;§ ... 1 " THE FARMER IS OF MORE COJVSEQ UEJVCE THAN THE F.4RJlI, ./.‘1Jl/'1) SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVE .” VOLUME Xl—-No. 34. 3’ WHOLE NUMBER 234. COLDWATER, MICH.. MAY 15, 1886. { Printed by A. . ALDRICH & CO. Publishers of the C0 WATER REPUBLICAN. OFFICIAL DIRECTOR I/'. Omoers National Grange. Mut¢r—PUT DARDEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . J/Iississippi Or-rrner— AMES (_ DRAPER. . .Massachusetts bct'ur:r— ORT. WI-IITEEI EAD. . . . .Ncw Jersey $l¢ward—]. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wcst Virginia A_,-,-;_,-{mg} St:umr4'—\V. H. STINSON . .New. Hampshire c;.a,s1m'u—A. J. ROSA ......................... ..Texas .’I‘r¢a..mrrr—F. M. MCDOWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . .New York Secr:tar_r—_]NO. TRIMBLE, 5x4 F St.,Washington, D.C. Gate Kteprr-—H. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delaware C'tre:—MRS. KATE DARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Pmmma—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky Flora-—MRS. JAMES C. DRAPER . . . . . . . Massachusetts Lady Asrirtant 5trwarz1—MRS. E. M. LIPSCOMB, South Carolina Executive Committee. J. M. BLANTON, Ch’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virgini_i J. H. BRIGHAM... ....._..Ohio J. J, WOODMI-\N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michigan Ufllcers Michigan State Grange. Ma:t2r—C. G. LUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilead 0ver.re:r—]OHN I-IOLBROOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansrng Lecturer-—}'ERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battlc Creek St¢'w4rd'—HARRlSON l3RADSl————--—— THE time spent in scouring plows, or running to the shop for repairs, when the soil is in condition for working, is criminal waste. The time to put imple- ments in repair is before their use is re- quired. All bright surfaces should have been covered with a. mixture of lamp- black and kerosene and carefully pre- served from abrasion when last put away.—-— Tribune and Farmer. ———-——-<0-——j——— A connnsponnanr is informed that mice-gnawed (girdled) apple trees may be saved by inarching grafts—four or five in each tree——connecting the living wood above and below the injury. If. discovered at once,covering the wound- ed places with grafiing wax and mount- ing with earth, fully covering the wound, would have been proper.——C/zicago T ribzme. ——:-—-—-—o>j-—————— SINCE the organization of the Ameri- can Pomological Society, nearly 38 years ago, more than 6oo named varie- ties of fruits have, by common consent, been discarded and their places in the catalogue filled by better sorts. j———-no-—-———- THE best grass for an orchard is un- doubtedly orchard grass with red clover, or red clover alone. Plenty of : seed should be used. Cut when weeds make their appearance, afterwards pas- ture with hogs or sheep. : ORGANIC and inorganic matter in the soil is what forms and fattens the plant. Like the overfed. cow, the soil some- times suffers fromindige-stion. ——:————nou———————— THOSE who have used the Boss Zinc and Leather Collar Pads and Ankle Boots say they are the best and cheap- est, because most durable. They will last a life time. Sold byharness makers on 60 days’ trial. DEXTER CURTIS, febrmg Madison, Wis. lnsecticides.—The Pests of Flow- er, Fruit and.Ve etable Grow- ers have Come—~ eans of Rid- dance. With the rapid advent of summer comes the horde of insect pests which prey upon our flowers and fruits and paralyze the eflorts of the enthusiastic floriculturist and horticulturist._ Many remedies for the destruction of insect enemies have been tried with partial success, but arsenic preparations have proved the most efficatious for the speedy and thorough. extermination of all insects which eat flower or foliage. The fears of fatal accidents incident to the use of poisonous insecticides are being dispelled, and long-continued ex- periments have proved the proper dilu- tion and application of Paris green and London purple safe and infallible in the destruction of the Currant worm, po- tato beetle, pear slug, and codling moth. The secret of success in the destruction [of omnivorous insects will be found in idestroying them during the incipient period of their growth, and before irre- parable injury is done, or any possible bad results apprehensible from the ef- fects of poisonous applications to edible fruits or vegetables. A close examination of the currants and gooseberries will reveal the young worms already massed near the center and bottom of the bush and eating the young tender foliage. A light applica- tion of Paris green, either by spraying or sifting, will kill them at this stage, and may be repeated if necessary. The potato beetle will now be found, winging his way o’er forest and field, with wonderful instinct, intent upon dis- covering his favorite esculent. He knows and will find his tuber if left on the ground, and will congregate around a pile of potatoes and endure a preca- rious existence until an early-planted field gives him more dainty food. He cannot be wholly exterminated, except by some parasitic enemy, but by slicing a few tubers seasoned to his taste with Paris green, and placing in the fields, myriads of them can be destroyed be- fore the young shoots appear above ground. Immediately after this occurs an application of Paris green and flour should be made, which will destroy a large part of the old warriors, thus mak- ing the close of the fight comparatively easy. The pear slug is found every season and in all localities, and will certainly destroy young pear and cherry trees if allowed to kill their foliage during mid- summer. The old method of beating them to death with road dust or lime and ashes, I have found to be impracti- cable, except upon very small trees. Spraying the trees with a very slight in- fusion of Paris green will kill the slug every time, and two applications during the season will be found sufficient. I believe that Professor Cook of the Agricultural college at Lansing was one of the first who proved the complete efficiency of the destruction of the cod- ling moth by spraying apple trees with a solution of Paris green. Among the fair fruit can be grown, and the moth destroyed by this method, the exper- ience of Mr. Moody, of Lockport, N. Y., as related by him at the meeting of the American Pomological Society at Grand Rapids, is the most notable. After proving that the moth could be destroyed by one application of Lon- don purple or Paris green, made imme- diately after the fall of the bloom, he had invented a machine for spraying his large orchard of 1,500 trees, and had used it during the season of 1884 with perfect success. A large tank filled with the solution was placed upon a. common wagon, and gearing attached to the wheels. The gearing operated a pump which forced a stream through a hose, throwing a broad spray over the whole tree while the wagon was in mo- tion. The work was speedily done at very small cost. A great variety of in- expensive hand pumps are now being made, which will be found suficient for the needs of the ordinary farmer and fruit grower. Where the application of poisons may be considered dangerous, emulsion of kerosene and soap may prove eflicient, and are of great value in destroying scale or bark lice and many species of caterpillars. Pyrethrum is not a poison, but des- troys certain classes of insects which have respiratory glands, by inhalation. The question of the proper dilution of the virulent poisons used as insecti- cides is of great importance, and as a general guide for a proper formula, I append “Oflicial directions furnished by the National Bureau of Entomology.” Lana’mzpurple—- To 20 pounds flour from % to % pound is added and well mixed. This is applied with a sifter or blower. With 40 gallons water % to '% pound is mixed for spraying. Paris grem—With 20 pounds flour from % to one pound is mixed and ap- plied by sifting or by a blower. The same amount of the insecticide to 40 gallons of water is used as a spray. Bzkzilplzile qf Carbon——For use in the ground a quantity is poured or injected among roots that are being, infected. Against insects damaging stored grain or museum material asmall quantity is used in an airtight vessel. Car-bah‘: A;-:'d—A solution of one part in mo of water is used against parasites on domestic animalsgand in their barns and sheds; also ,on the surfaces of plants and among the roots in the ground. flelltéore-—-The powder is sifted on 0 many who have successfully proved that . alonofiéori‘ mixed‘ art tii3"',‘.f§o‘«.of flour. With oneigallongf water fl pound is mixed for spraying. ' A'ero.re7ze-./l[z'l.é Emu/sz'on.-—-To 1 part milk add 2 parts kerosene, and churn by force-pump or other agitator. The but- ter—like emulsion is diluted ad libitum with water. An easier method is to simply mix 1 part kerosene with 8 of milk. Soap Emzrlsion.--111 one gallon hot water % pound whale-oil soap is dissolved. This, instead of milk, is mixed to an emulsion with kerosene n the same manner and proportions as above. Pyrel/zrzmzr Persian [II.S‘t'[l Powder-— Is’ blown or sifted on dry; also applied in water, I gallon to a tablespoonful of the powder, well stirred and then sprayed. Tulumv ])emr/z'm2—-'1‘ his is made as strong as possible as a wash or spray to kill insect pests on animals and plants. — IV. .4. Brown, in A//(gait Gazelfc. .... éumnutnicatious. -J. E tracted Paragraphs. [During the past months when has been the harvest ofGrange work the VIsl'I'0R was liberal- ly supplied with fruits from that abundant in- gathcring which, in some respects, has distinc- tively marked this year with progress in the Order. The columns of our paper have been filled by the pens of their readers, in most part. It is not needful to say such support is ap- preciated. VV'e still have on hand alarge numberof papers that were read at Grange meetings, reports of officers, and other manuscripts that for their length, their somewhat local interest, and on account of the unavoidable delay in their ap- pearance, are difficult to present in a satisfactory manner. A few would gladly see each paper printed in its entirety, but the many readers find little time or inclination to peruse so much of length and of interest to them only in a general way. To meet this embarrassment we have selected such passages from these papers as are of common helpfullness to all, and give proper credit to the papers from which they are taken. —En. [From “Scraps,” by Mrs. L. Cannon, before State Fanners’ Institute at Rochester,Mich.] I.et music bring its soothing power, And hallowed make the twilight hour. In times ofpeace, or scenes of strife, How much like music is our life? Each life is like :1 wondrous melody, Or short, or long: A wailing cry at first and then a dirge Closes life’s song. Sometimes do long drawn out and sorrowful, We wish no more, Sometimes one short, sweet, perfect strain And life is o’er. When hearts are young and happy hope will sing, Light on her way, Entrancing airs caroled in silvery tone The livelong day. As wiser, deeper, holier thoughts arise, Grand anthems roll, Chorus of melody-in volume comes Thrilling the soul. But discords spoil the harmony ere long, A grating jar, Life’s toil and trouble murmurs through the song, Its beauties mar. Then minor chords in mournful cadence wail A low, sad strain, In plaintive quavers deftly dies away, Life’s last refrain. Love and joy and hope should smile In the farmer’s household all the while. Let the farmer’s wife receive her share Of loving thought and tender care. Tell her you love her, many a weary wife Would find the heartache lifted from her life If the dear husband—loving her, no doubt- Would only romzlirrzer let the secret out. You think she knows it, that's enough, you say, And where's the good of telling her each day Those simple words, “I love you," when you said Them o’er and o'er again the day you wed. But do you never think that women's hearts Are like the tender lant or grass that starts So fresh and full of ife? Suppose the rain Should deluge them in springtime, then re- frain. Suppose the blessed dew that falls each night, And sinks into their hearts with morning light, _ Should say, “I’m such a little, trifling thing, That after all the rain they had in spring They'll hardly need my little offering.” How would we find the tiny, fragile flower, Needing the moisture every day and hour? Only a withered, dried up, dying thing, Just like the shriveled hearts to which we cling. Is there a fountain of perpetual youth? Then law must be its source. We find, in truth, The loving hearts are those that ne'er grow old, For love ljlvill treasures give "not bought with go . [From essay—subject, “Industry?’—written by Mrs. R. W. Freeman, Litchfield.] A life of idleness is one of the direst of all curses. The doctrine that industry, even of the hnmblest character, is dishonorable we must resolutely trample in the dust as false and dangerous, and contend that an industrious, honest scavenger is really a more honorable man than the most fashionable dandy who idles away his time on Broadway, in ladies’ draw- ing—rooms, in rinks and in billiard sa- loons. Thus eschewing false ideas, and making every moment fruitful of some good to mind or body, to himself or to others, he cannot fail of -a plentious har- vest of advantages as life advances. Nothing great is ever achieved except by industry and earnest application, combined with an orderly arrangement of the object in view, From this may be clearly seen the importance of habits of industry and order. Without them little can be done; with them almost everything. The working men and women of our country are its truest nobility. ‘ " Industry and perseverence, coupled with fidelity can do anything, but with- out them nothing can be done. We can trace the larger part of vices to the idler. Idleness is the nursery of crime. Hammer away‘ thou sturdy smith, at tha.t'bar of iron; for thou art bravely forging thy own destiny. Weave on in glad content, industrious worker of the mill, for thou art weaving cloth of gold, though thou seest not its luster. Plow and plant, and rear and reap, ye tillers of the soil, for those brown acres of yours are pregnant with nobler fruit- age than that which hung in Eden. The man or woman who is above labor, and disyises industry, shows a want of common sense, and forgets that every article that is used is the product ofindustry. The air they breathe, the circulation of blood in their veins IS the industry of the God of nature. [From an essay on “The Grange” by .\Irs. t). I. \Vatkins.] The Grange fits our members for true citizens, and attendence at Grange meetings will be of more practical and valuable instruction, not only in matters pertaining to sociability, charity, benev- olence, visiting, &c., but by serving on committees, making reports, participat- ing in and presiding over debates than could be obtained in any other manner. The Grange stimulates the latent talent as well as the laudable ambition ofits members,.and places them on their true merits, unhampered by the influence of sphere or cast, it gives us something to do that is useful both for self and others, and provides a place where an afternoon or evening can be spent away from the temptations and danger- ous associations that ruin so many of our youth, an_d we are sorry to say, old ones too. It also provides tangible, practical aid in time of sickness and distress; and in the event of death en- sures a fraternal and decent burial. And so we might go on and tell you of the many different ways the Grange would benefit the farmer and his family if they would avail themselves of the privileges proffered them by the Grange. [From essay read by Miss Jennie Thomas before Hillsdale County Pomona Grange.] I think there is but little benefit that accrues to any member who goes to the Grange from one end of the year to the other and never advances one idea for the good of the Order morally, socially, intellectually, or for its well being in any way. If I belong to the Grange merely for the social part, I should have to talk more, but I can meet friends on the streets or at their homes for social conversation, and thus save the expense of belonging to the Grange. But here I find opportunities to learn something that shall benefit me hereafter. The educational benefits of the Grange are not a few. [From report of I. M. Carpenter, as W. L. of Manistec District Grange.] Keep life as long as there is a thread of hope. The good time will come again and new life will come with it and despondency give way. I saw a Brother Patron at Reed City last month from the State of Pennsylva- nia, and in our conversation about Granges and Grange work, and in speak- ing of his own Grange, he said to me: “Do not be discouraged; seven mem- bers of us met once in two weeks for one year and a half. It was thought and supposed by many that the Grange was extinct, but it was not. The cloud passed away and the sun shown out again brighter than ever, and to-day we are the Banner Grange of our county." You that are under a cloud take heart ,‘ it will pass away. You need not die. Light and life, the principle (or sun) of our Order, is as bright as ever. The cloud only obscures for a time; it does not affect the sun or great principle, which is high up above all clouds and cannot be affected by it. A cloud will come over a Grange whenever its mem- bers lose sight of the great principle and it begins tojrule by individual will. So always keep the full force of light, and out of the shadow of clouds, keep _close to the principle and no cloud will obscure the true vision, and all will be well. [From essay——subject, “Honey Bees,”-—read by T. M. Cobb before Harmony Grange, No. 337.] It might be interesting to speak of some of the changes produced by the introduction of one of these beautiful golden Italian queens into a swarm of black or German bees. They are sent by mail from apiarists who make a specialty of raising them, enclosed with 15 or 20 worker bees in small wooden cases, and securely covered in with wire netting. Their food while on the journey consists of a candy made by kneeding fine dry sugar with nice ex- tracted honey until a stiff dough-like candy is made; and it is wonderful how securely they go in the mail-bags to and from all parts of this country, and even across the ocean. The first thing to be