" THE FAR./LIER IS OF MORE U0.N'SEQ UEJV'CE TH.AJl THE FARM, J1./Vi) SHOULD BE FIRST 1.fiI]’ROVED.”

C-OLDWATER, MICH., MAY 1., 188'.

VOLUME XII—No. 9. I
WHOLE NUMBER [.57. f

Published by A. J. ALDRICH &: CO.,

l Publishers of tho COLDWATEB REPUBLICAN.

OFFICIAII DIRECTO R Y‘.

Orlici-r.-n National Grange. ‘ _ _ .
M¢.rttr—PUT I)ARDEN.. . . . . . . . . . .. . .Mississippi
O0¢'f.|‘£€7—-JAiV[ ES 1, DRAPER...
Lu‘turtr—MORT. WHI'I'El*' EAD. . . .New Jersey
Sle'wan1—]. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VVest Virginia
Assixtavtt St(7ua'r*{-—\V.H.ST NSON. .N Hampshire
C)uxplaiz—A._[ ROSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Texas
Tr:a.i~ur:r— F. M. MCDOWELL . . . . . .New York
Secretary-—_]NO. TRIM HLE. 514 F 5: \Vashington.

  
 
  

Gate Iftegéer-H. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . .Delawarc
C:rt.r—MRS. KATE I)ARDEN.. .Mississippi
Pbrriorm-—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . .Keutucky

Flora—-MRS. JAMES C DRAPER. . .Massa(:husetts
Ltd; Arxirtunt Stauard—MRS. E. M. Ll PSCOM B,
South Carolina

Executive (loinmlffm-. .
, M. BLANTON, Ch'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virgini_a
I.H.BRIC-I-lAM...... ...._..(_)hio
I.  VVOODMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Michigau

  

limcprfl Michigan State Grange.

 
   
 

D!a:ter—€. G. LUCE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. nsiug
0ver.i‘ur—— OI-IN I-IOLBROOK ..Lansing
L,m.,»,r_ ASON w'0<)T1‘MAN.. .Paw Paw

St:-4.:a7‘d—-W M. SHAFFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansing
A.9.i‘i':(artt Sletuurd ——A. E. GREEN .Walled Lake
Chaplain-I. N. CARPENTER. .  .....$hcrman
Tr:a.i‘ur£r—E. A. STRONG. . . . . . . . . .Vicksbur

     
  
  
 
 

Secrttar;/—_]. T. COBB . . . . . . .Schoolcra t
Gatt K£:p:r.—_l. C. GOULD. . . . . . Paw Paw
Crrz: ~ MRS S. L. BENTLEY.. . .Eaton Rapids
flmwna MRS. PERRY 5.-iAYO. Battle Creek.
Flora—MRS.]. C. GOULD . . . . . . . . . . . .Paw Paw
L. A. Stnuard—MR$. A. E. GREE .. .WaJled Lake
Executive Fommlttee.
THOMAS MARS, Ch'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berrien Center
H. D. PLATT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ypsilanti

   
 
 

. Maple Rapids

F, W. REDFI-ZRN.. . _
. .Ti-averse City

1. G RAMSUELI...

. Q. A BURRINGTO . . . . . . .Tuscola
butt. SATERLEF... . .. .Birmingh3m
GEO B HORTON . . . . . . . . .. Fruit Ridge
C. G. LUCEI A. .. .  Lansing
;_ '1‘_ costs, i’£“'0fi""‘l . . . . . . . . . . . .. Schoolcraft

General Deputy.
MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battlc Creek

Special I)P[)lltitԤ.
P. H. G()EI.TZENCLEUCHTER. Birch Run, for
Sizinaw County.
GEO. L. (.‘AF<l.lSLF., Kalkaska. for Kalkaska Co.
F_ \V. RI“.DFF.R.\' Mrtple Rapids, for Clinton Co.
GEO. S Glli 15 Greezivillc. for Montcalm Co.
HIRAM ANl)RE\NS. Orion. A.  CROSBY. _lr..
Novi for Oakland County.
]OH.\' WELLE Flat Rock, for Wayne and Monroe
Counties.
THUS MA R9, Perri:-n Center. for Berrien Co.
R, A}, .V()R'l'l)N_ (lrangcvill-.. for Barry Co.
E. \VA(}.\IF.R. _l<»n<:-ville. for Hillsdale C0.
. S. BURNTETI‘. Bancroft. for Shiawassee Co.
C. A. LE >.\.-\Rl). Maiittiii. for \Vcx1'ord Co.
A. M. LEITCH. North Burns. Huron Cu.
M. T. C()l.E., Vnlmvra. Lenawee Co.
W H. M.-\'l'l‘F.:’0.\', louia lonia Co.
‘.\'l|r~higan Grange Stores.
A. STEGEMAN. Allegan.
E. R. USBANI), North Lansing.

PRICE l.lSl Ol‘ Sb l’l’l.ll:S
Kept in the olicc of the Secretary of the
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,
And sent out Pu.i't-paid, on receipt of Ca:/z
Orier, at/er the Sea!’ (If a .S'ub:rr¢1'irzatr
Grange, and the xignature of its Mailer
ar Snretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred . . . . . . . . ..S

Blank book, ledger ruled. for Secretary to keep
accounts with members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. i 00

Blank record boolu (express paid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 00

Order book, coiitainiiig too orders on the Treasu-
rer. with stub. well bound . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . ..
Receipt book. containing ioo receipts l'romTreas-
urer to Secretary, with stub, well bound. . . . ..
Blank receipts for dues. per too. bound. .

 
 
 
   

 

 
 
 

 

  
 
 
   
   
 
  
 
 
  

  

Appli. ations for membership, per 100. . . . 5o
Secretary's account book {new style). 50
VVithdraw;il card», per dozen. . . . . . . 25
Dimits, in envelopes‘. per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

By~Laws of the State Grange, single copies roc:
per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
By law-i lJ’.)ll!'|d. . _ 20

“Glad Echoes," with music. single copy 25c: per
dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 00

The Natioiial Grange Choir, single copy 40c, per
dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 oo
Rituals, single copy. 25
" per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 40

" for Fifth Degree, {or Pomona Granges,
per copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in

Blank “Articles of Association" for the incorpo-

ration of Subordinate Granges, with copy of
charter. all complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to
Notice to delinquent members. per 100.. .. . 40
Declaration of Purposes. per dozen 56: per too. . 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law . . . . . . . 50
" -‘ “ (morocco tuck) 1 00
Digest of Laws and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4c
Roll books . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. 15
Pair ns' Badges 25
Ofiiccrs’ badges. 50

co-

History and Objects of Cooperation. . . . . 05
What is (Jo-operationi. . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02
Some of the Wcaknessess of Co-o crntion. 02
Educational Funds: How to Use Them. . oi
Associative Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or
The Ecunomic Aspect of Co operation. .. oi
Association and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
The Principles of Unity.. . . . or
The Perils of Credit . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . or
Fundamental Principles of Co-operatio . or
How to Start Co-operation Stores. . . . .. . . oi
Logic of Co operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

Origin and Development of the Rochdale Socie-
t ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
Adiircsses and Lectures by Eminent Men . . . . . . . 03

J. T. COBB,
Sec'y Michigan State Grange,
Schoalcraft, Mich.

MT Seed

FETEONS House

Under contract with the NEW YORK STATE
GRANGE to supply 8.11 Patrons with Seeds. Be-
ing ii. Patron and a. Seed Grower I desire the pat-
ronage of 8.11 members of the Order.

Address.

LASS’ AND PATROIVS
ARDEN SPECIAL PRICE
U[DE LISTFREE.
Good Sam’, Full Wcig/2! and a Fair
Price.
Addri-sit HEMAN GLASS,
Ida.rl5t3 Seed Growers, Rochester, N. Y.

.Massachusetts ,

gusts! gnttings.

BALTIMORE GRANGE, No. 472, meets
twice at month and has had very inter-
esting meetings, with frequently 8. so-
ciitl 01' :1 d:iuce to while away the long,
coldwi11tc1'. We supply the VISI’I‘()R
to evei‘_v family that is clear on the
book. At our Gniiige meeting of Feb.
19, the plzistci‘ question was placed be-
fore our itiembcrs, resulting in the de-
cision that Wtr.1lS :1 Grtuige, buy no plas-
ter i1t$3.0U pct‘ ion at the mills. We are
glad to see so many Grfilllgtis taking so
decidcd 11 stand tigainst. moiiopolics,aii(1
have faith that at no distant day we
may look back upon the time when
such grc.-it evils to the general good of
mitiikiiid cxistcd. Sec’y.

B:ll'l‘_V C0.

[Here is good advice, backed by sub-
stiiiitiiil pt‘oof,foi‘ till faint-hearted Put-
rous.-—Et>.]

THE meinbers of M orctici Grsiiige are
118 busy as bee.-i iii a hive. We are hav-
ing our second contest and the result
is very encouraging. We have re-
ceived nine new members since the 1st
of April: 2'.‘ since the [st of J:muni‘y.
Our meetings are very interesting. “'9
meet every week and then are obliged
to have sotnc special tiicctiiigs to coit-
icr degrees. “"0 take :20 copies of the
Visitoitz this tends to shed light on out‘
]){l[ll\V1l_V. It is so cheap and so good
that Idoii’t see how 11 1:uitily can do
without it. Mics. A. J. b‘L"t"roN.

Lciiaivcc, (‘o.

UAK1.A.‘\‘1) l’onioir.1. No. 5, met with
Tciuiy l’l:t’-.ii«- (iimigc, at lliglil-.iu(l,
April 12. Dcspiic the iiiliucuce 01
go()il spring weather‘ for work the
l’:lll'(m.~‘ 01' (.)2ll{l:llll,l. met b_v some fi‘c.t|
I.i\'iiig.~‘ton. g:ithci'c(l iii gooilly iiuiii-
bcrs. A wcll :u'i':iiigc(l pi‘ogi':iiii \vzis
(.‘:t1‘t‘lctl out with ll)ll('ll s:1tis1':t(ttioii to
all. The iiicctiiig of iiiiiiiy ticw fticcs
in our i‘-aiiksx x-‘p(::1k.-‘ pluiuly of. the
growth of out‘ Urdci‘.

A public niccting in the cvciiiug,
£1(l(ll'(‘..~‘.S'1'(l by our Deputy closcd the
work of the (lay.

A. J. CROSBY, Ji‘., Iicct.

l AM right glad to tell you that
\Vot'kiug (;'ri':1ii}:c, 509. is not only in
the hind of the living but in a grow-
ing. ll(34lltll_\' and pi‘ospci‘uus,coiiditioii.
\Vc:t1‘c coiitiiiuzilly ittldiiig :1 few to
our iiumbci‘s—foui‘ new ztppliczitiotis
to be acted on now in the l1:lll(lS 01
coiniiiittccs. The \Voi‘thy l\1zi.~zti‘i' rc-
iiizwkcd the other day that he did not
know where he could put them all if
they (x)ntimie(l to come in so fast itll
suinmei‘, as we held our nicetiiigs at
his lioti.-30, and do not expect to bcuble
to get. into our new ball until fall.

Mzuiy of our bt'utlici‘f-3 being mem-
bers of the I. U. 0. F. we have united
with them in the coiisti‘u(‘.tioti of 1!.
hall for thc use of both societies. The
hall is to bc 5:! ft. long, 21 ft. wide
and 21) ft. high. Most 01 the tn:i1eri:il
is 1)lll‘Cll2lS(l(l,:Lll(1 work is :tli‘eud_v be-
gun on building.

\Voi‘king Gl':1ll,Q"0. 5011. has been in
the l;:ickgi‘(niii(l long enough, you may
heat‘ from us again.

T. G. Cl1Al\'l)L1‘.R.

Lcnttwce Co.

AT fl itiflflloll of Gi‘aiige 275 iii Clni'ks-
tou the following l'eSUlllil0ll was
adopted:

I{esolved,Th:it we do not have nnyfar-
ther dealing with the plaster ring.

Oiiklaud County has :ilw:t_vs been 3.
gi'c:it imu-kct for plaster but tlicrc will
not be one-f0ui‘tli as itiucli as was used
three years ago used this scnsoii.

E. Fosri-zit, Sec.

THE amendment was defcrttetl but
not so much was lost as one might at
first suppose. Michigan (lid bravely
as far as fair, good work was ac(‘oni-
plished. Much was gained, tcmpei'-
ance element and sciitittieiit.-i strength-
ened, tcnipemiicc etlucatioii advziiicctl.
new ideas gained, and 8. surci‘, bcttci‘
foundation laid foi‘ future work.
“\Vlien the enemy comes in like 8
thief” and fi‘au(l, and intiinidatiou
and almost riot are rtiinpiitit. \Vhcii
money giiiiied as the price of souls is
used to buy up the pi‘e.-‘s and poured
forth freely as wa1ci',it is not so its-
tonishiiig as it might be that the
amendment was not ciu‘i‘ied by 8. rous-
ing majority.

A (:opy of rcsolutioiis adopted by
the W. (3. T. U. in the southern part
of the State rezuls as follows: “We pc-
tition the Executive B03111 to request.
all Atixiliziries of the State to drape
all (:liiii'chcs and public btiildiiigs mid
halls in mouriiiiig for thii‘1:y days, and
whoever wears the white ribbon to

mark it with mouiuiiug.” 1 (lou’t be-
lieve God wishes the carncst temper-
ance woi‘kci‘s to sit down in “s:ickclutl't
and :1sliet-*” 01' hung their “htirps upon
the Willmvs.” but to rise tip and work
more c:t1'1iestly and valiantly to devise
Ways and iiioiius to stop this curse, to
save the youth of the hind. He says,
“Quit you like men; go 1'oi‘th conquer-
ing and to conquer.” If any one is to
wear‘ the ll:1l)illlXlCllt§ of iiiouriiiiig and
snckclotli and lie down in the dustaiitl
aslies it would be more appropi-i:1te for
those who voted ngniiist the 1lm(31l(l-
mcut to know and feel they are tight-
ening the chains which bind so Ill:|ll_V
who would be glad to be 1i‘(-c, to know
that. they are helping the salooiiist and
Worst element to destroy our homes
and noble manhood, and help till pre-
mature graves. It is a terrible thought
when we coutcniplatc the liquor truf-
1ic and the worst of the foreign popu-
lation here rule over us 1.0-day.

The contest is only just begun. The
battle has not yet reached the thickest
of the fight foi‘ hdmc and native liiiid.
People need iron-clad principles for
their ai‘m0i‘and who “dare to do right”
are needed for the coiiflit-1;.

Young men voted for the amend-
ment bcczuisc they wanted to be saved
—wlio will come to the rescue?

l\.lYltA.

SUUTII Boston Gmiige is having its
iiitcresting iiicctiugs as ever, has ftiilctl
but once 01‘ twice of having it qiii)i‘um,
i'cg:ii‘(llcss of the wc:1tlici‘,iii 21 _\'C:l1'.
Ten of its titembcrs §tIt(‘ll(lt‘(i it meet-
ing of the I)isti'ict (luitiicil at Ver-
gciutcn‘ lust t‘«utiti'(l:ty. This next ltl(3t!i—
ing of the Council will bc hcld zit
Alton. ‘.\l2l_\' 122, 1857. and will be open
to 2111; (!\'€l‘_\'lIU(l_V invited.

The wc:i1hci' is fair for this season
of the _vc,:u‘, but we need U. warm l':llll.
Sonic h:ivc sown oztt.-‘. Ntxr.

Clituidlcr, April 15, ’87.

Bi)ARl).\IAN VAI.LI“.Y (li‘:1n,<.re, No. 66-1.
cclclmitctl its ‘id :iiiiiivci‘:<:1i'_v on April
8. Wc hzid :1 ftill liou.-‘c and it very Ht-
tcntivc iiudiciicc. For ciiti-.1‘t:iiiiit'iciit
we had l‘t.‘{l(llll"‘% i‘c«-itutioiis,di:ili>giies,
.-‘(iiig-‘:iii(l iiiusic. Sonic of our (_.‘lc:u‘
\V:t1ci' bi'(>tlici‘.~a and Sl.‘~‘[(.‘I'I~4 were pres-
em and Bro.-a. liriiil: 1lll1l(_iill)S()ll united
with us in our talk on "The Social
Bciictit.-‘ of thc Gi‘:1iigc.” l’i'of. Cittoii
ll0llUl‘01l us with his pi'csc.iicc and en-
coiii‘:igiiig i‘ein:ti‘k~i as did also Miss
Lizzie ll:u‘ri.~2, who kiiidl_v zictcd as or-
gziiiist 1'01‘ the cvciiiug.—botli of Kal-
l{2lSl(:l. Our Gwtiiigc is 1li)ui‘i.~:hiiig and
wc now hiivc 5.3 iiiciiibcrs. We live just
st:ii‘tiug out 011 :1 coiitcst, thc side that
is bczitcu to give :1 slipper‘. Bro. Chas.
(_3:ii'i‘oll is c:tp1:iiii on one sidc and your
humble t~'el'V2lllt on the other. The coin-
test is to be c:u‘t‘icd on for threc iiionthsi.
I)()ii‘t know what kind of :1 suppci‘ We
shiill liiivc, but think the bi‘othci's are
getting i'c4dy for sti'r1wbci'i‘ics and
(:i‘e:iui. Mus. li<)ltACl~2 L‘Aitt.isLi::.

\Vi: have very iiitcrcstiiig meetings
stud l)l‘.llCV(l our (}i‘;iii;_ro (Moliiic) is
P-'ll'0llg“t‘l‘ now with about :15 iiicinbci‘.-i
in good .-'t:indiiig than when we had
100 101' now no one thinks hc can be ex-
cu.-‘ed from taking his part of the la-
bor. Since last full we luive lllld our
ineetiiigs iii the ziftci'tiooi1 in-‘tczid of in
the evening and believe that thcy have
bceii bcttci‘ attended thzui lici'cto1‘oi‘c.
We hitd four new incnibcrs to instruct
in the 4th degree, Saturd:i_v, April :23,
and ii feiist, as iisuzil. Qucstioii: “Of
what does the Fatiiily I’o«:-ket Book
(J(msist?"’ There are i'ccit:itioiis, sc-
lect i'ca(l'ings1, etc.

.Allc-gnu Co.

How prcttily worded is the procla-
mittiou l.~'SlI1‘(l by Bro. Luce. our fut‘-
111131‘irt)\'Cl'll()1‘,C0llC0l‘lllllg“;\l'l)Ul‘ Dity,”
or ti‘cc-pluutiiig. April 2:’). l1 t'c:1ds like
a beautiful poem. and ztftei‘ having read
it over scvci‘.-il titties, I have clippcd it
from the local papci‘ for my h'(‘l'1l.p-b()()l(
for fut ure 1'efei‘ciicc.

It is truly wonderful how P401118 peo-
ple can trikc thc twenty-six letters of
the English iilphabetand wczivc tliei'c-
trom siicli bctuiiifnl sciitittiuiits, new
ideas and bright tliouglit.-4, that seem
like St1‘lll,L_{'.~l of ptxirls and the flnsliing
of diztnioiid:-i in the sunlight. Mvitit.

ACROSS the street hiuigsti huge white
pl{lC2u'(l that t‘c:t(ls, “l’cck’s Bad Boy
here ’l‘o-night,” in big blue letters.
The “Bad Boy” is busy “working up”
the boys of the town, C0llSl3(]ll(‘,llC0——
six cuscs oi ti‘tiiiiic_v arc i-eportcd in
oui‘ School to-(lay. VVhcii ti huddle of
boys was :ippi‘o:i(‘,hc(l the following
t~‘(:i‘2ip 0fc0ii\'ci':-‘:i1.i<»n vvms lic.'u'(l: “(}oiii’
to-iii4rli1'.”’ “lief your life I um !” The
play IS furthci‘ on :i(lvci‘tiscd in the SA.-
l0UIl windows. 1)oii’t you think the

soil is pretty well fitted for the seed? V

\Vhat man would turn a. bushel of
thistle down onto his freshly mellowed
gnrtlcii this moruiiig with the hope that
his hind would not bring forth this-
tlcs? Yet there are those that believe
this I’(-.(:k’s Bad Boy Act to be at very
thistle and tare hot-bod 101‘ the minds
of the young. When it live, active
buy, not uncoinmoiily fond of books,
l)ui'ic.~: himself in ii copy of “l’eck’s
Bad Boy,” you may set it dowti that
LllC1'1"S soiiictliing to p:iy—-and the
nzuuc of the book spccilics the iiaturc
of the pay in boy nioriility. J. B.

ON the evening ofApi‘il 13, I went to
Bitmvia Center and put the old Buta-
vizt Gmiigc upon its feet again. with a
membci-ship of twenty-two clear‘ on
the books. There were at number of
others who were expected to be pres-
cut, who had given their names and
paid their money but for some reusoii
were kept away. The membership is
1Il1l(l(3 tip of good, substatitiztl f:ii'nici‘s
and their families, who seem to ll1tVO :1
strong tletertiiiiiatioii to make :1 stic-
ccss 01' their uudcruikiutr. With the
interest they seem to tniinifest and the
prospect that seems to l)(‘. before them,
I think we shiill soon heat‘ of effective
work being done for the Good of the
Order by Batavia Grl'11llg0. The meet-
ing was held at the home of Mt‘. Chit‘-
ciice Olds, who was choséu Overseer‘.
L. M. Bowers was tzhoscii Master and
Ed. Brown b'cci‘ct:it‘y.

II. B. Gt-zonuiz.

OTHER b‘TATES..

Ir llllfl been soinc time 9.11108 you hnve
ll1l(l2l_ll)l.llll,‘.f,' fruiii this plum. Iwaiit
to say iirst that l \\'{ll('.llL‘(l the prohibi-
tory contest in your State with (loop
iutcri-st and was .s()l‘1‘_\‘ 1olic:ii‘of1hc
dcfcztt of its friciiils. Dcfeat is lltl1'(ll_\'
ti propci‘ word to use. 1'01‘ tlicy iii:i(lc
so gilllilllt ti light :iud were so iicnrly
st1ccc.~‘s-‘ftil, that thcy may well “Thiuik
Urotl ztud takc. coiii‘:igc," and reiicw the
tight with goml 1)l‘0.’~'pl'(:[.‘l of lill('(‘0.~'.-1.
“llopc and pci‘~:cvci‘c.” “ Pick your
iliut. and try again ” "Thc right llllhl
prevail.” “licvoliitiotis never go back-
wziiil.”

I am just home fi‘0in 1|. Vl.>'~‘lt iitiioiig
the (ii-niigcs. It would i=ui‘pi'isc you
.\1icliig:tii(lci's to know that in ridiiig
200 milcs I only found four (}1‘:1iigi-s.
Bro. J. C. Spoouci‘, (>f.\‘toue Luke, litt-
cim Vista (?0.. had just. i‘em‘g:tiii7.(-il
llzii‘n1on_v(imiigc and lutd also (louc
the pi'cliiiiiii:u‘y w0i‘k for :lllUtllCl'. At
his i‘cqii(.~st. I went over and i'coi‘gtui-
izcd Silvci‘ Lztkc (;‘r1'2uigc with 19 incin-
bcr Jttilgiiig froui 1l}_)p(‘:t1‘tll1C(".~‘ and
the slight ticqiiuititztiicc l was able to
make, they arc not :1 people who tiike
hold of the plow and look back. Thcy
will l:u‘;:cly itici'e:Lsc their llllllll)0l‘S1il—
inost itiiiiio-(lintcly. lulso vi:-‘ited Little
Ccdni‘ Gi‘:uig(.-. Ol'gllIllZ(5(l last August,
:iii(lfou1idtliein uitikiug rapid e.~'ti'id(-s
tow:ii‘(l :1 tnodcl G'l‘{lIlg'(?. H:ti‘iiioiiy
Gmiige is just i‘coi'g:1iii1.c(l and of
course new to the work, but tlicy ciitci‘
into it with iuiciicrgy [ll2].l.lllHll1'eS suc-
cess.

(hi my 1'ctui'ii I stopped OVCI‘ to zit-
tciiil :1 meeting of Siiiiiiiiei‘ Gmiigc. O1‘-
gatiizctl lust wiiitcr. They hive zil-
i‘c:t(l_v doubled their l11(‘.llll)(,‘l'Sl1lp{tll(l
are wide awake to their interest:-z. A
part of the biisincss at each of these
plzu-es was the itiitizitinii of ciindiiltttcs.
1 am undci‘ grcxit oblig:1tions to Bros.
b‘poo1ici‘,()ouch, \V2itts, Nmvlan, Jol-
liifc, and inmiy other bi'othei's and sis-
ters for ho.spit:ility generously be-
t-',t()WC(l. It is 3 pl€:1.‘1lll‘e to be even one
of the least in this gi'e:i1; bt‘othei‘hood.
S0 fill‘ as I am able to le:u'ii there is
it decided revival of interest’. all along
the line. Most of the old Gmiigcs rc-
port tin iiicrease of members as wcll its
more iiitirmstiiig incetiiigs. A iiumbct‘
of (loi‘m:1ut Url‘:lllg(58 have been revivcd
and moi‘c:will be. I must not forget
to any that Algontt Grtuigc was never
lIl()i‘C pi‘o.~xpci-oils. 0111‘ contest is a.
gi‘e:tt. sti(:(.‘cs.-. At the last meeting our
hall was crowded with mcnibci-.~i and
visitors, each member anxious to do
soinetliiiig‘ for “our side.” The third
and fourth dcgrces wore c0ii1ci‘i‘c(l 011
eight. pcrsoiis, two old itict1ibei‘.~4 were
i‘eim-:t:itc(l and two applicutioiis tilcd.
Are these sigiis ofan early deatli? B

Algoiiti, Iowa, April 20.

 

BRO. CoBB:—For the first time has
the (lcttth angel visited Rod Willow
Grange. Our worthy Bl‘0l1llCl' Taylor‘
has bccnciillctl from among us. We
deeply feel his loss, 11S Bro. Taylor was
11 strong, eariicst workei‘ in the great
work of the Grzmgc. I will send reso-
lutions for publication :ts:t(lop1cd by
the Gi'.'11ig.{:u. Bro. 'I‘2iyl(_ii' and wife
Wcre lll(‘lTIl)Cl'S ()l the ()i'dci' in its curly
days in the eit3tci'ii_‘ part of this State

' valley for thirty _\’t::ll‘t~'.

and they i‘c-affiliated with us last win-
ter. Bro. Tay1or’s death was caused
by heart. disease with which he has
been troublctl for many yeitrs.

The severe dry wcatlici‘ in Nebraska
hits at last got ti Wetting. We have
had :1 large fall of rain within the last
week, which has started the grass up
nicely and cztui-‘ed the wild fruit ‘to
blossont. \Vhcat and l'_\C look Well
for this scuson of the your with a large
:1ci‘c:1,<_re on the grounil. Outs arc sown
uiid f2l.l'I1](3l'S are plowing for corn.

Many stritiigcrs are miioiig us look-
iug for homes. and new buildings are
doting the hills in every direction and
Red Willow Giiiiige is booming with
the rest. ‘V0 liztve 18 applicants Wait-
ing for iitlrtiittaticc. The prospect. is
good for it large lI1Cl'0flS(‘ in member-
ship 01 the Grzitige throughout this
State this summer‘.

I see by the Visiron that Michigan
has sent us another brother. Will
some one please send me the address of
Bro. Frank Cox.

Our new State Grange is doing well,
and the new oflicers are working into
business nicely. Bro. J. B. Cantling,
of Webster‘, Dodge CO., Nebraska, in
Chairninii of the Executive Commit-
tee. Bro. C. is an eai‘iiest_. zealous
workci‘ in the ('-111180 and means to
make ti siicccss of the work.

We now iiuinbci‘ 26 working Grange:
in the State, with it membership of
about six hu11(li‘ed. ' "We expect to
tiutiibci'()iic tliousziud members at the
close of this qllH.l‘[C‘l'. What say you
brothci‘ Dcputics of Ncbriiskii?

L. C. ROOT,
Soc. State (‘ii':in<rc of Neb.

Iudiiinolu, April 17, 1881.

Tm: wczitliei‘ cliiiiigctl in one week
fmiii winter to nice, warm spring
wciitlici‘ iii l):ikot:i. The suit is warm-
cr in I\l:ti'ch hcrc than wc cvcr saw or
felt it in lilicliignti at this time of the
_vc:u', and we livcd iii (iil'1l.llLl River
W'c have now
been iivc _\'(‘:ll'.‘-I iii I):iko1;i. It, never
l'fllllH hcrc in wiiitci‘. (_)iii'spriiigi'iii1is
(-oiiiim-in-(2 in April. Thc snow wciit
011' with 1hc sit1i’slic.-it; our last shower‘
of rain was in thc bcgiiming of last
Scptt-,iiil>i,-i‘, and we llupc zit present
that no iuurcwhitc (lays will lczive
fc:ith(:i'_v llukcs in our path. The past
ll:lS bcen the cultlcst winter‘ in many
_\'(‘.‘l1'.~', but not any IIl()l‘(,‘ snow on a
levcl, M01‘ as iiiuch, its in Micliigan in
()l‘(llll!1l'_V wintci‘e-‘. Micliigztii caii beat
Duktitn on snow mid min, but Dakota
c.-in bent I\li(:liigitii on frost. and bright
sumi_v (lays, as our locatioii here is
1.101) foot higher thaii Lake Michigan.
\Vc herd cattle in siiiiiiticrs, having
irce p isturc on the spec-iil:i.to1's’s land.
\Vc clizirgc $1.00 per ll021(l for 20 Weeks,
1'i‘om 1.-t of May to 1st of October;
lioi-sc.~i in ciicloscd pasture siime lciigth
of1ii1ic,$:;.50. \Vc misc flax, wheat,

uiits. b:ii‘lcy. ryc, sorghum, broom
(:0t'n, but-kivhcat, pot-itocs, onions,

l)(,‘:lll.~‘, g:1i'(1cii truck, timothy, red and
white clover, apples, chci‘i'ic.~i, plums,
cui‘i‘:1iit.-‘. g0()S(3l)t‘l‘l‘l(‘S, iio‘pc:1chcs.

