VOLUME XII~—No. 3. ._
WHOLE NUMBER 251. 1

OFFIC-'I.6l I

'Ifl‘lcei-1+ National Grange.

 
   

   
 
  
  
  
 

Muter—PUT DARDEN. . . . . . . . Mississippi
Ow-r:e2r—_lAM ES 1- DRAPER . Massachusetts
bdurer—MORT. WHl'l'Ei-' EAD . .New jersey
Steward—_l. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .West Virginia
Axrittaut Si‘rwarrl—-VV.H.STINSON . .N. Hampshire
C/¢af1at'n——A. J ROSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas
Trta:ur:r—F. M. MCDOWELL_. . New York
S¢crttar_y—]NO. TRIM BLE, 514 E Washington

Gate Kee;er—H. THOMPSON.. . . . . . .Delaware
C:re:—-MRS. KATE DARDEN . . . . Mississippi
1' oua——MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky

Hora——MRS. JAMES C DRAPER. . .Massachusett<
Lady Asszlrtaut Strwani—-MRS. E. M. Ll PSCOMB,
South Carolina

Executive (lommitto-o
. M. BLANTON, Cli‘n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginia

  
 

 
 

I. H. BRIGHAM . . . . . . . . . . .Ohio
l. J. \VOODMAN.. . . . . . . Michigan
11111111:-rii Ytlicliigan ‘cute Grange.
Ma:trr—C. G. LUCE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L:insing
0'1/er:eer—I()HN HOLBROOK. . Lansing
.&:*turtr—-—_]A.\'0N \VO()l.‘MAN . . Paw Paw

Ste'u.'ani—\VM, bbAFl"ER , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing
A.i'.rz':tan! St£'wurd—--A. E. GREEN. . . Walled Lake

 
 
  
 
    
  
  
 

CItap1az'n—I. N. CARPENTER. . . . . . .Sherman
Treasurer-—E. A. STRONG. . .Vit:ksbi1rg
Secular;/—], T, COBB . . . . . . Sctioolcraft
Gate Kee)tr.——]. C. GOULD. . . Paw Paw
C2r¢:- MRS._l.C. G1)Ul.l).. ....P:iw Paw

. .Battle Creek.
.E:iton Rapids
.Walled Lake

flnmma MRS PERRY MAYO
Flora —MRS S. L. BEN LEY . ..
L. A. Steward-—MRS. A. E. GREEN..

 

Executive Committee. _
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berrien Center

 
 
  
  
   

if w. REDI-‘ERN .

j. G RAMSDELL. .. .TraverSe City

“Q. A BURRlNGTOt . . . . . .. iiscola
M SA FERLEE . . . . . . .Birmingham
GEO B HOR'I‘(,)N. .. .. .. . Fruit Ridge
C. G. LUCE. . ' . . .....l.ansing
j. T. COBB. lE"0fi""‘l ........... .. Schoolcraft
Gt-111-ral Deputy.
MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Battle Creek

special Di-put-ion.

WM. H. LEE, Harbor Springs, for Emmett County.
IOHN HOLBROOK. Lansing. for Inghani County.

. V, Paw Paw, for Van Bureu Co.
BRONSON TURN ER, Flushing, Genesec County.
FRANK H. DYER, Ferris. Montcalm County.

S. H. HYDE, Traverse City. Grand Traverse, Anzrim,

Leelaii-aw and Benzie Counties.

R. C. THAYER, Benton Harbor. for Berrien County.
GEO. \V. SHEFl"lEL.l)._]ohnstown, for Barry Co.
LUTHER] DEAN. North Star. for Gratiot County.
I.  A. BURRINGTON. Tuscola, for Ttiscula Co.
JOHN 'l'RUE,_la1:l:son. iorjackson County

HIRAM ANDRE\VS. Orion, for Oakland County.
M. W’. SCOTT. Hesperia, for Newaygo County.
lAMES A. MARSH. Constantine, forSt._l1iscph Co.
M. V. B. MCALPINE, Moiiterey, for Allegtin County.
A. M. LEITCH, North Burns, for Huron County.

P. H. GOELTZ E.VCLEUCH’l'ER, Birch Run, for

Saginaw County.
GEO. B H()R'l'().\'. Fruit Ridge. for Len-awee Co.
C. C. K.\l1)\\'L’l‘().\’. Old Mission, for Missaiikee CO.
C. C. LA\\'RE.\'CE. Belle Branch. for \Vzty1ie C0.
CORTL.-\ND HILL, Bengal, for Clinton County.
Filicliigaii G1-aiige Stores.
A. STEGEIVIAN, Allegan.
C. GU()l)I\iOE, North Lansing.

PRICE l.lS'l‘ 013 SU l’l’l.lliS
Kept in the office of the Secretary 01 the
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,
A7z:z'.in1t out Pu:/-j1nz':z', an 7‘2u'z'p( of Carl:
Orfer, 17:/1'2‘ 1/15 5312/ of :1 _\'1z('2112‘1/1311111‘

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75
i‘ on
Blank i‘L‘C\Jl'|l l111u'1.~. >L"llrL‘.\)' paid; . . . . .. i 1111
Order hunk, t§i)ll[‘.'.|Illll}_’ too orders on th
rer. with \llll). well '.;111it1d . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.1
Receipt hook, cr1i1t:iii1i11g too re1:eiptsfr1)ri1'l'r
tirer to St-crct:ir_v. with stub. well houiicl. 51;
Blank receipts fiir dues, per lt1t)_ hound. . .. 50
Applir 'uns1'11rtiicmhr:r~liip, per ioo. . go
SeCret2try's.'ic1:oiint book {new style; 511
\V1thtlr;i\v.«il 1::trd.~', per do/.un . . . . . . . 23
I)ll"Hil~. iii e11v1:l11pcs, per dozen .. . . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State Grange, single ctipies tuc:
per doz1:n.... . 75
By lilws’ buund» 21;
t 80
dozen . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 4 oo
Rituals, single copy.. 25
“ per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 2 40
" for Fifth Degree, for Pomona Gianges,
per copy....._..._ . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. to
Blank “Articles of Association" for the incorpo-
ration of Subordirizite Granges. with copy of
charter, all complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10
Notice to delinquent members. per too . . . . . . . . . . 40
Declaration of Purposes. per dozen 5c; per 100.. 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law . . . . . . . 50
“ " “ (morocco tuck) 1 00
Digest of Laws and Rulings. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Roll books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Patrwns’ Badges. . 25
Officers' badges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5o
C0-OPERATIVE LITERATURE.
History and Objects of Co-operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 05
What is Co-operation? . . . . . . . . 02
Some of the Weaknesses; of (,0 p ratio o2
Educational Funds; How to Use Them. .. oi
Associative Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. O!
The Economic Aspect of Co operation. oi
Association and Education . . . . . . . . . . 03
The Principles of Unity.. oi
The Perils of Credit . . . . . . oi
Fundamental Principles of (,0»0pera ion. or
How to start Co-operation Stores . . . . . . . oi
Logic of Co operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _.. 03
Origin and Uevelopnient of the Rochdale octe-
ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
Addresses and Lectures by Eminent Men . . . . . . . 1:3

_I. T. BOBB.
Sec'y Michigan State: Grange,
l.‘l’l(r)0lL'Vl'.'llll,r 

W Seed

ipiiiinils Home

Under contract with the NEW YORK STATE
GrR.~\.\'('xF1t(1 Htipply 11.11 Ptttroris with Sewls. Be-
ing: :1. l’:1tron 111111 LL See-11 Grtiwur 1 1l1~sir1.- the put-
Ioiuigc of tilt nieiubcri-i of the Order.

LASS’
ARDEN

UIDE mg, and
Patrons Special Price List Free.

Address HEMAN GLASS,
feb1t2 Lalteview Seed Farm, Rochester, N. Y.

Address,

 

riente in Garden-

’;)}m1~o  '

Gizzing 20 years’ expo *

COI.DVVATER, M.lCH., FEBRUARY 1. 188'.

i
i Puhlislit-.ra of the COLDVVATER

CH & (‘0.,
REPUBLICAN.

Published by A. J. ALDRI

£05131 

[CAN you guess the conundrum
1'r11in I11w:i'.’ The :1nsw1:r will he
p1'i1it.111l when all have h:11l time to try
it.—Ei1.]

ottings.

0i~‘i~‘1C1~: J1)1'l'lN(.:S.
A C()I11lllt‘lltl:l.l_)lC pl1r:1se to iiisert in :1
(}i':1i1gc pr11gr:1iii——:1 1:1 limit Coiiiity
progr:iiii. this issiit-—i , "Exciiscs :Ll'|.’
not in 11r1l1+r this year.

“W:1iit1:d,” says :1 liter:11'_V content-
p11r:i1'y, "niore yoiing 111911 in our read-
ing 1-,irclcsl" To which we add.
“ \V:11it1*.1l. fewer young men in the
szilooiis I"

Do you wonder what the (}r:ii1ge is
(l()lll}_" siiice yon stoppi-.1l goiiig? The
best way to tiiid out is to attend next
tinie.p:1y up y11ui'1lu0s and pledge
anew your :1llegi:11i1-e.

(}r:1111i Letlge Gi':1i1ge is rcviviiig an
l1lt(‘1‘(‘Sl in its woi'k.—11l1l iiiei1il1ei's re-
t11ri'1iiig:11i1lnew w1)i'ke1's h11p1:1l for.
"A l\lo111l1ei"’l111p11s :ill of l‘l:liUll (‘outi-
ty Gr:1iig(-s :1i'1:. like this 111111. l1111kiii;:
t'11rw:1rd 111 :1tt1-ii1l:1ii1-,0 :11 the I\':1ti11n:1l
(il‘21llg'C iiext .\'11v1+1i1l1o1'. This shoiiltl
he :1 spur t11 :11-tivity in the work :1ll
(1\’C1‘ the State. Alre:11l_\' the :1111hiti11i1
is :11 work.

"A tl11"i\'ing little (}i':11ig11 in g_y'11111l
w1ii'kii1}_r 11r1ler" is the report 1'r1)1n
.\liss11111'i l’1i1l;_1‘1-. Nah. All the 1'1:p11rt.~t
1'1-11111 tl1:1t .\‘t:it1-. 1'1‘:-.~'l1ly :1w:1k1-n1':1l I1)
(ir:1i1g1= 1i1:1t1ci'.<. say they will l1:1\'c
yet 11111111 oi‘g':1iii'/.1311 in :1 11-11’ 1,l:1ys.

"A i'11lli11;: .~'t11n0 ;:‘:11l1ei';< 1111 11111
l{(‘(‘[) :1 "tliri\'iii;1' littlti 1£i':1i15_r1-.":11-t1y11
111111 it. will l11-1-111111: :1 tl111i'oi1;:l1ly pow-
er1'1il 1i11‘t111' in il.> l11t':1lity.

(1i‘:1\V1'11i'1l B2lIlll(‘l'. No. 137:}. Aiitrini
(‘11.. was one 111' th1' st11r1l_v 11111 1‘1'1111.~'
111' thv vig111'1111s1-1l'11i'ts put 1'111't.l1 iii
.\li1*hig:111 l:1<t y1::1r. Tlie 1111111111111‘.-'
111111111 it illl1)1'.'t1'ii1':ll)lt! to ('1)lll(‘ 111-
_$[l‘[lll‘l' in the 1-11n1liti11i1 111' i'11:11ls :1i11l
ll?l\'(‘ .<1l.~‘])(‘ll(l1‘(l lllL:(‘ill|;_".~' until .<pi'i11}_1‘.
Tliis is :1 s(-i'i11it:s (ll':l\\'l1:l('l{ t11 (i'l'2lllf_'.'(‘
}11‘11}_1‘i'1-ssiiitlitz .~‘p:11'.<1:l_\' .\‘t‘iil131l 1-1_111i1-
ti1-s. but the i111l111iiit:1|1l11 1-1111r:13_r1+ 111'
l’:1tr11ii.~ in tl111.<1: 1111-:1liii11.<1'11i't11i1:it1-ly
quite well 1111'.-'1:ts th1- loss 111' 1111-111111;.-'.

 

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At M211-1111 tho pi'11p11:~':1l 111 .~'lll'l'(‘llllCI'
1l11;ir (il‘:lll;_"t‘ 1-li:1i-t1-,1‘ wxts })i'()lll|)il_\'
11pp11.~'1-1l l1y 1‘\'I?l‘_\' 11111111111,-1' pr11<1-111.
.\'1-,w 111li1'11rs wvri: :11-1-11i'1lii1j_:fly 1:l1>1'11:1l,
1'i'1--‘lit-1111i':1'_"1: iii1h'1h1-1l :1i11l lhuy .<t:1rt
111it:1;_1‘.1i11 with 1-1:111-wml l1:-li1-1' in the
pi'i1i1~ipl1-s111'1l11:()r1l1-1'.

\'11lii1i:1 1-‘11':1i1;1'1*. (‘:1.~s ('11.. has also
l'(‘<llllll*1l its lll(‘(‘Iil1;_">'«. li11ltllH;'_" 1111-in
now in }1i'i\':l1t.‘ llUll.<1'.-2. It is 11:11:11-ity
111' p111'p1).-'11 tlittt p1,-i'p11.tu:111,-.< :1n 11i'5_»‘:1iii-

Aui1tK:1tei1i this 1]llIlll)CI‘ 1-111it:1ins
Sll‘.{‘_L‘1‘.<ti1111S w11r‘tl1_v 01' :11lopt'11111 in
other places. “'9 especiftlly 0111113111‘ in
the pr:11-ti1-1: 1,11‘ seiitliiig iii\‘i1:1ti11i1.s to
former 111' di:-1t:1iit ineiiibors. A :bond
11t‘uiii11i1is thiis siistztiiied which re-
iiiotciiess can never stiver.

RL'Ti.A.\'t1(1}i':1iii,1;1-,. .\'11. H5. 0111' 111i‘:-
1-ers for 13157 were ii1<t:1ll111l J:1ii. S, by
Bro. Riggs. 11111‘ dcleg':it1> 111 the Suite
(a‘rr:11igb. VVli11 t.-1lke1,l 1.11 11s:1l111tit -‘\Vl1:1t
he s:1W:iiidhe:ir1l t.li12i'1>.” I .1111 111111-h
pleased with the :1nnii:1l w1»i'1l. it is
just what our iil'1ll1g‘(.‘ 111-1111.-'. Z\l11r1~.
than half our new otlh: 1'.-' :1i'<~ 111111111‘ :22
_ve=1i's 111':1ge. I-lope th11r1= will hi,‘ :1
geiienil stirriiig up with 115-. ll.

TRO\h'Bl€II1(‘vl-1 (%1':1i1;:e had :1 public
iiist:1ll:1ti11ii 1111 the 14111 i11st.,:1ii1l zil-
though the night was 1,-11l1l :1i1tl .~‘li)l'lll_\'
the l1:1llw:1.~‘ 1'11ll.in:1ii_\' 11111 l111iiig_1':il1l1:t11
obt:1iii se:1ts. Brotlier ll:11't.11t'()1s1-g1).
was installing 1.1fii1-111' :1n1l p1:r1'111'1iie1l
the t‘(3l‘t’Ul0l1_V in :1i1 llll1)l'('.~.'.~2lV't‘ Ill:LllllCl'.
hut. 1ii11'11rt11i1:1tely w:1.~:i111t l11:ulc1l with
:1 ;~'p0c1:l1.

After th1>i1ist:1ll:1ti1111 a 1lr:1.ii1:1. “Thi-
B11_v.< 111' ’T1'1." w:1s [)l'(¥.~‘t’lli1,‘(l by :1 1-11111-
puny 111' our young 11111111111113. in <_r11o1l
style. A l‘(‘(.‘lt‘.l.il()ll by Olive )l:l1i§_"(‘I'.
:1 little iiiisx: 111' six. l1l'111lg'llt 1l11wi1 the
l111iis1-. A _i_:11111l st.i'ii1,2' l1:1ii1l and :1 illlt‘
1-,l111ir 1'111'i1isli1>1l the ll1lI.<i1'. “"1: think
“'9 can SP!‘ iii1li1':iti11i1.< 111' :1 1'O\'l\':ll in
tli1:(h':111g1:l11,1i'13 :1.< 5111111: of 0llI' 111d

llIvHll1('l‘.~’. who h:1\'1~ l)l‘,(3ll tit‘:-1l 1'11r :1
y11;1r 111' t.w1,1. .\'(‘(’IH 111 h:1\'1-, gut 1'1rst01l
:1g‘:1iii; we h11p1,- so :11 l1-:1<l. "Xi1'K."

(,'1)l’Yl1\'<; 11.111. 1111: Ill-)l\"I'111;i-:.\l'll.)

T\\'11 1111111‘:-.< \\'l1iI1' ;_1‘lll1*: >‘11:1l~; in
1'11l1l \V:1t1'l‘ till .~'11l't :iiI1l 11'-1:il1lt‘. (‘-1111-
tly lll(‘li _1_"lll<‘ :i111l :11l1l 1;’ \)llH('i‘\ gly-
('I‘l‘llll' 11i'1~Vi11ii<ly 111-:11:-1l. Mix 1h111'-
1111g_r'l1ly :1111l :11l1l:11i»\\'1li'11ps111 1-:i1'h11l'11-
:11:i1l111 1)l'i‘\'(‘l|i llli1lllilill_J. .\'ti':1ii1i11t11
:1 .~h:1ll11w ll’:l_\'2llI1l l1~:1\'11 l()(‘1111l.i:ll\'i1l_£1'
1':11'1- thzit th1- .~’lll‘lili'1‘ is l'i'1-1* 1'1'11i1i huh-
l1l11.~‘. l1: l2 li11ui'.s it will l11- 1'1*:11ly 1'11r
11.-'1-. \\'rit1> with :1 31111111 .<li:11'p pvn.
with .~'(l‘11li_‘_" tllllllllt‘ ink. luyiiig 1111
pl1-11t_\‘ 111' ink.

l.:1y illl‘ 11:|l11‘l' 1':11-11 1l1,1w11w:1r1l 1111
1111- }1l‘(‘]).‘Il'('ll p:11l.:1111l ‘.111 it 1'-.~n1:1'11i 1.’
111:‘: 1ni11ii:1-.<. 'l'li1- illill‘ will 1l1-11111111
l:1r;1‘1-l_\' 1111 tli1‘1l:1i1ipi11-.-1- 111* 1l1'_\'111,-.<.<111'
th1- 11:111. wl1i1-l1 will \':iry with the
w1-21111111‘. Thu ink will lw i111ir1-1'1-:11lil_\'
:1n1l tl1111-1111}_rl1ly ti':111.~'i'1-i*1'1-1l 111 1h1- p:11l
i1'y1111 lig_-‘litly 111111-11-11 with :1 .'~‘1111llj_"<.‘
Ih1- l1:11~k 111' 1111- 11ri;_v'iii:1l \\'l'llllI;_" :1.-' i1
li1-.-"1111 1h1- 1_1:11l. l’111:l111l'tl11- p:1p1-1'|1y
i':1i<i11;:111:1-1-11ri11-r with :1 l1'nil'1- :1i11l
.~il'l])])ll1f_:' i1'111l'. ln lik1:1n:1nn1:1' ii1::k1-
:1ll1l11-1~11l1i1--y11ii1l1:-i1'11.l1y l2l)'lllj_" 1111
:1ii1l ])l‘1‘llllf_'_' 1111 ill!‘ .~‘l11*1:1.<:1.~‘ rz1pi1ll}‘ :1s
lN1.\'.~‘llll¢‘. \\'h1-ii1l11i11:1-11pyii1;1'. lllIlllt‘—

7.:1ti111i.

1\'111'-.:1l<i11<,:11l'l’i11'p11s1~<.11l1<1-1'\'1:i1i:1ii-
11111111" (".)llllllll wh:1t t,h1- .\I:1ti11n:1l l.1-1--
l.ll1'1‘l' s:1_\'.< 111' th1-in. l“tirt.li12i'. oh~c1'\'1-
11111111 }_)l'llli(‘(l in this p:1p1:1'.

\\"l11-r1- 111111-p:1yii11,-111 111' 1111114 is the
griiii 111111191111‘ tli1'1::1t1:iiii1g1l11rn1:1ii1-y to
y11i1.vi;_;11i'1111< 1:1t11rt.-' :11'1- 11111-, 1111 the
p:1i'1111'_V'1111i' h'e1:1'1:te11'_V to ."Tl‘(‘,lll‘(,‘ the
p:1_v11111iit 111' s111:l1. lt is 11111-111-r .<h111-r
11131511,-1-t. i‘:1th1-.1‘ than i1i1li1l'111'1:i11-11. that
1~:111s1:s tli1:11iiitoge:ier:1l 1lcl'1iiq1i1-111-y in
this dir1~,1-ti11ii.

No young persoii within ziccnssilile
re:11-l1ot' platcos wliero Mr. VVoo1l1n:1ii
in:1y spt-,:1k sliould let the time of his
nppoiiitmieiit go by without lionriiig
l1ii11. A young 1n:1t1 hiiiiself. l1(! si1e:1l(s
to thostr 01' his own age p:1rti1:i1l:1i‘l_v
and 1'01‘ them, in stiviigest terriis.

Se1:i'(1t:1i'ies_. Lecturers :1n1l otliors
h:1vi11;§ ii11ti1-its, pr11gr:1n1s, et1'.. to st-ii1l
out will 1i111l the “little :1ppl'1:1111-,0,"
1l(:s1-i'il11:1l by C. (T. M1:l')01'iiii1l 1111 Jot-
tiiig page 111'1i11i1:hv:1lue to thein. The

1-,xpeiis1::11i1l the pad will, w11:1i‘e .-‘tire.
S0011 l1e1:111ne iiidi.-'pe1is:1l1l1: to eveiy
owiicr. Tho lirotlit-,i' whr1s11 kindiy
1'ti1'ii'is1ie.s this i'c1:ipe Wl‘it(:.~': “W1-. pro-
pose in our Uoiiiity Grl‘2l.li<,{'(5 this ye:1r
t11 scntl ezich iiieinlier :1 full pi-ogi-:11i1
1'orn1-xt meeting, with iiivit:1t.i11i1 to

lIl.'l.tt‘l'i:ll>‘1 12:11: hi: pi't1<:11i'(11l :11; slight:

1li:1t1-l_\‘ wzisli1li11r1-i11:1ii1ii1g' iIll[:1'l'.~‘.-‘i11ll
11ll' th1- [mil with :1 .<11l't .~1111i1}_»‘11 :1111l
l11l1'1:,w:11'111 w:1i1:1'. l*'it't_\' 111 .~'t‘\'t‘lll_\'-
1i\'1-1~11pi1-.< in:1y readily l11- ni:11l1= l'r1,1i11
UlI1' writing_1'.

T1111 I11,-st ink 1'11i‘ tho :1l111\'1:, is p1ii‘pl1>.
ni:11l11 hy 1ll~'~‘11l\'lllf_;‘ ‘'15. ll." l1Ill']_)l1}
:1iiilin1.1 in hot w:1t1-1'. .\l:ik11 it so st1'11i1g‘
that the wri1ii1;_-' will .-h11w :1
hi-oiizy line: when dry. A1111 :1 1'1-w
di‘11ps 111' .<11lpli11i'i1- ctliur. l1' p:11l li:1:<
11111 l11:ci111.<1.-1l 1'11r >',()lll(} tiii11:.i1111i.~'t1-iitho
s11i't':1t-.1-. l111t'11i'1: using. l1.' it b1-1-111i113s
I‘()11}_"ll(‘ll(‘1l froin use n11-lt :15_r:1ii1 11\'1:r :1
sl11w fir1,>,:1i11l l1-1 it settle :1s :11 tirst.
Strips 111 11111101‘ 111213’ be pl:11:1~1l :1r11uii1l
(11‘iglll:1l \vi'itii1g on p:1d. :1s g1ii1l1:s in
getting other slieets in ex:11-t p11.~'iti111i.

(I‘. (J. ;‘il1:l)i«:i1iiii1.

FLAT l{111*k (}r:1i1g12 has 3011111111. if
ever. l)t‘,(}ll ht-:1r1l from in the Jotting
page of the V1stT11it. Tliis is not he-
c:1t1s12 We are sick or1lyiiig11r tlt-:11l, hut
l)(’,(f:lllSO :1s fziriiicrs we are prone to
iieglvct duties that are 11111; jiist in our
line 111' work. Ui11'Gi‘:11ig'1: is i1ig111111
3, runiiiiig order if we d11 not ll:l\'[‘ .<()lIl(3
oftlio:1dV:1iit:1g1:s that 0i'.ll0l' G1':1iiges
eiijny. As we li:1v11. 1111 h:1ll we lll(.’(3t
at Ll1cl111ii.ses of nit-1nb11i's, :1i11_l we li:1y13
g1111tl 11i1:1:tiiig.s :is all who :1tte1i1l i'eg;ii-
l:1rly will testify.

()1: the 13th 111' J:1n1i:iry our 11fii1:ei's

be pr11p:1i-1,-.11 111 o1l'1:r sii§_rg1-,sti11:1.< on
(1111: 111' niore t11pi1-,s11iitl1(1 list, :1ltl111i1;_1_‘li
i1~1t.:1pp11i11to1l to l1::11l the 1lis1-its-.<i111i.
l111pii1:: 1,11 !~Ii:(‘1ll‘C l)Cii,(*l‘ (‘0l1Sl(l1‘l':|il()li

11121111,-1's 1-oiiiiiig i‘11 1'01‘ :1 honriiig.”

l:1n1l winter, with 12i;,rl110eii :11ld1+1l to
' their ii11:iiil1ei'sli1p1;o sl11'1w1'11r 11;. 5111111:
‘ of tlJC.'~‘0 were “1iew”~s11i111.- 1'11rint_-1'

  

ti11:n1l11.-i .:illg1111d now, li11WQV(.‘l'. G.
M. P:i1 ns, 11111-.e of Scli11ol1*,i':i1't, l\li1:h.,

is Sc1:i'(:t:1ry,:i1i1l State \V11rtliy Mas-
ter Blzic-k1'11rd is :1 inoinher. N0 Won-

1l1:r they send up :1 list of 28 names for
tho VlSlTORl
The report from the zealous pen of

:1ii1l study 111' the Slll)j(,‘t‘t.‘l l)l‘(‘.'~‘t*lll'(‘tl ‘
thztn when111ily:11i1w:1i'(:ii11ti1i1:1l111'tho 3

.-\l§_f11ii:1 (il':l.llgt3, l11w:1, has lmt,-ii h:1V- ;
ing :1 r11.viv:1l 111' 1i1te1'11st_tliis past 1':1ll .

were lliSi,:lll(.‘(l :11. thei11111s11,o1' :1 br11tlie1'.

Br11. J. J. VVo111lni:in about taking the
I\l:i.<‘,te1"s 1‘h:1ir :1g:1in. and he r1,:pli1-.1l
that "liis 111111111 was 1111,1121‘ to go l1:11:k-
w:1r1l.' 3111 now l see he is in the
;\[:1st11i s 1-.l1:1i1' 111':t .~‘lll1(1l'tilll:li(.‘ Gr:1i1g11
,_\'11. ll). :11 l’:1w l':1w. and has 11111
.<p11il1_~1l his "lll(1it,()" either. Aii1lBr11.
E. L. \V2ll'llf‘l', who has heoii )l:ister
111' that G1':1i1,t_,r1> for three ye:1r.-', h:1s
been 1-li11s1:i1t11g11:ii'1l the 11111131‘ g:1te.
Tlit‘,1'(.' is 1111 l1:11-kw:1r1l 1:11:11 in the
Grr:ii1;_{12. While in the line 111' 1lnt_\'. and
only 11110 that 1lelii1111iei1ts tl':.lV(‘l. and
that l11:11l.- out :it the h-:11-k 1111111‘. It is
just as llUll()l':ll)l(_‘ to <,{'1i:1r1l the out-
w:1r1l gate with tidelity as to wield the
.\l:1s10r’s g:1\'1>l with iiitegrity. Bro.
l):1i'i1l \V11111liii:1n. who 11131111011 this lit-
tle 11pi.~111d1,-. for the p11.<t:1l p:1ge,s:1_v:-‘,
“lii in:1kin;_»: tl111.~'e s1:le1-tioiis. the otlice
suiiglit tl1ei1121n:1iid not the 1n:1.n the
uiiit-.12.” Tl1:1t is the truth. iny br11tl111,1'.
1,-.\'ei'_v w11r1l 111' it, hut 1't1rtli0r this do-
ponuiit saith not. C11I1'i‘i.AN11 ll1Li..
Cl'1i1t.1ui (,‘111ii1ty.

(‘iiti.i11naN’s Day was olisni-i'1e1l :11 Ot-
s11;_r11 ({-i‘:1i1;_re 1l:1ll, S:itiir1l:1y.J:1ii1i:1ry 14.
The 1ii'stt:1l>lcs were prep:1i'1:-l 1'or1-hil-
1lr11i1: 81,1, 111111111" 21 yi-:1i'.'< 11111. szit down
:1ii1l li:11l :1 Ill(‘l'l‘_\' time. than :1ll was
1-lo:1red 011 and .''11 11111131‘ l)t,‘l‘.~‘Ul].'\' sit:
1l11w1i to the 1:1hl11.-‘ and :111- :1 l11=:1rt_V
diniier. then l‘l‘,[l1'(’1l to tho li:1ll :1ho\'e.
b'1.:\'e1it131eii littl1:5_1'i1'ls ~'p1)l{t-\'1?i‘}'iiivvly.
l :1i11 sorr_V 111 .~‘:1_\' that 11111 :1 boy 111ol1‘
11:111. in .\'1)1‘21l{llif_{, 11111 in .-'iii;;'ii1;;t thvy
did well. Th11_\‘ 1li.<1i1i.~'.<111l 1111' th1-11:1)’
until the ilrst H:1tii1'1l:1y in April.
Q11it11:1nu1nbcrw1-111 1'i'11ni the l1:1ll 111
'l'i'11\\'l,1i'i1l<,:1,- (~i1':lllj_§1‘ in the e\'111ii11§_:‘ t11
:Il.iI'lHl tl11- i1i<1':1ll:11ioi111t' tl111i1‘111li1-111's.
\\'lll1‘ll w:1.s p1-i'1"o1'i11111l by \\'11i‘1l1y .\l:1.~.‘-
tvr E. L. ll:ll‘I. 111' (1t.<cg11 (£i':1i1g_:12, in
his u~:u:1l qt1i1-1 w:1y.

Mus. )1.-1111' .\. E11.-1,1.\'.
5121")‘ ()1.-1-;_~‘11 (ii':1iig1-. N11. 3131.

$11,111-: tinie l):l.~‘ L‘l2l11S(‘1l Sllil‘(‘ th1-1-11
w:1s:1j11IIii1;: i'i'11i11 (il':lll_L‘0 N11. (12%.
Think we: will .<1~n:l :1 .<li11rt 0111- this
w111-k. Tlio-.<1111w i.~'111::irly 1h1'1-11 111111
1111111 on :1 11.-\'1:l :1111l still it :-‘1i11ws. 11
is 11111 .-:11 1'11l1l 111-1l:1_\'. 'l'h1- n11w i1lll1‘<'l‘>‘
will he in.~t:1ll1-1l this 13\'1=11ii:g‘. \‘1'1~
h:1\'1en1:11l1-s11ine1-l1:1n; ‘ :11i1l we think
now \\'1- h:1\'1::1l.1:1~tu1'1-r th:1t will till
1h1- 11tli1-1,: 111111-h i1111i'1: .s':lil.<i:l('l11l'll_\'
than it hits l11-1:11 lillt-1l li1-i'1:l111'1i1'1-. l
1:111-.-*.< l kiinw wl1:iI :ill in 11111‘ ii1':lil}_’.'(‘
:1r1- \\'l~4lIlll.f_" 1111' this y1.-:1i'—tli:1t 1111-y
l1:1\'1*1-l1-1-11-1l:1?'*1:1'1'1*1:1i'}' who will :11-
w:1ys l11- 1h1-1'1-_. i1' 11111 :1 \'1-ry 1-11111111111-111
11111-. \\'1- h:111 :1 1l1~l»:111\ 11n1-1- l.-1»: y1*:1r
:1i11l1l11-1~11i1t1-<t:1ii1~ think 111 l1:1v1: :11i-
11ll1lfl‘11li1‘illl\' _\1-:11‘. W1-l111l1l (il'illl_<_:'1‘
111111-1ii:§_;'< Iwie-1: :1 in11nih. 'l'h1=i'1' 111'!‘
11111 :1~1n:1i1y [1:1i1l-1111 lIII*]Iil11*l'~ :1< l:1-1
y1-:11-. l1lll '.\‘1- hope 1:11-y will l11- 1-111ni11_«_-‘
l1:11~k .-11:111. ',l‘w11l1:1\'1-1l1:i11* <11.~'ii11'111l11:
l:1:<1 l‘t*11t1l‘l. ii. .\. l...

S1-1-"y ('}1'11y1,- H i':1iig1‘.

 

lil-'.l:Rlli\' ifmiiity (ér-1ii;_»‘0 h1:l1l its
i‘1‘;_"lll: ':1nn11:il i111=1r1i11}_1‘ «l:Ilill:ll'_\' ll :1n1l
12:11 B1-1*1'i1.-11 (‘1-111111‘ with :1 1111111 :11-
il’1l(l:ll11'l.* :in1l:1n lll[l‘l'(‘~’ll]l‘_" .<1 .<i11n. W1-
1li1l 1111: 3.5131 in in ti11113 111 ll(‘:ll‘ thv 1'13-
ports1'1'11111st1l1-Gr:1i1;;‘t*s. us we h:11l :1
long 1li.<t:1i11-1.-111 go: was very sorry. as
that is 11111: 111' the ii1t1-i'0.<tii1g l'11:1l111'11s
1'1,1r 11111. The :11'teri11111i1 w:1s givcii tip
t11thop11l1li1- until :1 1:111: hour :1nd :1
good pr11gr:1i1i was p1't?.~'(‘lilL*1l, o.~s:1_Vs.
1'e1~.it:1.Li1111s :1ii1l n111.<i1-. In the evoiiiiig
the o1ii1*e1's for the eiisiiiiig year were
(=11-1-t1-1l and :11 :1 1:110 li11i1r we pi-ep:1r1-11
to seek our sever-:11 resting pl:11-es. \V1=
soon heard H11: cry, "All :1h0:1r1l for
the Snow 1i'1:1n.<i11i1.” :1n1l the p:1.<sei1-
gers filled up the huge sleigh box in
3-'l11.1rt ()l'(lCl'. \Vh:1t. we 1:11‘ k1>.1l in 1111111-
l‘)er.~'. wei1i:11l11up in woiglit, for you
see we w1>r1- not :1 little pzirty. and he-
:~'i1l11. \V(‘ l1:11l with us :1 1'e:1l l111rn, live
poet. The only tr11ul11e w:1.-. 11111‘ poet
si111i'1:1l s11 hzidly that h11 1list1ii'l11.‘1l the
sluinl11=rs 111' s111i11: 111' the party. l[11w-
1.-\'e1'i\'1;g11tl1:11;k to 1111: l1:1ll in g11111l
se:i.<111i :1n1l :11't1-r S()lll(,‘ ]l(',L‘,0.\‘Z\:ll'_V' busi-
110s.<i1':!iiS:11'ti1)l1S we w1.-r12 :1g.::1ii1 13111131‘-
t:1in<-1l by list1,-Liiiig tosoiiic i11oi'cgi‘:11i1l
cSs:1_\'s. T110 111111 n111st l1ll.f‘1'CStlllg' 10
inc il'(‘2li,(‘,(l 111' "'()1ii' (.‘11inii11,1i1 51-.h1111l
S_\'s-1.11111." T1111 writer was l‘l‘ql1l‘.<'[1‘(l

 

 
 

with 11111-,n (l1':1iig1::1i11l :1 full l111usr‘,.