done in intro- ducing a new queen is to find and re- move the black queen, which is some- times quite a difficult matter. Black queens are very shy, and it requires a. skilled eye to catch them. Not so with the Italians. They are not so easil disturbed, and I have often seen them keep right on depositing eggs in the tiny cells when handling a frame of comb with the bees adhering. After taking away the old queen, could we drop the "new one right in, the job would be soon done, but this would be sure death to her majesty. She must be caged and put do be- tween the combs among the b s for several hours until she acquires the same scent and all get acquainted. The skilled apiarist can easily tell by the actions of the swarm when it will do to liberate her; probably in about 24 or 48 hours. If she is accepted by the bees, and all things are favorable, she begins very soon.to perform her matron- ly duties; and it is wonderful indeed what powers she possesses. Those who have observed closely state that two to three thousand eggs‘ in 24 hours 15 within the laying capacity of a good queen during the season of activity, when honey is being gathered most plentiful. These eggs are tiny white specks glued fast in a precisely uniform position in the bottom of the empty comb-cells. In just four days the egg hatches, and we can see in the bottom of the cell a milk-like substance, placed there by the worker bees; floatingin this, if we look very closely, we may see a speck of a. worm. In eight days this little worm has grown so fast upon the food furnished by the bees that it fills the cell, and is then cupped over——-shut in from sight. It spins a. silken lining to its cell, and in 21 days from the egg cuts the capping from its prison and crawls forth aperfect bee. For about 16 (lays they are employed within the hive in comb-building, cupping cells of brood and honey, caring for the hatch- ing larvae, and are called “nurse-bees.” After this period they fly to the fields and are honey-gatherers. If the season is propitious, and all things move prosperously within the hive, in about four weeks after intro- ducing this queen of different race and golden hue, if we take the cover from the top of the frames in the hive in the middle of a pleasant day, we shall see a beautiful sight—young Italians with golden stripes are seen in the place of the black ones so numerous before. Of this race all are honey-gatherers now, and are fast wearing themselves out in gleaning the fields for those with- in the hive. In about six weeks the transformation is complete, as I have proved again and again by my own observation, and the beautiful Italians by thousands and tens of thousands fill every part of the hive, and are sending forth their battal- ions daily to gather in the sweets that nature so lavishly spreads in field and forest. [From “Scraps,” read by Mrs. L. Cannon at State Farmers’ Institute at Rochester, Mich.] “V\"e are but women. \V'hat can women do?” Over and over all a long night through, That simple statement and the question plain Unresting kept my scarcely conscious brain; ’Till, hall awakened, half asleep, I thought Ofmany deeds by noble women wrought. “\\’e are but women. \Vhat can women do?" My soul made answer, “All she wishes to." It is but true when women want more “rights" They‘\'e naught to do but take them; for all heights, All depths, all breadths, all compass that she will, \Vhat place so e’er she chooses she can fill. Time was when mankind said to her, “thus far And no whit farther. There we place a bar; And it would be unwomanly to try To overstep the bounds or pass them by.” But now the answer is, to all, so plain, None may repeat the words of this refrain. “What can a woman do?" One need but ask, What’_s to be done? No matter what the task Or what required. Be it courage, skill, Patience, discretion, wisdom, strength or will. Through every avenue she enters in W/zere wanzenfail, men need’ not /2019: lo win. ——j———-—o>————-——— The Patrons and the Knights. EDITOR GRANGE VlSlTOR2——Tlle labor question, the wrongs of the agricultural class, adulteration of food and articles of commerce, and the liquor question, are kindred subjects and are the results ofa perversion of the God given facul- ties from their legitimate use. The de- plorableconditions of things in regard to the above subjects are the outgrowth of circumstances aided by an almost total lack of restraints or balancing power in our political and business re- lations. Men’s characters are molded, if not made, by their surroundings. There is no doubt if those who are now the sufferers, and are the loudest in denounciation, had been placed in the positions of those complained of, the situation to-day would not greatly differ from what it is. Humanity at large has made the conditions, individ- uals have accepted them. To prove this statement, we have only to remem- ber that the epithet, rascal, is applied only to him who fails. He who suc- ceeds, no matter how reprehensible his method, is the shrewd business man, and the public is ever ready to do him homage, while the noblest work of God, an honest man, lives and dies in obscurity and poverty. To create a sound moral public senti- ment that shall judge and reward men for what they are, and not from what they are worth, is the task before us; and we may not hope for its full ac- complishment until humanity shall ac- cept and practice the golden rule in its letter and spirit. I Something, however, may be accom- plished from a lower standpoint. Self- interest prompts us to act in self—defence, and from this plane are projected the various movements already begun, to establishfla. ‘more equitable system of compensation in regard to capital and labor, and the supression of other wrongs. Hencewe have organizations, calculated to enact the objectsnamed. The Knights of Labor is one of the last formed and is just now occupying a prominent place in public attention. Their declaration of principles are mainly sound, but I fear their actions are too hasty and inconsiderate. Their . ranks are filled with raw recruits who are ready to take the offensive with a. MAY .15, isse. . ' '“'= ‘”"“‘“"*””“"”" ‘ ’ . =I-HE v:i:s:i:!:i:'cR.. -'3 vindictive purpose, relying upon a sup- posed power they dp not yet possess, with the fallacious idea that they can override the laws of the land with im- punity. They are, in so doing, injuring their cause before the world and hasten- ing a result they should by all means avoid, namely—-a collision between the representatives of capital and labor. Both should strive to harmonize one with the other. As one is useless with- out the other, and in a strike or contest labor is usually the loser. Capital can live longer without labor than labor without capital, and labor’s products advance in price when supply ceases—_—- a direct gain to capital, while labor is starving. . _ Knights of Labor, your organization is yet an infant. Give yourselves time to grow until every worthy laborer in America is within your order. In the meantime effect what Y0“ Callrpeace’ ably, by your ballots, by the influence of your manly bearingand b)’ that f‘“§h' fulness and care ‘for your €_mP1°YeT5 1”‘ terests that will increase his respect for you and your value to him. DO this, and when you have the unquestionable ower to enforce justice, no demand Iwill be needed. You will have granted all your rights; no blood will flow nor revolution follow. ‘ _ I believe in organizations such as the_ Patrons of Husbandry and Knights of Labor’ not alone because they give the power’resulting from united action, but because they are schools in which their members may be educated in a better understanding of their own P°51“°"» their rights and the rights of others, and in the better methods to obtain them. If ever we reach the solution of these problems of labor and wrongsit will be, I believe, through some society _ that will have secured the membership of the whole laboring class. _ Combination and education must go hand in hand; the one will give tcllie power to do, the other wisdom to 0 right C. S. I\ILLMER. Arenac, Mich. , ’ From My Diary- ARE FARMERS, AS A CLASS, ABUSED AND OVERRIDDEN? “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underliugs-” Is the oft repeated assertion that far- mers are abused and overridden true? I have heard speakers at farmers’ clubs and institutes repeatedly 3-556" that the price on everything they bought or sold was fixed for them by 0939753 that some one else dictated terms and made their bargains for them. When I have heard such assertions I could not help thinking that a class of intelligent men who would submit to such double dictation were certainly lacking in the true manly grit to manage their own af- fairs. But I do not think that the far- mers who listened to these statements believed them to be true. They kntro that it took two to make a bargain, affd that either of them was free to act in buying and selling. And they seeming- ly acquiesced in the speaker’s statement, trusting that he would further explain it, and then show them the way out of this trouble. But the proof of such_state- merits and the way_ out of such difficul- ty have not been given by these speak- ers. The usual advice at such times has been, “organize, and send more far- mers to the Legislature to help _m3-lie better laws!” This is good advice as far as it goes, and as fast_a5 P°55‘l’1° should be carried out. But in the mean- while the husbandmen should n0t 136 idle. It may be a long time before the tillers of the soil can give the_legisl_at1v_e ai_d to bring about a change in. this di- rection, and they would behrelleved t0 have something to do While tllfise changes are being brought about. Let them take a lesson from themselves. When they have planted trees they do not fold their arms and Patlemly W3-it for the fruit, but they usually put berries, - potatoes or something else between the trees from which they getimmediate ze- turns. Thus while the wide_ awake fa_r- mer is waiting for greater things he will bring about profitable returns from smaller things. And, on the other hand, while he is waiting for the legislative “pear” to get ripe ,he_ should be prepar- ing himself to pluck it when the proper time comes. These times call for ready, eflicient men. And no man, it would_ seem, is in a better training school than the farmer to fit himself for the full part he may be called upon to perform in life. He is every day and every hour brought face to face with practical dif- ficulties that he has to overcome with practical means. And he is beglnmng to find out that his wrongs are Dot t0 be remedied but by the Patient» -°-t'=3dY: plodding work of practical men, h°_lP€d by the development of an lfltelhgmt and u right pubhc opinion. We have state before in these columns that farm- ing, or the pursuit of husbandry’, ‘[35 one of the best schools for developing the full man. The farmer has that su- erior training that" attends the educa- iion of the hand in unison with the edu- cation of the head that the city does not give. We get from statistics this fact- three-fourths of our great men come from the farm and the w0_I'k5h°P- The exptanation of this is easily foundi It may not be due to superior men.“ 9?‘ pacity. We do not know that the chi d born in the country _is endowed with $31- perior intellectual gifts to those born in the city; but the country 50)’ °°v"lY'8°l-5 the habit of diligence, mdu§try and tllfe proper use of his time. From early li e o be is thrown into constant contact with things; and is, while young, trained to _do some useful work, to perform at reg- ular and stated periods duties which in- volve a certain amount of personal re- sponsibilities and which develop tact and ingenuity. Thus his time, outside of school hours, is taken up with acts of labor and habits of attention and ap- plication are cultivated. With the boy reared in the city it is quite different, especially if his parents are wealthy; there is nothing for him to do but play. Then with these advantages, with this power at his command, strengthened by habits of attention and application, it is no wonder that the country boy excels his city cousin both in the city school and in the race of life. The farmer, it is true, has more need of ‘“a spur to prick the side of his in- tent” than men in most other vocations. He knows when he has planted his crop that nature, ever kind to him, will bring it forth in full maturity. Hence he is inclined to relax his own efforts, trust- ing that in the proper season there will be an abundant crop. But nature, ab- horring ignorance as well as idleness, says to the farmer, “The best crop of wheat is only to him who has learned the most of wheat culture; the best fruit only to him who has secured the most practical knowledge of fruit culture; the best stock only to him who is the most tlwroug/zéred stock raiser.” Hence we see that in all this“thefarmeris of more importance than the farm, and should be first improved.” Let the farmer, then, seek every means in his power to educate himself and he will find that as he improves in knowledge his farm will produce a better and more abundant crop. Let the spirit of industry and culture preside in our farm-homes; let the children in those homes have the advantages of a good education, and our farmers will advance to the com- manding positions they are entitled to hold in every department of life‘/_ B * From the Paclfic_Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 22, '86. GRANGE VisiToR:—-You see by this that I am over on the Pacific coast. Everything here has been written and rewritten, so I can hardly expect to tell you anything new. Although I find much after reading and interviewing parties who have visited here that I had not formed a correct idea in re- gard to. I will not at this time describe the route I came over, but will simply tell you of to-day’s sights. This morning I stepped on the cable street cars which, by the way, are the perfection of street- car transportation, and we went swiftly over the steep hills four miles to Golden Gate Park, where we take a car drawn by an engine and proceed four miles farther to the. Cliff House; and here we are on the shore of the old Pacific Ocean, looking far out on its swelling tide and listening to the music of its rolling billows as they come dashing in at our feet. We proceed to the front of the Cliff House and take a seat for the purpose of rest and getting a view of the seals and so called seal rock-s be- fore us. The Cliff House stands on a rocky point jutting slightly out into the ocean. Out from shore r 5 to 30 rods, I should think, standing up out of water from 15 to 50 feet, are the much talked of rocks, ‘around which“ the seals ’disport»them- selves. Hundreds of them were swim- ming around and clambering on these rocks where they lay and sun them- selves. There were several very large ones—one old fellow in particular, called Ben Butler, seemed to be king of the rocks. A man asked if they feed these seals to keep them here? “No, nothing- catch fish all day.” Just now a sperm whale showed himself a short distance off shore, attracting and exciting atten- tion of the crowd by showing his brown back far above the water and spouting a column of water high up in the old fashioned way. The day being bright, mild and balmy, with hundreds of others, we started for a stroll along the beach, picking up stories and shells, and oc- casionally being caught in the incom- ing waves.- Some of the ladies were considerably sprinkled, if not baptized, in the holy waters of the old Pacific. There are thousands of eastern peo- ple in the city, and still they come. Fraternally, EMMONS BUELL. .. ~ cowardice Reviewed. In an article of April I 5, Bro. Killmer renews his attack on the agricultural class. To start with his dilemma is hornless or purely imaginary. In ad- dition to reasons given in aprevious article, why farmers do not as a mass . demand their rights and with an over- whelming majority take them, the Bro. should remember that there has been other ‘ great issues vital to our govem— ment that have demanded their atten- tion. Nor have our domestic troubles yet wholly subsided; while there is at least another great evil pressed on our attention to consider. To bring the farmers’ cause prominently before the public would necessarily cause a great deal of political friction, if not recon-' struction, and this will demand time and patience. But was it pure ignorance of just what were their rights, this _would not make them fools, nor is it the way to enlighten to call them so. It has the sound of an enemy, and in the end he might find his fools his wise enemies. It is not necessary to nicely define Grange principles. The Grange was or- ganized that farmers might know their rights better and defend them and might rise to their true position in society and in the government. Oposi- tion to these principles and conditions existed before the Grange did. It was the deplorable condition of the former and giant evils that threatened to bring the agricultural class into the same con- ditition as the same class in Europe that brought the Grange into existence; and if the Grange does not come into contact with any oftheseit is not meet- ing the end for which it was raised up. The whole social, civil and political firmament is dark with threatening clouds. Then there are local opposi- tion that do not effect all alike. The Catholic Church and several religious denominations for conscientious rea- sons give the Grange no little trouble, besides there are innumerable prejudi- ces to overcome that continually irritate. Inside of the gates the Brother has pointed out some of the difficulties; though Adams Grange in this respect, I think, is a model. But the Brother says he still does not believe there is any active opposition “only where self- interest is concerned.” That is well put in; nearly all our opposition origin- ates in selfishness, nor is there any op- position but what is active. The Brother lacks patience. In- deed, does history reveal for the Church “a. broad path of blood stretching from the earliest ages to the 19th century?” and yet under this its most favorable conditions for growth, according to his theory, it was over 3oo years before it gained the ascendancy over one empire; yet he complains, as I understand him, that the Grange in i3 years has not brought this great