We had the lioiioi‘ of being Clltlftel‘
m(:iubci' of Tziltiiritlgc (,}i':1ugc. organ-
izcil by Bro. Whitticy in the .‘~lpl‘lllg of
1851) in old Ottawa Co., Mich. There
wcrc mtmy BX-P:1t1‘0llS from the states
here but no oi‘g:iiiiz-itiou, but last
Jniiu2i1‘y I bcciunc 8. clitirtci‘ member
of the Big Sioux Ftirtticrs’ Alliance at
Sioux Fall in Miiiiiehlilia County, it
being it cciitrzil point for ten miles
(‘ach way. In Fcb1'uai'y there Was 3
(louuty Alliance orgzinized. The dif-
1‘ei‘eiit towns send delegates once a
month; the local Alliances also have
their mcctiiigs once a month and
spcc.i:1l meetings as often as business
i'equii'cs. We have not space to give
(lctailsin one letter. Sufiice to say
that thcrc is less cerctiiotiy at the Al-
lizincc incetiugs than at the Grange
nicctiiigs. A I’rcsidcut, Secretary and
Ti‘cas-iirci‘ are :ill the olficers we have.
Applicntioiis 1'01‘ itieinbci‘.<ihip are pre-
sented and voted fox‘ and aguiiist, same
as the Gi‘aiigc, and if successful the
iimitc is put down in the Seci‘ct,:ii‘_v’s
book. A new member pays one (lol-
lni‘ and gets his C1ll'(l 01 membership
and no more fees are i‘cquii‘cd of him,
except in an 0IIl(!l‘g0llC_V',(llll‘lI1g the
l){ll{ll|(‘0 oi the yciu‘. Our meeting are
open and piirlitimcntni-y rules are ob-
served. ‘

The County Alliance meetings are
especially interesting HS we have
speaker's, and tlicsc western young
men are bold and eloquent. Last Mon-
day they discussed the propriety of
stui‘ting an Alliance pzipcr, which once
more put us in mind of the GRANGI
Vismm in old Micliignn and we had
ha.i'd work to coticcal 0111' emotion.

WM. CONN()LLy.

Sioux Falls, Dakota.

 


TEEE

G-HANG-E VISITOR.

i\’la_v I , 1887

  

Plantlngan Orchard.
in’ o. F. BAIL)-ZY.
Who'll eat of this orchard a hundred years
hence,
Or breath its sweet fragrance. or gaze on
its bloom.
And who'll cast a thought so far backward
from thence,
And e’en lay a flower on the plantei"s old
tomb.

The trees we are planting, so thrifty and

green,
A hundred years hence will have gone to
decay,
Tho’ rosy-cheeked children now gladden the
scene,
They, too, will have faded, like flowers of
a day.
We're planting for others and glad that we
can;
Some planted for us who have long ago
g°F’°‘ . . . .
For brief was their pilgrimage, life but a
span;

Our sun will soon set and eternity dawn.

Our statesmen are planting for millions un-
born,
A hundred or thousand years hence, it may
be;
Shall fruitage of freedom and right then
adorn
All nations and people o'er land and o’er
sea?

Our teachers are planting a wonderful field
In minds ot immortals just tledging for
_ bheirfiight;
W'hat fruits will
yield;
Withjoy or with sorrow, with darknes-
or light?

their planting eternally

Our preachers are planting the gospel's good

seed
For heaven's grand harvest of glory on
high:
And siinicrs are planting the tare» and the
weeds
For burning and anguisli that never can
die.

What fruits in your orchards for all time, to
come,
Shall make the world better, and hearts
sing forjoy.

What good or what evil shall then be the
sum?
Shall praises oi wailings your tongue then
employ?

We’re plantiii". we’re
years,
\’Vith joy or with sorrow, U, Wl1‘.3.l>llL\ll it
be?
Wheii time is no more, and the white throne
appears,
Will jesiis then say you're ajoiiit heir with
me?

planting eternity‘s

Then plant every word with an apple of
gold,
Wliose frnitage shall shine when the earth
is Ill.) ltliiI‘L‘§

And gatlii-r a li-.iiyt:~t of glory llillmltl

\\'itli gloriiied sniiits on the lieavciily
shore.
--/2.1:/'.n:2I_.":'.
Cammnniratinns.
~.-at

((72921-:J71s-1'07; )

What Shall We Teach Our Boys.

llow ot'ti.-ii this pi-i'plt-xiiig tpi:-siion
pl'L‘.~.'tflll'S its:-ll" to the mind of tin-
thouglitt’ul l':itlit-i' and llli)LllI‘l‘. l pru-
Iuinc that few ot' our :iiiccstoi-s did not
have to dc.-il with this suiiic problt-in-—
A good ni:iny ot' them at least lnid l)o_\‘.~
in tlic t':iiuily. U1‘ tliorscwe int-ct l'i-oni
day to d:iy.sonie sccin to liiivc l)(5(‘ll
properly tziuglit-—li2i.vc ll:t(l what we
eall "good briiiging up,” while otlicrs
are lacking in ne:ir1_v all that ll1:tl(L‘S ii
man, and we are led to ask, \Vli_v is
this? W'liy the dill'crc-lice? \Vliy is
not one man as good as anotlier? \Vliy
is not one every other one-’s equal in all
that goes to nnike a good. :i VtllU.‘I.l)lL‘
citizen? The vulgar dude has as good
clotlies,:is wt-ll fornicd body, as tine
a rniistaclie, caii stop as far, jump as
high, see as clearly, hear us acutely,
hasa good iippetite, sleeps soundly~—
in fact, pliysiczilly he isjust like other
he:iltliy, lie:ii-ty nicn. Now. why isn't
he soinctliiiig else than the "vulgar
dude”? \Vhy isn’t he one ot the l)(-st
men in the iieighborliood? Siiiiply
because good-clotlios, ii nice inust:iclic.
niusculiir strength, good c_ves-i5_rlit—
even the very pcrt'r,-ction of pllyfiltjtll
developinciitdoes not in:ik:- the inan.
It is mind that makes the inan. It is
KIND THAT MAKES THE MAN.

To be a man one must; tirst be 8. boy,
and the mind of the lllttll, to :i great:-r
or less degree is the result of his bo_v-
hood training. Such being the (':I.'~.‘tf
should not we as tiitliers .-ind iiiotlit-rs
Weigh well the rcspoiisibility 1)l1I,l‘t‘tl
upon us (‘:l.1:ll time :1 boy is born into
the tiiinily? We tind in-in to-day is
boss ot' the situation. There is iiotliiii-,:,'
so ditlieult to do but sonic 011:: is tiiiiud
to tiicklc it. ()(Jlllllll)ll.~‘ ,:liscovi-i-i-«l .-i
new world. lio.-i.ip:irtc cm-st-«l thi-
Alps in lllltl.-\Vllli"l'. “'0 li:i\i- i';iil-
ro-ids t'roiii the Atlantic to tln- l’:n~i1i:-:
ii llrooklyii lil'l«l_'_:'(‘I this ti-li-plmm; mp
Wriliug nizicliini.-; lllit litllxlllfl lll'l4‘lllil4’.
\Vc li.-ivi: tl .(7li:op;iti':i's in-,o~illo now
Sl«tll(llli_'_" in .\’:-w York ‘Wily. :in<l Lil»-
crty t.‘llll'_"lllt'llll|'.[ lln- worhl. \\‘h:-i.:-:-
4Z.‘llllI‘ tli--_\j'.’ Ara: tliv-_\‘ lint Dill lln- l‘.' _
sult of niind v-iiort'.‘ .\ pl'l'*~i~ll‘lll
1-‘iLli',l\-it!-ii-l\'<5ll!‘~>~ l,lI‘ll i- !:i"'4.'\-'li'_i' to
.5~,lll’t'(f:~'~, in any lit-Ll oi" l-ihor.’ Will:
prop:-r1:-it-liiiiu‘ w4- il->n't l\llH\'-. ill»
p<is>‘iliilili<-~ ol. one oi. llirsw ll! I ll‘ l,-i)y_-

oi’ -)lll‘>'. Tlu-y 2ll'f‘_‘,3'i‘.'l.‘l| to us to i/l‘
t.iug'lii——to lie di\'i-lop:-cl--~-iiul wi:
Ell«;'lIl'l ll‘:'<‘ll lln-in linii llllll-l is lin-

lll'lll.5til1l that llllt_\' :ircv.'o2'1li to tln-:n-
sz:l\'cs and o! lll‘l‘~' in prop:)i'tioii :is lln-y
hiivt} ‘ll)llll_\' uiul will to do. (luv m'
the first l.liiiij_:-‘ .-i boy slionlil «'n- 1-iuA«_r]n
and \\'(‘ll twuglit, is to do we-ll whnt lit’,

uiidci't.-ikcs. llx; it-in be ttinglit this
eiirly. l)on’t wait Iiiitil Stllllfg-(‘V-li:tll|

time to lit-,<_riii——li(-giii now. lie is
never too young to lc.-xii-ii: lJ(:,‘_{'l'!l now;
stick to it: keep zit it. Thcrr-. ire inorc
men fail by lltlll done work than t'roin

any <)‘tllt:l'(‘?tL.-.|'. Ti,-:iw:ii llllll to

I
.n-.

thorough. to coinplete—to go to the l iiway beneath its bmnclies. when he is

bottom ot'everytliiiig lic u1idci't:tk(-.s.

Tezicli him to love the truth and
abhor :1 lie, :iiid doii’t forget that you
must love the truth and abhor a lie
you 1'.~'elt'. Tl1:it boy may not siiy any-
thing ubout it , but he will catch you
in even the ‘-'wliitest" kind of :1 lie,:ind
he will 0Sl.lIll:ll8 truth as not so-very
essciitial after all.

Teach him to love purity and
despise every pliiise of ob.-:ceiiity——tli:it
there are more young men lost, inor-
ally and socially. lost to virtue, ti-iitli,
lost to the C‘ll(lt,'tll'lllelll;S of home, to
the highest niiinhood, to all that iiiakes
life worth living through iiidiilgeiico
in impure thoughts, and words. and
iictioiis tli:iii all other evils; tli:it is the
“dowiiest” kind ot' ii dowii-liill road;
that the way ot' the “vile” ti'iinsgi-essoi'
is exceedingly li.-1rd.

I’:iiil covers the whole ground in his
epistlc to the Pliillipiaiis. He says:
"\Vli:itsoevt-i- things are true, whatso-
ever things tll'(,‘ holiest, wli:it.soevci'
things are just, wlnitsoevcr tliiiigs are
lovely. wliutsoevci‘ things are of good

report. it’ there be any virtue, and it‘

tln.-rc be any praise. think on these
tliiiigs."

Touch the boy those things. Teach
hiin that order is low: that tlierc can
not be order without discipline; that
his own person should be Slll)_lCUL to :11:
ciiliglitciied willot liisown: tli:it there
should be no :ict.-id:-nts in his coiitliu-t.
but that his 2l.1‘Il0llS should be gov-
:-rnt-rl by a motive and tln- inotivc :i
good one.

'l‘c:u:li hint that ll(‘. should have :i
purpos<- in life: that ln- was born into
the world for :1 piirposc. :iiid lll‘ll the
world. the 1)(‘(l])l(‘.:llltl cyt-i'\’tliiiig lu-
coiin-s in «-ont:ii-t with should be the
lii-ttt-i' for his lniviiig ll\'('(lZ that there
is no place in this world. nor in thi-
next. l'or:i droni.-; that lie. sliould live :i
biisy. ii.-'c1'ul lite: ill2llll(‘\\'21\' not put
into the world to simply wtiit till tin-
tinic L':llll(.‘ to die and go to lionvi-ii, but
tlirit :1 iie:i1'ei' w:i_v to lit-:iv<.-ii isto do iill
llt‘ can for lllt‘ pi-ii.-eiit bcttt-i'iiieiit
liiin~xi-lt':iiid ti-llows.

’[‘c:n-li him to iiiilkzswi-c,-p. wusli. iron.
churn. l):ll{t‘,_ cook. knit his-own stock-
ings. sew on lniItoiis..-iiid iiir,-nd his own
i-lollies. lo ln-. ot use in every possililo
\v:iy—in tin-t to be so llt‘tll. :ind li:iiid_v
tli:it it'i-vi-r_\‘ ollii-r pi-rsou had li-l't tln‘-,
pi‘eiiii.<e-s tliiiigs would go riglit along
as iisu.-il. .\iiil while we are ti-:u-liiiig
the boy in all in:iiin<-r ol' wziys to ll11ll{('
oi’ liiniscll‘ :1 list-t'ul. worthy in.-in, we
should by our (.‘Ull(llI1'l. tow:ird liini
to.-icli hini llltll we love him. tli-it we
-irc lllli‘l‘t‘~l.<‘(l in all llls :ill':iir.<. in all
lll.\’(l\llll_‘_“.~'. l)I‘(f:lll~O we love liini: thrit
we low liiin l)t‘<“lll.~‘C he is our llU_\ .:ind
th-it while we :1:-sir:-. him to he gooil.
us:-l'iil cind 1':-sp:-i-tnlili-, yet no lllflllt‘l'
how bad. \\'4|l'llllt‘.<>',:lllll \'il:,- lu- niziy
grow to In-. w:- (‘till ll(‘,\'t'l' help but
low liiiii .-till. tli-it li:- would still lu-
our boy. tli:it our housir would still bi,-
his lions:-. our lzllllt‘. his t:il:l»-, and our
'i“:illn-1'. his l“:itlin-i'.

And. l':itln-rs .‘lll(l inotlii-rs.l think
it our oi" the ino-I :li,-sii':il>l<- tliiiigs lll:ll
i-vi,-ry nirin :ind V\'Ulll.‘lll should lo\’t_‘
.li-su.-'. llold him up to the boys :is
l.llt5lll_;’ll(‘,.~'[ typootiiiiuiiliood: that llis
life and i(‘:l('lllilf."S were of the kind
tli:it lll‘ll-(P pi-oplc l)(‘ll(‘l‘. wiser, purer.
ll(‘:ll't‘l' to (io(l.ou1' Fzitlit-i‘; that «ll‘~'ll:~
cttlllltf into the world to l‘t,‘Vt‘:ll (i‘rod‘:s
good will to us: that lie w.-is born into
this world rind lived and tiuiglit (}od’s
good will bcc:uisc lie was full of good
will to us tllltl that llc died with good
will to us.

Fiii:illy, fellow l’:itroiis, lct us stick
closely to our pi'iii<-ipli-s, Get full of
the ()lJj(’t‘t*l :iiid niiiisof tlit-Gruiige; live
tlicin,t:ilk tln-iii,siiig tli:-,iii,prc:u-li thein,
stand by them, any time. all the tiine.
for the neiii-t-r we are to them oiirsclves
the more likely we will be to tench
the things we should te-in-,li, and the
loss the need of the ipu-stion, "\Vhat
.-tllull we teach our bo ' ‘

 

‘J. ltosi::\‘s"rii«:i..
, ..-_

How to be a Successful Farmer.

[An extract from an essay read by ll. N.
King at a Farniers‘ Institute held at Battle
Creek in February last]

[C'0nti'nuecl.]

It is very nece.=i:s:ii-_v tor 8. farmer as
wcll as any other hiisiiiess rniui to have
:i. good supply of br:iins containing an
:iniouut of will power, iiidepeiideiice
and pluck. He must also give u slnirc
of his time and iiioiic_v t()\Wll'tl educa-
tion. The city people do not licsitatc
tos:1y piililicly that "tin: fiiriiiers are
slzivcs :uid fools and we will use them
as we rzlioost-.” S:iys tlic iiicrcliziiit when
the t':irnicr goes into town to do bii:si-
iii.-ss. "11:: ll:l.S no briiins to put in.”
When the lllUl'('ll:tlll goes into the coun-
iry to do hiisiiii,-ss ’ti.~i :it this time wln,-n
lic ll:l.~<‘ :iii over supply ol‘ l>l':ll!lS and
;n_;:ii1in_r (‘l~(', to put in. Sonic t':ii'iin-i's,
inst:-zid of talking :i goodly nuiiil-i-r ot'
p-ipi-rsr, buyiiig hooks for tlii-iii.--‘e,-lvczs
and t’lllllll'4‘ll, -‘tiiying ut lionic even-
iii_-_-'s l‘t‘2Hl.ll|,‘.[, postiiig tln-iii-ti-l\'i-s up
In it tlii-y lII:t_\' l;<- soiin-lmd_\‘—}_ro to tin-
iii-i;.’lil,-oi‘s to drink "old-iu::ii rid:-1',"
.~llllrl\l.' ll)l.‘ftt'("l (flint tlii-y ow:-il tln-gro-
(‘I‘|' for l:t~'l _\'1'.ll). rind pliy «-:ird.~:oi' to
lh-- lillll ¢'&)lliill'_\ ~‘iiil't‘i‘lil.~‘l by tolii-,:ir
tho }_...-.-'ip and sliiirli-r. and they nrc
.-ii'.'«_- to l't'lIll‘llll)4‘,l' -.-\'ci'y word of it. A
gr‘:-,:it inrzny lrirun-.rs low their pride
llp1'li|lll(llll_',," up :2 ;.-,‘oo:l lionii-, wliil<-
thinl-.ing il::tl tiicy :i-re too good to
work. Tll¢‘_\' wi-ii to h<- tony Th:-_\'
i»5'.:'lil to build :iirc.~1stli-s:iiiil lin:ill_v go
to town. l know ot .-i tf~:l‘i.«tlil young
l'::rin:-r who l)Lt1'lllll) sick ol‘ lnird work
:ind went to town, butluekily for him
he went. lino 21 li:ii'dw:ir<,- store Wllf!l'(3
lll', got :1 d:inining every dziy for ten
inontlisiind thcii W(‘lll back home on
the t':irin. lleis thinking now how he
will put :1 good burn licro, :i nice leiiue
there, it sliade tree here, wlicri-. he may
zit .'~'t;l[](‘ t‘:itn:-<- 1l.‘l_V while the hours

oi"

old and gray.

A healthy body prodiices it sound
mind and it' 1 had the voice of fill the
t':iriiiei-s we would not drive zi lo:id of
produce to inzirket :iiid “t'i'eeze” on 8.
corner until some one comes to tell us
What it is worth. Now, when we'go
into it store, We are obliged to say,
“How much for this? How much for
that?” The buyer goes into the coun-
try, elevates his head and says; *‘l’ll
give you so inncli for this I” “We have
no voice in the iniitter at all. I think
the fiirniers are beginning to hi-usli up
their ideas, plucking the mote out of
their eyes that they may see to cast ti.
beam out of some other eye. ’Tis true
we can not assist the sun in rising, but
we may steal a march while the orbs
of night are fading away and Watch
its coming. As soon as the inorning
glczinis ot' election day approiicli the
horizon, the f:ll‘lllel‘S begin to receive
letters (enclosiiig some little slips)
from city otfice-seckens, iiddressing
them as "My dear John,” “ Use all your
iiifliieiict-,," "Pin the best mziii.” How
they got left! Go to town after elec-
tion and they won’t give you :1. meal of
victuiils. Bear in mind I have wzirni
t'ricndis in the city whom I except.
l’l<,-as:-, don’t tear the coat trying to put-
it on. [leave it, it in:iy tit some one who
needs it. Give ine a Voice in the edu-
cntioii oi" the t':irini-,r and iiist.e:id of an
interior, wliitr-.-livcrcd iiiilividiiul. fill-
ing li:ilt' :i st-:it in (Ioiigiwss. 1 would
1)ltll'(‘:£ll1l:lll tlicri-, who would crowd
the arm of his t-li:iir, with :1 brain to
<,',(il'l‘l‘.~'[)i)ll(l. l':l show 7/liu :i ni:in who
would not ll:l\'U his iizitiirc st:iiii«-d with
all the virus that pollute i-itv lili-. l
was lIt‘\-'t’1' 2ll)lt‘ to iiiiilci-.-t:iiid why
soiiic nu-n would :1lw.-iys st.-iin tlu-ir
iiioutlis :inil sniokc their i-lothi-s with
tlizit iiiiiict-(-ss:ii'y, tiltliy stiitl‘—tob:n-i-o.
:uid giiziw their iiisidt-s out and <‘l':l7.(‘-.
the-ir l)l'.‘llll.~ with that ti-i‘i'il)lt-ilcstiw»y-
i-i-of lii-:ii-ts :ind lioiiic.<—wliisky. Did
you t'\'(‘l' know of 21 iiniii who :ippe:ii'ed
bi-tli-r wln-n his pockets \V('l‘L‘. full oi‘
pip:-s. his mouth tull of tobzn-i-o and
his stoiiiui-ii lull ot \\'liisky? lIl(‘llll(‘l‘
i-:i-'i- lu- :ippi-:irs citln-r ugly. foolisli or
('l'5l'/._\'. ‘Tia gent-i':illy :1 llltlll who is sick
of liiiiis:-ll' and \\':1iit,~' to bi-soiiietliiiig
4-ls:-. llr- olti-.n (‘.‘ll'l'll‘,S his point :tiid
you rain‘! toll wlnit it is. l’i-op:-r edu-
I.-:ition will.l tliiiik,:it'tr-r :1 tinn-. cli:uigi-
the iii‘:-ss oi‘ the l:1l'lllt‘l'. put :1 ii:-w hat
on his licud ztnil ('llT-lll_L‘l‘ his l:iii}_:‘1i:ig<-.
livi-ry tinn- l cut:-r ai liousc :iiid '\t*(‘ :1
lll)l':ll‘_\' 1 think. there is :i soul within.
Win-ii I see :i lot of pluytliiiigs :ind
})ll'l1ll'(‘-l>t)(il~1.~' undi-r the s:inn.- root‘. i

think tln-rc is 2l tiitln-r witliiu who
lovi-s ('lllllll't‘ll and :1 good honn-. llut
whi-n l (,‘llll‘l' :1 lioiiisc and <i-i- no pu-

p:-rs, no books. no pl:i_\'tliiii_<_-‘s. but :i
i'll(l_L'1‘l or:-r llll! door. l think. '-\\'i-ll.
all they 4-vi-r rt-:id is that tlirt-:id—woi'ii
vi-i'si- of [lip (lld ',l‘<-slzlnn-lit Wliivli
rt-:ids. -.<p::r:-. tln- rod and spoil thi-
:-iiild. Thou shalt li(‘:tl him with a rod.
Sllilli thou 4ll‘ll\'1‘l' his soul tron:
lit-ll.‘ " l-’n"t that lIll'(‘ l::ii;,-iirigt-'.’ l":i‘iln-1'-
and iiiotlii-r.<ol' lilll~- l'tl~t‘l)lltl lilt‘t‘.\‘_ y ou
ninst 1-njoy rt-zuling tlii.-'. l tliiiik.1oo.
tln-rt-, are 2: _-_-‘rc:it llllllll)(‘,l‘ kt-pt tron:
spoiling. but it in-.\':-i‘ kn-pt lll(‘lll at
lionn-. 'l'lii-.-‘i,-:11":-tlic boys that go to
town_ siiioki-. clu-w. pl;iy llllllzll'il.<.
spoil :1 lot oi" 1)(J‘.)l'\\'lll>l\’_\' nnd Itll\'t‘lllt'
wi'on_; roud lionn-. A intin’-' siiriu-ss in
life ni:iy he ll':l<,'<‘(l bzick to tho door oi‘
his (.':ll'l}' edintzitioii. Tell in«- the huh.
its of :i boy and the lllllll(‘ll(‘(‘i-l to wlii:-li
he is exposed. ziiid l‘ll tell you \Vlll(‘ll
road he is on. (Jim-iiiiist:iiit:cs inakc ta-
inous mi.-n. Tell me wliiit. :1 iniin rerids.
and P11 tell you what kind of it man
he is. lli:ivelio:ii-(1 t':irnicr boys say.
who were out of l‘(.':lL'll oi‘ the tt-,inpt:i-
tions of town, "How can I:unusc iiiy-
self cveiiiiigs it‘ I l(‘.tl,V(‘. all this?" Let
me give you :1 recipe. l:‘irst. place on
your tzible \‘v'cbstci"s Unabridged Di:-.-
tiontiry; tlii-n stir up one (,‘Ol'll(fl'0l your
llt.':l(l with a t-lisiptar in nstrononi y; bury
yourself in nine books of geoiiictry;
ninstcr I{oiner’s Iliad. with iiliistory
of the Ti-oj:iii war; coniniit to lIlt'l1l0l')’
the inytholoirios of the East, and F11
Wtl.l'l':tllL youll forget that _voii ever
wcnt to the iieiglibors to sniokc, chew,
or drink some of the “devil's kindling
wood.”

Talk about passing iiway the tiinc!
I wisli tlH‘l‘(: Wcre 3.()ii:’i days in the
yezir in order that I might find time
to relieve mysell‘ot':i coiiscieiitioiis duty
and visit my neiglibors once in :1 while.
‘-Books are the ti'c:isurc(l wi,-ziltli of the
world and the tit lllll(3I‘ll2.‘lllGe of mi-
tions,” the coiisolatioii ot'b:ichclors and
the roiii:nicc ot' old inuids. lt':i.iicy I
see :i growing iiiti-lligeiice ziniong titr-
nicrs and I look toi'iv:ird to ii timi-
when they crin hold up their lie:ids:1iul
.~"t_\'. “I (‘l':l\Vl to none! I kiici-.l to until-
iiig! ! My soul is my own! l I”

._ ,,._<_..._____-

~44)

The Lack of Thorough Teaching In
our Schools.
“'l”i-i: izlllll, dear i’-ieinls, is not in our
tcacticrslitit in oiirst-‘vcs_. that our school.-
are :;u «led-.cti'.e."

  

_\lin-li li::< l)l‘(‘ll siiid of late _\'1‘
:il.-out the l:n-k ot' tliorougli ti-zit-liiii;
in our scliv-'rl~~. Uiic oi‘ tln- bi-st villi-

l

motor.-' oi’ .“.l‘.i-liig:ii:, .-':iid lo iln- \\'l'lll€l‘.
wlu-ii ih-- union .-'t‘lltlHl :-.i:m-,
\'o<__riii-. "'lll:‘li >'4'lll)t‘l will be (ll-s!'i‘\‘t-ally
poplll‘tt': yi-t tlu-re is .~‘=illl<‘llllllj_L' inor-
:li;.,-m- ulnitti it, sonic-tliiiig tlrit will
(l('lIlIlll(l .il' tln- ti-ru-li:-rs llll[)‘)'-'~'llll(f
l'l.~'l\'s‘. “Tlii.-'. llt'1?X[ll.1lli!‘~l,'"\\'lll conu-
1‘.-om the l"-it-l of too lli‘lll_\' studi:-s for
(‘null pupil, too inriiiy l'l1I,\‘~'t'§ l'or i-:i<-li
i":lt',ll('l', with too little tinn-. t'oi'i-.-it-li
rot-it:itioii. The ri,--iilt will hi-.-tlio
tc-u-,liors will he lil.-iin(_=d tor turning
out :i poor giwlia ol‘ st-liol:irs, wln-n tho
blziinc l’l‘2l.ll_\' lit-longs to the School
Boards or the people.”

