INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE “ THE F.£lR.MER IS OF MORE (JOJVSEQ UEJVCE T TE FERM, AJVZD SHO ULD BE FIRST IMPROVE VOLUME lI.—NLi. 25. l_ WHOLE NUMBER 226. l OFFICI-4.1? .1f{I§"Z0.T0R 37: . Oincei-s National Grange. ll/aster--PUT DARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi 0zIers:er—-JAMES C. DRAPI-ZR.... .. . . . .Massachusctts Lecturer-—l\IORT. WHITEHEAD . . . . . . . . .Ncw jersey 5teward—J. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .West Virginia A_,_,,'_,1a,,t _5‘[gvwarrl'—-\V. H. S'|'INSO.\’. ..Vew. Hampshire Cha)lar'rz—A. J. ROSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Texas '[‘rga.rurer-F. bl. MCDOWELL . . . . . . .. . . . . .New York Sa‘retary—]NO. TRIMBLE, 5i4 F 5t.,\Vashington. D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware . . . . . . . . Mississippi Pommtw-—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky l"lara——.\iRS. JAM ES C DRAPI-IR . . . . . . .Massachusetts Lady Assistant .‘Itn".rrzr'ri—.\‘IRS. E. IVI. Llgigglggfiblina Executive Comm ittee. J. M. BLANTON, Ch'n ...................... ..Virginia 1. H. BRIG}-IAM ................................ ..Ohio 1- J . woomuu ........................... ..‘.\lichigan Ufllcers Michigan State Grange. i1{aIfer——C. G. LUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilead 0-;;cr.rc£r—jOHN HOLBROOK . . . . . .Lansing l.u'!urzr—}‘ERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Baule Creek Strwariz'——HARR1S()N BRADSHAW. . .. ..\lurth Branch Assistant Sl:war:l—-—A. E. GREEN. .. .. . .\Valled Lake C/mpz.u'u—i. N. CARPENTER. .. ..... ..Sherman Trea.surz'r——E. A. STRONG. . . . . . . . .V'icksburg Secretary/—_l. '1'. COBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schoolcraft gal, ]{,,,,;,.,._._A. M, AGENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ludington Ctr“ _MRS, W’. BELKNAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greenvillc p,,,,.,,,,, -3135 w. '1‘. REMIZ\'GTU.\l ............ ..Alto I"lara—MRS. c. U. LUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Gilead 1.. A. Steward-MRS. A. E. GREEN ..... ..Walled Lake Executive Committee. J, G RAMSDELL. Ch‘n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'l'ravcr.-te City THOS. F. MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adrian ii. 1). PLATT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ypsi12-mi THOMAS MARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . ..Berrien Center J. Q. A. BURRINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuscola \VL[. SATI-ZRLEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham W, T, ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .Grand Rapids ~ ' ‘E_ _ , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(‘i|ead 5‘ "W" "’ ................ . Schodlcraft State Business Agent. THOMAS .\lASO.\7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chicago, Ill General Deputies. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .Baulc Creek MRS. PERRY .\[.»\YO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Baiilt- Creek Special Deputies. \VM. H. LEE, Harbor Springs, for Emmett County. . JOHN HOLBROOK, Lansing. for Ingham County. JASON VVOODMAN. Paw Paw, for Van Buren County. BRONSON TURNER. Flushing, Genesee County. FRANK H. DYER, Ferris, Montcalm County. 5. H. HYDE, Traverse L‘.ity,(‘-randTraverse.Antrim, Lee- lanaw and Benzie Counties. Michigan Grange Stores. A. S'1‘l<1(;EMAN. Allegan. C. GOODNOE. North Lansing. PRICI: H51 01" SUPPl.ll:S Kept ingtlie office of the Secretary (St the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, .-Ind 55111‘ om‘ 1’osl-pair/, on rc£ei_,/7/ of Ca:/L 01'- :/er, over f/If Seal (If :1 511/Mn/irzale (I/‘rings, and flu‘ sigI1aIIH'¢' (ff 1’/s .-l/aster or .5ir.’1‘l‘c’f(7/‘,1’. Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred. . . . .5’ Blank book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts \vith members . . . . . . I Blank record books (express paid) . . . . . . . . 1 Order book, containing 100 orders on thc Treasurer, with stub, well bound. . . Receipt book, containing 100 receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Blank receipts for dues, per 100, bound. . , Applications for incmbership, per 100. . . . Secretary‘s account book (new style). . . . . \Vit rawal cards, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . .. Dimits, in envelopes, per dozen . . . . . . . . .. By—l.:iws of the State Grange, single copies loc, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. By—I.aws, bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Glad Echoes," with music, single copy t5c, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The National Grange Choir, single copy 40 cents, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rituals, single copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ for Fifth Degree. for Pomona Granges, per copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Blank “Articles of Association" for the in- orporatiou of Subordinate Granges, with copy of charter, all complete. . Notice to delinquent members, per 100. . . Declaration of purposes, per dozen, 5c, per loo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American .\‘Ianual of Parliamentary Law. , 50 56 as L: -A H (Morocco Tuck) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 00 Digest of Laws and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Roll books... 15 Patrons’ badges 25 Officers’ “ 50 Address, I. T. COBB, Si«:1:'\‘ Micii. STATE GRA.\'C.E, Schoolcraft, Mich. D. DEGARMO, Highland Station, Oak- A0 land, Co., Mich. Farm one half mile north of the station, breeder of Shorthorns of Pomona, Young Phyllis, White Rose, Bell Ma- hone and Sally VValker families. Stock of both sexes for sale. Terms easy, prices low. Cor- respondence solicited. ~ FOR SALF..——A few choice young Bulls and Heifers, all registered and from extra milk and butter strains. Prices low. Correspondence solicited. STONE & BIGGS, Breeders of Hol- stein—Friesian Cattle, Hastings, Mich. ja.nit7 Zinc collar Pads for Horses. This is not an advertising paper. but for the good of horses we take pleasure in saying that after many conver- sptions with horsemen and seeing many certifimtes of vete- rinary surgeons and otheis, we believe that for curing and preventing sores on horses, there has been no betterinven- don than the zinc collar pads, tented. manufactured and sold by Dexter Curtis. of M . Wisconsin, who was nperintendent of the department of horses at the World's New Orleans Exposinon.—"0ur Dumb A ' ’=,"Bos!au. SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.. JANUARY 15, 1886. An Old Year Song. ll\' Ul.l\'IiR \\’l-2.\'DEl.l. IIOLMES. As through the forest. disarrayed By chill November, late I stayed, A lonely minstrel of the wood Was singing to the solitude; I love thy music, thus I said, When o’er thy perch the leaves were spread: Sweet was thy song, but sweeter now Thy carol on the leafless bough. Sing little bird! thy note shall cheer The sadness of the dying year. \Vhen violets pranked the turf with blue And morning filled their cups with dew, Thy slender voice with rippling trill The budding April bowers would fill, Nor pass its joyous tones away, When April rounded into May; Thy life shall hail no second dawn,—— Sing, little bird! the spring is gone And I remember—well-a-da '!—— Thy full-blown summer ronndelay, And when behind a broidered screen Some holy maiden sings unseen; With answering notes the woodland rung, And every tree-top found a tongue. How deep the shade! the groves how fair! Sing, little bird! the woods are bare. But now the summer’s chant is done And mute the choral antiphone, The birds have left the shivering pines To flit among the trellised vines, Or fan the air with scented plumes, Amid the love sick orange blooms, And thou art here alone,-alone— Sing, little bird! the rest have flown. The snow has capped yon distant hill, At morn the running book will still, From driven herds the clouds that rise Are like the smoke of sacrifice, Ere long the frozen sod shall mock The plowshare, changed to stubborn rock, The brawling streams shall soon be dumb,—— Sing, little bird! the frosts have come. Fast, fast the lengthening shadows creep, The songless fowls are half asleep, The air grows chill, the setting sun May leave thee ere thy song is done, The pulse that warms thy breast grow cold, Thy secret die with thee, untold; The lingering sunset still is bright,— Sing, little bird! ‘twill soon be night. Qggricnltural éepartment. Labor. From the very infancy of the human race labor has been of the greatest ini- portance. Our very existence, to say nothing of comforts and enjoyments, depends upon labor. The only means afforded us of knowing anything of the character and condition of our primi- tive ancestors are found in the monu- ments of their industry which we see in the ancient mounds and rude instru- ments of past toil—in the exhumed cities and monuments of a forgotten civilization. We could know nothing of prehistoric man were it not for these evidences of his work, which every- where teach us that the history of man- kind is a history of indefatigable labor. lVIan’s first tools of flint or stone are the records left to show us that in these by- gone ages man was in the midst of sur- roundings which called for ingenuity and skill, and which furnished the means whereby man’s physical and incu- tal energy were developed and his char- acter formed. As civilization advances our necessities are multiplied and the need oflabor greatly increased. In view of the dignity and importance of labor, instead of being looked upon with so much contempt, the laborer should be honored~when his general character is worthy. There is nothing degrading in labor as an occupation. The chief thing necessary to place any class on a higher round of the social ladder, is to develop its mental and moral nature by judicious training. It is unfortunate that education and labor have become so much divorced. In the opinion of too many, educa- tion means some “power whereby they may escape from hard work.” We pet and praise our great. educational sys- tem;and so popular has this indiscrimin- ate eulogy of our perfect scheme of education become, that any one who ventures to administer a. little whole- some criticism or to suggest improve- ment is looked upon as a fault-finder. With much complacency we spend the munificent sum of over two million dol- lars annually in the cause of education in this State alone, to say nothing of .many private, business, and denomina- tional schools. Are the results obtained adequate to the means employed? Mr. John Ogden, in U2zz’22ersz'I_y, has ex- pressed my idea of the situation very clearly. He said: ‘ “When this false no- tion is reversed or uprooted, and when an education shall mean an ability and adz'.¢_pasz’tion towork, and when public sentiment shall brand with shame the man or woman that is either too‘ proud or too lazy to work—to work with the hands as well as the headand heart, as God meant that every man, woman and child should do, not only as a means of acquiring a livelihood, but as a means of rzcg1u'rz'ng-an crlutatimz, we shall then begin to see our way out. * * * * The industrial feature of education is no longer an experiment, and it is but just to say that so small and quiet a thing as the kindergarten has inaugurat- ed this reform both in this country and in Europe. * * * * It is the edu- cation by work that finds an echo in every child’s heart and life, and finds a ready echo, also, in every school that studies the child as the future man." - P. H. DOWLING. - -- ————<¢¢>———— Poultry Hints. Riding along Asylum Avenue, south from Kalamazoo, recently, a long line of new buildings, with Sedgwick fencing off each side, attracted attention. The first thought was, “Poultry business on a. large scale.” The temptation to drive in was not resisted. Mr. C. J. Klein- stuck was found the genial proprietor and will make it a success. He has twenty acres which will be entirely de- voted to the raising of poultry as the business develops itself. Turkeys will also be included. We were courteously shown through the building just finished. It is built as tightly as a dwelling and lined with tai paper; is 150 ft. long, 6ft. wide, divided into 15 apartments each ioxi6. Each apartment has two win- dows looking out on the two sides. Each room has a ventilator extending from an inch above the floor out through the roof. Mr. K. says all foul or (fowl) gasses settle to the floor the same as cold air, both of which by the draft of the ventilator are carried off, whereas if the ventilator began several feet above the floor it would carry off all the warm air, which is just what he wishes retained. The roosts are low and round and kept saturated with kerosene. A neat device is used for nests. A box about three feet long, one foot high and one and one-half feet wide is made, in which are the nests. Inside this, of course, it is darker than a stack of black cats, and this tickles the fancy of the hens which love darkness rather than light when laying. Besides where it is dark they will not eat their eggs. Off the building on each side are yards, the fencing being of the Sedg- wick patent, a wire netting about six feet high. Lath is cheaper, but netting may be rolled and put away when not in use. While the fowls are using the yards on one side the grass may be growing in season on the other side. Only pure bred Light Brahmas are kept. Mr. K. purchased the first prize breed- ing pen at the late Chicago poultry show, paying $25 for the rooster and $10 apiece for the hens. E. W. S. ~—————-o—————— PREMIUM LIST While we believe from the assurances of our friends that they are entirely in earnest in behalf of the VISI'l‘()R, and would willingly work for it with- out pay, we are ready to make the offers, as stated below, of articles which will be a compensation .of real value to agents. Any one sending the names of live subscribers and $2.50, will be entitled to :1 choice of the fol- lowing: one copy of GRANGE VISITOR, six months. One copy of “Glad Echoes,” song book. One copy of Kendall's “Treatise of the Horse.” , For ten names and $5.00 achoice of the fol- lowing: One extra copy of GRA‘;\'(;E V'Isi’roR, one year. One copy of Digest of Laws and Rulings. One American Manual of Parlianientaiy Laws. One copy of Pocket Manual. One copy of National Grange Choir. Three copies of Glad Echoes. For thirty names and $15.00 we will send one copy of Haigh’s Manual of l.a\v and Forms. This is a book of 492 pages and comes to us well endorsed. - WE think that a library, filled with good agricultural books, and such other works as would be suitable for farmers, their wives, sons and daughters to read, would be a fruitful source of interest as well as profit, to any Grange. Money spent for a good book, that tells you about your business, is not money thrown away, by any means, and we do not think a Grange can lay out its sur- plus money in a. better way. More knowledge among .