nation to its feet. He thinks that in the Knights of Labor we have V a‘ “dangerous rival.” The Grange has had its Bulls Run, the Knights have not; but there are symp- toms in their uncontrolable element of its near approach-. I am glad to agree with the Brother in one thing. In his closing remarks had he left off the semi and said noth- ing about treason there would a thous- and Grangers said amen! WM. KERBY. in Wgnstitlf gratings. IOWA. BRO. COBII:—-I enclose a few names for the GRANGE VISITOR and think I shall be able to get 8 few more. Every one likes the paper and say it is cheap enough, but times are so hard it is almost impossible to get money for anything. Our new Grange is doing well. and we should soon have a large membership if tiriies were easier. There were a few farmers in who tried their best to prevent the organization of our Grange, but we succeeded in spite of them and will show them that we mean business. \Ne are talking of establishing a purchasing agency, and traders and dealers seem terribl afraid that we will do something of the kind. Those petitions relating to Inter State Com- merce seen to be doing some good. I wish every Grange in the United States would take hold of this matter. If they would Congress would be likely to pay some attention to this im- portant matter and afford some relief to the pro- ducers of the west. We shall soon face another election of Congressmen, and we shall show 9. little practical sense if we take more care to vote for men whom we can depend upon to take care of the famiers than we have been doing in vot- ing against each other to take care of our politi- cal parties. Farmers have a first duty to perform politically, by taking care of themselves, and it is high time they set about this thing in real earnest. Yours F raternally, A. JUDSON. Silver City, April 26, I886. this community As I HAVE seen nothing in your valuable paper from this part of Iowa. I will try and tell your readers something about Greeley Grove Grange, No. 811. It was organized some 14 years since, with Wm. Bruce as Master. He is now and has always been its Master. It came very near losing its breath a few years ago, but is now convalescing in good shape and bids fair to live to a green old age. It has at presen: , about 40 good working members and we are tak- ing in new ones at almost every meeting. We own our hall, and it answers our purpose very well. We organized a co-operative society and started a small store the first of July, 1885. It was predicted by outsiders that the store would not stay long; but it bids fair to stay, as we have bought a corner lot and propose to go right to work and put up a good substantial building too full stories in height, the upper part to be finished off for a hall. We expect to put our goods into the new building some time in June. Our baby-store has done a great deal more business than the most sanguine expected. We are working on the Rockdale plan. We pay 8 per cent. interest on stock. 1". C. Hazelton, Iowa. BUENA VISTA, Grange No. 544, P. of H.,Iow:i, held special meeting Friday, April 30, at the residence of Bro. R. P. Holmes, our W. Lecturer. A goodly number of Brothers and Sisters were present besides several invited guests. W. Master Davis called to order. After some preliminaries, the subject assigned for discussion —“What is Gold or Silver? what are their differ- ences? what makes them money?”—-was taken up and discussed for about one hour. After the discussion was over Grange closed, and we had a social chit-chat, and supper being announced, all partook; after which we dispersed to our homes to look after the chores. The next special meeting will be held the last Friday in May (28th) at I P. M., at the residence of Bro. C. M. Davis. Subject for discussion: “What are Greenbacks or National Banks?” M. _,.___ PERMIT me to say through your valuable paper to the Secretaries of the several Subordinate Granges in Iowa, that they are earnestly re- quested to _make their quarterly reports, for the quarter ending June 30, I886, promptly to Sec- retary at Newton, Iowa. , Some of the Granges have not reported to this ofiice since I became Secretary} last December. Write to us; make your reports promptly. We want to become acquainted with you personally if we can, by communication if not otherwise. We are a plain old farmer onl ; we are married and wife living, so don't be a raid to write us. . - J. W. MURPHY, ! V Secg, Iowa State Grange. l\ewton, Iowa, May 4, 86. MICHIGAN. I DESIRE to make a request through the VISI- TOR. There must be several sets of the working implements of the Grange in the State that are of no use where they now are. Will some one be willing to donate them for the use of the new Granges just organized? The expense of or- ganizing ‘has been a heavy burden on some of these, and they are poor in pocket though rich in faith. If persons who can furnish those will send me a postal card containing their address, I will give directions for sending them and make arrangements for defraying the expense. PERRY MAYO. A BROTHER in the issue of Feb. I5 gives his experience with sorghum. I tried a small patch last year and the results were gratifying. It is a queer plant and requires attention when small. I planted too deep, and was com lled to take a garden rake and take some 0 the soil off. After once started it requires no more care than corn, and‘ is seemingly as safe a crop. A gallon to a square rod is a fair estimate. It might be advisable to procure seed from near home, or at least from northern grown cane. Presumably Mrs. Andrews suffrage suggestions are not open for remarks; but it seems they can readily be met and answered. No.395 of Oakland County has something to say of “the indepen- dent vote.” Two years ago I had not occasion to vote for the Republican nominee for Gov- ernor, and I spoke with every Democratic mem- ber of our Grange to get one to cross with me and vote for Mr. Luce. Not one would do it, and so I had to vote for him alone, or else sacrifice an “independent vote.” Members will talk one thing, but when it comes to a direct ap- peal to party are too apt to be found wanting. Mr. Moore, in a lecture delivered here, said “The farmer is a mossback and probably always will be.” Now, this is very true when he votes Lapeer Co. No. 396. ALL legitimate efforts of the Knights of La- bor will be encouraged by thejindusturial classes of the country. The farmers of the country are deeply interested in the labor question, and must sympathize with kindred occupations in their efforts to secure a just remuneration for labor. There appears to be an element in this struggle, however, which is made up of the re- fuse of foreign immigration, and is led by old country socialists who if let loose will stop at nothing short of plunder, confiscation and mur- der, unless restrained by the strong arm of the law. This element has been introduced by the very liberal policy of our government, which, while taxing or excluding foreign products, has encouraged the importation of the worst class of foreign laborers. The wheels of commerce may be blocked temporarly by labor organizations, whose mem- bers depend upon the railways and manufactur- ers for their daily bread, but no ‘ ‘court act" will be advised by the officials of the Knights of Labor organizations. But the incendiary masses which are seething and surging in our large cities cannot be controled by any association; and the time may be near at band when farmers and other conservative classes may be required to aid in the enforcement of law,and the defence of property rights against mob violance. Berrien County. w. A. B. I SAW a notice in a. Detroit paper that on the 28th of last month the Knights of Labor associa- tion were to hold a meeting in Grand, Rapids, and a committee from the State Grange were to meet with them for cooperation and sympathy in the workings of the organization. The primary principles and platform of the Order of K. L. is probably correct and might be made beneficial to the class it aims to reach, but of late there are those attaching themselves to it who are envious, suspicious, ignorant and malic- ous, damaging to society and bringing suffering on the innocent. I hope the committee of the Grange will move cautiously in co—operating with this order while it is in such bad repute as now, and not give occasion for discord and wrangling in our hither- to “peaceful borders.” 5. M. I WILL employ a few moments in writing a jot- ting to say to the readers of the VISITOR who are solicitious concerning my health, that it is some- what improving. I had hoped that when spring came, with its bright sunny days and air fragrant with the aroma of fruit blossoms, and everything looked beautiful and inviting, and I could breathe pure fresh air, I should rapidly gain. But I find strength does not come at my bidding and quivering nerves do not always obey my will-power. I try to bear with fortitude my in- ability to perform many necessary duties required of me, and the putting aside much that I would so like to do. Sometimes I have feared I should be obliged to give up writing for the VISITOR entirely, and whenever the thought has come to me it has brought sadnes, for to me it has been one of my most enjoyable and satisfactory pastimes, for in this uiet way I have tried to help the Grange and add my in- fluence as my mite toward its advancement. The blessing has come back tome in its accumu- lation of friends and the gaining of the respect and esteem of numerous readers of the VISITOR. I thank you, my friends, for your sympathy and solicitous feelings expressed, and still enter- tain the hope that I may in the future be able to talk with you by the pen. , I was quite surprised to learn by the pen- description given of Courtland Hill that he was a person of such an advanced age. I had sup- posed he was 50 or 55 years old, judging from the sprightliness of his writings. He must be one of those stalwart, well-preserved men, who have fed on strong, soul-sustaining food, not on trashy novels or poorer class of reading. A co-operative creamery is being established in our cit , and we have just commenced to patronize it. I will tell you of it ere long, and of some of its essential workings. I think I will be able .to answer the questions of “Farmer’s Wifej’ in the affirmative. MYRA. A WORTH Patron from Clark County, Ohio, Rei Rathbon, has been in this county showing- the farmers the most practical farm gate we have ever seen. The Richardson Centennial gate is highly appreciated by all who see it. Famiers contemplating getting good farm gates should look well to their own interest and buy the Centennial. We believe Bro. Rathbon to be a gentleman and will do just what he agrees to do every time. Adams & Yates, of Shelbyvillc, own the eastern part of Allegan County, and will sell farm rights, hangings and gates to farmers at reasonable prices. T. G. A. Slielbyville, Mich. AS wizjourney through this life there is a struc- ture or building which everyone is engaged in erecting, eve one for himself, and every act of life is -a stone in it. If we were building a stone house we would be very careful to have a good foundation; we would also be careful when building up the walls to use nothing but good stones in them, for one rough, uncut, discolored stone in the wall of a stone house will mar its beauty as long as that house stands. Itis so with character. Every building must have a foundation, so must character. If we would take for the foundation stones of our character the four fundamental principles of our noble, Order-—Faith, Hope, Charity and Fidelity—and build up our lives on this foundation with ure, noble and upright deeds, at the end of li e we can stand on this building without fear, honored b all. But as one bad-looking stone in the wall ofa house will mar its beauty, just so one mean, dishonorable,untruthful word or deed will forever leave its impress and work its influence on our character. Character in general is greatly affected by home culture and home influences. Our parents helped us to lay the foundation of our character, and we are now in like manner (those of us who are raising families) helping to lay the founda- tion of our children’s characters. Then let us not forget how important it is that the founda- tion of their character he laid on good principles. Let us not forget that character grows daily, and is not something that can be bought and put on ready-made like a suit of clothing. Every day of our life we add a little to it, and thus it keeps growing up, course by course, story by story- although we are not conscious of it; it is a build- ing that must stand and the word of inspiration warns us to take heed how we build it, to see that we have a foundation that will endure, and make sure that we are not building for the hour in which we live . but for a never ending eternity. Is there any power for good or evil greater than the influence of him whogleads the family, who propagates his own character in the per- sons and souls of his children, who lives his own life over again in the lives of those whom he has begotton? “Like father like son, like mother like daughter.” Set this down as a philosophi- cal principle. Occasional exceptions do not undermine the rule—it is an organic one. The parents impress their character upon their children as unde- signedly, but just as surely, as they impress their shadow upon the ound when they walk out in the sunshine. They cannot help it if they would. They make the home law; fix the pre- cedents; create the home atmosphere, and the “odor of the house” clings to the garments of the children, although they would travel the world over. Then let us endeavor to build good characters for ourselves that our influence may be impressed upon our children, and those who take us as criterions, for a good character is better than rubies, gold crowns, or kingdoms, and the work of making tlieui is the noblest work on earth. D. l£L'ciiANAN. "' VVE ARE glad to report that Alpine Grange, No. 348, is reviving. \Ve are having 9. literary contest between the ladies and genileiiien of the Grange, and all are interested. Please seiirl some extra copies of the VISITOR for committee work. I think the paper better than ever before. MR. FRED \V.\’l‘l£R.\lAN. AT :1 late meeting of I‘almyra Grange, No. 2x2, a committee wasappointcd from each neigh- hood to help make arrangements for Cliildren’s Day. \Ve are going to take Sister l\layo’s ad- vice and invite children outside of the order. We have always‘ done that and find it works well anel gives the children a good deal of en- joyment and pleasure. Our last meeting was well attended, but at this time of the year we are apt to get to the meetings rather late. Mem- bers should try and get there early so the meet- ings can be called on time, otherwise they are apt to hold until a late hour and some of the Patrons get verytired. M. T. COLE. Lenawee Co.. Mich. - ~- --~ - THOMAS NELSON PAGE, the author of “Marse Chan,” one of the most popular stories printed of late years, will publish the longest story he has yet written, in the June Century. It is en- titled "Meh Lady: A Story of the War." The romantic and affecting narrative is putin the mouth ofold Billy, an ex—sla.ve. and it is illus- trated with three designs by W'.,T. Smeclley. gliituaries, BAGGERLY-The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting of Quincy Grunge: WHEREAS. It has pleased the Master of the Urcrit Grange above to remove from the fields of labor here l‘ClvW lo the fields ofetemal green and ever blooming lovliness,Brother and Sister Rueben A. Baggerly. who were members of Quincy Grange, No. 152; be it therefore Resolved, That in the deaths of Brother and Sister Bag- gerly Quincy Grange has lost two cndc'.~r::d members, the Church two humble followers. and community two es- teemed members, whose social virtues endeared them to all; and it might be truly said that death has no victory over them. and is but the eziteinncc into the larger life beyond. Rt.»-air/rd. That the Charter ol'Ouincy Grange he draped’ in mourning for six months; a copy of these resolutions be sent to the friends ofoiir deceased Bmiher and Sister. to whom we render our hezrfelt sympathy in this great afflic- tion, and a cop be sent to the Quincy Harald and: GRANGE Visrron fr’: publication. CoMMi1TnIs. TYLER-— Ivnnus. Death has entered our Grange and taken therefrom our beloved Brother, john 5. Tyler, in the 60th year of his age. Re.rv_lwd. That we sadly miss his sunny face, and feel that _his place can never be filled, but we know that our loss is his gain, for lie was an ardent believer in the re- ligion of Jesus Christ. Resolved, That these resolutions of respect be spread upon the records of the Grange, be sent to the afflicted family, with whom we deeply sympathize, and bepub- lished in the GRANGE VISITOR. MR3. MINNIE E. £11.13. Kalamo Grange, No. 224. CAMPBELL—Died, April 9, after a long and painful illness, our beloved Brother, Cephas Cam bell, one whom we all loved and greatly miss in our Grange circle. Reulrmi, That we, the members of Grove Grange, tender our warmest sympathy to the breavcd family; and Rlrulrzenzfi _That our Charter be draped in mourning for I Period of sixry_days, and notice be sent to the Gimme: VISITOR for publication. MR5. c A. Lnrimt. BUGBEE-- WHEREAS, Divine Providence has seen fit to enter the circle of Grange No. 27 and remove from our midst our worthy Brother, Peltiah Bugbee; therefore, be it Resolved, That as members ofa. great fraternity. we do deeply feel and deplore the loss of our Brother, who wasa Charter member of this Grange. Resolved, That as he honored and revered the principles inculcated by this order, so we honor his memory by caus- ing our Charter to be draped in mourning thirty days, and also cause these resolutions to be spread upon our records and a copy sent to the Visirori for publication. cox‘, HODGES—Death has come and removed Bro, E. Hodges from Scipio Grange, No. I06, after a long and lingering illness. \\'hilc we, as a Grange, mourn the loss of a good and faithful Brother, who was diligent to attend the Grange, and was one of the first to organ- ize our Grange; therefore Rualz/rd, Thu our heartfelt 5) mpathics as a Grange be extended to his wife and children and many friends who mourn his loss Rualrred, That these resolutions be entered in the 50“"I=-1 Of ‘'19 Grange. and. that a copy be seiitto the GRANGE VISITOR for publication cog, HODGES—-At a regular meeting of Hillsdale County Pomona Grange, No. Io, held at their rooms in Jonesville, A til 7, 1886, the follow. ing preamble and reso utions were unanimous- ly adopted: - WHEREAS, It has pleased an All Wise Providence to ma. move from our midst Ezra‘). Hodges, in whose death we have lost a faithful friend, a oving companion and a zeal- ous co-worker, whose untiring efforts and unswervinz fidelity was devoted to the interests and welfare of our phrgeziifiozratuon demand a just and fitting tribute of praise; Rnolr/ea’, 'I_'lIat we deeply lament our Ion. tender the afilicmd family our sincere and hca thy in this sad hour of their bereavement. and hereby rtfelt syn-ipg. COM, GREEN WO0D STOCK I-‘ABM: Poland china’ Swine a Specialty. §'°°d"' s”°§ko""'°°.