'.w:i.< iiisnilliiig 11lli1:t1i'.
I~'1)(¥:ll{lll_‘_{' :1n1l wuri,-. i1i:11l1s 111 11-121 that
the f}i':1i1g1- was :1 good 1*1lllt‘:ltl0ll:1l iii-
stitiiliuii zts well as :1 s111-i:1l 111111. The
11y:-1111' tliniier was not :11: 1,i1ii1i1p11rt:11it.
il32ll',lll'0 111' this 111:1" sioii. :is all prcsoiit
set-i1ic1li'11.:1dy 111 testify. I was 1-:1ll111l

 

Gi':11ige, and I resp11111le1l to tl1'1s1-,:ill
with inu1:h ;~':1tisf:1cti11i1 as it was :1
iii:1i-kud erzi 111' my Gi':111g11 experien1:e
‘ that I shall not soon forget.

Jon}: WEZLLE.

lil‘l)tlIt‘l‘ Brigl1t111i,11t' \Vill11w (,}r:11i;_1;1-,, I
\V1: l1:11l g11111l 

on to 11311 of the 1l11iii;_§s 111' the State ‘

AT the electioii of ofiicers in the last 
State Gl‘3.l1g(: soinethiiig was said to 1 many who Were once P:1trons,

t1.1t11rw:1r1l the 1-,.<:»':1_\' to the V1siT11it. I
hope (‘.\'(.‘l'_V 11110 truly ii1t1-1't:.st1.-1l in
s1-l11111ls will 1'1-:11,l it 1-:ir1-1'11ll_\' and then
let us have sonic jottiiigs 1111 it.

ll. FINCH.

    

Two REPORTS IN 11 1:.
Gr:1tt:1ii (irl'lll|g'(‘, N11. 170, 1'.cleb1':1t01’l
its 1:)tl1 :11iii1vci's:1r_V N11ven1l1ei' 2:—1,1H_>€1i,
:i1't1-.r this in:1i1n11i. Ahoitt two works

cl1111'isl1131l :1 fr:1t1-rii:1l 1'1-g:1i'1l for the
G i‘:1iigc-. Tho, 1l:1y :1rri\'1?1l 1'01‘ the meet-
ll1_‘_" and '11. was pl:-:1s:1iit. Fivi-ry thing
lizul hvcn (l()ll(3 th:1t Wt.‘ 1-11uld think of
to iiiako 11111‘ Ill(‘(‘i.lll_£I :1 .s1i1-1-.11.-*.~'. At 10
11'1:l111:.k l':1t1'11i1.< l)1:g:1ii to 12111111: and :11.
11111111 tho h:1ll was well 1ill11.1l. T1111 iiioat
111' ill(.‘IIl were 1i11)i1il11~i-s or l1:1d l)t'30ll
iii1=,ii1l11:i'.< 111' our (ir:1iigo. You 1::1n not
1'e:1li7.1-. \\'l1(‘1lli,0ll you, of the good
1'1:1:liiig:1ii(l c11i'1li:ilgi'1-1-tiiig that pre-

v:1'1le_1l:1ll tliroiigli our i11e131.ii1g. It
FB(}Ill()(l like :1 1':11nily 1'1:11ni1,1ii. ()iir

M:1st11i' 1-:1ll111l the i111:111ii1i,-; to 0l‘(l(‘1‘,
then ;__r:1\'e :1sl1<1rt :1i11l .~‘1ii1:1l1l1: :1(l(ll‘(‘€-8
for tl11:111~.1-:1si11ii. which w:is 1'11ll11wcd
by the 1'11:11li11g o't'1'r:it1:i'i1:1l ;.1‘l'('i'tlI]gS
t'r11in :1b;~'1~111 l1r11thers and 5 111's froin
all parts 111' tl1isS1:1t1: :i1i1l 11111-1'r111n Da-
k11t:1. :1ll l111:1rii1§_r t0.<1ii11t1i1_v 111' low‘ and
:1ppi'1-.1-.'i:11i111i 1111' the (l1':1ng_r1-, 1::1iise.
A 1'01-.c.’~'.s was tnkeii 1'01‘ (lll1]lL‘I', which
was 111' the l11:>‘t. The iiiiretiiig was
:1g:1in 1-:1lle1l to 11r1l1>r and the Worthy
L(‘t',t1ll‘(‘I' r1:111l :1 p11rtioi1 11t'tli1>. 31:19-
11-r'.< :11l(1i'1:.<:~' 11) the N:1ti11ii:1l (ilflllgt).
Th1-11 1-:1n11-11111111‘ u_\'e1'1-is11,< i11t1>1'.~‘pe1~s11d
with good iiiiisic :1n1l .~'li11rt .-‘p1-1=1:li(>.s,
:11i1l l11rl'o1'11 we were :l\\'2il't‘ 111' it. we
1'ouii1l the 1l:1y (lr:1wiii;: to :1 1-l11:-11, and
:i;_::iiii VV(‘ ninst s1rp:1r:111:. but with the
fecliiig that we had .-p1-.111 :1 pl12:1s:111t.
:1111i pr111'it:1hl111l:1y. long to he l'(‘llll‘lI1—
bored. Our :11l\'i1-,1.-  tlizit on-i'y (irl'illlf_"(,'
hold :1 (il'2lllg't‘. :11ii1iv1:1'.<:1i-y (‘\'(‘1'_\' years
It will s11'1\11g'tl11>ii 11111' 1'1':1t1-r11:1l l111n1l.
:1nd1i1:1l;o us hotter I’:1ti'11ii.< :1i11l citi-
zens.

Otir ll1‘Xi1'(‘[111l‘i Ai< 111' the 1311-11: C111ii1-
ty l’11in11n:1 i,il':lll;_"<‘. wlii1-li hold its
iiitéutiiig: with ,l{111~k111i'1l (ii':1i1;_r1*.

l*'11r1l1i.-' 111111-tin-,1 tl11:_\' h:11l .~‘4‘1‘l1l‘0(l
the s1,-i'\'ii-1x< 111' Bro. .l:1s1111 \\'11111l1n:1ii,
\Vortl1y L(‘l‘illl'(‘l' 111' the 51:11:) (,il‘:lllg£.’,
I11 i1ist:1ll the 111li1-1-1's:1i11l1l11liy1:1':1 pith-
li1::11l1l1'0s<. (}r:1tt:1n l1:1\'iii;_r 1:111-1-i\'1:1l
:11i in\'it:1ti11i1t11 :11t1-n1ltlio11i1>1:tii1g.w1:
tl111i1;_g‘l1t. it w1111l1l h1- :1 1.5111111 tini1: to
411 :1ii1l .-‘110 :1i11l l1o:1r111ir .\‘1:1t11 Ll‘1‘Illl'0l'
.~'p1*:1k. S11 1):1rly 1111 \\'111l1i1-s1l:1y 111111'ii-
' 1; :1 l11:11l11t its .~‘i:l1‘i(‘1l fur H111-l\'1'11i'1l.:1

 

11
1li~l:1n1-1- 111' l51i1iil11s, with i'11:11l.< quite
l1:11lly 1li'i1'11*1l. “'1' :ll‘l'l\'i'(l :11 l{1.11'k-
1'11i'1l :1 lit1l1::1l't11r 11 11'1-1111-k :1i11l 111111111
only :1 li‘\\‘ lll(‘llll‘vl‘l'.\' p1'1->1-111. hut vre
l11i1_i_" Ill(‘l'1' \\':1.~' :1 ;:11111lly 1-1-11w1l :i.~'.~'1‘i1i-
hl111l. ni:1ny 1,11'1li1-1111-1111iii1;_1; :1 l11ll_1I1ll.~‘—
1:1n1-1‘. 'l'l11-g_-'11111l l’:111'11i1.~‘ 111' ll111:l\'1'11i'1l
1111111‘-_1'li[ 111-.-'1 t11li:1\'1- (llllli|‘l' l11I1'11i'1: the
1‘X1‘1'<‘l.~‘(*.~‘ l11*_L1':l1l. :1.< it w:1.< i111w :1l111u1
11111111. ln thi.- w1- :1ll :1_£Il'(‘(‘1l. :i1'11~1' so
lung.-‘ :1 l'l(l(‘ in 1111- 1-0111. -\1'11-i'1lii1ii1*i‘
t|11:i'1111i11w:1.-' 5111111 .<1:t in i)1'1l1‘l' 1111' the
lll~l:llllll<'lli 11l'111li1'1*i'.~. whi1-h lii'11tl111r
\\'1m1lii1;1ii 1li1l in :1 V1-ry 1-1'1:1lil:1l1le
l!I:llI!1<‘l'. Th1-111-xt\\':istl11:l111~1ii1'1:.()h,
we 1-:11i11: n1-:11‘ 1'111';_-‘1-11ii1:_f‘ 1l11-11111-it l1_\'
lhv l'li11il‘. Ih:1t :11l1l1-1l ~11 111111-h 111 the
t"l1j11_\'l1t¢‘llt 111' :1ll ]1l'I'.~i‘lli :1n1l1h:1t is so
1---1-111i:1l in 11y1-r_\' (ir:1i1}_r1-. lthink we
1111-111i11n1-1l l11-1'111'1~ 111111 wi: wi.~l11:1l 1.0
>111: :1n1l l11-:11' 11111’ \\'11rthy L1*1'i|ll‘(!l‘
.~}11‘:1l{. T111: wi-‘h has now h1111n ;_r1':1ti-
fi111l :1111l w1- think :ill w1-1'1- 1:i\'11r:1l1l_v
i1i1pi'1-.-.-'1-1l with Bro. \\'11111li1i:111's :1l1ili-
ty 1111' 1111: l.111'111r1- "s 1i1:l1l. l.1'1)r 11111:,
w:1-' .-'11i:11:wl1:1t 1l'i.<:1pp11i11t1-1l in our
\\'11rthy .\‘I:111) L111-1111-111‘. l 0xp1=1-ted
t11.<1'(* :1 l:1l';_"(‘, :<t:1t1-ly 1ii:1ii like his 11111-le,
J. J. \V11111lii1:1i1. :1111l :1 111:ii1 1':11‘tl111r :1d-
\':1n1-1:11 in _\'1,-:1i'.<, l111t this (l0l,'.'~‘ not
l11s.<1-1111111‘ 11pi1ii11no1' l1i111.:1i< cli11i1~.e 111:1-
t11ri:1l isiiitist frcqiieiitly 110110 up in
slilzlll p:11-k:1g1-.<. :1ii1l as to his ye:1rs—-
we \‘VCl't3llO:1l‘tll_\' grlzid to 1in1ls11 niuch
20:1] and eiitliiisizisiii 1-1111111111011 in one
so _V'0llll_L". \V11l111pe our W1‘1rt.l1y Lec-
tur1-r will liavc :1 s:1l11t:iry iiitliicnce
(1v111' the yoiiiig people 111' the Gi':1iige,
stiiiiiilntiiig thoin to gi'c:1t111':11-.tivit_V in
tho 1111111151-1::111se. Tl1eG1':1iigc st:ii11ls in
11:31:11 111'i1111r1> _V'()1lIl§{ and e1’t‘11-ieiit l:1hor-
0rs:1iid we inust have them to 1-:1i‘i‘y

 

on the g11111i work hogiiii by us. The
Gi*:111ge'.< i:lll(1\V-j_1'l'0l11l(l has been

l)l‘0l~l(‘ll :1i11l niost 111' the ohstriictioiis
l't'lil()\'C‘(l and the good s111~1ls(1wi1. Now
the duty lies with y11u_. iny d11:1ryoi111g
l’:it1'11i1.<. to 1-1111111 boldly :1111l willingly
1'1irw:1r1l111 our :ii1l. 111 help 11i:1ii1t:1in
:11i1l1-:1rry out the iiohle pl'lll(,‘l1)lt)S of
our ()r1l1:r. But to m1i'1'11p111't: we :11-
n111.<t 1'11rg'11t 01ll‘.~'(‘l\’1'!S. .A1't1:r the loc-
tuigo :1i11l :1 1:111-11.-.< l'11i' 9111-i:1l 1~h:1t and
111111-hp. the lil(‘(*il|l‘,{' was 1':lllU(l t1111i'1leI‘
. in tho. 1'111ii'1h (l1‘_L'l‘(.‘C. l‘1i'11. \\'11111l1n:1u
1)1'I‘.\'l(ll]l‘,;' :1.-‘ .\l:t.~‘l<’l'. 'l‘l111 111'1l1-1' 111'g11i1-
1-r:1'l l111siiic.~'s ;:11i11- 1l1r111ig_1'l1 with. the
Gi‘:1i1;:11 1'1‘.\'t1l\'(‘(l it.<1-l1' into :1 ;;‘c1iei':1l
1-11111111-(1111-1: 111111-ti11§_»‘. wlioru all were ox-
p1*1't1_'1l t11.sp11:1l;.1:itl11+1' with 111' without
:11: i11vit:1ti11n. But 1111111111 our 1-.l:iss-
iiioetiiig 1-l11s111l we l1:11l to bid :11lioi1 1.0
11111‘ kind and l111l11v111l l’:itr11i1 frieiitls,
and t:1l<c :1 cold lll:ll‘1',llll(1lll(‘\\‘:11‘1l. VV1:
1'C{t1‘l101.l 11111111::1littl11:11't11r ll o'clock.

I prim‘ to our n1eetiiig,wc .~'t‘IliL(1|lt writ-
ten iiivit:1ti11ii.< to :1 large 1i11i1il1ui' 111'
our 11i1:1tfili:1t111l nienibers both fur and
Il0‘l1‘ to meet with us if C(1llV(i1li()llt. or
if not, to send us gt-cetiiigs for the oc-
casioii. 0111' object was to see how
still

\Ve 1::iii 1n:1k12 1111 f:i1'tlie1' report only to
say that Kent Cotiiitty l‘11iiioii:1Gr:inge
1 is ])l‘()Spt¥l'1llg :1n1l l:1l111ring hard to up-
hold and adV{1ll('(‘ the Gi':1nge cause.
Fi':1ter11:1ll_v yours,
AUNT KATE.

 


 

up.

TISIE GRAN GE VISITOR-

FEBRUARY 1. 1897

iinmnutnicatinus.

THE LEADEI-TS AND THE LED.

We have a large world with its vast living tide
Of peoples iédld nations that's spread far and

w e
And home on the winds as they rush to and fro,
Are voices of gladness and voices of woe.

We have strange combinations of weakness and
might;

We have plenty of sinners and lots who do right;

From the wise ones of earth to the mentally

bljn ,
They form that vast concourse we call human-
kind.

And while we survey them with critical eye _

The vast swuriiiine. mass that is oft passing by ;

If they think and act dififerent we scarcely can
blunie,

For in all that vast number no two look the
same.

What e‘er our condition, if sick or in health,

It poetry burdened or cursed with great wealth;
In luxury living or begging for bread ;

We are but two 1.-lzisse-s—tl1e leaders and led.

We have 11 vast number who are trying to lead,
But to their foolish teaching but few will take

he -11 ;

With their Vizist self-esteeiii they have got the
big head ',

They strive to he leaders, but only are led.

And then there are others who truly are great-
The lenders of churches. the leaders of state;
With their for seeing wisdom, their know ledge

and greed,
The people will follow wherever they lead.

But when we consider the doctrines they teach,

The songs th1-y ure singing, the sermons they
preach,

Although o'er mankind they have wonderful
sway,

We find like false guidebourds they point every
way.

And in all directions we hear the seine cry——
Coine, follow my footsteps without usking why ;
Come, think as I tliink 111111 do us I 111),

Or death and destruction are waiting for you.

And the people, all thouglitluss for fear of great
wool

Will follow their 11-11.111-rs wlic.-r1-ver they go:

And with wide open niouths, like young rol)ins
for (11011, _ '

Will take whzit is given 111111 think it is good.

And the p1-oplu will lubor and save with great
(.'lLl‘t‘

For th1- 11.r111y of vuinpires who swarin every-
wi11-r1-, ;

And think it 11 1l11ty to 1.-heerfiilly give _

To their l1-udz-rs-1 1111-1111-11-1111 to in luxury live.

But the ti1111- nniy yet coi111- when the -.1111.sses
will l1-11r1i

Their ii1t1-1'1-st 111111 duty to 1-11.-.url_v discern ;

To 1io their own thinki11;.', nor p1;inp1-r for yours

The 111111111-rs who live on their hopes 11.1111-their
1'1-airs.

But condition.-9 are ch11n;.:ing us time rolls zilong.
0'er our hills 11.1111 our v1-.ll1-ys we'll hear 11. new

111.11--.
And those who 11.r1.- living in luxury now
May tuke is short lesson at holding the plow.

FROM MY D'lAF\’Y.
Q1:o'1'.\'1'1o:~:s.
"Thos1-per.-111119 who on sci-.1ps of 11-11r111'11;:1lote,
And 11111111 r111-y ;,-row i111111..1~1.1l 11.-‘ tl11-y q11ot1.-."

'['l11-11i111‘-’1- 1'1>Hpl1‘l ll.-11l1)l1l111'1ll_\'11p-
pli1-s to 1}1=11 1-1: 2- 1-1' wl11>111 .~‘l1:1k1-s-
p1-.-,11'1- :-':1_\'.-:

“T111-y ln1v1- 111-1-11 111. 11. f1-2-st 1>il1111g1111;,-1-, 11.1111
#11111-ii 11.11 1111- -31.-1'1111s.“

'l‘l1is1-l:1ss1>i‘ 1'1-11111,-rs or wri11-rs s1-1-1:1
to1111113i11q1lo1:11lo11:< :1.-' 11:11111*11lly :1s :1
1101-. to 1111-.'»'1-1's. 'l‘l11-_-.‘ l1:1\'1-1-v1-1' 1'1-:11l_\'
E1111I1-11pp1‘1)p1‘i'111- o111- l1>:I,p1_1l_\‘11l11-\‘-
1-r_\'s11i1:1i:l1-1.1-1-~1si1111. You 111'1- 1-11_jo_\'—
i11;:_11 1i111- .-1-1-111- in 11:11-.11‘1- 111:1! }_-‘rows
b1::1uii1"11l 11-‘ 11 1'1-1-1-111-s 1‘1'o111 you. 1'.'l11:11
so1111-o111-1'1-111~1rks. ‘-l)i-1-1111-1- l1-111l-1-11-
1-l11111l2111-n’1 to 1111- \’i1-w.'" 'l‘l11-1'1- :1r1_- 1-1-1‘-
t11i11o1-1-:1-i1>11s1.1:11 .-1-1-1:1 1111-1111 out or
Sll‘-_f_'_-'1-.~'l 1;'11o1z11i1>11s. You s, .-;1k 111" 11
cel1-1111111-1'1 .\'1:1.»11-111-1111111i11l11r1r i21st:1111-
1}’ 111111 111111.

“lf thou wouldst View 1'.-ii’ M1,-lroso nriglit,

G1) visit 111-r by pu.l1-111oo1ili;,'l1t."

You 111'1- 11-lli11__-,1 11 1'1'i1-11-.1 of s-(11111-o111:
W111; l1:1.s 111111-11 i11so1111- pro_i1-1-1 u11111,-r-
t11k1-n' 111111 111'1- ini'or1111-1l 111111.

“T111: 111.-Ht 121111 "
Gung 11ft LL—'.,'l(

This p21-'-":15,-‘c is V1-r_\‘ 11111-11 i111.'o1'1'1-1'I.l_\'
quoted by writing,-‘ "pl.‘111s" inst:-:11l 111'
‘“s1-.l1c1111-s," wl1i1-11 is 11111 wl1111 111131111-
tl1o1‘1n1-,:111t. l’rob:1l>l_\’ ll11-r1- is no 11111:-
t11tio11 111‘ 11111-10111 1)1'I11111l1-1'11111111-s that
has b1-1-.11 us1-11 111o1'1,- 1111111 1111: populzir
0111.-.

“\Vl11-11 (111-.1-k 1111-.1-ts Greek, tlicn
con11-,s 1111- tug of w11r:” 111111 tl11-1'1: is
none 111111 l1-.1s b1-1-11 n1or1-. u11iv1-rs11lly
quot1.-1l wrong. T1111 orig.-;i1111l 111111 1-or-
rect 1'1-11111-1-1115; 111' this (;‘r1'1-ck 13.\'p1-cssioli
is,"\Vl11-11(}r1-1:k_ioi11s(ir1-1-k,tl11e111:on11:s
the tug 111' w11r." This is 111:1-o1'11i11;_-; to
G1'c1'.i1111 l1i-‘tory. \Vl11-.11 Ll111t people
W1-rc 1111 u11i11,-1l, or joi111-11, i11 support
of tli(-ir lib1-.rt_\', 1111:)’ w1-re u111-o11q111-,r-
able; tl11-11 c11111e 1111- "uig of war” to
their foes. But tl11-. puss g1-. has been
i11co1're1;tly quoted too long to be
cl1a11g1.-.1l 11ow.

Quot111.ions play no small 111111 111 «-1111-
verszition 111111 g1-.11er11l lit1-r11t11r1-.. ’l‘l11:_v
are used to "point 11 111111-111 or 111lo1'1111

 

 

 
 
 

1-1111-s o’111icc 11.11’ inch,

'-1.11112,” to 1:luci1l:1t,1-, or st1'1111gtlic11 1111 111'-

gu1n1.-nt, or to give ziutliority 111111 ton1-
to wlnit is spoken or w1'itt1-.11. $01111-
autliors 1111: never quoted, wl1il11 1'1-oni
others we are continu11lly quoting. W1:
shall never 1-ease to 111-1111’ 1'ron1 1111:
Writi11g;~: of B111-.1111, Sl111kcsp1:11i'e, Pop1-,
Byron, S1-ott, Cowper, and 3 grc-:1t
in11ny 1)tll0l' 11u1;l1ors.

Some one has said that you can not
read 1111 111-.1-,ou11t of 1111-. :1n1:i1-,11t gl111li=.1-
toi-i:il ;_r111n1-s of l’to1111: without coming
across the li111-,

“Biitchc,-red to nmke 11. Roinan holiday."

Mark 'I‘w:1i11 111111-s Io l1i111s1:lf g1‘e:1t
pr11is1-. 1'o1' 111.-\'1-1' l1:1.vi11g quotr-d this
lin1-. l11- s:1_vs. '-11' any 1111111 1121s :1 rig'l1t
to feel p1'o111.lo1’ l1i111s1-11' 111111 s111is1i1.-11,
surely it is I; for l l1:1\'1- w1'i111-1111bo11t
the colis1.-11111, 111111 tl11- gl111li:1.1.o1-s,1l1c
n1111'1.yrs, 111111 1111.: lions, 111111 y1.-t have
never used the phrase,

‘Butchert-11 to marks a Ronizm holitli-.y.'

“I am the only fi-1-11 white man of
mature years who has uccoiiiplislied
this since Byron urigi1111t1,-.11 tl1ccxp1'es-
sion.” This reminds me of the lady
who Was11c1:use-d of never being able
to write a letter Without adding a “P.
S.” She, at last, m11n11ged,to write one
without the usual addition, but when
the saw What she had done, she wrote:
“P. S.—At last, you see, I have writ-
ten 91 11-1101‘ without 1- l’. S.” And so_
1411111111311 .\l111'l.' 'l‘w11i.'1 :11-.1-1'1,-11 1:11-:11‘ or

the 11111-.kn1-y1-.11 qu1)t:1.t'1on iii the body
of his 111:count., he could not help run-
ning :1g:1i11s1'. it iii 11 P. So.

Much 1lisput1-, 111111 long sezii-1-.11 has
been had over the sour1-.1-. of the often-
quoted p:1ss11g1-,. “The Lord tempereth
the wind to the shorn 1111111).” By 11
gre11tm1111y it is yet believed to bee
scripture p11ss11g1-,. lt is said that 11.
young clergynizin had taken it for his
text and written 11 sermon 011 it, when,
to his surprise, 11 1:11-i-i1::1l brother con-
vinced him that his text could not be
found in the Bible. A great i1111ny
people have come to consider it :1.
f0u111lling quotation. But its source
or origin has been dis1-.oV1-r1:d. It was
tr111'1-.1l b111-k to Sterne, Wl11)11s1,-S it i11
his Se111in1cnt11l J0lll'll0_\', 111111 it 1111-;
lately 111-1-11 11-111-,1-.11 still f11rtl11-r b111,-‘k to
ll1-nri ll1-1-b1-rt.11 1-‘1'e111-.l1w1'it1-rof tl11-.
sevc11te1-,11tl1 1'.1-ntury. A good n11111y
w11,<_rers l111.v1-.111-1-1111111110 11s to tl1cso11r1:1:
of the well-known 111111 1i1u1-11-quoted
coupler, -

“He that fights and runs s.way,
Miiv live to light another 1l11.y."

Sonic 1111v111-11111111-11 that («‘roldsn1itli
was 1111-ziuthor of 1111-s1,-. lin1-,s,but 1111-,_\'
1111- to be fouiid in :1 work by l’111_v 1-111‘-
li1,-1' 1111111 (_‘rol11s111itli's "'_-\1'to1' P11-.11'_v
on 11 N1,-iv l’111n." wlicre tl11es1.- lines 1111-
t0b1-1‘ou111l. lt11y gives tl11-n1 as fol-

lows:
“He that figlits 111111 runs away,
May turn and tight aiiotlier day."

This is t111.- e:u'licst 11pp1,-111-11111-1-. in
print of tl11- ex111-1 wor11s,or 111-,:1rly ex-
act, of 1111- quor:1tio11 11s usu11lly g.-;iv1-11.
But11 si111il:1r1l1o11gl1t is 1‘ou111l as 1111'
1.-111-,11’ 11s l)1.-n1os1l11-.111-s. >‘~i111il11r lines
are 1’oun1l in l1u11il11':1s.11111l.ol1l1-1' still.
iii 11 poem by .lol111;\l1-i111is of the reign
of C11.-1rl1-s ll.

A11o1l11-1' 11111111111115.-‘ li111- is,

"The tiiiies clin.i1g1-, mid we change with tlioiu."

’l‘l1o11_1_fl1 this is 1-11111111-d to l111v1- 111-1-11
:1s11_\'i11g o1’ Lo1l1111'ius l in 8:11). A. 1)..
still 1 111111 it 111111111,-_-,' 1111-. old L11ti11
prov1:1‘l1s. .—\no1l11-r 1'1»u111lli11;;' L111i11
li111-. 1111111-sl: 11s 1'1-1-11111-ntly quot1-11 11s
1111- 11111-.111.-'1 1111-n1io111-11. is: '
“VV1111111 tl11- gods would 111-stroy, they first 1113.11-

d1.-11."

This is $111111) 111- 11 l1':111sl:‘11,1o11 1'ro111
tl11-, U11'1-1-ko1' 1-1111-ipi1l1-s. but no su:-11
line 1-1111 111- 111111111 in his -.\'1'i1i11;_rs.

Tl11-,r1- is 1111111111-1' -.-l:1ss 111’ p1-op11-.
\\'l1o111 l§_\'ro11 1111s 1111 1111' i11tl11-1'oll11w-
lowing 11111-,. who 11:1-(1-.

“Just eiioiigh of 11-.11r11in,-4 to inisquote."

A yo1111g 12111y. so1111-wl111t. v:1in ov1-r
111-1' ll1's1 :11-1-11111plisl1n11-111 in L:11in.:11-
t1-1np11-11toq11ol1-111 1111 1-.v1-11111;.-5 p11r1._v
1111: pl1r11s1-. "T1-111p11s 1'11‘;-‘i1.” :1111l1‘1-11-
1l1-1'1-1l it 111us—--1 111 111-111‘. liow 11-inpus
11111-s1i1lg_:1-1!" .\111111ow 111 1:1-1':1i1' with
1111--'1‘:1i1's1-.-1*." w1- will _1_-'i\'1-:1si111il:1r
i11<t12111-1-111' :1 y111111_1_-_‘ 111.-111. wl1o,i11 111-
11-111p'.i11j_-‘ 1-o 11110.1‘ '.'11:- p111‘-1.-'1-. "liurki-'
is willin." .101 it, o1“—-~l)1»1-1-11s is wil-
lin," :1111l1li11 11111.s1-1-11is 1-1'1'1>1' till 1111-
J-‘l1pp1'1-s.~:1-1'1 l1111_1_-‘I11-.-r 111‘ 1l1os1- p1'1-s1-111.
1-:<p11<1-11 his lj_','l|'>l"lli('1‘.

N1»1111111:11i11111‘1'o111 l’op1-1111s 111-1-11s-1.»
o1'11-11 i111-1»1'1'1-1-fly 11111111-11 11s 1111- 111ll11\\'-
i11;_-_':

“\'i1-1- is 11.111o1.1-11-1‘ of so fri-_'l1tf11l 11111-11,
 11:11-;-11, 111-1-11-' 1:11: to '

1-11111111111,1‘:11:.1l11;r1\.. . ,
--111111111‘;-, I111 :1 pity, 111--11 1-1-11-1‘11,1:1-."

11 is >1) 111.11-J: i111-1-1'1-1-1-11)’ 11111111-11 by
sp1-:11<.1-1's 111111 l1_\’j.>111‘:1:-.li-.1.-. loo, 111111
1111- i11:'o1‘r1-1'1 1'1-;11l1-:"1'.1u‘p:1ss1-s1-11r1'1-111-
l_\' 1111‘ E111-1-o1'r1-1"1 11111-. 11 is .-1111-.111'1»r—
11111:111- 1[11111:1ll1m i11 111111-1' 1'1-sp:-1-is to
p11l1li1- .~p1-:1k1-1's. for 111-111)’ :11-.- .-1pt 111
l11'1-:1k down on 1111- -'1-1-111111 or 1l1ir1l
1i1:1-,11111-1'l_\' 1'11ili1:;_-'1oq11o11- :111_\' 1111-.
1111-1'. 1 1-1-1-1-.11..-1111o11;_-‘ 1111111)‘ i11s1:1n1-1-s.
two, in wl1i1-11 1111- .-'p1-1111121-s 11111111-. sig-
1111l 1':1ilu1-1-s i1111'yi11_;' 1ogi-.'1- 1111.-11111»
111111111. 1111111:-111111-111-11p11l-li1-1li<1-11s-
sio1111pro111i111-111 1lisp11111111 11111-.111p11-11
1oq11o11- Il11-s1- 11111-:1, :1111l 1-.11:-1' 1\\’i1-1-
l':1ili11,-_-'1o_-_;'1-1 1111y1'111’ll11-1' tl11111 1111: 1-1111
oi‘ 1111- 1112-1 11111-.111-.111,-g':11111;_-:11i11.

"V’icois-1111110111-‘t1-r of 1-111cl1l1orri1l 11111-11,"
111111 (111-1'1->il11p[11-,11:1s 111-1'or1-. [ill get-
1111;,-‘ 111111-121-.o111‘11s1-11o\'1-r 1111-, p11s.<:l_L"1-.l11-
1ur111-.11 1111111-,1'l1:1ir111:1111111111-x1'l:1i1111-11,
-‘.\lr. .\'p1::ll\'1-,1'.l'1|1sLil1'kil11111111111111011.
1111111111 1 1-1111 s:1_\' 111' it is, -\/i1'1-. is 11
1no11s11-r o1" liorrid 11111-.11.’ :111_\‘l1ow;"
111111 111- went o11 with 1111- 1lis1-11.-:sio11.
’l‘l11- o1l11-r i11s1:1n1-1- r1-11111-s 111011-11. (711ss
who. 11111 s-p1-,1-1:11 111111113 11111 I)1-111o1-r11ti1-
n1:1ss 1111-1-tiiig i11 (,‘1-1111-1'\'ill1.- i11 18513,
u111l1.-rtook to 1111011: 1.111,-so 11111-sof l’op1-_.
111111 11111-r failing twi1-1-, turncd with
i111pz1ti1-111:1-, to (J11)-.'. l}:1rr_v,wl-.o was sit-
ti11;_-1111 tl11-. st11g1-. b1-1111111 111111, 111111 ex-
1-l:1in11:1l, “(1ove1'11or, l1ow is 111111?” The
Grov1-.r11or 1'1-.p11111e11 1111-, 111.--i1'1-11 Words,
11111] the G1,-111-1-111 1i11isl11-.1l tl11-, quot11tio11
111111 wont o11 with his sp1-(51111.

T111: n1ist11ku g1:11cr11lly 111111113 i11 quot-
i11_<_-; tlicse li111-s is i11 s:1yi11g ‘-l1orri1l
11111-11," when it should 111- "1'rigl1t1'11l
111ic11;” bcsi11e.~' the s1:c1)111l 11111.1 1l1ir1l
11111-,s 111-0 scl1lon1 1-orrectly 1]uot1:d.

