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Printed by A. J. ALDRICH 81 CO.,
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OFFICE./21 DIRECTOR Y.

Omcers National Grange. ‘ ’
!IItuler—-PUT DARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi
0wr.rzer— AM ES I- DKAPER . . . .Ma$achusetrs

[.ecturer—.cIORT. WHITE?‘ EAD . . . .New :l6r_‘=‘C_Y
Sta:-zuard—_I. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wcst Virginia
Assistant Steward-—\V.H.STINS0lVI. .N. Hampshire
¢:;;,.,i1a,',;_A_ j (105. . . . . . . Jexns

  

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’l‘rea.mrer— F. M. MCDOWELL. . . . . .Nciv York
.‘)‘ecretar_1/—}N(). TRIMBLE. 514 I7 St.,.Washmgton.
Gate 1'\'r‘:;.’.-rr-I-I. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . .Deiaware
Czres——.\/IRS. KATE‘ DARDEN. ..Mississippi
Pomo:.a—l\IRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keutucky
Flora--MRS. _lA?v’IES C DRAPER. . .Massachnsetts
Lizdfy ::':.i'z':ta1-rt Steer/zzrd—MRS. E. M. LIPSCOMB,

South Carolina

Executive (lorninift-es-. . _
. M. I3LAN'l‘()N', Cli'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginia
I, H. BRIGHAM . . . . . .. Ohio
l. J. \\'00l)2~I.-KN . . . . . . . . .

   
 

      
    
  
   
    

airliners Tificliigiin State Grange.
‘tn —‘c'. G. LUCIE . . . . . . . .. . 
i )‘—I! III? H:)I.i"-ROOK.
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.. ... Lansing

. .\Valled Lake
. . .Slierm:in
.Vicksburg
Schoolcraft
. . . Paw Paw
. . .I’aw Paw
. attle Creek.
.. . . . . Eaton Rapids
Rl£El\.. . Walled Lake

    

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Executive Coirimittee.

RS, Cl-.'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berrien Center
. . . . .Ypsilanti

. Maple Rapids

. .Traverse City

  
  
  
      

   
   

G , . lruit Ridge

L..(:  1-,,  y.. . . . . . . ..Gile:id

_I_ f_ Cobl-3. l""'0’7z“"’ ( . . . . . . . . . . . .. Schoolcraft
‘ (‘writ-ral Deputy.

IHRS. PERRY IVIAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battle Creek

Special Deputies.
WM. H. LE‘-:2. I-I2.;'..or Springs, for Emmett County.
IOHN I-l<)LBROOl{. Lzinsiiig, for Irighani County.
YASON \‘v'OOl).‘«l.-‘ " Paw Paw, for Van Buren Co.
BRO.VSl')N TU - L , Flushing, Gcnesee County.
FRANK H. I)\‘l:Il{. Ferris, fvlontcaliu County.
‘.5. H. H\'l)E. 'l‘ra\er City, Grand Tr:t\‘eisc. Aritrim,

I.celan.1.w and Beuzie Counties.
R. C. THA Ylil" Benton Harbor, for Berrien County.
‘. 7. 'r‘IEI..l), HI-ohnstown, for liarry Co.

\.\', North Star, for Ur’I[lul Courity.
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C. C. KNO‘.‘v‘l.. K :.\, Oid hlissioii, for M..~s;iukec- Co.
Cr. C. LA ~ 'RENCl'T, I-Iclle lj '.'U1Cl1. for W;-.yiie Co.
CUR'I‘I..!tl\§I_) HILL, lleiigal, for Clinton County.

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IWIICI-IIGAN STATE GRANGE,
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:;'iaiil: “Articles. A ‘oci:ttion" for the incorpo-
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Cl‘l:!.l’tCI",:IllCOrI1plc§C . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ro
Notice to delinquent members, per 10 40
I)€Cl3X‘LiIlC'I) of Ihirpzises, per dozen 5c, per too. . 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law . . . . . . . so
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Digest of Laws and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Roll books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I5
Patrcns’ Badges 25
Officers’ badges. . . . . . . . .. 50

C0-UPERATIVE LITERATURE.

History and Objects of Co-operation. 05
What is Co-operation‘? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0::
Some of the Weaknessess of Co-operation. 0;-
Educational Funds; How to Use Them. . or
Associative Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. or
The Economic Aspect of Co operation. or
Association and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
The Principles of Unity.. UK
The Perils of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. O1
Fundamental Principles of Cooperation. or
How to Start Co-operation Stores . . . . . . or
Logic of Co~opcr:ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

Origin and Development of the Rochdale Socie-
ty . . 03
Addresses and Lev.t.ircs by Eminen A . . . . . . . 03

Address,

I. T. IIOIIII.
I‘}c<;'y Michigan State Graiige,
Sclioolciaft, Mich.

 

' AL VIAZOU NATIONAL BANK. Capital¢r.5o,-
noo. ‘Surplus, $10,000. Southwest corner Main
and Bend'ck Streets. D1'recz‘ar:—~]acob Mitchell,
john Den Bleyker. Helancthon D. Woodford. Melville
J‘. Bigelew, _[. Wilfred fhompson, George T. Bruen,
bamuel A. Gibson, Albert S. White, Edwin j. Phelps,
E. O. Humphrey, N. Ch,-15¢.
Eowirr j. Pumps, Pn-:z'den!,' ME:.'.'ii.i.i=: J. Bice-
r.ow, Vic:-}’r2.rz'a'ent; Ti-iomts 5. C083. Ca.rliz'zr.
fehryr

379 {FRUIT TREES

'v’5ltIETl£S
A 1 P Virlres, Plants, etc.

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q'.’.‘-.’..c’c. I-."t§'..‘£i‘.‘.§‘.5l-’§,"l’r'.a'.'§.’.if.§.‘3.";
Blackberry, (jun-mug, G", 8,;
I-loose-.Iu:rrien. etc. Sand for Can: ofni

J. S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J.

janit;

  
 
 

fisstal goifiizgs.

I PROSPEROUS NEW
YEAR TO Al.l_.?

\’Vith
THE GRANGE TO THE
FRONTE

I'lR0r"lIl1R AND Sisrcit P.-x'i‘itoNs.—l-lcrc is
-.1 call that incsms you. That it should be
licedcd, none can deny. ‘VIII it be is the
question, reader, for you ‘to answer. Do not
fear 3. surplus of jottings. Lengthy articles
can wait if we should happen to have a sur-
plus of copy at any time.-Ein'i‘oi:.

I want to take the chair and call the Granges
of the State together anti open under the
head of “Suggestions for the good of the
Order.” And if you will allow me to lead in
the talk, will say that our Grange is in a very
hopeful condition, although we are not as
large as we wcrc years ago, not as corpuleut,
not as flabby, not as many old sores to dress;
but more lieziltliy, more morals, more courage,
more lifting power than we ever had as an
organizatioii. Our Grange has been called to
order at every regular meeting with but a
very few exccptionz; for the last I2 years, and
I take much pride in saying that I have been
a regular attendant, but now my physician
tells me I must not go from the house until
after the poets have got about through writing
verses on “The Beautiful Spring,” wliich
advice is about as hard to take as his inedi-
cine. Noiv being debarrcd from Grange
meetings by this oral edict I turn to the V151-
TOR for consolation, and especially to the
Postal Jottings, and is itfasking too much
from each Grange in the State to send in two
Postal Jottings in one year? which would
keep this page of the Visiroit well tilled.
We wniiltl take an interest in any subject
pertaiiiiiig to the Grange, anything, \7\'oi‘tliy
I'an'u:is. that may seem of interest to you. I
don’t >l{ this especially for inyselffor I am
coiilidciit that there are scores of Patrons in
the Slate wlio can’t get to Grange meetings,
and are aiixioiis to know about the progress
of t_lie()rdci'. I".i‘trons will you please write
for this page of the Yisirtiit?

UE()l{(}E CA}Il‘l3l§I.I..

Gmvclaiid, Dec. 24., I885.

TII‘r: 14th annual session of the State
Grange of Micliigan has conic and gone.
\"{c were llicre again after the lapse of four
ye:-.r.<. During that period the impress of
Old Time has been more fully defined upon
tl‘c brows of many we meet there. Yet the
same fratemal greeting zuvaited us every-
whcrc. The ()l‘£l".l' was ably represented by
I.lclc;.;'ates, stipportctl by a strong body of
vi..‘ting rticiubcrra, and all seemed to enjoy
thcinselvcs well. We fornictl many new ac-
qLlallll.’lI)CCrS and i'ciiewc<l old oncs. Among
the l£‘.llCl‘ was Broth '1' Cortland llill. If he
rlcccived ivounds during the rcccii: political
contest they are liealctl. leaving no scars or
ill feeling toward any one. \.\’c ritliiiirc the
kindly spirit manifested by V. ll. in his joi-
ting in the last \.'Isi'1‘0It. lic says, “Let us
C," and “Let bygriiies be by-
.” C i any goocl i’:ttt‘«iii repudiate
these grantl principle:-:? Let those to whom
tb.i.< tjueslioii applies aiiswc: for themselves.
\\'c have, ‘tlirough the Grange, accoiiiplishcd
inucli for ‘the elcva‘tioit of the farmer and his
t.’l‘i.’Jl(l tuwr .l: the staiitliiig they are
jt ‘ y entitled to in his couitnunity. Ilut our
object is not yet attain 3. Greater results
rw;.it our efforts if we are ‘uc to our princi-
ples. Then, as we cnler upon anotlicr year,
let us not forget the principles of our Order.
Let us hold up Bro. Cobb’s hands and ad-
vance the interests of our Order by sustain-
iiig our o\vn paper. The siiccess of the
Order depends upon the success of the
\7isI'r0It, and its success upon our aid as
subscribers arid otherwise. VVe do not be-
lieve there is a faniily in this State who cari-
not well afford to spare filty cents for that
paper for fl. whole year. \Vhy, we would
forego our tobacco (thank the Lord we never
used any), Sunday dinner, work earlier or
later, until we had saved or earned that fifty
cents. We would not part with our files of
the _\‘IsIToR for what they cost; no, indeed
we would not. They show what progress we
have made since our Order was instituted,
and if preserved will be read with interest
by our children’s children after we have
passed away. D. WooDi\iA.\*.

Paw Paw.

  

  
 

  

  
 

 

  

N0\\', Cortland Hill, let me tell ynzz ‘_‘why
so many of our Grange farmers were opposed
to Brother Luce.” When the Republicaiis
nominate a Republican farmer Republicans
vote for him, and when the Democrats nomi-
nate a Democrat farmer the Democrats vote
for hiui. That is just the long and the short
of it. If I were a voter and wanted to vote
for :1 party man I would vote for the party
farmer or no farmer. l3I:EI<;ZiI«:.

Dec. 15, r886.

PATROr:s :— Let us attend the Grange
promptly, and keep our dues paid up; always
abide by the by-laws and constitution, and be
not constant grumlilers always finding
fault with this and that, until we consider that
we are capable of running the whole concern
ourselves.

Let us consider wisely that the most capa-
ble and competent of our calling have been
selected to form :1 plan of government; and
by abiding by their directions and teacliings
we may be educated so as in course of time
to sec more plainly the course to pursue
‘towards running this great machine.

_V\'hcn we enter the Grange room let us
come with the full intention of making our
meetings interesting.

The spirit of the last sentence, fully cm»
ried out by every Patron, wou.<l~ do much
toward building up Granges now weak and
making Granges much stronger that are
not in a flourishing condition. F‘i:,tr<i;.

Vcrgenncs, Dec. 15, 1886.

A. DEAN has been doing some of the corn
husking with a threshing machine and he
says he does not allow the cobs to go into the
fodder and he don't see how those others got
them there. He used an “Advance” separa-
tor, run by an engine, and when the motion
was steady and not too fast the corn was not
cut at all, but when the motion was fast the
corn was badly cut. The cxpcriincnt here
was tried too late in the seasoii, as the snow
had fallen on the corn. At the first experi-
ment he thrashed I00 bushels in two hours,
and all ivcro surprisezl to find how small a
space woultl contain the fodder. He thinks
th:-.t zinother year he will find out something
more about the process and bi‘ . it nearer
the right point. If. l7i.\‘t‘ii.

llcrricn Co.

 

OER Grange is stiftcriiig from a soil of
lethargy, or at least some of our members
are. We have a few faithful ones that are
ever ready to work for the good of the Order.
\\'c have got our hall so that we can hold our
nieetiiigs there at the present time, although
it is not finished. I think tlmt the prospects
are that quite a number will be added to our
ranks before the winter closes. At our anni-
versary, with our invited guests, we had quite
a crowd, had :1 very pleasant time and one
long to be rcnieinbered. ‘Ce had quite :1
program which consisted of an oration, dec-
lauiations, essays, select reading and singing,
after which 2. sumptuous dinner was served.
Our next nieeting will be the election of
officers. Business is very dull hero. I’arin-
ers are seeing pretty close lll'lV,(_*.~'. on account
of crops being cut off by the drriutli. Suc-
cess to the (_il{Al‘IGI1 Visrroitl Wlicre would
the l’atro1is of Husbandry be if it \\'as not
for the wclconie \7ISI’l‘0R?

.\II-‘.l.I.s‘SA it I ”1{E, Scc.

Clcon Graiige. No. 633. \

IlI{()’I‘llEl-‘. Goiiii.-—\\'e were at the State
Grange and were very glad to l1CC1l' so good a

report from the officers as ‘to the staiitling of

the Order in the State, but noticed that the
office is not allowed to seek the man even in
the State Grange, for two good Iirotliers. evi-
dently each tliinking himself just fitted for
the office, icqiicstctl inc “ifI could, conscien-
tiousl i,” to cast a ballot for him for Chap-
lain. lAnother said that if I had no particu-
lar nian for (Jvcrsecr he vcould be glad to
have me vote for him. .-‘titotlier asked me to
vote for his wife for I’loi'a. This may be right
but I don't sec it so. It l).='i.i-:t;_t'i‘i,.

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IC:\'cI.os'=1> find fifty cents for i'ciie\val of
\'!:;I"i‘t>u—sciitl as usual to above <f‘ttl'\ll'C.-~. I
p.'c'untc ;\I«)l‘llC."tlm Grange l‘C}1(“‘[i.~' all in
good sliape and will .irnish :‘ gr Ml list of
The \'i.s1T- in  and ‘.‘.l\\‘?t‘ li-.1;-1 bcen
Grange papci'—.  g .. cniost as
an ati\'ocatc of Grange interests as against
l11()lIf)f|Ullt‘.\ and s\viiidlcrs. I liavc at times
 criticising its peculiar political ways,
but its editor is so ingenious in liis explana-
lions and defense that while I do not agree
with him I can’t help but zulniirc hiin—wc
‘c :1 fziiniu: Governor and I wish him

ry success‘. _I. I’. .\'ii:~i=.\i:ti-:F.it.

ontcaliu Cw.

 
     

 

 

As I \.\".»‘. l1U‘L‘ll(,"tll‘(l cinytliiiig fmiii l\'cy-
stone Grange tli:-tiugli the \'isi'i‘t)i: for :1 long
time I thought I would write a few lines.
Keystone Grange is alive and booming.
There were I4.new members given the fourth
degree last Saturday night and two old mem-
bers came back and paid up their dues. That
is what I like to see. Conic one, come all,
andjoiii us in the Grange “and we will be
gay and happy still." C. T. CARL 5.

Clinton Co. .

l\IORlZNCl GRANGE enjoyed a feast at its
meeting :1 week ago, and conferred the fourth
degree on eight new members, making 26
new members added to our Grangi as the re-
sult of :1 contest we have had. And this is
not all the good the contest has done. It
has shown us that there is much talent in our
Grange that had been done up in a napkin
and laid away. \Ve are glad to see these
talents brought to light and think nothing
but the contest work would have brought
them out. The praise belongs to these timid,
weak ones that hardly dare let their voice be
lieard, but have stood up so iiobly, though
timid and trembling, and have done their
part. \Ve hope the good work may goon
after a new set of officers is elected. Re-
member election is close at hand and we
hope to make better success another year
than in the past. MRS. A. J. SL"I"1‘u.\'.

IT is some time since we saw aiiytliing in
the jotting page of the VISITOR from Grove-
lantl Grange; und‘asI think a good deal of
this page and always read it first when I get
my paper, and finding the page not as full as
it should be, I made up my mind to add some-
thing to it.

Now, after the great political battle, and
the dead and wounded are all taken care of,
and our Worthy Master, C. G. Luce, is Gov-
ernor for the next two years, let us attend to
the Grange and its work. First for the good
of the Order is the GRANGE VISITOR. Let
us all write for it, subscribe for it and work
for it. I am going to see if I can get a few
names for it soon. I get discouraged‘ some-
times in trying to get names for it—-la good

deal of work and expense and no thanks for
it unless it is from the editor.
Grovelancl Grange is booming.
Wu. C/\MI‘BF.I.I..

WE HAD a lively election meeting; all went
off finely, and went home thinking that our
Grange was going to become more prosper-
ous, as in the last quarter we have initiated
four sisters and two brothers. Our Children’s
Day will occur on the second Saturday in
‘llanuary, and our installation will be held on

-uesdziy evening, Jan. II. Will have an
open Grange and expect Bro. Jason ]. Wood-
man with us to install.

Mus. Martv A. Iinsos‘, Sec.

Otsego Grange, No. 364.

OYR Grange is still alive, although few in
number. We live in peace and harmony and
try to have an interesting and instructive
program carried out at each meeting. Our
elec1iou~ to-day—w:is one of the most pleas
ant events of this year.

Mics. l3‘..\iii.\ E. LoCiir;v.‘

liiimvii 01-‘ 'riii~:\'isi’i‘oit.——In the Visirou
of Dec. 15th you make me :<ay'_/train‘! emi
gi‘a'ion where I tried to say /*rvr,'n1t cniigi':i-
tion. You also made me say we do 710/ ex-
pect to see Gov. I.ucc‘s signature to certain
enactments. I tried to say we 1/(7 expect, &c

Ingliain County Poiiioiiu Grunge held its
annual meeting at Capitol Grange Hall. Dec.
II, with alargc attendance. Capitol Grange
furnished the program and banquet which
was :1 success in every particular. Election
of officers in thc aftcriiuon and conferring the
fifth degree on sixteen caiuiidaicsin the even-
ing. Capitol Grange elected its officers Dec.
18. A. I). Banks, hlaster; \\’:irren Smith,
Overseer: and Wm. Sliafft-r. “.\'tcwar<l of the
State Grange,” was l‘C-LEICCXELI Secretary. “'6
expect to have a general good time Christ
mas at which time the cliiltlreu of the Grange
will be remembered. O. R. E.

Till‘; past year has been plcasniit and pro’ri~
table in many ways in Benton llarbtir Grange.
\\'t: hold our meetings on the first and third
Saturtlays of each month, and have literary
exercises at almost all our meetings, the

'“""‘i‘lQ’l’l€I'S and Sisters taking a lively interest

in the discussions. We are not increasing in
numbers very fast but we are a live Grange
and mean to remain so. We have S()Cl:1l‘i
once in two weeks which are well attended
by our own people and many from outside the
Gates. “'6 had :1. Cliristinas dinner with lit-
erary exercises by the children and young
people. ‘An original poem by our past Scci'e-
tary, llrotlier U. I3. Webster, and a beautiful
tree, well laden with good things, in the
evening, good music aiid singing by home
talent. I hope to hear of Olll8]‘(;l'{1lIgCS that
have kept the Cl‘l‘lSlIIl‘.15 time in the Grange.
M. J. Mi:t«;ciI, Secretai-y.
,\N :\t;;\'1I/'.‘.-‘t!.'s l{El‘()l{'l‘ TU Tiiic t.;R.\_\'I.;i-1.
\‘{t-i.'i‘ii‘.‘ .\I.~\‘?'l‘I:‘l{.-—II1 the year past I've
sttmtl at fui'iou.~; blast.
Ive been appointcnl to Iliillly Ll p:i.<~i<li wlicre
I tlon’t love to lisli.

I? ttsi‘ -’.)v1-:i~:si:i;u. -50 ‘3IC2‘t.\C1l. znv m«-uth
I .
went froni ear to car
Ilillll of the l(ICl;l'tI‘.‘.' I had so niucli fcai
(.~\ntl than I was let down to \‘.’llCl‘t.‘ I led so
queer
But I puffed. up and never slicd :1 tc::i.;

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;\n<l thcti Iwa. ‘.l‘..t>'.'.ii 0!} no ‘l-c :~‘:il; . .ii1tl
in :1 lower gi‘-utlc I liad to tiuiil,

;\ntl as others that this they couldn’t C‘.‘.'.ll‘l'C,
\\"liilc I was not wortliy to be insui'e<l,

They kindly gave me Stewartl.

Yet I felt I was not well secured

When I \v.1sdroppcd down to assistant slcv.‘ai‘tl.

Just here I was weighed again and yet too
_ light
To stay with the sheep on the right,
For some (lid ‘take ilight and keep out of
sight
So then I was slipped to the left with the
goat
When I began to crzuu p and to bloat,
And now, I don't amount to a Bohemian oat.

Now when I begin to get uneasy just to please
ITIC
They put me out in the tiiite-rooin to freeze me,
They put me to tend the gate for those who
come in late
Then to tend the goat and feed ’cm on Bohe-
mian out
So at the next election I’d know how to vote.
Very respectfully,
_l0SEI’l~l BURGESS,
Geiicral Relief for Official Abseutccs.
Montcalni Grange, No. 318.

OTHER STATES.

THE month of 1\'ovembcr was one of uii—
usual severity for this State. A cold snap the
first of the month with several inches of
snow reminded us of a Michigan bluster, but
the cold, severe while it lasted, was of short
duration. The first and second days of De-
cember were warm and sunshiny to that de-
gree that we sat in the shade of :1 small cot-
tonwood and wished for something larger.
We enjoy this Colorado winter’s frosty nights
and warm, genial, sunshiny days. When thc
wind blows from the west it can be seen
among the mountains and heard roaring
down the canons for hours before it reaches
the valley, then it does blow like the waves
of the sea, one gust after another till every-
body is driven to find shelter. This is never
~ :1 cold wind.