‘in§i‘i.‘3§i$a’.’,;.‘i:;.l‘.;'.‘{°"' °°"" B. G. BUELL, Pmrnrn Roman, Cass Co., Mich. .9.-..s!r.°.:.v:-..‘: g-.':.1:.“=-=~....9:i.=:-.=:; . Grower and our pace Fr-uhauido nllrlpgutod. with:::r.onn run: 0 to b°l?li.:s n‘v?i"n': no." 3.‘ 1.’. r'''. rifgihlcu. i smarfit ....—--—a—-a.--7-——...V_...__—-,—.—..-.............._-..-. . THE GRANQEVESITGR. - _.....,..-, ._....._..-_. -.,.-4...... _-..m_q .,.......c. . MAY 15, 1836. filial fining: fiigiitur. Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT 50 CENTS PER ANNUIVI Eleven Copies for $5.00. J. T. COBB, Editor and Manager, SciiooLc1ur'r, Micii. fifl-lemittances should be by Registered Letter, « Money Order or Draft. @‘ T/ti: pafirr is sent only as ordered ‘& andpizzlifar in adz/ante. Single copy, six months, . . . . . . . . .5 25 Single copy, one year, . . . . . . . . . . . 5o Eleven copies, one year, . . . . . . . . . 5 oo To" 1o trial subscribers for three months we will send the VISITOR for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. r oo Sample copies free to any address. Address, I. T. COBB. SCHO0l.CRAl~"l‘, Mich. Entered at the Post Othce at Cold water, l\Iicli., as Second Class matter. To Subscribers. Remittances may be made to us in poslage 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 numbti of the paper for the tiziie paid for, then strike out the name if not renewed. Renewals iriade promptly are a niatter of much convenience, and we re- spectfully solicit such that no numbers be lost to you. _ Advise this office at once of a change in your ailrlims, or if numbers fail to reach you. GILEAI), MIcH., May 11, 1886. Ar Tl-ll-.‘. late session of the State Grange the following was presented as a part report of the Committee on Leg- islative action: The people groaning under the burdens of un- just and oppressive taxation have resolved and re-resolvecl in Natioiial, State, County and Sub- ordinate Granges, as well as all other bodies of farmers, have met together to discuss questions pei-taiiiing to their mutual welfare. Petitions have been sent to Congress and our State Legis- latures ziskirg that they might receive that at- tention at their hands that our numbers and the importance of our industry demands, and that our wrongs might be righted and our burdens lighteiicd. Vile believe that the farmers of our State are not chronic grumblers, as some would have us believe, but are always ready and willing to bear their just share and proportion ofall taxa- tion needed to cairy on our State Government in a proper manner; to sustain our penal, refomi, educational and charitable institutions, which are our glory and pride, but we are unalterably opposed to all wasteful and extravagant expen- ditures of the public funds. Still the work of taxation goes bravely and unceasingly on. Our Worthy Master in his address has well said, “While our ability to pay has diminished, our State lax especially is higher than everbefore,and this increase is likely to go on until the people command a halt.” How shall this be accom- plished? It is one thing to point out the evils of a system and another to find a remedy. The remedy is \v itli the people; but how can it best be applied? How can we make our wants known in a way that will be effective? We believe that the average legislators of our State are honest men, ready and willing to carry out our wishes when they are made known. All other interests, but our bwn, have men at every ses- sion of our Legislature and Congress whose business it is .to look after their interests. Ifa bill is introduced which in any way jeopardizes their interests they are ready to defend those interests. Believing, this to be the easiest and most practical way we canacoomplish our pur- poses, your committee herewith submit the following resolution for your consideration: Rzsulmd, That the Master of the Michigan State Grange is hereby autlia ized to appoint a committee of three mem- bers of the Urdcr to be known as the Legislative Com- mittee. ’ The duties of said committee shall be to re- ceive suggestions from members of the Order, to communicziie with members of the Legislature, and, if need be, attend sessions of the Legisla- ture, to labor for the enactment of such laws as will tend to promote the best interests of the agricultural class. The resolution was amended by add- ing the Master to the committee and constituting him chairman. When so amended it was adopted by the Grange. By virtue of the authority conferred upon me I do appoint as the committee provided for in the resolution: G. M. Trowbridge, of Pontiac; A. C. Glidden, of Paw Paw; M. W. Freeman, of Litch- field. C. G. LUCE. “Tim GRANGE-—ltS Works and its Workers,” is a pamphlet containing much early Grange history known to but few members of the Order. 0. R. Ingersoll, whose name is familiar to readers of Grange papers, has prepared this pamphlet for general distribution, and expects those who apply to him for it by postal card or otherwise will not fail to read and become interested in his soap business which he is now booming in connection with this free distribution of the early history of the Order and its promoters. The pamph- let itself is an illustration of the ambi- tion and business push of O. R. Inger- soll and can be had for the asking by addressing him at 75, Fulton St., New York Cit)’- STATE LECTURER Mavo, of Battle Creek, has made a very reasonable and timely request in Postal Jottings in the interest of new Granges. We hope of- ficers and members of dead, dormant, and consolidated Granges who may see- and read this will look up his: request in this VISITOR and at once make enquiries as to the whereabouts of the implements that are no longer of use where they are, and write Bro. Mayo. Don't post- pone until a convenient season, for Such an hour seldom comes to any of ‘us, or if it does we have forgotten the work IN rm: Visiron of April 1st we nar- rated the action taken by the State Grange upon a. certain resolution, and following the said resolution the specific objects were clearly set forth. It is no- torious that newspaper reporters know more of a man's business than he knows himself—that out of a very little mater- ial they can and do rear an immense fabric. This is so well understood by people who read that it is a matter of some surprise that we ‘ still find there are Patrons all over the State who are alarmed at the threatening outlook for the Order of P. of H. And these frightened friends are not new recruits to our ranks, but old members who ought to regard the simple facts just as they are, rather than the statements of newsmongers. We gave the history of the whole matter and all there was ofit; but these brothers write us and tell us that if the Grangers and the Knights of Labor are going to unite our Order will be ruined. Who said they were going to unite? Why, the newspapers; and here is the basis of the whole business. If our apprehensive friends will give this their attention rather than the news- papers they will find they have been frightened at their own shadow. The Declaration of Purposes adopted by the National Grange at St. Louis, in 1874, has been pronounced, and justly so we believe, a document of remark- able wisdom having its parallel only in that Declaration of Independence which the people of this country have annually assembled to honor for more than a century. The objects appended to the alarming resolution adopted by the State Grange‘ at Grand Rapids last De- cember are almost word for word from that noble Declaration of Purposes against which no man in or out of the Order has ever yet breathed a protest, objection or complaint. Will our Brother and Sister Patrons of the State of Michigan set aside for a brief hour the strikes, lockouts, riots, and general demonstrations of disquiet and dissatisfaction among the laboring class, and read the Declaration of Pur- poses of the Patroiisof Husbandry, and then read the“objects”which the resolu- tion adopted by the State Grange was de- signed to foster and promote, and then tell us if there is any cat secreted in that meal. If there is we cannot find the feline. And_ more—we know the animal has no existence except in the heads of those who receive newspaper statements as existing facts. We again invite ex- amination and criticism if you please of the resolution and the expressed objkcts appended thereto: Resolved, That a committee of three be ap- pointed by the Master of the State Grange, to confer with a like committee from other labor organizations having in view the following ob- CIS3 To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among the laboring classes. . To foster mutual understanding and co-opera- tion. To maintain, inviolate, our laws; to hasten the good time coming when every working man may sit under his own vine and fig—tree and en- joy the just reward of his labor. To adjust, as far as possible, any differences that may occur between capital and labor by the peaceful means of arbitration. To oppose communism and agrarianism as these terms are generally understood and ac- cepted. To oppose peaceably with our united power the tyranny of monopolies. To see that none but competent, faithful and honest men, who will stand unflinchingly by our industrial interests, are nominated for all posi- tions of trust, and to have carried out the prin- ciples which should characterize every citizen: that the office should seek the man and not the man the office; reserving the right of all to unite with any party that will best carry out their principles. We think it safe to say no good Patron finds fault with the “ objects ” here expressed. What then has come of it? So far as we have definite knowledge, nothing be- yond the appointment of the committee. It is true the newspapers have told us what a powerful combination a political fusion of the Granges and Knights of Labor were likely to become, and through the same channel we have learned that the Knights of Labor, at their Lansing convention, appointed a committee to confer with the committee of Patrons, and the newspapers have also told us that a meeting of this joint committee had been held in the city of Grand Rapids, but what came of it be- yond organization we have not yet learned. ' It is quite likely that at that confer- ence resolutions were adopted recom- mending arbitration as the most feasible plan in sight for the settlement of dif- ferences between employers and em- ployed, and that co-operative enterpris- es be encouraged as a means of secur- ing better business relations between capital and labor, and that the com- mittee formally protested against strikes, lockouts, riots, communistic violence, and all that sort of thing, but even that is more than we know. -It is not likely that the committee went beyond the constitutional restric- tions that relate to politics and religion, and an‘ expression of opinion, by the committee upon any matter should work no injury-to the Order if members make no more out of it than there is in it. The complaints of apprehensive Pa- trons remind us of the middlemen of 34 dozen years ago. They feared the Grangers were going to overturn the business usages of the whole country and some Patrons thought so too. assigned to it. Neither party stopped for a moment to read the Declaration of Purposes of the Order, but prompted by their fears on the one hand and their hopes on the other they jumped at conclusions and lived to see their mistake. The State Grange of Michigan is a conservative body. It has made no serious mistakes. nor is it likely to. Several important business matters have been attempted by its executive com- mittee, and when supported by the membership success has always attend- ed its work. This talk of Patrons of Husbandry fusi/zg with any other organization is sheer nonsense. Some Patrons are Republicans and election day these fast with the Republicans outside the gates. Some Patrons are Baptists, and these fuse with other Baptists in their church relations we suppose and ought to. Some Patrons are Greenbackers, and all such affiliate with the Greenback party all the year round, and of late years have very generally fused with the Democratic party too, on election days. Unlike all these, it is more than proba- ble that some good Patrons have stood up on their dignity and voted for such candidates on the several tickets as they believed were the best men, and there is nothing very bad about that, either. Knights of Labor may for aught we know be disposed of by resolution, but Patrons have not been, nor will they be, and there is really no occasion for alarm on account of the action of the State Grange or of this special commit- tee. To be concerned about the objects to be pursued by this conference com- mittee as expressed, is to be afraid of our own shadow, and as seen in another connection, to be afraid of a. noble Declaration of which we have all been proud. We cannot ignore the great fact that we are in the midst of a revo- lution, and it is too much to assume that as an organization we are afraid to speak, afraid to “confer” with represen- tatives of other organizations and deter- mine to what extent they are in accord with us. This imposes no new obliga- tion upon us but as we see it, presumes that other organizations may have some purposes in common with the Patrons of Husbandry. , :3;-‘This may not have been a wise move- ment, may in fact prove a very unfor- tuiiate one, but if harm comes of it, it will be because the object is perverted and a successful attempt is made to make more out of it than there is in it. Patrons—do not be alarmed. No special committee can either sell you out or give you away. Our Order will do you good just to the extent that you use it to advance your education in va- rious ways and promote your pecuniary interests. THIS is the year when June to will not fail to} be a memorable one to the children in each Grange jurisdiction in Michigan. Should any Grange be so lifeless as to let that day go by without recognition, we shall expect to hear that its precincts afford good ground for a missionary. More than this, every one of the hundreds of Granges in the State will wish to see a. full report of the way each one kept the day printed in the VISITOR. In order to do this a special number of the paper would be required. In view of that fact and of the real ad- vantage of such reports we have chosen another course. We will ask each Mas- ter to appoint some one of the younger members, or children, to send us a clear, short report of Children's Day as kept in that Grange. Such reports will be printed in full if not too‘ long. Let this suggestion be considered in the light of the future benefits it will bring, as well as present advisability. En- courage the day! Let no ranks waver! Bring all your children and invite the children of your farmer neighbors. Grange tables are always abundantly supplied and there will be enough for all. HOUSE roofs that gather the supply of soft, pure rain—water for domestic use do not remain clean, and various devices have been used to filter the water that has gathered up the dust and impurities from the roof and carried them to the cistern. The simplest scheme that we know of is cheap and effective: Build a small brick house around and enclose the end of the‘ pipethat leads to the cistern pump. Use from 75 to too brick laid in water lime mortar and the filter- house will have a capacity of nearly a barrel. Common brick are so porous that water passes through freely and the brick serve the purpose of arstrainer; leaving all the dirt on the outside. It requires no skill to put in this sort of ‘a filter. A peek of water-lime, a. bushel of sand, roo brick and two hours time of two men are all that is required to insure good filtered water, if you have rain and roof enough to supply the demand. I BEFORE April first every farme-r’s cellar I should have been cleaned put, the vegetables all disposed of in such a way as to leave no hurtful decomposi- tion to the detriment, of the health of the family. Corn has been planted and the farmer that has not yet cleaned out and ventilated his cellar should do so at once," or quit the business of farming‘, go west and live in a. cabin without a cellar. Butter Making and Creameries. An Iowa correspondent has sent us an article on butter making which we print on the first page. ‘The writer gives’ the necessary conditions for the best product, and pronounces in favor of the home-made prmluct. While much that he says is true, we dissent from his con- clusions. It is too late to talk about running the dairy business in the good old way. A very small percentage of farmers :will comply with all the essential conditions for making first class butter. A much larger percentage will not, and the cream from this larger class converted into butter under the management of skilled workmen at a. creamery or but- ter factory will be of higher grade and command a better price than if convert- ed into butter at home by the several parties furnishing the cream. Besides, farmers’ wives, as a class, are overworked. There are no “eight hours” for them. The argument of our correspondent runs the wrong way. We believe in relief to the farmer’s wife, and we think that means raising the cream by the cold process and having it conveted into butter by skilled work- men at a butter factory. Buy a creamer with a capacity for all the cows you keep and sell the cream or have it made into butter at a factory if within reach, on such terms as expe- rience shall prove equitable to all par- ties. It is no longer a matter of experiment but an established fact that milk kept at a low temperature by cold water, with or without ice, in deep caifs gives far better results, with less labor, than by the old method. There are creameries of different makes in use. Of their individual or relative merits we are not prepared to judge. We believe those we are adver- tising are very popular where known. That farmers who keep more than one cow, should have a creamery, if able to pay for it, we fully believe. -_-.