«t \-A P>~.o, \m\_t,~\ ‘ f,§‘\‘*\V \_'~ “ THE FARJIER IS OF MORE UOJVSEQ UEJvciv;- Ti5r..4E F.AR.M, ./1JV'l) SHO ULD BE FIRST IMPRO VED.” VOLUME XII—No. l0. WHOLE NUMBER 558. i COLDWATER, MICH., MAY 15. 1887. i Published by A. J. ALDRICH & ('10., Publishers of the COLDWATEB REPUBLICAN. OFFICLAII DIR ECTO R Y‘. Otllco-rn Nuttottul lirnttgt-. Mas-ter—PU'l‘ DARDEN.. .. gnstal gotfiiigs. 0v¢r.re:r— AMES (_ DRAPER... “Mama-:husem I1durer— ORT. WI-IITEP RAD . . . .New Jersey .§nuard——}. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wcst Virginia A::r'.rtant .S‘t:-wawI—W.H.STINSON. .N. Hampshire Chaplain-A J ROSA . . . . . . . . .. Tr¢a.rurer—F. M. MCDOWIELL . . _ $¢crttary—_lNO. TRIMHLE. 514 F t.,.Washingttin. Catt Xtr;$er—H. Tl**I0iVI PSON . . . . . . . . . . . .D<-rlawarc Ctrt.\'—MRS. KATE DA RDEN . . . Mississippi Ptrnraaa—.\IRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . ..Kentiicky Flora——I\IRS JAM ES C DRAPER. . .Massachusetts Lady A.r.rz'.i'ta9rt Ste-u-ard—l\lRS. E. M. l.ll'SCOM B, South Carolina Executive ttumtniffr-A . M. BI.ANl‘()N'. Ch‘n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginia .11. BRlGH.~\.\l . . . . . . . . .-L_)hio . I. “’OOI).VIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michig:tn tlfilcvrn 'WH‘hlgflII ‘fate Grange. I Illa;-ter.—(,‘ G LUCE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I.ansing ()1’f‘V.\‘(t’7'Al()I"II\- H1)LBR()0K . . l,anr--E. A. STRONG. . . . . . .VlCkSl)l|fg S(£7c'tilry——_l. '1'. C0l"»l§ . . . . . . .Scli oolcraft Catt Ker/tr.——_I. C. GOULD. . . . . . . . Paw aw Crrn MRS S. l. HE‘.\'TI.l-LY .. Lwton Rapids Pomona MRS. PERRY EIAYO. Battle Creek Flora — MRSJ. C. GOULD . . . . . . . . . . Paw Paw L. A. Stetuard -MRS. A. E. GREEL . .Walled Lake lilu-ciitive (‘mniultteo-. THOMAS M RS. Ch‘n . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berrien Center H D PIA’! . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ypsilanti F. W. REI)FF.RN . j. G RAI\'lSl)ELI _ . . . . .. {i]Q A BL'RRl_\lGTON.. M. SATF.Rl-EF. . . . . . . . .Maple Rapids . .Traverse City . . . . . . .Tuscola .Birmingham EEO Il:lLHE)R'l'(l.\ . . . . . . . . Fruilt Ridge ‘, G. 'tT I _ . .. . ansin ,1. T. COBB. i’ 5‘ 0”I"‘’i ........... .. Schoolcrafgt General Deputy. MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battle Creek ~p--Mal I):-[HlIi0t|. P. H G0EL'l‘ZI7..\lCI.EUCH'l‘ER. Birch Run, for Riziriaw Ccitinty. CEO. 1.. (L.-\oRE\VS. Orion. A. J. (.‘RUbl5Y. ]r., Nov-i frir Oakland County. JOHN WELl.E_ Flat Rock. for \Vaync and Monroe L‘onntie~'. THUS MARS, Bcrrien Center, for Berrien Co. R. L‘. NOR l'()N L>r.'iui:uvill '. fir Barry Co. E. \V.-\(}\'F.R, _I<*l1€~'\v'|llr:, for Hill.-'il:ile Co. 5. llUR.'\'I-ill‘. HtlllClUI[, fur Shiziwzi-see Co. C A. Ll‘) ‘N.-\l{ll, .\l:iiitoii for \\ exford Co. A. M. l.l-Zl'l‘LZll. North Hiirns. Huron Co. F,_ R, l'()l.'. HF.l<, '\(llIiI] l.€‘I‘i§lA't:8 Co. \V H :\l~\'l‘l‘F.\l')N lonirt Iniiia Cn. HENRY H (‘tli()l{()l‘I, t o'dwater, Branch Co. A_ FUl\‘l>, r\l'.llI| Kent (it). 4.lH_\I .\lr‘K \Y. l\'nm:u_ .\l:icomh Co Vl\l. RUSH, Suinniii Lity Liiand 'I‘r;ivcrse Co. “II-ltigiut Grange Sturel. A. STICGF.’\IA.V', Allczrtn. E. R ()5B\.‘{I|. .\'uith t.:nsing. PRIU: l.l.\ l 01‘ Sb l’l’l.ll:b Kept in the oificc ol the Secretary of the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, And Jen.’ out Purl-pair/, on receipt of Car/r Or Err, over t/3': Sm! of a Sulmri/inure Grange, and the xignalure of it: /lltzster or Secretary. Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred . . . . . . . . . .9 75 Blank bank. lvdger ruled. for S:-cretary to keep accounts with members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t oo Blank record book» (express paid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 00 Order book. cont.-iining [00 orders on the Treasu- rer. with stub. well hound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 50 Receipt book. containing too receipts from Treas- urer to Secretary, with stub, well hound. . . . 50 Blank l’eCeip‘.5 for dues, pc_r ioo bound. . . 5o Applii ations for membership, per too. . . Secretary's account book (new style). . Withdrawal cards. per dozen . . . . . . . . . .. . Dimits, iii envelopes, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . By-Laws of the State Urange, single copies toc: Y . . "Glad Echoes." with music, single copy 25 , dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 00 The National Grange Choir, single copy qoc; per do¢en.._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rituals. single copy.. . 25 “ rdoZ:n....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. aigo " £3: Fifth Degree, for Pomnna Granges, per copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to Blank “Articles of Association" for the incorpo- ration of Subordinate Grangcs. with copy of charter. all complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . to Notice touielinqiicnt members. per i ... 40 Declaration of Purposes. per doten 5c: per ton. . go American Manual of Parliamentary Law . . . . . . . so " " " (morocco tuck) 1 oo Di estofLawsandRulings.................... 4a Rolbooks . . . . . . . . 15 Pair -ns' Badges. . . . 25 Oficers’badges .. . .... so co—ot>i-zit \1'lVE i,irir.iut'runn. History and ()bjet:ts of Co~opcration . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 What is Co~o ration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 Some of the ‘caknessess of L'o~opcration. . . . . 02 Educational Funds: How to Use Them. . . . oi Associative Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or The I-lcvnomic Aspect of Co opcration.... oi Association and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 The Principles of Unity... . . . or The Perils of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . oi Fundariiciital Principles of 0 opera on. . ... or How to Start Co-operation Stores . . . . . . . . oi Logic nf Co operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 Origin and Development of the Rochdalc Socie- ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o3 Adzlresses and Lectures by Eminent Men . . . . . . . 03 J. '1'. Colin, Sec'y Michigan State Grange, Schoolcraft, Mich. Good, Reliable Boots and Shoes. Cole & Brother, the oldest and most reliable Shoe House in Gl‘:'lll(l Rapitls, is now heavily stocked with good, honest work for Fzirnici-i-i’ and ML-t:li:tiiics’ wear, with prions l‘C(lll(‘l‘(l on all good Address. Work. COLE & BIl.()'l‘lIl*ll£, 67 .\Ioiii'uc St, , may15t6 Grand Rapids, Mich. Come Home. Farmer Senators of Michltzanl Husband, dear husband, come home to me now, From Lansing, its cares and its harm; ‘Tis lonely without you; why do you not come And see to the things on the lariii? You told me when you were elected last fall, If I would but mice let you go, You surely would come etc the winter was gone; OI COUISE I believed it was so. Husbziiid. dear husband, come home to me now, I'm siiiffiiig the odors of spring; Yuu‘ve staid long enough in thc capital there, You're much safer under my wing. The old horsc is pctwing the stable like triad, The coll’s in a terrible stew, The small briiidle heifer has got a ti hite calf, And the cattle are l)z1\Vlitlg for you. Husband, dear husband, come home to me now, I'd like to observe what you're at; \\ hen will you get through with your bills and resolves, Your speeches by this one and that? The windmill is broken, the pump will not work, The hired man's off on a bum, Your mileage is paid by the longest way round, But take the shortest cut home. The voice ofyour Betsey is calling you, dear, lt’s iicarly ll’!t: time to make soap; And some ulthe women are saying, my love, I'i«ii giving you quite too much rope. They any there is Llttsllctfilltfi llttiug up l.l1C‘lL‘, \\ itli \\ idous rind lll£l.l(ls not :1 ft:\\‘; Ilizivc-ii’! been l\l3>L‘4l >lllt.‘L‘ the iiiuriiiiig you left, But, I):i\'is, how is it with you? Cum: huiiic. conic home, You hear me, you rascal, come home! ON A pril 9, (_l:l[)lIl|l(i1'2l.llj.fC, No. 5&0. lislt-iictl to ziii :iblc. \V('ll—tl(!ll\'t:l'L‘(l and highly ciitcrtiiiiiing lot-tiim, givcii b_\' :1 Illt‘llIl)l‘l‘ of the ()i'dt-i'. Mrs. A. (lun- nisnii. lli-i‘siil>_ii*i-t,"Cli:ii':ictci',” deliv- ered in utlii-i' 1)l1l('C.'l tli:iii our (,i'ri':iiigt-. shows tlt-up tliniiglit niul li-.:ii'iicd strciigtli. (fiaipitzil Iil':llIg_L' is ,I}l‘ill)ge to be an iiitcllectuiil, moral, socizil zttid fiiizii-icizil benefit. LECT. OUR Grange is not in a pl‘0Sp(’1‘Ul1S coiiditioii. Ilavc only had it few nicot- ings this year. We would have been glad to send more iizinies for the VISIT- oit as we are much pleased with your stand for proliibition. Our township did well,giving out, of about 300 votes ti. innjority of 142 iii f:tV0l‘0f tlic:inieiid- mcut. Jcuutc Suirsox, Sec. No. 252. Sliiawzisscc Co. [We pi-e.-tcribe the contest plan for all such Gi-iinges as this. Try it, No. 252, and then jot us again.-—En.] GIRARD Grange still continues to prosper since Bro. J.‘lS()ll \Vootlm:iii de- livered his lccturctit Grunge Hall. We have had several new iiicmbcrs and have more applicatioiis for lIlCllll)t.'l'- ship. We I1:l.V(: had no time for litu- r:ii'_v work; our time is iie:ii'l_\' all taken coiifci'i'iiig degiw.-si. Bro. \Voodiii:in sowcd good seed for US while lion: and we expect our Grange still to pl'U‘l1)Cl‘ iii the future. All are united in cll‘ni'ts for iinprovcinciit. There is :1 growing iiitcrt-st iiiiiiiift-sted tit every iiiceting to mrikc fill work of the 0l'(lCl' perfect. Over one-h-ilf our number art-, yoiiiig people of Gii'ard and there are still otliers outside the gates woiidcring at the bright prospect and the good tiln(‘S we have tit every meeting. Prohibition was it decided siiccess in our town. Tlicrc are no srilooiis here. lrood churches and scliools and live Gl'2ll)g0S have no use for thoin. Si;c’r. L.u‘Art:'i'ri: and Eitierson (}rmigc,No. 52!, was l‘(3()l'g1lllIZ0ll Oct. 5, 1885, with 15 old iiiciiibt-rs. Siiicc that time there have been 28 inlllliatefl and tour old dinner and an ample one was the order members i-eiiistntcd, (have suspended six, all old iiienibcrs except one.) Our Grzuige is about six miles from Libei't_v Grl':ll|g(?. VVc vi-it back and forth quite often and have good tiincs tngetlior, with oizctisionully 2]. good supper. VVC linvcjiist entered into the (.‘UllI(‘t~‘t we l‘(‘ll(I so iiiiicli about in the Vtsirmt, with Bro. l’t. ‘xziiiible and Sistt-1' Ii)()l‘:l Failiiig fut‘ (hiptniiis. llru. G:iinblc’s clioscii oiit-s (lid tht-ii‘ host lzist night. our first iiicctiiig in this (]ll:ll'lL‘l'. It will h‘lll‘(‘l_\' be ll Sll('i‘»t‘.‘~“4. 'l‘ht.-re \V'zl..~' oiiczipplit-utiuii lziivd iiiglit iind SL‘\'(‘ll bliiiiks I:ll\'(‘ll out. We hope the good work bcguii will i-oiitiiiiic until we st-0 our iiciglilioi-s llll \lllIlt,‘(l in the (}i':iiig'0. L. Ii. G. Grzitiot Co., April 8. TIIUR\'l)AY, April 21, was ct-lulii':itcil by .\I:uli.~'oii (il'.lllg(', No. 2554, ii~i its tliii'tt-ciitli bii'tlid:i_\'. The 0IllL'L’l'S li:id been iiiitiriiig in their work and hsid the hall t:i.'~'tcfull_v (l(.‘(‘.0l':lIC‘(l. The rooiii was well filled with Pa- trons ziud fi'icii(l.~i and .~‘li0i'tly after t‘l(3VUll o’clock the ollit-ei's tiled in and took their l'0Sp(‘('Il\'0 pl.-itrcs. Wortliy l\I:istoi' ll.-ittic I5:-,:il czilli-il the 1lS.s'(*.lll- lily to (irdcr with it few i't.-iiixirks its to the ()l_)jL‘(,‘I of their (-oiiiiiig togctlicr. After siiigliig by the (il'illl,Lft‘, 1!. pr:i_\'ci' was 0ITUl‘t‘.(l b_v tlu- Wui'tli}' Clniplaiiii. Wui'tli_\' Sci-rt-t:ii'y E. ll. l’oiiclii,-i' iii tl. lbw \V(‘ll-\\'Ul'll(3tl. ]'c|ll:ll‘l{.s‘ gzivc fl. lic:ii'ty ivclcmiic to illl. The i'c.llU\V(:(l ll_\' "'l‘lic lli.-'tni'_v of i\l:I.tll~'t)ll (Jr.-iiigc" by Bi-ii. Ii. li<"zll,\Vlt0 <'3ll’l'l(5t,l us l)2lt‘l\' to the lllllt‘ wlit-ii 1’. \V. zhtlilllh t::iiii(: and obli;_r:itcd 60 iiiviiilii.-i'~', gzivc xi ft-.w iiistriiviiuiis.took $34) and (l(‘]_)I|l'lL‘tl, lcnviiig tlu-iii in .-tudy out the :iiiii.~' and ()lllL‘('l*a' of the Ul'(ll3l‘ aiiid soiiic tll>(.‘.t)\‘(.‘l'l‘tl that it \\'2l.~l not togruiv iiiilt'pciitlviitl_\—' rich by doing tiwziy with_ Ill(.' iiiidi.llmii:iii. Afit-i‘ Il':lUlll_££ tlii'uii;,»'li the ups ziiid dowiis Ut)ll~‘L)qllcIll. to (‘riniiigc UXln‘I(.