’l‘l1cr1- 111-1-. n11111y otlncr q11ot11tio11s de-
serviiig 11oti1-.12 which we can not give
now. Lot 1111- close with 11 bit of his-
tory 1:o11111-1-t1,-11 with the 1-oiuinon
pl11'11s1-, "Give ’11111J1-ssi1-.” “"0 111.-111-11
John V1111 Buren, iii 11 political s-p111-1-.11
that he 11111111-, i11 114.31}, give 1111 111111111"-
:1bl1- turn to this pl1r11sc. You k11oW
111111 John 1,‘. l“rc111o11t was tl11,-n lic-
publi1-1111 11o111i111,-1- for l’1'csi1l1-111, 111111
tl111t Mrs. l<'r1.-111o11t w11s 111,-1-.111-ssi1-. lion-
ton. \\'l1il1: -‘-1111111" w11s sp1.-:1kin;_-,'.l1c
111-,.-11-1111111-p11bli1-1111shout, "\\'1-’ll give
1.111: l)1-.111111-,r:11s ‘i1-.~'sl1*. 1” at wl1i1-.11. look-
ing down 111 11111 l11.1li1:s, se:1t1-11 i11 1'1-out
of tl11-. snigc, he s11i1l: “My 111-p11bli1:1111
friend over to the loft s11._\‘s they are go-
ing to give us Jes..<i1-..” ‘V1.-ll, wc"ll take
J1-,s.~;ie; sl11-. is an 11c1:1)111pllsl11-11 and no-
ble lady and her old 1':1tl1cr st;1n11s with
open arms ready -to receive 11111-11111-.k;
but John they '(,'AN’T GIVE AWAY I”

As to the origin of this expression,
all we know is this: 111 11. temperance
lecture delivered by Augustus Little-
john at Kalamazoo in l843,l1e said that
Gen. Putnam, at; the battle of Bunker
Hill, seeing that his men aimed too
high, cried out to them, “Shoot low-
er: shin ’em, boys; give ’cn1 Jessrieylg’

   

Svmnathv for the Editor.
M171.-ii ABOOZED EDITOR K0133:-—

._,Es them f1-llcrs what got sot down
011 yer,jist previous to ’l1-ction time,
pears tm‘ lievo got in 11. whole bro11d
sider or two inter the ribs 1iv yer
VISITOR, pert11i11in to the 1:111-riph an
si1.-.11, I feel like etioozing the question
11. little fruni the stziiulpinte uv a fellcr
bctween two pine stumps in 11 tater
patch 01111. side hill, which 11int wutli
fencin, es (3111-tlaiid Hill remarked, and
the pine tree that was is worth a.
lianged siglit m0re’n the stump wliuts
left, cs Hill implied, and w1-. c0111.-cde
the pinto; but some 110w We d11n’t
knowjust what. our 1,1111-1' p11t1-.11 here,
wl1i1-.11 gives us bout 2.31) bushels tnters
p1-1'11ci'1:,l11,-.s to do with Bi'0. Hill’s
insin11w11tion 11.bo11t the blurstecl Bohe-
1ni:111 out f1:ll1-,r. Es Dc-acon T11p1-oot
1'1-111111-kt t11t11e1'1l11y, it peers kinder
u11j1-111-.rous 11-r spr-11k so 1i,<__-:l1tly ov the
1111-1111 111111-11s wl1i1-11 1111-. good Lor11
11111111-.1.-.s 1-enicnt t1-r hold Cliiiton (Jo.
111111 1111-. otl_1e1-good pl111-cs iog1-.1111-1'.

VV1,-, don‘t know just how 11j111-out tor
pi111-. 11111113 1111- Bro.  but we ki1-k1-.11
up 11-rtl1e fust ti1n1- 1111 this _v11rtl1 j1-st
j111-1-nt 11-1' :1 sl11b pile :11 1111-. t11l1-. 01111 ov
11n1ooly saw 111ill. Twas iii an 1-111-ly
1111)’ wl11-11 pi111-, bo11r1ls 111111 root11l)cgys
wuz 1.111-,o11ly 11-gal t1-ndor 1‘1-r 1-ir1-ul11-
tion i11 this 1-,on1niooi1it_v: when pine
l111111wu7. wortli $1.25 per 111-re,pe1'-
vidin 1111-y w11nt 11101-1-;‘11 2} 111111-s fru111
1111vig11l1le w11t1-rs: 131' 1'ur1l11-1-‘11 1111-.t
w11111 wortli :1 sent. 1-x1-1-pt jist. tor hold
(‘1in1o11(‘o. 131.-'1 to 1111-1-111-111. Skools
i11 1111-111 111111-,di1111’1 go into ji1111111sti1-s
ov1-r "I luv, you luv. 111111 Sal luvz 1111-.”
W1-_-_{o1 1111- l)o11bl1- r1111-,ov 11.111111 cf
w1- 1-1111111 sp1-ll l1isi1'k 1111 i'l_L-flit w1-
11i1l11't 1-211-1-. wl1:11 111-1-11111 11v 1111- t:11'ripl1
on 1111- r1-st, uv tl11-. 1111-,1lisi111-s. .\ pi111-
slab with 1'or1-, 1111511-1' liolcs. with J. o11k
S2l[)llll.< 1111-111 1131' 11-gs. wuz 11111‘ skool
s1-111. 11ll ro11111l 1111- roo111. with 1111,-
skool111111'111 in 1111- 1-1-1111-1' w1'1llop(-11 ov
us 111-1111111 1111-1-111's1-1' w1-. look1-111-ornc.-r
w11ys: 211111 si1-.11. 151-12. llill. win. 1111-
11irl_v :11lv:1111.11§_-'1-s uv o111- who 11:19 liv1-11
1,os1-1- 1111-111 pine l11n1ls 1111111111 1'o1‘1l1
i11t.1-1' sl1i1-.111‘;-1 1.1111-r p111-.-111-s. 5:1-121*-111-1-‘11
t111- 1'1-.111.-rs wl1111. yo11 s:1_\' 111.-.1l>_v paid .31)
s1-11ts p1-1'111-1'1- 1'1-1' 1-111. E1111 now 1111-1.
1111 11'.'1-rso1111-.1)\' 1,111-s1-, pi111- s1llI1lpl1-ss
1111111 1111-, purpl1-, 1-,l11\'1-r bows low 11-1'
1111- 1111-11 ov bumble 111-1'-z. 1-.1111 tl11-
gol1l1-11;_-‘r11i11 li1-s low :1ft1-,1‘ 1111- twi111-
bi111l1-1'. 111111 d111l‘s s1-111' 1111- 11-1' 1111-, k111l1--
my 1; w1-1-ks, 1 1-i7.1-t1-1' ‘l-.jc1-1. liro.
llill's 1'1-111:1rks is i1'1'1-11-v11111.,i1111111111-ri11l,
1111-1 1111l‘l{1‘!‘1)lll(‘. 1111111-.1‘ ;_-,'1':.111;,-'1- 11o11‘1
lik1-.i11si1111:11i'o11s 11-1’ 1111- 1'1-1-t 11181 111--
1-1111.-'1-:1 11-111-1'j1-st j:11-1-111. to pin1- l11111ls
111-,\'1-1' l\'ll11\\'(‘(l 1111-_\' ‘ wuzl. §_1'1-1111 1'1-1'
1111111111. -‘p1;-1-s 111- l{111)\\'.-'1-Z111111-l1:1l111ll1
1111- lll1%l1--1-:11‘! 1'1-111-1' \\'l1:11‘.s j_-'1»11-111.

T511-111 111111‘l1I111l>:l~l11-1'1-. 11111 -;111":-.-1y
o1'sil1--.1'1'11111 kl.-1y 11-1‘ s.=111-.1. s1111I1.‘ on
1-111:1r:- 11p i_._1 1‘o111'll:1111i 1ownsl1ip.11111l
so11|1-11111-111 i.-';1ll llill; 11':-.111 s:1_\' -.-.'l1i1-l1
is 111-.-1. .11-.'1-1' lll;1-11 11-1' j_-‘ii s:1111l?1l11\\'1-11
i1111111'i7.1- 11111111-i!l11-1'11:1 1‘-111. T111-.\"1'
p:11'1uv 1111-111-1-:11 1'1-so111'1-1-s 11-1' 111i1-l1i-

_'_"llil w'l2:11‘s 111-V1-l11pi11 -.11i_;‘l11_v ‘1_»-111111
.--1:111" 1'1-1‘:‘1'=111.-_-'1-1'.-'. 1111' 11 1'1-111-1' wlmlis

1:111 .s:1111l 1-111>l1_;:‘l1 11-1' l_-_"111>‘.'<- ‘."1i11lo11
('11. 111111 1'.-1111111111 1‘o.. 11.111 1'o1'ly 111111-1'
'11-.-1L1-r pl=1-:1-s. :1n1l 1-1111- :1 11111111111115;
111'i1i1- i11l1-1' p11,i'1111-1'.sl-.ip 11-1‘ 1111- -.':1111il_\'
l1i'1'.111-.-.-'.:1111-.111,-.-' 1111.-s1-. pines1lll:Ips.‘.\’1>:|[
111-11111111-11 1low11 by 1111)’ 1-.x;:1-1111-1-1-1'
1111-1 111- l-'.-1111.s1-1-.11o1' 1111-.-1-1'1-1'1-with 1111-
111111111-1‘ t:11'1'ipl1lo11_1,:1-z1111kl1=s;1111‘s p1-r-

11,-k11-1lspi111ll1.-s‘. k1=1-ps1111'11i11 11111 k111-
te-11 sl1ir‘1i11 :11 11 p1-11.-1-,1-.1111 l11'lll.~'l1
wools, 111111 1'1'1-111-11 silks. 111111 1’urr:1i11

l:1s-‘1-.s.1lo11'1 1111111 111111111 k11o1-k our 11111
rz1111's l\\'11 l1111'l1s 111111111-o1-k1-11 11111, 111111
211..-'o1'l>1111-pz»ssil>ilili1-s11v;1poo1' _1111ss11's
s111-5,-'l111111 1'1-r 1l:1pj:11-ks. 111111 bust 11p L111,-
silk ‘oi:/.i111-ss 1 111-111 11-11 of down 1.1-1'
131-.l1li11_-_-‘. 11-11111 (11)., wl11-1-1- 1111-ro ‘.ls1-11
t1-1-111-:1 pi111- s:1w mill 111111 1111-, 111111
bl11.1'.-1.1-.11 k1-ntry k:1ll1-11 tl11- town Hog-
l11»l1-, in 1111-111111111-I 1-1' po1'k1-1'pin1e 111,11-
l1-r 1-v1-1' sl1:11.1-s 1>r1' 111-1'11uills, 1111115.-“its
on 1111- 1'1-111.111-rs uv so1111- 11111: bird lil1'1-,
Uo1111i1'1-,r (1111-11. l1:1y'.’ wont lro. llill
1-11111-,1.-111-, 1111,-1 his k11lk11l::1ions er busted,
1111)’? 111111 wo111 1111- 11-1-Lurcr of pork1.-r-
pl11—11o, (‘o1111i1'1.-r (3111-11 §_rr1111g1-, stand 11
show to 111-, 111.-1.-'11-1' uv tl11-. st:1t1- g1'1111g1-'3
1-1' 11111b_v 111-. rootin bro. l-Iobb ou1v'n tl11-
1-1li1.o1'sl1ip 11v 1111- _t_rr11115_-'1- visitor. l111y?
111111 11o1witl1s111111li11 liro Hill's 111-
loosion to o11r 111-,s1it.utiou of koiniiion
se11s1- w1-,‘l b1-.1 L111.-t pork1-rpi111-, 1111111-r
lies so1111- es l>1-111111 111111 virtuous 1-o111-
pr1-.l1c11.<.io11s ov 1111- g_:1'1-,:1t:11111-1'ic1u1 1111p-
wing wl1:1t pr1,-si1l1-s ov1-,r 111111 p1-ltekts
tl11-, g'ro\vt.l1 oi'1111i1:1'ic1u1 iiistitutioiis,
111111 1-1-.n1l1-rs pine l11nds 1:onducivo to
1111-. w1-.11ltl1 u111l l1:1pi111-ss of 1n11nki1111,
111111 1111 other brutcs, tl-.1-ougli1liv1-rsity
uv pi-1111111-.ts 111111 13111ploy1u1-111, es 111-s
eny kl11_v bottoiiicd. kickor_v 111.-11111.-11
1-.o111111oonit.y twixt lioaven 111111 11rLl1.

l“1,-.r1’111'tl11:r 111-.1'ons1-. we submit ter 1

the 1-.1)]1soli1l11t1.‘.11 d(31‘l.SSl()ll the
g1'11.11g1:s 11v 111111-.1'i1-11 111111. :1si11. _
KINGTAII. l{A1:1{ko1 1N.

Solicilzor in L-1111111-1-.1'y 111111 Lecturer 11v
l’o1‘kcrpii1e holler gr1111g1-., J1111. fust,
1887.

UV

——~'———1o%———'—--
Grange Work in Nebraska.

011T1111rs1111y,J:1n11:1ry 6,1311). l)u11-.l1-
1-1‘ 111111 1 went to Dry (J1-e-ck 011-1111;.-‘e
11n1l i11s111ll1-11 tl11-i1' o1ii1-1-rs: Bro. John
1-‘it'cr. .\111s11.-1'; liro. A. Sniidt. S1-1-1'ct11-
ry. [)1-y (.‘1-1-,1.-11' (,}1'1111gc is co111po.s1-11 oi
good c11r11est workers, and we bespeuk
for 1.111-.111 s111-1-ess.

O11 tl11-, evcniiig ofJ1111u111'y 8, Bro.
Dut1-.111-1' 1-111110 to Red \Villow Griuiigo
and i11st11lle1,l our officers: L. C. Root,
Muster; Bro. John L11ngneckcr, Scorc-
my.

Tuesday evening, J11nu11ry ll, Bro.
Dutclier installed the ofiiccrs of Mis-
souri Ridge Grange: Bro. T. M. Smith,
Master; Bro. J. A.-Robi11son,Secret11ry.
This Grange had over 20 charter mc1ii-
bers and they are doing some good
work in Missouri Ridge.

On Saturday, January 15,we had the
plesmire of a visit to lndianola Grange.

“Ye found the mc-inbers all busy pre- 1

paring a feast for the 1)(t(‘{1.~‘lOll. After
pill‘l’,éll{lIlg of the good things. we pro-
cecded to install tlieir oilicers, with
Bro. 01-11 (‘V1111-k 11s Blaster, 111111 Bro. Si-
las Vzmdervooi-'1. as S1.-1-.1-etary. Then
came the pi-og ‘11111, 1-oiisisting of read-
ing. speaking, and singing, which all
seemed to enjoy. All of the installa-
tions were public and well attended by
friends.

Where the Order is just startiiig, we
think it 11 good thing to have public
nicctings as often as possible.

Bro. N. Dut1.-lier, as Deputy, with
Bro. Smith, as assistmit, will oi-ganiz1-.
11 Grange at Loyal Dell, J11iiu11ry 18.
with 30 cl111rt1-r 1nen1b1-.1-s.

Red lVillow P1111-ons 111111 11 picnic at
Bro. R11n1l11ll’s last Tl1urs1l11y 1-V1-.11i11g,
111111 we 111111 11 "1'13:1.-it of 1'1-:.1s-1111 11111111
flow of soul,” b1-si1l1-.spl1111t_V to1-;11',1111(l
tho o1-.1-.11sion 1-,.11r1'i1-.1lus back in 1n1-.1nor_v
to 1111- good ti1u1-.s we used to have in
good old M11-.l1ig:111 111 tl11-. pi1'ni1-s. ‘V0
lmve 1iv1-. 11ppli1-.111io11s 11w-.1i1.ing our
next 1111-,1-ting, which will be S11tur1111y
11v1-iiing. tl11- 2211. Thus w1-. 111-13 grow-
ing i11 1111111111-rs 111111 streiigtli.

L. C. Roor.

R1311 V'ill1)W(,‘.-0.. N1-.11.. .1:111. 17, INST.

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Pleasant Letter From Vermont.

'W1- are glad to l -111' so t'11vor11bl11 re-
ports froni 1111-. (£1'11i1g1.-s i11 Mi1:l1ig11i1
and Iowa. The 11-111-1's1'ro1n tl11-1li1l'1-r-
1-.111, pl111-.1-s 111-1-, v1-.1'_\' 11111-1‘cs1.i11,<_-; 1'1-11111115.-'.
Perlnips 1-3111111-. of your 1-1-11111-rs would
like to 111-111' 1‘ro111 tl11- (]‘rr1.-.1-11 31111111111111
State. l’1-1'11.-ips so1n1- of 1111-.111 11r1- 11:1-
tivcs 111' V1-r111on1 for 1111111)’ of 111-1‘ sons
111111 1l:111;:l111-rs l111\'1- so11_1_-‘lit l1on11-sin
tl11- “'1-st. \V1- 11r1- sit111111.-.11 i11 1111-,
soutlu-1-11 part of the 811111), tw1-nty
n1il1-s w1-s1. 1'1-oni 1111- N1-.w ll:111ipsl1i1-1-.
lin1-. tw1-nty 1nil1-s 1-11st 1'ron1 1111- N1-w
York li111- 111111 11-11 111il1-s 11111-111 froni 1.111-
M11ss111-l111s1-Ils 11111-. T111-. l1ig,rl11-st p1-11k
of 1111-, 111-1-1-11 1\lo11nt11i11s i11 1.l1cs11u1l11-1'11
p.-lrt. o1" [111-. $11111-. l\'now11 11s “lluy
St.-11-k," is si1111111-11 iii the 1-x1r1-1111-

,no1'1l1w1-st 1-111-111-1'o1' the town:11111l is to

'b1- s1-1-n i11 1111111).-t any part of the
town. lt is visi11-1l by n11111_\' p11rti1-s 111'
p11-:1s11r1- s1-1-k1-rs i11 1111- suI111111-1' s1-:1so11.
T111-. vi1-w froni 1111- lop is w1,-ll wo1"1l1
1111- 1-.\'1,-rti1>n 111-1'1-s-‘111'y to 1'1-.-11-11 1111-.
suniinit. A1 1111- pr1-s1-111111111-, .1.-111. 17,
we l1:1\'1-. 1111-1-19 111111 on1- 111111‘ 1'1,-1-t of
snow o111111-g1-11111111111111stillit is snow-
ing. \V1-. l111v1- 111111 but v1-ry little
wi111l 111111 1111- snow l11_vs v1-,1-y 1-vcn ov1-r
1111-, g_-‘r1111111lwl1i1-.11 is .-o1111'-111111;.-5un1-on1-
1111111 for us, for it is apt’ to 111,- 11111-11111
l111_-_:‘1-1l1'i1'1s. T111-1111-r1-11r_\' 11.-is 111-011 111--
low x1-ro but :1 v1.-ry 1'1-w1l:1ys. .—\t sonic
1'111111'1-111111-l will s11_\‘ so1111-111111: 111111111
1111- i111111s11'i1-s 111' \'1-1'111o11t. X

Tl11-(1l'1111_<_-'1- is :1li-:1-111111 j_r1'1>'1vi11j_r.1l11-
1'1-poi‘1s:'1111111‘1:111-1111-1-1iI;;_f1)1' 1111- 141-111-
1‘r1':111j_-‘1- w1-r1- v1-r_\' 1-111-o111';1§_-‘i11;_r. W1-
1l1i113; 111111 1111- 1'1-111~1io11 1111‘ 1111- b1-111-1'
1111s 1-1;1111:11-111-1-11. liro. 1). ll. 'i‘11i11;:.1>1'
.\l11i111-. is 1111-.-.' 111 worki111l.1-51:110. .\1
1111- iirsi 1111-1-1i11}_-‘ 111) 1111-111 1111111-51:11--.
—.-t W1~s1111i11.~‘1.1-1'. J1111. 1l—-:1 111-w
1l1'::11_:1- w:1:-'1,-1' niz1-11. \\'or1l1_\' 51:111-
31:1.-11-1')l11ss1-1‘.11-1-o111p:111i1-11l1i111at 1111-
1312-'1 ‘1l11'1-1- 11:--1-I111‘-_:'s :11 VV1-s1111i11.st1-1'.
ll.-1li1}1.\' 111111 Wil111i11;1’1o11. ll1'o.'l‘11i115,:
_-_-‘i\’:-.-: :1 V1-1'_v 1-l(-111' 111111 1-11111p1'1-l11-11si‘v1-
lii.-'1o1'y of wl1~11 1111-, (i1':111;_r1- 1111s 1111111:
111111 is 11111115: for 1111- l111‘II11-rs of 1111-.
1'11it1-11 :~1:111-s. 11111 111-, 11121111-s no .st:111--
1111-111s [11:11 1-111111111 111- s11l,-si.-111111111-11. 11
s1-1-111s so 111-1-1-.~.-.-;11'_v t11:1I 1111- 1:11-1111-rs
Inns‘; :>1';_1':111i/.1- 1'11i'1l11-l1'1)Wll pro11-1-,1io11
111111 1111- won1l1-1' is 111111 1111 11111-llig_-'1-111
1111-1111-1's do not join 1111- (,i1':111}_-'1-. 111111
work 11.;_»'1-1"1‘11-1'1'1>1-1.111-ir111u1u:1l111-111-1i1.
()ur H11bo1'1li11:111-11r1111;‘1- w11s1a1'g1111iz(:1l
i11 -11lllll:Ll'_\' 187;‘: 111111 1111- li\'1-11 1111-ougli
1111- 11ps :-.1111 1lo\vns or 1111- ()r111,-1' .-ii-.1-1-.
We 11:1v1- not us n1:1ny 1111-111111-1's 11ow11s
w1- l1:11l on1- _v1-,:11- after w1-. w1-r1-, 1111:1111-
iz1-.11. but wl1111 we 11:1v1-.111'c ;:1»o1l. sub-
st11u1i11l 1111-111111-,rs 1l111t are willing: 111
work 1111' 1111- grood of 1111- ()rd1-1'. \V1-
lizlvc 1-l1-.-1r1:1l o11r roll of 1111 dozld 111-:11ls
111111 l111\'1-11.-111 11-11 11ppli1-:1.1io11s1111' 111-w
1111-111b1-rs froin our best 1-iti7.1-ns within
12111-p:1st.111o11tl1. VVortl1_v 511111-, l\l:1s11-,r
1\l1,-.-s1,-1'w:1s 111.-re with liro. Tliing tl11-
l:5t.l1. llis rc111111'ks 131-1-1111211 :1 1‘z1vo1-:1l1l1-
i111pr1-ssion upon the p1:op11-. licre both
in 111111 o11t of the 01-111.-.1-.

CLARK (,'llANl)l.l~1R.

   

 

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Cass County Farmers‘ Institute.

Altl1o11,1_-‘l1 tl11-. wc11tl1(-r was 1-old 111111
stormy, 111111 1111-. ro111ls b:11lly1lri1't1-11
1.111: Cass (?on11ty F:1r1111-rs’ l11s1itu11-,
held 11t,(.‘11s-‘opolis o11tl11,- 12111 111111 133111
of J11111111i‘y, w11s11 su1-.1-1:ss1'11l11111l inter-
1-stiiig 1111.-eti115_r, being well 11tt1;n1l1-.11 by
f111-1111-rs 111111 tl11-ir wives froin the \':li‘l—
ous parts of the county. A w1-ll 111--
1'1111ge1l p1'o_<_-11-11111 for one or 11101-e 1-.ss11_vs
for c111-.11 session had been pr1-p:1re1l.
T111- pi-ogr.-1111 1-.o1n1nittee had s1-.11-,1-tc1l
s111-.11 subjects for ass.-1ys11s was thought
would be entcrtziiniiig 111111p1'01it,11'olc,
111111 11110111 i11t1,-1'1,-.sti11g tlieinos for dis-
1-,11ssion wl1i1~l1 was to follow each one.
A t'or1u1111t1-. s1:1e1:tion was 11111111-1'or pr1--
si1.li11g1>1ii1-.1-.1- tlirongli whose prompt.
.-kill'ul and quiet 111111111g'1-.1111-.111, the
whole p1-1 11-01.-11i11gs ot tl11-. 11101-.1111,-.5 were
1201111111.-1:1-1lwit.l1 the 1-.1111-.11,-111-.y 1l111t1l1--
s1-1-\'1.-.1l the g-‘e111-.r11l con11nc111l11tion 1-1--
1:1-i\'(-.11.

()11ev1-ry 11111rk1-.11 111111 1-111-o111'.:1gi11;_-:
fo:1111r1.-. of 1111- Instit.1111-. w:1s. 1111111111
tl11- css:1yists, without 1.-X1-1-ption. 0111111-
to time with their otlerings 1'1-.'11ly. con-
s1-.q11ently no excuses nor 1-.l11111g1-s iii the
order of proccediiigs were 1101-cssziry.
The 1lis1-,11ssio11 o1i some of the p11p1-rs
was spirited and frcquc111ly11 little
pungent, but was coiiducted with
courtesy and good feeling.

The query box elicited 11 good degree
of interest, and here I would recom-
mend its more common introduction
into meetings of this kind. One of the
best features of the Institute was the
essay of Prof. Simmons of Dowagiac
Union School on “Our Common
Schools; How can we Improve Them.”
It was practical and instructive, and

/

d1-sei'v1311ly severe on our [)i'(‘S(‘,.llt law
for ex11111i11r1tion of tear-h1-rs. It was
echoed with approval by the crowded
house which listened to it.

B. G. B.

 ———

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

Lectu rer’s Dep;m ant. National

Grange.

The Grange r1,-cog.-'11iz1,-.~1 the fact that
the Amt-1-i1-an f.-irmer is 1111-. victim of
certain evils, and it proposes to correct
these. In order to accomplish this it
organizes the 1111-iners into 0111-. harmo-
nious body; makes them 11 unit, and
then exerts their conibiiuxl strength
for their protection.

The Maine 19111-1111-1'. in 11 11110 issue,
says: "T111-. work of 1111- G1'1111f_-r.-. has
been c11rricd on i11_11 quiet 1111111111-1', yet
111111 l)ee11111111ct1ve 1n1lu1-_n1-1- 1_111-l1-v11ti11g
the s1-.n111nent oi the 1111-1111111: 1-111.-ases
11.1111 c1lu1-1-iting to 1111 11pprc1-.i:11io11 oi’
the i111port11111-1: off111‘ri1i11;_r as :1 busi-
ness, 111111 to the m1.-1111s 111111 1111-tliods of
proniotiiig its prosperity. So long as
the work is 1-.111'ri1,-11 on in this mzuincr
it must .1111-1-t the iippl'UV1l1 of every
good 1-11121311.”

R1.-ports from 1111- 1:111-1111-,eti11g of the
l{:1ns11s St1111-. G1':111_1:11 s11y: “Goo1l,so1111(l,
pr111:ti1-.-1.1 steps w1-r1- t11.kci1 to push the
org1111iz111ion in the h't11t1- this 1-oming
yt-111'.” l:‘urotl11-1' VVH1. Siins. who is
S1.-c1'1-t111'y o1'1l11-. St11t1- llo-11r1l of Agri-
1:11_lt11r_(-, 11111-r b1-111g out of (;‘rr11nge
o1l1ce1or 11 11-,w y1:111's,l1111 11lw11ys 11
wo1'kL-.1‘,111114111-1-n :1g:1iu 1-11111-11 to the
front as l\l11s11:r o1'1111- Stain H1'1111g1_-.

1'I1111;111~‘.ss.

lirotlier A. >'l1u111w:1y,sp1-1-i:1lD1-pu-
1y.11:1s ory_r1111i7.1-1l :1 111-w (;‘r1'1111g1- i11
(‘ottoi-1w11o1l. 11111111) 'l‘1-1'1'i1or_\'. 151-otl11-r
l‘»oi1'1-. 111' ()I'1-;_fo11,r1-po1'1s 1111? outlook
1'111_- 1111-, (u'1r1111g1- in 11111111» v1,-ry 1-111-our-
11;:111g.

l3ro1l11.-rs 11111-1-, l’»ro\\ 11 :1111l Thing
11rg1-, by 11-111-1-. 1111- S1-1-1'1-1.:11'y of 1111:
N:1ti1111:1l (11':111,1_-'1- (so 1111- 1-.1111-1‘ writes
us) lo 111- |iv1-.ly11111l s1-111111111 1111-111-,1,-e.-1-
s-1r_\' 11111-111111-111s 119-‘ .so1111:1s pus,-‘1l1l1-, in
111-111-1' 111111 1111-s1-111-W 1111-111111-1-s 11111_v<u_-‘ct
to work. S1-1-r1-t11ry 'l‘1-i111i-l1- 11111-s not
obi1-1-1 to this 111-3.11-111-y; i11 1311-L r:1t111-r
lik1-s it. but wisl11-s to know how he
c1111 iniprove on his pr1.-s1-11t "livoli111-,st.,”
wliicli is to s1-1111 1111: 11111111. 1-11-., by ex-
p1‘(-zss on 1111- s:11111-, 11:-._v on wl1i1-.11 the
::ppli1-11tion is 1'1-1-1-iv1-11. \V1- l11»p1-. the
'l)1-,p111i1-,s will k1-1-p i1 li\'1-ly for the
Wor1l1y >11-1-1'1-1111-y. 111111 w1- su_J1-‘1-s1 to
l1i111 1o n1:1k1,- it li\'1- y l‘o1-1111: o1,_11ni7.-
1-rs11111l 111';_-'1- 1111-111 111 s1-1111 111111-1-, -1ppli-
1-.:11io11~'. ‘N1-111111111 i1'1l11-r1- 1-\'1-1' was
:1p1-1'i111l in 1111- l1i.-:1o1'_\' 111' 1111- ()1'1l1:1'
w111-1'1- 111-111-1‘, 111or1- p1'111-1,11-:11 111111 solid
-11'1-rk w;1-1lo'.11- by 1111- ,\.11i1»;1:1l. S1.-itc
:11111 .\'11l>111-1li111111- 11ill1'i:1ls 1111111 is 111-1113;
1111111: to-1111)’.

   

;\'1-w (ilo111~1-s11-1' (1r1111§_:e. No. 28,
I\l:1i111-.l1:1s1l1-11i1-1111-111111111-111-wli1'1111;1‘c
11:111. 11 is 1-11-:11’ 111' 111-111. 141-11“ Mus-
11-1' liobiz-. w:1s 1111-. i11s1:1lii11{_-’ 11111-1-r,
:1111l111-1iv1-1-1-111111:1bl1- :21i1l1'1-s-:"1'111- the
;_r11o1l o1'tl11: (,)r1l1-1'.'’

5. II. W111l<1'I‘.S1-:-1-1-1111')’ 111111.-111:1St,:1le
1£1':111_<.-'1-. wri11-.-: “T111-11111111111 s1-..--i1>11 of
our >'1:111- (111111-_r1: w;1s sl1or1.i111t. by
Jov1-. the 111-st we l111vc 111111 in 11111uy 11
1l:1y.”

.\'i111-.111o1'1-1li1l1;r1-111 1111-1111111-s in (‘on-
111-1-.ti1:11I 11r1- '111quiri11;_-' 11bo11t 111111 talk-
i11gol‘111-_-_-'1111i/.i11;_-' (‘r1'1111g_-:1-s.

Sis11-r H. .1. 11:11-k. ‘W. L1-1-1ur1-1' of
the 111111111111H1:11e1%1-:111g1~, 11:-.sj11.-'1 1111-
islu-1111 .-111-1-1-1-'s1'1:l l1-1-1111'1- trip i11 l(1-n-
t111-ky. 1111111-.1‘ N111io11.-11 111111 .\‘t.-its
(:‘r1'1111g1,- 11i1'1-1'tio11.

Q111,-..s1io11 1111' h‘ubor1li11:1t1- (irl‘{lllgC82
W11.-11: 11-,1_risl:1tio11 is 111-1'-111'-1l by the
l':1r1111-rs of o11r S1.-1t1-. 111111 1111- w1- as 1111
org:111i7.111io11 11111113; our sl1111'1,-. of the
work i11 k1-,1-pi11-,5 the 111-1-11s 1>1'su1~.11 log-
isl:1tion bc1'orctl11-, L1-,-_-"1sl=11111'c of our
State?

"Then with minds that honor freedom,
Strum; in stri-nglill that 51111-‘lllfi the weak,

A1111 with fret-111:1n’s p1-11.c1-11:1 w1.-11.po11s
VV1.-‘ll enforce the rights we s1.-ek.’’ .

To s11c1-1.-1-11 in 11n_V work, 11-11110, pro-
1'1-,ssion or c.-1l1i11g w1- inust 111-st know
it..

The best 111111 nio.-'1 su1-1-1-ss1'11l Ine-
1-.h11ni1:. l11l'lll(‘,l‘, b11sin1-ss 1111111, pi-1-111-.l1er,
111w_v1-rs or pl1ysi1~i1111 is :1lw11_vs 1111-, one
that is the b1,-st tr11in1-11 or 1-11111.-11ted in
that 1li1'1.-ction.

'l‘hc b1-st P11tro11 is the 11111.-, that
knows the Grange. its purposes, its
luws and its prin1-ipl1-.~4.

(‘11'1111g1,-s wliose m1-111b12rs r1.-.-111 little,
111111 know little of 13111-. ()1-111.-r finally
l1:1v1-. 1111- lzibcl “(I111-11111111” 1111.-iclicd to
tli1-.i1' 11111111-s.

Gr1111g_r1-9' who 11r1,- in 1‘1li‘l11-st. who do-
si1'1.- to liv1-. 111111 grrow zlnd pl'1)Sper
sl1o11l1l1n11k1- :1 study 111' 1111: (Jrdcr.
(i0lIlll'lPll1‘(‘ :11 _\'our 111-xl 1111-1-ti11g with
the “D1-cl111‘111io11 of l'11rpos1-s." Take
it 11p s1-1-111111 by s1.-1-.t.io11. .111-::11l it p11r11-
grupli by p11r11gr11pl1.:1lter11:1tely,1111
11ro11111l 1.111-1-ooin: commit 11 few lines
ofit to111emo1'y1111d r1-1-itc it 111. each
1111-cling until 1111 know it thoroughly
and 1-1111 1'1-pezit it 011' 11111111.

A resolution adopted by the Nation-
al Grrange reads: Resolved, That in
View ofa more p1'111-.ti1.-.111 1:1dv11n1-.ement
of the purposes of the Patrons of Hus-
b111idry,We recommend that the oili-
cers and members of the Subordinate
Grangee make its instructions and
principles, as set forth in the Declara-
tion of Purposes,a matter of special

 


 
 

FEBRUARY 1, 1887.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 
   

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and careful study to the end that we
may understand and perform our
wliole duty, and tliereby fulfill our
obligations so as to build higher and
better. An advance will then be iiiade
which is sure to hasten the “good time
coming.”

William, Duke of Normaiidy, \vitli
60,000 well organized and disciplined
troops, was able to conquer millions
ofunorgaiiized Britons. So capital in
various fornis, railroad kings with a
well-organized and disciplined force of
1,000 or 2.000 are able to rule and rob
millions of unorgaiiizcd fariiiers and
other toilers. We must meet org:iiiiza-
tion with organization, overthrow evil
orgaiiizations with good ones. The
-organized farmers in the Grange have
done more in the last few years for ag-
riculture and our country than all the
unorganized fariners for fifty years
past.