The articlc from Algona, Iowa, in Nov. I5,
we read with interest, the more so us “our
own C. L. Whitney” was mentioned as one
of the speakers; but asltle from this we are

always interested in Grange work anywhere,
and in the progress of the Order. Also the
article on Pomona Granges by A.  I-‘rout is
an honest statement of facts and good reas-
oning in regard to the same. The 2‘.li.lCl€
will bear to be read and discussed in every
Subordinate Grange. Noticing the article on
Harvesting Corn we will just state that in
Colorado there are machines ‘or huskiiig and
shelling corn but it must be pulled from the
stalk. This machine does not It-Ie£1l( the cob
or injure the grain. Saving the cob is an ad-
vantage in this State as it is very valuable to
burn. VVor(ls on \V0rk, by  IL, are like
apples of gold. jotting fruin D. \’Voodman
gave us such a sense of rest that we read it
twice. Bro. VV. exeniplifics the principles of
our noble Order, Christian cliaiily. VVhy re-
peat the foolish things said and unsaid during
the hcat of battle by IT1L‘1‘.llitII‘>' of the l)rdc':"
As Brother VV. sa_vs lei vl " ‘llv_3>'r') gr'evan-
cics and work for the 1:1 iit g of society
through the chosen cbatiitel ..liich heretcfoi;
has proven so successful. It to tli:—.- chuich
we love the (,}rangc. Let us ci:'iol’»le ourselves
by our faithfulness to its pi'iiici-pics. Send
in the jottings. EV'C‘TylJOLl_\' runs over lh:-.t
page llffil for they seem like letters from
friends. V. l§., go on with the good work;
we can’t take up a regular course of readliig
but your diary provokes investigation good.
for the soul. G., give us more “Stra_v I.iiiks."
S. I’. S

    
   

 

Boulder, tiolorado.

l’o'i‘o:.i.\<' GR.\.\'c.iz No. I lmltls its meet-
ings once a month in the bi:ild'ng of tlc De-
partment of Agriciilture. The Coinmi. 'ioner
<ifAgricul1.ire, Hon. Norman J. Colin ii, is
Master. The meetings are interesting and
instructive, and the membership is now
rapidly increasing. \V. M. Ssuiiders, Supt.
of the grounds of the Department, is one of
the oldest members. For s‘x years he vvrs
'.\l:1s*er of the National Grange, and in his
office the National Grzingc ivas organized
llec. 4, 1867. Mr. Trimble, present Secre-
tary of the National Grange, is a mcniber.
.\lr. King, Chief of the seed division, Dr.
\'-ascy, the botanist, and niriny others of I re
l)cp.irtnicnt of Agricultuic, arc nieiiibers,
besides fariners and garrleiiers of the V icinity.
Grarigc..dc.~"tt.._g :cpt...s"1:i‘ seeds can best
obtaui them through the Coiigrcsstuan from
their district. _\. A. CRO’/2ll»‘.R.

Wasliiiigtoii, D. C.

TIII-: late Citrous Fair held at Sacraniento.
0.11., will help to bring inore people ffir .et-
‘tlciiicnt in northern California than £1I1y'tl'IlI""
that has ever been done picviotisly; to that cnti.
the exliibit will be tlisplaycd in Chicago, and
all the readers of the ‘\7IsI'roIt that can a'.':i.'i?
tlicinselvcs of the opportunity should see
what can be done in nortlierii Czilifornizi. ll‘
raising oranges, olives, gi‘:ipes‘, etc. I7. I’.

San I“rancisco, Dec. :0, "S6.

Kiri» \V'iLi.t»\v Grange, No. 628, me: ii:
rcgiilzir meeting last evening, C3"l'lC(l out the
I't';‘g1llJl'p1‘OgI‘{IlTl, received three zipplicatioii.-.
"or ixiciiilicisliip. spent an hour in social en-
joyinciit, ai*.'.lz1tljo:i:'iic(l till the £"tli, ;\ll‘3ll
we elect officers for the eiisuing year.

lit:-‘l enclosed two naincs for ‘the \'IsI't‘0R.
I litipt: to send you more soon.

1

Red \\'illow, N€b., Dec. Io. '

. C. Roor.

 

COl{RF.Sl’O2{DE1\"‘1S in this number
liavc referred to the late session of
the State Grange, and we most fully
endorse the opinion so generally ex-
pressed that the r4th session of the
Michigan State Grange was except-
ionally strong in ability. We will not
say that it had more zeal, more en-
thusiasm or more faith in the princi-
ples of the Order, but, its average
talent was of ahigher order than any
legislative body of Patrons that have
ever before assembled in this State.
And this is as it should be. Tle
Grange, we claim, is an educational
organization, and, as such, its mem-
bers should show such improvement
from. year to year as would substan-
tiate the claim we make. From the
substantial make-up of this State
Grange, and from all indications, the
outlook for the year upon which we
have just entered is good. The men
and women present at Lansing were
those who have breadth of thought,
and, comprehending the grand prin-
ciples upon which the Order rests,
recognize what it has already accomp-
lished for the agricultural class in an
educational way, and understanding
the opportunities the Grange affords
for the improvement of the farmer
and his family, can, we trust, be de-
pended upon to devote some time
and effort to the work of building up
and strengthening the Order in the
several localities where they live. We
shall have some earnest Grange lec-
turers in the field this year, and we
enjoin upon the Brothers and Sisters
who were at Lansing that it is espec-
ially obligatory upon them to co-op-
erate with these appointed laborers

in the field of Grange work.

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. to those compelled to use it.

  

JANUARY 1, 1887.-

grrmmunimtinns.

Arenac County.

There is very little in a new coun-
try to attract or induce one to settle
in it, unless it be the more favorable
conditions to make money or secure
a farm cheaply. This is more espe-
cially true if one loves refined and
cultured society and appreciates the
beautiful in the imposing edifice or
the attractive landscape. Here
when the eye wanders over the
fields it finds no objects of beauty to
rest upon. Instead, log heaps and
stumps, blackened and hideous, and
the farmer's hovel with surroundings
indicative of barbarous nature or
great destitution. The so-called
highway is a’misnomer,and a vexation
The
conveniences of the farmer's home
are usually wanting. In fact we
seem to live on the dividing, line be
tween the savage and civilization.
This is a dark picture, but may be
relieved by a silver lining. These
conditions are but temporary and
the necessary preliminary steps to
the broad fields and beautiful homes
of the future. It is a few irite theory
of mine that there is no want in na-
ture or aspiration of the soul but
somewhere in the infinity of time
and space it may be filled or grati-
fied. Now there may be some farm-
ers without farms, tradesmen or
manufacturers without employment,
small capitalists seeking profitable
investment, who might conclude to
locate here if a fair statement of the
condition of things were presented
to them and thus an inharmony made
harmonious and all interested parties
benefited. It is the rule, I believe,
to paint “our location” in glowing
colors, carefully excluding all sombre
tints. The picture painted true to
nature, however, is best appreciated
in works of art.

Aranac County is located 30 miles
north of Bay City, Michigan. It is
bounded on the east by Saginaw Bay
for a distance of 30 miles, thus se
curing cheap transportation. The
M. C. R. R. runs through the entire
length north and south. The lumber
interest, now nearly through with,
has left numerous roads, such as they
are, and quite a population scattered
over the whole County, besides sev-
eral villages. Schools are accessible
to all. Improvements are being
made rapidly. During the present
season 17 miles of County drains
have been constructed,m0stly through
new sections, and the outlook is
encouraging for the rapid settlement
of the vacant lands. There is a va-
riety of soils here: some clear sand,
almost worthless, sandy loam and
clay loam. The latter is abundant,
and is equal in fertility to any soil in
the State. Desirable stump lands—-
that is, those that have been com-
pletely lumbered—-can be had for $3
to $8 per acre. The climate will
permit the cultivation of anything
grown in Mi. higan, but is not quite so
well adapted to corn or buckwheat,
perhaps, as the southern counties, 
our summers are not so long. Grass
and clover are the most natural
products. Indeed, I never saw else-
where such spontaneous and rapid
growth of white clover, june, red top
and other varieties of natural grasses.
It follows of course that stock raising
is the most profitable branch to fol-
low, especially as it costs nothing to
summer cattle. Instead it is, or
should be,a positive benefit, aside
from the cattle themselves. as after
chopping, pasturing a few years pre-
vents the aftergrowth of small trees
which spring up thickly and grow so
rapidly that by the time the stumps
are ready to pull their removal
would cost as much as the large tim-
ber. Besides, there is unlimited pas-
turage for young stock on the com-
mons, and it is the universal practice
to let the young stock get their own
living in summer, which they do and
are always in good condition.

Now it appears to me, and I be-
lieve it to be a fact, that with a. given
amount of capital a farmer can do
fifty per cent. better here where land
is cheap and the summer keep of
cattle costs nothing, than where land
is dear, aside from the increase of
values sure to follow improvements.
He will need some capital to take
advantage of these conditions. but
an industrious poor man can gain
land and little by little clear it up
and finally own a good farm. Work
is always plenty and necessary ex-
penses few. C.  I{l1.I.Ml£R.

Arenac, Mich.

, , _______.,.___ ,, . .
A Plea for Direct Taxation.

Read before Calhoun County Grange Nov.
1 . by C. C. Mcl)crmid, Letturer, and for-
warded for publication at request of Grange.)

The average American citizen
knows not when, or how much, or
why, he is taxed by his representa-
lives at Washington. It is not in-
tended that he should know. He
pays his tax without complaint (when

he buys his sugar, or medicine, or
tobacco, it may be) because he either
knows, or thinks, nothing about it.
He knows that he works hard, lives
closely, and wastes nothing, yet does
not “get ahead” financially; while he
has good reason to believe that the
average official in the employ of our
common Uncle Samuel fares sump

tuously, spends money, and especial-
ly the public money, freely, and
moves heaven and earth to keep him-
self and his set in office and the
other fellows out. He knows, further,
that in some way, not clearly per-
ceived by him, he and the rest of the
dear people finally foot the bills.
But just how much needless weight
is added to his own particular bur-
den, how much wrongful tax is levied
from the price of his day’s work, he
does not stop to inquire. The tax is
levied indirectly on purpose that he
shall not know that large amounts
may be raised without attracting at-
tention or exciting opposition.

Indirect taxation is not an Ameri-
can invention. It has come down to
us as a legacy from the despotic gov-
ernments of the old world. Its the-
ory is that the people will refuse to
provide for the necessary expenses
of government unless they are hood-
winked and deceived—unless they
are made to pay taxes without know-
ing it. Is this the attitude which a
government “of the people, by the
people and for the people should as
sume toward its citizens? Are the
people, the masters of our affairs,
unworthy the confidence of their
servants? Is it not an unwarranted
slur upon American citizens, upon
you and me, that our general govern-
ment dare not rely upon our intelli-
gent. hearty and sufficient support, if
it plainly and without concealment
asks us each for our share -‘of its
necessary expenses? ‘I state it as a
truth self- evident, that any tax which
an intelligent and virtuous people
will not readily pay, when its sup-
posed necessity and propriety are
made plain to them, ought not to be
paid. The fact of its condemnation
by a number sufficient to prevent the
collection of the tax, is proof of its
folly or wrong. Our State, County,
Township and school taxes are each
and all collected without difficulty by
direct methods: why cannot we, thus
collect the amounts needed for our
national expenses? .

Indirect taxation is oppressive and
burdensome. It taxes a man not in
proportion to his property, but in
proportion to his necessities. The
poor tli._V laborer with a large family
is oitcu compelled to pay more than
the bachelor millionaire. The first
pays the tax upon the necessities of
many little bodies, the latter of none.
If he be content to live plainly, he
may shift the burden of supporting
his government, the expense of pro
tecting his property, upon his poor
neighbor, while his millions are prac-
tically exempt. We tax not what a
man has, but what he needs. The
burden falls lightly upon the rich and
heavily upon the poor. The system
is unjust and wrong from the begin-
ning false in its underlying princi-
ple.

Its collection is expensive and
wasteful. An army of officials is re
quired, collectors, guagers, weigliers,
appraisers, clerks of high and low
degree, detectives and informers, to
collect our customs duties, at vast
expense; while direct taxation would
require but a small addition to our
present State machinery, and disband
and return to productive labor this
vast and useless army, greatly to the
advantage of our political system.

But the most serious objection to
our present system, in my view, is
that it naturally and necessarily tends
to cxtavagaiice and corruption in
the administration of public affairs.

We pay our taxes without knowing
it, and consequently can easily be
made to pay millions more than is
necessary. Government positions
are eagerly sought by a horde of
hungry politicians for the simple
reason that they pay vastly more
than the same labor will command
elsewhere. Public officials, like\all
others, ought to be compensated on
a strictly business basis. They
should receive exactly the same pay
that equal talent and industry will
command in other walks of life. The
famous saying of the old Ilemocratic
hero, General Jackson, “To the vic-
tors belong the spoils," ought to be-
come obsolete (“to fall into innoc-
uous the modern

desuetude” is
phrase, I believe,) for the reason that
there should be no spoils of Ofilfti
possible to apportion among the vic-
tors. Every dollar’s worth of work
done for the public should command
one hundred cents of pay, no more
and no less. I believe the spoils
maxim never will become obsolete
so long as we raise our’ public rev-
enues by indirect taxation. Econo-
my and good government demand
that the people know and feel every
burden laid upon them that they may

THE GR..3tNGE VISITOR.

C
promptly resent and rebuke every
extravagance and fraud.

Under our present system extrava-
gance pervades every department of
our general government. Note a
few examples. We have lately dou-
bled the salary of our President, and
now pay him $50,000 per year. In
addition we make lavish appropria-
tions for his servants, his stables, his
furniture. his greenhouses and other
expenses, until the total largely ex-
ceeds $i00,000 per year (with no
deduction for the days he goes
fishing).

We pay our Senators $5,000 per
year, with 20 cents per mile addition-
al for riding on free passes, and they
vote themselves each a private sec-
retury at $1,500 per year, paid from
the public treasury. We send an
honorary committee to bury a dead
Congressman. and the sad Congres-
sional mourners have one long ca-
rouse from Washington to California
and'return, with palace cars, wines,
imported cigars and other refresh-
ments at the expense of the nation.
It costs us ni.ore to bury the dead
Congressman than his year’s salary
while he lives.

Our Department of Agriculture
(supposed to be founded and carried
on for the benefit of the farmers)
expends a large part of its energies
and funds in providing rare and
choice bouquets for public officials
and their families. Why all these
abuses? Mainly because indirect
taxes are paid without inquiry, with-
out serious complaint, without being
felt; and extravagance and corrup-
tion are the natural, necessary fruit.

Our national taxes are greater in
amount than all others we pay com-
bined-—State, County, Township and
school. Figure with me. > Our pop-
ulation is estimated at 55 millions or
thereabouts: our government expen-
ditures in 12584 as officially reported,
291 millions. (Later figures were
not at hand when this paper was pre-
pared. They vary but little from the
amount given for I384.) Our annual
national taxes then exceed $5 per
head—-call it $5 for convenience.
Suppose the average family in wealth
and numbers to consist of six per-
sons. Its national taxes are $30 per
annum. Does the average family
pay $30 per year taxes for all other
purposes? '

Figure from another point. One-
third of our population only, accord-
ing to our census reports, have gain-
ful occu ati0ns—work by which they
earn money.
these are women and children whose
earnings are necessarily small. One
dollar per day, or 3300 per year,
would be a large estimate of the
average income of the workers of
the nation. As two-thirds have no
direct income, the total income being
produced by the one-third having
gainful occupations, it follows that
the grand average annual income of
our people is but $100 per capita,
which ust pay national taxes
amounting to $5. In other words,
for every $20 earned by the average
citizen, one dollar must be paid in
indirect taxes to our government.
Would we pay it if assessed directly,
without loud and long complaints?
And would not the watchword of our
next campaign he “Retrenchment
and l{eform"? And woe to the ad-
tiiinistratjon that should fail to re-
spond to that watcliword. Allow me
to restate my ;—;xtoin. Any tax which
an intelligent and virtuous people
will not rr:.idily pay when its neces-
sity and propriety are made clear to
thein, ought n .t to be paid. I be-
lieve our people would cheerfully pay
all our necessary public expenses-
our unnecessary ones ought not to be
paid.

Let me anticipate zin objection.
You ask me, What of- that protection
to American industry which has been
our settled policy for many years,
and which we have heretofore stren-
uously urged?

Allow me, Yankee fashion, to ask
the gentlemen on the other ‘side of
that question, “What becomes of
your tariff for revenue only?" Di-
rect taxation hits your doctrine
harder than it does mine.

I believ_e most thoroughly in pro-
tection to American Illtlublrltfs. So
long as we have a tarlff,l think it
should be framed with a view to such
protection. Let the free list include
what we cannot make, and the duii
able list such articles as our farmers
and artisans produce. And when all
tariffs shall be abolished, and direct
taxes substituted in their place, we
may very properly and profitably
encourage such industries as may
need protection by a bounty upon
the American products of 1-uCl1 in-
dustries. The system is not new or
untried, but has proved $Lll(ICS3l'lll
and economical in practice. The
doctrine of protection does not fail
with, the abandonment of indirect
taxes.

But if protection can not be main-
tained without continuing the dis-

A large proportion of

trust, injustice, extravagance and
corrupt public expenditure always
accompanying a vast system of indi-
rect taxation amounting to 300 mill-
ions of dollars per year, then pro-
tection ought to go.

I do not believe that the wrongs
now accompanying the system are a
necessary part of it. I believe that
the good of the plan can be retained
and the evils rejected; while the plan
of a tariff for revenue only seems to
me wrong in its central idea, and in
its incidental relations.

But whether we be protectionists
or free traders, I think we shall agree
that any just system of taxation must
be based either upon the amount of
aman’s property, or the amount of
his income, either of which implies
direct taxes.

I think we shall further agree that
our national government cannot af-
ford to continue a system false in
principle and unjust and oppressive
in practice; a system based upon
distrust of the people, expensive in
its workings, without proper re-
straints upon the ameunt of taxation,
and necessarily tending to extrava-
gance and corruption in national ex-
penditures. And when we as a nation
find a correct solution of the main
problem, I think we shall not be
seriously troubled‘ by its minor
details.

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A Runningsketch of Michigan
State Grange.

The fourteenth annual session of
the Michigan State Grange convened
at Lansing Dec. 14. About X30 del-
egates were in attendance, with visi-
tors enough to fill the hall. At this
session the biennial election of oili-
cers occurred and Worthy Master
Luce, Governor-elect of. Michigan,
was re-elected, almost unanimously,
for the fourth constitutional term.
Brother]. J. Woodman said that at
the National Grange in Philadelphia
3. month ago, only one Grange in the
Union stood above Michigan, and
while this fact was mortifying to him,
it made the Worthy Master of Maine
stretch himself up two inches higher
than usual. I)uring the session, the
members of the Grange expressed
their unfeigned respect for the servi-
ces of Sister Mayo by presenting her
with a 575 gold watch. On the pres-
entation, the heart of the little wo-
man fluttered, and fluttered, and she
tried to speak but her emotion was
too great for utterance, and she could
only express her joy in tears. The
present wasjust what she needed,and
the liberality of the donors, showed
how well she deserved it.

Many resolutions and recommen-
dations were offered and discussed,
with enthusiasm on both sides, and,
after 3. spirited debate, in which both
parties were sure of being right, sev
eral resolutions by the sound judg-
ment of the majority were laid on
the table to sleep the sound sleep of
oblivion.

Good advice and wise recommen-
dations were offered for the guidance
of the iiicoiniiig Legislature, which
will, no doubt. have the same power-
ful effect upon that honorable body
that the croaking of a tree-toad
would have upon a cyclone. With
the growing sentiment of farmers in
our ability to hold the reins of gov-
ernment, and occupy the halls of leg-
isl-ati0n,Wc find it very convenient
to have 3. little sprinkling of lawyers
like j. G. Ramsdell and others to
prepare papers for legislative action
On Friday night the session closed
with a public meeting and the instal-
lation of officer:-, which was appro-
priately and imi;-ressively conducted
by Brother H. l). A .3:-.nis of Kalama-
zoo cot.-nty. Thus the labors of the
session closed with no discord or un-
kind feeling, and each repaired to
his chosen home with anticipation of
meeting again, in this same hall on
Wednesday the itith of November
next, not only the brothers‘ and sis-
ters of Michigan State Grange but
the chosen and honored. members
from every State Grange in the Union.

CORYL.-‘.ND HILL.

Clinton County.

The Tariff and Lumber.
Brother J. W. Dickerman, of Solon,

in the last VlS['l‘0}~‘. gives us a talk on

the Tariff, and I am glad to see
farmers looking into this subject, but
1 fear he is no better posted than I

am. lie says why is it that 750,000
foreigners come to this country some
years and go right to competing with

American labor. There may be 750,-

000 foreigners in this country some
years, but I have never known them
to reduce the price of labor in Michi-

gan. Those who come from foreign
lands to this country generally prefer
to beg or peddle notions or go into
a saloon, stable, or barber shop rather
than work on a farm. The good
brother is quite sure that if the tariff
of $2 per M on lumber does not go
to the Government it must be the
fault of the President and his oflicials
who are Democrats. But this brother
ought to know that. the Government

 

gets no revenue from lumber unless
it is shipped from other countries.
And while 1,000 feet is shipped in
from Canada, with a revenue of S:
to the Government, our own lumber-
men cut more than 100,000 feet for
which they get $2 per M to put into
their 0wn'p0ckets. There is where
the revenue goes to. my brother, S:
to the Government and $200 to the
mill owners. and the President has
nothing to do with it. The brother
should further consider that if a
tariff of $2 per NI on lumber is a
benefit to the farmer and laboring
class, then Sio per it would be bet-
ter and $25 per M would be better
still. But let the brother try it for
one year and he will see the rich go-
ing up a sliding scale and the labor-
ing man going down to ruin with a
rush. Brother D. wants to know
how many of the 55,000,000 of in-
habitants would be benefitted more
by removing the tariff on lumber than
there is now by the way it is. I an-
swer by fractions 54,989,000. And 1
form this estimate on the fact that
where one man has lumber to sell
there are 5,000 who have none to
sell, so that one in 5,000 is benefitted
by the tariff and 4,999 pay him $2
per M. each for the privilege of buy-
ing his lumber. But Brother Dick-
erman says that a “Michigander
should not complain of a tariff on
lumber when there are so many mil-
lion feet that need "be sold instead of
being burned to clear the ground for
farming purposes.” I have lived ad-
jacent to pine lands in Michigan al-
most 50 years and never yet have
found a man so destitute of common
sense as to clear pine lands for farm-
ing purposes. 1st. The timber stand-
ing is worth ten times what the land
is. 2d. The land is not worth fenc-
ing after it is cleared. 3d. No farm-
er ever buys pine land for farming
purposes. The pine lands are all
owned by rich capitalists who are
able to put up mills, hire hands to
manufacture lumber, and wait a year
for it to season before they sell it,and
when they have cleared the land of
all valuable timber they let the land
go back to the State for taxes, or sell
it for fifty cents an acre if they can
find any one green enough to buy it.

