the VISITOR of Dec. i.we fully endorsed theopinion ex- pressed by this high authority that in the direction of cooperation there seemed the iuost promising way of es- cape from perils that are fast culminat- ing in a worse condition than now of the great mass of the people. If the poor are growing no poorer, the rich are growing richer, the distance between euniity. occupied. lands to fall back upon: our population will become more dense and cramped. and history will be repeated in efforts to right real or fancied wrongs by it resort to the most approved killing processes known to man. It is high time the peo- ple of this country began to study and understand this subject or business of co-operation, for to it we must look for protection froui the overshadowing evils that threaten the peace and prosperity of the people of this country. With this article we received Professor Beal some book and pamphlets relating to co—oper ation published by the Central Co-oper- have ordered some of the pamphlets and shall keep them on sale. Catalogues with prices will be given of those kept in our supply department as soon as re- ceived. Shall Users Pay Royalty. The report of the Committee on Patent Rights. adopted by the State Grange at its late session, is a renewed protest against the patent laws of the United States. Every attempt to so amend the patent laws that an innocent purchaser in the open market of a patented article, will be protected in the use of such article, has been baffled by the combined influence of patentees and their attorneys. This subject will con- tinue to be of vital interest, not only to farmers but other classes as well, so long as every citizen who becomes the owner of any machine or implement of any kind is liable to a demand for roy- alty from some patentee or his agents. Our readers will examine this report with care. It is of great practical ini- portance. We are not likely to agitate this subject too much, and the points presented in this report are, some of them, new to even our most intelligent citizens. It seems quite probable that we are in a fair way to enter upon that road which leads to judicial determina- tion of the correctness of the views ex- pressed by the Committee in their report. D. C. (Y H. C. Reed & Co., of Kala- mazoo, have served notices on parties who, they allege, bought harrows of a certain make of an irresponsible manu- facturer, and by such purchase they al- lege these purchasers have become in- fringers on a patent they own, and are liable for a royalty of $5.42. We were instructed by the Executive Committee of the State Grange to call upon this Company and ascertain if they proposed to enforce collection of the amount claimed. In case such was their ex- pressed determination we were to ask them to arrange for a test case in the courts. We have complied with our in- structions and the representative of the firm, with whom we confered,declined to do anything about the matter. It is only left for us to repeat the advice of the Executive Committee of the Michi- gan State Grange to all owners of spring- tooth barrows, “Refuse to pay royalty to any and every party who may make a verbal demand upon you, and do not Visirok and invite your farmer neigh- ‘ bor and his family to read it. ‘answer any written or printed demand of this kind." _ , , ' out.‘ide of the olitical t ' f 'l ' h i our last issue that “she is obliged to use ‘ S P par ) 0 W “C ' the axe to split kindlings and cut wOO( .” ‘ Any departure from this course; them is all the while increasing with ai corresponding growth of distrust and‘ ()ur public domain is being rapidly‘ Soon we shall have no new , from , catalogues of" ative Board, Manchester, England. We | Has v0t‘R subscription to the \'isi l'Ol{ . expired? , Our interests in this matter are inutu-.11. If so please renew at once. i and we are anxious to do our p;irt. Will you attend to yours \\’l‘ilt‘ll, in this mat ‘ ter, comes first. To Secretaries. We are required to “Publish annually i a complete register of the name and number of all Subordinate and Pomona j Grauges in the State, with the uzime and l address of the Master and Secretary of E each, and send a copy to the Secretary l of each Subordinate and Pomona L Grange on or before the first day of March in each year.” It will be saeii readily that before we . cari discharge our duty as required by it law of the State Grange. S€:(‘,I‘6t11ric,~'. must report to this ofiicc the names of i the i\Iaster and Secretary elect with their post-office address. ' This statement should be sutlicieut to ; insure prompt returns l)y postal cards, or otherwise. from Secretaries, but £14 } sometimes these officers do not see the : Visitor as regularly as they see their [0- cal paper, we suggest to Masters to look 1 after this matter it little. It is a small 1- matter but it will not take care ofitself. l So far we have received but few reports, ; but hope this notice will be sufficient to ‘ ensure the completion of the list at an early day. Remember we don’t ask for the names of all the ofiicers, only those ot Master and Secretary. Before turn- ing over your books and business to your successor, be sure and make your Quar- terly Report for the quarter ending Dec. 3 1, 1885. Bad Precedente. In 3 late daily paper we read three statements which.to the average citizen who has too little money to hope to se- , cure a seat in the Senate of the Limited States. don’t read well so near together. ; The first, “There is reason to believe that i\Irs. Grant will realize $500,000 on the first edition of the first volume, and l on the entire book of Gen. (lrzint, due to be completed [on April 1st next. she will rcceive $1,000,000 or over. , This first item seemed to rpake this 1 second item quite iiiinecessciry, and the opinion we entertained of Senator Ed- : muuds was discounted one hundred per i cent. as we read that "The distinguish- ed Senator had llTl.l'O(lll'.,'Cfl -.1 bill to ,place the name of Mrs. (}rant on the ; pension rolls, giving her the snug little sum of $5,000 per aniium. The third item establishes our ‘ cliziracter as a generous people, for by 1 it, in the form of a bill, the Congress of 1 the United States is to make the auto- graph of Mrs. Grant on the upper cor- ner of a letter written by herselfequiva lent to a two cent. postage stamp for the = remainder of her natural life, which may lamount all told to $5.00. We suppose i this is to be construed as a mark of re- ispect. But that is a forced construc- tion, and smacks of the little follies that seem more at home ina monarchical government. lt was well to honor (Len. Grant in his life time for deeds performed, nor could we withhold any evidence of our appreciation of the great service he had rendered his country when he had fought his last battle and went bravely down to death. it is well to respect his widow, and would be quite the thing to provide liberally for her if occasion should arise at any time before her death. We can see no propriety, how- ever, in pensioniug Mrs. (irant; and it adds no luster to the name of the dead hero, and has no defense except a pre- cedent that we should honor more in the breach than in the observance. To do a worthy act is well——to over- do it is to detract from its real merit: and pushed a little farther needs the apology of mental weakness for its justification. The average Senator is a long way from the people, and has more faith in buncomb than in economy, and those who have not, in acase of this kind, seldom have the courage to protest in behalf of those they represent. Noxrii LA.\'SlN(2, Dec. 21, ‘85. liR0’l‘lIF.R COBH.—-I cheerfully surrender my claim to the “unexpended balance." Hoping it will remain as apermanmt drfcwru fund, and should any more help be needed to carry on the good work I will willingly contribute ten dollars or even ten times ten dollars. Fraternally, G. M. TUWAR. The writer of the above letter shows the same spirit that we remember letters inclosing the dollar, four years ago,gen- erally exhibited. We expected as much from the most of those who held this small claim against the Driven Well Defence Fund. Ageutleman, not a patron, living in a neighboring county, was in our oflice the other day when this matter came up, and he was quite as emphatic in his protest against receiving a‘ cent of this unexpended balance as Brother Towar, of North Lansing. There, is a, real protection in that Defence Fund to ‘:the farmers of the State, and we are l glad they see and kiiow it. JANUARY 1, 1886 . . .»...-m..'.-.'aw-Ii *4'._*._.Z..- ,_....L.-___. .. JANUARY 1, 1:586. The Visitor Endorsed. .\Vith this number the \'isi'i‘oi< enters upon the twelfth year of its existence. Its first issue was a sheet of little more than one-fourth its present six:-. Its large subscription list is good evidence of its value to its readers. We expect its popularity to depend on its merits rather than on editorial commendation. \Vith the new year some changes have , been introduced that we believe will ena- ble us to present to our readers in future. a better paper every way than hereto- fore. We shall most certainly make an honest, earnest effort to do so. We are very glad to be able to present such an unprejtidiced testimonial in favor of the 'I'IE-IZE‘ C3-IR».A.1\TG-IE] VISITOR. us if you think it is quite the fair thing ; to pay more for all sorts ofpapers, than for those periodicals that are doing what they (‘an to advance the _<.zreatagriciiltiiral interests of this country. to improve the farmer and etlurgate his fainily in the profession of their iucsxsnt, if not of their future lives. In short. did the farmers of the countr_\'—appreciute our motto. “ T/If farlm"/‘ fr of more [misr- l]Il£’7It'(' t/um I//efarm am! .v/101//:2’ /Ir firs! , 1'//2/>ru2im’," we should hear no more that chronic answer to the solicitor, which, by its repetition, has become a reproach to the farmer class. . Report of Standifigfhtiommittee. VISITOR as the following letter from the , Worthy Master of the State (iraiige of Iowa: Ai,<-.o\-.\.luw.\. i Dec. I8. 188:. 3’ .2 on Patent Rights to the State Grange——Session of 1885 To I/it xlfartcr am! /lien:/Irrs of!/It 5'/a/I Grange of .-Wit/zI'ga/2: _ Your committee to whom the subject 1, I of patent right was referred have con- ‘ ‘ferred together upon the matter, and ‘ upon reviewing the former reports made 7}) I/1:’ .S‘I1[/uni"/"I111/1.’ (//'arzg'u.i of Iowa.‘ --At the 3 late meeting of the Iowa State Grange. and in , accordance with the vote of the subordinate granges, Tin-; Gi:.\.\i;i; \'isi'roi< was selected as , our paper for one year at least. A paper upon which we should concent rate our correspondence, 5 in force. ,'Ossa and Ossa on Olympus to add to and subscriptions, thus making it a means of, communication for the membership in the State. In past years we have felt the want of some such arrangement, and it is hardly necessary to re- capitulate its advantages now. how shall we reap the greatest‘ benefit from it? All concur in the importance of the Grange press as a means of educating, strengthening. and building up our Order. Brother Eshbaugh. Lecturer of National Grange, says: “These VISITORS to members and farmers families are your but /erlnrzs and will work out grand re- -suits." This number of the V'isi'roR will probably reach every subordinate Grange in the State, and if you properly appreciate its merits you will see that hereafter it isii. regular visitor. I hope that each Grange will immediately take measures to secure its general circulation. If you have -money in your treasury, to place a copy in each family in the Grange, you cannot, in my opinion, find a better investment for it. In any case I would recommend the appointment, in each Grange, of some active Brother or Sister to act as solicitor for the VISITOR. See to it that this solicitor is one who will not be satisfied, till not only the inc-nibers, but every farmcrin the neigh- borhood has been solicited to subscn'be. Get a farmer to read the Visiroit for six months and if you do not secure him as a member, you will rt-rtain/vas a friend. This is said to be one plan for manufacturiiig I‘atrous in Mich- igan. It is not necessary for me to say that the selection by the State Grange, of. my hearty apprm--‘ the YISITOR, met with :11. I have canvassed somewhat tliorouglily the merits of iliflcreiit Graiigc papers, and was satisfied that among the many gooil ones, none were better, and none .30 :zI.~// suited for our pur- pose as the \'tst‘1‘oR. ltspricc will insure its Brother Cobb ' kindly consents to it and the question for us, is, - general circulation, and puts it within the rcairli L of everybody: and those who now take some other paper, and will continue to do so. caii easily be induced to add the \'ts1'1‘rz'2Irz'p/er of Courts of iquity" con- tained in Sec. 4921, have a meaning,and, in our opinion. arewestricted, and con- ‘ fine the jurisdiction to such cases as , 1 would call for a writ of injunction under 3 the course and principles of the Court of Equity, as administered under the And we court ever has or ever will hold that the ' may be to the farmer using it, is such an injury to the patentee as to make it nec- essary to call into requisition this most ‘ powerful and arbitrary adjunct of the law. If the case has been or is properly and fairly presented to that judge or court, we have too high an opinion of that branch of our national jurispru- dence to believe that it will ever prosti- tute its powers or stoop from its dignity so far as to become the willing toolofuncon- scionable adventurers. That the in- ventor, under the law, has a technical claim against even an innocent user we do not deny, but we say that claim is only for damages actually sustained, which damages must be determined by the verdict of a jury rendered upon the facts of each particular case. But the law, as it is under our con- struction, is oppressive, as it enables the patentee to exact exorbitant sums for royalty under threats of litigation in distant and expensive courts. To remedy this evil the law should be so amended that innocent owners and users of patented articles, bought in the open markets shall not be subject to de- mands for royalty, or forced into litiga- tion by the patentee. And we recommend that the l’.xccu— ‘ tivc Committee be directed to prepare . or cause to he prepared a bill to amend - the patent laws, which shall, by its pro- ‘ visions, remedy this evil, and we would suggest that the bill be so drawn that under its provisions the plaintiff, in any 3 suit under the law, shall recover no more costs than damages. Respectfully submitted. _l. G. }{AZ\lSl)l-‘.I.I., A. W. DAVIES. Ai.i.r..\' CURTIS, A. Wisp, JAM}-‘.S YAUNr.v. Committee. ~~———non-———----—- Report of the Committee on Edu- cation. It was well said in the \V'orthy .\Iasfer’s address that education is the rock on which the Grange rests. Again and again have the sentiments he represented been repeated and forcibly expressed by him and others through the press, and from the platforin. The breadth of the subject, the depth of {neaning it has for every citizen, makes it of pre-eminent importance. In order to edu- cate we must agitate and re—agif-.itc. Proper agi- tation will result in education. One of the ablest papers ever presented to the hearing and consideration of our State Grange, was at its last session, by the Committee on liducation, Q. A. Burringtoi-i, Chairman. Space will not permit the priming here of all of it. Below are copious extracts.—EI).] “It has aroused in the farmer a desire to do something better, to put his occupation on a par with other professions, and has taught him that the intelligent farmer is the eer of any man,and that there isrdigiiity and nobility, only in edu- cated, wcll-directed effort. It has taught him that the development of the mind must play the principal part in elevating the farm and the farmer to an enviable vantage ground. That the cultivator and educator must be inseparably wedded, and to divorce them, were it possible, would be an act of spoliation against the people at large.” “That the most fruitful means of pro- ducing agricultural wealth, is to improve the farmer. That the tiller is a more important factor than the soil. That the world over, the soil is impoverished by ihe touch of ignorance, and that what is now needed is the application of brain- power and science to the cultivation of the soil, and this can only be secured by education. The Grange. by bringing together, at stated periods, its members to interchange views, discuss ques- tions pertaining to agriculture, literature, and science, and to cultivate the social faculties, may do much to elevate and educate the farmer and his family. Every Grange should make the edu- cational feature the lcading one in Grange work. Libraries should be established; and in the words of our \\'orthy Master‘, “Every Grange hall in our land, should be a reading-room and a think- ing-room." Agriculture is an occupation re- quiring more knowledge and skill than almost any other, and the farmer of to-day cannot afiord to neglect for himself or his children any source of knowledge within his reach. The fanner will be left behind in the race unless he has_ a. fair share of intelligence and some ac- quaintance with the sciences on which'agriciil— ture, a.s_an art, is built. For the profits of in- dustry will always be divided along the plane of knowledge and skill, and not of mere muscle. ‘X' i i‘ '1' ‘I’ ‘I’ * * A Prussian maxim says, “Whatever you would _have_appenr in the nation's life, you must put into its schools.” We would rather say, what- ever you would have society become, you must train it to from the infancy of its members. The fruit which the orchard bears. is determined by the budding which the young trees receive in the nursery. The boy is father to the man. The t the election of school officers. 1 and public spirited of their number for the ofiiccs - to be filled. .. zens would commit to his charge. 2 good men are placed on our scliool-boards, lct _ 5 them consider that the business is wortliy oftheir ;mere use of an’ farm iin lement no 7 . 5 matter how desirable or valuable its use man is the boy grown up, developed. He is the second edition, “eiil:irged,” but seldom “im- ' proved.” If the man shall ever possess a ehar- j acter so noble and beautiful that others shall I "x“?‘.i iln -v ‘T to l!‘ ii; lowed, it will be because those who s‘.crcof_vpe«l his young soul and made up his form were wi--3 and faithful in their work. Now if these things are true. liavc we not weighty icspoiisiliilities resting up.ni us? Arc! Ilicre not important duties we owe to our school». in which these yming l‘i‘ll]ll.s‘ receive those early iinprt-ssions which shall stamp their cliriractcrs either with the scars and lll't."|ll‘.'.l'i\\ of vice. 0!’ the outlines of gr.1.‘.- and the liiicainents of virtiic-?-—diities \\‘l1lL.‘ll“\\'-‘ cannot evaile and hold ourselves gtiiltlcssof wrong. Some of tliesc du- .\lC3 we desire briefly to point out in this report. l"irst—~everv in-an who has children to be adu- cated, and every man who desires to scciirc the highest public rind private interests of soci- ety, should promptly attend the meetings for This l)u.~'lllt.s‘s' should not, as has too freqiicntly been the case, be left to the control of some half dozen voters, ‘ either those who happen to have a special inter- est in the niatter, or those who. having nothing else to do, manage in this way to while away an ‘ hour. And when the electors come together, let them make choice of the wisest, most prudent = And let no man of this character; decline to accept the trust which his fellow citi— ‘- The plea too often made by our best men, that they ll'.1\'C no . time for the discharge of hllcli duties, shouldi never be accepted. The man who has nothing 1 else to do, and can find nothing else todo. i should seldom be trusted with important official i busiiiess. Our school boards should be filled by i men who have business of their own to transact, { . and who know how to perform it. And when best endeavors. I.et them act with all the wis- dom which would cliarncteri/c their doings were they engaged in their own ])L.‘l\(l1ll1l lnisiiiess. -at -1- -::- -:.