Ev:-ry (',()llS(‘l(3llll()llS l0{ll:ll()l' can l(‘ll
how he is li:iiiipci'cd by :in overruliiig
School Board or coiistitiiciicy. Sonic-
tinies it may sitteinpt to guide; more

intoi

frcqueiitly it suspet-ts.
ulity is stiiinped out: his 1'11-shiit-ss ot
method and org:iiiiz:ition is disturbed.
He knows that too nniny objects are
taught in ii supcrliciiil li:1pli:t7.:u'd w:i_v,
but he can make no clninge for the
genius of the people is agiiiiist him.
For really the trouble lies back of iii-
ditl'erciit tcin-licrs, and even back of
indifl'ei-ent and innbitious School
Boards. It rests upon us its a people.
\Ve are too eager for pl'()g‘l'(3SS at any
cost; We are too heedless of detail, and
too ambitions for number, standing,
and appearance. VVe know» too little
of thoroughness; we deniand impossi-
ble things; and natiirally one of the
things we get is what that keen critic.
Mark Twain, calls “I-Ziiglisli as She is
Tiiuglit in our scliools.” He gives it
list of questions which had been asked
atzi school exaniiiiatioii. The list, he
says,w'oiild oversize iic:irl_v evc-1'ybod_v’s
knowledge of the subjects cxruiiiiied,
and, he contiiiues, “is it. not reasonably
possible that in all our schools inany
of the questions in all our studies are
several miles ahead of where the pupil
is? That he is set to struggle with
things tli:it are liidicroiisly beyond his
rc:i<-h, liopelessly beyond his preseiit
sti'r-iigtli?" This: is lit:-riilly true.
()liildi't-ii. in their daily lll:ll‘t7ll "ziloiig
tho tlowery path of knowledge,” which
is ()ll€‘ll steep :i1id dillii-ulr, niiiy be
likcncd to ovcr-biii'dcn<d inuli-s as-
cending the Andes. tor the child with
his mind p:u-ki-,d full of rules. lll‘lllll—
tions.:ind :ll).~’tl‘:lt'.l. trntlis. till he is
about l'(}{l(l_\' to sink under the lo:ul, is

yet urged on mid up tlic‘-liill of

st-it-iii-<-.” the dullzird l'ort-<-d on, the
l()l‘\Véll'tl i'cstr:iiiit-d. that tlicy llltl_\'
kt-i-p }).‘l('t‘. togctlii-i‘. Tliis tlt)l,‘.~l not

:1:-i-oiiiplisli the 1)lll'})().<(‘ iiiteiidt-d. and
is :i derided injury to both the l)ri_g‘lit
and tln- dull boy. Tlius little atten-
tion (‘:lll be paid. in l:ii';_-‘t-, school.-'. to
individu:il l:l.~'lt‘.\ :iiid tnli-iits. Tin-
:-lii:-t'o|>_i(-:-t of the l(‘:l('llt‘l'  to have
his class as iinil'orin .-is possible zit tin-
(‘ml of the ye:ii': and he l‘(.'t'.i‘l\'(‘S t':ii'
inorc i-rt-<lit lroni the ()lll('l2ll i-x:iiniiicr
it his wliol:-i-lusts iii:-.1‘:-lit-s we-ll and
kt-i-ps put-c togctlu,-i'. than it‘ he ]):ll‘:ltlt‘
:1 few bi'illi:int :iiid l'orw:iril boys. fol-
lowed by :i iiunib:-r ot' stiuiggliiig lug-
;::ii'tls. Yet. to do jiistii-c to the ll)l'llI1,‘l'
they should not he kt-pt lnivk to the
]):l(',t" of the liittcr. lndividiuil l'i'¢-i--
doni is wliiit we \\'.‘llll in our .-t-liools,
we (':lllll()l li.-iv:-, the true scliol.-ir with-
out it.

('( l‘.\l l’l~ITlTl V F. l-IX A MIN ATl0‘.\'.

Tlint word i-xiiniiii.-itioii is the niost
po\verl'ul i-iigiiiv tor iiiti-llt-ctiizil lowl-
ing. Tln-re is it .~’ll‘Ull_:_" ti-i-liiig .<priiig-
lll_'_" up t-vi-r_\'\vlu-i't-.:ig:iiiisl the t_\'i':iniiy
oi’t-x:iniin:itions. :i_-_-.iinst [llt'('l':lllll)llI_1_"
ind \\'itlu-i'iiig lllllll(_'ll('i- \Vlll(‘ll tlnay
siipposi-tl to t-.\ci'«-isi- on tln- yoiitli oi"
tln- l:ind. .\l:ix ."\lulli,-r s:iys that hi: is
il:irnn-d :11 the in:iuiu-r in whit-h they
are t‘Ul|llll|'l('(l. und by the results
wliii-li lln‘_\‘ pi'o«lin-c. All t-x:xinin:i-
lions. lll‘ s:i_\‘s. are :i in:-zins to .‘l.<i't‘l'l:tlll
lIii\\' ptlplls ll:t\'t- ll('¢‘]) l:1u_«_rh[; 1111-_\‘
oiigli1,ii:-vi-i' to l)(‘ZlllU\\'t‘(l to lw the
<-nd l'oi' which pupils :ll't‘ tuiiglit.
’llt':lt‘lllllf_" with :i View to tln-ni lower.-
tln- it'tll'lll.‘l' in the i-yt--' ot' the pupils:
and lc:iriiing with .-i view to IlI(‘lll is
apt i(l1ll'ti(llIl‘(‘ .~'lIllllt)\\'l‘.\‘.~'.s‘ :ind dis-
lion:-sty. \\'li:it<-vi-i' :it:«x~-tioiis learn-
ing iuuy posses:-' for the pupil. all this
is lost it’ they once iiiiiigiiir that the,-
liigln--t obit-ct of.-ill l(5:ll'lllll_‘_“ is to gain
ni:ii'ks in :l conipi-titioii. The pupils
should look to tlicir tcziclu-i‘ us their
nzitur:il cxiiiniiicrs and t':iii-i-st jiidges,
and llCllCl' in t‘\'(.‘l'_V ex.-iiniii:itioii the
report ot' the tc:u-lici' ought. to ciirry
the greatest weight. This is the rule
in (iiL’l‘lll.‘1ll_V. it should be lit,-re. To
lt-nve ex:iiniii:1tioiis entirely to strun-
gcrs reduces them to the level ot lot-
(cries. and tbsters 3 cleveriiess in
tc:i:_-liei's and taught often akin to dis-
lioncsty. An e_\::1iiiiner in:iy find out
what :i eziiididntc does not know, he
can sc:irci,-ly ever find out how much
he knows~but the object is to ti iid out
how he knows it. The one who
:tllS\Vt.'1'S the most qiiestioiis niay not
know the iiiost. lt is so llllltfill tl nint-
tvr of selt'-ptisscssioii and iui-iiioi'y.tli:it
the ditlident, though good student,
may fail in answcriiig qiu-stioiis. while
the pert, though sh:illow student. niziy
siicci,-ed. One has got the l.l‘l('l{ of the
Uxtllllliltlllollh‘, he has le,-:irncd the ques-
tions but not the lessoii;-'. the other has
learned his lessons well with no special
rt-giird to thc question.

It is worthy of note to observe \Vll:‘lt
aniiinouiit of knowledge c:iiidid::tes
(llli).~‘(: who tit tliciiisti-l\'t-s i])(‘<'l:lll_\«' tor

   

the ow ision) will produce be-l'ore their
i-.\::n:iiiu-rs, but lio\v tli.-etiiig that

knowledge is all know who o'ii:-crvc
i'iesiilts,aiitl how ditl'i-rt-iit front that
otlu-r knowledge which has bi-i-ii ac-
quired slowly ttlttl quit-tly. for its own
.<.Il{t‘, without :1 thought \\'ll(‘lllCl' it
<'\’(-l‘ would pziy :it. :-,x:iuiiii:itioii or not.
' ‘litre :irc two kinds of l{ll<I\Yll'tlj_“l‘, tlic
one lllrll i-ntt-rs into our lilood,tln-
otlu-r \\'lllt'll \\'t‘ i-:irry about in our
1)tii'l\'1‘l.~‘.
lint’1-}{:tilllli:lli«)ll< h:i,vi- gi-iii-i-:ill_-.' their
]ii_n‘l\’l'ls‘ <‘l':!Tll l-illll illU.\'€‘ '\"l|U ‘.\t!l'l(
on «|lllI‘ll_\' :ind l;:iv<- ill4‘ll' \\'l 1l1‘lH‘:ll‘l,
in their work, gt-I l;iimi'li-I ' that 3...
i'i;_-oinilt-s thi-ir wliolr l:.in-.i-. and
illUll_'_L'll they in.-iy not l.i- :;s rt-::d_\_' to
niiswt-r «pi:-.~-tioii-‘ yi-t the-y ll:l\'(‘ the
kiiowlc-tlg--. Tlic oliji-wt

    

llis iiidividu- ,

'l‘lio.-1? wlio lllt‘l'(‘l_i' pr:-pure,

oi‘ study is,

‘ :i iiiessciigci‘

not to tind out how iniiny ii-.=irk.~ eucli-

t‘fillltllll:llt,llIl2l)' gain by
l:ii-gt-r o1‘ sniiillt.-r l}!llllll(.'l' of qll(.’.~ilI)llr3v
:iiid tlu-n to plru-e then: in til'(lI‘,l' ll--l‘oi'c
the world like so ltltlll_\' orgziii pip:-rs‘.
it is to tlI.‘\'(‘ll)_[) tlioiiglit-—to stiiiiiilutc
nu-iit:il growtli. The otlii-c of
ll‘-,‘lt'llt'l' is:it oiicciiistriii-toi' and exitin-
ine-r to the stinlciit, and his report us
to their sliiiidiiig should l':ll'l‘_V tho
grc-itt-st wt-iglit. And to the tciiulicr
should lit! :it?C()l'(l(?(l ample time. and
eve:-y facility, that his or her work in

:iii:~\\‘<-i'iiij_;‘ :1 -

the ‘

l

tlicseliool-rooiii lll‘.t_\' be most thor-
ouglily and ell'c«-.t.ivcl_v done. V. B.
, _ ---—

Non-Voting.

Eiirroit VlSl'l‘(il{:—l'l:1\'lllg rcud all
your able ttl'[lL‘l(3H, iii tiivorot‘ iiidt-peiid-
em voting 1 can hardly expect you to
:idvoc:iti- non-votiiig, :ind doubtless all
your ::oi'i'i-:-poiiileiits think the non-
voter can give no better rczisoii for his
position tli:ui ii lazy desire to sliirk the
responsibilitics of citizenship.

The :irti<-.le will fiiriiisli a change. I
do’ not vote becaii:-:c politics is gain-
bling and chroiiic war. some of your
correspoiideiits write about politics as
it it was plural. Gr:iiiini:ii-s say’ it is
plural in form but singular in seiise;
it is Cel'I£lllIl_\' siiiguliir in scent.

Within the last fifty years invention
has revoliitioiiized iiidustry. but the
dogmas ofgovei-iiiiieiit stuiid precisely
where they did one hundred yezirszigo.
“Liberty is not the diuiglitcr but the
mother ot'ordei'.” Is this the land of
liberty where disorder is the prevail-
ing pliciioineiioii?

It is claiiiied that the ballot “exe-
cities the ti‘et-iiiaiis will as lightning
does the will ot'God.” It is culled it
snowfl.-ikt-. :1 dove, :in olive bi':uicli and
of pence. All that is
iiei-ilcd to prick tlizit bubble is to re-
ini.-niber that eve:-_v ' gi'i-.:it balloting
nation suppli-int-iits its l):tll0l.‘-1 with its
bullets; :iiid niiii--ti-iitlis ot till the
people s:iy that is riglit. So much the
worst: for the pi-opli-. and for the prin-
ciplcs ot'1i-ziti-riiity :iiid pt-:n-e.

The air is full ol’ .-ippi-;ils l'or ti-in-
1)Cl'illl('(‘ but not one word tor pt-:i<-e:
except ow-:isioii:illy .-i word for [)(‘:lt‘0
on :1 war lnzisis. "ln tiini-s of pi-:u'e
pri-p:iri- {or \\':ii‘.'‘ 'l'ln- 2lIli:l£1‘l>lll.~'lll.-i
oi" politics lir-iiig‘ tho i"lll'Ulllt‘ st:ig_-‘cot
llietlisi,-:1.-4-.1lic :lc'lll(* .-‘Inge is sure to
follow in (luv time.

A Proliibitioiiist ti-ll.-' lllt‘ that no
p:irt_v -'-:-in st:ind iiiorv tli:iii :1 dozen
_\'c:ii‘s oi’ t-ontiiinoiis po\\'(*l‘ without
be:-oining (-orrupt. lli- nduiiis it will
he jiist so with tlii- l’i-oliibitioiiists.
llo s:I_\'.s \\'llI'll llit-_\' lll‘l‘Hlll1‘ t'oi‘l'1lpt
the people must. i':iisi- in their niiglit
f1ll(l“[lll‘ll[llt§l'2lM‘£|l< out."

\\'otild it be \Visi- to sow Wlii-at if it
surely turn:-d to i-ln-.-s within :1 (l(|Z('ll
yc:1i'.>'.’ \\'li:,-int does not turn to <'llt‘.\‘§
nor corn to (‘:inzid:i tliistli-s; in-itlier
dot-s politics: turn to 1'()l'l'll[llllDll lot‘ it
is i-orrupt in its lI:‘lllll‘1‘.:llttl llltlt is
why iii.-itlii,-i' proliiliition nor Wollltlll
siill'r:ig:-, <-:iii «-vi-r puril'y it.

(find .‘lll(l lllt'llllll1ll'll_\'lll'<‘ I':ir mort-
likely to ln- right tlizin the iii:i_ioi'ily,
voiisi-ipii-Iitl_\' nion:-.i't'li_\‘ is for lllUl‘t_‘
lilu-ly to law riglit than }IUl:ll'(‘ll_\'.
"\‘.'li:it. you don’t' ln-li('\'i- in nion-
=ii':-li_\”.”' Yes: in ii liniii:-d iiioii:u'.-liy.
lll\\'lll('llllli-i)il1‘lllIlll'$l)U\\'1‘l' is lini-
it:-d to liiinsi-ll’. \\'li<-n llt'Zlll£'lll}ll\' to
l'lllI‘ ollii~r- lu- <-.\'~-i-:-il- the limits of his
:‘lllll|(ll'll_\'.\‘_"1H-,~lit-}'()ll1llll<_llll'l>tllt‘llUll
Illlil violuti-- llll' i'ivllllll:lll|l. Mind your
own llll~‘lllt‘~~'. A Hill won:pr:-ln-nsioii
ol'this liniitution ot‘ -ov:-i'i-i_-_-‘iity would
:-:uis«- <-vi-ry lion:-st in:in lo .‘ll)(lll'.‘lll‘ :i-
'tlironctli:it does not lu-loiig to him.
it would rid us of th:- iloiiiiii.-itioii of :1
host ol'so\'i-i'<-igiis: it would siili.-titiite
i-o-op:-i':itioii l'oi' conip:-tition. :iiid sub-
stitute niutu:il. \'I)llllll:ll‘_\' :ll'l':lll;I(’-
incnts for ('(>lll[llll.’s'Ul')' on:-.-. it would
cliniiiiiitia war and bring "ll(’,;1(‘t.‘ on
earth and good will to nii~n."

It is r-stiiiiitti-tl that tlioivnsti-ot'\v:ir,
iiii.-ludiiig all other go\'ci'iiiin-iitiil ex-
pense. exci-rd.-' in viilue the money that
is worsi- than thrown :iw:i_\' for intoxi-
cating driiiks. and that togetlii,-r tln-y
i-xi-i-cd ill:-. v:ilu:-, of :ill the food and
clothing of :ill the people.

\\':ir. llllGlll1i(,‘l':lllt‘i‘ :iiid politit-s are
all on the s.-iiiie .~ride. and that is the
wrong side. of tllt‘, (-‘,('0ll()llll(' question.

Under the dt-spoti:-, reign of this
ti‘iiiin\‘ir:itc the tittr-.-"t can S('.‘l1‘C0lY
survive. but who can 1.-stiiiiiitc the
cointort and peace that would follow
the adoption of ti-iiipcriitc and t'r:iter-
nal 1)l‘lll(‘.l[)l(*:3? But bi-l‘or:-. the peo-
ple csin adopt tlit-se principles they
iniist tii-st. give up the-, i"-i'ronv-oiis notion
that Kilki-iiiii-y rut:-i r-yer destroy eiicli
other. Wln-ii ll:-i-I/,i-liiib i-as-ts out
devils, people will be niiidc ti-iiipcrzite
and happy by uiitliority of law.

In war times the writer of such an
article as this would be liable to be
hung for ti'c:ison. Pt-rlizips lic would
deserve to be hung for his stupidity
in not being able to pei'ci-ive tlnit. in
war tiines. it would be as llllp(>.s‘Sll)lB
to gain the attention of the people for
the t‘iiiid:inieiit:il pi'iiiciplc:-a of peace
as it would be to gather ti-zitlit-i-s in a
C_V(‘l()llL’. In tiincs of pL-:u-:- lay the
t'oiInd2itlon deep :ind bro:id for the
pc-rpt-tiiity of 13021170.

l\l:in_v inti-lligi-nt pi-rsoiis do not onl-
tiviitc the habit of lt-git-:11 thought.
For iiist:iii<~i-. in 2lll.~\\'i‘l' to my .-i:iue-
lllt‘li[ lllill l'(‘.‘ll l-iw lEf‘Vt‘l‘ is nindc. but
is :i piirt ol n:1luri-. zlll 4--ti-i-nii-d ll'l(‘ll<l
roplii-d: "U. “'66 llllilI‘l'~'ltlll(l :21] about

thzit lint wlii-n we _-_:‘i1 in power we
will lll:ll\’(‘ gmiil l:i\-.- th:i1.~li::ll he in
:t('4'ul‘tl:llI4‘I' \\ illi. ‘ .~nppoi'ti\'«- ol'.
the l:.ws oi" n:-.tui .v\ll oz‘ \\'lllt'll is

   

Vi-1-y illi;f_Lll':!l niul (‘¢il.l'-"1ll‘lil to .~:t_\'lll;_",
--.\lilion_-_rli l:iw-' in :-.:ot be l2l=Hl('. yi-t
we will l1l:Il\1~ llwlli. and t'!.ii't‘m-i'iiioi'c,
we will l-i.ild st-:ill'olLls :iiid prop the
sltirs l|‘.~"l tin-y lull."
Tliciii;i<s:-~ «-:ii. u-<- '\Vll’.l
zilonc l'.‘llI invent oi'di.~<"o\'i-i'. All oth-
t‘1'll(‘l(l‘ :ir(- open to (li.-i-ovi-i'_\',lnIt
\vln-u .\llIl‘l'll‘Il tlt'l‘l2l'.'0‘1l hi-1' iiulcpt‘iid-
(‘ll(‘l‘ oi" (iri-:it l’»rit:iin tli:it si-ttlr-d the
1ll'lll4‘l]_llt'.< of gov:-i':nu<-iit tor :11] time,
and ulo.-i-tl tl-.i- door to :ill (list-ovi-i'y.
.-so:-ii-ty is lit’t_v yr-:ii's lwlllllll iiiv:-ntioii,
with the lll:l.~‘.’\'I_‘r€ llll.il‘1’:llli}' poor and
tui-liiil:-iit for :i t-.li:.iiigt-. will: it govcrii-
nu-iit so l'lt'll that it don’t know wliut
to do with its siirpliis. t'onvulsioiis,
iiiili1:ir_v Nile and the eiiipirc have
been the iii;-.\:t on the program of
former repulilics. Out. of twenty-

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TIEEIIIEI GRANGE VISITOR.

 
   

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four republics tweiit_v have

been
blotted out by war. '

It is all the people can do to pay
their taxe.-' and to replenish the. cor- 1

ruptioii fund depleted at every elec-
tioii. In this dilennna we turn to the
tliinkers and econoinists, lnit we find
them plodding along in the old ruts.
llenry (leorgc is like the rest of the
conipulsionists and politicians, only
more so. lie is a delusion and a snare.
and so is Powdcrly: only they both
mean well. and are splendid workers
on the coiiipulsory plan. Either
would make a far better king than
kings will average: but Ainericaiis
have learned one lesson thoroughly. to
hate the idea of a king even if he is a
good man. At the same time they
submit to arbitrary autliority when
it is the will of the iiiajority. And
they call the voice of the majority the

voice of God, while. admitting that it ,

requires the slums of the cities to de-
termine l1i:lj0l'lll(.‘Sl

"\Vhy judge ye not of y'oiirselve.s'
what is riglit'.’” Because. Worthy
Master.we depend on iiiajorities to de-
terniine that f'or us.

I have said the thinkers are in the
old ruts. There are some e.\'t-eptions.
P. J. Proiidlioii is out of the ruts.
He is the profoundest thinker ot iiiod-
erii times. Ilc lives in his works,
Which are now being translated from
the French to the I£iiglisli—-tlie lan-
guage used by more people than any
other except the Cliinese, and the lat-
ter is only fit to cart about the accu-
mulated dust and dirt of ten thousand
vears. The English language is the
great highway of' progressive ideas
that are destined to become the re-
generators of the world.

Mr. Editor, you stick well to your
text, namely, vote for the best man.
'I‘lia.t is good advice to vote ' and I
am aware that popular opinion says
a man should vote and a woman should
not. A woman can vote if she will go
to Wyoming; but if she has no other
errand there I would advise her not to
go. And she will take my advice, but
men will not take your advice and
vote f'or the best man. When a good
man is elected. without much use of
the corruption fund, it is the occasion
of great rejoicing; which shows it is
an exception. and that, for common,
money rules.

Few are aware of the amount paid
to secure nomiiiations. Political
economy consists in expeudinga thou-
sand dollars to secure election to an
ofiice that pays from two to ten thou-
sand; and that is the. science of gov-
eriiment.

Hail. Columbia!

NI VN-VOTER.
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Ensllage.

EDITOR Url{ANGl-J V isirou:-—My good

wife says she promised you I would
write about the ensilage I have been
feeding during the past winter and am
still feeding. When Isay I, it nieans I
as agent for my brother and lately of
his estate. “'0 have both read all our
lives in the agricultural papers about
iiiiprovcnients in agriculture and have
gone on without adopting them and
lived to rejoice that we were so conscr-
vat.ive.’I‘lie improvements in iii:ichiiicr_v
wecould plainly see and have been able
to adopt in many cases with.profit.
It has so liappcned that some of my
valued acquaintances built silos. I vis-
ited them aiid saw practical deiiionstra-
tions of their workings. I attended
farniers’ meetings where parties gave
their experience. I read books and ar-
ticles on the subject until I concluded,
with my brotlici-"s consent,to build one.
Last spring I contracted for one til):-:74,
18 feet liigli.of'gi'out.roofed with shin-
gle, and divided into four coiiipart-
mcnt.-i. each ioxzs inside measure; wall
1:’: inches thick. ‘J feet high and nine
inclies thick, the other nine feet, with
four wide doorways in the center of
each end and the center of each parti-
tion. My mistake was, building the
partition walls too thin. T\veiity-
eight. feet is a long wall and the walls
weakened: they cracked sonic and I
stayed them with joists f'roni the. per-
Iine plate to the ground and into the
grout floor. The doorway:~i co1'i‘e.~‘p0l1d-
ed to the feeding barn and were on a
level with it, so that the feeding isdonc
bv means ot' a car holding 3.3 lnisln.-ls
and running on a traniway made of
maple scnntliug. The silo is entirely
above ground, as there was no oppor-
tiiiilty to div. Ifnder the caves and
on each side there are Iixi ft. windo\v.~4.
The ensilagc is pilssed into the silo
through these Windows by iiicans of a
carrier, like a straw carrier. attaclied
to a Ross fodder cutter, No. 14, _A.
Grout was adopted as the most desir-
able and because there were stone and
gravel plenty at hand. and because the
building would be better than wood
when done, but :1 wood one would be
as good built of studding, say ll-inch
or more. and boarded up with flooring
inside andout. The building needs to
be tiglit——ensilage i.-: a kind of canned
vegetable.

The corn planted was Burrell S;
Wliitin:.iii‘scnsilage corn. i':1isctl in Vir-
ginia and of so large, a growth as not
to ripen in this country, drilled, in 4-
ft. drill-', and froui twoin a hill to two
feet apart, or dropped from a grain
drill—you know how itdrops. I plaiit-
ed 17 :ie.i-cs of this corn: tlirec acres I
cut up in August to feed green.
Scpteniber, when an overcoat felt. good
and I was afraid of‘ frost, I

more had none. Tlie butts of the stalks .

when broken and twisted would give
water freely. Icut the stalks with a
stalk cutter: two men cut up and .
helped load as fast as four tf‘.‘lliH would I
draw to the cutting box, and the «;'ut- ;
ier would cut a ton in ten minutes cv- l
er)’ time. The men cutting would

I bcl

In‘

cut it.;

boine stalk.'~' had roasting cars on and ‘,
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1

some 20 rods and cut intooiie-lialf-iiicli

linigtlis. The first silo I put ina horse ,

to tread and when filled tied his legs
and let him down. The noxtand oth-
ers, put in two men to spread and
tread. Wlien filled, I covered with
:2-inch plank, then brokeioinis with
inch boards and on this put 18 inches

‘of wood: any weighting is good. I

Il.~(‘(l wood because when it was taken
oil I could draw it to where needed in-
stead of drawing .-"tone and piling
away.

I filled twooftln; four silos with this
corn. I then tilled six f'cet of the third
one with corn that had been raised t'or

fie.ld corn. after liu:-"king about one-l,

halfthe field. '1‘lie balance. I filled with
field corn troui a field where one-third
of the corn had been liiisked. The first
six feet kept well. the last wa.~‘» uiore
than lialt' spoiled. The trouble was the
last was put in wet. If the rain had
fallen on the ensilage corn it would
have ni:ide no ditl'crencc, but to wet
corn that has been shocked for two or
three weeks, with a drouth on hand.
at that, is a dili'erent matter. as this
lias proven. \Vhen winter came the
silo was opened. One. and one-half in-
chcs on top had spoiled; all the re-
iiiaiiider was good. I fed all 90 head
of cattle would eat for two weeks;sold
the milk in part and churned part, de-
termined to test the effect. There was
no fault found with the milk and the
butter was like spring butter-—liigli-
colored and good. The cows did not
fall off at all. Since the two-weeks’
test. I Iiave ted in various ways—giv-
inghay once a day, and then giving
four quarts of middlings once a day,
and then giving two quarts twice a
day. The ioreiiiaii and the dairy woiii-
an and the cattle all swear by ensil-age,
and so do I.
I planted afterclover 20 acres to corn
for ensilage; that the droutli prevented
growing. In five weeks I could not see
the rows,tlierefore I had more silo than
ensilage. I weighed one-eighth of an
acre, which gave at the rate of 61,500
lbs. to the acre. Honest Indian and
fair play! Gotfart, I think, talks about
140,000 lbs. to the acre. The average
yield is about 3‘2,(l00 lbs. to the acre.
The stalks grew 10 to 15 feet high. I
weighed one single stalk that some one
cut from the field and brought. to the
scales that weighed 10 lbs. Some far-
mers think that a ton of hay and two
tons of corn ensilage are equal. ()thers
think it takes three tons to equal one
ton of hay. I suppose the tons of each
differ, but think three tons are more
nearly correct. I need not figure to
you the difference in fzivor of ensilage
if three to one is correct. Iwisli to
sa_v, the stock looks well. \Vith good
luck this year the silos will all be full.
I shall husk my field corn early and
cut. the stalks into the silo so soon as
liuskcd. I know the eiisilage will not
be as good as that cut green, but it
will be better than to stand out and
more economical for me. If [can be
asked any questions regarding this mat-
ter, I shall aiisiver them with great
plca~uii‘c. I think I see in this plan a
means by which a farmer can double
or treble his stock. This ineans to keep
up his land and iiicrea:-1e lllS profits. It
cost to cut. up and weigh our ensilage
59 cents per ton. Many do this at less
cost. I could save nine cents a ton by
changing some things. I used more
teams than nece :ary, but the teani;-i
would have been idle. I put my cut-
ting box on a pair of threshing ina-
chine trucks with the idea that I
would move often and make what is
termed sweet eiisilage, but I gave that
up,losing faith in what is called -‘sweet
eiisilage.” when the cattle did not know
one from the other.
had set on the ground, I could have
unloaded a team with ropes and this
would have facilitated inatters. I used
a steam power at $2.50 per day and let
my horse power stand idle. Iniight
have saved by using the horse power,
but .'l team and driver I should have
charged at S;’.Ul). and perhaps not have
saved by it in the calculation,altlioiigli
in fact. My only fault. to find is, Iliave
too little eii:-ilage. Write me if Ican
add anything that will interest you.
Truly yours, SA1u’i. Fi7i.Li:i(.
Kent Co.

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The Necessity of'Farmers Meeting
and Co-operating.

[Paper read by II. Ilrinkman before Grand
Traverse Co. Pomona C-range]

The iioblest of all great principles
are proclaimed in these words, that.
all men are created equal and should
be protected in life, liberty and the
pursuit of’ liappiiiess. The thought
probably never entered the niinds of
those public. beiict":u:toi's,as‘ they sealed
those principles with the blood of tliou-
saiid.-'of' patriots, that before a century
of national life had passed a people,
having once enjoyed the blessing ot'lib-
erty. w0uld,through their ltepi'e.scnt.a-
tives in State and N:itioii:il Legisla-
tures, enact. laws making it possible
f'or a few individuals acting in a cor-
poratc capacity,undci' chartered right-'
to so direct their own individual
i‘iglits_, as topervert civil liberty and
ovei-.~zliatlo\v the very govcrnuient that
created them. This is,in uiy opinion,to
a great extent, the condition of things
to-day in l.lllS,Ull r boasted land of free-
dom. You can sc:I1‘ct‘.ly point to an in-
dustry,except agriculture, but what
is (7()ll(lll(:l.Ltl in some form or other uii-
der corporate managenicnt. with rights
and privileges granted them by the
State. and fostei'cd and protected by it.
The tendency is evil, and only evil. It
(ll~'l,‘()lll‘.‘).g(.‘.S pursuits by honest private
industry.