“The Order of l’atroiis of Husbandry
has become national in its cliaractcr.
and its iiitiiicnce Iris been felt in all
parts of our country. tloiiiposed as it
is of the most retired and uiiassuniing
/element of Anierictin society. it has not
sought and does not seek pi'oiiiineiice
and power. except so far as it is for the
best interest and highest good of its
iiieiiibers. \Vhilc its history of‘ twenty
ye irs has not been a complete success
and its iiieiiib:-i's and frieiids have
sonietinies been tii\“l[)])t)Illl.(,‘\i in the re-
sults of their labors. it ’ has :u‘ct)lll-
plisoed so much for the Aiiieric-iii
tiiyincr. it iris iii-idc its power so forci-
bly felt in State and Natioiril legisla-
tion and lias won so enviable a reputa-
tion for tiie coiiservatisiii and dignity
of its action upon all iniportrint ques-
tions that none can deny it the fore-
raiik in Orders wiiich have for their
-object the protection and elevation of
their ineiiiticrs. Tlirougli a iiiiscoii-
ception of its aims and from various
causes of a local cli=.iracter the iiieiiiber-
ship of the ()rder in many States has
decreased, from what it was when
seemingly in the full tide of prosperity;
but its real strength in the country at
large was never so formidable as at the
present time.”—A1plia Messer, Ver-
mont State Grange.

More than 750 of the Patrons’ Na-
tional lit-suliiig Circles have been es-
tablished within the past year, and in
all parts of the United States. Many
of the State Masters spoke in the high-
est. terms of this valuable work of our
Order. and give well deserved praise to
Bro. Ii. II. Tliomas, \Vorthy b‘ecrctary
of the Pcnnsylvaiii-a. State Graiige, for
originating and perfecting the plan.

State Master J. H. Hale, of Connecti-
cut, has organized another large
Grange at \Vindsor, and another new
Poinoiia (il'2!.llg(.‘ is to be organized.

(‘.oloi~.ido is coming to the front
again. State Master Levi Booth writes
eiicoiimgingly. lie organized a new
Grange at Ni \Vot lately which now
numbers 60 iiieiiibers.

D:-piity National Lecturer D. H.
Tliing will do some ‘*o1ficial” work in
Massiicliusetts and New Jersey.

"Hark to the clarion, the echoes awaking,
Calling the brown—handed children of toil;

Brightly the dawn of ii. new day is breaking,
Rouse from your lethargy, sons of the soil."

From essay read by Mrs. Amanda Gunniion
bi-fore Clinton County Grange.

Fariiicrs, like all other classes, are
ranked in society according to their
education, ability and integrity. It is
not the amount of labor the artist puts
upon his paintings,but it is the thought
aiid’i-‘tiidy which he liasinade use ofthat
has iiridc him a master of his profes-
sion. llistory reveals to us the iiziiiies
of men who have risen from poverty
and made noble records for future gen-
erations to profit by. Their education
Was acquired by perseverance and am-
bition,zind with the aid of afew books
and a pine kiiot,tlicy have step by step
reached the very topmost round in the
ladder of fame. \Vlien we place before
our eliildren educational advaiituges,
we are la_viiig a solid foundation, one
Wliicli will not become undermined. If
reverses in fortune overtake tliein,tliey
have something solid to fall back upon.
Ignoraiice gives perpetuity to errors,
While education corrects them and ex-
pands the mind, exalts the faculties,re-
fines the tastes of pleasure, and opens
vast sources of intellectual enjoyment
and makes the gross pleasures of life
more despised. * * * * *

Let us, as parents, feel that there is a
higher duty to perform in the educa-
tion of our children, th-in to fill their
dinner pails and send them to school;
but let us feel it our duty to occ:isioii-
ally look in upon its workings and
wateli the iiiiproveiiients, and, if iiec-
ess:ir_v, make good .--uggestions to the
te-icliei' wherever tlie_v may be needed,
thus eiicoiirage our [0.'l<.'ilUl' and also
iirike our cliildren feel that we are in-
tcrcstcil in their beli-ill. This I zilways
found to be the one iiiiportrint clenient
lacking. and I have devised diil'creiit
ways to giin their pi'eseiice, sucli as
i~1l'llill}_":l(I‘l_V and iziviting them all to
be p1'c-‘ciit. This gciieizilly proved a
succ ss, and the sccoiid time they c:inie
was often’ voluiitirily. In every voca-
tion in life we should fix our eyes on
pcrfi~.'tioii and iiiake it our guiding st-.i.i'

tlirough tiicjourncy of life, to buoy us I

along its steep and rugged patlis. It is

not all joy nor all -iorrow along our pil- ,

griniige, but there is a silver lining to
every cloud; allare iiccessziry to coiii-
plete the liistory of lif, there are no
blank pages .-~.long its course.
___.._—_——ou—‘._.__

;_';'A,lieatL-11 knife will cut hot. bread

fiisssllancnus.
$9

Liberty Enllghtenlng the World.

BY JOHN G. WHITTIEB.

The land that, from the rule of kings
In freeing us, itsolf made free,

Our old world sister to us brings
Her sculptured dream of Liberty.

Unlike the she. as of Egypt‘:-1 sands,
Uplifted by t 10 toil-worn slave :

On l<‘reedoni’s soil with free men's hands
We rent the symbol free hands gave.

0, France, the beautiful, to thoe
Once more a debt of love we owe ;

In peace beneatli thy flcur do Iii
We hail ti. later Rochiuiiboaii.

Rise, stately symbol! holding forth
Thy light and hope to all who sit

In chains and darkness! bolt the earth
W'ith watt.-hfires from thy torch upliftl

Reveal the primalgntindnte still
Which chaos heard and ceased to be;
Trace on mid-air thy eternal will
In signs of fire, “Let man be free l"

Shine far, shine free a guiding light
To res.son’is ways and virtue's aim;
A lightning flash the wretcli to smite
\Vlio shields its license with thy riu.n.iel
-—- --—~v —

The Grumbler.
He sat at the diimer-table
VVitli a discontented frown :—
“'I‘lie potatoes and steak were iznderdone,
And the bread was baked too brown.
The pic too sour, the pudding too sweet,
And the roast was much too fat,
The soup so gri-ii.\y, too, and salt ;
Euro ‘twas hardly fit for the cat."

“I wish you could eat the bread and pies
I'v.* secn iiiy iiiothcr iiiakc;

They are something like, and ’twould do you I

good
Just to look as a loaf of her care.
Said the smiling wife, “I'll iinpiove with ago;
Just now I'm bu: a il1';_.'iIlllU";
But your iiiothcr has come to visit us,
And to-day she cooked the dinner.
Good Housekeeping.

MINETTE.

\Vithout a doubt. Minelte was the
pi'etti«,-st child in the .l:icques fouiidliiig
liospital. So:-lieery and bright was she
that ever_v one loved her, and after a
while the matron gave her the name of
"Siiiiette;” "foi',” said she, "the little
thing seems to flood every place where
she happens to be witlisuiisliine.” One
day as the tiny girl sat on a little cir-
cle of closely sliaven turf, where stood
a fine marble statue of llebe that some
patron ‘had given to ornaiiient the hos-
pital grounds,siiigiiig, as her habit was,
at the top of her bird-like voice, one of
the young physicians came that way
and asked:

"\Vliat is beneath you, my happy
baby?”

“(li'2iss,” replied the child promptly,
pullinglier scaiit check skirt about her
diiiipled knees, "or do _vou see a bug
or an ant or any creeping tliing?” and
she looked about her lll]L’LlSII_V.

“Notliing of the kind, little one,”
said the young man, laughing. “VVliat
is bciieath the grass'.’’’

"Dirt is,” said Miiictte, shutting her
rosy lips very tight. “I know; [saw
Paul, the gzirdcner, plant a rose tree.”

"Very good. \Vhat is bciicatli the
dirt?”

"Don’t know,” and the rosy lips
pursed themselves in a puzzled expres-
sion.

‘'1 will tell you, my small beau‘Ly,"’
said the young doctor, iiiysteriously.
"It is Cliina,:iiid the young people who
live there look like the pictures on
iiiadaiifs tea set and on the fire screen
in the old dot-tor’s room. If you sing
long enough and loud enough they will
hear you and come, bringing whatever
you like best.”

"I would like best a niamiiia and a
papa,” The answer was at once forth-
coming and the lips tightly closed.

“And a wax doll and a kitten?”

“No; my niamina and my papa will
get what else I want. I shall sing for
tliein.” ‘

“Well, Iiiiiist say that, considering
the circuinst:iiices, you have very clear
ideas of parental respoiisibilities,” and
the young man went laughing on his
way, laughing again as he paused for a
moment at the hospital door to listen
to Minette, who seemed to have tuned
her pipes anew in order to raise her
Chinese benefactors.

"You are a happy infant,” said a
nurse girl next day. who was crossing
the bit of a park and could not resist
the temptation of speaking to Minette
-few people could.

“Oh, it is not just simply because I
am happy that I sing,” confided the
little girl. “Have you heard that China
isjust beneath, and it the funn_v peo-
ple there hear me sing,they will come,
bringing me just exactly what I am
wishing for most of anything? The
good Dr. Octave told me so.” This with
a sideways perk of the small head and
a questioning look in the blue eyes.

“That is all very well,” said the
maid, settling her white muslin cap on
her head with both her hands, “but I
fear he did not tell you that you must
be forever Hillglllg the same song, for
the queer people in Cliiiia, who dwell
beneath you, will not come until they
hear the song they best like.”

-'~(.)h, dear I” sighed Minette, petulant
for just a moment. "It may be that I
do not know the song they like best.
1 will sing them all ovei' and if they
do not appear, you, Babette,iiius1 teach
iiie ziiiother."

“Will _voii be pleased to teach me a‘

song tliatl do not already know?" was
the girl's quaint request to nesirly ev-
ery stranger who entered the grounds
after that.

>'oi.ii-tiiiies the petition was granted,
soinetinies it was not, but every one
went away with a pleasant thought of
M inette,liung like 2i picture in the gal-
lery of memory.

One morning alady and gentleman
came quietly in at the gate and walked
about, silently regarding the children
playing here and there. As usual, Mi-

spot was China directly beneath her.
She was singing a quaint little Proven-
cal love song, taught her only the day
before by a produce vendor. and as the
new comers paused to listen, she said,
very sweetly:

“Will you please to teaeli inc :1 song
that. I do not already know how to
sing?”

“You will first have to sing for me
the ones you do know, m_v little girl.
so that 1may'be. sure of teaching you
one that you do not.”

“Will you indeed stay to ilt“ll‘ tlie'iii
all?” asked Minette, eagerly. "No one
lias ever done that.”

",I think we will," and the lad_v sat
down on a garden chair in the shade of
a laurel bush and folded her liands to
listen.

Miiiette sang her very best. and she
sang on and on and on, until her power
of voice and her nieniory were a mar-
vel to her listeners. At last she began
the very earliest of her baby lullabyzs,
the lad_v burst into tears and beckoning
to her liusbaiid who was paeiiig up and
down the gravel walk near her, she
said:

‘*'l‘liis is the child that l liave set my
heart upon. I can be coiileut with no
other. (Ionic here, little one. and we
will be to you a tiithcr and iiiotheiz”

"Oh, how did you come froni (?liiiia'.”'
asked .\iiiicttc. allowing licrsell to be
folded in the lady’s arnis, nothing
doubting. “I thouglit you were to
come springing up tiirougli the tiirf.
and I have looked for _voii, but you are
here and Iain rezidy to go,—oi;l_v l)r.
Octave must be told, for it \gis he who
tirst told me China was just lvenc;itli.”

Mr. and Mrs. Louis were the kiiidest
of parciits to the little t'oundliii_L‘. and
she proved licrsclf to be :i veritable
.s1iiibeaiii in their home. All the peo-
ple oii the estate loved the briglit,
cheerful, thouglitful young girl, and
her life was a useful as well as a happy
one.

\Vhe1i all the proiiiises of her beauti-
ful, budding woiiiaiiliood seemed surest
death took from her in one week her
loving foster-pareiits; and then it be-
canie known that they had neglected to
make any provision for her support.
The relations and heirs of her adopted
parents o1l'cred her a home with them,
and there were several suitors for her
hand in inarriage, but “No,” she said,
"I will go back to the dear old hos-
pital that gave me a home in my baby-
hood. I have been told many times
that I have a genius for lllli‘Sillg, there
are always sick babies needing atten-
tioii, and why should I not make my-
selfiiseful?”

So back to the (lear old foundling
hospital went the sweet young girl
with her lovely face. her bird-like
voice, her sunny disposition and her
aifcctioiiate heart, intent upon making
some other children as happy as she
had been made liei‘sclf.

“Of course I iegret the loss of my
foster parents and of their beautiful
home.” she said one day to the iiiatroii,
"but I should poorly repay all their
kindness did I not sliedabroad some of
the swectiie.-s they were continually
pouring into my life all the blessed
years I lived with them.”

“But if you stay here and have
cliarge of the little ones you will be
obliged to wear a cap and apron—tliat
is one of the regulatioiis.”

“I shall consider myself honored by
wearing the garb that has been worn
by so many noble women. I hope it
will become me as well as it did dear
Babette, and that I shall wear it with
as sweet a. grace.”

“\Vell, go your Way, said the ma-
tron, with tears on her cheeks; “you
always had your own way with every
one. from the time you were a kicking,
crowing baby. Go you and sit there
on your own little circle of turf by
the Ilebe statue and sing your songs to
the wee ones.”

Minette obeyed, and as she sang song
after song with the children huddled
about her, a stout, heavily-bearded
man came up the walk and paused near
the ancient laurel bush.

"Are you still looking for the father
and mother from China, Suiiette?” lie
21Sk(‘XI presently.

“They came long since, Dr. Octave.
I had t.lieiii while they tarried here.
They have gone on now to a better
izlllt .”

“And now your voice has brought
you a husband, if you will have him.”

Minette glanced up; there was a look
in the niaii’s face no maiden could mis-
take.

“You liardl_v kiiow1i1c,” she faltered.

“I never have lost sight of you my
child. I could have no fears of trust-
ing my happiness to your keepiiitr.”

“I belong to no one, doctor.”

“You belong to the Lord,aiid I want
you to belong to me, Fifteen years
are a great deal between a child and a
youth, but they are nothing between a
man and a woman. J)eIi'i)i.I1)S I am too
inipetuous-—you niay plead that you
know nothing of me.”

"I nevcr have lost sight of you.” con-
fessed Miiiette, with a blush. “Every
suiiniicr l have had the cliildren from
the liospital staying on the estate, and
the heart of every one of them was
buriiiiig with love for Dr. Oct.:i\'e, and
I niight as well be frank to say that my
cliildisli love for him has never grown
cold.”

So to Dr. Oct-ive’s beautiful sub-
urban lioiiie went our Minette, and
there you may think of her still, with
her childish sweetness and her maid-

¢

‘ ciily loveliness culminated in her grace-

ful matronly goodness.

-‘My whole life has been like a fairy
story,” she says, soinetimes, “from the
very beginning. when I was found a

_ been as many cloudy days in my
' Minet.te’s life as in the lives of most of
' us, but she inade it a rule to live only
in the sunsliiiie, a bountiful portion of
which the dear Lord gives to us all.”
— .‘.Ii's. Annie A. Prestoii.

“Lend a Hand."

One. need liardly say that there is
much of povert_v in the world. VVith
it, as we know. go hunger and cold
and siekiiess. h'ist.ers of (‘liai-ity.
churcli iiiissioiiaries. physicians. and
individuals. who go out to meet and
help the poor,arc almost overwhelmed
with the work that needs to be (Ions,
and the (‘0l’Ilp{|l':1iiV(‘i_\' small amount
each person can do. "\Vork as I may
from iiiorning until night, I cannot
begin to help one half the suilering I
see,” says one. Another makes moan,
“All I can pos.sibl_v do is a mere drop
in the bucket,’ to what iieeds to be
done...’ This feeling i.<.:ilniost un:ivoid-
able: but the consolatioii must come
in this form. No one can or should
carry the whole burden of niiscry
upon his shoulders. either to know or
to relieve. ’l‘hcre is liillcli of suffering
that must exist and iiiust be borne,
without relief. But—evcr_v little bit
of comfort, or help. or 1'li<'(>lll':lg(‘llll‘llt

piilsjust so much of brigliliiess into
the \vorld——a_\'c. doubly so, for we both
give and i‘ccci\.‘c briglitiiess in the do-
ing of iliese tlriiigs.

Fmv of us can iiisike a pi'ot'essioii of
(',il:l1'ii_\' work. Other tIllli1‘.~'('i:Iilll us,
espccizilly if we have lionics in which
we must not only ovei;.see. but do a
l:i1'ge portion of the work. Yet all of
us can lend a band, now and then. to
help another from disconifort to coin-
fort. The object of this article is to
tell lioiisckeepers a few of the practi-
cal things that espe.eioilly lie in their

province. First of all the iiiiitt,er of
clothing. In the spriiigtinie, when

winter clothing is laid aside, carefully
cull out all that which is worn too
much to be used in your family again,
or is outgrown or faded. I’iit it in a
pile and by degrees mend it. A strong
patch of another color is no detriiiieiit
to a gariiient, so it makes it whole and
weai'able. Good buttons that can be
used again upon a nice (li'ess, iiiay be
cut off; but be sure and sew others on.
Did you ever realize of how little
value a dress without buttons would
be to a poor woman who had no biit-
tons in the house and not a penny to
buy the cheapest sort with? It is not
a bad plan to set cliildren or servants
at this “poor” inending, under your
siipervisioii. Patch all holes and thin
places. l)o not be afraid of too much
patching, so it be neatly done. Hardly
any garment that is considered past
wear in a well-to-do family is too far
gone to be used again if well iiiended.
I wish I could go into hundreds of
houses and beg their heads not to
throw away even the badly worn gar-
iiicnts especially tlaiinel shirts and
drawers. If you could know how
small a proportion of our poor have
such garnients on tlieni, you would
patcli, and think your time well spent.

Too much stress cannot be put upon
the injuiiction to have all your “poor”
garinents mended. A whole sermon
could be written upon it, with firstl_v,
ecoiioniy; secondly, thrift; thii'dly,ex-
ample: fourtlil_v, inducemeiit to the
poor to coiitinue. the care of a garment;
and fiftlily, such a fine showing of the
strong moral influence it would have,
as would justify the whole sermon.

Iforbear now; some day I may give
it to you.

To continue: put all tliese garments,
all half worn shoes, all faded or Worn
and mended stockings, all hoods and
caps, all flannel skirts made out of all
the pieces of flannel in your piece bag.
even if two or more colors get iiit.o
one skirt, and anytliing else you can
think of into a large drawer or barrel
with a good sprinkling of camphor or
tobacco. You will be surprised to see
how it fills up, before cold weather
comes.

In the fall when suiiimcr things are
laid aside: do the same with those, al-
though it is less important than the
winter clot.liiiig work. ‘Next, what
shall you do with those things? I feel
very much like telling you not to dis-
tribute them yourself, unless you are
very sure just what. you are doinv.
Above all things, never give them i:

eople who come begging at your door.

t. is rarely safe, and such things can
do too valuable good in the right di-
rections to be wasted in the wrong
ones.

There are, in every city, charity and
relief societies, who care for the worthy
poor, investigate carefully every case,
know particular wants, and have the
nieans of gaining informatioii respect-
ing the poor that private fainilics do
not have. They are safe distributors
for your clothing.

Failing those. _vou can do no better
than carry them to a public school in
some poor district, and any teacher
can tell you of some needy, wortliy,
E lialf-clotlied child or its mot.lier who
I will bless you for your provision.

In a former article I spoke of the
saving of old cotton and linen cloth
for liospitals. There is yet. another
thing that liospitalsaregreatly in need
of, and that is canned fruits and jellies.
Go to some poorlio.spit.al in early sum-
mer. tell the niatron to send _voii a
dozen eiiipt_v Masoii jars, which she is
sure to have (empty) and a dozen cups;
‘Itlien, as you can fruit or make jelly
I from time to time during suiiiiiier and

autumn, fill ajar or cup with fruit.
\Viien winter comes, send it over to
the sick. It will cost you little in
v‘ money, upon the whole, and add very

nette was on the circular bit of turf wee, helpless baby among the roses in § little to your labor, but so much to
at the base of the statue of Hebe, for I the hospital garden until 1iow.”

1 your pleasure when you realize what a

or strcngtli each one of us can give,‘

without making it soggy. jshe supposed that only in that very l But her husband says: “There have  large slice of comfort you have sent

  /

 

. so when coiiiforttibly
are provided for animals it is a saving

out to the "charity patients” in that
struggling liospital.

The empty cans that you fill in your
own liouscduring the winter. with ap-
ple sauce, to use after apples are. gone,
will eacli hold a quart of grateful tart-
ness for the sick. during the coming
summer. if you remenibei' to send some
of them to this saiiic liospital.

Tiny fancy cups or glasses. whole or
crac.ked, well filled with jelly will
hold an amount of lizippiiiess for some
sick. poor child all out of proportion
to their size, and the ease with which
you filled them from the last scraping
of your jelly kettle.

How I do wisli ever ' housekeeper
would try just once this sort of pleas-
urczible giving. No one would need
to tell her to do it again.

:‘Lend a liand." It sounds little en-
ough to do: but it means some one kept
from calling, some one helped up that
has fallen, some bi1i'dei1cm'i'ied bravely
to the end that otlierwise would have
brokeii the. bearer‘s strengtli if not her
licart. “a ray of suiisliiiie in a dark
place,” a‘ courage roiised to enable one
to “i)(‘._Jill ag:iin.” and, (oh! how true it
is,) the returning flood of sunsliiiie on
the one whose hand stretclied out.

Once niore: "Lend a liaiid."—Jiiiiia-
ta h't:itl'ord in Good Iloiisckeepiiig.

~———»:——-—IIOII>———~——~

Brevitles from the Husbandman.

A w:irm stable suitably ventilated
will lesseii iiiatcrially drafts on the
Oili bin.

It takes food to make illlllllllél-i

heat,
warni quarters

ofpi'ovciidcr.

If labor can not ziccoiiiiiiodate itself
to iluctuat ions incidciit to ever-vai'_viiig
deiiiand. it will have maiiy a disap-
pointiiient.

It is not so much the two-cent tax
as the licence fee and coiiscquent pub-
licit_v that makes the oleoiiiargariiie
trade very discouragiiig business.

If the Graiige has no other value it
is worth all it cost in the opportuni-
ties for cxteiidiiig aeqiiaiiitaiice and
the development of social character.

Many a. cord of wood is wasted in
vain endeavor to warm air :l.(iI]litied
around loose windows and doors that
might be made tight at trifling cost.

A good heavy blanket must be about
as great ii. comfort to a horse after
driving that has warmed him, as an
overcoat to a man under similar con-
ditions.

Cattle pinched for food in January
or February will lose much more
than any apptirent saving. If there is
to be any pinching let it come as late
as possible.

Law will never relieve labor by es-
tablishing for it liolidays that it may
get as well without the sanction of
statutes as with the most carefully-
worded ciiactiiieiits.

The policy of cstablisliiiig by law 3.
“Labor Day" is a little obscure so long
as there are more than three hundred
of them in a year for men who have
to work for a living.

If cattle are intended for the butcher
before gi'ass next spring, they should
be fed full of fattening food every day
in winter, with care to supply variety
in order that appetite iiia_v be stimu-
latcd.

Every meeting of fariiiers where
disciissioiis of farm topics is the prin-
cipal order teiids to broader thought.
and is therefore worthy of attention
from all who are within convenient
distance.

Now is the time to prepare for the
work that will press with the open-
ing of spring. Look the fields over;
make the iiiatter a careful study,
then decide what shall be done and
how to do it.

Fariiiers deserve some punishment
for their neglect to participate in ac-
tive politics with such effect as to
iiiake their wishes respected by the
sclieiiiers who iiianage party affairs
including selection of ofiicers.

Many fariiiers prefer to sow plaster
on grass lands in midwinter because
they believe it will liave earlier action,
a very reasonable view since it in
known that plaster dissolvesverysl0W-
l_v and until dissolved it can have no
beneficial etfect.

Lands that were plowed last autumn
for seed to be sown next spring, may
be inanured now with entire safety.
The best way with stable iiiaiiii re is to
spread it at once. This will bea sav-
ing of time and labor. It will also
secure the best effect.

 -
You can Learn How to Get Rich

by sending your address to Hallett &
Co., Portland, Maine. They will send
you full iiiforniatioii about Work that
you can do and live at. home wherever
you are located. \Vork adapted to all
ages and both sexes. $5 to 825 a day
and upwards easily eariied. Some have
e:iriie.d over $50 in a day. All succeed
grandly. All is new. You are started
free. Capital not required. Delay not.
All of the above will be proved to you
and you will find yourself on the road
to a liaiidsoiiie fortuiic.with a large and
absolutely sure iiicome from the very
start.
- » —

T0 pull wool well, reiiiarks an ex-
change, is an art iiccessai'_v for any
sheep owner to know. Sprinkle the
wet skins on the flesh side with air-
slacked liiiie; lay the two skins togeth-
er on the flesh side and pile. up the
pelts in a heap. In a few days the
heap will sweat quite freely, when the
Wool parts from the skin easily and
may be stripped off very readily.
The secret is worth knowing and re-
memberiiig.


    

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We see the Legislatiiie is invokbd-t-o
come to the aid of speculative fariiiers
by a bill aimed at these Bohemian oat
Iwindlers. That may protect some

Wolverine farmers and compel these
fellows to seek other fields. They are
now working siir-r-essfnlly in some parts
of the l:}u1pii'ch.‘,tate.

The Law and Order League.

T111; qucstioii l1:i.< boon {l.~'l\'ctl. "\‘v'liy
l1.-is not the t)l'f_":llll’/.:li.lt)ll known as tho
‘Law and Urdor Lougiic of Micliig:1Ii'
inot with j_"l't':llt‘l‘.Sll(f('(3SS?” This timo-
ly (1ll(,‘.<il(ill Wo proposo to :1I1s\\'oi'. .\s
sonio who read this iii:iy not olourly
ui1doi'st:iiid the object of tho Loagiio,
for thc iIifori1i:1tion of such we con-
deiisc :1 stzitoiiieiit of its purpose, as
found in its dccliimtioiiz “To secure as
t:1r:is possible tho oiifor1:ei1icIit. of law
by bringing to the notice ot‘otficors iii-
fractions of law and aidiiig the civil
iiutlioritics in tho pc1‘foi'Iiiai1co of their
duties to the end tli:1t the good iiitent
of tho statiites of the State iii:1y be
ni:ido oifeotivc in the proniotion oftho
wcltiire of the people.”

The purpose of the Loagiie has boon
liullitiod for tho following i'e:isoIis:

First—Tlic iiifliicntizil biisiiicss mon
in inost of thc villugos and cities of
tl1cSt:1te, though in titvor ofeIit'oi'i-iiig
l:1ws.rosti':iiiiiiig and puiiisliing vicious
and hurtful pi':i1-tit-o.<.:1iitl tho illognl
sailo of liquor to Iniiiors and drunl\'—
:1rds. yet dare not or will not t:1ko
:1 dot-idod stzind and aid in (3llll)l"‘lllg‘
law for tho i'o:1soIi.:1.< givoii by thorn-
sclvcs and us pi‘oV(.-(l by oxpoi'i(-Iicc.
that tl1oii'biisiiics.< isl1o_\‘t'ott(*(l by tl1:1t
l:1i'gocl:1.~'.< who bolioyo in ll'(‘(‘(l()lll to
do wrong. while thoy do Iiot rot-oiyo :1.<
thoy slioiild tlicsupport to which thoy
:1ro ontitlod from the trioiids of good
ordor, who fail to oo-opor:1te and sus-
tain ouch othoi‘.

.\'oco1id—Tliorc is a di~po~'ition(;1nd
it is :1ln1ost iiiiivorsiil) on tho part of
Inunioipzil ofiiccrs to wink at tho (‘Uln-
Inission of tho v:irious criiiics that tho
League was orgz1i1i'/.od to dual with.
(,)b.soi'\':itioii :1iid oxporioiioc have con-
viiicod us that this l.~ triio. no inutter
by what political party clot-’Icd. Tho
Lciiguc has, tlirough its oflioors.i'opo:1t-
edly called tho attoiition of the proper
ofliccrs of cities :iiid villages to the
fact that thc oi-iiiies the League has to
deal with more partit-iil21rl_v were be-
ing coiiiiiiittod, and have ofl'(>red to
render aid in securing evidcnco to
coiiviot o1l'ciidei‘s.biit in most czis-cs sucli
oliit,-,ci's have absolutely rcfiised to act
zitall and scorned ratlier to be in league
with the ofi'ende1's. E‘

Third — \Vhen the Lczigue has
brought ooinplaiiits against oll'cndcrs,
supported by coiiolusive evidoncc. and
tho parties have been arrested and
brought to trial, ininost c.:iso.-I tlicjury
enipziiiclodliiivc readily found the ac-
onsod ".\"ot (}iiilty.”

Fourth-In Iiiost czisos where cori-
viction has been had for violation of
law,ai1d where there were no palliatiiig
cii'<.-uiiistaiices wh:1teV‘ci' and where the
oflbiise li:1d been repeated, the punish-
incnt inflicted has been the least pro-
vided by la\v—-if :1. fine, frequently less
than the cost to the coinpl:iiiiant,wliile
the guilty party Inay have made twice
usiiiuclias the fine by the violation
coinplaiiied of. This fault» is cliarg-
able to the Police Courts and Justices
of the Peace, in Whose discretioii the
punislnnciit lies. These oflit-oi's are
usually so dependent on the class froin
which ot’t'eiidci's conic t'or their present
position and for continuing therein,
tli:1t while they may be t':1ii'l_v good
citizciis, they are seldom men of ster-
ling qtialitics who bring oithcr ability
or stability to the discliargc of their
ot’tici:1l duties.

‘ifth—\Vhile the points we have
inadc arc discotiiugiiig to men, who in
the ciifoI'ceincnt oflaw have but 11. coni-
mon iiitercst with their fellow citizens,
yet these are not all. The Suprciiic
Court by coiistriictioiis of the statute
has interposed and accuniuliited (lith-
cultios and ei1il):ii'i':issinoi‘lts. Soc. 2:375,
llowoll’s (‘oiiipil:1t.ion, providcs that
the punisliiiicnt for ccrtuiii violations
of l:iw shall be “By :1 tine of not less
tlizin $25. nor more than $100 and costs
of prosocutioii, and imprisoiiiiioiit in
the county jail not less than to nor
inoro than 9!) days. in tho di.‘s‘<:rotioIi of
tho (.‘ourt.” Tho Suproiiio (Yourt, in it
cuso from Van hiron (louiity l:itoly,
hold tli:it1l1i.~idoI-.<Iiot iiictiii tiiio .‘l!l‘.l
iiiiprisoiiiiiont. as it s:1ys, but I1io:111s
llll('t1l'lllI}>l‘lS(1l|l|il'lll,lltllIt3tll!~(‘l'lJlll)lI
of tho 1 'o1II't.

.7\;_-':ii11. .‘~'<-o. ‘_"_’T|. llo\voll'< 1 'oinpil:1-
lion. l1l'II\'l‘.l1".~'lll tho most 5~l)t‘('lll4’ l:1Ii-

j_»'iI:1;_»'o for tho <-lo.~inf_r' of :ill pl:Ioo-‘ j
wl1oroliqIIoi'is sold or kopt for srilo on
I-ci‘tuiI1<lz1y.~:1I1d:it ('orl:1iIi tiiiios, with ,

poiialtics for violation pi'cst-,i'il»o:,l in
the niost (,‘X:l(,'i l:1iIg1i:1go in tho ncxt st.-o-
tion. In strict accortl with tl1crc:1d-
ing of the law, as t'oiind in these two
sci-tioiis, the Supreine Court has
ruled in several cases within a few
years. And yet in the case from Van
Burcn County referred to, the ruling
of the Supreme Court so modifiedand

. ('ll£t1l,‘._L'0'tl all fUl'1llt‘l'6lI.‘('l~l0ll< ;.s to open

tho door for :l('qllltl:tl.~‘ toa (l(‘_'_'l'L't} that I, (,‘l1i'isti:inity bI'ii1gscoIitoIiipt upon tho

uIidoi'Ii1iuo.<our i'o.spc<-t for and confi-
donoo in this liighost jlitliciul tribuiizil
of tho, st.-itc. .

.-\g:tiii. tho .<ci-tioii iiiiiiicdiutely fol-
lowing tliose i'ofci'1'ctl to. No. 2276,
reads. '*.\ny person. \vl1o by false pre-
tmist-. shall obtain any spirituoiis. nialt.
brcwcd. fcriiieiitod, or vinous liquor.
or shall bo drunk or iiitoxia,-:1t.ed in any
hotel. ltlVCl‘ll, inn, or pltice of public
l,)l1.~‘lll(3.s'.s‘, or in any asseiiiblagc of poo-
plc oolleotod together in any place for
any purpose, or in any sti't-ct. alley,
lane, liigliway: railwziy or street c:'1r. or
in any other public plzioe, shall on con-
viction tliorcof be puiiislicd by a mic
of ten dollars and the costs of prose-
cution, or impi-isoniiieiit in the (‘Olli-
Inoii jail of the county not less tli:in
ten days :1iid not c.\'<-coding twenty
days. or by both .~'ll('ll fine and iinpris-
oninont in tho discretioiiofthetjoiirt."
.\ l:ito,dooi.<ioIi ot' the Suproino (fourt
do1~l:11't-s this sot-lionuni-1mstitiitioiizil.

Agziiii. llowoll'.< (‘onipil:1tion. Soc.
2375. 1)l'<I\'l<ll‘~ that no one in:1y so-ll in-
t0\'lt‘.zlTlll_Lf lixpiors without first o.\‘o-
outing :1 bond. tho siittioioni-_v of which
shall bo,dotorn1iIio<l by tho tfoiiiiiioii
(,,‘oun1-ii of tho yillsigooi-oit._\‘ in \VlIlr'll
such llll.~'lll1‘.\.\ is propo.~1-d to bo o:1ri'iod
on. otrz. and tln-.\‘i1pi'<-iiio('ourt;1ttli1i-
Juno toriii. lfibl. hold ~ul1.<1:1nti:1lly
that it was di:-:<-I-otioi1:1i'y with tl1o<1-oil
tioors to :1ppro\'o lllt‘,.~t‘ l>olltl~' that worc
piosoiitotl or not: that thoy 4-ullltl not
bo 1-onipollod to approve tlioiii Iior to
:1.<,-ig_-‘ii i'o.-1.-oiis for rotus:1l. but :1l:1tt-r
tlocisioii at tho Juno torin ot 158:3
spolloil tho rocord by rcvoi'sing forinor
docisioiis on this point. Wo have onu-
n1or:itcd sonii-. of tho ro:1soiis why tho
Luw and ()i'der League of Blioliigaii
li:1siiotpoi-sistod in its reforin work.

llut tlicro is :1iiotl1oi'i'o:1soi1which has
ziddod to its tliscoiiiugoiiiciit. But :1
small proportion of tho iiicii promi-
ncntly idciititiod with the (.‘l1i'istiaii
oliurolics liave been willing to lend
their support to this effort to sustztiii
and enforce the laws of the State en-
acted to i'cstr:iii1 the lawloss. ni:iint:iin
order and oiicouriige good citizensliip
with tho iiiomlity and virtue that
adorns our civilization.