= e<- -. These uneducated children are in a few years to become the men and women upon whom will : rest the responsibilities of the nation. Tlicse i boys whose minds are running to waste will be- come men into whose hands the sacrcdness of the ballot is to be entrusted. \Vell may we tremble. A great champion of universal education has well said that “an uneducated ballot is the winding sheet of liberty." The mind of man can picture no semblance of the destructive power of the ballot box in the hands of an ignorant people. The Roman co- horts were terrible. The Turkish janizarics were incarnate fiends; but each was a babe for harm compared with universal suffrage without men- tal illumination and moral principle. “In the uneducated ballot is the nation’s greatest dan- ger, but the educated ballot is the main tower of its strength." Armed with this, and agrarianism with its rashncss and recklessness, so certain to destroy the patient it aspires to cure, and social- ism with its empiricism so ill adapted to the con- stitution of humanity, will obtrude their preteii- tions in vain. The future is full of grave responsibilities which await the youthful genera- tion. Our duty as a part of the great conserva- tive class of our people should urge us to do our part to secure to them that mental and moral culture which will fit them for the duties ofciti- zcnship; that the liberties and honors of the country may be secure in their hands, while the age in which they live shall be rendered glorious by a full moral and intellectual development, which shall crown the labor and hope of the prcsent with a rich fruition. .-\'or let us (ICSPUIHI if, owing to untowrird influences, we see not in the present the full fruit of our efforts. If we cannot after all our labor inake all liigh-minded citizens, let us console oiirsclves that, but for these cfliuts, they might have made worse men. If we cannot let a \\’asliiiigtoii or a Lincoln in, the Republic will be equally thankful if we can keep a Benedict Arnold or :1 _lcffI)avis out. let us entertain the hope that the time may come when, in the words of another, “we sli-all present the spectacle of an C(lllC."lIC(I people; educated to the top of their faculties as physical, moral and intellectual beings; educated above want and above pride, above fear and above reproach; ed- ucated to know what truth is, what charity is, whatjustice is. what liberty is: edticated to be generous and peaceful, free and happy; educated to feel and respond to every call of duty and pa- triotism; erlucatcd out of vice and meanness, and into lofty thoughts and noble sentiments; educat- ed for home, for plc'.1sur'e, for business, educated for themselves, their families and their kindred, for their friends and their country.” _I. Q. A. I}('RRl.‘<'(;’1'(_)i\'. ’l‘. A. _jOlINSO.‘\', A. j. l,.i;o:<.xru>so,\'. (J. 12. CLARK, Mrs. W. 1-). V\'Ric:it'r. ‘~' 1.. M. MARSII. ‘- ‘M. L‘. Piii-:i.i-s, -‘ l«‘. I"IA\'l-'..\'S, ~* W. F. _jo.\'t:5, Cr»/2///11711.2‘. ---——-——lo>———— - Report of Pomona at the 13th Session of the Michigan State G ran ge. H/'oi'///y ./l[zr.rt.-rr n/1.1’ /Ilwiz/rem‘ of .11/1'5/1r'g'mz Slim‘: Cirmtge .‘ A report, says the Master, from each degree, A report, then, from me; oh, what shall it be? Of duty performed. of seed kindly sown? Of work we have done in garden and home? Of our love for the Order and its principles grand; The noblest ever given by man; Ofour work in the Grange as each passing day Is borne on the swift wings of time far away? Shall we tell of our sorrow when members grew weary Of helping their fellows, and duty seemed dreary; When they go from among us, from hearts tried and true, And lay down their life work for others to do? Shall we tell of our gladness, rejoicing and thanks \Vhen others “ God's noblemcn, ” filled up the ranks? They come, the true-hearted, the noble, and stand, V\'aiting shoulder to shoulder foi' the word of command. Since the garden of Eden saw woman’s disgrace Fruits have held in all ages a prominent place. The tree of knowledge bore fruit very tempting, ’tis said. But we wish Father Adam had eaten instead Of Eve, then perhap-‘ some the sins we so mourn On the shoulders of innocent man would be borne. liruits are healthful and numerous, common and rare. And should form a large portion of our daily fare. No place is so small but, in some corner or nook, A spot could be found for the planting of fruit. Fruits are oft mentioned in the Bible, you’ll find; Christ likened himself to a tree and a vine. Every tree that bringeth not good fruit, he said, Shall be hewn and onto the fire be spread. As we backward look through the years passed away, We feel sad that so many fall out by the way. The sharp ax of envy, indifference and ease Was laid at the root and down fell the trees Into the fire of selfishness, where scorched and consumed, I Their ashes are laid in oblivion’s tomb. ‘ Some left us by death, whose worth can’t be told, They’re like pictures of silver and apples of gold. Our acts andjour deeds are the fruits of our years, Whether joy or of sorrow, of smiles or of tears. If good unto others we do, or if ill, The measure we mete returns the same measure still. By their fruits ye shall know them. Christ said of 3 his own; ' i The harvest we gather is like the seed sown. 'l"vii-ii how williirrrly lnluu’. iivu: r~::iri:c~'.lv ‘.‘e-‘«‘. l Tlia't.our fruits are the gum] fruits in word and in deed. That each p.1——--—-— THE 01.5 SCHOOLHOUSE. There is an old-time school-liouse. It stands upon a hill; ”Tis built of yellow standstone; I think I see it still. Glistening in the sunlight, Just as it did of yore, \Yhen, a fair-haired, barefoot lad, I entered through the door. Its walls are square and solid, And pointed is its roof; Constructed for duration, Against the storms ltis proof; llut the good souls that planned it Long since have passed away; The hands so strong that reared it liave rroldered back to clay. .‘th, well do I remember Tlio.-‘c days so sweet and fair; The sun 0: re tip in beauty, .-"\n-.l ha‘. y was the air: Tl’.-3 grass was wet with dew—drop.-'. .\r.:i batlltd my naked feet: \‘Chile meadow—lark and robin }l:ivle1iielotlic< sweet. I trutlgetl then tothatscliool-house. ‘Nitli fre.-lily—lnitleivrrl bread \\'itliin my dinner-ba.-;kct~ l-iy l‘.‘.I|lllt‘I' h:tm‘.s "t\\'as spread llcr kiss was on my forchetul, And I can ne‘er forget Those loving eyes so tender, I see them smiling yet. And gathered there were pluyniates; Ilright boys and rosy girls: Iiloatiug on the air again, I see tliosc golden curls; I hear the merry laughter. The shout and lusty call, And join the jolly pastime, In race, and bat, and ball. I hear the chiming school-bell: Its mem’ry will not die, The call to which I listened And quickly did comply; Nor how we took our places, Each in his chosen seat; O, how the stillness settled As quiet grew our feet! Nor those long hours of study, How drowsily they passed! Those days were each like :tgv.-s, So long they seemed to last; But joyful was the moment \V'hen we were all (ilslllissctl, And round our patient teacher We gathered to be kissed. 0 days so bright and golden.’ 0 tlays of life‘s best June! Like open morning-glories, Ye closed up all too soon; “With misty eyes I see you, And beautiful ye seem» _-'\gain will ye not greet me Beyond the mystic stream? -—G'. H’. Croft: in Cfiirago /1116!‘ Ocean. New Year Thoughts. We like to begin the new year with good resolutions. Somehow there is something in the human heart, that as the old year draws to a close and the new year dawns, we look back with a pang and forward with a joy. We would like to wipe the page of a year in life’s history clean and white, and start anew. Let us try to make some one‘ happy this year—-—try to carry some of the sunshine of our lives into others’ hearts, where shadows perhaps have fallen, and have lain for years—for “He who lifts his fel- low man in turn, is lifted by him.” Most of us have such an abundance of good reading matter in our homes that we waste it, forgetting that other homes lack much of this blessing; can we not, out of our store—house of papers and periodicals, send to those that have not. Some copies of Harper‘: Illagazirze or of I71: Cmtzzry that you have read and ‘still prize may be loaned to some other family, that else would spend the even- ings in trifling conversation, low jokes, games at cards, smoking and lounging at the corner grocery——if at no worse place. Do not wait to be asked for them, for the chances are that they will never ask; but send them, or better take them yourself. Some of _those chil- dren’s papers that yours have read may create in some other child's mind a. love for reading, a. love for knowledge , which is almost proof against vice. #_ __ MRS. MAYO. How TO NIAKE A Loo Canny.-—Mal;e doiicit s1;."’.2=? as t'..';r cook 1:1‘; in-2 l out your logs in strips, eight and ten in- lches in length and half an inch wide, and bake on long tins. For the roof I roll out two sheets, seven by nine, and l bake. For the chimney cut out a dozen l small logs, two inches in length, thinner and narrower than the first ones. Make - two dough boys,alsoa smalldough “San- . ta Claus," and bake. Now you are :ready to build your cabin. You must i have a smooth surface for your founda- l tion, and for this purpose a box cover ofthc proper size is as convenient as anything. Cover it neatly with a nap- kin; then proceed to lay your logs. Handle them carefully, for ifyourdougb was very short they will break easily. An opening, representing a door can be made by breaking the logs where the door is wanted, insert a piece under the end ofeach log to keep them in shape. Before placing the roof, stand the dough boys inside, then put up your roof; next the chimney; tie a sprig ofevergreen on the back, of your miniature “Santa Claus" and stand him by the chimney, and your cabin is complete. Snow the whole with granulated sugar, or, if you prefer it, ice it all over with sugar frosting. Try it, mothers; it is not a diffirult ‘thing to (lo, and it will delight and stir- 3' prise the children to see a real log cabin 3 on the New Year's dinner table. MRS. F. A. \V'A1<:x'i:k. A Dakota reader writes she has tried Aunt Hattie’s way of preparing chickens with cream, and says with her it is “splendid.” She would like Aunt Hat- tic’s;directions for cream batter pudding, which were promised ifcalled for. SOME 9,700 barrels of salt were ruined by the burning of Murphy & Dorr's mill sheds at Bay City recently. fititiflg rm?! .5, ABOUT OUR WORK. To 2’/2: Patron: zgf flzzsluzmiry in /Ilia/221 gar].