You may say the pi'ogress of the age
deinands this, and point with pride to
our lloiii'isliii|g Iiianutactiiring institu-
tions as eondiicted under corporate

If my inachino

p load. ldrew some 100 rods and I niaiiageineiit. England points with

pride to like inst.itutions.ainl we point
with feeliiigs of sorrow and connnis-
eration to her destitute millions to-
day . and we, are duplicating that sys-
tem iii this country :it a rapid rate.
My frieinls, the picture i-' not over-
drawn and \vc turn f'roiii the sad scene
with but one hope of relief. and that
is, to the farnicrs of the country: for,
I tell you, candidly, you have a
charge to keep. It is f'or tliecoiiserva-
tive, home-lniilding. home.-loving far-
incrs of this country to stand as arbi-
trators of this Nation’s destiny be-
tween those two contending elenients I
have inentioned and turn back the
hand fliatoppicsses. reassure the dis-
contented. and protect the liberty of
the people. The future prosperity and
welfare of this country depends more
upon you, who are owners of homes,
and around whose firesides cluster the
patriotism and private virtues of our
‘ace, than upon any other class of citi-
zens. You can accoiiiplisli those ob-

jects as successfully in no other way as

you can by obeying the central law of
our civilization, which is,orgaiii7.e. co-
operate, unite, form faruiers’ organ-
i'1.ations, or unite with those already
formed, where _voii can discuss public
policy,harmonize your views and work
iiitelligeiitly together for your own
protection and for the general good of‘
your country.

You have a farmers’ organization ful-
ly cstablislicd, known as the Gi'aiig'e. If
there is an individual present, who is
prejudiced against that association or
iiicliiied to undcres-itiinate the good that
it is doing, I will say to him, without
fear of successful eonti'&dicti0n_. that
the members of the Grange, though
few in numbers compared to the great
mass of farmers,are doing much to edu-
cate the farnieriii his public duties. to
shape legislation in his interests, to
protect the farmers against unjust
claimants. This organization meets
with more opposition and ridicule
from outside fariners, who ought to be
Wishing it God speed, farniers that
have been more or less benefited and
protected by it, than from men of any
other occupation.

Business men understand the bene-
fits of organization and co-operation
and are well convinced of the fact that
where a number of persons are eii-
gaged iii the same business or calling,
the welfare of each to a great extent is
bound up in the good of all: hence they
pool their interests and co-operate for
tlieir mutual benefit. They respect the
farmers, whose iiitellinfeiice prompts
them to make an effort in the same di-
rection.

I do not niean by all this talk to kill
off all corporations. for they are neces-
sary evils, and I. like all OtllPl'.~', shall
have to give the devil his due, but. con-
trol them—that is the point we should
look after.

Fire is a good and iiitlispeiisalile ser-
vant, luit when it gets the upper hand
it is a bad uiaster. So with corpora-
tions and 0l'f__'ftllllZllll0IlH. But. soinc of
us ask the question, how control thcin?
Let me tell in plain language. The
same power that created them niust
hold them intact. In no other way can
it be done. \\'e were led astray and
organized uiidcrthc l(5l{(lCl‘.~‘lll1) of bar-
rooiii politicians and dcinagogues and
voted our birthriglit away; now we
must organize to regain what we have
lost, and in place of sending men to
(‘.oiigrcss :uid our own Lcgislatiirc that
will look after somebody elsc’s inter-
ests, let us send men that will look af-
ter ours also, and peace and harmony
will soon prevail all over our land
again. Capital and labor. farniers and
mechanics will join in that boastful
saying of ours, “United we stand, di-
vidcd we tall.”

Now, farine -s, and especially those
who are outside of the (lraiigc, let me
say to you, it is and must be left with
you. \Vill you stay where you are, or
will you join our little pilgrim band
and help accomplish what it is not pos-
sible fora few of us to do? “'1: have
started, but we need your help. \Ve
have, I say, the (lrangea have this win-
ter tliirtccn nieiiibei-s in our Legi.'\‘l:l-
ture, which is a large per cent. accord-
ing to the nunibcr.~a of the (_a'ri'aiigcs.
Will you help in thenext two _vears to
swell that number so that we can boast
of having a majority?

W,____.___,___. _.

Lecturer's Department National

Grange.

An item in one of the great city
daily papers tells the world that. "The
Iloii. 1). Wyatt .—‘\ikcn, of South Caro-
lina, is dead. * * Five times elected
to Uongresrx. * * lle was one oftlic
forcinost scienti c fariners of his State.
and was probably better known in
South tlaroliua as an ad\'anced agri-
culturist than as a politician." \Vhat
liighcr words of praise could be given
the man and I’atron, who ever placed
agriculture in the front. I‘-‘roin the
very 0:l1‘licst years of the Grange he
was one of its hardest workers and
ablest 2l(lV01,“.LlL‘h‘, because it. was de-
signed to bring fa.-'niers to the front.
llc. above and beyond all others. did
bring agriculture to the front in (‘on-
gi‘cs.-'. (_)ften battling alone, with
voice and vote, he was ever in the
front advocating the ealise of tliosc
who had few friends to speak fortliein:
Not in South Carolina alone was he
“better known as an advanced agricul-
turist than as a politician.” Not a
State in all our Union but recognized
his advanced })t)Sll.l0ll, and lii1ndre.ds of
tliousands sincerely mourn his depart-
ure. He should have a monument in
Washingtoii as a typical “advanced”
farmer Coiigressniaii.

   

“God buries his workmen, but. the
work goes on.” The work so ably as-
si;-'tcd by I). \Vyatt Aiken still goes
forward. Let a few of his earnest

words still continue their mission ofi

good:
~~1.-= it presuinption to suggest that

the world has never seen a better ed u— i

cat.or than the (}raiige'.‘ It take.scai'c ;
of its own, and niakes them bcllerincn 1
aiul better women, and wiser inen and .
wiser women. ‘

‘-Tlius it will be seen that the ('ri'aii2‘e
is a family where the father‘s inan-
hood, the niotlu-r's devotion, the broth-
er’s atl'ec.tion and the sistt.-r’s love are so
cultivated and developed that tliey
reacli out beyond the purview of the
f'a1iiily circle, and embrace with fra-
ternal kindness every member of the
Order. practically obeying the injunc.- I
tion of our Savior when he said, i ‘The ‘
second coinniandmeut is like unto it:
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy-
self.' This is the fellowsliip to be
found in the Graiige, and it is the fel-
lowship of the noblest cliaracter.
Tweiity-niiie days in the month social
(llll't5l'(’.llt7('}i, moral t'.0Il\’l('[l()Il.'~‘. or polit-
ical prcjiulices may c.~:trange Patrons
of llusbandry; but when on the thir-
tieth day of the nioiith they meet on a
common level in the Graiigc all these
alienting features are dissipated.

"Is it any wonder, then, that farm-
crs are attracted t.o the Order? Nay,
verily, the. greater wonder is that eve-
ry fariiier in the Union is not an active
co-laborer with those ofus who are de
sirous to so iiiiprcss the advantages of
the Grange upon the agricultural
mind of the country tliat. it, as an or-
ganization, may never be defaced by
neglect, injured by prejudice nor de-
stroyed by ignorance, but may go on
prospcring and to prosper until it
shall merit the fulfillment of its own
selected motto, ‘Esto Perpetua.”’

A Chicago dealer put a quart of
water into a gallon of milk and sold
it for five quarts of milk. He was ar-
rested and fined $10.

A jeweler alloyed his gold one~half,
then sold his goods for pure, and was
sent. to prison.

A half-dozen railroad men issued
stock to the amount of double the cost
of their roads and equipments; then
taxed the public to make the water
milk and the pinchbeck gold, and eve-
ry one of them was sent to the United
States Senate.

Referring to the recent orgaiiization
of a Grange in its neighborhood the
Northampton (Mass) Journal says
that it "heartily welcomes the new
society to this vicinity The organiza-
tion of agriculturists is a growing iic—
cessity, and the increased attention
being paid to the demands of this class
signifies good and good only to the re.-
piiblic. They must be noticed and
their demands for relief froui the taxa-
tion of arrogant inoiiopolist be met,
sooner or later.”

l'I{( no itnss.

Four more new Graiigcs:

(_'roniwell, No. 67. Iiliddlesex county,
Connecticut.

Lchiiian, No. 819, Luzerne county,
Peiiii.~'ylvaiiia.

I£owniau’s Creek,
County, l’eiinsylv:iiiia.

(‘xood Ilope, Mo. 6:56, Phelps Co.,
Nebraska.

820, Wyoming

North Carolina has organized four
dorniant Graiigcs. and several more
are in process of reorganization.

Danvillc Grange, Ualiforiiizi, has just
received eleven new ineinbers. \Val-
nut Urcek six.

w

Brattleboro Grange (Vermont) is
receiving large additions of new ineiii-
hers.

\Vis:-ialiickon Giuiige, No. 760, Penn-
sylvania, 22 new inenibers.

: give

VVP. give below several good endorse-
ments of ground limestone, which We
publish by request of the writers:

Mu. ( Ioim:—I have ll.'~'(‘ll the limestone
plaster of Mr. I)avi.-'. of Ida. l\lieh., on
corn. potatoes and grass, and would
$1.01) per ton more for it than for
the hrand ltapids plaster or any other
plaster that I have used.

liedford. .\1i.-li. I). A. I’r.i.i'oN.

J. T. Nona. I‘lI)lTOR(ll{AN(§l-I V'isi"roiL-
—l have used N. I)avi.-"s ground lime-
-‘tone on timothy and clover ineadowl
with admirable results. I think it
more than doubled my crop. Some of
my iieiglibors. seeing the result.-:, have
purcliascd of him largely the past win-
ter. Very respectfully,

\\'liiteford. Mich. J. (1. JOHNSON.

Mn. ('nBB:—I used one ton of N. Da-
vis's ground limestone last year and in-
tend to use f'o1ii' tons this year.

Very respectfully, A. 1-lorciiitiss.

\Vhiteford, Mich.

O. ‘U
‘'3? mm“

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For Dyspepsia
Mental and Physical EXll‘c1llSllUll,

Neiiousness, Wealeiei Energy
1 ndigestion, Etc.

HORSFORD’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,
dance. R. I.

Provi-

a§‘Beware of Imitatlons. julylbyl

The First Symptoms

Of’ all Lung diseases are much the same:
fevcrisliiiess, loss of appetite, sore
throat, pains in the cliest and back,
Iieadache, etc. In a few da_vs«i you may
be well. or, on the other liand, you may
be down with Piiciiiiioiiia or “ galloping
Consiiiiiption." Run no risks, but begin
iininediataly to take Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral.

Several years ago, James Bircliard, of
Darien, Conn., was severely ill. The
doctors said he was in (Tonsiiniption.
and that they could do nothing for him.
but advised Iiiiii. as 2!. last resort, to try
Ayer’s C-lierry Pcctoral. After taking
this medicine, two or three months, he
was pronounced a well man. His health
reiiiaiiix good to the present day.

l J. S. Bradley. Maiden. Ma.s.~i., writes:
“ Three winters ago I took a severe cold,
which rapidly developed into l’.roiicliitis
and Coiisiiiiiptioii. I was so weak that
I could not sit up, w‘ ' lIlllL'l) einaciated,
and coughed incessantly. I consulted

 

Lawrence (irI'{LIIgC, New Ilaii'ipsliii'e,
12 new ineinbcrs.

Evans Urraiige, Illinois, eight new
mcinbe s. \Vork on our new Grange
hall is progressiiig very satisfactorily.

North Haven Grange. (Joiinecticnt.
now lia.~i 100 nieinbers. “Just pur-
chased forty tons of fertilizer.”

Highland Grange. 291, Kansas, one
month ago was dorinant. Ileorganizcd.
54 new inenibers and other applica-
tions. "This (glrange renews its alle-
giance to the National and State or-
ganizations with higher conceptions of
duty and pi‘ivileges in this country,
and recliarters for ninety-nine years or
during the iieccssity of a fariners’ or-
gani7.at.ion.”

The Aroostock L10. Union Grange,
of Maine, has dedicated its new Grange
hall.

Two more new (:‘rraiiges -‘close infi
Some Na-j

sight" in Rhode Island.
tional Graiige work is being done
there.

(‘apital (irl‘;lllgt‘., No. 540, Blicliigaii,
had 26 new incnibers last qu.-irtei'.

Sweedesboro’ Grange, No. 5, New
Jersey, 20 new l1l()illl)(3l‘S this y ‘ar.

Bri."-rtol Grange, No. 80, Ohio, 20 new

“W'c are plowing and sowing and
reaping all over Auierica’s lant .”
—-————-re->——————»
Many ladies admire gray hair——on
some other person—-but few care to
try its effects on their own cliarnis.
They need iiot,siiice Ayer's llair Vigor
restores gray hair to its original color.
Sold by driiggists and perfumers.

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mcinbcrs. 
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, se-vei'al doctors, but they were-. power-
; ]ess_;un1 all z|,g'l'9€-(I that. I was in Con-

sumption. At last, a friend brought me
a bottle of Ayer’s Cherry l’ectora.l.
From the first dose, I found relief.

Two bottles cured me, and my health
has siiico been perfect."

Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
PREPARED BY

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell. Mass.

Sold by allDruggista. Price $1 ; six bottles,$5.

 

 

lilllilllll lliillllllldlili lumpiiy

Of Kenneth Square, Pa.

‘ Maiiufacfurc the New Model Reversi-
ble llozid ‘.\Iacliines; the (‘hainpion
llever.-‘ible Road 1\Iacliine.; the Victor

ieversiblc Road l\Iac.hine; the Pen-
iiock Improved (one way) Road Ma-
chine: the New I)ai:~'y (one way) Two
Wheel Road Mac-liine.

These machines are the best in the market
and are guaranteed to make and repair roads
at oue»third the cost of the old systeni, and
are sent on trial to townships or road districts
if desired. Arrangements can be made with
residents of districts so they can pay a por-
tion of their tax each year in money until
machine is paid for. Pass an appropriation
at town meeting and try one. Correspond-
ence solicited. Machiiics shipped from_[ack—
son by N. M. GAl{l{E'I‘I‘, State Ag’t,
febi5t8 Jackson, Mich.

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'I'I-IE3

G-RANGE VISITOR.

May I, 1887

fill: fitting: afiigiiiur.

Published on the First and Fifteenth
of every month,

AT 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.

Eleven Copies for $5.00.

 

]. T. COBB, Editor and Manager,
SC!-IOOLCRAFT, Mien.

fl‘Remittances should be by Registered Let-
ter, Money Order or Draft.

 
 

Entered at the Post Ofiice at Coldwater,
hfich., as Second Class matter.

To Subscribers.

Remittances may be made to us in post-
age stamps, or by postal note, money Ordfil‘.
or registered letter. If you receive copies of
3”: Paper beyond your time of subscription
it is our loss not yours. We aim ‘to send
uvery number of the paper for the time paid
for then strike out the name if not renewed.
Reiiewals made pY0mPl~lY 3” 3 matter of
much convenience, and we rciP€‘3‘f“1lY 5°‘
licit such that no numbers be 1051 *0 V0“-

Advise this office at once Ql 3 Chamge l“
your address, or if numbers fail to reach you.

and Corres-

To Subscribers
. “.9” ' -

All subscriptions to the GRANGE
VISITOR, and all correspondence, ex-
cepting for advertising, should be ad-
dressed to ,

]. T. Conn, Editor.
Schoolcraft, Mich.
To Advertisers.

All persons desiring to advertise
in the GRANGE VISITOR, should ad-
dress A. ]. ALDRICH & ($0., Cold-
water, Mich.’ as they have assumed
complete charge of that department.
Prices willbe furnished up‘-m_ aphll
cation. Average circulation for 1886

7 ' V
has been over 6,2300 -COp1€‘S. lxegular
edition 6,000 copies. The Pap?‘
circulates in nearly every county in
the lower peninsula of Michigan and
into families of as intelligent a’ c ass
of people as can be found in any
state in the union. The VISITOR,
also has a good circulation among
the Patrons of Iowa-
A. J. ALDRICH & Co.,
Printers of the GRANGE Visiroiz.

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P-ROCLAMATION.

To the Patrons of Michigan:—
At the session of the State

Grange in 1885, the following

resolution was adopted:

“Resolved, That the Wortliy
Master proclaim a Cliildrei1’s
Day, to be universal lllI'()llgll-
out the State, and that the
same be announced in the
Vrsrron.”

This resolution is still in
force, and in obedience there-
with, I proclaim THURSDAY,
the 9th day of June, Chil-
dren’s Day for the Patrons of
Michigan. I need not call at»
tention to the fact that this
day was observed with great
interest and profit, not only
to the children, but to the
Patrons of the State, in 1886,
and I trust that the same zeal
and energy will be exercised
on the 9th of June, 1887. that
was so universally and com-

mendably exercised last year. .

It gave an impetus to the Or-
der by calling in those who
did not belong to Witness and
participate frequently in the
exercises.

Trusting that the day will
be observed with even greater
interest. and profit the present
year, I am, fraternally,

C. G. Luciz, Mast-er.

IN this issue is an article on Ensilzigc
from the pen of Ilori. Sainucl I“ullcr,
of Grand ltzipids. Farrnci's,:is :1 class,
have not given this subject thc:1ttcn-
tion it deserves. We should like to
know that one or more (?lllCl'[)l'lSlllg
farmers in every county in the south-
ern tier would plnnt for and build it
lilo this year. Next year we shall have
toclecta President of the United States
and woii’t have time for much other-
importinit business beyond saving the
country.

Anulteratlon.

W'ithout stopping at this time to
discuss the results of congrcsniontil iii-
terlercricewith the work of" bogus but-
tcr-makers, does not the adulteration
of everything we eat, drink or Wear,
Where adulteration is possible demand
general cont-iidcratiori by thoscmost in-
tcrestcd-the people—and legislative
action of a re.~itrictive cliaracter?

We are of those who believe Ameri-
can ingenuity and 'An1ci'ican reckless
indifference to the well-being of the
people, not to say dishonesty, has so
invaded every department of manu-
facture that pure goods, where adulte-
ratiou is possible, are seldom found in
the market. The rage for money-inak-
ing has stimulated ingenuity to devise
ways and means to produce goods at
less cost, and this has been effected by
adultcriition, by the introduction of
as large 8 per cent. of :1 cheaper sub-
stance as could be done and pzilmcd off
on purchasers. Pi'iiiter‘s’ink on labeled
packages of goods hasin this country
but a moiety of honesty, and if any-
where there is statutory law for the
protection of the people, it. is nowhere
enforced cxccpt wlicrc public health
is put iiijcop:ii'dy to an alarming ex-
tent. If your constitution is under‘-
inincd by l101Il(t'()p.‘1illl(‘ doses of injii-
rious :idiiltci':itioris, tlmrc is no corri-
pluiirt. It. l.‘41tll{l('Cl)1)lt‘(l condition of
lriisiiit-ss and lllt"l'(‘ is no llll('l'l(‘l'(‘ll('(.‘.
It is only when by some :ll)1l01'lll:ll con-
dition of _£fl’(’(‘(llllt’.~‘.\' or by Hnlllt‘ blun-
dcr oftho rnixcr that. the lioiriu-opatliic
proportion coril"oriii.'< to the l::bcl,:ind
the l:1i'gci' per cent. of :ulrilfvi':ifioii
kills I-‘,(Jlll(.‘l)()(l}', that there is any
kickiiig.

Ship loads of innocent white cl:i_\',
costing less than one cent :1 pound arc
iinportcd 1-.i'ci'_v your and sold whcrc
wanted for the purpose of‘ iltlllllcffltlllg
all kinds of goods whcrc {l(lt1l[(.‘[‘{1ll()l)
is possiblczirid profi table.

A man disposed to make honest goods
stands :1 good clizince to rczich bunk-
riiptcy in competition with the frauds
practised for years across the street by
1). man in the more line of bu.-iiicss.

Old people tell us flint the liquor they
drank 50 _vc:1rsag0 was pure, and while
some persist in drinking, tlicy all
unite in pronouncing the stuff they
now drink a base frniid, but they drink
it bccniisc they can got nothing better.

Now, r-'olong':1.‘~‘ we have civilizutioii
we slizill liavc govci'iiriiviit, and so long
as wc ll:lV't‘ go\'ci'iiincr1t, be it run lay
licpiilrlix-:iii~‘, I)t.‘lll()t.'l'2ll.<.(il‘Cf‘llll:lt'l{(‘l'S
or l’roliibitionist<, it will he iinincnsc-
ly c.\;p<-ii.<ivc, cl.-to tho p:-1.-‘t is no index
of‘ the tirturc, and thc l:iwin:ikci's rnust
luivc l.-irgo i'cso1iri-1-s froin which fo
(ll':l\V, as tho pvoplo of this coiintry
don’t svrioiisly t)l)j(',t.‘l, to 1-:irr_ving on :1
govcrnrncnt at Izirgc cxpcnsc, pi'ovi'.lcd
the money is not obtained by 11 direct
personal dcirinrid upon them. It must
be had by the irriposition of a duty on
imports or a tax on domestic manu-
f:ictui'cs, or both. The tax on liquors
of our own rri:1iiuf‘2n'~tiii'c, on tobacco
and cigars, is accepted as 11 tax upon
m'ticles that are not rrcccssary to the
welfare of society and as the general
govcrnrncnt has not shown any great
solicitudc as to the effect of thcir use
upon the morals or health of the peo-
plc, it would seem the right thing to
do until such time as the attention of
the government can be fixed upon
these vital points.

The Michigan Legislature now in
session, we undcrst:iiid, have passed a.
bill,which we have not seen but which
is intended to protect those who eat
candy from the effects of poisonous
adultcmtion. It seems to us that there
are so many other things equally dele-
terious to health besides being fraudu-
lent in being labeled what they are not
that might very properly have been
included, that we wonder that our S0-
lons did not cover more ground in this
luudablc effort to invade $1 vicious us-
tigc. Dr. Cyriis Edson says that “In
the iii:iiiiif'ar:tiii'c of fruit jcllics the
:rdulturci' rcriclics the :1('llH‘ of his iirt.
A most pl.-iiisiblc ciiri':intjclly sold by
nc:u'l_v cvcry t'ruitci'cr and grocer was
rn:l(lc as follows: I)l'l(‘(l tipplcs, glu-
(f().‘~‘(', ivzitcr, :1i'.<ciiic:1l fuclisiiic (:1i'c:1l
an:ilinc pigrncnt) t:ii't:ii'i<-. {t('l(l and
glue. This inixturc was boilc(l,sti'aiii(:d
nnd sullicient S:ill('._\'ll(3 acid 1l(l(.l(,‘(l. to
keep it from spoiliiig in hot‘. wczttlicr.
l\lost of the fruit icllics sold to-day
arc fr-:iu(ls on the consurnci'.” * "‘

Duriri_i:_ the last few iiiontlis the attention of
the public and of physicians has been called
to a much discussed subject. the coloring of
green vegetables by means of copper. Analy
sis shows that as much as 3"/2 grains of cop-
per sulphate is frequently contained in :1
pound tin of peas or beans. * * *

t,'ofl'ee and tea are not exempt from adul-
teration. The well known mixture of ground
coffee with chicory and cereals has led the
good housewife to think that if she grinds

‘ the coffee herself it must be pure. She never

was more mistaken. Damaged coffee beans
are treated with chromate of lead, Prussian
blue, soapstone, burntumber, and quite a va-
riety of other chemicals so as to restore their
original appearance. Frequently Mexican
and other comparatively cheap coffees are
treated so as to make them resemble the more
expensive java. Pigments containing arsenic
have been used so that some coffee analyzed
by the New York Health Department chem-
ist was found to contain 1-50 of a grain of
copper arsenite in the quantity of coffee
necessary to make a cup of the beverage.
Such stuffis known to the trade as painted
coffee—not a bad name for it.

The adulterations of tea are in imitation
of those ingeniously devised by the Chinese
and are practiced by both Mongol and white
in common. The adulterants are “lie tea,”
foreign leaves, and substances used for color-
ing and“facing.” “ Lie tea" consists of spent
leaves colored to imitate any grade or kind
of tea desired. Plumbago or black lead is
used to “paint” black teas. Tea so colored
has a glossy, smooth appearance. Green
teas are nearly all colored, the usual pig-
ments employed for this purpose being Prus-
sian blue. tumeric and soapstone. Leaves
made to do duty for tea are most frequently
those of the willow.

Many important adulterations show great
ingenuity on the part of the contrivers. Mus-
tard lS reduced by adding terra alba and
wheat Hour. and is then colored with tunieric
or a poisonous coal tar color, called ’V|ar§h’s
yellow. Bread is whitened with alum and
musty flour sweet:-tied and preserved with sirl-
phate of copper. * * * *

livery beverage we drink and nearly every
article of food we eat is liable to he made a
source of danger to us by the ignorant and
dishonest.

The concluding 1ifll‘.'1gi'.'l})l1FFCt forfli
no riiucli f~'tlgg(‘..~Ill\'(,‘. truth flint we
quote them:

The State of New York has an mliiiirable
Adultertitioii Act. Our laws zifiord its plenty
of shot. but no powder. An Cl.(lLlllC‘l’ill0l' may
ply hi» ncfarioiis bu-incss with very little fear
of piinishriieiit, :ilih«-ugli he commits :1 gre 1-
cr UlTc‘lI.\t.' than the c1ii-ihrozit iiho garlic-is
purwcs with :1 club and revolver on the pub-
lic liiglnuiy. In older couniric.~ .\}7CClI‘.l bu
l’C(1li>ll.’1\'L‘ licen (.‘l't’I1lCtl to prevent irirnpcr
ing with the food supply, and until our law-
innkers follow the cxriiiiple set by those
fll)l'()(1(l, we must expeci to lie cheated and oc-
<‘asion.illy made ill by caiiiig impure food. In
New York City the Health llcpartmcritis do-
ing all that is possible with the limited force
allmieil it. Knowing how much important
work must be lcft1iiitoiiclicd,it feels soniewliat
in the position of the musicirtn at the western
dance, who, fearing his patron-’ displeasiire,
pinned on his back a paper lieriring the hum-
ble request. “Please don’t shoot the fiddler;
he is doing his best.”

The following, clipped from the
Evening Journal, states the case as
pi-cseiitcd over the coiintcrs of'ourdcal-
crs all over‘ thcl:1nd and we are really
doing little or nothing with this dis-
1ioiicsty,tliist:impcring with the health
of the people:

VV.-\‘~'l!lX(§'1‘ON,l\l:ircl'i 3r.—-—The Department
of :\gi‘iciiltiii‘c piiblislics a report riiride by
Cheiiiistsoii the Z1(ltlllt‘l’:lllOn of food, finding
that out of samples’ piirchnscd in open inur-
kct of 2\lll\'lli<l.\ of .~pice.s, about two oirt of
ten were pure. Holy one sziinplc of lrlzick
pcpiier out of tliirtceii p1l1‘CllIV.sI.‘(l was pure.
The _t:iri;.:_ei‘ol' cornmon sale is pretty iniicli
cvcrytliing bu‘. giiigcr, ziiid ‘-hc clcp'.ii'tnicnt
agents who C:‘.liL‘tl for li‘itl.\l."tl‘4l got too-lliirtls
of soiiietliiiig else. It \\"ElS le'.iriied that one
New York .~plC(’ gririrlcr \VUl’l\(.’(l off 5,060 lbs.
of coconiiut lilhl-<5 in :1 few weeks by adul-
tcrating his spit-cs.

ll" :1 boy stciils ajzick kiiifc worth 251
cents. ho is :t1'i'(‘-st0(l and sciitciicctl to
the State ltcforni Scliool for five }'C:11'.~‘:
but if :1 lllflll sclls $25,000 worth of‘
goods, or, r.-itlier, Rolls goods to the
amount of $2.:’i,000, under a f'r:1ii(liilciit
label in a yczir, he is not lIl0l(5i~'iO(l but
rated an ciilcrprisirrg follow that has
built up H. good business. And this
state oftliings seems likely to continue.

 

The State Public School.

W'e have been requested by an ap-
plicant for :1 boy from the State Pub-
lic School at (.‘-oldwater to give
through the VISITOR some account of
the Institution, the Il0CESSfll'_V steps
to be taken to get it child and the cori-
ditioris and rcquircrnents pertaining
to this niattcr.

The State Public School is, in the
main, :1. pioneer institution oflthc
kind, with the piirposc i1ivicw,cx-
pressed in :1 few words, of providing
an interincdiutc home with cducz1tioii-
al iriachiiicry attaclicd, for dependent
children that have :1. poor home or
none at all until such time as a better
hornc can be found in the families of
citizens of the State.