I hope that the Bohemian oat
swindlers will not see Brother Dick-
erman’s article for they will surely
think that if agood Patron can be
induced by silly politicians to believe
that a tariff of $2 per M on lumber is
a benefit to the working class, that it
will not be difficult to convince him
that cats at 310 per bushel are very
cheap. CORTLAND Hii.i..

Clinton County.

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Patrons of Husbandr/—Lectu—
rer’s Department-«National

Grange.

The object of the Grange is not to
antagonize any other class, not to
wage a warfare against any other in-
terest; for it recognizes the right and
importance of every legitimate enter-
prise and vocation; and is quite will-
ing to concede to them every right
upon the principles of justice to
which they may have claims. Farm-
ers in the Grange will cliecifuliy aid
in the advancement of every useful
interest, and shall strive to secure
them protection, justice and equal
rights with others.——1l[on’z)-m'7' I."'/ti/c-
/‘zctz-.-1', _-'»[1'.'z’rz’/.-.'/'71/.5/1, A". /.

We believe that stock gambling
which raises or lowers at the pleasure
of one man the price of food pro-
ducts is a crime. So thought the
National Grange at its last session
when it favored laws, both State and
National, prohibiting all dealings in
"fixtures."

“In the present industrial and po-
litical crisis the voice of agriculture,
the great conservative reserve power
of the Na ion, should not be silent,
her influence unfelt, her power unsus-
pected, her rights disregarded, her
necessities tinrelieved." Farmers be-
lieve this fully, hence the Grange
with its new lease of life, steadily
grows and prospers. Farmers are
looking to it as their only hope.

Every neighborhood that ought to
have a Grange will yet have one,
even if years ago one was organized
and failed. It is better understood
now. Its plans and lines of action
are well defined. It offers farmers
the only orgamization that covers the
whole country. The hundreds of
Granges reorganized during the past
year prove that farmers see in it their
best organization.

Alta Grange, N0. 350, Illinois, is
trying the plan of a Reading Circle
in connection with the Lecturer’s
program. They have taken up Nord-
holf's Politics for young men, and a
member is appointed to open the
topic or chapter at each meeting
with a written essay.

 

Someone has wisely said: 'l11e

 

 


_name lasts forever."

 
 

JANUARY 1,! 1881’.

THE  VISITOR».

a 3

teachings of childhood are the corner-
stones on which to build the founda-
tions of character. If those are laid
in wisdom and faithfulness we may
look to see the superstructure rounded
and beautified by the lesson of life’s
experience." The Grange now ad-
mits young people of the age of foiir-
teen years and its beautiful and good
lessons are helping to form their

characters and shape all their coming I

iives.

Montrose Orange, \'a._. lately lield
.i fair. On three sides of the room
Ceres, Pomona and Flora presided
over displays appropriate to theirxown
sphere, while the fourth side was
dedicated to the babies of the Orange
and was separated from the rest by
lace curtains and festooned with ever-
greens. On the platform were two
rows of seats, one above the other
and filled with the little ones. And
a. sweet picture it was, with two
dozen smiling little ones from three
months to four years old.

“How much have the ties of this
Order done to harmonize and unify
the people of the various sections of
this country; to obliterate and re-
move all bitterness, hatred and jeal-
ousy; to heal the breaches and
wounds of our late civil war? So do
you not see that in the near future it
will remove all sign and semblance of
sectional strife, and make us a bar-
monious and united people —-_/. .-V.
Lipsarzi/i, .'l[z1.tlr/' .S‘.'ruIx': Clzrtvlir/.'r S7/at!
-‘_7rrzI1gc'.

At last there are signs of a L} range
awakening in Rhode sland. If the
iittle State wills it her farmers can
take their place alongside of those in
all the other States and help us in
our battles for the right. In our
work we must not have any States
out of the Union. Brother James
Draper, Master of ‘;\-lassacliusetts,h;.is
present oversight of Orange matters
in “Little Rhodie.“

The late session of the California
State (irange was a most successful
and profitable one. Advance ground
was taken upon several important
State questions. Another victory
was rejoiced over, that of the defeat
of the corporations on the “Debris
-question,” whole hills and mountains
had been washed down for mining
purposes for years and the soil or de-
bris carried upon the farming lands;
the utter ruin of thousands of acres.
One of the reports read: “To con-
vince all of the usefulness of our
organization it seems only necessary
to refer to its accomplishments, when
thoroughly united and in earnest. It
never attacked a foe that it did not
subject to law and equity, and which
was maintained by the highest tribu-
nals in the land."

“ ‘TL-‘ ours to guard a .-;-.1ci'ed ::us:.
We shape a he:tv‘ii born plan;
The noble purpose wise and just.
To aid our fellow man.
lirom Maine to C:ilifornia’s slope
Rescuiirls the reaper’s song;
\‘v'e come to build the N:i.tion’s hoist.
To stay the giant wrong.”
— ----—-—-—o>————»
From mv Dlarv.
\'ici;.\'.nii:s.

The word nick in nicknames is
allied with the German word nicken,
to mock, to quiz, and the linglish
word nag, to tease or provoke.
Hence to nickname is to tease or
mock. “A good name will wear out,
:i had one may be turned; :1 nick-
What a book
could be written on the history of
nicknames; and who would not be in
it? How many an innocent person
has been hit by an epithet dipped in
gall, or made the target for a satiric
fling or a witty gibe or jeer that has
stuck to them like an evil mark very
often. How many a person has been
rechristened in some way with a
nickname that he has borne through
life. Some people are fated to catch
nicknames as readily as they do
burrs, woodticks, or a cold. A prom-
inent citizen of Detroit, 21 noted wit
and story teller, caught the name
“Old Salt” by which he was ever
after known. There were few people
in the State during his time but who
either knew or had heard of “Uld Salt”
Williams. Hon. john Wentworth,
of Chicago, is more readily recog-
nized, and known by the nickname,
“Long john," than by his real name.
They call me “Old Pewter-foot” said
the soldier to_ Gen. Jackson, and I
can’t stand it any longer; Ishall leave
the army if they don't stop. , Well,
says the General, they call me “old
Hickory," now I will swap with you,
I’ll take pewter-foot and you, “old
Hickory,” and let them do their
worst.

A trifle may create a nickname,
but what power can dispose of one
when once attached to a person?
Thus a trifle gave the New England-
ers the name “Yankees” but they
will ever bear it. A volume of
meaning may lurk in the epithet that

is flung at a person or a body of in-
dividuals, enough at least to babble
evil of them all the days of their lives;
thus the word “copperhead” will ever
stick to that class of northern men
who sympathized with the rebellions
south and the epithet “mugwump”
yet sticks like a political burr, to a
certain class of disaffected Republi-
cans. Sometimes the fame of the
person makes the nickname distin-
guished and honorable. The splendor
and glory connected with the name
of Napoleon can never eclipse the
epithet “Cur.vimIz" or “little Corpor-
al”; think of separating “;\Iarengo"
“Wagram”, or the glorious sun of
Austerlitz from his name as these
nicknames that he has immortalized.
The same may be said of “Ursa
Major" applied to I.)r. Johnson, and
Iron Duke to Wellington.

Facts and logic may command the
assent of the few, but a nickname may
enlist the passions of the million on
your side. The word slave, attached
to the southern negroes made them
free men. It was nearly a century
in pleading their cause, but it won at
last. The French Revolution was
caused and controlled by epithets.
Napoleon was aware of this, when he
said—“it is by epithets that you
govern mankind.” During the reign
of terror in France, the King and
Queen trembled for their safety,
when the rabble in the streets of
Paris sang out.

“My little Queen, not l.weiity—one.
Maltreat the folks as you’ve begun.
And o’cr the border you shall run.”

lint when the rabble, as they
passed the palace, and, looking up to
the window of the Queen Maria
Antoinette, hurled at her the oppre-
brious epithets-—“.-'l[¢za’ame Deficit-
“./lfadamc I'm” ——the "-4z1sz‘rian,”
and the fearful title “the vwmarz
Cayw.-"’ they came as fated and
terrible words presaging her doom.

Hazlitt says an eminent character
told him that he did more to produce
the war with Bonaparte, by nick-
naming him “The Corsican," than
all the state papers and documents
put together. The first steps towards
overthrowing a great wrong is to fix
upon it a nickname that expresses its
character. When taxation without
representation was called tyranny by
the colonies then they began to be
safe. For taxation without represen-
tation, was like I-lotspur’s starling, it
was ever shouting tyranny in the ears
of the American colonist. The in-
suiting, degrading epithet will stick
to a man long after it has been proved
to be false or malicious. Like the
scar, from the wound received, it
will remain long after it is healed.
Cunning and craft was attached to
the name of a certain American
statesman after he was nicknamed
“The Fox", and the “[i!t1e1lIagz'riar1."
And who venerated John Tyler as
chief magistrate after he was christ-
ened “His accidency”? Gen. Scott’s
prospects for the presidency in 1852,
were ruined by his being called "old-
Fuss—and-lE‘eatliers.” Tom Corwin
has killed many a political move or
measure in Congress by an epithet,
and ruined many an oppouent’s
speech by a stinging epigram.
“Give a dog a bad name,” says the
proverb, “and you hang him.” Give
a man a bad name and every body
will beat him with it wherever he
goes. Nicknaming Burke “the din-
ner bell," made his rising to speak the
signal for emptying the house. The
epithet “Popinjay” given to a nimble
witted, political orator in Michigan,
was probably the cause ofdriving him
into the western country. “Old-
boots" went down to the grave with
one of our sterling legislators, and
will ever be associated with the
memory of the man. That brilliant
writer, wit, and politician, S. _S. Cox,
will ever be known as “Sunset” Cox.
Tom Benton said in the U. S. Senate
(speaking ofa certain bill under dis-
cussion) “you may call this bill a fi-
nancial scheme, but you cannot leg-
islate that name to it, it wont stick
even with a constitutional “tag,” the
people have given it their name, the
“fiscal agent," and by that it will go
down to posterity.” That line
steamer, the “Belle of Creole," that
forty years ago plied between New
York and New Orleans, soon lost its
beautiful name and was called The
Belle Croll, and later the “Croll,”
and finally the “Owl," by which name
it was ever after called.

A nickname is like a blow given
you that you can’t ward off, stinging
severer than satire, and as lasting as
it is severe. The word “heretic”
steeped in Catholic theological re-
nown was fastened upon all non-
Catholic believers. The mussulman
labels the christian a “dog”; and the
christian retorts, and your very name
“Turk” is but anickname fora “wan-
derer" or “out-cast.” V. B. .

Dayton Hedge
- William Lehr, of Athens, asks if

the Dayton Hedge Comfiany has as-
signed to the Michigan edge Com-

pany. I think they have not. The
Davton Hedge Company is a wealthy
company and transacts ' a large
amount of business. My impression
is that the Michigan Hedge Company
is a branch of the Dayton Company.
Mr. Ayleswortli, who lives in Adrian,
is manager of the Michigan Hedge
Company. He seems to be a very
fine man, and I think they intend to
to do business on the square.

I have one hundred rods of the
Dayton Hedge. it was set two years
ago last spring. it has made a very
fine growth, and I think will do to
plush next year. I have no fear that
the company will abandon it.

There seems to be two serious
difficulties in getting hedge started.
Most of the farmers do not prepare
the ground properly. But very few
prepare ‘and tend it according to
their contract.

The second trouble is in the set-
ting. The men often set them so
rapidly that their work is slighted.
The earth should be tramped firmly
around the plant. Sometimes bun-
dles of plants heat in the center and
the plants fail to grow. The com-
pany do not agree in their contract
to plash the hedge the fourth year.
I supposed so at first, but look at
your contract and you will see they
agree to plash when the hedge is of
sufficient size. They should be as
large as broom handles before plush-
ing. I think there are thousands of
rods in this county that will never do
to plash. Some set them under large
trees, others fail to care for them,
and the time already spent, together
with the dollar per rod, will have to
be added to the loss side of the
ledger. M. T. (.‘.oI.i..

Lenawee Co.

A Reply.

Please allow me a few more lines,
not that I wish to be captions or
have the last word, but I would like
to be understood. Bro. D., of Solon,
wishes to know where a high protec-
tive tariff tax does go to if not into
the treasury.

Hon. ]. G. Blaine is reported to
have said in Niles six years ago,
“that to double the tariff is to halve
_‘,he revenue, and to halve the tariff is
to double the revenue.” That is, the
nearer we approach a prohibitory
tariff the less the revenue; and when
we have reached prohibition we have
all the tax and no revenue. The
manufacturers by combination and
organization keep the prices up to
the protective standard, else where
is the protection?

The Constitution provides‘ that
Congress shall .provide means to
carry on the (iovernmcnt. But I
look in vain in the Constitution for
the power to enrich one class and
enipoverish another class. A tariff
on what we farmers export is a hollow
mockery. To have the tariff on
wheat of any use we should have the
price in Liverpool and the tariff
added; and then we wouldn't be any
more than even with the other fel-
lows.

The fact is we farmers have every-
thing added to what we buy, freight,
tariff, insurance, profit and all, and
everything taken out of what we sell.
But farmers have no rights that other
people are bound to respect. Bro.
D. is my superior in politeness, for
which I am sorry.

Allegan Co. ]. "B. ALI-ZXANIJl£R.

AT THE Tenth Annual Meeting of
the Iowa Butter and Cheese Associa-
tion, held at Cedar Rapids, Decem-
ber 7th, 8th and 9th insts., and at
which there was a representative at-
tendance of Farmers, Dairymen,
Creamery and Cheese Fhctory Man,
Dealers and others, the following
resolutions were presented in general
convention and unanimously

adopted:

Ifrrolzrzd, That both self respect and self
interest make it the duty of every Dairyman
to patronize only those dealers who confine
their transactions to the handling of pure
dairy goods. We are told by respectable
and ancient authority that men cannot serve
both God and Mummou. No more can the
dealers serve both the genuine and the coun-
terfeit dairy interest. We, therefore, pledge
ourselves to patronize only those who serve
the dairy interest by dealing exclusively in
genuine dairy goods.

]i’::ol:2¢-4', That local pride, local interest
and our duty to our families and neighbors
demand that we should withhold our patron-
age from all stores, groceries or other estab-
lishments that take out licenses for the sale
of oleomargarine or bogus butter.

Rarulwd, We can view the intnision of the
bogus product in our midst only in the light
of the work ofan enemy to the dairy farmer
and the dairy industry, and we ask the farm-
ers of the land and the press of the country to
take cognizance of the principle underlying
this resolution.

Rare/wd, That the Executive Committee
of this association be empowered to take such
action as will best carry out the sentiment of
the foregoing resolutions.

Rerolwd, That the Secretary of the associa
tion be authorized and requested to obtain
the names of dealers who have taken out
licenses and others comprehended by these
resolutions for the information of dairymen
everywhere. ‘

ROBER1‘ M. LITTLER,
Setrelary [awe Butler 6-' Cheese .4::m-ia-
lion.

Davenport, Dec. 13. 1886.:

The Ideal Newspaper.-—An Interesting
Essay on Journalism by Henry Wat-
1-son.

Yet, after all, has not literature. and
particularly fictitious literature. under its
old forms. very nearly run its course? is
there anything in books which the news-
paper. adequately rendered. cannot bet-
ior produce and supply. except the rec-
ords of times when there were no
newspapers. admitting that works of the
imagination have exhausted their possi-
bilities and spent. their force? Mind ycu.
no man thinks less of the current news-
paper than I do. It is a vast. power mis-
directed. and I was almost going to say,
wasted. But I have in my fancy it
newspaper not so misdirected and wasted,
conducted under the largest sense of pub-
lic and personal re.-.iponsibility,edited with
tact, ability and care, intelligently, and
cleauly.a.ud. where the occasion requires.
brilliantly writ.ton,a.ud yet furnished with
all the roso-.iroe's of modern enter;.*-'.se
and organization.

No newspaper answering this descrip-
tion now exists in the world, and perhaps
none is likely to exist for a. long time to
come. But one will exist as soon as the
experiment is tried by a. man equal to the
task and master of the situation immedi-
ately at hand. Then the public. seeing
what a newspaper really can be, will not
hesitate to make its choice; and, after
that, it will pay no man of brains and
ambition to fish mud out of the sewers.

But. it may be asked. what ought 9.
newspaper to be, and what can it be? It
should, to begin with, be a history and a
complete history, of veaterday.neatly and
justly told. It should, to end with. be a
chronicle of the life and thought, and, as
far as may be, a reflection of the temper
and tone of the people, done with abso-
lute fidelity. The newspaper which first
achieves these purposes will be the great-
est of the practical successes. just as
these newspapers which have approached
them nearest have been the greatest prac-
tical successes.

THREE CARDINAL I'l*2INCIPL}'lS.

At the bottom of this scheme lie three
cardinal principles. They are: Disinter-
estedness. cleanliness and capacity.

The ideal editor need not b43—nay. he
must not be——a neutral or 9. “free lance."
Often the worst kinds of servility and
corruption are found masquerading un-
der tho pretense, and sometimes the
actual belief, of “Independence.” No
man on amount to much in this world
who does not believe in something. and
who has not some method in his believ-
ing. and to say of a man that he is not a
partisan is to imply that he is either a.
scamp or a skeptic. The ideal editor
may be as partisan as he pleases. But
he must be disinterested: that is to say,
he must be what: he claims to be, and
must seek to represent truth, as he sees
it, for truth"s sake. and not for the sake
of an ofilce or a job. He must deal fairly
and frankly by the public. Even
the professed advocates of special
interests by doing so have gained
great credit; how much more credit
is to be gained and merited by one
who dedicates himself wholly to the gen-
eral interest? Too honest to be bought
and too brave to be bullied, such an one
needs only capacity to compass every
end possible to the reason of his being.
He will establish between his readers and
himself a perfect understanding as is es-
tablished between the upright banker and
his depozgitors or the honest lawyer and
his clients.

* -S # * it

The business of the journalist is to ar-
rest the attention of the public fro m day
to day. and this puts a. strain upon the
inventive faculties and the nervous energy
which are at war with the steady and
sturdy composure indispensable to suc-
cessful administration. In his public
intercourse the journalist is R. dabater,
not an administrator. He must be ready
upon the instant for all comers,is allowed
no time to reflect or prepare, and has to
speak to every disjointed thought. giving
each its proportion. An event, an idea.
no bigger than the first ray of the morn-
ing sun, appears above the surface of
afiairs; he can not wait: for this to dis-
close itself; but must deal with it at once;
it; shows its face 9. little more, and he
must mark the change and deal with that;
and. finally. by the time it has reached
its complete development and is ready
for the statesmen to take hold of it, the
journalism has put it before his readers
in many ways, according as it may have
altered its aspects in the process of rising
above the horizon and ascending to its
zenith.

He who is unwilling to submit himself
to the limitations which such work as
this imposes had beat leave journalism
severely alone; but to those who realize
it and accept it there are lively times and
plenty of usefulness ahead. for few pur-
suits in the world are more variable and
exciting than journalism.

uruuxruuu AND JOURNALISM.

But I was speaking of literature and
journalism. and the gradual crowding
out of the one by the other. Already the
the greatest publishing houses are the
great newspaper oflioes. The eminent
propagandists of Christendom no longer
rely upon books. '1‘o be excluded from
the newspapers, or ignored by them. is
to be lost. To Mr. Gladstone and to Dr.
Doellinger. to Mr. Ruskin and to Mr.
Henry George, the newspaper is is. nec-
essity. The press of the world can. any
day of the year. and by 3 tlaslnas it were.
supply 50,000,000 of readers. Its wealth
is proportionate. Three or four news-
papers can form 3 syndicate to overbld
any possible combination of book pub-
lishers. The and must be. therefore.that
the best writing will find its best compen-
sation to the journals, and, as time goes
on. the journals will gradually draw to
themselves the best writers. When that
time comes. it will not be, as now in
journalism. a contest of epigrama and
epithets, in which those who are the
sauoiest comes ofi' viclzor-ious,bu|: an open
and responsible competition for legiti-

mate patronage. based upon the princi-
ples of supply and demand which prevail
in other lines of business enterprise.

No man who has marked and consid-
ered the wonderful progress of journal-
ism the last forty years can doubt this.
or fail to see that thejournalofthe future
will surpass the journal of the present
day in character and tone quite as far as
the journal of to-day surpasses the j iurnal
of yesterday in opportunity and equip-
ment.

The ideal journalist must be independ-
ent of the political managers and the
party workers. To be so independent
he must keep out of their company. He
must be independent of the advertisers.
To be so independent he must give them
ii medium of communications which they
can not dispense with. He must beiude-
pendent of money pressure. To be so
independent he must mind his own busi-
ness exclusively. a process which rarely
fails to secure pecuniary independence.
the root of every kind of independence.
Ten years of honest efiort in these direc-
tions will establish him who makes it in
public credit,a.nd that alone is any man's
fortune.

-—- 
Henry IE. Stanley‘: ‘Work.