- In appearing before you in this new role we feel that in justice to all a little explanation as a preface is necessary. At the last meeting of the State Grange it was suggested that two new depart- ments be added to grunge work this year, viz._, health and amusements. This suggestion or recommendation was adopted by the Grange, and the origina- tor, Mrs. Ilelknap, named your humble .3 gnmsement. (3 . , department, which was confirmed by 3. ' tn:-.nd;ite from State Master Luce. We hardly know what is expected of us, but if there is one thing that in our childhood was not neglected it was be- ing taught to obey, and we find it has been one of the best lessons we ever learned, and we are only repeating the lesson over in obeying those now in com- mand, and in trying to dojust as well as we can, and should we not meet the ex- pectations of our brothers and sisters you can only say, “a mistake in ap- pointment.” , We shall endeavor once in each month to present to the Patrons, through the columns of the VISITOR, various subjects for essays-and discussions in your granges, pertaining to health. \Ve know the meetings are generally held throughout the State once in two weeks, . and we would wish that the questions suggested be brought before the granges by an essay read by some brother or sister, who shall be appointed by the Lecturer, then let them be discussed—— kindly not rrzflaz//Vv, and with only this end in view of deriving good, benefitting ourselves and others and growing stronger, mentally and physically. We cannot come into your granges this winter and talk with you face to face, but we can sit here in our little quiet sitting-room,and send you thoughts and suggestions that are prompted only by the kindest intentions, and that, we trust, may help you grow strong and fit you to bear grandly, heroically, some of the burdens that each life must hold. Of one thing you may be assured; the subjects will not be profound, but quite common-place, and such phases of them presented ‘as bear directly upon the life that farmers live. We solicit, from the patrons, any sug- gestions or helps, and would like to hear from you'as to how this theme is treated by your granges, whether it is product- ive of good or not, and all communica- tions addressed to us will be kindly re- ceived and promptly answered. You may think the subject of sewer- age and drainage rather far fetched, for a winter theme, and that pertaining to farmers’ homes. But we are on the pre- vention plan, and are going ta prepare against the time when spring debility, poor appetites, and 21 sort of general disorder pervades our systems, and see if some of the causes for these ill feel- ings may not be found at our own back doorways. The subject of sewerage is of such vast importance as conducive to the general health, that cities make and enact laws that make the streets, byways and alleys as free from foulness as possi- ble. But in our own country homes we can do as much as we please, we can live if possible with our back doorway reeking with filth, and our drains, if we have any, stopped with ice and rubbish, provided it does not become offensive enough to be intolerant to the public, but we can breath the bad air emanat- ,_‘ r,i_l.“ nf tzrzplq-_ ginri 3) 73*‘) nar- \ i«x_:r ti;-i'.1‘.x servant as superintendant of the health . that accumulate from the kitchen all winter; which the kindly snow will spread over with its white mantle, and which we will continue to heap until the warm south wind and the rays of the sun fall direct enough to thaw the mass somewhat level and then it reeks and steams, blisters and festers, and sends out spores that will engender disease, and then we wonder why we are sick! With all this preamble we will suggest a few questions which you may perhaps think of enough importance to form the groundwork for a few thoughts. Are our back door yards as clean as it is possible to keep them through the winter season? If not, why not? And how can they be kept so that in the spring no foul air may emanate from them? Are drains from the sink, both from the hand washing sink and the dish washing sink, practicable in the winter and healthful in the summer? It so, how should they be constructed? II they are not practicable in the winter, what shall we do with all slops from the kitchen, such as the suds from the week- ly washings, hand—bowl slops and all wash waters that those scavengers, the pigs, will not eat? MRS. MAYO. 'i;Iu11th5' iilcpztrtmcttt. ' JUST, HOW it WAS.’ M In the rush of early morning, VVhen the red burns through the gray, And the wintry world lies waiting For the glory of the day; Then we hear the fitful rustling. Just without upon the stair, See two small uhite phantoms coming. Catch the gleam of sunny hair. Are they Christmas fairies stealing Rows of little socks to fill? Are they angels floating hither With their message of good will? What sweet spell are these elves weaving, As like larks they chirp and sing? Are these palms of peace from heaven That these lovely spirits bring? Rosy feet upon the threshold, Eager faces peeping through, \\'ith the first red ray of sunshine Chanting cherub.-; come in view; Mistletoe and gleaming holly, Symbolsof a blessed day, In their chubby hands they carry, Streaming all along the way. \\"ell we know they never weary Hf this innocent surprise; \\'aiting, watcliing, list’ning aluays With full hearts and tender eyes; \\'hilc our little liousehohl angels, White and golden in the sun, (irect us with the sweet old \V'L‘lC()l)lt‘,-— “.\lcrry L‘ln'i.~t1nas, every one!” l.u1/1'5.‘ .7/. .-I/av/1.. Next Year. 1)m/' 1 ’z‘c'a'.r amt’ Z\7(’f>//r:u5.~ I am going to wish you a Merry Christmas and it I-Iappy New Year, for the one will have passed and the other be here when this reaches you. I think we all must have gone to the State Grange last week and left the De- partment to take care of itself from ap- pearances. I plead guilty,do any of the rest of you? J. _l. I}. will not, forl found one of her bright articles had been ap- propriated by the “Communications” column. Well, boys and girls, what are we go- ing to do this new year? Have you any suggestions for the good of the Depart- ment? I have reason to believe that a nurn- ber of new “cousins” will join us soon, which is exceedingly encouraging, but does not do away with the necessity for each of us to do our best to make a suc- cess of this column. _ I recently received a letter from a dear friend from which I will read you a few lines, feeling sure she will pardon the liberty. “Your work in the Youths’ Depart- ment is a noble one and will surely have a good helpful influence over all interest- ed. So much future good depends on the young people forming true ideals of life!” These earnest words raised the query, are we making this work as helpful as we might? The universal cry from am- bitious youths is, give me the oppor- tunity then I can do something. Now here is one offered you which,ifimprov- ed, would at least help you to make good use of other opportunities that the future will bring to you. How many when too late realize the great need of prepara- tion. ~ , Our new nephew, whose letter will be found below, we heartily welcome, hop- ing he is one of the many soon to join our ranks. AUNT PRUE. .-____..____,, The Best or Nothing. Tha.t is the way her story ended, and that was, in my opinion, the time she dashed to pieces her beautiful picture of word painting. In looking pver the VISITOR of Dec. 1st. I read an article by one Grace entitled, "Within and Without,” meaning by this I suppose to say to the reading Public, just what kind of books and papers they should read. Now, Grace, in attempting to an- swer your very ably written article I ex- pect to lay myself liable to criticism and I sincerely hope that you, as well as others, will give my mind whatever kind of a nudge you deem best or think I need. In looking over my assortment of books and papers I asked myself the question who made the choice, and the question is easily answered. I think it a God-given privilege that we can choose for ourselves, as our taste for reading matter is sure to vary accord- ing to our nature, and I am thankful ‘i ‘.‘y'.,‘ ll'.‘\:3 Sltcli Qty to choose lllli '7 . ‘Z, .. \'f‘.l‘l , . . . .. -Y : ,‘t\s. ;.:... 1' -l.A . . . aw ..-';.i_.: H‘. 11* ‘ tr"-.v",. matter over, be it books or papers, with :1 View of sorting them to fit their in- dividual tastes I fear that, small though it may be,it would soon become beauti- ‘trashy to them might possibly be my ;favorite authors. i mtich of 3. friend to novels or novel read- ing. yet I freely acknowledge that Virgi- nia F. Townsend's and Mrs. Holmes’s stories have kept rue interested and a- wake way into the “Wee sma’ hours.” But this is a world of criticism, and books, dress and manners, must all be tried and if they don’t fit they are laid aside. And yet out of the abundance we can all find a fit if we wish to, but must not expect to please everybody, as for myself, if my clothing is clean and comfortable, and suited to my station in life, and last but not least is paid for, it will do me. And if my books and man- ners meet the approval of public opin- ion I would of course be suited just as well. where is the remedy? Fraternall to criticise, Dr-;.\'.\‘is \Vr“‘CALL Ar our STDRE.“'?ii5t1 Houseman, lliiay & Co., Ni’). -5 IVEGDXRUE STREET. Mich. Grand Rapids, sorts I“rni.*<, Plains. Trees. Low prices. tint.-'lo';ue frfe. J. 5. (l()LLI.\'S. illonrc-.stu\\'n, I\i,J. 359 pt. HARNESS! Farm Ilarness complete, 1-; in. trace round lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $29 (70 Farm Harness complete, 1% inch trace , [lat lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 98 00 The same without breeching less. . . .. 3 00 Light double nickle trimmed from $25 to 40 00 Single harness flat strap nickel trim- med . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3110 to 40 ()0 Single harness double stitch:-d from $6 25 to 25 00 Ordered work of.a|l description will receive close and prompt attention. All orders received with seal of Grange Wlll be shipped at once and may be returned if not satisfactory. A. VANDENBERG, 92 Monroe Streeet, nc:.,;,l3, yrl GRAND RAPIDS, l\Iich. The Leading Music House In Western Michigan. FRlEDRI—C_H BROS., 30 and 3:: Canal Street, Grand Rapids, JMI. - I’ Weber Pianos, Knabe Pianos, Fischer Pianos, Peek Pianos. Chase Organs, Smith American Organs, Taylor and Farley Organs, Valley City Organs. A LARGE STOCK or Sheet Music, Music Books, and Musical Merchandise. egress Law, Terms Easy, Satisfaction Guaranteed! Allen Durfee, FU'R.1l'ISHIN'G FUNERAL ]PlREC’l‘0R. No. 103 Ottawa Street, Grrpsrl Rrmir". — “W - 7/‘ ,:.