'l‘hc liistitutioii was authorized by
the Legislature of1:473 and opened for
childrcn in l\lny,]874. In defining
C21lI(ll(l:lt('.‘| the statute i'c:1d.=: “There
Sllflll be l‘(.'('(‘.l\‘(.‘(l as pupils in said
School those children who are declared
dcpcndcnt on the public for support,

who are over three flll(l under fourtccri .

yc:1rs of" age. and who are in siiitalrle

condition of‘ body and mind to receive ‘

instruction.”
Supt-rintcndcuts of the Poor are an-
tliorizcd to send dcpcndcnt children to

the State School, but the children.

must first be c.\::1inincd as to health by
n physici:1n, and tho :ipplic21nt for ad-
mission inust be cxainincd and ap-
proved by the Judge of Prob:itc of
the county. No child sound in mind
and body, of adinissablc age, can be
legally kept in it poor-tiousc when
there is room for more cliildren in the
State School, except the quota. from
such county is full. Each county of

l

the State is entitled to its proportion  two of which are reported “straight,”

according to population.

Tire School is under the supervision
of 9. Board of Control, consisting of
three members appointed by the Gov-
ernor for a term of six years. Im-
proper inmates may be returned to
their respective counties by this
Board. Bills covering cost of sending
children to the State School and of
returning improper inmates are
audited by the State Board of‘ Audit-
ors, and paid by a warrant drawn on
the State Treasurer.

The institution was established on
the cottage plan with iiccommodations
for 300 children. The children all
eat in a large dining-hall, but are
domiciled in lots of from 25 to 30 in
neat two-story brick cottages, located
in :1 semi-circle around a. large central
building. Each cottage has 8. matron
in charge and the school arrangements
seem complete.

\Vith this glance at the Iiistitiitioii
we pass to answer the question, “How
and what Sllflll I do to get :1 ‘boy frohi
the State Scliool?” VVi'itc a letter
stating age and sex of child wanted,
and direct to Supcrintciidcnt State
Public School, (foldwritcr, )licli.,
and you will get in return :1 blank
appliczitioii whit-.li. when filled out,
will show the iinriic, ()(‘('llptlTl()ll, loca-
tion. post-oiiivc, the nuinl>ci' of incin-
l>c1'.<ol the l£1lllll_\’,:1llLl thc (ll.~‘I:lll(‘0
froin f~‘I‘ll()()l of the :ippli«-ant for :1
child.

This ripplicrrlion duly sigiicrl whi-n
i'ctiii'iwd to tho Silpwintt,-iidciit at
(,.'()ltl\V.’tl(,‘l‘ will ho f'oi'w:trdc1l by him
to the County Agcirt. of the Stzitc
Ii().‘ll'(l of (.7ori'cction~' and (‘li:i1'itic.~' oi‘
the roiiirty in which the applicant
livcs and tl1c(‘ounty Agent will, if on
iiiquii'y he bccoincs satisfied that the
place is :1 i'lc-‘irziblc onc, eridorsc
liis:1pprovzil on the back of the ap-
plication and return it to the Superin-
tcndent. The applicant can visit the
Institution and make sclcction of 8.
child or the Siiperiritendcnt will so-
lcct one and foi'wai'd by rail in care of
conductor to any point designated,
there to be met by the party taking
thcchild. (Jliildrcn are sent out on
trial and can be rctiirncd at any time
within sixty daysat thccxpensc of the
zipplicarrt. if not found S:1[ls‘f:l(tt0l'_\'.
This is often done, sonic cliildrcn go-
ing over the road .~c\'ci':il tiiiics bcf'orc
they .~'ti'ikc the right hoinc and stay.
At, tlicciid of sixty days if not rc-
turnctl. ill1lt‘llllll'(‘S in (lll[)ll(‘:llf‘ ztro
f'oi'w:irdcd for sigirziturc to the guard-
ian, one copy of which is kept by him
and the other rctiiriictl to the Super-
intcndcnt at Coldwiitcr. Prior to
188:3 it was the duty of‘ tho (?ounfy
Agent to visit these indentured chil-
drcn once :1 _\'mi' and report to the
Siipcrintcndcrit of the State School.
The Lcgis-'l:itiirc of 18.55 placed this
visiting in the liaiids of the Superhi-
tcndcnt, who now has control of this
matter and these visits are made by 11
State Agent of the School or by the
(Jounty Agent as directed by the Sir-
pcrintcridciit. Semi-zinnual reports are
required from the giuirdiriris on blanks
furiiislied. The Legislature of 1885
also changed the age of admission from
three to t'ourtccn to “Not under two
or over twelve.”

The Institution has made a good
record and hecornc 3. model adopted»
by other states. Since its establish-
ment it has i'cccivcd 2,138 cliildren
as wards of the State; more than one-
half have found homes for £1 tcrrii of
years l'0l]]:1illll1g under the control of
the State. All iiidcntiircs are liable to
ciiiicclhitioii if giiiirdiziris do not corri-
ply with thc‘tci'n1s of the contract.

There are l1]:l1l_V persons in the State
who are both able and willing to furn-
ish good ironies to children and We
hope this article will stiinulzite some
to apply. Tlierciirc bright, intelligent
little fellows tlrcrc by the score. In
short the lot will coniparc favor‘-
zibly in uppcainiicc with the turn out
of the schools of the couiitry.

There is one Iltlvflllltlgtl in taking :1
child froin the State Public
The State has:ibsol1itccontrol and whvn
indcntiircd them is little liability of
f1lIlr()_\'iIll<,‘() froni p:1i'cnt.~i or rclzitivcs of

the \vlioi'c:1bouts of the child. More
definite inforin:ition may be obtained
at any time by writing to thc Superin-
tcndcnt ol' the Institute.

THE life iiisiiraiicc business in Michi-
grin, as shown up by legislative exami-
nation, comcs as near justifying the
scriptural charge of total depravity as
any schcmc concocted and managed
by wcll-dressed, pretentious people of
modern times. The Evening Journal
briefly refers to fifteen corporations,

School.i _ _
* tune it has won :1 noble phicc tirnong

a third “new and small,” and the re-
iiniirring twelve seem to have adopted 3
system of robbery under cover of law.
that exhibits :1 degree of ciipidity rc-
inarkablc for its filn]lli21l‘lL_V with de-
ccptiou siist.-i.iiic(l by perjiiry and for-
gery. Old people sure to die soon,
scem to have been the most desirable
subjects and to have made up the en-
tire stock in trade of some of‘ these
fraudulent concciuin, christened to en-
snzire by the use ofsuch inviting names
as The Pcople’s, Loyal Life, Old Peo-
ple’s, Universal Relief‘. Eqiiitablc Mu-
tual, and Protective Life. One agent
expressed the opinion that there were
20,000 personsiusured in old people’:
cornpanies and not 18,000 know of it.
Ofliccrs of companies have found it
convenient, as well as econoiniczil, to
act as applicant,medic2il examiner and
bciicliciai'y.

\Vh:it the outcome of this legislative
exaniiriatioii will be we can not pro-
dict, but it seems the right thing to do
to at once abolish the office of Il16llI‘-
ancc COl1lIIllt~'Sl0ll€‘1‘ or enlarge its pow-
crs if they have not been sufiiciciit to
prcvcirt tho cstulilisliiriciit and growth
of :1 lriisiiicss that secins to liavc been a
well cultivated and p:1_vingticld for-the
excra-isc of export lllC:lllllt:§S and un-
qiizililivrl (llSll()llt‘>l_\'.

If it is I't‘£lll_\' worth while to ciidcavoi
to p1'otCct indi\'idu:il.'-' <ruinpo<irii_;' the
great body of’ the pcoplclrorir thc dop-
r‘<'(l:tti<)ns of sonic otlu-rs of its lll('ll1-
bcrs us l(‘,'__"l.’~‘l:lll(tll is fill tho while at-
tcinpting. we should l;:1vc:1n iron-clzid
law covi-i'ing this lifc iii.-‘iii':iii<'c bu.-i-
n(-ss that \\'()lll(lL‘tIllf~'l_‘_L’ll tin-so con.~pi1‘:1—
tors to the pcuitcritiziry for :1 It‘l‘lll of
yczirs.

Detroit Eveniiig News: I). \V. Alyworth.
mriiiager and treasurer of the Michigrin
Hedge company, has reniovcd the head-
quarters of that institution from Adrian to
l\'alaina1.oo. The removal is alas.» to one
place and :1 gain for the other, but Adrian
can console herself with Mr. Alywoi'th‘s
cyclone cellar, which he left behind.

Some time ago we gave our opinion
of the or-aige orange as a hedge and of
Micliigaii t':1i*iiici':-i in connection there-
with. “Fe do not care to i'cst:itc our
Ol)j(?Cll0llH at length to tho licdgc for
:1 feiicc but boiled down they nnrouiit
to this:

The osugc orange licdgc t.:il<os up too
much room and llIl1)1'0‘v't:l‘l.~'l1t‘S the
land on cu:-li slide of it for a rod or
inorc.

'l‘ln-so

rwo are minor‘ ()l»_j.-r-iiomi,

5 The ni::'oi' one is, nine l':ii‘iiit-its out of
J

tcn will not gin: the ziltij-ntion to 3
licllgc rim-(-s.-' 11')’ to l-(t’(‘p it :1i'ciicc when
()llt‘(‘ nnidc. by :1 In-dgo ('(>iIl1):!ll} or any
body cl.-"C. An 0l).<(‘l'\'i1ll(lll of iiczirly
forty yr-.:1i's .~'ii.<t:1iiis that stutciiiciit.
Tho :1\'ci':igc f'zirinei' will not scusonrilily
trim and c:1i'c for :1 lrcdgo, and the irri-
pcrlect limlgc font-cs p:1tcln"<l with old
rails or pzirzillclcd with board or wire
fcnccs proves it. No one sent us 8
citicisrri of our f0l'l1lCl‘ article but we
saw in the Micliigaii Fziriiicr not. long
after :1 letter from a (30l'l'(3.'~‘1)Oll(ICllt of
that paper, that by one inquiry settled
the whole business. VVe had made 3
statcinciit. something like this, That.
very few hedges were at best 11 fence
riiorc than half the time, and the cor-
respondent wantcd to know what they
were the other half. This inquiry we
now answer: Th(-y were hedges not in
leaf’, with many openings convenient
for sheep and hogs to pass through,
that when in full lcat were soinctinics
a. fence zigziinst ariiinals not particu-
larly curious to know what was on the
othcr side.

The tenth farmer will have a fence
if he has a hedge, for he will give it
the necessary attention. The other
nine should promptly say “No”
to the agent of the Mir.-.lrig:iri hedge
c0m[)t\l)}' or airy other man who ap-
plies for it job of hedge fciice inakintr.

Tim liciirt of every loy:1l \Volverine
swells with pride at the f':1rnc of the
university of Micliigan. It may not
be generally known to our readers that
this your coinplctcs the fiftieth of the
institiitiorfs cxistcricc. during which

the first of its kind in the hind.
“'0, have at hand Tire Oracle, an

the child :1stliL‘Y are not inl'or'nicd of: mnnmny “Sue-d Organ 0t we b°Ph°'

more class. Among its illustrations
two dcscrvc more than passing notice,
The frontispicce is :1 finely executed
portrait of the lzitc Dr. Edivrird Olney
whose loss to the State is so sadly dc-
plorcd. Further on is 8. page bc:1ring
two cuts—one of the main college
building as it was in ’37 and the other
as it is in ’87. Opposite these sug-
gestive illustrations is 9. poem, to
speak of which is our motive in taking
up the book editorially. It was writ-
ten, we are creditably told, although

 


 
 

May I, I887-

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

5

no name is given with it, by one who
does honor to the calling of a farmer.
This is well, since it is addressed to
an institution that has among its
students more sons and daughters of
farmers than of any other class. It is
I fitting tribute, fitlv framed and does
credit to its theme and to its author,
“The Farmer Poet of Michigan,” B.
Hathaway, of Little Prairie Roiide.
We quote but the closing lines but the
entire poem is well Worth one’s
perusal:

O, pride and promise of our youthful State!

Build for her _children such an Appian Way
As Rome did never know;

Where strong in knowledge,as in virtue great,
Shall thousands come and go.

Hay prouder record than we read to-day
Thy hundreth birthday show.

THE State Republican of the 19th
of April devoted a half column to the
GRANGE VISITOR in reply to our ar-
raignment of its cotirse during the
late amendment campaign. Its defense
involves little more than the disputed
point as to whether prohibition does
prohibit in prohibition states. The
Republican has all the while held that
it did not. The Yisiroii and so far as
we know no speaker or paper that
favored the amendment ever claimed
that prohibition laws were so well
enforced as to reach the point of abso-
lute prohibition. No laws ciiacted to
repress criine close out alisoltitel_v and
entirely that class of crinic agaiiist
which they are aimed, Iior will they
this side of thc Iiiillcniuin.

“'0 don’t care to ‘*'l‘lIresli over again
the old straw of thc rccciit caiiipaigii.”
says the llcpublicaii. Nor doc.-‘ thc
Visrroii; but it' the l’tepublicaIi persists
in going back on the dcclaratioiis of
Statctlonvciitioiis of its own party,
and statcniciits of Got'ei'tiors and other
equally proniinciit. Rr-,pul»licaii.-'_, we
may be ceiiipolltal to reproduce the
evidence found in the Visiton of
March 15 and April 1, and add thereto
more of like cliai'acter.

The Visiron has Iiot been radical and
taken extreme ground in this matter,
but it has been and still is unwilling
to give more credit for veracity to
those mist, west, north or south that
took sides with those eiigagixl in the
trafiic in air ctfort to defeat the amend-
ment, tli:IiI to l'C‘])l'Cs‘(‘llI:ttl\'0.-ti of the
prohibition scntiiiieiit of the couIitr_\‘.
The VIsIToIi is only anxious to stip-
pi'c:~‘s so far as po.-xsililc this most stu-

pendous and exp:-ii-‘ivcciii-.-e Il1:ltt)\'t‘l‘-
shadows our country, and that with
liriiid thc

uII~,'ci'iipiIlous scl7.c.~' Iipon

. young and old,:ind iiitlitli-rciit alikc

to statue law and the iiiorality ot' our
I)C.<t(:lVlll'l.‘lilt)ll gives in return
in_iur_v inllictcd not even a sh-ulow of
positivc,_g-ood. \Ve have no expecta-
tion of dcstroyiiig either by moral
efl'ot't,oi‘ legal Iiicaiis, or both coiIi—
biiicd, this business in a brief period.
but desire to make the open saloon an
outlaw as soon as pos.-iblc. Failing in
this attempt at the last election we
hope the Legislature will burden the
business in every practicable way, not
forgetting to make the takipg out of a
United States license priiiia facic evi-
dence against parties who have Iiot
paid the State tax or whose bonds
have not been accepted. The Repub-
lican very innocently asks, “VVhat; is
the reason for a. new law in Maine if
prohibition prohibits.” It might as
well ask what is the reason the Legis-
lature of this and every other State are
continually amending criminal laws.
We suppose to make them Inore ef-
fective for the suppression ofcrime.

Our esteemed cotemporary has ex-
pressed its “strong sympathy for the
real mission of the Visiroii.” VVe ven-
turc to Iisstiine it is within the prov-
incc of its mission to antagonize a
business in the villages and cities of"
the State productive 'of crime and
paupcrism,’foI' which the agricultural
class are heavily taxed, and which
these municipalities befriend for a
consideration.

We are glad to know the Republican
and Iiiaiiy other anti-amcndinciit news-
papers of Michigan have discovered
since the election, and coiiiiiicnccd
tliI'esliiIig a bundle of “.'~tr:iw” too
long by them iicglectcd. Saloon men
must now be rcquircd to obey the law,
and otliccrs must enforce it. Minors
and driinkard must Iiot have wliiskcy
at all; and all others get what they
want before 10 o’t:lock at night and do
Without on Sunday. This kind of
talk sounds much better than the cam-
paign eiicouragcment given to law-
brcakeI's—tlIa.t prohibition could Iiot
be enforced. What better support
was or is wanted for dcrelictioii of
duty on the part of otiicers, and law-
lessness on the part of the mercenary,
than the declaration of the press that
the laws of the State will not and can

for

not be enforced. The suggestion of
the State Republican that the VISITOR
“Take hold with us of the Work of en-
forcing aiid perfecting the temperance
laws we have,” was quite unnecessary
as probably no paper in the State has
said as inticli in the last half dozen
years upon the subject of enforcing
the laws we have, as has the VISITOR.
It has been the bed rock on which we
have stood and “in all kindness” we
now cordially welcome the State Re-
publican and all other allies to this
solid basis of genuine reform.

 

ARBOR DAY has passed and we pre-
sume trees have been set in eveI:y neigh-
borhood in the State. But how have
they been set? If we are tojudge by
those we have seen set before, on that
day,and since, the number of trans-
planted living trees will not be much
greater oil the first of March, 1888,than
on the first of last March. It seems
Iiiost people have yet to learn that
mellow ground retains nioisture,while
sod and unbroken ground very soon
dries otit, and it Iiot only dries out, btit
when dry it absorbs the moisture from
mellow ground lying next to it. A
bushel or so of mellow earth stands a
poor chance of rctaiiiiug Iiiticli moist-
ure iii a dry time it surrounded b_\'
sod or other unbroken ground. W1-
have noticed perhaps fifty trees, lately
set in this villagc, and not oncof thcni
staiitls an even cliancc of being found
alive and in a thrifty condition two
years hence, without. both sc,a.<oIis
should provecxccptionally wct. III cv-
cry iiistaiicc. aliolcjust largociiougli to
bury the roots at a pi'op<-i't.li.~:ta.Iice had
been dccincd sutliciciit and with thc
busliel of dirt rcturned and tirinly
tranipcrl down,tlic work of setting ivas
couiplcte—but vcry iiicoiiiplctc in so
far as giving the tree an even cliancc
to live. Our obsei-vatioii and experi-
ence deiiiaud the thorougli pulveriz-
iiig of the soil :1 foot deep and six feet
square in hard ground to give a tree a
fair chance to live and grow. It a tree
has been properly taken up and ban-
dled aiid is well set afterward, and the
following day a mulch of half-rotted
straw or other suitable material is
spread a foot deep over all the broken
grouiid around the tree, tlicrc is little
daiigcr of failure. But this mulch Iiiust
be applied carly in the season before
thc ground dries out and in sutlicicnt
quaiitity to prcveiit the ev.-Ipoi'atioII
ot the iiioisturc and also the growth
of weeds and gr:i.<.- around thctrcc. A
littlctliiiikingabout thc known dry-
tic.-s of sod f_.'rouiId and thc lllt)l.~‘Illl‘0 of
Iiiellowgrotiiitl will iIi:il\'cappai'cIIt thc
lI(‘t't',.~.~‘lL_\‘ of IiisllmviIig:I spot for trcc-
.~4(‘l[lll_'_" so large-, that thc iicigliboi'iiIg
sod can Iiot absoi-b all the moisture
from the dirt in contact with the roots
of the tree. Now, we stiggcst to those
who ina_v have set ti'cc.~' and I'(-ad this,
if they liavc failed to incet these con-
dition.-i that it is not too late to dig
about their trees and not lose the labor
already bestowed on this laudable pur-
pose to grow a trce for ornainciit, for
shade, and to give additional value to
your property.

This tree-settiiig is not so much a
matter of luck as a matter ol' work and
it pays better to so complete the job
that there will be no occasion to sub-
stitute ianother tree t'or a dead one a
year or two later. If any of our read-
ers think we have overstated in any
particular the way trees are usually
set in the cities and villages of the
country. and, indeed, by many farmers,
we shall be glad to hear froin them.

Fnozvi a late circ.ular of Fenno Bros.
& Childs, of Boston, we clip the fol-
lowing. This is the tii-In,with a change
in oneof its members, that Patrons for
some years liavesliippcd wool to and
so far as we know they have been treat-
ed iii a very honorable and satisfactory
Inanncr. That has ccrtaiiily been the
case with those in this vicinity who
consigned to this firm:

The latest official returns give the clip of
the principal wool growing countries of the
world, for the past live years, in millions of
pounds, as follows:

United l\'iiiguoIn—IS82, 129; I883, I23;
I884, 132; I885, I36; I886, I36.

I-Ztiropean (,‘onnncnI—iS82, 450; I883, 450;
1884, 450; I885, 450; I880, 450.

North Anierica -I882,3i3; i883,333; I884,
350; I885» 343; -880. 335-

AIistr:rlasia——I882, 357; I883, 366; I884,
408; I885, 385; I886, 429.

Cape of Good l‘Iop':——I832, 57; I883, 52;
I384, 52; I885, 50: I8S6,66.

River I'lane—-I882, 2g(i; I883, 302; 1884,
322; I885, 356; I886, 348.

Other souIces——l882, I09; I883, 96; I884,
I06; I885, Iio; I886, I47.

By this it will appear that the total amount
of available wool the world over is very Inuch
larger than it has ever been, and, notwith-
standing the natural increase of population,
which is not proportionately as large as the
wool clip, we are not likely to see any strong
advance in woolin I887, owing to a short

supply.

WE see it statedvthat merchants in

the interior are forwarding to IIiem- ,

bers of the Legislature protests against
the reduction of passenger fares to two
cents per mile on the ground that such
reduction would hurt their business
by encouraging more people to visit
the cities to make their purchases.

Cheap transportation for the Inaiiy is
of more importance to the people of a
State than this thin advantage, if any,
which present rates may afford to the
comparatively few country dealers.
Their advantage of lower rents and
cheaper living should compensate for
all the advantage the city dealer may
have to offer the country customer to
secure his trade. A 2-cent rate will
probably pay a larger dividend on ac-
tual cost than 80-cent wheat pays the
farmer on his investment.

 

Fiio-M time to time we have heard
it claimed that the present Legisla-
ture was quite superior to its prede-
cessors iii such matters as conimon
honesty and morality. But with all
the excellence claimed for it there
seems to be some black sheep in the
lot that Iniglit Iiot have been discov-
ered in a sessioii of six weeks.

If these black sheep are to be classed
as fools or knaves Sagiiiaw might
claim the first; and the IiCpl'C.~‘C‘lll:ltlV'(.'
reported by a corrcspoiidciit of the
Evening Journal as an agcnt of one of
thc gi'avc_vaI'd iiisurance compaiiics
would scciii to licad the list of the
other. If the scssioii continucs thrcc
niontlis longer the list is likely to be
lciigtltciictl.

I’I<A(_7'rIt‘AI. Turkey Raising is the
title of a 2.‘-page pauiplilot that tells
all about the btisiiicss, begiiniiiig at
the bottom and proving beyond a
qiu-stioii that with good sensc. which
incaiis in this, case good Iiiaiiagciiiciit,
Lurkcy raising is protita.ble; and while
we do Iiot intend to go into the btisiiicss
this year we are quite sure froiiraii
exaininatioii of this book that Faiiiiy
Field, its author, has so well told how
to run the business that any one who
has room and a disposition to try the
cxpcriinent will find it to her advan-
tage to send twciity-tive cents to II. II.
Mitchell, tit) Dcarborii St., Chit-ago,t'or
a copy of the pamplilct.

A nIio'rIIi~:It has scnt us a thrce-
coluinii I~‘t'1‘lll(Ill of some old fogy

prcaclicI' in wliicli thc good man has
provcd to his own satisthctioii that
thc (;range—a sccrct ot'g:iiiiz:itioII-—-is
"no good.” We decline to give .-‘pace
to thc scrinon.

Life is too short to waste on such
narrow-niindcd men that don't know
what they are talking about. Tlicy
will soon die off if lct alone and be out
of the way. Bcsidcs tlic_v are 1'0.‘lll_V
doing no more harm than the Iiiaii
who lives in the woods and persists in
pounding his corn in a wooden Ill0l'E:ll'
with an iron wedge struck in a handle
for a pestle.

Sizciiizraiiiizs of Subordinate Granges
have so far this year reported fairly
well. But there are delinquents, and
in the next Visrron we shall give the
Nos. of Graiiges whose Secretaries
failed to report last year and for the
first quarter of this year. Of course,
we don’t expect Masters or Secretaries
who doiI’t take the VISITOR to see this
rcniindcr of Iicglected otiicial duty;
but perhaps some more eiiterpi-isiiig
brother or sister will, and through
this chaiincl an ofiicer may be reminded
of his delinquency.

A FARMER who would put his cat-
tle out. in a bleak and windy yard on
the north side of his barn might think
no harm would be done. }Iis dog that
seeks a sheltered corner to bask in the
sun knows bcttcr than that. The cat-
tic might, indeed, live and not seem to
sufl'cr, btit the sanic cattle put otit in a
slieltercd sunny yard, protected from
the wind and getting the full benefit
of the solar furiiacc, will eat less hay
and give Iiiorc milk.——l"roni “A Star
for a Stove” in The (,‘liaut.auquan.

— .—.--. --
Florence Nightingale Assembly,
Detroit.

\Ve were honored, a .‘5ll()l'l time ago,
b_' an Invitation to visit thc lt‘lorciicc
Niglitiiigalc Assembly on tlicir third
:iIiIi1vci's:u'_v.

Tliis is the motlicrassciiibly of the
working wonicn’s orgaIii7.:Itioiis of
I)ctroIl,and well may she be proud
ofhcr ollspring. Three _vt-.ars ago it
started with 14 Incmbcrs, organized in
Judson (lreIIcll’s p:irlors—and now it
has 60 Incnibcrs belonging to the
parent assembly, besides various other
orgaiiizatioiis or unions, which have
been but subdivisions of this. and all
under the fostering care of the Flor-
ence N ightingaile.

We were coiirtcously waited upon
by a committee, who came to the ho-

tel to meet us and conduct its to their
hall. “Forwarned is torearmet .” VVe
had been previously told that We
would be surprised at the quantity
and qtiality of tlieaInlieIice.and surely
we were not prepared to find a large,
Well-lighted and elegaIitl_v-furnislicd
hall, packed with air intelligent, rc-
fiiied and cultivated audience of ladies
with a liberal sprinkling of gentle-
men. .

Ladies acted as ushers, who saw that
all ineniiers and guests were comfort-
ably scated. \VheII the Master \Vork-
man’s gavel fell, Miss .\Ic(}arthy, with
the ease of a lady, presided, and with
such grace as to be really charming.
The piano solos were fine indeed, and
the song solos were rendered with
such sweetness and melody that they
lintrer in otir memory still. The reci-
tation given would have done credit
to a. professional elocutionist. A fine
string band added much to the en-
tcrtainmcnt. Short speeches by mem-
bers and iriends cheered and we sin-
cerely hope encouraged the toilers.

Some one had done Iniich hard work
in preparing so complete and varied a
program, which was carried out witli-
out mar or failure.

The account of their struggles and
trials was saddening, but the recital
of their achievements and victories
were woiidcrful. Startiiig with scarce
more than a dozen working girls, and
at tearful odds, with both public and
privatc sciitiincnt. against them: with
a road before them that wa.'~a dark and
bodcd danger, these brave girls labor-
ing for bi-cad. for a dcccnt and honor-
able livcliliood, striving for sticli a
cultivation of hcart, hcad and hand :Is
should make tlicui bcttcr workers.
ll(‘llt‘l‘ wives and Inotlicrs. graiidcr and
Iioblcr wonieu, with right on tlicir
sidc. with hope in tlicir licarts. have

‘toilcd and striigglcd tip thc dai'l< way.

 

and now thc li_'_ it driwiis, :Ind yct it is
but thc dawiiing.

\Vc:u'c hcre rcuiindcd of Jcrciiry
Ta_\'lor’s bcautiful coIIIi_>ai'i-'oIIof thc
waking of thc’huIn:in intcllcct to tho
sunri.~‘c: “Fit-st opcs a little cyc of
licavcuz tlIccurt:iin.< part and a star
pins tlicin back: a bcaiii of light falls
tlirough: it call the birds toiiiatiiis,
and \vliispcrs.olI. so 2-'ol'tl_\'. to the dcw:
by and by this ra_v gildcs thc friiI_«_n-s
ofa cloud: tlicn. all aglow with life
and light. with joy atid gladiic.~s it
pct-pscoyly ovcr the castcrii hills-
day has dawned.” And so with you,
toiling sisters. day has just datvned.
Higlier and bi-iglitcr will rise the sun
until it stands in all the brightness

and (.'lt‘:ll'll(‘SR of high noon. Use its
light well, improve every hour to

bcautity and ennoble your lives. and
when the sliadows shall begin to
lciigtlicn. and the suiisct of _votI1' livcs
draw ncar——niay the glorious dawning.
that was sucli a grand and glorious
bciictiictor to you. be but as a siiiglc,
ray coiiiparcd to tlic l)t‘:1llt}‘ and i'ct'Itl-
gcncc that shall shine through thc
wcstcrii gal--s that swing ‘widc opcu
to let _voll1‘ g‘loi'iotI.~a, toil-c1'o\\‘lictl
lives go tlirougli.

Uh. yc l*‘loi'cticc .\dg‘llilll_LI:llt‘.'~'. sing
.<wcctl_v in your bcarts thc lllt'lt)tl_\'.lllt*
graiid nu-lod_\' of thc psalin of lifc.
.\larcli on and tip to thc iIic:Isiii'c. .\l:Iy
thc kcyiiotc wliiclt _\'oll slizill .'~tril<I- be
riglit, and niay thc soiig‘ l‘l.~(: clcar and
t'ull until it dies away on c.-irth to be
sung:ig.iin on the otlicr sliorc. May
your toiling livcs be (Troll blcs.-ctl.

l\lIis. I'i-:I:i—:t' M AYO.