At the meeting of the common council
yesterday Mr. Morrison recounted the
services which Mr. Stanley had rendered
to the world at large. In 1868 he was
in the British expedition to Abyssinla,
and for purchasing abundance of rations
at critical periods and in assisting Cap-
tain Speedy (of the intelligence depart-
ment) he received a silver medal from
the British govermeut. In 1871 be dis-
covered Livingstone aur! relieved his im-
mediate wants. in 1872 be equipped
another expedition to enable Livingstone
to complete his discoveries. In 1874375
'76 and ’77 Mr. Stanley completed the
discoveries of Speke, Grant. Burton and
Livingstone, with the result that he found
that the grandest river in Africa. the
Congo, was available for the easy pro-
motion of commerce and civilization
throughout the whole of west equatorial
Africa. Between 1879 and 1884 he re-
turned to Africa and established forty
stations in the Congo basin. and steam
communication between the Atlantic
ocean and Stanley falls—1.-100 miles in-
land. He united all the tribes along the
Congo river into a native confederation
under the llsig and auspices of the Inter-
national association. He assisted as one
of the delegates (he belngatechnicul
couucilor) at the late Berlin conference.
at the conclusion of which the explored
regions of Africa. (on which he had.
thrown light by his travels across the
continent in 1874377, and which he had
subsequently developed) were recognized
by the Euoropean powers as the indepen-
dent state of the Congo. Eight years
previously barbarism of the grossest form
was prevalent, and the marauding Arabs
raided for slaves. These regions were
now under the influence of light and civ-
ilization. Stanley having planted several
stations for the purpose. The river
he descended in 1877 was now policed by
armed steamers. and 700 miles of naviga-
tion had been thrown open to commerce.
At various places there were missionary
settlements and schools in a fair way of
progress. Trading companies. eu-
couraged by the peaceful character of
the country. had established themselves
at Stanley pool. and their steamers were
exploting thisimmense and feltile region.
There were now live lines of steamers
running to the Congo per month, and a.
telegraphic cable was being laid along
the west coast of Africa which would
reach the Congo settlement. Arrange-
ments were being made for the construc-
tion of a. railway to pass the cataracts,
and if successful, the Congo basin would.
on account of its great wealth and variety
of tropical climate, become a superior
Brazil. From 1879 to 1884, when Stan-
ley completed his labors, and brought the
concessions granted by over 400 native
chiefs. there was not one shot; tired; and
as the state had 1.100.000 square miles,
inhabited by over 230000.000 people, it
had been ii. grand victory over barbarism
without the guilt of blood that had too‘
often stained the triumphs ofcivilizing
enterprises. Mr. Stanley had received
the thanks of the great. learned societies
of London, Paris. Vienna, New York and
elsewhere, and it would be a fitting oom-
plimeut if the corporation conferred up-
on him- the freedom of the city for the
great and everlasting benefits he had
conferred.-—-London Telegraph.

 

:%*'I‘here is a bit of history connected
with the origin of church pews that can
not help but prove interesting. In the
early days of the Anglo-Saxon and some
of the Norman churches, astone bench
afforded the only seating accommoda-
tions tor visitors or members. In the
year 1310 they are spoken of as sitting
on the ground, or listening in a standing
posture. At a later period the people
introduced low, three-legged stools and
they were placed in no uniform order in
the church. Directly after the Norman
conquest. wooden seats came in fashion.
In 1387 a decree was issued that none
should call any seat. in church his own,
except nobleman and patrons. each on-
tering and holding the one he first found.
From 1530 to 1540. seats were more up-
propriabod. and 3 erowbar guarded the
entrance. bearing the initials of the own-
er. It was in 1608 that galleries were
first thought of and as early as 1614 pews
were arranged to afibrd. comfort by be-
ing balzed or cushioned, while the sides
around were so high as to hide the occu-
pants-a device of the puritans to avoid
being seen by the officer, who reported
those-who did not stand when the name of
Jeans was mentioned. —Pretzel’ Weekly.
—-<0

Durimrrron or A Muowum-.—'l'be
mugwumps do not form 3 party or nomi-
nate a ticket. They sit in judgment on
the other fellows. They are not political
kickers. They want no oflice for them-
selves. but they demand the best services
for the State.-—[Boston Herald.

   

 


  

 
 

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complete charge of that department.
Prices will be furnished upon appli-
cation. Average circulation for 1886
has been over 6,800 copies. Regular
edition 6,000 copies. The paper
circulates in nearly every county in
the lower peninsula of Michigan and
into families of as intelligent zi class
of people as can be found in any
state in the union. The VIsiToR,
also has a good circulation among
the Patron: cf Iowa.

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Editorial Review.

With this number our relations to
the GRANGE VISITOR as its editor
and manager are resumed by direc-
tion of the Executive Committee
of the State Grange.

We do not come a stranger. ‘We
need no introduction to the most of
our readers. As the last few months
of our editorial service developed
more feeling, more friction, more
personal antagonism than during any
of the previous ten years of our nian-
agement of the VISITOR, it is perhaps
a fit time and place to briefly refer
to the past. We do not do this be-
cause we believe apologies are due
to any one for what we have at any
time said, nor have we any confession
to make, but rather to bring some
history to the attention of our coin-
plaining brothers to the end that the
“Good of the Order” may be pro-
moted, and we believe we have at no
time lost sight of this, the chief duty
of our official life.

The first impulse with every man
when charged with wrong doing is to
justify, and although we are not un
like our fellows and so far as personal
considerations are involved should
not care to spend any time over the
matter, yet as there are some who
honestly entertain the opinion that
we did not deal fairly with all per-
sons and parties in the heated politi-
cal campaign of I886,we are disposed
for the “Good of the Order” to pre-
sent some editorial matter of 1880
which seems to us a complete
vindication of cvcry editorial line
printed in I886 and which some of
our complaining brothers seem to
have wholly forgotten. Our aim is,
ofcourse, to establish what we zzs:-;ci't
as a. fact that the editor

has at no?

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

the following language: “Just the
other day in the selection of
delegates to the Chicago Convention
by the dominant party of this State
the farmers were ignored altogether
although they will be depended on
for votes in November to elect
’almer, or some other lawyer, for
Governor, and a full delegation of
lawyers to Congress.” Which party
got hit that time?

In the next issue, July I, under the
heading “Michigan’s Next Governor,”
after severely criticising one of the
Republican candidates, we find this
sentence: “Farmers of Michigan,
will you be good to yourselves, to
your fellow farmers, and the whole
country by such honest, independent
action as will secure a competent
farmer to administer the executive
department of the State Government
for two years from the first ofjanuary
next?”

“The VISITOR and Politics” covers

a two-column article in the next is-
sue in which is the following para-
graph: “That there will be three or
more political parties in the field is a
fixed fact,and we should be glad to see
at the head of each ticket a practical
farmer—some man of good business
experience, who has given proof of
executive ability to discharge the
duties of his office with credit to
himself, to the agricultural class, and
to the great state of Michigan.” A
month later the three political par-
ties of that day had held their con-
ventions, adopted their platforms and
nominated their candidates. We
criticised as best we knew and in
language not difficult to comprehend
the action of the Republican Con-
vention, saying that “Through cow-
ardice, or blindness, it carefully ig-
nored the most important question
that to-day affects the material inter-
ests, the general prosperity and
consequent happiness of the Ameri-
can people.” And in the same
article commended the Greenback
State Convention for incorporating
in its platform a plank covering “the
duty of Congress to regulate inter-
tate commerce.” “Our politics” in
be next issue referred mainly to
members of the Legislature, a care-
ful perusal of which will fail to dis-
close any party preferences although
reference is made to a Republican
Senator, a lawyer whom we had
scored until his absurd pet bill had
been laughed out of sight.

The course of the VIsiToR prior to
Oct. 1, was condemned by the Re-
publican press of the State and here
is a part of what we had to say in
answer in the issue of that date: “We
have seen another statement equally
wide of the truth in several Repub-
lican papers, intended to disparage
Bro. F. M. Holloway,tlie Democratic
candidate for Governor. It has been
assumed that he was selected from
among prominent Democratic‘ candi-
dates in response to the demand for
a farmer candidate, which seemed to
us a very plausible statement and a
very sensible move for the party to
make. Now, the statement that we
refer to is that Bro. Holloway is a
‘city farmer, that he don’t live on his
arm and farms altogether by proxy.’
The truth of the matter is that he
was raised on a farm, and now lives
on a farm two and one-half miles
from Hillsdalc; that he bought the
farm (Inost_ly uncultivated) in I851,
and that he has not only lived on it
since 136i but has carried it on him-
self for these 30 years, never having
even rented an acre of it in all this
time." In the article we had referred
to Bro. David Woodman, the Green-
back candidate for G ovcrnor, and
together we said of them: “Of course
the parties who manufactured these
falsehoods made no mistake but pur-
posely undertook to make political
capital at the expense of the consist-
ency and good name of these gentle-
men, both of whom are honorable,
higlimindcd men and practical farm-
ers, who have religiously lived up to
the principles of the Order, which
demands that ‘the office should seek
the man and not the man the office.’
The letter of acceptance of Col.
Holloway is alike creditable to his
head and heart, and his delicate
reference to ‘the fact that this is but
the second time in the history of our
State when the office has been ten-

}fiir:ii::rs of the State who are iiiore
interested in clevatiiig the agri: ul-

1 . . .
3 tural (‘.155 ;ind ])l‘~’)t€CtlI‘.'gl.'l‘IL‘l’I‘ Inlcr— l

ests than in the succe:=.s of the

time been partisan in his inanage-  ll-N3)’-"

agenient of the VIsiToR, and that he {

There is more of like import in

has succeeded in maintaining for the  the article but we pass to the next
editorial page a neutrality that was ‘ number to find the following arisucr

as ready to criticise one party as

to some Greenback complainant who

another. I alleged that we were not giving Bro.

As early as June in 1880 under;
the heading “Our Next Governor,”
we gave two columns to the consid-
eration of the claims of‘ the farmer
class to the executive office and in
referring to the disregard of political

David Woodman, the Greeiiback
candidate for Governor “a fair
show.” We stated that “He is an
elder brother of J. J. Woodman, of
Van Buren County; we think a mem

ber of some church, a radical. tem- 7 voting.

nlcrcll to one actively cngagetl in till— ;
 the soil,’ cornmends lzim to the ‘

politically of Democratic anteced-
ents, and a good farmer.” * * *
“And more, David Woodman is not
only a successful farmer but a Patron
of Husbandry, and gave early proof
of his devotion to the cause of agri-
cultural progress by joining the
Grange when its claims were first
presented to the farmers of the State
and he has been active in promoting
the good work of the Order from his
first connection with it until now;
never for a moment faltering, but
always ready to meet every claim of
duty that might in any way advance
the cause of truth and promote the
best interests of his fellow farmers.”

“We can hardly expect to please
all the readers of the VIsiToR. Some
would have had us pronounce in favor
of Bros. Holloway or Woodman re-
gardless of the fact that to have done
so would have antagonized men of
both ofthe other political parties. We
hoped as the claim to the office of
Governor on the part of the farmers,
was so well established as a matter of
right, that as we long ago said, each
of the political parties would recog-
nize our claim and nominate farmer
candidates for Governor.

“The Republican party ignored our
claims. The other two parties recog-
nize them. As the matter stands we
have at no time thought it our duty
or our privilege to advocate the
claims of one of these candidates
against the other, but we have ad-
vised and do advise zfldeperzdence in
voting. ‘When you know what you
want, try and obtain it by all honor-
able means and if that includes
scratching your ballot, do so, without
any apprehension that the country
will be ruined if all the candidates of
your party are not elected.”  *

“We believe enough Republican
votes will be cast for one or the oth-
er of the farmer candidates for Gov-
ernor to indicate a very decided im-
provement in this matter of electing
men to official position, and we hope
enough to teach every party to re-
spect a claim so just and right as the
demand made by farmers, for a far-
mer Governor to succeed C. M. Cros-
well.”

“Brother farmers, vote for no man
for any office who is hostile to your
interests or too stupid to understand
that it is not a fair thing for a class
numbering one-half the whole popu-
lation and representing the most im-
portant industry of the country, hav-
ing plenty of competent men in its
ranks, to be always represented by
men of other professions. To think
about this thing and talk about it is
75/z‘//, arid to act as you think and talk
is to pro‘»/c that you are the chattel
of no party, but an independent citi-
zen.”

We hardly know that we are excus-_
able for giving so much space to evi-
dence in proof of the non-partisan
character of the VIsiToR, for every
one who has been a regular reader
of the paper knows full well the
charge of partizanship has no foun-
dation whatever.

This is the season ofthe year when
most subscriptions expire and we
have given this review of the work
of the VIsiToR in 1880 to restore im-
paired. confidence in the minds of
some of our brothers who had lis-
tened to tliewicked accusations of an
unscrupulous partizan press that at-
tempted to inake its readers believe
that the ‘\"Isi'i‘oR had abandoned its
neutrality and become a partizan Re-
publicaii sheet. We think those who
will not accept the evidencehere giv-
en of the iion-partizan character of
the editorial page of tlic \'Isi'i'oR are
beyond the reach of pron". To con-
dense our political history in its con-
iicction with the VIsiToR we add a
few more sentences.

From the first issue we have en-
deavored to impress the fact upon
farmers that more political independ-
ence was needed to protccttheir own
interests. We have urged that they
should attend t-he primary meetings
of the several parties to which they
belong and do what they could to
bring competent farmers to the front
ior oflicial positions.

For eight years we have made the
“l~‘;iriner for Governor” a sort of hob-
by, based on the fact that 02/! qfm(77‘z’
Man [00 z/If/‘2)1'e’/it 211522 in i./2/5 agqrzirzr/—
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\\’c have ignored the idea of 3.fiEr-
‘ mars’ /nzr/'1', but continually urged
' farniers to do what they could within
their several ])I*.I";lC.5‘ to secure the
nomination and election of a compe-
tent farmer for Governor, and have
at the same time urged z'2z.«1’.-'/Iezzrlcrzt
voting. In 1880 this matter had been
so much discussed that it figured
prominently in the nominating con-
ventions, two of which presented far-
mer candidates. We commended

   
 

. both and recommended independent

More than this, in justice to

parties to our claims as farmers, used perancc man, and, as we understan d I each, we could not do. Two years

later we denounced the dominant
party for its scheming and treachery
to a wide-spread demand on the part
of the people for the nomination of
a farmer for Governor, alienating
friends and receiving only good words
from a party that in 1886, when we
were following the same line of po-
litical policy, did what it could to
alienate members of the Order; by
the most unjust and false charges
against the VISITOR and its manage-
ment. Personally we are indifferent
to all this sort of wickedness. Hu-
man nature in politics shows some
of its meanest points and if one par-
ty is meaner than another during a
political canvass it is because it hap-
pens for the time being to have
sharper men giving their attention to
its political work through the press
and on the stump.

In conclusion, we will simply add
that we hope no wounds have been
inflicted that time has not healed and
that if scars remain they are not so
large as to disfigure the fair face of
our noble Order. We have all the
while aimed to maintain a political
neutrality acceptable to all and be-
lieve that we have at no time given
cause for offense. We have worked
for a purpose all these years but that
purpose was not the elevation of a
farmer of this or that political party
but simply for the elevation of some
competent farmer to the executive
office, and as the matter now stands
we believe we have done good work
for the Patrons, the farmers and the
agricultural interests of the State.

The Banner Grange.
While we were reading proof in our

office of the report of the committee
on “Good of the Order” and had
reached that reference to the com-

petitive work of Palmyra Grange,
No. 2I2, Miss Buell opened a regis-
tered letter from the Secretary of the
Grange, and with the report for the
quarter ending Dec. 31st, counted
out $46.82 as substantial proof of the
success of the “Working Contest”
described by Worthy Master Cole, in
a Jotting in the VIsiToR of Nov. 15.
This scheme has the merit of novelty,
of amusement, of real present profit,
while being worked, and our cash
rece’pts proves that it was made to

pay to the subordinate, the State and p

the National Grange, and we venture
a prediction:

A Grange that has the brains, the
industry, and the vim to organize and
put on the market and work to a
successful issue such a scheme, will
have the ingenuity to provide at-
tractive programs that will bring out
its members, give them something to
do and make them do it. This ac-
complished and the Grange will be
popular, will grow and thrive, and be
a blessing to its members and the
community.

Members of Granges almost dor-
mant we hope will ask each other if
Palmyra Grange does not present a
pattern worthy of imitation. To such
we say, don’t look over the ground
and conclude that you can’t do as
well as did Palmyra Grange, and so
do nothing. The true theory of suc-
cess is to get a whole loaf if you can,
if you fail in this, get half a loaf, and
if not successful say at once that a
slice is better than no bread at all,
and go for the slice with determined
cheerfulness. This is the doctrine
we believe in, the theory we preach,
and in our daily life bring, as we
think, into pretty successful practice.

THE readers of the VISITOR are
widely scattered. Comparatively few
of them know much of the city of
Coldwater where the VIsiToR was
printed in 1886. In most respects it
is not unlike the other inland cities
of Michigan. It has its rich and poor,
its churches open six hours on Sun-
day to help make the people better,
and its saloons open every day six-
teen hours to help. make the people
bad, besides the other influences, or-
ganized and unorganized, for good
and ill that belong to our civilization.
It has had some notoriety for its
sporting mcn,trotters and cigar manu-
facturers. But these things, common
to other cities, are overshadowed by
the generosity of two of her citizens
who, in rnarked contras‘.; with the
wealtliy of other larger towns, have
given to this an honorable distinc-
tion above that of any of her sister
cities of the State. The Lewis Art
Gallery has for years given to Cold-
w.°.t-:r prominence and character not
only in Michigan but in” other states
among cultured people and lovers of
art. Without in the least detracting
from the merits of Mr. Lewis (now
dead) who had done so much for
Coldwater, another of her citizens
has come forward and erected a,
monument to his memory. The Ed-
win R. Clarke Library Building was
formally presented by Mr. Clarke, on
the ‘evening of December 29, to the

JANIJARY 1, rear.

Coldwater Free Public Library and
dedicated with appropriate ceremo-
nies. Less than a year ago Mr.
Clarke made public his intention to
builda Public Library and donate
the same to his fellow citizens of
Coldwater for. their use and for the
use and benefit of their successors.
The dedication shows this z'rzz‘crIz‘z‘o;I
an accomplished fact. The building
we shall not describe. It is sufficient
to say that every modern improve-
ment has been utilized and now when
complete,the plan, the work in every
department, the internal and exter-
nal appearance, meet with universal
approval. The citizens of Coldwa-
ter may well be proud of so fine a
building, devoted to such a noble
purpose; but they should, as we trust
they do, feel more proud of a citizen
who, in these days of grasping ac-
tivity, presents such an example of
unselfish regard for the moral and
educational interests of his fellow
men. The appreciation by the citi-
zens of the value of this gift may be
somewhat measured by the impor-
tance given to the ceremony of dedi-
cation. No ordinary occasion would
have commanded the presence 0
President Angell, of the State Uni-
versity, and Thomas M. Cooley, late
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
We have only to add, that there are
in every city of Michigan men of
wealth who, though they can not
establish the firs! Free Public Libra-
ry, might add others, and their own
names to the list of l\-Iichigan’s pub-
lic benefactors.

A Michigan Day.
Lecturers, kindly consider the ad-
visability of following the example
of Capitol Grange, No. 540, in the
matter of holding a Grange meeting

with a Michigan program. Can not
a Jlfic/zigarz Day be kept in the
Grange allover the State to advan-
tage?

Jan. 26, the anniversary of the ad-
mission of the State into the Union,
would seem to be a more opportune
season on which to commemorate
the virtues of our noble State than
on any other day. Public schools in
places keep a State day with in-
creased interest as year after year
guides historical light, discovers new
rcsources, multiplies industries, erects
public buildings and educational in-
stitutions and promotes her men and
women to prominence. The Grange
can profitably do likewise. Statistics,
incidents, anecdotes, songs, pioneer
stories, with pictures, niiiieral speci-
mens, relics and curiosities from
ilichigan could not fail of a patriotic
and profitable occasion.

\ViIi:.\' in Grand Rapids the other
day we met a Patron from Buffalo,
Cass County, Dak. There are not a
large number of Granges in Dakota,
but if the few they have look after

their business affairs as well as the
Grange to which Bro. Edwin Hay-
wood belongs, the few they have are
worth more than half of those in
some of the older states that have
an existence though they can hardly
be said to be alive.

Binding twine is used in the wheat
growing districts of Dakota to such
an extent that a very few farmers re-
quire a car load for use each season.

The retail dealers at Buffalo want-
ed 22 cents per pound in 188; and
that was the price generally paid in
that district for a good article. Bro.

Haywood said for the years I885 and. -

1886 members of his Grange bought
each year 22 tons for 12 cents per
pound delivercd,and that of the very
best quality.

It pays there financially to be a
Patron and pays elsewhere where
there is concert of action and such
good common sense applied to busi-
ness affairs as successful business Inen
give to their own .’.lfT2.ll.‘:‘:.

Bro. Haywood was a Michigan Pa-
tron before he went to Dakota five
years ago and as the Grange to which
he belongs has recognized the VISIT-
ou with a fair subscription list and
this brother promis:-rd us jottings we
will say no more of th good things
he told us at the time of our brief
visit.

 

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Tiir. attention of every reader, old
and young, is called to the portioii of
the report of the f,,'cmrnittec on Sug-
gestions for the (1—:)o~.l of the O;-dci-,
printed on another page. livery sen-
tence isfit for consideratioii, at tliis,
the opening of a new year of progress
or retrogression in every subordinate
Grange. We hope the report will
be read in every Grange where the
VIsiToR circulates and that it may
stimulate and assist you to renewed
efforts in behalf of the Order. It is
prolific of program features that can,
in one way or another, he used suc-
,cessfully, moreover they are practi-
cal, having been tested. Study the

report and select what is adapted to

your use.

 

  


 

 

 

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

    

5

l,',1ANUAiiY 1, 1337.

/ THE proceedings of the fourteentq
session of the Michigan State Grange
are in the hands of the printer. As
soon as completed we shall send
two copies to each subordinate
Grange, whose Secretary has made
returns to this office of the Master
and Secretary elect for the year
1887.

These proceedings will be mailed
to Secret ries and with them the
proceedings of the late session of the
National Grange which have already
been received at this office. When
these proceedings have been mailed
from this office the next issue of the
VISITOR will make mention of _the
fact. To these Secretaries who have
failed to report the names of Master
and Secretary elect this is intended
as a reminder.

Some excellent reports of standing
committees of the State Grange are
found in this paper. We shall con-
tinue to print more of these reports
or abstracts of them from time to
time, and we suggest some of these
reports be read in subordinate
Granges and their recommendations
may furnish topics for discussion of
value to the Order. There are
Granges where but few if any copies
of this paper are taken, and to such
particularly do we commend the
reading of these reports.