~..» »~.Hg.~ fully less, for what would appear dry and I Although I am not; Eutifthcy should not, where, () 3 “Th:-. “N1 |“oll\'.~' wt Hutu ~." WHITE SEAL Bllitllitiiii Bill The New York Iioaru of Henltli e5tEin.m:»'. that 3‘: 030 lives have been CIPISITt1VC1lI))’IIIC erplmive qllillilifr‘. ofpe- troleum. If exery lions-zhold would .‘ttl'>pt the White Seal Oil for family use, none of these nnf.:rtuii.tt-: ;u't‘i'.leIi:s would occur White Soul Burning "it has none of the defects usually found in common ml-. It cannot be axploded, times not char the wick_will not -'rnul»:e emits no offensive otlor_ and prevt-nts the hr:-akiii: of chimney», \VI|ite Su:¢1Bnruing 011 is a rich nil lor illuminating piirposes It is as lizhi In color as pure spring water It uivvrs :1 \l|’1)F|‘_', ~".tt.1’k\’llL(lll, and bums much lon_;er tli in common ozls, It the \Vlnle Seal linrnintg Oil is not sol-' in your vicini- ty, Send your order direct to us for a barrel or :1 ram: con- taining two neat live _:;alloii cans. BROUICS OIL ($0.. -'35 Nltnlid .\\'e.. Clove- Iand, Ohio. \}l\\lTE:§B (W15 uuiunaurs 4 ‘Q. . in: ..'4J:’'''‘‘ \. THE WHITE BRONZE ls rtbsolutely free lizrin all I>l)_lt.'L‘ll(I!l.» known agaiiist stone. lior further particulars apply to H. W. h?l{~IiE.\'. M:u|:|.;_n-.r_ liigl: Hotel Iilock, (irand Rapi-ls. .\licli., and (I. S. l’l‘iCl\'. Kalainazoo. t‘. t‘. 5lllCl(l{ll.l.. lialaniazoo, Agent for IiC1Il'l(‘]1 ‘.‘.ll(l Cass Counties, Miclr. By All Means I’iii'clia.~'t.-. NIIIROD PEUG- TOBACCO PREMIUM GOODS. Every box has a ticket in it entitling the holder to a .share in the distribution of Fine Gold VV-an-hes and (jhuins,Qt1adruplc Silver Plated VV:ire, 'l‘i-vi Puts, Cotfee Pots, Knives, Forks and .\';-oons .\’nnrod is the hest. Chew and the gruatt-st. .\'e‘.l.~r, nlv.-;t_\'s in irmnl order and gives gnotl :4-i!isi':u:=iovi. I’ is |i:t(‘.l(PtI in styles which inns we mu l’Iiant., Ripe, Cheesev tzondili-In l' i- the (}‘ini<‘,i- of the Chewer and no-v<—r slivlts on the rle-tler‘s hands. ers For sale In all .I )I\I3t"'5 and Retail- S. \V. Vl‘l\'.\ I’:‘l.l“. n? C(.)., I’lC'l‘lCRSl’.UR(}, VA. - Ml: ._ ,_‘__i..__,V ' For sale by the GRAND RAPIDS 8: INDIANA R. R. (.0. Sugar maple the principal timber. Adz/aniayes : . lfailroadsialrcady built, numer- ous towns and cities, one of the healthiest parts of the Llnitecl States, purest water, good markets, fine_ fruit, good roads, schools. churches, large agricultural population, best building material at low figures, good soil, low prices, easy terms, perfect title. For books, maps, charts, and an additional information, address W. O. HUGHART, Landpommiuioner, Grand Rapids. Mich- PATENTS. LUCIUS C. WEST, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent Causes, Trade marks, Copyrights, Assignments, Caveats, Mechanical and Patent Drawings. Circulars free. 105 E. Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich, Branch office, London, Eng. Notary Public. apntf guitar “I *.«-lieirrorléfiplcfl at _ D£’$_0R/ Pp/4:59/Jfi . will be m:iledFREE to :11 applicunts, and In customer: of in: year without ordering it. It. contains About 180 pager, 000 mnluations, prices, accurlte descriptions and valuable directions fowzlnndng all varieties of VEGETABLE Ind FLO ER SEEDS, BULBS. etc. lnvnlnthlo to :11, especislly to Market Gardeners. Send for it. D. M. FERRY 6:. 60., Detrmt, Michigan. Jamté DEDERICICS HAY PEESSES. ‘__,.. i and with the advancement in other di- JANUARY 1, 1886. éznfiicultnrr. FF.UlT. SGVTS .lAPi‘«NESE KIZO TAMARI. Although Japan is naturally abund—g antly supplied with fruits, still pomology is not in a developed condition as in this country. This is owing to the: limits of the empire and the added fact that the Japanese have not as yet devel- oped a want for desert fruits. In most of our provinces fruit culture is a small part of the general farming, however in some limited areas the cit- rous fruits, grapes, pears, persimmons and peaches are the chief agricultural products, and in these districts we may be given credit for having a pomology. Within the old Japan, a new fledgling has been hatched, with higher purposes and a desire for a broader civilization, rections there will come new wants in horticulture, which will be gratified by the results of increased thought given to the culture of fruits. There are even now persons who are engaged entirely in new fruit culture on a large scale. As high as 7oo acres are in grapes in one locality, this as yet be- ing the most profitable fruit yet tried. The government has become so inter- ested in these new vineyard ventures, that it has established an experimental grapery, where above 120 foreign varie- ties are being tested. These all seem to be doing well, save a few sorts from the south of France. You are trying some Japanese fruits in this country with fair success; may I be allowed to make a few suggestions in connection with this matter? Those which I recall as most promising are for the south,where the mercury does not go to zero. Some of our dry fruits, how- ever, it seems to me, would do excel- lently well here in the north; for in- stance our walnuts and chestnuts. Among the former, we have a variety called “Chohi”which is our best soft- shell sort and grows in the cold districts. Among the latter “Tamba-guri” is the largest; a smaller sort, “Sasa-guri,” grows as a shrub and is capable of enduring a pretty severe winter. We have in apple growing in southern or middle provinces of any value; but in the northern districts, we have large fine varieties of which “Linkin” is per- haps the best. In the north, we find more wild tan- gled vines beariug sour inferior fruit. There are but two native cultivated va- rieties, white and brown “I{osline;” both are sweet and are used for table grapes, having little vinous flavor. Among peaches, we have the Chinese honey juice or “Suimitsu-To,” an excel- lent variety of large size. One variety, “Itsu-Sai,” may be a fine thing for you from its habit of bearing beautiful flow- ers on the first year's growth from the seed. Among table plums, we have “Hadan- kio,” or “Botankio,” which is thelargest and sweetest of all, growing often to be two inches in breadth and three inches in length, is quite conical in form; our next best sort is “Youemomo,” of round shape two inches in diameter. These grow in our warm climate. Our pears have merit according to time of ripening, bearing qualities, taste, size and habits of growth. They are all round in shape and of a pretty nature. Of Japan persimmons, which have been tried with success in this country, south of Washington, D. C., we have forty or fifty sorts, which are conven- iently classified into “Kiza-washi," sweet and “Shibu-kaki,” austere. I understand that many of the impor- tations to this country have been of the sweet varieties, which will prove satis- factory. I fear, however, some may bring in the austere sorts and condemn Japan persimmons entirely without dis- criminatino. I believe there is money for the people in favored locations, who will plant persimmons. In our country, although there are some sweet varieties of good size, we grow the "austere sorts more largely for market. They are more profitable, because larger, liner in appearance, more prolific, and really more palatable, when put through our developing process. It seems to me, that the people of this country ought to be patient enough to also make the austere varieties the most profitable and satisfactory. In our country, we pluck these sorts when they begin to turn yel- low, as the fruit is liable to be injured by bad weather or crows, notwithstanding the fruit at this time is very sour. We then subject them to the drawing pro- Cess “Shibu-nugi.” The process 'is sim-f ply this: “The fruit is placed in a sack, or sherry cask recently emptied, and kept air tight for three days. If the cask be an old one a little of the liquor is sprinkled overthe fruit. This process reduces the sourness and gives the fruit a sweet and vinous flavor. In persimmon districts, there is quite an industry developed in putting up dried persimmons. The outer peel is removed, and the fruit is put up in vari- ous grades. The juice of the sour per- simmon is employed in coloring fisher- men’s nets. We grow nearly all species of the cit- rous family except the lemon. We are especially r's:h in sweet mandarins, of which I would recommend very highly for trial in your southern country the ; its growth is dwarfish. épot plants for purposes of embellish- ment. as it was named at New Orleans Expo- sition, but known as “Kinkan” with us, may be a valuable plant for you to grow in pots for ornament, for the nature of‘ We use them as An oblong variety, however, we grow as a standard, say three yards high, and the fruit is used as a pickle. I was asked during the recent pomo- logical convention, by a southern gentle- man, if we did not have a seedless va- riety of Japan plum. I understand now what is wanted, and lwill search my country, and find the desired variety, introduce it in this country to meet the demand and possibly make my fortune. Alli:/rigan Hartz'cu1lurtki. .-_____‘,._______- Goon Aovrcr. FROM Comrooom-: VANouRnrLT.