-farmers will increase their yield of farm .products, as sure as it will augment ‘the practice of the doctor or lawyer:; Knowledgejs. the dagger that will :give thesfafal: stab -to old Hardtimes. Will farmers, like peo- ple of other callings, buy knowledge, or will they confine themselves to the very dear school of experience? It is said that fools will learn in no other. But; we are sure that “all farmers are l'lOtl fools," if it be true that “all fools arel farmers.” - ——A The Pollen Theory. [Paper read by Prof. A._I. Look, Michigan Agricultural College, before the National Bee-Keepers’ Association at l)etroit._l The pollen theory as I understand it is simply 3 this: Under certain circumstances bees may winter with less liability to diarrhoea, disease and death, in case there is no pollen or bee—bre:id in the hive to serve as winter food. There are reasons drawn from experimcnt,I think, for the belief that facts sustain the theory. For several years we have tried to arrange our bees so that some should have abundance of ‘ pollen in their hives, while others should be des- , titutc of the same, making a careful record in 1 each case. \\'hile we have never lost a colony by diarrhasa during these experiments, we have had several cases of such disease, but never in colonieswhere the pollen was all excluded. In truth, the main portion of the diarrhetic excreta is almost always—~»if not alway.s——coniposed of pollen grains, thus showing that pollen was pres- ent if not the cause of the trouble. Careful ex- amination of bees from colonies with no pollen —some dead,others alive and lively, show little and frequently no pollen in their intestines. Now with the theory and these facts in mind, let us study briefly the nature of food, and see whether or no physiological science has any facts or suggestions to offer us regarding this question. There are four kinds of food, each of which probably enters more or less largely into the food regimen of all animals. Of these the iiior— ganic, such as water, lime, chloride of sodiuin,or common salt, etc., are important as entering into the structure of organs, preserving the requisite consistency of tissues, and in aiding the vital processes. Thus it is necessary that blood or the nutritive substance of the animal body should be liquid. A large proportion of water keeps it so; hence what wonder that water is so essential to life. and so craved and sought after by most animals. In all vital activity osinosis—or the passing of liquids through animal iiiembranes— is all important, common salt promotes this os- mosis, and thus it is that salt has such saving properties. Hence those of you who believe so heartily in giving water to bees may still rejoice in that you are improving the blood of your pets, while those who take pleasure in adding salt may exnlt as you affirm, “here goes foi osnio.»i.~'.” These inorganic elements are usually obtained in sufficient quantities in the general food, though water is generally required in larger quantities and must be had in addition, separately to se- cure the best health and greatest strength. \Ve have all seen bees sipping water, and often in such places as to suggest that the addition of salt is very welcome to them. All kinds of food are required in greater quantity when the vital activ- ity is increased, hence our bees will need more water as breeding, stoiing, or other work is in- creased in the hive. The second kind of food is known under the term carbo-hydrates. It includes all the sugars and starch. As starch,when eaten, ischanged under the influence of a ferment into sugar we may well con— sider it with the sugars. The carbo-liydratcs consist of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon—the two formerin proportion to form water. It is a matter of common observation that when the carbo—hydrates enter largely into the food, the animal is apt to gain rapidly in fat. We are not sure that the sugars are changed directly into animal fat, possibly they serve so admirably as food, that they produce such an excellent condi- tion of the animal system, that all the food is utilized, and a surplus is at hand which is stored up as fat. May be the nitrogenous‘ food as well as the sugars aid in forming the fat of the body, in either case the food must be chemically changed in that wonderful laboratory the animal orgaiiisin. The fact remains that much sugar in the food promotes the deposits of fat. We all know how the feeding of corn increases the fat and does not the fact that corn contains over 67 per cent of starch, which, when eaten and digested, is all changed to sugar enforce the position here taken. Again when animals hibernate, or when they are long sick and take no food, the stored fat is used up. Thus if this stored fat can for a time serve the purpose of all food, it is not unreasonable to conclude that all organic food may, under the best conditions, be converted into fat. '\\'e positively know that animals may eatall muscle, as beef’s heart and yet the liver will form glycogen, which in turn becomes liver sugar, and as we have seen in the marvelous economy of the body sugar promotes the forma- tion of fat, it may be that all food under the best conditions conduces to the storing up of fat, and that sugar powerfully aids to bring about just this most favorable condition. These carbo- hydrates are often styled the heat-producing foods. I think this term false and misleading. Itis probable that all food of which these sugars are an important part, are to nourish or to build up tissues and carry on the organic processes. This vital work generates heat. Heat then is in- cidental. Nutrition is to build up and keep the body in working condition; in doing this the body is kept warm. We have seen that stored fat in animals that hibernate, and in case of disease,will alone serve to keep up the nutrition. We have also seen that these carbo-hydrates couduce more than other food to the formation of this fat. Is it not scientific then to urge that the pure carbo-hy- drates are the best food on which to winter our bees? And this is enforced I believe by experi- ence and by nature as well, for I doubt not but that in most cases in nature, almost the entire food of bees while they are quiescent in winter is honey. Let me state further that cane sugar which composes from one to eight per cent. of honey, when eaten by any animal, man included, is changed in the stomach to a sugar much like, if not identical with honey. The bees do the same with nearly all the cane sugar of nectar or with most of the cane sugar when they feed upon it. Hence it is more than likely that honey is one of the most healthy ‘and nutritious of all our sugars, that the bees have done for us what we would have to do for ourselves had we eaten the cane sugar. ‘Nho has not found that honey seems to go further, and satisfy more quickly even, than cane sugar when eaten on our tables. One more ; logically they seem quite different. 3, we eat glucose is it changed to glycogen in the 5 Printed by A. J. ALDRICH & co., 1 Publishers of the COLDWATER REPUBLICAN. point, common glucose, or grape sugar—-I now mean the artificial product produced by the action of sulphuric acid on corn starch-honey, and liver sugar are usually all called glucose or grape sugar by chemists. They are chemically * identical and give the saine reactions with the -copper salts which they all reduce, which fact ' furnishes one of the best tests for these sugars. Yet I do not believe they are the same. Physio- \\’hy when liver and then to liver sugar, unless the latter is more easily assimilated? Why do bccs thrive on honey, and die when fed the artificial glucose? Why do becs refuse to eat artificial grape sugar when honey or nectar is to be had? All these facts seem to indicate what I believe to be true, that physiologically honey, starch glucose and liver glucose are really different. Taste and vital action are fincr chemists than our scientists, and detect differences which the latter as yet fail to recognize. It is possible that honey and liver- glucose are identical. The fact that both arise in the animal body under the influence of the (li- gestive ferments would make this view plausible. The third group of food elements consists of the fats. The higher animals obtain these largely in all vegetable and animal food. \‘\'hile the fats, also called by some the hydro-carbons, consist of the sanie chemical elements as do the carbo- hydrates, the oxygen is far less in amount. Act- ual experiment has shown that higher animals thrive poorly without some of this kind of food. Its value is further attested by the appetite which craves fat, c. ..4_, ....~._. zindustry, put their spare time in work 5 . TZEIE GRANGE VISITOR. JANUARY 15, 1886 gnrtiritltnrt. Ir) . _ -—-——i ’ l Horticulture for Wagelviviorkers. E S. H. COMINGS, ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN’ l Man’s first working.place, we are told, = was in a garden; and with all his study, ‘it is very doubtful if he has ever found , :50 good a place to spend most of his? time and labor in. 3 We are reading of “(lmrgtr u/read," of; “strikes,” “/ark-ou/5,” of “.ro:.I'tzl[.mz," of. “mmzopo1z'e:” that are grinding the face ; of the laboring man yet harder andg harder each year; and we are told that ; the great law of supply and demand, controls the price of labor as it does of everything else. The question comes; home with sharp emphasis to every ; -wage worker: How can I better my con- l -dition and become more independent? . Let me suggest my ideal for every '-man who works for wages. Just as soon as possible have a piece ' of ground for it garden; onezzrrc if pos- sible, and put in your spare time there. If practicable work for wages but five 5 days in the week, and put in the other -day in the garden. Or if possible only \v0rk for wages ‘rbut eight hours per day. Take the best wages you can get for the eight hours’ j work, and use the rest of the day work— ; ing your garden. One who has always I spent all his energies in the shop or factory, will be more than surprised at I: the health, comfort and material benefit that can be made from such a course of life. In a recent conversation with a prom- inent man who has for years been a "large employer of men, I stated my theory that a wage worker, to get the most possible satisfaction out {of his "life, should work but eight hours for, wages, and put in the balance of his" ‘time in making a garden. He said that was the only practical way out of the worst trouble with the labor question. He spoke of one marked case: “A' ‘man who had recently closed his en- gagement with our Company after twenty years continuous service has saved more money than we have ever paid him in wages. He has retired well enough off to live comfortably the rest of his life. He began work at $1.50 per day; has never had above $2.00 per day, and usually for the last year has worked by the piece, and after earning $2.00 would go home and work in his garden, the change to outdoor work being equivalent to a rest. “In the twenty years he has bought} several lots of one to two acres of poor, 3 cheap land, cleaned them up and made 5 such good gardens as to nearly support his family from the products. “After improving the lots and getting them in a high state of cultivation, he has sold them at a good profit and bought anew. By this processin the twenty years he saved more than his en- tire wages, supported his family well,got a great deal of enjoyment in developing the lands and fitted himself to get a great deal of enjoyment the remainder of his days in the pursuit of progressive gardening.” . Such cases are not rare, and I believe ‘if all wage workers who are employed Eby the day would accept eight hours’ «pay for eight hours’ work, and with fair I l in their own garden, the day of the °"‘conflict of labor with capital" would soon be over, and wageworkers would soon be the independent parties sought for by capital. It is wonderful, too, how soon such work becomes very interesting to every one who goes at it. As a means of rest and recreation, its attractions for the -shop worker are far ahead of the saloon -or the streets. And children brought up to study the growth of plants and flowers are edu- -cated in a way that will be most likely to make them good citizens. At present there are,too many who -depend for their whole living on their daily wages. There are more workers than work, and the profits on garden .-stuff purchased instead of raised, takes the whole income. The garden was man's first place of ‘happiness, and it may be where he can yet gain the most happiness for his last work in life.—-Zllzklizjgari I{0rlz'cu[tztrz'.rt. U ' Floral Hints for Winter. The following suggestions for plant- growers we find in the Garrlenerr’ ilfarzl/11}: What are known as Dutch bulbs need no recommendation from us as being plants particularly adapted tolwindow culture. These are hyacintlis, tulips, and crocuses, chiefly. But the class of Cape bulbs is no less desirable, though seldom seen. The ainaryllis especially is a good window plant, and there are now so many species and varieties that some may be had in flower all the winter through. A few years ago a good lady, fond of plants, and a good gardener besides, called the writer into her very success- ful little green-house, and_ somewhat ip this wise did she lecture him: “I don t know that you have so written it, but all the books I get hold of tell me never to keep saucers of water standing under the pots. Now what do you think "Of these plants?” They certainly were charming specimens of robust health, rivalling the lady herself in this respect .and the writer received a smiling ac- knowledgment of the compliment of- ,‘especially, the work of which is often ‘ not known until the injury is done .