Marshall.

——-——2-——Co-1————--— — —— ~

T he Two Glasses.

There sat two glasses filled to the brim,
(hi :1 rich man's table, rim to riin;

One was ruddy and red as blood,

And one as clear as the crystal flood.

Said the glass of wine to the paler brother,
“Let us tell the tales of the pas: to each other;
I can tell of banquet and revel and mirth,
And the proudest and grandest souls on earth
Fell under my touch as though struck by
blight,

\\'herel was king, for I ruled in might.

From the heads ofkings I have tom the crown,
From the heights of fame I have hurled men

down.

I have blasted many an honored name,

I have taken virtue and given shame.

I have tempted youth with :1 sip, a taste,
That has made his future a barren waste.

Far greater than a king am 1,

Or than any army beneath the sky.

“I have made the arm of the driver fail,
And sent the train from the iron rail.

I have made good ships go down at sea,
And the shrieks ofthe lost were sweet to me,
For they said, ‘Behold how great you be,
Fame,strength,wealth, genius before you fall,
For your might and power are over all.’

Ho! ho! pale brother," laughed the nine,
“Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?"

Said the water glass, “I cannot boast

Of a king dethroned, or a inurtlered host,

But Ican tell of a heart once sad,

lly Iny crystal drop»; made light and glad-

Ufthirsts I’ve queiiched, ol brows I've laved,

Of hands I've cooled, and souls I’vc saved.

I‘veleaped through the valley, dashed down
the Iiiouiitaiii,

Flowed in the river, and played in the foun-
tam,

Slept in the sunshine, and dropped from the
sky,

And everywhere gladdeiied the lantlscape and
eye.

“I have eased the hot forehead of fever and
pain,
I have made the parched meadows grow fer-
tile with grain;
I can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill,
That ground out Hour and turned at my will;
I can tell of manhood debased by YOU,

That I lifted up and crowned anew.
Icheer, I help, Istrengthen and aid,

I gladdeii the heart of man and maid;
I set the wine chained captive free,
And all are better for knowing me."

These are the tales they told each other-
The "glass of wine and its pale brother —
As they sat together filled to the brim,
On the rich rnan’s table, rim to rim.

Ayer’s Pills are the best cathartic
for correcting irregularities of the
stomach and bowels. Gentle, yet
thorough in their action, they cure
r-oiistipation, stimulate the appetite
and digestive organs, and strengthen
the system.

PHILADELPHIA MARKEITIMST

[Corrected by Thornton Barnes, Wholesale Grocer
and Grange Selling Agent, No. 241 North Water
St., Philadelphia, Pa.)

PHILADELPHIA, May I, I887.
PURE SUGARS.
Cutloat,perlb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......6;§

   
 
   

Pulverizcd per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654,’
Standard granulated per lb. . . . . . . . . .6
Standard A White per lb.. .. . . . . . .3
Best white soft A per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . .555
Good white soft A per lb.. . . . . . . .5%
Extra C white per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . 015%
Standard B per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5)‘
Extra L’ yellow bright per lb. .426
C yellow per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Brown per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Orleans extra light per lb . . . . . . . . . . . .
SYRUP AND MOLASSES—ln Barrels

Suszar drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . . .24
Amber drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . .25
Fancy white maple drips per gallon. .. . . . .30
Extra golden pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . .31

Fancy New Orleans new crop per gallon. .35
Good New ()r.eans, new crop per gallon. .53.
White honey drip vanilla flavor . . . . . . . . . .35

l.~troRT.-\N'r——The above quotations are for syrup in
whole barrels only. All syrup in half barreis 4 cents
per gallon extra and no charge for package In 5 and
to gallon packages 5 cents per gallon additional and
the cost of package.

COFFI-ZES—GRF.EN AND ROASED.

Fancy Rio per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I7}§@13

 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  

 

 

  

Ur;-en Rio extra .hoice per lb. . . . . . I7 @I7}§
Green Rio prime per . . . . . . . . . .i6}é(t§I7

Green l\'io good per lb.... . . . . . . . ..I6 (@1656

tireen Rio common per lb... . . . . . . . . .i5}»_’~(a}i6

(ireen Mxiracaibo Cl’lt-ICC per .b. . . . . . . .r‘1",§@r9

iiftfcll L:I:u.IyI'.i thoicc per ll‘), . . . . . ..i8}é@i9

Ur<;e:ii_].rv; linice per lb. . . . . . . . . . .22 (I921

Roasted Rio best per lb. . . . . . . . . . 21
l\‘r~.i~.Icd Rio No. I per lb. . . . . .. 20%
K: asted l\’io No 2 per 3b,. . . . . . . . . . . .90
RO.\*»lL.L.l La: Iyra best per lb . .12
l{o.I~'.erl lil\'.t l-mt per lb . . . . . , . ... . . . . . . . ..27 ((1)28
llariin.-<' ii(>l'.it.I) Rio roast-:v.l in I lb p’k. .. . 4:54
'I‘l‘l.>\.5'-.
-"5. 55- 40- 45- 59
---~~ 30: 25- "15: -I0» 45
 23. 52. 53. 45
. . . . . .22,  31, .91, 45
-- II. .3. 42. 45. 56
:.\ I)Rll’.I3 l"Rl7l’I‘S.
l<’,iisins, .\c_\.-.- \li.i-I zttr-ll. per lion . . . . . . . . .31 t':r_
‘ tiltl .\lll«-" l\‘, " . . . . . . . . ..

 

\\‘lItlLI-I >.l’lCF,S.

lihi-‘.k pepper. pr-r lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
te “ ... . . . . . . . . . ..

 
 
 
  

    

 

  
  
 
   
  

\\'lii
Giiiger ' I2
Cinnatnon " o
Llloves " 
Allspice " 9
i\l.1t'=.: " 60
Nutmegs " 75
PURE (.'vR()L'NI) S.l’lCF.S.
Pure pepper, black, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .'c
" African Ifriyeiine per lb.  . . 21.
“ cinnamon per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I;
“ Cloves per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3i
" giiitzer tier lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I3
“ ailsptcc per lb. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I_r,
CR1 |Cl”l\‘.\" SI. NDRIES.
$:tl Soda, 112 lb kr: r lb . . . . . . . . . . . I}1
Fltiiir ~Iilpl.ttI' per 5
III carb \()LlIi, loos<., -o
ll .. .. ,
.. 3
-- o'.:_,
.. I 7
i:I“l'il st.~.rrlI, (iii W5
“ Di: 7
>I.rrcii.l.im~,; .3
Corn -l.r Ch. I. \ prm_‘r~~', . . . . . . . . . .. .. G
$t.l.Ch, new piw‘:-.\s. tll“il!.. . . . . . . .. ~:
" " ll '--vo:- . . . . . . ., L-

i ll) lIo\c< . . . . . . . .

It is Absurd

For people to expect a cum for Indiges-
tion, lllll('.\S thcy I‘l’fl‘;lill front eating
what is uiiwliolcsoiiio; but if anything
will sharpcii thc, appctitc and give tout)-
to thc tligcstit-o organs, it is Ayer’s Sar-
saparilla. Tliousaiids all over the land;
testify to the Iiicrits of this iiiedicinc.
Mrs. Sarzili .Bui'roIIglis, of 243 Iii-glitli

street, South Boston, wrltcs: “ My hus-
band has taken Aye,-r's Sarsaparilla, for
Dyspepsia. and torpid liver, and has
been greatly bciietitctl.”

A Confirmed Dyspeptic.

C. (faiiterbury, of 141 Franlilin st.,
Boston, .VIass., writes, that, I-iufferiiig
for years from Intligestioii, he was at
last iiiduccd to try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
and, by its use, tvas cntircly ctired.

Mrs. Joscph Aubin, of High street,
Holyoke, .\Iass., sufterctl for over a. year
from Dyspepsia, so that she could not
eat stibstaiirial food, becaine very weak,
and was unable to care for her family.
Neither the medicines prescribed by
pliysiciaiis, Iior any of the rciiiedies
atlvertised for the cure of Dyspepsia,
helped her, Iintil she coniinenced the
use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. “Three
bottles of this medicine,” she writes,
“ cured me.”

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,

PREPARED BY

Dr. J. C. Ayer 84 Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price $1; six bottles,  worth $5 a bottle.

nré." .1057 si~;w.t1.r.s Vrr-I-iris.-.eW .5.
HOG CHOLER - 1TS.§’.\’~‘r‘§‘l'-i$?:~“:l°’l

C. S. JONES & (‘0.,
Blooniiiigton, Ill.

Sent I-‘roe.
AIIt_vIt3

Breed’s Universal Weeder
For weeding all hoed crops and for
putting in grain and grass seed; just
what otir farmers have been waiting

for. Send for circular.
UNIVERSAL \Vr.I.‘nI-:1: C0,,
mayiti North Wear, N. H.

lWOSELEY’=§
 t ucciutn CHEAMEHI

AND REFRIGERATOR.

Quantity IICIIIIISIID. Qllllty IIPROVED.
No sediment with either milk orcmaln
Sold htrictl on Merit. £I‘0n!

     
 

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THE A GRANGE VISITOR.

 
 

May I, I887.

g°ahits' Ecpartment.

_ ’ enter.

As little children gather rouiiil their mother,
Anrl beg her it Iiimiliar tale to tell——

One that is (learer fur than any ulhE‘!’.
Because so often heard rind know ii so well;

And as they watch her, proinpiing should she
falter,
And :try viriritioii -piickly see.
And cry, “lton’t tell it so, don't miaiige and
alter,

We want it just the way it used to be,''——
So do we come to thee, oh, Nature-.\lother,
And never tire of listening to thy tales.
Tell us thy =pring—tin1e story now——iio other.
That bath :1 wondrous charm which never

fails.

Tell it with all the old-tinie strength and
glory,
Fill it with many ahctppy song and shout;
Don’t miss one bird or blessoin in the story,
Don't leave one daffodil or daisy out.

Tell us: each shade in all the tree‘s soft green-

ing,
1)on'I skip one blade of grass, one bee, one
wren—- _
Each little thing has grown so full of meaning,
In the dear story we would hear again.

Oh, Mother Nature! thou art old and hoary,
And wonderful and strange things thou
caiist tell;
But we. like children, love the spring-time
story,
And think it best. because we know it well.
.-- .. —-——joj———~— '———
“Only a Woman."
Only :1 woiiiztii, shriveled and old.
The prey of the wiiids,ztiid the preyofthe cold,
Cheeks that are shrunken,
Eyes that are sunken.
Iiips that were never o'er bold.
Only a woman, forsaken and poor,
Asking an alins at the bronze church door.

Hark to the organ! Roll upon roll,
The waves of the music go over the soul.
Sill-is rustle past her,
Thicker and faster;
The great bell ceases its toll.
Fain would she enter, but not for the poor,
Swiiigeth wide open this bronze church door.

Only a woman! In far oil’ days,
Ilope caroled to her happiest lays;
Somebody missed her,
Somebody kissed her,
Somebody crowned her with praise;
Somebody faced up the battles of life;
Strong for his sake was mother or wife.

Somebody lies with a tress of her hair
Light on his heart,_where the death shadows
are;
Somebody waits for her,
Opens the gates for her,
Gives delight for despair.
Only a wotnnn—nevermore poor-
Dead in the snow at the bronze church door.

Fortunate is that woman Who, from
the rountl-and-roiind of her house-
keeping, is able to evolve the where-
withal to keep up an ciithtisinsiii in
hoiiii:-kccpiiig. Blessed is she who
pluiigcs into the seini-iiiiiiiial cleniiing
with r. clicci'fuliicss l)t:('..‘l.llSe she st-es :1
‘-beyond" of benefit to her and hers in
rciioviitiiig rooms, Iuriiiture, bedding
and clotlics. Thrice blessed is slic who,
with c:tch returning round i'csolves to
“onward in:ircli” in the quality of her
work. “No footsteps b:ick\v:1rd” is her
motto and for its fulfillment. she con-
tiiiuully keeps in view the effect of her
mission. Cooking ziiiddrcssing in her
home conform to the teiiipcrziiiieiits of
it.~‘ii1etiibt3t'S no less, but rtitlier inorc,
than to “her m:in’s” plll‘SC. She lIl£ll{(‘.S
8 study of liygiciiic and moral laws
and tuljiistsi her work to them so far as
she is able.

Still more to be blessed is that woiii-
an who, thus knowing and thus work-
ing, is tiblo to introduce the spirit of
her plans into the liniiics of her neigh-
l)0I'.3 who llt‘.\'C not l't‘:l.(‘.llt5tI licr plane
of litilllt:-l{(,‘t‘1)lll"‘.

Tllili yoiing niothcr, coinplziiiiing
tliiit "t_.‘or:1 won't piece on pic. oiil_v on
lirca-l:i1irl iiitil:issi's," has iicvi.-r heard
about thc pic crusiide that convertcd
you to tln- doctrinc tliiit dciiies its
ettrtlily usc. Andthrit f:1iiiily,:it whose
g:1t(~.tlii-do<-toi"s liorse turns us nut-
1tl'tlll_\' its into his own stall, nr=i:d:~‘. now
(-<pcci:i?l_\' H wiirning to iiccoiiiiiioiliitc
it.-'. dict, to the st-zisoii. In some wziy, by
Fociul .-igitaition, or by food thouglits
droppt-d llll~'ll.~'}_)t't'.llli;_fl_\', tln-rr-. is iii-
forin:ition to be sczittumil in all sorts
of soil-: tlititsorcly need ii.

()iii-’.-: relish for ciiiiiblcs is wont to
taken V':l<'ZlllUI| in the spriiig of the
ymir and thr- f:llIlll_\' cook either finds
her skill illy :ippi'i.-cizitctl or that “it
lnak.-5 L].-.-m sick," When she under-
stuiitli-i the trick of the trade from 8.
pliysiiologii-,;il point, she supplies her
tttblt: with czinncd fruit, in tliciibsciicc
oftrcsh, and with in-id :iiid light foods,
thus being able to bridge over it sickly
B0tl.B!Nl with lionlth. The lic:1v_v bill of
f':ii'c required by cold winter wctitlicr
should never be expected to fit thc dif-
ferent wzints of systciiis tried by the
ciicr\':iting bi'ciitlis of April tllltl Mny.

—— ————:16jj—=—<—~
Good Calculation.

“I do woiitli-.i'.” Httltl Mr. lltirmon. as
he c.:iiiie home one night in the i-:1rl_v
part of winter, “if Toni Join-s llih :1
i‘(::i.sniri.l»lctiiiioiiiit of briiiiisl To-iltty
when I was oycrat his pliice I Sfl\V h:ilf ti
dozen liciid of ciittlc lniiiliiig out bun-
dles front the out stock, that ought to
have been tlireslicd six weeks iigo, .-ind
tossing tln-iii about, scciiiiiigly for the
plCtl..'|Ul‘t‘. of seeing them sc.:1ttci'ed sibont.
the yard, and lntving them tr:iiiipcd in
the mud. The doors of the burn were
citlior wzinting or oil’ the hinges so it
took ten or fifteen ininutcs to close tip
the burn whenever he wished to leiivo
the preinises. The hay was left in
stacks, and the colts and cattle have

had the privilege of running to them
from early autumn: and itlthougli he.
had liay enough two months ago tol,
winter his stock, with some to spare,
he Will now have to buy fodder to take 

him through his spring"s work. I de-
clnrc; I lizivc no patience with such
men when they coinplziiii of hard
times. There were 21 (lozcn liogsnlioiit
the door of the dwi-lliiig,:iiid what
should ll:l\'(' bceii :1 well kept l:l\Vll
with :in :ibuiid:incv of hiiiidsoinc shrub-
bi-ry,w:is plowed up into ditches iind
ii'rcgiil:1i' hillocks by their long noses.
llis tools arc left scattered about his
fiirni: plows, drugs, renpers and horse-
rzikcs, siiivs, li:iiniiicrs nnd chisels are
left \\'ll(5l‘t.‘Vt‘.l' tlit-.y iirc used, and if
thcy can not he found when _Wtinted
new iiiiplciiicnts must be ptirclinscd to
supply the dcm:ind. He is always be-
hind with his work iiotivitltstiiiidiiig
lie hns nliiiost :iny aniount of ma-
chinery, bcciiuse he can not' work
tlloilt‘.

"lfyou go into the house you will
sec at piilc-t':icctl, dragged-out specimen
ot' \V()lll:1llll0O(l, which he claims as his
better liiilf. She seldom has any hired
help, ultliough she hits ll(‘fll'ly or quite
it tlozcn in the fnniily. Tom can’t tif-
ford l1l{1t'.llIllCl‘_\' for the liouse so the
scwiiig is never done in the right. scu-
son, and it takes the most of' her spzirc
time to make necessary repairs.

“Toin iind his wife work hard early
and late. They own 21 large fzii-iii,
r:iise fziir crops iiiid yet are up-
pircntly its poor us Job’.-: turkeys.
And why? Just because they kick in
czilciilutioii. IlO:ll'll0tI when I was 1].
boy that good czilculiition was as good
its hard work, and I have proved the
truth of'it. Enough is wasted on that
f:ll‘lll out of doors every year to keep
the whole f:irming iippimttus in repair
and the house and barn in good style.

And good ctilculation in doors would
long ago have supplied the 1IllF6tl‘0SH
with plenty of cuiivenieiices and it
iii:iid-of-till-work the ' year round, and
given her time to have iiiiide her own
life pleasant to hersclfand family and
profitable to her nciglibors.

Good ciilculzttioii does not leave the
stack free for cattle and colts to run
over at will; neither does it make
large allowances for implements to be
left otit in all sorts of weather, or to
be tossed about in the grass, never to
be found. It does not make it rule to
work with thy might the year roitiid
with never {-1 thought of recreation any
more than it does to play till the time.
Good calculation Watches over all the
outgoes and incomes. Nothing goes
to waste that can be utilized.

Justzisinuch may be said in favor
of it in the dwelling as outside of it.
One well versed in economy will not
wasli, bake, iron and churn, besides
getting the three meals and taking
cure of the baby all in one day. Neither
will she l8:tVe the soiled clothing to
accumulate for a month for the sake
of getting the full worth of the inouey
when the wasliwoiiiiiii is sent for. The
creztin does not mold on the milk nor
.‘-I()lll' beyond ripeness in the churn. A
A gzirmciit is mended when 2!. fcw

stitclies will prevent furtlicr tic-
cident. The little corners are closely
w:itclic(l with systciii.-itic order.

Thcre iiiay be its much pure Imp-
piiicss gziined in this world in riglitly
perforiiiiiig the duties of the fiirin and
liouseliold, us there will be in the
world to come. The little birds build
tlicir houses zind supply tlieiiiselvcs
and their fniiiilics with things essential
to their comfort and happiness, and
sing its they go.' And why should not
ciich meiiibcr of the huin:in fziniily
lL‘{tl'll to niiike itself coiiifortiible it;
lezist? In nine citses out of ten good
c.:1li-iilutioii will not only do tliis. but
it will give him till the litxiiries dc-
siriible.” MAY ‘.\IAi*i.i<:.
~—~»—-—X1O1—————~ — --
How to Prevent Persecution.

Thc grc:1t secret. or recipc. for the
prevciit.ioii ofp(:i'secutioii.l think is for
ciii-li to strive iis pert-'cvci'iiigly ziftcr
iii:irri:igc to pli,-use tho otlicr as bel‘oi'c,
:ind to bcjnst its willing to make iiiii-
lllitl .-azici-itices as in thc courting days.
True love is like 8. dcliciite plunt. It
niust not be neglected or fro7.cii by
coldiiess nor blitstcd by s:ii'c:isiii :ind
.-iiccrs. An itpprcciiitivo care s now:1iid
then kccps love growing and flourish-
ing. "Toiii sits nnd rciids to liiiiisolf
the whole of the cveiiiiig,” C()lll[)l:llllC(l
:1 wife to me. "Think yoursi-,lf lnippy."
I rt-joiiied, "for he will grow the wiser
for it, bcsitlt-s miiny men lczive their
wivrs zilonc thcwholc evening.” And
yet, I couldn't help thinking how scl-
fish Tom ivas to sit zind rend to liiiii-
sclf. “Jack lies on the lounge and sleeps
until bedtime and is no conipziny any
iiiore.”s:iid another. “Poor iiinii,” I re-
spondcd, “I10 inust be very tircd,”:iiid
yet, I l‘()IllL‘llll)t',l'L‘(l~ll0\V much sleep he
lost in times pzist whilc courting.

\Vc expect too niiiclt. \Ve think we
m:irry itngcls and they turn out to he
crring inorttils. Do you want it part-
ner full of21rdoi',life and spzirklif.’ Such
11 person would be quick tciiipcrcd its
\V('ll its quick in action and spcccli. The
p:trtncr;~ of sucli inust keep silciicc tin-
til the tonipest sweeps by. I pri=.fci'
siicli to the c:isy-go-liicky, silcnt sort
who lcti-vei'y word burn into their iiii-
coiiiplniniiig souls. iind who think they
are the iiiost nlniscd niortnls in the
world. The qiicstioii is itskcd. who
sh.-ill goveiui‘-.’ Mind govt-riis. A iiinii
or \Vt)ll).‘lll of iiitcllcct. nnd tnct is not
fretting about who Sliilll rulc,but. when
:1 doiiicstic question conics up the com-
iiioii st.-iisc ofonc or the other plzices the
subject so coiiviiiciiigly before the oth-
crtlint there is no room for dispute,
except when there is :1 very egotistical
or (lcspotic. disposition.

The liost jiidgniciit ought to and will
govern cvci'_\'wliei'e, nnd when both are
evenly liiilniiccdciicli mind will iiiflii-
eiicc the other itltcriintcly. If in poor
cii~ciiiiist:iiiccs, ezich slioiild be willing
to rwsigii forincr sclf-iiidiilgciices and
do it without inurinuring lllltl cliccr-
fully. and take it for gr.-iiitcd that (!.‘l('.ll

wishes to please. Let home be :1 haven
of rest. l)o not begin to ii:irr:it.e your
lioiiscliold vexzttions to your liiislniiid
its soon as he enters the house. \V:iit
until he has had his meal and rested.
llusbstnd, do not growl ovcr yoiii' meal
and wish niotlicr W:lS tlicrc to cook.
Your wife. will improve in lion.-cliold
diitics faster with niorc pl':ll.<t‘ 21nd lcss
blunie. And do not cnnipel her to zisk
for every ('(‘IIl of money sln: needs.
and when yoti give her two dolhirs to
go to town to get :1 \\'ccl<’s supply of
grocerics. do not ask her for tliccliiiiigc
or siiy it costs it great deal to kocp tip
such CXll‘tlV:lgf1ll(.‘t‘.. (1. L.
~————-1o12—- -
Are Farmers’ Wives Economical?

The knowledge of coiniiion thiiigs is
the prime wisdoiii.—Miltoii.

We presuine tll('.l‘(’, is not ii f':iriiicr’s
wife but knows she is econoiiiicitl, for
hits she not saved and i~':ivcd, sold but-
ter, eggs, iiiid paper rags, scrtilibed and
scoiii'cd,(loiie without help, nliiiost neg-
lccted her children. (or been too tired
to give them needed tliouglit.) givcii
up nll rcitding until she can not con-
verse intclligciitly—iii fact, passed the
bctter piirt of her life trying to miikc
one penny aiisivcr the 1)l:l('I‘ of two,
often the pliice of several, until her
vcry (self is dwarfed?

That you are doing these things is
the rciison for otir pizotcst, for ZIRICIII1"
the strange qiicstioii, “Are fiirincrs
wives econoiiiiciil?” “'0 think there is
an economy aside from that which
is generally tcriiietl money value, an
ecoiioiiiy oftiinc, hcttltli,:1nd strcngtli.
\Ve tear that iiiuny of our ways and
iiicthods are not those of true econo-
my. “'9 have “saved and srivcd,” yct
how miiuy can tell the niiiount of 1iu-

trinicnt contained in :1 dish of beiins. of

fruit, or fowl, which kind of food is
best for brain workers, the kind and
tllllolllli thzit should be given to grow-
ing childreii that they may be syinct-
rically developed. or what. should be
given for breakfast. to ditch -diggers,
that we may expect a good day’s work?

VVho will tell why it is said that ap-
petites for strong drink are foriiied at
the tables of our homcs-homes where
wine, beer or cider are never used?

Asa class, we know of no others
who have the nieans at their Colllllltllld
to live lletlltllflllly and ccoiioniiczilly,
yet who live so poorly as fur as real
nutriincnt food is concerned, as far-
mersi. A f:1rnier’s invalid wife told me
that she believed she had rolled enough
pic-crust to cover their fiirml How
much better to put the fruit upon the
table with creain, sugar and whole-
some bread than to use her needed
time and strength to ciiciise the fruit in
lard und fine flour-—tricliiii:i pits te, if
you plciisc. Iliisbniid and children do
not like it so well? Then yoti are to
blitiiie. You linvc not taught them the
reasons. Tell him, it is cconoiny of
time and stroiigtli, ccoiioiiiy of fuel,
in:itcri:il tllltl iitciisilsztiinl the cliildrcn.
that it is more lieziltlifnl.

The tiiiic giiiiicd iii:1'y be used in look-
ing to ilic (:t‘ll1lI‘ to know if it is too
dzinip. to throw open sleeping rooins.
;-pi'e:id the bedding in the siiiisliiiic,
and teiicliiiig the cliildreii the rcasoiis.

Three things are essential to good
lie:iltli—purc iiir, :1 dry soil and pure
\v:itci'—-_\'et how few find time to know
if our conditions secure them. When
our little oiics are taken from us. it‘
sickness and deiith come into our
lioiiies, too often it is the result of our
igiiomiice, ofucglcct. to know and obey
the lziws of our being. Do not siiy, it
is the will of the Lord. \\"e shrink
from our respoiisibility, sonic of His
l:t\\'S have been (llSOl)(})'()d.Tlll‘ll.~‘[ your
hiind into the fire. clasp :1 blazing f.-igot
and you willsurcly be biiriicd. Just
so surely will we suffer if we do not
obey the lziws ot lltlIlll'0.

Ilow m:1iiy pinn to be in the open
iiir :1 pm‘! of cticli day? Statistics force
us to s:i_v, that :1 large proportion of
the insane in our zisyliiiiis urc fiiriiicrs’
wivcs,:1iid tliosc who have souglit, tho
cziiise say. it is poor food, iiionot,oiiy.
iind overwork. l<‘oi'give us if we say
that :1 hiini:in soul cttnnot grow in any-
thing like at nzituritl order of expan-
sion :iiid bciiuty of proportion Willi its
oiviicr shut tip (l:l_\' by (lfl_\'. within
wzills, which :it best offer littlc but
inonotonons siiggcstioiis. \Vc nccd to
go more into the siiiisliinc. It sccnis
almost like :1 burlcs-quc to bc urging
fziriiicrs’ wives to do so. Pick your
berries, gather the siilziils, cure for the
poultry if you can, CIllIlV:ll(‘. plants
and flowering slirubs, swing in lumi-
inocks or rid:-. It would kill 2i stroiig
Illtlll to be shut inside of four walls, it
would killn liorse, it would kill :1 hip-
po-pot-it-iiius. und ’twill kill 21 woman.

Ag:1iii,do we plan for rest after hard

woi'k“.’ \Ve 1~‘:.l.\V these words in :1 girl’s
_ionrn:il: “I done cnougli to-duy to

kill forty and gi':tiidiii:idonc enough to
kill 21 liiiiidrcd,” but no record of any
resting for an liuiidrcd. They may
have drank it cup of tc:t—tli:it is :1
.’~'illlllll2l.lll., not rest. The t)\'t'l‘t:tX0tl
fiber that has been on the strctcli all
day iiccds rclicf as much its the fiber
of ill] Iiiilittifs how. The liidinii kiiows
enough to unstring his bow, str:1iglit-
on it :iiid set it. in :1 corner over night.
llcdocs this, thnt cvcn to this dczid
wood N:llllI't‘ may play her Iilessotl
IllllllHll'tItl()ll of l'(‘:tlt'tl()ll. Ilc knows
that its spring-h:ick ability. or power
to rciict iigziinst direct pi'cssiii'e would
he lost, if, oiicc its fibers bcnt, they
iverc :ilw.-tys to be kept bcnt. After it
d:ty’s hunt, therefore, he loosens the
cord, strziiglitt-iis his bow. zind puts it
ftW:l_V. Mziny women seem to hiivc no
('.()llt‘.(‘])llt)ll that after hard work is
done, rest is iiccdcd. Indccd, onc grcat
(litliculty in the wuy of iinproving our
health is,th:it welnivc ciitircly lost the
idcii ot pliysicnl vigor out of our coit-
ccptioiis of wonicn. .—\i'i':tiigciiit-tits of

jccl.

the iiursery and of the school reflect;

this bclicf and in:1kc it l'(':ll.