‘ll'..'C wt: ll:l\'(3 :i 1)I'('S(.‘ll[ sliowiii-,3; of :i good iiiciiibci'sliip of tititlilul,t-ziriicst work- ers. I\'iiiiu,-mils ll'IlL‘l'S of gm-ctiiig we-i'ci'c:itl fruiii llllbclll oiics. l{i:i:iL:i— [ion by Sister Allis, iiftcr which visit- ing I’:iti'ous from other Graiiigcs gave its words of chccr. Tliii-i closctl the L‘XCl'LTln‘cS of the (ltL_\', but, still they liiigcrcd to cxcli:in;:c soc-izil greeting, and we hope the day proved one of profit to all. Mltitr C. ALLIS Lciiawee Co. TALLMADGE Grziiigc, N o. 639, wishes to be known as still alive and well,:iiid ready to take hold of any business that may come before it. “For the Good of the 0i'dci'.” We lizive all been waiting anxiously since election to learn how the consti- tu tioiiiil prohibition aiiicndinciit t'a.rcd. We fear that it has fiiilcd this timc,but our motto is never to give tip in it good CINISC, but to buckle on our armor and again be ready for the contest. I think I can give ti. record of this Gi':iiige as nezirly uiiaiiiiiiuus in fzivor of the ziiiieiidniciit, and as for those few who were opposed, it was not for it lack of syiiipzitliy with teiiipcraucc. but their lioiiost opinion that there VVILS :1 better way to get at it. I think the teinptii'- aiicc principle is bound to triumph i'lll:lll_\' and we are ready to do all we can to help it on. M. S. Siuirii. ()Il.fl.\Vll. Uo., April 16. .M [NE Gmiigc, No.248, has recently taken in four new tiiciiibcrs. At our iicxt iiicctiiig we will have taken them over till the rough places and shall lc:td tliciii to it least of good Lliiiigs, both for the body and mind. They are two men and their wives. Ilow appropi'i:ite for fllflll and wile thus to go togetlicr to enjoy the blcssiiigs af- fordcil by the Graiiigcl Our iiicctiiigs of late have been well tittciidcd and the iiitcicst manifested shows that the Gl‘(llIg() is doing very much in edit- cating the fziriners and r.-iisiiig the stziiidiml of the laboi'ei's. The Sheep Brcctlcrs’ Association of VVcstei'ii l\lit:liig.'iii met on April 3 tit Bro. L. C. Gilbci't.’n in D0l'l‘ Township, AllCg':lll (10. The tbiy W215 its lovely as niany of the ladies present. the zittviitliimze fair; iiczirly 2200 persons pi'ci-it-iit, 8 free I of the day. _.-pi'i::iil,mitl We tliinlt we know from ex peril,-iict~. I). II. POUND. CHSH Go. [This isciitei‘pri2:e! this is progrosq! iirisiniich as this is the third jotting we have had telling of tho Corey (}i':inge boom. Because of two iioticcs to the ii:iiticcll'cct its this, that ll]_)pCl1l't‘(l in the last Visirott, we have felt obliged to shorten this one. \Vh:itti feast of cheer the Visitor: would possess if every Grange did as wclll~Eii.] MT. TABOR Grange, No. 43, has de- nounced the action of the plaster deal- ers and will try substitutes for plaster. Our oi'gaiiizntioii continues and is do- ing it good work. Progrzims of lItCl‘.’ll'_V exercises are the rule and nearly till, if not all, take part. As many its 14, in- cluding both sexes, were on their fe_et to-day talking upon the following qiicstions: 1. Does it pity the Grange to bring the hand work? *2. Does it pay to niissa. meeting? 3. \Vliicli requires the gi'e:itci' skill to perform their m-spectivc duties, out- door or iii-door lnboi's? , Tlicsc qiiestioiis-' were li:tu(led to the Lectiirt-i' and presented to the Grtiiigc by him. and many excellent thought and spicy specclics were given. A l,ll'(iIlll‘l'S[lll8(l that by stziyiiig at home he lirid sown his wliciit which otlicr- Wise would have been put hztck sevcnil Ll£1_\'.~t by rain. Sister G. liintcd tliiit his 0V(!l'i{t.‘(8(l strength by the work at that time would not be made up by tlietlilfcrciice iii the crop. On the last question the palm was C21l‘l'i0(I away when :1 sister t-old US that the one who tilled the soil, BG21tLCl'8(l the need, hur- vcsted the crop and iiitirketctl the mine, did trifling work, coiiipared with the skill, chemical knowledge and tact 1' - quircd to prepare that wheat flour for the table three titties 9. day and 365 days in R. yc:ii'. Since the iimcndinciit qiiosatioii has l)(‘Cll before the people our lzidit-s are so thoi-ouglily in favor of woiiien‘s rights that they tzike it as a. mutter of course that the last word is for i,l1(‘.ll'll. di wou’t mind liariiessing the iC‘llll tint riving to the door if the lady will face the storm and guide the team. It is now tilmost time to pro:-pzii-e for Cliiltli-cii’s I).-iy (I have not seen any- tliiiig iii the VISITOR i'cg:u'diiig it yet.) We expect. that our plcil-re to Sister .\I:iyu lzist spring is as biiidiiig .-is when lll:l(lL‘ to ll(‘l'. Ulll‘ siiccess lzlsl. ytltll‘ was so lll:ll‘l\'C(l we oiiglit not to let it go bv lllllll‘(,‘(l(‘(l. I \V0lltl(,‘l’ it Si.-'tci' .\‘I:ivo I‘(Jt'i’5l\'('(l :1 rnport of our llill’.=i Utiiiiiers (.‘liihli'cii'.~i [my in l?~'\‘ti. I tukc the lib- tpt;]~:i_v Itli llt()ll‘.lll{'Ullg'l| the V1l.!~jlT(;lt, hi :1 ioiigi it: (my was co ( . tio ;t'1'cctiii;_rs \V(‘l't3 \V;ll‘lll :iiid <-.oi'd'i:il. Three l:ii'gc st-,liuo‘.<. with it guoil pro- ;£l':llll tllltl 2| siiiiiptiiuiis (lllill(.'l', iiiiidc it (l.‘l_\‘ that will not stitiii be elliiccd from our iiit-iii0i'ics. _'I'li:iii_lllt‘l‘. _\'out‘ sclinul :iiitl } uui't-liildrcii lizivc this will- ter l)l'(,'ll ll .~llt'CL'>$. Mus. .\I.u‘u. I’.ti.iii‘it.\ Gi':iii_::c :i;::iiii coiiios to the frmil with :llI(>Lll(,'l' Sll(Ct'(.‘.\‘sllll miitcst. Your "_iultvi"' .\.'ll'iJll(‘(l. in last l"i‘id:iy ni;_-‘lit lllltl with tlllll{.‘lll[_\' ])ll.\ll¢_‘(l nis w:i_v into the crowded :lll(lUVL‘l'll()\Vlllg lizill. It \\‘:i.-' the lust lllI'l,'IllIg of the cuiiii-st. l“()I‘I_\'-(,‘l_L‘llIlll)1)llt‘:lll()llS were bi-uiiglit in that t.-vciiin;_»:, iiuikiiig 05 in all. )ll‘S. Arnold l’opc iiiitl l\l:idison Gt-:ivo.-i were l0ll(lCl'-S on one side and A\1I'H. I,ir(‘Ul'j_{C Everci t and .ll0l':lC0 Sztylea on the other. Mrs. lflvcrctt led the suc- c.cssl‘iil p:ii'1_V. scoring 5287 points tgziiiist 3750. II. \':i_vlcs scciircd 24 up- pliU:ltI0llS and is the cliaitipioii of the match. Tliirtt,-cn subscribers for the VISITOR is piirt of the good work ac- couiplislicd. The pi'ogi':iiii for the last evening was soiiictliiiig to be proud of; soiigs, diailogiies. 1'CCIL‘rLIi0llS, etc-., were some of the lcutliiig fczitiiics. An ora- tion by Bertie Clark was an eflbrt wor- thy 01 all coiniiiciitlzttioti. Sister Ever- ett and Sister Pope worked diligently all the way through and to them the Grange owes much ofits success. Many other menibcrs worked with 9. will that meant: “'I‘hci'c’s no such thing an tail.” I leaf!) that the exercises have been first rate all the way through. The Grange gave their iimpiro, Sister Cole, a iiiianitiious vote of thanks for her untii-iiig labors in keeping the scores and deciding questions of con- troversy. As there are now iiuiny con- tests in [)l'Ogl'()SS, members should beat‘ well in mind that the otiice of umpire is it very uucnvinblc one and it is their ditty to &l(lllCl'C sti-ictly to rules govern- ing the contest, thus l'(‘ll(‘.Villg' their uiiipire froni the iiuplc:is:int task of soiiictiiiics scttliiig dispiitt-ti questions. ():in Palm yra Griingc still wear the bolt? Bowisx Ci=.N'ri~:it Grniigc. No. 219, has been (IOl'm=1llt fur RUVIIO time. but has come to lite tigziin. Wcdiiescliiyevening, April '27, I i'coi'g:iiii7.c(l the Gmiige with 14 of the old iiienibcrs and four ll('W()ll('S. I iiistzilled the otlicers and think they have now come to stay. They voted a copy of the VISITOR to catch fmiiily iii the Grange, the Grziiigo to pay for the szuiic. A. Four), Special Deputy. ——- Malai-in.l poisons contain the germs of dziiigcrous div-‘eases. lf thcsc poisons at-.(~.iiitiiil:itc iii the systoui. 'l‘)'phoid, Biliousi, liitcrinitleut or Uliill Fever it sure to follow. Ayci"s Agile Cure in {I W£ll'l‘§1llI€tl specific for miilitria. TIEIE G-HANG-E VISITOR. May 15, I887. A Vision. The wintry hills before me rise; The sun is hid by leaden skies And fast the snow~drifts fly Before the wind so piercing cold, That cometli like a warrior bold, His foemen to defy. The summer flowers, fair and bright, Are buried deeply out of sight Under a snowy pall. Oh! dear heart-hopes that blossomed late, Ifear that soon the same sad fate , Mustithee befall! But at my call a vision fair, _ Of those same hills in sunlit air, With ever changing hues, Will come to cheer the arctic day, And drive afar the dark array Of thoughts I fain would lose. Soft cloud-shadows, rich and deep, Swift across the hillsides sweep, And o'er the meadows wide. I feel the breeze that stirred the flowers That bloomed in the long, golden hours Thy presence glorified. Wears miles of land and sea. Between thy presence, dear, and me, Roll their length along, But with the vision‘s flowers and hills Comes disbelief in all life s ill- I break forth into song—— What has been ours is ours forever, And can be taken from us never While memory shall last! What though the wintry storm may rage! What though life’s battles we must wage! We have the happy past! Remain with me, oh! vision clear, And help me feel the ‘presence near Of one so far away! When summer winds shall blow once more, Thy bark will sail from that far shore. Oh! hasten joyous day! —-Irene Hunt, in Good Housekeeping. gnmmnniratinns. Teachers‘ Institutes Do Pay their Cost. - I have just had the opportunity to read the pliilippic against Tcacliers’ Institutes in the VISITOR of the 1st ult., understood to have been written by it Mr. VVoolsey of Marshall. Answers by others have not left this man a leg to stand on: but a few points still seem to demand my personal attention. 1. IIc is grossly ignorant of the system he attacks. Conductors and instructors do not go, at their own in- stance, into any county; they are Lhere under appointment of the State De- partment of Education. They are there not “until the money fhils,” but for an entire week of five days, or two such weeks, whether their f'iill allow- ances can be paid or not. Of six ap- pointments of mine last yearl had but a fraction of my pay at half of them. Nor, on the other hand, can an Insti- tute be licld “until the money fails” in counties where there is a surplus. I left in the Calhoun County ti-czisiiry as much of the Institute f'i1nd last August as I deducted for expenses of the Institute; and \Voolsey very well knows it. The whole matter of allow- ance and expenses, except in the petty matters of local expenditure, is alto- gether licyond the control of the cou- ductors; it is ordered at the State headqiiarters. Biit,— 2. I have once in a great while had to protect the fund of a county against its own citizens who are “on the make.” Such a case was presented at the Marshall Institute. No bill was handed in for “use” of the Baptist church as this man avers. In twenty years’ experience of Institutes I have never seen such a bill and never expect to see one—-in Micliigan at least. An exorbitant fee was allowed the janitor for his indifferent services; but when a bill of $9 for “gas” for evenings was put in, I advised our local committee- man at once that there was a mistake or a swindle in it, and that while 1 should take his receipt for the whole for the purpose of closing my returns to the Department, he was instructed to ascertain the rightful sum to be paid and hold the balance subject to orders from Lansing. We found the gas bill of the church for the entire month to be but $5.28, and paid the whole with my approval. The I)e- partment was notified accordingly, and I suppose settlement with the oommitteernan made long since. Mr. Woolsey’s inuendo that the whole “$9 stuck to somebody’s fingers” must be answered with the silent contempt it deserves. 3. Mr. Woolsey easily found what he was looking for-—teacliers who would decry the Institutes. People generally do find what they want in matters of opinion. I do not remem- ber, however, that Mr. W. made any attempt like an honest and intelligent inquirer to form an independent judg- ment by attendance at any session of the Institute, or even at the evening lectures. The inference he would have readers make from his elaborate and searcliing investigations elsewhere is wholly wrong. The general voice of the teachers is with the system,tlioiigh every Institute has at least one “black sheep” who does what he can todcstroy its uscfulncss. I could fill cvcry page of your h:indsome l)I'()illl sheet with testimonials, in resolutions, letters and othi-i'\visc, to the uscfiiliicss of the In- stitutes. The year aftcroiir meeting in Knlk.