-can readily be . window an ot‘casi<)nzil sp-mging of the leaves with water in which a little to-y , pair/it.” ‘proposing to do the very thing that Bro. fered. “Now, you see I keep asaucer under each pot, and I always have water in the saucer. In the winter, when I want the plants to look fresh and green I put a little guano, or some other rich food, in the saucers, and sometimes I put water quite hot. And yet you— pardon me-—-your writing class, positive- ly condemn the practice.” And when we come to think of it, why should we condemn saucers under pot plants, and water in the saucers? As the lady says, authors do condemn the practice, but, after all, why? A plant with all its roots in water will‘not thrive unless it is an aquatic plant. Hence water must rim rapidly away from the upper portion of the roots. What is called the drainage is to accomplish this, and so long as the water runs rapidly through the earth into the saucer, it is all good culture re- quires. Plant-growers have much trouble from insects, the little diminutive red spider It F detected by a small! pocket lens, which every plant-grower’ ought to have. For at few plants in a bacco has been decocted is about the‘ best thing. In 21 plain cabinet, tobacco dust—snulf—scattered over damp leaves is very good, but it does not reach the under surface of leaves. Water heated to 130 degrees is very effectual, and an occasional syringing at this temperature will keep down all insects, and is much peferablc to the filthy smoke and horri- gnmnnntirations. I noticed, in the VisiToR of Nov. 16, an article from Mr. H. \Vhitney, of somewhere in Illinois, who indulges in a long tirade against Mr. Ewer and his fence, in which he says, “Nearly thirty years ago, I used substantially that very kind of fence,” also, “There is not a single new discoveryin this pretended Board fences were made be- tore Mr. Ewer was born. “Iron posts have been used longer than he can re- member.” ‘-Iiarbed wire has not been in use very long, but he is not the pateiitec."He further says, “I am a granger and feel indignant and disgusted by the way farmers have been swindled, t'\'c.” The simple fact that :1 man pro- claims himself a granger, is not proof positive that the Order has been used for “promoting the growth of knowledge and wisdom " Mr. Wliitney’s “indignation and dis- gust” iriust have turned his head, for Mr. Ewer does not claim to have in- vented barb wire, neither does he claim * to have invented board fences that “were made before he was born;” nor yet, “Iron posts that have been used longer than he can remember." He does, however, claim to have invented the method of applying a combination of boards and barb wire, in a separate, distinct and portable panel of fence; also the couples and the method of combining the iron post with it. to sup- port the fence; yet this “seventy-five year old” man says he “used that very kind of fence,” and, strange as it may appear, he then goes on to show that what he used is not “that very kind of fence” at all, but an impracticable, un- handy thing, tied up with strings or pieces of wire. Some good (?) people seem to think that if a man secures a patent on an article that they would like to use, the patent is a fraud, and the patentee a scouridrel. And the tenor of Mr. Whitney’s article seems to indicate that he is one of that class. If a person use Mr. Ewer’s or any other man’s patent, without having given value received in some form, heis guilty of wrongfully using property that be- longs to another, for property in a patent article is just as much property as that in a man's farm. There are certain practices and certain laws that are un- just. The law ought to protect the in- nocent purchaser of a patent article, purchased in the open market, and should make the manufacturer and vendor alone responsible for infringe- ment, but such is not the case, and farmers are as much to blame for it as anybody. Mr. Whitney advise.-: his brother grangers, (I suppose he means Patrons) “not to pay Mr. Ewer five cents an acre of your farm; the one I have used will answer your purpose,” &c. I suppose every man will use whatever device for a fence thathe finds the most convenient and profitable to use,whether it be patented by Mr. Ewer or some other person, or not patented at all. My advice to them is to use just what they please. From my own observation and experience, and the testimony of those who are using Mr. Ewer’s fence on this “very small clearing in the woods” around Battle Creek, I am satisfied that the claims set forth in the adver- tisement of this fence in the VISITOR, (to which attention is called) are as nearly correct as it is possible to state them in ——English. Now the fence that the II- linois Brother says will answer the pur- pose of the farmer, has been in use here, in small quantities, for a long time, and it blows down here as well as in Illinois, but the people who have been using it here, consider it not practical since they have seen Mr. Ewer’s fence, and are W. a.dv,ises them not to do, viz., to pay Mr. Ewer five cents an acre of their farms, and remodel their old fences into Mr. Ewer’s patent. The reason why the fence, used by the brother, blows down, is mainly for two reasons: It is quite difficult to drive the wooden stakes so as to make them hold; and the boards at the top furnish a sail to catch the wind and over they go. \Vith the wire at the top of the Ewers fence, the wind has nothing t3 get hold of, and there is no difficulty in driving the iron post with an old axe or light sledge. even in the dryest time, hence they are driven in the required length, which is , two feet, and will not blow down as eas- ily as the best stake and cap fence. Then again, instead of a clumsy looking thing, we have in this Ewer fence one that is neat and an ornament to the farm upon: which it stands. Our best farmers, and men of the best judgment in this vicini- E ty, pronounce it one of the most valua- ble inventions for the farmer that lias ever been introduced. This is the verdict of practicil men who h-we seen and" tested this fence, and who are using it. The terms“patented patent." “swin- dled," "'blat.-kmailing, &<‘., used in con- nection with Mr. lfiwer and his fence. by 1.11:’/7/!.LL(Ifl;0I3 at least, assails his honor, and integrity. .\Ir. Ewer is, and always has been Ll. farmer. and invented this fence for his own use, and for upright- ness and integrity is the peer of any‘ man in this eomuitinity. Let this be my ; excuse, if excuse be needed, for the length of this article. E. Wui'rr:. Calhoun County. —————--o>—— - Wllmy Are We Patrons? That there is a reason for our being Patrons is as true as is the existence of the organization. gaiiized for the pleasure, or profit, or both, of the members; or for the pur- pose of un.itin-g their forces against some evil or enemy either real or imag- inary; hence we find that men of al- most every profession have societies for the protection of their interests. It seems to be natural for many, having the power, to assume the right to use that power to further their special inter- ests, irrespective of the rights or inter- ests of otli-e-rs, and it is just as natural , , _ the young robin reared in any other for those who exercise the freedom which makes Ll) man :1 man, or a woman a woman. in the true sense to resent such usurp-atioii of power. While we respect the rights of others, it is for the purpose of maintaining our own as til- lers of the soil that we are banded to- gether as Patrons. Who, or what class of men has a better right to be, or greater interest in being organized than farm- ers? \Ve. and the many ofour brethren who have not seen fit in their wisdom to join us-—-I say we who feed and clothe the people of this nation, produce the ,wealth and pay all the bills should be united and have the co-operatioii of every miau who tills the soil, and every woman who is his lielpmate. lVe are Patrons because the organization is a necessity to redeem a large class of men and women from the slavery which is sure to come, if we fold our hands and take our chances. The money power has gained a position where it can buy and has bought ministers, judg- ges, legislators, politicians, and the press, and is now ready to purchase you, and.‘ you, and all of us. Are we for sale? We must expect to meet the opposi- tion of those who have adverse inter- ests and even the sneers of many who should be our friends; but there never has been a great reform, religious, po- litical, or social but has met with oppo- sition in proportion to its importance. In proof of this I need only refer to the history of the Reformation, the Ameri- can Revoliition, and the Abolition of Slavery. Let us therefore as pioneers in this great work, do our duty to our country, our neighbor, and ourselves, by using every means in our power to unite the farming interests and by cir- culating and advocating such measures as will lead to that end. F. A. VV. Central Leroy Grange. . - Free School Books. EDITOR GRANGE VisiroR.—T here are few measures of equal importance to the people of this State, as the one em- bodied in the resolution of the State Grange Committee on Education, rela- tive to the uniformity of text books in the public fschools, and their publication by the State. In 1882 the total school enrollment was 385,504, and the total revenue nec- essary reached the enormous sum of nearly $5,000,000, or an average of about $13 for each pupil. Placing the average cost of books per pupil at $6.50 per annum, would make an aggregate of $2,500,000. It would not be difficult tofprove that these books might be furnished by the State at 25 per cent of the present price, which would make a total annual saving of $1,875,000 or over one dollar per capita on the population of the State. If the foregoing is even an approximation of the result, the importance of the resolu- tion is evident; but this resolution will meet the fate of many others equally good if the people allow it to end here and expect that the committee will de- vote their tiine, energy and money so it may be put in a. practical shape. This is a matter in which every taxpayer, and especially the parents and guardians ‘throughout the State,-are interested. There have been some members of our State Legislature seemingly ,inter- ested in this question, and for several 1 the circular. sessions past bills have been presented covering part of the ground; but the several publishing houses were promptly represented and by the £0217/z'2za'ng argu- menlr of the monopolists have so far changed the minds of our legislators that there is nothing to be expected from them. Indeed it is even hinted that some of our legislators become the parents of popular measures and strangle their own offspring—for a consideration. The following (or any better plan) would reach and get an expression of public opinion throughout the State, viz.: A circular setting forth the facts connected with the existing evil, and the contem- plated remedy—such circular to be sent to the director of each school district in the State. There’ should be a meeting of such District called for such purpose of considering the points submitted in liach School District migh-t appoint one or more delegates to ‘ 3.. convention to be held in each Legisla- tivc lf*istri<:t, when delegates might be clwttttl to 1.1 State Convention if iieces , chanical punctuation, merely to mark the natural >‘.li'}-'. or in which each Legislative l)is- . _ , .-gantly appoiiited steaiiier of the O. R. trict Convention might instruct its own i'ep«i"eseut<.itive_ the niaiguitiide of the evil under \\'lll(:ll we have lraboretl iii the past, and 4/rv/M//12" legislation such as will for ever wipe out this monopoly our Legislators will rep- : resent /1»: instead of naonopolists. All societies are or— ' WM. \\'i<.-iv. (‘alhoun County. Para-graphs from My Diary. l-2.‘<‘(;LI5Hl IN" (OUR iro-Mi~:s AND SCHOOLS. Parents‘ who use good English will find their Cl1‘.l!lidl'€.’l'l speaking good Eng- lish. The-child whose family speak and write the mother tongue with correct- ness and case will naturally use better English than. the child of illiterate par- ents. lt the- child then is reared at home where he hears good language, and has playmates that do not use slang tifsuch there‘ could be) -or bad gram- mar, why that child will advance in the use of correct speech. It is said that IN OUR nest than its own will learn to sing the notes of the new mother-bird. This ap- pears to be an law of nature; and chil- dren, lik.e birds, will learn the notes or language of the l:ao~ri'se—nest. They will learn to talk wi~.tli the same degree. of; their parents do at’ tliiit Agaiii, ifthc parents talk with correctness home. ‘ more llluency i2l‘Jl1l’i» thought the child “'1” .%‘~’t ‘he 1"'~’“"lll5)' 0",fltffainfifirfgiglrzjlll in the coinpensation of these western 'U l ' “'5 i be barren of ideas. by wiiat it feeds. on; hence if the child’s intellectual food is meager, his talk will be corrcspo-n(l3iiigl_y meager in thought. As the stream: has its supply in a foun- tain, so the mind must have some source for itssupply o-fthought. It took from Bruce to Burns to make the poet ofAyr. The material for thought, the things of the- mind, must have been gathering for generations before a Carlyle, an Emer- son, an Irving or a Hawthorne could be produced. Consequently we find that, in this connection. the home is of the greatest importance. The child learns more in the first three years of his life than he does in any period of four times that length in his after life. For he then learns how to speak his mother tongue. He then learns the use of that »wonderful instrument—the English lan- guage. This is the formative period. And as the child is father of the man it is a very important period. A.s the child learns to talk so will the mam talk. “Children like tender osiers take the bow, And as they first are fashioned always. grmv.-.