—William’s first deal in Wall Street was on his own hook, and it was his father, the old Commodore, who scooped him in. William H. was selling some New Jersey bonds short. His father was buying them. The son had about $8,000, and when his margin disappeared he had to lie down. He was in a very unhappy frame of mind. His father, who, during early life, had treated him with great contempt and severity, had softened toward him some, but W'illiam was afraid to notify him of his loss. Some men who knew of the younger Vanderbilt's operations took occasion to inform the old man, and he summoned William before him, when the latter admitted his losses and ex- pressed a determination not to get into such a trap again. ‘‘I should hope not,” observed the Commodore, ‘‘‘particularly when I’m running the trap. I got that money away from you, young man, and here it is. Now you take it, and don’t you ever sell anything you haven't got nor buy anything you can’t pay for.” ____<.,.,,_____, WE have seen it stated in the New York papers that but one farmer was elected to,the Legislature in that State at the late election. Is it any wonder that the farmers are forgotten by our State Legislature, when they will not ex- ert enough influence in a great agricul- tural State like New York to elect more than one of their number to represent the 311,460 farmers within her borders? Have the farmers of this country so tamely surrendered to their masters? To KILL lice on cattle, a mixture of one bushel of dry sand and five pounds of dry sulphur will clear fifty head. Get them into a huddle, if you have a large lot, then go to the windward side, and throw it or sprinkle, as best you can get it on. One good sprinkling will kill and clean out every one. Sulphur, coal oil and lard oil will clean fowls of lice and scaly legs. Rub it on the feet and legs, and run your greasy hands through the feathers. ‘ RUST, EATON, & Co., of Zilwaukee, distributed go barrels of flour, I50 shawls, and mo pounds of candy among the families of their employes, not for- getting the widows and orphans of men who had formerly worked for them. Capital, manipulated by such men, blesses labor, and in return labor mag- nifies and blesses such capital, and they become handmaids in the world’s up- building. METHOD is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctu- ality.—Cecil. @lJituuri2s, \VHER1~:AS, Death has entered our midst and claimed a brother, whose labors have been most indispensable to the best interests of our order; therefore Resolved, That the death of Brother Charles Snyder has been a severe loss to Montcalm Grange No. 318, and that our sympathies be ex- tended to the bereaved family, and a copy of this resolution be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication. ' Bv onus}: on COMMITTEE. . __.__ LEACOCK——-Mrs. Sarah Leacock died at her home in Dover, December 8, 1885. In her is lost a faithful wife and mother, a self—sacrificing neighbor, and in the time of sicks ness one who could not think of self. Madison Grange No. 384, has lost 9. faithful member, and its loss is keenly felt. WILBUR—Departed this life Nov. 30,‘ 1885, Easton Wilbur, member of Adams Grange. VVHEREAS, The messengerof death has again entered our fold and severed the mystic tie, and removed from our midst Brother Easton VVilbur, Resolved’, That, while we mourn the loss of our worthy brother, who was always faithful and true, we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well. Iferolr/ttl, That as sisters and brothers, our heartfelt sympathies be extended to the bereaved family, and that we commend them to our great Shepherd, believing that He can comfort them in this their aflliction. Resolved, That acopy of these resolutions be spread upon the records of Adams Grange, No. 286, and a copy be sent to the Hillsdale Stami- ard and a copy to the GRANGE VISITOR for pub- lication; and a copy be presented to the family of our brother. WM. KIRBY, JR.,* WILLIS H. SWIFT. Committee. R: S. POOLE——Late Master of Calhoun County Grange. WHEREAS, By dispensation of Providence our worthy Master, R. S. Poole, has been removed from our midst by the hand of death; therefore, Rtsolvtd, This Grange has: lost a most valua- ble and esteemed member, endeared to our hearts by his nnvarying kindness and courtesy; the community an honorable and upright citizen. We extend to the family our heartfelt sympathy in this their hour of bereavement. 13. WHITE, C. C. McDsRmo, 'I'IEE[IEJ GRANGE VISITOR. _... , .___ ERFEC T mar15yi Palms’ Grocery Hi 38 ; Under Contract with the Executive Committees of the Pennsylvania and New York State Granges and recognized by the State Granges of Ohio, New Jersey and Delaware to fur- nish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry a large and complete stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Coffees, Teas, Spices, etc. We ill all orders from Patrons when the order is under Seal of Grunge and signed by the Master and Secretary of the Grange, and upon receipt "of goods and found satisfactory payment to be made within 30 days from date of bills. We are now filling‘ Orders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from Philadelphia are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting through rates. A trial order from Granges in Michi- gan will convince them that they can Purchase Groceries to advan- tage in !'hlladelphia.. If you desire information in regard to pricos on any goods in our line of business or freight rates do not hesitate to Wrlto ID, as we endeavor to answer all inquiries promptly and satisfactori- ly. We will mail freie upon request our Complete Price List of Groceries, giving the wholesale prices of all Goods in the Grocery Line. Thornton Barnes, VVho1esale Grocer and (frrange Selling Agcent, 24:1 North "t'/<7"ater Street. Philadelplaia, Penn. ._.-. .».._~;_. WANTED AND rorimsats. A few of our subscribers have taken I the benefit of our offer to do a little free g advertising, and we are glad of it. We 5 introduce this feature at the instance of a contributor who made reference to the Husédzzzizzza/1, and as the 117115511211!- man has the credit in this instance we‘ may as Well appropriate its excellent rule governing this class of advertising as well as its plan. The rule is as fol- lows, and will be adhered to: The WANT COLUMN is for the use of subscribers only. Notices not exceed- ing six lines will be admitted once free. For every subsequent insertion twenty cents aline will be charged, and for first publication all over six lines will be charged at the same rate. Nothing will be admitted except notices of interest to farmer readers, as for instance: Farm property, animals, implements, machin- ery for sale or wanted, information wanted, ctc., etc. I HAVE for sale thirty-five bushels of clover seed of the Alsike variety which I raised from twenty-fivelbs. of seed. Address for further particulars, JAMES ‘IAUNEY, Ceutreville, St. Joseph Co., l\Iich. ‘OR SALE. A first-class driving team, six years old; mares, dark bay or brown, well matched, weight about 2400 pounds. H. N. ADDXSON, Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Mich. ARM ron SALE. roo acres, situated in the great Michigan fruit belt; together with 5t0ck and tools. For further particulars and price, address C. A. SEYMOUR, \Vest Casco, Mich. A D. DEGARMO, Highland Station, Oak- o land, Co., Mich. Farm one half mile north of the station, breeder of Shorthoms of Pomona, Young Phyllis, White Rose, Bell Ma- bone and Sally VValker families. Stock of both sexes for sale. Tenns easy, prices low. Cor- respondence solicited. GERMAN CARP. Orders filled promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed; address, 811.1. 82: REEVB, Dexter, Mich. OR SALF..——A few choice young Bulls and Heifers, all registered and from extra milk and butter strains. Prices lo\v. Correspondence solicited. STONE & BIGGS, Breeders of H01- stein-Friesian Cattle, Hastings, Mich. janrt7 C. L. Merrill & Co., Photographers, Gallery 55 Monroe street, and 93 Otta- wa street, Grand Rapids, Mich. The best possible work done at lowest possible prices. Special rates for Holi- days. Cabinet size $3 per. dozen. Card size $1.50. We Lead---Others Follow. /3, is valuable. The / GrandRapidsBus- iness College does not “flourish” in the way of birds and feathers. It is a practical trainer, and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send for Journal. Address C. G. SWENSBURG, Grand Rapids, Mich. clec1m3 Ed. Struensee’s Harness Emporium, No. 73 Waterloo St., Eagle Hotel Bl’k, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Keeps always on hand of his own make a complete assortment of Heavy and Fancy Harness at the lowest possible prices. Also a large variety of Saddles, Whips, Robes, Blankets and Turf Goods. He will not be undersold on goods of the same quality. decry: JOHN J. SALES, MANUFACTURER OF Artificial Freer Stone, Vases, Dogs, Side- walks, Carriage Blocks, ete. Plain and Ornamental Plasterer. 533Parkstreet,cor.Parkaniwalnutstreets, seedless “Wunshiu." The Chinese orange or “Kuamquat,” WM. Smons. Committee. Condition Powders For Horses, Cattle and Hogs, to be given for Loss of .'\ppt:tlte, Rf)llf;{lll1CSS 01 Hair or Coat, Stoppage of the water and llowels, Coughs and Colds, Heaves, Blood Purifier and Worms in llorses or Hogs. For “bras in Horst-is or llo-,7 Steketee’s Condition Powders. Price 25 Gents Pgrgggackage. VVell, Here VV e Qhgain. We not only Cure Human Beings, but relieve the Dumb Animals from their Ailments. Read the following tetimonial, and if you do not believe it, interview the undersigned and he will readily comply with your request. The undersigned, a resident of the township of Paris, Kent Co., Mich., wishes hereby to open- ly express his thanks to Mr. Geo. G. Steketee for recommending him his medicine which cured my stock. Previous to this I had lost twenty—two fine hogs through various hog diseases and kidney complaint, the first symptoms of which were pains in the throat, back or kidneys, and lameness in the hind legs, running, etc. Every hog thus taken with these complaints died. I used everything calculated to do any good but to no avail. I then went to Mr. George G. Steketee and bought a pound of Steketee’s Condition Powders, and a bottle of Steketee‘s llorse Lininient. The Powder I mixed with water and poured down the throat of the hog ~three tablcspooufuls three times a day. The Liniment we rubbed on the back of the hog—principally in the hollow of the back and on the hind legs, and to my astonishment, before we had used one-half of the bottle of Liniment the hog was cured. It is now one of the best hogs in the pen. I cannot recommend Stcketee's Condition Powders and Horse Liniment too highly as they far surpass the achievements of any veterinary sur- geon or any medicine that I have ever used for my cattle. JELTJE BULTIIUIS, Paris Township, June 3, 1885. If your druggists or dealers in medicines do not keep these medicines, then send direct to the undersigned and I will send it on receipt of the price. It will pay you to club together and send for one-half or one dozen pounds if your druggist or dealer will not keep it on sale. Ask for Stelcc-tee’s Condition Powders and Horse l.inimcut; the Liniment cures any lameness or bleeding. Send for prices. Address GEO. Ur. S'l‘lCKE'1‘EE. [Mention this paper.] Grand R.a|)i(l.