-iska County one of the most in- tclligciit residents tlicre assiircd the lady member of our firm that the pri- fll.‘ll'_V nictlioils she introduced had gone into general use throughout the county. We have had many plczisnnt and satis- factory echoes of the kind. Surely the teachers who were at Marshall last summer will not say that the several exercises upon Calhoun County geography and history were valucless, —n'ir the superb dcmonstraitions in “scientific temperaiice teaching” by Dr. Kellogg of the Battle Creek Sanita- riiim,—nor the plain, practical teach- ings of their fellow-worker, Supt. Halsey of Battle Creek. They will not say that they did not mean what they implied when they voluntarily postponed for inaiiy minutes the exer- cises of their County Teachers’ Asso- ciation that Mrs. Ford might be in- vitcd to continue the Institute instruction she had been giving just before. These Institutes are not yet perfection, nor are farmers’ institutes, nor ministers’, nor any other. They still require some patience and charity. But no one feels their defects more than the conductors and instructors, or is striving harder to remedy them. 4. Not only Supt. Halsey but other Calhoun County educators,—Spcnccr Thompson and others,—have been em- ployed at the Institutes in their own county. None has been held of late years without one or more of them. Surely these do not come Within the dreadful category of “professionals, who have never been in the county be- fore and will not come again until the Institute fund is replenished”—what- ever all this may mean, as related to the ability of a. conductor or instriictor to do his work. It is quite common to employ a local teacher on the Insti- tute stafi'—sometiines, I am sorry to say, quite to the detriment of the meeting, through his dullness, ignor- ance or inexperience. 5. The sums exhibited in \Voolsey’s tables as payments for services are misleading, as he intejidcd they should be. A large part of them must in most cases be deducted for actual cash expenses of travel, board, etc. There is no room for the common rziscality of “coiisti'iictive expenses” in thc Iii- stitii te :iri':iiigcments. The regular daily pay of instructors is $6 for sev- eral lectures or class exercises and very likely much iiiiscellaiieoiis work. If he (or she) delivers evening lecturcs,—- oiie, two, or even three,——a nominal fee ol'$l0 for all is paid. ' If the iii- structor is also conductor he receives aiiotlicr nominal sum of $10 for his management’ of the Institute and the preparation of a large number of papers by way of returns to the De- partment. In many cases in the newer or poorer counties he does not receive his allowances, but must take what he can get—tliree-fourths, two-thirds, one-half, or even less, as we have per- sonally experienced—from the local fund, supplemented by the State grant of $60 or less, commonly less. All accounts must pass the State Auditors, who will quickly detect any crooked- ness in them. At best but light pay is given for the high grade of work done. Iani sure that no kind of labor to which Profs. Payne and I’utn:im, and other University and Normal School men of high rcpiitation, are called, pays them so little in ])|‘u1)0I‘- tion to the time taken and toil iii- volvcd. The system in general pays :11] if can,at present; but I think no other State with an efficient systeiii inzinagcs it more econoinically. I have rcccived :1 round $100 for two short weeks of coiiip:ir:itively light work in an Ohio 1 stitutc, without any re- sponsibilit_ for its niaiiagciiiciit and returns. Mrs. Ford has had $75 for a single easy-goiiig week at a Cincin- nati Institute; and these are coiiimon prices in ()liio. But enough of this. 6. Mr. Woolsey makes one slizimc-' lcssly false and dishonest statcnient in figuring the days of the Institute in Calhoun County for the last four years at “sonic fifteen or sixteen.” He, liimself, shows up five institutes; he knows by the returns in the County Trc:isiii'ci"s office that none of these was for less than five days, and that one was for ten; he has deliberately economized the truth in reducing the number to half, and thus doubling the expenses per diem. Ilis classification of the Institute conductors with “Bo- hemian oat rnen” is decidedly too con- teniptible for even this much notice. It can do the noble band of Michigan educators no harm; but it writes him down a donkey and an ignoramus of the first water. In conclusion, permit me to add to my unexpectedly long reply the following admirable quotation from Bob Burdette, whose wit and wisdom I am sure must have many admirers among the intelligent VISITOR con- stituency. It is not without its plain, close bearings upon one subject. Remember, my boy, the good things in the world are always the cheapest. Spring water costs less than corn whisky; a box of cigars will buy two or three Bibles; a gal- lon of old brandy costs more than a barrel of ffour; a “full hand” at poker often cost a man more in twenty minutes than his church subscription amounts to in three years; a state election costs more than a revival of religion; you can sleep in church every Sun- day morning for nothing, if you're mean enough to deadbeat your lodging in that way, but a nap in a Pullman car costs you two dollars every time; fifty cents for the circus, and a penny for the little ones to put in the missionary box; one dollar for the theatre, and a pair of old trousers frayed at the end, and baggy as to the knee, for the Michigan sufferers; the race horse scoops in the $2,000 the first day, and the church fair lasts a week, works twenty-five or thirty of the best women in America nearly to death, and comes out $40 in debt! Why, my boy, if you ever find yourself sneering or scofiiiig because once in a while you hear of a preacher getting a living, or even a luxu- rious salary, or a temperance worker making money, goout in the dark and feel ashamed of yourself, and if you don’t feel above kick- ing a mean man, kick yourself. Precious little does religion and charity cost the old world, my boy, and when the money it does is flung into its face, like a bone to a dog, the doner is not benefitted by the gift, and the receiver is not, and certainly should not be grateful. It is insulted. HENRY A. Form. Detroit. April 28, ’87. Law—Maklng Farmers. EDITOR Giuinori Visiroi-t:—I’erhaps a small space in the VISITOR may be de- voted with profit to the subject of the farmers in the Legislature, or laws af- fecting the interests of farmers, that have been or may be enacted by the present Legislature of Michigan. One thing is ‘certainly noticeable,that when measures come up f'or action,upon which the farmers have expressed their sentiments through the State Grange, great respect is paid to those opinions and force is added to them from the fact that they represent the farmers of Michigan through the only organiza- tion recognized in the State. "The re- ports of the State Grange are searched with interest when questions affecting agriculture are under discussion, with the object of finding out “What the Gi-angers want,” so it is eiicouraging to know that while the State Grange can not make laws, it can recommend measures with the assurance that when the time comes that they may be brought up for action in the Legisla- ture, they will receive the considera- tion to which they are entitled and a request emanating from the State Grange is of great value in securing the passage of measures sought. The committee on legislative action appointed by the State Grange has failed to show up to any great extent, except members of it who are meni- bers of the Legislature; but I believe that the farmer nicnibers may be trust- ed with the lll8:lS1ll‘eS that are entrust- ed to their care. As I have but little time in which to prep:ire a long statement of the nieas- urcs that have passed the Legisl:iture, that directly aflect the agriculturzil iii- terests of the State, I willsiiiipl_v give you the outlines of some of the meas- ures contemplated. 1. The bill introduced by Brother Cole, for the destruction of the Eng- lish sparrow lnis becoine :1 law and the small boy is getting in his Work very effectively, but as the bill carried no money with it for the payment of the bounty, except through action of the Board of Supervisors of the various counties, the law is liable to become inoperative. This measure is one of greater im- port.-iuce to the farmers than may at first thought be attached to it. They are the ornithological pirates, driving away our song and insect-destroying birds, besides being very destructive to the crops of the country. In my next I will speak of the olco- II1aI‘gal‘llle bill,iiitrodiiced by Mr. Lin- coln, and the Seiiate Bill, introduced by Senator Hollirook, providing for the reporting of mortgages by the Reg- ister of Deeds to the various assessing officers in his county for the purpose of taxation. I’A'ri.*oN. Lansing, April 27. - -—:io>——-—v— Bob Veal. Eiiirou Visirouz There is no one ainong your I‘0ll.(lt‘l'S but knows wli:it bob veal is, but they don't know so well as Nciv York State folks do. Bob vcal is veal from :1 call but a few hours old. Boards ofllenltli and all the m:icliincry of powerful State and city laws have been wrest- ling with that little calf and could not down it. They tried scientific wrestling rules, and finally wrestled catch-as-catcli-caii. It was so power- fill that around Board of Health offices among the officials it caine to be known as Robert veal. There was it fiiblcd man in ancient times that it was said could lift a cow,and the way he did it was to lift it every day f'roni the time it was a calf. If the bob veal nuisance had been tackled in its infancy it could have been governed, but it was allowed to grow, until it has taken infinite work and expense to down it. But it was thrown and died in the effort. Bob veal is dead, and the prodigals are invited to the feast. It may not be as wholesome as the fhtted calf that. the old gentleman killed in Bible times when that fast, ‘ rapid son of his returned from his Wild-oat sowing, and when that older brother kicked so vigorously. The prodigals should not complain, how- ever. for it is what they have been serving to half 8. million people for so many years. Perhaps Michigan readers would understand the subject a little better if an historical sketch was given of the business. For many years unscrupu- lous dealers, or market men, have kept agents in the dairy counties outlying Buffalo buying up the described calves; they were then killed, packed and sent by freight as flour in flour barrels or drawn in wagons by night to the city and sold to certain unscrupulous mar- kets as veal. The city folks are not particularly posted on such matters, and didii’t know the difl'erence between bob veal and good orthodox veal. The city and town fought the thing thor- oughly and managed to suppress it as veal, but it was some like su ess- iiig a featlier bed, when you lowered it in one place it would raise a corre- sponding elevation in another. \Vhen the city finally suppressed it as veal, the ring still kept up its orgaiiizatioii; the calves were still bought and, ac- cording to the law of iiifereiice, were used in some shape. How was it? The thing was then to ferret out the how. It. was put into the hands of City Cattle Inspector Rust, of East Buflalo, and he worked secretly and thoroughly till :ill the rings were ex- posed whereby the city dealers worked in conjunction or collusion with their country cousins, learned how it was shipped, where, and where it came from and fi'om What dairies. After he knew all the plans and rings,wliich knowledge the trade did not suppose he possessed, then he made all ready and came down on them and exposed the thing from the farincrs, the deal- ers, the agents, and the city receivers. It would be an interesting story how he ferreted out these rings, and how he went into country town and sought out these job veal slaughter- houses, which were more sheds in the woods, in secluded spots and along lonely roads. The plan was for agents to contract with dairymen for all their calves before being born at about 75 cents each. A dairy of from 25 to 50 cows will haves. good may of their calves in the spring and they are col- lected daily and taken to these slaugh- ter-houses and skinned. The meat is pared off the bones, packed in soap boxes after salting, the bones sold to fertilizing men or farmers as pl]0B- phate material, the rennet is sold to cheese factories. You can figure this up. The calf will weigh from 30 to 50 pounds when born and the meat sells for 4 or 5 cents per pound to the city sausage maker. The hide brings 50 to 60 cents, to say nothing of the minor sales spoken of. One dollar is netted on each calf by the butcher. The meat when it arrives in Buffalo is mixed with good beef and cannot be detected by the user, except in its ef- fects which are dysentery. The meat has no grain and is a sticky, bloody mass, you may throw it against the walland it will stick thereto. Like- wise the rennet could not be detected in cheese except by analysis, but its effects are there just the same. It is estimated that from 1500 to 2000 such calves are slziuglitcrcd and used in Biifililo annually till the recent expos- ure and suppression. F:ll'lllCl‘.