“' One great trouble with parents and teachers is in undertaking to CORRECT 100 much. This discourages and dis- heartens. Too much pruning retards and injures the growth of the tree. En- courage more than you correct. It is not only a trite but a z‘rz/c saying that “courage is half the battle.” Encourage first and correct as the child gets strong enough to bear it. Teach the child to write as he thinks, to write as he talks at his play when he is the life of his little circle; and try to make him see why it is that when he takes his pen in hand his thoughts seem to desert him and he can think of noth- ing to write. The fact is he is not only trying to write better than he can, but more learnedly than he should. He avoids writing the plain, natural thoughts that the subject may suggest, when they are just what he should write, and per- haps the very best he could write. When the child really sees what consti- tutes the ditference between talking and writing, he will the more readily over- come it. You perceive that the witty ones among his fellows, those who lead in all lively controversies of the tongue, the moment they sit down to the task of writing a composition they write as if they were on their good behavior at a funeral. But why cannot they write as they talk? The answer is, They can when they learn to command their thoughts with the pen as well as they do with the tongue. 'I‘he ideas come from the same source in both instances. It is all a matter of expression.‘ If the boy could use his pen as naturally as he does his tongue, it would be as voluble. But that “if” is the lion in his way. Overcome that difiiculty, mostly me- chanical, and the young writer is fairly started. Spelling, punctuation and grammar should come in for attention at the proper time, but not to retard or dis- hearten. Thought is the main thing. Get the boy to thinking first. Then let him express those thoughts in the best manner he can withzhis pen. And when expression of thought is well started, en- courage it, keeping an eye on the me- as to minor errors, then to pauses in speaking. Words are more readily got than thoughts. The difficul- ty with the learner is to find ideas to put into the words. To aid in this let him read a page of Scott or some other an- thor, then sec how much of it he can re- produce with me pen. Thus learning how to put the thoughts of others into words and sentences he will be the more readiily enabled to commit his own thoughts to writing. V. B. In the Northwest. iv. Early last spring it was our fortune to stunmbvle into .1 most charming spot. Ascendinag Snake River to Lewiston, near the liead of navigation, on an ele- J: N. (,"o.’s line, we found there a village 15,- the Pcoplc will wake M, U, the im_ of some L500 inhabitaiits,with churches, poi't:iiiCe~ of the proposed remedy. and 3 S(:l‘l()()lS-:l;n<.l hotels that would do» credit to any town of like population. Soon we took the stage going to Mt. Idaho, 65. or ’,'0l1l'll€S away. ()iir trail leads up from theeziiiyon and soon we findt our- selves on: the beautiful, undulating prai- rie. Indeed, sometimes it undulates a little too~rmu.ch for comfortable riding. For miles and miles we ride over an un- ginhabitated. but, so far as soil is con- cerned, a very rich country. It is the Nez l”erce-reservation. Thistribe n.um.- bers about r.2oo and have absolute con- trol of a territory measuring about 40 by 60 miles, and embracing land as fine as ever lay out of doors. A Chinaman on the stage’ noticed something wrong and asked:._ “No man live here? This no good?’ “No," the driver replied, “this India-n have.” After looking £1l‘CTl1llLl=:1wl11l.lC he soliloquized: “Land belly _£;sJ0d.; heap goodf’ “Mleiican dlam fool." Indeed it was dreary; 60 miles withotat a white settler; only one station, that at the foot of Craig's Moiintiiiii, IZNCI‘ which we must climb. The only things to employ us are the changing and beautiful scenes-,. the occa- sional spots that have advanced so far as to bear names, as "-Vhite’s (Lrade. California. f-.'-ulch, Mason's Prairie, Law- yer's Caiiyon, etc.. and our atteni-pts to keep our seats. The only living thing we met. on that day was the down stage. g If there is one thing in which our (1-ov- ' eriiuicnt ouglit not to be niggartlly it is stage—m-ail. lines. Often the drivers are lost in the liliiiding snow storms and wander away from all hope of succo-r Ill: the vast forest or on the treelcss plains: sometimes they come with frozen feet. hands or cars; sometimes aicci-dents h.ap.peii in out of the way places; and in times of Indian hostilities they are the prominent mark for the hidden foe. They many times take their lives in their hands; yet there is a peculiar charm about driving a coach and tour or six over these mountain ways. And it requires a peculiar and efficient kind of horsemanship to win.- success. Many times in the balmy days of summer have I seen the driver hand over the four reins to some ruddy passenger of the gentler sex perched on the outside. — S/le wouldn't be seen driving two horses! Toward night we descend Cotton- wood Hill. What a picture is spread to view! Canias Prairie has been touched with nature’s most lavish hand. lVhat a relief as well as surprise is this scene of human activity. Only a sawmill a few miles back in the deep pine forest and the more thoroughly beaten trail gave evidence of this presence of our race. All has. been untouched nature— silent, dreary, desolate, Suddenly, at our very feet, opens a wonderful panorama of busy life. Wag- on roads, plainly marked in the black soil, lead in almost every direction. They look like the ugly tracks of some giant monster on the carpet of velvety green. Away to the south ioo miles, the snow-capped Salmon Mountains meet the sky. Between their foothills and Craig's Mountain lies the beautiful Camas Prairie, 25 miles wide. Yonder, near the farther side, the white houses of two villages glisten in the sunlight; houses and cabins in every direction, with their contiguous fields of black, upturned earth‘ or smooth, green plots of growing grain. Surely this is answer- iiig the driver's prophetic, “you’ll see.” From Lewiston we have gone south- east, for the great Snake is 50 miles to the west, its presence being marked by the seven lofty, rugged, snow-covered peaks of the Seven Devils. Away to the east we plainly see the Bitter Roots, some of them no doubt 150 miles away in Montana. So clear and pure is the atmosphere that distances are- much more deceiving than usual. Those vil- lages seem only an hour's ride away; yet after riding an hour they appear just as far off as ever. That butte off to the left seems three or four miles away, yet it is nearer twenty. The prairie at our fleet looks level, yet it IS a succession of ills and gulches. After a residence hereof some weeks ‘"3 m“5l5 _59-)’ that on this prairie is a. most desirable place to live that is if one has nothing more to do than and en’ ' - we _Joy nature. Hemmed in b mountains, accessible by only one wag- on trail; on three sides great yawn-n canyons of madly rushing rivers—wieggt and south the Snake and Salmon, east 4 ,..I .., ._,.,...._.,7 --r--———--- JANUARY 15, 1886. TZEIEI GRANGE 'V'ISI'I'CDCE’.n§ 3 the Clearwater, with their impenetrable mountain fastnesses over which only the" pack-mule can be forced to go; the nearest point of the outside world 60 miles away. the future of the people of Camas is a matter of interest. Every foot of land is taken. They can raise wonderful crops. The same wheat is sown spring or fall with equally good results; timothy is at home here. In- deed, it will run out the native grasses if scattered on the prairie, as appears all along the trail where freighters have fed. Yet what good does it do them to raise grain? They can‘t get a cent for it. If the yield were 5oo bushels per acre they would still be in their abject poverty. The demand for pork is very limited; the mines in the surrounding mountains employ but few men; the great number of Chinese live mostly on rice, and that comes from China, is handled by China merchants, and all the profits go to China. The only thing out of which the rancher can get any money is stock—cattle, horses and sheep. But it takes years of toil and privation to get started in this unless the settler has what not one in 5oo has, a [ill]: money. I know young men who have been here five or ten years who are to- day just getting where they are not com- pelled to go to Lewiston or some other place below and work three months out of every year for wages to get money for necessaries. Yet they own line teams and have generally 320 acres of the finest of land. They are bachelors ——not daring to inflict their poverty on more than themselves. Some men are rich in stock, It is not uncommon to see herds of zoo, 4oo or I,ooo head on their way to the east. At Lewiston I saw a drove of 1,400 horses go through the streets of the town on their way to the Mnllan road over the Rockies. But generally when these men sell they go away with the money. I know a man who last spring sold $25,000 worth of cattle and he never owned a foot of land in his life ! Formerly it has been an easy matter for people so disposed to steal calves- “slick-ears” as they are called-—-from the common range. Their capital at first is simply a branding iron. In a few years they are rich. I know a family of a mother and two stalwart sons who came to Camas 5 years ago and [narrow- ed 4 or 5 cows from a stockman. They wanted to make butter. Next year they bought two cows and that fall, lo! they had 20 calves. This summer they drove some 4oo head away under their brand! They went to the Seven Devil country. People now call it Ten Devil! This stealing stock is pretty danger- ous business, as on slight evidence of guilt the culprit is generally shot on the spot or hastily leaves the country. The recent influx of so many people, how- ever, relegates such proceedings to things of the past, and the law takes its course. At present anew law is in opera- tion making it the business of proper officers to be present -at the various corralls at general round-ups, when the branding is done and disputes settled. Ronnd—ups occur now in the spring. All those interested go out on the drive and bring iii their stock to some central cor- rall where the committee of oflicers is in attendance. No one is allowed to use his own brand at any other time, ev’en*on his stock that he has kept under fence, without notifying the officer be- forehand. This reduces rascality to the minimum and makes a great saving of time in riding after stock. Under the old system each man looked out for his own, hence was kept in the saddle near- ly all the time. If poor or had only a few head, it frequently cost more to hunt them up than they were worth. Now all are driven in without regard to own- ership, hence one is very apt to find his stock at the corrall even if he hasn’t seen them for a year. It is a fine sight to see a troop ofcow- boys with their sombreros, their shapps, i. e., leather breeches, fantastically trim- med with huge fringe along the outer seams, a la Indian; great Mexican spurs that jingle like bells; fancy saddle and bridle, and the ever-present lasso, gal- loping over the prairie, each sitting “every. inch 3. king.” These people are very much misunderstood in the more “civilized”world. They are not the swag- gering, drunken, lawless roughs that eastern papers have made them out to be, but though they embrace all sorts of natures, just as any class does east or west, it is a point of honor among them to help the unfortunate, shield the inno- cent, and summarily punish the. guilty. The last quality is the only one general- ly given; and the term guilty is made to mean everybody but themselves. The other two would grace the best society on earth. The hardships they undergo are ex- ceedingly severe. They are profession- al riders. They break wild horses to ride or work. They will lasso the ani- mal and get on his back while blind- folded, take off the covering and let him run, jump, buck, kick, etc., until exhaust- ed. The strain is fearful. Sometimes the blood gushes out of the rider’s ears and eyes, so severe is the pounding he receives. They generally become af- fected in some way and soon cease to ride. Many drop into an early grave. .——————-ou——————— BE economical, but don’t be mean, be‘ frugal, but not stingy; be provident, but not miserly. - - Tm-: seeds of things are very small.-— George Eliot. Lecturer’s Communication Na—l tional Gr_ange P. of H. . SUBJECT FOR FEBRUARY, 1886. Question 82.—-What are the causes of dormancy in Subordinate Granges? What is the remedy and what is the duty of Patrons towards them? Suggzslt‘on:.—Causes contributing to dormancy are numerous, but we will confine our suggestions to a few of the most prominent ones. Ist. Does not dormancy in Subordinate Granges often result from the neglect of officers in not attending Grange meetings, and when present in not properly discharging the duties assigned them, often passing them by in an easy, reckless, care-not sort of a way, making it unpleasant and dis- couraging to members in attendance? 2d. Dormancy in many instances has resulted from the neglect of officers in not making Grange meetings interest- ing or profitable; opening a Grange and_ passing through the usual ceremony; calling the order of business, and yet do nothing; then closing the labor of the day when no labor for any purpose has been performed. Under such circum- stances the work would soon lose its charms, and discouragement and dis- satisfaction is sure to follow, and what else but dormancy could be expected? 3d. Deputies, in organizing Granges, often promised too much by presenting the idea that by uniting with the Grange the social natures and the intellectual facilities of members would be rapidly developed, without an effort, and the success of these features would secure great financial advantages. The latter idea was sometimes so magnified that some would suppose, by joining the Grange, they would secure a permanent passport on the highway to wealth. 4th. The true objects and mission of the Grange were not correctly taught, and Subordinate Granges were orgnaized too frequently under an erroneous con- ception as to its work, and then left with- out further aid to work as best they could, and for the want of proper in- structions and encouragement became sickly while in infancy, and failed to secure sufficient strength to reach ma- turity. A sure remedy for dormancy is for officers to be prompt and regular in their attendance,stu_dy their duties and be ever ready to perform them. This will make Grange meetings interesting, and will encourage members to do their duty and take part in Grange work, which devel- ops the intellectual faculties and Grange meetings made profitable and attractive; and so long as the interest is thus kept up there is no danger of dormancy. A preventive to dormancy is much better, cheaper and safer than a cure. Our duty towards these dormant Granges should be fraternal and sym- pathetic, for there are in very many of these dormant Granges good men and women who regret the condition of affairs, for which they are not respon- sible, and many of these are ready to reunite at the first favorable opportunity. In the same community there are farm- ers possessing every qualification, and would make good members when once enlisted, and by uniting these two ele- ments the Grange could be reorganized. In some localities it might be best to organize a new Grange and admitting members of dormant ones, or good ma- terial from different dormant ones could be consolidated into one or reorganize anew. Pomona Granges should look after this work of reorganizing in their respectives counties. Subordinate Granges working within reasonble dis- tance of dormant ones can accomplish much good by sending visiting com- mittees to these dormant neighborhoods, to labor with dormant members, revive the work and effect organization.’ H. ESHBAUGH. I have received two answers from my inquiry through the columns of the VISI'I‘OR in regard to the poll evil, and used one of the remedies, but, having disposed of the horse, I cannot state whether it was a cure or not. I do not see much in the VISITOR in regard to grinding grain for stock, and, if possible, would like to bring out some argument for or against the custom of grinding corn, oats, wheat, etc., for feeding stock. Does it pay a farmer to give one—tenth or one-eighth (as the case may be) of his crop to have his grain ground? I would like to hear something in regard to this from the readers of the VIsrroR. M. Arrived home from State Grange very tired but was well paid for going; never enjoyed my- self better, but the time seemed too short. We had only time for a short acquaintance with our brothers and sisters before it was time to bid them good-bye, perhaps never to meet again. Such thoughts make us feel gloomy but we pass them by as quickly as possible and try to keep our eyes only on the bright side of the picture. We hope everyone who was fortunate enough to attend the State Grange became so imbued with such spirit of true Grange principles and enthu- siasm that he can impart a portion to those who remained at home, and also to the faint-hearted ones of his Grange, if any. We know of a'lit- tle Grange with about twenty members and nine of 1/12/71 attended the State Grange. Is there another Grange in the State that can make so good a showing as little Alton? AUNT KATE. The Iowa State Grange has shown its good judgment in selecting the GRANGE VISITOR for its organ. Patrons of Iowa, we welcome you. to acopartnership with Michigan patrons in this work. United, let us labor more zealously and with increased faithfulness for our Order, and let our efforts for the VISITOR be unceasing. It is the citadel of our faith in State work! Let us never give it over! MICHIGAN PATRON. La.st year the State Grange treasury showed a deficiency of several hundred dollars. The rep- resentatives were alarmed and a consequent re- duction in salaries and expenses was voted for this year, as we have seen in their reports. But retrenching will not bridge over another year without exertions also—strenuous exertions from the body of the organization. Some sound ad- vice can be found here from the direction of the Spartan mother to her son. \Vhen in the thick- est of the fight his sword proved too short she said to him: “Take another step forward, then, my son!" We must take another step forward— press close to the opposers, or lose another year. A. G. New \'ear’s resolutions have been in order for the past two weeks and some hints may not be amiss, gathered by observing this yearly custom. One says it is better to say, “I will be good this /tour” than “I will be good all the year;” and, “I will write this one letter well” instead of “not a blot shall be on the 141/101: page.” Hours make days and days a year; letters form words, words make sentences, and sentences cover the sheet. A pretty custom was practiced this year in some of our schools at the opening of the new year. I will tell it, as it could be utilized in some fomi in society works. Each pupil was asked by the teacher to write out his resolution for the year. Curious, original, and some very earnest resolves were penned by tiny fingers on little slips for “teacher." “I am going to be good,” or, “I will study better,” or, “Resolved to do all I can for others," or, “Going to keep the Golden Rule,” meant much, perhaps, to each boy or girl that chose it. How thickly are all our ways passed over with just such resolves! And how soon they break and tear up the good smooth road we had planned to tread with such case! n. “It is the reading man who makes the best success in life, for he keeps up with his busi- ness.” Keep up, keep up, is the price of success: and it is true, as the above sentence suggests, that the farmer who will not read live agricul- tural papers is apt to have old machinery, crude conveniences, -.1 l:ackwood‘s bearing himself, children out late nights, and an “overworked” wife. ()n1\'ednesday evening, Dec. 28, about 100 invited Patrons and friends convened at the home of Mr. and Mrs. _losephThoms to celebrate their crystal wedding eve. Though the night was dark without, all was joy and gladness in th:1t happy home. After some lively remarks by Rev. Wm. Langley and the bride and grrnmz, a bounteous supply was spread and a pleasant even- ing well spent by all. Some titre presents as to- kens of remembrance were presented to the ' couple, with wishes for their future welfare. lfulton, Mich. X. l.\il‘OR’I‘A.\"I‘ I-‘OR SECRETARII-_Sl I. To mean business. 2. To be accurate. 3. To keep off the delinquent list. 4 To keep on the \'Isi'I‘oR list. . To report nanics and addresses of new Mas- nnd Secretaries. I3~[l’0R’l‘A.\"l‘ l-‘UR ALL! To read the VISITOR, To write for the VlSI‘I‘OI:, To work for the VISITOR, To pay for the ()RAN<;r: Visirort. Groveland Grange will install officers on the eve of Jan 9, and start out on the new year with our (irange flag at full mast. We don’t intend to lower it, but increase our numbers and do our work for the good of the Order and mankind. I am :~'v)rry to see a falling off in subscribers for the \'IsI'1‘<>R. I am sure that the I’:1trons of Michigan don‘t do their duty as Patrons if they don’t take and do all in theirpower for it. With- out it our beloved Order would go down. Go to work for it! \Vll.l.l.-\l\l (,‘.\iurm5I.i.. Madison Grange, No. 384, again greets the VISITOR with a full subscription list, one copy to each family, paid from the treasury, and we think it a most desirable plan. VVe hope in the near future every patron in Lenawee county, through their respective Granges, may have the same privilege that many now do, and :1 great stride in Grange work is assured. The people of Lenawee county invite the peo- ple of Michigan to be with us at the meeting of the State Horticultural Society at Adrian, Feb. 9, Io and II, beginning Tuesday evening and closing Thursday morning. A good attendance is solicited. Accommodations for strangers pro- vided. w. A. A Iotter in the last VISITOR proposes the plan ofsupplying the postal columns with “Sugges- tions for the good of the Order.” I think the plan a good one, and that it would afford a pro- fitable exchange of ways and means. Mitre will be this—That articles from the VISITOR or other Grange papers be read and made the subjects of fifteen or twenty minute conversations in the meetings. In nearly every issue of the VISITOR the article from the pen of V. B. is a valuable one for such purposes. His writings are usually suggestive and thoroughly good reading. At the last meeting of Otsego Grange No. 364 I was made a committee to visit the propri- etors of our grist mills and learn ho\v much abso- lute waste per bushel there is in flouring a bushel of wheat; how much flour, bran and shorts they give per bushel when they commute grists; how, much wheat fills the mill in grinding, from hop- per to bag; what they charge per bushel or per barrel for grinding wheat; how estimate the bush- els of wheat for exchange for flour, bran and shorts; what difference in process between cus- tom and merchant work, etc., etc. I suggest other Granges do this and by and bye have a combined report in the VISITOR; that it be the work of Pomona Granges to combine the reports of the towns for their county and the VISITOR otfice combine or tabulate the county reports. I have picked up much interesting material for a report in our town; the “etc., etc.” occurring above may cover Inuch information useful to farmers. I think our Grange will order my re- port printed in our paper or the G. V. MILTON CHASE. E. A. B. in his notes on the VVestern District Fair says that the red polled cattle are good breeders and excellentmilkers. Not having seen any statistics proving such to be a fact, we ask the above writer to give a record of the best milk- ers of the above breed, also a record of the fol- lowing breeds, viz.: Jersey, Holstein, Short horn and Ayrshires. And please give the weights of some of the good beeves compared with the weights of some of the best of the Holsteins,Shorthorns and Here- .fords. ENQUIRER. _.?__.,.______ THERE has been a fairly active move- ment of wool in the eastern markets the past week; and considering the season of the year, a strong tone in the trade. At Boston the sales for the past week aggregated 3,o29,Ioo pounds of domestic and 335,500 pounds of foreign as compared with 2,7rt,oo9 pounds of domestic and 26o,ooo pounds of foreign the previous week and 2,571,674 pounds of domestic and 113,000 pounds of foreign for the correspondtng week in 1884. The total sales of wool in Boston since January I, I885, have been 166,- o82,3I2 pounds against 120,768,363 for the same time last year. Tun man who goes crooked need not _be surprised when _he finds himself in straits. Tl-IE successful manufacture of artifi- cial eggs so like the original as to de- ceive experts is convincing proof that the day has passed away when wooden nutmegs and shoe—peg oats were con- sidered the highest attainments of New England genius. Docs are making havoc with the flocks of certain parts of Lenawee Coun- ty, and the dog fund is not sufficient to pay the owners. It might be, perhaps, were all the worthless pups assessed. _ CUSTOM will often blind one to the good, as well as to the evil, effects of any long-established system. ______<._____i, THE one thing which most agitates the world is that dreadful question of expense. 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 33 per dozen. size $1.50. EVVE R’S PORTABLE Farm. ‘Fence- (PA.'I‘IElJSI"I‘IE1D_) Card l§WER’S PORTABLE FARM FENCE. THE BEST l<‘E'\ICE IN EXIST- I£\lCl§ FOR THE FARMER. I. Because it is absolutely portable, l>-zing so easily mov- ed that two men can take up and move a half mile of it in a day, enabling the farmer to dispense with one-half the fenrc on his farm 2. It is the only portable fence that will not blow down. 5. It is the most durable, being supported by an iron post which will not derziy. 4 It is also the best permanent fence because nothing ncud touch the ground but an iron post, and no wind will blow it down that will not blow down Luildings and uproot trees. 5. It is :1 perfect fence for all kinds of stock. The boards at the bottom, the braces aml b.iIIen~; show suflic- ently so that stock will not run into it as into a whole wire fence. The wires at the top prevent horses and cattle pushing against it and crowding it over as in case of ordi- nary board and rail fences. 6. It is cheap, costing but little if any more than an or- dinary board fence. The demand for it is such that persons desiring a perma- nent business can enter into its m:muf:tcturc and sale with profit to themselves and the farming commnity. Territory for salt on Reasiialile Terms. Also farm rights. Any person sending us a description of his farm with five cents per acre, will receive from us a cer- tificate of authority with full directions for manufacture for use upon his farm. For particulars call on or address EWER 8L WHITE, Battle Creek, Mich. 1% In 1 aprtsfi 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. I05 E. Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. Branch oflice, London, Eng. Notary Public. apntf ;/ TR4’'‘_”’’VE ,1». . ‘ I7£.<:_cRlQ_";’/5742‘/€%., .-T?‘ 5 . OR 1886.: g ~- Will be mailed FREE to all applicants, nut! to customers 0 last year without. ordering it. It contains about 130 nzea, 600 illustrations, prices, accurate descriptions and Va uable directions for llnting all Varieties of VEGETABLE ER SEEDS, BULBS, etc. Invaluable to all, especially to Market. Gardeners. Send for it. D. M. FERRY & 00., Detroit, Michigan. _lanrt6 Allen lDurfee, FURNISHING FUNEIKAL DIl{IiC'l‘0l{. No. 103 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, - - Mich. Residence, 193 Jefferson Ave. IyN0vI6 We Lead---Others Follow. m, 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, decIm3 Grand Rapids, Mich. B LA CK SDIITIIING Plain. Fancy and Scientific, by \VILSOr\l & QUALEY. Stiff, Lame and Interfering ‘Horses shod with great care. RUNNING, TROTTING and DRAFT HORSES scientifically shod. Shop. No. 41 Summit st..just south of Fulton Street _ ridge. _ in 15 feb GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. vlllfilllll FlflllSl$£‘§‘.r?.§l‘.i“t§§io5:’.’»3?‘ ".§’.i":°.§'; circular. A. 0. BLISS, cent:-din. Va. }amtr6 FENNO G5 MANNING, WDUL COMMISSION MERCHANTS 117 Federal St., Boston. Consignments Solicited, and Cash Advances Made. Here We Are Aggy! Happy New-Year TO ALL. I886. Thanking the readers for the past, expect- ing the1r,cont1nu- ance In the future. One Pris‘: to ALL! TRY AND Give Us Your Call '1‘() S.AVE. We have reduced our prices to make room for the New Stock. Alarge variety SLEIGH BELLS» from $.80, .90, 1.00, ‘(O 1.50. HORSE BLANKETS—- $ .75, .90, 1.00 to 3.15. CLOTHES IVRINGERS--- $2.50 to 15.00. (_Remembcr the place) at the Melis Hardware Store 17 and I9 (irandville .