<, Mich. ‘lmlc-ra, Use oRooERIEm It will be interesting to every Farmer in the vicinity of Grand Rapids to learn that the i- olesale Grocery House ———o:E-—— THUR MEGS 8'. CD. A Have Opened. a. Mammoth Retail Department, and are selling all goods at much LOVVER PRICES than any other dealers. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS will be given large purchasers. OUR STOCK IS LARGE, and embraces everything in the line of Groceries and Provisions. When in town don’t fail to call on us. .A.IE?.'I'IE-I'U'Il:'\’. LIEIG-S&:CO-. Retail Department, 77 and '7 9 South Division stzceet, GRA NI) RAPIDS, N[I(3‘Id{.8 ec 5y! G-EB.A..l\'l'ZD RAPIDS l\'l'O. 50 PLOTX7. This is our latest Improved Plow. Buy one of these Plows for $10 full trimmed, with one extra point, of your dealer, and if it it does not please you after a trial of one day, you may return it to the dealer and your money will be re- funded. dec1m6 GRAND RAPIDS MANUFACTURING CO. L BUSINESS AGENT MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. THOMAS MASON, General Commission Merchant, 161 South Water St., Chicago, Respectfully Solicits Consignments of Pruil:,ltgalthle:,liller,lgg:,lrt::lealhwluvs,lilei,lall:,'li.lln,ltc. BONDED AGENT of the N. Y. Produce Exchange Association, Chartered Feb. 13, 1878. KALAMAZOO, MICH. All Orders Receive Proper Attention. . .k1:a @a .- may 3.; _ V g _ . .. ,, , m. «.>i..«.= 1: mvzxt.-+~..:v\::t3x€r.'.a!fl§-1 ._ -.:)_,.i.u.a...-. . ._. ... u ‘ 8 TEIE G- Colztinued from firs! page. in readiness. The address of welcome by the Master of Salem Grange; re- sponse by Bro. P. Ballad, of Frater- nity Grange. Bro. Austin, of Salem Grange, will read a paper. Declamation by Sister Mary Lord, a paper by Sister Gorton, of Salem Grange, and others of equal note, whose names we have not in this paper. given to the election of officers. Let all come. The brothers and sisters of Sa- lem Grange will make you all welcome. ]. W. \Ii;GAN, Lecturer. The next meeting of the St. Joseph County Pomona Grange, No. 4, will be held at Centreville Grange Hall Thurs- day, Jan. 7, 1886, at 10:30 A. M. The officers elected for the ensuing year are to be installed at this meeting. A full attendance of 5th degree mem- bers is desired. All 4th degree members are cordially invited to be present during the after- noon session. A. If. How.\i~‘e.s, \\'. gl. \\".ilker _l;1IllI1‘ll‘y 16, 7 I’. .\l. Prograiii coiidiicted by the new lecturer‘. - é-—-no>——-—-— ()i=i=ici-: oi‘ THE I I-I.\(;i.i«: S'l‘l~‘.AI\I Dvr: HoL'si:. lg No. 27 C.-\.\’.\l. STi‘, 1\lich., August 12. _l /.arz’z’es mm’ Gm!/emm: On account of hard times I have re- duced my rates of prices, and, further- more, in order to give general satisfac- tion, I just engaged two of the best dyers in the State; therefore, if you have any work in cleaning and coloring of clothing, dresses, crape, as well as wool- en shawls, iilstcrs, laces, ribbons, hos- iery, etc., take such to the Eagle Steam Dye House, No. 27 Canal street, where you will get better work and lo\ver prices now than you ever Iiad before. Repairing, relining, refitting and re- binding of gents’ clothing done better than at any place in the city. MR Iiiii'roi<:—'I‘he people in this neighborhood think the Patrons’ Inger- soll Ready-;\lixed Rubber Paint far ahead of any ever used here. My fath- er is inore than pleased with his. Tiios. S. BROWN. [See advertisement of Patrons’ Paint VVorks.—EniToR.] FIRE. runs, 025,000 I Is the estimate put upon the damage by fire of Sunday Sept. I 3. The loss having been adjusted by the insurance companies, we are now prepared to close out the entire stock, amount- ing to over 1 $75,000! Sale commences on MONDAY, SEPT. 21, and will continue until all goods damaged by fire and smoke flue Entirely Closed Out I E H c+oo:Ds 0 girl llagiilleii pol ltllltfi I . For we must make room for new goods now in process of manufacture. All in need of CLOTHING should avail themselves of this Chance of a Lifetime. Come One! Come All! ASSURED BARGAINS FOR EVERYONE. !G'IA.NT,§ ECLOTHINC H coiviPAIIv.H ' Grand Rapids, Mich. FIRE. FIRE. The evening session will be j Buy the Boss Zinc and Leather Ankle . I Boots. (Others become worthless as ‘ soon as wet.) The Zinc lined bowl ; I’ keeps the boot in shape and place in wet fweather, and lasts a lifetime. Sold by E harness makers on 60 days’ trial. Manu- l factured by Dexter Curtis, Madison, j Wis. Ianieot That there is a line of business in .~ which such frauds are possible, as in the lmaking and selling of clothing, a dis- § honorable or tricky dealer can get up a _ ‘ suit that to the eye of most people will 7 1 stand a comparison with goods costing I double the money. But the eye cannot J , always tell whether the goods are not ' g carded with shoddy, whether the sewing ’ is done in tenement houses, convict la- l bor, or by good, honest workmen, whether the sewing is done with good .linen or silk thread, or rotten cotton. So it behooves people to buy their men ; and boys’ clothing where they will be I I honorably dealt with. Houses that do ,' not cater for a inan’s trade just to “do him up” once and never see him again, i but cater for the best trade and always j guarantee satisllictioii to their custom- ‘ers. The Star Clothing lloiise in (lrand ? Rapids is a house that carries more stock ‘ than any house in western Michigan. Ily fair and sqiiure dealing they have , i built up Ll. reputation for honest and sqi1'.ii'c dealing, and any one in need of, goods in their line will do well it) give f i this popular liouse a mill. S'r..\i\- (fi.o'i'iii.\r; IIoir_‘t., Philadelpliia, l’a.J l"lIlI.ADl1l.l‘HIA,.l8.n.I,1566. PURE SUGARS. (tut Loaf per in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . .. Pillverized per It-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. standard Granulated per lb .. .... Standard A White per ll» . . . - . .- Best White Soft A per _. Good White Soft A per lb. Extra C White per v .. Standard B p Extra C Yellow Bright per In. C Yellow per lb .. Brown per in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..'.1,{ New Orleans Extra. Light per 1?» . . . . . . . . . .- SYRUP AND MOLASSES—Iii Barrels. Sugar drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . . .22 Amber drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . .25 Fancy white maple drips per gallon ... :" Extra golden pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . .33 Fancy New Orleans new crop per gallon. .5.’- Good New Orleans new crop per gallon. . White honey drip, vanilla flavor . . . . . . . . ..3-L IMPOBTANT —The above quotations 81:: for syrup Green Rio prime per 11» . . . . . . . .. Green Rio good per In. . Green Rio eonimon per ll» . . . . . . Green Maracaibo choice per it». 0 Green Laguayra ehoice per 14. Green Java ehoice per lb. . Roasted Rio best per th. . Roasted Rio No. 1 per l . Roasted Rio No. 2 per ‘lo. . . . . Roasted Laguayra. best per lb.. Roasted J ava best per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barnes‘ Golden ltio roasted iii 1 it» p’ TE 8 S. Imperial per It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 3?, 40, 4:,‘ 7,0 Young Hyson per 1? - . .' - ‘ -’ Oolong per R . . . . . . . . . 5,4) Japan per ll’) . . . . . . . . . . :30 Gunpowder per 115.... ), FOREIGN DRIED FRUITS. ' food. ' and iiicrczises the prodiictioii of eggs. German Horse and Cow Pownnnsi This powder has been in use many years. It ' is largely used by the farmers of Pciiiisylvaiiia, 0 and the l’atroiis of that State have purchased ()\‘ci' 100.000 pounds through their purchasing agents. Its coiiipositioii is our secret. The reci- pc is on every box and _;-pound package. ville, I’a. lt ll€l]).~i to digest and assiinilate the lloiises will do more work \\ith less food while iisiiig it. be in Iiettercoiiditioii. of great value to them while niolting. It is sold at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R. E. 0 JAMES, Kalainazoo; GEO. VV. HILL 8: C()., 80 \Voodbridge SL, Detroit; THOS. MASON, [8] Water St., Chicago, III.: and ALBERT STEGEMAN, Allcgan. Put up in 6o—lb. boxes (loose). Price EIGII1‘ Ciaxrs per.lb., 30-lb. boxes of 6 5-lb. packages, TEN Crzxrs per lb. GIREENVVOOD STOCK FARM Poland China Swine a Specialty. Breeders Stock rccoriled in Ohio I’. I‘. Record. ponnlen-re and inspection invited. B. G. Bl7I‘Il.L. LI’l‘TLl~J PRAIRIE R()NI)}2, _ lziss Co., Mirli. 00 Fancy Pictures. and 25 ele- gant. Cards in Gilt l§d_;e. Silk riiigc, Hldliull \‘.in..-‘ .EC., 1 Songster.l SW) I'rir.- l'vi'/.zle. and 8 parlor mimcs. all for 10 ms. liitllllu «tr .\niliors 10 (.15. IVV CARD CO" CIintofl\LIl_e Conn. C.\liI).\‘. in new st_vli-s, I-Jiiiliossv-d, Hidden nzimr-, Gold liidsro. 'l‘r.'in.~'part>nt. &'c., &c..‘oI latest dcsigiis and lo\vt=.i'c you buy _\'our Cook and ’ (Took Stove for Si5.oo; No. 9 The ".\-Ioiiizi. (}.Ai," our Ele- 5.oo for No. 33, and $28.00 for No. 44; the W. S. GUNN & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Lv Port I-Iuron.. go and Battle Creek. stop. Standard Time. .-\rI)eiroit. ('..wii;L7_ 'riu\ixs \\'l£$T\\'ARI)—(‘li,\'l‘Rl\l, ,\lI-ZI«’llll;\.\' 'lI!\Il'. .» ‘ 0 sun. 8 oziui. 8 05l'.\l 4 mi-ii “ lmlay (,ity........ 7 46 " ‘*q io ,, 39 10 “ : ih‘ " “I:apcer..... .. 8 i2“ . K) .b“ 9 .4“ ; 40-‘ “ Hint . . . . . .. t; 5‘; “ it) 05 " ‘IL: io" (~ :14) ~‘ _ _ ____,_, _ ___,_,,_ 7 V LvDetroii.I).(;_H.\';M, i’. 3.,- in whole barrels only. All syrup in half barrels 1. ‘A. .\I.'l'. 1\I. " l’oii1i;1.; . , , , _ _ , _ ._ 7 ,5 .. ,, ,0 ‘ CCXILS per gallon extra 8Il(:l 110 Chluge for package. 111 Night F..\pre.~’:~‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..j _; i7 . . . _ . . . “ Holly . . . . . . . . . . . . :5 go “ 12 7.-or ' il‘ll|I"l‘l'\ . . . . . . i 5 Mid 10 8311011 Dfickfigtis -1 cents per gallon I1dd1ll0Yl' Kalaniazoti Accnininotlaiioii leaves . . . . . . . ., ii 43 . _ , , _ , Ar Durand . . . . . . . . .. o T.-,o " I 0; “ ‘ ‘-1, .,’;,'.,1;., i i i‘ .. 81 and the C05‘?! P3v(5ka-8?- Kalanizizoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 IL) oo Lv Durand . . . . . . . . . .1 (0 I: I " lm _;u A \[ m-,~.1]u_, , . COFFl‘.ES—GREhN AND ROASTED. %l2|Il-P: . - ~ ~ L - « - - - - » - - - . -- ‘ V .: - ‘ ‘~t lirinleniti pi Fancy Rio per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 .“Y ':‘l"_C‘? -0 \ u.k»biir" ; 5 Green Rio extra choice per lb. .. ..10 New \.“’l: ~\r 1‘-11116 b’ s - 4 ; _. li l \V:iy freii.