~T are not guiltless in this matter. I_)2lll‘_\'lllcll knew what was being done with these calves, but still they sold them. Those lioncst old farnicrs, they didn’t know wlnit was being done with them, oh, no—thc innocents at homcl They cotild watch a man kill calves on their barn floors and skin and pack the meat, and never imagiiic—it would ncver cntcr their knowledge-boxes what that city f'cl- low was up to. Oh, no! lnspcctor Rust wished to record the fact, and did in his report, that many farmers and dairynicii {l('tt'tl honorably and kept tliccalvcs until they were old enough to sell for veal, or else sold the hide tlicmsclves and buried the re- mains of' the clcccased calf. This is recorded with pleasure. They must. have been Patrons. A law is talked of prohibiting farmers from selling their calves. That will get the mat- tcr wlicrc it belongs. in bob veal in New York State is done, to the honor and health of the Einpirc State. E. \V. S. Buffalo, N. Y. — - —- The Disgrace of Michigan. Since the dcfezit of the prohibitory znncndinent we have felt soincwlnit. as the Jews did, as expressed in the 127th l’s;ilm: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we rcinenibcred Zion.” Yes, we almost wept to think Micliigaii, “our Michi- g:in,” a State noted for the enterprise and iiitclligencc of its people, a State with such a brilliant record in peace and in war, 21 State from which we did expect better things than to bow down and worship at the shrine of King Al- cohol—li:id bartercd principle fora few paltry dollars in the shape of a tax or license on the infamous traffic in death and damnation. Now Micliiguii has turned herself in the scale of inor:ility by deciding to continue as partner in the (lriiiikzird-iiiaking business! \Ve used to sympatliize with “bleeding Kaiissis” in her struggle to prevent the introduction of African slavery within her borders; yet how far in advance of us is that noble young State upon a greater question than African slavery ever was; and with what pity or dis- dain (we scarcely know which) she regards us as we grovel at the chariot wheels of this rum power. Talk no more of Michigan’s greatness until she repeiits in sackclotli and ashcs and purges herself from this great iniquity. Then, perchanee, the good Lord will have mercy on her and forgive this great sin of her people. Van Burcn County did her duty on the 4th of April. She washed her hands f'roin this great iniquity by giv- ing 3.562 majority f‘or “God and Home.” She is the banner county on that side in the State. And why did not other counties do as well? If they had, Michigan’s great disgrace would have been wiped out. Now, who is responsible for the de- feat of the amcndnient? Not the Pro- hibitionists. They accepted submis- sion in good faith and worked like beavers for it. They had 113 speakers in the field, directed 2,113 meetings, circulated 2,700,000 pages of campaign literature, none of it of a political character, disbursed $4,637.90 and east not less than 25,000 votes for it. The Democratic party are certainly not re- sponsible for its defeat because they opposed its submission and it was ex- pected they would to agreat extent op- pose its adoption, though a heavy vote from that party was cast for it. Then the Republican party alone is rc:spoii- siblc for the defeat of the iinicndinciit. If the leading Republican papers and politicians in the State had stood by the amciidnient as they were in lionor bound to do, it would have swept the State by at least 50,000 majority. Be- f'orc the election last f':ill it was pro- clziinicd from the stump all over the State that the Republican part v was the only true friend of prohibition and through it only could itconic. W'herc was the Hon. J. C. Burrows during the amendment canipaigii that his ring- ing voicc was not heard in favor of suppressing this outrage upon humani- ty—the liquor curse? Does any one Bu t the traffic‘ doubt if he had been as active in the amendment cause as he always is when his own election is at stake, that Kala- mazoo-County would have given thou- sands inajority instead of a few hun- dreds, and that his district, the 4th, would have given us the amcndnient in spite of the slums of Detroit, its Duf- fields, Kcnts. and reiicgiidc preachers? But pressing business (we presume) took Mr. Burrows out of the fight and harm’s way, as he probably thought. But, perhaps, he that refuses to fight in so good a cause but runs away, will be compelled to fight some other day. We congratulate the Republican pa- per, leaders and voters, also the Demo- cratic in this county, f'or their honor- able course in supporting the amend- ment so cordially; but if we are not iiinch mistaken the defeat of the amendment will i'cbouiid with crush- ing force upon the Republican party in this State, which alone is responsi- ble for its defeat. D. WOODMAN. Paw Paw. —~ Knowing One's Opportunity. Bonaparte used to say when asked about such and such a movement or entcrprise, “thc pcar is not ripe yet,” if he deemed it unwise to act. We must not only know what principles are wise and good, but also Where they may be practically applied, or when it is our opport.1inity to act in a given cause. This qiialit_v of mind may be called, busiiicss, practical or political, perspective, but it is a rare and valu- able gift. John Bright knew What was the right thing in theory, but he often missed the golden opportnnit_v— when victories arc won. He knew that war was a crime against God and iii:iii, but he did not see that when the E nglish people were in a fury of passion over the tfriinc,-an war it was the worst possible time to enforce his great truths on their minds. Disraeli was the oppositc of' this. He knew just when to write a book. inst how to introduce a bill, just when to make a. speech on it. In the most difficult and perplexing qiicstioiis he prcscrvcd a sense of touch as dclicatc as a woinaii’s. Ile had genius for forcing the golden opportunity to act. Our able states- man, William H. Seward, possessed this rare gift in :1. great degree, while it was coiispiciiously absent in Cliarles Sumner. John Quincy Adams was a. great state:-'iri:iii in so far as the prin- ciples of government. and a mastery of a wide field of information was con- cerned, but he lacked this faculty, he could not pt'actically apply his knowl- edge. Gladstoiic with all his accom- plishments never knows when “the pear is ripcz” he has signally failed in some iniportant crisis of his life. Abr:ih:ini Lincoln had the wisdom of a political sccr. Sonic of tlic gm,-atcst niisfortuncs to the cause of a country liavc rcsultcd from {I lack of this fac- ulty iii :1 lc:idcr or g4-ncral. l*'r:incis the First would nevcr have written to his inotlier after the bnttlc of I’:Lvi:i— “all is lost but liouor,”if llI5 had not listcned to the bad counsel of his Ad- miral, Boiinivet. The great Condc posst-ssccl this faciilty by n:itur:il instinct. It is said that let him come on to the field when the battle li:id bccn half fought and his presiding genius would direct him when and where to strike the enemy and secure the victory. John Van Buren, the distinguished lawycr and orator, like this great French Gciici‘al, was highly gifted with this facultv. He has been known to conic into the court room when a trial had been some time “under way,” and to have surprised the opposite coiinsel by the i'c:idiness with which he took hold of the case. niid the inas- tcrly ability with which he dcfeiidcd his client and won the suit. I.’robably no lawyer in our Anicricaii courts possessed this talent, or genius, to know when one’s great opportunity for action conics, in so great a degree, as John Van Buren. The possession of this faculty , we were about to say, is the “open scsaiue” to the highest achievements of the lawyer. Boiripartc. like the great Conde, possessed the military faculty by nat- ural instinct. It was his star of mili- tnry success. The day before the bat- tlc of Austerlitz, seeing some move- ment of the enemy, he exclaimed: -"Before to-morrow evening that army is my own I’’ The victory of Auster- litz, the next day, proved that he knew that a golden opportunity for the French army had arrived. This fac- ulty was the guiding genius to Bona- parte’s great military achievenients. Was it any less to \Vell'ington, when it inspired him to exclaim to his sol- diers at VVaterloo, “Up and at them, boys I’’ At any rate, that order to his men may have led to this great E nglisli victory. The title “Rougli and Ready” applied to Gciieral Tayloi-, was given him after the American people had found out that he possessed this Napo- leonic gift of winning battles, and no one discovered this quicker than the French did. Thcy saw in him sonic- tliiiig of the “Little Corporal” before he won the glorious battle of Biicna Vista. Prob.-ibly no great gcncr:il or w=irrior in the E:istc1'iiwoi‘lI‘l\' llrll-S -—p:irtii-iil:il'ly Flt. if the rlrlu-\v:lls are attcuded to as they slioiild IIC. u ll-‘ liiborcrs «li-:iiik lest-I lwcl‘ mill wlii-l=._\'. sinoki-d ll.‘\\’l‘l' «'i;!:lI‘»~' =-Iml clwivi-ll li-an vilo tolnicr-o. more of lliciil would li-ivo lil-irit-.-'o1‘ llIl‘l' own. and lw on llll‘ l'I)=|ll that ll:i.~' illmle ilinliy tlj ‘m'“' "- "3l’ll3‘lll-’l ‘H10 ‘V55 01100 "- 13-‘ | -“.‘'-‘W“' lllill l’¢""“ll~-‘5 3“ ‘lbsllllillev lg‘ , sliippi-(l \\’mil to this lll)ll.‘I(_‘ 1':-i'.~‘c\'ct‘:l.l 5 _ I the best at yout' inwtuigs. ho rcr. Shall the Jury Svstem be Retained? This question is iinswered by Edward A. Thomas in the March number of the Forum.j in part by presenting the opinions of the press, of lawyers, and of judges, to which Judge Tlioiiias adds his own. The question is vastly important as the Work of the system is li:ible to enter into every avenue of biisiiiess. dcterniinos the frcedoiii or re- straint ot the Clll7.(‘ll and says in some stalcs a man may live or must die. The press has not given that atten- tion to this matter that the iiitei-csts iiivolved dcinaiid, because the press as a whole is not solicitous to seize upon a subject that affects the interests of the great body of the people that is not of a p:irtiz:in cliiiracter, when by so doing it will aiitzigoiiizc 8. class iii- tcrcsted in maiiitriiniiig 9. law and usage sanctioned by age. The law- yers as a body do not care to stir up this subject as any change that might be made would be likely to diminish the amount oflcgal business aiidjudges are a conservative class that we seldom find actively engaged in retorm work. VVo dislike to say this, for of all men they seem to occupy :1 position that en- iiblcs them to determine what legisla- tion, either rcstrii-tive or permissive, would be of benefit to the people; but we seldom know of their suggcstiiig ameiidiiients to existing law or doing any active work in thatdirectioii. But objections to the jur_v systctn are occasioiiiilly made by a newspaper. In the article rel(—-rred to,tlic writer quotes from a leading New York daily. “The jury systciii seems to be acceptable in one respect——it gives entire s.