\ve., Grand Rapids. III. 5 in I fel: REMEMBER -—— -r:£arA.'r:-—- MiLL$atatrv’s PIiA.RMiACY is headquarters for Low Prices and“ Fine Goods of every description in line of Drugs, Medicines, Toilet Arti- cles, etc. Our Standard Condition Powders for horses and cattle are the best in use, at 30 cents per pound. Dye Stuffs at especially low prices. Prescriptions and family recipes com- pounded with great care. Call and,examine the latest improve- merits in Electrical Appliances. Our new $8 Electric Battery is equal to any $15 instrument ever be- fore offered. for sale. Large stock of Surgical Instruments and Appliances always on hand. We make a Specialty of Adjusting Trusses and will guarantee a perfect'fit without extra charge. Persons order- ing by mail can return at our expense if not satisfactory. MILLS & LACEY, PHARMACY, 8 Canal St., Opp. Sweet’s Hotel, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 10 in 15 june 86 Psucurn Established 1877 Thorough, Reliable and Practical. Tuition by tin term or scholarship. Write for J onrnal. I. II. POUCIIEB, Prop. COLLEGE, Ionln, Mich. 15fb Agents Wanted. The Story ofMy Life and Art of B A Money} By P. T. New, ne y ustrated. L ‘ d_ 11' b h _ _ Address FORSl—Il-IE8; l\'lc?\‘IAPlgl:§, CSi:nclixii%iati',tOC.m;?,lna‘irsr ~.~.- . _,____~ ,,.. ..... -...... .,-.___.._._..:..__._+..__.._..‘.._. u. .;~».—.v l i l i 4 'I‘I-IZEJ GRANGE VISITOR. if .. - \«A’VI‘j . , ..~,-.» w JANUARY 15, 1886 . film fljérange Ihigifur. Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT 50 CENTS PER ANNUMl Eleven Copies for t$€>.()O. J. T. COBB, Editor and Manager, ScHooi.cRAi-‘T, I\ll(,'H. fl-§‘Remittauces should be by Registered Letter, Money Order or Draft. _@‘T//is paper 2': gm! sent 021/)’ 11.: u.--.1’.»;-in/"‘=fi~‘X‘ zzmz'paia’_/'or in (11./?'(n1z1*. Single copy, six months, . . . . . . . . .$ 25 Single copy, one year, . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Eleven copies, one year, . . . . . . . . . 5 00 To 10 trial subscribers for three months we will send the V1si'roi< for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Sample copies free to any address, Address, J. '1‘. COBB, ScHooi.cRAi-"1', Mich. O0 Entered at the Post Office at Coldwater, .\'lich., as Second Class matter. To Subscribers. Remittances may be made to us in postage stamps, or by postal note, money order, or regis tered letter. If you receive copies of the paper beyond your time of subscription it is our loss not yours. We aim to send every numhri of the paper for the time paid for, then strike out the -iiaine if not renewed. Renewals made promptly are a matter of much coiiveuieiice, and we re- spectfully solicit such tliat nonumbers be lost to ou. Advise this ofiice at once of a change lll your .address, or if numbers fail to reach you. MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, P. or H. 8) MAS'l‘ER'S OFFICE, .- GILEAD, Mich, Jan. 9, 1886. I am very anxious to appoint a good active Special Deputy in each county in the State, where one or more subor- dinate Granges are in existence. And Ivery earnestly appeal to subordinate and Pomona Granges to semi their -choice for such deputy. We are mak- ing an earnest effort to push the work all along the line this year. For this purpose the efforts of all are invoked. A zealous energetic Special Deputyis -.1 necessity. Appointments have been made for Emmet, Ingham, Van Buren, Genesee, Gratiot. Montcalm, Grand Traverse and Antrim Counties. The commission of all deputies expired Jan. 1st. Please sendin applications as soon as possible.‘ C. G. !.LTCE. “To Strengthen and Dignify Labor." Such was the heading in bold capi- tals that greeted us three weeks after the late annual session of the State Grange in several of the daily papers of the State. This sounded so orthodox that we read what followed, and were grati- zfied to find the facts on which this “special” was predicated so well pre- sentecll to the public. , With little or no definite knowledge of the articles of faith to which a Knight of Labor subscribed when he became such, we had an impression that the organization had a protective object in view for the mutual benefit of its mem- bers. The wonderful accumulation of capi- tal since the war,in the hands of the, few, has suggested to the thinking friends of man everywhere the “Dangers Ahead,” and organizations have sprung up, many of them the outgrowth of an assumed purpose to secure for themselves the enjoyment of rights which as individuals .-single-handed and alone, they could never hope to attain. But these com- lcined efforts of men for their own bet- terment have not always been a success. In voluntary associations there are na'.u‘al leaders, and if these are wise, judicious, and imbued with real philan- thiop-', good results must come of or- ganization. But some of the organiza- tions of this age seem at times to be destitute of wise leadership, and at- tempted correction of existing evils has only served to widen a breach and make more difficult existing relations between those whose interests are more nearly allied than either party seemed to understand or were ready to be- l.€\-L’. '\\'e are not advised as to who brought 5 before the State Grange the proposition to appoint a committee of three to con- fer with a like committee of Knights of Labor for the purposes so well ex- pressed in the “special” which we give below. That the object was a laudable one seems as certain as that the author meant what he said. If the leaders in this movement are not fully equal to the work they have undertaken their efforts will tend to modify the consequences of threatening evils. As no man can tell what will come of it, so no man can take exception to the objects expressed in this brief declaration of purposes: ' BATTLE CREEK, 1366- 3°-—Il5l?¢°“‘l-l_— F Michigan State Grange, recent y in sesisyxqnorb Grand Rapids, took action upon a_very It) am question, By almost a. ' unanimous fvo e,t: committee of three was appointed _to ccan E1‘ Wtlhe asimilar committee to be aPP°‘“t° al Y del__ Knights of Labor, in regard to a. mutu pr! ital standing and co-operation_ 011 matters O V, interest to both. The ob ect sought: ?°°°"d“‘g to the resolutions adopte are: T0 ¢16V€1°P 3 better and higher understanding among F115 members of the two organizations; to foster mu- tual understanding and co-operation: to maintain inviolate our laws; to hasten the good time com- ing when every man shall sit under his own vine l and fig tree and reap the just reward of his I labors; to oppose agrarianisni, communism and 5 socialism as these terms are generally known and 3 accepted; _to protect capital in its just rights and _ the tyranny of monopolies: to adjust as far as possililc any differciices that may occur between capital and labor by the peaceful means of arbi- tration: to put dun ii bribery, corruption and tricke- '2 :) .ee that none but com etent. faitli- . . . .. Ii i \ P =l\'Iichigan.’ fill and honest men who \vill untlinchingly stand by our industrial interests, are nominated for all positions of trust, and to have carried out 2 the principles which should characterize every citizen: that the office should seek the man and ‘ not the man the office, reserving the right of , each to unite with any party that will best carry ‘ out these principles. Plaster for 1886. By the conditions of a contract made ll\'ov. 3, 1885, “The Michigan Plaster §Agency will furnish on orders under seal of a subordinate, County,or District . 1Grange, ground land plaster in car flots at $2.50 per ton, free on board at ‘their mills. The Agency agrees to l make shipments free of switching charges, except over the G. R. 8: I. railway, which in all cases will be $2.00 per car except to competing points: and to the Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil- waukee railway the regular switch charge of $4.00 per car will be included in the through rates from the mills made by that company.” Remittances should be for the net amount of the bill as per contract. Orders will receive the same attention whether directed to the proprietor of any mill or to the Michi- gan Plaster Agency, Grand Rapids, as all orders are turned over to the Agency and filled from the mill that can ship without a switching charge. The ex- ceptions made in the contract are ex- plained in this way: There are no mills on the G. R. & I. or the D., G. M. railroads; but to competing points the G. R. 8: I. will cut its freight charge to make the swithing and freight charge equal the freight charge ofa competing road. The D., (1. H. & M. road includes the switching charge which it has advanced to some other road that has delivered a car of plaster on its track from some mill. There is nothing new in the arrange- ment except that the contract was made with the Plaster Association instead of with an individual company, as all mills are in the Association. So at the end of nearly half a score of years, through all of which the Patrons of Michigan stood manfully by each other, and by their Executive Committee maintaining a steady, fair, one-price business against all influences and efforts to swerve them from what they believed to be right and just,we find amicable btisiness relations, covered by contract, existing between us and the plaster manufacturers of the Grand River Valley. Rarely have a body of men scattered over a large eara of territory with a present pecuniary interest so small, subject to the temptation of lower prices, been so faithful to principle for a term of years as have the Patrons of Michigan. We have abundant reason to be proud of them for their untiring faithfulness, and we are. To Our Iowa Friends. In consideration of the appreciation, good will, and aid so generously afford- ed by llro. Blackford, Master ot the State Grange of Iowa, we have mailed several copies of the V1s1'i‘o'R of January 1, to each of the Granges of that State. The appeal of the Worthy Master in the last issue of the Vis1ToR to the patrons of Iowa has not been in vain. Subscrip- tions are coming in and we have a rea- sonable prospect of a large addition to our list 'from that great State. We shall endeavor to make the paper worthy of the confidence so fully expressed by Bro. Blackford and hope the Patrons he represents as they become acquainted with the‘VisiToR may have no occasion to dissent from the favorable endorse- ment he has given the paper. With the low price at which the VISITOR is offered either singly or in clubs, we hope large numbers of Iowa Patrons may be in- duced to try the VISITOR for one year. The success of this effort on the part of depend largely on the co-operation of the Secretaries to whom we have sent packages of sample numbers. May we not confidently hope for their assistance in this endeavor to promote “The Good ‘ of the Order?” cused of boasting of the merits of the Visiroiz, nor do we intend to devote much space to that sort of commenda- tion. Blackford and his associates in Iowa finds such support in other states that we may be pardoned for quoting the evidence, in the hope that it will stimu- late the friends of the paper everywhere to greater diligence in canvassing for it. In renewing his subscription, Charles B. Ward, of Greenfield Mills, Ind., says: “Please send me a few specimen copies and I will try to get subscribers. I am very much interested in the paper and am satisfied it will be of greater benefit to farmers than any other with which I am acquainted. In every particular it is the farmer’s friend. It gives timely warning to all its readers of the swind- lers who sometimes catch even shrewd business men. I take five other papers, none of which costs less than twice as tr ( iose )ea‘eablv b’ our combined -iwers ; , . ) ml ‘ L ' 3 P » some Grange papers. I asked Bro. Brig- the Master of your State Grange will, much as the VISITOR, and some three_ times as much, and I get more that is of : ; interest and value to me out of the \'is- ’ ITOR than any other one." An Ohio gen- tleman writes: “We have just organized 21 Grange here and wish to subscribe for [ ham, Master of the State Grange, what papers to take, and he said. ‘After our own,subscribe for the (lR.—\‘.\'f} l~1 \'isi'ror< of We have commendatory notices from patrons of other states, but prefer to let 1 the paper speak for itself to those who But the recent action of Brothe 3 , , _ , r ‘ makes all that is comprised in this short examine its pages. We shall be glad to send a sample copy to any one on ap- plication. W1; cordially invite Iowa Patrons to freely use the columns of the VISITOR subject to no other conditions than be- long to the l£ditor's sanctum everywhere. us-1: Farm Accounts. The holidays are past. The annual crop of good resolutions to do. or not to do, that belong to New Years Day, have all been sown by young and old. Itis everywhere admitted that the far- mers of the country are improving as a class. It is therefore safe to assume that could we look over the farmers’ mental record where these good resolutions of New Year’s Day are kept on file. we should find many a promise to keep through the year 1886 all their biitiness affairs in better shape on paper. The average farmer is :1 very indifferent- book-keeper, and when we get a grade below the average farmer we find a man unable to -write a note or receipt or charge a neighbor with an article hoiight or sold, in a business like manner. We need not stop to prove or illustrate this fact. It is no where denied. Farmers are every year elected to discharge im- portant official duties. who have good sense, good judgment and good inten- tions,biit from sheer neglect have failed to become at all familiar with the most simple forms and usages of keeping ac‘ cotints. If there wasa time when there was an excuse for this neglect, that time is past. The farmers of the country now come in contact with business men and affairs more than ever before and there is therefore the greater need of the lit- tle knowledge and practice necessary to keep ouc’s business in a niethodical manner. This is a favorable time not only to resolve to do better than before, but to begin,and in the Grange is a good place to discuss the subject. Tho-se who know “By the Book" all about their farm affairs may. with profit to others, be required to state in the Grange their methods for the benefit of those who have done less or nothing in this line of work. Let us suggest to Lecturers to assign this subject of farm accounts to some brother and by a general discussion try and awaken an interest in it. It might be well in some places to go farther——in- vite some of the younger brothers to present at the next meeting a form of promissory note, a receipt, or a debtor and credit account, for inspection and criticism. Something of this kind of work may help make practical the good resolutions of some of the older ones. No class of men having so large invest- ments have so little exact knowledge of the annual returns their investments