This point invites attention to the
report of an Advisory Committee ap-
pointed to advise with the Executive
Committee of the National Grange on
“;he proposition to establish 21 Grange
organ at Washington with the funds
of the National Grange.”

This Advisory Committee was
made up of men of experience in the
line of work under consideration.
W. A. Armstrong of the Husbandman
was chairman, and with his exact
knowledge of the situation the follow-
ing report remands the subject to a
place of rest for the next decade.
Patrons of Michigan, read this re-
port and ask yourselves if there is
not need of missionary work among
the families of this country:

REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

’1‘ne matter of establishing an organ
of the National Grange at Washington,
having the general character of an agri-
cultural journal of weekly issue, we
understand has been referred by this
body to its Executive Committee, and
that we have been appointed an Ad-
yisory Committee to consider the sub-
80$.

J We may presume that the motive of
appoiritmezit was in the fact, that most
of us have been and are now connected
with what are called Grange Journals.
and are niereby supposed to have prac-
tical knowledge of the work contem-
plated. We accept the labor assigned

- to us. not with pleasure, but as a. duty

that requires plain relation of facts for
the enlightenment of those members of
this body who look upon the establish-
ment of a paper as an easy task, proflt—.
able in resulis. 1
Permit us to say at the outset. than
there are two members of this Advisory
Board who started more than twelve
years ago in the work now under con-
sideration, and have continued since in
the endeavor to establish Grange Jour-
nals serving truly and faithfully the
interests of this Order. The experience

' so gained. they believe, qualifies them

to present certain truths that have im-
portant bearing on the subject referred.
These facts may be stated briefly as
follows:
1st—There are two members of this
Board who are to-day publishers.
editors, and proprietors of the Journals
they began more than twelve years
8.00.
52d-Their cost has exceeded $100,000,
for which there is now less than $40,000
in tangible property, to be counted as
the outcome.
3:l—"’he great loss they have sus-
tained is plainly due to the torpid regard,
by the members of this Order, for the
papers that have served, constantly and
faithfully. their best interests.
4th—1‘hcre are in the two States
served by these papers, supporting as
they have earnestly the principles of
this Order, fully five hundred subordi-
nate Granges, in whose membership not
a single copy of either paper is taken
and paid for. and no other Grange pa-
pet‘ has the least support from these
Griz "es
5 h---- "be towns have preferred, as
they st 1 do prefer, to support, by con-

trtbuiiuris of money and subscrip'ions, :
political papers representing the parties i

to which they are enslaved.
6’n——Tb(-BS6 two papers known a‘-
these years, as Grange Journals, to «la

have their chief supizzirt from inter ma .

not represented by this Order. and tr-
maj any of their subscribers, flu: tn
cdiznrs believe. are not Pa rons of .H.'l~
bandry

7 h -3 =r,a=.13c these papers air. vi
gar‘!-ed -1- Grange Journals. the ju: £
oi : vi-2 rs not members of this 0 vi
n‘ a"lv»,:- Hi-ll‘-S and othcrs,‘s-ipp 1:‘-. "
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p - 1 lcvxl papers, are ex:
hlliul ,-.i-y that results in S(‘,')I'L3l«’.l u
give 1,1‘ the very agencies up-in W
the G.’ «mge relies to protect it. trorn .-
tumi-.'y, ridicule and misrepreseritw i-.~.
all tending to weaken the Order!’-

‘ neglects to support its own press.

other facts of like character mtgh‘ ‘-
enumerated, but it is not d_bt_sme
necessary to rehearse the_iufelicit. ll
lessons of a prolonged experience, pr -v
ing the lack of friendly regard h
Patrons for their own most faithful ser

vants. It remains only to state con-
clusions, that in the judgment of this
Advisory Commissions are entirely
safe.

1st—The National Grange has not in
its treasury a sum suflicient to accom-
plish the purposed comprised in the
resolution to establish 19. Grange organ.

2d —It could not compel support, and
the apathy of Patrons on this matter of
great Importance compels the belief
that they cannot be induced to subscribe
for Grange papers in such number as to
supply adequate support, even when
such papers are offered at the very
lowest subscription rates.

3d-If the National Grange really de-
sires to employ the agency contemplated
in the establishment of a paper, repre-
senting its interests. it can have It with-
out cost in the Grange Journals, con-
ducted by publishers who will cheer-
fully give space to every useful matter
the National Grange may desire to place
before readers interested in the work 0'
the Order.

4th-We regard it as the bounden
duty of this body to aid, by subscrip-
tion, and in every proper way, the
Grange papers now published‘ papers
that have never asked this body to do
more—never imposed upon it one dol-
lar of tax, and to which belongs the
credit more than to any other influence
of continuing the existence of this body
and the Order it represents.

With this plain statement of facts and
conclusions, we beg leave to submit
the whole matter with the recommenda-
tion that this paper he placed upon the
records and published therewith, as a
guide to further action, and as a. warn-
ing to visionaries who seem to think
that the establishment of a Grange Jour-
rial paper, or organ, is but the sequence
of a wish.

W. A ARMSTRONG,

R. H THOMAS,

A MESSER,

MORTIMER WHITEHEAD,
FREDERICK Roam.

SECRETARIES, please heed this re-
minder:

GRANGES DELINQUENT for payment
of dues for quarter ending March 31,
1886, and all since are, Nos. 73, 167,
223, 338, 361, 479.

GR.-moss DELINQUENT for quarters
ending June 30 and September 30,
1886, are, Nos. 18, 21,24, 160, 163,
186, 219, 228, 235, 251, 326, 403,415,
417, 421, 431, 470, 487, 582, 645,652-

Delinquent for September 30, 1886,
—Nos- 8, 28, 38, 40, 43, 45, 61, 63,
67, 83, 91, 97,106, 108, 110, 113,123,
125, 128, 298, 141, 114, I68, 171, 174,
182, 185, 190, 191, 19.1, 199, 229, 230,
246, 257, 265, 270, 301, 364, 316, 332,

342, 355, 376, 399,439, 448, 459, 503,
530, 566, 619, 636, 641, 659, 665,667,
671.

_'i‘1—112 highest education. I take it, is
that which fits man and woman to do
most worihily and well the duties that
pertain to the stations in which they
are placed.

“How shall the negro be educat-
ed?” has been answered in a prac-
tical way as related in a late number
of the North Americaii Review by
Edmund Kirke.

The southern i‘iegro——the slave and
his i:lescenr_lan‘-.—~is the subject of en-
quiry, and the answer at the end of
a review of the situation as we find
it to—day, is summed up: “Train the
negro to do skillful work, and you
will make of him a good citizen.”
We see a good many fellows sitting
around in saloons and on dry goods’
boxes in our villages, big and little,
who need some of this sort of train-
ing to make them self-supporting
Cit};/.6115.

\‘i.’.€ are promised by As]. Aldrich
5; Co., printers of the Y1:-.i'1'oi:, anew
dress for the next issue of the V15-
iroii; not because our re;i-lers have
complained of the dress of 1886, but
we hope and expect the \"1si1‘o1< of
1887 will be better in several respects
than ever before, and while new
clothes are no proof of real merit,
yet when applied to the paper you
regularly read, it is a matter of real
interest. ‘-.",.’c very much regret that
we could not commence this volume
V-.'l’.ll new type, but a promise is the
best we can do for this number.
l{l-Z.»‘.li'c3l\’5 of our paper will send
 their full name and l’. O. arldress to
the liiirclzz-.. Salt Mfg. Co. Ltd. P. 0.
‘ llox _;: gi, Nciv Yorl-:_. will be fur-
cf charge, ll v-.i.lu1blc
11 “how to ni:il'c the best
a prominent dairy au-
liciiiitilullv lllllOftZl'llT)llC(l
win_~_: portrait in C()l’>l‘S
' lerscv cow, “()akla1i(ls

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Tiiosi: who ll€3.I'tl the reports of
1 committees at the late S€‘SSl'JXl of the
 State Grange will enjoy readingtlicsc
l again that appear in the VISITOR and
l to such as were unable to attend the
* meeting they will prove tid bits saved

for them from the feast.

l
LADIES, The Woman’s Magazine
meets your wants. See clubbing list.

A Portion of Report of Com-
mittee on Good of the Order
—Michigan State Grange.
Your committee would further re-

port as follows:

To cause a Grange to meet with
good success for any length of time
some one or more members must be
leaders, who are liberal with their
time and not afraid to use a little
money. They must possess tact and
perseverance. Coupled with these
qualities, the more education and
skill some or all of the menbers pos-
sess, the better. We would like to call
your attention again to the statement
in a former address of Worthy Mas-
ter Luce: “The crowning glory of
all our work as an Order is to edu-
cate and elevate the American far-
mer. Upon the proper discharge of
this duty our future as an Order de-
pends. Whatever else we may do,
our chief reliance is upon this. Edu-
cation is the corner stone. It is the
key to success.”

We quote also from a former re-
port of Sister Mayo: “We are con-
fident also of one thing that must be
done, and that over and over again.
We must educate! educate! ! edu-
cate! ! ! ” These two quotations
should be kept constantly before us.
They are good enough to find a place
in conspicuous letters on the walls of
every Grange Hall in our land. Keep
an eye on the schools and the Agri-
cultural College as the best aids to
our progress.

We cordially commend the remarks
in regard to Children’s Day, as pre-
sented in the reports pf the Worthy
Lecturer and the Worthy Secretary.
In each Grange parts of one or more
days should be given to an entertain-
ment, including something good to
eat, for the children. It would suit
some localities better if Children's
Day came on Saturday that it might
not interfere with the regular days
for school. As the years roll by the
older men and matrons have told
most of their experience. We must
strive at all hazards to attract the
young folks. In so doing we will also
draw their parents and other older
members. They must have their en-
tertainments, sugar parties, suppers,
Socials, exercises of a varied charac-
ter in which they take the lead.
Somebody must exercise tact in ar-
ranging programs of a very wide
range of topics, such as reading, dec-
lamation, dialogue, debates, tableaux,
dramas, cliarades, spelling contests,
the use of the question-box, reading
market reports and making reports
in reference to the crops oftheir own
farms. The whole range of history,
political economy, natural science, in
fact all education may find a place.
Now and then have a day for the pio-
neers in which to talk over old times.
Various kinds of music are necessary
to a well conducted Grange. A read-
ing circle or a scientific club may
assist as part of a Grange organiza-
tion, but some one should make a
good plan to begin with. To relieve
the Lecturer several members,yoii1ig
as well as older, should occasionally
each prepare a program for a meet-
ing. \\'e need -,1 library as this helps
to attract the young who read more
than the older members. A niuseiim,
pictures and mottos and decorations
on the walls, a table for holding some
specimens for each meeting,bouq.iets
of flowers and a liberal decoration of
the hall occasionally will afford
wliolcsome entertainment for the
young. Picnics, farmers’ festivals, 21
Grange show at a fair, farmers’ insti-
tutes, and lots of other things are
proper subjects for 21. Grange to con-
sider.

As a modal topic for calling out a
large number of the young, we pre-
sent the following, which was pre-
pared for the program of Capital
(}range,No.54o,by Miss Ida Robbins:

_I-.iiiiiary 1, 1887, 7:30 P. M.

Subject, “.\licl1igan.” Mcetiiig ccndiicterl

by Miss Irl-.1 Robbins.
Soiig, “.-\inei‘iC:1.”
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12.-1 . y Settlcuieiits,” Miss Aiiu:-.1-’.oli—

  

.,li.-xs l1L‘l.'_(‘Ll’ill1llll.
“Coliiiiiliia. llic Gem of the Oceriii.”
ion of Micliigziii, rcpreseiiterl by 2.3.

     

Lilrl
llccitaiinii, ;\li.~-.5 IC<litl1 Usliziiirl.
E.-,s;iy, "l‘l‘.ll’l:,' l":ii'iiiiiig_'," .\li<_ Cal  7' ‘-

- iurccx til the Htzitc, by 21 girls.
itiiiii. l‘{1‘.ii: l‘I\'cri:-ti.

"r.:..<iii.» Dilicliigaii .\leii aii-.l \'i,'r)i11cii,”
' ?$li.“.il'~r.
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We i‘Cn’,()l1lYl}.,’l"-_'Ll ziie fc:itiii‘e of li:-':.'-.',-
ing ;iriiztc<l p , z‘-.;l-
‘.':‘.ii_:;c fail‘ .iistiiliutie:,-ii. To ;3;‘t'-Jr’: C);-

   

   
   

 

  
 

;‘ 11;‘ '12.: 1'.-'=i'}' Cl'1(,‘«.".'})ly
'311E§.; of 2; .' ‘ iiiic pail.
- iild;.;:' .1‘ in from every

zriiiiiibers of prog‘r;;iiis of
pics cut from the papers
or g£'.‘.ilL‘E‘CLl from other Graiigers.
These are good for iiturc reference
and serve  a fund from which to
Cll"2'l.\V at any time.

A neighboring Grange may be in-
vited to visit us and furnish the lite-
rary part of the program. Send dele-
gates to visit good Granges to ga‘her

information and report. Tact must

be shown in some way to call out ev-
ery member. We urge all Granges
to give more attention to accuracy in
carrying out the written and unwritten
Work of the Order, and we also p/are
greal stress on being pro/22;»! to 1/25
mirzuie in calling to order and in
closing the Grange. Let nothing run
slowly or drag.

Intellectual activity is promoted by
a good Grange and allow us to sug-
gest that the time has already come
in which the Grange offers a chance
for those who are ambitions for posi-
tion.

\Ve wish to emphasize the fact that
two of the strong features of the
Grange are the admission of women
to full membership and privilege of
holding office and the strong stand
taken in favor of temperance.

We urge the importance of a tem-
perance program now and then, not
forgetting to oppose the use of to-
bacco.

Wherever tried it has been found
a great help to the Grange to have a
good report ofits meetings printed in
some local paper.

We have already, in several quar-
ters, seen the good effects ofnot con-
ferring the 5th degree at the State
Grange. This will help the Pomona
Granges, which will aid the subordi-
nate Granges as nothing else can.

All the old plans in turn, with all
the novelties and new things, should
be tried in a Grange. This induces
us to speak of the Lenawee County
plan. The following notes were taken
from Brother and Sister M. T. Cole,
of Palmyra:

Two ladies on each side chose
sides as in a spelling match. The
contest lasted for three months with
two meetings each month. The side
beaten furnished a good supper. The
Secretary acted as umpire and re-
marked that care must be taken .10
to do anything which shall cause the
members to get too much credit or be
offended. The sides alternate in fur-
nishing a program, each having a
chance to score a maximum of 160
points at one meeting. In addition
to this the attendance of each person
at a nieezing counts IO. The side
which gets the most stroll call gets
30. The roll is called at 8:30 P. M
An application counts 60, the side
winning which, brings the paper and
the fee to the Secretary. An essay
counts 25; a crop report by a farmer
counts 20. He can secure four 
to speak on itwith a credit of5 points
each. In a similar manner  lady
can write an essay and secure four la-
dies to discuss it. Select ieading
counts 10; 21 recitation counts 15; a
dialogue counts 20; a wedding count;-:
100. This contest brought 65 appli-
cations for nieinbersliip.

Those questioned on the witness
stand, as well as the riieinbers ofyoiir
coniniittee, recommend that a sub-
scription to the Gl?.Al\'GE VISITOR
COUIQC 10 or 15 points jii such contests.
The great success of this plan shows
that people like something new once
in :1 while.

W. j. B)’-:Ai..

W1i.Lis E. PE(.‘l{.

C. E. \Vi1.co.\:.

(). I’. .\IoR'roN.

Geo. L. CARLISLE.

H1-is. M. "5. I3. Mu.-\1.1>1.\1i~‘..
MRS. R. C. NL)R'l‘ON.

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of officers, by Brother Jason Whodman, will
take place in the afternoon fnll:>v.".-<1 by :1 leo-
ture to all of which the public are invited, as
the afternoon session will be held with open
doors. H. C. Tl.-\(;,\l)()l\‘f\', Master.

BRA;\'CH County Poriiona Grruice will hold
its annual meeting at Colzlwater
on Thursday, _lan. 6, C<'ll‘.l7l
0’Cl0Ck A. M. The lIlOl‘illil" \
devoterl to reports of little:
Granges, and :1 paper by .\ 3
picnic dinner‘ at noon. .'\f'lr
report of the proceedings of ti
by \V:i.llace F. \\/"right, ele
for the ensuing year; also :1
I5. Kennedy. .-\ii eveiiiii
held if rlesirerl to coiiiplct: the w:i:l: lnste.
of holdiiif; a two rlriys‘ ll‘.Cr‘ll"._‘_f. Ilenilve I
from :1 distance will be pmx‘ ll for by frierirls
in the vicinity. A geiieini iclltlllllcc  de-
sired as the ElI‘l‘Z1flgCl‘l1Clllt~‘ for the Farmers’ In-
stitiitc to be held in the (‘utility will be made
at this meeting: also rleciding where it will
be held. Prolfessoi‘ Ileal, of tlic l\.gi'icul-
tural College, has prciniserl to give a lecture
at the Iiistitutc. Ilrotlicr llcal is an earnest
Patron as well as €‘iI‘.l1lEn[ .-cicnlist. All
fourth degree members: arc crmlially invited.

     
 
  
  
 
  
   

 
 

 
 

l\l1<s. ll. ll'>Y~‘.'l‘HI\’, Lect.
T111; _l:inu:1ry meeting of Inuia County
Grange and the lllililllfiillill of officers will

be held at Ronald Grange llall, \‘,'::rl1iesday,
Jan. 19. I). S. \\‘,i1.iiRiix, Scc"y.

liriiiistee Dis-
trict Poniona Grange Xi . , will lie held
with Silver Creek Grange, 'l".:cs1lay, Jan. 11,
at 2 P. 31. The election of ufiicers should
take place at that iiiecti '1 so all fifth degree
members slioulrl inakc S.l‘<:1lLli)'.lS efforts to be
there. All fourth rlegrci: 1:iciiilici's arc cor-
dially invifed to attend.
Cir.-is. .‘.?cl>:.ii;:.ii1i, Sec’y.

 

TH'r‘. next. meeting of Kent Ciiuiity Pomoiia
Grange will be held at Rockfoirl, Jiiii. 12, ’87,
at which time the ofiicers will be installed.
The afternoon session will be an open meet-
ing to which the public are respectfully in-
vited. The question for discussion will be,
“The necessity of tliorougli co-operation
among all industrial classes of our people.”

WM. '1‘. ADAMS, I..ectiirer.

T111: nnriuril meeting of Berrieii Coiinly
Grange No. I will be held at the Hall of I3-;-i-
ririn Center Grange, on Tiiesrlay mill
Vvetlllcstlay, jaii. 11 and 12. 1887.
tion to rcports from Siiliorrlinate (li'z1ii___
ports of ()fllCCl'h‘ and election of officers for tli~.:
ensuing year. The folloiviiig lltei'::ry pr.”-
gruiii has been rii'rn.nged.

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’l'l,'F.Sl).-\'i' A1-‘T1-:R:\'ooN, o1*1:.\' i\iF.F.TI.‘.‘(‘,
Essay, “Tlic I 'l\V'S of Order.”
llccitatioii, 3 ' ‘ May Ticliciier.
“I{cflectioii>; -\. N. \V00(lflllT.
Solo, Miss jeiinie Harding.
Essa)’, “Tcinperance and Tciiipeitiiice Legis-
lation,” C. ‘i\'. Brltlgclllnll.

 
  
 

   

E.~;say, The Gultivatioii of Fi1»‘»\’Cl'S, Miss
i\\l."l.ll Miirpliy.

Recitatioii, Miss Edith Fox.

\\'i’.i)Nli."l)_\Y, 21) l‘2.\‘x', IN YOURTIE I7li\'§REl‘.

Essay, lfrliication of lfririiiers’ Sons.

“.\ l’i..cticri.l I"ii\cr,"’ G. N. P;ll‘liCt0l‘l.

“(hit ifouiit ionls, School Te:ichci's and
hers,”  _l. llurpiiy.

' ll lie ciiliveiicd liy niusi:
li;iiian (lraiigc Choir.

Levi :x':'.\i;1;s. Lccturcz‘.

  
  
  

  

iy l’iii;i'iii1 flirixigr-\'.'1ll lmlrl
Villll licysloiic Orange 011
1887, coinniciiciiig at
10:30 .\. .‘,l. ziig .\‘_'.\Si(:ll, devoted to the
. . liu.~ii;c.~,. of the Urilei‘. Aflei'iimiii ses-
sion will lie rlevoteil to the iiistallatioii of
ufficci‘~. ;\ 1’,-pm‘: fix-ziui our l{epi’cs«3ii!alive
to the I~‘t:ite Hi i_::c, riiitl siiggeslioris for the
grim! of the ilrilci‘. Pfveuiiig session public
to whEv‘l'i all are cordially invited. It is hoped
that all will conic prepared to take an active
put in illr; evening exercises.
J’. I). Ri<:ii.\i«i,\'1i, l.C".‘lL‘i1'Cl‘.

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.\'i‘ ‘I ,: ':‘.‘iCL‘lll‘._Q’ of Iiillstlalc Ceiuiii“ I‘o-
inoiia t§raii;»-. to lie lield at lrmesville l:ui.5,

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Stall: il1.iiiuE:, \‘, ill deliver lectt directly
alter the ll tilinion ol 0 crs !’i-Um. give
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THE-Ll.C1pCci'C0"1:2y l’«ii:irvii'i (I-:'.i.iig».: will
be held wiili I Lil Ciitiiige on Thursday,
_l.'ln. 13, 1887, at 1 1'. _\;. 'l‘lie clrciion of
\’)lllC(‘l'.\'\'{lil Luke pl;‘lCL) at ‘tliis. mcctiiig, and
all i'.lL‘l‘.ll?'_‘i\ of the ' !~‘.iil,iorrliiir.te

 

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County lkrriiiiuri Liiniige will llc 
lcgan (lraiigc on Jan. 6, 1887.
be fiiriiislied. At his i!‘.CEllllg
" >11 is to lie VUl.\.'(l on:
1/r'r'l.", Tiiat our liy l.:i\vs be f‘.!l'lCl‘i(l.C1l
to read, tl-c next annual itieigting of Allegrci

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IL.