-itisfiictioii to the “boodlers” and their friends. There are so miiiiy ways of ai-rziiigilig for thejury’s verdict by the skillful use of luuds and influence * * that the system is entirely in their fa- vor. The city is to be hunted through- out for twelve men who have no opiu- ioiis, no prejudices agaiiilzt anything or anybody coniiectcd with the misc; twelve men who don’t read the papers, or, it they do, don't careapciiiiy wlieth- er aldcrincn take bribes or not. and when they are found. a. single one of their iiiiuibcr can hang the ease up and pi':lcticall'_v give the acciisl-ll im- inilnity.” ll St.‘(‘lll8 to us that holding last to a systciii cstablislied _\'C:ll‘S ago is to ignore altogether the pi'ogi'c..t: or a cow, he is ccitaiii ol COllV'lCilUll, unless :1 vigilmice corniziittee chances to hang him without any trial at all. Religious, political or national hits, a l-iicighliozlinotl aiitipalhy, the eloquence of a lawyer, a newspaper article. the use of dice or a game of cards has frequently decided a , case involving tliotisaiids of dollars or ini- prisorinieiit for years. In 21 late case in l'uiin sylvauia a jury awarded the plzilnlifi-—a f.iiher wllose son was drowned by reason of the carclrs-ness of village au‘.hoi'itie.~'-—llie sum of $250 as the value ofhis boy, whi e in the same Slate a few weeks lalei, a man ob~ ialllL'(l a verdict for $10,000 zigziinst a railroad company for an injury to his foot. In another Cart: the jury for 24 hours stood seven for the plaintiff and five for the defendant. They then learned from a constable that :1 horse r.tce,.~iippo~ed lo l'1'lVt: been postponcd.would certainly come off that :'i.flernooli, and im- mediately agreed upon a verdict and were discharged in time to see the race. it hits come to be a prevailing opin- ion that a litigziiit with a bad case stands 8. better chance with it jury than with a Judge, and this is true t'or obvious rczisons. Twelve intelligent clear-he‘-idcd reliable men are seldoiii associated to- g(’l_llI'l‘ us juryiiieii to try it case. and without tliese conditions we are likely to have 1!. sliliii-icnt pl‘l‘t?l.‘llilll_'t‘ of stu- piilit_\'. obstiii.-icy or plll't'lI:li~‘:ll_|l’? weak- iicss to pri_-vcnt flgl'l,‘('lll(3lll. When , are cniploycd on each side rind after a ‘lung. \vv:ii'i.-oiiic. cxpi.-iisive lri:-l no ,coiiclti.sioii is l'L:l.lZlll,‘ll, the public are; ‘pi-oim to bi-lii-re that one or iiiorc _iili'_\'iiii-ii have biecii llXt'(l. l’ossibly 2!- s_\'-lr-iii that luls lJ('[‘ll lunch l lll.‘l_“ iiclvc llllll lIl(Il‘('. merit. in l.llI,‘(!!ll’lll'l' l _\‘l-.-irs of ll.-' ntloptioii, but it is l't.'l‘l.2lllll_\' {ii mo-t l'llllll)|‘l)ll.5 and iiii~:itisl':it:loi-_v l ' iiictlioil ol scltliiig (lill'ci'ciit-cs in civil c:iscs and in (‘l‘lll|lll:ll gives i':isi-.:ils who j can coiuiiizinil lIiull1,‘_\' more than an 4 (.‘\’l!lI ('lI2llll‘C of l.!.~'t‘.:l[)l', while the lever- , ago upon the pockets of the ta_\'p:l_vci' j is :1 lilirli-. uiiriniinou.~ly Cfll‘l'lt.'(lZ Moved, 'l‘h-at we, the Pomona Grange of Allcgaii L'oui'ity,a.»k the editoroftlie (JRANGI-‘. VISITOR to discontinue Tlio-iias l\lason’s ad~ verlisemcnt as :1 Grange agency. As liiisiiicss niiiiicigcr of the Gi1tA‘.\'Gl-3 Vl.~;l'rou, we must decline to comply with this rcqiicst. Tlioiuns lllason solids us hisiidvcrtisciiiciil, pays for it like any other Rll‘v'Cl‘ilS(.‘l‘, and we do not kliow that tlicreis linydeceptioii in the claim iittliclicd to his name. He does not prctciid to be ill! agent for any par- tii-ul.-ii‘ (irl‘tIllg'O or (lrangcs and tliorc is nothing olijvctioliable in his adverti.~r-- niciit. So long as Mr. Mlisoii p:i_vs. the ad. will be coiitiuucd, iliiless ordered out by the Excciitive Committee of the State Uraiigc. - Tiii~: lust weekly report of Fciiiio lirollicrs A’: (,)|iild.~i, of l'iostoii,ollci'.-l no ' ellr:oiii‘2i;."ciiil-,iit to wool gruivers to ex- pcr-.t any :ulv:inco on the opening prir-cs ol' lust ye:-ii‘. Mannl‘:ictlli'(-rs’ l l-xpcctiltioiis of one year ago lnivi-. not l)l‘t.‘ll met in the dcni:ind for g."U()tl>‘, . and for sonic inoiillis they have ln-mi jliuyiiig only to lllL't'i iiiiincdiatc iviiiits [flllt.l:ll't,‘ not. likely to I.‘.ttlll(! ililo the 5 nl:ii'kt-t l'or the new clip with :i.~' lilll(‘ll r-.oiiti(ll,‘l'tll(.‘ and the :lS.~'I)l'l.lll('llt l"ll' ll'Ulll coiuplctc to meet all lines ot' consiiinptioii. \Ve think the l':iriiii~r who has good lwool put up in gooil .-hzipc will be i likely to got all his wool is wortl. by coli.~i,I_rliiiig to this liriii. We litivc ' years with &riti.sl':tctoi'y l'0ollll.~.. The stock on li:ind is, lio\\'cvi_-i', , l « Wlc find on our table General Order No. 13 from the Military Dep:trtiii_ent of the State issued by D. B. Ainger, Adjutant General lzitcly appointed by the Governor. The order relates to Aiiiiii:il Encampment of State Troops to be held at Island Lake, cominenciiig on Tliiii-sday, August 11, and ending on Moiiiliiy, August 15. \Vc have never taken much interest in the uiilitary affairs ot the State since the war of the Rebellion, and when we have read of the fun, frolic, and to put it mildly, irregulzirities of the boys at these ilnllllfll eiiciiinpiiiciits we have eiitertaiiied zit least :1 reason- able doubt as to the iiivvstiiieiit being worth to the State a hundred cents on the dollar. \Ve have no figures before us but it is safe to sziy it costs what seems to the fariiier ti. big pile of money to run this war deptirtinciit in time of peace. We do not refer to this matter for the purpose of criticising the policy of the State, but one para- graph in this General Order is such a clear recognition of the aroused and advanced public sentiment on the temperance question that we take pleasure in referring to it. Attention is directed to section 107 of the military law in reference to the use of intoxi- cating liquors on the part of the troops, and commanding officers are hereby directed to rigidly enforce the same, excluding all liquors from the cauip. We know nothing about the opin- ions of the Adjutant General on the liquor question, but we do kiioiv that it‘ he is an eflicieiit oflicer this order will be ciiforced. The Governor is ex-oflicio Com- miindcr-iu-Chief ot the military forces of the State. VVC know him to be it tenipcraiice man and that he be- lieves laws should be enforced whether civil or military. The Legislature seems to be making an effort to iinpi'ove the liquor laws and we believe this iidmiiiistratioii will do all that it can do under what- ever law we have, to compel obedience to its provisions. \Ve hope and expect the boys will go to Ctllllp this year to drill and not to drilik. VVE have the progriiiii for the sum- mer iiicctiiig of the West Micliigaii Fruit (}rowei's’ Society to be held at l)oligl.-iss, cominenciiig Wt-7. ol3, mg, 025, 040, 057. 66;. 660, 667, 663. 674. S\§t3l‘l‘{:ll‘ll.'S should heir in mind that upon tlic M:il'cli reports ilcpclill. l't‘]\l'l‘- j Ft‘,llt'lll0lI in .-the next. sos.~ioii of the , Stale (i‘ri':iiigi-. l \Vi~: li.-ivr-. soinv vllt_:\l’—illl\;(:l‘l.lSt‘Ill(‘lll’S , ll‘litl' llrrind lhpid-i in this iiliiiilil,-l'.': ’l'lie_" are all of :1 l‘t?ll'll)lt,'(1ll‘ll';l.(7lt'l':Illll ‘ we .-«lirill llfl\'(! sonielliiiig to any of" tlii-iii iinlividli:ill_\‘ lroln :1 |l(‘l‘.‘lt)ll.‘Il iii- l spl-clioii iu the next issile of the VlS- rioii. Tin-1 supply and lir~t-<-lit.-.~I l|ll‘llll._\', ol 1Jl‘t)‘,','l‘lllll.~‘. l'lll‘llli-‘-llf‘(l in the coluliiii E of .\'otia-0.4 does not look llllllli llkv :i tiilliug oil’ in (ill‘%lllg‘l‘. llllt'l'I?"l. doi-..~i ll? Look the silliici-ts over and plan to use Agricultural College Bulletin. BULLETIN No. 26, by PI'0f'. A. J- Cook of the Agricultural College, came just before going to press; too late to print as much of it in this number as we should like. It is so reasonable that we condense some ot the essential points tlial; relate to pro- tection from insect enemies that are so detvrinined to multiply and destroy our ti-nits, flowers, vegetables and grains, that it becomes a part of a fzirmci-’s work to tight them; and we recognize in Prof. Cook the most valuable ally in the State. \Ve be- lieve he stands at the head of that comp:i.rtively small body of men and women who can talk intelligently about insects, their habits, and the best known methods to w:ir upon them for their destruction or to limit their r:iv:iges. \Ve quote from the Bulletin: Perhaps no family ol insects is more widely distributed, more generaly destructive alid better kn )Wfl than Plant Lice. In our gieenhou~es, on window plants, and on alinost all outdoor vegetation their harm- ful work is seen. Nor do they confine themselves to any single part of a plant. some work on the roots and sap the vitality of the herb or tree; others draw their nour- islimeiil from the stems and twigs, and thus blight the plants; still others suck the vi- tality froin bud and foliage. A few, possibly more than we are aware. work on liolh ioots and leaves. Most all of our cultivated vege- tables. grains and il’€€.~ have their character- istic plant louse enemies. Not only are these insects widely distributed. bui when present in any considerable numbers they do great damage. With the warm days ofspriiig eggs hatch, and so rapidly do the lice increase that by the middle or last of May the lice are o‘ten counted by millions. I have seen apple trees in April when hardly a bud could he found that was not the home of lice and I have counted as many as fifty lice on a sin- gle bud. There is not much promise in such a bud. REMEDIES. I .have found nothing‘ so satisfactory in treating plant lice as the kerosene and soap mixture. To make this I use one fourth pound of hard soap, preferably whale oil soap, and one quart of water, or one quart of common soft soap and one quart of water. 1 his is heated till the soap is dissolved, when one pint of kerosene oil is added and the whole ngitali d till a permanent emulsion or mixture is formed. The agitation is easily secured by the use of a force pump, pumping the liquid with force hack into the vessel holding it. I then add water so that lhere shall be kerosene in the proporiion of one to fifteen. On siiowbull we find that this mix tire, in the proportion of one to eight, used just lie- fore the pl ml lire eggs hatch l>ii1Slt)Yllhl’llIIgly efficieni. A twig not treated and one from the same l-u li that had been trerilerl were cacli put into zi glass bottle in aivaim room. in a. few (1 tys t ie one not l? was alive xvi h the newly l)2liCllt‘tl lice, uliile in the other only one livelouse was fouiid. lhislies side by side. the one l.l't'fllt'(l and the other not, give equally -atisfactury re.~ults. This early trealnicnt is absoliiiely li€t‘(:\$£‘.r_V' in such cases aslhe snowl-all, and is to be recom- l‘ll(‘n(l(‘(l on the score of ecoiiolny in case of nurstry stock and fruit l-ecs. It l.~(‘£1.\lt3l‘ and rcqu're.~' less of the liquid to lh()l‘« ughly drench a leafless tree than one in full folialze. It is less diflicull to make the applicalii in very thorough, which is al important. We have just applied this liquid to orchard trees where lhe buds were litcral'y covered with lice. and we find the lice totally iised up. In counting zoo. one live louse was found. We are very pleased tolearn lhal this early treatment is socfiicieiit. As jtl>l suggested. this liquid must be applird with energy If ux.ed for the adult lice or for eggs or newly hatched lice and it is not effective, it is only because it is applied too gently. \Ve must use a good force pump and dash the liquid on to the plants so it will scatter everywhere and reach t-very egg ev--ii though these lat- ter are crowded between the buds and the stem, and reach every louse, even though they are sheltered by myriad leaves. just here is where some will fail. They will sprin- kle the liqu d gently down and so not reach 0 ie-half the eggs or lice. IDNDUN PURPLE OK P\RlS GREEN LIN} Mm ii. In Bul.etin I4. issued :1 year ago, I urged, as l have for ~ever.