Vt'e regret this iIiditl'eroiice to the
ol)lig:ttio1is of citiztriisliip on the part
of that l:ii'gc body of Very i'espeot:il)lc
people who seoni to think the vi:-os
found in ii ooitiniuiiity. which endanger‘
its poaoo and oripplc its prospcrity,:1ro
to be ovcrooiiic and ciirod by foriiizil
pr:1_vci's. VVC don’t object to the
pi'aycr.< but believe them quite inetfi-
cient for the protection of society
if not stistaiiietl by :1 practical dcniziiid
1IpOIi those who are elected to on-
foi-oc laws that they dist-.li:1rge their
duties strictly in iiccoiwliiiico with tlioir
oath of otfice. It is generally tinder-
stood that public opinion is the essen-
tial backiug relied upon for the on-
forccinoiit of any law and that without
it all laws to rt-str:iin aro ineticctivo,
and cvcrywlicre regarded as ii'i'it:iting
stattites ratlicr than cfl'c(-tive l)ill'I‘lL’.1‘S
to crime. \Ve regzird this as s1ibsta.ii-
tially tri1o.:ind iftruo what a repi'o:icli
to the-public atlvertisod pI'ot'essioii ot
good intent and good works on the
part of those who build in every vil-
lage and city of the land these costly
edifices with their towering spires
and dedicate thein—to what? If left
to us to say we should reply, Iiiorc to
l'()1'lI1:ll service than iiotivo woi'k—inore
to the routine of it theory than to
plans for the protection of society
from its own inherent wickednoss.
\Ve saw in an exchange the otlicr day
an cditorizil that expresses our opinion
so fully that we quote:

We say it with all becoming reverence,
that if our preachers would discourse more
on salvation through decency, and less on
salvation through Christ, the plane of public
morality would be perceptibly raised. There
are plenty of dead-heads in the world, who
carry their deadheadism to that extent that
they would rather go to heaven by the
spiritual bankrupt act, than to honestly earn
aseat in the realms of the blest by good
deeds and a virtuous life. In the plain but
figurative language of a very practical world,
we want 11 religion that is “all wool and a
yard wide.” VVhat a man [Irv :’.T.Y!5 we care
nothing about. \\'liat he ‘~mm't1't(i‘ is a
proper subject for criticisiii.

Ovor loo mon in :1 iicigliboring city
p'ut tlioir n:i11io,< to it p-Ipor tho doing
of wliioh iinpo.-oil on ouch Iiiitlorory
ono of thoiii:iI1oblig:1tioIi to .~‘l:1nd
t(>}__>‘13lli1'l':lll(l oo-opor:iIc in the work of
o1it'or<'i1i}_-' inunioipzil :111dst:1to- law. A
1;11-;_r1- proportion of lllI:Ill worc gooil
Ulir'isti:1i1sus tho, world goos; nioii of
\V(‘.tlllll and iiitlticiicc. Notliiiig. how-
ever, caine of it for the simple roasoii
that they gave the paper Which they
had signed no bucking, but treated the
matter as though that sheet With their
names would of itself arrest, convict
and punish all violations of law. Now
it is safe to say that to the mind of the
average sinner that sort of practical

cliurches and upon thoso who pi‘ot'os.<
so much more tl1:i1i they pi-:11-tit-c.

\Vhen:'1 Louguc has 1lll(ll,‘l'ltll{(‘ll to
enforce law and ll:l.< had hardly the
noininal support of incn who want to
he rot-ogiii7.cd as good l,‘hi'istian citi-
zens, but who at tho szinic tinio leave
all the work. i‘espoii.sibility and odiuin
to one or two lll(ll\'l(lll:llS the outconic
could easily be predicted.

The Law and Ordor Lo:1giieot‘Miol1i-
gun has not been ontirol_v l):1l‘1‘f‘ll of
good results: It lizis broiiglit the laws
relating to the regulation and sup-
pression of the liquor traflic in inziny
places pi'oininontl_v to the attention of
the people. It has in some places
braced up public ofiiciuls and vii1di-
cated tlic power and value of restric-
tivt-laws. lt has conipcllod inch to
put. tlioin.-olvcs oii-i'e«-ordiis protoiidors
r:1thei' than roli:iblc supporters of
law. And it li:1s shown tho ne-
cessity of such logislzitioii
will (:l)ll>'l1‘llt‘t or niiit-ml laws for
the slippi'o.<.<ioIi or puiiisliiiioiit of
I'l'llll(‘ that whon Ullllbl'1‘(‘(l :11'o:1doqi1:1to
for that purposo and will stziml tho
tost of:i v:i.~cill:1tii1g Suprciiio (‘ourt.
Our (‘irouit JIi<l_<_»‘o.~ :Iro pi'o.~'ui11od to
bc inon iniorostod in tho public wol-
t:1ro:1Iid we subinii that it would not
bo :1.<l\'iIIg too niuoh of thoni to giro to
lo;_v'i.~l:11oi-s who 1ii:1y i£ll\'(‘ an iiitori-st
in this inattt-r the bonotit of their
ob~oi'v:1tion and oxporioiioo in >’llI'll

21-5'

:1Iiiondi1ioI11 ot‘c.\‘isting l:1w.<:1.< will bo
lil<oly to stzind tho tost of tho .\'upi-oino
Court :1nd:1'. tho ~:1i11c tinio llltlkt‘ tho
«-onyii-tion of otl'ciidor.- loss ditlioult.

7The visiiar.

()no nioiith of lt~'.‘<7 has passotl, and
holding fast to tho priiiciplos of the
Urdor, we have been 1-onipcllcd to
st1'il{0 very ni:1iiy nziincs froin our list
of Slll)st'l'll)Cl‘s who intend to rciicw
but who liavo neglected to do so be-
caiiso not (':llle(l on by :1 solicitor. At
the aiiiiuiil iiiocting of the Stiito
Grziiige in 188.3, :1 solieine was presented
and adopted whiol1sc<-iirod the appoint-
ment of special agents or solicitors for
the Visrroit. and a large nuiiibcr were
so uppoiiitcd and very Iiiany of them
did excellciit work. No siich action
w as taken at the last session although
the Visrron was as lie:1rtily ciidorscd as
ever before. but that failure to recom-
niond it dctinitc plan of in-tioii and im-
pross tho duty upon the iiieinbcrs pres-
ent to cai'i‘y such plan into olfect, has
had a b:id effect upon our list. We are
sure that we attriliute the loss to the
right c:iuso,, as in pl:iccs where the
agent of ISH6 voluiitarily took hold of
the work, tlioi-e has been no loss. It is
Iiot because l’:1ti'oIis do not w:iiit the
paper or are not willing to pay for it,
but it is wholly cl1:1i'go:ible to :i want of
proiiipt business habits on the part of
fariiiers as :1 class. The solicitor stand-
ing at the head at this date is Bro. D.
H. English, of Sariiiiac, who has al-
ready sent us 60 iiiinies, inostly renew-
als. A few others have rendered good
service. But. We want :1iid niust have
more of this work done and it should
be done at once, To this end we shall
send several copies of this nunibei‘ to
each of those solicitors who were ap-
pointed and did good work for us
last )'021l'. And we hope their iii-
tcrest in the Order and in the VISITOR
will be found equal to the task of du-
plioating the work of last year. VVC ask
those who cannot or will iiotzict to have
this l1ltltt(‘l' pi-esciitcd to the Giuiige,
and sec to it that the rcspoiisibility of
attcndiiig to this iiiatter be placed in
the hands of some suitable lirotlier or
Sister. \Ve can soiiil buck iiuinbcrs to
those whose tinics expired in Decem-
lvcl‘.

Griiiigo work in Iowa is iinproving
and the :ii'i'.-iiigoiiiciit has boon ijciicwcd
niiikiiig the VIsI'I‘oit the official organ
of thc l’.-itrons of that State. Tho
(,i’l':lllf_"(! is gotting :1 tirni footliold in
Nclii-:1.<k;1, :1i1d wo have such siibst:iii-
tiul ovidciioo of tho :'1pprov:1l of tho
\'Isrron by tho l’:1tron.<, as was fur-
nishod by :in ordor front 0ll(‘(irl‘21Ilf.£t‘
ol'tl1o,h't:1to for :15! I-opios. “'12 1:10:11]
to giro t.l1o111 full vullio t'oi'tl1oi1'111ono,y
and if this inlinbor don't proyo it wo,
will ll‘_\'.‘i;::1lll.

'l'iII.~ is‘ tho .-o:1<oI1 of tho yo:1r for
l“:1i'ii1ors' lIIstituto<.wl1ioli :1rcsoI11ut-l1
cnjoyod by l:1I'g1- nunibors of thriiiors

1; who 2111* not l’:1trons:1II-l h:1\'o no ;_rood

word for tho ()rdor. Tlioy
twenty miles to zittond an liistituto

and coininciid it on thoir i'oturI1:is:i
Iiiiglity good thing for t':1riiiors. Onc-
lpilf thcsc s:1i1ic inon iniglit attciid fl.
Grange where the sauna opportunities
for eiijoyiiiont and iinprovenieiit are
Within easy reach, and available
twenty-four times every year. But
We will not complain; it is far better
for them to attend an Institute than to
remain at home all the time.

will go

The People Have: Been Heard.

Tno (‘hit-:1go Tribune s:1_\'s:

A receiver in this city forwarded to 2.
shipper iii Nel)i'aska just two Cents per
bushel as his share on a consignment of
corn. The property had been sold in store
here at 27 cents per bushel, 22 of which
went to pay railroad cost of transportation,
the storage and commission. In another
case recently the Nebraska shipper received
the magnificent sum of $26.50, being the
whole amount coming to him from the sale
of a carload of some 550 bushels of com, the
railroad freight on which to this city was
$147.50. The average of charges on these
two parcels was five times, and the ware-
house charges alone one-quarter, the sum
remitted to the country shipper of corn.

Argiinieiits covering fzicts like the
above have been piesoiitcil by indi-
vidual ftl1‘IIlPJ‘S to their representa-
tivos in Congress as well as by
Giuiiges, by sliippoihs and by men who
have some love of country as woll as
love of fair play, until tlu-.iI':ii'guiiIciits
and demands have ovcrconic tho oppo-
sition o1'r:iilw:iys and their attorneys,
and an liitor-State (‘,oniiiior<-0 Bill has
ptissod both Houses of Coiigicss.

This bill coiitoiiipl:1tc;< ooi'ro,t-tiiig
abuses that have borne lll().~‘t- lioavily
on prorliicers of tho gi'o.-it. wcst. Men
of tii'st-class l>iisiIics.<:il1ilit_\' arc usiial-
ly found in theiiizinzigoinoiit of the
r:iilw:1ys of tho country. But it .~t‘,(‘lIlS
that tlioii‘ gi‘co<l has oxoootlcd their
wisdom. and to this tit:-t wo may truce
tho pzissugc of tho lntoi'-.~'t:1to (‘oni-
lIl(‘1‘(‘(- Hill. Fow :it-is of (‘ongrcss
siiico the org:iIiiz:1tioI1 of tho g<i\‘(:i'Ii-
inoiii li:ivo boon l):l.~‘S(‘(lA(lfllltlfililllg so
lIlll(‘l1 powor in tho |1:ind.< of tlirce
Inc-ii. W0 s:1_v tlirco l>o.o:11iso ina Board
of live. while the wisdoni niuy be in-
1-i'o:1scd by tho :iddition:il two, the
power is vostod in thrco. A most iiii-
portzint provisioii of the bill and the
one Inost strciiuously rcsisted by the
i‘:1ilw:iy coi'por:it,ioiis provides that
railwziys shall not c.harge more for a.
short haul than for a long one. The
przicticc of making good :1 low rate
between competing ‘points, by high
rates on iiiuch shorter hauls no ainount
of pettifoggiiig has been able to justify
to the satist':ic.tion of the sufi’t-.ring
party, and it happens to constitute the
grerit. in:ijorit.y. It is iissunied that
coiiditioiis may arise where the strict
cnforot-meiit of this provision of the
law may Iiot be in accord with the best
iiitercsts of all parties coiicorncd, in
which case the Board liave 3 right to
suspend the oporatioii of the law. It
is :1 great experiniciit,:iiid if upon wise,
upright inen this duty is devolved of
standing between theso imiiiense
irionicd corporations on the one liand
and the great body of tho pooplc on the
other, we believe it will prove a most
beneficent act.

THE following resolutions were re-
ceived in an envelope with several
subscriptions to the GRANGE VISITOR
from the Secretary of Butler Grange
under date Jan. 26. There Was noth-
ing to indicate their presentatioii or
adoption by Butler Grange or any
other and we are quite in the dark
about their patcriiity or authority but
as there is a request by resolution that

they be published we cheerfully coin-

ply:

Resolved, That this Grange most heartily
approves of the constitutional provision by
which the discussion of all partisan political
questions and the merits of candidates for
l)fi’lC€ is prohibited in the Grange.

Resolved, That we believe it to be right
and expedient that the same rule that is en-
joined upon the Grange respecting political
discussions should be observed in the publi-
cation of the GRANGE VIsIToR both editori-
ally and by its contributors.

Resolved, That an assurance from the
management of the GRANGE VIsIToR that
this rule will be carefully applied to its publi-
cation in the future will greatly promote
harmony in the Grange and a more universal
support to the paper.

Resolved, That a copy of the above reso-
lutions be sent to the GRANGE VisiToR for
publication.

As we have alrsxidy set up our de-
fciiso for the course pursuod “Editor-
ially” in rclzitioii to politics, and as
‘*(,‘oiiti‘ibutors” are equally ai'i':iigIied
we shall wait for coIifc.~:sion or defence
from them before rcferriiig f:iI't.hor to
tho c.l1:1rgcs iinpliod in the I‘t‘s()llltl()11s.
While we plead “Not guilty,” we are
oliaritziblc onough to believe tlI:1t.~toine
of our brotbors and sistors honestly
think tho VIsI'1‘on ti‘:1iis«-oiidcd the
limitspi'osoi'ibo1l by (li‘:iI1i:o law and
:tlllllUl‘ll_V. and wo o:1i‘i1o.-lly onioin up-
on t‘,til‘l‘l‘r4])()ll(ll‘lllS who ni:1y roply to
lll(‘ iiiipliod <~l|:1i'g'o of ti'osp:1ss. to be
t‘.‘ll'(‘ll|l in l:>.I1gi1:Ij_r'o and not IiiiIit;cos.s:i-
rily proyoko, oppositioii and arouse
I'oiiti'ovoi'sy.

\\'o dou’t know wlii-thor the editor
of the (ii';1i_1ge Bullotiii has any politics
or not. or if he has we are quite igno-
rant of their kind or complexion, but
here is what. he said of the VISITOR:

it is stated that the GRANGE VISITOR, of
Michigan, has been assailed and abused for
sustaining farmers for public office. Our es-
teemed contemporary may well court such
opposition, for it is the surest sign of effective

service to the f f M‘ 11‘ ._..G
Bulletin, Ohio.umm 0 ‘C ‘gm range

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EBRU ARY 1, 1887.

TZEIE G-.'.E2;.A.l\TC3-IE VISITOR’.

    

'5

National Grange Proceedings.

VVE received the followitig under
seal of the .\'ational G ‘tinge. To make
more effective the actioti ot the Na-
tional Grange we sttggest tltat titutiges
adopt 1'esolutioits of approval and for-
ward the same. with the prcatiihle atid
resolutions ot' the National Grange to
the l\leniber of (_‘.o1igt'esst'1'otit the Dis-
trict in which the Giaitige is sittiated.

and also to one or both of the Senators
front this State.

National Gratige. Patrons ot‘ Husband-
ry—( )flice of the Secretary. Wasliiiig-
ton, D. 0.. Jaiittary 15. 13:47. ’

GRA‘N(il-) Vtsrroit. Sclioolcraft. Mich.
DEAR Siit:—L'~tider the itistructions

of Hon. Put. Darden. \V0rthy Master

of the National Grange. I have the
honor to forward to you the following
resolutions and reports tttiaiiitttously
adopted at tlte Twentieth Sessiott of
the National Grange. Patrons of Hits-
bandry, lteld i1i tlte city of Pllll:l(lt‘l—
phia, t'roiii Nov. 10 to 18, and to ask
your favoralile attention to the sanic:

‘Vllt'l‘(§.‘lS. It is of more itiiportance
to tartiters tliati to atty other class of
eitizetis to ktiow \vliat cliangcs are
likely to occttr in the weather: and.

W'hcreas. The t'artiierst'urnisli tlit'ee-
fourths of the exports of the countr_y.
and are the large-‘t tax-payers in stip-
port oftlietleiicral (}oVcl'ltllleItt: there-
fore,

Resolved. That the ('Ull,‘_"l'L‘\s‘ of th
United States he respect liully l't'<1lIt'.<l('tl
to pass stich laws as shall ‘i‘urni-"Ii the
bent-tits ot‘ the Sigtial Service to the
t'arnit-rs of the counti'_\'.

()n motion. the t‘ointnittee oit Edit-
cation lll:|(l(‘~‘1H*cl:ll report.tiiidet' a sus-
pension of the disctissioti ot the report
of the (‘oininittee oti ;\;_"l‘lt‘tllIlll't'.:l~
follows:

lit-ti-t'etice to the measure now pend-
ing in (,‘ongi-es-. a.-t‘orniulated in what
it-' kiiownas the "llatch bill." provid-
ing for the establisliiiieitt :itid iiiaiti-
tenance oi‘ Agrictiltural Experiiiietit
Statiotis. having been iti:tde to this
Cotiimittec. its members have made
critical cxatitinations of the provisions
therein etiibraced. and they unite in
the concltisioii that the work cont.etn-
plated is a proper subject for which
cost should be tiiet by the getieral Grov-
ernmcnt.

There is also uttaiiimotis agreetneiit
by the (,,‘-otiiiiiittee to the proposition
that such work should be delegated to
Experitnent Stations. already estab-
lished under State control, where such
institutions are now in operation. and
the Coniittittce, tlicrctore. recoiiniicnds
that tltis body advise such change in
the billas will give it this efi'cct. .\la1ii-
festly, it is itt accord with the spirit
and purpose ot' the bill that the work
be deputed to tliose Stations where
they have already beeit proved worthy
of contidence and support. Your
('orii1iiittee. tlte1‘et‘ot'(-. deenis it a iitat-
ter of ecoiionty atid wisdoiii that this
appropriation for suclt States as have
independent Agricultural l*lxpcritnent
Stations be given to tltetii nitlier than
to new Statioits. \Vitliout this cltatigc.
it is very plaitt that the full ptirpose of
the bill will not be attained.

Another change desired by the (font-
mittee is, that the appropriatiott for
any State in wltich there is no l*lxperi-
ment Station under State control, and
in which a College has been establislied
under the provi ons of the latid grant
act of 1862, aitd has departed from the
purposes of that act, by neglecting ag-
ricultural education. and in which
State there is a (ltily organized Board
ot'.Agricult1ire, the appropriatiottbe
made subject to directioti by such
Board for the tises coiiteinplated in the
bill, and that ttpoti the cstablishineiit
in any such State ot' an independent
Agricultural Experiinent Station, the
appropriation shall go thereto witli-
otit the intervention of atitliority excr-
cised by any College Board,or Faculty.

It is, tliei'et'ore, recotntiietided that
this National tiratige endeavor to make
such represeiitatioiis to the House
(Jomniittee on Agriculture as will re-
sult in the changes liereiii proposed.

Resolved, That, the Worthy Master
of the National Grange be instructed
to bring this matter before C01lgl'CSS,
in such a manner as will plainly set
forth the views of otir National Order.

Resolved, That the \Vorthy Master
of the National Grattge is hereby iii-
structcd and empowered to eiifoi-cc the
legislative provisions of this body. as
einbraced in the various reports and
l'0t~‘,()lllllUllS suhiiiitted at the prcseiit
Session. by cotiintittees or otltcrwisc,as
he may deem iiecessary.

Very rcspectfttlly.
Joim Tltl.\lBl.E,
Secretary. Natiotial (1i'l'2lll§_”(!.

Under date of Janttary 22 Secretary

Triiiible wrote that he was getting
favorable replies front Blciiiliers of
Coitgress to wltont the resoltitions :nid
reports were sent with a copy of the
l'ollowii'ig letter 1'1-oin Sciiator l'ahiicr:
L‘.\i'i‘i- 1) S'i‘Ai‘i«.s St:.\'.t'ri:, I
‘V.-’\!~l{l_\t.'Iti,'\, I). 4‘. jmi. 2o, 1887. \-

_‘}’o/ui '/‘I'D///'//r, /:i),7., .'\‘.u'a/I/;'y r\'u//'u;1/z/

(/2':/;1_r\/1'.‘

l)t~..\t: SH<' -~l am in receipt of _V<iUt' letter
of the 15th ii.--‘ant 1'Ultl5.\ll.lli;[IlH:lt‘~till1llUIl-
and rep~irt~. arloptt -l :11 lhv: cutietli St.-.-ioii
of the .\:ttioit:tt t}rnii;:<- l\l1".il\'(' lt-l*.'_L'i‘- olitbll
loextctul the lCll(‘lI3\ of the S,i;i.-(‘ii Scivici;

 

 

to the lziriiit,-is of the U/Ltntry and a~~urc you ‘

that the .=.ulije<.:t -hall hate my «:ai'iic:-t ‘.‘.llL’ll'
tion.

Thanking you for your letter, l am. very
truly ylillh, . T. VV. l’Al..\tF.l<.

 m

 

Mn. tIti.uttsi:i<LAii~"s itnpeacliineiit
case against Gov. Luce was so tunpty,
no utterly dcstitttte of stibstaiitial till-
ing, that its collapse leaves its instiga-
tor in the most pitiable plight of any
public man in the State. The whole
thing was too paltry fora real good
joke.

To Resist the Draft.

L.-\.\'SI!\'G, ;\lIC1l., Jan. 25.—-About 50
lngham County farmers are here today.
They are holding :1 mass convention. Every
titan of them looked tipon the Bohemian oat
fraud when it promised big returns, and now,
their eyes opened, they propose to combine
to resist payment of the notes. They mean
business. Detroit journal.

This is a tnild insinttation that these
kicking fartiiers are like the lrislnnan
who wottld "Neither L-hate or be
chated, bttt ot' the two wotild rather
chatc than be chated.” The most of
the farmers who went ittto this Bolte-
tiiiaii oat specttlatioii wanted sonic-
tliiiig for nothing, atid thought they
saw in this sclieine how it was to be
had. All were forewarned. as there is
probably not a paper published in the
State that has not repeatedly pro-
nounced the scheme a swindle. We
are, perhaps, a little too tit:-:t.~tlict'e are
fariiiers in l\Iicliigan who do not take
it paper. and we will charitably pre-
suiitc that the most of the tiiriners of
this coitventioti belong to the inde-
pendent, selt'-reliant few who take no
paper or it" they do it is a city stor_v
paper, little better for tiuiiily readitig
than a Bohetitian oat i~‘pct'l!l:lll01l for
the last man in the deal.

l“artnet's who t'ut'nislt their t'aniilies
good agt'icultural papers atid read
such papers tlieiitselvesi are not found
in cotiveittiotis protestitig agaitist the
paytiient of their own notes.

1 

'l‘tit: State liqual Stttlragc ('on\'cu-
tion was held in the tfapitol building.
Latisitig. on the 1:lth atid l-lth oi'.lanu-
ary. and was proiioniiced by its t'rietids
adecidcd sttcce-2:. The women of the
State prominetit in this iitovcinciit
were .\lary '1. Doc. of Bay t‘it_v. Pres-
idetit ot'tlte .\ll2ll(‘vUl';_":llll’l,:llltllll litnily
ll. l(ctt-hunt, ot' (Qrand liapidsg .\It-s.
Stebbitis, of Detroit; Mrs. Eiiie1'y,ot
Lansing: Estelle l’rovin, (Grand l{ap—
ids: Mrs. Mary A. Livcrtiiore. ot‘t'lti-
cago. ltcv. Anita B. Shaw,o1' Boston:
atid Susan I}. Anthony were also pres-
ent atid took an active part‘ in the pro-
ceedings. The use ot' ltepreseiitative
llallwas given to the ladies l~‘riday
evening and was tilled to listen to

a speech from the distinguislied
Susan B. Anthony. This lad_v ot

national reputation was appropriately
iiitrodticcd by Gov. Luce: who occu-
pied the platform with Mrs. Doc, the
president of thecoiivcntion. This suf-
frage iiioveitieiit will not culniitiate in
the triuiiiplt ot' its purposes this year
or next but its march is onward in
strict accord with the spirit of the age
and it" it never reaclies the goal of its
ainbition the etl'ort will a thousand
titties repay the cost, by developing
latent talent, secure to the sex long
dcinanded rights in many directiotis.
improve the race, and in its struggle
for equal rights prove to many a pre-
tentious man his int'crioritv.
.___._._.___

Fitozu L. II. Bailey, pt'ot'essoi' 01' Hor-
tictiltt_ire at the Agrietiltural (lollegc.
we have notice that a bulletin will be
issued in a few days on varieties ot'ap-
ples to plant and grow. This is a
ntattcr of vital interest to tiiriiiers.
Coiiiparatively Michigan is a itew
state but it is old enough to have had
the wortlilessness ofsoine varieties of
apples fully detiionstrated atid t.liec.\;-
cellences of others establislied. ‘Vt’
presume this bulletin will come to our
readers with acollection of facts re-
garding varieties adapted to Micliigati
soils, what kinds yield most readily to
insect enemies and matters about
which the titrmers know so much less
than the rambling tree agent, who
represents or inisi'epre-'etits some for-
eign iitirsery. The disiitterested in-
fortiiatioti we get front the Agricultu-
ral tlollege ought to be reliable atid
valuableand tartiiers who do not heed
suggestiotis front that quarter evince
little confidence, in the value ofthat
State ll]stltlltl0ll.'

_.___...:__._.

The Legislat.ure with remarkable
pmiitpttiess for a legislative. body, has
re.-poiide.d to a wide spread demand
and provided for the subiiiissioii of a
proliibitory atiieiitltiieiit to the (Tonsti-
ttttioii of the State. Thisact, too long
delayed. recogttixcs a govcrtnnctit of
.\s a question of fact this

 

 

.the people.
iiivolve.-' the. titoral atid pecuniary in-
tere-t-ot' the people iiiore than any
other with which they will soon lt:1\'e

todo. lvllitl will they do about it?

We print
(ltN'lllllt'llt.lllt‘. I):-clai'atioiiot' l'|I1",ms‘e-“-
oi‘ the, l’atroiisof lltt.-'batidt'y,atitl ltope
it. will be read by_ some good reader in ,
every tlraiigc in the State before the‘
close of the present tnontli. l’ati'oits;
cannot be too t'amiliar with this
splendid declaration of the objects 01 |
this organization and no man can find ‘
fault with any one of its strong utter-
311088.

in this nuinlicr that Inn-lt'l

 

THE days are getting longer. Spring
with work will soon be here: and it
will tind some farniers not ready for
spring work. llcpairs that might
have been atteiided to during the Witt-
tet‘ ltave been tieglected. l*‘artitv-rs
cotiie to town lit.-catise they think
they have nothing to do at home.
Next spring these same fariners will
come to town to get sontethiiig fixed
that will pttt them behind their more
thouglttful atid prosperous neighbor a
full day in their work.

Fariiiers should know that every-
thing  ‘ill good order for spring work
and should do their own mending atid
tixing as far as possible.

 

Tin: avowed tnissioti ot' The Woiit:tii’s
Magazine is to carry condensed sun-
shine wlierever it goes. As we turn
the leaves of its Janttary .::-‘tie. twice
in ntttnber that of any previous issue.
we think it must carry withit a whole
broad beam of sunlight to every
t'eade.r,—a beam steadier. warnier and
more abiding than a bare, flash of
light. It is in every sense wontan‘s
inagazitie. The price. tiotwitlistatiding
its dottbled pages, reinaiiis the sanie.

...........___._:_

  

Michigan Crop Report.

The .\lit-liigaii crop report for Janu-
ary | is just ottt attd it contains the
l~‘ebruary estitiiate ot‘ the yield ot
wheat for 1550. throughout the cottittry
a- given by the l'. S. lhtrcau ot’ Agri-
culture which is t.'iT.‘_'1N.ooo lill.~‘ll4'lS'.
The total ntttiiber oi’ bit-li-.-ls i'cpor1ed
iiiarketcd in .\l'tchigaii t'i'oni Atigti.-'1 1
to llt-<‘t‘llllH.'|' 31 i- >'.1::o.t:‘it&_ or ;1l'iUlll
331 per cent. of the crop in the State.
l"ol‘ the .-ziine period la‘ year the
ainottnt iiiarkoted was trltl-l.T :'» busliels.
or ‘.310 percent. of the crop for ISSJ.
The report is niaitily made tip ot esti-
niates as to the cost oi" l‘:ll.~'llI§£ :iti :lt'l'<-
each of wlieat.corii.oats. and hay. Thi-
;ivei-.n_re 4.-ost ot producing aitd tnarkct-
itig ati acre of wheat iii the State last
yettr was -i~‘l4.;’l,l. The average price ot
wheat .latiuat'y l. 1857. in the State
would be Tliijc per busliel while the
avcrage yield is 1H.‘.l.\' bushel.-‘. This
would give the value per acre $t:5.tIN
with the straw still oti hand, the value
of which the report estitnates at -ilfitl.
which would lllttke. the returti$1.'i.T.~'.
or a profit over cost. inclttdittg 7 per
cent. interest oti the value of latid, ot
$1.55 per acre. By deducting the rent
value of dwellings on tlte farm the re-
port makes the llrofit $;’.:l:3 per acre.
bttt this adds no tttore to the fai'nier's
inconte so we sltottld cottsider it to his
advantage not to dedttct. it as it does not
leave any more money with which to-
provide clotliing and other things for
his t'aniil_v. As a resttlt. i'cally. until
he has ted his straw to .-otnethitig that
he cati sell the fariiter is ‘:2 cents per
acre worse oti than when he pttt in his
crop ot' wheat. The cost ot' corn per
acre in the State is $17.47, per
httshel of cars 20 cents: of oats it is
-Sl.‘i.2h‘, per bushel 29 cents. The aver-
age cost of a ton ot' hay illl‘01l“‘ll()\lt
the State is given at S~l.4‘.l. The ttetii-
izcd cost of an acre ot' wheat; in the
State is given as follows:

 
    

 
 
 
  
  
 
   
 
 
 
  
 

Cost of plowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $1 (37
Cost oi’ fitting . . . . . . . . . . .. .. i 19
Cost of fertilizers purcliased. i3
Cost of barn-yard manure. 37
tiostzif seed..... .. x 34
Cost of drilling 36
Cost of harvesting x 42
Cost of stacking. . . . 70
Cost of threshing. . i 46
Cost of marketing. . . . 89
Interest at 7 percent. 3 30
Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . o7
Taxes. . . . . 33
Lost of repairs . . . . . . . . . . 97

~  —
Declaration of Purposes of the Pa-
trons of Husbandry

Adopted by the National (lraiige at
its Seventh Annual Session, held at
St. Louis, l<‘ebruary, 1874.

I’ni:A.\iiii.i:.

l’rot'oundly itnpressed with the
truth that the National (Irrange of the
United States should definitely pro-
claim to the world its objects, we here-
by utiatiiniottsly make this Deelaratioii
ot'1’urposes of the l’atrons of Hits-
bandry:

G EN ERA L on.i l~1t'.'l‘S.

1. United by the strong and faith-
ful tie ofagricttltttrc, we iiitttttally re-
solve to labor for the. good of our Or-
dcr, ottr cottiiti'y, atid titaiikiiid.

2. \Ve heartily endorse the motto.
“In esseiitial.-5. uiiit_v: iti iioii-essent.i:ils.
liberty; in all things. charity.”

.'~‘l'ECll-‘ltrots.lt-it: s‘.

:‘>. \\'e shall endeavor to advance
our cause by laboring to accotiiplish
llle, followillg‘ olijects: ‘

To develop a better- atid higher
manhood and wotiiaiiliood among our-
selves. To enhance the coiiit'orts and
attractioiis otourltotiies.aiid strctigtli-
en our attachtitents to otir pursuits.
To t‘ostcr tittitttal ttiiderstatidiiig :iiid
co-operatiott. To tnaintaiii itiviolate
our laws. and to emulate each other in
labor. to liasten the good liniecotiting.
To redtice otir cxpeiisc-'. both individ-
ual and corporate. To buy less and
pt'otlttct: lttorc. in ol'tlcI' to lll:ll\'t‘ out‘
l'at'ni.-‘ sclt'-sti<t:titiittg. To diver.-il'y
our ct'op.~’. :IIel_ct‘op no more than we
can cultivate. 'l‘ocond_--use the \'v<,-igltt
oi" oltr c\pot't-. -ellitt}_" in the
bu-ltcl and tiiore on lioot':ii.d in tleecc:
lc-- in liot ‘llttl more in w:trp:itid wool’.
To \'_\‘~‘l('lllt‘ill'/J" our \\'<it‘l{. and t':llI‘lllfll(:
iiitelligcntly prob;ibilitie-'. To dis‘-
('tilHtlt'!t:lllt‘t‘ llle ct‘:-ilit ~_\‘.~lt‘lll. Ille
iiiortg;igc systctii. the t':i.-‘liion J-_vstctit
and every other systein tending to
pi-odigality and b:i1ikrttpte,_v,

We propose tin.-ctiiig together. talk-
ing togetlier, working together, btt_v—
ing togetlter, selling together, aitd in
general, acting together for ottr tntt tual
protection and adva.ncenteiit., as occa-
sion may require. We shall avoid
litigation as much as possible by ar-
bitration in the Grange. We shall

 

less

constantly strive to secure entire har-
mony, good will, vital brotherliood
among ottrselves. and to inake our 01'-
der perpetual. \Ve shall eartiestly eti-
deavor to suppress pet-sonrtl. local. sec-
tional, and Natioiial pt-ejiidices, all titt-
llL‘:lltwll_\' rivalry, all seltish atiibitioti.
Faitltfttl adliet'eitce to tltese priticiples
will iiisitre our titental, moral, social.
atid niaterial advancetiient. ’
l{L'SlXl-JSSI l{lil.A'l‘lt).\‘.~'.