bring, as farmers. There are, of course, practical difficulties in the way, as the business of one year laps over on to that of another, so that the same exactness cannot be reached that can in many other kinds of business. But every per- son should at a set time each year take an inventory of his personal property and be able to determine from his ac- count book something near his gain or loss. It is not absolutely necessary to take a Commercial College course to keep farm accounts well, though some system must be adopted and pursued, Every farmer’s boys should improve on what their father has been doing in this matter and the father should aid and en- courage as much as possible. In future numbers of the Visrron, will not some of our readers tell us what came of their New Year’s resolutions to know more of their business on paper at the end of the year? “THE SILVER Qt'i:sTio:~:,"’ to which we have given considerable space in this number, is from the pen of Judge Rams- dell, of Traverse City. At the late ses- , sion of the State Grange the Judge had In all the past we have not been ac- ‘ occasion to present his views on some iof the points involved under this gen- ‘ eral head to the Executive Committee. The existence of a few conceded facts phrase vastly important to the people of this country, and the Committee were of the opinion that an article upon this subject would be acceptable to the readers of the Visitor. The Judge kindly consented to give his views on paper. The length of the article was such that we thought best to carry a. part of it over to another issue. What we have given will furnish ample material for the intervening two weeks before the other half appears. The Judge strikes out squarely, and those who differ from him will have no diffi- culty in finding points of attack. CAN the Patrons of Michigan afford to discontinue the VISITOR? Social Life. Neighborhoods are of most real value 1 in which ~ preciate social intercourse for what it is worth in its essence. We find this at its -best in newly settled countries where . ' I there are‘ neighbors—real= ,neighbors—men and women who ap—i SPRING 6: Co., GRAND RAPIDS. ‘ONE PRICE TO ALL! population is sparse, and hardships of These LOW Prices Tell the 510")!- one sort or another are not uncommon. Isolation is favorable to friendliness. 7 But those conditions are not essential. -We speak both from experience and: observation. The the Grange always finds commendation }'from those who know even the least of its breadth ofpurpose. But we took up our pencil to refer to -N a social event of the other day and to , retrospect the past briefly. For more j than :1 score anda half of years a few of the old pioneers of this vicinity have .each year met at intervals during the winter months at our several homes for an afternoon visit, which was often ex- tended iiito the evening. In addition to “the regulars,” mine host invited as he pleased: not by formal note, gilt- edged, and always newin style, but sim- ply asked in homely, hearty phrase, that meant e’en more than all it said. These social gatherings, with all the good cheer that our better halves can spread, have become an institution,wi-tb- out rule or law—except the imperative order, “come,” when time and place is named; and here no man remembers aught of ill against his fellow.that is not light as elder-down that day. We met the other day. All came in happy mood as heretofore. Nor did the turkey lag; be, too, came and-—went. But ere he with us went, an address, which we give below, was added to our bill of fare by a friend present: Fri;-m/r—The days of our lives hurry by like chariots of light, yet wreathed in smoke. \Ve meet around thisingleside. iiotentirelyns strang- ers. but as bound by chords of .~ympatliy, of kin, or iiirirrizige CO\'ell(1l‘lI-—-\\'l’llL‘l1 latter, more th;iii any other tie, liiiitls heart to heart. .’lll(l is more sacred. \\'e, iiiost of us. come from other iugleside.-.. where lives, we trust, have been devoted to that wliich is high and happy. \\'e are here on no stmiige errand. \Ve celebrate anotlicr year atlded to the crowii of him. wliose liospitalitics we now ciijt-_v. Stnmliiig beside liiiu here. l.l1‘.‘(Jl(lB~[ of us can look back over the dusty liigliway of life and see what \ve have left beliiud. And as \\e togetlier ‘ook l>;ick\\'ar1l, what is the supreme rcvelatioii of the hour? Is it not that iiiaii's highest achieve- ments are wrouglit out tlirough toil, tlirougli strife, and tlirougli earnest eiitleuvor? ls it ltnl. too, that we can no more exclude these from our lives than we can exclude sorrow? Hiivc we not learned that truth‘s clearest l€.\s()I1.\ come in strife to men, and in war to iiatiuiis? Let us tell this to the younger of those present, while those of us that are older flatter ourselves with the mystical lure we have learned and look for the events of the future, that, we say it with- out sadness, are casting their shadow» along our pall1\\':l_V. It is good for us to be here, for wliatever the past may have been, wliatever our age maybe to-day, we have a right to look forward to a future fuller of joy and sunshine than has been the past. Let us say to our worthy friend here, let us say to each other. those of us who with him have reached life’s full noontime meridian, as we say to those here who are yet moving iipw:irtls on the morning side of that mC1'l(llt‘ll‘l, let us. say to all, continue to blow! blow the trumpet! Let the struggle come not! I.et the steel in this man strike against the steel in that. Let keen flashes and bright thus continue tokiiidle the manhood in man. To be sure, he is here to—night, ft»0ll16t‘.~‘. of ii.» are, with brow tinged with frosts stich as life's autuiiiii brings, but his ftice is fair and happy, and he has an eye that sparkles yet with :1 pro- clamation that he is always young. There is a quiet, wise, and woiiiniily one be- side him that may have much to do with this. If we, old boys, will but consent at times to look hetweeii the leaves of the hearts of tliese, our wifely guardians, we may filltl the golden core and read the deep, sweet iiifluencetliat so unweariugly and yet >0 unconsciou.-zly to our- selves, has wrought the highest goodness in our lives. At each returniiig :iiiiiivers:iry of his birtliday, may our friend here, and may we all, ring in the glory of the past, and may peace LIDLI good will to all be born anew. And aslong as harvest times go by, as long as birtlidays and rest days come and go, together let us circle round these iiiglesides of ours and say, with hearts as one- here we are! “\Vith roots of trees and flowers and fern and heather, May God semi down and clasp our hands to- gether.” Delinquents. The following is a list of Granges de- linquent in reports and payment of dues fortlie quarter ending March 31, 1885, and all quarters since: Nos. 18, 140, 187, 219, 253, 274, 281, 285, 376, 436, 655. For the quarter ending June 30, and all since: Nos. 21, 36, 46, 83, 91, 123, 151; 223: SI6: 331: 335: 34.3: 39°» 437; 448, 517, 526,566, 620, 628, 648, 652. Granges delinquent in reports and payment of dues for the quarter ending September 30, will be published in a later issue of the Visiron. \ViNi'ER with its comparative leisure is the favorable season for Grange work. We hope this fact will not be lost sight of by the authorized canvassers or oth- er friends of the VISITOR. The Worthy Master has made an earnest appeal for special work. Procrastination in all this special Grange work is fatal. Spring with the work of the season will soon be here and individual affairs demand attention ; hence the urgent need of prompt action. HAV'E you invited your neighbor to read a copy of the VISITOR and sub- scribe with you for it for a year? By so doing you may help him, his family and the Order. social ch aractcr of , Good Ca.li«:os. 31- and 411-. ; Good Crash Toweliiig. 30 and -to. ‘ Good yard wide Brown Cotton, , 4. 5, 6, 7 and 8 ots. f Good Bleach Cotton, -1, 5. 6. 7, 8, _9 and 10 uts. ' Gi_nglia11is,5, 7. 90 and upward. Wide and fine printed Cambrics at 8, 10 and 123} ets. Linen Lawns 12%, 15, 20, and 250. Beautiful Satiiies. 25¢. * Fine Scott-.li Giiigliams, 20¢-. Brocade Dress Goods. 5, 6. 9, 1200. Table Linen, 15, 19, 22, 25, 2c, 300. Linen Towels for 6, 8. 9. 11, 13, 15. 18. and 211'. White Dress Goods from 5, 7, 9. 1011- and upwards. We are closing out a large lot of fine Plaid Uainbrics for 12;-e, worth from 15 to 250. These are the cheapest We have ever seen. SPRING & COMPANY. sxfjiis. Black Gros Grain for 38c, worth 56c. Black Gros Grain: for .;2c, worth 60c. Black Gros Grain for 48c, worth 65c. Black Gros Grain. for 57c, worth 75c. Black Gros Graiin for 63c, worth 75c. Black Gros Gra.-in for 75c, worth $1. Black Gros Grain for 934:, worth $1. Black Gros Grain for 31, worth $1.50. Black Gros Grain. for $ 1.25, worth $1.75. Black Gros (Brain t7o»r$1.5o, worth $2.00. The Silks selling at $1.00 $1 25 and $1.50 cannot be obtained elsewhere in this market at any price, as we have the exclusive agency of these goods and are entirely indemnified‘ by the manufactur- ers against any reasonable damage that may occur from wear, and we make good to our (‘us~t0m'et‘s any reasonable damage if anv should occur. We wish i-t were possible for us to enumerate all the different articles in our store worthy of attention. There are tlio-iisands of dollars worth of merchandise upon our shelves and counters that is commanding great at- tention from cu—stomers all over the country as well as citizens of our city. The supply seems. sufficient for the in- creased demand, and our departments were never as well supplied. SPRING & CO. FIRE. FIRE. $25,000 ii ,_A H 5 Is the estimate put upon the% damage by fire of Sunday Sept. 13. The loss having been adjusted by the insurance companies, we are now prepared to close out the entire stock. amount- ing to over $75,000! Sale commences on MONDAY, SEPT. 21, and will continue until all goods damaged by fire and smoke fime Entirely Closed Out! H GOODS Eu lligiiileii il lilie. For we must make room for new goods now in process of manufacture. FIRE» All in need of CLOTHING should avail themselves of this Chance of a Lifetime. Come One! Come All! ASSURED BARGAINS FOR EVERYONE. -iGIANT,- gc|.o'ri-lino 00 M PA . H H Grand Rapids, E FIRE. FIRE. JANUARY 15, isse. H GRANGE VISITOR. 7‘. A Swindler on a Tramp. A letter from Dover, N. H.,under date of January 4, 1886, sets forth that a man calling himself Johnson called on the writer Christmas day and represented that he had been robbed while on his way from Boston, that he was a Patron, “belonged to Fidelity Grange, No. 116, Miss Lizzie Luce Secretary—that he re- ’ sided at Littleton near Port Huron, and on account of his destitution wanted to borrow S2o.co. He proved to be well posted in the secret work of the Order, .and was well qualified for the "work he had undertaken; was anxious to have the Grange called together that he zrnight state his case. Unfavorable weather, however, relieved him of the necessity of repeatingliis story. He was furnished with the desired relief and went his way, probably to play the -‘same game in other localities. There was a Fidelity Grange, No. 326, in Saginaw County that has been -dormant for about seven years. If any -of the old members see this they may recognize this Johnson as an old friend with a bald memory. Our New Hanip- shire friends will have to submit to the loss of their money and other Patrons will be warned to fight shy of strangers. ‘This kind of robbing is not as bad as when a man demands royalty of an in- nocent user of some real or pretended .article, under the threat of being dragged before a United States Court, in a dis- tant city, to answer to a charge of in- fringement of patent. Better have the best impulses of the human heart im- posed upon than be compelled to buy exemption from the infliction of a wrong because it is so much cheaper than resistance. This Johnson fraud will probably ply his vocation under some other name. Look out for him and take only strong evidence from any claimant that he is the man he represents himself to be. - A C()RRE.Sl’ONI)F.N'I‘ wants to know something about a variety of small fruit sold by one Delos Staples, of lonia County, under the name of“Iniproved Blueberries." The copy of a letter from an Iowa man sent by the writer lends a little suspicion to Mr. Staples’ new variety, and we are free to say that we think the whole matter should be left as it is until we hear from Ionia County. l‘IA\‘I*. you renewed your subscription to the \'i3i'roi< for 1886? If not, why not? . F‘, . , .. , _ gfllfllllltltltiltlflllfi. The Silver Question Considered. The question of silver coinage now before Congress, is far more important to the people of the United States than is generally supposed. Perhaps no question of such vital importance has occupied so little ofvthe attention of, or has been so generally inisuiiderstood by the people at large, as the question of the coinage of silver dollars by the governnieiit under the present law. The financial interests of every citizen are involved in this question, either for or against the continuance of such coinage. The metropolitan press, usually owned by joint stock corporations whose stockholders are also stockholders in national banks or otherwise holders of bonded securities, have so long and so persistently warned against the further coin- age of silver dollars, and argued that silver its- self should be denionetized, and Gold (with a big G) made the single and only standard of value, and gold coin the only legal tender money, that a general feeling prevails among the people that there must be something wrong about silver and its use as money. This was my view when at the request of our Pomona Grange I entered upon an investigation of the subject. VVhy continue purchasing silver bullion and coining dollars that nobody waiits,nor will have, if they can get gold or greenbacks? \Vhy per- sist in this foolish policy of building new vaults and filling them with silver dollars that can not be put into circulation, or if once started out return again to the Treasury with the first col- lectioii from the Custom House? Why be obliged to pay expensive express chargeson tons of silver dollars that can not be used, and why should the government continue to coin 80 cents worth of silver and stamp it one dollar? These were questions I was prepared to ask any silver maniac that ventured