\l years, the value of the arseniles iii fi«.;litiiig the corlling moth. I wish to add a few hints that I am sure uill be of aid to any who contcniplaie making use of llllx excellent iemedy. If all would prac- FOR COD- . tice it. mi lions of dollars would be saved to our people. I. Use London purple or Paris green, and not \\ hill‘: arsenic. London purple is cheap, mixes easily. and perhaps is a little less like- ly than l’;ll‘l.\ green to blight the foliage if used too fretlj. 2. Apply eurly,just after the blossoms have fallen, \i hen the apples are the size (of .-mall peas If we nail longer than this, some of lhe insects will have entered the apples and will be beyond the reach of harm, and so we shall partially fail of succes:-'. 3 Use a dilute inixiuie, not more than one poi-.iid of London Purple or Paris green to two gallons of vialer. If l were to iiinke any change at all. it \A!)lll(l he to iiiake it more dilute. rather than stronger. ll" kept stirred, and it should aliiays l)c while ln.-ing used, \\C note that the liquid l> evenly col- Ul"l(l. 'l his pmvt-.~ that poison is in every drop of \\2lic'I I have proved rrpcaledl) that th. faintest lrac -s of this poison is.-merit-aili to the vret-'iii.-acts. So it is not l£ll'[,[t‘ doses, but ihorougli distiibiilion lli.it is nci (led. Not I that there is not poison Cnnlligll on eiicli ap- ple, but that lll.l|)) apples have received no pi-isoii at all. If a- dilute as recoiiiiiieiiiled uliovc, uc may scatlcr so tlioio\i'.__;hly as to rtzacli nearly C‘VLl'_V fruit mid yet not .~.ca.d or blight she f()h-,.lhc' lt siaiids to rezisoii that in using poi.~ons itis always l)c.\i to use the mininiuin quantity iiccessary lo siircis-. Foiirlh. .\ppiy the 1’)-vl.\‘Un with great fuice. lilie apples are C\lllC\‘Rl(‘(l and pin- ti (tell by ill‘-Ill) lt'.1\'t‘S., and to insiive Contact of the poison:-iis liquid \\llll the calyx end of each apple. it must lit-d:i~lied on In the tree villi grxzilciilirgyi. ll’lt’n ii uill .~C:lll(‘l‘ and every apple will l€Ct'lVc the fatal alum and every l.1rv:i be killed. The neglr-cl ol lhis Cllllllun 1.» why .-ume have only saved 75 ‘M 1- cenl. of the trim. I li.:v. frcqiiciiily >..lVttl every :‘l[lplt’,'dll(l. that with only one ap,.lic-.-.- UuII.hi-1 this \l>:l.~ in lime. and éth-oliilr-ly Lastly, be sure that the mint-ra lioiough. May |5.Ig587. THE G-BANG-E V ISI'I‘C)ZE‘L. 5 is well mixed. This is best done by grind- ‘I ing first in a little water and then adding the full complement. I have already discussed the subject of p ‘trips. There is no question but that the one iast mentioned is the pump for the large orchardist. No one need fear to use this remedy. If the orchard is used for pasture, stock better be kept out of it for a few days. 'l‘i e poison should never be handled with the. bare hands, nor should it be used when there is .1 wind to blow the spray or dust on to the per- son using 1'. But niost impomm; of 311, be careful where the poison is lef-. No poison ought ever to be left unlabelled, and poisons ought always to be put where they cannot Etlfilbly ‘d0 any harm. Carelessness in andlingis the cause of nearly if not all the accidents which result from such poisons. Good hand force pumps are ll€Ct.’SS:1l‘y for this work, and if a large amount of work is to be donegthe pumps used must have cor- responding capacity. This subject is vastly important and with the destruction of friendly birds we must learn tnore of the how and when to fight the insect enemies that prey upon us. Our: old friend "Old Poultry” has come again, and this time he has turned his attention from very old fowl; to very young calves. From his story there nitist be some wicked men in the Empire State, and we are sorry to learn that some of them werc1'.-irnic-rs. Bob Veal is the uninviting theme that has enlisted thc facile pen of our correspondent, and our country readers will see in this narration of wicked facts additional roasoiis for being satisfied with coun-. try life with its healthy food, if we desire to have it so. VVAGt-;s of farm laborers are higher relatively than the products of the farm, and will not be less while the deinand tor tarin laborer.‘-i is equal to the supply, and this demand is not likely to be less while so many of those who want work want bad coin- puny and bad whiskey and will have such. T SOME of otir triends will be disap- pointed that their jottings and arti- cles do not appear. \Vell, they are omitted for want of room. We can’t shake it down and make the GRANGE Vrsirott hold any more except we use sinallcr type and we shall do that with jottings next time. : Office Jottings. It 13 not too on-ly to arrange for Cliiltlrt-ii‘.~: I)ay. L-tat year it was a proiioiiiicod success wliorcver kcpt. A few licliind-tlie-times (Haiigcs. did not ob.-scrvc it. Let no guilty ones cst-ape its bon-.-tits this _vc:ir. lit-nicinlicr Mi-s. M;i_yo’s:i«lvii:i-, "if you have no chil- dren, borrow .=ionie.” llt‘lt‘llft (}i‘aii;,ro_. No. 676, orgaiiizcd last .\'ovciiil_ici' with 24 m(3llll)t‘l'H, has t.-ikt-ii in 12 new iticiiiboi'i4.lias three ap- pli-:»iiits,iiioi'c in prospect, and all of them are full of courage. Those northern counties grmv stal- wart pt‘l‘St‘,Vt3l‘:lllCC. That ciitliusiastic ch-iiiipion of the Order, Geo. L. Car- li.-li-,li:ipc-:-: soon to report more Gtniigcs in Kitlkui-'k:t Couiity. \Vorlh y Stcivarrl A. E. Green re- ports pi'o;;i-(ass in F‘cll‘llllllgl0ll aftcrtlio iii:iini(:r ot (,}i'zing.;cs with a “contest on its hands.” Berlin (liriiigrc. No. -L63, St. Cliiir Co., Wtts l‘t,‘t)l‘g;-llll’/.L’(l April lll, with it full corps of ulllvltl‘.-I and 8. goodly Visirou list. They l.~’l.tll'l. otit well. “\Vlirit vocation in life ailbrds the roitcst opportuiiit_\' tor doiiigr good?” in tho qiwstioii the Wcsterii Plowin-tn ask.-i its l'Ulltl(:l'5 to llll9\V(3l' by postal for its .\1:ty ii‘.-‘ll(3. No doubt in-tny Sll%l.l‘[) hits will he undo. Sllp[)o‘ic you ask it at your next (}r:iiig_rc int.-eting and re- quest an aii.-\vm- front each one present. Sc-ud result to us. It is a noticeable le.-iturc of quarter- ly reports that (il‘.‘lll,I,£0B which have giiin-tl new incnibor.-s, report few or no losses of‘ old ones. A progresi-zive, spirited jotting from Pirigliton was llll.‘!l2l.ltl in our otlii-c un- til it is lwsit not to pitt it in print at so late it (itlt(‘. lt' tlic writs-r will send another we assure it a better fate. Pl‘()l)'l,l)l_V' few Grl':lllg'e-I in this State li-ivc. the iiieiital CHlll)l‘(3l1ll(l th\It?t'.till\"J nhilit._\' that Capital, of L-tiising l)0‘l.~‘l..-l ot. lfow are so la\'<;i':ilil_\' loc-it.ctl to F(:t'lll‘t.‘ it. but there is not one but can copy the live zeal of tlii:-i queen itinong_»; Mit:lii_-,r-int&i'tn;:i-9. lt is El. kcep-up- \V’lLll-lillvf-lllllui i.;tivity tli it wins sitc- ('«.~‘-. Tlic)’ :ll't‘ llit: .~2lt:il‘p Lltlk, lii‘i;_'lll. )'t:i:i[.'l[lt)ll, tln: tiincl)‘ topic. gimtllll1l- fill‘, and i-oinpi-titioii that stiinnlittc (i’l' lll‘_(t5 blood to a ;;'ood Cll't‘.llllll.ll)ll. Aliovc all, brevity and V2ll‘lt:l_\' must be li:ul. _?..4uo§_.... ~ -'l‘<)WlllL" to yo |l(?(ll'till;_’lll in 'l‘<.-\':ts‘ is 5 tlu: llllIlt'lttlIHW otonv ol' lllt).‘€t?lll(0 (::Il‘Illll[ll:‘l \VlIl4".l| h-ivc pi‘-‘)s‘ti'.-itt’-.il \Vl|IIll‘ proviiivi-s in Chin-t and llllll'l. ]-‘nr1'i;:litct'ii llll)llTll‘~i tln,-rt: has lwcu FtZ‘ll'|'('l)' a drop of rain in the !~'ll'li{t.‘ll ]'l‘1lt)llY-'. and in t|n- inoro noi'tln-rii wlu;n-;_rrmviii_-,5 bi.-ltsi in Illinois, Ohio and .\[i-zsoiii-i at ])l|'llill di'yiit-ss is thin: itt-nin;_r that ct-i'o:il. —> The l’«nii~'_\'lv~uii tst-,ii=tti: voted :27 to 16 in t‘-ivurofsiiliiiiittiiig :9. \Vt)lll:lll8 soil‘:-i,-_rir nuiistitutioiiztl ninendincnt. to the people. I guises of Egieetiitgs. THE next. nessioii of St. Joseph Couiity G'l‘llll‘,Ie will be held at Corey Grl“t1llg’0 llall 'i‘linr.sd:iy, J tine 2,1887. A good pi-o_<_,ri-aiii will be provided for the U<‘t':li-tioil. All Fourth I)cgrcc iiicnibcrs are cordially invited to attend the after- noon scssion. A. E. llowAitD, Sec. l’Ror;RA.\1 for Calhoun County (il':lllg0 May 26. ’87, at Union G1'aiigc Hall. 1. Suggestions for the good of the Order, by the Lecturer. 2. Co-operation in Selling Produce——VVm. S. Simons. , 3. The Inter~State Commerce Law, and its bearings upon Michigan trade and Agri- culture---Mrs. Perry Mayo. 4. Select Reading -Mrs. W. W. Wick- ham. 5. Notes of Western Travel and Residence —Clias. Atmore. 6. Which pays best in this region, to sell milk, cream, butter?-~Mrs. C. b. Conves. Mary Hicks, Sarah Woodu orth. 7. The next move toward better temper- ance legislation, and how shall we make it? --'l'homas W. liuggett. Any person having it part in the program, who may oe iiecessai-ily ab- sent front the iiicctiiig. is urgently re- quested to send in his or her paper on the topic assigned, to be read by the Secretary. C. C. 1\IcDi-;irniu, Lcc. PROGRAM of Capital Grange, No. 540, North Laiising: MAY 21, 7:30 I‘. M.—SECOND 1>Et;RE1:. Song. Address, “Scenes and Incidents in a Sol- dier’s Life during the Civil War”—llon. Perry Mayo. MAY 28,‘ 7:30 P. M.-—'r!tntD DEGREE. Paper, "The Destruction of our Forests,”- Hori. _lno. Holbrook. Open for Discussion. JUNE 4, 7:30 P. M.~- FOURTH DI-:GRi~;£. A Pink Tea and Literary Entertainment given by the young people of the Grange. Committee on Refreshments —— Miss Lydia Robins, Elmer West, Mrs. Elmer West. Committee on Entertainment-~j.D. Towar, Miss Clara Smith, Miss Kittie Skinner, JUNEII, 7:30 P. M. An interesting collection of Stereoscopic Views, shown by 0. Troop. Tue regular rnceting of the Living- ston Co. Pomona Graiige will be held in Howell (-lrange lhtll \Vedncad2ty, May 13, coiiitnciicing at l0 o'clock. The prograin will be as follows: Paper, “ l‘he history of the early Granges of Livingston County 7 Bro. Wood. Select re:tding—Sister C. A. Phillips. l\lusic—Sister \\ickmzui. Select reading -- Sister Briggs. Pztpcr, “\’Vh':ch is the most prolilable, the raising of wheat or :-'tock?"——Bro. Wickinari. lliscussion opened by Bro. Charles Fish- beck. Select reading——Sister Warner. Music. Short sermon by Bro. llarger; text, “Sim- ple Simon." V Mus. W’. K. Si-Lxrox, Sec. I’ro;_rraiii of 1). 6'5 B. C. (,‘.ounr‘il. P. of ll.,'to he held at Towi: llall, vil- lage of llot-hostel", on 'l‘liurstl:t_v, .lttnc 2, ltl87,coitiiiicriciiig at IU o’clock, A. M. GRANGE s'i-;ssio.~'. Opening in form. Reading minutes oflast meeting. Appointments of Committees. Bills and accounts. Miscellaneous business. Recess rt iz .\t . for basket picnic dinner ——lea and coffee free. OPEN session AT 1:30 P. M., To which a cordial invitation is extended to all. Music. Praver by Rev. Wm. Hollinshed. Address of welcome, by Siiook, Roch- ester. Response. by J. G. Noble, Oxford. Essay, "Do our Girls need as much Edu- cation as our liu_\s?“—.Vlrs. Odell .\1etamora. sijnji-:c'i‘s you lJlSCl'5$lt)N. Does the .:»i'g.uiiz:itioii \Il the men engr ged in the various avocattons of business necessi- tate or detnaiid the (\l':__{alllZfillOll of fztriners? —Opcued by Hon. M. Norton, Rocliestcr, followed by G. .\l. l'roi~hridge, Pontiac. H. :\nr.lrews, Orion, McKay, Arniada, and others. Does the pleasure of window gardening, or the raising of house plzinls compensate for time, vexation and trouble? -—Opened by Mrs. Win. Satierlee. liirmiiighztiii, followed by Mrs. Burvtise, Rochester, Mrs. L. A. Pcarsall, llisco, and others. Reciiati-iri—-1). M. Garner, Dayisburgh. Song C. 5. Bartlett, Pontiac. l.ecture- Special Grange Lecturer, Mrs. Perry .\l;iyo, l.'<1|l.‘?ll'lg. Music, Doxology. \Vashtcnaw Poinona (}i'aiigc, No. 7, will hold its llI‘.\Il. iiit-ctiiig‘ on the 4th (;l:l_\' of Juno at ltl:7‘»t) A. M., with North- ticld (;il'llll;_'(3 at lll‘.'l‘I'Sl(ll.‘.ll<'O ot'Tlioin-is l5tii'iiii}__-"attic in the tow:i—hip of Ann Ari,oi', on the place known as the ltlc lit‘-.'lll, 1.5 miles north and 1 mile wcst oi’ llixboro. PROGRAM Music by Norihtielil Grange Choir. Prayer liy thaplain. ' Address. of welcome —Wm. Groves. Rcspoiise- N. C. Carpenter. A paper relative to lrariu L1bor—]ohn Camplicll. Music. S:-lcct reading—Mrs. llewins, Mrs. Kate Smith. l}t:Clm11allIlll$~—i\’ll.