C0l1lll.yP<')lll4)ll:‘. Grange lie lielrl on the first ,

(zst) 'l‘lii1i‘s<lr.y in _l:iiiuai'y 13357, Zlllil that our
regiilar aiiiiual nicctiug hall lic held on the
tliiril (",(l) 'l‘liiii‘3il1'.' in iiu:ii‘v of each Veal‘
tliereaft-er. Ian. '1' llU_\"l‘, facc’y.

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Tm-1 Il'.‘Xl iiiecliiig
l’oiiioiia Ciraiigc will l."
ll:ill, 'l‘liiii':;ri.ii,‘, _l:i1i. 20. 1887, at 1
1‘. M. l{cpoi".s of .Sccr-.:l:1i‘y and 'l
wiili fiiiaiicinl report, ::‘.ir,i.ild i)t3 1"‘:.
iiiailc lieforc noon. Tll5l'?tll¢’lllOll of ofiicei‘s
and an urldiesis from Slzilrt 1.cctiii‘-ci‘, _l:\.siiii
\\'o<i<liii:in, will be public in tlie nfieriiriviii.
A1 t‘.ie:iiiiiii.il inc-sting iii llcccmlier
' g "‘~-.olulir;ii w.i.5 oll'c:'.:<l Mid .
Tlir, for ‘ilic iii tycar iii
::‘.cv,1 ‘lo proviile their oivii r

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\"-iiiltcc Ilciit. "
Svw I l/-;n‘.,
l’op (jnrii,
Saiiiplcs for exiiibitioii, -10 cars eaclii.
.-‘my person not rt l‘.'ilr-3:1 will li: :‘.1l<iv.‘e«l ix:
ciiiiipctc fk'=l”1)l‘L‘ll1lLin1\’ by paying "' '3t_‘!’.i.i.

   

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.\ll corn to be rlriiiatcil to the (lrarige .1211! !

will be sold in lots to the liighr-st l)l(l(lCl' (it
the close.

All are cordially invited to attciiil the aftcl‘
iioiiii session. A. E. H()\V;\RI>, Sec‘y.

T111-1 next meeting of Kent County Pomona 3

Grange will be held at Rockford Grange

IIall,_la1i. 12, at 10 A. M. The installation ‘

f lialaiiiigizmii County j
li-;>l<l:!.t l’,i'arly Giiiiige -

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in. em uitii cnfim satisfaction.
1 had mzh-.'r give up my Jar--.-y ciiw tl.n1i with my Washer.
y I will ship I sample to t, . -no dwlrlng an nan-no or
- wnntlim one for fumfly use. on a vveek I trial on b-
i er-nl terms. A thousand per cent the bent Washer In
l the world for oluvln Inhoir olu hem and soap. Pays
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TIEIE GRANGE VISITOR.

JANUARY 1, 1293:‘

games’ I éepartmcitt.

Evening Solace.
The human heart has hidden treasures.
In secret kept, in silence scaled-—
Thc tlioi-.glits,ihe hope-s,the dreams the pleas-
urcs,
Wliose charms were liroken if revealed.
And days may pass in gay confuzsiim.
And nights in rosy riot fly
While, lost in fainc's or wealtliia lllt!~l()ll.
The menii-ry of the past inay die.

llut ‘ilierc are hours of lonely iiitisiiig.
Such 35 an evening silence come,
Wzten, soft as birds their piiiioiis closing.
The lie:ii't's best feelings gather home.
Then in our soul: there seems to lllllglllali
if tender grief thrit is not wise‘,
And thoughts that once wrung _r_gi'oan~ _nf avi-
giiisli
Now L‘l\tl$C but wllllli‘ mild tear» to flow.

and feelings, once as strong as pzl‘.yul0|l.~.
Float softly liack~a faded dream,

Our own sharp griefs and wild scnsatioii ..
The t«lc of others’ suffering .<e«.~in.

(«till when the heart is freshly lilecdlng.
flow longs it for that time to be.

\Vlicii, through the mist of year.» rccediiig.
Its woes but live in rcveryl

.\nil it can dwell on moonlight glimmer.
On evening sliatle and loneliness;
Anti, while the sky grows dim and (limincr;
Feel no untold and strange zli.stre~.s-—--
Orily a. deeper impulse given
By fl. lonely hour and dzirkeiical room.
Tosolctnii thought; that soar to eavcn.
St-ekiiig :1 life :‘.l‘.tl .1 world to come.
——(‘/.1.-iv‘/'(r/.".’ ."»'iwit:.
- — -———uIion-——~—-~

The Old Man who Lived in a
Vvood.
'i'iit~ri: xx 1-‘ '\.n ulil iiisin who Ii‘:--ii vi: 3 '.vi,mil_.
As you may plainly sec:
ll: said he could do as inucl: warlr in L! clay
As his wife could do in lhi" .
"With all my lieart," the old v.cnn.in said,
“If that vou uili ztllow.
'~l‘o-morrowiyoi1’ll stay at home in my -tv.-.
And I'll go drive the p1«.'iv.'.

 

“llut you iiiust mill: Tidy, ti:-. <"\\s'.
For fear that she go dry:

\ni‘l you inn.-t feed the little pig-
That are within the styc:

.'\lld you must iniiid the spcckl:-ll ll'.‘ll,
For fear she lay away;

Mid you must reel the .sp(.\«.\l of _\'Jl'l‘i
That I spun yesterday."

The old woinzin took :1 stall" in her iianii.
And went to drive the plow:

The old man took a pail in his lianil.
And went to milk the cow,

Hut Tidy hinched, and Tidy flinch-3-.l.
And Tidy broke his nose:

i’\nd Tidy gave him such a blow ,
That the blood ran down his toes‘

“lligli, Tidy! IIo, Tidy! liEgl2'
Tidy, do stand still!

If (‘.\(.‘l' I inilk you, Tidy. .‘.:,;Zll‘.l
‘Twill be sxire against my will‘.'

lie went to feed the little pigs
'l'li;it were within the stye;

lie hit his head against the beam.
/\iid he made the blood to fly.

He went to mind the speckled .‘-ixii.
For fear she'd lay astray;

llut he forgot the spool of yarn
Ills wife spun yesterday.

So when she C-il.II\C to him at nigh‘.
Ilc said ‘mas plain to set:

That she could do more in 3 cl 1;.
Than he could do in three.

————-——oa>—’-—

Oh. for a Man!
Hit, {UT .1 ninn! the clear voice snug,
And thruugli the church the echo rang.
Oh, for :4. inanl. she sang :igaiii—--
flow coi;ld such t-wectiicss plea-.l in rain.’

The bad boys griiizictl across the aisles,
The dcacoii’s frowns were Clliillgctl to .slllllC.\.
The singer‘: cheek turiicd dce est pink
‘st li.".:aC and ten-Jr's \VlCl~IL'Il\\'l.li1

  

The girls that lmre the alt» pal".

Th-en took the strain with all ‘.ht-zr l':L‘.lt'IL
Oh, for :1. man, ct man, :1 ma: —

.-Knd then the full voiced cl:'>i.‘l»-12:11:

To sing Willi all their might flllrl " 135
The flni;-i to the girl’.5 l‘Cfi'{ll!l'

Oh. for ll i.ri.iii.-.i<.~ii in the s
A ni:'.n- A. iviar.-iuii i.". thr ...

  

fix it:-(5 .
Dakota As I Saw It.
no. l.

it was in the early gray oiinorning
on the 25th of March last that I caught
my first glimpse of Dakota, and as I
looked :-.way across the prairie it
seemed to me there was 3. “vast deal
of landscape" monotonoiisly level,
treeless and fenceless, but a vaster
deal ofskyscape. And notwithstand-
ingjohn Burroughs says, “The hu-
man faculties of observation have
not adjusted themselves to the flying
train," I am inclined to believe my
first impression was a correct one.

But this first view of the territory
was necessarily brief, for soon after
the rising of the sun came the wind
and with the wind came clouds of
dust that decidedly interfered with
the extent of one’s vision. And as
this mad March wind, with a zero
temperature, continued blowing at a.
rate exceeding anything I had ever
witnessed, reference to a railroad
map was not necessary to convince
me I was in Dakota or at least a few
degrees nearer the north pole than I
wished I was.

I have a somewhat confused recol-
lection of leaving the cars rather pre-
cipitately a few hours later, of being
enveloped in a fur overcoat,and when
I next saw daylight was sitting by a
warm coal fire where the dust and
wind could be seen and heard but
not felt.

But March winds ceased to blow in
April, and the dust cleared away
and I saw a. small part of the great
territory in all her spring barrenness.
0!). one side a succession of endless

' 5 emerald.

lfurrows awaiting the seedtime, on

the other a. broad expanse of- faded
grass reaching to where the sky and
prairie met; acres of frozen fertility
_ that mid-summer’; sun would make

‘ not unlike
, Adonis‘s garden.-

l That one day blooinccl and fruitful were the
2 next."

Wherever I was I seemed to be in
the center of a vast circle with
villages and farm buildings standing
on the outer edge, the whole bounded
; by the horizon. I used sometimes
3 to wonder if those ancient astrono-
mers did not make a mistake, and if
the earth was not flat after all.

The part of Dakota in which I
spent the summer was 47 degrees
north latitude, about twenty miles
west of Red River, near the center of
Cass County, the county which is
said to raise more wheat than any
other county in the United States.

The spring opening early the most
of the grain, wheat, oats, and some
barley was sown in April. Many
harrowed before and after sowing,
the majority only after. The seeder
is universally used. I saw only one
fariii where drills were used.

Prairie fires rivaled the grand
_ aurora displays in early spring. One
‘ evening there was a long line of
flame in the southeast, while in the
north brilliant, tremulous streams of
light were shooting up from the hori-
zon to the zenith.

In illay wcliad a universe of green;
and how clean the country looked.
No litter,no dilzipidated fences sand-
wichcd with wced stalks or bushy
growths. It was emerald flanked by
lint it was May without
; the apple blooms. I find this in my
' note book under date of May 17:"

“Can this be May? No apple
blooms, no roses? At home liinagiue
there is
A niuriner ofbecs, lllltls zrsiiigiiig.

.\ bright warm sun that liaiiishes gluoin.

A gentle breeze that in clouds is bringing

Down pink-whitc petals of apple l)lC:x)IIl.*.

The yellow disks of dandelion: glcainiiig,
A perfume faint though sweet witlml.
A feeliiig that summer no longer is seerziiiig,
l‘.ut 1» there in its beauty beyond recall."
.-\. L. I5.
----~-——-—-too-—————« — --
Woman‘s Success.
«f\Rea.d by Mrs. D. Callis before
Silver Creek Grange No. 644 and
sent for publication by request.)
Permit me to suggest one fact that
I do not think any of the Patrons
have as yet written upon. The
thought enter-;r_l my mind the other
evening as Brother Leonard made
the suggestion that the women be
sent to Congress to lay down the
laws for the men. The fact is simply
this. That business circles recognize
no distinction between woman’s work
and man's work, except the distinc-
tion of wages. Go into any large
manufactory, whether of'wearing ap-
parrel,household furniture or articles
distinctly connected with men’s labor,
and somewhere about the premises,
either working with her needle or
brush, attending a macliine or doing
the work of type-writer, you will
generally find £1 woman. Start a new
industry-——I care not what-—or how
especially adapted to woman’s nim-
le lingers or keen eye-sight (Or in-
sight), if there is “money in it” the
é woman always comes in competition
: with man. The art of earning 2. liv-
ing is one involving much thought
and study, especially in these days of
machinery, monopolies and competi-
tion. Let these people, then, who
desire to render assistance to woman
struggling for maintenance insist first
upon the practice of business princi-
ples. Tcacli women that they must
have regular hours of labor, that
they are under obligations to devote
their time to the interest of their em-
ployer, that they must make allow-
ances for fluctuations in trade, and
that they must watch the markets and
thus learn to supply themselves with
what they need at the best advantage.
The important position of middle
man or middle woman, I think, is
overestimated. Teach woman, then,
business methods if they would com-
pete with men in the race for wealth.
She is fast gaining trustworthy and
important positions in State and Na-
tional affairs, and thus far has a clear
record, but as a defaulter or instiga-
tor of strikes and boycotts she has
made no record:

“Not she with traltorous kiss her Savior stung

No: she denied hirii with unholy tongue,

She. whilst apo.-tlt-s shrank. could danger
brave,

Last at the cross and earliest at the grave."

. _.. _ . .
A Great Reward

will be secured by those who write to
Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. Full

information will be sent you free,
about work that you can do and live
at home wherever you are situated,
that will pay you from S5 to $25 and
upwards a day. A number have
earned over $50 in a day. Capital
not needed. Hallett & Co. will start
you. Both sexes; all ages. The
chance of a lifetime. -

Notes from the State Grange.

It was the universal opinion that
no more intelligent,good-looking and
decorous assemblage of the Grange
was ever held in Michigan than as-
sembled in the fourteenth annual ses-
sion in the city of Lansing on De-
cember Ll to r7, inclusive. 1880.

Many were the Bxprtisfilollza of sat-
isfaction hcard from the members in
attendance at the return of the
Grange in the spacious and elegant
Hall of Representatives in the “.\,'tate's
Pride" building.

Resident l'llt3lTll)t:l'.i drew upon the
Agricultural College greenhouse for
the floral decorations which enlivened
the i\'laster's and I"lora’s tables. They
also contributed. the dishes of fruit
which were noticed in their appro-
priateplaces. Nowhere is the deli-
cate suggestiveness of fruit, flowers
and grains so apparent as before their
respective goddesses in the Order.

Speaking of the symbols of the of-
fice reminds us of our lady officers,
retired and active. In the choice of
them the (‘irange has shown its good
taste. if nowhere else, for how other-
wise could it have spared the graces
of Sisters l.uce,Reniiugton and Belic-
nap had it not replaced them with
the statclincss of Mrs. Gould, the vi-
vacity of Mrs. Perry Mayo. and the
composure of Mrs Bentley?

It is a f.ir;: worthy of coinuient that
the two State Oranges, whose Mas-
tershavc been elected (,}o\-'ernors of
their indixidiizil states, are the states
that pay the most fees and dues into
the X-.1tion:i‘i Treasur_r. Little Maine
leads the rail: Micliigziri follr)ws next
in 0-rd-3r.

No more ciitliusiastic Pat:-oiis at-
tended thc Michigan State (irange
this year than those from the new
Granges in the north part of the
State. Their counties were repre-
sented by a strong delegation--—-strong
in more senses than that of numbers
alone. The enthusiasm they brought
was encouraging; their determination,
invigoratgng.

Professor Heal, representative from
Ingham Pomona, remarked: “I think
this is the strongest Grange we ever
held——strong coinniittees-—strong re-
ports."

A great quickcniiig of impulse
should be the result in the tlranges
thrciighou: the State.

No couple was inure heartily wel-
comed by all at the annual gatliering
than Past Master of the National, as
also of the Michigan State Grange,
J. J. “Foodman, and his no less ami-
able wife. Whenever absent they
have been sorely missed. It was to
the universal satisfaction that Broth-
er Woodman was invited to the chair
when Worthy Master Luce was com-
pelled to vacate it on Wednesday
evening. \\"or(‘is in regard to his
adaptation as a presiding oflicer need
no emphasis among those over whom
he has once presided.

The question of the admission of
girls to the :\gricultural College call-
ed forth some warm, earnest speeches
and showed how deep the waters of
Patrons’ hearts rim. The Grange
was the first secret organization to
admit women and it has ever kept
herinterests well to the front in all
its actions. In an appropriation of
funds by the Legislature for the
building of ‘.1 girls’ dormitory there
is 3. looking forward to large advan
tages in behalf of the young women
of Michigan. —-———-—

Members of the Order are wont,
naturally, to keep a solicitous over-
sight, the one of the other. But
there are varieties of Patrons, as
among ordinary human persons, and
some of them unconsciously chal-
lenge from us a most vigilant looking
after. Therefore it fell out that the
members of the State Grange this
year felt it to be for their best inter-
ests to particularly :2/arc/z one of their
number. In accordance with an ap
prehension,so prevalent as this seem-
ed to be, Professor Beal presented,
in behalf ofthe members, Mrs. Perry
Mayo with a gold watch and chain
as a “simple token of the esteem in
which the lady is held by the mem-
bers of the Order.”

Secretary Cobb said, “There are
here more brainy men-deep, broad,
thinking men—-than I have seen to-
gether at any other session."

After the conferring of the fifth cle-
gree on 70 members, Thursday even-
ing, memorial exercises were held in
memory of ex-Governor Croswell,
whose funeral took place on that day
at Adrian. The hall was gracefully
draped within the Capitol, and with-
out the national colors floated at half-
mast. A biography was read by Sis-
ter Mayo and personal reminiscences

‘cited by Brother Tlios. F. Moore,

followed by brief words of tribute to
the memory of the departed man by
Hon. J. J. Woodman. In the Capitol
building, with which the memories of
the deceased Governor were so close-
ly associated, and in the pr ~-snce of
representatives from all pm .< of the

. State he had served so well, it was

an impressive hour.

The selfappointed committee of
hotel
spices of the session. In the geniali-
ty and social presence of such as
Sisters I’la.tt, VV. T. and H. 1.). Ad-
ams. Mars, Cobb, Cole and Porter,
no talent flagged, no merry-maker
rusted. Every habit of entertainment
was drafted into service, every song
was chartered’ and every luckless
man captured to add his wit to the
impromptu occasions.

The public installation of officers
took place on Friday evening, II.
Dale Adams,ofGalesburg, ofliciating.
A noticeable feature of the election
of officers and executive committee
members at this session was the pic-
cedence given to younger men than
it has been the wont to do hereto-
fore. Mr. Jason Woodman, of Paw-
Paw, was promoted to the Lecturer’s
chair and F. W. Redfern, of Maple
Rapids, and G. B. Horton, of Fruit
Ridge, to places on the Executive
Committee.

Brother L. .'\. Strong acted as
Treasurer this year, as last, in place
of II. A. Strong, his father, who un-
fortunately has been detained from
both sessions by illness.

While the presence of Cliloe,Aunt
Hattie, Aunt Prue, M. A. R., Cort-
land I-Iill,A. C. G._. Mrs. W. K. Sexton,
I“. W. Redfern,M. T. Cole,D. W., and
other past and present writers for the
Visirok gave a home-like atmosphere
to every meeting, many well known
names were spoken without response
——~-none oftener than those of our i\-ly-
ra, Aunt Kate and Mrs. S. P. Sykes.
It is to be hoped that representatives
took courage and cheer to all such
absent ones.

It is said of the citizens of ancient
Athens, that every one of them was
capable of filling a public ()lT|C€, so
thorough was their education and
training in matters pertaining to the
city's prosperity. As one look.’ upon
the State Grange in its present ad-
vanced state of iinprovement, listens
to the forcible, clear and often elo-
quent rcports and speeches of the
representatives andotiicers and notes
the attentive interest manifested by
all in every action of the body, he
can but be impressed with the thought
of the influence, the accomplished
ends and the future possibilities of
the Patrons of Husbandry. vGP.:\t_‘E.

-- - --———--—»:————- - -

THE sales of T/ze Cevztmy .l[ag'a-
zinc have gone up over 30,000 copies
in six weeks, since beginning the Life
of Lincoln. A second edition of
December will be issued on the 15th.
A veteran New York publisher pre-
dicts that the permanent edition of
the magazine will go beyond 300,000
before the completion of the Lincoln
history. The January installment,
which is said by the editors to be of
most surpassing interest, occupies
thirty pages of the niagazine, and
treats of Mr. I.incoln’s settlement in
Springfield,‘ his practice of law in
that city; the Harrison campaign;
Liucoln’s mafriage; his friendship
with the Speeds ot Kentucky; the
Shields duel; and the campaign of
1844. The illustrations are numer-
ous, including portraits of Joshua
Speed and wife, of Mrs. Lucy C.
Speed, Milton Hay, President Harri
son, General Shields, William H.
Herudon (the law partner of Mr.
Lincoln), and Mr. Lincoln himself,
from the photograph presented by
him to Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, in 186:.
Pictures are given of the house where
Lincoln was married, also the house
where he lived after his marriage,

etc., etc.
.. -— ——-——¢ou--—————

Young Folks‘ Clubi

PRESIDENT MAE.—I looked the
December number over but found no
“Club" except a political club wielded
by one or two old veterans with such
gentle violence we hope no harm will
result. But how about our Club?
Girls, you who have responded, let's
get up a “corner" and “resolve” our-
selves into a committee of the ‘whole’
(that is the vacum caused by the ab-
sence of old contributors) and run
this institution to suit-well,ourselves
with President Mae to direct. Of
course we do not wish to debar any-
one, even though they should have a
prickly name, or are old and ugly.
We are not proud; we are willing to
associate with common folks. Don’t
let's have any boys, they are always
rude and tell everything; but don’t
speak of this. Sunflower, you dear
benevolent blossom, ask Mrs. Mae
what we shall do and oblige a

Cotmrnv SCHOOL Mann.

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American Grange Bulletin. . I 50 I 75
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Babyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 90
Breeders‘ Gazette . . . . . . . . . ._ 3 U0 3 00
Century (Scribner‘s) . . . . . . .. 4 00 4 15
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Pul\-‘Cl’lItfd per ll» . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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li.\'trn C white per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,

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SYRUI’ AND MOI.A.€-SE3 --In Barrels.
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Fancy white: maple drips per gallon.
I.';Xll'4 golden pure sugar per gallon.
Fancy New Orleans new crop per g .40
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(urrr.-ii NI  choice per lb . . . . .. ..r5}o§(tjié

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- Oolong per lb . . . . . . . . 3.), gm, 4c. 45

Jllp.'l‘.'1pt.'t'll).....‘.. 33. 44'». 43. 5

(,'.unpuwil¢r, p.«:r lo . . . . . . . . . . . . .53. 4c, 45, 4;, -‘.2:

FOREIGN DI\'lEI) l:'RUI'l'S.
l{:ii:;in.-;, New :\lu~'c.1tells per l:-.~.\'. . . . . . . . .‘.'~a -' -,

(ltd M l1s|.‘§IZt'li§,

    
  

    

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Nutineg.» "  .. tr,
.‘r’l_.'l{l‘. Gl~’.() --Z\lJ SI It. 
Pure pepper, black. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-.-.