Do you say these tliiiigs iirc alien to
our siibjcct? We think not. An end-
nent, pliysiciiiii sziys, ‘-It. is not czisy to
cstiniiitc the coiiseqiiciiccs, :ir-i'c:icliiiig,
bciiiiticeiit, and iiiovitiihlc. of the cxist.-
ciice of :1 r:i<-.e of wonicii liiiving the
culture of iiiiud and hciirt of inodcrii
tiiiies, and with it. pei'fci-tctl pliysiczil
dcvclopiiiciit and lic:ilth."

Who Utlll stiy how far such cupital
might go townrds forniiiig thc pcrni:1-
nent \V(:2lll.l1 of iiiiticiis? As it is, we
see :it every hand evidences of disease,
poor nuti'itioii,l)r:iius and iicrvcs jzidcd,
overwrouglit, pleading tlirough iiclics.
piiins, iind all thc niorbid sciisntioiis of
iiiist-,i'y, for i'cst iind renewal.

‘Who ciin say how for these pliysiciil
ills may und do go tow:ird iiiidi-riiiiiiiiig
the prosperity of iintioiis and lowering
the st:ind:1rd of’ their moral and intel-
lectuiil life? Let :lll_\' iiuin or woman,
who cares for at fttinily, take into ac-
count whtit they pity in the course of
ten yezirs for doctors’ hills, which bills
they would not have to pay were not
inembcrs of their fimiilies sick, and
which sickness might have bccii avoid-
ed h:id they lived up to the best
thought of the i~'Ill)j(‘t'L,£lll(l thcy will
be surprised. V.

( To be continued )

[It is with much satisflictioii that we
are able to furni.<li our lzidics with the
above. \Vc know they will enjoy it
till the more to learn that the writer
“knows \vlici'eot'i-ilie speaks,” by tictuzil
expcriinciit. She is no fniicyist. E1).]

——-————o>————-

Broadenlng Sphere of Woman's
Work.

As the nations of the earth fear God
and kccp his coiiiiiniiidnieiits in like
proportioii do they mztkc woman an
equal with mini insocizil, moral and iii-
tellectu >1 life and the statues of man can
usintlly be graded in exact ratio with
his i'cspect.21iitl the detfcreiice he pays
her its an equal in all the walks of life;
t'or with the same physical trziining
she would no doubt be his equal phy-
sically.

It is an admitted fact that she can
stand side by side with him in obtain-
ing an education in all the higher
branches of learning, and can attain
eqintl proficieiicy in positions when
quick l'£’8.S0ll1llg and clear perceptions
are requisite.

\Vliy then should it be thought that
woman out-steps her calling or uti-
sexes lierselfwlien she durcs to rise
iibove the pretty routine of household
tliitie.-J?

That. it good house wife in to be com-
mended and that no'true woman would
think it of little niomcnt that her
home duties were well done I admit,
but to look upon t1't‘l‘lllJl)Illg' floors and
cooking as the chief end for which
\V'Ulll:lll was c.rc:1.te(l, is certainly to _be
dcpri-catcd. .

It would be extremely foolisli for
one who could coiiimand tlioiisaiid.-I in
lecturiiig, or in :1 life devoted to music
or the drmna, to content licrsclt with
the pittance Ufa house maid.

Women have succcssfiilly edited iind
published newspiipers; in fiict the first
ilziily ncwspitpcr in Eiiglaiid was
>'«ttll'lC(I by at woinitn as early its the
yciir 170:2.

I)ii-ring the last century Mrs. Mary
K. (froild:1i'd published “The .\I:iryl:iiid
Jotiriiiil” and her editoriitls were so
i'2I.IlHtIC thiit she only escaped flogging
on ticcoiiiit of her sex.

In 1771 Penelope Russell printed
‘-The Ceiisor” in Boston, and set tip
her cditorinls with the type without
writing them first, showing that she
ivtis fl pnicticiil printer. The lI:irt-
ford L‘.our:int for two ycai's was edited
one liuiidrcdyc:1rs ago by 8. woin:in.

No onc who believes in \Voinaiis
.\‘utl'r:igc but. nckiiowlcilgt-:~: the power,
Miss .l:inc G. Swiss-licliii, Miss Susaii
ll. Anthon_' and Mr.-. liliziibctli Cady
>‘«t:intoii have wicldcd upon that sub-
I i'ciiiciiibcr lic.:1i'ing Mrs. Stun-
tnn .~‘l:1l(‘. that she tooku rcgiilnr t‘.0lll‘R(’,
in law in hcr f:itliei"R ofiicc.

Another lawyer. Miss Bclvii Lock-
wood. has been brought proinlncntly
before the political world. l{os:i lion-
licnr h:is nizidc licr niinie f:iinons with
l)0{llliIllll paintings. llurrict llosnicr
zind Winnie ltciiin will not be forgotteii
so long as tlicir work in im1i'lilci'e-
iiniins. It is :in nckiiowlcdged fact
that Mrs. llzirrict Bccclier Stowc in
writing Uncle Toin’.~i Cabin, paved
the way for thc ElTl:LllC.I1)fltl()ll l’r0-
clttiiizttioii.

Women iircdoing :1 great work in
iiiissioiis, both at home and :1hro:id,aiid
are "telling the story of the t"l‘i)SS” at-4
rcgtihirly orihiiiied iiiiiiistcrs of the
Gospel.

()ii our most Worthy cliaritics we
find women as imiii:igcrs:1iid that their
diitics:1r(-, fiiitlifully perforincd lllfllly
:1 lioiiicless wiiif or I‘Ct:l$lillletl outcast
will in test.

Il:1d .\Ii-9. l\I:n‘y Somcrville thought.
its did her first liiisb.-ind, thtit. woni:in's
.<plicrc coiisistctl ciitircly in sowing on
buttoiis iind (lélI‘lllll;_;' h‘t0t‘l{lllgH the
world would have lost. :1 brilli:int and
lt‘:1l'l]t,'.(_I iiizitlieiiiziticiziii.

Miss Cttroliiie llcrclicl kt-pt pzicc
with her brother in his itsti'oiioiiiic:il
1'1-sc:ii'<-lies. Vl':is she any the less
woiiianly that her mind could iiiquire
into and griisp the knowlcdge of the
laws that govern the solar systciii? In
throwing open the doors of the Uni-
vc,rsity, Micliigati has taken an iictivc
part in broiidciiing the sphere of women
tllltl the good that sliall at-c.i'iic from
tho opportuiiitics tlicrcby uflbrdcd for
the women of to diiy, cannot. be coin-
pitted.

As -.i pliysicitiii nnd nurse she finds
licr vocntioii in iiiiiny instniiccs. She
has thc dclic.:tc.y of touch, the intuitive
knowlcdgo of whzit will sooth zind
coinfort. so flint in years to conic. in

l

tliceso1)i'of'cssioiis there will unrlotIbted-
ly be IIS noted iiicdic:i1cxpci'ts its are
found ainong the opposite st-\'

Severzil _\'(‘2ll'R ago an lfiiiglisli girl
studied for :1 iiiissioniiry und iiicliidcd
incdiciiie ninong the l)l't1lJt,'llCH lhllttlly
considered ll(‘.t,‘(:.'~‘s2lI'_\' foi' H iiiissioiiury
to iiiidcrstiintl. She went to Liit-know,
lndiu. \Vhile there :i ll:|[lVt‘ prince
sent for her to treat his wife who was
very sick. llcr friends iirgcd her not
to go its it was :1 long and dsiiigcroiis
ionriicy, iind would take her 100
‘miles from :1 white person, but she
considered it her duty and went. She
i'cni:iiiicd two inonths and cured her
psiticnt. I7pon lctiving. the Queen
t‘:1ltl(‘ to her and asked her to write a.
petition to Quceii Victoi-iii to send ed-
ucatcd women pliysicitiiis to treat. their
wonieii, for the laws of Illtlltl. will not
:tlltI\V{l woiniin to be doctorcd by at
1113.1] iind consequciitly iii:1iiy women
sutieritnd die for want of propvr cure
and iiicdiciiic when sick.

Mi-‘s Bciby wrote the pi-tition and
it was put in ft locket and hung about
her neck, and in about it year she re-
ttiriied to England itnd pi'eseiitctI it to
Qticcii Victoriii. who was much touched
and she einpowered Lady Diifferiii, the
wife of the Viceroy of India, to form is
Feiiiiilc, Medical Assot-iatioii. Now
sortie of the Illtlltlll women are study-
ing for nurses .’lll(I pliysiciziiis, and tire
doing :1 great work caring for their
siiffcriiig sister.-. -

There are said to be one hundred
women owning and ciirrying on fariini
in the State of Iowa tit the present.
time. A woiinin in D:1kot:i took tip 25
lioincstcztd and also two claims join-
ing it mid now owns 320 acres of lttllt]
all cariietl by her own labor and man-
tigciiient.

\Vomen have beeii suiccessful navi-
gators and have steered their vessels
through difficult and intricate piissiigeu
safely to hiirbor. Quite recently one
ofour daily papers told of 8. wife who
assisted her linsbaiid in running at
Corlcss engine and even took the en-
tire charge ot' it While he was away
atteiiding to other duties.

W'e see by these examples that
woiniin can have 8 sphere that is

-broader than the one usually accorded

her, namely, doing house work.
While we would not cliiiin thiitit
takes but little thought to make is
happy home, or :1 successful house-
keeper, neither would we claim that
home duties are of small importaiice;
still there are other and higher aiins
than scouring floors and preparing
vcgetiiblciz.

Our iiiiiids are dwarfed if we ever
tax our iiiiiscles and only think of the
routine. of iiiaiituil labor. N0 woman
who stiidics only her cook-book will
ever give to the world such soiis as
\V:t.sliiiigt.oii, \Vcbster or Lincoln: und
lllllt‘,>“~‘. she looks upon the pen its
mightier thzin the scrtibbiiig brusli,
future gt'll(‘,1':lil()ll.'~' will never revere
her ntimc. -

\Voincn ll:l.Vt:t,lUllt.‘ :1 great work in
the cziiisc of l(‘lll1)(‘l':tl|L‘(,‘. and if the
world is cvcr freed f'roiii thc tlCl)2lSlllg
influcncc of King Alcohol it will be
through the l:tl)til‘S iind
wivcs, lll0ill('l'S, sisters, and d:i1iglitci's.

Thcrc is itnothcr splicrc where
woniiin rniik.-is high and thut is in
tcitcliing.

In that citpttcity her influciice is
second only to the home iiifliiciicc.

Irccnll with 1'cverciicc the clergy-
in:iii’i-: wife who first gave me 21 prac-
tical knowledge of thc rules ofgruni-

iii:tr. Previous to her iii~itriictions
those rules were “\Vo,t‘tlS, words,
words.”

All over our hind you will find
those who :irc indebted to the patient
and coii<~'iciitioii.scxcrtioiis of IL'.lll:tlt'
tciiclici-s for that spirit of eniiilzition
that liiis iiuidc their lives and writings
:1 power for good.

With all tlicse Iitcts in view shall we
not cndcitvor to so brozidcii our sphere,
that the world shall lit: the better for
our having lived in it? C1ii.oi-2.

——4—<on————~—-
Cabbage. Cooked Odorlessly.

\Vliittlci‘, I bi-,li0vc, is quoted its be-
ing niost‘unfriendly to that sort of
ciilinitry iiici-iisc:1i'isiiig from cooking
vcgctziblcs, ll¢l.~'lllf_" his iivcrsioii on the
ground that the smell tnki-s up per-
niniiciit lodgings when once it is tid-
iiiittcd into the house. He says, in
efI'cct,“yoii can rid :1 liousc of onion
Sllltfll, but you must burn it down to
get the czibbiigc out.”

Very iiiziny other, und less esthetic
people than poets, l]llt_V be t-xciisml for
being, hnvc the ?~"illlll' giblioreiice of cub-
bnge siiiells. For tlicni. Czitlieriiie
Owen in “Ten D()ll:l|‘H Pllltitlgll” has
given directions for cooking czibhrigc
without odor. llcr rule in brief is “to
boil r:ipidly, in plenty ofwiitcr. plenty
of room iind with the cover off." She
puts it slowly into boiling water, so
that the cold water in which it lizis
bccii wuslicd will not too long rctiird
the boiling; ndils it tiiblcspooiifiil of
salt. and :1 scniit salt spoonful of bak-
ing soda: puts it on the hottest piirt of
the stow, and us soon as it conics buck
to it lioil. tn lu-s the covet‘ oll':ind leaves
it oil‘, pii.-hiiig the cztbbiigc iiiidcr
wiitcr froin time to tiinc. This she
clninis is the whole .<(’,('l‘1'l of boiling
c:ibb:1gc without filling thc liousc with
it bad odor. :iiid sciidiiig to the tiiblc 8
viilg: '. ycllow, wilted vcgctitblc full
ofdyspcpsiii.

Rrrii l{i-;sTi.i'.
- v ~——~——-—(O§————_._....‘

To turn gruy hiiir to its iiattinil col-
or Illltl bcaiity, use lIall’s Vcgctzible Si-
Clllltlll IItllI' liciiewer, theibest and
most 1‘Cli:1hle prcpiiriition science has
given us.

_ ioj_¥_._.__,..

I have no syinpatliy for {Ill ciglit-
hour iiiiin with {L fourtceii-liotir wife.
-—Ilenr_v Wurd Beecher.

 

influence of


 

 

May I. I887.

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

illisrcllaneous.
‘$9

A GRIST FOR THE FARM.

A B0! on the farm is better than a bum-
her in townl

A cnooxnn rail is worth more as fire-
wood than as part of a fence.

KEEP the towl.-i clean and free from ver-
min and filth or do not pretend tokeep
them at alL

CAUTION’ should be exercised in the use
of hay or tough grass in the hen-yard as it
often causes crop-bound.

Hiinsss work more freely under the in-
Iuence of kindly treatment from their
drivers than they do under the lush.

Pniionicssivn enthusiasm in farming is
often looked upon with distrust, and yet
[rest things are not accomplished with-
out it

This dropping of wool in sheep is occa-
sioned in various ways; irregularity in
feed. exposure to extreme cold and “scab”
Ieing the most common.

Tnl farmer who stays at home and tends
to the business of the fiyrin and trains the
coming statesmen of his country (his sons)
should be regarded as his oouutry’.~i bene-
factor.

I1‘ is a singular fact that the gait of 3
horse may be influenced by the inaiin--r of
shoeing. A pacer may be I.'l.II‘II\‘d into 8
trotter by increasing the weight upon the
fore—fect..

A coon way to kill out sorrel is to salt
sheep on it. Care should be taken never
to allow the sorrcl to send, as it cnii be car-
ried to other points in the iii‘.iiiiii'c.v~(,‘li-vc-
land I.euI.Irr.

A Fzwyears ago, a farmer started a fish-
pond w.th a few carp illfoa-. inches long.
He now rnports his stock zit over a thou-
sand fish nftcr halving sold hundreds. The
IL-‘h are tame and a source of pleasure as
well iisprotit. l:Iure is food for rciiiection.

A VVi.~<'o.\‘.~'ii\' lariiicr s-.i,\'s: I have kept
wool sheep for neiir onto thirty _ve-.ii';s', but I
pl‘I'lD()S‘<: for the future to linndln noth-
ing but inutton slioep. I can make more
nioiii.-_\' out of my lu.inli.-i than I. can out of
wool. and always have a sure inzirket for
them.

Tm: safest way to catch a sheep, Si}._\Ԥ
1.11: Ni,-‘.\‘ York ll'ml'I_i/ 'l'i'me.s. is by one liiiid
leg, aind us soon as the nninial stops strug-
{ling to put one arm around the neck lllltl
thus hold it. This may be done by usiiig a
crook, either of some tough wood mi-.o.iiic.l
and bent. or a iiatnriil liook, so ‘close, min,
when it is put. around the leg nlwvo the
hock it will hold the sheep until the leg
can be seized by the hand.

HAVE you found some of your fowls with
one side of the hand swollen up! If _vou
examine you will pl’-.)l)‘¢il)l_V iind that the af-
tected fowl sloeps in a draught-, prob-nbly
there is H. crack in the side of the building,
and the bird roosts in a position wlmre the
drought strikes the side of the head. Shut
up the CI":lL‘l{ and bath»: tho fowl‘s liollil with

coal oil and lard. and all will be well in I '

law da_v:i.—1V. IL‘. 1"arm.er.

H065 zire 2L:llC‘l'illI_V inarketed now when
from lourtcen to @ll,,'lllI.)i‘ll months old.
Tohavo I.ll\‘:lll well fntteiilxl zit. lllill. usze,
tiiuy must be l-rcpt. gzi. niii_v_>; i-.oiis‘..iiitlv
from the tiino wlieii they &I.l‘il \\'4‘Ll.llv‘ll until
they go to IIIlII'kl‘t. To lll'~‘lll‘C this tlil*_\' re.
quire good. (‘0llllUi'l2.‘ibl.B qllilrl/§l‘S tlurlnl;
the winter. illhl all the food ihuy will val
up ch,-:\n. A vilrit-ty of mod should be
given. as this will iIIlpI‘0V(: tho aippotite
aii.l make them gain more r2ipidly.——.V. Y.
lriini bier.

Goon clover hay is well adapted to the
wants of dry cows. to supply their losses
during the niilliing sea.-ion. The dairy-
ninn need not waste his st raw or poor hay;
but, if he feeds those, it should be in siiizill
quantity. with good (,‘ll)VF~,1‘; or he should
give with the straw, wheat bran, or niid-
diings, oats or corn ground together, malt
sprouts and corn-meal; or two pounds
new proooss linseed meal with two pounds
of corii—m:ia.l., or some other grain, tn nlitku
the straw as good as clover hay.——.i[imtreal

Witncxx.

Tm; following was given as advice at an
sgi-icultural gathering in Mass-aizhusetts,
which is worthy of consideration: “Cut.
the corn at the roots, and shock firmly as
soon as the corn is glued. The fodder will
flion be worth as much as English hay at
twenty dollars per ton; but calling it tif-
tecn, the fifty-bushels crop will cost but
trwenty-eight cents per bushel; a sixty-
bushel crop would reduce the cost to thir-
teen cents per l.-u~ihel, whiloa seventy-tive~
bushel crop would make the grain all clear
profit. The larger the crop the cheaper the
cost."

IN regard to the cultivation of evergreen
trees a few words of advice may here be

.given: If evergreen Wind-breaks or she]-
ter-belts are desired, proceed in the folow-
ing manner to erect them: Take the two-
year-old seedlinizs, slender little plants
about flve inches in height which require
grent care in transplanting, and in fact for
the first year, bed them out very closely
together and sift finely-cut hay or straw
between them. With due attention seed-
lings transplanted from the forest in this
manner will afford a fine lot of trees to put
out where wanted.

Tun. larva of the May beetle, usually
called the White grub. is the insect which
most. often eats the young potatoes, caus-
ing the scab or scaly appearance of the
matured tubers. This larva lives in the
soil three years, and the best means of
eradicating the pest is to throw out the
A ‘Id from the rotation and turn in hum to
root out the pest. In r-.-l2tt.on to destroy-
IX1‘_’li‘l.'4l.VCl pests gcnerally, the application
GI nilili must be i:x1'f‘..‘-'iSl\'(-,, Hm mu.-ll _-‘.0 as to
llljilrii Crfllhi. Lime has no lllfllif.‘lir.'f) on soil
Iu.~(‘I3lS uiiloss applied in iuiinotlizrnte
qlliillilllojs, and C‘.\.’4:ll tll*'n therr is no alof-
iiiitw l'0l(‘lllH.l .'I that liiiie will dc:.ti‘oy.—
1"u.rm 1"i'c'i'«l II’!!! M- r/i mun.

---»-»——¢—O-O——

A llttli: girl til" o-ijiii,
st:-ry is twlii by Lin: I5Ii~4.i,!)il Burl ./2!, Sll,‘}')["'Il
into thr- s‘r~'»i'o of an .l:'.i.‘i:iii fruit '.'undcr
the ofhur llliy in order to S4'.‘CUl'(;' soine pea.-
nuts.
8 little fritiid. and VVl.'»lll'(I to l)l'lllL' smile-
thiiigwilh her to add to the r=iitertain-
nu: -K. ‘lviiping up to the fruit \Cl‘llll.'i’

   

  

siiiiiiiivrs. so the ‘

Sim was-' go‘n-_:1o .'lT.ll{t‘. :1 C1” upon ~

Illa: said: “I wzuit tivlz com.-.7 wt rm of pea. :

nuts. arid.” looking appciilingly into the
I1.a.liii:i‘.=. filce, “please give me alot, for
thei-i.-‘s nine in the family.”

Exonisii artist (on board a Rhine steam-
O!‘-—H.-JW do you like the Valley of the
Rhine! Ainorican girl—0hl it is lovely!
English artist»-In my opinion there is no
valley so beautiful as the Valley of the
Yosemite, in your country. American

Zrl (in astoni~ininent)——My Cl)I1.'lU‘yl
an, I am an American, not ii. Japanese

I... S. &. M. S. R. R-
KALAMAZO0 DIVISION TIME TABLE.

Standard time—9o!h meridian.
GOING SOUTH.

 

  
   
     
 
   

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Express.iEx & Ml
Lv Grand Rapids.. 7 45 AM 4 35 PM‘ 5 oo AM
Ar Allegan . . . . . . .. 902 " 5 55 “ j 9 30 “
Ar Kalamazoo..... . ‘Obs " 7 05 “ ‘ii: 05 PM
Ar Schoolcraft..... . lo 57 “ 7 35 ‘ ' I 50 “
Ar Three Rivers... . ii it “ 895 ‘'3 20 "
Ar White Pigeon . xx 35 " 83o " l 420 "
Ar Toledo . . . . . . . .. 505PM 230AME 655A.sI
Ar Cleveland . . . . .. . 9 4o " 8 30 " 1 . . . . . . ..
ArBufl'alo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33oAM 252PM'........

GOING NORTH.

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Lv Buffalo . . . . . . . . .. . ii 55 AMlxi 40AM . . . . .. .
Ar Cleveland . . . . . . . . 6 40 PM‘ 5 35 “ . . . . . ..
Ar Toledo . . . . . . . . . .. . xx 15 " 945 " 650 mu
Ar White Pigeon.  6 55 AMl 2 20 PM 9 45 AM
Ar Three Rivcrs..... 6 23 “  243 " ii 05 "
Ar Schoolcraft . . . . . .. 649 “ l 3 I7 “ 12 I5 "
Ar Kalamazoo . . . . . .. 7 2o " I 4 oo " i 55 PM
Ar Allegan . . . . . . . . .. . 8 28 " = 5 oo “ 4 20 “
Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . .. 945 " l 6 i5 " 7 x5 “

All trains connect at VVhite Pigeon with trains on
main line. M. E. WAT‘l‘LES.
Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.

DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM Knumnzoo.
TIME-TABLE—MAY 18. 1884.
Standard time—9otl'i meridian.

\VEST WARD.
T V C " “—W" MEET.“ __ iA".IM. ‘P-EM.
Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves. . . . . l 4 45} . . . . ..
Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . i ‘

Evening Express . . . . . . . . . . .

     

"*7i~iAsT\v.Ai{13.A
"TV" WTNVTH" ' W ' A A. M .i‘.’l\i:
Night Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 I7‘ . . . . ..
Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves. . . . . i 6 4 i

 

Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Day Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .,

New York Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ..l

Atlantic Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    

New \ ork, .\tl:iniic and Pacific Expr¢:SSc< driily.
Evening Express west and Night Ex-press east daily ex-
cept Satiirdays. All other trains daily except Sund iys.
Freight trains carrying passengers out from Kalamazoo
as follows: No. 29 (cast) at 5:10 P. M. and No. 2o(west)
at Siio, brivt passe-tigers from east at x2145. P M.

H. H. I.i-:i>\'.-\RD_ Grn. l\1:inai_i:i:r. lletroit.
J. A. Gimzn, General Freight Agent. Chicago.
' 0. W. Rucuins. G. P. 8:. T. A,, Chicago.

TRAVEL VIA , _ ,
.. .lfl . Tlirougli Trains with Dmlny
,_ Cars. Pullman Palace Sleep.
iiig Oars, Modern Coaches.
, ‘,1 Sure connections in Union
- Depots at its terminal points,
‘ with trains rom and to the
East, West, Iortli and South.
Clierzpest, Best and Quickest
Route from Chicago, Peoria
or St. Louis to
ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS,
PORTLAND, ORE.
ST. JOSEPH,
ATCHISON.

DENVER,

SAN FRANCISCO,
OMAHA,

KANSAS CITY.

CITY OF MEXICO,
For Tickets. Rates. Maps, &c., apply to Tickebllgeizts

of ccniiizctiiiq lilies, or address
. u‘. r" TIE , H. 8. STONE,
762 V P. G. M.
For 11 I'l‘(lllIIllIl1'llI',{ Diciioniiry coiit:tiiiiiil_ 1',l‘Alt1 words,
ll2‘)]I.igL‘b',.Nl’Il<l. loo. in staiiips to l'nul Mortoii, Chicago.

l\lni‘l5yl

PAUL MORTON,
G. P. A’: T.

 

énounn Oii. CAKE.

(/Ll) P/'\’() (5/'.'.S'.V.

Now is the time to liuy illt,‘ genuine arti-
Cl(‘,L'llC1‘lll. l‘i> l)L‘ hall in Nllcliigiiii of
I“. \'.\'_\' l)l{Ilil.E & <.'U., (}i'.iiiil liziplds,
_\l.-\Y( ll{ l\'.-\N.\'E‘.", Knlniiiazoo:
'I‘. ll. 'l‘.\Yl.(.ll{, j.icl\~:on City .\Iills, jack-
son;
\V. S. I’lCI\'I’IEI.I,), 219 \\'ooilward Ave,
I»)Cll‘(l-ll:
.7'L7.l':'V/7/VI II. //Mg/2:5, En]., Fl. Il'ayIz:', /mi’.
SIR ~—lI:ivlng used your Star limml of (llil
Pi'occs.< Oil Cake Meal, I can i:hcei‘fully rec
ommend it to farmers mid slockmen.
Yoiirsiruly, . C._S'l'[-LRLING,
Sec’y Mich. State Ag‘l Society.
Ask for STAR brand, manufactured only by

JOSEPH HUGHES & CO..
Fort Wayne. Ind.
TOCK For

URSERY ale cheap

.. 75,000 peach trces one year from bud,
L 3 to 5 feet high. 40.000 Maiiii, I'Clll
akee, \'Valbi1'dge, Ben Davis, Grimes’ Gold-
en, VVayne, and other hardy varieties of ap-
ple, all of the very best quality, and healthy.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Address
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS,
New Canaan. Conn.

l10VIlI2

M u.r1t~i

PATE NTS.

LUCIUS C. WEST, Solicitor of American
and Foreign Patents, and Counscllorin Patent
Causes, Trade marks, Copyrights, Assign
menls, Caveats, Mechanical and Patent
Drawings. Circulars free. I05 E. Main St.,

Kalamazoo, Mich. Branch ofiice, London,
Eng. Notary Public. apritl

10c.Pays for Your Address

In the Union Agents’ Directory,
which goes to hundreds of publishers allover
the U. 5., and in return you will receive mag-
aziiics, papers, books, piciiires, Circulars,
pzimprilets, and lots of mail nizitlcr and good
remiiiig from those who want Agciits. You
will be well pleased with your sinzill invest-

ment. Ihrccmry contaiiiiiig your name can
lie had at llllb l)l‘llCC.  ll,-\l<‘l‘i>.\' l).\\'lS,
M:irI5t4* llcniicpln, Ill.

7Make Your Money Easyll

‘ ’ . Al{i\ll”,l{.\' we

at ziiiytliiiig Cl‘»6 llicy cuii ilu. \\'liy?
liL’L‘.’1u\t_‘ \'.'L‘ Plllllhll iiiiiv l.«,iil;s \\lllClI any
uiii. L’.’l3l '~c. :1ii<l uliivli i-wiyniiv: lvuys. 2
\\c Lniiiirii-icc zi nfil'1l’\' li’!’L‘L‘l‘ lliuiicziii lit-
cririitil :it niiytliingi cl.~;.
‘.‘i'iiLc for I'!1‘.l'[lL',LllIll‘.x.
bfllmlarzl 1’u/iIa'.vl/if7l_i/ //o-u~'»"
iiprlfziiili FLINT, MICH.

 379%‘-’illlIl"l"REE:i
/.-‘C 3. Vlllll-Tlllis l .
‘Vines, Plants, etc
A|i[}h>, l'n.:ir. .l’r:u‘Ii..(Jh(*I'i'y. Pluin
0I|In:'4'- ;‘U'7_I.VVl"N‘l'l'_v. llslsrilii-try.
:§l:u kin rry. ( llfI“lIllI.-I, (.1-mi.-,.,
.0034: no. I in II: &c. bond for Cilfifllufflll
-7- 5o C0141-11V5i lloorestovru, N.

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2:39’ ;::.°.%?:.:il“;:;.f"t:?.:‘:a:s ‘.“.Z.‘i’."£.‘.1‘.'.
Prioea low. (Aenevu Nursery. Established
1844;. w.& '1‘. SMITH uen :_ JI-

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niorc moiirry lly ciigngiiigg \.\l'.ll us lll.‘.ll ,
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STQCIK .l.E-"..£i..1.%“2’l;f"«Z"¥.Tl'.. l

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CH EAPES

general purpose

Chilled Plow

=k ———and———=k

Pllllll‘ lllll-lllllllll llllllll

on the market.