For our business iitterests, we de-
sire to bring producers atid coiisttt’iiet's,
titriners and iitaiiut'acttii'ers, itito the
most direct and friendly relations pos-
sible. Hence we must di:-‘pensc with
a surplusoftiiiddletncii, not that we
are utifriciidly to tlieiit, bttt we do not
need them. Their surplus and their
exactions diminish our profits.

We wage no aggressive warfare
against any other ititei~est.s whatever.
()ii the cotitrary, all our acts. and all
otir etl'ot'ts, so far as businc is C011-
cerned. are not only for the benefit of
the producer atid coiisutncr, but also
for all other itite-rests that tend to
brittg these two parties into .-ipeedy
and economical contact. Hence We
hold that tratisportation companies of
every kiitd are iiccess.it'y to otir
sttccess, thtt their interests are inti-
tiiately connected with otir ititerests
and liartiionious action is tiititttally ad-
vantagcotis. keeping in view the first
seiitence iiiotir lleclarzttiott of l'riiici-
plesofactioti, that "ltidividual hap-
piness depends ttpoii general pros-
perity."

We shall therefore. advocate for
every State the iiicreasc in every prac-
ticable way of all fzlcilities‘ for trans-
porttiiig cheaply to the sea-Iiozlrd or
betwceii hoiiie prodtict-rs and cotistitii-
crs. all the productions‘ ot'our country.
We adopt it as our fixed purpose *-to
open ottt the chatiiiels in naturc‘s great
arterir-.-‘. the that life-blood ot' coni-
tiieree tiiay tlow i't'cely."

\Ve are not enemies of railroads.
navigable and it'rigatitig canals. or of
any corporatioti that will adV:xltce ottr
itidttstrial interests. nor of any labor-
itig classes.

In ottr noble Order there is no coin-
iiitiiiistii.

\Ve are opposed to such spirit and
iiiatiagetnetit of any corporation or en-
terprise as tends to oppress the people.
atid rob them of their just protits.
We are not enemies to capital. bttt we
opposethetyrannyot'nionopoli s. \Ve
long to  the antagonism between
capital and labor removed by coiiinion
consent. attd by enligltteticd statesnian-
ship worthy ot'tlte nineteenth ceittttry.
We are opposed to excessive salaries,
high rates of ititerest. atid exorbitant
per cent profits iti tt'adc. They great-
ly iticrease our burdens, aitd do ttot
bear a proper proportion to the pro-
tits of producers. \Ve desire only sell‘-
protectioti ot' cvcry true interest of ottr
land by legitimate transactions. legiti-
mate trade, atid legitimate profits.

t«:iit'c.s'r1oN.

\Ve shall advance thecattse ot'educa-
tioti among ourselves. and t'or our
cliildren, by all just means within our
power. We especially advocate for
oitr agricultural and industrial col-
leges that practical a.grieulture, doti'tes'-
tic scicttce. atid all the arts which
adorn the home, be taught in their
cotirses of study.

THE HRANGE NOT PA RTISAN.

\Vc empliatically and sincerely asse-i't
the oft-repeated truth taught in our
organic law. that the Gi'a1ige—Natioiial,
State. or Subordinate——is not a politi-
cal or party 01'g2llll’I,Htl01l. No Graiige
it true to its obligations, cati discuss
political or religious questions, itor
call political conventions, nor nominate
catididates, Itor even discuss their
merits in its nieetings.

Yet the principles we teach t11tder-
lie all true politics, all true statesman-
ship. atid it‘ properly carried out, will
tend to purify the whole political at-
tnosphere of our country, for we seek
the greatest good to the greatest num-
her.

We always l)(‘.dl' in mind that no one,
by beconiitig a l’a'ti-on of Husbandry.
gives tip that iiialietiable right and
duty which belongs to every Anteri-
can citi'/.en. to take a proper interest
in the politics ot his country.

On the cont.rary, it is right forevery
meiiiber to do all in his power legiti-
mately to influence for good the action
of any political party to which he be-
longs. It is his duty to do all he can
in his owti party to ptttdowti bribet'y,
corrttption,aitd trickery; to see that
none but cotnpetent, faitliftil and
ltoiiest. nicti, who will untlincliingly
statid by our industrial interests. are
tiotitiitated for all positioiis ot' trtis't,
attd to have carried ottt the principle
which shouldcliaracterize every Patron
that the ofiicc should seek the man,
and not the iiiaiitlie oflicc.

We acktiowledge the broad princi-
ple. that ditli-reiicc of opinion is no
crime. atid hold "progi'ess toward
tritth is iiiatle by dit‘i'cretice ot'opitiioti,"
while the'*l'attlt lies in bittcriies.- of
t't)IIll'ti\'t'l'.~'_\'.'"

\\"e dc-‘ire ll properc<1u:tlit,y, eqttitv,
:tttd lllll'llt‘~\'1 pi'ot«-ction for the wca .
t'estt'-.iint upon the sti‘on;_>‘: in short,
_illSll_\'(li~ll‘ll)|lii'tl burdens, and justly
distributed power. These are ;\Il|(‘l'l—
can idea.-‘. the very e.-.~-eiice ol'.\tnet'ican
lndcpetitlctice. and to :id‘.'oc:ite thecoii-
trary is unworthy of the suits and
dati;__-'litct'-' ot'ati :\llll‘l'lt':lll repttblic.

\Ve.chcri.-h the belief tliat. section-
alisin is,atid ot'riglit should be dead
and burried with the past. (,)nr work
is for the preseitt. attd the future. In
ottr agriculttiral brotherhood and its
purposes, we shall recognise no North
no South, no East, no West.

It is reserved by every Patron, as
the right of a freeman to affiliate with
any party that Willbest carry out his
principles.

 

 

   

OU'I‘SIl)l-2 CO-OPERATION.
6. Ours being peculiarly a farmers’

itistitution, we cannot adinit all to our
ranks.

M.-iti_v are excluded by the nature of
otir 0l'U‘2lIll'/.21Ilull,ll()t, becattse they are
professional men, or artisans, or la-
borers, btit because they have not. suf-
ficieitt direct interests in tilling the
soil, or may have some ititei-est. in con-
tlict with our purposes But we ap-
peal to all good citizens for their cor-
dialco-operation to assist itt ottr ef-
t'orts toward refortn, that we may
eventually reiiiove from ottr midst the
last vestige of tyraiiiiy and corruptioii.

\Vc hail the general desire t'or fra-
ternal ltarinoiiy, equitable cotnproni-
ises, and earnest. co-operatioti, as an
otnen of ottr t'uturc sticcess.

coi~zet.tisioN.

7. It shall be an abiding principle
with us to relieve anyot‘ ottt' oppt'esst-d
and sttti'eriiig brothcrliood by any
nieaiis at ottr cotiiiiiattd.

Last. btit not least, we proclaim it
atitoiig ottr purposes to llle,lllt‘flte a
proper appreciation of the abilities
atid sphere. of wotiiaii, as is indicated
by adtttittiiig her to nieiiibcrship and
position in otir ()rd-or.

ltnploring the continued assistance
ofoiir l')i\'iiie Master to guide its in
our work, we here pledge t)tII'.~‘t_+l\'ti< to
t'aitht'til and liartiioiiieus labor for all
l'uture time. to return by our united
etl'orts. to the wisdoiii. justice, frater-
nity. and political purity ofour t'ore-
t'athers.

ll I l‘ v
Jjlotices of ffhetmgs.
'§’ ‘ii?

'l‘tii-: regular tiiectiiig ot' the lii\'iiig-
-'toii('otint_\‘ l’otiiona (}range will be
ltehl iii llowell lil‘tlllf_"t‘ ltall. l\'.tiapp‘<
block. llowell. 'l‘ttesd:iy, l"ebrttai'y .\'_
ISST. lilectioii oi’ titlicers, reports ot
t'cpt'csetitativcs to the State (il':lll_‘_"I‘.
and retiiitiisceitces of travel and (‘hau-
tauqua, are on the pl'0_5_f‘1‘:l1l'l.

Nllthi. W. K. Sl<1x'l‘nN, Sec.

NEXT iiteetiiig ot' (‘allioun ('outit_v
(iratige will beheld at l'enticld Graiige
hall on Tliursday, l“cb. l7at1t>o’clock
with a "teiiiperaiice day” progratii as
follows ,

“The relation of intemperance to pauper
ism, crime and t:i.xation." (I. I’. Chidestcr.

Means of promoting practical teniperaiice:
l. Education of the children, Mrs C. l’.
Cliidcster. 2. Teniperaiice societies and
their work, Manly S. Hicks. 3. Coffee
houses and reading rooms in cities, ;\lrs. N.
_l. Canieron.

Legal remedies. Vvhat teinpcrancc legis-
lation or system of dealing with the liquor
traffic is hesx for Michigan at the pr-3.-ent

time? I. Iniiiicdiate and total proliibiti-in,
Homer Case. 2. Local option, C. C. Mc-
lilerniid 3. Taxatioti and regttlation tin-

cluding proposed disposal of proceeds of tax),
Richard Keeler. 4. Punishment of drunk-
ard, joiiathaii Johnson. 5. Any other plan
recommended by any brother or sister.

In conclusion a. ballot will be taken
for system of legislation, ladies and
gentletnen voting separately. All are
invited to prepare for and take part in
discussions. C. (I. l\rI('I)i~:itMin, Lec.

I

Tut: next sessioii ot' Kent. (‘ouiity
(lratige will be held with (:illlll()ll.~‘-
burgh Gratige on Feb. 9, opening at to
o’clock A. M.

After passiitg throtigh the regular
order of business the following sub-
jects will conic before the Grange for‘
discttssioti :

What is monopoly?
and John Preston. _

Essay by Sister 0. 1. Watkins.

The necessity of thorough cooperation
among all industrial classes. 0. l. \’Va:kins,
Edward Cainpcau.

Recitation, Sister john Graham.

Excttses are not in order this year,
so let all come prepared to take an
active part iii the exercises. An carti-
est atid cordial iiivitatioii is extetided
to all inentbers of the Grange to be
with us at. that time.

WM. T. Atnnts, Lee.

Led by As: W. Mcecli

Theiatjantjgfllonthly

VVill contain, in adilitioii to the best short
stories, sketches, essays, poetry and criti-
cisms, two serial stories:

THE SECOND S0./V,
By Mrs. M. (l. W. Uliphant and T. I}. Aldrich.
PA UL PA SOFF,

By E. Marion Crawford, author of “A Roman
Singer,” “Mr. Isaacs," etc.
Papers on Ame;-iazn [{z'sIor_y,

By john Fiske, \vho,-‘e previous papers have
been so interesting, full of information,
and generally popular.

Franc/z arm’ Enfrlzk/1,

A continuation of the admirable papers com-
paring the French and English people, by
P. (S. Hznnmerton.

Essay: and Poems,
By Oliver V‘v'cndell llolines.
Ocazszbiial Pa/iers
l’-y jaines Rtissell Lowell.
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tirecitleaf \Vltittier, Tlionias Wcntworth Hig-
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TIEIE GRANGE VISITO-Ra.

FEBRUARY 1, 1867.

gainers’ fiepartmmt.

Domestic Trials.

I know an old woiiian so clever and kind

When things went tiniiss she said “never mind."
She never wiiii crisis, but she always wus tired,
And gave us a re-.:s'on that help wasn't hired.

She washed and she ironed, she baked end she
brewed,

She roasted and fried,
stewed,

She swgpt and she sewed, till her head it did

she broiled and she

\V I!‘
And she ltllllll in despair, “I've no lilred girl."

She wanted “:1 rest," and she needed it, too,
For, like elderly liiidies, she soniotimcs felt blue.
She wanted to enjoy the "loaves und the fishes"
And have somebody else wash all the dishes.

And so she kept waiting and wishing beside
That edchange would occur by which she might
.g1i e
Into regions more blessed than any she knew,
Where she could sit Clown and have nothing
to do.

Another old lady with dignity rose

To coiiifort her friend by reciting her woes 2
Both morning and night she also was tired
From trouble she had with help that was hired.

Her face was all wrinkled, her hair had tiirned

RWY
All cu.usl~(l by the worry she h:i.d every day.
Tho maid she was siiiicy and cross [I8 could be,
The cook was so duiiil>—so untidy wuis she.

The titblos, which once were so clean and so
wliitc,

W1-.ro spottcd 1111 over and in :1 sud plight;

The door knobs were sticky, 21nd so were the
dishes‘,

And things went contrary to the old lady's
\vislics.

She tried to bu patient, und calmly endure
Tliomi tliiiig.-a so annoying which she could not
(:lll‘1-, ;
But slit: I'ouii<l it wus liii.r1l, though ever so tired,
To lie so dc-pcndciit on liclp thnt ivzis hiriad.
—UIiidcntifiod.

To the Busiest Reader of the
Visitor.

By lictidiiig our littlc "pi'c:icliiiiciit”
in tlic :1bovc niziniicr we export to
catch tbc (‘.:ll‘ of cvcry our of tlic Visi-
Toi<‘s tlioiisiiiids of rc:i«ler.~x, for it is :1
(‘.ll‘ll‘ll4,'lcl'l>‘[l:', not to say wc:1kiic;<s,
ofliiiiii:iii iiiiturc tli=1t o:i.cli (:()ll.<l(l(‘l'S
his or her tzisks iiiorc IllllllBl'0ll>‘ or
ardiious tli:ui :1iiy other oiic’s. Acting
upon the siiggcstioii of this fact we are
about to appeal tlirougli it for miotlicr
f:i.vor fi-oiii you. It is the busy, busy
World that :i.lw:1ys has time for one
more thing. lt is the woin:i.ii who
h:1su’t “li:1lt' time enough” for prcsciit
dciiiziiids upon whom we put another,
and, like the vehicle in tlic li:1ckiieyed
remark’, she always finds “room for one
more.

We liave. committed to print but
few roaolves for the newly begun year,
but tli:it does not signify we have
made none for tbc bcttcriiiciit of this
paper and of this dcp:1rtiiicnt. VVe
sli:1ll ciidc:1vor to make the Ladies’
Dcpiirtmciit :1 credit to its page, and
liopc you will not be uiiiiiiiidful of :1
share of tlic icspoiisiliility in the mat-
tcr ot' fui-iiisliiiig llltel‘UStlllg articles,
bricf s1iiiiiii:1i'ics of books 1'c:1d, ac-
couiits.e:1cli with :1 culin:1ry "nior:1l
to adorn the tiilu-,” original sclicuics for
ainusiiig tlic cliildren, hints on the
niukiiig of liouscliold coiiveiiiciiccs,
disciissioiis coiiccriiiiig (ll‘CS.~‘, licultli,
indoor and outdoor (fl]lpl()_\'lll(?llI.~‘, lit-
e1':ii'y, or any other pr:1ctic:1l siibjci-t.

Why, they tcll us, wonicii :ii'c iicvcr
:1t.:1 loss for soiiictliiiig to t:ilk about:
then wli_v iiccd wc suggcst topics for
them to write :1bout?

A lady to whom we wrote :1 fcw
dz  ago for :1 special :irticlc st-iit the
following couragcoii;-' rcply tli:1t doctli
ye editors liezlrt good, and will, we
trust, inspire others to do likewise:

‘ “Your letter rcaclied inc :1iiiid :1 tu-
mult ot cures, my hired girl sick with
1Il(3.‘lSl(31'-‘i2ll](l requests pouring in upon
my unworthy head for written :1rti-
clcs, :1ii cssziy for :1 F :1rnicrz~i’ liistitutc
and our ll('Xl'. U. L. S. 1}. meeting, :1nd,
addcd to tliis,:1 monthly iiii:-‘sioii-ii'_v
meeting to coiidiict. It did seem to
mo I could not possibly comply with
your i'c<picst, lint upon giving it :1
later tlioiiglit I have concluded to try,
us I dislikc to refuse any task :1.-'sigiicd
nic.”

“'1: might quote froiii 0ll1(tl'.~‘ who,
with li:1iiil.~' :ii1d licrirts o’crl:1dcii, still

' nizikc :iii lioui"s time in which to i~'(‘l.l(l
out their licst thoughts and opiiiioiis
to tlicir sir~rtci‘s,—liiit you know “lll(‘
trusted and tried” ones us well as we
do. Tlicy are ever wclcoiiic ziiid we
ext:-iid to tliciii :11 once botli o1ii' thanks
and :1 will to l'('lll)W\3ll effort, wliilc wc
i‘c.spectt'1ill_v ziud cordially solicit tlic
lady rciulc-i‘s, as yet uiiiiitroduccd, to
come up and liclp us!

 

— 
Who Owns That Purse?

Mrs. l’:1rtiiigton said, tli:1t when she
heard J osiali in the ni:1rri:1ge ccrcmoiiy
say. “With all my worldly goods I
tliec endow,” slie certaiiily supposed
he iiiczuit as niucli as half, but has
since lc:1i-iicd it nicziiit one new dress,
etc., a yc:ir:1iid what was ll0(:C.~'.~':ll‘y for
board.

Mrs. l’.’s c.\'pcriciicc was i-ci-.:illeil to
me sonic tiiiic siiicc by rcndiiig in :1
Sl/l.llll£l.l'(l rcligious newspzipcr :1 l(-ttcr
from :1 i:1rii1cr’s wifc. asking :idvicc :15
to wiizit was right for lior to do uiidcr
tlic Cll'(:lllll.~'UlllC(,'.x‘ in which she found
herself. llcr llllSl)‘illl(l was pt-iriiiiizirily
well enough oil" so that ii1:1cliiiici'_v and
tools to lighten lziboroii tlii.-f:1riii wcrc
always bouglit, but for tlic liouscliold
needs be was so iiiggai-dly tli:it in view
of the :ippi-oacli of winter slic w:iii1cd
sonic (jliristiziii woiiiuii to tcll ll(’l‘
wlictlicr it would be right for licr to
sell biittcr, poultry, etc., without ask-
ing liini, :1iid provide conifoi-ts neces-
sary for her three little ones. I do not
know the reason, but I ll?l.V(3 llCV('l‘ socii
this lcttcraiiswcred. Whether the edit-
or of the home dcpartmciit Sll1)pl‘(3SSO(l
the answcr if any came for fear that if
-guy one demonstrated that a wife was

,3. ‘§1J‘€utitled to'at least as much use ser-
3‘? '4_; E7 l1t’s wages, she might be like Oliver
38- ‘I: '§_&TW' an<}1l ask for “more,” as, for in-
 !» v’: I *3 useof the profits of her own
'42 '55? ‘E’ 5}, the right to use it without
1.» as 3 § 5”"

11 35¢“ 0a

I I o E  _

iv:-11:: § 5

:1; :3

being asked, “What have you done
with that money I gave you?” or tliat
no woman had the courage tosay what
she thought on the subject, I know not.

Ihavc often woiidercd how the poor

woman fared tlii-oiigli that winter,"

since her conscience was so tender and
no one advised licr——it. lier cliildrcii
were cold and sc:irccly prcsciitublc at
school or cliui-cli (supposing they
went) :iiid she, good soul, :1cc.ordi1ig to
the stereotyped :1dvicc,:i1w:1ys meet-
ing licr liiisbuiid with :1 tender smile,
li:iviiig bis slippers rc:idy, and suppcr
in good order on the table, and while
he c:its, slio pours the ten :1iid holds the
baby; be disconrsiiig for her cditic:1-
tion on tlic duty ot' :1 good wife to cur-
tziil cxpciiscs, and she iiicckly wonder-
ing wlicrc tlic curtailiiiciit should be-
gin.

I know of zit lezist one f:1riiicr’s wife,
who would lizive li:1d :1ii 1iiidci'st:1ndiiig
on such rii:1ttcr:-' before things were :it
sucli :1 pass, and the liusbuiid would
li:1vc found tlizit either tlicse VV:llllS
should be attciidcd to at lc:i:-‘t :15 well
as tliosc of tlic lioixscs and other f211‘lll
:1iiin1:1ls, or slic would liiivc no coii.~'ci-
ciitious St‘l'lllil(!.~‘ iii supplying tliciii
from tlic fruits of be!‘ own l:1bor in
tlic d:iiry or poultry y:ii':.l.or froni iiiiy
otlicr :1v:iil:i'irlc l'(3S()lll‘('(‘,.

This would 2l1)])1“ll‘ to bc one of tlic
cqiuil i'iglits of which we lic:ir so
iiiucli ll0\V-it-(l‘l_\'.<, :1iid iii no bcticr
w:1y could :1 1ni.<b:iiid >‘ll1i\\' lll.\' :1pprc-
ciutioii of :1 ll'llt’:lll(l ('-2l1)f‘.l)lC wifc llltlll
by ;-iipplyiiig tlic uic:iii.< and lll(‘ll ni;ik-
iiig ‘it licr dcp:1r1iiiciit to :1t1i-iid to lllt‘
w:1iil.< of tlic liou.~'cliold. ll" tlic wifc
 not so “t-:1p:ililc,"" in no otlicr w:iy
c:1ii she be better t:1uglit tlic usc of
iiioiicy :iiid tlic iiccc.<.~‘it_v of systciii:1tic
iii:iii:igi-iiiciit. .l’ci'li:1ps soiiic of tlic.~'i:~'-
tors in tlic \'i.s'i1‘oi: will ciiliglitcii us
with tlicir vicws on this siilijcct.

Mus. JAMES Bl{YA!\"1‘.

[Tlic iiioiicy question ll2l.S :ilw:1y.s‘
bccn dob:1t:1blc grouiid in tlic iiiost of
wives‘ pliilosopliy. l’rccepl upon pre-
cept bus bccii given. resolve upon reso-
lution has been iii:1do :'1nd brokcii, :1iid
still tlic query is undccidcd,“\Vliosc
nioiicy is it?” in scores of houscliolds.
‘*\Vli:1t riglits bus :1 woiiiaii tli:it :1 iiiziii
should be iicces~*it.:it,ctl to respect if lic
pCl'Sl.5‘t0lllly ignores tlieni of his own
accoril?” is the subject which is intro-
duced this week to the Visrron readers
by Mrs. Bry:1iit., :iii 0CC8.Sl()ll:1l and v:il-
ucd 1-orrcspoiidciit. VVlicn we consider
that Mrs. B. aiiiswcrs to t.lic llflllle of
“l\lotlici"’ to so outspoken :1iid deter-
mined :1 little woiii:1ii :11-' “our special
lcctiii'ei'" we feel sure her furtlicr views
on the subject would be iii.<ti'uctivc.
Slic li:is, liowcvcr, instead of prolong-
ing licr :11‘tlcle from lici‘ own i'esoui'ccs
called for :iii cxprcssion of opinion
froiii others. We hope the lzidics will
gr:1iit it.—En.]

Dakota As llsaw lt.
No. 3.

July and August gzivc us some iii-
teiiscly bot wcritlicr. l lizid :1lw:iys
been led to bclicvc tluit tlic 1ic:ircr tlic
ll0l‘lll pole tlic colder it was. But
wlicii tlic iiicrcury climbed up to 98
dcgrcc.-' tlicn to lU5,I bcg:1ii to think it
was :1 lIllStill{(,‘ll ideii. I was told it
was 2111 uii1isu:1ll_v warm suiiiiiier.
Even the “oldest iiili:1bit:iiit” iicvcr be-
fore experieiiccd such :1 })l‘Ul()llgL‘ll§.‘!})Cll
of licut. \Vc were visited by sonic sc-
vcrc wind storiiis but none lzitc enough
in the scuson to injure tlic gr:1iii. It
was :1 grand sight to w:itcli tlic g:itli-
criiig of :1 tliundcr sliowcr. Studeiits
of ii:1tui'eli:ivc:1f:1ii' cli:1ncc to study
her in her :iiigry iiioods.

Mirrigcs wcrc of frcquciit ()(‘(‘.lll‘l'('ll(‘(}.
Illusivc l‘;ll{(‘S, grovcs and f:iiit:1.-'tic:illy
turrctcd edifices ci-cute quite :1 diver-
Sioli for tlic iininitizitcil. Tlic i-'t:irs on
clczir lllg‘lll.~‘——2lll(l iiczirly all iiiglits
wcrc clo:1r—slioiic witli l]0llL'(:fll)lC
lirilliziiicy, doubtless bcciiusc of tlic dry
clci-ti'i«-:11 :1tiiio:~'plierc.

As tlic sc:i.~'oii :idv:1iiced tlic brilliiiiit
yellow of tlic goldcii-rod:1iid wild sun-
ll(i\\‘vl‘.~‘, tlizit grew in grczit :1buiid:1iicc,
pulled in coiitrust :ill other blossoms.
Of the sixty v:irictit-s of goldcii-rod in
the United Stzitcs I found three. But
early ()<'tobe1- saw the ycllow cbziiigcd
to silvcr-gi':1y :1iid lirowii,:iiid tlic littlc
dwarf 1' )st flower licld undisputed
sway, niukiiig tlicgrouiid look in iii:1iiy
pliu-cs :is though covered with snow.

An iiiiplezisuiit fc:iturc, tli:1t_l believe
I li:ivc not uientioiicd,is the water.
But the people seem to thrive on it,
:iiid (-,1:1iiii it. is sill in gcttiiig accus-
tomed to the t.:1ste. I sometimes found
it much easier to go without.

The :iir is bracing, iiivigoratiiig, and
cloudy (lf1}'Slll‘0 the cxccption. The Sig-
iml Service Station at Fort Tottcii re-
ported only flfty-thrce cloudy days
between Oct. 1, 1885 and March 31,
1886.

The iiilizibitmits cxliibit :1 goodly
:1inouiit of energy :1iid :iiiibitioii, in
striking C()llll'2lHl to tlic w:1it-uiit,il-to-
iiiorrow spirit. so prcvzilciii. licrc. 'I‘lic_v
know the middle of Novcnilicr, at tlic
f:1i't.li«:st,st1)1is :ill work,:iiid l:iy tlicir
pltiiis :i<-,coi'diiigly. Tlicy cxpoct no
t':1vor:~; from ii:1turc other than she bus
cu:-li yc:ir brouglit. Tlicy are not
easily (ll§C()lll‘:lg'I'*,(l as was cvidciiccd
this full when wlicut wiis fifty-tivc
cciitsfiliiislii-l. 'l‘l1c_v said tlicy could
better iiflord to l'.‘ll€0\Vl1t‘§lll at, fifty
cciits tliziii we in Micbigiin could foi'
.<cvciit_v-iivc,:iiid wcrc turning over)’
furrow possible prcp:1i':1tory for :1ii-
otlicr crop.

They have cxccllcnt school buildings
in the town :iiid in the country and
:1vcr:igc tcaclici-.<.

In the locality Where I was the peo-
ple were in:1iiily from Michigaii and
New Eiiglaiid,:1iid they have appar-
ently gone west to stay. There is a.
kindly Opel]-llC{ll‘tLdl|eSS noticeable in
these people who have cast their lot in
this far away territory, but as they

have so recently left their eastern lioines
it is not to be supposed they h:ive yet
become westcriiized. Some of the pc-
culiar ideas that are :1bi'o:1d relative to
this country :iiid its inli:1bit:1iits become
dissipated on :1 close :1cqu:1int:1iicc.

Mi‘. Hulstczid, iii an article on "Our
Wlicnt Fields,” sziys of this Red River
Valley: “The fact that the prairie is
without :1 covering of forest and only
needs to be broken at :1 cost of from
two to three dollars an :1ci'e, is an im-
portuiit one. It is also :1 f:1ct.or in the
problem tli:1t the soil wlicn once
plowed is rich with tlic. :1:-c1iiii1il:itcd
fertility of countless ages and needs no
further :1ttciilioii tliiiii tlic iiiccliuiiiciil
prcp:1r:1tioii of tlic sccd bed c:i.cli suc-
ceeding _vc:1r. * * * Evcrytliiiig liiis
fzivorcd the western VVll0‘ilt grow:-1', :iiid
his eiitcrprisc luis been the :1(liiiir:1tioii
of all. It now rciii:1ins for liiiii to
show his iiobloiicss of purpose by pre-
serving to future g(Ell(‘,l':ltl0llS tlic fruit-
ful fl(3l'0S lic bus i-1-1-l:iiiiicd. * * And
only tliosc. wlio li:1vo visited lllI,‘S(‘ vast.
ticld.-' of w:1ving grain c:iii li:1vc:1ii ade-
quzitc idezi of their gl'C:llIl(,‘!~'S :iiid ini-
portziiicc."

():~t.obcr 11 found me on route for
Micliig:1n \'i:1 St. l’:11il, Miiiiicupolis
._"< 3\l:iiiitob:i liiiilwziy. Tlic following
iiioriiiiig l :1wokc:1iiioiig tlic ti'ccs. :iii:l
bow l rcjoii-oil to 111111-t my old fi'iciid.'-‘
:ig:iin. llrirc :iiid brown tliiry stood
zibovc :1 llllt‘l~; 1-.;irprt of fziilcd 1:-:1vcs.
()ii the :1ftci'iio<iii of tlic liilll l rc:iclicd
llnllll‘, :iiid lll_\' .-'iiiiiiiii,-r ~'()j:)'1ll‘ll in tlic
“(ir0l(l(‘ll Noi'tliw1;.<t," with its .-'iiii.<liiii_\',
long. long (lays w:i.- :1 l)lL‘:l.~‘:lllt iiiciiioi-_v-
of tlic p:1.~‘.t. A. 11. F.

—m——¢on—--—————

Looking into the Distant Future.

Yc-irs coiiio iiiid go and with tliciii
tlicir iiriglit pi‘-1.-p111-,t.~' for the future.
(,‘:in wc not rciiiciiibcr long ago in
cliildliooil how we lookcd i'oi'\v:1i'd to
our future tliiit sliould iii:1kc us grown
people to dojust :13 we plciiscd, :is we
iiiiioccntly .<1ippo.'<cil? As we i'c:1clicd
ni:1ii:1iid woiiiziiiliood our :lS})ll'illl()ll.~l
(-liziiigcd :1iid iiiost iiuiiiifcst :1iiiong
them were cxpcctatioiis of wc:iltli,
pl'ollllllCll('(.‘., lic:iltli :1iid pl(‘llI~‘lll'(5.

\V'licn I li:1vc listciicd to ziccouiits by
friends who li:ivc ci'ossc1l the old At-
l:1iitic,li:1viiig bocii from two to six
wccks wlicrc nothing could be sccii
but tlic briiiy deep and :iii oct-:1sioii:1l
p:1;<siiig sliip,—iio l:1iid or trccs, no liv-
ing thing in sight .~::1vc tbc birds which
follow at sea, witli the thought present
that in :1 storm no power could swc,
:is l liuvc S2ll(l, what would ever induce
me to llll(l6l‘téll{C so perilous :i.iid sceni-
iiigly drciiry jouriicy.” Notliiiig, ex-
cept briglit uiiticipiitioiis of wcziltli or
’1)lcllSll.‘CS to l)(‘ gziiiicd on the other
sliorc.

An invalid looks c:igcrly forward to
tlic time when he sliiill lizivc gained
licultli :iiid strciigtli, or bodily :1filic-
tioii li:ivc p c.i :1w:1y.. ll crc only,
can we fully realize our future (-xpcc-
tzitioiis for the time will conic when
all p:.iii will cease, if not in this world,
tlicrc is :1 more distziiit, li:1ppicr future
to look to, which we iii:iy hope to g:1iii
tlirougli fziitli. A iiuiiiborof _\'(."ill‘.~‘ ago
I liclpcd :ittciid :1 little sick girl,——:i

 

gi'c:1t s1ili'crci'. llcr sit-l;iic.~'s coni-
iiicnccdiii tlic iiioiitli wliicli cvcry

cliild ll(‘l'zll(lH with dcliglit for its
l\Icri'y (fliristiiizis. l’l1ysici:iii.< :1iid
frioiids li:1d no hope, still slic persistcll
in stiyiiig she would be well o1i(}lii'ist-
mas d:iy, :iiid slic w.~1.~z,. On going to
the lion.-‘c on Ulii'i.<tiii:i.s moriiiiig ll(‘I‘
Si.-'tci'iiict inc at tho door with tciirs iii
lici'c_\'es. Sliolicckoiicdiiicto:iii:idjoiii-
iiig room. There wc fouiid tlic dc-.ir
girl frcc from p:1iii, well. no more
sickiicss lcft. \Vcll, but 1101' friends
could not s:1_v so, did not rczilizc in
their :1fl’liction tl1:1t their loss w:i.~‘ licr
g:iiii.

An old scliooliiiatc of mine, :1 merry
roiiiping girl in after yours Szlld ll(‘l‘
life had been too full of siiiisliiiic :1iid
gludiicss iiicliildliood to :1lw:iys rc-
inriiiiso. Aftcrvicwiiig tlic licuutics
of tliis world for twciity-foiiryours
cvcii tlicf:1i1itc:<tglc:iiii of liglit was
sliutfi-oiii licr eyes by blindness. I
well rcniciiibcr licr coming to our
liousc liriiigiiig in her ziriiis licr b:1b_v
boy tlizit Slit.‘ liiid iicvcr sccii. Slic
1):lSI~'(‘(l licr bziiid gently over his little
ll.l('(},SCCllllll_‘_{ to try to form an idea
how be looked. Slic was u.~'u:1lly very
clicci'fiil, but all at 0ll(.'0 she began
sobbing :11id ('yiiig as if her liczirt
would lii'c:ik,. iying, “Ob, if I could
for once g:izc on my liusbiind, my girls
:1iid my b:1by boy. ()b, I should be so
happy! "Tlicii suddciily looking up
and smiling tlirougli licr l<‘fll‘S, she
said, “How foolish to tlius despair
when 1 know I .<li:1ll sec them :ill some-
tiiiic I’, In about :1 your tlic baby was
called lionic into the good Slit-plicrd’s
fold and :1 few months ago I lc.-irncd
she, too, bad followed. As I listened
to the sad lI(‘,\’S I could but fccl with
the :iss1ir:iii<~c sbc secincd to liiivc for
the briglit fiiturc, it was wcll.