" .-\frii:.in Cayeiiiix: per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zfl

“ Clllllialnull per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ky

- cloves per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2;

ginger per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ii}

ailspice per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-,
UROCERS’ SUNDRIE5.
Sal Sodzi. II? lb kegs, per lb. . i,‘«,’
I-‘lour sulphur per lb . . . . . . . . . 5
Bi-carb soda, loose, in lb keg 4
" -- " :25 lb box- 5
-' " " 10 lb boxes if
" " in lb packages. . . . . 01-’;
" in 31 lb paclmges $5
Corn starch, Gilbert's. per lb . . . . :3
“ Durye1’s, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . -,1
St.'tr\;h.lui:ip,I)uryea’s,4u lb boxes, per ll; 1
.A  ber ~ 49 1. 4
Corn starch. new process , . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Starch, new process. lump . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3},
" " 6 lb boxes. e
" " 1 lb boxes 51,3’;
Grain bags. two bushels. . .. . . 24
Georgia bags. two bushels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230%
Cliuizolatc |S.ikcr's Prein. No. I per lb. .. 37 i';1}y.'
Barnes‘ Perfect Baking Powder in 3'; lb
tins. per doz: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r 25
Barnes‘ Perfect Baiting Powder in $5 lb
tins. per dox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. r. i.-n
Barnes’ Perfect Baking Powder in one lb
Lius per duz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 '.-3
7
DH 30 DAYS’ TRIAL»
—- -~<~  ‘nus uaw

     
  

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Has 3 Pad different from at
others. is cub shape. with set
Ballin um

1-tiisjbilf to all poslcfions of the
while the ball in thecup

- ~ a'°°°;°.2°.°;‘ z:‘°...."'*:a=.:
ion with th flngor.n3'!st lizhtiaressure thaflelr
1* "°'*°tt=.:°'"3" W r.P2.:*:t*;~.“*t.:. .,.....°sa
 °m  nus§'co.. cu:-so. iii.

A D. l)F.GARMO, Higulzind Station, our
0 land, Co., Mich. Farm one half mile
north of the station, breeder of Sliorthoms of
Pomona, Young Phyllis, VVliitc Rose, Bel
Mahone and Sell Walker families. Stock of
both sexes for s e.
Coirespondeuce solicited.

TEN DOLLARS A MIINEH

will buy 2i farm in Claremont Colony. Maps
and full particulars free.  F. Manchu,
Claremont, Va.

 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR. I

‘fANUARY 1', 1.887.

Scientific Miscellany.

VoLAi>uK.—The plan for a “universal
commercial language” originated about
five years ago by Herr Schleyer, ot Swivz-
erland, seems to be meeting with greater
favor than has been accorded other pro
j-ccts of the kind. It is reported that
Volapuk is alreadv spoken with facility
by thousands at Europeans; knowledge
of it is being disseminated by more than
fifty societies scattered over England,
Gcrmauy.Austria, Sweden, Holland. Asia
Minor, and other countries; Volapuk
grammars for the use of Hottentots and
Chinese, besides all the European nations.
are either in the market or in course of
preparation; and two reviews, one en-
tirely in Volapuk and the other with a
translation on alternate pages, are regu-
larly published. The special advantage
ot the new language is the ease with
which it can be learned, eight lessons
having enabled a Parisian class to corres-
pond readily with students "in foreign
countries.

Tm; Nsnvss or TAs'rn —The discovery
that heat influences one set of nerve-
points in the skin while sensations of cold
are received by another set, has been fol-
lowed by some interesting experiments,
by two Italian physiologists, which indi-
cate that the various tastes result from
the exciting of quite distinct sets of nerve-
fibres in the tongue. The prolonged ep-
plicntion of ice removed the sensibility
for all tastes —sweet. sour, salt and bitter.
Cocaine destroyed—temporarily of course
—sensibility for bitter only. Other sub-
stances. such as caffeine and morphia,
reduced the power of discriminating be-
tween different degrees of bitter. Dilute
sulphuric acid had a peculiar effect,
causing distilled water and even quinine
to taste sweet at the tip of the tongue,
although the bitter of the quinine was
elsewhere tasted as usual.

A LRNGTHENING Lisr. - While the
number of chemical elements had not
reached seventy a decade ago, Prof. H C.
Balton has prepared a list naming over
forty elementary substances whose dis-
covery has been announced since 1877
No less than nine of the supposed new
elements have been detected this year by
Crookes.

Axons rm; E1.ucrn1c1sNs.——Applica-
tions of electiicity are daily becoming
more varied. Among recent ones are
tele-barometers, tele-thermometers. tele-
hydrobarometers, which respectively rc-
oord. at distant points, air-pressure, beat,
steam-pressure, and water stages.

SCIENCE IN Aus'rnu.1s.——The cclonies
of Australia and the neighboring islands
have some twenty scientific societies. with
a membership of between 2,500 and 3 000.
These organizations are to meet in 1888
for the purpose of forming an Australian
Association for the Advancement of Sci-
ence, similar to the important associations
now existing in England, France and the
United States.

SP1-mcu RECORDING. -—A promising
lllelifl-Tl! or recording and reproducing
speech is that of M. Leon E quills, by a
modification of the photophone. The
speaking is done before a diaphragm
having a highly polished surface from
which a ray of light is reflected. and the
record of this speech is obaaiued by sim-
ply photographin the ray of light upon
a traveling band of sensi'ized paper.
After having been developed, the articu-
lation may be reproduced by pr: j voting
the image oi the trace by means of a
strong light upon a selenium receiver,
the well-known apparatus for transform-
ing light-impulses into sound-vibrations,
and the speech is then heard through the
telephone connected.

Smnisir Gsoou.u>irr.~~-The field for
geograpnical exploration is not vet ex-
hausted even in Europe. Schrader states
that in the north of Spain several ranges
of mountains exist, some reaching a
height of 10,000 feet, which have no place
on any geographical map. In the Aran
valley another discovery has recently
been made. Triangulation showed egap
unfilled between two ranges of peaks
which, approached from different sides.
had been supposed to form a gingle
range; and further exploration proved
that the gap contained a large and hith-
erto unknown lake.

Tris CAMERA rs Manicmn.-—A new
suggestion is that photography may be-
come a useful agent in medical diagnosis.
disclosing symptoms of disease before
they are otherwise perceptible. In a re-
cent negutive of a child the face was
shown as thickly covered with an ernp
tion, no trace of which could be seen on
the child itself until three days afterward.
when its skin became covered with spois
due to prickly heat. In another recorded
case. invisible spols were brought out on
a photograph taken a fortnight before an
attack of small-pox.

Tris STUFF or DnsAMs.—M1st dream
represcnlalious, according to the inw~sii-
gations of Wandt, emanate from actual.
though weak, impressions on the nerves
during sleep. Thus, an inconvenient po-
sition excites visions of laborious or pain-
ful experiences, diflizsult respiration pro.
duces the agony of nightmare, flying is
suggested by the rythmic movements oi
breathing. nudity by a fall of clothes from
the bed, crawling things by skin irriIa-
tions. etc. The reproduction ot past
memories is associated with events which
have left a profound mental impression

EUROPEAN AL'l‘l’l‘Ul)KB —A German as-
timaie places the average height of Eu-
rope above the sea at 974 feet. Swivz-r»
land shows the mutant mean height,
4 624 feet, and the Netherlands the least.
81 feet. Intermediate are Benin and
Pnrlnmll. 2 998 feel’: Austria. 1 698; lmly.
I 696; France. 1.29’); Brililb I~»|Ild8 714:
Gotniany, 701; Russia, 648; Denmark. 115.

‘Mental and Physical Exnaiislioii,

For Dsrspepeia

ll6I'lllllSllBS8, Wtllllllilllill Energy

Indigestion, Etc.

HORS FORD’S
ACID PHOSPHATE.

A liquid preparation of the plios-

phates and phosphoric acid.
Recommended by physicians.
It makes a. delicious drink:
Invigorating and strengthening.
Pamphlet free.

For sale by all dealers.

Rumford Chemical Works, Provi-
dence, R. I.

.

:;$"Beware of imitations. julyibyl

L..S.¢§:.M.S.R.R-
K.-\i.AXAZO0 DIVISION "run-: 'r.~.si.1r..

Standard tinie—9ot.h meridian.
GOING SOUTH.
_'”—‘"—N_?'8? C Tl i?§[l§"'

Expresszxgtt & M way F‘

 
    

i§w7—Gr§T{Ei‘lI;I';§i1i.§.. 7 45 xiil 500 mi 500/»!
ArAllcgan.... - 9o2“i622“ 93o“
Ar Kalamazoo. I035 " 1 7 23 “ 51205 PH
1o42"l8o: ‘ :50“

1111 "£33; “ gm)"

.nw..:9O°.. ‘zoo

5roPMi23oAll 655AM

Ar Clcvelaxid.. 9 4o " E 8 25 “ . . . . . . ..
Ar Buflhlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33,0“: 245 mu . . . . . . ..

GOING NORTH.

N Y&B}NY&C way F‘

Ex & MyExprc.«‘s _

I .11 35A_vi31155/m.
640 Pu} 630"
.1115 " ‘1o4o "

   

.. g5c;AMf325i>M

_ X ".350"

6“uz4x7u

.» x"':447“
Ar Allegan_ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 82g";54S“ 355"
GmndRapid5 . . . . . . . . . . ..‘945"‘7!0" 655"

All ruins connect at White Pigeon with ll"8.IlL\;mlZ-‘I-1’
main line. M. E. WKTFLES.
Supt. Kalamazoo Division. Kalamazoo.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.

DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM KALAMA.lO(L
TIME-TABLE—MAY 13. 1884.
Standard time—g»>th mcridian.

7 V VVESTWARD.

w
Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves. . . .  4 45; . . . . ..
Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . .l . . . . . .; 9 49
Evening Express . . . . . . . . . . . i

Pacific Express . . . . . .

  
  

 

Hail . . . . . .
Day Express
EASTWARD.
Night Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 17: . . . . ..
Kalamazoo Accomrriodution leaves. . . . .l 6 45 . . . . . .

Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . .
Mail. . . . . . . . . .
Day Express
New York Exp
Atlantic Express. .
New York. Atlantic an c .xprcs.~.e.s daily.
Evenlng Express west and Night Express east daily er-
Cept SH-llIl‘d3\S. »\l| other trains daily cxcepi Sund-ys.
Freizhi rrains carrying passengers out frcm Kalamazi c
as follows: No. 29 (caa‘) at 5:io r. M. and No. 2o(west)
at 8:13. hrirt passengers from east.'u12:¢5. r M.
H. B. LF.'D\'ARD. Gen. Manager. Detroit.
]. A. C-Rimt, General Freight Agent, Chicago,
0. W. Ri:t;<;1.irs. G. P. &. I‘. A- Chicago.

 
  
 
 
   
 

 

   

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Current Rates on Chicago
Market.

  

llotatoes, No. 1, ripe,  has .47 @ .50
“ unripe or off stock .38 («ll .42
Turnips. yellow, "59 bu. . . . .22 uh .25
Onions, choice, “ .... .65 (ix; 75
Apples, No. I,  bbl. 2.75 ({1} 2 85
“ No. 2, stock, “ .. (9,) 1.50
C:irlo‘..<. sold a 5 per cent. comrriis<;icn.
Apples, cvaporaterl,  lb. 8% (17 .10
Onion-', h€lt5ClL’.’l, ‘(Q libl. . 2.25 (q) 2.50
l\’ut=.hagas, “ .. 1 .00 (it 1.25
'l'n:-nip», white, “ . .. .75 (312) 1.00
B‘.311l'l5'., navy,  bu. . . .. 1.25 (ii) 1.50
“ medium, “  1.40, (in 1.50
Vfool. wr.~.‘nexl_. "19 lb . . . .. .28 @ .35
“ tiriwzished, “ . . . .. .13 (gt: .27
Veal, choice, “  .0‘; (r2 .08
Tiii-key, “ dressed, ‘$9 lb .07 (it .08
Chickens, drt-sectl. "' .06 (ii: .07
Di cks. “ " .07 ({1} .08
(lg . “  doz... 6.00 (rt) 7.00
Eggs. fresh, ‘ ‘ . .22 (qt .24
“ held stock, “ . .. .16  . I8
Butter, dziiiy, 19 ll». . . .. 12 ((1) .20
" creamery “ ..... .22 @ .25
Clo\'cr seed, “fix bu. . . . . .. 4.70 (it) .80
Tim.'>'.l‘.y “ “ . . . . . .. L70 @ 1,75
Cranberries, 719 bbl . . . . . .. 6.00 @ 8.00
llicles, salied, G, 7,931"; . . .. o7}§@ 08%
l’cl1.s, esttl wool. “ . .25 ((9 .27
Hops " .20 (@ .23
Honey. “ .io @ .13
Bce.'4W:ix. “ .. .. .16 (Q .20
On produce not named write for prices.

I will advance on all car lots of choice Win-
ter apples $1.50 per bbl; also 7c perlb. on all
evaporated apples on their receipt and will
also keep posted on values here the! will cor-
re-sponrl wiih me in relation to what they
have to dispose of. Ship from this on in
lined or Y.‘i.rl’lE(ifill()l' cars. Respectfully your.-',

THOMAS MASON,
163 Smith \Vs.ter St., Chicago.

‘iii WlllllAl\l’3 lliGAZlliE.

 

,’l".=tl1er T. Housli, Editor.)
A yr-ar'< nnmhe-rs contain:
. ifiil full pain: wngrav nzs; '
rzc p;=.g¢:.a' of the Last literature produced ‘r: .'-.t- l
ir.u: vc form.
' Sllillcll ylru-iris {‘i|ll‘\'t‘.l'l its paces 
* Iii-rrr; Dr:parmi!:nl is practical, and rh-'Cix-"ac-. .'ll- l
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must rwrv ;lli1_i€7l of nit-rcsr lo IlOtl’iCkCCpL‘.“~ duriiig ,
[hv “\r~:ll' '
F.r..’itrirs notrs l'p')l\ tr.-piss of;;enrraLiiiie~c:-t and im~ 5
porlav c- in all . ‘
FRANK F. HUU H. l’iil>ii5‘v-‘r. l’va‘l’-born, Vt. '

,2. .-. ~...-..-, ,...~ ;. mm

A. Nmw zwvmw-rxon. L

  

RUNS EASY.
IJHOY
0 ‘MOVE ON

this of Beech have been Saweu ugofw man
hours. Hundreds have sawed 5 it 6 co.Il:4 daily.
art

as
K

lllust'd Catalog FREE.
Hnchlnc Couiflii to 311 8.CauAl St..ChIeugo, ll.

50 Eldon fi'IIIIo.lIs.. ‘q-Ibnelflswl-lfrh
10¢ OLGQIOK 3&1. Ghlauvfiqi

down:

THE LINE SELECTED BY THE D. 8. OOV'T
TO GARRY THE PAST MAIL.

    

. Burlington .
RU 

c.s.en.n..i.n,.  

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It is the only line with its own track from

CHICAGO TO DENVER,

Either by way of Omaha. Pacific Junc.. st. Joseph,
Atchjson or Kansas City.
It connects In Union Depots wlih throu h tralnsfrem
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, OSTON
and all Eastern points. is the principal line to

SAII FIIAIGISBO. Pllll‘l'_lAlHl &.lIll’Y BF MEXIGII

It traverses all of the six real States of ILLINOIS.
IOWA. MISSOURI. NEBRAS _A, KANSAS. C0l_.0RADO
with branch lines to all their important cities and

towns.

From CHICAGO, PEORIA or ST. LOUIS. it runs
every day In the year from one to three ele anlly
equipped through trains over Its own tracks he ween
Chlcago and Denver,

Chicago and Omaha,
Chicago and Council Bluffs,
Chicago and St. Joseph,
Chicago and_ Atchison,
Chicago and Kansas City,
Chicago and To eka,
Chicago and edar Ra Ids,
Chicago and Sioux lty,
Peoria and Council Bluffs,
Peoria and Kansas city,
st. Louis and Omaha.
St. Louis and St. Paul,
Kansas City and Denver, -
Kansas City _and St. Paul,
Kansas city and Omaha,
Fcr all points in Northwest. West and Southwest.
llsequipmcnt is complete and first class In every
particular. and at all important points Interlocking
Switches and Signals are used. thus insuring com-
lori and safety.

For Tickets. Rates. General Inlormallon etc..
rogardin the Burlington Route. call on anylicket
agent in he United States or Canada, or address
l‘. J. POTTER ls-r V.P. & Gen. Mc.u., Cmuno.

‘-EZNRV B. STONE, Assr. GEN. MGR., CHICAGO.

PERCEVA,‘ LOWELL, GEN. PA-S5. Am-.. Ciucmo.

ilec15td

German Horse and Cow

POWBER$!

This powder has been in use many yr:ai.\:.
it is largely used ' the famicrs of Pennsyl.
Vania, and the l .roiis of that State have
purchased over i0o,ooo pounds through their
purchasiiig agents. Its composition is our 50-
cret. The recipe is on every box and 5~pound
package. It is made by Dr. Obcrholtzer’s
Sons 5; Co , Phosnixville, Pa. It helps to di-
gest and nssiniilnte the 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 liczililiy and iii-
crsascs the production of eggs. IL is also of
great value if‘) them while molting. his sold
at the lowest possible. wliolesale prices by R.
E. ]AMl‘IS, Kalamazoo; GEO. W. HILL &
(_‘.()., H5 kaziilolpli St, Detroit; Tll()S.
MASON, 18} \V':iter $1., Cliicago, Ill.; and
Al.l£l'.l~'.'l‘ S'l'E('i'rI.'\lA1\’, Allegan. Put up iii
6::—lli. l;o‘<c~ ilooacj. Price El<:llT Cl~‘.l\"l‘$
per lb. 30-lb. boxes oft} =‘,~ll.~. packages,

 

  

TL-t.\’ ‘x‘"l‘:‘ pcr lb.
GROUND OIL CAKE.
O1,/') 1’/i'0C£;'.S.S‘.

l\cw is the time to buy the genuine urti-
cle clic:-.p. To be hall in MiI:liig:1ii of

I“. V. N lIRll‘3Ll$ Lt CU., (.2r.ui<l linpidsg

M _\'\"' )l\’ R.\.\'NEY, Kalaniazoo;

T. 1:1. 'l‘:\V.'l.()R, _[:.-cksoii City Mills‘. _I;i(:l-.-
son 1

\‘v'. .‘i. l‘F.I\'I-‘Il".l-D., 319 \’\'o<i(lwar(l .\\‘v:..
Detroit;
_7-.»."i';.>/z 1". /"f;zg.5a.r. [:‘.r.;.v., H. I;"‘l7’l'I}.‘, i’):..’.

SIR -~l ' g used your Slur limml of Hlrl
f‘r~.v‘r-3-7 (Ail ( in: Meal, I can cheerfully rut
niiinis-zrcl it M farincn; and stockineii.
\'mir‘strii.1_v,  C. S'l‘l«;Rl.lNt.:
. Mich. State .\;.v,‘l no -1 .
.5,~'vl: for $.'i‘_».l~: brsml, ;1ian.uf:iclui'i:d only 3-}-

J'3S‘lE§l’H HUGIEES 3: CO..
Fort: ‘vVii,yiie~, Imi.

   

  
 

      

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nuvlill

Th Slllififl BEET
B U .
Illiistrritr.-d Qiirutc-rly. 50 L‘.(‘llI.~‘ 9. your in-
slaiding p0SY;1i{C.
l.l<1Wi5 5. ‘\"v'.A.l<l~Z. .\l. lC., lCm'i‘«‘i.:.
llii!~.'RY x:.\RF.i' l;A.IRD & <:-1 , i‘-i,i:i.:<liitl<:._
Sm 'i'\':ilnut Jtrcel, I‘l‘.il:i1lclplii:‘..

Tlii-3 is ll‘l(.“fJlll_V pllllllCI‘.Il('.-l‘. in the Ilnitcil
Stntcstlcvoicllztxcl\1siv::ly to the ciillivzitimi
and utilization of the S r lllcst. Fariiicrs
and C-.i',>it.\.li.-its .\l'iOlllll ri ‘c_‘l'.ll\Cl' iliiit from
the bee: is lTl.”ll1‘..lf£lCI'.'i.'.‘i’l 1- t’. lnlf ;lic sugar
COl1Sl.ll‘.iL‘4.l in the world. ‘i ..c ’ccl iiiaiiufac—
luring prose»-.=es are not lli their experiuiental
st'.1gcs—~liy tliciii arc obtaiizerl not only sugar,
but also meet, rlcoliol, etc.

Money to Loan.

There has been placed in my hands money
to loan in sums of five llliilclred dollars or
more, to be Tccured on good improved fiinns.

J. W. 0siioi<N,
Attorney at Law,
No. 121 South ihii-diclr. St.
Kalanuizoo, Aug. 9, I886 Aiiglgtf

HR I‘) EN ‘V00 0

STQGK FARM.

Pclii nd China Seine a Specialty.

Breeders Stock l'CCOl’LlECl in Ohio P.  Record. (Jor-
-.e pui:di:nr.e and inspect" in riviteil.

B. G. filallifilihi,
Ln.*rr..}; Pl-’..»'ill{IE RGNDE.
Cass t,‘o., Mich.

enemies.

IUCIUS C. WEST, Solicitor oi" .’\mcri:::ui
and Forcigii Patents, and Coiiaiscllor in Patent
«causes, Trade marks, Copyrights, Assign-
ments. Caveats, Mechanical and Patent
Drawings. \_.llCl1la-l’S free. 105 E. Main St.,
Kalamazoo, Mich. Branch oliicc, London.

Eng. Notary Public. apnrf

‘Wanna Cur. Orders fillet promptly,
and satisfaction guaranteed; audnes,
Sm. & Raina. Donut, won.

 
  

      

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Paimns’ uciiituse

Under Contract with the Execiitive Committees of the
Pennsylvania and Ne w York State G11: ii gee and recognized
by the ‘state Granges of Ohio, New Jersey and Delaware
to fu.-nisli Granges with all kinds of (‘xrocc-ries. We c'rry zi large and
complete stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups. Molasses, Coffees, Teas,
Spices, etc. We fill all 01'de-l'.~’i. fl‘0m I’eitl'0Ins when the order is
under Seal 01 Grange and signed by the fiiasler and Secreta-
ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay-
ment to be made within 3:: days from date of bills. We are now filling
Orders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from
Philadelphia. are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting through rates.
A trial order from Granges in Miclfigan will convince them that they can
Purchase Groceries to advantage in Pliiladclpliim. If
you desire information in regard to prices on any goods in our line
of business or freight rates do not hesitate to Write us. as we endeavor
to answer all inquiries promptly and satisfactorily. VVe will mail free upon
request our Complete Price List of Groceries, giving the wholesale prices
of all Goods in the Grocery Linc.