-—-—-—________-=_-__—-—____- Ti-iEAmerican Agricultural and Dairy Association have for some months been making a vigorous and determined ef- fort to secure the passage ofa law by Congress to protect the dairy interests of the country from the ruinous effects of the manufacture and sale of bogus products. The outlook for congression- al action seems favorable. From an address by J. H. Reall, President of the Association, we make the following ex- tract: Of the entire annual products of the farmer, amounting to over two thousand million dollars and exceeding all other products together, there is no adulteration or fraud in a single item. His grain, meat,‘ fruits, and everything he produces are sold in their pure state and at the minimum price. Corn is made into glucose and bad whiskey after it leaves his grainery. Adulter- ated crackers are made from the flour long after the wheat leaves his bins, and lard is converted into creanierypbutter after the hog has gone out of his pens. But it is not so with what he buys. About every article sold him is adulterated or misrepresented. He gets impure sugar, glucose for molasses, adulterated coffees, teas, spices and tobaccos, short weight soaps and candles, adulterated cloths and calicoes, shoddy clothing, imperfect machinery, fraudulent fertilizers. He is swindled with patent rights, lightning-rods and spurious seeds, and consumed with taxes and interest. He sells pure foods at the lowest possible price, and buys inferior ones at the highest. And while he stands all this he cannot live if a principal article of his production must compete with a base counterfeit made at half the cost ofhis honest product. Of all the farmer's products butter is the only one that can it counterfeited. The speculator cannot ma e imitation milk, cheese, corn, wheat, oats, meat, fruit, or any other article of farm produce, or he would do it. . The small dairyman, away from factories, suf- fers most. He realizes only half the actual cost of producing butter in most sections. . Last sum- mer, butter of this class sold in Ohio, Iowa, and other States as low as 7 and 8 cents er pound, and creamery for my, to 14%, and or this rea-_ son, the largest quantity of butter is naturally made in the summer, when pastures abound, and it was intended that it should be. There is a large su lus then, and under normal conditions this surp us could be held until fall and winter, and sold for fair prices, but as soon as the price begins to improve in the fall, and the weather permits, the bogus butter factories start up and flood the market with their compounds. Con- sumers believing this, from the taste, to be fresh- made butter, take it, to the neglect of the natural article. Five cents per pound either way means a profit or a loss to the dairyman. It is 25. to 30 per cent. on the price, according to the" figure realized. We are not fighting so much to pro- tect creameries now running, although the suf- for from the sale of the vile stud", but to he p the great mass of small farmers and private dairy- men, who number 95 per cent, of those af- fected. SHEEP washing and sheep shearing are usually in order after planting, and the question that is still unsettled and about which discussion seems always in order is—Shall the farmer dispense with the washing? Our observation has brought us to this conclusion: If we are to sell to local buyers, wash sheep. If you have poor wool, or wool badly handled, sell in your homemarket. If you have good sheep and good wool, shear without washing and ship without delay, and in- duce your neighbors to ship with you. It you decide to ship, order sacks at once. A We think you will gain by doing bus- iness in this way and with the price of this farm roduct at the best, farmers get little" anything more than cost. TI-IE farmer who always shuts his eyes to the aesthetic features of this life, and screws himself down to the task of mak- ing money, loses a large portion of his best existence. » SPRrNG&Co., GRAND RAPIDS. ONE PRICE TO ALL I These Low Prices Tell the Story. Good Calicos 3c and 40. Good Crash Toweling, 3c and 40. Good yard wide Brown Cotton, 4, 5, 6. 7 and 8 cts. Good Bleach Cotton, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, _9 and 10 cts. Glzlézhams. 5, 7, 9c and upward. W1 e and fine printed Cambrics at 8, 10 and 124.: cts. Linen Lawns 12%. 15, 20, and 25c. Beautiful Satines 250. Fine Scotch Ginghams, 200. Brocade Dress Goods. 5, 6, 9, 12§c. Table Linen, 15, 19, 22, 25, 20, 300. Linen Towels for 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, . 15. 18. and 210. _ White Dress Goods from 5, 7, 9, 100 and upwards. We are closing out a lar e lot of fine Plaid bambrics or 12ilc, worth from 15 to 250. These are the cheapestwe have ever seen. SPRING & COMPANY. SILKS. Black Gros Grain. for 38c, worth 56c. Black Gros Grain for 42c, worth 6oc. Black Gros Grain for 48c, worth 65c. Black Gros Grain for 57¢, worth 75c. Black Gros Grain for 63c, worth 75c. Black Gros Grain for 75c, worth $1. Black Gros Grain for 93¢, worth M. Black Gros Grain for $1, worth $1.50. Black Gros Grain for $1.25, worth $1.75. Black Gros Grain for $1.50, worth $2.00. The Silks selling at $1.00 $135 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 froni wear, and we make good to our customers any reasonable damage if any should occur. We wish it were possible for us to enumerate all the different articles in our store worthy of attention. There are thousands of dollars worth of merchandise upon our shelves and counters that is commanding great at- tention from customers 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. THEIR LOSS IS YOUR GAIN l Having purchased in the neighborhood of Twelve Hundred Suits, at a great sacrifice, from a manufacturer going out of business, we have placed the entire lot on sale At Unheard of Low Prices. We name a. few prices: M]i‘.N’S SUITS, substantial, well made, at $3.75; former whole- sale price, $4.26; former re- tail price, $6.00. A SPECIAL feature of this sale is the tremendous lots of Good BUSI- NESS SUITS, neatly made, good quality, well trimmed, at $6.00; former wholesale price, $6.25; former retail price, $8. Men’s Splendid ALL WOOL SUITS, $6.50; former whole- sale price, $7.87; former re- tail price, $10. Fine Caiiiineie and Bluelllaiiel Suits, ALL WO0L, 87.50 and $8.00. At 38.50 and s I 0.00 OUR Assoirrmuivii or llll Elli‘ til Wfllllll llllll IS UNLIMITED. BOYS’ SUITS at same basis of value, commencing at $1.75 for good, substantial ev- ery day suits. .€‘You are advised to lose-no time in securing a suit at this great sale. ' ' lllllll‘ liL0'l' Grand Rapids, Mich. (A. MAY. Prop’r.) NI} cu, MAY’ 15, 1886. THE GQANGEWISITQR. - 5 RCADMAKING in Michigan is not yet reduced to an exact science. With sufficient tax assessed to make good roads and keep them in good condition the larger part of the year, we have few highways of which we_ have reason to be proud. ' The present system with slight modi- fications has been in force for half a century in this State. Few men any- where commend the system and as few undertake to get the best results out of it. As the law will not execute itself the business of seeing that its provisions are executed are often placed in the most incompetent hands, and with little ac- complished, the people are satisfied. This don't hold good where the country is new and work must be done. But in older sections of the country the busi- ness of roadmaking has a bad reputa- tion, and we long since ceased to expect in manual labor, team or tools an equivalent for the tax levied. Com- missioners of Highways and Pathmas- ters are rarely competent to direct road- making with intelligent regard for the conditions necessary to good roads. The fault must be in the system; and if so we can hardly expect very much im- provement under existing laws. THE Gale Plow, made at Albion, Mich., has an established reputation for excellence hardly equaled by any other make in the State. In the matter of finish it comes near perfection. Pur- chasers are guaranteed superior work- manship not only in their plows but in every other line of implements manu- factured by the Gale Manufacturing Co. See their advertisement on our seventh page, and send for circulars. A BROTHER writing from Popple, Huron County, commends very highly an address delivered by Bro. Mayo at Bad Axe last winter with good results, and adds that North Branch Grange is in good standing and alive to the best interests of the Order, and closes with the wish that they may see the labor of their hands and minds prosper. CORN is planted and it is time to look after the low places that need draining. If this work is not done well, time and money are wasted. To do the work well requires the use of the Jackson Grade Level, advertised in the VISITOR and sold by the Grade Level Company, Jackson, Michigan; C. H. Harris, Sup t. Write for circular. The Butterine War. There is a firing all along the line just now. “The fight that for a while did all, now trebly thundering swells the vale, and"—oleo is the cry. Every daily paper or farm journal in the country is raising its voice in behalf of the honest dairy and opposed to the butter fraud. All the shouting is aimed at Congress, and looks feasible, too. Politicians dare not openly favor a fraud, and if these people persist in making and selling it as an imitation instead as a substitute it must be but a question of time when some method will be discovered for enforcing the laws that all our legislators seem only too willing to place upon the statute book. The argument seems a sound‘ one, that if whisky, tobacco and banks can be taxed, so can oleo, provided only that our Congressmen can only be brought to see the necessity for doing it. We are of those who believe in the right of oleo to exist as a fair competi- tor of dairy products; but we have no such low estimate of the moral strength of this country as to believe that an open and palpable fraud can continue to defy the law and push a trade built solely upon deception. We would not give much for the political future of the man who maintains openly that men should be allowed to deceive purchas- ers in the food they buy. The majority of men in this country have families de- pendent upon them, and are therefore selfishly in favor of honest food, and all that is necessary to put this fraud down is to arouse the spirit that is already on principle opposed to it. A postal card to your Congressman will awaken his sensibilities amazingly. You had better try it. He always keeps a weather eye open to catch the coming breeze, -—Amerz‘am Dairyman. , _______-£¢&-——:———-— ORGANIZED LAi3oR.—There is no need ' of being frightened at organized labor. Higher wages means more business and better times all round. Our workmen are not madmen. They know that a factory which makes no profits cannot pay them high wages, nor any wages at all very long. But they have a shrewd suspicion that in many cases they might be paid more for their work, and still leave a very handsome profit to their employers. In such cases they propose to apply lawful and peaceable,but strong pressure. Where their suspicion is well founded, they will succeed; where it is not, they will fail. And wherever they succeed in getting a larger day's pa'y_i_'or their day's work the whole community will share their good fortune. House rents are bouyant and easy to collect, provision bills grow larger and are more promptly paid, and more clothing is bought and paid for whenever our work- ing people draw higher wages. The nation is, in reality, only a big family, and the working people are the biggest half of it. It follows that if they thrive the whole family thrives, too, and when they are pinched the whole family suf- fers.——.Barton Globe. gotircs of gratings. THE next session of the Clinton County Pomona Grange, No. 25, will be held at Essex Grange Hall, May 19, commencing at 10:30 A. M. The morning session will consist of reading and adopting minutes, reports of Subordinate Granges, committees, &c. AFTERNOON SESSION, (:30 P. M. Address of welcome, Master Redfern. Reply, Keiser. Music, Essex Grange choir. Essay, Dr. Charles Knapp‘. Declamation, Geo. J. Jewett. Selection, Mrs. Frisbey. Autobiography, Courtland Hill. Recitation, Sister Mary Jenny. Essay, Mrs. Ann Rice. Selection, Mrs. Mary Jewell. Declamation, Ray Sessions. Speech, Bro. Mendenhall. Discussion-— /feso/z/ezl, That our present school system is oppressive to the tax-payer and demands a change. Discussion lerl by Bros. A. Benedict and Gen. Soule. EVENING sEssi0N, 7:30 P. M. Essay, Libbie Anderson. Recitation, Mrs. Nettie Smith. Selections, Mrs. Geo. Soule and son Byron.7_, Recitation, Miss Eva Hoover. Recitation, Selden Hicks. Song. Lizzie Sessions. Question- [i'a:olwzt', That observation is a greater source ofknowledge than reading. Discussion led by Sisters Libbie Anderson and Antonett Ennest. The public are cordially invited to attend the evening meeting. I. D. RICHMOND. ALLEGAS County Council will hold its next regular session at Trowbridge Grange Hall, June i, 1886. A good attendance is desired, and a general good time is expected. The program for the meeting is as follows: Address of welcome, Sister Mary Brender, of Trowbridge. Response, W. H. Ely. of Allegan. What is the cause and what remedy for the present financial distress? Bro. Milton Chase, Otsego. The work of the reformer, its necessities, its hindrances and its encouragements, Sister A. M. Moore, of Monterey. What is true hospitality? Sister Melissa J. Leggett, of Watson. '15 there such a thing as Leisure for the farmer and the farmer’s wife? Sister Laura Jewett, of Allegan. Is it desirable to have a graduated income tax? Bro. J. H. Vlletmore, Allegan. - Enlightened motherhood, Sister L. E. Drake, Plainwell. Whom should we seek for companions? Bro. J. M. Granger, Monterey. The worth of woman on the farm, Sister 0. L. Foster, Monterey. Our greatest needs as a class, H. D. Edgerton, Watson. Recitation, Sister A.’ Stevens, Allegan. What are the duties and responsibilities of citizenship as to the legislation of the country? Bro. Stanley C. Foster. MRS. N. A. DIBBLE, Sec’y Allegan County Council. BRANCH COUNTY Pomona Grange will hold a meeting with Coldwater Grange on Tuesday, June i, Coldwater Grange entertaining. The Grange will be opened in the Fourth Degree at 10 A. M., and the regular order of business transacted all Fourth Degree; members cordially welcomed. The afternoon meeting will be public and an excellent program has been pre- pared, consisting of essays, discussions and reci- tations, interspersed with music, but too lengthy for publication. EMILY A. HORTON, Lecturer. Tm-‘. St. Clair and Sanilac Pomona Grange, No. 12, will hold its next regular meeting at the halllof Charity Grange, No. 417, on the third Wednesday in June, at to A. M. Address of Welcome. George C. Fraser. Response. Jacob Cummings. Reports of Subordinate Granges. What relation does the Board of Trade bear to agriculture? Wm. Cummings, Jorner Bottes, M. Kerr. . Pomona Grange or County Council, which? Moses Locke, Jonathan Maynard, S. Kerr. What will be the effect of the present labor agitation? Moses F. Carlton, A. Little, James Anderson. Co-operation. P. Lamb. Essays. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Garner. JAMES ANDERSON, Master. CAPITOL GRANGE, No. 540, of North Lansing, Mich., present the following program: MAY i5, 7:30 P. M. Limitations of Agriculture from the Standpoint of Political Ethics. Hon. Edwin Willits, Presi- dent of the Agricultural College. MAY 18, 10 A. M., 1:30 P. M., 7:30 P. M. Meeting of the Central Michigan Bee-Keepers Association with the Grange. All interested are invited to attend and bring or send hives and fixtures appropriate for the occasion. Rev. A. J. Ashworth, President, E. N. Wood, Secretary, North Lansing, Mich. . MAY 22, 7:30 P. M. The Duties of Citizenship. Supt. C. A. Gower. Music by Amateurs from the Reform School. MAY 29, 7:30 P. M.—YouNc PEoPi.E’s DAY. Song. Miss Clara Smith. Recitation, Miss Anna E. Robbins. Our Scrap—Book, Mrs. Lydia Graham. Dialogue, Mrs. Mary Shafler. Declamation, J. H. Creyts. . Music, Recitations, Miss Josie Wallace, Edith Osband and others. Paper, Miss Ida Robbins. Declamation, Elmer West. A chance for volunteers. JUNE to, 12:30 P. M., Children‘s Da . Beginning with a good din- ner. Every gir should bring all her dolls, in- cluding the cripples. The boys should bring some toys, andrnothers bring their babies. Mrs. Amanda Gunnison, Mr‘s. Lydia Graham, Mrs. G. S. Williams, committee in charge. JUNE 15, 7:30 P. M.,‘ JUNE 16, 9:3oA. M., 1:30 P. M., 7 P. M. Meeting of the State Horticultural Society with the Grange. The program will be prepared by the Society, and will include among other things short illustrated papers on’ Horticulture, Botany and Entomolo by some students of the Agricultural College. gllon. T. T. Lyon, South Haven, President; Hon. C. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids, Secretary. JUNE 26, 7:30 P. is. How can we best Improve our Roads, A..G. Gunnison, G. S. Williams. Points in favor of the Wide-tired Wagon, W. W. Horr. Roads in England, E. M. Hill. Roads in Germany, Geo. Mack. What is the good of a Fine Education, H. A. Livermore. IN accordance with previous arrangements a joint meeting of Western Pomona Grange and Newaygo County Pomona Grange will be held at Trent Grange Hall, June [st and 2d, at which time Nevyaygo County Grange will be prepared to present the following essays and topics for discussion: On what crops and in what manner can man- tires and fertilizers be applied to the best advan- tage? Neil McCallum and J. H. Macumber. What shall we read? Paper by Mrs. S. V. Walker. “Selected.” T. H. Stuart. VVhat legislation is necessary to protect our dairy interests? Report of Committees. “Organization.” Paper by Mrs. M. M. Scott. In what manner can the Patrons of Husbandry and the Knights of Labor co-operate? F. A. Raider and S. V. Walker. . ' M. Vt’. SCOTT, Lecturer. THE NEXT meeting of Eaton County Pomona Grange will be held at Windsor Grange hall in the village of Diamondale, Vlfednesday, May 26, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M., with the fol- lowing program: ' Tile Draining. C. E. Chappell. Home and its Surroundings. Mrs. H. M. Towsley. Vlfould it be a benefit to \Voman should she be granted the right of Elective Franchise? Miss Clenia Carpenter. Duty of Patrons to make the Grange a Success. D. G. Carpenter. All fourth degree members cordially invited. GEO. D. PRAY, Sec’y. THE NEXT quarterly meeting of Kalamazoo Co. Pomona Grange will be held at the hall of Scott’s Grange, June 3. The following is part of the program that will be presented: What is the best system of farm economy? Bro. A. Edmunds. Select reading by Sister Nathan Pike. Reports of Granges. Mission of the Grange. Bro. S. F. Browne. Questions will be presented and assigned to members present to be answered and discussed. All fourth degree members requested to be pres- ent and participate and enjoy the meeting. ‘ M. Cox, Secly. GRAND RAPIDS, MICll’., May 1, 1886. The Annual June Meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society will convene at North Lansing, on the evening of June 15th, and continue for three sessions on the following day. The exercises will be unusually interest- ing, and a novelty will be introduced in the way of short essays and addresses upon special topics by classes from the Agricultural College, under the direction of Dr. Beal, Prof. Cook and Prof. Bailey. The 15th of June will be Red Letter Day in Michigan’s history, for it is the date of its semi- centennial celebration at Lansing. Our meeting is arranged to follow this closely, so as to take advantage of the greatly reduced railroad rates, and give our horticultural friends an opportunity to take in both entertainments at one visit. For further particulars, address Chas. \V. Gar- field, Secretary. THE next session of St. Joseph County Grange will be held at Colon, Tuesday, June 1, com- mencing at 10:30 A. M. A full attendance of members is desired, and all Fourth Degree mem- bers are cordiallyinvited to attend. A. E. HOWARD, Sec’y. - HILLSDALE COUNTY Pomona Grange will hold its next meeting with Adams Grange, No. 286, June 2. Will hold open session in the afternoon. PROGRAM . Address of welcome by Adams Grange. Response by Pomona Grange. Paper on Ensilage by Bro. C. R. Corgellc. Recitation by Sister R. W. Freeman. Question Box. Question for discussion: “Which would be the most convenient and profitable method of keeping stock, by soiling or by pasturing on the farm as we are now doing? Opened by Bros. F. N. Kerby, Gilbert Travers, R. W. Freeman and N. T. Brockway. Good music expected. I. E. WAGNER. —:————-10>-——-j-- Farmers, Attentionll We give you real, not imaginary, value ’ for your hard earned dollars. $2 95 buys a good strong working suit. 35 95 buys an all-wool cassimere suit. $6 95 buys an all-wool blue flannel suit such as many of ’ our neighbors sell at $10 to $12. $10 buys a fine black dress suit such as is worth $16 to $18 anywhere. 7 cents buys a pair of cotton socks, strong ‘ and heavy, seamless, the kind that stands many washings. 83 cents buys a boy’s gray sailor suit. 99 cents buys a boy’s blue sailor suit. We use all customers right. Our goods speak for themselves. We can save money for you if you live within 50 miles‘ of our store. Come and see us; we will make it an object. STAR CLOTHTNG HOUSE, 36, 38, 4o & 42 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. We give with Boy’s Suits ahandsome Scrap Album. it -- -—— -—--- lngersoll’s Liquid Rubber The Southern Yell. YELL COUNTY, Ark. MR. EDiToR:—The paint I bought gave entire satisfaction. It has a gloss like varnish. As compared with the common paint here is two-thirds cheap- er. I think when the merits of the In- gersoll Liquid Rubber Paint are .fully known it will displace all other paints. H. G. JOHNSTON. (See advertisement Patrons’ Paint Works.-En.) Paint. ——?———103-—-——j— lG‘Those in need of HORSE NETS should send to JOSEPH SHAW, of Charlotte, and get as good a ONE DOLLAR NET as is made. Patrons please sendunder seal of Grange. JOSEPH "SHAW, Charlotte, Mich. Ste|ieiee’sBloodliittersl No Whiskey Here. G For the Cure of Bilious Rheumatism, Malaria, Indigestion, Bil- iousness, Liver Complaint, and Impurities of the Blood. Perfectly free from Intoxicants; compounded from Roots, Herbs and Ber- ries. It is the most perfect remedy for the cure of Malaria and Bilious Rheuma- tism known. Those that know of my remedies know that I sell no humbug. Read what the people say of these bitters. Too good not to publish the follow- ing letter: MANTON, Mich., June 23, 1885. Mr. Geo. G. Steketee—Dear Sir: For years I have been troubled with constipation or cost- iveness, dizziness and wandering of the mind. At times it seemed as though there were thousand: of needles penetrating my arms, fingers and legs, with hot and‘ cold flashes running all over me, bad breath and coated tongue. I have taken one bottle of your Steketee’s Blood Bitters as you directed when I was at your place. I can say that it has done me more good than anything that I have ever found before. In fact, I feel like a new man. No one should be without a bottle of Steketee's Blood Bitters. ' M. VANDERCOOK. Long life to Mr. Steketee and his Blood Bitters. Thus writes C. Van Der Ven, of Grand Haven, Mich., Oct. I, 1835: “For the past year I have scarcely been without pain in my bowels. I used remedies from the doctors, and house remedies, all without cure. Two bottles and one-half of your Steketce’s Blood Bitters has entirely cured me; so I say long live Mr. Steketee and his Blood Bitters. J. C. VAN DER VEN." ASK‘. YCDUIQ. :I3E.'U'G-G'IS'I‘ FOE. STEKETEE’S BLOOD BITTERS. TAKE 3.\‘l'O .O'I'I-IER. GEO. Gr. STEKETEE, Sole Proprietor, Grand Rapids, ID/£1011. PRICE, - 500 and $1 Per Bottle.’ %=.=: zsjlq Quiuig. We issue the Buyers’ Guide in March and September of each year. It is now a book of 304 pages, 8l>xll inches In size, 28,576 square Inches of Information for the consumers. It describes, illustrates and gives the rice of nearly all the necessaries and luxuries in daily use y all classes of peo- ple, and is sent free to any address upon receipt of lo cents 0 pay the cost of carriage. We charge nothing for the book. A I of the goods quoted in the Guide we carry In stock, which enables us to make shipments promptlyand as ordered. We are the original Grange Suppl House organized in I872 to supply the consumer direct a wholesale prices, in quantities to suit the purchaser. We are the only house in existence who make this their exclusive business, and no other house in the world carries as great a variety of ' oods as ourselves. Visitors are invited to call and veri our statement. Send for the Guide and see what it contains. If It is not worth lo cents, let us know, and we will refund the amount paid without question. MONTGOMERY WARD & co., 227 8. 229 Wabash Ave., (Hoar llxpolilioii Building) cHicAso, ILL . G R O C E R I E S 2 It will be interesting to every Farmer in the vicinity of Grand Rapids to learn that the VVh.o1eea1fip_c_:ery House ARTHUR MI-:Ic.s 29 co. :EEl:a.ve Opened. a. Mammoth Retail Department, and are selling all goods at much LOWER PRICES than any other dealer-3, SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS will be given large purchasers. OUR STOCK IS LARGE, and embraces everything in the line of Groceries and Provisions. When in town don’t fail to call on us. .A.R.'I'IEEE'U'R. IMEEIG-S8‘5C3C)- , :Eae1:a.i1 Department, 77 and 79 South Division street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. dec85yr Centennial Grange Farm Gate.. WEST CHESTER, BUTLER Co., 0., Aug. 18, 1884. This is to certify that I have had in constant use on my farm, Richa.rdson’s Centennial G Gates for five years, and am so well pleased with them that I would not be without the right to make and use them for ten times the cost. I have never had any trouble with them. I have never had to repair them. For my gates, 12 feet long and five boards hi h, I use posts six inches square. The posts stand as straight and plumb as when I first_put them up ve years ago—The Centennial Gate does not sag the post, it will raise and swing over snow banks, up or down a side hill, opens both ways, fastens itself open when the wind blows, will divide large from small stock, one persas doing it alone, children can work it easily, and after five years’ use I can confidently recommend it as the best gate I have ever seen or used. . J. P. MILLER, _ Past Master West Chester Grange, No. 752, est Chester. Butler Co., 0. We, the subscribers, have given thorough examination of Bro. J. P. Miller’s Gates and [may they have been in use for five years, that they are as good as when first put up, and we fully endonc Bro. Miller’s statement in every respect. JOSE]-I ALLEN, Past Master Butler Co. Pomona Grange, Director Butler Co. Agricultural Society,’ and formerly ° Ohio State Grange Stock Agent, at Cincinnal i, West Chester, Butler Co. 0 ' PERRY WRIGHT, Master West Chester Grange, West Chester, Butler Co., 0. ' ' JOHN L. VAN DOREN, Master Wyoming Grange, Glendale, Hamilton Co., 0. GEO. W. RAYMOND, Secretary Wyoming Grange, Glendale,‘ Hamilton Co. 0. R. M. COX, Farmer, Mason, Warren Co., 0. _ ERASTUS COX, Farmer, Mason ,W’a.n-en Co, 0 For information, address mar. RATHBUN, care of 1. r, coma, sc1,’.,,,1.,,,,,, ‘ ‘so.4.P.4 and ‘White. An Hour’: Light Effort does an ordinary Wash. Elegant for Toilet, ATEONS I_NGEBSOI.'L’8 QUICK-A(.'.l'l:NG teed not to in- jure the Finest: Fab:-lo. A Toa- Kettle heats all the Water. No Steaming Suds and Wearing Lobe:-. No Mending-day fonowing the Wash. Makes the Skin soft I 4:: *"r :j Shailng and Gene- ‘ ral Uses. The Price saved many time; in Labor, Fuel and Wear of Clothes. Home-made 8 o a p dear even if it costs nothing. For ‘Wash- ing Hnolurnea uno- qualled. Maui-s,soo.. rotation and others, write for full portion. Ian. Pamphlet with ' P1°t'11'0.l of Loading Patrons, FREE. Addflfl PATBONS’ BOA? WORK‘ M FULTON S'1‘.. NEW 3031'. .- ~~».a-revs.-A-in::~.2ls«v~..4.9. ‘ -.v. -».v...:~. ,'La.DiEs, silence, in a sense,is a confes- sion that “nonew thing” has been found to lighten your toil, brighten your home, polish the mind- or cheer your heart. Has no progress been made in your home? Is the regular line of duties performed pretiscly the same as one year ago? Are you reading the /same book? Been gleaning from friends the same help? Evolved no new thoughts? In fact, has not that great problem of work and life yielded you rometliing to write about? This is a hint “worthy of all acceptance." We hope for many responses.—ED.] - THE letter in the Ladies’ Department of May 1 on the subject of Mind Cures suggests the question, “How far does good health lie in our own power?" Can we have an expression of opinions? May Thoughts. “Sweet May! many a thought Is weded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fall, till, to its autumn brought, Life’s golden fruit is shed.” “Never so fair a Spring,” say we all! It matters little if the verdict has been the same with each recurring blossom twine when the naked trees, tan marshes and gray fields have vied with one an- other in the glory of their new raiments. Warm, responsive thrills touch all hearts again into something like new- ness of living at the wantonness of this yearly burst of rapturous growth. Sweet May! wedding our thoughts, our work, our play and our plans with thy blithsome, sure promises! Freely given, for beauty brooks no bonds; it is all to all-the weak, the wicked, high or low, are welcome. I can no more catch and hold from you the delicate perfume of this dainty cluster of helio- tropes than I could evolve its fairy tinted bells from the handful of dirt that feeds it. The wonderous workmanship on yon- der hillsides has no wit more with which to gratify the proudest in the land than the weary wanderer in its byways and along its footpaths. My neighbor's luxurious grounds can please my eye as much as the owners whose wealth and attention has fitted them so grandly. The lithness and grace of his roadster presents a better sight to him as he flies by as on the wind. The breezes billowing across the fields wave the grass and grain as gently, or. sings through the pines as sweetly to me as to him, albeit the care and possession of them are his. “Beauty cannot be monopolized! GRACE. - — The Farm’s Hope. [Extracts from an essay read by Miss gennie Bu- ell at Cass Co. Farmers’ Institute, choolcraft Grange and Kalamazoo Poinona.] From babyhood to old age, from the cabin to marble balls, from the north to the south, and the world round, one star always shines, and seldom dimly: Hope -—that which promises desired good- is the guiding light of all action. Wretch- ed, indeed, is -‘he who does not cher- ish a hope for something better than he now has, to be his, either in this life or the one to come. In danger, in straight- ened circumstances, and in dire, misfor- ages, the human heart has been taught to be hopeful and to struggle forward‘. On the watery plain the wrecked sailor has still that hope in his bosom that his native shore will yet receive him, ‘and for its welcome he clings closer to the spar. The sufferer, from his bed of racking pain, finds cheer in amomenta- ry relief and looks forward to a return of health. Crashes and panicsin busi- ness have made wide wastes in financial fields, but thousands have picked up the remnants of shattered fortunes and be- gun life again, trusting in a future that would some day give to themselves and loved ones, homes and luxuries of their own. And, besides these, othershave toiled and moaned under burdens griev- ous to be borne and have gained not that good success; but, baffled, beaten back,;fojled on this side and on that, they have girded up their weary hearts with fresh courage for‘ greater efforts and have cried out: “Why art thou cast down, 0, my soul; and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope than in God!” Hoping, then, for better things here and for the best beyond, man lives. It is with the expectation of bringing some good to ourselves and ours, my friends, that we trust and labor. .* * * You and I, who need neither poetry nor the skill of a wordy enthusiast to make the name of the farm a dear one, have great and ambitious hopes of the farm's future. Our ideal farm and farming -folk make no uncomely sight. We have seen approaches to it. But poets have sung the, poetry of farm life, and, although not doing away with the hard work at- tending it, they have led us, by their keener insight, to see new beauties in it, thereby lightening no less heavy loads. And a use, too, has. been found for the professional enthusiast who, at farmers’ '.L .—iia;kw£—¢ll°’zi!ti¢ sue Imtin ' a.l_és§ays pat: - ting th lsturdy, broad-shoidderéd; sun- grown er on the back, and saying to him, “ . odfellowl you are the 170116 and si _ of the land!” It has taught the fa ‘er——the faithful and true farmer .__this hope, and with all the fire and ambition of an evenly-developed man- hood he will some day rise and reply: .. aims and great aspirations. subjects lift your thoughts out of low » ..a. , “Not the bone and muscle, only, are we, but the brain with brawn as well.” when we consider some homes] that we know of, if the epithet of "bone and muscle.” had been applied in a literal sense, instead. as we are glad to believe, of a very figurative one. Nor do I much wonder at the remark of an Englishman who, in passing through certain districts of our grand country, saw the monoton- ous life of their inhabitants. He said: “The painful feature, to me, of this coun- try life, is the immense amount of Im- man 2/tgelalizm one sees.” Although this was some twenty years or more ago the crop was one of such abundance that it is not all harvested yet—human beings, who vegetate, and no more. That man who gets up, eats, does chores, plows, eats, plows, and goes to bed, day in and day out, with the plow- ing changed to some other work as the season advances, and the woman who fries and bakes and stews and knits and gossips, and fries, bakes, and knits, what better do they use than bone and mus- cle? Is their superiority over the good thrifty squash or head of cabbage that grows in their garden great enough to justify the gift of a mind, capable of mighty things, and a heaven-made soul? This is an extreme case. Human, like vegetable life, has many species. We look for a time when none shall vegetate, but, with the exercise of intel- lectual, moral, and physical faculties, bring about an era of men and women whose lives shall be measured by their breadth and not by their length. * * >k * * * The market is overstocked with gnarled one-sided fruit. Young people need to develop all their gifts and not their les- ser ones only. They need-—and would I could say they intend—to live com- pletely, so far as in their power. This, says Herbert Spencer, is the result of education. “All education tends to complete living.” Train you hand , to dexterous work and you are equipped to make what is called “a living.” Study music and your attuned ear gathers sweet sounds from the concert, the home and wood- land throats; an eye, skilled by close practice to judge of distances and forms, and that has learned the delights of har- mony of color, has access to a world invisible to the untrained eye. What sights are then unfolded in nature, what nicety of form, what generosity of col- oring! The world blossoms forth anew to the artist and he exclaims: “Ah! if so much of beauty pour itself Through all the veins of life and creation- How beautiful must the great fountain be, The bright, the eternal!" . Sculpture, painting, architecture, speak each a new language; and he who listens to their silent voices has re- sources of enjoyment lost to those _who know them not. -Arithmetic, grammar, rhetoric——-all the sciences and languages —are channels for fuller life. Pore over history and biography that you may draw from their noble characters lofty Let large ruts. Greatness, good or bad, expands the mind that absorbs it. Make friends with literature and the earnest of life will be more earnest, its gayety more joyous, its sadness have more of pathos, its cruelty be more cruel, its kindness ltindlier. Living