to support its continued coinage. Iliad seen so much of that kind of argument in the newspapers that I had accepted it as uiianswerable, and felt a little impatient when a claim was made in behalf of silver coin- age. The investigation of the subject which I have made, necessarily took up a history of our coinage laws from the establishment of the Uni- ted States mint in 1792—a history of the govern- ment debt and the laws and resolutions of Con- gress relating thereto—-the relation which our national banks sustain to the industries of the i:ountry—th_e effect upon the price of the prod- ucts of labor which a contraction of the currency has produced and the consequent increased diffi- culty in the payment of debts—the world’s pro- duction of the precious metals, and the relation which this supply has to the de- mands of commerce and industry, for money as the medium of exchange, and the effect which the denioiietization of silver by some nations,and the stoppage of its coinage by others, has had toward producing the present “world-wide de- pression iii prices,” and equally worldwide in- flation or appreciation of gold and all evidence of debt. Ifound this no easy task. The field was so much broader than I had anticipated, and con clusions so different from what I had expected constantly forcing themselves upon me, as I ex- amined statistics and tabulated accounts for com- arison, that I found the subject one of absorbing interest. At the end of my investigation I have come to the conclusion that the silver lunatics are not so very crazy after all.) And I have come to the further conclusion that the whole effort to discred- it silver and its use as money is a deliberate and dishonest attempt of the creditor class to enhance theipurchasing power of their securities and the inter:st they draw, at the expense of the debtor class. If the reader will have the patience to follow me through this article I will try and give some of the reasons why I have come to this conclu- sion. As the coinage law now stands the Secretary of the treasury may purchase four million dollars’ - worth of silver bullion every month and coin the same‘ into silver dollars containing 371% grains of pure silver and 41);,’ grains of pure copper: an(l by the same law he is 0/2/igezl to purchase and coin not less than two millions each month. This law was passed in Febiuary, 1878, was ve- toed by President Hayes in the interest of the bankers_ and boiidholders, but ivns made the law iiotwithstaiirling the Presideii‘i‘s veto by :i two-tliirds affirinative vote of both houses of Congress. From that time to this the l‘resideiits and Treasurers have been hostile to the law, and at each session of Coiigress have reconimended its repe-.il. These appeals for its repeal have been backed by the creditonclass or \\ hatis more generally known as the money power of the country. Tlie_v conceive it to be fortlieiriiitere.-"t to stop the silver coinage, and no doubt it is. The more stringent the money market, that is. the smaller the volume of the circulating medium of the country, the more valuable the notes, mortgages, bonds and money which they hold- the more of everything produced, manu1'ai:turerl or mined (gold excepted) will their securities or money buy: and tlie_lower will be the price in dol- lars that all these articles will bring. Ifthis creditor and iiionied class can induce Congress to stop the coinage of silver, or induce the administration to withhold its circulation after coined, then they will lessen the circulating medium to that extent, and as the value of money, and securities and obligations which represent a specific quantity of money, increases in the ratio of this reduction—- tlicii as two millions are to the whole circulation of the country so will be the ratio of their gains per month on the face of their securities. If we estimate the circulating medium of the country at 1,200 millions, then the increase would be /‘Q of one per cent. per ziniium on the aggregate of all the debts of the country, national, state, municipal, corporate and individual; or a gain to this creditor class of abou‘ 100 iiiillions ayear. Whatever they gain, whether it be under or over 100 millions a year, the debtors must lose, whether they be the whole people as debtors on government bonds~the people of a State as debtors on State bonds——the people of a county, city, village, township or school district as debt- ors oii municipal bonds—the stockholders of railroads or other franchises as debtors on corpo- rate l)onds-—or single individuals or firms on notes, mortgages or any other form of personal indebt- edness. This of itself would be a sufficient inducement for this class to urge the demonetization of silver, —-(stoppage of the coinage is practical denioneti- zation)—but in addition to this, and far more important, is a falling off of over five per cent. per annum in the world’s supply of gold. Iftliey can get rid of silver then their securities will in- crease with the diminution of the gold supply and at the same rate per annum. Right here is the real incentive. Their securities have doubled in twenty years by such management, and if they can secure the benefit derived from a contraction of five per cent. in the annual supply and the further benefit of the increased demand for gold to take the place ofsilver their securities will double again in less than twenty years. On one side of this coinage question are or rziyed in 1‘):/urixrt the capitalists of the country whose ll]f‘.(1ll§. are invested in loans and who make their nioiiey out of money, and salaried officers with fixed iiicoiiies: on the other, the producing cl."isscs——tlic fariner. iiiaiiiifiictiirei‘, laborer and all ofthe debtor class. Those who oppose the continued coinage are united, have ample means and :1 powerful press to back them. They have studied the question and with great ingenuity have appealed to the honor, the patriotisni, and to the fears of the people: while those whose interests would be best subserved by the continuation of such coin- age are to :1 large extent unconscious ofthe daii— ger that surrounds them, or of the cause which has produced the present hard times for the debt- or class. ‘ Assuining from their vocation to know more about finance and tinxinciering than the common people, the bankers allege and expect us to be- lieve: 1st. That there is too much money now in the coiiiitry—iiiore than can be used in its business. And to prove this they “point with pride” to the fact that their bank vaults are full of unused money and the government has a vast surplus in its treasury. 2d. That the silver dollars that are being coined are dishonest doll:irs—that to put them into circulation as legal tender dollars, is to compel creditors to take eighty cents for a dollar on their claims, and is repudiation to that extent. 3d. That the continued coinage of silver dol- lars will force the gold from the country and flood it with foreign silver to the great injury of our business and our commerce. 4th. That gold is the world‘s measure of value and we must conform to the financial cus- toms of Ellglfllltl and Germany or lose our for- eign trade. And, 5th. That the silver dollars cannot be circu- lated among the people and are forced back into the treasury at great expense for transportation and storage. If these statements are sound, then indeed should the law be repealed and the coinage of silver dollars stopped. Let us examine each one of these objections separately and see if they are sound. 1st. Is it true that the circulation of currency is too large, and does the fact that the banks of the country are full of unused money, and that the government has a surplus of many millions in its treasury, prove that there is too much money in circulation? Does it not prove that the banks and the United States treasury have absorbed alarge portion of the money of the country and are holding it for a rise, and that this cry for the stoppage of the silver coinage is one of their financial schemes to corner the inon- ey market and effect their purpose? There are now over seven hundred millions, including capital stock and surplus, invested in National Banks and about three hundred mil- lions invested in private banking, making over one thousand millions invested in the banking business in the United States. For the last twelve years this kind of‘i1ivestnieiit has yielded to its owners an average net earning over and above insurance and taxation of nine per cent. per annum. There is no risk in the business if honestly conducted; no other business has paid like it—-neither farming, manufacturing, mining, commerce or trade. \\"hile this dividend has been earned, the purchasing power of their capi- tal stock for every species of property produced by labor, has increased over twenty-five per cent. The banking business has been so much safer and more profitable than any other business that capital has been withdrawn from productive in- dustry and invested in banks, until one billion of money has been locked up from every busi- ness enterprise that can not pay over eight per cent. interest on its capital. One hundred and forty-five National Banks have been organized within the last year and $16,938,000 withdrawn from productive industry and invested in them. All of the immense profit of this business has been a direct tax upon the industry of the country until it has taxed a large proportion of it out of existence and the money has returned to the banks to lay idle in their vaults. They now ask Congress to stop the coin- age of silver for the reason that they have near- ly all the money there is, and can not loan it out on good security at eight per cent. A very good reason one would think for issuing more. But without following this argument further we have a eomplete answer in a law of finance, which has no exceptions and has not varied in any nation since history began, which is this: When money is plenty, the la- borer, the farmer, the manufacturers, the common carriers and the merchants thrive, and the debtors are able to lift their bur- dens. When riioney is scarce these classes suffer and the creditor class thrives. Just now the debt- or, the laborer, the farmer and the manufacturer are not thriving; on the contrary they are stiffer- ing severely; while the_ creditor class are tliriv- ing iniinensely. It is very evident from this that there is not too much monev in the country. 2d. Is the silver dollar a dishonest dollar? By act of Congress ripproved April 2. 179‘-' provision was made for coining silver -.loli;iis, each ofwliich should contain 371}; gr:.iii~ ofiine silver and 44%» grains of pure copper. which dollar was made the unit of value and ii legal tender for all demands. The copper alloy was, given, no: to increase its value, but to harden it, , and inake it more durable. Under this act the ' weight of the dollar was 416 grains. By act of Jaiiu-.iry 18, 1837, the weight of the silver dollar was changed from 416 to 412}; grains by taking from the coin 3}»-_’. grains of copper, the amount of pure silver re- maining the same from the time of the first coin- , age in 1792 up to the act of February 12, 1873, 1 when silver was demonetized and the coinage ' stopped. During all this time the 371,‘/I grains of silver contained in the dollar was worth from three to five per cent. more in the markets of the world than the 23.22 grains of gold in the gold dollar. The silver dollar of the present law is ' exactly the same as that of the law of 1337 when silver was at a premium over gold. This dollar has not been clipped and the 371,34’ grains of pure silver in it will purchase as much and more of the products of labor in the markets of the world to-day—(the single item of gold cxcepted)—tliaii it would in 1873 when it was at a premium of more than 3 per cent. over gold, and when by act of Congress its coinage was stopped. Not only this, but, at the present time the silver in our dollar as bullion will pur- chase more of the products of labor in the mar- ket of the world than it would at any time be- tween 1873 and the present date. The trouble then is not with the silver dollar4it is not a dis- honest dollar—it has not deteriorated, but meas- ured by labor which is the true measure of all values, the value of silver has increased in the last ten years over five per cent. (To be witti/zm'il.) -~ —— li.r\’l‘T[.l-I CREEK, Jan. 8, 1886. Tu '1'. Cobb, .8‘:/znu/(raft, illir/1. At a regular meeting of Pennfield Grange, No. 85, held Jan. 8, 1886, the following resolution was presented and on motion was adopted: R'rsulrrnz', That so much as remains unexpended of the amount advanced by this Grange to the state Grange as zn defense fund against the drive well patent infringement suiLs be tendered as our contribution to :1 permanent de- fense fund against similar patent infringement suits. in ac- cordance with the recommendatioii of our State Grange Secretary. Also, Richard Keeler was appointed to solicit siibscriptioiis for the (,.il{Al\'t;E \'isi'ro1i. ‘R. l{r.1-;i.r.R, Sec'y. —-—:oI=>&— ’;Ro'r111-1R Colin.-l will contribute a few lines and mention :1 most pleasant meeting with Acina Grange, llillsdalc County. liy iiivitcitioii of l-lro. George I Mead, the \Vortliy Mziste-r,l was invited to come and deliver two lectures, one in the daytime and the other in the evening. At 10 .~\. \1. the pleasaiit Hall of Acma Grange \\':‘.s well filled to listen to what your .-;erv:int had to offer, and for the space of one hour and a half seemed to be fully interested. At 6 1'. .\1. the hall was again packed, when the regular order was taken up, and for over an hour singing, dcc. lamatioiis, and essays occupied the full time, after ivhicli came the speaking from your servant, and all seeiiied to unite in one verdict, that the meet- ings were :1 grand siiccess. Many, very many outside the gates were present and seemed fully to appreciate the good work of the Grange. I would say llrotlier George I. Mead is one of the old battle-scarred veterans of the late war and now gives the best of his energies to Grange work. Fora long time he has been the pillar and Worthy Master of 1\(',1]1£l Grange. He has been called under the clouds of mourning by the loss of his life conipaniois. The Grange and the Society in which Mrs. Mead was an active member, miss her noble example , biitlier work, we trust, was well done and hers has been the gain. T. F. M. Notes by the Way. III. li.-ii