-his leave Sehoolcr i, - \\":iy freiglits leave Sclioolcrzifr westward o. i =. I‘. 31 Nos. 1, 7 :llILl b‘ will stop at ' V No. 4 will stop at Battle Creek 20 minutes for inmlg, No. i will stop at Vgilparriiso 0.-0 minutes for inenls. I\os. 3 rind 6 have a dining cur attached between (Ll‘.ie;i- Where no time is sliowii rir the stations trains will not . *'1‘r:iins do not stop for passeiigers except on signal. C All Chicago & (;l.‘3I‘l(l.'Ii1'|l|')l( trains are run by Ceiirrnl * .t:ind.1ri.l Iinie, which is one hour slower than Eastern Durand :0 minutes for lllC.’ll~ ciiiclico & GIRAGNDHTRUNK RAILWAY TIIIIE TABLE, Ngv_ 16. 1884:- . ~ i‘\\°' N‘; 6 TN”--A5 I r: 1 . . V ) ‘ . ‘ _ .. A. ‘ ‘ .10 .1’ _<:‘.'. . ss " r uxcept . Daily. g Daily. l“:,\'.5|ll.l‘l. ' ' V, in .. . l,v Ilattle K r ’\r Illlflllnl . . . . . . . .. l.\' llurniirl . . . . . . . . .. I; -i ‘ .-\i' Holly . . . . . . . . . . .. It/ii “ Pfilllllllfi . . . . . . . . .. ll) "llLlroit...........ii ‘ l,v Flint . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 ‘ “ I.apcer.. 8 " Iiiil:i_\' (lily . . . . . . . .3 5, I Sunilziy. .Siind.iy.i I) Iv Ar I’oi't Hiirovi . . . . ..'li) 2 - "I I\'.~\l,\’.\ E481 \\'AI\'I|—I"E.\' FRAI. MERILIIAN TIME. . o. 3, G l Liniitcil ll’..\'pr Nos‘. 1, .4. S :ind ti» diiilyii All other ll’;Illl.\V(rl3Tly except Piillriian l’nl.'ii:e Carszire run through witliour change between Cliiczigo :ind Port Huron. Detroit. East Saginaw, Day City, H:iiiiiltori_ Niiigiira Falls, Iiufflrlo, New York, . Toronto. Montreal and ll:-ston. Dining CZll’S on 3 and (1 \Vv.-st of Battle Creek. (Inn. B. Rl£E\'li, Traflic Manager, Chicago, Ill. \V. J. SI’|(‘ER, Gciieral Manager. Detroit Mich. 1-1. I’. Kr:Ai:\‘. Agent. Schoolcraft, Mic}. Believing that it men his patrons are his be Jamel FAIREIIESQIIABE DEALING. 9. man has dealt squarely with his Iellow. , _ st advertisers, I invite all to make inquiry 0! the character olm million of Farmers. Gardeners an used them during the past thirty years. large portion or the seed sold. (tew seedsmen raise .lie - St seed they sell) 1 was the first spedsman in the United “-95 t° Wflrmm (33 Del‘ Catalogue) their purity and Ireshness. My new Vegetable and Flower heed Catalogue for 1886 will be “HWFREE 10 all who write for it. Among an immense varie‘. . my 1_i-iendswlll find in it (and in none other) :1 new drurnhead C-li- bn::e.Jiist about as early Is Hr-iulerson’s, but nearly twice as latte I I. ll. Grexory, Marbleliead. man. needs among over :I Planters who_ have Raising In All trains connect at \Vhite Pigeon with trains on iiiain ie. M. I-I. WA'i'i‘i..i;s. Supt. Kalnninzoo Division, Kalnniazoo. THE LINE SELECTED BY THE U. S. COV'T TO CARRY THE FAST MAIL. 0;.B.s.i0.n.n. Raisins. New Muscatells. per box ........ ..52 75 “ Old Muscatells, " .. 1 75 " London layers, ~‘ . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 “ London layers. V, boxes. . . . 1 00 " Valencia. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9'x_Ln 9:}; -~ seedless. mats, 5Q lb per me. 70 “ Ondara, box, 28 lo . . . . . . . . .. 11% n -- *- 14 1b.. 12 Prunes, French boxes. per lb. g%@ui{§ " New Turkey. P31‘ lb 5 ((5; 5/5 Cui-rn.nts,iiew,perlb . . . . . .. . 6 (ll) 65 WHOLE SPICES. Black pepper per_ lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 whim -- "_ . . . . . . . . . 23 Ginger I -- - - 12 Cinnamon : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cloves ‘ . . . . .. 17 Allspiee “ in Maoe " . . . . . 50 xugmegs “ . . . . . . . . . . . _ 4 an PURE GROUND SPICI-.s. pm-e pepper, black, per ‘lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 -' African Cayenne, per lb . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 " Cinnamon per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 " Cloves per . . 2.: “ Gingerper lb... 1-‘- -‘ Allspice per 110.... .. ll; GROCERS’ SUNDRIES. Sal Soda. 112 lb kegs, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13; Flour sulphur. per in . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bi-curb soda, loose, 112 it: kegs. . 4 -- " “ 25 lb boxes. 5 " “ " 10 ll» boxes. 5 “ ‘- in in packages. . . . . 514 “ " in M lb packages. . 7 __-‘ Corr: starch. Gilbefl-‘S. Per It» . . . . . . . .. 6-,, “ Duryeals. per lb . . . . . . . . . . 3 Starch, luxnp, Duryeiifs, 40 lb boxes, perlts 4% " Gllbert‘s " " " ~l -,, Com starch. new process . . . . . . . . . . .. 1," Starch, new process, lump. . . 4 -‘ “ 6 lb box . is " “ 1 lb boxes 512 Grain bags, 2 bushels. . . . 24 Georgia. bags, 20 Chocolate. Baker’: Prem. No. 1 per 115. . . . 37 @1715 Barnes’ Perfect Baking Powder in % lb tins, per doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2.3 Barnes’ Perfect Baking Powder in ‘,5 lb tins, r doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 240 Barnes Perfect Baking Powder in 1 ii. tins r doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 -_‘ , Rice. new crop, Fancy Head. per lb . . . . .. G}; j Rice, “ good, per lh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;'»I,.; ; “ “ , prime, per lb . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.1,; 2 Corn Brooms No. 3. per doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ' " No. 4, “ . . I “ No. 5, “ “ No. 6, u . Best parlor brooms. " 2 Lye, Babbitt‘s, per case of -1 doz . . . . . . . . ..4 on : Lye. Penna, " " . . . . . . . . ..3 2.3 I Lye, Phila., “ “ . . . . . . . . . .2 80 ‘ Potash , “ “ . . . . . . . . ..2 S0 1'' 3 25 Saltpeter, granulated. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 “ pure, per lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 No'l'i~:.—The above quotations are carefully correct- ti eVjel'Y Week. and all orders for groceries are filled at prices quoted. lIl.lo'I Honey the nu: Cough cue,m.,wd&r Glenn’: Sulphur soap heals & beautmas, Ila. Genuncornlcmover km: cons t Bunion! Him Hair and Ililslur Dn—B1u1 and Brown. Inc. Ilka’: Ibothnoholnpu euro In 1 llilnutoalt loan’: Ilnlnsuo Pills are 0 sun euro. Ill. PERCHERON HORSES. 1 Island Home Stock Farm. Groue Isle, Mich. All stock selected from the get of sires and dam of es- tablished reputation and reg- istered in the French and American Stud Books. We have a very large number of imported and grade stallions and brood _1-riares on hand. Prices reasonable. Correspondence .S0llClI€d. Send for large illustrated catalogue, free by mail. Address. _ jami4 SAVAGE 6: F ARNUM, Detroit, Mich. , .,~.‘, . .. .:J'. It is the only line with Its own track from CHICAGO TO DENVER, Either by way oI pmaha. Pacific .Iunc., St. Joseph. lchison or Kansas city. It connects In Union Depots with through trains from NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and all Eastern points. It is the principal line to 8A! FIIAIGISIIIJ, PIIIITIAIIII &. IIITY OF MEXIIIII It traverses all of the six great States of ILLINOIS. l0_WA, MISSOURI. NEBRASKA. KANSAS. COLORADO with branch lines to all their Important cities and WIIS. From CHICAGO, PEORIA or ST. LOUIS. it runs every day In the year from one to three ele antly equl pod through trains over lls own tracks be een Ch . ago and Denver, Chicago and Omaha, Chicago and Council Bluffs, Chicago and St. Joseph, Chlcago and Atchlson, Chicago and Kansas City, Chicago and To eka, Chicago and edar Ra Ids, Chicago and Sloux ity, Peoria and Council Bluffs, Peorla and Kansas Clty, St. Louis and Omaha, st. Louls and st. Paul, Kansas Cit and Denver Kansas Ity and St. I‘-laul, Kansas Clty and Omaha, For all points In Northwest, West and Southwest. Its equipment I: complete and that class In every articular. and at all Important nts Interlocking gwltches and Signal: are and. hill Insuring com- fort and salety. For Tickets, Rates. General lnlorrnntlon etc., regarding the Burllngton Route. call on any ‘ticket Agent In no united States or Canada. or address T. J. POTTER Iar V.P. do GEN. Mom, cmcmo. HENRY B. STONE, Assr. Gen. Mom, cmcaoo. PERCEVAI. LOWELL, GEN. Pm. Ann, Cmcaoo. POT. WE SEND YOU AN ELE(}AN’l‘ PICTURE OI’ ING MEN Oli‘ THE ORDER. ple of colors, references of many thousand Patrons, etc., free Masters and Secretaries, please name your title in writing. PATRONS’ PAINT WORKS, 64 Fulton St., New York. Why? I . r' Niagara Jim Ire State and all the best-varieties. Law -’ . HA PE VINE We 7’””ii“iE‘i€i‘€i‘i;ll§.‘¥§JIi %’..”:l'.’.’.’.‘l.-'.§l Ki--n evy mid flld }§A,~,‘PBERRl'ES_. BLACKBERRI J |3’9L!B1tJ - Descriptive Catalogue. with colored L or collections, and etc. STRAW ES. &C. diistriictions for planting. Reduction in Price of Pain}; THE PATRONS’ PAINT IVORKS have made another r of Paints, notwithstanding they even if the others cost NOTHING. RONS TESTIFY THAT THEY LAS LEA1) AND OIL MIXED IN THE ()LD WAY. WE DELIVER 10 GALLON ORDERS FR ediiction in the price are cheaper than any other Paints in the marke Because TEN THOUSAND PAT- ’I‘ FOUR TIMES AS LONG AS WHITE EIGHT PAID TO YOUR DE- SOME OF THE LEAD- A pamphlet, “Everyone their own Painter,” sam- iipon application. or 1000) Plants by mail it let's F ,,- ta‘ " - ax‘ 6zLefion'iiii‘i7.’aCiz)bin.liir'i5l‘:iiiii|S¢fiiiZfiidnii MARK WELL ! -————oH~———— W The “Buye-rs’ Gu¢'dc,” N0. 38, for Fallimul I-Vinter, 1885, will be sent to any ucldress upon receipt of 10 Cents to pay nacpense of mailing-—we charge notltirzg for the book. a 'regular 1)ir1.otI1.em'lr7n Giguuticrnn in size and as full of wis- dom us a goat. All of the goods quoted tlmrein (not in the goat but in the other tiring) we carry in stock. Now don’t del-ude yourself with the idea that we cannot save you m0m3_o/ on all the goods you are obliged to buy or borrow. accomplish. that end and you will find us at the business end Jlorally we are of benefit to the comm—um'ty, of us than to steal of that we plete just at of it every day. because it is mm.-Ir. cheaper to buy goods any one else. We are the original Grange Supply Ilouse, orga.-nized in 1872. to supply the consumer direct with all classes of goods at Wholesale Prices in qimutities to suit the purchasers. We handle about everytmng known to mankind and part of New Jersey, and while our stock of Tombstones /is not com- present we will wager a nickel “with a hole in it,” have got anything else you want. Just send for “The . Guide,” and see how near we come to the truth, or call and see 85 us when in our city. IIONTGOMEBY WARD & 00., 227 Jr 229 Wnnasn AVENUE, Near Exposition Building, omoaoo, ILL. It is now 1Ve are here to ca. \