\‘S Mary Lord. l‘I.s.i.ys——.\lrs. Randall, Mrs. .\lyra. Ren- wick. t_)uestion ~- Resolved. That placing women in .1 class \\lllllllll1|llC.s' and Itlttllx lll denying- her the right of :»LlHl‘flgC should no ‘orig-. r be ciidu-rt-tl. l.e:tding disputants, Mrs. Kelly and ll. I). Platl. Qiie-tioii—.-\re creatnerics, as at present conducted, beneficial to l.8.l‘lllL‘|‘S? Music. Benediction by Chaplain p l). D. COOK, See. The next sossioii of limit (Ioiiiity Gritiiggi: will be held with Graittziii (,il':llIt{t' on Jiiiic l, B(,'élSl0ll opening at ten o’clock A. M. The Grange will be opened in usual form after which an address of wel- come will be made by the Worthy Master of Gr-attaii Graiigc. Response by the Worthy Master of Kent County Gt-ziiige. The attcriioon SC.~'i's'i0ll will be de- voted to the tlisciii-sioii of the fiill0w- ing qtiestions llll(‘I'S])('l‘Ft'(l with car- ccllciit music and rt-citations. Vol- unteers will be called for. How to make l‘:ii-ining more profit- able? 1loiisieholdeconomy. by the ladies. Why 1 am a Patroii? By l'(‘.(]llt‘.Sl. of Kent County Gr:1n,r_rc a cordial invitation is extended to lonia County Gi-aiigc and Lowell Dis- trict (foiincil to inert with us on that occasion and take part in the discus- sions. VVM. T. ADAus, Lec. THE May meeting of the Ionia Co. Gt-aiige will be licld with Berlin Cen- ter Grange W'e(lncsda_v. May 25, 10 A. M. D. S. WAi.1>n0N. ALLEGAN County Council will hold its next i-t-gitlai' session at Trowbridge Grange lliill June 7,1887. The pro- gram for the meeting is as follows: Opening address-—~Sister Rockwell, Tron bridge. Response—Sistcr Stowe, of Cheshire. What is the lesson of the times to the laboring people?——B. C. Palmer, of Watson. Make up your mind that you will have a front seat in life. aiid you will attract to you the powers that carry you to the front seat. lf (in mind) you take the back seat, you get only the back seat-—Sarah Ste-ginan, of Al- legan. , Dialogue, by members of Trowbridge Grange. How shall we co-operate as an Order so as to improve our condition socially, intellectu- ally, morally~~Bro. Phelps, of Otsego. Congress of vocal.ions—Mary Brender, of Trowbridge. Essay —Henry Stockwell, of Trowhridce. ls boycotting justifiable?—N. VV. Houser, of Watson. A good time is expected and every- hoily llltt’l‘(‘.Rt0d in the Order is cor- dirilly invited to attend. The dinner will be a basket dinner. ‘ N. A. DIBBLE, Sec’y of Allegan Council. of The next session of VVestcrn Pomona Grl':Hl_$_1‘t’. will be held at the (}r.i.iigc Hall in ltztvoiiiimllrlay 26 and 27. public nu~etiii5,r the first day. The following is the program. The best method for the rural families to obtain a knowledge that will enable lllrm to take a leading purl in all the affairs neces- sarv to promote their interess opened by Fracy Woodward and Mrs. D. C. Rann. Essay——".\lt's'. ltose Herald. Does the farmer and his wife iealize the influence they might have over the future welfare of the naiion?—t)pened by H. C. Tuttle and Mrs. Homer Hayes. Selection—]. G V:1nSkiver. Essay J W. Kelly. Hope all will be prepared to take part in the tlistrtissitiiia. Mus. Tnos. \Vii.t>i-2, Leo. BY resolution passed at the lfllil. meet- iiig oi‘ l\1cwaygo County Poinomi. Url‘2lllgt’, No. 11.tlie next l‘t',gUl?ll' moot- ing will be held with County Line (iraiigo, coniiiit-iiciiig at It) u‘clock. on the last day of May. Alter the close ot' the untinislied work of the last pro- grmii. the following topics will l)C next in order: The Influence ofthe Grange on Education, Temperance and Good Morals L. E. Wright. How inany Patrons from Newaygo County are going to attend the l\ational Grange at Lansing in November?~ Reports from Sub ordinate Oranges. “The Inter State Commerce Bill"—Will it protect the industries of the Country from Transportation Monopolics, and will its Pro visions tend to increase the Price of the Products of Farm Laboi?——I.. Reiwoldt and T. H. Stuart. Why was the Prohibitory Amendment de- feated? Andrew Flynn. Practical Education of Farmers—I-"rank llill. Low Prices, and how to remedy them—- F. W. llicks. Why did the Bill creating :1 Department of Agriculture fail to become a Lavi?-~_]. V. Crandztll and Neil McCollum. What c nstituies Good Plowing, and how is it (.l()I‘lt:?~~~_l()lln llroiherton. M. W. St:u'r'r, Leci. Co. Grange. Hesperia, May 7. BRANCH Cotint.y Pomona Grange will hold its next meeting at Butler Gran;zc llnll, 'l‘litti'i-idsty, Juno 2. A full l)l‘t>gl‘zlIll of literary work is being iirmiigotl tor. the occasion and 2} very pleasant int-t-ting in iiiiticiputctl. J. I). W. Fisk, Lcc. LA!-‘AYE'I‘TE Gt-tinge No. 92, will ob- serve Cliiltlrcii’s Day by holding: ll. picnic at Liina Coiitcr Town llitll, 'l.‘liiii-sxdny, Juno 9. There will bc spc-ikiiig‘ on the advmicciiiciit of the Order, l't'(:l[:lllUllS by the cliildrcii, music by the choir and string baud. Conic (-,vci'_\' body and bring it Imsket of good things for the L‘ll)lC. O. C. Bt.'uiiiIAuT, Sec. llii.i.si)Ar.i-2 County Pomona Gt‘-inge will hol-l ii.-i iinxt lI|t‘(3l’llI_'_',' at Fztycttc tlrrztii-_rc ll:ill,.loiiosivilli-,.Jnnc l. A good pro;.-r:tiii is cxpcclt-tl wliii-li will he on- ll\'t‘llt'.tl with good Iiiiisiv. Tlic iitli de- g‘i't-t-. \\'ill ill‘ ;_ri\’t-it to all l“:ill'Ull!-6 who t-oiiic pl'l*|)lll'tlll to l't:i't'lVC it. 'l‘licrc per- lIll]).~' will he ll very iiiiportziiit llt'lIl oi l.)l|.~‘il|t'R.*l lil‘nIl_L‘lll licl'ori.- the tiniiitro tli-it is of lllll('ll llllt!l‘l'H[ to l’atroiis:uiil l':iriin-i'~'. All fourth «It-;:i'cc int-iiilii-rs arc (‘l)l'tllllll_\’ lll\"ilI'(l to attend and aid in the plcaiaznit work tlir-re is to do. J. lfi. V\i'Aed’s floor? Noted the return of Sirs liluebird and Robin? M:u'kcd the red-winged blackbird, the sparrows. thrush and l’li(r-.be'.’ W'atchcd bluejay and catbird as they tlippcd and tlapped around in wild unrest? Pulled the pussy willow’s paws and lat-ch’s tails? Laughed back at cowslip’s yellow squads in the marshes, and seen the pale blue-green Watcrgrasscs and flags turn to stronger color and thicker growth? What, none of tlicsc? And you a country-born and brought-up lad or lass? You saw growing without knowing what those things were that grew? Is’t that? Dear me, how odd! Would you go to school and not find out the name of the boy or girl you sit with or play ball with or takehome with you? Of course not. Then why not learn the call of the bird that wakes _vou in the morning and tho,- name of the bird that sings at dark? Of the thousand faces and forms that paint tlicnisclvcs in your cye a thou- sand times a day, pcrliaps‘! Thcre‘s companionship and pride and joy and love in thcm—thei'e are friends for you. There is :1 siil)jc«~t crowding so closely upon the foot‘ of the tcn1pci':1iu'c ques- tion that many men believe it will pass shoulder to shoulder with that one through the portals of political sanction. The hackncycd,dcrisivc term ol "\\'on|:u|'s riglits" coim-,s now with respect from lips that once drop pcd it with :1 curl of .'s('01‘lI. But not politi- cal rights alonc women hope for in that day when they shall be proclaimed man’s cqual-in- law. They are not cry- ing out only to see which side their bread is buttered on, but many of them for bread itself—-for equal cou- sidcmtioii t'or the work of their hands and that of men's; and it takes no great logic to see how quickly thc time is coming when men must grant women equal pay with themselves for equal value given. Side by side.a wom- an crowds a man out of work because her work is as well done and for less money. Thus driven from one occu- pation to another, man will learn that an equality of wages. l):lE|C(l on the quality of work, is to his advantage as well as wou1an’s. Othcrwisc. she will have work,hc none. That what up- lifts woman uplifts man, is as true as vice vcrsa. They are not eiioniicsz their aims, not antagonistic, but brother and sister, they work together fora coni- mon end. Lady school teachers are now the rule, except as pi-incipals,in most high schools,but what School Board dreams of paying a Woman the wages it oflers a man f'or the same or worse work? In this department has man more than in any other acknowledged wonian’s pe- culiar fitness for the work, and, it not being very conglenial to him generally, has yielded to er his place—without his pay. A few years ago a girl was arrested in New York City for being in male .C.i3.RA-J-\TC1‘rE v1;s:,y:.:.c2=Et- l attire. That a fair motive had driven her to a hard measure was shown in her claimthat she could get better pay as a. man worker. “By fair means or by foul,” some women will get it, but most of them will “learn to labor (are they not learning fast?) and to wait,” stepping forward Whenever a niche is opened before her. until man shall come to protect himself in her protec- tion. Gr. In Wyoming, where women vote,tlic law expres._sl_v provides that there shall be no discrimination on account of sex in the pay f'or any kind of work.- VVOman’s l\Iaga7.iue. ~- Letters-Business. The writing of letters should be as thoroughly taught in all schools as it. is in a few. No one thing, save the verbal use of the king’s English, is so practical an accomplishment as to be able to write a good letter,—one in such style that the dead letter office can make no claims against its super and subscriptions, and the one to whom it is addressed can find no fault in its intelligibleness. It is “carrying coals to New Castle” in the opinion of most people to tell them to always head a letter with the full name and address of the party written to and close with full name of the writer and that the full address of the writer, with date. must appear either at the beginning or end of every letter. But. “they” do not always re- mt-mbor, therefore,.these general rules are embraced in this paper. It is a mistake to head ()ll(‘.’S letters with the name of the township in which one lives instead of that of the post-oflice where the reply is expected to bc sent. This is a gross blunder. However far one lives from his receiving post-office or however much of local fame his particular township or private estate may have attained, the writer should bear in mind that it is, withal, only local in the thought of the world at large: and no one outside his most ini- mcdiatc neighbors should be burdened with reincmberiug his proper address. The name of one’s residence or farm may be added to that of the post-oflicc if one likes, but ought not to take the place of it. Take not too much for granted. People read as they run. now-a-days. Your business man has not time to ferret out what you refer to but do not explicitly explain. It is imposing on his time to make him do so. when a few words from you can c-lai-ify his idca. The business that calls for the writing of a letter should begin lllt‘ letter. be briefly, clearly and wholly stated, and close the letter. Private or friendly subjects may be introduced separately. In this connection I am l't'llllll(l(‘(l of the words of' a certain stcrn college President to whom I one day went to continue some :ll‘l':|llg'(‘,— mcnts concerning my clzissilication paper. I took up the subject \Vll(’l't‘ he had dismissed it not two hours he- forc when he interrupted with: “State your case! State your case! Dou’t ex- pect me to rcineuiber all the troubles or three hundred of you !” Out of the mortitication I then ex- pm'ii>1icctl in haying prcsumcd my mote to be a beam I trust grew the lt'.5'.\'0ll to “state my caise,” however dis- tinctly it seemed to me the one ad- ilmsseil must know tlic circunistanccs. The style of paper, envelopes and ink used by the lettcr writer lies in the choice of his taste. Matched pa- per and envelopes, of white or crcain. with black ink, run no risk of adverse criticism and do not fail of a favorable impri-ssion on the receiver. The direction on the envelope begins, to be orthordoxly proper, a little to the right in the middle, drops one line to thc rig-“lit tor‘ the post-oltii-c nanw. and another line to the right for the State. Another form, now in vogue- and likely to gain in favor for obvious reasons, is to w ritc the names ot' post- ollice and State through the center of the envelope face and place the mum- of party :ulM 23oAu 655/in Ar Clevelznd . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4o “ 8 30 “ . . . . . . . . A: Bufialo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 30 AM 2 52 PM . . . . . . .. ‘ GOING NORTH. Lv Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . .. n 55 AM u 40 AM . . . . . . .. Ar Cleveland. . . . . . . . 6 40 PM 5 35 ‘ . . . . . . . Ar Toledo . . . . . . .. n 15 " 945 " 6 50 PM Ar White Pigeon. . . . 6 55 AM 2 20 PM 9 45 AM Ar Three Rivers.. . 6 23 " 2 43 " u 05 “ Ar Schoolcraft. . 6 49 " 3 17 " X2 :5 " Ar Kalamazom. 7 20 " 4 oo “ 1 55 PM Ar All: :in_..... . 828'‘ 500" 420" Grand apids . . . . . . . . . . .. 945 “ 6 i5 " 7 is " All tiains connect at White Pigeon with trains on main line. M. E. Wm-ri.izs. Supt. Kaiain Division, Kalamazoo. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM KALAMAMQ TIME-TABLE—-MAY i8. 1884. Standard time—9oth meridian. WESTWARD. Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves Kalamazoo Express arrives Evening Express. . Pacific Express. Mail . . . . . . . . . Day Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EASTWARD. A. M. P. M. Night Express . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 i7 . . . . . . Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves. . . . . 6 45 . . . . . . Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 00 Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 03 Day Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. i 40 New York Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 io Atlantic Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 oo . . . . . . New York, Atlantic and Pacific Expresses daily. Evening Express west and Night Express east daily ex- cept Saturday: All other trains daily except Sundays. Freight trains carrying assengers out from Kalamazoo as follows: No. 29 (cast at 5:10 P. M. and No. 2o(west) at 82:0, bring passengers from east at 12:45. P. M. H. B. LEDVARD. Gen. Manager. Detroit. }. A. Glut, General Freight Agent, Chicago. . 0. W. Ruacus. G. P. 8:. T. A., Chicago. .;*..i..': J 3.-.1. . ...J— ‘V e you have it! CHEAPES general purpose Chilled Plow 4--——and—-—:t Pllllll IlI—lllllllll lllllll 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 & CLINTON, 3 M ICHIGAN TRA\Ii_E-MITVIA apri :4 ' ' » 57.’.‘;‘,'”;?.ilf.§‘.IZ’p.'1’,'}.'.§'. »,Blllllll9,_l.llll * Route ing Cars. Modem Coaches. Sure connec‘ions in Union Depats at its terminal points. with trains from and to the East, West. North and South. Cheapest, Best and Quickest ' Route from Chicago, Peoria or St. Louis to DENVER, ST. PAUL, SAN FRANCISCO, MINNEAPOLIS, OMAHA, PORTLAND, ORE. KANSAS CITY, ST. JOSEPH, CITY OF MEXICO, ATCHISON. for Tickets, Rates, Maps. 19.0., apply to Ticket Agents of connecting lines, or address T. J. POTTER. h’. B. STONE. PAUL MORTON, 1st I’. P. G. M. G. P. J. T. A. For a. Pronouncing Dictionary containing 32,000 words, Szopages, send 16c. in stamps to Paul Morton, Chicago. Mari5yi ‘LATEST IMPROVED H_llllSEPllWEl_l_ Machines !or3AW' 1? W000 ‘M’ ' '9‘ in r ‘ lngsnws. A]: V for THREB . -' mlI%LEANIN(i'r-Grn.In. ,l .,i It lgcmfinng .3 -. . ' ' :isvnnm.miiiiiiiLim.ou 5s‘?.‘é’é!°’i?$;A,.s& G|IAY'S SUNS. 1> -gun-gnu Kaxuraowunnns. .uIi)i)LE'i*owN siuuiw-S. VERMONB GermanHor_ se_ and Cow POWDERS! This powder has been in use many ycars. it is largely used by the farmers of Pennsyl. vania, and the Patrons of that State have purchased over 100,000 pounds through their purchasing agents. Its composition is our se- cret. The recipe is on every box and 5—pound package. It is made by Dr. Oberholtzer’s Sons 8: Co , Phoeuixvillc, 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 molting. It is sold at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R. E. JAMES, Kalamazoo; GEO. W. HILL 8: C()., ii5 Randolph St., Detroit; THOS. MASON, 181 Water St., Chicago, Il‘I.; and ALBERT STEGEMAN, Allegan. Put up in 60-lb. boxes (loose). Price EIGHT CENTS per lb., 30-lb. boxes of 6 5-lb. packages, TEN CENTS per lb. Make Your Money Easy! ARMERS and Farmers’ Sons can make more money by engaging with us than at anything else they can do. Why? ist. Because we publish only books which any one can sell and which everyone buys. 2d. We guarantee a salary larger than can be earned at anything else. $5.00 outfit free. Write for particulars. Standard Publishing House npi-15m6 FLINT. MICH. . 7 T -. A SENSIBLE T8083 fl’; as 8 P0 , places i2i.'.~.‘l.l*.‘~’.:.*.i'.:.;'2.-°:.-..’*W*'=‘ -'"°.....‘:.°.:..'% real is any dul-Eble mldiehenusem b mail. Cir fiinnnixu. ' nouns-i-on ‘ED118300-p all-cw III- GREl3}l\‘\V00l) STOCK FARM. Poland China Swine a Specialty. Breeding Stock recorded in Ohio P. Record. Cor- respondence and inspection invited. B. G. BUELL, LITTLE PRAIRIE RONDE, A partly im- roved, tim- e r e (1 la. n d farm of 90 a.cres,locu.ted in the town 0 f Girard, Brunch Co., Mich. Price, 81,600. Easy terms. Call on or address, E. MANSELL, Goldwater Mich. Ma-1'15“ _,g 2 i. ‘ .‘rni.-E) GRANGE VIS Cass 00.. Mich. —-——~— ~—»--——~—— ~—— —— - - 3-..4*71.."r:‘i.".i ITGE. r 5,1735 Under Contract with the Executive Committees of the Pennsylvania and New York State Granges and recognized by the state G1-anges of Ohio. New Jersey and Delaware to fuinish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry a large and completc stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Coffees, Teas, Spices, etc. We fill all orders from Patrons when the order is under Seal of Grange and signed by the Masler and Secreta- ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay- ment to be made within 30 days from date of bills. We are now filling Orders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from Philadelphia are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting through rates. A trial order from Granges in Michigan will convince them that they can Purchase Groceries to advantage in Philadelpliim. ,If you desire information in regard ti prices on any goods in our line of business or freight rates do not hesitate to write us. as we endeavor to answer all inquiries promptly and satisfactorily. 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, 241 North ‘Water Street, marrsyr Philadelphia, Penn. Wonderful Discovery in Laundry Soap. One Bar of Ingersoll’s New Discovery Soap does 1:. Wash with one hour's light labor. This is a 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 amounts to one hundred dollars a. year, all of which is saved by using Ing-ersol1’s soap. It is elegant: for the toilet. es. B©z:.@u Sample box delivered to you, freight paid, for only three dollars. Sample bar mailed for the postage, 14 cents. Patrons’ Soap Works, 64 Fulton St., New York. Our new book, “The Grange, its VVork and Workers," containing pictures of twenty-six leading Patrons, and testimonials to the above effect from liuudreds, inailed free. augitf .;_._,, , ...'~.L.» REATLFQR scans . is is unquestionablv the (uiruiiiiess , elm lowers ever is ere} in America, embracing not only evcrzil rare specialties, but also the Intern. European ovcltle the seed of which we have inipurmd from the rnostcclcl cred fldrlsts orFrance and Germany. We >|.'1iilI tb. mail I! paid. to any address on recs pt. ' l’ Ddifiln (7l.L~'Il or stntnps—8 collections . mailed for onl $2.510-guurautticii to arrive SBTCI} ‘ ’ ‘ " ' ' It comprises N package each ofthe following lovely - * Flowc-1-.q.eii.ch pkt.hrIng illustrated with non ofthe tluivcr in colon, dir~.~_ctl_ons for culture. the. Pctunlngwondi ew double fringed,purewhite,stripe«l,blotclicd and stained, large flowering varieties i’_a co_llectio.n unsiirpassetl in ihcworld which alone cost50e.; Pnnslexn, New imperial German, superb large lIOWeI’Il1g,(3l1‘IllI'B—CIlill 90 choice [we varietic.~4 in every known color and inarking,(alone'.!.’>c. per pkt..l: May-Igold,ncw Fri.-nrzh double campy-,1. gold striped: ew Dwnrfhnst um. l-lnipresn ofindln, the greatest Euzlish novelty: Ln:-kspur.“°"Dw"r Hynlnlh fl0“'t'1'L’d: Sweet I’eniI.hanri§ome nniii-ad varieties, all colors; Double Cm-nation Po py. tincot colors: Ten Weeks Si ockg, flnest double Gerrii_iin: Lnlllopqlpiy mixed .3010.-..; (Enotlleru lngnnhi, largest owcra; A\Vlld Flower Garden. ii imvtiirc or many riirietlis of beautiful eiuv growing, hnrdyflnwers. iiionecollection, producing a consuint and vnrledhloom thcwhnle season. Ordcrnowand getour gird.” 33¢] Farm Manual for I 8I§?,(iii:iil~,:d 1-‘Inn-2) with colored pliines and llliistrationsofall the best Gin-den,iI‘ni1I A l-‘lower-seeds, Plants. IHIIIM. &r. JOH NSON & STOK ES- 21 9 Marl-‘ct M-. P H I LAD ELPH I At PA. 1 , CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RAI WAY TIME TABS, JUNE 2c, 1836. TRAINS EAST\VARI)—CF’.NTRAL .\IHRIDIAN TIM)! W VINE.’ ii, '”’_:~1¢]3 "7 7, 7“ NZ? Mail. Exprc.l.)ODI lav an en. in stamp. Two Iloxc-9 flflgfiu. Four But I .1. ‘run Boxes. 58. Empire Atrency. 37 College Place. new voeix_ N. v May i5t4 A. BRADFORD, CITY BAKERY, 119 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Ml‘-‘flower iseedvsl I will amid of my choice seeds of superb flow- ere acollcction of six d[)H.(.'ktl.gP8 for ‘.‘.:'ic; Iii for 50c, and 3.) for st. Sea of Annuals. Perronialt-1, Climbz-rs, Hvrbs, anything for man and beauty. English l’an1_=ies 15c. Duhliaa l‘.:c each; five for title; twelve for 31; any color Iltifllffid. Postal notes accepted. Lists if r--queatud. Address HRS. M. A. I<'Ul.1.ER, Box 297, Fentonvillu, Mich. The New Gale Reversible Steel-Bar-Point Plows- The Gale Manufacturing Company, Albion, Mich. Manufactuiers of The Gale Chilled \Valking and Bulky Plows, Gang Plowa, Horse Hay Rakes, Vifalking and ‘Riding Corn and Fallow Cultivators, etc. i These plows are made with a Reversible Steel-Bar Point 24 inches long. The Point is i fasteiieil in base of Plow by a % inch Steel—Set Screw in a Steel Nut. The Point can be ; adjusted to any condition of the soil by increasing or decreasing the length of Point,and re- tains same amount of suction at all times. . ; it can be reversed, thus making it a positive i vention of the age. self sharpening Point. When point is worn off or beveled on under side This is the greatest in- \'Ve also manufacture the ordinary style of Chilled Plow, both right and left hand, with Straight and Slanting Landsides. The Beanis and Handles to all Plow: ‘ made adjustable. ; best in use. Made with 4 or 6 shovels. The most complete Riding and Walking Cul- in C X I .. > ._ 1 _ .3 El 5 . '0' .4 ll 5 =5 E 5 ' . r: I . 2 3 y 5 .. (J : l a *: ;: N > -: occ~ 'C“‘:: g.— G 7:35.: '7£g '.'§!1g_ -~35 ..—;1‘. m o .“g, 0 I*§:= r:.':.:ff. no ES .. 23 Q4 GALE \\’_»\I.l\'l.\'1.tt,t 1.1 lV.~\’l't)it, M), i. uith Expansion Spring, rind can be Zltl work beztns or plants 28 i durable, and is guzirant Q All Cultivators made with Split —(}ii'cul:1rs sent on application. Mar.15t5. Gale Manufacturing Company, 0l’1‘€SpOIl(lBllC0 Solicitcd. Gale llorw lluy Rake. A Perfect Lock Lever Rake, with 57‘-inch The Gale Sull.v able iion. Gale Patent Standard jointers and Knee Coulters conceded to be the ‘ wheel. Double Coil Tooth. All castings made ‘ of malleable Iron.Most simple and durable rake i made. A child can operate it as well 3 a man. llottonis. llas perfect Horse or Poixcr Lift. Iiirns a square corner with- out raising the Plow iron: the ground. Add i'ess—— ALBION, MICH. 32,35i square inches of infor riage. We charge nothing for paid without question. mation for the consumers. the book. THE eeiiaiz‘. We issue the Buyers’ Guide in March and September of each year. It is now a.l1ook of 350 pages, 8% x ll inches in size. Montgomery Ward & Co. 227 Jr. 229 Wabash Ave., It describes, illustrates and gives the price of nearly all 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- 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. worth I0 cents, let us know, and we will refund the amount If it is not CHICAGO, ILL. N. B.—After September 1st, 188 7, we will occupy our NE W’ STORE, 111, 112, 1_l3 df 114‘ llliclciaan .-we., 2 blocks north of Eacpositum Buildmg. MONTGOMERY WARD 81. C0.