will become something thfilt cannot be reckoned by figures on a" di . . Hygienic studies have claims, also, on the wise liver. How to live healthily is to discover such a manner of living that the bodily condition is a help, and not a hindrance to the mental and moral powers. It is no fancy that mince meat and mind are poor things to combine- .if the highest grade of mind is desirable; and pie. and piety are closely allied, often to the serious detriment of the piety. With wiser legislation in some culinary departments, mental matters and morals might be relieved of a great- ly retarding pressure. Put it to your" observance and see if the cries of an over-fed taste for rich food are not waited upon, despite their threatening risks, far oftener than a starving head or heart is catered to with like zeal. Ah! must not much advancement be made before we rise above the base of the structure—this structure of perfect life that touches heaven in its high signifi- cance? * * =0! * ' * * If we urge to educate, -educate, edu- cate, and it serves in the end as a ras- cal’s tool or a scape-goat's scalping- knife, friends will laugh in mockery at our expense. .Without an educated heart an educated head on an educated body is a dangerous thing. Virtue must rule over that character which shall en- joy full development. The love of eter- nal truth and unselfish heroism will make him who cherishes them broad- souled and capable of fuller develop- ment than can be dreampt of by a pinched up, unexpanded heart. An honest man—honest to his highest in- terests and the good of others--is the noblest work of God. He is a, pray forthe bettering of his fellows. Well .may ithe mid of him when heeuters a ’ .fnlle§f-fife beyond the line of time: strength was the strength of ten ,.'Becatue~his heart was pure.” as = 1: ‘ at an it 2|: People who live in country homes and "lead lives that are liable to much of sameness and monotony may jog, jog along at about an even gait, year after year. Occasionally something stirs them up a little, but they soon settle back to V. It might nofbe so strange, after all,_ the old pace unless the energy of youth is kept alive. To stop is pretty surely to mean to stay. In many this energy seems to be killed out, perhaps—and I think this is best—it is crowded out. This is not true in every home. There are homes where the ambitions of youth for a higher life are not choked down, but are cultured and encouraged to grow higher than all the other talents, and to hang over the heavy tasks of life’s work and relieve them with shade, and per- fume the air with their fragrance. To the young Charles Dickens has spoken well when he has said: “That portion of the occupation of a farmer which pays best for cultivation is the little piece that lies within the ring fence of his own skull." We are learning the truth of this statement. Every year more standard magazines of literature, art and science, more good books are moving onto the farm and that means more cultivation inside our "ring fences.” A prescribed course of home study ought now to be popular among farmers that would give a fair agricultural edu- cation to the young people who cannot attend college and to the elder people who are past their school room days. Brain is the most paying crop, the best fertilizer. Men in other lines of busi- ness spend large parts of their lives in training their intellects. They make it a constant practice. Can the farmer afford to do less? * * * * * * Hastily let us look over some of the results to be hoped for from this broad- er culture. First and above all other gains the farmer will‘ better appreciate himself and his calling. New dignity will be added to himself and all he has. He will assert his best self at all times, be able to express his views clearly and forcibly and compel the appreciation of others by his own appreciation of him- self and his businesslike earnestness in his work. He will be able because he will appear to be able. In his family the results will be marked. The extrava- gance of language will give way before a flow of plain spoken English, drawn from an increase of sensible ideas gath- ered from wide and deeper reading and thinking. At the dining table the sci- ences of the soil and cookery will be interspersed with current, general news and laughable anecdotes and witty say- ings. Such conversation will displace the present rule, now too common, of a soggy silence or a lively wrangle as to whether the Bagleys are going to spend next Sunday with the Simkinses or the Simkinses with the Bagleys the week af- ter and what it all means anyway,-or talk of light weight. A home atmosphere is needed that must help us care more for the strength of a virtue than for the tie of a ribbon, more for a well stocked head than for that which glitters, that must help up to be more of a friend to a neighbor’s thoughts than to his buttons, and must and will help us to uplift and uphold ourselves in a better life-—-better, be- cause broader and more nearly ap- proaching a complete life. gcaltlg anti gmuscmntt. Kindergarten in the Home. No. it. As the Kindergarten occupations commence with the solid, then the out- line of the solid, from that to the plane, line and point, the next occupation to be given may be what is known as peas work. It is made by soaking dry peas ——-b1ack—eyed marrowfat being the best —-for about twelve hours, and using ‘them to make corners, using wooden toothpicks or small round wooden sticks from one to five inches long, known in kindergarten parlance as “peas-work sticks,” for the edges. There can be almost innumerable articles made of these: First, just the square; then that is built into the cube. Chairs, tables and houses are children's favorite articles. The best that can be done with any of these occupations where there is only one or two children is to let them have the material simply as an amusement, and to keep the little active fingers busy; but I will try to give an idea of how this occupation is used where there is a class of fifteen or twenty. Before giving the peas-work the second gift is given in a way which might be called a lesson. The second gift consists of a wooden ball, cube and cylinder. Each occupation is of such material as allows the child to work out the idea received in the gift, so if corner or angle is brought out prominently in the lesson with the blocks the child is encouraged in every indirect way to make articles with corners for the sake of the corners or angles. In commenc- ing the peas-work it is first made a dictation exercise, thus: “Each one take a stick in the right hand and a pea in the left." This being done all wait for the next instruction which is “Stick the stick into the cheek of the pea," &c., &c. , When such an exercise is given, the children work entirely from the spoken directions of their teacher, not*?itnitating"eithesthe teacher's or due '&h¢$ii‘§i’S’iz;°tk.'¢!1!3§tffiininK's!¢n ese little ones“ to pay ‘close attentionmnd also to think: and act for themselves. Immediately after, such anexercise they should be allowed\“free invention,” in which they make what they please as they please with their sticks and peas. The only supervision they need in this last is to see that they do their work carefully and well. i Now, lest some mother who has just her one pet and plenty of time should attempt this class method, I will say that with one or two children it won't work, at least not in a way that will be satisfactory or beneficial. I cannot tell the reason for this, but give it as ex- perience. Every thing given the child either for work or play in order to be of the most good must be given in a. pleasurable way. Now please do not confound this with the idea that so many teachers of “new methods” ad- vance that every thing must be made into play, but given in a way that will awaken an interest, but not lessen the work; and after the hard task is ac- complished the child can see for him- self that he has gained a step and is ready to work just as hard for the next one. Another thing I should like to speak of, it being particularly appropriate at this time of year, is a garden. Let and help the wee ones to make a garden. Not anything elaborate, but just afew feet of ground where they may plant a few seeds and have some plants and flowers of their very own. And while you are helping them to do this let them put in some large seeds that grow quickly, as corn or peas, that the chub- by fingers may dig up “to see if they are growing” as often as they please, taking much more interest and pleasure in these than in mamma’s choice plants that little folks “mustn’t touch.” Anything that I mention that cannot be procured in a village store may be had by sending to Thomas Charles, 335 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. EMMA ROGERS. Special to Children. All busy making ready for June 1o— the first Children’s Day all the Granges have ever had for their very own. Keep it? Of course we’re going to keep it! and have a royal time all over the State left. Who knows but that the children ing and ambition? Mrs. Mayo has told the wise heads what to do for the day but she left the children with hardly a word about what is expected of them. Two things grown up folks always ex- pect of you, children, at such times. They are these: “to behave" and “to speak pieces.” But what are you to do while you’re belzaziing and what are you to speak when you are .s'15eakz'7tg, is the question. Below are a few short (al- ways best) pieces of prose and poetry that will help some of you to decide, perhaps. Good prose selections for boys usually take capitally. For an older girl some beautiful June verses were printed in this paper June 1, last year; they may also be found in the writer Lowell’s poem entitled, “The Vision of Sir Launfal.” I did think I would not say a word more than to send these, but when I hear, or rather, can’t hear, older people speak, I always feel like telling the young folks to make themselves heard and understood. Don’t try to gesticu- late and illustrate much, but be sure you have the meaning of your piece your- self, and then just simply tell it to others in such a. way they will know you be- lieve it and they must, too. A clarion- than a«mumbler, and a slow, distinct de- claimer better than either. Let prac- tice, practice and practice be your rules and practice them in the woods, in the fields, at work, at home, be- fore somebody, before no one, only be sure you drill and do your very best every time. Keep a credit balance standing in your favor. Come out ahead! JENNIE BUELL. THE WILD!-‘LOWERS’ SERMONS. [An exercise for five little girls, adapted for Children's Day. Enter Ethel and Margie carrying between them a large basket of wildflowers. This should be set within easy "reach. and Ethel remains nut it (to assist the others in get- ting their flowers)‘ while Margie steps forward to greet three other chileren who now join them upon the platform.) Margie. I’m very glad you. have all come, We've flowers for all and more, And, better still, we have a plan Till now we’ve kept in store. The flowers that this basket holds All have a meaning clear, And each can preach ii sermon short To help us through the year. And when we find the lesson taught, ’T must be our aim to try And let ourselves be helped by it As every day goes by. We each will take a flower now, Come, some one make a choice; And after you’ve decided it Then give its meaning, voice. (Florence steps to the basket and soon comes forward with a l e cluster of daisies — the daisy signifying Thaughg/' ms.) Flarmtt. ‘ You see I've taken dasies; "I'is T liougldfulnerr they mean; And that they preach a sermon Wherever they are seen. (Take from the cluster I single daisy which she holds up to view.) This dainty small and white-spoked wheel Dots every meadow in our sight, And says to us, “Be tho _ tfu , child, Where’er we turn to le or right, Be thoughtful." - (Returni _ flower to cluster as she proceeds.) For a mother Who may have many cares Be thoughtful. Maketoils lighter . For one who so much-bears. Be thoughtful, always thou tful, And never wound a frien By word or act that’s thoughtless. The sermon’s at an end. (1: us: turning away from audience when a thought avid tly comes to her, and she turns to her companions But wait, for fear we might forget That thoughtful we’re to be ' When flowers no longer paint the fields, Won’t,you share these with me? (Gives of her daisies mall the others.) And say you'll keep one in your sight, ' That it may help you live aright. 2: the front. her by the others.) El/tel. wherever there's a spark of Grange life in °°“¢°"- °''°Y 50'" 0'“ ‘'°iC= that may have b But it never could MAY _15, 1335;. (Having supplied all with daisies she takes: place some- where at rear of platform. Janet next going to th basket selects her flowers and comes fonvard with a large bunch of buttercups—the butnercup signifying R¢'cltex,) _'7an:t. I will take these buttercups, For Ric/ier is their meaning; This the sermon that they preach, Wherever they are gleaming: “Children, lay up for yourselves In heaven now your treasure: Earthly things with those above Cannot be held in measure.” (Taking a single buttercup from her bunch.) This little flower is a cup, Uptumed for treasures from on high; It catches rain and dew and sun; To earth it turns itself not nigh, But face to heaven as we pass by . It tells us where best treasures lie. (Gives buttercups to all the others and retires to rear. Leila now takes a bunch of clover-blomoms from the basket and comes forward—the clover signifying Indurtry. Leila. _ Give me the red clover, Its meaning is plain, It says: “Be industrious, Work on, and you'll gain A victory o’er Satan Who ever stands near To tempt you to idle; Work on—-never fear." (Holding up a single clover blossom.) This clover is preaching, And it says of our work, That it is our stronghold, And tho’ Satan may lurk And try for an entrance, T/mt he‘ll never obtain If we will keep working With our good might and main. (knives clover to the others of the group and retire: [from Ethel new steps forward with the flowers_'given We have heard the daisy’s sermon, “Be thoughtful, be kind, be true; ‘Do unto others as you would That they should do unto you.’ ” And_then next comes the buttercup’s teach- in Recagll it each day of the seven: “Care not ovennuch for the things of the earth, But lay up your treasure in heaven.” And lastly the clovers’ sermon: “More happy than they shall stand none, To whom Christ shall say at the judgment, ‘These faithful—my servants—-well done’.” (All now come forward and the following is either recited CCI1 IE‘ lected from the group. In the latter case the speaker stands in the center with two of the little girls on either will fan some weak bodies back to liv- 5"“- We band ourselves together here, This Children’s Day of a new year, To keep these flowers in our sight, That they may help us live aright. (Then to audience.) And will not you who pass the fields And see the flowers the summer yields, Let buttercups and daisies white Be more to you than pleasing sight In that you let them teach to you How you can live a life more true? [FINlS.] — T rm.mre- Tract. WHAT HAPI’ElN'El) TO Tiii:'sNCiwDRIi=Ts. One muddy day out walking, ’ Tom said with a little pout: “They have squeezed my pretty smowdrifts, And the juice has all run out!” -—Good C/tear. It might have been that the sky was green, and the grass serenely blue; It might have been that grapes on thorns, and figs on thistles grew; It might have been that rainbows before the showers came; It might have been that lambs were fierce, and bears and tigers tame; It might have been that cold would melt, and summer heat would freeze; It might have been that ships at sea would sail against the breeze- And there may be worlds unknown, dear, where we might find the change From all that we have seen or heard, to others just as stran e— e wise, dear, in haste to act or voiced youngster is fifty per cem_ better It never could be noble to harm the poor and weak; It never could be kind, dear, to give a needless sin; P It never could be honest, dear, to sin for greed of 89-111; And there could not be a world, dear, while God is true above, When right and wrong are governed by any law but love. I, -— Unidentified. THE KNICKERBOCKER BOY. I’m a knickerbocker boy! See mdy coat and breeches! Cuffs an collar, pocket too- Made with many stitches! I must have a watch and chain, A silk umbrella and a cane. No more kilts and skins for me! I'm a big boy-don’! you see? Knickerbockersl Knickerbockers! Give away In other clothes! Give away my horse with rockers; I want one that really goes. But two nice live goats will do; And I want a wagon too. No more chairs hitched up for me! I'm a big boy—-don’t you see? —Sf. Nit/Lola: for May. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. You ask where is youth’s fountain, ,In what far distant lands, Are its sparkling waters flowing O’er shining golden sands? 'Tis not where eastern rivers Flow downward to the main, In that bright land of sunshine Youvseek it all in vain. ’Tis not in the sunny southland ’Neath fragrant orange groves, Nor yet in the shadowy solitudes The northern wild bird loves. "H5 in the heart, my child, where dwells ' Honor, and love, and truth; Tint, in rpetual freshness, ’ Flows e beautiful fountain of outh. ' -—-By Berri: G. art. True worth is in being, not seeming. Indoln each day that 5 by Some litt e ood—not in Eiieeaming Of . at t ings to do by-and-by; For w atever men say in their blindness, And_spite of the fancier of youth, There is nothing so kindly as kindness, A And nothing so royal as truth. -—A1i:: Cary. “BEAN uses.” This game is well adapted to in and out door practice. Make eight strong cloth bags, each our inches square. Make one more eight inches square. Half fill all with beans. Cut a hole four inches square in a board two or three feet long, and fasten the board on a slant against a tree or brace. The game is to gain the highest - .-.--.~—.~...-t...-.«,_.,_. MAY. .15, 1886. THE qR=éN@?F4. Vf3.l§IT>0R-2 number of points by throwing the bags throu Ii the hol-- Any number of persons ma play,a.