As :1 rule, we :1re apt to look for-
wsird to tho futurc with grciit cxpi~c-
tzitioiis, tlius briiigiiig to oiii'.~'clvcs
oft:-ii .~'cvoi'c distippoiiitinciits and dis-
(i()lll‘«‘lg'(.‘lll(‘lltS. It is :ill very well to
.‘<ti'r-.t1-li lll(‘. line of tutiirc lio_pcs fur
1-iiougli :1li:-:i1l to iiiduco grctit. ('Xl‘l‘llUll
on our part lll i'c:1<~liiiig tlic siiiic, but
iim'ci' slioiild we :illo\v oiirsclvi-.~' to
cxvi't toziii cxtcnt tli:1t will coiillict
with our licziltli or tcnipcr. If :iftcr
our l)(‘.'\'l, wc ciiii not rczu-li our liiglicst
cxpcctziiiziiis :i1id otlu-rs p:i:<s us in tlic
rzicc for vcultli or f:iiiic (scciiiiiigly the
grout l‘.’l.L'<' of this world) we iiiziy, by
lookiiig. find some jcwcls they have
failed to sct-ui'c. Tliesc they IIILVG
pzisscd in their b:1s’tc may not equal in
but c_\'(*cl iii lusting virtues. We
may meiitioii among them such as a
healthy body, :1 contented mind, :1
clear coiisciciice and :1 moral life. How
often one or all of these jewels are
bartered for the baubles of wealth or

 

fame! Never discard lic:iltli, content-
ment and iiior:1lit_v for more dazzling
rewards. By so doing we will not oii-
ly put in store that wliich will last
tlirougli all future yours in this life
but :1 cherished and lioiiorcd name
which will ever rcm:1in tlius when we
have passed to that f:ir distiiiit future
never more to return.

A1i.I11.iNi«; BRUVVN.
~ -——
Household Notes.

How would you describe “the best
hoiisckccpcr you ever sziw?”

\Vli:1t arc the "'W'z1stcs of Cooking”
and what llSC do _voii iiuikc of tlicni?

The use of “pot-lioiirds” is well

known to most cxpcriciiccd housekeep-
ers; pi-,rli:1ps sonic iioviccs lizivc yet to
l(5:ll‘ll bow coiivciiiciit tlicy nrc to set
p:1iis_,pots or kettles upon that have
)<‘Cll on tlic .~‘to\'c. Tlic siniplost iii:iy
be tlic bottom of :1 liuttcr firkiii or
sni:1ll keg; one or two of these with :1
hole and string tlirougb (’,:ll‘ll, kcpt
liuiigiiig iic:ir tlic t:1'1il(-. sivc iii:1iiy :1
dzirk iiixirk or sttiin. A still licttcr w:i\'.
liowcvi-.1‘, is to have :1 siiinll. .~'q1i:1l'c
liourd covcrcd on one sidc with zinc.
Tliis .~'c.i-\'vs to trim l:iiiips upon in tlic
iiioriiiiig, :iiid :iiiy kcipsciic tlizit iii:1_v
drop upon it liclps to kccp it clc:iii iii-
.?t.1c:11l of soiliiig it 11>‘ it would tlic tn-
) 1:.

An nppotizing (ll.'~'ll is iii:1dc by opini-
ing il.(,':lll of.<:1liiioii :1iid di':1iiiiiig oil’
the oil. 'l‘:ikc :1 b:1l{ing (ll.<ll. put in it
:1 l:1_vci' of l)i'c:ul cruiiiii.~', tlicii :1l:1_\'vi'
of .<:1lnioii, until tlic 5':-lllll()ll is :ill lI.~‘(‘ll,
tlic l)l‘(':l(l 1-ruiiib.< iiuikiiig llll‘ lopl11y-
cr. llc:it. :1 l:ii'g<-ciipfiill ofniilk, tlii<-k-
on it with :1 d0.<ci'tsp1io1ii11l of corn
slurcli or flour, .~‘C2lS()ll with liuitcr. .-':1lt
:1iid vcry litilc, if any, pcppcr. Turii
ibis .~‘:1iiic over the Sillllloll :1ii(l put, in
tlic ovcii, letting it rciii:1in until
browncd on top. This will iii:1kc :1
good inc-.1] for scvcii or eight. pcrsoiis,
and is 1111 cxcclleiit substitute for incat.
——Ex.

’l‘licro is no better test in the world
to apply to :1 lioiiscliold tli:1ii tli:1t of
whether the cliildrcii in it are truly
li:ippy.—Bostoii lIcr:1ld.

Use :1 siiiull paint l.)l'l1Sll in cracks
and crevices wliilc dusting :1 l'O0l1l.

Disease often lurks iii :1 dirty dish
cloth, :1grc:1sy sink, an uiiclc:1ii te:1kct-
tle and :1 poorly V'Qlltll2lt0(l ovcu.

guilt}; sub éinusement.

Wizard Frost.
Wondrous things have come to pass
On my sqnure of window-glass:
Looking in it I ‘nave seen
Grass no longer painted gree.-n,~~
'.l‘roes whose branches never stir,-
Skics without 11 cloud to blur,—
Birds below them smiling high,-
Churcli-spires pointing to the sky,
And :1. funny little town
VVl‘iere the people, up and down
Streets of silver, to iiiu sceiii
Like the people in ii dreniii,
Dressed in fincst kinds of lace;
Tie 21 picture, on :1 spiice
Scurccly larger than the hand,

Of :1. tiny Switzerlund,

Which the wiziird Frost has drawn
'Twixt the nightfall 11nd the dawn;
Quick, und see whiit he has done

Ere ’t is stolen by the sun!

St. Nicholus.

At the risk of bringing down 11 poii
my llll\VlSC licud tlic 1-ciis1ii'c of super-
iluoiis_ly proper lioiisckccpcr.~',:1iid of
cluilleiigiiig the unforgiving frown of
niotlicrs whose coiii1ii:1nd has gone
forth to “touch not, handle not” the
thing in question, I licrewitli present :1
home uiiiiisciiiciit for little folks on
cold dziys. New it is not, for the
scliciiic 1 found :ilrc:1dy coined sonic-
wlicrc in :1 iicw.~‘,p:ipei', :1iid b 3SlllCS it is
:1 pliiy as old :1s—not the llllS——-llllt
wiiidow-gluss.

liricfly, tlicii, it is this: Give to
0:11-li ('llll(l :1 panc of glass in the win-
dow of tlic living room for his very
own, wlicrc, on frosty d:1ys. he min
amuse llllllS(‘lf by dr:1wiiig pictiircs
with :1 needle or pencil or by printing
lllS lesson in the white slate. Stimu-
lzitc riv:1li‘y ziiiiong the owners of the
lights and proiiiotc iiiiprovciiiciit iii
tlicir :irtistic talents by praise and
mild ci'iti<.-isin. By czilliiig iittciition
to tlic rcsciiibl:1iicc :1iiy drawing they
_i1ist“li:1ppcii" to make bears to some
rc.-il object :1 desire may sometimes be
:iw:1keiicd to make :1 truer likeness of
it. By no iiic:1iis will tlicir least pleas-
urc be in observing the work that
king of pziiiitcrs, Jack Frost, paints in
their frames every frosty night. VVliei1
:1 mother f:1ils, in her uiiiliitioii to iii-
striict her boys and girls. to make use
of tlicsc delicate zind profusc "object
lessons sbc iiidecd

* ‘ seeks too high for things close by,
And loses whiit Nature found her.

By tbc ciitliiisiasiii :iiid iiitci'c:~:t of
cldcrs :1 cliild’s dcliglit can be kindled
{it tho bciiiitics of frost forms to great
(l<-gi'cc:-' of plcu.-'1ii'c or profit. Di':1W
tliciii plo:1s:iiitl_\’ into writing out wh:1t
i.~joii (1:11-b oiic’s own pillll‘, :iiid into :1
g'()0ll—l1lllll()l'l?(lSll'll(::lS to wliicli one
can writc or toll tlic pi'ottic:-‘t “iii:1dc-
up” story :1bout bis or bcr frost
])l(,'llll'(‘.. Help them to ciiltivalc tlic
iiiiiigiiiution :iiid fziiicy. :1iid cvcrv (l:1v
to (ll‘t‘,.'~‘S tliciii in l)(‘ltl‘l' :iiid clc:1rci'
l:1iigu:igc. At first it will probably be
11:11-d t.o gci tl'l(‘lll to write even :1 l ,t. of
what. tlicy sec in their window, but,

we Sul'llll.~‘C, it will not be long crc tlic .

li.-‘t grows :1p:1ce :iiid gr:idu:1ll_v bocoiiics
:1 story. ‘V13 c:1ii iuiugiiie some little
br:1iii, lll(:llll(‘.(l to pocsy, coiiiposiiig
lines not unlike those at the head of
this :1rtl(:le. At any rate, they will do
very well and make rapid progress in
observing forms if not. in writing
rliymcs.

Fiii:1lly—listcn, ye spotless mistress

i

and <-lc:1i'—cxccpt, ind:-ed. where some
“iiio..~‘t liu’f1il” picture is too rzirc to
dcscci-zito. J. B.

P. b‘.—A l:1dy, iiiorc vciitiii'cs-ionic
still, siigg:-sts that when there is no
frost tli:it ll2ll'(l soap can be used in
lieu of pencil or l)l‘llSll.

-~-~———-son}?---—
A Frultful Pastime.

[The following is :iii outliiic sketch,
so to speak, of one of tlic f:iiiiily’s best
pl(‘t1ll‘(:S. All the fir:--liglit gliinnicrs,
2111 the siiiilc.~' :1iid jcsts :1iid iiiirtli with
the gciiiul wiiriiitli tli:1t coiiics froin
lioiiic st-iitiiiiciit, i~.'Cll.~lll)lC (llS(:llF-Flloll,
and witty b:1rtcr of opinion is loft out.
W'licii tlicsc C()lllll)l‘l'.:ll)lC:l(‘(‘(, <oi'ic.s ure
uddcd to tlic pr:ictic:1l ll.<t‘.s' of rciidiiig
aloud, is it iiot:1 \VUll(l(‘l' that it isso
lllll(‘ll iicglcctcd. Will not some effort
be iiuulc to rc-cst:1lili.sli it in tlic fziiiiily
sittiiig-i'ooiii?——E11.]

It‘ you :1.-‘k ciglit pi:i'soiis out of ten
now, they will tell you lll:‘_V li:1tc be-
ing l'(::l(l to. And why? BL‘(‘.:l1lS(3 from
tlii-ir cliildliood tlicy li:1\'i~l;ccii1iiiiisc(l
to it, or u.'~'cd only to siicli :1 iiioiioto-
nous (ll‘(>ll(‘ :15 robbcil cvcii tlic Ar:ibi:i.ii
Niglits of li:1lf their ('lltll'lll. Tlic lins-
bsiiid :it tlic rind of :1 li:1:'d <l:iy‘.s work
rct,iii'ii.-' ll0|ll(‘ to p:1s.’~' tlic cvciiiiig :ib-
.<orli1-il in lIl.< book, or iioziiig ovcr the
fl1'c.Wliilo tlic \‘.'lll‘ l!l.l{('.\‘ up l)(‘l' novel,
or kiiils in .~'lll‘lll.‘l‘. lf line would i‘c:1d
to ll(‘l'. or if lli‘. 1-on ld tiilui-:i1i: licr 1-cud-
ing to liiiii. tliurc wouldbci-oiiiiiiuiiity
of tliouglit, iiitcn-li:1iigc of ialc-1.-, and
Such ili.-'1-.ii.s'.-'ioii us tlic fii-"ioii of the
‘two iiiiiid.-' iiito :iiiy coiiiiiioii (‘ll:lllll(3l
could not f:=.il to pi'odu1'c.

And it isoftcii ilic .~':iiiio- wlu-ii tlic
(‘ll'<‘l1* is wider. I lizivc l\'llI)\Vll :1 large
fiiiiiily to pass ll\)lll'S lictwi-.cii diiiiii-,r
:1iid l)(‘(l-llllllf. czicli ()ll(‘ \Vllll bis book
or work, :1fi'.-iitl to spciik :ibovc bis
lirc:itli, li(‘.l'2lll.\‘(3 it "would di.-'tui~b p:i-
p:i." ls tliis <-licci'f1il, or wisc, or con-
diicivc to tli=1t close union in :1 lioiisc-
liold wliicli tbc world can iicitlior give
nor trikc aiwiiy?

But it was not :1lw:1ys so. In the
last cciitury—-cvcii :19 l:1tc:1s fifty _V(‘4‘l.l'3
:1go—-i'c:1diiig :i.1oiid was l'(}gll.l‘(ll'.(l as an
iiccoiiiplisliiiiciit wortliy tlic cultiva-
tion of those (cspecirilly tliosc who
live in the country) with pi‘:-.tc.iisioiis
to tzistc; and it was, coiiseqiiciitly, far
more frcquciitly found ciilivciiiiig the
(loiiic!-'tic circle. Tlicrc were fewer
books, fowcr 1110:1113 of locoiiiotion, fewer
plciisurcs of winter nights outside the
four walls of the country p:1rlor. Tlie
gaiiic of Cribbage, or soii:1t:1 oii the
spiiiiict, did not occupy the entire
evening after six o’clock dinner and
Sli:1kcspc:ii'c and Milton were more
f:iiiiili:ii' to the young gciiciutioii of
tliosc d:1y.~i tlizin tlicy :1rc iiow—iii:1iiily,
I 1'1-cl pcrs1i:idcd, beciiusc they wore :1c-
custoiiufd to lic:ir tliciii rc:1d aloud.
Tlic czir, liubitiiiitcd to listcii, is oftcii a
niorc safe conduit to tlic iiiciiiory in
youtli 1li:1n tlic iiiiittciitivc cyc which
rapidly skiiiis :1 p:igc.—l\'iiictceiith
ticiitiiry.

— v-

 

Dressing a Wound.

Iii1li'c.<siiig :1 wound tb:it (li.=icli:1rgoi
two li:1siiis:ii‘c rcqiiircd, :1 sponge and
:1 pic-cc ofgl:11'cd liidi:1 rubber cloth.
()iic basin must hold tepid wzitcr, tlie
other is to c:1tcli the water when the
Wound is washed. Tlic clotli can be
laid wcll uiidcr tlic injured p:1rt illld
tlic cdgcs turned up to form :1 sort. of
trough lcuding into the empty l)aFllll.
Tlic sui'f:1cc of :1 wound should never
be l()ll('ll0(l :19 it distui'bs tlic licnliiig
process, the wzitcr is sqiicczctl over it
from tlic spoiigc. Iii rcmoviiig strips
of plaster take hold of both ciids :1iid
and driiw ll1)VV1ll‘(lS toward the middle,
not to pull the edges of the wound
:1p:1rt. A little i-‘pirits of turpoiitine
will remove the sticky marks left. on
tho skin. In b:1iid:igiiig 0:111: should be
taken not to dr:iw tlic li:1nd:1go too
tight. lf:1ttcr tlic .»'-'urg(-oii lc:11'c.-1 the
limb swells :1iid tlicre is grout pain
this cziiise should be siispcctcd, and he
should bc sent for to remedy it.
\Vlicii£1 finger is badly cut. it should be
tied 11p and loft :ilonc for a day or two;
the blood dries on the outside and
foriiis :1 (‘:lS(,‘\Vltlllll wliicli the injury
may liciil without. further trouble.
If:1<-liild ll:l.‘~' the niisfortuno to li:1ve :1
finger cut oil’ it should be replactxi and
bound up. Soiiictiiiics there is :1 per-
fcct union and there is :1 great liope if
tlic siiiiillest share of skin remains uii-
scvci'c.d.—Eliz:1lieth Robinson Scovil
in Good II()llSOl(GCplll”.

Tiii-2 :1vci':1gc pitch of large rivers,
excluding regions of c:1sc:1(les,scltlom
ext-coils 1:.’ iiiclics to :1 mile,aiid is sonic-
tlllll’S but one-third tli:1t :1iiiount. Ac-
cording to lluiiipliroy and Abbot,
the pitch of tlic Mississippi from
Mciiipliis down (855 iiiilcs) is only 4.82
iiiclii-.s at low water; from C:1iro, zit
tlic iiioutli of tlic Ohio, (1088 niilcs)
6.94 iii:-lic.-': iiiid :1bovc the Missouri,
from lllt‘ liigbcst S()lll'(‘.(‘. only 11.75 iii-
clics. Tbc l\li.=souri, from tho liigli-
cst soiircc (213118 iiiilcs) dc.~‘i-ciiils:1l,io1it
6,500 ii’-:11’. or 28 iiiclics :1 mile; but fi-oiii
Fort B('ill()l‘i tofil. Joscpli ('_’,1h‘0iiiili~.s)
:1liout 11.51) iiiclics; and bclow St. Jo-
scpli to tho month (484 iiiilcs) ‘.):25i1i..
clics. l):iii:i gives tlic :1vci':igc pitch of
tlic .‘\lll?l’l.1)lH1S :1littlc more than six
iiiclics to :1 mile; of tho l.o\vcr1\’ilo,lc.~‘.s
tbiiii scvi-ii; of tlic Lower Gaiigt-3,
about four. Tlic Rlionc is 1'\‘l1l2ll'l§tll)l(3
forits grout pitcli, it liciiig 81) in:-,1i.;g
per mile from Gciicvzi to Ly0iis,:1iid 32
iuclics bi-low Lyons.

, .

JAMIES (l'ris,:11itlior of“Toby Tyler,”
will begin :1 serial called “Jciiiiy’iI
Bo:1i'diiig-Ilousc” in tlic Fcbru:iry St.
Nit-liolzis. The bourdiiig-liousc was
kept on business principles :1ndw:1s the
home of thirty newsboys. The same

of the manse—-insist that each night " number coiitaiiis :1 story of Iceland by
shall find each Window light clean Hjaliiiar H. Boyesen.

 

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FEBRUARY 1, 1887

TIEIE  VISITOR.

'7

T1111.‘ GRANGE Ix C1'1NN1~:c'r1c17T.—W.
ll. Hall of the Coiuiecticiit. State
Grange closes his annual address as fol-
lows:

“ It is about twelve 3'1-111-s 1-i111-c the
Griingc W:1.‘llllI'.~‘tv p}l:lTll'(‘].(l iii (‘.:11i1i?1:1.i-
1-iit, yet 011 y’ wi1.ii1i1ie past t.ii'ee
that it has rezilly W011 the 1-111111110111-.e of
our most 11;11111gh1.1'i1l 111111 pr11g1-cs:-ivc
far1n1-rs 11111 1 11:11‘ f21mili1-s. Many of
those liiivc 1'1-1-e1i1.l_\' 1-111110 into the fold,
and 1111w 1111111111,-,1 11111‘ tl1o11s:i111ls ot'1111-.i1i-
bers we can 0011111 11121113’ 0f (‘011n1-.1:1i-
cut.’1: l1-.-idiiig agi-i1-iiltiirzil liglits. as
well as some of 1111- 1101111-st w11n1ei1ii1
the State. To-day 1lie0r111-r11i'1l11- P111.-
rons of I'I1lSl):l1l(1I‘_V 311111113 se1-111111 to
none among 1111-. zigrii-.i1l1i1i':_1l 2l.~‘.~‘01‘l:l-
tions of the State in iu1clli,1_1;1-ii1~1-, ii1fl1i-
cum» and power; s1-1-mid 101111110111 its
("(1ll(':ltl0ll:ll and (<01-i:1l :11lv:1i11.-1;_r1->1, 111111
H01-01111 0lll_\' 111 the (‘l1i1i'1-li11l'(%1111iii
its pi1i'i1'_\'iiig 111111 1'1-tiiiiiig‘ 11111111311121-.
upon its 1111-ii1l11':1's. 5u1'cl_\' it 1111111 111'-
gaiii7.a1i1.111 111 1111 1)l‘(1ll(l 01', 111111 111111
niust 1-oiitiiiiic 1111-i111i1i'1- 511 11111;; as
there :1i'c fiiriiis 111 till 111' :1 1':11'1111-.1‘ 11.1111
his 1‘:1inil_\' 111 11c 111-.111-1i11-11.”
——-——ojj—-— -

The 11111-11-111 p1'1.-_i111li1:1- :i;::1i11s1 1-111-
iiigjii.-:1 l11-1'01'1- g.-:11i1i,-.-: 10 111-11 is .<11'11i1;_rly
and jiistly 1-1111111-111111-11 l1_v 11111111-1'11
1.11-i1-.111-.1-. cxp1-1‘i1-111-.1: liaviiig sliowii i1 10
be i1nf11i1111l1-11. Tli1-.1'1- are 1-..\'1-1-11111111.»:
to the 1-1111-., 11111 1'1-w pc11p11- 2ll'1‘ lllj1ll‘U1l

and m:i.1i_v p0.~'i1i\'1-l_v 111-111-,fi11-11 l1_\' :1
sliglit. 1-1-pi1;~'1 l11-1'o1'1.- l'1‘ill'l1l,L{'. .\ ,1:l;i.s.~1

of milk 211111 :1 l1i.~11-1ii1 111' 1-1-111-k1-1‘ is 111-1-
101‘ 111211111. l1yp1i111i1-. (1l‘ll{_" 11111111 11111- to
911-1-11.111111 i11 11i11.<t 1-;1.-1-.< lllIl_\' 111- 1.-1111-ii
without 11-111‘ 111‘ "11igl11iii:1i'1-." 111' :111_\'
other 1'01'iii 111'1li.sli'1-.<.~'. Going 111 111-11
“on 1111 0111111)’ 1-11111i:11~li" is :1 54111111 \\'11_\'
t11ii1\'i11- s11-1-1111-ssiii-ss 1111 1111111111112 111--
1-:i1i_1_{1-1111.-111 111' 1l1c-1lig1-.<1iv1- 11i'1__-‘111i.~' and
g1-nei-111 111-111111.
----——-uo———————~—-

'l‘l11- l):i.ii1_-.< 111111111. pi'11p11.-1-. to li11\'1-
ai1_v1l1.-1-1-piiaiii in 1111-11‘ 1111111.-r <1ippl}'.
A 11111‘ 1-11:11-11-11 iii [)1-11111-11-11‘ l.‘l.~‘1 _\'1-.-11'
(‘0TY][)(‘,l.~‘ :1ll 11111111-i'.~' .-11111 >1-ll1-i-.< 111' 1111-
11111-1-1111-11. ii11il:ili1111. 111111 l111_1_-'11-’ 1111111-1'
111 11:11-11' it in 1-llip1i1-:11 11il1.<, 1-111i~'pi1--
iiously 111111-111-11 "i1i:1i'_1_-':11'i111-."'111111 pun-
isl11-.- iiifi-:11-111111.: 111' 1111- 1:111‘ l1_\' :1 11111-.
01‘ 11-11111 21111 10 2.11111) l1'i'11i11-i's1:il1111i1
$54 111 $3411). 'l‘l11- 1-11:11-11111-111 \\':1.<
1211-1-1-1111)’ 1111- :1f_r1'i1-11l1111':1l 1-l1-1111-111 01'
1111- 1-11i1i11i'_V. 1l1-.<pi11- 1111- (1])[I(1.~‘lll11ll 11_v
1111-. 1111,1,r1is 1111111-1' pc11pl1-.

‘AGENTS I A

WAN D

to sell 0

MISSOURI

111111111

Active,hone_st persons
country, with or 1 ‘

[Ertracts /nun firptrfls of l‘urc1'1 .

. . V. I7.:\'vcLM, . 1.‘ '1'-. v -xcrl:ll  .1-11-~ IFVPY

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1 fruly rv~¢a-Jinn.-n-I 1. to .1: 1.11.1:
ILL: 1-1.1.1.11 m tr-.1111 _
nits 1‘. w. TAU‘ 1i..1....g1m 1.-mi 1|

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I will ship 3 nnmplc 11- 111-.-nlrliig rm net-m-y or
wnntinz one for fui.-iil_V ix-1-. 1121 11. 11':-eh‘: trlnl on 111)-
eral term». A thornsnnd |1(-r 1-1-111 1111- be-it Wu-1111-1-In
1-he Worid for lnvl Is1h_1n-.1-loilieu and 11111111. Pay.-1
capable a¢1-nu BIG . ORE! . \Vi-Ito fiirpurtleulurs
to IIQLIPQLV. midi-en. J. VVIIIKTII. K-1: 516, 51. Loulln
la; or Box 1938, Sew ‘Aork (‘it_y.

§fi"'LA1'Es1' IMPROVED.‘

 

llucliines for SAWING W001) with Circu-
lair and Cross-Cut D Saws. Also Mn.-
. chines for TIIRESIIIN

Acknowledged 1' -. Ind CLEANING Grain.

    

 

EASY DIIAFTJIIIIIABILTY OIIIITITY OF WOIIK
‘.‘a’.'.’::.°'.’:.'.".';.;“1.‘?‘ A. III. GRAY S SONS.
PATXKTE Am) 801.: Mum:-mrronians.
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS; VERLIAONB

29 3 C O L U M B U S
_, Manure Piilienzer o Spreaders

 

SOLD THE FIRST YEAR.

. 11. 11.1111: only Spri-ader thatcan be attached
"3 Vilrm W380 . IL spreads I-'crtil1'z1-rs,
~ “ ‘ Lime and Ashes :
perl‘1~r1l_v. S e r1 r1
. fur Circular and
- l’ri(-1-Iiists. Mail-

 
       
 
    
  

“’¢;>_'. ~: n::1‘11F‘ree. Address
NE 00.. CULCMBUS, 01110.
jamtx

PATENTS. .

Lucius c. w1:s'r, Solicitor 11fAmeri1:an I
and Foreign Patents, zm1lC<1u11s-1211111 in Patent
Causes, Trade iiiarks, Copyrights, .-\ssign-
merits, Caveats, Mechaiiical and Patent
Drawings. Circiilars free. 105 E. Main 51.,
Kalamazoo, Mich Braiich oliice, London,

Eng. N1-vtarv l’u'l1li«':. 2iI'1‘1lI.1

A KEV? I1."V'E1"'I‘I()1".

  

>5 2
‘-3 go
2 :3
2 1 . . - ' \ Q
=- » .==
1: _ ’v 5- _ Q L ,
7% Cords of B1.-1.-L-11 have been Sawed I;_y une mun in 9 -

hf)llY‘J. Hundreds have sawed 5 &: G 1-11:1ls 1li.iil_y. “E:i:— I
m-fly” what every Fixrnier and Woo1I (Tho 1pe-1' wnimi. 1
Firnt order froni your vicinity br(‘llY‘L'S lie Agrmcy. 
llIuat’d Catalog FREE. Address Foldlnz Sawing 1
Machine 00., 3113 to 311 S.Cam1l st.,Ch|cugo, Ill. 1
[)l'()\/I311, tim-

l1eredla.nd

- farm of 90
acreu, located

_, .—. in the town

of Girnrd,

Branch 00.,

1
1
l
l
llich. Price, 81.1100.  terms. Callonor‘

A partly im-

 

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address, E. MANSELL, Goldwater Mich.
JiLn16I'A

50 llldcu Nu-010%
I05

."0rIh-ed C0:-Int Price
011310! BIOS. Clhunvllln, 0;.

dccrstz

1 K.’-ilan
1 iL\'Cl'ill‘g lzxp-.'e.s.s' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
Night Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . -.l
-‘ Kalzinizizoo :\L‘COI'l'Ilrl0'.’la1lOn leaves” .j

‘ Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
-' Day Express ... ..

portancc to all.

  

'0 9'
“An 1.uu'°

1:11” m?.’s'

For Dyspepsia
Mental and PllYSll}2llEXllE1llSllDll,
Neivuiisneis, Wealeneil Energy

Indigestion, Etc.

HORSFOR D’S
ACID PHOSPHATE.

A liquid preparation of the phos-

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,
deuce. B. I.

‘I’l'OV'.I-

.;FBe1wa.re of lmltations. jul_vi5y1

L. S. <9. M. S. R. .R-
KALAMAZOO DIVISION TIME TABLE.

Standard 1im‘e::9-oth meridian.
GOING SOUTH.

 &C,NVY 8: B A 
W_m 1F.xpress.jICx 8: M W” F‘

Lv G"r'éiiEi'ii:{f{i'1T.V.. 1 7 ,5 111.13 4 35 rm 5 00 111111

   

  
  
 
   
 

 

 

  

 

 
  
  
  
 

Ar A_llegan . . . . . . . . . . . .  902 " 15 55 ‘ 9 30 “
Ar kalzimiizoo. . . . . . . .11-1 35 “ 1 7 03 “ 12 05 PM
Ar Schoolcraft . . . . . ..Im 37 " 1 7 55 ‘ I 50 “
Ar Three Rivers 11 11 " I 8 05 “ 3 yo "
Ar White Pigeon.. ‘IX 35 " I 830 " 420 "
Ar Toledo . . . . . .. , 5051-'M_ 23oAM 655AM
Ar Clevel:irid.. l 9 4,0 " I 8 50 “
Ar Buflalo... . I 3 30 AM 2 52 PM
GOING NORTH.

"W " 1NY&BNY&C ,
__ __.___ Ex 85.--IE-1----s ‘.”_“.’_"‘
Lv Buffalo . . . . .. .311 55 AM'i( 40115;...

Ar Cleveland... 4 6 40 Prvil 5 35 “ . . . . . ..
ArToledo . . . . . . . .. 1115 "1945 '4 16501-114

Ar Wl1ite.Pigeon..
Ar Three Rivers. . .
Ar Fchoolcrzift. . . . .
Ar Kalamazoo . . . . . . .
Ar Allcqziii . . . . . . . . ..
Grand l<’.:ipids . . . . . . . .

‘£20 PM’ 9451634
"243 " 1105 "

All 11.-iins connect at White Pigeoii with trains on
main line. M. E. \‘r'.\'i'rLi-:s.
Supt, Kalriinnzoo I)lVI:.l0l'l, Kalamazoo.

.\lICHlG.\N (§I£N'l'RAL RAILROAI).
I)Fl'AKTI'RI'i U1" Tl'(Ai.\'.Q I‘l\0l\". KALANIAZOU.
'I'Il\lE-T.~\l3I..E—l\lr\Y 11‘). 1384.
Slaiidzird liiii —901l1 meridian.

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K2l£!7i\f1i'.(1'.’\ Acizoriiinodation leaves. . . . .
-11 Express zirrivcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

EAS'1'\V.-XRD.

. " ’ ;A. .1171-Tiiif
K:il_:1m:.zoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . .

New York Express . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Atlantic Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New York, Atlaiitic and Pacific E.\'pi'esscs driilv.
Evening Express west and Night Express easl . y ex-
cept Sal-.1r1121ys. All 1111-er truiiis daily except - 1n11~iys.
Freight trains carryiii,-.7, p  igers 0111 from Knlaiiiazoo
as. follows: No. 29 (cast) at 5:10 P. M. and No. 20 (_\i.'es1}
at 8:10, brine )”13_’s\CYl;:t:l’Q from east :11 12:45. 1-. 111,
. I3. LEDVARD, Gcn. Manager; l)e1roit

 

. W. Ru1‘.1;1i3s. G. P. &. I‘. A.. Chicago.

1
1 H
fl   J. A. GRIER, General Freight Agent, Chicago.
() '
1118

Current Rates on Chicago
arket.

Potatoes, N11. 1, ripe, I-$111113 .47 (ED .50
“ unripe or off stock .38 (19 .42
Turnips, yellow, "#11 bu. . .. .22 (Q) .25
Onions, choice, “  .65 @ .75
-‘ No. 1, 71,9 bbl. 2.75 (9; 2.85
“ No. 2, stock, “ .. @ 1.50
Carlots sold at 5 per cent. commission.

Apples, evap(1r:11e(l,  111.. 8% @ .10
Onions, selected, ‘'51 l1bl. .. 2.25- @ 2.50
Riitabagas, “ . 1.00 @ 1.25
Turnips, white, “ . . . .75 @ 1.00
Beans, navy, W bu. . . .. I .25 (Q 1.50
“ medium, “ . 1.40 @ 1.50
VVool, washed,  11.1. . . .. .28 @ .35
“ unwashed, “ . . . .. .18 @ .27

Veal, choice, “ . . . . . .07 ((2) .08
Turkey, “ dressed,  lb .07 @ .08
Chickens, dicrsed, “ .06 ((1) .07

Ducks, “ “ .07 Q1; .08
Geese, “ ‘gi doz... 6.00 (it 7.00
Eggs, fresh, “ . .. .22 (51 .2
“ held stock, “ . . . .16 (Q .18
Butler, dairy, "[9 ll). . . .. .12 (111 .20
“ creaincry “ .  .22 (£1; .25
Clover seed, "541 bu . . . . . .. 4.70 (19 4.80
Timothy “ “ . . . . . .. 1.70 no 175
Cranberries, 73:1 lihl . . . . . .. 6.00 ((1) 8 00
Hides, salted, G,  11;. . . . .07}/5(g_) 08%
Pclis, estd wool, “ . .25 (q; .27
Hops “ .20 @ .23
Honey, “ .10 @ . 3
Beeswax, “ . 16 ((11 .20

On produce not named write for prices.

I will advance on all car lots of choice win-
ter apples 911.50 per bbl; also 7c per 111. on all
evaporate1l apples on their receipt and will
also keep posted on values here that will cor-
respond wilh me in relation to what they
have to dispose of. Ship from this on in
lined or i‘efri_zcra1or cars. Respectfully yours,

THOMAS MASON,
163 South Water St., Chicago.

THE W1llllAl1’S MAGAZINE.

(Esther T. Housh. Editor.)

A year's numbers contain:

12 beautiful full-page engravings;

360 lar e pages of the best literature produced in at-

tractive orm.
Illustrated poems enliven its pages
The Home Department is practical, and discusses al-

most every subject of interest to housekeepers during
the ear.

i1or's notes upon topics of general interest and im-
31 2 car. ioc a copy.
FRANK E. HO SH, Publisher, Brattleboro, V1.

 

> nrmfn. It is cosy, durable a.r§d1_cn1.1

THE LINE SELECTED 53Y THE U. S. GOV”?
TO CARRY THE FAST MAIL.

    

it Is me only lino 1.11 its own track from

CHICAGO TO DENVER,

Either by way of Omaha. Paulflc Junc.. 81. Joseph.
Alchison or Kansas City.
It connecls In Union Deiiols wilh tlirouqh Iralns from
NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON
and all Eastern points. It is the principal line I:

SAII FRANCISCO, POR'l'_lAlID 11. OITY OF MEXIOO

It traverses all of the six great States of ILLINOIS.
IOWA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA. KANSAS. COLORADO
with branch lines to all their Important cities and

WYIS.