THORNTON BARNES,

Wliolesale Grocer and Grange Selling Agent,
241 North ‘Vader Street,

mansyx Philadelphia. Eenn.

   

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zajlq (gluing.

We issue the Buyers’ Guide in March and September of
each ear. It is now a book of 304 pages. 8»-lvxll inches in
size, 8,576 square inches of information for the consumers.
l describes, illustrates and gives the price of nearly all the
n cessaries and luxuries in dai y use by all classes of pen-

le, and is sent free to any address upon receipt of IO cents
pa the cost of carriage. We charge nothing for the book.

All of the goods quoted in the Guide we carry in stock,
which enables us to make shipments promptlyano as ordered.

We are the original Grange Supply House organized in
I872 to supply the consumer direct at 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 goods
as ourselves. Visitors are invited to call and verify our
statement.

Sand for i .2 Guide and see what it contains. If it is not
worth I0 cents, let us know, and we will refund the amount
paid without question.

MONTGOMERY WARD &. CO., |
227 & 229 Wabash Ave., (ii... Exposition Building) cHicAeo, lLL. .

   

     

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. Exprcs Exprc§.§ Exprcstl E Mail Express. Express.
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\Vay Freight carrying passengers going East. 3.30 P. LL; going west, 10 05 A. M.
‘Slop for passengers on signal only.

Nos. 3. .3, 5 and 6 run daily.

Ticlccts sold and baggage checlcedto all flalfii of Canada and United States

For through mice and time apply to G. M. \l/ATSON, Local Agent. Schoolcraft. \V. E. DAVIS. Assist-

auil Ga. 1 Passenger Agent Chicago; W. I. SPICER, General Manager, Detroit.

GROOERIES!

It will be interesting to every Farmer in the vicinity of Grand Rapids to
iesrn that the

Wholesale Grocery House

-~——C>E"———

“FHUR   033900.

Have O13e::n.ec3_ a.

Mammoth Retail Department,

and are selling all goods at much LIDVVEK PKECES than any other
dealen SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS will be given large pur-
chesers. OUR STOCK IS LARGE, and embraces ev-
erything in the line of Groceries and Provis-
ions. When in town don't fail to call
on us.

ARTIEUE MIEIC-l-S  C:‘O.,
Ieetail Departzxzent,

77 and. '79 south ‘mi-vision st.,
GRAND I?.API.DS, NIICH. .

     

casino:-rt: oogivrgrgrtssaexoiu it misses.

  Tfiomia.-s imasotxr,
General Commission Merchant,
163 South Water St, Chicago,

Respectfully Solicits Consignments of

Fiii‘s,l‘ie1aliles,Bn I i,Eius,Grass Seed.BayFuis,H1les,Pe1*s.Ta1low,&o

BONDED AGENT of the N . Y. Produce Exchange Association,
Chartered Feb. 13, I378.

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 Gr2RoA1\TG-ZEl."V'IS?ITOR.

Never Mind What They Say.

Don't worry or fr‘!

. About what people think,

Of your ways or your means,
Of your food or your drink.

If you know you’re doing _
Your best every day,

With the right on your side,
Ne‘. ..r mind what “they” say.

l_.:Ly out in the iiioriiing;
Your plans for eitcli l‘~.o':;r_
And never forget
That old Tiiiie is :1 power:
This also reii.eiiibc
'.\loi'z;; trutlis old and :‘.:‘.w
The \\‘():'l(l is too busy
To thinl-: miicli of you.

 

Then garner the rniiiutes
That make up the hours,
And pluck ln‘:.'O’.lt‘ pilgrimage
Honors bright flowers.
Should grumblers assure you
Your course will not pay,
With conscience at rest.
Never mind what “they” say.

Th:n let us, lorgetting
The insensate throng

Thit jostles us daily
VVhile marching along,

Press onward and upward.

And make no tlelay—— ‘

And though people talk,
Never mind what “they” say.

Report of Committee on Trans-=

plortation State Curange of
ichigan.

I/V rt/zy 411' astrr am! Fefiow P:z1'2'w.'.s.-

Your committee on transportation
beg leave to report as follows:

We understand the fact that the
transportation lines of ourgreat com-
mercial inte:est.s are V\ hat the life blood
is to the physical body; that a check
to transportation would mean cor -
mercial disaster and we have no rcisli
to place hampering restrictions upon
the operations of such a great busi-
ness; biit we of the farm  but
human, and request that a fair share
of the products of our'toil should
revert to us.

In times of financial depression it
is out just that the stringency should
fall equally upon all, and that when
the farmer is obliged to fall back
upon previous accumulations to tide
him through,no other inoustry should
be able to make large profits.

For the year just ended, in spite of
the fact that most industries were

arcely able to keep even, the rail-
roads of this country cleared in ex-
cess of their profits for the previous
year ninety millions of dollars. Is
there might of justice or decency in
this? Year by year many of the
farmers of our broad and fertile coun-
try see their comfortable, and often
beaiitiful, homes, homes made dear
to thein by all the tender associations
that cluster round the family hearth,

slippii7g,sloivly but surely, from their
grasp vhile they sand unable to
prevent the sacrifice. While to no one
CJUSC can this be attributed, the ex-
tortion ofrailroads may be cited as the
greatest. “All the traffic will bear——”
.5-.s done more to cause financial dis-
aster, especially in the west, than
any other one thing.

‘.‘»'i‘.ii the money wrung from honest
toil they debauch our law—mal;ing
bodies .=,1nd courts of justice. Im-
mense salaries and fees are paid to
the unscrupulous lawyc ' who can
-i st. er them clear of all imp:-di-

: Senators and Representatives
7-? State and Nation stull , them-
i‘:r=s and prove rccrcant to the high
‘ wit‘:-. whizzh they  ii.-v'cstcd

  
  

 

  
  
  

r counsel arid ric-
l>1'ibes. ii’-Ki: .‘~:lioulr.l

ics-3, our servains, by

  

- lziiiizzi by the might oir
 vontrol. that the
rom this oppression. “'l'

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xrinegi who hath hi; 3. = just; and
he but naked, tlmirgh locked up in
s eel, whose conscience zith injustice
 corrupted.” The railroads are cer-
tainly locked up in steel.

Your committee believe that state
laws are inadequate to fully protect
us, and are liable to be oppressive in

2.565 where one road passes through
different states whose laws are differ-
ent, and that the mztter of inter-state
commerce should be regulated by
Congress. Two bills are now pend-
ing in Congress: the Reagan bill in-
troduced in the House, and the Cul-
lom bill introduced in the Senate.
The placesof their inception is suffi-
cient proof to us which should pass.
The U. S. Senate is no friend to the
producers of our country, an«.l.nearly
all the legislation in our favor, origi-
nating in the House, is throtlled bylit.

When the election of Senators is
given to the people, then can the
strong arm of public indignation
reach out and throttle them.

All of which is respectfully sub-
mitted. '

   

FRANK B, G,-\i>.r<r.'ri.
J. S. LOCI-LE.
G. S. Wir.i.iA.\i:'-;.
J. C. Jokoox.
JOHN Sri<oN(;.
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lix-Corronizssn-IAN l\lURCll went
from his stone-cutting in Maine to
Congress, from Congress into the sa-
loon business, from the saloon to an
insane asylum, from the asylum to
the grave. 4

THE ONLV BAGGER
IN THE WORLD

Report of Committee on Reso-
Iutious.

Wartfiy Marter and Palrm:.'--

WHEREAS, It is impossible to obtain any
law for the present to protect the innocent
puichasers of aterited articles, therefore,

}t‘a:o../-2'.-~11’, hat the State Grange recom-
mend as a means of protection that when any
pi so. or company wishing to sell a patented

"le, ‘.’.'l‘il(.‘l1 is likely to be universally used
rniis, they shall exhibit their lot-
-" to the Execiitivc Committee

       
 
     
  

  

'c carefully examined said letter.-<

. . i ucorrcct, shall nialtc such state-
i. ’.l‘!t).lgll the columns of the Gl‘.!\I\‘Gl".
ITOR.

/i’z.n»f:'r.r'. That when any company similar
to the Loliemian Oat Company wishes to op-
crate in this State it shall get the sanction
of the Executive Committee of the State
Grange and cause the same to be published
in the C-i:.:i.\'oi~: ‘v'isi1'oi=..

If‘;-sol:/ca’, That we will heartily endorse
and support all legislative action having for
its object the entire suppression of polygamy
in thi~' couiitry._

Ii’;-r . rd, That the State Grange so far as
in their power will endorse and co-operate
with the members of the iri—coming Legisla-
ture in making and carrying out all laws hav-
ing for their object the suppression ofthe liq-
uor traffic.

1t’e.wl:I:*iz’, 'l‘h.~.t these two resolutions be
priiittzd in the GR:\.\'GE VISITOR.

AGE 01-‘ CONSENT‘.

“(Hi-ZREAS, noprnper protection is afforded
the young girls of this State, and,

\-Vi-ii-:i»:u.~\s, the Woirian’s Christian Tem-
perance Union is endeavoring to secure such
extension of present laws as shall place the
V\'Olil‘.llll100(l of our daughters on grounds at
least as secure as common property, therefore,
be it

./:‘u:o!:.'uir', ist, That the State Grange de-
Clf‘.l'i.‘ its c-iiC.oi-scnieiit of this most worthy ef-
fort of tliese noble women. And

1'-.’u.\‘ . :21’, 2d. That we dciiiand that the
in-cwiiiiig Legislature enact a law raising the
n.;je of consent from 10 to 125 years, and malt-
Em; the sliglit-zst peiialty uiider the law for all
‘itions, iiiipiflimiiiciit for :i term of years
‘fll1‘.l.':':\’.

.. -y siilmtitted,

E. C. Hr~:i<niNc.’i‘o.\'.
DAVID Sco'i"i‘,

E. II. .~\:~;<;Ei.i..
J.-\.\lF.S ll. MAR'l‘l\'.
Mas. l'2Al-ZER.

Mus. C,-\Rl.ISI.E.
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;‘1'1‘tl1e last session of the State
Grange :1 large number of members
manifested 9. great desire to procure
pictures of Sister Perry Mayo. I
will state to those interested that
having been asked to take charge of
this matter that I will be prepared
after the roth of jam. to fill orders for
photographs, cabinet size, at 30 cents
each. Tiiose who wisli 2. larger size,
suitable for framing,will please notify
me by postal card to enable me to

4 form some idea of how many to or-

der. These photographs are war-
ranted first-class in every respect,
and well worth the price asked.
:\x(lCl!‘€SS, -ilzo. F. CL'Nf\"i_\'t‘.li'.—\f\l,
Benton 1-larbor,

Mien.
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R1E'l‘L'R.\'S are coming in
:3lowly——-too slowly. [t’z,riz‘rz'2z_:f Sen‘:-
Ztzrzks, bc~.i_r in mind it is your duty
to report the newly elected .Vlaster
and Secretary, 7327/’; ml’/frets of ca:/1,
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I‘ our lzuv-malters could be im-
pressed Witt‘. the g're.'\.t truth that we
ncctl our present laws perfecteo more
than we need new ones enacted it
would he ". bles ed thing for the
country.

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:«.rs.~ zsiioi. ,
childhiiod. ..
a manhood = _

time; this is not an nncommmi i-:xp¢»rli-rie-.~
among these coal workers. It is true that.
there is 2. law forbidding the ernployment
of young children in collieries, on. the
statute bo<.=l:,but the evidence is convinc-
ing that it is very rarely enforced. The
poverty of the parents and the indiffer-
ence of the employers stand in the way.
As late as ‘.883 there was no oornpulsory
school law in Pennsylvania. and it there
be one now, it is, like the law referred to
above. almost never enforced in the coal
regions. When work is slack the minor
solids his boys to school. where they get
all the education they ever have. At oth-
er tirues they. as well as their father.
must W0rk.——Evohanee.

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3$‘*A prominent. Knight of Labor savs:
“We are tired of wheeling: into line be-
hind every paltry politician who happens
to buy a nomination and steal .-in election
and who forgets us as socn as he is sur--,
our vou;~..~; are cast. We TO tired of in-
doruiug p-zirti:-,:.iv nomisi . :- and having
legislation and executioi. dictated by
civzpitalists."

 

 

 

.. . _ _ ...._«.»__._ s___a
Ix hc-lr.xn.-ml }.ll1l‘StBll renew your sub-
scription. In behalf of your wile and
family renew. In behalf of the cause
you have espoused renew. That you may
not baolzslide renew.
will be paid {or any Grain Fan or
same size that can clean and bag as
much Grain or Seed in one day an
- our Patent LIONARCII Gum
and Seed 8 tutor and BI!-
r or our up!-oved Wore-

ggge null which we otter cheap.
Pi-lee Lin mulled free.

HEWIBK MICHIHE G0.‘

flolnmbiiu. Ohio.
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Qlnimaries.

"BUCK-—

Scipio _Grange has been called upon the
second time within a year to mourn the loss
of one of its members, Sister Hannah Buck,
who died Nov. 15, I886.

Wi-ii;Ri5As, Ibhas pleased the Great Master
to remove Sister Buck from her earthly labors
to her labors above, therefore

Run/z'az', That the HlCl'l’ll)Cl'S of this Grange
tender their ll€C'.l‘lf€l'. sympathies to the be-
reaved husband and relatives.

1i'c':ai": ' Tliat it iniiiutc of these resolu-
tions be spread upon the records of the
Grange and a copy sent to the l>ere:1vcd hus-
band. --—- C031,
ANDREWS-

Passcd away at her Loin-.2 in \"\'alson, Sister
Andrews, aged 54 years, wife of Wm. An-
drews. Thougii for many months, through
illness, our Sister was unable to meet with us,
her interest in the Grange was unabated.
She was ever glad to hear of its prosperity.
Long and sadly will the gentle presence be
missed by l'luSl)(\1'ltl and children. To'tliein
we tender our heartfelt sympathy.

She has crossed the dark river

She has reached the evergreen shore.
She is happy now in glory

Her sufferings all are o’er

Dear Sister she has left us

But is beckoiiing us to come,

To meet her there in glory

in her bright celestial home.

  

PlTCIIER—-

Died, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
lsola Steele. of Montcalm County, Oct. 26,
1886, Mrs. Matilda Pitcher, a worthy and re-
spected Sister of Home Grange, No. 188.
Suitable resolutions were adopted by the
Grange. The charter ordered drapt-cl with
crape sixty days. C031,

BURNll.—\M——

Died, ' " :2, i836, 7 her residence in
Newton, ‘ .o:in Count, _ tcr Eiriiiiii Burn-
liam, 2. worthy iiiciiibei‘ of Home Grange,
No. 129.

VVllEl~‘.l --, flerilli, God’s dispenser, ‘iias
called from 2'; home our W. L. A.  who
filled her office with dignity and trust, and
was an iiitelligciit and influential member
who will be sztdly iriiss-3d in many depart-
ments of our 0i<l-er, one dear to us by ties of
united effort, an affectionate wife, a tender
mother, an only daughter of aged parents‘,
therefore,

1i’r.w[r/nz’, That realizing no words ol ours
can bring peace to the hearts of our l.-ereavcd
Brother and motherless children, we, in deep-
est syiiipatliy, point them to our llcavenly
Master who l~:uows full well how to heal the
wouiid, He, by love, inflicts.

1i’a5u/rial’, That our cliarter, her vacated
desk and staff he draped in mourning sixty
days, these resolutions be placed on our
records, and :1 copy be sent to the VlS'l’l'0':{
and our city paper for publication.

— Com.

    

  

   

\VARD——

Died, Nov. 3, I886, at his lioine in Gilead,
Brother (,‘-.issiiis T. \‘.':ird, a member of Gilead
Grange, X0. 400.

\\‘lll~‘.i -2, It has pleased our Hc:ivc-iily
l’atlier to remove from our midst our \\'oi‘thy
llrotlizrz lltercforc, be it

l‘'.’.'.-:. ‘J, Tlxa’. iii the zleritli of l3r0tl‘er
\Vai'rl, the Craiigc has lost a worthy iiicmber,
the coiuiiiiiiiily an hoii-.:st, t!pl‘l_\_;llt and re-
.<‘c"tCtl cit‘./e and the wife -.1 ltiiiil and
loviiig liiis .

/fa‘-“H . 'l lint as :2 Grange we deeply and
siiicerely inourii the Ll. .l. of :1 most wortliy
llrolher Allil friciid, and hereby record our
high cstiiiizitioii of his cliarzicter as it citizen
and l’:ili'mi.

 ’. That we Cfilcllil our sympalliy to
the bore coil coxiipaiiioii of our decezised
llrollier, cormnezitliiig her to Him who alone
can gjirc i.xm.<olation.

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lie tliapell iii iiioiiiriirigg for ty day. that a
copy of ' i'c-soluti ; sc‘.-it to the be-
‘ 'C(l npaiiioii; also 7_7l‘t:'{l.(l iipoii our

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. i'i‘oi: i73‘:p'.1l)licatit>n', also :1 couy to the
Caz/;-in-'. — —- C CC.\'..
l.‘-l-it ll >l(.\‘ —

" !-‘..\s', lt has PlCIl.~‘€(l Ol,‘.‘.' llcavcnly
.‘\i‘.l>il;_ to remove from :;'.iv: circle l‘-'otlii-1‘
l~:1-qt; "lrool-;.+, .\last--. of llririby ‘range,
No illCi'€fOl'€:

.-’i‘l'yu . "lint in his LlC£‘.ll‘. our tiraiige

‘.1?
niiiiiity
cicly, mail his friiiiilv a

fallic

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vi". Tlmt \\"nilc we l110'.l‘i‘1l for our :li:—
lil‘4"ll\:‘.'. we extend our syinpatliies to
" lhciz‘ great aillictioii.

.1’, That .1. copy of til-ese i'csolulions;,
nd 1‘ seal of the flrangc, be sent to llief:-.111-
ily of our tlecezts-e<l lli'<>'-.l :1 co; 3: to
‘.l-: V ‘l"7l‘. for pui ' zitioii.

..i/, Tlia’. a copy of ll 54 rcsoliilioiis
<l itpmi the recon‘ of our Gi'aiige and
. tcr be drapetl in i=:-o':.ri1ii.ig for sixty
Co.-\I.

   
      
 
  

 

 

days.
.\1ll.L.-\RD—-
Died at her home in Three Rlvei':<, l\licli.,
Nov. rt), Mary J. Millard, aged 31 years, a
meiiil>c1' of l~1ivcrsiile Grange, No. I78.

 

\'v'iii;i. :.-‘is, It has pleased our Heavenly
l7athei' to remove from our midst by death
our beloved Sister Mary Millard. By the
death of our worthy Sister we have lost a
valuable iriembei‘ who was ever ready to
work for the good of the Order, ller merry
voice will no more be heard withiii our Hall,
and another chair is left vacant by her death;
therefore

/i‘u:o/rwiz’, That the nieinhcrs of the Grange
realize with sadness her :il>senr:c_ from among
us, and that we extend our sincere sympathy
to the liereaved liiisl)i1nd, mother and friends,
well knowing that God only can heal the
wounds made by derth; who has said I will
not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

Rusalzu.-i/, That the Sisters of our Grange.

decorate her grave with flowers Memorial
Day; also that a copy of the above be sent
to the bereaved husband.

Rcxa/".2-Z That our Hall be draped in
mourning for thirty days and 0. copy of the
above placcil upon the memorial page of our
Order. Con.
LEECIl:--

Once more Hartford Grange, N0. 89, is
called upon to mourn the loss of a beloved
member. Sister Gilbert Leech was a former
member of Keelcr Grange, but since their
rcniov~.1ltollartfo':d lias been a member of
our Grangr. She leave:-‘. :1 husband, a large
family of children and large circle of friends
to mourn her loss. Therefore

Result/ml. That we lender her bereaved
family our heartfelt symprilliy in their be-
reavement, and also

Ir’cra[7mt', That a copy of these imoliitions
be spread on the records of our Grange, also
copy sent to Git.‘-.;\:<Ii-1 VISITOR for publica-
tion. Co.\i.

.Ti=’../.°.~..‘S:T'»‘§-3.3  '.'.C.">'C3"I‘"5Z'l

‘(Why shoal-'.?. 1 S=:;bsoribe for

E ma

BEoAU.esm,

l. (“flange Readirlg is requisite to that sturdy (level-
opiuent that should cliaract-3 'ize the life of an agricnltt=.rist'

     

2. THE Gnarzcn VISITOP. is the’ organ of the Michigan
State Grange. As a Patron I am by a,7ut_2/ bound to its sup-
port.

As a Farmer, loyal to my calling, I need its support.

It has been t-e1'med, “Our strong rig]/72$ mr//z,"” and another has
said. “It fights ourbattles."

‘J

o. Inits honest-efi"ort to promote the best

llllPl‘HSl-S of
the Order it  still the farmer’s paper wl other he is in the
Grange or out. -ts farin depa1'tmeut.s are filled with reivorts

o‘ er:pe'rinie11t-s, praittical notes and seasonable siiquestitiiis.

W
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‘lie literary colu rims are regularly <tonti‘ib11te(l to by racy
pa.ri11e(l..well read writers. The ladies' page lias bi-.eii the
field of many spirited and genial contests, and, in its way,
has st-a.u11olil_v helped its constitiieiits to lllt?-l1‘llOllO1“c‘(l places
aiiiong Wo1'l:ers for a high ,i' and nobler staiidai-d of inun and
womanliood.

The miscellaneous 1iizitt.e1' is .f-‘elected with the liigliest
good of the home in view. Its adver‘tisers are reliable. The
Postal depa.1't-me-iitlias a lib ral patronage from all classes
of readers, and vigorously maintains its catlioliiz spirit and
popularity.

Tlie editorial departineiit seeks to CZlIl(ll(ll‘_~' express its
iinblased opinion on whatever topics the Good of the Order
and the iiit-eiests of agri<.:11ltui'e, at large seein to dc-ll12lll(l.

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