% two b«-.ml< with two sets of bags,.for ichoming sides" adds fun and rapidityto the The big bag ("]uinbo”) counts 20 if‘tlirown into tli hole, to if on the board, and minuszowhem ever it falls outside and oil" the board. Each small bag counts io through the hole, five on the board, and minus 10 if it goes off. You will be surprised, if you have never tried, to see how many “wide-of-the-mark” throws a company will make in playing this game. A SHORT Si=.RMoN.-Bret/zren: My text is one word--R U M. My first question is—R U M-ty headed? If so, there is no ‘use talking; but if you have sense, you must know that R stands for rags, ruin and rascality. U stands for you- the fellow that is listening, and nobody else. I want to ask what you are going to do about it. Are you going to do what a lot. of other fellows want you to do, or will you do as yvu wantto do? \Vho tells you what to do? VVho is your boss? Is it the crowd, the gang, “all the other fel- lows,” or is it YOU? What does M stand for? That depends on what you stand for; it depends on whether you stand at all, on your own legs, or have to be propped up on somebody else’s crutches. Yes, it all depends on you whether M will stand for mumbling, misery, mendicancy and marlncss, or for muscle, money and man- hood .~—— 'l'r:vI.wu‘e- '['nwe. You have never taken a full college course of study. You began: and gave it up, for good reason or poor, but for some reason, at the time to you suffi- cient; and the fact remains, with little comfort in it to you, that you are not a college graduates - You have been annoyed by this fact, even to the verge of vexation, and, al- though you have laid the blame at the door of others, found fault with father, censured circumstances, or felt half hurt --with an unsyllabled sense of hurt—at Providence, the grim fact stands in the way as you look into the past, and alas, stands like a longimprisoning wall up to the present, and out among the shad- ows into the future years. ' At the last, however, all the blame falls on your own head; for what have circumstances to do with an awakened and unflinching will? Is not Providence forced—nay, does it not look as though Providence loves to be forced——by hu- man purpose, persistent, uncompromis- ing, unalterable? DR. JNO. H. VINCENT. — JUDGE ]ENNisoN ON APPEALS.—-“I am going to do all I can to frown down this thing of appealing from decisions of the justices’ courts on the slightest possible provocation,” said Judge Jennison. “You see, in such cases I have the pow- er to say how much attorneys shall re- ceive in the way of costs. It is quite a trick among a certain class of attorneys to advise clients to appeal in order to work up further business for themselves. Why, I have known cases to be appeal- ed to this court in which not more than $4 were involved. It is largely a mat- ter of spitework on the part of clients and greed on the part of lawyers. It isn't right. There shouldn't be no ap- peal to this court except in cases that are worth while. I have just refused to allow attorneys anything in a horse case in which a verdict of but $25 was ob- tained." THE best antidote for tobacco and alcohol habits, and one sure to cure with perseverance, is to select a ripe, sound, sweet orange peel; then place the peeling for an hour in the sun. When the craving for stimulant is felt, put a piece about the size ofa pea in the mouth. It is deliciously aromatic, and in small quantities, a tonic and healthful. Try it faithfully.—Extract from an article by T. B. Farnsworth in Herald of Health. FEE PROOF GUTTA-PERCHA ROOFING For flat or steep roofs. Cheap, durable and eaily applied. FIRE PROOF PAINT. Send for prices. ’ « EMPIRE PAINT & ROOFING CO., ’ ii28 and i i3o Race Street, Mention this paper. Philadelphia, Pa. Ilillel ‘Plow. At Wholesale to the consumer. Send for Price List to D. \Voodward 8: Son, Clinton, Mich. Write your name and postofiice plain. Grangers, 20 Points for $4.80. Imart6 'vno’tAu: 5 Ton yucca Scales. mt.-.2-.-..-.-.-*..-:.-":2. 22- -830 and JOKER‘, 'u.hnhl:bt—forrlhI ==‘-s:‘"3.:.-*::'.~i.°«i:.6=~' _ I _ .febI5t12 ihIey's. Tasted Seed °‘“‘°‘“§i’£°n‘l“s‘&ll.°:‘z“z‘?zx‘%'.”“°"'" 3g¢ign;.1lt.!. AxnGncuo.ln._ ‘ .decit6e w-- 4 ’ (}_tl1lANCAl.l’. Order-stilhd promptly, and satisfaction aranteed; addres, £11.; & REEVE, Dexter, Mtch. R SALE.-—A few choice young Bulls and Heifers, all registered and extra milk and butter strains. Prices low. Correspondence solicited. STONE & BIGGS, Preeders of_Hol- stein-Friesian Cattle, Hntings, Mich. iunity » -and «A... ~ Kotice 61‘ VAI. MlllS,liiliiliY@i]iliklllSllll Pharmacy and SllllGE{lli’S INSTRUMENT DEPIIT is now located in their elegant new store, 139-141 Monroe §1.,Coiiei Ill Division. We shall make a specialty of l. ,.s Physicians’ Prescriptions, Family Receipts and Veterinary Supplies. n$‘We especially solicit thegtrade of farmers and will guarantee Quality and Prices on every article that goes out of our store. MlllS,L1}Y%llll1Sl1ll. The Leading Music House In Western Michigan. FRIED'Rl_C-II BI-'10S., 30 and 32 Canal Street, Grand :EI.g.p;l.ds. NE. Weber Pianos, 7 Knabe Pianos, Fischer Pianos, Peek Pianos. Chase Organs, Smith American Organs, Taylor and Farley Organs, Valley City Organs. A LARGE STOCK or Sheet Music, Music Books, and Musical Merchandise. caress LOW‘, Tex-ms" Easy, Satisfaction Guaranteed! 5 in 1 sept German Horse and Cow POWDERSI This powder has been in use many years. It is largely used by the farmers of Pennsylvania, ’ and the Patrons of that State have purchased over ioo,ooo pounds through their purchasing agents. Its composition is our secret. The reci- pe is on every box and 5-pound ackage. It is made by Dr. Oberholtzer’s Sons E CO., Phoenix- ville, Pa. It helps to digest and assimilateithe food. Horses will do more work with less food while using it. Cows will give more milk and be in better condition. It keeps poultry healthy and increases the production of eggs. It is also of great value to them while molting. It is sold at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R. E. JAMES, Kalamazoo; GEO. W. HILL & CO., 80 Woodbridge St., Detroit; THOS. MASON, 181 Water St., Chicago, Ill.; and ALBERT STEGEMAN, Allegari. Put up in 60-lb. boxes (loose). Price EIGHT CENTS er 1b., 30-1-b. boxes of 6 5-lb. packages, TEN ENTS perlb. ‘ VERY ‘Person who wishes to im- prove their Handwriting or learn to 2 Compute Interest rapidly should purchase I PARSONS’ SELF LNSTRUCTOR, Penmanship and Interest Rules, and TABLES for 6,7, and 10 per cent. and Copv SLn>s., , College, Kalamazoo, Illicit. z"¥"ul>‘IHJ¢¢ V»'."FuHFPF\A -... . . M... >0-¢,U\ «v«.~~-. ._,, 9214” Try one,“ R314, A better Harness than you can buy _forZ$2o. I llll‘ lllll’ llllll llllllll,1 Full Nickel, or Davis Rubber Trimming, Best Oak Stock, for $14. FOR 3C3 DAYS I will fill all orders received under seal of the Grange, llld may be returned if not satisfactory. ll. VIINIIEN BERG, oct 13, yrl GRAND RArioe, Mich. P “B“n‘nPs;‘p6rriors;i Green and Dried Fruit, Onions, Poultry, Furs, Peltq, Wool, &c., 1X7'.£L.'.I.\'l"I‘EJDl Those having Prodize to dispose of will do well to correspond with me and get posted in their valueon this market. By sending me a sample of beans (postage ic per ounce) I will state by return mail just what you may expect net per bushel delivered at your railroad station. Sacks Vfurnished and freight paid by me or I will sell them on your account, commission five per cent. Fraternally yours, TI-[OS MASON, A State Business Agent, it 163 South Water Street, Chicago. l A E o 4 it At the Melis Hardware Store, 1'7, 19 Grahdville ,Ave., Gd. ‘Rapid.-3. h d % h Mason .Hamlin ORGANS: . .|’IAN03= Rom - T I i Newniodexpg orsntsllflnnt HIVWA“ hm -wk : qua er :5 7‘“"- -. ‘Pianos on he hundred styles. -‘ 111 322. to woo. _ Birgit-piiifi Pu wilt or ; :nyfl‘!'::bTe. II’; ayma = -4 Rented. cm. ' _‘ gggzyuggbfiggg ‘dirt in Plllllll co. 154 Tremont St, Boston. 46 E. 14 St. (llniousq-)s N- Y- l49 Wabash Ave., hlcago. rmarsteoi DEDERlCK’S HAY rgassss. < Rapids, Mich. rial’ 1-5... GALE WALKIN (‘:t;[.-'l‘I\.\"POIt. be adiusted to work Beans or rows 3. art. It is simple and durable, an g ve entire: satistactiuii. FLOWS ;..e-gr',‘j 1’ 'fi*Ai¢uFAcriiRiuc co.‘ LE ALBio_u, Micu. ; ‘M1 I. made with expansion or corn pressiun Sprimz. £l!‘l(l.(‘1ll.l llniited ‘_‘-3 iiit'lio.~4 is guaranteed to ’A Di} \IAbl‘4 !'I(.n4I\I rill .!!Hld9 9" ‘ of \‘v rough: and nullluunle iron. The ost simple and durable plow iii the market. as perfect poi.-:2-r or llorsu Lift. Turns u. square corner with- : ur. l&.SlXIL‘,' the plow out (if the zround. Manufacturers of THE GALE CHILLED SULKY and HAND , Walking and gitliing Cultivators and Horse Hay All Cecile warranted. . ‘ l“’.C)“'§ are made with adjustable s, t-Irttlzht or :-‘.1-iivting Land Sides t Hniuliirtl Jniuterund 'm-c Cutter. . . . £5 ‘* _ st Ill‘ ml 1; 0st perfect Chilled ‘luff-, ’t- C ll‘-i L‘.l" l:‘..'t"H with 5 Ton es, and with 1-‘ . (--.i l l~:- ndjusts-d to any dept desired and m.-idn to throw to or from Hm v-1:~.i;t. .,..___, K’ “_ GALE RIDING (“’TL_'l"l'V.-’t'l‘0Il. com ete (‘omhmutiori ltuling alltl vator on the mark:-L. C.-‘ILE II! F The ‘host Luv! \‘.'nlkiiig Cultl-| -: ' operut Oiltonlnrs sent on application Correspondence solicited. Mention thisipaper. Address GALE MANUFACTURING CO., ALBION, MICH- I5mar6t "CiiTcA'co & GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY Tiilii:"r'A'i3'i.E," IMI.'.A.IE€.CI{ 21, 1888- TRAINS VVESI WARD—CEN"l'RAL MERIDIAN TIME. i 1 TRAINS BASTWARD-CENTRAL MIIIDILK Tllll. l I (No. 18, No. 4 (No: 6. No. 1, No. 3 No. 5, _ Express Express. ' Lxpress. Mail. Expr. Expres. PonHuron,Lv..... ..[ 8o5 A. 114.; 8c; r-.M. Chicago. Lv . . . . . . . . . 9ioA.M. 325 P.M. 83oP.n. La_pecr.. 9 23 " ‘ g 34 “ l Valparaiso. I ‘ xo 4: " Flint.. io 05 " Ito io ‘ South Bend . . re 10 A. II. Duran ro 39 “ §ro 48 ': Cassopolis. “ in 52 " Lansing . . . . . . ii 37 " ii 50 ' Marcellus. . . . . . .- I 17 " Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 it P. M.;i2 25 A. M. Schoolcrafr . . . . . . . . . . .. r 37 “ Battle“Creek, Ar . . , . . .. A. M. I oo 1 i 20 Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . 3 15 ': 8 x5 “ i 48 “ V Lv.. . 6 x5 x 20 I ‘ i 25 “ Battle Creek, Ar. . 4 03 ' 8 55 2 4-: " YlCi(Sl)Ul'g . . . 7 05 2 ii ‘Z i 2 21 " Lv 4 08 " 9 oo 2 45 " Schoolcrafr 7 i5 2 23 , 2 32 “ Charlotte 5 02 “ 9 43 " 3 35 " l\larcellus.. 7 36 2 45 " I . . . . . . . . . Lansing 5 38 " io 14 “ 4 1o " Cassopolis. . . 8 o3 3 x3 " ,~ 3 i9 “ Durand. 7 05 “ ii 08 " 5 16 “ South Bend . . . . . . . . . . . 8 46 4 oo “ . 4 07 " Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 55 “ IX 37 “ 5 SS " Valparaiso . . . . . . . . . . . .. to 24 5 32 " ' 5 52 " [ Lapeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 42 “ i2 07 A. M. 6 28 “ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..li2 55 P. M. 7 55 " i 8 10 “ Port Huron . . . . . . . . . . ..lro 2o “ i 26 “ 7 45 “ "‘Stop for passengers on signal Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 run dailv. 0 y. VVay Freight carrying -,as‘sengers going East, 4.20 P. M.: going west, 9.15 A. M. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all parts oftanada and United States. For through rates and time apply to G. M, WATSON, Local Agent, Schoolcraft; W. E. DAVIS, Assistant Gefl Passenger Agent. Chicago; W.}. SPICER, General Manager, Detroit. THE LINE SELECTED LIV THE U. S. GOV’T TO CARRY THE FAST MAIL. Burlingiiin lluule (13.8. Q.FI..l?. It Is the only the with Its on track tron CHICAGO TO DENVER, Either by ways! Omaha. Pacific lunc.. st. Joseph. tehlson or Kansas City. It connects In Unlon Depots with throngs trains from NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA, STON and all Eastern points. It Is the orlnoloal line to MI FIIAIEISGO, POITLAID I. GITY Of MEXIGO It traverses all of the six rent states of ILLINOIS. IOWA. MISSOURI. NEBRAS A. KANSAS. COLORADO with branch line: to all their Important cities and 3:31}. cmcuio, PEORIA or sr. LOUIS. It runs every ll? In the you from one to three ele antly equlpgo through train: over its own tracks he ween Ch Denver, ago and Ch cage and Omaha, Chlcago and Council Bluffs, Chicago and St. Jose h, Chicago and Atch son, Chicago and Kansas Clty, Chicago and To eka, Chicago and edar Ra Ids, Chicago and Sioux Ity, Peoria and Council Bluffs, Peoria and Kansas city, St. Louls and Omaha, ‘ St. Louis and St. Paul, Kansas Clt and Denver Kansas Ity and St. Fiaul, Kansas olty and Omaha, For all point: In Northwest. West and southwest. Its equipment I: complete and um clue In every rtlcutar, and at all Important points Interlocking ultchel and signals are used. has Inlurlng con- tort Ind utoty. For Tickets. Rates. General Information etc. .1-egm-din‘ the Burlington Route. call can lloltoi Agent In he united s at» or canton, or a dress T. J. POTTER tar V.P. 4. Gen. Mom, cu‘-iicAco. HENRY 3. am»: Au1'.GIu. Mum, cl-Iicmo. iaencsvni.-Lowlu.i., on. me. Ann. OI-«Moo. , Fllllllll Brothers & 1 Wvluiisvialrs Consignments solicited, and Cash Advances Made. FRED VARlN's Moarro Is. “A Nimble Sixpence is Better than A Slow Shilling.” I therefore’ol’fer Hand-Made Harness CHEAPER THAN EVER, at following prices: Double Farm Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525 50 Double Carriage Harness . . . . . . .‘ . . . . . . .. 2% oo Single Buggy Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 St., Grand Sign of Big Horse, No. 73 Canal . Imal‘X2t (Q . I.-‘3a“‘3fve“”i gbd. ‘$50 1 9 we 09“ t.’\\° - — ‘ ‘ Hm! -4- 1|-‘ 1",,‘ .. - 1 « . — 1;‘ ' ""1. e mi :1‘ gm .‘,. . . ,__ Pedigree _Blanl:s; stock Fanciers should send to In ‘groe Bftiiiksirnd Lottoif nexus. HASSLOCK &‘ AIIIBROSI-2,. Printers and Publishers, 7 feb1m6~ Nashville. Tenn. 3 for u salttple of our combined Potti- use LUCIUS C. WEST, Solicitor of American a d Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent Causes, Trade marks, Copyrights, Assignments, Caveats,‘ Mechanical and Patent Drawings. Circulars free. 105 E. Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. Branch oflice, London, Eng. Notary Public. .. ' apritf Allen Durfee, ’ ' G FUNERAL nmiwron. No. 103 Ottawa. Street Grand Rapids - - glllich. V8. . $ Residence, 193 Jefferson ryNovr6 L. S. & M. S. R. R- KALAMAZ00 DIVISION TIME TABLE. Standard tirne—9oth meridian. GOING SOUTH. N Y & C N Y & B _ Express. Ex 8: M_ w‘y F‘ Lv Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . .- 7 50 AM 4 40 PM 5 cont Ar Allegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 o7 " 58 “ 9 07 “ Ar Kalamazoo. io 05 ‘ 6 55 “ 12 Q Pu Ar Schoolcraft. re 42 " 33 “ zoo " Ar Three Rivers ii ix “ 8 02 " 2 55 “ Ar White Pigeon. hr 40 “ 8 30 ‘ 4 3o ArToledo . . . . . .. .. 5ioPM 4r5AM 63014 Ar Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3o " 8 no “ . . . . . ... Ar Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 30 AM 2 40 PM . . . . . . .. GOING NORTH. . my -« LvBufl'alo.... ..rx55AMn55AM . . . . . . .. Ar Cleveland 6 40 PM 6 30 " ...... .. Ar Toledo... . ii 15 " io4o " 83on1 Ar White Pige . . 5 50 AM 3 3:: PM 8 ism: A: Three Rivers. . . 6 i8 “ 3 56 " 45 " Ar Schoolcraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 47 " 4 24 " u 45 " Axlialamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 730“ 500" x351-II Ar Allegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 32 " 5 58 “ 3 05 " Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 5o “ 7 15 “ 6 58 " All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains on main line. M E. WA-i-rus. Supt. Kalamazoo Division. _Kalamuoo. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. n3PAirruair or nuns non KALAMAZOO. TIME-TABLE-—MAY :8. 1884. Standard time—9oth meridian. WESTWARD. A. BLIP. ll. Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves . . . . . . . . . 4 45 .... .. . . . . . . 9 go ixr3 Day Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EASTWARD. A M. P. I! Hi I Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . ,. 0O A “ _tion leaves. . . . . 3 . . . , , . Kalaniazoo Expres arrives , m g. Mail. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x3 93 Day Lxpren . . . . . . . 5 “ New York Expres. . .... . . 3 no t.icExpress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 oo...... _ New York. Atlantic and Pacific I-Jxpreues daily. Even- ing Express west and Night _Express east daily ex Sm- urdays. All other min: daily exce t Sunduymmgireifit trains carrying _ 3 out from ‘ .. ,5 I '- No. 29 (east at 5:ro P. It. and No. an (west) at 8:10, bring passengers our cast at r2:45. P. M. H. B. Lu_>vAzr>, Gen. Manager, Den-oh, J. A. Gama. General Freight Agent, Chi o. 0. . uiicago. W.RuoaLn.s.G.P.&.’l' A. C lIatrait,- llacklnav & Iirqntlta "lI.::ll: “'].‘he Mackinaw Short Line.” Only Direct Bouts Between the East and the ‘Upper Peninsula. of Michigan. WEST. TLIIE TABLE. EAST. READ Down. Taking Effect Dec.23,'85. nirAn uy. 605 p.m Lvu.....Det:roit... ro5oa,in. 745 mm. 5!. Ignace 8 . 9 5:: “ Newberry 5 P .tm' g 56 :‘ .D0llI.I'V|l 5 59 “ to 40 ' - . . .Sei_ie_y... . 4 5, -- 12 05p in . . . . . . ..Munising.... 325 ‘ re 45 . . . . . . . ..Au Train ....... . . a 5g “ 205 " . ......Marquette . . . . . . .. 1 I H 3 33 Z‘ . . . . . . . .Nega_unee . . . . . . . . 19 as “ 3 so ‘ . .....Ishpeming . . . . . . .. r2 io; " 730 " . . . . . . ..Houghhon........ 83on._u. 8 3o “ Ar. . . .Calumet.,. . . ...LV. 7 :5 5 _ Express Trains daily the year-round make close congea- tions with trains from Superior pains. A. NI/VATSON, Gen!‘ rimendent. arquette, Mich. Canada and the Ezu, 1- .E.V¢.A A oeunr-age‘-ai»d"1l"ii.c'«i£lfi;»., Marquette, Mich. niiIi:iIIArt._lc.)enI.&in_ncn. » . A" "D. DnGAnI7l0. Hi hlaird Station, Oak- - 0 land, Co., Mich. arm one In)! mile north‘of the station, breeder of Shdrthoi-in oi Pomona, Young Phyllis, White Rose, Bell Ha- honc and Sally Walker families. Stock of both sexes for sale. Terms easy, prices low. Cox- iesporidence solicited. L K ‘. « 4-...‘ _ ... ....-. . . , ... , , ' . ,,.g,,...n-unem-—. -:i:-Hzsz. ‘G-IE2a.A.IlSl'G-‘.'El MAY 15,1886. Tm: Rev. Charles F. Goss preached at the Chicago Avenue church on the eight-hour movement for the wage- worker, to a. large audience. “Many did not believe in the organization of wageworkers. But it is right. There is an element of justice in it. The strike has in it essential principles of justice. It is right; but it is one of the most dangerous weapons of modern life. It is right to strike a man in self- defense, but it is wrong to strike him for reverfge. When I say that there is an essential element of right in boycot- ting, .I will probably tread on the toes of some one present; but I will not trade with a man who sells intoxicating liquors as a beverage. —-———