Hoping you will send for Cata-
logue and Price List and see what
Brother Grangers say who have
used them, we remain,

Respectfully yours,

D. WOODWARD
&  Cl.li\"l’O.\’.
9

MICHIGAN

llllPLE Piisilll EEREFBRDS.

IMPORTANT

Public Sale

DESIRABLE

Young Herefords

Of the tlrovc .‘l(l Blood, on

Friday. April 22.387

at 1 o’clock p. m., at the

Fair Grounds, Pontiac, M.
6 Bulls: and 16 Heifers.

from tliu fiinious V\'iill'or«l con H of .\Iiiplc- Place,
llllll got liy tliu colt-l.riitvil sire \\'.v\X\\'(lRK
G320, iuliiiittml to IJL‘ One‘ of tho very lwst sons
of TH E GIKUYIG Ziil, '~’4lN).

This is ll. I>l‘l'l(lt rs’ siilv of I)X‘(‘lLIlllf..{ iiniiiiiils
iiiiii is in no HVIIBI‘ it CllIIl!lL.’ out rilllt‘, its this of-
fk‘rlll;,' lllL‘li‘lIIl‘ri :\Iil. Liij; _'.‘i~.iii:i,: iiiiiiiiiils punt
\vHiiiiii;.: itgr-, HIIII I.Il«' (ii.]iurtiiiiit_v is ‘iliv host of
the yinir tii‘.&'11ri« (flIlll\'(‘ iiiiiiiiuls of this-. I,'l‘IL‘-
l,ll‘ll[t’(I lilimvl. For I'liI.)<lIili.IlH H, ll-’lllI‘(‘)*ll1

El)\\'I.‘€ l’IlI£l.l’S, l'|)IlII&)('.

J. A. .\l.»\Nl\', .\iu-tionovr. iipi‘l.'itl

@'*LA'ri:s1' impnoviso

 RSEPHWER

§‘lflCIII(;llE? for;'£\\'l5(} \\;00l)  ('ii;("u-

' a rag Jaws. so . n.
": L “N u chines for TH RESI‘Il.\_'l-3
and CLEANING brain-

     
     

lEeA‘3IDlIIFT,DURA3lI‘.lTIKOUINTITI OF WORK
5°""‘°‘i".‘i“.i‘§3.3'.§‘ I. W. Gil" S SONS-
Mnnunoru

Fr .
‘lsnrnxrnns um Sou 11338.
MIDDLETOWN 5l'R.IN(.‘-S. VE ' l0N’B

GermanHorse ‘and Cow

POWDERS!

This powder has been in use many years.
It is largely used by the farmers of Pennsyl.
Vania, and the Patrons of that State have
purchased over 100,000 pounds through their
purchnsiiig agents. Its composition is ourse-
cret. The recipe is on every box and 5—pound
package. It is made by Dr. Oberlioltzefls
Sons 8; Co , Phoenixville, Pa. It helps to di-
gest and assimilate the food. Horses will
do more work with less food while using it.
Cows will give more milk and be in better
condition. It keeps poultry healthy and in-
creases the production of eggs. It is also of
great value to them while niolting. It is sold
at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R.
E. JAMES, Kalamazoo; GEO. W. HILL 8:
C()., H5 Randolph St., Detroit; TIIOS.
MASON, I81 Water St., Cliicngo, Ill.; and
ALBERT STEGEMAN, Allcgnn. Put up in
60—lb. lioxes (loose). Price EI(‘.i'.T CENTS
per lb., 30-lb. boxes of6 5-11). packages,
TEN CENTS per lb.

     

; B Pad tftferent from 3
= oiliseé. is cm? shn.D8~ wun sext-
SENSIBLE
TBUSS
‘ ° ,. . '"es.ii:si.,?.2..*a..'iizii2.2
toes wlh e Inger. I - ‘

adjusting Bull in _center.0dl\l"fB
itself to all sitions of lbs
in is hold securely day and nitrht. and 9» 1“~‘'}llI‘‘'fll’‘'(‘,f§,_°

on so DAY§;_;ri3EIvnL.
I iaiisnc muss
ii
100 .
body while the ball in the cup
yesses back the Intes-
- - . . , . s. c br-
W-‘liaiile.ii“i.%sii*..f:'.........

(ii 3. 5'} I*}i\' ‘V00 I)

Poland China Swine a ‘$;;c-ciljlty.

Bl-ecfllllil Stock ‘.‘F,'l‘DY'(Il'(I in Ohio VP, 1.‘ R‘ rx-M. Cor-
respoiiuvziitic .'A|l(.I iiis.[.i:r,iiini iiivi‘..~,«l.

IS. Ii. I!l.'l<}I.l..
LITTLE PRAIRIE RoNDi<:,

,Cas.< Co., Micli.

A piutly lin-

  I prmwl, tini-

  r 3 B Briini-h (‘o.,
Mich p,-,'.,..’ 51,600. F.zi.sytor1ns. Citll on or

liivrml land
fi.i.i'ui of ‘Jo
ndilress, E. MANSELL, Goldwater Mich.
Mii.r15t4

ucroe, locate-<1
in tho town
0 I‘ G i 1' 8. r d,

——TrsE——

Palrmis’llroceryHouse

Under Contract with the Executive Committees of the
Pennsylvania and New York State Granges and recognized
b\ the suite (-‘ranges of Ohio. New Jersey and Delaware
to fuinish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry 9. large and
complete stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Coffees, Teas,
Spices, etc. We fill all orders from Patrons when the order is
under Seal 01' Grange and signed by the Nlasler and Secreta-
ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay-
ment to be made within 3: days from date of bills. We are now filling
Orders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from
Philadelphia are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting through rates.
A trial order from Grauges in Miclfgan will convince them that they can
Purchase Groceries to advantage in Philadelphia- If_
you desire information in regard I! prices on any goods in our line
of business or freight rates do not hesitate tn 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 Grange Selling Agent.
North \\':uter filrcel.

Philadelphia. Penn.

2-ll

mari5y1

Wonderful Discovery in Laundry Soap.
One Bar of Ing-e_rso1l’s New Discovery Soap does a Wash with
one hour’s light labor. This is 8. saving of eight hour’s hard
labor. A Box contains thirty-six Bars, thus saving thirty
days of grinding labor. It is estimated that the wear on
clothes by using the old alkali soaps amountsuto one hundred
dollars a year, all of which is saved by using Ingerso1l’s soap.
It is elegant for the toilet.

Saniple liar iii.iilcd

Sample box delivered to you, frciglit paiil. for only three dollars.
for the postage, 14 cents. l’:iti-om‘ rionp \\'ui'l\.~, 64 lhilioii >'~t.. N-sit York. Our new liook.
“The Gi'a.ni_.;c, its \V'oi'k and \\'orl;ei's.“ coiilziiiiing I)lClIlTL'< of tweiily-.~;i.\' lczirliiig l‘n'.ri.ii.s,
and testimonials to the zilwve efieci frniu I|lll‘.<ll‘t‘,CI\', nmilcil free. Itllgitf

 

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-~' aim! l'lll“i'1.IlliIYl --trill ;hu lN'~(fiIll“Il*iI,“'Bl'lIl 5..

.\hii-Li-i. N . PHILADELWHIA. PA.

iI~ Ctsrnutlc I‘
!nI\L‘<Ii1lil0l'>‘2‘Eflutllcrn lllennl.-H lziiizu
.....v rgruwiniz, hardy t1mvi~r-. iii.in.:c..ii;_-.
li‘-nrrl--n mul Fri-In Vliinuul furl h\ i
i- lowrr Sneilu, l'|nut~, iiniii-. ~'\'r. JOHNSON

 

    
    

   

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RAI WAY TIME TABS.
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Lansing . ‘ I i _:u " M:irt'i:’iii~'.. ...... i l('
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'I"I-IE} G-HANG-E VISITOR-

May 1, I887.

C filming gait.’ glut.

From now on to the time appointed
for Childreiis Day in the Graiige we
will print select ions ot' prose and poe- I
try that will be suitable to read or
speak at that tiuie. The et-lines inust
ring with glmliiess in Grunge hzills zlll
over l\li<-.lii<r:tii on June fl!

Ifthere  not. room eiioiigli on this 3
page tflor ‘nil pit-I glooil tpiii-gs tllizittuw l

ope ')give 0 ie p iiin it‘ :i ;_-'.i :1 iuie
of the day, look on other pages lor
them.

Teddy
Tom.
EMILY BAKER sMAi.i.i«L.

Poor little Teddy! on Christmas day,
They gave him a cap and a muflier gay,

A box of tools, with skates and a sled,

And high topped boots whose tops were red.
But what was that? ‘twas nothing at all
,When -he wanted a big, big rubber ball,

Poor little Teddy!

Poor Little

He wanted pie for dinner, one day,
They were going to have it, he heard ’em
sa ;

But pudding with plums was what he had.
'0, poor little Ted! now wasn't it sad?

His red lips grew to a terrible pout;

He didn’t want that. so he went without.

Poor little Teddy!

He wanted to try his bran new sled,

-One day after school, Oh, poor little Ted!
But his mother sent him off to the store——
This poor little boy! and his grief was sore.
0, how he hated to mind his mother!

To help her, and play with his little brother.

0, Poor little Ted!

Rich little Tommy! on Christmas day
Only one present came in his way:
A.pair of mittens his mother had knit,

A fiery scarlet, and just the fit!

Wereii't they nice? he asked his brother;
And hadn’t he got the dearest mother?

Rich little Tommy!

Sometimes he didn't have dinner enough,
And you may think that he called it rough;
But he didn’t, not he! this rich little boy——-
Sometimes he had plenty, and that was joy.
And he loved to help his tired mother,

He loved to play with his little brother.

0, Rich little Tom!

In summer or winter, fall or spring,

He was just as happy as any king.

In winter, ’tis true, he had no sled,

But he slid down hill on a board instead.
When the snow was hard and glazed with ice,
He could steer it “lovely"-——‘twas “just as

nice!”
Rich little Tommy.

Tommy and Teddy will both be men;
Will there be a difference between them
then?
Ah, yes! there must be, my little lad;
One will be happy and one will be sad.
Look over these lines, eyes black and blue,
And see which one is the most like you
Ofthese two little T’s
——From our Little Men and Women.

Health Talk No. 2.
CllAltAC'l‘l~2ll.

The licst cared for body When it has
performed its uses its the house of the
soul, is l-iid away to inoulder hack to
dust. But cli:ii':u-ter renitiins int:ict..
It is more llll}iCl'lSll:ll)lC than grniiite.
It enduie-4 forever. Your bodies are
but the workshop in which you your-
selves f:is_liioii it. “Cli:ii':i<‘tci' does not
come by chince, it is wrought out, and
is the combined work of G Oil and
man.”

When you die, your cliarar.-tei' is all
that you can take with you: you can-

not, ifyon would, lcavcit behind.
Remeniber that reputation is no»;_
cliaractcr. Reputation is what others

Pthink ot _vou. Cli:ir:ieler is what you
are; what you know yourself to bc.
To-day you are building cli:ir:ictcr
each lll.lIl all. You cziiiiiot stop. Ever V
mid :i.lw:iy.‘< the building goes on. It‘
is it hiw of your ll:lllll'(3 as min-,li :is the
instinct which iinpels the cor.-il polyp
to re'.ti' by tllllllhl. iiiliiiitesiiiizil :ici-.re- 
tions the lll.‘i.w‘.sl\/e rorul reel’ is :1 law of'
its nature. Here the p=ir.~tll<-d ends.
The polyp leaves the i'o.~iult of its work
and its life goes out. Your life goes
on, and on, and on; and with it goes the
acharacter you have built. Your
tliouglits and acts are the workincn you
employ. It low ])lll‘pOS('..‘4, selfisli, im-
pure thoiigli-ts. nicnn and vulgar nets.
are your eiiiployt-s.—so low, sellisli,
iiii.pure, ineaii, vulgar, will be their
Worl.'— your cli:ii':ictei', groveliiig,
dark, bad. But if you bring to your
aid «true niotives, high purposes. un-
selfish, pure thoughts atteiided with
fine noble acts, your (‘.l1:tl'll(7t0l‘ grow
sunward, God like. It will develop
-with the hezilth, strength and beauty
of goodness.

buppose a boy or girl has an impure
thought and llOlll‘lSllCS it, perlinps
scrawls it with 9. pencil on a door or
wall, may been a piece of paper to
hand to a school mritc, (loii’t you see
What an unsightly, rotten piece ot'
timber goes into his or her cli2ii'acter?
Suppose your l8.’i,(,'llCl‘ and parents don’t
know who did it! That makes no
differeii(x:. You know it and lose your
selfrcspect; and, lctine tell you no
one respects those who do not 1'0.-ipect
tliemsclves. God knows it; and the
recording angel Writes it down with
sadness. The blucl-{ angels know it,
and laugh in fiendish glee becniise you
are building cl1ara.cter for their world.

Do you say, “I cannot help my
thoughts.” That is 9. great mistake.
A had thought may thrust itself
to the door of your mind, or a
bad image to the door of your imagin-
ation, but that does not necessarily
make them yours. It is only when
you open the doors and invite them to
enter, that they become yours. If, in-
stead, you bar the doors against them,
ct thorn know you seek better coin-
gpany, they will find out they are not
Wanted and stay away. An old adage
aays:—-“You cannot prevent birds from

flying over your head, but you can
prevent their building nests in your
hair.”

When thought comes which you

I would be asliained to have your mother

know, your te:icher suspect, or a pure
hearted compmiioii listeii to, knock
down the evil intruder :it. once with it
"Get tlieelieiice, S:it:iii"l Then ily to
pure coinpunionships, to hnrd pli_\'.sii-.:il
toil, turn your tliouglils upon noble,
pure .s‘lll)jt‘I.‘lS_, your blood into health-
tnl t-li:iiiiiel.s. tlriisli down iiiicleaii
tlioiiglit as you would :1 \'ipcr.~yezi,
inore.—-l'or :1 viper poisons only the
body. while an iiiiolt-nii tliouglit inny
poison the body, and:il\vay.s poisons the
soul.

Do you say “It is my concern only it
I build it bad clizirzit-ter.” That is a
inistuke. J. G. Ilolland says,-—"No
one can say ‘I will do as I choose,
and it Will he nobody’s business, E very
one’s sin is ever_vbody’s business.”

I will add, every one’s true act is
e\'erybody’s profit.

The deeds we do, the words we say,

Into still air they seem to fleet;

\Ve count them ever past,
But they shall last;

In the dread judgment they

And we shall meet.

I charge thee

For thine own sake and loved ones dear

Keep thou the one true way
In work and play.
liliis. II. B. JAYNI-IS.

[Health Talk, No. 3, will be upon

“Airznid Breatliing.”]
—~-——————(Oj———————~—

IIAl’l"lNl-ISS is mosaic formed from
many small stones, and these are found
and set in beauty by the hand of love
—love in little things. loving words,
loving acts-—and :1 large part of this
work is in the home. where the great-
est portion of our time, and the best,
should be spent. Live this year for
wife and husband and children, and let
selfish pleasure take a back smt. Keep
unspoken the quick retort, the fretful
conipliiining, the angry word, for life
is too short for such cruel blows, and
then the scar never heals, though you
may bathe it With bitter tears.

But man is more than a drop of dew
on a fading wreath of life; he can fash-
ion the wrcath with fadeless beauty.
Mali is more than ll drifting cloud over
a inouiitain lake; he is it uiztriner sail-
ing oii its waters. Man is more than :1
little wave on 8. changing deep; he can
be the ruler of the waves, pushing his
bark over the stormiest sea. Man is
more than a note fiilling from a lyre;
he can be the in:i.~itcr niusician, sweep-
ing by his thought and love "the cun-
ning chords, tllitl filling the world with
l(l(_‘IlS and inspiratioiis.-—ltev. Dr. Kit-
tridge.

~ 

To the Members of Young Folks’
Club.

I wish to express my gratitude to
you for your kiiisliiess in voting me
an lionoi':iry ineinlier of your Club. I
2lp1)l'l.‘(‘l‘llC the f:ivor:iiid hope I shall
be able to meet. with you often. Cousin
Mae asks. are there 2lll_\' proposals for
inembersliip. I sinr,-erely hope there
are, tlll(l when we have the iiext quar-
terly report we sliull have a good list
of new iinnies on the roll and see others
reiiisttitcd. Come; the more the iner-
rier. Yes, we want the boys, too.
\l"e can’t get along only half as well
witliont yon. \Ve are zuixious to see
you at our Club,it secins too one-sided
as it is now without you. \Ve also
hope to hear l'roin some of you soon
through the G. V,

M y dear young folks, live for some-
thing. Do good and leave behind you
n lll()lilllli(‘llI. of virtue that the storm
of time can never (ll‘,.'~‘tl'()_\". \\'rite your
iiniiies in kiiiiliit-ss, love, and inerc_\'.oii
the hearts of those you come in coil-
i:u‘t with year by year and you_ will
iu-yer be foi';_rotten. ‘No: your iniincs
your (l(’(3(l‘<‘, will be as legible on the
hc:irts you leave behind as the stars on
the brow of evening. Good deeds
will shine as the stars of heaven, so
.s:ty.< (‘li2iliiiei'.<. and so sriy we.

We send t'r:itci'iial greeting to all
iiieiiibers oftlie Club and wish it suc-
cess. AUNT lixriz.

-- ———-—o>——-— —
Mabel Dlnes Out Alone.

[This can be spoken by two girls. —F.n.]

ritizyious l.‘\'H‘TRtJC'l‘lL)NS FROM MAMMA.

I made h:r stand beside me, my bonnie little

irl;

I arrgnged each dainty ruffle and smoothed
each sunny curl.

Now, baby, you'll be careful in all you do
and say;

You will not trouble auntie while dining there
to day.

You’ll take your place in quiet, nor ask for
any'hing,

But eat whatuncle gives you, or what the
waiters bring.

You’ll not eat too much pudding when there's
no mamma to check,

And when it comes to sweetmeats, you'll
scarcely taste a speck.”

RESULT, AS DESCRIBED BY AUNTIE.

The feast was rich and splendid, the board
held floweiets rare,

But yet my rose bud tender was the sweetest
blossom there.

Her eyes were bright as diamonds,hcr speech
a birdie’s song; ‘
She was frugal as a hermit, lest she might

eat something wrong.
When asked to take some pudding, she an-
swered at her ease;
When questioned as to ice-cream, said, “A
little, if you please."
Alas, that such behavior should end in utter
wreck!
The sweetmeais come; the little tongue llsps:
“Thankth; I'll take a peck."
-I*Iarper’s Young People.
— 4—~
In the spring, hundreds of persons
stiffer from boils, carbuncles, and other
eruptive diseases. These are evidences
that the system is trying to purge it-
self of impurities, and that itnecds the
poiverfiil aid which is afforded by the
I use of Ayer’e Sarsaparilla.

An Ancient Apolozue.

A little red rose bloomed all alone
In a hedge by the highway side,

And the Wind came by with a pityiiig moan,
And thus to the fiow‘ret cried:

“You are choked with dust from the sandy
ledge,
Now see what a friend can do!
I will pierce a hole in the tangled hedge
And let the breeze come through!”

“Nay, let me be — I am well eiiongh,"
Said the l{o.<.e in deep disniay;

lint the \\'iii<l is always rude and rough,
And of course he had his way.

And the l)reeI.e blew soft on the little red rose,
But now she was sore afraid.

For the naughty boys — her ancient foes
Came through where the gap was made.

“I see,” said the Wind.when he came again.
And looked at the trembling flower,

“You me out of place; it is very plain
You are meant for a lady's bower!"

“Nay, let me be!” said the shuddering Rose;
“No sorrow I ever had known,

Till you came here to break my repose;
Now, please to let me alone.”

But the will of the Wind is strong as death,
And litile he recked her cries;

He plucked her up with his mighty breath,
And away to the town he tlies.

()h, all too rough was the windy ride,
For a rose so weak and small;

And soon her leaves on every side
Began to scatter and fall.

“Now, what is this?" said the wondering
Wind,
As the Rose in fragments fell;
“This paltry stem is all I find-
I am sure I meantit well.”

“It meansjust thiswthat aineddling friend,”
Said the dying stalk, “is sure
To mar the matter be aimed to mend,
And kill where he meant to cure."
—_lohn G. Saxe.
—-————{—o-———-————
A Bad Disaster.
Two boys 3. tobogganing went;
The wind, it blue a blaster;

Their sled shot down the sloping hill,
Each moment flying faster.

They struck upon a hidden stump,
And met with a disaster;

Two little boys went limping home,
Their noses patched with plaster.

—Good Housekeeping.

 

Question for Answer.
Why is a little space left between
the rails ofa Clll' track?

gotinss of geetings.

TIIE May meeting of Clinton County
Pomona (Jrmiige, No. 25, will be held
with Essex Gi':tti;g)'e}_oii the l1t_hliiist.,
coinniencin0' :i ::.U A. 31., W ilt‘ i ses-
sion will (‘.0TlSlSt ot the iisuitl inoriiing
exercise:-1.

Al-"l‘l£RNOON SESSION.
lVIusic.——I'Issex Grange Choir.

Address of welcome »~ Essex Grange.

Reply-— Pomona.

Essay5——Mrs. Libbie Anderson, Ray Ses-
sions, Courtland Hill, and Chas. Rice.

Antobiography—Anna E. Rice.

Selections——l\lrs. Geo. Sonics, Mrs. Jew»
ett, Mrs. Dr. Knapp, F. VV. Redfern and
Mrs. Moss.

S »ng—.\‘Irs. Ray Sessions.

l{ecitations—Mrs. Nettie Smith, Mrs.
Jennie, Selden Heck, Rosa Andrews and
Chas. Soules.

Question—How can the use of the Amer-
ican Soil be best secnrred to Future Genera-
tions? ,

Evening meeting public and all are
invited.

In accordance with it resolution of-
fered at our April meeting :1 commit-
tee was nppointexl tozirrange the nicot-
ings for the remaiiider of the year.
The following is the result of their
dcliberatioiis: June 8 to be held with
IS:itli_Gi':1rgc. Aug. 3 with D_:illas.Aiig.
331 witVl_i \ ICZIOI‘, pci[)t.I;28 yyitliz Iilllfik-)
nun. . ov. ‘ witi ewi t,.*ov. :
with Watcrtown, and Dec. 28 with
Olive. 1.  RICIBIOND, Lec.

Tiir. next sessioiiof St. Joseph Coiiii-
ty (iil'2illgt‘, will be held at Centrcville
Tlinrsduy, lilay 5. All nienibers of
the order are cordially invited to at-
tenil. A. E. IIUVVARI), Sec.

Tiii-2 next regiil:ir meeting of Lenn-
wee (,‘ounty l’oinona Url'ii.llg‘(l will be
held with Palinyrzi (irrange at its hall
in the village of Palinyrri, \Vediiesda_v,
May 11,1857.coinniencing at 10 o’clo(-k
A. M., at which time the officers for the
ensuing year will be elected. The
priiiripal subject for discussion will
be “Milliiig.” All interested in this
subject it is hoped will be present. Ev-
ery subordiuate Grange of the county
is requested to be represented, as a re-
vision of the membership will be
made. The 5th degree will be conferred
in the evening. All IIi(’lIil)el‘8 are ear-
nestly requested to attend.

E. R. Boucmzn, Sec’y.

Adrian, April 18.

lnrrr/IL Graiige, No. 540,North Lan-
sing, will give the following progrnin
May 7, at. 7 o’clock r. M.:

Address, “The Duties the Farmer Owes to
the Public ’—»-Hon. Geo. Howell.

Paper, “Potato Culture”—Hon. M.T.Cole.

At the close of the program there
will be a inaple-sugar social.

May 14, at 7:30 P. M. the 1st degree
will be conferred, followed by instru-
mental music by Miss Clara Smith and
an adtlress, “Elements of Success,” by
Hon. E. N. Bates.

CAPITOL Grange don’t want any plas-
ter this year.

Resolved, by Capitol Grange, No. 540,
That, owing to the combinatiouto raise the
price of plaster, we will not purchase any
plaster during the year I887 unless it is re
duced to its former pricefiz. 50 per ton on cars.

WM. SIIAFFER, Sec’y.

North Lansing, April 9.

with the cliniigiiig .\‘(,‘-ti.~l0ll.

orates the systeni.

That feeling of weariness, so often
cxperieiiced in the spring, results from ,
it sluggish condition of the blood I Beans. MVY.
which, being impure, does not quicken
Ayer’s l
h'nrs:ip:ii'ill:1. by vit:ili7.iiig and t-le:iii.~i- E
ing the blood, streiij_rtlieii-' and invig-i

 

Current Rates on Chi
Market.

Potatoes, No. l, ripe, ‘(.1 bus .95
“ ofi‘ stock . _4o
Turnips, yellow. "pl bu . . 27
Unions, choice, " .... S
Apples. “ No. i, ‘ii! hhl. 4.00
“ No. 2, stock, “
Apples, dried. per ll. .
Apples, evaporated, ‘(J lb. 9
Unions, selected, "pl bbl. . . 2.50

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Car lots sold at 5 per cent. commission.


{"5 -45
((0 .23
(‘I -90
(fl? 5 00
 2.50
i_a) 6
La? .12
@ 2~75

Rutabagas, “ @ 1.25
Turnips, white, “ . .. .75 @ l.oo

'{9bu.....l.6o @

“ medium, “  i.5o @
. Wool, washed, {H lb . . . .. .30 (Q .38
“ unwashed, “ .. . .. .16 @ .28
Veal, choice, “ . . . .. .07 @ .09

Eggs, fresh, “ ... .14 (9
Butler, dairy,  lb. . . .. I2 (_a_) [8
“ Creamery “ .  18 @ .24
I “ roll “  I2 ({1} .13
‘Clover seeul, 'fJ bu , , _ , _ ,. 4 :5 Q9 4.40
.Tim01hy “ “ . . . . . .. 1.90 @ 1.95
llides, salted, G, '5; 11, _ _ H 07/I,.2’@ _o8
, l’ell.s, eslrl wool, “ »-- -25 (Q1) .27
. Hops “ 23 (Q _3o
i-lloney, *‘ _ 7 (Q) ‘to
‘ lleeswax, “ _]8 (5 ,2;

On produce not named write for prices.
, If you have anything to sell or ship write
,‘ for information to

THOMAS MASON,

General Grange Agency

I63 South Water St., Chicago.

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The Gale Manufacturing Company, Albion, Mich.

Manufacturers of The Gale Chilled lValking and Bulky Flows, Gang Flown,
Horse Hay Rakes, Walking and Riding Corn and Fallow Cultivators, em.

The New Gale Reversible Steel-Bar-Point Plows-

These plows are made with a Reversible Steel-Bar Point 24 inches long. The Point is
fastened in base of Plow by a 94’ inch Steel—Set Screw in a Steel Nut.
adjusted to any condition of the soil by increasing or decreasing the length of I’oint,and re-
tains same amount of suction at all times.
it can be reversed, thus making it a positive self—sharpeuing Point.
We also manufacture the ordinary style of Chilled Plow, both right

The Point can be

When point is worn off or beveled on under side
This is the greatest in-

and left hand, with Straight and Slanting Landsides. The Beams and Handles to all Plow:
made adjustable.
best in use.

Gale Patent Standard Jointers and Knee Coulters conceded to be the

Gale llorso lluy Rake.
A Perfect Lock Lever Rake, with 57-inch
Double Coil Tooth. All castings made
of malleable lron.Most simple and durable rake
made. A child can operate it an well as a man.

 

1 wheel.

  
 

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——(.‘irciilai's sent on npplication. Corrospoiideiice Solicited. Address-

ALBION, MICH.

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
    

year.

paid without question

N. B.— fter

S,
our NEW STORE? , _ _ _ ,
Ave., 2 blocks north of Eacposztwn Building.

Tue: annals.

We issue the Buyers’ Guide in March and September of each
It is now a book of 350 pages, 8% X “ inches in Sile.
32,35l square inches of information for the consumers.
describes, illustrates and gives the
the necessaries and luxuries in daily use by all classes of
people, and is sent free to any address by mail or express,
at our option, upon receipt of IO cents to pay the cost of car-
riage. We charge nothing for the book.

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

We are the original Grange Supply House, organized in I872
to supply the consumer direct at wholesale prices, in quantities
to suit the purchaser. We are the only house in existence who
make this their exclusive business, and no other house in the
world carries as great a variety of goods as ourselves. Visit-
ors are invited to call and verify our statement.

We are the authorized agents of the Illinois State Grange.

Send for the Guide and see what it contains. If it is not
worth I0 cents, let us know, and we will refund the amount

Montgomery Ward &. Go.
227 & 229 Wabash Ave.,

111,

tember 1st, 1887, we will occupy

it
price of nearly all

CHICAGO, ILL.

112, 113 cf 114 Michigan
MONTGOMERY WARD &. C0.