From CHICAGO, PEORIA or ST. LOUIS. ll runs
every day In the year from one to three nleqantl-.
equipped ihrough trains over its own tracks belween
Chicago and Denver,

Chicago and Omaha,
Chicago and Council Bluffs,
Chicago and St. Joseph,
Chicago and Atchlson.
Chlcago and Kansas City,
Chicago and Togeka,
Chicago and edar Rapids,
Chicago and Sioux City,
Peorla and Council Bluffs,
Peoria and Kansas city,
St. Louis and Omaha,
St. Louis and St. Paul,
Kansas City and Denver,
Kansas Clty and St. Paul,
Kansas city and Omaha,
For all points in Northwest, West and Southwest.
lts equipment is compleie and first class In every
,-iarticular. and at all important points Interlocking
Switches and Signals are used. thus insuring com-
fort and safety.

For Tickets. Rates. General Information, e1c.,
cgarding the Burlington Route, call on any Ticket
igeni inthc Uniled States or Canada. or address
 J. POTTER lsr V.P. & GEN. McR., CHICAGO.

I311’-IY B. STONE, Assr. GEN. Mcn., CHICAGO.
PERCEVIK LOWELL. GEN. P1155. Am-.. Ci-iiclioo.

dec1516

German Horse and Cow

POWDERSZ

his powder has been in use many ycars.
11 is largely used l1'y the f:ll‘IIlCl'3~‘ of Pennsyl.
Vania, and the 1’a1r1)iis of that State have
pu1’cl1ase1'l over 100,000 pounds through their
p111'cl1:1..~iiig agents. Its coinposition is our se-
cret. The recipe is on every 110); and 5-p1'1un1l
p;i_cl1:igc. It is made 11y Dr. ()herli11lIzer's
Soiis & C11 , Phieiiixville, Pa. It helps 10 111-
gest and £l.S.\llllll1ll1: the food. iI0l‘S6S will
do iiiore work with lcss food while using it.
C11ws will give more ii1i1L and be ii1l1e111:r
c0n1li1i11ii. 11111-cps poultry he:-.l1hy:1ii1l iii-
crcascs the pr11111i1~1.i1;11 of eggs. It is also of
glen‘. vuliie 111 1»|1c-in whilc lllwlllllg. Ills .~1:1l1l
at the l11.1'1:.»1 p11.-..~il=lc wl111le:..ilc prices by R.
E. I.-\..\ll"..‘w. l\';1lz1i11:111111; (lit 1. \\'_ I1II,l, &
1;11'.. 115 l\’:1i11l11lpl1 s1., 11.21.-.111; 'l‘ll()5.
l\l.\S().\i. 181 \\’r11cr $1., Lilii:z1g0, 111.; 111111
Al.liI7.l-Cl‘ .‘i‘l'lC(}l:'\l.\N, .’\llC_‘».:Ll.ll. l‘ut up 111
60-111. 1111.11-.~* (lriiisc). 1'1-"ice I‘ll1‘.ll'l‘ Ci1::~:'1's
pc: 111., 30-111. l111xc.-'. oft’; :,~ll1. packages,
’l‘1-tx Cl-.I\'T.\' per 111.

‘ .
Cnounn OiL CAKE.
OLD /’/\’0C[:'.S'S.

I\'11'.v 1- ‘.l‘:C time 111 buy llic gciiiiiiie arti

' 1-:.1p To 111-. 112111 in Micliigaii of
1*‘. V \N l)l\’I1‘Tl.l"L Lt C’1).,(ii‘;1i11l l{api1.l.s';
I\l.~\\'l'>R l‘1.~\I\'.\'l-‘.‘.', l{ala::1:izo11:
T. 11. '1'.-\\'l.()l{. _l11ck.<11ii City .\lill.<. Jack-
son;
W. S. 1'1‘).-\'l"l'lil.l), 211') \\'1101lw:1rd A\'e.,
I}€1l‘0ll',
711.15/1/1 H. //'/15;"/rm‘, 15.17., /"I. I'V.7ynt, /ml’.
hilt -llziviiig 11-1.-11 your Si:1rl1ra1i1l1)f 0111
Process (111 C-.111e Meal. I can clicerfiilly rec»
11iii111eii<i it to f:1.1'11ici‘< and .~1<)Cl{lll(:n.
Y11nrs:ri1l_-.', _l. C. .\"111:i1-i.i:<1:,
Sec‘)! .\licl1. 51:11:: _~‘\g"l Society.
.'\.\l( f11r STAR |1i'a111l. ma11'.ifacl111‘1:1l only by
JOSEPH HUGHES 81 CO.,
Fort \Va._yi1c, Ind.

Tire si1Gi11ilili3ElEi‘r7

Illustrated Quarterly. 50 cents :1. year in-
cluding postage.

LEWIS 5. WARE, M. E., I-Z11iT11i<.
i1F.NR\' CAREY 141111111 8; 1:11., l’l'BLlSl1F.RS,
810 Walnut Street, l’hila11clphia..

This is the only publicatioii in the United
S1a1cs(levo1e11 exclusively to the ciiliivation
and u‘1iliz:11i11i1 of the Sugar Beet. Farmers
and Capitalists should 1'cm.e1iil1ei' that from
the beat is maiiufaciureil 11n1=—half the sugar
c11nsii1ne11 in the world. The beet manufac-
turing priicesses are not in their experimental
stages-—by them are obtained not only sugar,

but also meat, alcohol, etc.

  

1101/1112

DN 30 DAYS’ TRIAL};
 THIS NEW
 ‘ ELASTIO TIIIISS
 . Eager: lisadcudd iiggiig 
T8933
. uat as a Dtgf 0"

ti Brill lncenter adopts
on ---=.. -
invevfilajli ht sure 8 61’-
loes with the finger. it 1: pres
11; is held secnrel day and

     

    
  

0511210115 0! the
:11 11:, d a radical euro
3 eum.lSentbymml.C1l‘-
us 130., cuun. 1"-

Money 10 Loan.

There has been placed in my hands money
to loan in sums of live hundred 1l111la1's or
more, to be seciircd on good inipmvcd farms.

_l. W. ()SB()l\’N,
Attorney at Law,
N11. [21 South Burdick St.
Kalaniazoo, Aug. 9, I886 Aug15t1

(ERIC IJNVVGHD D

STOCK PABM.:

Poland China Swine a Specialty.

Breeders Stock recorded in Ohio P. C. Record. Cor-
respondence and inspection invited.

B. G. BUELL,

LITTLE PRAIRIE RONDE,
Cass C9., Mich.

 

-—-THE-——

Palrons’liroc11ryH11us11

Under Contract with the Executive Committees of the
Pennsylvania and New York State Granges and recognized
b-. the State Granges of Ohio. New Jersey and Delaware
to furnish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry a large and
complett stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Coffees, Teas,
Spices. etc. W: 1111 all orders from Patrons when the order is
under Seal of Grange and signed by the Master and Seen-ta~
ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay-
ment to be made within 31: 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 Mich gain will convince them that they can
Purchase Groceries to advantage in Philadelphia- If
you desire information in regard l~ prices on any goods in our line
of business or freight rates do not hesitate 1.1 Write us. as we endeavor
to answer all inquiries promptly and satisfactorily. We will mail free upon
request our Complete Price List of Groceries giving the wholesale prices
of all Goods in the Grocery Line.

THORNTON BARNES,

Wholesale Grocer and'G1'ange Selling Agent,
241 North ‘Vat:-.r Street,

marrsw Philadelphia. Penn.

   

6]-IQ Galina.

We issue the Buyers‘ Guide in March and September of
each year. It is now a book of 304 pages. Séxll inches in
‘ size, 28,576 square inches ofinformation forthe consumers.
1 It describes, illustrates and 1_ ives the [arm of nearly all the
' necessaries and luxuries in (1211 y use by all classes of peo-
1_ pie, and is sent free to any address upon receipt of 10 cents
1, to pay the cost of carriage. We charge nothing for the book.
1 All ofthe goods quoted in the Guide we carry in stock,
1 which enables us to make shipments promptlyanil as ordered.
. We are the original Grange Supply House organized in
1 1872 to supply the coiisumer 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
l statement.

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

1

l

MONTGOMERY WARD & 00.,
227 & 229 Wabash Ave.,(1’1'ear 1Ixposi1ioiiBi1il1liiig) CHICAGO, ILL.

     

CHICAGO & GRAND TF:Ul‘1l( R15-.l1.WAY TIME TABLE,
JUNEVZSV, 1836-

TRAINS FZ.\5T‘v\'/\RI)—CKi'\'l‘FAL MER1l)I‘«.“7 TIME

TRAINS WESTWARD— CENTRAL MERIIIAN TIME. 1 “

   

  
 

 

1N'o.'rs,' 1110. 4 No’. 6. ,Nr».’r.  grxu-373' "'T‘”1s"6I
‘t Express  Express. Express.’ Mail 1 Express.: Express.
'“' I “ 1 ‘T _—‘ —_" ""‘ “"‘1""" "““
Por1Huron,Lv....l . . . . . . . . ..*7o5A.1-11. 7551-. 1.1., Chic. . 80511 1.11 3251-.1118 15? M
L:i_p::er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 31 “ 9 34 “ , Yalpai':ii<o. . . . . io 30 ‘ 1 5 32 “ 110 L9 '
1711111 111 10 " boiii 12 00 ' l 6 5'1 “ I12 111 .~\. I
1 l 10 48 “ C 12 .17? II,‘ "29 “ [1243 "
  11 50 " 1 16 '  . . . . . . .. 1 07 "
1 1  .12 25 A.)i.. _ . 135 ‘ 806 " 127 ”
Battle Crack, Ar. . .1 A. M In 4:, “ 1 2o “ ‘ V1ck.~‘1.11i‘rg . . . . . . .. 1 50 ‘I l 8 15 ‘ 1 1 43 "'
_ " Lv....l 6 30 '12 1.15 “ 1 25 ‘: liziiile Creek, Ar... 2 45 ‘ 9 8 53 "  2 3-: "
Vicksburg . . . . . . .  7 18 12 45 “ 221 ' . " Lv... 345 “ I nor ‘ 7 235 “

Schoolcraft . . . . . . . . ., 7 30 12 55 “ 2 32 “ Cliarlr-rte . . . . . . . . .. 4 42 “ 9 43 “ 3 25 "

Marccllirs . . . . . . . . .  7 52 1 if: " . . . . . . . .  Lansing . . . . . . . . . . . 5 20 " 1014 " 4 110 "

Cassopolis . . . . . . . .  3 17 I 42 " 3 19 " 1 I_)1ii'ancl . . . . . . . . . .  7 05 " 11 08 “ 5 03 "

South Bend . . . . . . ... 9 00 2 28 “ 4 07 " 1' 1‘ lim . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 55 “ 11 37 " 3 40 "

Valparaiso . . . . . . . ..I1o 30 4 00 “ 5 52 " , Lupcer. . . . . . . . . .  8 4,2 ‘ 12 07 A VI.) 1- 15 "

lhiczign . . . . . . . . . ..112 40 P. M. 6 30 “ - 8 10 “ 1 Port Huron . . . . . . ..l1o 20 “ 1 26 “ 7 35 "

\V:iy Freight carrying passengers going East. 3.30 P. M.; going west. 10 05 A. M.
"‘Stop for passengers on signal only.

Nos. 3. 4, 5 and 6 run daily.

Tickets sold and baggage chcckcclto all parts of (Ianada niicl United States.

For through rates and time apply to G. M. VVATSON, Local Agent, Schoolcraftz \V.

2111 G11 '1 Passenger Agent. Chicago; W. 1. SPICER. General M:1na1:er, Detroit.

GROOERIES!

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

Wholesale Grocery House

ARTHURMEIG$§1.CO.

Iaiave Opened. a.

E. DAVIS Assist-

.Ma.mmoth Retail Department,

and are selling all goods at much LOYVEIE PRICES than any other
dealrv SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS will be given large pur-
chasers. 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.

AETEITTJB AIEIG-S 6: GO...

Retail Department,

77 and 79 South Division St.

GRANI) RAPIDS, IVIICH.
dec85yi

GRANGE oommrsgromiifioulsif.

THOMAS REASON,

General Commission Merchant,
163 South Water St., Chicago,

Respectfully Solicits Consignments 01

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BONDED AGENT of the N. Y. Produce Exchange Association,
Chartered Feb. 13, 1878.

All Orders Receive Proper-Attention.

 


    

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TIIE G’-R; ANGE VISITOR.

FEBRUARY 1, 1887.

flexing guild @1111).

To the Young Folks’ Ciub.
DEAR CotisiN.——VVheii the Young
Folks’ (‘lab was lirst 0I'gtl.lII'/.(?xl I
thought. "It. will have so many «on-
tributors there will be no room for
any oi‘ my tr:-..s'li." but was surprised.
Yes. szully disappoiiittal. to liiid so few
who look :~ti_\‘ interc.st in it. .»\s I have
never writtt-.=-. for :1 p‘lpI-1' l-e!'o.e. You
need not ..ezistoiiis'ne.i i:' tl.i.-- is a tail-
ure, but II‘.l\'(‘ had the (il\‘AX(lI-L Visiroii
in the fainily forsevt ral years and have
often thought I would send soinethiiig.
I like the plan of eliooisiiig siibjeets to
Write upon, tor it is harder to tiiid the
subject; than it is to write. upon it. I
wonder if this club will see much sell‘-
improvenieiit if they do the way I have
becn doing, viz.. waiting for some one
else to begin. Nol I think not.
In what way may we eiiltivate Self-
Improvemeiit? First, by reading good
books: second, by cultivating thought.
in such Ways as writing short. articles
t'or papers, societies, orat. school: third,
by hearing good leetn res, attending so-
cieties. l_vceunisand becoming iiitercsi-
ed and infornicd on things around us.
Do we not see a difl'ercnce iii the per-
son who never thinks for liiiiisclt' or
has any den-died opinion on any .siib_ieet,
never reads anytliiiig but some exeitiiig
novel, or one that takes some interest in
the topics that are being dist.-iissed.
reads good books and has an opinion of
his own and  not afraid to tell it. If
we iiiingle in one class (it' society we
becoiin- iiitei'e.s‘ted oiil_v in gossipiiiv‘.
telling what a beautiful hat some girl
wore, and how nicely she was dressed.
and of tliiiigs that will be of no bene-
fit to us or any oiieelse: while if we go
to some good society we tiiid other
things to think about, soiiietliiiig that
IlI.'L‘l.IS thought, and in that way we are
able to give opinions on .s'ul)jeet.s‘ if
called upon. By coiiversiiig with a
person _vou can very soon tell wliether
he is one who reads these exciting "love
stoi'ie:s” and does not do his own tliiiik-
ing, or wlietlier he reads soinething sen-
sible. Go into a school where the pn-
pils are acciistoiiied to write and read
essays, and listen. You can tell every
time who those are that think and have
some decided opinion on the siilijeet on
Wliicli they have written. Self-Iin-
provemeiit can be a<-eoiiiplislicd by eve-
ry one, and those who do not eiiltiyate
this, will never be. as (.‘ousiii Mae says.
:i Carleton, George Eliot. or l’»aiicroft,
or. in f:ict,:iiiytlii1ig but a siiiiple-iiiiiid-
ed, tlioiiglitless person. who no one
that is intelligeiit and thoughtful will
4.':li‘i.' to ('1 iii\'ei'.se With. I li:l\'e a good
iliiisti':ii'io1i at hand that will show the
l:ickoi'>1elt' Improveiiieiit. I think. In
our scliool distriet theteaelier who had
(Ii“l\\ ii a skeletoii on the board and was
te.-ieliiiig the scholars the ii:iiiies of the
l)one.s and the etl'eets of aleohol on the
liuiiiaii .sy.steiii, was given to iiiidcistaiitl.
by the direetoi‘, that it was very dis-
gr~ieefiil and iiiiiiiodest to draw sueh
ligiires on the board for his little girls
to look at.aiid teaeliiiig them such long
words! Who knew but it was swear-
ing in sonieotlier laiig‘iiage'.’ And. yet.

this saiiie man cannot utter one seii-
tenee without using profaiiity. lle

(llll not want Proliibitioii taiiglit eitlier:
that was not what he sent his (‘lllI(II‘L‘Il
for. but his four-year-old boy('.’) is a
great fi'i:-iid to hard elder. and when
he goes to town with liis lather is treat-
ed to beer. Tliisinaii iieeds triiiiiiiing.
'l‘liei'et'ore. those who do not wish to be
like liiin_. Trim! ‘>'iii-:irr.i'i:xi-;
A Sunny Letter.

I)l—1Alt (‘oi'.si.\'s .\.i.i..——l feel that I am
too liiglil_\' lioiiored by the posilsoti of
Vice i’i'e.s'itlI‘1ll. :l1id sliollltl lies‘it‘ite
about :ie.-,epting it but for oiieof our
(.i."aiig‘e in-ixiiiis \\'IlII'll teal-lies us to
avoid the sliirking of responsibilities‘.
and. also. I have soiiit-where read that
the Vice l’i'esideiie_v isift a prirtieiilai-ly
2l1‘ll\'(‘0iIll’l‘.Ill(’ Vim‘. l’i'e.si:leIit beiiiga
kind of silent partner. and eveii tiiiliiig
to be iiientioiied by the cl--i'gy when

hey pray t'or the I’rc-sideiit and other
piiblie otiieers.

I think the siibjeet given us by Presi-
dent Mac is a good one and a wide one.
There are so many way.s in which we

can and should iniprove. not alone as ,

1-t-spects book kiimvleil,':;e. ‘but in our
manners. morals and physical liealtl-..
there is room tor impi'oveineiit with
most if not all of us.

In regard to health Ispeak more par-
ticularly of the girls. Bo_vsdoii’t wear
corsets nor stay indoors four-tiftli.s: of
the time and then wonder why they
have weak backs and lungs, and can’t
go out doors without taking cold, or
that a little active exercise gives them
a headache. I don’t say that this ap-
plies to allgirls, but that it does apply
to too many.

It sec-ins to me that our Country
School Mariiiis a queer one. Inever
before knew a country school iiiarm
who didn't just dote on boys. Now
I’iii frank toadniit that I like boys and
I hope I’re:sident Mac will veto the no-
tion of leaving them out in the cold.
I don’t think they “tell e,vei'yt.liiiig”
any more than girls do, and as for their
being rude ——-well, I admit that they
often lack training, but that will never
be remedied uiiless they also are taught
“Self linproveiiient.”

Iii manners and morals the boys, as
a class, need as iiiucli if not more im-
provement than the girls.

Now, boys, if you don’t think so
don’t hesitate about speaking, t'or I’m
sure President Mac will be quite will-
ing. But wait, 1 will leave out the
moral part. When I Was young a
moral always spoiled a story for me,
and, of course, all the youths in the
club are moral; it Was a base insinua-
tion and I Withdraw it.

Yet, who are there among us who do

' their Whole duty and are never in the

wrong?
the boys and girls on the farm spend-
ing these loiigeveiiiiigs?” \Vell. I will
give a literal accouiit of our method,
not. that I Wish any one to take it as a.
model, unless they choose, but because
we find pleasure in it and also learn a
great deal in an easy desultory way.

We have found that having a pro-
grain is decidedly inconveiiiciit and
unconifortable: I won't say impossible
because it inay be that we lacked per-
.s"“"‘I':lllt‘(‘.

I know that :1 classical education can
Ilt’«)tvi.'.li;l‘iI by improving cliaiieeop-
portunities for study, but it takes a
deal ot' pluck, hard work. patieiicr.-. and
persisteiiee. All honor to those who
siicceetl. ()iir family coiisists of fatlicr.
mother, myself and two younger
lirotlit-rs. aged respectively fourteen
and eleven years. VVc Will cill them
t'oi'dist.iii<-tioii Primiis a11(l Secuiidus.
I-’rimus is attendiiig an aeadeiiiy. Se-
cuiidus the district school. Iain needed
at home and although I should like to
take a course at Vassar, am not likely
to be able to do so. \Vc live three miles
from the postotlice, six miles fro'iii a
railroad station and one mile from any
white neighbors. This much t'or us—
now t'or our ways.

\Ve take a number ot' good Grange
papers, a religious paper. the St. Nich-
Olis and the Youths‘ (foiiipaiiioii. and
are members of a t'air cii't-ulatiiig libra-
ry. from which we draw books of
travel. history, biograpliy. stories.
poems; anything which the library
contains that we may be interested in.
It‘l'()lll each and all ot' these it is our
eiistoin to read aloud to one aiiotlier.
More, ot'teii it is father or l’riineus who
reads while iiiother and I sew, knit or
mend as seeiiis most. iieeessary. 5‘oine-
times a triend or two comes to spend
the evening with us and the reading is
laid aside for talk. gaines. iiut-cracking.
eorii-popping and the like. Occasion-
ally we spend an evening out or attend
some social gathering.

Now I liave a grievance or two that
I wish to present to the notice of the
(flab, and then I‘ will not iiiipose far-
ther oii _voiirtiiiie and patienee. Griev-
ance No. one  (‘ity People in the
('oiintr_v. their liiipiidciice and Fariiier
Folks’ Folly.

Last suniiiier two tiiiely dressed wo-
men. wlio used good grainiiiar and
would appear to be ladies. stopped at a
pretty farm liouse and asked the mis-
tress of the liouse if they might just
look around a little while everytliiiig
was "so lovely” there. )li.st.ress of the
liouse, greatly pleased by the eoinpli-
ment. said "n.-ei'taiiily” and the ladies(‘.’)
spent a half hour or more in e.\’aiiiin-
ing and e.\:claimiiig over the tlowers.
the vegetaliles. the parlor l'ui'iiiIui'e.the
<‘l)lll‘ll, the cheese room. etc. Now,
"turn about is fair play." what would
their answer be if some eouiitry person
should ask to look their city homes
over beeause they were “so lovely'.”’ I
iinagiiie it would be --certainly not.’.

(irievanee iiuiiiber two I have not
named lest you sliollld say "has bleii,"
but it is this: In reportiiig an agri-
l'1llIlll‘:1l meetiiig.at wliieli soine of the
best papers were written 2lIlIIAl(5II\'t*I‘t‘(l
by ladies, the writer says: "The last
paper \\'as read by .\Ir:s. Illaiik, a very
pretty lady." It is the adjective that
Iolijeu-t to. Siippose instead of Mrs.
it had been .\Ir. Illaiik? would he not
have felt insulted to liave been noticed
as "a very pretty inaii?" I’erliaps I
have learned too well the (liniige les-
son of (‘41il:llll_\’ but I dislike siieh dis-
tinetions.

(‘ouiitry Seliool .\Iariii says. ask
('.»ii.siii .\l:ie what weshall do. I think
she has already told us to sliidy .\'elI'
Iinproveiiieiit. not t'oi';_-;t-ttiiig to for-
ward llie result of our study to the

t'lub. that being’ one of our best
eliaiiees for iiiipreveiiieiit.
Yours,

Jan. ‘:0. IHRT. Srx I“l.(v\VI£lL.

A Stimulus.

II:-re is aiiotlier item of eiicoiir:ige-
ment to self-eiiltiii-e. .\lr'. Geo. I3.
I)owiiiiig, of Ilristol, I’a.. has beeotne
a high aiithority iii the Sziiisn-i'it and
'/A(iII(I laiiguages. He says he begaii
their study when .se\'entee,ii hours of
his day were eiiiployed in collecting
fare on a street i'ailw;1_\". Ilow or when
he found the time tor anytliing but
the monotonous taking ot' niekels, the
item doe.s not state. Siiflice it for us
that he had the will to do it and some-
how, somewliere. made the tiine:to ae-
coiiiplisli somewhat of mental culturi.

The lamented death of Prof. ()liiey,
of the Mieliigan University, brings to
general knowledge that he was not a
college-bred student. The popular
series of articles heiiig given to its
readers by the Foruiii on “How I was
educated,”by prominent cdin-ators,dis-
closes many a struggle for mastery
over adverse cii'ciiiiistaiice..s, many
months of day teaching and night
study, and many a victory won. A
western paper lately gave a list of
prominent writers who secured their
edueatioii outside of college walltsf.
Among them are Gr. \V. ('urtis. T. I}.
Aldrieli,lleiir_v Janies. W’. I). llowells.
Bayard Taylor. Bret Ilarte. (leorgc \V
(Jablc. Mark Twain and I’aul IIainil-
ton Ilayne, and still tlie list is only
begun. Ilow frequent to our ears are
such cases, where seliolaixs have cut, for
themselves paths up the sleeps of
learning! \Vliat an inducement it
ought to be to the boys and girls of
the present who can go to college to
do sol If these men, without. college
aid. have done so bravely, what may
not be won with it? (iil{A(,'1£.

~— r*
IT pays to keep boiled linseed oil on
hand to oil fork handles, rakes, iieck-
yokes, whiflletrees, Wagon-felloes, or

any of the small tools on the farm that
are more or less exposed to alternate

Wetting and drying.

Cousin Mae asks, “How are

PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.

[Corrected by Thornton Barnes. Wholesale Grocer
and Grange Selling Agent, No. 231 North yvam
$1., Phila elphia, Pa.)

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 1, r887.
PURE SUGARS.

(‘utloaflperlb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(L%
Pulverized per lb. .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . .6%
Standard granulated per lh. . .
Standard A White per lb.. . . .
I’-est White soft A per ib . . . . . . .
Good white soft A per lb. . . .
Extra L‘ white per lb . . . . . . . . .
Standard B per lb . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extra ~ yellow bright per lb. .
C yellow per lb. . . .
BTOVVI: per lb . . . . . .
New l;rle:uis extra I ghi per

SYRUP AND AIOLASSLS-In Barrels.

Sugar drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . ., .2i
Amber drips pure sugar per gallon. . . .
Fancy white maple drips per gallon. . . . .
Extra golden pure sugar per gallon . . . . . ..3i
Fancy New Orleans new crop per gallon. . 5_:
Good New Orleans. new crop per gallon 3i
White honey drip vanilla flavor . . . . . . . . ..3;

IMl'0RT.\NT——TIle above quotations are for syrup in
whole barrels only All syrup in half barrels 4 cents
per gallon extra and no charge for package In 5 and
10 gallon packages 5 cents per gallon additional and
the Cost of package.

C(.)FFI£ES—GREEN AND ROASED.

Fancy Rio per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r6l,é®i7

(‘yreen Rio extra choice per lb . . . . . . . .. r6 @.i6}é
lircen Rio prime per ' ’
Green Rio good per lb. . . .
Green Rio common per lb . . . . . . . . . . .
Green i\I:iracaibo choice per lb . . . . . . . .
(‘ireen Laguziyra choice per lb . . . . . . .

     
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  

lireenjava choice per lb . . . . . . . . . . .. .21 {E22
Roasted Rio best per lb. . . . ig
Roasted Rio No. ! per lb. . vA18E§
Roasted Rio No 2 per lb . . . . . . . . . . .18
l\'0.’1sted Laguayra best per lb . .i9
l{oastcd_I;1va best per lb . . . . . . . . . .. .24 (925
Barnes’ Golden Rio roasted in 1 lb p 20
TEAS.
Imperial per lb ... . . . .25, 35, .10, .45. so

  

Young Hyson per lb 20. 25, 35, 40, 3
Oolong per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 28, 32, 33, 45
japan per lb . . . . . . . . . . 30, 37, 42, 45
Gunpowder, pcr lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 38, 42, 45, 3c»
I-‘0REIG.\‘ DRIED FRUIT‘

Raisins, New Muscaiells per box. . .
“ Old Miisczuells, "

 
  
    

  
 

  
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
   

 

      

 

 

“ London layers “ . . 2 30
“ London layers % boxes. ..
“ Valciicia per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6‘/§@6k,
“ Seedless. inrus, so lbs per mat. . . .
“ Ondara, box. 28 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8,34’
“ " *‘ i4lbs...  9‘/3
Prunes, French boxes, per lb. . . . . . . . . 7%i<_i. I l
“ New Turkey, per lb . . . . . . . . .. 7 @117};
Currants. new, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. sfigtgafi
VVIIOLE SPICES.
Black pepper, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18%
“hits "  . . . . . . .. .. :3
Ginger “ 12
tjiiinanion “ ic-
Cloves “ 29
Allspicc “ 9
.\lacr: “ .. . so
Nnmiegs " .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 05
PURE GROUND SPICIES.
Pure pepper, black. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2o
‘ African cayenne per lb . . . . . . 28
cinnamon per . . . . . . . . .. r7
“ Cloves pcr 1b.. 31
“ ginger per lb. .. ID
" ailspict: per lb.. 15
\rl{()Cl“R .
SalSod.1, r12 ll) kegs, per lb. . . . . . . . . 1%-3'
Flour sulphur per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bi—carb soda, loose, 112 lb kegs 4 '
“ “ “ 35 ll) b\'i.\ 3
“ “ “ in II) lio.\cs. o
“ “ in ii) packages til 2
“ “ in 1; lb p;ick:i<,;r:,s.. ..... 7
Can starch, (.'wil'ncrt’s. per lb . . . . . . ... '2‘-3
“ Diirye'.\'.s', per lb . . . . . . . . . .. 7
Starch.lnnip,l ILlrycu’s..p> lb b-).\es per lb 4
" (}i|bz:rt‘s “ " 4
Corn starch, new oroccss . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Starch, new proctrs, lump. . . 4
" “ o lb boxes . . . . . . . .. 6
' " I ll» boxes . . . . . . . .. 1»
Grain btigs, two bushels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :5
Georgia liags. (“U busliels in
Chocolate Baker's I’rein. . . i p :7 (513 ,3
I.’-arm.-s" Perfect Bukiiig Powder in  lb
tins, per ;lo/.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..r 25
Barnes" l"<:rt'cct I$:tl<ing Powder in lg’ lb
tins‘, per do/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Barnes’ I’c-rtect Ilaking Poi ‘er in one lb
tins per do; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4 25
Current Rates on Chicago
Market.
Potatoes, No. I, ripe, ‘pl buS .48 di .52
‘- oft stock. . . . . .. .40 (n; .45
Turiiips, yellow, ‘fl bu. . . . .27 or .28
Unions, choice, “ .. .. .85 (ii .90
Apples, “ No. I, "pi bbl. 2.85 or 3 .00
“ _\'o. 2, stock. “ .. (ti 2 00
Car lots sold at 5 per cent. coiiiiiiissioii.
Apples, c\'riporate<l, ‘it’ ib.. I0“; 1,; J11:
lriiioiis, selected,  bbl. . . 2.50 (II, 2.75
l{ut:ib.igr.s. “ in I .23
'l‘u:iiip:s, white, “  .73 (.7; 1 00
lleaiis. iizivv.  bu. . . .. 1.25 (:1; I 4.5
*‘ inediiiiii, “  1.30 ((1. I 41
Wool, waslicd, ‘,2! lb. . . .. .28 my .53
uii\\':isliev:l, “ ... .. .15 ([5 .27
Veal. choice. “ .... . .07 Rt‘ .08
Turkey, “ dressed, "[11 lb .07 mi .08
Cl1iCke!1S_ tlicscd, “ .06 (ll. .07
liacks. “- " .07 or, .03
Egg. fresh. “ ... .27 (it .28
“ held stock, “ . .. .20 (ii. .23
llutter, (Ifllry, “pl lb . . . .. .12 on .22
" creaiiicry “ . ... .22 (g) .26
Clover seed, 1:9 bu . . . . . .. 4 S0 ((1 5.00
Tiniotliy “ “ V . . . . . .. (rt 2.00
Hides, salted, G,  it; . . .. o7!é(r/t OS
l‘elts, estd wool, “ .... .25 ((1 .27
Hops “ . . . .23 on .30
Honey. “ . .. .io (g) .12
Beeswax. “ .16 ((0 .20

On produce not named write for prices.

I will advance on all car lots of choice win-
ter apples Si.5o per bbl; also go pcrlb. on all
evaporated apples on their receipt and will
also keep posted on values here that will cor-
respond with me in relation to what they
have to dispose of. Ship from this on in
lined or refrigerator cars. Respectfully yours,

THOMAS MASON,
163 South Water St., Chicago.

“The Old Folks at Home.”

WHITE SEAL Blllllllllll BIL’:

The New York Board of Henltli estiinates that
3l),t)U() lives liavo been destroyed by the explosive
qualities of petroleum. If every hoiisehold.
would adopt the White Seal Oil for family iiso,
none of these unfortunate ucuideiita would oc-
cur.

\VIilte Seal Burning Oil
has none of the defects usually found in COIl1~
nion oils. I1: <-nniiot he exploded, does not char
the wick, will not snioke, emits no offensive
odor, and prevents the bri-iikiiig of cliiiniieys.
\\"liite Seal Burning Oil

is -‘L rich oil for illiiiiiinutiiig ptirpost-s. It is as
light in color as pu re S1!l‘lII,‘.; water. It ;.‘IV('.'l ii.
i-'tron;,'_. .-itrouly light and burns nii.iehlonge1't:Iian
coniinoii oils.

If the \Vliite Seal Burning Oil is not sold in
your vicinity, send your order direct to us for it
barrel or ii. c-use containing two neat: five gallon
ciuis.

BROOKS OIL C()., 55 Euclid Ave.-, Cleve-
land, Ohio. feblt/J

.=.3_L9,,{FBUlTTllEES

Vines, Plants. etc.

Amgle. P.enr. l’euch.Cherry, Plum,
Quince. strawberry. Raspberry,
« Blaxxkberryg Currants, Grapes,
liooseberries. do. send for Oataloguq

J. 8. COLLINS, Ioorestown, N. J.

janit3

   

Fifty Cents .'.

PAYS TEE I3"U"'I"SZ'1

Why should I Subscribe for

The llrangelisi orlor 1887?

EEICAIISIEI.

1.. Grange Reading is requisite to that sturdy devel-
opment that should characterize the life of an agriculturisf
2. THE GRANGE VISIT()R is the organ of the Michigan
State Grange. As a Patron I am by duty bound to its sup-
port. As a Farmer, loyal to my calling. I need its support.
It has been termed, “Our strong right arm,” and
said, “It fights our battles.”
'3. In its honest effort to promote the best interests of
the Order it is still the farmers paper Whether he is in the

anotlier has

Grange or out. Its farm departments are filled With reports
of experiments. practical notes and seasonable suggestions.
The literary columns are regularly contributed to by racy
penned, Well read Writers. The ladies’ page has been the
field of many spirited and genial contests. and, in its Way,
has staunchly helped its constitueiits to their honored places
among Workers for a higher and nobler standard of man and
Womanhood.

The miscellaneous inatter is selected with the highest
good of the home in view. Its adverti.s:e1's are reliable. The
Postal department has a liberal patronage from all classes
of readers, and vigorously maintains its catholic spirit and
popularity.

The editorial departmeiit seeks to candidly express its
unbiased opinion on whatever topics the Good of the Order
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reading iiiatter.

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